Just Around Home News Across Five Tennessee Valley Counties
A rainy Monday brings welcome relief across the valley as residents attend lawn parties and visits. Misses Bessie and Beulah Taylor host friends. Virginia Hughes hosts a party with games and music. visits come from Newton Powell in Birmingham and Allen Baggett of Anniston.
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Tennessee Valley Counties
Niles
Bessie
Beulah Taylor
Mewton Powell
Here
Birmingham
George Eason
Harts
W .S. Dunlap
Carmaleta
Vernon Hargett
Hargett
Decatur
Luther Parker
Leesdale
Marvin Pettit
Hartselle
B. G. Hall
Little
Local Kinfolk Gather For Visits And Funeral News
Families from Roberson, McRight, and related clans visit Vernon area relatives and attend gatherings. A large kin reunion occurs around D. M. Corum as he suffers a colitis attack. Mrs. John Henry Hargrove dies. funeral held with Rev. D Mongomery leading. Church news notes Bible study and a Ebeneser singing procession.
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John Henry Hargrove
Lee Highway
Penney Grace Yard
Charlie Ragan
Jesse South
D. Mongomery
Sulphur
Danville Route One Singers Draw Large Penns Crowd
Local page notes a Sunday singing at Penns drew a large crowd. Several families announce new arrivals including Donel Hue Hogan born June 18 to Floyd Hogan and Ruth Gray. Multiple visits and gatherings among Doss Gray Parker and Holliday families are mentioned across the weekend.
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Penns
Erna Jené Doss
Ile Owens
Floyd Hogan
Ruth Gray
Donel Hue
A. J. Morris
Local Social News from Caddo County
Mrs Judson Stockton and child ren from Decatur spent the weekend with Mrs Bertha Fuller. Thurman Terry and wife and children visited Mr and Mrs A I Puller. Miss Mary and Mavis Stewart called on Mrs Bertha Carrol Wednesday morning. J P Stewart and daughter Francis of Pleasant Hill visited Elmer Fuller Sunday. Rev J H Hill of Decatur joined Sunday dinner with L M Bayne. Dottie Lamon and gon J D of Eva spent the weekend with local relatives. J G Carrol of Decatur was a business visitor Thursday afternoon.
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Judson Stockton
Decatur
Bertha Fuller
Mary
Mavis Stewart
Bertha Carrol
J. P. Stewart
Francis
Pleasant Hill
Elmer Fuller
J. H. Hill
L. M. Bayne
Dottie Lamon
J. D
Eva
J. G. Carrol
Ter
Hester
Arnold Morgan
Ala
Estelle
Evelyn Lipscomb
Lola Mae
Mary Nell Walter
Vera Hill
Edbert Yancey
J. O
McGuire
Estapaie T
Weber
Mt Hope News Family Visits and Birth Notice
Mt Hope notes visitors from Decatur Atlanta Ensley and Town Creek. Mr and Mrs Homer Stovall Dee Counts and others spent the weekend here with relatives. Mrs Claude Roberson returned home after a visit with her sister Mrs Wallace Tubb who welcomed a nine pound girl. Mrs Tubb amd baby are doing fine. Mrs Kate Morrison and daughter Mrs Annie Wear and Mrs
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Homer Stovall
Dee Counts
Guy Counts
Thomas Grenn
Marion Lee
Decatur
Clayton Martin
Anne Francis
Atlanta
M. B. Martin
Beatrice McNair
Ensley
Ollen D. Roberson
Town Creek
Claude Roberson
Wallace ‘Tubb
Funeral services for Ollie Washburn infant
Funeral services were held Monday at 11 o clock for Ollie Marvin Washburn infant daughter of Mr and Mrs J Washburn. A large crowd attended Basham Chapel Children Day program Sunday. Various local residents were noted as visitors and guests during the weekend events and gatherings in Basham area.
Nominator of Smith night with Miss Mattie Washburn
Nominates night with Miss Mattie Washburn. Mr and Mrs Toney Ratliff of Caddo spent Monday night with their parents Mr and Mrs J B Washburn. Miss Bern Legg of Decatur spent Sunday night with Mrs Wallace Martin.
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Herman Johnson
Neal
Glady Love
Erby Thompson
Oak Ridge
Hollis West
Demorris
Rocky Ford
J.F. Thompson
Bera Legg
Decatur
Roman Mayfield
Albert Looney
E. E. Martin
Billy Bramblow
Memphis
Dorothy and
Loyd Norris
Austinville
Kate Rose
Edith Griffin
Lois Jones
Dorothy Mae McCleskey
Irene Thompson
Mattie Washburn
Toney Ratliff
Caddo
8. L. Jones
M. M. White
Neel
Wallace Martin
Guy ‘Roper
J. M. Jones
Irving Announces Union Grove Marriage
Mr and Mrs Jno Irving announce the marriage of their daughter in Union Grove on Route One. The notice names the couple and provides family remarks typical of a local social item.
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Union Grove
Lacey
Mrs. Jno. Irving
Daugh
Birmingham Market Prices and Shipments Report
Market receipts listed for hay corn onions flour and eggs with price quotes for Johnson hay values and various grains. Poultry and egg quotations noted as steady with prices for dewberries vegetables and fruits also listed. Local weather and community notices follow along with social tributes and comments on moisture.
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Carlotsa
U. B
Alabama
Local Social Notes Mention Visits and Loss in Eddy
Community gossip records visits among families in Arab and nearby areas including Lipscomb Walter and Giers. A fatal automobile wreck near Eddy claimed Haden Hipp from Arab route three, prompting condolences from his parents and relatives.
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Haden Hipp
Huntsville-Birmingham
Eddy
Elbert Hipp
Mrs Earnest Hine of Athens Visits Son in City
Mrs Earnest Hine of Athens is the guest of her son Butler P. A. Hine, enroute from abroad where she has been visiting relatives, to her home.
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Earnest Hine
Athens
Butler P. A. Hine
Tives
Ant
River Gauge Holds at 4.7 Feet This Morning
The Tennessee River was stationary today with a gauge reading of 4.7 feet at seven o'clock this morning.
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Tennessee
Temperature Dip With High Of 88 This Morning
Today temperatures eased with a high near 88 and a low around 73 by seven o clock this morning as reported by the weather bureau.
Social Notes from Battle Ground Area
Mr and Mrs J R Reid hosted guests overnight while Mr and Mrs R P Reid hosted Saturday. Mr and Mrs F M Gray and Mrs J Jones dined with Mr and Mrs T W Whittle. Mrs Lee Parker is ill at home. Ottis Hall and Larkin Yates of Cullman visited Saturday evening. Miss Ludie Pearson of Morris observed caution in community circles.
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Pauline
Louise Gray
G. Reid
J. T. Duke
Ebeneser Church
D. L. Gray
T. ¥. Gray
Lee Parker
Sadie Pearson
Morris, Ala
Jewell Sheats
Viola
Parker
E. J. Oldacre
A. L. Oldacre
Friendship
Myrtle Blackmon
Addie Bartlett
Little Myrle Reid
J. R. Reid
Marshall Blackmon
Lee Bartlett
R. P. Reid
F. M. Gray
J. Jones
T. W. Whittle
Thompson Family Visits In College Grove Community
Mrs. Viva Thompson and her daughter Bettie Jean of Nashville Tennessee spent a week visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ed Thompson in College Grove. Jack and John Thompson of Fort Worth Texas arrived to visit their parents. J D Wallace of Decatur spent the week with his children Mr and Mrs Sim Howell. Mrs Jessie McBride was the guest.
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Claude Roberson
Leeda
Lola
Lucy Margarette
Minnie Elkins
Terry McRight
Clay Roberson
Kyle
Vernon
Marjorie
Walter Smith
Claude Whitman
J. ©. Johnson
Reba
Ala
Able Martin
James Martin
Oma Martin
Martin
Sim Howell
John Moore
Fred Daniell
Charlie McBride
Jessie McBride
Carmer McBride
Austin Chism
Clay Corum
Akron
Ohio
Henry Corum
Bob Heard
John Roan
Huntsville
D. M. Corum
Jim Darnell
J. D. Darnell
Pauline Darnell
G. T
Arthur Daughten
George Harrison
Clarence Coffey
M. AJ
Grad
Decater
Sar
Jehn Chaban
Loretta Edwards
Owen
Tom Russell, Jr
Whoteland Mills
P. mi
R. A. Gamble
William Moebes
Venice
Lyndon Travis
Viva Thompson
Bettie Jean
Nashhville
Tenn
Ed Thompson
Jack and
John Thompson
Fort Worth
Texas
J. D. Wallace
Decatur
Bakers Refuse Move as Mrs Baker Gains Gardening Note
Mrs Baker and her husband cling to their home while she gains recognition as an amateur gardener. The couple spends long hours tending their extensive gardens, a notable hobby highlighted by a former Secretary of W.
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Pat Evite
Danville
Alice Parker
Delan Adcock
Norman Parker
Parbee
G. W. Gray
Christene Crowe
Holliday
Emrly
Walter Gray
Richard Morris
Townsend
Mrs
Neal Doss
Emmett Holliday
Herman Owens
Caddo News
MT. Hope News
Smith
Joseph P. Ely
Massachusetts
Alfred BE. Smith
Chicago Stadium
Lyle Hough
Gilbert Lipscomb
George Tyler
Bruce Hornbuckle
Dewey Steadham
Cleveland Hornbuckle
Lee Hornbuckle
Gunnersville
Japher Brooks
A. H. Layman
Romola
Cherie Giers
Jno’ L. Saylor
Herman Couch
Ralph King
Lawrence Saylor
Couch
J. C. Williams
Dean Giers
Paul Thomas
Waldermosa
L. W. Witt
Thompson Drug Co
From & A.m
Dr. L. W
Mi Greta
Tal
White T Breckin’s
Battle Ground News
College Grove
Bakers
Sandiford-Mehling
Newton D. Baker
Cleveland
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