Thursday Nine and Club Note Local Society Meetings
Thursday Nine members hosted by Mrs Caddell with guests including Mrs Emens and Mrs Richardson. Awards went to Mrs Mixson guest prize and Mrs Wilson Orr club trophy. Thursday Club hosted by Mrs Kimbrough with visitors Mrs Jones and Mrs Echols. Awards went to Mrs Echols guest trophy and Mrs Bailey first prize. Marriage notice for Sarah Louise Riddle to Pfc Cecil Dotson announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caddell
John A. Caddell
Redding Emens
Frank Richardson
Carol Smith
J. B. Bradford
Ben Britnell
Dwight Mixson
Mixson
Wilson Orr
Russell Lynne
J. B. Wiley
W. E. Kimbrough
Arthur Jones
LD. S. Echols
Mets
Personalities and Visits Across Town this Week
Mrs J P Pruett of Tuscaloosa visits granddaughter Margaret Preutt while Mrs Pinkney Preutt joins her husband Lt Preutt in New York City. Mr and Mrs W V Profiler of Greenville Miss announce birth of son W V Jr at Kings Daughter Hospital on March 25. Mrs Profiler remembered as wee Ether Goode. Mrs Jack Smith of Jasper Ala arrives Friday night for a week with Mr and Mrs Lether Smith. Ozelle Taylor moved to Benevolent Society Hospital after illness on East Vine Street. Mrs Bill McKay of Nashville Tenn guests of Miss Marjorie Worley. John McGehee returns from business trip to Atlanta. Miss Lila and Anne Pritchett of Decatur schools faculty attend A E A sessions in Birmingham. Miss Elizabeth Eich to Fort Davis after A E S in Birmingham to visit relatives. Mrs Tom McGee and son John of Florence overnight with Mrs W M Chenault en route to Birmingham for A E A. Mrs W M Chenault ill at Grant Street home. Mrs Holt Hardin of Moulton in Birmingham for the weekend. Master Sgt Robert T Hunter, West Coast based, at home on furlough. Miss Aileen Pope attending...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. V. Profiler
Greenville, Miss
W. V. Jr
Kings Daughter Hospital
Profiler
Ether Goode
Sunday Visitation List From Local District
A long list of residents from Cole Springs Eva Morgan City Union Hill Lacey Springs Pine Ridge Cotaco and Fort Smith Arkansas visit relatives including Mrs Jewell Garrett Wanda Lee Hipps J. H. Curry Elia Pettit Elmer Compton and Mrs Myrtle Culbreath. Individuals travel weekend and Monday stays noted among families C J Edwards Fila Pettit and others are mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Garrett
George Douglas
Lilly Mae Garrett
Judy Faye
Cole Springs
Cleo Holmes
Janie Oden
Eva
Jewell Garrett
Jim Dave Whisenant
Union Grove
Arthur Hendrix
Kathryn Shumate
Morgan City
Gene Prince
Union Hill
Wanda Lee Hipps
Tara Wells
Clara Mae Clemmons
Gilbert Criscoe
Elia Pettit
Elmer Compton
Ethel Criscoe
Pine Ridge
Kathryn Owen
J. H. Curry
Roy Edwards
Paul
Lacey Springs
C. J. Edwards
Myrtle Culbreath
Earlyne Bowling
T. H. Locke Birthday Noted in Morgan County
T. H. Locke celebrated his 61st birthday Sunday with a gathering of relatives and friends from Limestone County Franklin Tennessee Mt Tabor Huntsville and Hartselle. A buffet luncheon followed. Lucile Locke visited a friend in Hartselle and attended the Morgan County High School banquet. Mrs Mable Thompson is recovering after an operation at Benevolent Hospital. Curtis Holmes and Mrs B W Holmes visited in Morgan County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Locke
L. C. Tucker
Earline
Marvin
Kenneth
Cynthia
Frerne
Tommie Tucker
Limestone County
Homer Locke
Franklin
Tennessee
Herman Locke
Donald
Claris, Doyle
Patsy Ann
Mt. Tabor
Jack Tucker
Harris
Louise
Ida Tedwell
Ida Taylor
Huntsville
Hubert Locke
Wendell
Lucile Locke
Annie Mae Shaneyfelt
Hartselle
Morgan County High School
Mable Thompson
Benevolent Hospital
Curtis Holmes
B. W. Holmes
Local social notes from Birmingham to Dothan and beyond
A stream of short visits and furloughs marked a Alabama weekend. A. FE. A. in Birmingham will visit Wilsonville with her mother Mrs. W. M. Pope. Mr. and Mrs. William S. Day host Ennis Yarbrough family guests from Chattanooga. Judge and Mrs. Charles Bragg of Moulton visit their son William S. Day. Miss Mary Robertson will see Powderly relatives after A. E. A. in Birmingham. Tom Masterson of the U S Coast Guard and Mrs. Masterson enjoy a fifteen day furlough with Mrs. Masterson on Prospect Drive. Aviation Cadet John D. Sherrill of Napier Field arrives to spend the weekend with Master Sgt. and Mrs. Robert T. Hunter. James F. E. Terry returns to Camp Gordon after a ten day furlough with family on West Moulton Street. J D Buchanan, J L Buchanan, and Miss Blanche Buchanan travel to Waverly, Tennessee to tend to the illness of their uncle Rufus Buchanan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Day
Ennis Yarbrough
Son
Chattanooga
Charles Bragg
Moulton
Tom Masterson
U S. Coast Guard
Craddock
Portsmouth
John D. Sherrill
Napier Field
Dothan
Ala
Robert T. Hunter
Pfe
James FE
Terry
Camp Gordon
West Moulton Street
Finances and marriage honesty urged by Dorothy Dix
Dorothy Dix argues that a man must reveal his real finances before marriage so a woman can decide to marry or not. She warns many men deceive women about wealth, risking hardship for wives and children, and urges the wife to stay with her children, fulfill her duties, and find happiness in motherhood.
Morgan County Lebanon News of Sunday Activities and Births
Large Sunday school and prayer service attendance with many parishioners noted. Miss Elvie Shaneyfelt wed Herman Collins in Hartselle. Birth announced for Virginia Louise March 17 at Mrs Fortenberry’s home. Community members visited, traveled, and shared in worship and family events across Morgan County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altha Shaneyfelt
Berta Eaton
Connie Lake
C. D. Lake
Neel
Charley Wright
June
Loretta
Con
Jack
Langdale
C. D. Lackey
Coleman Lackey
Howard
Bud’ Summerford
U.S. Army
Elvie Shaneyfelt
Herman Collins
Salem
Frank T. Smith
Hartselle
Perry Anders
Lorene Price
Ruth Shaneyfelt
Matteriene Pannell
Dear Dorothy Dix Unhappy Mother Seeks Divorce Advice
A letter from a 30 year old mother with five children asks Dorothy Dix whether leaving her family to work and pursuing divorce to marry another man is justifiable. The columnist begins with counsel to an unhappy mother burdened by children and domestic strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy DIX
Dear Miss Dix Widow Seeks A Second Marriage At Sixty
A 60 year old widow asks if she is too old to remarry and gain companionship. The answer says not old. a well preserved man is in life’s prime and should seek a suitable partner. Suggests a sensible widow or nonbossy older woman around fifty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss DIX
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Drafting 4-Fs for war work faces many hurdles
Washington dispatch outlines a proposed plan to use a 4-F draft for essential war jobs, with a special congressional path and furloughs into civilian plants. It questions who pays for injuries, union eligibility, and who qualifies as essential, noting regional manpower needs and divided views among lawmakers and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Congress
House Military Sub-Committee
Costello
D-Cal
House
Patterson
Trainees Depart Tuscaloosa as Army Training Ends
The last of 1300 Army specialized training program enlistees in basic and advanced engineering at the University of Alabama departed as the university War Department contract expired. On April 10 the first group of 17 year olds in the Army specialized training reserve is due on campus. Dr Raymond R Paty said the university has been assured additional trainees as the program expands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Army
University of Alabama
War Department
Army Specialized Training Reserve
Raymond R. Paty
Limestone County Social News Big Sunday Visits List
Limestone County families share Sunday visits across Sardis Springs Athens Florence Birmingham and Piedmont. Mrs D H Coker Piedmont and Miss Evelyn Zehner Birmingham were among relatives hosting or visiting. The column notes several local families including the Evans Ovens Rudder Webb Zehner and Casteel clans.
Local families visit as measles cases noted in area
Richard Wetter and family are ill with measles. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Zehner and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baugh and son, Miss Mary Lee Evan, Mrs. Wilburn Evans and daughters were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Evans and family. Little Virginia Mae Owens spent Saturday night with her aunt Mrs. Horace Ezell at O’Neal. Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Webb and daughter of Detroit are in the county with relatives before his induction into the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Zehner
Florence
D. H. Coker
P.idmont
Carlos Webb
Detroit
Micn
Gene Bailey
L. B. Blackburn
Crutcher Bailey
Sardis Springs
L. B. Grubbs
J. P. Webb
Athens
Richard Grubbs
Richard Wetter
Clifford Zehner
Frank Baugh
Mary Lee Evan
Wilburn Evans
John Evans
Virginia Mae Owens
Horace Ezell
O'Neal
Influenza tally falls to 62 statewide in Alabama
The state Health Department reports last week influenza cases totaled 62, the lowest weekly number since November. Dallas Tallapoosa and Lowndes counties accounted for 25 of the cases, as the spread shows signs of easing across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alata
State Health Department
Dallas
Tallapoosa
Lowndes
Alabama PSC Won't Decide Yet on ICC Fare Increase
Montgomery March 31 Hugh H White president of the Alabama Public Service Commission said no decision had been reached on whether to accept the Interstate Commerce Commission order raising intra state passenger fares to inter state levels, or to appeal. He will confer with Associate Commissioners W C Harrison and Gordon Persons on the federal order and possible actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Hugh H. White
Alabama Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
White
W.C. Harrison
Gordon Persons
ICC
Also Mentioned on This Page
B. M. Bloodworth
J. F. Riddle
Sarah Louise
Pfc
Cecil T. Dotson
U. S. Marines
R. J. Riddle
Charleston
Jack Smith
Jasper, Ala
Lether Smith
Ozelle Tayior
Benevolent Society Hospital
East Vine Street
Bill McKay
Nashville Tenn
Marjorie Worley
John McGehee
Atlanta, Ga
Lila and
Anne Pritchett
Decatur Schools
Birmingham
Elizabeth Eich
Fort Davis
Tom McGee
John
W. M. Chenault
Grant Street
Mrs. Holt Hardin
Aileen Pope
WMSL
Strictly Fresh
Tocal Trademarks
Parkway
Ocean Chief
Bama
DIXIE
Bank and Church Ltd
South Carolina
Neal
W. A. Helms
Morgan County
Cedar Creek
Clief Holmes
Mary Robertson
Powderly
Oma
J.D. Buchanan
J. L. Buchanan
Miss Blanche Buchanan
Waverly
Tenn
Rufus Buchanan
Moye’s
Lebanon
Ruth Shaneyvfelt
Edgar Nelson
Rock Springs
W. P. Wright
Maurice Knox
Howard Anders
Elmer Lee
L. Laurence
John Laurence
Carl Green
Cline Shaneyfelt
Mobile
The
Crusaders For Christ
Annie Shanerfelt
Lester Shanerfelt
Wilbert Hardin
Vinemont
Hub Lee
M. Knox
Robert Wright
Mable Wright
Lois Fortenberry
Iva
By James Marlow
George Zielke
Market First Avenue
Coquina Shell
S Jj
MR. Farmer
First Avenue
Moroli
Plhione
Goidel’s Drug Store
Blackburner
Lovice Evans
Lawrence Ovens
George Rudder
Reid
Lester Evans
Oliver Allen
Evelyn Zehner
Mrs
Hollace Casteel
Fred Casteel
Z. O. Evans
Piedmont
Chafe
Evelyn’s Beauty Shop
Over Speake
Pettey’s Cleaners
Herbert
Monitoon Street
Moulton St Market
Blackhawk
Whele
Chunk
Bologna
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