Decatur Chamber Names 1940 Committees in Big Year Ahead
President W J Duncan announced 69 members across 15 committees for 1940 at the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. Key panels include Agriculture Live Stock Marketing Industrial Home Ownership Highway Merchants Budget Legislative Recreation Welcome Membership City Planning Transportation and Tourists and Convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Duncan
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Winston Alston
J . Clapton
G. P. Banniza
T. H. Fitzpatrick
John D. McKibben
Billy Wyker
Jack Smallwood
Barrett Shelton
Sam Malone
Carl Patterson
R. L. Catlett
Harry Malone
Charles Eyster
R. E. Rogers
Ted Major
M. K. Vickery
Ernest. Barnett
R. H. Watford
B. W. Hogan
Duncan
Night Watch in the River District Leads to a Kidnapping Suspect
A narrator pursues a suspected kidnapper tied to Alfred Markham’s death. He traces a number 732 to Brentwell 732 and searches docks along Cleaves Street, near the warehouse district. He spots a shadowed house by the river and overhears activity, recognizing the man he pursues before the scene ends with a tense confrontation to be continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Someonlyar
Belzer
Bretwell
Clagstone
Brentwell
William Calla
Cleaves Street
Alfred Mark
Morgan County Rescue Visitors and Sunday Calls
Local residents shared a quiet Sunday with visits among families. Mr and Mrs H M Helms and others toured homes while Corrine West Gladys Hale and Wilma Moon visited Virgie and Catherine Helms. Several calls on Mrs Birdie Moon and Mrs Ella Pettit were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Helms
Arena Black
Heniy Edwards
Fay
Claudie—Edwards
Alice West
Johnnie Talton
Birdie Moon
Opal Curry
C. S. Edwards
Corrine West
Gladys Hale
Wilma Moon
Virgie
Catherine Helms
Virgie Lambert
Beatrice Parker
Vera Wilson
Alta Curry
M. W. Pettit
Austinville Operetta Set for Friday May 3
The Austinville elementary school will stage The Cobbler of Fairy land a three act juvenile operetta Friday May 3 at 7 30 in the school auditorium King Martin and Queen Monarchia celebrate the birthday of Princess Delmaine with a banquet and palace decorations Vengefuletta and the Cobbler plot a sleep spell but the party ends happily Cast includes Gar lad Braswell Wallace Reed Nelson Cox and many more with cooks painters fairies and guests listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austinville
Martin
Kingdom of Make Believe
Delmaiie
Garland Braswell
Percival, Jr. Wallace
Lucinda
Frances Reed
Rosaline
Wylodean Nelson
Christobel
Lencil Tapscott
Keith Clark
Princess Delmaine
Mary Kirkland
Machiavelli
the Cat
Kenneth Cox
Carl Daniel
Buddie Brazelton
Christine McRight
Elnora Martin
Aleta Martin
Edna Martin
Genelee Blackwell
Elizabeth Smith
Edwin Chunn
Allen Chunn
W. V. Wallace
Frankie Schrader
Charles Simmons
Jack Allen
Jessie Earl Miller
Billie Roberts
Charles Looney
Ellison White
Harold Walker
Ray Spegtl
Melba Leon Price
Wanda Faye King
Lucian MecRight
Peggie Smith
June Roberts
Billie Gae Roberts
Nell Dawson
Juanita Harris
Elizabeth Ann Pepper
Nell Smith
Sharon Nelson
Dorothy Rigel
Darline Blazelton
Doris Jane Gibson
Christine Brothers
Mae Caroline Scruggs
Thelma Tucker
Robert Long
Jewel Nell- Johnson
Jack Walden
Mavis Smith
Ben Jr. Roper
Wynelléoenxins
Leoid Jones
Community News From Morgan County Ellisville Hometown
A summary of social notes from Ellisville Morgan County includes visits and outings. Families such as the McDaniels Aldridges Looneys and Elrods are mentioned alongside weekend travel to Hart Selle and Decatur. A Field Day at Speake drew several locals and kinship visits dot the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phelton Looney
Floyd Looney
Friendship
Hubert Elrod
Athens
Annie McDaniel
Decatur
Virgie McDaniel
COC
Hartselle
Felix Aldridge
Edith
Bernard
Cliford Aldridge
Dorothy
T. A. .Adair
Cove Spring
Pheston Looney
Luther Bentley
Cullman County social notes from Cullman and nearby towns
Cullman and nearby communities report visits among the Thomas Shaw Via Cheatham Buckelew and Hollis Buckelew families. Local residents Harold Cheatham Ramus Eddy and Aaron Pruitt join CCC in California. Alabama seeks return of Johnnie Hughes in Florence Hughes case. Johnnie McDaniel and Coy Adkins host Sunday dinner in Hopewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Thomas
Mary Jane
Nelson Shaw
Cullman
Jim Wiley
Falkville
Harry Via
George Aaron
Opal Anders
H. L. Cheatham
Pleasant View
Vergil Lee Oldacre
Battleground
Elbert Sheata
Harold Cheatham
Dink Cheatham
Neat Cullman
Lewis Swindle
Oakville
J. W
Ramus Eddy
Aaron Pruitt
CCC
California
Miss Puckett
Cullman County
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Washington, D. C
Johnnie Hughes
Madison County
Florence Hughes
Walter Looney
Johnnie McDaniel
Coy Adkins
Hopewell
Local Socials and Rural Visits Highlight Morgan County
Morgan County notes show weekend guests from Decatur and Hartselle visiting relatives including Ottie and Urban Dutton, and Roman Higdon. Car accident near Penns injures Curtis Smith and Dewey Powel as 4-H rally drew attendees in Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottie Dutton
Decatur
Wilburn Landers
Hartselle
Urban Dutton
Miss Avelee
Opal Grey
Lorene Penn
Jane Tomlinson
Estelle
Louise Hunter
Roman Hidgon
Ly. M. Dutton
Wilma Cooper
Danville
Christine Crowe
Bertha Millsap
Clarence
Howard Millsap
Women Rally for National Institute in Washington
More than four thousand Democratic women arrived in the capital for the first national institute of government under the party’s women’s division. Officials scrambled to house attendees as registrations soared to 4700, with housing help offered by local clubs and a Roosevelts praised agenda ahead of a White House garden party where the president is expected to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Dean
Doan
Washington
First
National Institute of Government
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
District of Columbia
Democratic Club
Parley
Institute
Roosevelt
White House
Also Mentioned on This Page
Roland Gray
Marvin Rankin
E. W. McLeod
T. J. Cottingham
Charles G. Hardwick
Leroy McEntire
C. M. Scales, Jr
F. W. Wallace
B. G. Hall
T. M. Harvey
John Adams
Industrial
John Patterson
Billy Iiker
T. R. Harrison
R. T. Hals
Stanley Wyatt
T. B. Middlebrooks
Frank Stone
Highway
Wallace Meadows
E. S. Loyd
Norman Harris
Sam Alexander
Harry Higdon
J. D. Ligon
R. A. Brittain
C. A. Moore
Sidney Patterson
John A. Caddell
John Peach
Henry R. Davis
L. L. Lively
Quince FE. Eddens
Sherwin-Williams Paint
Headquarters For Paint and Wallpaper Contractors
Decatur Branch
Johnston St
Speake, Warren & Ratliff
Gene Ahern
Commission
ACE
Corr
King
Sythe
He Kee
Muriel
Louise
Jerry
Alfred Markham
Man
HANES
Hanes Crotch
Durene
P. H. Hanes Knitting Company
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
WM. R. Moore
Morgan County Rescue
Morgan County
Ellisville
Valley Grove
Eula McDaniel
Eula Aldridge
Aaron Hill
Will Wright
Johnson Chapel
Fairview
Moulton Heights
Harrison Hill
Justice On the Peace
H. Harris Hill
George Bancroft
Joan Bennett
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
John Monard
Alan Hale
George Sanders
Blair
Penn’s
Turner Coal & Grain CO
Checkerboard Store
Moulton St
Purina
Sam M. Bowen
OF Athens
Bowen
Democratic Executive Committee
Athens City
Friends
Automotive Parts Division
Harrison Auto Parts
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