Local Births and News Notes From Decatur Area
May first brings a daughter Cecelis Thom s to Mr. Cox and wife at Decatur General Hospital. Visitors include Mrs. W S Russell and Mrs. Louis Stickney with daughter Sarah en route to Birmingham. Colonel Louis Stickney of Fort Knox plans to return to Kentucky with family. June first brings two more daughters Caroline and Margaret joining at University of Mississippi. Florence graduation events and visits are noted, with relatives in Knoxville and Birmingham. Mrs. Serbourn Lynne and daughter Bobbe return from Knoxville. Mrs. D C Stew and Miss H Calvin to Talladega. Updates on Mrs. W P Russell’s illness, Joan Hopkins Infirmary improvement, and former Decatur resident Robert McGrethery earning his Emory University degree. Pat Godwin, discharged Marine, returns from Birmingham. Mrs Ed Price visits relatives in Chattanooga. Broken leg at Vine Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Cecelis ‘Thoms
Decetur General Hospital
Cox
Louis Stickney
Fort Knox
Stickney
Sareh
Ceroline
Margaret
University of
R.G. Sherrill
Robert
Lakelend
Pla
Arthur Stephenson
Hartselie
Community News From Morgan County Florette
Mrs B Currey has been by her mother Mrs D C Whitt in Ardmore for two weeks. Mrs Raymond Garnett of Tacoma Washington visits her parents Mr and Mrs Will Fowler. Marvin Bowling and wife from Union Hill attended church at Blue Springs. Charlie Vice and family visit Arkansas. Hilda Jean Johnson of Union visits with Faye and Elizabeth Caukey. Jim Gurley Jr and Bertha Gurley with Jim Tom visit Ardmore. Author Gauey and Alice Self of Six Mile attend church at Blue Springs. Bill Blevins of Center Point visits Roy Roberts. Blue Springs intermediate class held a Campbell Spring picnic with many attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.currey
D. C. Whitt
Raymond Garnett
Tacoma
Wash
Will Fowler
Marvin Bowling
Union Hill
Blue Springs
Charlie Vice
Arkansas
Vice
Hilda Jean Johnson
Union
Faye
Elizabeth Ann Cauey
Jim Gurley Jr
Jim Tom
Bertha Gurley
Ardmore
Author Gauey
Alice Self
Senior class of 1946 Mor gan county high school trip report
The Mor gan County High School senior class of 1946 chartered a bus for a four day tour through South Alabama. Edna Frances Clemons recounts visits to the state capitol, the Department of Archives and History, Kilby Prison, Oak Park Montgomery, Huncanadon College, Green Motor Lodge, Mobile’s Bankhead Tunnel and gardens, Old Spanish Fort, and a return via Birmingham. The group lists 20 seniors as participants and thanks chaperones Mr and Mrs Phil Wasson and bus driver Ester Rodgers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
House of Representatives
Senate
Capitol
Department of Archives and History
Dixie
Alabama
Park
Huncanadon College
Green Motor Lodge
Montgomery
Morrison's
Cefeteria
Pt “Piter
City
Htteigur
South
Old Spanish 1St Camp
Mobile
Old Spanish Fort
Teft
Thomasville
University of Alabama
Fulton Springs
Birmingham
Jean Previor
Kethryn “McElroy
Mary Cecil. Johnson
Lillian Collins
Lera Dobbs
Reba Penn
Frances Wilson
Mahlon Hartselle
Gorman Grisham
Thomas Andrew Bennett
Bobby
Rodgers
Basic proof of a husband's love in a torn tale
Dorothy Dix argues true love shows as tenderness and protection for a wife. She cites a divorced young woman who proved worth by enduring hardship, while criticizing stingy husbands who starve affection. Genuine devotion means patience, gentleness, and daily reassurance of care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily
Bass Emnaness
Josephs
Savana
Tess
Vote for qualified Christian veteran on democratic ballot
A reader urges the public to vote for a qualified Christian war veteran if he appears on the ballot, arguing citizens can trust him to handle public business after serving in the military. The letter states no stance for or against any individual, but supports the Democratic party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
John W. Hampton
Falkville FFA selects officers for coming year
Falkville FFA elected new officers for the coming year. Billy Joe Anderson is named vice president, Hovi Lee Pemah treasurer, Robin Rea secretary, Morris Couchre ss Paul Walker sentinel with Pramiben president. Retiring include Billy Owen president James Dunlap vice president J D Lake treasurer Harold Gandy secretary Wesley Patterson Jr reporter sentinel Bobby Summerford. Forty members plan to show calves at the Birmingham fat calf show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falkville F. F. A. Owt
Pramiben
Billy Joe Anderson
Hovi Lee Pemah
Robin Rea
Morris Couchress
Paul Walker
Bob Summerford
Billy Owen
James Dunlap
J. D. Lake
Harold Gandy
Wesley Patterson Jr
Sentinel
Bobby Summerford
Public Invited to Attend Services at Moulton Heights Baptist
The Moulton Heights Baptist Church extends a cordial invitation to the public for Sunday worship. Attendance is rising across services with classes for everyone. Services begin at 10:00 a.m. with preaching at 11:00 a.m. Rev. J.A. Gomes will speak on The Training Union at 3:30 p.m. and the evening message at 7:30 p.m. asks Who Is A True Christian. All are encouraged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton Heights
Baptist Church
J.A. Gomes
Horace Feilding
Samuel T. Raper Promoted to Sergeant in 4th Recon Squadron
Samuel T. Raper son of Mr and Mrs Leon Raper of Phil Campbell has been promoted to sergeant while serving with troop A 4th reconnaissance squadron. He deployed overseas January 1945 and saw combat with the 26th Infantry Division in Europe earning the ETO Ribbon with Battle Stars and the Victory Medal. Prior to Army service he was engaged in farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel T. Raper
Leon Raper
Phil Campbell
Wat
4Th Reconnaisance
Mark Clark
United States
Austria
Vienna
Sergeant Raper
26Th Infantry Division
Army
Director Resigns Tuberculosis Unit in State Health Dept
Acting director A. R. Russakoff resigns from the state Health Department division of tuberculosis control to enter private practice in Baltimore. Dr. N. De Janney, former medical director of the tri-county sanatorium at Scottsboro, succeeds him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Russakoff
State
Health Department
Division of Tuberculosis Control
Baltimore
N. de Janney
Tri-Counties
Auburn speaker outlines resource education at principals meeting
Otto Holloway from API at Auburn spoke on Resource Education at the Morgan County Principals Association meeting in Danville last night. Plans for the annual fishing trip to be held May 25 were completed and regular business discussed. Dinner was served to the group. this was the final association meeting of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Holloway
API
Auburn
Morgan County Principals’ Association
Danville
Waterman workers sue for overtime pay at wartime firm
Thirty one men employed by Waterman and firemen during the war have filed suit seeking 30 000 dollars they claim is owed. They assert they deserve additional pay for overtime worked from September 1 1943 to February 1946 claiming the firm failed to compensate for the extra hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
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B. M. Bloodworth
Priceville High School
Messrs
Birming Cte
W.S. Russell
Louis Qickney
Sarah
Sommus Giles
C.r.green
Leroy J. McEntire
Charles F. Watterson Jr
Miami
Fila
Ronald Steele
Hélena Bynum
Mr. H. D. Burnum
Mary Emily
Brown
weni_ie
Florence
Marthe Brown Coleman
Serbourn Lynne
Bobbe
Knoxville, Tenn
DC Stew
Mises H. Calvin
Presbyterian Home
Talladega
Russell
Washington, D. C
Baltimore Md
W. P. Russ
Alan Wallace
W.P. Russell
Joan's Hopkins Infirmary
Baltimore, Md
Ieeean
Jackson
Mississippi
Pat Godwin
U. S. Marines
Ed Price
Chettanooge
Temi
Bart Vine Street
Tonta
Mrs Wiex BR Cox
Dillehay
Wigewat
Superior Foods
Weinz
Pyerk of
Lydia E. Pinkham
Morgan County
Florette
MES . C. Vincent
Duaenia
Rainey’s Beauty Academy
2Nd Ave
Mr. Mosquito
8Uzz
DOT
SLOSS
Sheffield Steel & Iron CO
Ter
Second Ave
Decatur
Black
Morgan County High School
South Alabama
Edna Frances. Clemons
Dorothy DIX
Doceothy
Ala
Moye
FFA
Goidel’s Drug Store
Royal Cup
Batterton Coffee Company
Birmingham, Alabama
iRobin Hood
Robin Hood
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