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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1932
Page
2
Local note filled with social events in five Tennessee Valley counties. Sunday singing features Lola and Myrtle Cushing. Miss Lorene Ryan visits homefolks. weddings and visits noted among families including Blevins Covey and Jennings. Community gatherings and church activities recur through weekend notices and guest visits.
The item lists social visits and guests including Ed Stephenson and family, Vandiver hosts, Basham family, Marvin baby of Decatur visiting Ervin McLeroy, W. L. Sparkman injured by a mule, Leona Sparkman visiting grandparents, Leona Childers and Ima Childers with Nate Bailey, Ernest Reeves and S. B. Moss visiting Edman, Olent of Hartselle visiting relatives.
A string of local residents from Harteslie Decatur and surrounding areas visited friends relatives and attended events over the weekend Rev Roy Hulet of Martselle will deliver the baccalaureate sermon May 15 Mrs Pennell and Mrs Young of Mt Hope visited friends and relatives Sunday Several couples traveled to Friendship for Sunday activities and decoration at Forest Chapel also noted were business visits and family gatherings by local families.
Mr and Mrs Kyle Johnson and their kin visited A W Jones family. Thompson stayed with Rose and Ellis. Brown family from Austinville visited Gill Johnson. G B Jones and Earl Rose visited W B Jones. W W Rose and daughter Kate called on Bud Norris. Opal Thompson stayed with Ruby McCluskey. Mrs G B Legg from Oak Ridge spent Sunday with daughter and Wallace Martin family.
Rev Doris Johnson fills his regular appointment here on Sunday with sermons each second and Sunday night. Everyone is invited. Nell Terrill returns home after visiting a sister. Mrs Beers of Talucah visits her granddaughter Mrs J M Chunn. Hartselle relative Dewey Day hosts a niece. Horace Edmundson and family visit Woodland Mills relatives.
A parade of visitors and hosts fills the week with gatherings in Battle Ground. Birmingham residents Ben Heck and families are noted. West Point guests call on Mrs. J. A. Humphries and Pearl Reid. multiple households host extended family and friends including the Grays, Humphries, and Har Ruby Cornelius. Archie Rowell is ill with flu.
Falkville residents attended the commencement sermon at the Falkville high school auditorium on Sunday morning. A great number of community members were present to hear the address as part of the weekend events.
Pettusville notes report visits by Tommie Dunnavant and Kirk Dunnavant to Mrs. Bob Dunnavant in Elkton Tennessee with Kirk returning home Sunday and Tommie staying a few days. L E Dunnavant visited Elkin Bates near Elkmont with Bob Holt and family of Elkmont visiting Holt family. Effie and Bessie Holt visited Ola Hargrove of Veto with family. Lifford Southerland visited.
Mrs Knox Phillips Thursday afternoon. Miles Martin from South Alabama visited friends here last weekend. Mrs Harlow and family hosted guests. several visits among local families noted. A stage play promises lively entertainment at the high school auditorium Friday May 6 at eight o’clock with 15 and 25 cent tickets. Bluff College themed senior party entertains at H L Tidwell home with refreshments for graduates and attendees.
Miss Lillian Kennedy of Lawrence County High is summoned home to Birmingham by her father’s death. Area residents attend missionary meeting. Culture Club hosts on Wednesday. faculty dinner at O. L. Judy home. Graduates enjoy card party. senior play Thats One on Bul slated May 6 at LDHS with Leldon Wilson in lead.
A large crowd attended the church sing in Oak Ridge on Sunday night. Attendees included T. B. Sparkman and daughter Ruth, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Moss, Will Willoughby from Decatur, and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wallace near Hartselle. Guests visited W. L. Sparkman and Dock Jones households and several families spent time with Ed Stephenson. Hutson McLeroy and children stayed with her mother Mrs. Brazil over Monday night.
Sunday services featured a well attended Decoration of the Church with a good singing session and Rev. Griffin’s morning talk. Visitors included Mrs. Cecil Ford of Birmingham and several local families from Arab Crilman Florette and Hanceville with Scout activities at the National Forest in Wilston.
A fragment lists various vegetables and produce items with amounts, including collards spinach turnip greens mustard greens kale greens spring onions parsley sorghum radishes strawberries and more. The readable text resembles a market inventory or grocery list from a historical page segment.
The Birmingham market reports light hay offerings with steady quotes across U S No 1 and No 2 grades. Grain prices for bulk No 2 white corn No 2 yellow corn and No 2 white oats are steady with prime cotton seed at 10.00 per ton. Poultry egg and fruit vegetable prices show minor declines and stable readings, with noted shifts in fryers and spot cotton.
Danville activity notes show the Woman's Study Club hosting a Better Homes Day with exhibits by Junior IT and Senior IT classes, a decorated vocational dining room, a short program, and home tours. Members and guests from Addison, Mt Hope, Florence, and Decatur areas attended events and visits to local homes.
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