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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1937
Page
5
Miss Arzella Wright and Verbon Lowery wed Saturday at 6 p m in Tenn. The couple will live with the groom’s parents at 701 Sixth Avenue West. The bride is from Danville Alabama and a University Center student in Decatur. the groom works for The Decatur Daily.
Notices list condolences travel and family updates. Instances include Mrs. A White returning from Castleberry Arkansas after Ernest Young funeral. families from Attalla Decatur and Hopkinsville visiting and returning. Evelyn Buford and Guy Caffey Jr visiting. Charles Edwards Kellie Josephs and others spending weekends away. Daisy Kilgore remembered. births announced for J H Donnelly’s daughter Marjorie Juanita. Dr Kellie Joseph on business trips. Mrs O Ns ill. U D C state convention in Gadsden attendance.
Miss Ruth Clemmer daughter of Dayton residents and Willis T Watkins of this city wed at Grace Methodist Church Dayton on April 17. Rev Hazen G Werner officiated double ring ceremony before a large gathering. Church decor featured ferns lilies roses snapdragons with seven branched candlelight. Music included Mrs Wilbur Haines soprano and Frank Michael organist performing O Promise Me Because The Wedding March and Lohengrin selections.
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The Florence couple Mr. Watkins and Miss Clemmer married with Mrs. Earl R. King as matron of honor and Mr. W. Watkins as best man. Reception followed at the Clemmer home with colorful spring flowers and guests from Decatur, Hartselle, and Lewisburg. The bride, educated at the University of Alabama, and the groom, of Florence Hardware Company, will reside at 443 N Cedar Street.
Special services are arranged for Sunday Mother's Day at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Rev. Lewis H. Knight will deliver a sermon titled Mother. Bouquets will be given to the oldest mother, the youngest mother, and the mother of the largest family.
Westminster Presbyterian Church will elect seven new deacons this Sunday after nominations were made by the church session last night in regular convocation.
Six sellers were at Decatur curb market this morning. Miss Mabel Britain curbmaster said strawberries English peas and flowers would be on sale Saturday.
The note records a Thursday afternoon teachers meeting in Hartselle. Miss Novel Miller of Hartselle City School was home for the weekend. Mrs C P Johnston attended the teachers study course on Thursday afternoon in Hartselle.
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