Morning Hour Changes at Summit Church
The Summit Baptist church adjusts its morning schedule with Sunday school at 9:00 a m and preaching at 10:00 a m to accommodate worshippers attending their own church. The Baptist Training Union meets at 6:45 p m. A new union named The Intermediate serves ages 13 to 16 with Loyd Ker and Bill Johnson directing. A mid week service is held Wednesdays at 7:30 p m with prayer, singing and Bible study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summit Baptist Church
E Baptist
Gill Johnson
Loyd Ker
Bill Johnson
Community Notes Highlight Regional Visits and Singings
Miss Frances Holmes spent last week in Cullman. Visitors from Decatur and Alabama City joined local families for singing at Corinth. Niagra Falls visitor Joseph Perfetti stayed with the Mardis family. Many attended a Sunday singing at Corinth and a Pleasant Grove Methodist family reunion. Home Demonstration members toured, viewing the Crawford home and gardens. Derby weekend attendees included W O Walker and G C Walker. An all day singing is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances _Holmes
Cullman
W. J. Briscoe
Decatur
Cecil Ward
Corinth
Joseph Perfetti
Niagra Falls
E. T. Mardis
John Howell
Roy Stewart
Aaron Julian
Birmingham
L. L. Hornsby
Albertville
Daisy
Elsie Crawford
W. O. Walker
G. C. Walker
DeWitt Crawford
Homer Stewart
Cullman County
Pleasant Grove Sunday School Organized at Church
Miss Virginia Light of Birmingham Business College visits next week. Mary Thompson of Union Grove spends weekend with Frances Holmes. Pleasant Grove Methodist church members organize a Sunday School. Mr Orville Oden of Oak Ridge Tenn spends weekend with family. Mr and Mrs Boulard Wright host ice cream supper for Sunday school class at Ryan Baptist church. Attendees include Mary Agnes Ryan Calomal Light Virginia Light Christine Purds Gloria Sue Brown Nadine Bennefitch and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hulaco
Virginis Light
Birmingham Business College
Mary Thompson
Union Grove
Frances Holmes
Pleasant Grove Methodist Church
Orville Oden
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Boulard Wright
Ryan Baptist Church
Mary Agnes Ryan
Calomal Light
Virginia Light
Christine’ Purds
Gloria Sue Brown
Nadine Bennefitch
Mother's Day Theme at Flint Baptist Church
Flint Baptist Church invites all to a Mother's Day program on May 9 with Sunday School at 9 45 am and service at 11 am led by Rev. M G Fields. Revival theme Sunday School outreach by a pickup truck plan and a Baptist Training Union at 6 45 pm with prayer service Thursday at 7 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint Baptist Church
M. G. Fields
Baptist Training Union
Morgan County Community Notes Focus on Visitors and Decoration
Sunday decoration at Rock Creek and Friendship drew many relatives and friends from Birmingham Cullman Sheffield Decatur and Tampa Florida. Visits included Mr and Mrs Tom Lasseter and family Birmingham Mr and Mrs Burl Olver Decatur and Mr and Mrs Bruce Bates Birmingham plus Agnes Bates Cullman and others. notices mention Earnest Penn heart attack and Fort Knox family visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burl Olver
Famly
Decatur
Belly Oliver
Sheffield
John Vann
Fred Morgan
Afton Cobb
Birmingham
A Grimmett
Bill Frost
Lucy (Frost) LaCosta
Georgia
Clyde Teague
Coner Livingston
Rock Creek
Claude Bates
Bruce Bates
J. W. Bates
Agnes Bates
Cullman
Brooks Lindler
J. E. Lindler
Upshaw
Friendship
Lawrence County
Robert Adams
Jimmie Adams
Lucy Goolsby
Tampa
Florida
Earnest Penn
Decatur Youth Serves on Guam as Teletype Operator
Cpl William H Long 19 year old son of Judge and Mrs W H Long of Decatur serves with the twentieth air force on Guam at the headquarters communications center as a teletype operator after transferring from the Philippine Islands. A Riverside High School graduate he attended King College Bristol Tennessee and was a member of Pi Chi Mu and Philothesian Literary societies. He played basketball in college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
William H. Long
W. H. Long
Decatur
Twentieth Air Force
Guam
Twentieth
Philippine Islands
Riverside High School
Young Long
the King College
Bristol
Tennessee
Pi-Chi- Mu
Philothesman- Literary Society
Lawrence County News Briefs Local Socials And School Events
Eunice Simpson of Pinhook visited sister Mrs Eaton Stephenson and family. Edd Stephenson and son visited his mother Mrs Mary Stephenson. Eulas Hill to return home from Irvin and Dyer hospital after illness. George Hill and Mr and Mrs Aare Hill visited Hart selle. Allen Way family visited mother Mrs Carrie Speake. Elmo Miller of Tennessee visiting father D M Hogan who is ill. Pupils of senior two class held party. eighth and ninth graders to have annual party Monday. Rev Sadler preached at Methodist church. Residents attended Friendship decorations. Born to Mr and Mrs Harry Luker a son at Moulton and Dyer hospital April 26. Fifth grade flowers display in class. Twelve kinds of roses and…
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice Simpson
Pinhook
Eaton Stephenson
Edd Stephenson
J. R
Mary Stephenson
Eulas ‘Hill
Irvin and Dyer's Hospital
George Hill
Hartselle
Aare Hill
Allen Way
Helen
Carolyn
Carrie
Elmo Miller
Tennessee
D. M. Hogan
Luther
Hampton
Alice Freeman
Amos Hogan
Ruby Hembree
Moulton and Dyer Hospital
Local Folks and Church Guests Gather in Aldridge Grove
Lawrence County notes show Mr and Mrs Roy Dodd of Moulton visiting and dining with parents the Dodd family. Florida kin arrive to stay with Melson family due to health. Rain brings welcome relief as residents report crops up and weekend visits across families and farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Dodd
Moulton
W. Dodd
Bonnie Melson
Florida
George Melson
Bro. Melson
Lowell Cole
William H. Legg
Peggy
Milford Legg
Frances Cole
Olean
Betty Jean Melson
Bro
Grayson
Nadine
Gilbert Melson
William Melson
Dee Ford Melson
Willard Cole
Program Of Music Slated For Central Methodist Service
The Central Methodist Church ministry of music will present a worship service Sunday at 7 30 p m The service features scripture hymns and poetry of Christian faith with seven sections represented by listed participants in both readings and musical portions including Mrs O P Napps Mary Allen Spencer Marvin Eubanks J E McClary A M Smith Jr and others in the readings and several named singers and musicians such as Louise Anglea Emily Finch Lottie Garnett Eleanora Hamilton Mildred Kitchens Sally McCall Iola Moody Daisy Mae Rose and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministry of Music of
Central Methodist Church
O. P. Napps
Mary Allen Spencer
Marvin Eubanks
J. E. McClary
A. M. Smith Jr
Laura Spencer
Clio Levin
Lillian McMillan
Cornelia G’donnell
Zana Peurifoy
Eva Wright
Eustace Hamilton
Leonard McMillan
Eddie Self
Holmes A. Turner
George Woodruff
Rufus B. Bagley
Millard F. Scoggin Jr
Paul Wright
W. V. Wright
Preacher With a Televised Mind to Be Sermon Subject
Rev. George A. Rice of Memorial Drive Methodist Church will speak Sunday on Sanders a Cumberland Presbyterian minister born circa 1831 in New Market Madison County who after a 22 year illness regained function and reportedly could see with eyes shut write in darkness and forecast world events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sleeing
Sanders
George
Rice
Memorial
Drive’ Methodist Church
Cumberland Presbyterian
New Market
Madison County
G. W. Mitchell
Athens
Rights program denounced by Atlanta church council
The American Council of Christian Churches adopted a resolution denouncing President Truman's civil rights program as a step toward socialization. It warned against police-state solutions and urged gospel-based, divine law explanations, claiming 2,000,000 members in 6,000 churches and a split from the Federal Council of Churches. Dr Carl McIntyre urged investigation of Sunday School publications as a menace to American life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
American Council of Christian Churches Convention
Truman
America
Federal Council of Churches
Carl McIntyre
Bible Presbyterian Church
Collingswood
N. J
House Committee On An
Decoration attendees listed at Morgan County event
The report notes several visitors and relatives gathering for the decoration ceremony in Morgan County. Cecil Hamilton from Decatur and his family joined H R Hamilton and Bud Hamilton. William Tanner and daughter from Birmingham visited his parents Louis and Mrs. Tanner. J T Horton from Decatur visited with Virgil Smith's family. Eloise Tanner of Florence State Teacher's College spent the weekend with her parents. Fred Crouch from Detroit visited his wife and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Hamilton
Decatur
H. R. Hamilton
Bud Hamilton
William Tanner
Birmingham
Louis Tanner
J. T. Horton
Virgil Smith
Eloise Tanner
Florence State Teacher’s College
J. F. Tanner
Fred Crouch
Detroit
Mich
Rites For Here To Be Held By Legion Sunday
The American Legion will conduct full military services for Pfc. Woodrow H. Tuten of Athens who was killed in action June 18 1944. Rev. A J Rollerts will officiate at Wallace Cemetery near Rogersville at 2 30 P M. Burial is by Spry of Athens. Tuten served after enlisting August 15 1940, trained at Ft Oglethorpe, and served in England and France with the First Army 29th Division. He was 26 at death. survived by parents Willis L and Mrs. Tuten Athens 8 two brothers Arnold and W J Tuten Athens 1 two sisters Anita Bélle Tuten Athens 8 and Mrs Cecil Hudson Birmingham and grandfather Wallace Tuten Athens 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Woodrow H. Tuten
A. J. Rollerts
Wallace Cemetery
Rogersville
Spry of
Athens
Pfc
Tuten
Ft. Oglethorpe
Boston
Anita Bélle Tuten
Cecil. Hudson
Birmingham
Wallace Tuten
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Ryan and Hulaco
Lola W. Cudlip
John White
First Ave
Flint_ Baptist
Brooks Sindler
J. D. Prickett
Tom Lasseter
Byron Vann
Wade Puryear
Fort Knoxby
Cephas Turner
E. B. Puryear
Mrs. Wade Puryear
Fort Knox, Ky
Canyon
Sedge Potter
Jedge
Snufey
Jedge Potter
Env
Luka
Edward A. Condon
Bureau of Standards
U.S
Taylor
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Oliver Hail
Ala
Southern Negro Youth Congress
Massey-Harris
Athens, Ala
William Long
Horsham St. Fath
Norwich
England
Aldridge Grove
Francis Cole
Orion Wiley
John Wiley
Evelyn Gillespie
Betty Kelsoe
Decatur Daily
Decatur Transit
Fairview
J. E. Holaway
Mrs. Holaway
Mr. Holaway
ACE Experte
ACE Vacuum Stores
3Rd Ave
Depy
Church Council
Fanner
Grapette
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