Stephens DAR Spring Luncheon Highlights and Awards
Nina Hodges was unable to attend due to illness while Miss Sherrell Hardin received the History Medal and read her essay on colonial break from England. Mrs Ed Battles introduced Huntsville guest speaker Preston Geron who traced DAR history from its 1890 founding with 18 members and noted the two national schools in South Carolina and Grant Alabama along with funds to seven other schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina Hodges
Sherrell Hardin
DAR
America
National Group
South Carolina
Grant
Ala
Stephens Dar
Decatur High School
Charles C. Johnson
Preston Geron
Huntsville
Harry Wyatt
Mower safety urged after 80000 weekend injuries
Garden safety guidance cites 80000 annual lawn mower injuries from ASA and NSC data. Tips include keeping children off the mower, removing debris before use, mowing in daylight, wearing shoes, and avoiding mowing when wet. Also covered are maple gall mites, canker in spruces, and post winter plant damage with pruning and spraying advice. The piece notes the Empire State Building stands 1250 feet tall.
Austin Darden Truth To Be Pledged June 29
The engagement of Miss Sara Jane Austin to Joseph Savender Darden of Hart selle is announced by her parents the Reverend and Mrs Ned E Austin. The couple plan a June 29 wedding at Holmes Street Methodist Church Huntsville with Robert E Austin as the brother of the bride and Annelle Cantrell as maid of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin- Darden
Truth
Huntsville
Sara Jane Austin
Joseph Savender Darden
Hartselle
Ned E. Austin
Darden
James J. Darden
Northport
Ala
John J. Emmett
Emmett
William B. Austin
Chattanooga
John Jefferson Savender
Akron
Roger A. Darden
Austin
Athens College
Founder’s Court
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
University of Alabama
American Institute of Industrial Engineers
Lambda Chi Alpha Social Fraternity
Chemstrand Corporation
Decatur
Holmes Street Methodist Church
Robert E. Austin
Annelle Cantrell
Archie Young
Candae Swanson
Patricia Powell
Elizabeth Maxwell
Robert E. Burrell
Donald E. Fitts
Richard Stevens
William H. Darden
Bloomington
Ind
James Howard Darden
Lea Burrell
Mike Burrell
Surprise sale on Iroquois China cookware and serveware
A retail flyer announces a clutter-clearing sale offering cas seroles coffee servers ice tea pitchers lazy susans fry pans sauce pans and dutch ovens all in Iroquois China. Some pieces were priced up to 19.95 and all patterns are part of the Russel Wright line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iroquois
Whistlers In Law Painted On Display At Boston Museum
Boston AP Whistler sketch of his mother in law, Mrs John Birnie Philips, dated about 1900, returned to display after four years in storage. Assistant curator Peter Wick notes the ink and gray wash study shows Whistler’s sensitive style and echoes the pose of his famous Whistler’s Mother.
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Museum
London
James A. McNeill Whistler
John Birnie Philips
Bath
England
Peter A. Wick
Whistler
Rosalind Philip
Wick
John Birnie Philip
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Beer in gas tank hits Lyons police car
Police Chief Al Buckman says beer was poured into the gasoline tank of a Lyons Kansas police car while it sat parked outside a city cafe. The act left responders puzzled about motive and potential danger. Police are investigating the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons, Kan
al Buckman
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Earl Aronson
AP News
American Standards Association
National Safety Council
Washington
Genealogical Library
Children of the Revolution
H. H. George III
Milton, Pa
Herbert. L. Hughes
Gordon Mummert
Frank Richardson
Ray R. Hirt
New York State University College of Forestry
Syracuse University
Ohio Valley
Bartlett Tree
Empire State Building
Slam Seaek Base
Decatur Sample Shoes
Moulton Street
Clements Drugs
Crystal and
China
Pickens Hardware, Inc
Grant Street
Boston
HERTZ
1St Avenue
Moulton
Penney
Dan River
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