Mother's Day Program Draws Crowd at Caddo
A large crowd attended the Mother's Day program at Caddo on Sunday. The Midway community reports social events including a wedding in progress and church services. Decoration day planned at Oak Grove church with all day service and lunch. Farmers face planting delays due to recent rains.
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Caddo
Neal Standridge
Dorothy Nesmith
Booth Bates
Oak Grove Church
Leonora Peters
Diane
George Gann
Leon Madry
Tuscumbia
Midway
Clarence Ferguson
Chaleybeate
Decatur Comic Bits and Quick Quips
A Decatur page rattles with brief jokes and anecdotes including a census prank, a boss secretary quip, a new father awaiting his daughter, and lines pairing humor with family and holiday themes. The items read like light gossip and witticisms from a local humor column.
Crossword Puzzle and Local News Snippet
A cryptogram quote is printed as crypto clues. The page includes a Kansas City style crossword and a church graduation report noting twenty four graduates at the Huntsville school with John D. Cox delivering the commencement address. Local pastor W H Brookshire preached at the Cambridge Methodist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas Church of Christ
Huntsville
John D. Cox
Sherrod Avenue Church of Christ
Florence
Charles.Chumley
Athens
Dickie Wood
Social tact and humorous exchanges in a Canadian Mercury page
A humorous clippings trio shows social tact as a host makes guests feel at home. Dialogue includes a dogwood tree remark and a bark pun, followed by a domestic money question and a light classroom anecdote about Tommy.
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Guelph
Feagin Delegate Chosen for International Engineering Conferences
Mrs. George Feagin of St Louis visits as her son Lawrence Feagin is named one of nine U S delegates to three June engineering conferences to be held in Rotterdam. The Feagins formerly lived in Athens. Mrs Harry Taft recovers after three weeks at home. Mr and Mrs Curtis Hicks visit Wedowee. The Clemmons relocate to Coleman Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Feagin
St. Louis
Lawrence Feagin
United States
Feagin
Rotterdam
Athens
Harry Taft
Curtis Hicks Ld
Wedowee, Ala
Greer Clem
Coleman Hill
Decatur Mother Warns of Her Boy's Bright Future
A Decatur mother jokes her boy will be a snappy lad as she urges him to get up one morning, noting cleverness in electricity and lightning. The fragment hints at a humorous family moment and child’s promise.
Athens graduates receive sermons and speeches for multiple schools
Dr. R B Lavender delivers the Elkmont High baccalaureate sermon and Prof W S Robinson outlines Friday graduation address. Ardmore and Athens Bible School hold ceremonies with class members listed. The Ardmore event includes Hon W L Spencer as speaker. Athens Bible School holds baccalaureate under the campus trees with Wayne Hemingway delivering the sermon.
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R. B. Lavender
First Methodist Church of
Athens
Elkmont High School
W. S. Robinson
State Teachers College
Florence
Clara Andrews
Ada Sam
Black
Louise Black
Charles Compton
Sue Mae Daly
Dean Davis
Icy Locke
Fred Vinson
Eva Mae Wales
Marvin Wales
Floyd R Johnson
Otis E. Kirby
Decatur
Ardmore High School
W. L. Spencer
Montgomery
State Department of Education
Macie Bolin
Sylvia Clark
Coy Chandler
Eunice Dugger
Eugene Gey
Gertrude Gravier
Katherine Hasting
Esterline Hodges
Geneva Jones
Mary Jane _ Knowles
Nolan Lewter
Vada Mitchell
Myrtle Nichols
Mary Rose Putman
Doris Rever
Marion Sharp
Thomas Smith
Tommie Toone
Clarice Faye Vickers
Hazel -Watles
Lucille White
Harold Whitt
Athens Bible School
Wayne Hemingway
Random Prose Quips and Early 20th Century Sayings
A mosaic of brief quips on waking early thrift and hindsight. It quotes Roger Babson and poses a cheeky question about women in slacks. The text ends with a teacher’s line urging three articles on keeping friendship in repair.
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Lawrence County Midway
Leonard. Peters
B. Frank Chenault
1St Ave
Grant St
Birmingham Barons
Johnnie Aycock
Radio Shack
Moulton
Daily & Maples
Appliance Co
L & H Ranges
ABC
John Daniel
WMSL
Junius
Maurice Leitzer
H. van Dusen
Supreme Court
AIR Services
Naval and
Air Force
Ir Transports
Military Air Transport Service
MATS
Westover
Mass
San Antonio
Tex
Hawaii
Daily Crossword
Jacob
Norway
Aleutian Islands
Egypt
King Features Syndicate, Inc
John
Henry
Tommy
Universal Concrete Pipe CO
Decatur Delivery
Belk-Hudson Co
Colgate-Palmolive
Palmolive
Belk Hudson Co
Wendesday
Belk’s
Studebaker
America
Studebaker Dream
Pryor Motor CO
ST Ave
Johnston ST
Decatur, Ala
Aithens
Roger Babson
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