Mrs Florence Ennis Honored At Barbecue In Madison
The children of Mrs Florence Ennis hosted a May 11 barbecue in her honor at her Madison Route Two home. Attendees included Henry Ennis Phenix City Alabama Sgt Harry Ennis Okinawa and many Ennis relatives from Alabama and Decatur. A second event, a linen shower for Miss Betty Faye Julian preparing for her June 10 wedding to Raymond O D Whitt Jr, featured rhymed balloon clues and gifts in Mrs Johnnie Aycock s home at 1212 Ninth Avenue East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Ennis
Madison
Henry Ennis
Phenix City
Alabama
Harry Ennis
Army Air Forces
Okinawa
John
Luke Ennis
Homer Ennis
Charles Ennis
Toney
Bill Ennis
Wesley McCurley
Tilman Sex
Betty Faye Julian
Raymond O.D. Whitt, Jr
Johnnie Aycock
Ninth Avenue East
Club Circles Host Meetings At Area Churches
The Knight Circle of the Woman's Society met at Mrs Burl Oliver's on Ninth Street with Mrs Oole Lawrence presiding. Other circles followed with devotionals programs and social refreshments during May at multiple church houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Oliver
Knight Circle
9Th Street
Bibb Humphrey
Humphrey
Raymond Ward
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Chaminade Music Club Hosts International Program
Chaminade Music Study Club members performed an International Program at Mrs. W. H. Winton’s Danville Road home on May 9 in National Music Week observance. Twenty three members answered roll call as Martha Faye Winton chaired the event with piano accompaniment by Mrs. Garland Roberts and a program featuring vocal, piano, and dance pieces by listed performers. After the program, hostesses invited guests to Delano Park for a picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaminade Music Study Club
W. H. Winton
Danville Road
Johnny Smith
Martha Faye Winton
America
Mary
Frances Roberts
the Cossacks
Ann Robinson
Lydia Joe Sheats
Thompson
Janet Hinkle
Santa — Lucia
Patsy Wear
Brahms
Sandra McLemore
Tschai
Brenda Faye Sandlin
Patsy’ Wear
Delano Park
Final Concert For Year By Decatur High School Band
Seven senior members of the Decatur high school band perform a final year concert Friday at eight oclock in the school auditorium. Read about Sallye Bryan Edna Jackson Bobbie Mooney Allan Moody Mack Graham Billy Joe Putnam and Horace Kitchens their years with the band instruments and plans for further study in music at Auburn or the University of Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur High School
Horace Kitchens
Sallye Bryan
Robbie Mooney
Edna Jackson
Allan Moody
Billy Joe Putnam
Mack Graham
Bobbie Mooney
Auburn
University of Alabama
Family notices report travelers and visits in region
Lieutenant and Mrs. G. M. Young and son John David left for Houston after a two week visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Huie in East Moulton Street. Lieutenant Young serves with the U S Air Force at Ellington Field. Mrs. W. S. Russell and Mrs. J. C. Colvard spent Tuesday in Birmingham. Mrs. Horace M. Newell and son Tim have returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Young
John David
Houston
Texas
J. R. Huie
East Moulton Street
Young
U. S. Air Force
Ellington Field
Horace M. Newell
Tim
Jimmy White
Mike White
Birmingham
Otto Hasting
Lemmond Family Thankful for Tornado Help
The Lemmond family of Hartsville offers thanks to friends and local helpers after their home suffered severe damage in the March 22 tornado. They specifically acknowledge the Good Year Mills, American Red Cross, and contractor Loyd Kyle for assisting in completing repairs and recovery efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Lemmond
Hartselle
Goodyear Mills
American Red Cross
Loyd Kyle
Local society notes from Columbus and surrounding towns
In Columbus Mrs Carmen Taylor of 1721 Sixth Avenue South was dismissed from Baugh Wiley Clinic and is reported to be doing well. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Floyd Lawkorn from Pine Bluff Arkansas, visiting relatives in Decatur. Other listed visits span Birmingham Nashville Adams and Ardmore with extended family and friends across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmen Taylor
Sixth Avenue South
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Floyd Lawkorn
Pine Bluff
Arkansas
John T. Berry
J. C. Howell
Decatur
Thomas
Wheeler Lock
Charlie Ed Howell
Boyd Berry
Howard Scott
Nashville
Tennessee
J. M. Derrington
Adams
Missionary Pearl Caldwell to Speak at Lawrence Rally
Miss Pearl Caldwell a returned missionary from China will address a county wide youth rally at Pleasant Grove Baptist church Wren on Friday night at 7 30 PM. Associations young people's leader Mrs Foster Bean urges attendance for both adults and youth. Caldwell served in China since 1910 and endured wartime and Japanese camps returning aboard the Gripsholm in 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Pearl Caldwell
Lawrence County
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
Wren
Foster Bean
Miss Caldwell
Japan
Mis
U. S
Gripsholm
Tornado Touches Down on March 22. No Injuries Reported
A March 22 tornado caused damage but no injuries. Community officials thank God for the spared lives as residents assess the wreckage and begin cleanup.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Larry
John Miller
Athens
Bryant Franklin
John Newby
Johnnie
James Jolly
Sarah Ruth’ Aday
Julian
Wesleyan Service Guild
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Morris Minor
Jewell Smith
Ralph Weinman
Louis Osborne
Margaret Ann Yarbrough
Dorothy Blankenship
Arthur Belew
W. M. Treadaway
Guild
Weinman
Annie Jervis
Rankin
Woman's Auxiliary
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Marvin Rankin
Aileen West
Don Davis
R. L. Maury
W. K. Wilder
Marian Chandler
THE
Alpha Delta Pi Sorority
Miss Chandler
H. E. Chandler
City
Decatur Country Club
Union Grove
W.S.C.S
Harp Home
W.s.cs
Dwight Harp
Newt Kitchens
Bill Palmer
Ernest Standridge
Harp
Roland McWhorter
Randy Barnette
J. E. Barnette
Second Street West
Randy
J. L. Boyd
J. J. Barnette
Cullman
Chaminade Music Club
Ira‘’S Book & Gift Shop
E. Moulton
Ning Post
Hunt Neec
Pfaff Sewing Machines
Frigidaire
Second Ave
Don's Floor Service
Williams
H. Leon Reeves
Eighth Ave
Lemmond
Columbus
Ohio
Mrs . A. Newell
Helen Bynum
Anna Brown
Jersey City
New Jersey
Mrs
Grace Harper
Ardmore
Dwight Coker
Chattanooga
T. A. Newell
C. A. Moore
Sam Schulman
Miss Evelyn Hope Lawhorn
Walt Disneys
Roxy
Wr Torr ‘Corret
Dillehay
Hagerty
Voge
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