Piney Page Strickland Wedding in Southie Baptist Church
The marriage of Miss Dorothy Lee Strickland to Lt Garnet Page occurred Saturday May 11 at the Southie Baptist Pastorium with Rev B B ks officiating in a double ring ceremony. Attendants were Miss Maurie Shumate and Mr William J Comerford of Decatur. Page wore grey tan garbardine. Shumate wore black. Lt Page later visited Highland Park Michigan and will be stationed with Occupation forces in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Lee Strickland
Garnet. Datrell Page
Southie
Maurie Shumate
William J. Comerford
Decatur
Shumate
Page
Highland Park
Mich
W. G. Page
Germany
Bud Strickland
Fourth Avenue East
Personal notes from area residents mention travels and visits
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Branum and Barbara head to Memphis for Barbara's eye surgery. Gwendolyn Reams visits from Abbeville and will stay with her parents. Mrs. Penick and Mrs. Jones Jr return from Nashville with relatives. Julia Thomas and Byron visit Louisville. Several others are noted as ill or traveling, including Rev. and Mrs. Barnes en route home from Miami and family trips to Erie and Niagara Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Branum
Barbara
Memphis, Tenn
Gwendolyn Reams
Abbeville
Ala
A. W Reams
Earl Barnes
Portales
New Mexico
W. T. Barnes
Miami
Fla
West Palm Beach
Dorothy Dix Urges High School Girls to Seek Independent Trades
Dorothy Dix advises graduating girls to evaluate their talents honestly and acquire a trade or profession. She warns against wishful thinking of marrying wealth and stresses self support through vocational training, guiding choices toward skilled work for security and happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Metropolitan Opera
Mary Jane
Civitan Club Hears Morgan County Farm Agent Update
Leonard Wagnon Morgan county farm agent outlined county agricultural goals at the Civitan noon meeting at Hotel Lyons. He noted crop and livestock expansion, and improvements in farm product production. Winners of the Morgan county Civitan public speaking contest were celebrated with ovations at Moulton Heights auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Wagnon
Morgan County
Civitan Club
Hotel Lyons
Lester Wooten
Civitan
Moulton Heights
Shirley Williams
Jimmie Tatum
Decatur
L. P. Troup
Delano Park
Diploma Day Looms For Dick Still Jr
The article notes that Dick Still Jr will receive his diploma Monday night during graduation exercises. Mrs. H. L. Ogle has returned home after two weeks with her sister Mrs. O. P. South who had an operation at Auburn Alabama. Dr. and Mrs. H. D. Greer left for Rochester Minnesota to visit their son Dr. and Mrs. Sim Lovelady and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Still Jr
H. L. Ogle
O. P. South
Auburn
Ala
H. D. Greer
Sim Lovelady
Rochester, Minn
Ball Grenade Found by Boys in Chicago Alley
John Suzuki warned four boys playing in an alley near North Side tavern to move. One boy tossed a ball into a carriage. it was a hand grenade with a base charge and fuse. Sgt. Marshall Pidgeon of the police bomb squad removed the fuse and warned it would have exploded if the pin had been pulled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Suzuk
Northside
Marshall Pidgeon
Suzuki
Henry James West of Hollywood and Westward Dreams
Hollywood gossip notes reveal Harry James eyeing Western films after a life in music. Aunt Cissie pursues acting to gain financial independence while Freddie Bartholomew’s marriage cuts support. Avenue of star updates includes Vivian, Dick Powell, Cornel Wilde campaigning, Mark Stevens medical return, and Basil Rathbone humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myllicent Bartholomew
Aunt Cissie
Freddie Bartholomew
Freddie
Cissie
Viv Mature
Pasadena
Arizona
Dick Powell
June Allyson
Cornel Wilde
Ellis Patterson
Mark Stevens
ABC
Mark Woods
Basil Rathbone
Death toll of babies up aboard GI brideships
The death toll of babies on the Brazil and Zebulon Vance brideships rose to six as a five month old girl died in Pittsburgh days after arriving with her mother. Diagnosed as acute diarrhea and malnutrition, the infant Vivian Smith was the first Brazil passenger to die. Federal investigation begun amid complaints of overcrowding and unsanitary conditions aboard the ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pittsburgh
Vivian Smith
Howard Smith
Burbank
Calif
S. S. Brazil
Brazil
Zebulon Vance
Atlantic
U S Denies Moscow Report Of Air Losses In Manchuria
Brig. Gen. Henry A. Byroade said the United States Army has no tactical air force in China and rejected a Moscow claim that seven American aircraft were shot down over Manchuria while bombing Chinese communist forces. United States Army and Marine Corps leaders issued the denial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Peiping
United States Army
Marine Corps
Manchuria
China
Henry A. Byroade
Army
Youth volunteers may join armed forces despite draft age
Montgomery Alabama May 23 18 and 19 year olds cannot be drafted now but may volunteer for military service says State Selective Service Director James T Johnson Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Armed Forces
James T. Johnson Jr
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B. M. Bloodworth
Page-Strickland
Hall
Lelia Cantwell
Seton Hall. . S
Vpc
JFG Coffee CO
Knoxville, Tenn
Fen
Second Ave
E. N. Penick
T. M. Jones Jr
Nashville, Tenn
John L. Farris
Julia Thomas
Byron
H. B. Lyle
Louisville, By
Annie Gus Murphy
Line Street Co
Casto Jarvis
F. D. Peebles Jr
Charles Winston
Aliceville
Greer Hendon
L. B. Hendon
John R. Driver Jr
Erie
Niagra Falls
Canada
Buffalo
N. Y
Cleve
Ohio
Mammoth Cave Y
Milton Harvey
Johnston Street
M. G‘ West
Hartselle
Clyde McConnell
Birmingham
H. P Still
Dorothy DIX
The
Gel Syndicate, Inc
Civitans
Masonic Building
Dick Cassidy
John Bates
Roy Street
Theo Putman
Beauty
Beauty & Bath Salon
Turkish and Mineral Baths
Moulton
Moye’s
Johnston St
Lydia E.pinkham
Pinkham
Decatur Armory
Featuring Nikki Moody
James
Harry
Harry James
Main
Carmen Miranda
Vine Street
Humph
Lauren Bogart
Chasen’s
Ann Sheridan
Cuba
Hillcrest Country Club
Sawtelle Soldiers Home
Tony Martin
Lou Holtz
Harpo Marx
Phil Silvers
Holtz
Caddell Drug CO
Pe Ou tNz Ling
Gunter
Second Avenue
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