Mrs Earle Calvin Honored for Patriotic Service in Alabama
The Institute of American Genealogy awards Mrs. Earle Calvin of Decatur a meriting certificate for leadership in fostering American ideals and preserving colonial records. She has long engaged in patriotic, religious, and civic work and serves as PT A leader and educator in Decatur schools.
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Council of the Institute of American Genealogy
Earle Calvin
Decatur
Institute of American Genealogy
Chicago
Illinois
Calvin
Col
Wm. Haywood
Edgecombe County
North Carolina
Edgecomb County
Stephens Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Morgan County
Mobile Port
Alabama Federation of Women’s Clubs
Benevolent Socity Hospital
Roosevelt
NRA
Central P.T.A
P.T.A
Alabama Society For Crippled Children
Girl Scouts Council
Department of Speech
LaFayette P.T.A
General Federation Foundation Fund
Alabama
Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs
LaFayette
P.T
Local Society Notes from Lawrence County and Caddo Area
Mr and Mrs L M Bayne visit Mr and Mrs Dee Johnson Monday night. Mr and Mrs W F Price returned home after visiting their daughter Mrs Well Bayne. Mrs Fannie Sims returned home after two weeks in Decatur Town Creek and Trinity. The Baynes welcomed a son Well Glendon born May 10. New Center home demonstration club met with Miss Maggie McCullough. The club was opened by president Mrs H V James. Mrs Crawford spoke on three meals a day. Club will meet again in September with Mrs Roy A Warren. Miss Wanda Hames stayed with Miss Maggie McCullough and Mrs Jane Russell. Trinity visitors Mr and Mrs C D Sims Sunday afternoon.
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L. M. Bayne
Dee Johnson
W. F. Price
Well Bayne
O. E. _ Whitlow
Fannie Sims
Decatur
Town Creek
Trinity
Vell Bayne
Glendon
S. C. Lentz
Morris Chapel
New Center
Homecoming Day Set at Austinville Baptist Church
The public is invited to Aus tinville Baptist Church for homecoming services Sunday with morning and afternoon worship and a noon grounds meal. Rev. W. W. Coffee leads a revival underway since Wednesday and attracting attention. Services continue through next week.
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Austinville Baptist Church
W. W. Coffee
Richard Schneider Goes Missing Then Returns Home
In Milwaukee on May 27 police searched for 4 year old Richard Schneider, son of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Schneider, who was overdue. By 8 p.m. he reappeared, saying he spent the afternoon with his girlfriend, and planned to go back after a meal, but the friend waited in vain as he was put to bed.
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Milwaukee
Richard Schneider
John D. Schneider
Richard
Eleanor
Phil
Jessica
Kate
Bermuda
Ned Blakely
Blakely
Newberry
Greenwich Village
Here
Nell
Miss Jessop
Gardiners
Darling
Dwight Morgan
Yancey to graduate with top honors at Jacksonville State
Yancey of Morgan County will earn a B S degree from Jacksonville State Teachers College on May 29. He held the highest class scholastic average, excels in multiple sports, served as NYA secretary, and plans to pursue a Master’s at Auburn this summer.
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Yancey
Lacey's Spring
Jacksonville State Teachers College
W. E. Yancey
Lacey’s
Union Hill
Arab High School
NYA
Morgan County
Nis
SIAA
Auburn
Jacksonville
Calhoun Literary Society
Sailors Race Time for Weddings Aboard USS Omaha
In Villapранche France May 27, American sailors on the USS Omaha sought special French permission to marry before departure. Captain Wallis Lind advised delaying, while the mayor asked Paris for residence-permit waivers to post banns. Several couples were approved or awaiting word, with one man tied to a divorce decree final July 3.
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Villapranche
France
United States
Omaha
Riviera
Wallis Lind
Ministry of Justice
Paris
Charles Washington Briggs
Princeton
North Carolina
Nancy Garidel
Stanley Lawrence Brothers
Free Water
Ore
Richard Johnson
Woodstock
Vermont
Marie Perotti
Charles Arthur Watts
San Francisco
Robert L. Linson
Peoria
Marian Lichtenschul
Sherman Taft Johnson
Kent
Texas
Inez Biagani
James Frederick Black
Chattanooga
Tenn
Newport
Rhode Island
Going Home Aboard A Dream of Wealth and Fame
Eleanor and Phil drive home after a day of plans and talk of publishing success. They discuss Newberry’s promotion ideas, radio guest spots, and future riches, while imagining a life of luxury and social status. The couple weighs opportunity against the cost of ambition.
Betrothal of Spoleto Duke to Princess Irene of Greece
In May 27 report the engagement is announced between the Duke of Spoleto cousin to King Vittorio Emanuele and Princess Irene of Greece sister to King George of Greece. A serialized domestic scene follows with dialogue about travel, social obligations, and a planned holiday as the couple weighs work, invitations, and sacrifices before a potential long separation.
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Rome
Spoleto
Vittorio Emanuele
Irene
Greece
George
Willow Springs News Social Notes and Recovery
Mrs W B Bird is improving slowly after a broken arm. Visitors include Helen Martha Hill Mildred George and Mamie George. Several from Willow Springs attended Corinth decoration. People spent time with relatives and fished on Warrior river. We are having quite a bit of rain this week. Phone 46 for Ad Taker.
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W. B. Bird
Helen Martha
Wilma Hill
Mildred
Mamie George
Tolbert Bird
Ira George
Vada Cooke
Helen Hill
Corinth
Ethan George
Levi and
James
Baby
Oscar Hill
Clifford Perry
Cullman
Death claims noted doctor Mayo of Rochester
Chicago May 71 reports the death of Dr. Charles Horace Mayo world renowned surgeon of Rochester Minn at 73 after lobar pneumonia. He was stricken May 18 in a Chicago hotel en route home from Arizona. His wife, children, and brother were at Mercy hospital as the body was sent to Rochester for funeral services and burial.
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Chicago
Charles Horace Mayo
Rochester
Minn
Dr. Mayo
Arizona
Charles W. Mayo
Mercy Hospital
Pred Rankin
Lexington
Louise Trenholm
Eather Hartzell
Detroit
Joseph Mayo
Mayo
Dorothy
Marilyn
William J. Mayo
Mayos
Fameda
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Lawrence County
Beau Brummel
Decatur Marble & Granite Works
J. L. Joly
Prop
West Moulton St
Decatur, Ala
Hugo Yancey
CUPID
North Alabama
H. & H. Machine Works
Moulton Street
Marie Wilson
Allen Jenkins
Johhnny
Scat) Davis
Myrna Loy
Robert Taylor
New York
Cullman County
Willow Springs
Sre George
Wilson Kelly
Quy Miller
Wright
Vivian Hampton
Collier’s
Johnston
Seneca Springs
Trinity Mountain
Charles Canterberry
Co. E. Rubel
Real Beauty
Liberal
Bank Street
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