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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1931
Page
2
Local update lists visitors and family gatherings across Danville and nearby TVA counties. Names include Evelyn Dewese Grady Angle Zackey Pitman Kathleen Adcock Truman Lemzey Dewey Hogan and many others visiting relatives or hosting weekend social visits with detailed household connections.
Mrs Elbert Sanders and children visited in Mt Tabor Fairview relations and friends. Lottie Madgie McCutcheon and others from Fairview attended the singing with a large crowd from Gum Springs. The singing Sunday afternoon drew many and more are invited for future sessions. Several locals and visitors noted crops and weather, with plans for church services next Sunday afternoon.
Woodland Mills community share of Sunday school progress and a long list of visiting guests. Families from Decatur Horton Hart selle and Birmingham gather for birthdays and family reunions. Falkville news includes missionary society meeting and weekend trips to Corinth Miss and Cullman with relatives and visits to Decatur.
Mrs Hubert Elkins returning from Florence hospital in a serious condition remains unimproved at home with family nearby. Harvey Armour of Plainview, Texas, former local resident, died suddenly prompting memorial arrangements pending details. Community members visit Haleyville, Russellville, and Moulton relatives as Anita Counts recovers from appendicitis surgery.
Moulton residents report a Sunday gathering with Mr and Mrs J H Fuller while relatives and friends including Mr and Mrs T E Kyle and children Annette and Darcie, Cora Fuller, Esther Mae Fuller, and J H Fuller’s brother G L Puller of near Athens visit or spend weekends with assorted family members in Decatur Union Hill and Stewart households.
Rev J F Rich dined with Mr and Mrs E A Godwin while J C Terry and children joined Mr and Mrs T C Parker and family Sunday. Guests include B T Black of Town Creek and Jesse Weems from Memphis. Daniel Wayne Cross born to Mr and Mrs Matthew Cross. Community singers attended Lawrenceburg event and several Cross family visits occur as harvest advances in fair weather. Little Winfred Parker ill at home. Mrs J C Cross ill with son G B Cross.
Messrs W L Rickles and Jim Rickles of Birmingham spent the weekend with relatives. Several local residents hosted Sunday visits and dinners including Miss Nadine Brewer Miss Katie Washburn Eva Kitchens and Bertha McCloskey with various Basham and Basham area hosts. Visitors from Caddo Decatur Steele and Decatur area towns were noted.
Prof and Mrs G T Woodruff and daughter Olene of Falkville attended the singing at Ryan Sunday. A large crowd attended the all day singing. Bro Jesse Black spent the weekend with friends at Ryan, filling his regular appointment Sunday evening. Floyd Briscoe of Decatur was mingling with friends at Ryan.
Mr and Mrs Homer Rowell of am hosted friends recently. Pearl Handley and daughter Estell stayed with Mr and Mrs T F Gray. Residents attended a Sunday singing in Cullman. Homer Vawter and family from Centerville were guests over the weekend. F M Gray is ill. Dora Reid and Cecil visited Mr and Mrs F M Gray. Mrs Lee Parker hosted guests, Mrs Parker and others visited. West Point locals, including Mrs H M Reid, were among Sunday visitors.
Mr E T Dunlap of Birmingham spent the week end with his sister Mrs J F Holmes. Mr and Mrs A J Smith and children of Hartselle visited Mrs J C Tidwell Sunday. Mrs John McCammack and Miss Audrey McGlathery attended district church meeting in Parkville Friday. Mr and Mrs Fred Tidwell and Mrs Daniel of Decatur visited here. Mr and Mrs R W Brown of Cullman and Mrs Ada Junkins and Miss Rena Junkins of Falkville visited Mrs Ella Bush Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Lawson have returned from Athens to their Limestone County home. Mrs. Kenney and daughter Mamie visit. Mrs. Bevels is ill at her mother's home in Copeland. Mr. Massey, Mr. C McAdams and Mr. E McAdams recorded in Athens. Water scarcity plagues the community as wells run dry. Mr. McAdams and Mr. Jones work on Tanner school. Maynelle Kemp of Wheeler visits sister Mrs. Ed Massey and family.
CADDO NEWS reports social visits across Decatur area. Irwin Sheats family from Decatur spent Sunday with Bertha Fuller. Tom Johnson of Shady Grove and Elmer Puller with son visited I. Fuller. Otto Carral family and Dave Carrel household hosted Junior Billy and Jean Carral. Truitt Jacob from near other neighbors involved.
Rev H M Hudson delivered a splendid sermon at the place. Miss Katie Washburn spent Saturday night with Miss Effie and Emma Jones. Miss Zola Mae Martin entertained many friends with a party Saturday. Mr and Mrs William Taylor of Rocky Ford spent Sunday with Mrs FP G Mayfield. Miss Evelyn White was Sunday dinner guest of June and Opal Thompson. Miss Gathryn Rose and Laverne Lane were Sunday dinner guests of Zola Mae Martin. Mr and Mrs Olen Sparkman and children visited with her parents the Joneses. Mr J M West of Oak Ridge was Sunday guest of the Thompsons. Mr and Mrs G B Jones and daughter Lois, Mr and Mrs Wallace Martin were dinner guests of the Herrings. Mr and Mrs C W Lane and children were Sunday guests of their daughter Mrs Coy Puckett and Mr Puckett. Mrs M M White was dinner guest of the Joneses.
Rev Vance Gordon will present a sermon titled The Triple Life as part of a series at Willoughby Presbyterian Church this evening. Services start at 7 00 oclock with a cordial invitation extended to the public.
Plans are progressing for the state convention of singers to be convened the second Sunday in November in the Birmingham municipal auditorium. The event is expected to draw the largest crowd ever to attend a sing in Alabama.
On this date in 1777 Burgoyne was forced to retreat to Saratoga during the second battle of Bemis Heights marking a turning point in the American Revolution.
Persons born on this day are very honest and inclined to overwork. The outlook notes strong ethics and a tendency to push themselves, with focus on responsibility and perseverance in daily tasks.
The board of management of the Y M C A will convene in a regular monthly session Monday evening at 7 30 o'clock at the Y M C A.
Dr Julius B Klein assistant secretary of commerce will address the University of Alabama school of commerce at 11 am Wednesday November 4. He is a Hoover administration spokesman on commerce and will discuss the retail management practices survey with results to be announced in Birmingham at 6 pm November 4. The Alabama survey covered Tuscaloosa Selma Eutaw greater Gadsden and Cullman.
The rule explains present third person singular verb forms. If the verb ends with a consonant and has an extra syllable in the form, add es as in kiss kisses. If the form has no extra syllable, add only s as in hurt hurts.
Readers gain insight into local markets as classified ads promote equipment sales job listings and services. Small firms post through the week, highlighting machinery, repairs, and contractor offerings fueling regional commerce.
Unnerved by the murder of his son-in-law, 76 year old P. Chelius father of Mrs. Benjamin P. Collings and widower of the slain yachtsman, has suffered nervous strain and nearly collapsed. He is a former head of the Boston Conservatory of Music and lives in Dorchester Massachusetts.
The itinerary of Rev. R. T. Tyler, presiding elder of the Decatur district, was released today. He plans to preach at Johnson's Chapel Wednesday morning, hold conference in the afternoon, and then visit Salem Saturday and Sunday for sermons and conferences. He will conclude with Cairo Sunday afternoon at two oclock for preaching services and a quarterly conference.
An all day sing is planned in Athens on the first Sunday in November. The program will be given in the Agricultural school building. Singers from all over North Alabama will be in attendance.
The October 1 1931 issue of The Decatur Daily includes a Statement of Ownership listing publisher Tennessee Valley Printing Co., editor B M Bloodworth, managing editor B C Shelton, and business manager R T Sheppard. It provides stockholders names and addresses, security holders, and the average circulation of 3096 copies for the six months prior.
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