Local Society and Club Notices Highlight Fall Events
A Decatur society page lists guests at a bridge party with Mrs Echols winning a club prize and Mrs Stinson hosting next. Various groups plan lectures, Bible study, garden club shows, P T A meetings, and programs at Riverside Auditorium with Tag Day for books and donations to libraries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Stinson
Decatur Senior High
Lafayette Grammar
P.T. A
Riverside Auditorium
E. C. Shaw
P.T.A
W. T. Jordan
Senior High
Nehr
L. J. Ramage
W. J. Brown
Haynes
Turley
Mary Turley
Smley
A. C. Mc
Mixon Cleared of Arson Charge in Fifth Avenue Fire
A Circuit court jury found Ike Mixon not guilty of arson in the burning of a Fifth Avenue house. The trial was a second attempt after a mistrial last year. Defense counsel were Kyle and Long with Wade Wright for the state as a large courthouse crowd followed proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike Mixon
Fifth Avenue
Fouth
Kyle
Long
Wade Wright
Walton Family Plans Week Visit to Hartselle
Mrs. Aaron Walton and her young son Bobby Ray will depart this afternoon for Hartselle to spend a week visiting her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Walton
Bobby Ray
Hartselle
Routine matter shocks firm of Johnson and Higgins
A fragment notes an official stating the issue was merely routine, yet it was not routine for the firm Johnson and Higgins that handled the insurance, highlighting tension over an internal matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson and Higgins
Dollar Line ships face large claims in libel suit
The Daily Washington Merry Go Round reports a libel case involving the Dollar Line ship folk Va. with a repair bill of 90000 and libel damages to the other vessel totaling 650000. The government was owed 740000 due to arrears, but a subordinate in the shipping board prepared an order waiving the government's right to the funds. He told commissioners Woodward and Saltaman that he had already sent the insurance policies back to the company before their signatures.
Family attends funeral and announces newborns
Mr and Mrs G B Hanks and children return from Pulaski after the funeral of their aunt Mrs Arthur Chapman. They name their daughter Jessie Mack born Friday October 13. Mrs Heath and baby Peggy Louise born October 13 at Benevolent Hospital. Sheriff and Mrs Bud Davis welcome an eight pound daughter Peggy Louise born Friday October 13. Mother and baby listed as doing fine at their home on Vis Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
St. John’s
Louis Mann
Roy Hendrix
Fred Mann
Hendrix
Dennis
Ruby Reeder
P.T. A. of
Decatur
P.T. A
Janie Elkins
G. B. Hanks
Pulaski
Arthur Chapman
Jessie Mack
Sheriff
Bud Davis
Peggy Louise
Vis Street
Two Newborns Reported as Delano Earl and Peggy Louise
Birth notices list Delano Earl born October 16 to Mr and Mrs Benfield an eight pound son and Peggy Louise born October 13 to Mr and Mrs A W Davis an eight pound daughter. Dr and Mrs J K Heath also noted in the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Benfield
Delano Earl
Also Mentioned on This Page
Decatur Junior High School
Collier
Jeannette Simpson
State Teachers College
Florence
Alpha Bible Cla&ss
Alpha Bible Club
Jeddy Ryan
Johnston Street
Garden Club
Decatur Garden Club
Phillip P. Gilchrist
West Moulton Street
Carnegie Library
T. A
Riverside
J.A. Alexander
Elizabeth Eich
Paul Dix
Ed Berry
A. W. Reams
Lougene Clem
Russell Green
Tillian Ussery
B. P. Cartwright
Wallace
Z. Trimble
Dinsmore
Katherine Haynes
J. Hodges
A. H. Hoff
John McGehee
W. W. Benson
L. R. Nash
Elizabeth Houston
Kelley
Allene Pope
Mary Banks Terrell
Wyatt
Rufus Peerson
Benson
Allen’s Beauty Shoppe
Hollywood
Directed By
Willard Mack
Ruth Etting
ITZ
Athens
Paul Reno
Maxine
Ballyhoo Revue
Julia Boyd
Park Avenue
New York
Decatur Daily Fashion Bureau
New York, N. Y
J. R. Heath
Birmingham
Gibson Hospital
Ogle
Grant Street
Syd Alspaugh
Jack
Scottsboro
Ala
C. A. Stiedfelmeyer
Cullman
R. F. South
H. L. Ogle
J. W. Waller
Winifred Waller
Cecil Moore
Frank Owen
Carl Farrish
Nashville
Tenn
Mrs. R. EB. Oliver
West Palm Beach, Fla
Mrs
J. T. Jones
H. E. Pleetwood
Clyde Hendrix
R. E Oliver
James E. King
Clanton
Points
South
MIXON
Penney’s
Brown
Bsailors
Daily Washington Merry
A. W. Davis
J.K. Heath An
Colgate
Goidel
Eva
McPherson
The
Kelvinator Corporation
Detroit
Riverside High School
In -Chie
Penne Y
Eer Finc
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