Bride Elect Nell Beach Dix Plans Cloud of Parties
A series of gatherings honors Miss Nell Beach Dix ahead of her October 25 wedding to Pfc Floyd Davis Wade of Decatur Alabama and Newton Mississippi. Attendees include Mrs. John Henry Peebles Mrs. John Eustis and many local hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dix
Nell. Beach
Pfc
Floyd Davis Wade
Decatur
Ala
Newton
Miss
First Baptist Church
Mary Louise Garrett
Wiliam Steel Kirby
Cornelian Hotel
John Henry Peebles
John Eustis
Birmingham
Peebles
Mooresville
A. T. Hanson
F. R. Benson
Hanson
Vine St
James Crow Jr
Edgar Young
W. T Stewart Jr
Dorothy Dix Advice Columns on Marriage and Duty
Older advice columns present three questions: a wife tired of marriage and child care contemplates working while risking her husband’s draft status. a medical student asks if marriage is prudent during extensive training. a daughter confronts a romance with her widowed mother’s young husband and seeks guidance on disclosure or separation. The tone admonishes responsibility and maturity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss DIX
Alathean Class Social at Central Baptist School
The Alathean Class of the Central Baptist Sunday School will hold its monthly social at 522 Johnston Street hosted by Mrs. Russell Breeding. The covered dish supper starts Thursday at 7:30 PM, following a day of church meetings and missions presentations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Council
Woman's Council of the
First Christian Church
Z. K. Goode
Ernest McCullouch
Greenup
McCulloch
Central Baptist Sunday School
Russell Breeding
Johnston Street
Illnesses and Travel News From Local Notices
Word comes from Pvt. Leon Reeves Jr. seriously ill at Lawson General Hospital Atlanta after being wounded in France. Mrs. John Eustis of Birmingham to visit Mooresville. Cottrell spending furlough with mother in Alabama. Mrs. Norwood and sons back after visiting Seaman Norwood in New York. Helen Bynum called to Memphis for Mrs. Newsum’s strokes. Day family in New Orleans for Henry Day’s Tulane graduation and Navy commission. Mrs D D of Birmingham with him. Mrs Hugh Wheelless and Patricia at Wetumpka. L R Nash goes to Selma for Methodist Orphanage executive board meeting. she'll return Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Leon Reeves Jr
Lawson General Hospital
Atlanta
Reeves
States
France
Italy
John Eustis
Birmingham
John Henry Peel
Mooresville
Helen Bynum
Memphis
Tenn
Thornton Newsum
W. H. Day
William S. Day
New Orleans
Henry Day
School of Medicine
Tulane University
L. R. Nash
Selma
Methodist Orphanage
Community Notes On Moves And Visits In The South
Mrs Gaines Stuart and son Randy visit Knoxville relatives as Mrs Dwight Mixson and Charles read readouts in Birmingham. Miss Caroline Stickney a University of Alabama student is confined in Tuscaloosa hospital. Mrs ao Stickney by her bedside. Mrs C A Moore returns from a visit with daughter Miss Nelle Frank Moore at the University of Alabama. Mrs Wesley Cook returns from Pensacola. Mr and Mrs W M Grissom move to Ninth Avenue East. Edna Earle Clements of Birmingham visits her family here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Stickney
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Ao Stickney
C. A. Moore
Nelle Frank Moore
W. M. Grissom
Eighth Avenue East
Ninth Avenue East
Edna Earle Clements
Birmingham
Alfred Clements
George Williamson
Skit Backed War Bonds at Decatur High
A fifth period dramatics class at Decatur Senior High under Mrs. W J Brown presented a patriotic war bonds skit in the chapel hour. Doris Hill and Cheri Chandler wrote the piece about a defense worker whose brother died in the South Pacific for not buying bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Senior High School
W. J. Brown
South Pacific
Doris Hill
Cheri Chandler
Alabama Board Names Clifton C. Cobb Assistant Secretary
Col. A. C. Polk of the Alabama State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors announces Clifton C. Cobb has been appointed assistant secretary and will act as the board’s representative. He will investigate violations, report on enforcement, and inform state governments of amended law requirements. Cobb is an experienced engineer with strong ethics knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. A. C. Polk
Clifton C. Cobb
Cobb
Col. Polk
Alabama
Decatur Leader Troy Martin Elected Alabama Wildlife Director
Troy Martin of Decatur was elected a director of the Alabama Wildlife Federation for Morgan county at the ninth annual meeting in Montgomery. He will work with President Robert F. Starr and newly elected officers to shape policies on forests waters and wildlife in Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Martin
Decatur
Alabama Wildlife Federation
Morgan County
Montgomery
Robert F. Starr
Martin
Starr
Chap Hodges
Birmingham
Claude D. Kelley
Monroeville
William L. Holland
Florence
Alabama
Department of Conservation
Department of Education
Reunion Held at Hardin Home in Hartselle
A joyful reunion occurred at the home of Mr and Mrs Hardin in Hartselle with attendees including Clarence Howard and family of Decatur Arthur West and family of Hartselle John Hardin and sons Newt Slaten and sons of Brooksville Lena Mae Hardin of Decatur Betty and Maxine Hardin of Hartselle 2 Ola Mae Hardy and Herman Gray of Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin
Hartselle
Clarence Howard
Decatur
Arthur West
John Hardin
Newt Slaten
Brooksville
Sara Hardin
Ola Mae Hardy
Lena Mae Hardin
Betty and
Maxine Hardin
Herman Gray
J L English Improving Slowly After Collision
J L English was reported improving slowly today at his home after head injuries from a collision between his car and a fire truck on Fourth Avenue. He was removed to the Decatur clinic for X rays and then sent home.
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J. L. English
Fourth Avenue East
Fourth Avenue
Mr. English
Decatur Clinic
Planes Escape Florida Hurricane To Georgia Field
About 30 Army air forces planes from Buckingham Field Florida and its auxiliary Naples field were flown to Turner Field Albany Georgia to escape the hurricane authorities at the pilot school said. More aircraft were expected during the day including P-63 P-39 fighters and B-26 bombers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Army Air Forces
Buckingham Field
Fort Myers
Fla
Naples
Turner Field
Florida
Advanced Pilot School
Community program participants listed
Readable names include Sybil Gunn Nell Wallace Talmadge Meadows Theo Putnam Jimmy Haynes Dan Speake Dorothy McLemore Edna Earle Payne Emma Sue Wright Marie Garnett Joyce Goforth Wynelle Self Sarah Stockton Hatsie Cunningham and Gerald Fields.
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Cipating
Sybil Gunn
Nell Wallace
Talmadge Meadows
Theo Putnam
Jimmy Haynes
Dan Speake
Dorothy McLemore
Edna Earle Payne
Emma Sue Wright
Marie Garnett
Joyce Goforth
Wynelle Self
Sarah Stockton
Hatsie Cunningham
Gerald Fields
Society for Southern Accents Formed Over Dialect Woes
Gadsden Times editor Walling Keith announced the Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Southern Accents with coronation of officers from Tennessee Alabama Georgia and Maryland. Peter Brannon Alabama historian noted performers must abandon accents to work in stage film or radio. First meeting set for V Day plus 65 at Hope Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gadsden
Ala
Walling Keith
The
Gadsden Times
Hollywood
Broadway
Network Row
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Keith
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Sparks
Alabama
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Henry L. Mencken
Baltimore
Frederick Sullens
Jackson
Miss
Peter Brannon
Montgomery
Hope
Arkansas
Service schools will be opened in Europe after war end
Paris Oct 18 The United States plans to open service high schools and universities in France and England so soldiers may resume education as soon as possible. Seventy five thousand teachers will be gathered from the Army and credits will be honored by US and European schools. Arrangements involve the University of Paris and Sorbonne eligibility for Army studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U. Ss
Tax distribution by Hardwick outlined for October dates
Charles G. Hardwick announced the distribution of real and personal taxes from October 9 to October 16. Alabama state taxes totaled 3591.38 with poll tax 1023.00. County allocations included Morgan 5925.55 for schools, city schools 1043.19, plus amounts for Austinville Falkville Hartselle Trinity Detatur Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Hardwick
State of Alabama
Morgan County
Austinville
Falkville
Hartselle
Trinity
Detatur
Albany
Bright future seen for Alabama farmers after war
Jefferson county farm agent John L. Liles told a civic club in Birmingham that Alabama farmers will ship produce by plane and harvest cotton mechanically enabling multiple crops. He predicted a large back to the farm movement after the war and broader opportunities for growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
John L. Liles
Jefferson County
Alabama
Pees
Liles
Pythons Feed Only Monthly Despite Migration of Farm Labor
The note mentions migration of workers leaving farms for jobs in war industries and a separate fact that pythons feed about once a month. The snippet links labor shifts to wartime industry and records a biological feeding cadence.
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B. M. Bloodworth
Crow
Grant Street
B. P. Cartwright
Ferry Street
Jess Shepard
W. P. Reeves
Lanett
Cornelian
Edward S. Sproles
Line Street
Philip Pointer
Jack Doss
Moulton
Pointer
Courtland Road
Paul F. Dix
Ollie C. Bowling
Von
Guy Corum
Lois Pitt
J. L. Sivley
Kamie Bracken
Walter Gay
Arris Turner
Jessie Moore
Clarence Bowling
Women’s Chamber OF Commerce
Women's Chamber of Commerce
George la Boon
Eldridge Guire
YY. W. A
Jesse M. Rogers
Mae Sims
Mae Roberson
Edna Earl Payne
Frances Kirkpatrick
Misses Mae Sims
Mary Virginia Roberson
Helena Sherman
Lucille Hall
Westminster
E. S. Loyd
Westminster Presbyterian Woman's Auxiliary
John Patterson, Jr
India
R. L. Maury
Gordon-Bibb P
T.A
H. S. Roberts
W. R. Riley
Louis Bell
Littlefield
Cadet Wives’ Club
Cadet Club
Bridge and Hearts
J. J. Chuwayder
O. K. Parker
A. W. O’brien
A. C. Sidgeley
W. E. Packford
R. W. Winnerman
Robert B. Jones Jr
K. C. McLaughlin
R. L. Francis
Zetomen Club
J. R. Huie
M. G. Smith
A.M
B. L. Malone
S. B. Burr
Central Methodist Church
John McBride
J W. Lovelace Jr
Bill Stone
Cardus
City Park Flower Shop
Evelyn
Beauty Shop
Over Speake
Goidel's and
el Drug Stores
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Nature
Femweks
Golden Dawn
New Merchandise Brown’s Office Supply CO
Dorothy Dix
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Dorothy OL
A. M. Richards
Raymond Brittain
W. W. Dinsmore
H. F. Sherrod
Ben Brittnell
W. F. Rauschenberg
T. J Cottingham
Joseph W. Cottrell
U. S. Navy
Southwest Pacific
Claude Chambers
R. T. Norwood
Bobby
Jackie
Seaman Norwood
New York City
D. D
Birmingsagell Week
Hugh Wheelless
Patricia
Wetumpka, Ala
Ity Hospital
Shreveport
Gaines Stuart
Randy
Knoxville
Tenns
Dwight Mixson
Charles
Wesley Cook
Pensacola, Fla
John Omens
E. D. Whitman
C. C. Latta
Tom Carson
Hardwick
UN Moye
CT Toy
Atari and
Octagan Premium Stare
Goidel’s Drug Store
Turner Coal & Grain CO
Checkerboard
Moulton 8
Ernie Pyle
Ernie Pyles
Mr. G
Dugger
Johnston St
Belk’s Piece Goods Dept
Percale
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