Poe Tribute to Mrs Clemm and Family News
Edgar Allan Poe writes a funeral tribute to Mrs. Clemm, his mother in law, praising her devotion as caregiver to Virginia. The notice also reports Mr and Mrs Dilworth and daughter Diana visiting Dothan, and Mrs Paul Flowers with Grace and Paul Flowers Jr leaving for a Norfolk visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Allen Poe
B. P. Dilworth
Diana
Auburn
Dothan
Satin
J. N. Mulns
Paul Flowers
Chiildren
Grace and
Norfolk
Nine Ozark Hostesses Host Dance at Community House
OZARK Special reports a Wednesday evening dance at the Community House attended by about nine couples. Hostesses included Mrs. Charles Dillard, Mrs. Ralph Holman, Mrs. Feneie Hamrick, Mrs. L. Fo Stellgrove, Mrs. J. Barnes, Mrs. Jack Key, Mrs. Holgan Beasley, Mrs. Carlos Andrews, and Mrs. Othe Rhodes. Honorees were Miss Laura Dillard, Jackie Key, Don Holman, Pete Beasley, Milton Andrews, Miss Geraldine Snellgrove, Jimmy Barnes, Pat White, and Billy Rhodes. The venue featured blue and white décor with urns, pine, palms, rhododendron, honeysuckle, crystal candelabra, and white flowers. Refreshments included a large white floral centerpiece and a sweet course. Candles were lit by Mrs. Charles Dillard and Mrs. Jack Key.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozark
Au Dance
Elphys
Charley Dillard
Ralph Holman
Feneie Hamrick
L. Fo Stellgrove
J. &. Barnes
Mia
Jack Key
Holgan Beasley
Carlos Andrews
Othe Rhodes
Laura Dillard
Jackie Key
Don Holman
Pete Beasley
Milton Andrews
Geraldine Snellgrove
Jammy Barnes
Pat White
Billy Rhodes
Charles Dillard
Abbeville Community Notes Include PTA Events And Honorees
The Abbeville PTA sponsors a May 14 summer round up clinic for rising school entrants in cooperation with the County Health Unit. A dinner honors Miss Patsy Bethune and Edward Dodd ahead of their Thursday wedding. Matrons Club officers are elected with Mrs Creel as president and Mobile AFWC delegate. Abbeville Parent Teachers Association installs new officers, with executive board to fill the missing secretary post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbeville P T.A
Matrons' Club
Flon. Creel
L. S. Nichola
A. H. Hudgens
C. S. Farmer
H. V. Owens
J. A. Roberts
M. A. Lower
J. P. Mitchell
Creel
A F.W.C
Mobile
Abbeville
Parent-Teachers Association
W. D. Webster
Ward Espy
E. L. Glover
Shower for Miss Brackin Pink Tea Honors Bride Elect
Mrs. L W Johnson hosted a Thursday afternoon tea for her niece Miss Sara Nell Brackin, whose May 18 wedding to Sam Williams will be at Lafayette Street Methodist Church. Pink and white decor featured gradion sweetpeas and pansies, with a pink bloom centerpiece on the punch table. Over seventy five guests attended as the bride elect wore a pale green dress with pink carnation corsage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Johnson
Sara Nell Brackin
Sam Williams
Lafayette Street Methodist Church
Claud Lee
S. N. Coleman
Johnson
Saint Luke's Church Plans Night Florence Nightingale Service
Saint Luke's Episcopal church in Marianna hosts the annual Florence Nightingale service at 7 30 pm, resuming after wartime interruption. Nurses in uniform carry candles in the recessional, music by Mrs Paul Carter, and songs by the church choir directed by Mrs Reeder Manning. Nurses' Association District 15, with about 45 members serving Leon Gadsden and Jackson counties, is represented by district president Mrs Audrey Hancock. Miss Florence Carroll and Miss Margaret Peacock visit Miss Sara Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint Luke's Church
Marianna
Saint Luke's Episcopal Church
Valentine G. Lowery
Paul Carter
Reeder Manning
Nurses’ Association
Leon
Gadsden
Jackson
Audrey Hancock
Tallahassee
Graduation Exercises Begin For Abbeville Seniors Tonight
Abbeville High School seniors begin graduation events with a Sunday May 11 commencement at 8 p m led by acting principal Miss Gwendolyn Reams. The May 16 diploma ceremony will honor 38 graduates, with Floyd Moody as valedictorian and Ann Wood as salutatorian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbeville
Abbeville High School
Gwendolyn Reams
Paul A. Duffy
Hill Hudgens
Floyd Moody
Ann Wood
Also Mentioned on This Page
Virginia
van Litch North Foster
West Main
Feds
California
Dale County High School
Patsy Bethune
Edward Dodd
Lucile Shuck
Early Chambers
Jean Farmer
Jimmie Solomon
W. C. Bethune
Lucille Shuck
Louie Weed
J. E. Dodd
H. T. Shoemaker
Wallace “McClare
Washington, D. C
Eleanor Espy
Early Chambers, Jr
Lieut
Vincent Willams Collins
All Saints Chapel
Naval Air Station
Jacksonville
Fla
Ann Williams
Roland T. Williams
Malone
Lieut. Collins
T. B. Collins
Lieut Collins
Jacksonvile
Collins
Malone High School
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Appomattox
University of Richmond
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Miss Brackin
Florence Carroll
Margaret Peacock
Enterprise
Sara Newton
Miriam Arnold
Margaret Beasley
Hugo Bethune
Alice Bland
Chester Carr
Floyd Carr, Jr
Jean Cook
Robert Crawford
Joseph Culpepper, Jr
aiJus Culpepper
Joyce Dodd
Bettye Doswell
Mary Ezzell
Trilby Fleming
Faye Hamm
Irene Holland
Skippy Holmes
Alice Howerton
Lil- He Rore Howerton
Lynette Kay
Danella Kennedy
Betty Mathis
John Frank
Meaty
Mer Red Money
Aeey Plagey
Betty Sue Beebles
Bobby
Eeecy
Charles Trawick
Polly’ Tr J. T. Vickers
Ike Wallace
Jamny Walworth, Jr
Ann _Wood
George Story
Bell
Birmingham
H. A. Edwards
J. W. Baughman
John
Atlanta
Main Street
Joel Knight
Detroit
Michigan
Y Knight
Merrill Knight
W. Crawford Street
Clark Rudder
W. A. Jack
Billy
Mayo Davis
Billie
Perry
F. M. Gaine
Rogers Beauty Shop
E. Adams
Alin
Vian Ditch
West Mar
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