Plateau School to Resume Work in Temporary Quarters
Plateau Institute will resume its work Monday in temporary quarters after a fire. Principal J J Whitley appeals for funds to restart the industrial department serving fifty girls and twelve boys of the Plateau Normal and Industrial Institute. Plans include canning and home-producing projects, prizes for canning, and a potential rebuilding on or near the former site with broad community backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plateau Institute
J. J. Whitley
Plateau Normal and Industrial ‘Institute
Isaiah J. Whitley
Whitley
Alabama
Sawmill Plan Sparks Jackson Growth
In Jackson Alabama Mr C C Mathers will build a new sawmill two miles from town and move his family here once construction starts. The community reports an 8 to 6 baseball win for Jackson over Barton. The School Improvement Club plans an Easter egg hunt Friday before Easter. The Zimmerman mill adds a new dam at the log pond and turns out lumber. The seventh grade has passed a state geography exam with two months remaining in the term. Mrs Dave Chapman from Grove Hill visits for Captain Woodards illness. Mr and Mrs Zimmerman visit Mr and Mrs C W Warner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ackson
Ala
C. C. Mathers
Dave Chapman
Grove Hill
Captain Woodard
Zimmerman
C. W. Warner
Community Notes From Grand Bay and Nearby Areas
Grand Bay hosts visitors and events as families gather at the orchard, church and canning factory. George Warden prepares North Grand Bay home materials while Warden sells his farm and plans to move north. Local orchard work shines with C S Hammond shipping hay and the Citrus Fruit Growers Association plotting future efforts. A Billy Sunday talk inspires at the Baptist church and J H Rothkins completes drain tile work for the Grand Bay Land Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Grove
Grand Bay
George Warden
North Grand Bay
G. W. Hawhall
Cleveland
Ohio
Joe Smith
C. S. Hammond
Union Church
Welch, Kingon and Kilmer
Mobile
Schafer
Hazel Yeiser
Indiana
Fergerson
Saulsbury
W. M. Read
The
Baptist Church
Billy Sunday
Canning Factory
Warden
Brotherhood of the Methodist Episcopal Church
J. H. Rothkins
Lexington
Grand Bay Land Company
Evan Hughes
Daphne Civic League cleans streets and plans April work
In Daphne Alabama the male members of the Civic League led street and road improvement efforts on Wednesday and Thursday with the ladies auxiliary providing dinners. A meeting on Thursday approved repeating the work on April 9 and 10. A nuisance committee was formed to address dilapidated buildings. The Washington Literary Society won the annual debate against the Lee Society on the merchant marine issue with speakers Fred Oates Sarah Street and Mary Blair for the Washingtons and Carlos Shriner Allison Van Netti and William Lawton for the Lees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daphne
Ala
Washington Literary Society
Lee Society
United States
Fruitdale Good Roads Meeting and Social Notes
A Saturday good roads meeting in Fruitdale drew a sizable crowd with a committee led by Dr. T. M. Blake to report April 3. The column lists out-of-town attendees from Deer Park State Line Escatawpa Yellow Pine Citronelle and Meridian and notes social visits and local civic improvements by Jesse A. Steele.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fruitdale
Ala
T. M. Blake
R. W. Lynch
H. H. Best
Deer Park
R. J. Briggs
Ll. L
State Line
H Bertram
W. S. Hinkle
Escatawpa
M. Bunker
J. R. Wiggins
Yellow Pine
E. Carpenter
Citronellé
George Bemeon
Citronelle
Homer Young
W. E. White
Vinegar Bend
Glen Petcher
D. F. Yost
S. R. Pillman
G. C. Simpson
Fairhope
Simpson
Mariel Pillman
Jesse A. Steele
Steele
John Haertel
Chicora
C. V. Williams
Meridian
Walter Haertel
Fred Pillman
E. Black
Mobile
J. A. Clevenburg
J. P. Miles
Chicago
Nell Gilmer
J. P. Jackson
Dog River
Nora
Amanda Smith
Oneonta
J. A. Steele
Leakesville
Jake Stutz
Oshkosh
Wis
Emma
Chalmers
Ind
Yost
Famil
E. R. Carr
D. Scott
8. R
Crary News Update and Local Social Notes
Walter Lord recovering after surgery at Southern Infirmary and neighbors report steady progress. Mrs. Gaines Havens of Pierce Level visited her mother Mrs. James Havens. Tomato Club girls met to sew caps and aprons, with Abel Black and others among members. Visitors to Mobile included E F E Black Jim Snowden Burnis Graham Will Lord and A Shaffer and sons. Mrs. C M Hart sock ill at Southern Infirmary and expected speedy recovery. Farmers welcome spring weather and plant crops. Elma Sheldon and Herron Lord visited Mobile to see their father. Olive Maud Cheney of Crichton visited relatives here. A J Schellinger of Pine Ridge Stock Farms bought four large hogs from a Kansas farm. Rose Williams returned from Mobile visit. Annie Carol Hoffman and Annie May Krassin spent the afternoon with Etta Lord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elma
Masters Sheldon
Herron Lord
Mobile
Olive Maud Cheney
Crichton
A. J. Schellinger
Pine Ridge Stock Farms
Kansas
Rose Williams
Annie Carol Hoffman
Annie May Krassin
Etta Lord
Colored Teachers Meet in Montgomery Three Day Session
The Colored Teachers Association of Alabama gathers in Montgomery for a three day program starting Wednesday night March 1 at the Montgomery Theatre for opening remarks by Booker T. Washington. Sessions occur at the State Normal School for Negroes on South Jackson Street with white educators addressing rural and vocational education. Key speakers include Dr P P Claxton Hon W F Feagin and other educational leaders. county superintendents discuss progress. a musical festival benefits the association Friday night. Officers listed include Wm Pickens president Frances Morin vice president and Geo White recording secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colored Teachers’ Association of Alabama
Montgomery
State Normal School For
South Jackson Street
Montgomery Theatre
P. P. Claxton
U.S
W. F. Feagin
James L. Sibley
James H. Dillard
The
Jeanes Foundation
W. H. Sanders
H. O. Murfee
Marion Institute
Wm. A. Gunter
Bruce Kennedy
Montgomery Chamber of Commerce
S. R. Butler
Madison
W. B. Riley
Macon
F. M. DeGraffenried
Russell
H. R. Williamson
Lowndes
Booker Washington
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute
Association
Wm. Pickens
Frances .E. Morin
W. 8. Buchanan
Geo. N. White
G. W. Scott
EB. Moses
Local News From Pine Grove Alabama March 27
Mrs. H C West ill with la grippe. Bay Minette high school men to cross bats next Friday. Local youths attend a Bay Minette theatre outing. Rev. Christian preaches. plans to administer Lord's Supper in April. Nurseryman Stover reports strong fruit tree planting. Durock hog Laddie sold. Mr. James Anderson dies. services held. John B Scheibly to build a bungalow near town. Philathea class elects officers and plans Easter social. Farm work near Grand Bay. Mendota Lloyd Lewis clears farm north of town. Local students prep for town hall dance next Friday.
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Pine Grove
Ala
H. C. West
Stockton
Bay Minette
Christian of
Mobile
Stover
F. C. Hall
C. H. Myers
James Anderson
Here
D. D. Harman
John B. Scheibly
McSwain & Speigel Boiler and Tank Company
Cincinnati
Ohio
Harry Hawkshead
The
Baptist Church
Albert Freeland
Griffing
J. C. Chapman
Bertie Freeland
Harry White
Harmon
F. M. Stunt
J. W. Egan
Lewis
Mendota
Grand Bay
Downs School Social And Local Movements Report
Community notes from Downs School Alabama describe visits to Mobile by Wiley Powell and others, a two week stay of Mrs. Louis Crabtree, and local illness news. The Sewing Circle adds Miss Julia Bates and Dutch caps for tomato canning. a surprise gathering at Rudolph Stringfellow’s home is described with several attendees. Maloney the U.S. farm demonstrator spoke to students, while Lillian Allman spending weekend in Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Item Office
Maloney
United States Farm
Downs School
Stella
Maggie Powell
Sidney Caton
Burbank News Briefs: Jobs, Wreck, and Odd Camp
In Burbank Alabama Mrs August Bauer visited daughter Frieda in Citronelle where Lena Britt becomes the fifth local girl to find work there. Paul Greinert was thrown from a wagon when a frightened horse ran over a stump. syrup spilled from cans and jugs in his wagon. A nomadic band of fortune telling horse traders camped north of Burbank. Mrs John L Turner was taken ill Saturday. Dr Faulk of Leakesville attended and reported her condition improved but unable to do much.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burbank
Ala
August Bauer
Frieda
Citronelle
Lena Britt
Lena
Paul Greinut
Local notes from Coffeeville and surrounding towns
Miss Myrtle Dunn of Salitpa visits sister Mrs. Joe Bedwel this week. Fred Benson trips to Union Chapel Saturday. Miss Arizona White from Salitpa visits friends here this week. Oscar Cobb of Dead Level visits Monday. C. F. G. meets with Miss Ossie Robinson Saturday afternoon. refreshments follow and next meeting set with Misses Cora Bell and Lucile Wilson. Various locals listed for visits, church, and social events around Coffeeville, West Bend, Grove Hill, and Salitpa.
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Coffeeville
Ala
Myrtle Dunn
Salitpa
Joe Bedwel
Fred Benson
Union Chapel
Arizona White
Oscar Cobb
Dead Level
Ossie Robinson
Cora Bell
Lucile Wilson
Henry Roberts
Careerville High School
Joe MccCorquoddle
Womack Hill
Vance Ward
Thomasville
J. T. Johnson
Boz Turner
West Bend
Sidney May
Albert Bedwel
Jackson
Brannock
Mobile
Mr. Gilmer
H. T. Wilson
Sim Woodham
Grove Hill
Charles Cook
Joe Atchison
Mary
Annie Turner
Weat Bend
Mount Vernon
EB. White
Cunningham
J. JL. Scruggs Jr
Railroad planned from Alabama Port to Cedar Point and Dauphin Island
A report claims a railroad will run from Alabama Port to Cedar Point and Dauphin Island with Mr. Gillis surveying the ground. Meanwhile, Joseph C. Rogers is recovering well after an operation. Rev. James Slay and a couple of preachers conduct a local meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Port
Ala
Cedar Point
Dauphin Island
Gillis
Joseph C. Rogers
James Slay
Dyas Dyas Busy Week Of Meetings At Knoll Church
Rev. C Petty of Bay Minette hosts meetings at Knoll Church house with good turnout. Local residents J J Mashburn and J B Lawrence travel to Bay Minette. G T Weekley returns from work in Loxley for Louisville and Nashville day generator project. Miss Laura Thomley of Perdido station visits, as does Mr C W Thomley. Perdido school held a minstrel show March 26 to aid the school improvement association. Mr H N Miller and Mrs S J Miller of Links Grove WV depart after a vacation visit with S H Young, planning return next winter. Lawrence Goodwin and Gordon Hall of Pine Barren Fla visit Dyas.
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Dyas
Ala
Rev
C. Petty
Bay Minette
J. J. Mashburn
Knoll Church House
J. B. Lawrence
G. T. Weekley
Loxley
Louisville and Nashville
L. H. Weekley
Summerdale
Laura Thomley
Perdido Station
L. A Weekley
Miss Crosby
C. W. Thomley
Crosby
Perdido
School Improvement Association
H. N. Miller
J. Miller
Links Grove
W. Va
S. H. Young
Lawrence Goodwin
Gordon Hall
Pine Barren
Fla
Vivian
Ada Pate
Deer Park Social Notes Highlight Local Visitors
County Superintendent Pearce visited last week. Horticulturist Wm Clague of Fruitdale discussed peaches. Justice of Peace W R Léon presided in Deer Park. Dr Henry Ardell Grimes of Chatom stayed several days. Several townspeople traveled to Mobile Memphis Algona Chatom. Leon Wright visiting Memphis likely until summer. R Leon in Chatom Thursday. Lyons of Mobile Norris of Whistler in town. C B E Rhew returned from Chatom Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Park
Ala
Pearce
Wm. Clague
Fruitdale
W. R. Léon
Henry Ardell Grimés
Chatom
Mr. McDade
Montgomery
J. B
Local Notes From Loper Alabama Mixed Social and Weather
A gossipy snippet from Loper Alabama notes old age and weather hardships for farmers with snow and broken land. Mentions visits by G H Doper to Mobile and Fannie Hill of Chatom, upcoming home plans for Loper family, and a Meridian visitor. plus a church or club meeting at BJ Dearmon’s home and several local travel mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian
Hayden Henderson
Montgomery
BJ Dearmon
W. J. Bloun
H. F. Lopez
George Chatom
G. H
Bigbee
T. L. Knight
Ll. H. Yarbough
Mobile
Hilton Blount
Kventon
Frank Williamson, Jr
Fom Miliy
Local Obituary Noted in Range Range Community
Range Range Alabama reports the death of Will Bondi, with details on his wife and children and mourners including relatives. The notice mentions Lambert Jones of Ray and J Carl Winnnmeen with his son, plus a trained nurse from Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Range
Ala
Will Bondi
Lambert Jones
Ray
W. Jones
J. Carl Winnnmeen
Ovens
Mobile
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Jos. Patt
Germany
Dr. Daly
Union Savings Bank
Crary
DeBriere
Debriere’s Cafe
South Royal ST
Alabama Port
Keeley
M. B. Boone
H. McRorie
Sec
Treas
Keeley Institute
Maine St
Jacksonville
Fila
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Loper
Cay Aegis
Kuppenheimer
L. H. Meyer & Sons
House of Kuppenheimer
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