Files from Yesteryear: 1933, 1953

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From the Files of 1933: 

Winners in the baby contest on Wednesday evening were: Betty Rose Biggers, daughter of Mrs. Alvie Gibbers, sponsored by Marjorie Thompson, first, Barbara Ann Leeth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Leeth, sponsored by Helen Leigeber, second, Juanita Allen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.N. Allen, sponsored by Wynelle Allen, third. The boy to win first was Buddy Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Marvin Lee, sponsored by Wynelle Taylor. 

The Al Richter home has been leased for a Cullman Infirmary. 

Mrs. M.A. Jones, of Vinemont, brought the Tribune staff a fine basket of delicious grapes on Saturday. 

Helen Glasscock and Wilbur Aaronson were married on July 30th, at the First Baptist Church, in Tuscaloosa, where both are students at the University of Alabama. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Glasscock, of Cullman and he the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Aaronson, of New York. 

Miss Esther Perdue, of Washington, D.C., is spending a month with her parents, the L.H. Perdues, of Trade.

 

From the Files of 1953:

Hanceville Happenings 

Mrs. James B. Kelley, of Decatur, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Caudell, on Monday. 

Joyce McNutt has accepted a position as occupational coordinator at Troy High School for the coming year. 

Reverend J.R. Dobbs, of Eufaula, is quite ill at the Cullman Hospital, following an operation, on Friday. 

Guests on Saturday of Mrs. J.T. Stepp were: Mr. and Mrs. A.L. Little and family, of Bessemer. 

Mr. and Mrs. V.D. Bateman had as their Sunday afternoon guests, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Brannon, of Welti. 

Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Chappell and David spent Sunday visiting relatives in Rome, Georgia. 

Mrs. E. Jack Collier visited in Birmingham, on Tuesday and Tuesday night.

 

Aged Man Dies 

Charlie Thomas Harris, age 84, died at his residence, on Cleveland Street, on August 2nd. 

Funeral services were held at Hopewell, with Reverend Glen Hembree officiating, assisted by Reverend Odis Driver. Interment was in the adjoining cemetery. 

Survivors include: his widow, Bulah Harris; three sons, Lamar, Roy and Thurman; four daughters, Mesdames G.L. Mullins, C.H. Brock, F.C. White and Olen Arthur; eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

 

Jay H. Winn Rites 

Funeral services were held in Winchester, Tennessee, on Saturday, August 1st for Jay H. Winn, age 56, who died in a Nashville hospital, on July 30th. 

He was a member of Cullman High School’s first football team.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Obie Stewart Winn; one brother, Glen Winn, of Birmingham; eight sisters, Mrs. Emmett Smith, of Hulaco, Mrs. Jesse H. Smith, Misses Annie and Evelyn Winn, of Cullman, Mrs. Claude Quattlebaum, of Hanceville, Mrs. J.T. King, of Attalla, Mrs. J.T. Cahoon, of Atlanta, Georgia and Mrs. John Stith, of Charlotte, North Carolina. 

Relatives from here, who attended the funeral were: Doctor and Mrs. R.B. Dodson, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Stewart, Curtis Stewart, Misses Annie and Evelyn Winn, Mrs. Jesse H. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Quattlebaum and Jay, Mrs. Emmett Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Entrekin and Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Walker.

 

Bethany News 

Reverend Sim J. Calvert filled his regular appointment at Bethany on Sunday. 

Little Sheila Kay Collins, of Detroit, Michigan has been visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Smith for the past two months. 

The C.C. Harbisons, Belva Sue and Ruth and Hilda Perdue were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Derian Harbison, of Holly Pond. 

Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Williams were in Pell City on Saturday, on business. 

Evon Lay and Ruby Nell Pugh were married last week. 

Avery Calvert is working in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

 

Mount Vernon News 

Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Burden and family attended a reunion at Sportsman Lake on Sunday. 

Copel Woods and family and Donald Woods and family, all of Sidney, Ohio are visiting their mother. 

Billy Alldredge, of Sidney, Ohio, is home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Alldredge. 

James Guthery and family are visiting their parents, H.A. Guthery and Ora Woods.

Inez and Maydell Simpson are visiting relatives in Blount County, this week.