From the files of 1930:
Professor and Mrs. R.P. Johnston spent last weekend in Nashville with relatives.
The Cullman Baptist Association will meet, with Etha Baptist Church, on October 28-30.
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Boschung spent Sunday in Jasper.
The recent school census shows 752 people in Cullman County, over ten years of age, who can neither read or write.
On April 1, Cullman County had 7,063 farms.
Troy Thompson will attend the fair in Montgomery this week. He is conducting an exhibit there.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Deppe, Misses Margaret Deppe and Laura Dennis motored to Birmingham on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Morgan, of Carrollton, Georgia are guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Patrick.
A tapestry peddler, who was selling without a license was arrested here this week.
Saint Bernard College and Cullman High will renew athletic competition with a football game.
The Girls C Club will sponsor a parade and the Cullman band will play.
From the files of 1950:
Jeanette Bright wed Bobby Joe Blalock on August 11 at East Point Presbyterian Church.
S.H. Green was in Cullman this week. He was principal of the Cullman School in 1897. He told the Tribune that the school was a four-room structure at that time, which had been converted from an ax-handle factory. Mr. Green had two teaching assistants.
Herman Bahr, son of Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Bahr was fatally injured on August 8 when the car in which he and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Edward Chambliss were riding sped out-of-control near Oneonta. He died on August 10. In addition to his parents, other survivors are brothers, Raymond, of Vinemont and Herbert, of Birmingham, three sisters, Mrs. R.M. Thomas, of Richmond Virginia, Mrs. E.A. Bryant, of Richmond, Virginia and Marlene Bahr, of Vinemont.
Arthur Jack Hyatt, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Hyatt, of Cullman, graduated with honors from Florence State Teachers College.
Mrs. A.F. Young received a telegram last Friday that her son, Corporal David R. Young, 19, is missing in action.
Sergeant Milton Wilhite was injured severely in Korea. He is in a hospital in Japan. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wilhite.
Four trucks collided on Guntersville Road, near the Cullman Stockyard, on Monday night. The trucks and Theo Smith’s tomato patch were badly damaged, but the occupants are okay.
Seedless grapes are on sale at A & P for 17 cents per pound. Ad.
A wiener roast was held at Mr. and Mrs. Ogle Campbell’s home on Saturday at Bethany.
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