From the files of Sept. 6, 1962
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From THE TRIBUNE Files of 1922 — 1942
40 YEARS AGO
Under the leadership of Dr. S. O. Kimbrough the Cullman First Methodist congregation has adopted plans and specifications for a new stone church building.
On Thursday the first day of the fall term at Cullman County High School 306 students enrolled. This is the largest number in history.
Miss Wanza Burks of Baileyton who was graduated from Cullman High last spring, has been awarded a four year scholarship to Montevallo College.
C. W. Joiner of Holly Pond brought the first bale of 1922 cotton to town on Sept. 4 and sold it to C. A. Stiefelmeyer for 23 cents per pound.
B. M. Nash has purchased the old Schmitt lumber yard property and will erect a large saw mill there.
Cullman applicants for teacher’s certificates, who took the exams last July and who were notified they had successfully passed them are: Ludie Ford, Sophia Hudson, Jewel Miller, Erma T. Smith, Margaret Beiker, Teasle Calvert, Juanita Collier, J. D. Hassell, J. T. Howell, Jesse J. Hudson, Lawrence Hembree, Anna M. Izard, Susan Miller, Washington W. Vincent, Leonard Warwick and sisters Mary Dorrough, M. Regina Campbell, Mary Charles Daily, Rosalie Gengler and Mary Camillia Hesse.
Jesse Stagner received the gold medal for the best improvement in the writing school at Brickyard, taught by Prof. A. R. Thompson.
Bridge is the favorite of both men and women here. Among those entertaining at bridge parties this week have been: Mr. and Mrs. Ben Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Max Hanlin, Mr. and Mrs. Al Richter, Miss Elsa Hartung, Mr. and Mrs. George Stiefelmeyer and Mrs. Bert Coe.
Attending the State Republican convention in Birmingham on Thursday were C. A. Stiefelmeyer, Conrad Thompson, George Stiefelmeyer, and John F. Stuter.
Miss Esther Beyer is visiting Mrs. Anne Kinney in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Robertson entertained the high school faculty Saturday evening.
20 YEARS AGO
Cullman’s long awaited airport will soon be ready for use. Completion of the grading of the field, located on U. S. highway 31, south, is expected by the middle of September. Members of Cullman Lions Club, sponsors of the project, are A. A. Ponder, Wm. E. Drinkard, Bruce Pylant, Harry D. Wise, Harold Vandiver, Jack Morgan, Horace Kinney, Lumpert Mackentepe, George Ponder, Jr. Hartwell Speegle, E. L. Drinkard, Jr. and Victor Gelsen.
Claude Wood was speaker at the Rotary Club meeting on Tuesday evening. He told of the Cullman Electric Co-op, Alabama’s largest, which has 675 miles of line serving 3700 customers.
War stamps and bonds sold at the women’s booths on Saturday amounted to $1326.75. Working in the booths were Mrs. Eamey Blair, Mrs. G. W. Bledsoe, Mrs. Clarence Brunner, Misses Mary Ruth Mitchell, Sue Carol Marion and Emma Chessher.
Miss Billie Layden represented Cullman in the Miss Birmingham contest finals last evening at the Alabama Theatre. She played a Grieg concerto.
The family of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Jordan of West Point enjoyed a reunion on Sunday.
The Fred Robinsons honored the Good Hope faculty with a watermelon cutting Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Christensen and Emil Loegler have returned from Memphis, Tenn., where they attended a Knights of Columbus convention.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Feirahadt celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with a family dinner party last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wamp and family, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hemmert and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Buettner and family spent last weekend at Wheeler Lake.
Neil Buettner will attend Columbia Military Academy this fall.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Branch spent Sunday in Sheffield.
HANCEVILLE NEWS
Isaac Absher of Gadsden was the Sunday guest of his sister, Mrs. E. O. Bragwell.
Miss Minnie Bonner spent the week with her daughter, Mrs. Geneva Kniphfer.
Miss Carolyn Deavours and daughter of Birmingham were the guests of their parents Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Bragwell and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Johnson of Birmingham spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Johnson.
Mrs. Maggie Jackson, who has spent several weeks with her son in Unison, Ill., is now spending some time with her son in Cullman.
Mrs. Pearl Phillips, Mrs. A. D. Rutherford, Mrs. Millie Sims and daughter, Miss Ruby Sims were in Tuscaloosa visiting Mr. and Mrs. Marie Sandusky.
Miss Lillie Self will spend this month with Mrs. John Graves, before returning to her home in Mobile.
Mr. and Mrs. George T. Rowe spent the past week vacationing in the Smokies.
Mrs. Aurelia McCabe spent the week end with Mrs. W. Brown.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Grimmett of Birmingham spent the week end visiting relatives.
J. W. Brown underwent surgery last week at the Cullman Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Brown spent the past week with Mr. and Mrs. T. R. McKibbins and Mrs. Pearl Ballard of St. Ann, Mo., and children at Mt. Olive, visited Mrs. C. V. Vincent and son.
Mr. and Mrs. Coy Vincent and son were the Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Nay Knight and family.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Fine, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Ballard of St. Ann, Mo. spent the holiday week end visiting relatives.
Nancy Grimmett of Birmingham has spent the past week with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Johnson and family.
Mr. and Mrs. James McRae and family of Jacksonville visited his mother, Mrs. E. McRae.
Mrs. Charles Jones underwent surgery at the Cullman Hospital.
Mrs. Clousen of Florence was the weekend guest of her mother.
The Hanceville PTA will hold its first meeting Sept. 6, at 7:15 at the library. The following officers are expected to be present.
The first meeting of the Hanceville Lions Club will be held August 13.
The first meeting of the Hanceville village will be held August 13. Everyone is invited to attend and is asked to bring food for the supper meeting which will be held at 6 o’clock.
The Hanceville Annual staff will hold a meeting for the preparation for this year’s edition of the Annual staff, and the Annual staff will hold a meeting daily on the Annual staff, under the supervision of John Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. McElroy of Gadsden and Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Johnson of Birmingham were the Sunday afternoon guests of Mrs. John McRae and family.
To and Fro
The Cullman County Office of the State Department of Veterans Affairs will be closed from Tuesday, September 11, through Friday, September 14. Thomas C. Culp, Veterans Service Officer and Miss Shirley Higgerson, clerk, will attend the Annual Work Conference in Montgomery.
Luther Brothers’ Cotton Gin at Jones Chapel ginned its first bale of the season on August 30. The cotton was grown by Millard Jones of Rt. 4, Cullman and was bought by the Luthers for 40 cents a pound.
Cullman’s Theodore D. McMinn, who has been a field claim adjuster in the Decatur area for State Farm Insurance Company, has been promoted to assistant claims superintendent in the regional office of that company located in Birmingham.
The 1962 Tennessee Valley District Dairy Show will be held in Decatur on Sept. 26 with 90 youths from North Alabama expected to exhibit cattle that day. Henry Howle of Cullman is a member of the finance committee for the show.
At its recent meeting the Official Board of First Methodist Church issued resolutions of respect as a memorial for the late Garland S. Smith, outstanding layman of that church and solicitor of Cullman. The resolutions were signed by Warren Thrasher, chairman, and Joe W. Sanders, secretary, of the board.
The Cullman swimming and diving teams of which Donald Green is coach will hold a banquet at the All Steak on Friday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. Trophies will be presented to first and second place winners. In swimming and diving medals will go to the high point person in each stroke and ribbons will be presented to those who participated in the various meets. Parents of the team members will join them for the banquet.
Graduating from the Carraway School of Nursing in Birmingham last Thursday evening was Carol Dean Kilgo of Montgomery, who is now a nurse at Cullman Hospital.
