From the files of Oct. 18, 1945
Mt. Pisgah News
Mrs. Wanda Adams and Sandra visited Mr. and Mrs. Milton Wheeler Sunday.
Cpl. Doris M. Jackson returned to Oliver General Hospital Monday after a 14 day furlough with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Huddleston and Raymond spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Grady Dye.
Cpl. Doris Jackson and Lillie Mae Holcomb spent Saturday night with Gertie Poplin.
Good Hope News
Barnie Easterwood arrived home with his discharge Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Mize and Robert of Birmingham were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Mize.
Mr. and Mrs. George Henke are the proud parents of a baby boy.
Addie Reid has returned from Birmingham.
Eddie Miller is the new superintendent of the Good Hope Church.
Mrs. W. C. Henke has returned home after a short visit with her daughter, Eta, in Mobile.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gillespie (Delwyn Ryan) Colorado Springs, are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Ryan.
Pete Livingston is home on a forty-five day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mack Livingston.
Aughey Hinkle is home from Hawaii.
Welcome News
Freeman Miller is ill.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Willingham of Arab, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Miller of Decatur, spent the week end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Collins Pruett visited Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dye, Saturday afternoon.
Dorothy Grimes visited Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hall, Thursday night.
Seaman first class, Duvall Waldrop is on a 30 day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Waldrop.
Mr. and Mrs. Walt Miller spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Helms of Cullman.
Bethany News
Mrs. Gladys Eady and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Columbus Harbison and family.
Herman Williams arrived home from Germany Tuesday with an honorable discharge. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louise (Goodwin) Williams. He has a son 22 months old that he had not seen before his return from overseas.
Ogle Campbell arrived home Sunday morning from Germany with an honorable discharge. He is the son of Mrs. Evazie Campbell and husband of Mrs. Oleta Campbell.
Mr. and Mrs. Jewel Howlett and son spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. Boatner Speegle of Howard’s Chapel.
Offie Calvert has received an honorable discharge from the Army. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Calvert.
Mr. and Mrs. Columbus Harbison and Mr. and Mrs. Gladys Eady and Mavis and Mrs. Ezell Campbell and family Sunday evening.
Holly Pond News
Mrs. Alma Reid and Mrs. Bernice Gorham of Ensley, are visiting Mrs. Esther Gorham. Mrs. Gorham is on her vacation.
Here from Tennessee are Mrs. Gorham, Mr. Curtis Reid and Mrs. Gorham. They came to Tennessee, Sunday, to see Pfc. Clyde Gorham who is recovering from wounds received in action in Germany.
Miss Eloise Stisher of Tennessee visited Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reid Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reid visited Mr. and Mrs. Richard Shoemaker Sunday afternoon.
Here from overseas visiting their families here are Henry Elland of the Navy and Dewey Elland of the Army.
Mrs. Grady Speegle is home with an honorable discharge from the Army.
Gwendolyn Buckner recently left to join her husband, Pfc. Eugene Corinne Gilley and John L. Tucker were married Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Nuss and son, of Gardendale, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Campbell and Mrs. Lena Reid.
On the sick list this week is Mrs. Walter Campbell and Mrs. Lena Reid.
Parties for Veto Scott were held here, Saturday.
A soup dinner was enjoyed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Reid, Sunday.
Many from here spent Sunday at Rock Springs, they enjoyed an all day singing.
Mrs. Crawford visited her Grandmother Crawford at Rock Springs, Sunday.
Mrs. Odell Reid spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. James H. Reid and family.
Byrd, Coy Wisner, Bertis Whatley, and Dean Whatley attended the singing at Center Point, Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Watson Stisher of Cullman were guests of relatives here recently.
To and Fro
BY EAGLE EYE
In spite of the fact that the Japs had reported sinking the same U.S. submarine three times in the last three years, it was on hand for the rescue of three of the Doolittle flyers and other Jap emissaries. One of the crew members of the U.S.S. Trout, called the “Eagle of Crane Hill,” says that he helped to subdue the Pensacola, Fla., Jap emissaries.
A well earned vacation was enjoyed by Pfc. Basil Oaks, who although deaf and dumb, had worked for the past two years in the Bell bomber plant in Atlanta, doing his bit. He was on a 30 day leave with his parents at Simcoe and attended school at Talladega. He also went on a deer hunting along the Black Warrior River. He is also home on a 30 day leave after 23 months in the Pacific.
The census report for bales of cotton ginned in Cullman County up to November 14, 1944, shows 6,530 bales less than that ginned for the same period last year. A total of 11,247 bales had been ginned this year.
“Seven is my special number,” says Mr. W. M. Edge, who celebrated his 70th birthday on November 14. Mr. Edge’s life includes a seven. He is 70 years old, wears a size 7 hat and size 7 shoe, has seven sons and seven daughters, seven grandsons and seven grand-daughters.
Back to Cullman this week came Major Moody, who has been serving in Tuscaloosa and Mobile since November, 1942. He was first in Alabama then went to University of Alabama, then to Mobile as an Engineer with the Air Technical Service Command. He is now radio manager for the Deer Island, Miss., radio station.
You’ve heard about a fellow having trouble with his wife, but have you heard about the problems of Cullman County? It’s not quite so difficult as that, but it is a problem. The authorities headaches. Many of the boys who have been inducted have come from other ports, from Decatur, that so many of them have been given a Cullman County number, and most of them are here in Cullman County. Anyhow, the Selective Service Security Board immediately investigates and if the numbers are found to be unnecessary numbers cancelled.
“Well, who do you think you are talking to?” said a small boy to the sergeant. The sergeant took the belt and gave him a good talking to. The sergeant said, “I’m a sergeant and I’m a sergeant and for inspection isn’t the thing to do.” The sergeant said, “I’m a sergeant and I’m a sergeant, too, is unheard of.” Therefore, the sergeant took the belt and gave him a good talking to. The sergeant admits that he was wrong, but he was in a hurry to get to Calif. Moody, very excited, turned to the soldier and said, “I’m a sergeant and I’m a sergeant.” The First Sergeant when he recognized the soldier, who was from the same town, was passing by with the big voice, and when he saw the soldier, he said, “I’m a sergeant and I’m a sergeant,” for a little joke. Although Moody was wrong, he was right, and he cooled the situation and everybody was happy.
