From the files of Nov. 29, 1945
Notes Of A Cullman High Senior . . .
The Rev. C. C. Helmly was guest speaker on Monday at assembly. He made a very interesting talk about Thanksgiving and why we should be thankful. We always like to have Rev. Helmly because he always has an interesting message.
All but sixteen seniors are sporting beautiful solid style rings. You should have seen how seniors watched through the windows on Monday because they knew that Mrs. King and our treasurer had gone to the post office for the rings. Yes, ’twas quite amusing because the teachers just couldn’t hold them down. Now, about the sixteen who didn’t get theirs—they were disappointed because the sixteen black onyx rings didn’t come. But, it’s rumored that they will be here by Monday of this coming week.
C. H. S. has over $35,000.00 now on the Bond Drive—$20,000 over our quota! Our Community Chest fund is soaring, too.
Thanksgiving Day at school was a very quiet day for those attending. Some of the student body spent their day at home or elsewhere while the majority attended the Cullman vs Jasper football game at Jasper. Black and Gold was again defeated by a score of 20–6. This was the last football game for the season. Now, the basketball will be on.
The S. T. A. R. held its annual formal in the gym on Friday night. Everybody seemed to have a very good time.
—Dignified.
Good Hope News
Mrs. Chas. Seitz and daughter, Charlotte, spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. Edd Cordes and daughter, Dorothy.
Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Mize and son, Robert, of Birmingham, were the week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Mize.
Harry Mize has arrived home with his discharge.
Mrs. Glenn Reid and children spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Reid and family.
Dorothy Cordes was the week end guest of Mrs. Chas. Seitz.
Ramson Easterwood has arrived home with his discharge.
Several attended the football game at Jasper Thanksgiving.
Mrs. Elizabeth Shaeffel and son, John Arnold, were the Sunday guests of her daughter, Martha Henke.
Addie Reid spent Friday night with Dorothy Cordes.
Evelyn Cordes was the week end guest of Miss Marie Schlichting.
Mrs. Henry Cordes is visiting her husband in Livingston, Ala.
Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Cole and family were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mize.
Service boys visiting at home are: Bertis Hudson, Kermit Hudson, sons of Rev. and Mrs. Luther Hudson; Alfred Heard, brother of Mrs. Clarence West; Leon Gentry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Gentry.
Claudean Livingston is ill with the flu.
Pfc. Calvin Livingston has returned to camp in Washington after visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mack Livingston.
Milton Sinyard has received his discharge and is at home.
Mrs. Mattie Livingston underwent a serious operation in the Cullman Hospital, recently.
Based on receipts of the Union Stock Yards at Montgomery, the cattle population is making great strides in Alabama. The first 9 months of 1944 there were 130,941 cattle and calves received at the Union Stock Yards compared with 148,300 head for the same period this year, more than a 10 per cent increase.
To and Fro
By EAGLE EYE
After serving in the Army since 1937, Master Sergeant Clifford Fleming of Cullman has recently re-enlisted at Fort Sheridan, Ill., and volunteered for duty in Europe with the Army Air Force. During World War II this Cullman soldier served with the AAF in the Pacific theater. He wears the Air Medal, Bronze Star medal, Good Conduct, American Defense and Victory Medal.
Mysteries, current novels, books on travel and children’s books have been donated during the last few days to the Cullman Library by Mrs. Geo. Ponder, Jr., Mrs. Elizabeth Schaefer, Mrs. Fred Lange and Violet Patjens. A field worker for the Alabama Library Service Division, Miss Shirley Brother, was here Wednesday to assist the local librarian, Mrs. Chas. Boschung, with her work.
Five men from Local Board I were accepted for military service at the pre-induction examination on November 19. They were Walter Lee Hall, James Oneal Rusk, Jack Jerome Cornett, Willie Hullion Ponder and Walter Lee Taylor.
One doesn’t have to use his imagination to guess what the animal sitting in Emil Loegler’s market is. It looks exactly like a graceful swan, including long neck and wing formations. However, it is really a Cullman County yam grown by Paul Gasser. Paul gave the queer potato to Dr. E. D. McAdory who, in turn, put it on display at the White Star.
Instead of acting like an octogenarian, W. A. Nuss had as much fun as a teen-ager on last Sunday when he celebrated the 80th anniversary of his birth with a big family dinner party. The John Nuss family, the Charles Kleins, the Tom and Arthur Martys, the Ed and Henry Heitmuellers, the Julius Keims, the Scott Sizemores, the Will Henkes, the G. H. Koehlers, the Bruno Bahrs, Henry Thornton and Fred Hoffmeyer joined “Uncle Bill” for the celebration.
One of the new books to make its appearance at the Cullman Library is “She Came To The Valley”. This novel, written by Miss Cleo Dawson, one of the 1945 Institute of International Understanding speakers, was presented to the book bank by Dr. J. G. Daves, president of the local Rotary Club.
Next week has been proclaimed “Official Victory Week” in the eighth and final bond drive by the State governors and each county is trying to reach its quota by December 8th.
Returning to Washington, D. C., Saturday were Doris Williams, who has a government position in the Capital, and Paul Wobrock of Buffalo, N. Y., and Ft. Belvoir, Va., after a weeks visit with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Williams here.
