From the files of March 28, 1957
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From the Tribune Files of 1917 & 1937
40 YEARS AGO
Fred Hurston, manager of Southern Cotton Oil Co., was in South Alabama last week to purchase a car load of seed peanuts for farmers here who wish to try a few acres in peanuts as a substitute for so much cotton.
The Milt Tolbert Show will be in Cullman all this week on the show lot opposite the Court House.
H. M. Bogue, the Cullman Coca Cola man, has a new Packard truck to deliver his soft drinks this season.
Miss Erin Teresa Bernhard will be married to Joseph Howard Eckman in April.
The Bremen Coal Company has been organized with A. W. Lillienhalt, president and general manager; John F. B. Bacon, vice-president; Asa B. Fuller, secretary and treasurer; and D. C. Fuller and F. E. St. John directors. The leases cover about 5000 acres.
At the meeting of the City Council Monday night a resolution suspending the Hog Ordinance so far as concerns the suburban portion of the city, was passed. Citizens may keep hogs if they will keep their pen so as not to be offensive to anyone.
20 YEARS AGO
Miss Helen Moses was tapped for membership in Phi Chi Theta, national commerce honorary fraternity at the University of Alabama.
Mrs. Annie Kinney is ill at her home this week.
Rev. Clifford Walker of Gadsden spent Tuesday with his parents here.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Martin have returned from Hot Springs, Ark.
John Hay has been transfered from Jasper to Bremen to carry the U. S. mail route vacated by J. W. Searcy, who is retiring on pension.
Mr. and Mrs. Taft Smith of Akron, Ohio are guests of relatives in this county.
Going to Alabama College for Play Day this week were Dorothea Carroll, Billie Daniel, Mary Grace Orr, Melba Ruth Jones, Theda Weeks, Kathryn Keyes and Louise Crowder.
Miss Oni Allgood and George L. Armstrong were married last week.
Miss Lula Golden is visiting relatives in Temple, Ga.
Hanceville Happenings
Mr. and Mrs. Clint Warren spent Thursday in Birmingham.
Mrs. D. L. Hopper left Saturday to visit relatives in Chicago and Detroit for a few weeks.
Thursday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jones were Rev. Hyde Hinton of Birmingham, and Mrs. George Stahmer and Mrs. Harry Hackworth of Cullman.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Fine, Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Dover and Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Frazier of Birmingham and Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Cargo of Gadsden were the Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Fine.
Mrs. Iva Jones and son, Jimmy, have moved into the apartment house with Mrs. L. D. Hopper.
Mrs. C. R. Price and boys, Michael and Gregory, of Birmingham were the weekend guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Roberson of Fairfield Highlands were the weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Reid.
Mrs. Mattie Styles has returned home after visiting relatives in Detroit, Michigan.
Mrs. R. W. Quattlebaum is spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Quattlebaum.
Mrs. Kate Grantham and son, Herman Grantham, left Tuesday for their home in Bragg City, Missouri after a visit with relatives here.
Mrs. Laura Tanner spent Sunday visiting relatives in Gardendale.
Miss Ora Thigpen spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Henry in Birmingham.
Miss Bera Braswell and Mrs. A. R. Burns spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Burgess in Walter.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold McElroy, Butch, Mike and Mitzi, and Mrs. Lou Petrasek of Birmingham were the weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. V. McElroy.
Mrs. James B. Kelly of Decatur spent a few days last week visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Caudell.
M. T. Doss of Warrior spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Quick.
I. J. Todd of Tennessee spent Thursday afternoon with his grandmother, Mrs. Cynthia Cook.
J. W. Davis and Mrs. H. A. Harris spent Friday in Birmingham attending the funeral of Mr. Davis’ brother, Houston Davis, at the Ridouts Chapel.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Fine and son, Craig, were here from the University of Alabama to spend the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Fine.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams and Carol of Chattanooga, Tennessee were weekend guests of relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Helms and family of Birmingham were the weekend guests of their mother, Mrs. J. C. Helms.
Mrs. Minnie Bonner has returned home after spending two months visiting relatives in Miami, Florida.
Mrs. Mary Morrison has returned home after several days in Cullman Hospital.
Mrs. Mae Stewart, who is now living at the McGuffey Nursing home in Gadsden, spent a few days last week with Mrs. Velma Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Weaver and children of Berlin spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barnett.
Mr. and Mrs. Clint Warren and Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Barnett attended the formal opening of the State National Bank in Oneonta Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wooten and Judy of Columbus, Georgia were weekend guests of Mrs. Mary Morrison.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wallace and Wayne and Mrs. Lula Wallace of Birmingham were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Davis.
Mrs. H. A. Harris spent Wednesday in Warrior visiting her sister, Mrs. K. E. Mitchell.
Mrs. Belle Hensley spent a few days last week visiting her daughter, Mrs. Wynelle Taphorne in Birmingham.
Marchman Family Gets New Modern Kitchen
Jo Ann Lowry,
Assistant H. D. Agent
During the past year, Mrs. J. H. Marchman saw some of her dreams come true. At last, she has a modern kitchen which is a dream of all homemakers. Early in 1956 the Marchman family made their plans and began work. And now they have a beautiful modern kitchen. One of the first things they did was remove the partitions between the old kitchen and dining area to make a large kitchen with a nice eating area. Cabinets were built and a sink with running water was installed. Green and ivory tile was put on the floor and the walls were painted a pale yellow. A new home freezer was added to complete the kitchen.
Mrs. Marchman has really been a busy person. During the year she also painted three other rooms, put down a new rug, canned and froze 750 quarts of fruits and vegetables and made 34 garments for herself and the children besides doing her housework and some farm work. Her plans are still far from being completed and it looks as if this farm lady will accomplish as much or more during 1957 as she did in 1956. She has already purchased a new sewing machine, built a closet and is now in process of landscaping her home. Several new plants have been put out and others will be added later.
Mrs. Marchman has a family that isn’t afraid of work and with her husband and their four children helping it makes it easier to get the job done. The Marchman’s live in the Brooklyn Community about 18 miles east of Cullman. They have completed one year in the Farm and Home Development Program.
Speech Students Visit Television Studios
Monday, March 25th students of the Cullman High Speech department made a tour of the WABT and WAPI studios in Birmingham. The tour lasted about one hour, lunch was eaten, and then the group saw Schoolroom Progress U. S. A. This was an exhibit of schoolroom progress, sponsored by the First National Bank in Birmingham. Of particular interest were exhibits of penmanship and a pencil sharpener from the school of Henry Ford.
The group was under the supervision of Marvin Tuttle. The students were James Davis, Elwin Umphrey, Ellamenia Waldrop, Ted McMinn, Harold Parsons, Ralph Freeman, Karen Butler, Gene James, Freddie Mae Thomason, and Asa Hartwig.
To and Fro
The Felix Murrells left early Saturday morning for Cincinnati, Ohio where Mr. Murrell attended the National Elementary Principal’s Convention and Mrs. Murrell and the twins, Linda and Brenda, visited friends. They returned to Cullman Wednesday night in order to attend the AEA in Birmingham today and Friday.
A Cullman student has been selected for business manager of the Auburn Engineering Journal for the 1957-58. He, Douglass Lovelace, will be a senior at API this fall and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Houston Lovelace.
Among the 52 freshman nursing students of Birmingham Baptist hospitals to receive their caps last Friday night at Southside Baptist church was Betty Gould of Cullman. She is president of her class, member of the student council, the nurse’s choir, B.S.U. and Y.W.A. Attending this traditional service were her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Gould, as well as Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Howard, Mrs. Robert Schaefer, Patsy Schaefer, Nan Gould, Mrs. Ottie Nix, all of Cullman and Mr. and Mrs. H. J. York of Lincoln.
The final meeting of the Cullman High PTA for this school year will be held on Tuesday, April 2 at 6:30 P. M. in the lunchroom. It will be a joint dinner meeting with the Lions, BPW and Civitan clubs.
After seven weeks of vacationing in Florida Mr. and Mrs. Levert Freeman are home. They stayed at Lake Placid and from there made trips to many interesting parts of that state. They did lots of fishing with wonderful catches.
Among the 1400 Florida State University students named to the Dean’s List for the first semester at that Tallahassee, Fla. school was Mary Ellee Burns, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Burns of Cullman.
Strawberries in this weather! Mrs. G. W. Fine of Hanceville picked the first strawberries of the season from her patch on March 23rd.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Vogel this week were Mr. Fred Hild, Mrs. John Hild, Misses Joan and Carol Oehlhaffen all of Benton Harbor, Michigan. They stopped over enroute home from the Natchez pilgrimage. This was their first visit into the deep South and they were all delighted with this section.
A candidate for the AB degree in the winter graduating class at Birmingham Southern College was Leon Dwight Henslee. He is the son of J. C. Henslee of Cullman and majored in business administration.
“Fire Cracker” and “Lady” Lucas received notes from Mary Charles Lucas this week, as did her grandmother, Mrs. P. G. Hartung, and her pets that the snow up in Meadville, Ind. (She and her mother, Mrs. Margaret Lucas, are visiting there this week) is even bigger than she’d dreamed it could be. Before leaving Cullman Mary Charles was wishing for snow, but had no idea that her wish would come true here in late March.
Pre-Easter services will be held at the First Methodist church April 7-12. Rev. M. E. Curl, son of the First Methodist pastor, will be guest preacher.
Flying over Kansas looking down on all that beautiful snow was a sight Mrs. Dorsey Plunkett and Jane say they will never forget. They along with Mr. and Mrs. Grover Plunkett and Mrs. Curtis Williams drove out to Dallas, Texas last weekend and then Monday she and Jane flew on to Colorado Springs, Colo. to spend this week with Major and Mrs. W. J. Lueck and Billy. She called Dorsey Tuesday night to let him know they were fine and in spite of the blizzard the planes continued to fly on schedule.
Five Cullman County students participated in the 1957 football scholarship tryouts held at Southern Union College last weekend. They were Kerry Butler of Cullman High; Leland Brock, Fred Duke, Jim Grantham and Rayford Wally of Hanceville High.
