From the files of Aug. 15, 1935
Bees and Butterflies
Alex Evers has returned from a trip to Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Bright spent Sunday in Arab.
Mrs. Essie Scheuing spent Wednesday in Birmingham.
Mrs. Lavert Freeman spent Wednesday in Birmingham.
Dr. and Mrs. M. S. Whiteside and family are visiting in Ohio.
Mrs. Maud Comfort and Mrs. Fred Swift spent Monday in Decatur.
Misses Freda and Elsie Hartung spent Wednesday in Birmingham.
Judge A. A. Griffin is holding court in Lawrence County at Moulton this week.
Mrs. A. A. Griffin and Mrs. J. C. Norwood spent Wednesday in Birmingham.
Rainey Martin is spending this week on the Gulf Coast of Florida fishing.
Dr. Alvie Culpepper is spending this week on the Florida Gulf Coast fishing.
Attorney Marvin Scott spent Monday in Decatur looking after legal business.
Miss Edith Simms of Athens is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Simms this week.
Dr. Phillip Hartung is spending this week on the Florida Gulf Coast fishing.
Thermon Guthery is spending a month at Camp McClellan with the C. M. T. C.
Mrs. Henderson Gutherie and son, Spencer Speegle, spent Monday in Atlanta.
Mrs. J. C. Norwood and son, Maurice Norwood, spent Monday in Birmingham.
Miss Doris Turner is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Mixon in Hartselle this week.
J. E. McLendon and E. C. Kinney, Jr., spent Tuesday in Chattanooga on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Taylor daughter, Miss Wynelle, spent Monday in Birmingham.
Miss Marguerite Bright is visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Chandler in Sylacauga.
Attorney W. E. James has returned from a three weeks’ visit at Red Boiling Springs.
Miss Anna Laura Sawyer of Birmingham is the guest of Miss Jessie Keller this week.
Mrs. J. S. Spinks and daughters, Mildred and Agnes, spent the past week end in Jasper.
Miss Sarah Ann Bennett of Hartselle spent last week in Cullman as the guest of friends.
Mrs. L. O. Brock is spending several weeks in Madison, Fla., as the guest of her daughter.
Mrs. L. B. Keller is spending several days in Brison and Columbus, Ga., visiting relatives.
Miss Katherine Keyes and Joe Keyes and Frank Petty have returned from a visit in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Blanton and family spent Sunday in Anniston visiting Mr. and Mrs. Monroe.
Dr. and Mrs. Byron Gibson and baby of Kentucky will arrive soon to be the guests of relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Weissend and son and daughter of Hanceville route one are visiting relatives in Chicago this week.
Miss Pauline Williamson of Arab is spending this week in Cullman as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Bright.
Prof. and Mrs. Joe Ray left the first of the week for Reform where Prof. Ray will teach and coach this coming year.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Bowling and son and daughter of Hanceville route one are visiting relatives in Knoxville, Tenn., this week.
Miss Luna William of Valhermosa Springs was the guest of Miss Rose Rutenberg the past week end.
Miss Ethel Tillery has accepted a position in the office of E. C. Kinney as an assistant bookkeeper.
Mr. and Mrs. Hansell Allison of West Point spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Valen Woods.
Mrs. Lee Cochran, Miss Lily and Charles Cochran and J. E. Matthews spent Monday in Birmingham.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Wells and daughter, Jackie, and Harry and Dwight Fuller motored to Warm Springs, Ga., Sunday.
The swimming pool at Sacred Heart Academy will be closed from August 15th to August 23. On that date it will be reopened at the same rates.
Mrs. Mattie Freeman, one of Cullman’s popular store managers, is enjoying a few days vacation at Blount Springs.
Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Martin and daughters, Grace, Evelyn and Eunice, left the first of the week for a motor trip to the east.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Carlise and children of Vinemont route two, are spending this week in Birmingham with relatives.
L. G. Burks, a prominent citizen of Baileyton, was a business visitor to the city Friday and honored us with a visit.
J. T. Plott, a splendid citizen and prosperous farmer of Logan, was a business visitor to the city Saturday and honored us with a visit.
Dee Howell, who is employed as a meat cutter in Huntsville spent the first of the week in the city with his mother, Mrs. Ida Howell.
Mrs. Lucey Chambers of Shreveport, La., attended the annual Smith family reunion at Ardell Sunday at the home of W. E. Smith. She is the sister of N. N. Smith, of Cullman.
Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Burks of Washington City, are spending their vacation with relatives in and near Baileyton. Mr. Burks holds a good position with the United States health department.
Mrs. Vogelsang and daughters, Misses Helen, Dorothy and Betty, of Latona, Ky., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Stiefelmeyer and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kleibacker in Cullman this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Howell and little son and daughter of Livingston, are visiting Mr. Howell’s mother, Mrs. Ida Howell, in the city and Mrs. Howell’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adams, on Cullman route two.
Harry Slomer, an uncle of Mrs. Charles Derrick, and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Peyton and daughters, Virginia and Loretta, have returned to their home in Cincinnati, Ohio, after a delightful week’s visit with the Derrick family.
See us before you buy your fall supplies: crimson clover seed, calcium arsenate, Hairy Vetch, cotton baskets, hay ties, syrup barrels, syrup buckets, cotton scales, cotton pick sacks. Cash if you have it: credit if you want it. General Merchandise and Mules. E. C. Kinney, Cullman. adv.
Harold B. Hendrix and Clarence Oden of Woodcliff, New Jersey, have been spending the past two weeks with relatives in this county. These two Cullman county men hold fine positions with the big electric company furnishing New York City with a portion of the electricity used in the great metropolis.
T. B. Swafford, a prominent and outstanding farmer of Ebenezer community of Vinemont route one, accompanied by his son, Roy Swafford, of Cleveland, Ohio, who is spending the week with his parents, were visitors to the city Monday and honored our office with a highly appreciated visit.
Battle Ground
Vinemont R. 3, Aug. 12 — We are still needing rain in this community.
Mrs. Annie Cook has been visiting friends and relatives here.
It was a great shock to this community to learn of the death of Ora Chaple. The family has our deepest sympathy.
Wash Gray of Georgia is visiting friends and relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Oakley and J. H. Oakley visited Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Johnson last week.
John Chaple visited Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Humphries Monday night.
Raymond Humphries of Birmingham visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Humphries this week end.
Everybody remember the Rock Creek Mountain Home Sacred Harp singing convention will meet at Macedonia the 3rd Sunday and Saturday in August. Everybody come and bring your books. The place is 16 miles northwest of Cullman on the old corn road.
Barbecue at Welti
On Thursday, August 22 there will be a barbecue at Welti school. We expect our program to start early in the morning and be completed about 10:30 Thursday night.
The program will be composed of the following numbers:
- Thursday morning a baseball game between two of the best baseball teams of the county. Following this game there will be a discussion of agricultural problems by our county agent, Mr. Bailey, followed by some melodies of the Famous Four colored quartet of Warrior, to whose tunes real barbecue will be eaten.
- Thursday afternoon there will be another ball game by two leading teams of the county.
- Thursday night the colored Famous Four quartet of Warrior will present a program in the Welti auditorium. Everyone will enjoy the real melodies as presented by this colored quartet.
Come early and be with the Welti people for all the fun and enjoy a good plate of barbecue.
New Improvements Made in Cullman
The store of Geo. W. Ponder is undergoing a complete change of both inside and out at the present. Windows have replaced solid walls, more room for the display of merchandise inside the store and show windows are being installed. The store will be completed in a few weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ponder are constructing a modern brick bungalow in the northeastern section of the city. The home will contain eight rooms.
The Cullman Motor Company is building a foundation for a modern brick building on the corner of 5th street and 3rd avenue west.
A new filling station is being built on the corner of the Bee Line highway and 7th street west.
A new building is being completed on the new viaduct on 4th street between the court house and West Cullman. J. M. Kilpatrick owns the building and it will be occupied by a pressing and cleaning shop.
Several homes in all parts of the city are being repainted and redecorated and rooms added on to them for more space and more comfort.
Sacred Heart Academy to Open September 4th
The Sacred Heart Academy will reopen for the fall term on September fourth. Although the Academy is primarily for high school pupils, provisions have been made whereby students who have completed the seventh grade will be accepted this year.
Improvements during the summer here have provided for an up-to-date gym and recreation rooms in St. Joseph’s annex. The refectory, private rooms and classrooms have all been renovated and are in cheerful readiness for the coming year.
The faculty requests that registration be made on Wednesday, September fourth, in order that classes may be resumed on Thursday, September fifth.
