Sylacauga News – 14 January 1926

Articles taken from The Sylacauga (Alabama) News – 14 January 1926

Sylcauga News 14 Jan 1926

A.M. Bevis, local grocer has leased and occupies the W.P. Rudd residence on Eight Street.

The infant son of Mrs. Violet Lee Grimes died Tuesday morning at the Mignon hospital

Mr. Bolton, city mail carrier for Western Sylacauga is confined to his home by an attack of influenza.

During his illness the mail on Mr. Bolton’s route is being delivered by his brother, A.L. Bolton.

E.B. Ogletree, the Childersburg merchant, who has been ill for several months shows but slight improvement in his condition

Henry D. Winsett, Supt. of the Childersburg brick plant remains in the Sylacauga Infirmary recovering from injuries sustained several days ago when a cylinder head blew out of an engine, fracturing Mr. Winslett’s skull.

Duncan and Pullen, local carpenters, have completed the remodeling of store buildings for W.E. Thomas in West Sylacauga.

David R. Re___, contractor, has just completed the erection of a new brick office building for G.L. Powell, the Childersburg druggist, on the lot adjoining his pharmacy in that town’s business center. The building has been leased by Dr. L.L. Owings and the Alabama Power Company.

Mrs. Geo. W. Bowen, of the Gamel Mill vicinity, has been confined to her home for the past two weeks by an attack of pleurisy.

Mr. and Mrs. Ho_mer Scoty have moved to Sylacauga arriving here on Monday.

Mr.Scoty is district traveling representative for Morris & Co. and is well known in this territory, having previously traveled out of Birmingham, but recently decided to locate in this city to be more centrally located to his trade territory.

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Court Will Convene

Talladega, Jan 14

A special session of the circuit court has been called for February 2 and 4, with special and regular petit juries. The case of Mack Martin, a negro charged with murder in the first degree, will be heard and other cases of less importance will be brought up. Martin is said to have killed a negro woman in a scrape some weeks ago.

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Influenza At Gantt’s

Miss Ellison Danelutti, of Gantt’s Quarry community, has been ill with influenza for several days.

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A Card of Thanks

We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for their kindness in the death of our husband and father.

Mrs. Ella Shaw and children.

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Another Arrived

S.w. Coleman is receiving congratulations from friends upon the arrival at his home on last Sunday evening of a young son — weight twelve pounds and some ounces, doing ___ and yelling strong. Thank you ___ announces the happy father.

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Mr. and Mrs. Vandiver back from Oklahoma

Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Vandiver retuned to Talladega from a visit in Muskogee, Okla., Wednesday night.

Mr. Vandiver, who is city recorder, resumed tenancy of his office in the city hall building Thursday morning, and began his duties again as judge and weather recorded(sic), a little glad to get back to his old friends and full of new expectations from his two weeks visit with his daughter.

In order to escape from Oklahoma where everyone entertained royally and profusely, the judge states he found it necessary to ask a newspaper reported(sic) to announce his departure. Otherwise, he said, the receptions would have continued endlessly.

Judge Vandiver was called on to speak at a number of receptions, club dinners and other occasions, and found it necessary to buy a new grip to bring back the favors accumulated at the affairs.

In Memphis, where they spent two days on the journey to Oklahoma, at the Peabody hotel, they saw a huge marble fountain cut from rock quarried at Gantts Quary(sic), which Mr. Vandiver had seen taken from the ground.

—Talladega Home

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Officers Elected At Last Meeting Woodmen of World

The following officers were elected by Woodmen of the World at last Friday night meeting of the local camp:

C.H. Lipsey, P.C.; J.H. Moore, C.M.; W.T. Field, A.L.; E.F. Conville, Banker; J.T. Erwin, Clerk; W.H. Conville, Escort; W.R. Cleghorn, Watchman; J.C. Thomas, Sen___; T.L. Owings, Physician; Clem ___man, E.J. Drawhorn, A.D. Sum___ Auditors.

The Camp is progressing ___ growing all the time. The meetings are held regularly each Friday.

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Honor Roll

Honor Roll of Sylacauga Public School for December:

Grade one – none

Grade Two – David Pruett, Wilmer White

Grade Three – Frances Conville, William Nichols

Grade Four – Mabry Batson, Garlen Cassel, Rowland Medler, Sara Elner Miller.

Grade Five – Obera Rumsey, Charlotte White.

Grade Six – Edward J_____, McLeod Patterson, Walt____ ______, Paul Workman.

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