Tag: Files from Yesteryear
Files from yesteryear: From the files of 1954:
Dear Sir:
I wish to extend my congratulations on the eightieth birthday of The Cullman Tribune. The writer is a bit older, having been born...
Files from yesteryear: From the files of 1954
Mr. Persall, who was born in Newton County, Georgia on February 6, 1869, came to Cullman County when he was 19 years old. His...
Files from yesteryear: From the files of 1954
Mrs. Icie Rowe Alley will receive a masters from the University of Alabama on Friday. Richard Johnston and Gloria Florence will be awarded bachelor...
Files from yesteryear: From the files of 1904 and 1934
From The Files Of 1904:
George Markland has bought a lot on Highlands, with the view of building a nice residence.
Some very naughty boys cut...
Files from yesteryear: From the files of 1917
Marriages:
August 19 – Ledmon L. Pugh, 23, to Aubrey Casen, 20.
August 20 – Luther Seibenhener, 21, to Elvia Pruett, 16.
August 21 – Albert Smith,...
Files from yesteryear: From the files of 1937
Mr. Bill Clapp and Geraldine Mugrove surprised their friends by getting married last Thursday. They are residing with Mr. and Mrs. William Clapp, Senior.
Mrs....
Files From Yesteryear: 1955
From The Files Of 1955:
Bill Rasco, son of Mrs. Mildred Rasco has been recognized for outstanding service as editor of the Crimson-White, the University...
Files from Yesteryear: 1930
From the Files of 1930:
Kenneth Legg, the two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Legg is recovering nicely after breaking his leg two weeks...
Files from Yesteryear: 1930
From the Files of 1930:
Sunday, March 2 was the 80th birthday of Mrs. T.M. Gibbs, of Hanceville. The family gathered at the home of...
Files from Yesteryear: 1937
From The Files Of 1937:
Marriages:
October 13 – David M. Morgan,, 36, to Cordelia Harper, 34
and Floyd Chaney, 24, to Molly Roberts, 18.
October 14...
Files from Yesteryear: 1905, 1935
From the Files of 1905:
Work on the new Baptist church in West Cullman is progressing nicely.
S.A. Hamilton has moved back to Cullman from Hartselle.
J.E....
Files from Yesteryear: 1905, 1931
From the Files of 1905:
On November 29th Miss Eda Dreher and T.D. McMinn were married with Reverend W.H. Aufderhaar officiating.
A.G. Glasscock and G.W. Ratliff...
Files from Yesteryear: 1920
From the Files of 1920:
The cost of maintaining United States troops in Germany was $175,000.00 a day in 1920.
Hugh Lee Tipton, Venora House, Marvin...
Files from Yesteryear: 1920
From the Files of 1920
Sympathy was extended to the Wash Gorman and the Dee Stricklin families in the passing of two devoted Christian women.
The...
Files from Yesteryear: 1930, 1936
From the Files of 1930:
Professor and Mrs. R.E. Moore are building a beautiful new home in South Park.
Both the ladies of Saint John’s Church...
Files from Yesteryear: 1900, 1930
From the Files of 1900:
Leroy D. Box, of Beat 12 was in the city on Monday.
Jeff Griffin and family left for Oklahoma, on Wednesday.
Miss...
Files from Yesteryear: 1900, 1950
From the Files of 1900
G.W. Hancock killed a rattlesnake in his yard a few days ago, which measured four and one-half feet long, eight...
Files from Yesteryear: 1900, 1950
From the Files of 1900
J.W. Griffin spent Tuesday in Falkville. Dan Reinschmidt, of Columbus, Georgia arrived in Cullman the first of the week.
George W....
Files from Yesteryear: 1936, 1950
From the Files of 1936:
$75,000 dollars have been approved for Alabama to help drought-stricken families.
G.W. Thom, of Hanceville, has announced his candidacy for the...
Files from Yesteryear: 1936, 1950
From the Files of 1936:
The Jetton reunion held on the Fourth of July had forty people present, including some relatives from Blount County.
Mrs. Charlie...
Files from Yesteryear: 1930, 1950
From the Files of 1930:
Miss Eunice Martin will attend Hamilton College in Lexington, Kentucky, this fall.
Miss Eleanor Lee will attend Judson College, this fall.
Misses...
Files from Yesteryear: 1900, 1930, 1936
From the Files of 1900:
Miss Minnie Boyd and J. Adams were married on August 6th.
Otis and Avery Kinney took in the singing at Sandlin’s...
Files from Yesteryear: 1900, 1956
From the Files of 1900
Henry Rehling, well-known and highly esteemed farmer, died here on Wednesday.
J.R. Griffin and little son spent Wednesday in Birmingham.
A number...
Files from Yesteryear: 1956
From the Files of 1956
Walter News
Arthur Sutton spent Thursday and Friday in Montgomery.
Mrs. H.H. Segler and Mrs. W.R. Gable, of Cullman, spent Saturday...
Files from Yesteryear: 1956
From the Files of 1956:
Garden City News
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Chappell and daughter, Patty Ann, of Chicago, Illinois spent the weekend with Mr. and...
Files from Yesteryear: 1939
From the Files of 1939:
Hanceville Happenings
Funeral services for Mr. J.W. Rice, 84-year-old resident of Hanceville, Route Three, who passed away on December 1st,...
Files from Yesteryear: 1939
From the Files of 1939:
Hanceville Happenings
Horace Griffith and grandson, Vann Gamble spent Sunday in Birmingham, with Mrs. Griffith, at the Highland Avenue Baptist...
Files from Yesteryear: 1919, 1939
From the Files of 1919:
Miss Alberta Ziegler entertained a few of her friends at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ziegler...
Files from Yesteryear: 1954
From the Files of 1954:
According to Marvin Ashwander, there will be a coon-on-log contest at the Guyles Combs pond on July 24th, at Steppville.
Mr....
Files from Yesteryear: 1934, 1954
From the Files of 1934:
Spencer Speegle, who is attending summer school at A.P.I., spent the weekend at home.
Miss Lola Beth Francisco, of Nashville, Tennessee...
Files from Yesteryear: 1904, 1934
From the Files of 1904:
The Right Reverend Benedict Menges, O.S.B. Abbott of Saint Bernard died on Monday, after a long illness. He founded the...
Files from Yesteryear: 1937
From the Files of 1937:
Bernard Fromholdt died Thursday morning at the Cullman Hospital about 5 o’clock a.m. He was taken to the hospital on...
Files from Yesteryear: 1937, 1957
From the Files of 1937:
Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Newton are building a new home in the city at Fourth Street, between Seventh and Eighth...
Files from Yesteryear: 1957
From the Files of 1957:
Enon and Hamby’s Chapel
Miss Rosalind Holmes is home from Washington D.C. to spend three weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Glenn...
Files from Yesteryear: 1957
From the Files of 1957:
Gum Pond News
Mrs. Nora Smith visited Mrs. Trixie Caudle one evening last week. Mrs. Caudle came home on Monday...
Files from Yesteryear: 1940
From the files of 1940:
Beech Grove News
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Fowler and family visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fowler this weekend and...
Files from Yesteryear: 1940
From the files of 1940:
Beech Grove News
Miss Melba Livingston, of Good Hope, spent Sunday here.
Mr. and Mrs. Emory Johnson spent the weekend at...
Files from Yesteryear: 1940
From the files of 1940:
Helton Rites Held
Mrs. Della Helton, age 60, of Cullman, Route Three, died on May 10th. Funeral services were held...
Files from Yesteryear: 1917, 1937
From the files of 1917:
Reverend R. Pfeiffer is the new pastor of Saint John’s Church.
Miss Helen Masserman has returned to Seymore, Indiana after a...
Files from Yesteryear: 1903, 1933
From the files of 1903:
The depot here was destroyed by fire on Monday morning, between 2 and 3 o’clock. The night operator, S.H. Johnson,...
Files from Yesteryear: 1953
From the files of 1953:
Pascal Gaddis has bought a new car.
Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Noles, of Texas, were visiting relatives here last week.
Ralph...
Files from Yesteryear: 1953, 1963
From the files of 1953:
Eva News
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Murphree, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Murphree, Miss Eulala Murphree and Bertis Cagle, of Cullman,...
Files from Yesteryear: 1963
From the Files of 1963:
Valley Grove News
Reverend and Mrs. Charles Lindsey and family, of Lacon, Emit Hines and Mrs. Donna Huffman and Allan were...
Files from Yesteryear: 1972, 1928
From The Files Of 1972
Hinkle Reunion
Attending the annual Hinkle family reunion, at Rickwood Caverns, on Sunday were: Coleman and Edna Sanford, Jack R. And...
Files from Yesteryear: 1954, 1994
From the Files of 1954:
Picnicking at the swinging bridge on Tuesday were: Nell Ann Durham and Jack Perkins, Mary Ann Speer and Bill...
Files from Yesteryear: 1920, 1954
From the Files of 1920:
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Wallace are glad to know that their two children are slowly recovering...
Files from Yesteryear: 1934, 1954
From the Files of 1934:
Married on Saturday at the home of Reverend J.E. Marion were Alvin Brannon and Miss Della Ham. Mr. Brannon...
Files from Yesteryear: 1900, 1930
From the files of 1900:
Dickerman has purchased the sawmill belonging to V. Turney, near Vinemont.
Doctor W.A. Barclift, of Hartselle, is having a cottage erected...
Files from Yesteryear: 1950
From the Files of 1950:
The Democrats captured the local offices on Tuesday. B.F. Fant defeated Hubert E. Mitchell for State Senator, Kenneth J....
Files from Yesteryear: 1936, 1950
From the files of 1936:
The beloved preacher, Reverend B.E. Fulmer is pastor at Ebenezer this year. School opened on Monday. Mr. Chaney and...
Files from Yesteryear: 1900, 1930
From the Files of 1900:
County Health Officer Yielding, of Walter, was here on Wednesday.
R.W. Wiley, of Joppa, was here on Monday.
A.J. York attended the...
Files from Yesteryear: 1950
From the Files of 1950:
Fairview West News
Mrs. G.M. Purdy, who has had double pneumonia, is slowly improving.
Mr. and Mrs. R.V. Baldwin and children, of...
Files from Yesteryear: 1950
From the Files of 1950:
Fairview Organizes P.T.A.
Parents and teachers of the Fairview School area have had two meetings, recently. The outgrowth of these meetings...
Files from Yesteryear: 1918 and 1938
From the Files of 1918:
On September 22nd, Mr. and Mrs. Asa B. Fuller, Mr. and Mrs. S.J. Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Herzig, Miss...
Files from Yesteryear: 1958
From the Files of 1958:
Garden City News
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dillashaw and daughter, of Pontiac, Michigan, are visiting relatives here. They were called here...
Files from Yesteryear: 1958
From the Files of 1958:
Johnson Family Reunion
Members of the late Isaac Johnson, Senior family enjoyed a reunion on Sunday, at Brushy Lake, in the...
Files from Yesteryear: 1905 and 1930
From the Files of 1905:
Grand jurors for September will be E.A. Cornelius, C.C. Yearwood, S.M. Foust, H.M. White, R.T. Presley, C. Whitfield, J.N. Gill,...
Files from Yesteryear: 1930
From the Files of 1930:
Larkin Yates has left for school at Jacksonville.
Lee Holmes was killed in an automobile accident. He was buried in Enon...
Files from Yesteryear: 1905, 1935 and 1955
From the files of 1905:
Mark S. Chance is visiting friends in Georgia.
John Burden, of Baileyton, was in the city today.
Willie Griffin is attending the...
Files from Yesteryear: 1955
From the files of 1955:
Verle Hill and Miss Carolyn Braphy, of Buffalo, New York were married on December 17th. The wedding took place at...
Files from Yesteryear: 1918, 1938 and 1955
From the Files of 1918:
A destructive fire on Monday morning, on First Avenue East, in the People’s Drugstore, spread to Will and...
Files from Yesteryear: 1938
From the Files of 1938:
Cullman events of 61 years ago are given.
Cullman of 1877, contrast to present day condition as noted in today’s W.A.P.I....
Files from Yesteryear: 1955
From the Files of 1955:
Saluting – Finis Saint John was born in Cullman, attended the public schools and the Cullman County High School, Marion...
Files from Yesteryear: 1955
From the files of 1955:
James Ernest Owen, 55, was killed instantly on Friday morning, while working on a forty foot electric pole on Route...
Files from Yesteryear: 1938
From the Files of 1938:
Mrs. John Traughber, age 45, of Cullman, Route Six, died on June 3rd. Mrs. Traughber, with her husband, were managers...
Files from Yesteryear: 1930 and 1936
From the files of 1930:
Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Calloway are in Georgia at the bedside of Mrs. Calloway’s mother, Mrs. Crutchfield, who is ill.
Mr....
Files from Yesteryear: 1940 and 1957
From the Files of 1940:
Lutheran Ladies Aid Meets At Church
On Tuesday afternoon, December 10th, the Lutheran Ladies Aid met at the Lutheran Church. A...
Files from Yesteryear: 1905, 1930, 1935 and 1955
From the Files of 1905
There was not more than a third of a crop of strawberries this year.
The little son of Mr. and Mrs....
Files from Yesteryear: 1954
From the Files of 1954:
There are seven sets of twins at West Point School this year, including: Ronald and Donald Powell – 7, Judy...
Files from Yesteryear: 1937 and 1994
From the Files of 1937:
Doctor R.B. Dodson is Commander of the American Legion.
Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Kirtt, who formerly lived at West Point, have...
Files from Yesteryear: 1953
From the Files of 1953
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Miller, of Pennsylvania, are the guests this week of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.H. Helms.
Mr....
Files from Yesteryear: 1953
From the Files of 1953:
Simcoe News
Carl Peak celebrated his birthday on Sunday with a surprise birthday dinner.
Douglas Hill, of Birmingham, spent the weekend with...
Files from Yesteryear: 1955
From the Files of 1955
Earnest Swann has gone back to work at the American Bridge Company in Birmingham.
Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Hancock and boys...
Files from Yesteryear: 1955
From the files of 1955
DeLane Hulsey, Cullman High’s star baseball pitcher, signed with the Saint Louis Cardinals on Monday afternoon. He signed the one...
Files from Yesteryear: 1933, 1955 and 1992
From the Files of 1933:
The Hi-Y Club of Cullman High School was organized in 1929. This club is a Christian organization promoting clean speech,...
Files from Yesteryear: 1954
From the Files of 1954:
Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Henry celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on August 21st. Their children are: Harold Henry, Mrs. Lois...
Files from Yesteryear: 1907
From the Files of 1907:
Hanceville News
Misses Kate and Mary Stender, of Cullman, spent Sunday with parents, in Hanceville.
Miss Dela Matthews returned Saturday from a...
Files from Yesteryear: 1898, 1917 and 1940
From the files of 1898:
Logan is rapidly becoming an important town. The density of the population of the community may be estimated from the...
Files from Yesteryear: 1955
From the files of 1955:
Earnest Swann has gone back to work at the American Bridge Company in Birmingham.
Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Hancock and boys...
Files from Yesteryear: 1957
From the Files of 1957:
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Hinkle are the parents of a daughter, born on January 24th, at Cullman Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs....
Files from Yesteryear: 1957
From the Files of 1957:
The Cullman Bearcats defeated the Decatur Red Raiders last Thursday night in a cage battle, 59 to 51. This brings...
Files from Yesteryear: 1940 and 1957
From the Files of 1940:
Loretta Parris, age five, of Vinemont, Route Two, died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Parris...
Files from Yesteryear: 1940
From the Files of 1940:
Hanceville Happenings
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Chappell and daughter, Gail and Mrs. M.T. Coniff, of Birmingham and Mrs. M.G. Little, of...
Files from Yesteryear: 1940
From the Files of 1940:
Willingham News
Miss Louise Harris spent a few snowy days with Flora Edna Law last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Rowell are...
Files from Yesteryear: 1917 and 1940
From the Files of 1917:
Mrs. J.J. Davis is in Hartselle at the bedside of her daughter, Mrs. W.C. Summers, who is very ill.
W.S. Thomas...
Files from Yesteryear: 1917, 1935 and 1938
From the Files of 1917:
Attending the organization meeting of the North and South National Bee Line Highway Association, in Birmingham, from Cullman County were...
Files from Yesteryear: 1938
From the Files of 1938:
Kelton Whaley, of Vinemont, tells that his brother-in-law, Tom C. Thomason, who is a salesman in the Carolina region, happened...
Files from Yesteryear: 1926 and 1938
From the Files of 1926:
Miss Mary Clara Goehler and Max F. Buettner were married on September 5th, at high noon, at Saint Paul’s Lutheran...
Files from Yesteryear: 1919 and 1959
From the Files of 1919:
Eleven students at API were expelled this week for hazing of freshmen.
Miss Lucile Sparks entertained a group of young friends...
Files from Yesteryear: 1951 and 1959
From the Files of 1951:
Bearcat Banter
Bill Baggett and Pete Taylor, who opened the season sitting on the bench are now Cullman’s only offensive...
Files from Yesteryear: 1959
From the Files of 1959:
Wreck Injures Hanceville Family
Seven members of a Hanceville family were among nine injured in a two-car smash-up in Vestavia...
Files from Yesteryear: 1959
From the Files of 1959:
Hanceville Club Meets
The Hanceville 4-H Club met on Monday, October 26th, in the club room at Hanceville School. Everette...
Files from Yesteryear: 1959
From the Files of 1959:
Miss James Dies
Funeral services were held on November 11th at the Moss Service Chapel for Miss Alice James, 79,...
Files from Yesteryear: 1902, 1932 and 1952
From the Files of 1902:
W.C. Boub spent Monday in Trimble.
Issac Cofer has received the contract to build the McMinn Bridge, near Trimble.
J.M. Black, of...
Files from Yesteryear: 1951
From the Files of 1951:
Who Visited Whom?
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Swan and family and Mr. and Mrs. A.Q. Vaughn and family were guests of...
Files from Yesteryear: 1951
From the files of 1951:
Hanceville Happenings
Morlar Bradford is improving, at his home, following a recent operation.
Mrs. Doris Vaughn and children, of Kemosah, Wisconsin, are...
Files from Yesteryear: 1951 and 1959
From the Files of 1951:
Hanceville Happenings
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Camp, of Calera, were the weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Bland.
A son,...
Files from Yesteryear: 1959
From the Files of 1959:
Purdy Rites
Funeral services were held on May 19th at Fairview West for Harrison P. Purdy, age 83, of Route...
Files from Yesteryear: 1919 and 1959
From the Files o 1919:
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. George Beyer this week.
Mrs. Perry Grimes has returned to her Route Three,...
Files from Yesteryear: 1901, 1902, 1919 and 1952
From the Files of 1901:
Miss Catherine Gurley is visiting her brother at Blossberg.
Doctor Nick Schlaff, of Hanceville, was here on Tuesday.
F.M. Hamilton returned on...
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