\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nLAUDERDALE COUNTY,TENNESSE
\nGUY N. JORDEN EDITOR AND OWNER (Other owners through the years on this roll also listed.)
\n(JULY 20,1923 & RIPLEY NEWS 1905 was on the first few pages of Roll 101)
\nROLL# 101 JAN 1946–DEC.1948
\nTENNESSEE STATE ARCHIVES NASHVILLE,TENNESSEE
\nABSTRACTED BY:
\nSARAH M. HUTCHERSON
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 20,1923
\nHALLS AND IT’S TRADE TERRITORY..The first residence built on the townsite of Halls was erected
\nby Mr.G.W.HURT in the year 1880.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 20,1923
\nF.A.DUNIVANT & COMPAMY..Men’s Wear; born in Newbern,Dyer Co.For a number of years,he was
\nin the merchantile business at Decaturville,on the Tennessee River,in partnership with his father-in-law,
\nJudge J.A.ENGLAND.Mr.J.A.MOORE is employed in this house.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 20,1923
\nJOE L.LEVY,PROP.OF HALLS LEADING DRY GOODS..Born in Fort Wayne,Ind.,reared in New York City.
\nAssociatedwith his father in merchantile business in Shelby,Miss.;coming to Halls in 1916.His sales force
\nconsists of Mr.Elmer RHODES,Miss Cordia CHILDRESS,and Mrs.Ailene RAGLAND.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 20,1923
\nJ.M.RHODES & SONS..Retail Grocery Trade.Mr.J.M.RHODES,senior member of J.M.RHODES and Son,is
\nperhaps the oldest business in Halls.Born in Cherokee county,Ala.,when five years,moved with his family
\nto Dyer county,this state,and settled near Fowkles.In 1898,Mr.RHODES established himself in the general
\nmercantile business,also later the drug business,then City Hardware & Furniture,the present grocery business
\nwas established seven years ago.Mr.W.A.RHODES,son and junior member of this firm.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 20,1923
\nR.H.CHISHOLM,LAUDERDALE COUNTY TRUSTEE..Mr.CHISHOLM was born on a farm one mile north of
\nHalls December 4th,1896; his father,Mr.A.M.CHISHOLM,being a well known timberman.The junior Mr.
\nCHISHOLM finished his education in Halls high school at the head of his class and later taught in the
\ncounty public schools at Coal Creek,Pleasant Hill,and Central School Houses.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 20,1923
\nGUM FLAT..Bud McCLENDON and children and Mrs.Albert FOWLER spent Saturday night and Sunday
\nafternoon in the TIGRETT home. Johnnie PIERCE and son spent Sunday afternoon in the home of J.B.FERGUSON.
\nMrs.Lee DELPH and children spent Sunday morning with Mrs.J.B.FERGUSON. Mr.Harrison CAMPBELL and
\nfamily spent Sunday in the home of Fred BIGGERS.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 20,1923
\nRUTHERFORD NOTES..John OLDS of Nankipoo visited in this community Sunday. Miss Lydia Lee MEEKS
\nspent the weekend with Misses Bessie BEARD & Lady BEARD of Nankipoo. Homer COOK and Miss Dotsie
\nHINTON of Nankipoo surprised many relatives and Friends Saturday by driving to Ripley and getting married.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 20,1923
\nEDITH NEWS..Mrs.W.S.GARRETT and little daughter returned to their home in Memphis after three weeks visit
\nto parents here. Miss Inez THURMAN from the Bluff spent Sunday with Miss Era HERRON.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 20,1923
\nDOUBLE BRIDGES..J.T.DUNCAN and wife spent a few days last week with his sister,Mrs.Coy HILLIARD.
\nMrs.GRAVES of Brownsville visited her father,W.ADAMS here Sunday.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 20,1923
\nLOCAL NEWS..Mrs.Gertrude SATTERWHITE of Ripley was visiting Mrs.E.A.FERGUSON Thursday.
\nMrs.W.M.MOORE and daughter,Miss Sadie,spent Saturday and Sunday in Ripley. Mrs.R.J.ABERNATHY
\nis visiting her daughter,Mrs.M.J.WILLIAMS in Memphis this week. Mrs.L.E.SIMPSON of Memphis,is visiting
\nher parents,Mr.& Mrs.James M.COX this week. James M.COX attended the Retail Jewelers’ Convention in
\nMemphis last week. Little Harroll FARLEY spent Saturday and Sunday with his grandparents,Mr.& Mrs.S.F.FARLEY
\nof Gates. Mrs.Pearl HART who has been in Memphis for several months,is the guest of her mother,Mrs.Mary
\nFARMER. Mrs.W.A.MOORE is visiting her son,Neill at Collierville this week. Miss Wilma HURLEY of Shelby,Miss.,
\nis the guest of her mother,Mrs.J.B.HURLEY this week.Mrs.Betra MITCHELL spent Tuesday and Wednesday in
\nMemphis the guest of her father,Mr.J.HURT. Mrs.W.H.HANNA,who has been attending the bedside of her daughter,
\nMiss Anna Mary,who is in a hospital in Memphis,spent Sunday at home. James MASSENGILL,the seven-year-old
\nson of Dr.A.P.MASSENGILL,happened to a serious accident Wednesday afternoon while out playing,falling and
\nbreaking his collarbone.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 20,1923
\nCARD OF THANKS..We disre to extend our thanksand appreciation to our kind friends and neighbors for their
\nkindness shown us in the illness and death of our beloved babies,Arline,who died on the 10th and Arletta who
\ndied the 13th.Especially we are grateful to Bro.YATES for the funeral services for both,and also for the beautiful
\nofferings. Mr.& Mrs.W.J.HASS.<\/p>\n
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\nJ.L.SPARKS & COMPANY PUBLISHERS
\nRIPLEY,TENNESSEE
\nEDITH NOTES..Misses Lena BARBOUR and Maggie COUGHLIN spent Sunday with Misses Maggie STEWART and
\nMamie HARRISON. Miss Bertha CARR visited her sister,Miss Vada CARR at Nankipoo Sunday. Mrs.E.B.TALLEY,
\nwho has been visiting her mother,Mrs.Lee AUSTIN,has returned home.<\/p>\n
THE RIPLEY NEWS
\nW.M.SPARKS,CITY EDITOR
\nRIPLEY,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 25,1905
\nLOCALETTS..Mr.Will ESCUE,of Forked Deer,was here Wednesday. Mrs.COLEMAN,of Woodville,is the guest of her
\ndaughter,Mrs.NAGLE. Miss COZART,of Newbern,is the guest of her sister,Mrs.U.S.STRADER. Miss Lucille CONNOR
\nof Ashport,is a guest in the home of Mr.John CONNER. Mrs.A.J.MEADOWS visited her sister,Mrs.T.F.SCOTT in Henning this week.<\/p>\n
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\nW.M.SPARKS,CITY EDITOR
\nRIPLEY,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 25,1905
\nMR.WALTER NAILL..belonging to a prominent Haywood Co. family and well known in Ripley,died in Greenville,Miss.,
\nlast week of typhoid fever and was buried in Brownsville.<\/p>\n
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\nW.M.SPARKS,CITY EDITOR
\nRIPLEY,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 25,1905
\nCIRCUIT COURT CIVIL DOCKET..J.W.GLIMP vs R.F.MANESS;verdict for the defendant,$235.00,value of property.<\/p>\n
THE RIPLEY NEWS
\nW.M.SPARKS,CITY EDITOR
\nRIPLEY,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 25,1905
\nDIVORCE CASES..Tennessee M.RAINEY vs T.M.RAINEY; Divorce Granted. Rosa McLEOD vs W.H.McLEOD; ordered to speed case.<\/p>\n
THE RIPLEY NEWS
\nW.M.SPARKS,CITY EDITOR
\nRIPLEY,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 25,1905
\nSTATE DOCKETT..E.M.KELTNER,selling liquior;$50 and six months in jail. CHARLEY DUNAVANT & BOB DUNAVANT,
\nprofanity; $5.00 each. Ples BRADEN,carrying a pistol; forfeitures against defendent and bondsman. BART SAVAGE,
\ncarrying a pistol; indictment quashed. W.A.BARFIELD,murder in the 2nd degree; case now on trial with the following
\njurors to try case.JURY: J.F.FREEMAN; S.A BRADFORD; C.C.HUTCHERSON; G.F.FERGUSON; C.E.WALDING; BEN
\nKISSELL; D.B.SMITH; R.L.CANNON; A.F.VINSON; D.C.FIZZELL; E.E.DUGGAN; & J.A.BURGESS.<\/p>\n
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\nJ.H.MURCHISON,EDITOR
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 4,1946
\nNEWS FROM OUR SOLDIER BOYS..T-5 JAMES W.CHIPMAN of Halls,Rt.1,has recently received his discharge from
\nthe army at Fort Knox,Ky. T-5 HAROLD LOVELACE is now at home after receiving his discharge from the Army last week.
\nThrough error we listed PFC EDDIE M.STEELMAN as having received his discharge from the Army last week.This was a
\nlittle premature but Eddie is now at home after serving with a Military Police outfit in Europe. SGT.DORRIS JORDAN,of
\nCrockett county has been discharged at Fort Knox,Ky.,after almost five years service. TEC SGT.JAMES PEERY arrived
\nhome during the weekend after being discharged from the Army after serving in Europe.Just prior to returning home he
\nwas a coach of a service football team at LeHarve,France. PVT.NEIL DYER,JR.,son of Mrs.Neil DYER,of Halls,sailed on
\nDecember 8th from Norfolk,Va.,enroute to China.PVT.DYER will go through the Panama Canal and to Tientsin,China,where
\nhe will join a Marine Corps unit.He received his training at Pharris Island.<\/p>\n
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\nJ.H.MURCHISON,EDITOR
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 4,1946
\nWITH THE IST CAVALRY DIVISION IN TOKYO..PFC IOTHA L.CHIPMAN,Halls,Tenn.,of the Eighth Army 1st Cavalry Division
\nnow in Tokyo is among the latest group of men selected to return to the United States for demobilization.Overseas 8
\nmonths,CHIPMAN served in “F” Troop,12th Cavalry Regiment as a Rifleman.A veteran of two campaigns,he wears the
\nAsiatic-Pacific Theatre ribbon with campaign stars for Levte and Luzon,the Combat Infantryman’s Badge and the Phillippine
\nLiberation ribbon with two stars.A farmer in civilian life,CHIPMAN entered the Army in 1944.His wife Mildred,lives at
\n137 East Tigrett Street,Halls,Tenn.,and his father,Mr.Paul Chipman,resides in Henning,Tennessee.<\/p>\n
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\nJ.H.MURCHISON,EDITOR
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 4,1946
\nMRS.J.T.GEAN IS BURIED MONDAY..Mrs.J.T.GEAN died at her home in the Poplar Grove Community Sunday at the
\nage of 83.Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Poplar Grove,
\nwith the Rev.A.D.SALISBURY officiating,assisted by Rev.N.D.SALISBURY.Burial in Poplar Grove Cemetery.She is
\nsurvived by two sons,Garland G.GEAN,of Halls and Rev.George W.GEAN of the Poplar Grove Community; three daughters,Mrs.M.T.SORRELL,Mrs.N.L.ARCHER and Mrs.Andrew SCOTT; 18 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n
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\nJ.H.MURCHISON,EDITOR
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 4,1946
\nCHILDRESS CHARGED WITH SHOOTING..Elvie CHILDRESS,local taxi stand operator has been released under a
\n$2500.00 bond following the shooting of I.L.OSBORNE,service station owner and taxi operator,according to Sheriff
\nOscar GRIGGS’office.CHILDRESS was arrested at the home of his brother in Fowkles Monday by Sheriff GRIGGS
\nand Deputy Nat GRAMMER,and Deputy Marvin GRAMMER.OSBORNE is in the Dyersburg hospital,his condition in not serious.<\/p>\n
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\nJ.H.MURCHISON,EDITOR
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 4,1946
\nMISS DONNY HALL IS BURIED THURSDAY..Miss Utilla “Donny” HALL died Wednesday morning at her home in
\nthe Double Bridges Community after a lenghty illness.She was 71.Never married,Miss Donny was a member of
\na prominent family of this section.She was a member of Bethesda Methodist Church,funeral services from the
\nchurch Thursday morning,burial in the city cemetery.Surviving are a cousin,Dr.W.M.HALL,of Double Bridges;
\nthree neices,Miss Byrdie EDWARDS,with whom she made her home; Mrs.W.T.McDEARMON,of Bonicord; and
\nMrs.D.C.CRAWFORD,of Stanton; also five nephews,Tola THOMPSON,Kansas City; Raymond HALL,Union City;
\nBob HALL,Forked Dear; E.M.HALL,Covington; and Ralph HALL,of MEMPHIS.<\/p>\n
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\nJ.H.MURCHISON,EDITOR
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 4,1946
\nM-SGT.LIGHTFOOT GETS DISCHARGE..Master Sergeant R.H.LIGHTFOOT,husband of the former Earline MEADOWS
\nof this place and the father of Marilyn LIGHTFOOT,has recently received his discharge from an Army engineering
\noutfit after taking part in the European war and then traveling to the Pacific,however his outfit did not reach the
\nPacific theatre of operations until after the surrender of Japan.M-Sgt.LIGHTFOOT was a member of the Engineering
\noutfit which was working on the Ludendoff bridge across the Rhine at the time of its collapse.On the previous day
\nhe had been hit by a truck and had fallen from the bridge,he was released from the hospital,but was not on duty when
\nthe bridge fell.(More on his release.)<\/p>\n
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\nJ.H.MURCHISON,EDITOR
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 4,1946
\nMRS.MOLLY ROBERTSON..Mrs.Molly ROBERTSON,78,wife of the late Edd ROBERTSON of the Zion Community near
\nFriendship,died at the home of her daughter,Mrs.C.T.BLACKBURN in Humboldt Saturday,December 29th at 9 a.m.
\nFuneral services were held Monday at Mt.Zion Baptist Church,burial in Zion Cemetery.(very faded..Mrs.Ina PEARL
\nof Crockett Mills..rest faded out.)<\/p>\n
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\nJ.H.MURCHISON,EDITOR
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 4,1946
\nA.O.DURHAM IS DEAD;RIPLEY,TENN.JAN.3..A.O.DURHAM,prominent Ripley insurance agent died st his home here
\nThursday night of a heart attack.Services will beSaturday morning at the First Methodist Church by Rev.C.N.JOLLEY
\nand Dr.Chesley L.BOWDEN,burial will be in Maplewood cemetery.Mr.DURHAM,a church leader,was the son of B.C.
\nDURHAM,Sr.He was born in Lauderdale County.He leaves his wife,Maude CONNER DURHAM; his stepmother,
\nMrs.B.C.DURHAM,Sr.; sister,Mrs.Carey JOHNSON of Natchitoches,La.; daughter,Mrs.Carey SANFORD,Memphis;
\nthree brothers,B.C.DURHAM,Jr.,Ripley,John DURHAM,Cincinnati,and Max DURHAM of Hammond,La.<\/p>\n
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\nJ.H.MURCHISON,EDITOR
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 4,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mr.& Mrs.Howard HOLLAND & son of Coolidge,Ariz.,have been guests of her sister,
\nMrs.J.O.THOMPSON and Mr.THOMPSON. Mrs.Annie NALL is at the bedside of her sister,Miss Henrietta HAWKS,
\nwho is a patient in Baptist Hospital,Memphis. Mrs.Robert HINES is in the Baptist Hospital,Memphis for an operation.
\nTommy FLYNN and Mike FLYNN of Memphis,spent several days last week with their grandmother,Mrs.Y.S.BROWN.
\nMiss Jane BROWN returned to Atlanta Monday after spending holidays with her mother,Mrs.Y.S.BROWN. Mr.& Mrs.
\nAllen FERGUSON and children,Mr.& Mrs.Douglas FERGUSON and Mr.& Mrs.Reginald FERGUSON of Memphis,spent
\nFriday with their parents,Mr.& Mrs.E.R.FERGUSON. Mr.& Mrs.Fred C.PERMENTER and Lt.Vinson HEATH of Memphis
\nwere guests of Mr.& Mrs.Harry MURCHISON Sunday afternoon. Mr.& Mrs.A.B.TALLEY and Mr.& Mrs.John TALLEY
\nwere dinner guests of Mr.& Mrs.Herbert ROBISON in Ripley Tuesday evening. Mr.& Mrs.W.E.BARBOUR,Memphis,
\nMr.& Mrs.Robert G.BARBOUR and son of Dennison,Texas were guests of Mrs.F.M.JORDAN and other relatives Monday.
\nMr.& Mrs.Robert Lewis SHACKELTON of Oak Ridge,Tenn.,announce the birth of a daughter on January 1st.Mrs.
\nSHACKELTON is the former Doerice AVERY of Gates.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 11,1946
\nBACK IN GATES..Mrs.E.S.CRIHFIELD received a telephone call from her husband,PFC “Junior” CRIHFIELD Wednesday
\nafternoon stating that he had arrived in the States at New York that morning.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 11,1946
\nINJURED IN CAR WRECK..Mrs.William PERRY,who is making her home with Mr.& Mrs.W.A.PERRY until her husband is
\ndischarged from the service,was painfully injured Tuesday night when the car in which she was riding was struck by
\na truck.Mrs.PERRY and Mrs.Bill LIGHTFOOT,driver of the car,were crossing the intersection of Tigrett St.,and the highway
\nwhen the truck alleged ran a stop light and hit the side of the car.Mrs.LIGHTFOOT was bruised,but no broken bones while
\nWendell PERRY,small son of Mr.& Mrs.W.A.PERRY was cut about the head.The driver of the truck was place under
\narrest and charged with reckless driving.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 11,1946
\nFUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS.SUSIE BECTON..Mrs.Susie Elizabeth BECTON died Friday morning of last week at
\nthe home of her daughter,Mrs.Willie BRANDON,in the Poplar Grove Community at the age of 85.Services were Sunday
\nfrom Williams Chapel Baptist Church with Rev.Parker Lee HAYS officiating,burial in Halls Cemetery.Surviving are
\ntwo other daughters,Mrs.Nora BRIGGANCE,of Peach Orchard,Mo.,and Mrs.Pearl STYERS,of Memphis; two brothers,
\nWilliam HALLIBURTON & Henry HALLIBURTON,both of Dyer,Tenn.; and two sisters,Mrs.Ellan McCaslin,of Dyer,and
\nMrs.Henry SANSON,of Sardis,Miss.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 11,1946
\nIN MEMORY OF WILLIAM F.FREEMAN..No dates or other info except of memories.Written by his mother,Mrs.A.L.FREEMAN.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 11,1946
\nJAMES ROBBINS WEDS HUMBOLDT GIRL..In a ceremony in Corinth,Miss.,on December 16th by Rev.BOATMAN,
\nMiss Betty STALLINGS,daughter of Mr.& Mrs.Frank STALLINGS,of Humboldt,became the bride of HA1-C James
\nROBBINS,son of Mrs.Sam THOMAS of Halls.She will live with Mrs.THOMAS and continue her work at Halls High
\nSchool,while Mr.ROBBINS will return to duty with the Navy at Norfolk,Va.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 11,1946
\nPAULINE HARGROVE IS MARRIED..Mr.& Mrs.Jim HARGROVE of Halls announce the marriage of their daughter,
\nMiss Pauline HARGROVE to Carl H.GUPTON of Lewisburg,Tenn.,son of Mr.& Mrs.J.M.GUPTON,formerly of Fowkles,Tenn.
\nThey will make their home near Lewisburg.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 11,1946
\nANNOUNCE MARRIAGE OF NANCY WOODLEY..Mrs.W.H.WOODLEY,Sr.,wishes to announce the marriage of her
\ndaughter,Nancy,to Homer L.FULK of Buckeye Lake,Ohio.The wedding was solemnized at Buckeye Lake November
\n18th.Mr.FULK has been in the Army Air Force about 3 1\/2 years and having served two years in European Threat.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 11,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Lloyd HART of Chicago was the guest of his mother,Mrs.Joe HART,and sister,Mrs.Elbert OZMENT
\nSaturday and Sunday. Mr.& Mrs.Charlie HILLIARD of Ripley visited her mother,Mrs.J.W.BRIGGS Sunday.
\nMrs.Frederick G.CRAIG returned to her home in Florida Tuesday after a visit with her mother,Mrs.M.A.NUNN.
\nMrs.H.L.BEECH of Rutherford spent last week with her mother,Mrs.A.N.JONES. Mrs.George BELL of Trenton spent several
\ndays last week with her mother,Mrs.A.B.WITT. Mr.& Mrs.John WHITE of Bonicord are visiting his sister,Mrs.A.N.JONES this week.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 18,1946
\nMORE BOYS HOME FROM OVERSEAS..Mr.& Mrs.Lester OLDS of the Nankipoo Community met their son,SK3-C Kenneth
\nOLDS in Memphis.He entered the service November17,1943,has been overseas since May 1944.He is on a 30-day leave.
\nSGT.Garland HARGETT,son of Mr.& Mrs.John HARGETT,arrived home Tuesday night after receiving his discharge at
\nFort George Mead,Maryland Saturday.He has been in the services 45 months.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 18,1946
\nMRS.LINNIE RICHARDSON BURIED SATURDAY..Mrs.Linnie RICHARDSON,widow of Will RICHARDSON,former Halls
\nbusiness man,died at the home of her son,Everett RICHARDSON,in the Nankipoo Community,near here Friday morning
\nof last week Mrs.RICHARSON,who was 85,was born in Dyer County,and had been a resident of Lauderdale county for
\n65 years.She was a member of Halls Methodist Church Rev.W.F.MAXEDON,pastor,conducted funeral services at Halls
\nMethodist Church Saturday,burial in Halls cemetery. Her son was her only close survivor.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 18,1946
\nHELLEN’S BLUFF LOCALS..Mr.& Mrs.Alma LILLY spent the weekend with her parents,Mr.& Mrs.Limile VAUGHN.
\nMr.Calvin VANN is seriously ill at this writing.His daughters,Mrs.Adrain VIA and Miss Wilma VANN of Memphis are
\nhome at his bedside.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 18,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.T.G.COOPER,Jr.,of Nashville has been the guest of her parents,Mr.& Mrs.P.W.CRITTENDON.
\nMrs.E.M.WHITE of Memphis is spending this week with her daughter,Mrs.D.E.PORTWOOD. T.B.FERGUSON has been ill
\nat his home on Route 2. Mr.& Mrs.T.B.FERGUSON. Mr.CLINTON has received his discharge from service after 27 months
\nin Africa & Italy. Chief Warrant Officer Perry DAVIS of Norfolk,Va.,Mrs.George L.JACKSON and Wayne DAVIS of Louisville,
\nKy.,Mr.& Mrs.B.F.ESCUE of Orysa spent Sunday here guests of their mother,Mrs.G.P.DAVIS. Elry CATES,who was severely
\nburned last week at the Western Auto Store,was able to be out a little the first of the week.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 25,1946
\nMISS ANITA C.RIDDICK..73,died Saturday morning at her home near Maury City.She was a member of Floyd’s Chapel
\nMethodist Church.Funeral services were conducted Tuesday from Old Field Church,burial in Old Field cemetery.She
\nleaves two brothers,C.B.RIDDICK,Maury City,and S.M.RIDDICK,of Memphis; sister,Miss Mosie B.RIDDICK of Maury City.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 25,1946
\nMRS.MINNIE WILLIAMSON PUTMAN..wife of John C.PUTMAN of near Friendship,died at her home there Sunday after
\nseveral weeks illness.Services were held Tuesday at Friendship Baptist Church,burial in Sudbury Cemetery.She was
\na former teacher in Crockett County Schools.She leaves a son,Staff Sgt.Durwood BUFORD of Trenton,who returned from
\nJapan last week; a step-daughter,Mrs.Jewell SUMERLIN,Jackson; two brothers,Jim WILLIAMSON and Benoni WILLIAMSON,
\nboth of Maury City; a sister,Mrs.Frank RHODES,Maury City; neice,Mrs.Frank Garner of this place.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 25,1946
\nMRS.TENNIE M.HUTCHISON..died Monday at the home of her daughter,Mrs.Clyde PRATT of Crockett Mills.She was
\n65.Services were held Thursday at Providence Baptist Church.She leaves two other daughters,Mrs.Beatrice WINFREY
\nand Mrs.Lois HUTCHISON,both of Crockett Mills; four sons,Richard HUTCHISON and C.P.HUTCHISON,both of Crockett Mills,
\nJack HUTCHISON of Michigan; (4th son not named);two brothers,Fred MALLARD,Dyersburg,and Jim MALLARD,East
\nSt.Louis,Ill.; two sisters,Mrs.Josie TOWNSEND and Miss Camalee HUTCHISON,both of Dyersburg.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 25,1946
\nCALVIN E.VANN DIED LAST WEEK AFTER LONG ILLNESS..Calvin E.VANN,farmer and former barber here,died at his home
\nin the Lebanon community Thursday.He was 47.Mr.VANN was born in Pemiscott Co.,Mo.,and moved to Crockett County at
\nthe age of 5.He had also lived in the Double Bridges community in Lauderdale County,TN.Funeral services were Friday
\nfrom Lebanon Methodist Church.Rev.C.C.LEWIS officiating,burial in Lebanon cemetery.Mr.VANN leaves his wife,Mrs.Lorrine
\nGRIFFIN VANN; two daughters,Mrs.Adrian VIA and Miss Wilma VANN,both of Memphis; one brother,Rubin VANN,Bells;
\nhalf-brother,Walter FITZHUGH,Memphis.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 25,1946
\nPROMINENT GATES CITIZEN DIES..R.J.MOORE,86,prominent pioneer resident of Gates died Saturday after long illness.
\n(Former President of Gates Bank & Trust; Representative Of Lauderdale County for two terms; etc.)Services were held
\nat his residence Monday by his pastor,Rev.W.O.BEARD.He is survived by his wife,Mrs.Cornelia MOORE; two daughters,
\nMrs.Walter R.BROWNE,Memphis and Mrs.H.T.NEELY,Amarilla,Texas.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 25,1946
\nJOHN BELL HAND..who was the father of 24 children,died at the home of his daughter,Mrs.Ida MACKEY of Fowkles.
\nHe was 90.He leaves his wife; nine other children; 51 grandchildren; and 36 great-grandchildren.He had been married
\nfour times.Arrangements in charge of Sudbury Funeral Home.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 25,1946
\nSGT.FINIS JORDAN..of Gates,Rt.#1,has received his discharge from the Army at the Fort Knox Separation Center.
\nHe is a former student of Halls High School.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 25,1946
\nMORE LOCAL BOYS GET DISCHARGES..Col.Carey HUTCHERSON,son of Mrs.A.P.MASSONGILL,was the guest of
\nhis mother and sister for a short time this week in Memphis.He is reporting back for duty. Mrs.Ralph ADKERSON
\nreceived a call from her husband,John Ralph ADKERSON,SC3-C Saturday.He landed at Seattle,Washington Friday
\nJanuary 18th from overseas.He will receive his discharge from the Millington Naval Separation Center this week
\n.He has been in service 26 months,served in the European Threatre,taking part in the invasion of Southern France.
\nFor the past three months,he has been in Alaska.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 25,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..PFC and Mrs.E.S.CRIHFIELD and son,Stuart,were guests of his parents in Osceola,Ark.,during
\nthe week-end.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JANUARY 25,1946
\nHELLEN’S BLUFF NEWS..Mrs.Elgie YOUNG has moved her mother,Mrs.HAND of McMinniville,Tenn.,to her home
\nand she is very ill at this writing.Her husband,John HAND passed away January 17th.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY FEBRUARY 1,1946
\nFUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS.BUTLER FRIDAY..Mrs.Rosa Bell BUTLER,wife of J.W.BUTLER of Crockett County,
\ndied at the home of her daughter,Mrs.Luther DICKERSON in Crockett County Thursday,January 24th.She was 79
\nyears of age.Funeral services Friday at Maury Chapel with Rev.C.O.FRYE officiating.Burial in Halls Cemetery.
\nShe is survived by two other daughters,Mrs.J.T.BUTLER,Halls,and Mrs.Alva YOUNG,Chestnut Bluff; two sons,
\nC.O.BUTLER,Chestnut Bluff,and Aubrey BUTLER,Dyersburg.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY FEBRUARY 1,1946
\nDISCHARGES COMING HOME..Lt.Col.Hugh NUNN,Ripley,and brother of R.J.NUNN and Mrs.E.T.PALMER,Halls,
\nhas been placed on a four-months terminal leave by the Army Medical Corps and is now in Ripley with his wife
\nand baby. Mr.& Mrs.E.L.RAINEY have received word from their son,Bernard RAINEY stating he had been promoted
\nto the rank of Quartermaster 3-C with the U.S.NAVY.The letter,written from Pearl Harbor,told of meeting his first
\ncousin,Waymond MOORE,of Halls while in Pearl Harbor.They were able to spend three days and nights together.
\nHe will be leaving Pearl Harbor January 23rd. Mr.& Mrs.Frank MOORE have received word from their son,Wayne
\nMOORE,of the U.S.Maritime Service stating he is being discharged.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY FEBRUARY 1,1946
\nANNOUNCE MARRIAGE OF CAROLYN WILLIAMS TO KENNETH OLDS..Mr.& Mrs.A.W.WILLIAMS announce the
\nmarriage of their daughter,Carolyn Nunn WILLIAMS to Lloyd Kenneth OLDS,SR3C,son of Mr.& Mrs.L.E.OLDS of
\nNankipoo.The ceremony was said by Rev.B.P.MARTIN,at Marion,Ark.,Saturday,January 26th.The couple will make
\ntheir home with his parents until his return to the Navy at the end of his furlough.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY FEBRUARY 1,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mr.& Mrs.John TALLEY,Memphis,visited their parents here during the weekend. Mrs.J.O.COX,
\nMemphis,spent Wednesday here with her sister,Miss Freddie OLDS.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY FEBRUARY 1,1946
\nWEDDING TAKES PLACE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON..In a quietly solemnized ceremony,Miss Jeanne LIGHTFOOT
\nwas married to James T.WILLIAMS Sunday,January 20,1946.The ceremony was at Ashland,Mississippi,Rev.W.R.LIMING,
\npastor of the First Methodist Church officiating.Mr.& Mrs.Homer McKENZIE of Michigan City,Miss.,were the only
\nattendants.The bride wore a softly tailored ice-blie suit with black accessories.Her flowers were Talisman roses.
\nMrs.WILLIAMS is the daughter of Mrs.V.T.LIGHTFOOT of Ripley,Tenn.,a graduate of Ripley High School,attended
\nMemphis School of Commerce,and is employed at Forked Deer Electric Co-Operative of Halls.Mr.WILLIAMS is the
\nson of Mr.& Mrs.W.T.WILLIAMS,Route #6,Ripley,Tenn.,and a graduate of Ripley High School.He recently received
\nan honorable discharge from the U.S.Army after 4&1\/2 years service.He is a partner in Williams Brothers Service Station,Ripley.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY FEBRUARY 8,1946
\nMRS.SALLIE KELLY;GATES,TENN.,FEB.6TH..Services for Mrs.Sallie KELLY of Gates,who died Monday night at
\nGartley-Ramsey Hospital,Memphis,were held Wednesday at Gates Methodist Church,Rev.W.T.M.JONES,Rev.C.C.LEWIS
\nand Rev.W.A.BAKER officiating.Burial in Gates cemetery.She has been ill four years and critically ill a week.
\nShe was 64,the widow of John KELLY.She leaves six daughters,Miss Donnie KELLY,assistant superintendent of
\nnurses at Gartly-Ramsey Hospital, the Misses Jennie,Anna and Addie KELLY,all of Gates,Mrs.D.N.CHANDLER,of
\nKnoxville,and Mrs.T.E.JAMISON,of Covington; two sons,James KELLY,of Memphis,and Grady KELLY,of Gates; three
\nbrothers,Dr.T.E.MILLER,of Ripley,W.T.MILLER,of Memphis,and Joe MILLER,of Long Beach,Calif.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY FEBRUARY 8,1946
\nMOTHER OF LOCAL CITIZEN DIED;RUTHERFORD,TENN.,FEB.6TH..Mrs.Martha Ann TOWNSEND,widow of William
\nHenry TOWNSEND,and daughter of Nancy COOPER and Nathaniel CORLEY,Rutherford settlers,died Monday at her
\nhome in Rutherford.She was 80.She leaves four daughters,Mrs.Hinkle FRANKS of Ft.Worth,Tex.,Mrs.William B.
\nBRADSHAW of Jackson,Tenn.,Mrs.John GUTH and Mrs.Marion C.GUY of Whitehaven,Tenn.; seven sons,Hubert A.
\nTOWNSEND of Halls,Roy and Paris TOWNSEND of Rutherford,Wilson TOWNSEND of Encinitos,Calif.,and Jesse
\nTOWNSEND,Homer TOWNSEND,and Walter TOWNSEND,of Jackson; 13 grandchildren;8 great-grandchildren.Burial
\nwas in the Rutherford cemetery.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY FEBRUARY 8,1946
\nWITH THE SICK..Mrs.A.G.HARGETT has been ill for the past ten days. Barbara ANDREWS is beter after having
\nbeen sick with the flu.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY FEBRUARY 8,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.Bob POINDEXTER and Mrs.S.F.YOUNG attended funeral services for Mr.Ben MOORE
\nin Dyersburg last Friday afternoon. Mrs.Dora VIAR and W.C.VIAR,Jr.,attended funeral services for Mrs.Sallie
\nKELLY in Gates Wednesday afternoon. Hubert SUMROW of Klamath Falls,Oregan is the guest of his mother,Mrs.
\nCecil SUMROW. Mrs.G.V.DAWS of Blytheville,Ark.,is the guest of her mother,Mrs.A.B.WITT. Mrs.Frank THOMPSON
\nand son of Memphis were guests of her mother,Mrs.May CHERRY during the weekend. Mr.& Mrs.Austin UTLEY,of
\nMemphis,and N.C.UTLEY,Ripley,were guests of Miss Sadie UTLEY. Mrs.Arthur PECKENGPAUGH of Unionville is
\nhere with her mother,Mrs.Jett MEADOWS,who has the flu.<\/p>\n
THE HALLS GRAPHIC
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY FEBRUARY 8,1946
\nCROSSROADS NEWS..Clark KIRBY has been discharged from the U.S.Marines and is home with his parents,
\nMr.& Mrs.Eric KIRBY. Mr.& Mrs.Carl RIDDICK visited her sister,Mrs.Velma COX in Memphis last week.<\/p>\n
THE HALLS GRAPHIC
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY FEBRUARY 8,1946
\nDOUBLE BRIDGES NEWS..Mrs.Annie Lois SPILLER and son,Marcus,are making their home in Memphis,where
\nMrs.SPILLER is working at Kenneday General. Mr.& Mrs.Edgar WEBB and son,James,who has been discharged
\nfrom the Army,have moved here in the home of her mother,Mrs.J.L.HILLIARD. Mr.& Mrs.William Elton JONES have
\nmoved in the house with Mr.Arch PITTS. Another newcomer to the community is Mr.Henry COOK who purchased the
\nplace of Joseph WATSON,a colored boy.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY FEBRUARY 15,1946
\nPROMINENT FOWKLES MERCHANT DIES..George L.VIAR,civic leader and leading merchant of Fowkles from 1901
\nuntil 1942,died at his home Friday.He was 82.He leaves a son,Thurmond VIAR,Fowkles; three daughters,Mrs.Ben
\nIva JONES,Fowkles,Mrs.Farrow L.KEE,and Mrs.Lloyd J.FOLLIS,both of Memphis; a brother,Jimmy VIAR,Dyersburg;
\na sister,Mrs.Mollie CHITWOOD,of Blytheville,Ark.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY FEBRUARY 15,1946
\nHONOR RECENT BRIDE WITH SHOWER..Mrs.Lawson BRAY and Mrs.L.E.OLDS entertained at the home of Mrs.
\nBRAY in Nankipoo on Wednesday,February 6th,with a miscellaneous shower in compliment to Mrs.Kenneth OLDS,
\nrecent bride.Some 50 guests called.Punch and cookies were served,Mrs.BRAY presided at the table with Mrs.Coy
\nHILLIARD and Mrs.Walton HUTCHERSON assisting.The horonee wore a gown of navy blue morie,Mrs.BRAY,a model
\nof black morie,and Mrs.A.W.WILLIAMS,mother of the bride,wore navy blue crepe.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY FEBRUARY 15,1946
\nON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON..the Hurricane Hill Club met with Mrs.W.M.PARIS.A very interesting and instructive
\nmeeting was held with Mrs.George DRAKE preciding.<\/p>\n
THE HALLS GRAPHIC
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY FEBRUARY 15,1946
\nON THURSDAY AFTERNOON..the Central Club met with Mrs.Vasser MILLER.In addition to the regular months’ program,
\nProject Leaders were appointed.<\/p>\n
THE HALLS GRAPHIC
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY FEBRUARY 15,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mr.& Mrs.J.Meredith HURT have moved to a farm near Essex,Mo. Wilbur AVERY,Jr.,of Gates,
\nleft Wednesday afternoon for an induction center at Fort Ogelthorpe,Ga. Mrs.J.A.HART,Sr.,and Mrs.Charley HART
\nwere in Memphis Wednesday to attend the funeral of MRS.THOMAS HART,Sr.,of 523 McLemore. Little Lewis
\nCORLEW,son of Mr.& Mrs.Earl CORLEW,Jr.,celebrated his second birthday Sunday,the guest of his grandparents,
\nMr.& Mrs.B.L.HILL. Mr.& Mrs.A.W.ESCUE,Mr.& Mrs.Lewis ESCUE,Mr.& Mrs.Joe Clyde ESCUE,Mrs.Lucille BIVENS
\nand daughter,and Mr.& Mrs.Jack ESCUE were guests of Mr.& Mrs.Roy ESCUE in Ripley Sunday. Mrs.J.L.WHITE
\nleft Monday night to visit her daughter,Mrs.Frank SCOTT,of Gulfport,Miss.,and Mrs.S.M.WILSON at New Orleans,
\nLa.She was accompanied by her son,S.SGT.William A.WHITE. Mrs.Roberta MATTHEWS of Jacksonville,Fla.,is the
\nguest of her father,Joe CHAMBERS and her aunt,Mrs.Jett MEADOWS. Mr.& Mrs.A.G.STEELMAN spent Tuesday
\nwith Mr.& Mrs.Cecil SUMROW.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY FEBRUARY 15,1946
\nDOUBLE BRIDGES NEWS..Miss Christine LOVE of Double Bridges and Raymond HINTON,of Nankipoo surprised
\ntheir friends by getting married Saturday.She is the daughter of Mr.& Mrs.Tommie LOVE of Double Bridges. Minnie
\nJanes DAVIS,daughter of Mr.& Mrs.Doyle DAVIS,is ill with pneumonia. Mrs.Emma SUMMERS spent several days
\nlast week at Edith with her son,Millard SUMMERS and wife. Mrs.Mattie GARRETT and two of her granddaughters from
\nArkansas,came last week to make their home with her brother,Mr.Henry COOK. Linda HALL,daughter of
\nMr.& Mrs.William HALL,Jr.,visited her grandmother,Mrs.Clara MEEKS,near Porter’s Gap last Sunday.<\/p>\n
THE HALLS GRAPHIC
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY FEBRUARY 22,1946
\nLABAN LINCOLN HAISLIP;RIPLEY,TENN.FEB.15..Services for Laban Lincoln HAISLIP,71,who died of a heart attack
\nat the home of T.J.HAISLIP in the Arp Community Friday after seven weeks’ illness,were held at Mount Pleasant
\nMethodist Church Saturday,conducted by Rev.C.C.LEWIS of Ripley,burial in church cemetery.He was a lifelong
\nresident of Lauderdale County.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY FEBRUARY 22,1946
\nOLIVER W.POSTON..64,Bonicord merchant,died at his home there Monday morning.He leaves his wife,Mrs.Allie
\nB.STRANGE POSTON; daughter,Joann POSTON,Memphis; brothers,L.A.POSTON and Council POSTON,both of Trenton;
\nsisters,Mrs.L.A.BOONE,Memphis; Mrs.J.W.HOPKINS,Friendship,and Mrs.Arthur CHESSOR,Trenton.Services in
\nBethesda Presbyterian Church.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY FEBRUARY 22,1946
\nCROSSROADS NEWS..Mr.& Mrs.James LATHAM of Montrey,Tenn.,are visiting his parents,Mr.& Mrs.Lock LATHAM.
\nDorance KIRBY of the Merchant Marines and H.L.KIRBY of Halls,visited Mr.& Mrs.J.C.KIRBY recently. Miss Zadie KIRBY
\nwho is employed at the Millington Naval Base spent Sunday with her parents,Mr.& Mrs.R.E.KIRBY.<\/p>\n
THE HALLS GRAPHIC
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY FEBRUARY 22,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Miss Lillie FLOWERS spent the weekend with her sister,Mrs.T.H.ROBERTSON at Sorrell’s
\nChapel. Mrs.John HARGETT is able to sit up after having been quite ill the past two weeks. T.B.FERGUSON returned
\nto his home on Halls Route #2 this week,having been seriously ill at Dyersburg Hospital. Bobby Witt BELL of Trenton
\nspent Sunday with his grandmother,Mrs.A.B.WITT. Gene THURMOND,son of Rev.E.E.THURMOND,Rt.#6,Paducah,Ky.,
\nhas been discharged at Millington Naval Separation Center after 33 months services.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 1,1946
\nDOUBLE BRIDGES NEWS..On the sick list since our last writing are Mrs.N.E.JENNINGS and daughter,Alice Faye,
\nBillie WEBB,and Miss Margaret WILKES. Miss Bonnie Sue CHAMBERS of Knoxville spent the weekend with her
\nparents,Mr.& Mrs.A.L.CHAMBERS.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 1,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Miss Ramona WATSON of Memphis has been a guest of her aunt,Mrs.Roy B.SUDBURY.
\nMr.& Mrs.J.W.WARREN announce the birth of a son at Brownsville Hospital Sunday. Mr.& Mrs.T.C.MEEKS of Antioch
\nspent Saturday night with Mrs.Jett MEADOWS.<\/p>\n
THE HALLS GRAPHIC
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 1,1946
\nWILLIAMS-HEATH..Mr.& Mrs.Elmer HEATH announce the marriage of their daughter,Dolores,to Eugene WILLIAMS
\nof Kansas City on Feb.22nd.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 8,1946
\n4-H CLUB NEWS..James Edward WOOD,a 4-H member at Henning,received from the 4-H club last year a purebred
\nDuroc gilt pig on the basis he return to the Club the best gilt out of his first litter.James Edward raised 9 out 0f 9
\nfarrowed.On Tuesday,February 26,1946,he returned to the Club a good gilt pig which was placed with Richard DOUGLAS
\nof Ripley.Richard is in the eight grade at Ripley Grammer School and plans to continue in Club work.<\/p>\n
THE HALLS GRAPHIC
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 8,1946
\nBURNS FATAL TO YOUTH SUNDAY..George Herbert DANIEL,14,died Sunday morning in the Baird-Brewer General Hospital
\nof burns he feceived when the DANIEL farm home near Unionville was destroyed by fire Friday night.He was attempting to
\nrekindle a low fire with kerosene when the container exploded.He is survived by his parents,Mr.& Mrs.Alvin G.DANIEL; brother,
\nWesley O’neal DANIEL,Halls; sister,Shirley DANIEL,Halls.Services were held Sunday at Curve Baptist Church,burial in
\nCrossroads Cem.,Curve.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 8,1946
\nMR.& MRS.P.H.HENDERSON..have received word that their son,Paul,Jr.,is now stationed at Schumaker,Calif.,but expects
\nto be assigned to a ship within the next few days.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 8,1946
\nON WEDNESDAY..The Edith Club recently re-organized,met with Mrs.Ora CRIHFIELD.<\/p>\n
THE HALLS GRAPHIC
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 8,1946
\nMORE BOYS ARRIVE HOME..Mr.& Mrs.Earl CORLEW received word from their daughter,Rosalee,that her husband,
\nSGT.MITCHELL has been discharged from the Army Air Force at Colorado Springs,Co.,and they are leaving for their
\nhome in Kalmath Falls,Oregan. Byron F.ESCUE,Jr.,MM 1-C has returned to his ship,the Y.S.S.DIXIE in Portlard,
\nOregan after thirty days leave.He is the grandson of Mrs.G.P.DAVIS of Halls.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 8,1946
\nMISS LOIS VAUGHN IS WED..Mr.& Mrs.Paul MILLER of Ripley Route #3,announce the marriage of their daughter,
\nLois VAUGHN to Vernon REECE of Halls.The ceremony was February 23rd,and the couple are living with his
\nparents,Mr.& Mrs.John REECE.<\/p>\n
THE HALLS GRAPHIC
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 8,1946
\nGATES ITEMS..W.A.WITT and family moved to Covington where Mr.Witt is employed by the I.C.Railroad.
\nLloyd DAVIS,wife and little daughter,Patricia,arrived from Calif.,where he was discharged from the U.S.Navy.
\nThey are at home with his parents,Mr.& Mrs.O.L.DAVIS.His brother,Eugene DAVIS arrived from Great Lakes,
\nwhere he is still in the Navy. Mr.& Mrs.Frederic DANIELS left Gates Monday for Baltimore,Maryland where
\nthey will make their home.She is the daughter of Mr.& Mrs.Virgil JOHNSON of Gates.<\/p>\n
THE HALLS GRAPHIC
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 8,1946
\nPERRY-ADAMS WEDDING..A wedding of interest took place Sunday at the home of Mr.& Mrs.Graham ADAMS of
\nHalls Route #4,when their daughter,Miss Vivian ADAMS became the bride of Ralph PERRY of Friendship.They
\nwill make their home in Los Angeles,Calif.<\/p>\n
THE HALLS GRAPHIC
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 8,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.Harry A.HALL is in Memphis at the bedside of her mother,Mrs.Rena JORDAN,who
\nfell Tuesday and broke her hip at the home of her daughter,Mrs.V.G.ALEXANDER. Mr.& Mrs.Jim JAYNES,Mr.&
\nMrs.T.J.YARBROUGH and Mrs.W.G.NEELY attended the funeral of Earl MEADOWS at Bells,Ark.,last Wednesday.
\nMr.& Mrs.Fred C.PERMINTER,of Memphis,were guests of Mrs.J.H.MURCHISON Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 8,1946
\nCROSSROAD NEWS..A son was born to Mr.& Mrs.James Henry HAYES on March 4th. We are glad to report that
\nthe baby of Mr.& Mrs.James LATHAM is improving after drinking some kerosene last Monday. Mr.& Mrs.J.N.PHILLIPS
\nhave a new baby. Mr.& Mrs.Ernest RIDDICK and son of Alamo,visited his brother,Carl RIDDICK and wife Sunday.<\/p>\n
THE HALLS GRAPHIC
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 8,1946
\nDOUBLE BRIDGES NEWS..On the sick list this week are Mrs.Alma WEBB; Mrs.B.F.CHAMBERS; Mrs.J.N.ROBERTS;
\nMrs.Frank BRANKLEY; and little Elizabeth Ann YOUNG.<\/p>\n
THE HALLS GRAPHIC
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 15,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Bobby WELLS,son of Mr.& Mrs.Dee WELLS,was carried to Dyersburg Hospital Tuesday.
\nBobby had a relapse of pneumonia. Mrs.A.B.TALLEY spent Thursday in Dyersburg to visit Lt.Col.J.K.COUGHLAN,wife
\nand baby.They are en route to Florida.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 15,1946
\nGATES ITEMS..The young son of Mr.& Mrs.Raymond JACKSON of Dry Hill was very ill last week with pneumonia.
\nMrs.John TUCKER and little son,Johnnie,returned to Gates last Friday and are at the home of her parents,Mr.& Mrs.S.B.HILL.<\/p>\n
THE HALLS GRAPHIC
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 15,1946
\nDOUBLE BRIDGES NEWS..The little daughter of Mr.& Mrs.Isaac YOUNG is improving after being very ill several
\ndays. Mrs.Nora EISON visited her daughter,Mrs.Ralph ADKERSON and family in Ripley last week. Mr.& Mrs.Walter
\nCLENDENTON and daughter,Kay of Unionville were guests of her parents,Mr.& Mrs.Edgar WEBB.<\/p>\n
THE HALLS GRAPHIC
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 22,1946
\nMRS.JOE HART DIED MONDAY MORNING..Mrs.Bertha HART died at the home of her daughter,Mrs.Elbert OZMENT
\nMonday after a long illness.She was 66 and had lived in Lauderdale County since 1919.Services were Tuesday at
\nHalls Baptist Church,burial in Halls Cemetery.She leaves her husband; daughter,Mrs.OZMENT,of Halls; aon,Loyd
\nHART,of Chicago; 2 grandchildren.<\/p>\n
THE HALLS GRAPHIC
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 22,1946
\nMISS CARNELL IS WED IN DOUBLE RING CEREMONY..Mr.& Mrs.J.L.CARNELL of Halls announce the marriage of
\ntheir daughter,Mary Alice CARNELL,to James A.HAYNES,son of J.H.HAYNES of Dyersburg,Sunday,March 17th in Dyersburg.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 22,1946
\nNINA SUE THOMAS BECOMES BRIDE OF JOSEPH HAMILTON..daughter of Mr.& Mrs.Sam THOMAS.He the son of J.P.
\nHAMILTON,both of Halls.Married March 10th at Corinth,Miss.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 22,1946
\nDOUBLE BRIDGES NEWS..Mr.& Mrs.Joe HILLIARD had guests Wednesday night of last week,Mr.& Mrs.Gus
\nHOPPERS and daughter,Betty,and Mr.& Mrs.James HOPPERS of Ripley. Mrs.Emma SUMMERS received word
\nSaturday of the death of her step-son,Ira SUMMERS.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 22,1946
\nGATES ITEMS..Mrs.EMMETT BRANTLEY who has been very sick,was removed by ambulance last weekend to the
\nhome of her daughter,Mrs.Christine LEE at Winchester,Tenn.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 29,1946
\nRIPLEY MAYOR IS SUED..Suits asking damages totaling $222,500 have been filed in Lauderdale County Circuit
\nCourt against Mayor Joe TUCKER of Ripley,doing business as City Lumber Co.,and against Vernon GRIFFIN.The
\nsuits were the result of an auto accident on Highway 51 near Ripley on March 19,1945 in which a sailor,Bobby
\nCALDWELL and his parents,Mr.& Mrs.H.D.CALDWELL were killed.According to reports by officials at the time,young
\nCALDWELL was enroute to his home on leave prior to going overseas and was met in Memphis by his parents,wife,
\nchild and sister.Just before arriving in Ripley,the auto crashed into a truck stolen earlier from the lumber company
\nand abandoned on the highway.Young CALDWELL and his parents were killed outright.Mrs.Bobby CALDWELL,her
\n16-month-old daughter and the sister were seriously injured.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 29,1946
\nSAVAGE IS VETERANS REPRESENTATIVE..Paul SAVAGE,former Ripley postmaster and state commissioner of public
\nwelfare before entering the service,has been sworn in as stste veterans’employment representative.Mr.SAVAGE is a
\nnative of Lauderdale County and was prominent in Ripley and Lauderdale county political and business affairs before
\naccepting appointment as welfare commissioner under the former Gov.Prentice COOPER.He had 32 months of
\nmilitary service being discharged with the rank of Major.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 29,1946
\nFATHER OF FRANK THOMPSON DIES..Services for Henry G.THOMPSON of Bells,merchant and civic leader
\nand father of R.Frank THOMPSON of Memphis,and formerly of Halls,were held Saturday afternoon in Bells,burial
\nin Bells Cemetery.He died of a heart attack Friday at his home in Bells.He was 67.Born in Crockett County,formerly
\nwas operator of the H.E.THOMPSON Dry Goods firm.Retiring in 1929,he re-entered business some ten years ago.
\nHis first wife,the former Eddie Mae NEIL,mother of Frank THOMPSON,died seven years ago.He leaves his second
\nwife,Mrs.Ruth WELSH THOMPSON,and a daughter,Mrs.Cortez PIERCE of Bells.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 29,1946
\nHOME AGENT NEWS..The women of the Lightfoot community will meet Thursday,March 28th with Mrs.C.U.ROBERSON.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 29,1946
\nSISTER OF LOCAL MAN DIED LAST THURSDAY..Mrs.Ella PIERCE WHITE,member of a pioneer Dyersburg family
\nand sister of M.G.PIERCE,Sr.,of Halls,died Thursday of last week after a brief illness.Mrs.WHITE broke her hip
\nand pneumonia developed.She was 86.Funeral services were Saturday in Dyersburg.Surviving are two daughters;a
\nson; two other brothers;grandchildren;and a great-grandchild.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 29,1946
\nRETIRED PRINTER DIES AT DYERSBURG HOME..Harry DRIFOOS,retired printer and publisher and active Dyer
\ncounty political figure,died at his home in dyersburg Sunday following a heart attack.He was 68.Burial in Fairview
\nCemetery.Born in Lebanon,Tenn.; resident of Dyersburg since 1903.Leaves three sisters,Miss Ann DRIFOOS,with
\nwhom he lived; Mrs.Edward ELAM and Mrs.John R.STARK of Nashville.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 29,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Miss Freddie OLDS and Mrs.Wilbur AVERY of Gates were guests of Mr.& Mrs.James ORRIS
\nCOX and Mrs.Velma COX in Memphis Wednesday of last week. Mrs.R.E.JORDAN and son Ted,of Jackson,Miss.,are
\nvisiting her parents,Mr.& Mrs.E.B.WILEY. S1-C George Miller left Tuesday night returning to his station at Portsmouth,Va.
\n,after spending his furlough with his mother,Mrs.Cisley MILLER. Mayor and Mrs.R.H.JORDAN received a call from
\ntheir son,Bruce.He is in the States after service in Europe.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MARCH 29,1946
\nHELLEN-BLUFF LOCALS..Mr.& Mrs.Carter BALLINGER of Ripley,called in the home of Mr.& Mrs.Lyle VAUGHN Sunday.
\nMr.& Mrs.Alma LILLEY spent Saturday night with her parents,Mr.& Mrs.Lyle VAUGHN.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 5,1946
\nPROMINENT PHYSICIAN DIED MONDAY NIGHT..Dr.Clyde T.NASH,extensive landowner and lifelong resident of the
\nBonicord community died at his home Monday night.He was 64.Services were Wednesday from Miller’s Chapel.One
\nof his sons,Clyde Max NASH was to receive his Army discharge Monday at Fort McPherson,Ga.He also leaves his
\nwife,Mrs.Betty PATE NASH; three daughters,Sue NASH,Mrs.Frances REEL and Marie NASH; another son,Jimmy NASH,
\nall of Bonicord.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 5,1946
\nBURIED SUNDAY..Thomas Bennett FERGUSON,planter and lifelong resident of Lauderdale County,died at his home
\non Route #2,five milles west of Halls Friday after an illness of some duration.He was 65.Funeral services were in
\nHalls Baptist Church,burial in Halls cemetery.In addition to his wife,Mrs.Mary MONTGOMERY FERGUSON; he leaves
\nfour daughters,Mrs.E.B.CLINTON,Memphis,Mrs.M.D.PHILLIPS,Pine Bluff,Ark.,Mrs.H.L.DAVIS,Halls,and Miss Doris
\nFERGUSON,Memphis; a granddaughter,Roselyn PHILLIPS,Pine Bluff.Pall bearers were nephews of Mr.FERGUSON:Allen
\nFERGUSON,Reginald FERGUSON,Douglas FERGUSON,Don FERGUSON,Memphis,Sam Tom FERGUSON,Union City,and
\nNeil FERGUSON,Halls; Honorary pallbearers were: L.L.McDEARMAN,J.O.THOMPSON, F.W.HURT, W.S.PERRY,A.W.WILLIAMS,
\nPaul GRIFFIN,and Paul CRITTENDON.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 5,1946
\nHAS OPERATION..Mrs.T.E.REED is in Nashville at the bedside of her husband,Dr.REED,who underwent an emergency
\noperation on his throat Tuesday of last week.Dr.REED is in Vanderbilt Hospital,much improved.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 5,1946
\nMRS.JOE T.GRANT..Services for Mrs.Ellen TUCKER GRANT,wife of Joe T.GRANT,of near Friendship,were Wednesday
\nat the Palestine Baptist Church,burial in Palestine cemetery.She was 77,and died Sunday night at her home.She also
\nleaves two brothers,Frank TUCKER,Jackson,and Rich TUCKER,warm Springs,Ark.;two step-sons,Carl GRANT,Gary,Ind.,
\nand P.E.GRANT,Friendship; three step-daughters,Mrs.Annie Lee BAILEY,Gary,Ind.,Mrs.Maggie WOODS,Knoxville,and
\nMiss Luwell GRANT,Gary,Ind.She was the aunt of Mrs.Lon VIAR and Raymond HALE,both of Halls.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 5,1946
\nLITTLE LARRY JACKSON..son of Mr.& Mrs.Elton JACKSON,of Detroit,Mich.,and grandson of Mr.& Mrs.Earl CORLEW,Sr.,
\nwho has been seriously ill with measles is improving.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 5,1946
\nUNDERGOES OPERATION..Miss Doris FERGUSON,Memphis,who was here to attend the funeral of her father,Bennett
\nFERGUSON,Sunday suffered an attack of appendicitis Sunday night and was carried to Baptist Hospital,Memphis for
\nan appendectomy Tues.morn.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 5,1946
\nMR.& MRS.FERGUSON MOVE TO MEMPHIS..Mr.& Mrs.E.R.(Tony)FERGUSON,lifelong residents and respected citizens
\nof Lauderdale County,legt Tuesday to make their home in Memphis.They have made their home on the same farm for
\nthe past forty years.They are the parents of three sons,Allen FERGUSON,Douglas FERGUSON,and Reginald FERGUSON,
\nall of whom reside in Memphis.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 5,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.Bess JORDAN and Ben JORDAN attended the funeral of Harry DREYFUS in Dyersburg
\nTuesday of last week.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 5,1946
\nMRS.EDNA IRENE COOKE..Services for Mrs.COOKE,who died at her home in Woodville Tuesday night of a heart
\nailment were held at the Woodville Baptist Church Wednesday afternoon,conducted by Rev.John SEATON and
\nRev.C.E.AZBILL,Jackson,burial in church cemetery.She was 75.She leaves a foster son,Vester VOSS,of Woodville; two brothers,J.D.HENLEY,Brinkley,Ark.,and E.M.HENLEY,Woodville.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 5,1946
\nGATES ITEMS..Mrs.Bettie RAINEY has been very sick but is resting better. Mr.& Mrs.James Orris COX and young son
\nhave returned to their home in Memphis after spending the past week with her parents,Mr.& Mrs.Wilbur AVERY.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 12,1946
\nN.A.YANCEY DIED SATURDAY..Nathan A.YANCEY,prominent farm and business man and owner of extensive farm
\ntracts in Lauderdale and Dyer counties died early Saturday morning at his farm home near Hales Point.He was 75.
\nServices were Sunday at Curry Funeral Home,burial in Maplewood Cemetery,Ripley.He leaves his wife,Mrs.Bertha
\nYANCEY,of Ashville,NC; four daughters,Miss Margeurite YANCEY,Washington,D.C.,Mrs.William H.BARKLEY,Ashville,
\nNC,Mrs.R.L.Bird,Finley,TN,and Miss Sadie YANCEY,Ashville,NC; sister,Mrs.Belle PONDER,Blue Springs,Miss.
\nPallbearers were:L.L.McDEARMAN and Lon VIAR of Halls,Sam BRADSHAW and George WEAKLEY of Dyersburg
\nand George WATKINS of Ripley.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 12,1946
\nLITTLE SPECKLED HEN GREATLY MOURNED..Death struck Thursday night of last week in the farm yard of Bernice
\nBRANDON of the Poplar Grove community claiming the queen of the barnyard as his victim,a little eleven years and
\nsix months old mottled Anconia banty hen known as Wimpie. Wimpie had outlived all her children and grandchildren.
\nThere are known survivors except friends from the human family.She had not been on the production line for the past
\nsix years,but her heart has ever been with the cause.On beautiful spring days she was wont to go about the hen house
\nseeking a suitable nest,singing all the while in her lovely contralto voice.Her many friends mourn her passing.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 12,1946
\nENGAGEMENT IS OF WIDE INTEREST HERE..The announcement was made today by Mr.& Mrs.A.G.HARGETT of Halls,
\nof the engagement of their daughter, Anna Jane HARGETT and Roy C.PATTON,also of Halls.Mr.Patton is the son of Judge
\nand Mrs.W.C.PATTON.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 12,1946
\nMISS LEONA HUDSON WEDS..Mr.& Mrs.R.C.HUDSON of Gates announce the marriage of their daughter,Leona,to Hugh
\nW.WILSON,Jr.,son of Mrs.W.M.BUTLER and Hugh W.WILSON of Jackson.The ceremony was said in Corinth,Miss.,on
\nMarch 23rd with Mrs.W.S.MARCOM,sister of the groom,serving as matron of honor and J.R.WARDLOW,brother-in-law
\nof the bride as best man.Mrs.WARDLOW and Raymond MARCOM were also present.They are making their home in Memphis.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 12,1946
\nGATES ITEMS..Mr.& Mrs.W.M.SAVAGE,who have been very sick for some time,are improved and are now back at their
\nstore. John TUCKER of Birminghan,Ala.,spent last weekend in Gates with his wife and son.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 12,1946
\n4-H CLUB NEWS..Billy MAXWELL,a Gaines 4-H Club boy,started a 4-H Club Baby Beef project last week.Billy purchased
\na purebred Hereford calf from W.T.YOUNGER,Jr.,local Hereford breeder,etc.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 12,1946
\nADULT LEADERSHIP OF 4-H CLUBS IMPORTANT..The value of adult 4-H Club leaders was very effectively demonstrated
\nWednesday April 3rd,when Mrs.Henry KLUTTS,Local Adult Leader of the Conner 4-H Club met with that club in its regular
\nmonthly meeting.Mrs.KLUTTS took a very active part in the meeting,aiding the Home Agent in Teaching the girls the
\nfundementals of serving.She planes for the club to meet in her home during the summer months.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 12,1946
\nMISS MOORE WEDS RALPH J.FOWLER..Mrs.Pearl MOORE announces the marriage of her daughter,Trucella,to Ralph
\nJ.FOWLER,son of Mrs.Meda FOWLER DeRANEK and the late A.J.FOWLER.The ceremony was performed Wednesday
\n,April 10th,in the Dyersburg Court House.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 12,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.W.H.HARGETT of Lepanto,Ark.,was the guest of Mr.& Mrs.A.G.HARGETT during the weekend.
\nMr.& Mrs.A.G.HARGETT and daughter,Miss Jane HARGETT spent Sunday with Mr.& Mrs.G.W.HARGETT in Memphis.
\nMr.& Mrs.John A.MOORE,Sr.,and Mr.& Mrs.Charles MOORE,spent Sunday in Memphis as guests of Mr.& Mrs.John A.
\nMOORE,Jr. Mr.& Mrs.Marvin JENNINGS and baby of Memphis,were guests during the weekend of his parents,Mr.&
\nMrs.J.L.JENNINGS.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 12,1946
\nHOME AGENT NEWS..On Thursday Mrs.W.L.BARBOUR was hostess to the Central Club.Four new members,Mrs.Scott ANDREWS,Mrs.E.T.CAGLE,Mrs.Lonnie TUCKER,and Mrs.Jim BOYD were present.Mrs.N.N.CALDWELL gave a report on
\nthe Community Dinner held on March 29th.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 19,1946
\nMRS.PYLAND DIES..The widow of J.D.PYLAND died at the home of her daughter,Mrs.E.D.CLIMER in Maury City Friday,
\nApril 12th at 5 a.m.She was 78 years of age.Funeral services were held Saturday in Floyd’s Chapel with burial in the
\nchurch cemetery.Mrs.PYLAND is also survived by another daughter,Mrs.Gus NICHOLS,also of Maury City.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 19,1946
\nHOME AGENT NEWS..The first meeting of the Double Bridges Home Demonstration Club was held Tuesday,April 9th,
\nin the home of Mrs.Sidney GOOCH. The Bexar Home Demonstration Club was organized Wednesday,April 10th.Officers
\nelected were: President,Mrs.W.H.MILLER; vice-president,Mrs.Herman WEBB; Secretary,Mrs.Frank LANGLEY; Ass’t
\nSecretary,Mrs.Wertie PARKER.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 19,1946
\nJAMES A.BREAZEAL..Services for James A.BREAZEAL,52,farmer of the Edith community,who died Sunday at his home,
\nwere held Tuesday afternoon at Macedonia Baptist Church with Rev.John SEATON officiating.Burial in church cemetery?
\n(as far as I know,Macedonia does not have a cem.)He leaves his wife,Mrs.Bulah BREAZEAL; two daughters,Mrs.Mary
\nPALMQUIAP,Flint,Mich.,and Mrs.Virgil SANDERS of Halls; three stepdaughters,Mrs.J.D.BURROUGHS,Mrs.Fred McCOY
\nand Mrs.Tom HOGUE,all of near Ripley; a brother,W.S.BREAZEL of Flint,Mich.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 19,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mr.& Mrs.R.C.(Mike)THURMOND,Jr.,of Dyersburg announce the birth of a son at the Baird-Brewer
\nHospital,Dyersburg on Friday April 12th. Mr.& Mrs.Carl GOODWIN of Memphis spent the weekend with his father,A.A.
\nGOODWIN of Memphis spent the weekend with his father,A.A.GOODWIN.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 19,1946
\nDOUBLE BRIDGES..Mrs.Nora EISON is visiting her daughter,Mrs.Ralph ADKERSON in Ripley. Bill WEBB of Halls,spent
\nMonday night with his parents,Mr.& Mrs.Edgar WEBB. Edgar WEBB and son,James WEBB were in Dyersburg Tuesday
\non business.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 19,1946
\nHELLEN-BLUFF LOCALS..Mr.& Mrs.Guy CHRONISTER are the proud parents of a son born April 12th. Mr.& Mrs.Henry
\nHINES spent Sunday with Mr.& Mrs.Bud HINES near Cross Roads.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 26,1946
\nMRS.LELA ELLIS..Services for Mrs.Lela ELLIS,who died Tuesday morning at the Brownsville Hospital were held
\nWednesday morning at the Woodville Baptist Church by Rev.John W.SEATON,burialin church cemetery.A lifelong
\nresident of Lauderdale county,Mrs.ELLIS was 66,and a Baptist.She leaves four daughters,Mrs.Delie WILLIAMS,
\nMemphis,Mrs.Glenora SUMMAR,Woodville,Mrs.Nathalia RUSSELL,Curve,and Mrs.Kathryn CALDWELL,Dyersburg;
\nbrother,Harris STANLEY,Memphis; sister,Mrs.A.C.DAVIS,Woodville.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 26,1946
\nDIED TUESDAY..Rosco B.ALLEY,prominent farmer of the Halespoint community,and native of Crockett County,died
\nat his home after a lenghty illness.He was 59 years of age.A member of the Lauderdale County Quarterly Court,he
\nhad served as magistrate of the 9th civil dist until ill health forced him to retire some eight months ago.He was a member
\nof Zion Hill Baptist Church,Dyer County.Funeral services were held there on Thursday.In addition to his wife,Mrs.Irene
\nBAKER ALLEY,he is survived by six sons,James ALLEY,Halls,R.B.ALLEY,Jr.,Memphis,J.B.ALLEY,Chicago, Malcolm
\nALLEY,Halespoint,Richard ALLEY,Chicago,and Joe M.ALLEY,Halls; two daughters,Mrs.Finis L.GARRETT and Mrs.Herschel
\nJOHNS; two brothers,Jasper ALLEY,Memphis,and J.O.ALLEY; five sisters,Mrs.George CREWS,Blytheville,Mrs.George
\nMcDONALD,St.Louis,Mrs.Jim GOLDEN,Friendship,Mrs.Robert DAVID,Cleveland,Ohio,and Mrs.Stacy MADISON,Joplin,Mo.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 26,1946
\nCOUPLE WED IN HERNANDO,MISS..An announcement to their many friends of the marriage of Miss Jeannette YEARY to
\nWilliam REYNOLDS,son of Mr.& Mrs.W.L.REYNOLDS,of Halls.The ceremony was said April 20th in Herando,Miss.She is
\nthe daughter of Mr.& Mrs.D.R.YEARY of Memphis.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 26,1946
\nBIRTHDAY DINNER..Mr.& Mrs.R.O.ROBERTSON of Friendship surprised their son,Captain Beasley ROBERTSON of Halls
\nwith a birthday dinner at their home Sunday.Other gueasts,Mrs.ROBERTSON and daughter,Dawn; Mr.& Mrs.Wm.M.THOMPSON
\nand Mr.& Mrs.John W.SCREWS.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 26,1946
\nHELLEN’S BLUFF NEWS..Mr.C.W.YOUNG was the Sunday guest of his son,Eli YOUNG and family of Cross Roads.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY APRIL 26,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mr.& Mrs.James F.WILEY of Endicott,New York spent a part of their Easter vacation at the home
\nof his parents,Rev.& Mrs.E.B.WILEY. John H.WILEY visited his parents,Rev.& Mrs.E.B.WILEY this weekend from U
\nof T,Knoxville. Mr.& Mrs.Buster CAMPBELL are in Memphis at the bedside of their sister,Mrs.Sewell WILLIAMS,who
\nis critically ill at the St.Joseph Hospital. Wymond MOORE,son of Mr.& Mrs.Frank MOORE,has received his discharge
\nfrom the Naval Base at New Orleans,La.He enlisted in the Navy August 16,1943 and had spent 16 months overseas.
\nMrs.W.E.BARBOUR and son,Gene Lewis BARBOUR of Memphis,are guests of Mrs.F.M.JORDAN.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 3,1946
\nGRANDMOTHER OF LOCAL RESIDENT DIES..Services were held in Dyersburg Friday,April 26th,for Mrs.Lillie COTTON,
\nmember of an early Middle Tennessee family,who died at her home there Thursday after long illness.She was the wife
\nof the late Harry COTTON,one time Dyer County Circuit Court Clerk,and the grandmother of Mrs.Will CHERRY of Halls.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 3,1946
\nMRS.G.W.MONTGOMERY..Services for Mrs.Cora Alice MONTGOMERY,Haywood County native and resident of Dyersburg
\nfor several years,who died early Wednesday of last week at her home,were held Thursday in Dyersburg Cumberland
\nPresbyterian Church,burial in Halls Cemetery.She was 63.She leaves her husband; two daughters,Mrs.Mary JOHNS,
\nDyersburg and Mrs.E.G.MILLER,Ripley; brother,W.E.LACKEY,Parsons; three sisters,Mrs.W.L.REYNOLDS and Mrs.J.R.
\nDAILEY,Halls,and Mrs.W.F.CARLTON,Raleigh,TN.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 3,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.W.T.ANDREWS,Mrs.H.T.ABERNATHY,Mrs.J.F.COLLEY,and Miss Juanita PERRY were in
\nMemphis last week. Mr.& Mrs.Ralph ADKERSON of Ripley,announce the birth of a son at the Brownsville Hospital
\non April 23rd.He will be called Jerry Ralph ADKERSON.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 3,1946
\nPOPLAR GROVE NEWS..Mr.& Mrs.A.P.BURKS had as their guests Sunday Mr.& Mrs.Norris MEADOWS and son,Jack,
\nof Memphis,Mr.& Mrs.Johnnie MEADOWS of Halls,Mr.H.C.COOK,of Double Bridges and Mr.& Mrs.O.F.HOPPERS.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 3,1946
\nHELLEN’S BLUFF NEWS..D.A.HARWELL of Cross Roads spent Saturday night and Sunday with his daughter,Mrs.
\nHenry HINES. Mr.Elmer WRIGHT and Miss Dora BROGLIN drove to Miss.,on Wednesday,April 24th and got married.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 10,1946
\nMRS.SEWELL WILLIAMS BURIED SUNDAY..Services for Mrs.Frances WILLIAMS,24 year-old employee of
\nGoldsmith’s,Memphis,were held Sunday in Friendship Baptist Church,burial in Friendship cemetery.Mrs.WILLIAMS,
\nwho was born in Friendship,died Friday morning at St.Joseph Hospital,where she had been a patient since April 15th.
\nShe moved to Memphis two years ago when her husband went overseae with the Army.They were married in March,
\n1940,at Fort Benning,Ga.Mr.WILLIAMS is now a jewelry repairman at George T.Brodnax,Inc.She leaves her daughter,
\nLinda Ann WILLIAMS; her parents,Mr.& Mrs.R.L.HUBBARD,of Friendship; 3 sisters,Mrs.Bonita CHILDRESS and Mrs.
\nMaggie WEBB,Memphis and Miss Rose HUBBARD,Friendship; 3 brothers,James HUBBARD,Erskine HUBBARD,and
\nRoy HUBBARD,all of Friendship.She was a sister-in-law of Mrs.Buster CAMPBELL of Halls.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 10,1946
\nCLUBS MEET..A New Home Demonstration Club was organized on Monday,April 29th in the home of Mrs.Nelson
\nWHITE.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 17,1946
\nBROTHER OF LOCAL CITIZEN DIED MONDAY..John F.PARMINTER,54,farmer in the Lenox community in Dyer county,
\ndied Monday night of last week at his home there.Funeral services Wednesday in Lenox Methodist Church,burial in
\nFairview cemetery.He is survived by his wife,Mrs.Martha Parminter; two sons,Billy PARMINTER and Thomas
\nPARMINTER; four daughters,Mrs.Flossie JONES,Mrs.Margaret HOLT,Lenox,Mrs.Juanita ESTES,Elbridge,and Mrs.
\nBernice MOSER,Dyersburg; three brothers,Walter PARMINTER & Bob PARMINTER,Memphis,and Charlie PARMINTER,Covington.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 17,1946
\nANNOUNCE APPROACHING MARRIAGE..Mr.& Mrs.Carl H.TUBBS of Lenox,Tenn.,announce the forthcoming marriage
\nof their daughter,Evelyn June TUBBS to John Hassell WILEY,son of Rev.& Mrs.E.B.WILEY of Halls.The wedding
\nwill take place on June 2 in the First Baptist Church of Halls.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 17,1946
\nENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED..Mr.& Mrs.W.G.NEELY of Halls announce the engagement of their daughter,Mildred
\nMarie,to Paul Edwin WILLIAMS,son of Mr.& Mrs.J.M.WILLIAMS of Halls.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 17,1946
\nPOPLAR GROVE NEWS..Mr.& Mrs.Nolan WILLIAMS,Mr.Norris MEADOWS,Memphis,Mrs.Jim MEADOWS,Mr.& Mrs.
\nJohnnie MEADOWS,Halls,were guests of Mrs.Powell BURKS Sunday. Mrs.Glynn CHAMBERS,Memphis,visited his
\nbrother,J.B.CHAMBERS,and step-mother,Mrs.Lester CHAMBERS,and Mr.& Mrs.A.P.BURKS last week.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 17,1946
\nHELLEN’S BLUFF NEWS..Mr.& Mrs.Reuben CHRONISTER and son,of St.Louis,Mo.,were here last week,guests of
\nhis mother,Mrs.Emma CHRONISTER,and brothers,Guy CHRONISTER and Russell CHRONISTER. Miss Margaret
\nGUINN,of this community and Mr.Doyle BEDWELL of Friendship were married in Hernando,Miss.,on Saturday,May 11th.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 17,1946
\nBEXAR HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB..met Wednesday in the home of Mrs.Wertie PARKER; the president,Mrs.
\nW.H.MILLER,presided.Mrs.Mary DUNCAN was appointed Home Management Chairman,and Mrs.Herman WEBB
\nwas made Recreation Chairman.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 17,1946
\nRETURNS PRISONER..City Marshel W.T.SMITH went to Arkansas Thursday of last week to bring back Leon POTTER,
\nwho is charged with house breaking and larceny.He is alleged to have entered the Elvie CHILDRESS apartment last February.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 17,1946
\nMARRIED MAY FIFTH..Mr.& Mrs.Ivy Lee OSBORNE of Halls announce the marriage of their daughter,Betty Jo
\nOSBORNE to Phillip W.GOLDEN,son of Mr.& Mrs.V.B.GOLDEN of Dyersburg on May 5th in the presence of Mr.&
\nMrs.Burk GOLDEN,Trenton.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 17,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mr.& Mrs.Oscar HILLIARD and Mrs.Odell HILLIARD attended the funeral of the latter’s
\ngrandmother,Mrs.E.W.ARWOOD in Ripley Sunday.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 24,1946
\nMRS.H.R.BRANCH BURIED MONDAY..Services for Mrs.Humphrey R.BRANCH,who died of a heart attack at her
\nhome in Maury City Saturday afternoon were held at the home of her daughter,Mrs.J.B.LEE Monday afternoon,
\nburial in Gates Cemetery.She was 78.A lifelong resident of Crockett County,Mrs.BRANCH was the daughter of
\nthe late J.B.& Mrs.Cornelia PARKER.She leaves two daughters,Mrs.J.B.LEE and Mrs.M.N.THOMPSON,Jackson;
\na son,James H.BRANCH,Memphis; four sisters,Mrs.Mollie FERGUSON,Gates,Mrs.R.J.MOORE,Gates,Mrs.Laura
\nMcPHERSON,Memphis,and Mrs.S.A.LUCAS,Canton,Miss.; two brothers,W.D.PARKER,Gates,E.G.PARKER,Sr.,
\nGates. She was an aunt of Emmett PARKER,Jr.,Halls.Three grandchildren also survive,Mrs.Wallace WEATHERS,
\nPittsburg,Pa.,Miss Janie BRANCH,Memphis,and Lt.Wade THOMSON,with the U.S.Army in Toyko.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 24,1946
\nGIVEN DISCHARGE FROM NAVY..Donald H.CHAMBERS,Seaman First Class,has arrived home after receiving an
\nhonorable discharge from the Navy at Millington.His parents,Mr.& Mrs.Freddie B.CHAMBERS,Halls,Rt.#1.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 24,1946
\nFORMER SHERIFF DIED SUNDAY..Ripley,Tenn.,Andrew Herron CRAIG,prominent Ripley politician and member
\nof the Lauderdale County Court for 15 years,died of a heart attack Sunday at his home here.He was 74.Services
\nwere Tuesday at Mary’s Chapel Baptist Church,Rev.M.F.SAVAGE and Dr.Chesley L.BOWDEN officiating,burial in
\nchurch cemetery.Mr.CRAIG,lifelong resident of Lauderdale County was the son of Mr.& Mrs.Charles CRAIG.He
\nleaves five daughters,Mrs.Walter LUNSFORD,Blytheville,Ark.,Mrs.N.A.KIRK,Potts Camp,Miss.,Mrs.Fay PORTER,
\nMarianna,Ark.,Mrs.T.Eddie GRAY,Ripley,Mrs.Shirley ROSS,Ripley; three sons,L.A.CRAIG,Washington, City Marshall
\nJerome CRAIG,Ripley,and O.D.CRAIG,Ripley.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 24,1946
\nDIED LAST THURSDAY..Services for Mrs.Mary Jane WEBB,prominent church worker,who died at the home of her
\ndaughter,Mrs.Phelan THOMPSON,near Ripley,were held Friday morning with Rev.C.N.Jolley officiating.Burial was
\nin Maplewood Cemetery.She was 78,and a member of the Baptist Church.She leaves another daughter,Mrs.Walker
\nRODGERS,Ripley; two sons,R.Lee WEBB,Dyersburg and Louis WEBB,Memphis.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 24,1946
\nARM INJURY..Mrs.W.A.PERRY was painfully injured Sunday night when she was gored on the left arm by a bull.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 24,1946
\nMRS.MARY BULA PENNINGTON..Memphis resident,died Saturday at the home of her son,T.J.YANCEY in Memphis.
\nShe was born at Friendship and made her home near Gates for a number of years.She also leaves her daughter,
\nMrs.Eugenia YANCEY COFER,Kennett,Mo.; another son,Fred YANCEY,Broderick,Calif.Services were Sunday with
\nburial in Mt.Zion Cemetery near Friendship.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 24,1946
\nDIED THURSDAY..P.C.(Pete)THURMOND,prominent Halls and Dyersburg business man and resident of Dyersburg,
\ndied Thursday of last week in the Baptist Hospital,Memphis.Mr.THURMOND had been seriously ill prior to his death.
\nHis wife and daughter,Miss Frances Ann THURMOND,were at his bedside.Rites were held Friday from Curry Funeral
\nHome,burial in Fairview Cemetery.Mr.THURMOND was a native of Lauderdale County.He was a WWI vet and a
\nmember of the dyersburg Post of the American Legion.In the early twenties he operated a bakery in Dyersburg.Later
\nhe engaged with his father,A.P.THURMOND and brother,Clarence THURMOND.In addition to his wife and daughter,
\nhe leaves a son,William THURMOND,who is a vet of WWII; his father,A.P.THURMOND; three sisters,Carrie THURMOND,
\nDonie THURMOND,and Mrs.Pauline CALDWELL; brother,Clarence THURMOND,all of Dyersburg.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 24,1946
\nUNDERGOES OPERATION..Mr.Edd PERRY was carried to Dyersburg Hospital Monday afternoon where he underwent
\nan appendectomy Tuesday morning.His son,Earl PERRY,who had returned to his home in Detroit,Michigan Sunday
\nnight after a visit here,returned Tuesday to be at the bedside of his father.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 24,1946
\nWED IN JACKSON..In a lovely ceremony at the First Baptist Church in Jackson,Tenn.,Miss June Ruth SIMMONS,
\ndaughter of Mr.& Mrs.Richard Henry SIMMONS of Jackson,became the bride of Stewart Warren McSWAIN of Paris,
\nTenn.,son of Mrs.Dale McSWAIN and the late Mr.McSWAIN of that city.The double ring ceremony was solemnized
\nThursday May 23rd.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 24,1946
\nATTEND FUNERAL..Funeral services were held in Jackson,Tenn.,Wednesday for Claud SAVAGE,official of the
\nBM&O Railroad,who died in El Paso,Texas.He was the son of the late George & Mattie SAVAGE,who formerly
\nlived in Halls.His only close survivors are a sister,Mrs.Rufus DOUGLAS,Mobile,Ala.; an aunt,Mrs.J.T.MEADOWS,
\nUnionville,Tenn. Mr.SAVAGE had made Paducah,Ky.his home for most of his life.Attending the funeral were Mr.&
\nMrs.J.T.MEADOWS,Unionville,Mr.& Mrs.Roy MEADOWS,Unionville,& Mr.& Mrs.Chesley MEADOWS,Unionville,
\nMrs.W.A.PERRY,Halls,Mrs.William LIGHTFOOT,Halls,and Mr.& Mrs.T.G.AVERY,Halls.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 31,1946
\nWITH THE SICK..Mrs.Josie DUNAVANT is quite ill at the home of her son,E.V.DUNAVANT,Gates,Rt.#1,where she
\nis making her home.Mrs.DUNAVANT,who is the mother of Mrs.Mina ADAMS and grandmother of Mrs.M.P.JORDAN,
\nMemphis,made her home in Halls with them for nine or ten years.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 31,1946
\nLOCAL BLIND BOY DIES..Paul W.CLEEK,34,local blind boy,died early Saturday morning at his home here of
\nheart failure.Burial Sunday in Halls Cemetery.Surviving are his wife and several brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 31,1946
\nMOTHER OF LOCAL RESIDENT DIES..Services were held in Sudbury Funeral Home Tuesday for Mrs.Marriah
\nMalviana PEAL,mother of Albert PEAL of this place,who died early Monday morning at the home of another son,
\nLawrence PEAL,near Maury City.Burial was in Floyd’s Chapel cemetery.Mrs.PEAL was 91,a lifelong resident of
\nCrockett County.She also leaves three other sons,Grover PEAL,Dyersburg,John PEAL,Ridgely,and Carl PEAL,
\nMemphis.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 31,1946
\nOUTSTANDING 4-H CLUB MEMBER..Among 4-h Club boys in Lauderdale County who are doing an excellant work
\nthis year,we list David FITZGERALD,a member of the Arp 4-H Club.This is David’s first year in 4-H work and he is
\ndoing an exceptional job with his purebreed Hereford steer.When David purchased his first calf two months ago
\nfrom W.T.YOUNGER,it weighed 425 pounds.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 31,1946
\nANNOUNCE PLANS FOR WEDDING..Miss Annie Mae PARKER of Gates,whose marriage to W.P.ALEXANDER,Jr.,of
\nDyersburg,will take place Wednesday,June 5th at the First Methodist Church,Gates.Miss Cornelia PARKER will
\nserve her sister as maid of honor and Mrs.E.G.PARKER,Jr.,of Halls,will be matron of honor.Bridesmaids will be
\nMiss Margaret HAYNES,Tiptonville,Dorothy TURNER,Tunica,Miss.,Doris DANIELS,Ripley.Annella HUMPHREYS,
\nBlytheville,will serve her cousin as junior bridesmaid.Mr.ALEXANDER has asked George CRUMPLER,Dyersburg,
\nto be his best man.R.C.THURMOND,Jr.,King ROGERS,Jr.,Ted WELLS,all of Dyersburg,and Harry STANSBURY,
\nSt.Louis,will be ushers.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY MAY 31,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.J.L.WHITE was called to Jackson Monday of last week due to the sudden death of her
\nsister,Mrs.Kate MIDYETT. Announcement is made of a son born to Mr.& Mrs.Judson HOLDERFIELD,Renton,
\nWashington,May 7th.The baby has been named Joseph Leon HOLDERFIELD.Mrs.HOLDERFIELD is the former
\nMiss Lurline NEARN. Mr.& Mrs.James WHITE,Nashville,announces the birth of a daughter on May 15th.She was
\nnamed Jo Marilyn WHITE.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 7,1946
\nMRS.CORA MOORE BURIED MONDAY..The death of Mrs.Cora MOORE occurred at her home after three weeks
\nillness,Saturday evening brought great grief to the hearts of many who knew her.She was born in Lauderdale
\nCounty,Tenn.,January 13th,1867,and from her home in Halls,Tenn.,June 1st,1946,she departed this life for her
\neternal home in the City of God.Mrs.MOORE was converted in early life and joined the Methodist Church where
\nshe has been a member for more than 65 years.(Lots of praise & a prayer).She is the widow of the late William
\nMunn MOORE,prominent land owner,who preceded her in death January 21st,1929.Remaining to mourn her death
\nare eleven children who are still living; Rev.J.W.MOORE,Joiner,Ark.,Schaffer C.MOORE,Inglewood,Calif.,Mrs.P.Lester BULT,Chicago,Ill.,Mrs.E.E.JOHNSON,Gates,Tenn.,Mrs.F.J.THURMOND,Halls,Tenn.,Mrs.A.F.GARRETT,Halls,Tenn.,
\nMrs.E.L.RAINEY,Halls,Tenn.,Miss Effie MOORE,Halls,Tenn.,John MOORE,Halls,Tenn.,Frank MOORE,Halls,Tenn.,
\nand Albert MOORE,Halls,Tenn.One daughter,Mrs.Rebecca JOHNSON has preceded her in death.Twenty-three
\ngrandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.Services in First Methodist Church,burial in Halls,Cemetery.Pallbearers
\nincluded her grandsons,Fred P.MOORE,Jonesboro,Ark.,Joe Allen JOHNSON,Durant,Miss.,John MOORE,Jr.,Memphis,
\nHannah L.HUTCHERSON,Memphis,Hollis C.JOHNSON,Gates,Tenn.,Bernard RAINEY,Halls,Tenn.,Charles MOORE,
\nHalls,Tenn.,and Wymond MOORE,Halls,Tenn.Two grandsons,James ESCUE and Wayne MOORE were unable to attend
\nbecause they are serving our country.Flower girls included Doris MOORE,Carol JOHNSON,and Doris WHITE.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 7,1946
\nIN RIPLEY..Mr.& Mrs.William LIGHTFOOT and daughter,Marilyn,are spending the next four weeks with their aunt,Mrs.
\nFORTNER,at the Fortner Hotel,while her son is on vacation.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 7,1946
\nIN HOSPITAL..Mr.J.B.LUCAS of Gates,Rt.#1,is in Brownsville Hospital where he is receiving treatment after a fall.<\/p>\n
THE HALLS GRAPHIC
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 7,1946
\nHOME FROM PUERTO RICO..William EISON of the U.S.Navy and his wife,of Puerto Rico,arrived in Memphis by plane
\non Tuesday morning for a thirty day visit with his mother,Mrs.Nora EISON at Double Bridges.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 7,1946
\nRESPECTED NEGRO DIED LAST WEEK..Curtis LOVE,well-known and respected negro minister,and son of John W.LOVE
\nof Halls,died Monday May 27th at his home here of pneumonia.Services were held Thursday with burial in family
\ncemetery.Surviving is his wife and six children; his father; and three sisters.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 7,1946
\nWILL MARRY TONIGHT..Mr.& Mrs.George Wesley CLAYTON,of Memphis,announce the engagement of their daughter
\n,Mary Lillie CLAYTON to Friel MULLINS,son of Mr.& Mrs.C.R.MULLINS,of Newbern,Tenn.The wedding will be
\nsolemnized tonight,June 7th.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 7,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Dr.& Mrs.Wilks POTTER and daughter of Amarillo,Texas,and Mr.Earl PACE and children,
\nMemphis,were dinner guests of Mr.& Mrs.J.T.MEADOWS in the Unionville community Sunday.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 14,1946
\nFOWKLES CITIZEN BURIED MONDAY..Services were held at Fowkles Methodist Church Monday for Thomas
\nWOODS,retired merchant of Fowkles,who died at his home there Sunday Midnight,burial in Bethesda Cemetery.
\nMr.WOODS,who was 91,was born in Crockett county had lived in Dyer county since 1916.He leaves his wife,Mrs.
\nMollie MITCHELL WOODS; three sons,Everett WOODS,Halls,Carl WOODS,Fowkles,and John WOODS,Murfreesboro;
\ntwo daughters,Mrs.Lula CHILDRESS,Fowkles,and Mrs.Alta SMITH,Fowkles; two brothers,Jim WOODS,Dyersburg,and
\nWill WOODS,Dyersburg.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 14,1946
\nIS CANDIDATE FOR TRUSTEE..Lauren CHISM,a WWII vet,is announcing his candidacy for the office of Trustee
\nof Lauderdale County.He was born October 29,1917 at Lightfoot,son of Mr.& Mrs.Willie CHISM; a graduate of
\nRipley High School; four years assistant manager of Bostonian Men’s Shop,Memphis.On February 17,1941,he
\njoined the U.S.Army,commissioned a Lieutenant and sailed for England as a member of a Tank Destroyer
\nBattalion.He took part in the invasion landing in Normany on D-4 Day and participated in all five European
\ncampaigns.While in France he met his brother,Wilbur CHISM,and after a few hours together,they separated
\neach going with his battalion.Wilbur CHISM was killed in action on August 17,1944,and Lauren CHISM was
\nwounded on August 23,1944.He was discharged on November 13,1945.He holds the following: Bronze Star,
\nPurple Heart,Presidental Unit Citation,Pre-Pearl Harbor ribbon,European Theatre Ribbon with five campaign
\nstars.In 1942,he married Miss Hortense GRAMMER.They have one child,Patty Lea CHISM,2 years old.At Present
\nhe is a traveling representative in West Tennessee for Mechanics Tool and Forge Co. of Sabina,Ohio.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 14,1946
\nWILL BE MARRIED..Mr.& Mrs.T.W.COVINGTON,of Ripley,announce the engagement of their daughter,Sarah
\nCOVINGTON,to Charles Curtis HAYSLETT,son of Mrs.Margaret HAYSLETT,of Martinsburg,W.Va.The wedding
\nwill be at the Methodist Church June 21st,1946.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 14,1946
\nGIFT SHOWER HONORS..Mrs.Odell HILLIARD and Mrs.Roy HILLIARD,Jr.,entertained in the home of Mrs.Oscar
\nHILLIARD with a lovely gift shower complimenting Mrs.Johnnie LEE.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 14,1946
\nSUPRISE PARTY..Mr.& Mrs.L.E.OLDS were hosts at a surprise birthday dinner on Sunday,June 9th,for his
\nmother,Mrs.J.E.OLDS.It was also a homecoming for their son,Kenneth OLDS,who received his discharge
\nJune 4th.There were sixty-eight present.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 14,1946
\nHELLEN’S BLUFF NEWS..Bobbie GILLILAND,of Frog Jump,spent a few days here with his grandparents,
\nMr.& Mrs.Rob LOVE.<\/p>\n
THE HALLS GRAPHIC
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 14,1946
\nCLUBS MEET..On Thursday the Central Club met in the home of Mrs.Ellen HARGETT.Mrs.Howell CALDWELL,
\nthe president,presided.Mrs.Lynn HARGETT,clothing chairman,gave a report on children’s clothes.<\/p>\n
THE HALLS GRAPHIC
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 21,1946
\nINJURED BY FALL..H.T.ABERNATHY is able to be back at work at his job as rural mail carrier after falling
\nFriday morning of last week at his home just after arising and breaking his nose.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 21,1946
\nCLUBS MEET..Mrs.Lena WEBB was hostess to the Bexar Club on Wednesday,June 12th.Mrs.WEBB
\nshowed the club a bedspread she had made from feed sacks and candlewick thread.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 21,1946
\nMARRIED AT PEABODY HOTEL..Coming as a surprise to her many friends here and in Crockett County is
\nthe announcement of marriage Dr.Sarah YORK,of Halls and John Isaac MURRAY,of Dallas,Texas.The
\nceremony was performed Monday morning at 10 o’clock at Hotel Peabody.Attending were Mr.MURRAY’s
\ntwo sons and daughter; his brother,Owen MURRAY,of Dallas,Texas,Mrs.Paul COOPER,Birminghan,Ala.,
\nMrs.Faye COFFMAN,Memphis,Mrs.R.O.STEWART,Memphis,and Dr.Asa DEAN,Tampa,Fla.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 21,1946
\nDOUBLE BRIDGES NOTES..Mrs.Bo JENNINGS and children are spending the week with Mr.& Mrs.W.G.
\nJENNINGS,Sr.,in Ripley. Mr.& Mrs.Joe HILLIARD had as their guests Monday night for dinner,Mr.& Mrs.
\nWilliam EISON,of Puerto Rico,and his mother,Mrs.Carl EISON,and Mr.& Mrs.Ralph ADKERSON,of Ripley.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 21,1946
\nPOPLAR GROVE NEWS..Miss Evelyn GEAN was married in Memphis on June 8th to Mr.CAMPBELL.They
\nvisited here Sunday along with Miss Maida GEAN,also of Memphis. Mr.& Mrs.A.P.BURKS had as their
\nguests Sunday Mr.& Mrs.Charlie PRIVETT,of Newbern,Mr.& Mrs.Dan POPE,of Memphis,and Mr.& Mrs.
\nJohnnie MEADOWS,of Halls.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 28,1946
\nRIPLEY PHYSICIAN DIES..Dr.Joe B.LACKEY died of a heart attack early Monday at Baptist Hospital,Memphis,
\nwhere he became a patient June 23rd.He was 62.A son of the late Dr.William K. and Eddie L.WARDLAW
\nLACKEY,he was born in Ripley and spent his entire life here.He attended Medical School at Vanderbilt,
\nspent two years as an intern in Bellevue Hospital,New York City.Returning to Ripley,he began the practice
\nof medicine with his father.After the death of his father in 1922,he opened his own office.He leaves a
\nbrother,William K.LACKEY,a money order clerk at the Ripley Post Office; a sister,Mrs.Lucillus KIRKPATRICK.
\nServices in the First Methodist Church,burial in Maplewood cemetery.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 28,1946
\nDIED MONDAY..Elbert Ezell FERGUSON,49,died Monday morning at his home in Fowkles.He had been
\nan invalid a greater part of his life.Funeral services were held at the residence Tuesday,burial in City
\nCemetery,Halls.He is survived by his parents,Mr.& Mrs.S.B.FERGUSON,Fowkles; three brothers,S.T.
\nFERGUSON,Jackson,Neil FERGUSON,Halls,and J.M.FERGUSON,Salem,Oregan; two sisters,Mrs.R.J.AKIN,
\nTatumville,and Mrs.Clyde McCLURE,Miston.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 28,1946
\nNAT GRAMMER IN SHERIFF’S RACE..After a full discussion with my friends of the general conditions
\nwhich exists over our county of the Sheriff’s election to be held August 1st of this year,I have decided
\nto enter the race as a candidate for Sheriff of Lauderdale Couty,Tenn.Accordingly I have tendered to
\nSheriff GRIGGS my resignation as a Deputy Sheriff and herewith announce my candidacy for said
\noffice.The majority of you know me and my life’s history;I am a native of Lauderdale County,42 years
\nof age,have a wife and one child; for the past twenty years and more,I have been engaged in the bus
\nand transportation business of Lauderdale County.In the course of all my dealings with the public
\nI have tried always to give the very best service to my customers as possible.I have served as a
\ndeputy sheriff of Laud.Co. for approx.ten years; two years under Sheriff HAMIL; four years under
\nSheriff SHOAF; and four years under Sheriff GRIGGS.,etc.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 28,1946
\nBOB VAUGHN DIED MONDAY..George Robert VAUGHN,Crockett County merchant and planter and a
\nveteran of WWI,died Monday night at the Veteran Hospital,Memphis,where he had been a patient
\nsince May 30th.He was 56.Services were held Wednesday afternoon from Lebanon Methodist Church
\nwith Rev.C.C.LEWIS officiating,burial in Lebanon Cemetery.Born and reared in Crockett County on Halls
\nRoute #4,Mr.VAUGHN operated a store and large farming interests in the Vaughn Store Community.During
\nWWI he served as a private in Company M,46th Infantry.He leaves his wife,Mrs.Lera VAUGHN; his parents,
\nMr.& Mrs.Joe S.VAUGHN,Halls; a sister,Miss Ada VAUGHN,Halls; and three brothers,Lyle VAUGHN,Crockett
\nCo.,Bernard VAUGHN,Shreveport,La.,and Asa VAUGHN,local city mail carrier.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 28,1946
\nDIED IN MISSOURI..Roy HILLIARD,Sr.,received word Thursday of the death of his nephew,Glynn DUNCAN,
\nat a government hospital at Excelsoir Springs,Mo.His body was expected to arrive by train Thursday night
\nand funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time.It is expected that the funeral will be held at Enon
\nChurch either Saturday or Sunday.Mr.DUNCAN had been ill some time,having been wounded overseas.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 28,1946
\nENTERTAINS WEDNESDAY CLUB..Mrs.A.G.HARGETT entertained members of the Wednesday Afternoon
\nBridge Club and several extra guests at her home on College Street at two tables of bridge.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 28,1946
\nDOUBLE BRIDGES ITEMS..Annie Lois SPILLER,of Memphis,spent the weekend with her parents and little
\nson,Marcus. Will CHIPMAN,of Ashport,visited in the W.M.KENLEY home Monday. Mr.& Mrs.Edgar WEBB
\nhad as their guests Sunday their two daughters,Mrs.CLENDEN,of Unionville,and Mrs.Odell POTTER,of
\nGold Dust. Little Brenda JENNINGS,daughter of Mrs.Bo JENNINGS,has been ill with mumps.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 28,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Miss Geraldine GOODWIN,Memphis,is spending the week with her aunt and uncle,
\nMr.& Mrs.A.A.GOODWIN. Mr.& Mrs.Raymond BELTON announce the birth of a son on June 21st at the
\nhome of Mr.& Mrs.B.J.PAIGE. Mrs.Tom MURRAY has returned to her home in Crossville,Tenn.,after
\nvisiting her parents,Mr.& Mrs.H.T.ABERNATHY. Mr.& Mrs.Clayton LOVELACE have returned to their
\nhome in Eufola,Ala.,after spending two weeks with his mother,Mrs.A.A.GOODWIN. Mr.& Mrs.J.T.MOORE
\nattended a birthday dinner for their son,Foster MOORE,in Dyersburg Tuesday night. Mrs.Jett MEADOWS
\nand brother,Joe CHAMBERS,attended a birthday dinner for Mrs.MEADOWS’ grandchildren,James MEEKS
\nand Geneva MEEKS Sunday in the home of Mr.& Mrs.T.C.MEEKS. Mrs.B.F.CHAMBERS and Miss Mary
\nLee WRIGHT visited their sister,Mrs.Rena JORDAN in Memphis. Mrs.R.E.BROCK and daughter of Vista,
\nCalif.,spent Thursday with her aunt,Mrs.Jett MEADOWS. Rev.& Mrs.E.E.THURMOND and sons of Loneoak,
\nKy.,visited his mother,Mrs.Jim THURMOND at the home of Mr.& Mrs.B.J.PAIGE last week. Mr.& Mrs.Woodrow
\nLAWRENCE are parents of a new baby boy.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 28,1946
\nON WAY HOME..Mrs.Jesse MOORE,of Halls Route #2,has received a letter from her son,PFC Paul MOORE,
\nwho is with the Regt.Weapon Co.,5th Marines,stating he is on his way home.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 28,1946
\nRECEIVES DISCHARGE..James N.MEEKS,SM3C,son of Mr.& Mrs.T.C.MEEKS,Halls Route #2,is receiving
\nhis discharge after 21 months service.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JUNE 28,1946
\nAUNTS OF LOCAL RESIDENT DIES..Mrs.T.H.SIMMONS,during the past week has lost by death,two of
\nher aunts.Miss Betty BOYD,who died at the home of her sister,Mrs.Sue CALDWELL,in Ripley Thursday,
\nwas buried Friday in Bethlehem cemetery near Henning.Mrs.Lenora BOYD MASON died at the home of
\nher son,Montee MASON near Henning Monday.She also was buried in Bethlehem cemetery.The two
\nwomen,sisters,had spent their entire lives in Lauderdale County.In addition to Mrs.SIMMONS,those
\nattending the BOYD funeral were Mrs.J.A.HART,Mrs.A.B.WHITE, Mrs.W.H.BAILEY,and Mrs.A.S.KENLEY.T
\nhose attending Mrs.MASON’s services were:Mrs.J.W.SIMMONS,Mrs.J.A.HART,and Mrs.A.B.WITT.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 5,1946
\nHONOR ROLL OF WAR DEAD..KIA:killed in action. DOW:died of wounds. DOI:died of injuries. DNB:
\ndied of non-battle causes. FOD:finding of death under public law 490. M.missing. S-SGT.Joseph M.BAKER,
\nDOW. 2ND LT.Aubrey L.BLACK,KIA. PVT.James M.CLEMENT,KIA. PVT.Wm.E.CURRIN,DNB. PFC Thomas B.
\n(Brown)DILLINGHAM,FOD. PFC Daniel W.FERNSTROM,KIA. PVT.George F.GLOVER,KIA. S-SGT.Arbon C.HALE,
\nKIA. T-5 Albert HELM,DNB. CAPT.Fred R.HURT,Jr.DNB. CPL.Wm.N.JARRETT,DNB. PFC Vernon JONES,KIA. PVT.
\nClyde O.LEABOLD,DNB. SGT.Wilburn LEWIS,KIA. PFC James W.MURLEY,KIA. PVT.W.B.RAY,KIA. T-SGT.Charles
\nR.ROBISON,KIA. MAJ.Wm.V.SANFORD,DNB. 2ND LT Wm.N.SELLERS,DNB. PFC Guy T.STATUM,KIA. PFC
\nHerman T.TIBBS,KIA. PFC Paul H.WOODARD,KIA. 2ND LT.William T.ANTHONY,DNB. PFC Eddie L.BURNS,KIA.
\nPFC Thomas H.COTTON,KIA. PFC Dan O.DANIELS,KIA. S-SGT Bruce ELMORE,KIA. PFC Wm.B.FREEMAN,KIA.
\nPVT.Doyle R.GRADY,DOW. CPL James S.HALL,DNB. PFC JAMES M.HIPP,KIA. PVT.Harry T.INGRAM,DOW. PVT
\nRayborn JENKINS,DOW. PFC Ivan D.LAND,KIA. PFC Howard E.LEE,DOW. PVT Jake MORGAN,DNB. T-5 Elmer
\nI.PRATER,KIA. PVT LaFayette F.ROBBINS,KIA. PFC Carl RODGERS,KIA. PVT Thomas T.SMITH,KIA. PFC Weslie
\nL.SMITH,KIA. PVT Jo– W.THOMPSON,KIA. PVT James F.WOOD,KIA.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 5,1946
\nPOPLAR GROVE..Mrs.Johnnie MEADOWS,Halls,was the guest of Mr.& Mrs.A.P.BURKS Monday through
\nWednesday.On Wednesday she was joined by Mr.MEADOWS,W.N.BEASLEY,and H.C.COOK,who enjoyed
\na fish dinner at the BURKS home. Mr.& Mrs.John POPE and little Jack Norris MEADOWS,of Memphis,Mr.&
\nMrs.A.P.BURKS and Mr.& Mrs.Johnnie MEADOWS,of Halls,had a fish dinner at Reelfoot Lake Sunday.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 12,1946
\nMRS.R.D.BECTON DIED WEDNESDAY NIGHT..Mrs.Carrie BECTON,civic and church leader of the Poplar
\nGrove community,died at her home Wednesday night.She was 65.The wife of R.D.(Bob) BECTON,farmer
\nand landowner,she was born in Lauderdale County and spent her life here.She was a member of the Poplar
\nGrove Baptist Church.She leaves her husband; a daughter,Mrs.Ellis SASSER,Halls; a sister,Mrs.Ellie
\nBALLINGER,Maury City.Funeral services were Thursday at Poplar Grove Baptist Church.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 12,1946
\nDIED AT EXCELSIOR SPRINGS..Glynn A.DUNCAN died at the Veterans Hospital,Excelsior Springs,Mo.,
\nJune 25th.He was 24.Funeral services were held at Enon Baptist Church Saturday,June 29th,burial in
\nHalls Cemetery.Mr.DUNCAN served more than three years in the Army with eleven months combat duty
\nin Germany.He returned from Overseas duty July 12,1945.After a 30 day furlough at home,he was discharged
\non October 4th,1945.He became ill and was sent to Obispo,Calif.,and later returned to Excelsior Springs.He
\nwas the son of Mr.& Mrs.I.A.DUNCAN,St.Louis,former residents of Halls.He leaves one brother,Lloyd A.DUNCAN;
\none sister,Betty DUNCAN.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 12,1946
\nBURIED WEDNESDAY..Services for Mrs.Martha Annie ACKLIN,of the Chestnut Bluff Community,who died
\nTuesday afternoon at her home,were held at Archer’s Chapel Methodist Church Wednesday,burial in the church
\ncemetery.Mrs.ACKLIN,who was born in Crockett County,was 58.She leaves her husband,W.C.ACKLIN; two sons,
\nCleveland ACKLIN and Clarence ACKLIN,both of Friendship,Tenn.; a daughter,Mrs.Marion ADCOCK,of Friendship;
\nand two brothers,John GILLILAND and Joah GILLILAND,both of Friendship.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 12,1946
\nFUNERAL SERVICES..For David G.HARBER,farmer of the Elizabeth Community,who died July 3rd at his home,
\nwere held Thursday afternoon at the Elizabeth Methodist Church,burial in Friendship cemetery.Mr.HARBER,who
\nwas 76,was born in Crockett County,and spent his life there.He leaves his wife,Mrs.Lida VERNON HARBER; three
\nsons,Jessie HARBER,Dyersburg,Tenn.,Marion HARBER,Memphis,and Johnnie HARBER,Dyersburg; two
\ndaughters,Mrs.Bettie Lou McCALEB,Friendship and Mrs.J.A.McDOWELL,Memphis; two brothers,B.A.HARBER,
\nFriendship,and W.H.HARBER,Memphis; a sister,Mrs.Fannie CHILDRESS,Friendship.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 12,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mr.& Mrs.William LIGHTFOOT and daughter,Marilyn,have moved to their home on
\nHighway 51,north of Curve,which they recently purchased. Mrs.Helen KLUTTS,society editor of the Lauderdale
\nCounty Enterprise,Ripley,was the guest of Mrs.Birdie SHELTON Sunday. Mrs.J.A.ESCUE and Mrs.Bill ESCUE
\nspent Tuesday with relatives at Edith.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 12,1946
\nPOPLAR GROVE NEWS..Mrs.A.P.BURKS had as her dinner guests Wednesday Mrs.W.A.PERRY & son,Ted,
\nMrs.T.G.AVERY,Mrs.William LIGHTFOOT,Mrs.Johnnie MEADOWS,of Halls.Supper guests Wednesday evening
\nwere Mr.& Mrs.Oma HOPPERS and Mr.H.C.COOK.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 12,1946
\nDIED SUNDAY-BELLS,TENN.,JULY 7..Services for Mrs.Ollie CARTER,widow of Will CARTER,former Maury City,
\nTenn. merchant,were held at Bells Methodist Church,burial in Bellevue Cemetery here.She died at the home of
\nher daughter,Mrs.Guy W.MOBLEY,of Bells Sunday morning.A lifelong resident of Crockett County,she leaves no
\nother immediate survivors.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 19,1946
\nTONSILS REMOVED..Mrs.Robert HINES and daughter,Janet HINES,were in Memphis Monday where Janet
\nunderwent a tonsilectomy at the Baptist Hospital.Janet was able to return to her home here Tuesday.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 19,1946
\nPOPLAR GROVE NEWS..Mr.& Mrs.A.P.BURKS and H.C.COOK were dinner guests of Mr.& Mrs.Eutran
\nCOOK of Ripley Sunday.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 19,1946
\nHOSTESS TO CLUB..The home of Mrs.E.S.CRIHFIELD was the attractive setting for a delightful social
\nevent Thursday evening when she entertained the Thursday Night Bridge Club.Members present were:
\nMrs.W.C.VIAR,Jr.,Mrs.F.E.PUGH, Mrs.Clyde YOUNGER,Mrs.W.O.SUGG, Mrs.David NUNN, Mrs.Will CHERRY,
\nand Mrs.Charles ALSOBROOKS.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 19,1946
\nAFTERNOON PARTY..Mrs.W.P.ALEXANDER,Jr.,of Dyersburg,formerly Miss Annie Mae PARKER,of Gates,
\nwas again complimented when Mrs.Frank SHEPARD and Mrs.John M.TARRANT entertained at Mrs.TARRANT’s
\nhome with an afternoon party and kitchen shower.Mrs.E.G.PARKER,Sr.,Miss Cornelia PARKER and Mrs.A.T.
\nMcKINNON,of Gates were out of town guests.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 19,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.Lloyd AYERS,of Jackson,visited her aunt,Mrs.J.L.JENNINGS Friday of last week.
\nMr.& Mrs.H.N.ALLIERSON,Mason,Tenn.,Lor-ie ALLIERSON,Memphis,Miss CHAPMAN,Memphis,Mr.& Mrs.Marvin
\nJENNINGS and daughter,Memphis,visited in the J.L.JENNINGS home Saturday.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 26,1946
\nBURIED LAST THURSDAY..Services for Dudley T.BIVENS,merchant of Hellen’s Bluff Community,who died
\nWednesday,July 17th at his home,were held Thursday.He was 61.He had been a merchant at Bruceville,
\nTenn. before moving to Hellen’s Bluff.He leaves his wife,Mrs.Josephine NEWMAN BIVENS; four sons,Rev.
\nR.A.BIVENS,Grand Junction,Tenn.,Elmer BIVENS,Friendship,Neil BIVENS,Friendship,and Eugene BIVENS,
\nFort Knox,Ky.; two daughters,Miss Sue BIVENS,Memphis,and Mrs.J.N.PHILLIPS,Dyersburg.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 26,1946
\nPASSES AWAY..Friends and relatives of Al Couin AMITH,age 75 years,were greived last Thursday afternoon,
\nJuly 18th,when they learned of his death at Baptist Hospital,Memphis.Mr.SMITH and Miss Minnie QUINN were
\nmarried 52 years ago and had made their home in Halls the greater part of that time.Funeral services were in
\nHalls Baptist church July 19th,burial in Halls Cemetery. Surviving are his wife; daughters,Mrs.J.C.DODSON,
\nMacon,Ga.,and Mrs.J.E.PEERY,Halls; sisters,Mrs.Joe STANLEY,Halls,Mrs.W.N.BEARD,Henning,Mrs.Nannie
\nNORMAN,Jonesboro,Ark.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 26,1946
\nHUSBAND DIES IN PLANE CRASH..Word has been received here of the death of Pete GUTHRIE,of Harlan,Ky.,
\nhusband of the former Bitsey FERGUSON,in a plane crash Tuesday morning.Mrs.GUTHRIE and their son,Petie,
\nwere visiting her parents,Mr.& Mrs.E.A.FERGUSON near Dyersburg when word of the crash came.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 26,1946
\nBURIED MONDAY..Funeral services were held Monday at four at Garner Funeral Home for Kenneth LeRoy
\nMcBRIDE,who died in a Memphis Hospital Sunday afternoon.He was 13.Burial was in Halls Cemetery.He
\nleaves his parents,Mr.& Mrs.J.D.McBRIDE,Halespoint; sisters,Mrs.James HEAD,Nashville,Miss Mildred
\nMcBRIDE,Nashville,Martha Jane McBRIDE,Halespoint; brothers,John McBRIDE,George McBRIDE,Frank
\nMcBRIDE and Alvin Gean McBRIDE,all of Halespoint; his grandparents,Mr.& Mrs.J.M.ESKRIDGE.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 26,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.R.J.NUNN spent Sunday night in Alamo as guest of Mrs.Herbert COX. Miss Helen
\nTOMLINSON is now employed at Sears,Roebuck & Co.in Memphis. Mr.& Mrs.Gailon SMITH announce the
\nbirth of a son at the Dyersburg Hospital Saturday.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 26,1946
\nBIRTH..Mr.& Mrs.Neil THURMOND,of Gates,announce the birth of a son on Tuesday,July 23rd.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY JULY 26,1946
\nPOPLAR GROVE NEWS..Mrs.A.P.BURKS had as her guests Friday Mrs.Nolan WILLIAMS,Memphis,Mrs.Dan
\nPOPE,Memphis,Jack Norris MEADOWS,Memphis,and Mrs.J.T.MEADOWS,Unionville.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 2,1946
\nDIED SUNDAY..Alvin D.HALLMAN,widely traveled newspaperman,and husband of the former Miss Ruth
\nNUNN,Halls,died at his home in Miami Sunday night.He was 41.Burial was in Halls Cemetery.He leaves
\nhis wife; a daughter,Alix HALLMAN; and a son,David HALLMAN,all of Miami.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 2,1946
\nNOT ENOUGH WEEDS..Lester OLDS was said to have been burning last week.It seems that his grandson
\nfrom Memphis had been visiting with Mr.& Mrs.OLDS and the boy and Mr.OLDS had gone down in the
\nMississippi bottom and were walking through a field of corn.The grandson asked,”Is this your field of corn?”
\nMr.OLDS answered no,that it belonged to Mr.L.L.McDEARMAN,and the youngster replied,”didn’t think so,
\nisn’t enough grass and weeds in it.”<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 2,1946
\nPOPLAR GROVE NEWS..Mr.Doyle DAVIS has purchased a new Farmall tractor. Little David MOORE had
\na painful accident when he stuck the scissors in his foot and is now going on crutches.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 2,1946
\nVIAR-HURT..Mr.& Mrs.R.E.BAILEY,of Maury City,announce the marriage of their daughter,Mrs.Annie Laura
\nHURT to James Elbert VIAR,son of Mrs.W.C.VIAR,Sr.The marriage was solemnized at Hernando,Miss.,on July 25th.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 2,1946
\nWILL BE MARRIED..Miss Dorothy MARTIN,daughter of Mr.& Mrs.Thomas Oneil MARTIN,Halls,Tenn.,will
\nbecome the bride of Paul H.HENDERSON August 9th at First Christian Church,Halls.He is the son of Mr.&
\nMrs.Paul H.HENDERSON,Sr.,Halls.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 2,1946
\nWILLIAMS-GILLILAND VOWS..The wedding of Miss Minnie Zell GILLILAND,daughter of Mr.& Mrs.Austin
\nGILLILAND,Maury City,and Roy Hayden WILLIAMS,son of Mr.& Mrs.R.H.WILLIAMS,Gates,was performed
\nJuly 13th in Maury City.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 2,1946
\nMARRIED JULY 26TH..In a lovely ceremony at Highland Heights Methodist Church,Memphis,Friday,July
\n26th,Miss Anne GREEN,daughter of Mr.& Mrs.Allen Burney GREEN,of 648 Hillcrest,became the bride of
\nJuliun T.MULLINS,son of Mr.& Mrs.W.G.MULLINS,of 818 North Holmes,Memphis.Lewis F.MILLS officiated
\nwith the vows being said at 8 o’clock.Among the five attendants of Miss GREEN were her sister,Miss Betty
\nGREEN,maid of honor; and her cousin,Miss Patricia AVERY,Gates,bridesmaid.It being a formal wedding,
\nall the feminine attendants wore lovely flocks with floor length skirts and carried colonial bouquets of roses.
\nPaul AVERY,uncle of the bride,was soloist for the occasion and sang “Because” and “I Love You Truly.”
\nMr.MULLINS has been discharged from the Marine Corps after serving four and a half years,three years
\nof which were spent overseas.He is now a student at Memphis State College.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 2,1946
\nMISS PYBAS WED TO JAMES McFARLAND..In an impressive ceremony at the home of her parents,Mr.&
\nMrs.H.G.PYBAS,Trenton,Miss Martha Mai PYBAS became the bride of James William McFARLAND,Dyersburg,
\nson of Mrs.Grace McFARLAND,Fowkles and the late William McFARLAND.Nuptial music by Miss Marsaline
\nHARWARD and Miss Mary Martha HAMBY.The bride wore pink jersy.Maid of honor was Miss Ozelle
\nSHOEMAKER,Athens,Tenn.,in blue jersy.James W.WALKER,Dyersburg,was best man.A reception following
\nthe ceremony with Mrs.A.G.FITZGERALD,of Oak Grove,La.,and Mrs.J.C.ANDERSON,aunts of the bride,and
\nMrs.D.R.BLANKENSHIP,Humboldt,presiding at the table.Attending from Halls were Mrs.W.A.SMITH,Jr.,Mrs.
\nRoy C.PATTON, Mrs.N.S.DAWS, Miss HARWARD and Miss HAMBY.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 2,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Miss Eleanor BAKER left Sunday afternoon to make her home in Memphis where she
\naccepted a position at York Arms Co. Mrs.Shelton SPENCE and brother,Ed CHANEY,of Calif.,spent Sunday in
\nRipley with Mr.& Mrs.E.L.PIERSON. Mr.& Mrs.H.G.McCORKLE and children,Hutson and Carolyn,have been
\nguests of her mother,Mrs.H.S.GREEN,in Dexter,Mo. Mr.& Mrs.Johnnie LEE announce the birth of a daughter
\nat Dyersburg Hospital Monday night. Arthur PECKINGPAUGH,Jr., has arrived home receiving his discharge
\nfrom the Army.He is the son of Mr.& Mrs.Arthur PECKINGPAUGH,of Unionville. Mr.& Mrs.Raymond WILLIAMS
\nannounce the birth of a daughter on Tuesday,July 20th. Edd CHANEY,of Oresi,Calif.,has arrived here for a
\nmonth’s visit with his brother and sister,Jim CHANEY and Mrs.Shelton SPENCE.This is his first vist back to
\nTennessee in 26 years.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 9,1946
\nCROCKETT,GRIGGS,GARRETT ELECTED..Sheriff Oscar GRIGGS will serve Lauderdale County in that office
\nfor another two years; J.B.CROCKETT is again Trustee; D.M.GARRETT will succeed Monroe CARNEY as
\nRegister.Sheriff GRIGGS defeated with a total of 2629 votes,three other candidates; W.M.CHIPMAN,1061;
\nNat GRAMMER with 468; and Sam KELLY with less than 200.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 9,1946
\nMRS.RICHARD W.GHOLSON BURIED SUNDAY..Services for Mrs.Mattie Estella GHOLSON,who died at
\nher home in Gates Saturday after a six-week illness were held Sunday at 2 o’clock in the Church of Christ
\nin Gates.The Rev.R.E.BLACK,Maury City,officiated.Mrs.GHOLSON was born in Maury City,Cockett County,
\nTenn.,moving to Lauderdale County 50 years ago.She was 72 and amember of the Church of Christ,burial
\nin Gates cemetery.She leaves her husband,R.W.GHOLSON; sister,Mrs.Lula ROUTT,Columbus,Ohio.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 9,1946
\nWELDING CONCERN CHANGES NAME..The Hallscraft Sheet Metal Works announces the change of name
\nto The Hallscraft Welding Service.This fully equipped Arc-Acetelyne Welding Shop is located on the Nankipoo
\nRoad,three miles west of Halls,owned and operated by Harrell E.CLEMENT,recently discharged WWII veteran.
\nMr.CLEMENT saw duty as a machine gunner with the 310th Infantry Reg.of the 78th Division active in the European
\nTheatre of Operations.Mr.CLEMENT holds certified Welding Cards of the American Bureau of Shipbuilding and
\nHartford Insurance Co.,for x-ray welding.He and his family at present are making their home with Mr.& Mrs.Richard
\nE.CLEMENT,of Nankipoo.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 9,1946
\nRECALLED TO ACTIVE ARMY DUTY..James McFARLAND,former Captain in the United States Army,has been
\nrecalled to active duty and left Tuesday of this week for assignment at Fort McCellan.He will return to service
\nwith his former rank.His wife,the former Martha PYBAS,will join him if he is assigned to a permanent station.
\nShe is the Home Economics teacher here and will resign if she can join Captain McFARLAND.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 9,1946
\nMRS.CAMPBELL BURNED..Mrs.Lawrence CAMPBELL was severly burned late Saturday afternoon when
\nit is said a can of coal oil with which she was trying to start a fire in a stove exploded and set fire to the
\nhouse.Mr.& Mrs.CAMPBELL lived on the C.W.GRAY farm east of Halls.The house was completely
\ndestroyed by the fire.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 9,1946
\nNEWS..Mr.& Mrs.Millo HURT and Miss Martha FARMER were guests of Mr.& Mrs.Meredith HURT at
\nEssex,Mo.,over the weekend.They were joined by Miss Elaine HURT,Onley,Ill.,for the weekend. Mrs.
\nJack WATERFIELD,of Atlanta,Ga.,is spending her vacation with her parents,Mr.& Mrs.C.W.DYER.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 9,1946
\nWEINER ROAST HONORS KENTUCKY VISITORS..Marilyn LIGHTFOOT entertained with a delightfully
\nplanned Weiner Roast at her country home Wednesday evening complimenting her visitors,Jeanette
\nWINCHESTER and Mary HUBBS,of Lone Oak,Ky.Guests for the evening were Margaret Jo BENEFIELD,
\nAnn STALLINGS,Marian NORMAN,Myra HOFFUS,Betty EDENS,and Joan HOGGARD,all of Halls,Pat AVERY,
\nGates,Ted PETTY,Billy MILAM,Bobby HALE,Larry HOFFUS,Jimmy MOSELY,Clyde SIMMONS,Cecil SIMMONS,
\nand Buddy LOVE,all of Halls.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 9,1946
\nYARBROUGHS LEFT THURSDAY FOR TEXAS..Mr.& Mrs.T.J.YARBROUGH and son,Theron,and daughter,
\nGrace,and J.N.SORRELL left Thursday morning for Livingston,Texas,where they will visit her uncle,Dr.
\nW.W.FLOWERS and Mrs.FLOWERS.En route they will stop at Many,La.,for a visit with Mr.& Mrs.Herbert
\nCRYER and children,who lived in Halls while Mr.CRYER was stationed at the Army Air Field here.They
\nalso plan to stop in Houston,Texas to visit Mr.Bud HALL,who is was also stationed at the Air Field here.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 9,1946
\nGATES ITEMS..Norman SLOAN,Jr.,is at home from Tampa,Fla.,where he has been attending the University
\nof Tampa. Mrs.Ewell DOERR and children have returned to their home in Cabot,Ark.,after being the guests
\nof Mr.& Mrs.Wilbur AVERY.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 9,1946
\nPOPLAR GROVE NEWS..Robert SASSER has a new Ford car. Mrs.Ben CHIPMAN has been in the home of
\nher son in Halls with his children while their mother was in a Memphis hospital. James CHIPMAN,Memphis,
\nis visiting his brother,Sloan CHIPMAN,this week. Grandfather BURROUGH,who is nearing 100 years,is
\nvisiting his son,Elbert BURROUGH,at the Barr this week. Mr.& Mrs.Johnnie MEADOWS,Mr.& Mrs.Dan POPE,
\nMemphis,& Mr.& Mrs.O.F.HOPPERS were visitors in the A.P.BURKS home Sunday.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 9,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Miss Eleanor BAKER,Memphis,spent the weekend with her parents,Mr.& Mrs.Robert
\nBAKER. Mrs.Tom CANADA and daughter of Dyersburg spent Wednesday with her parents,Mr.& Mrs.Lon
\nVIAR. Joe Clyde ESCUE and Warren KIRBY returned the first of the week after spending a few days in
\nArmarilla,Texas. Mrs.Ona CARTER left Wednesday afternoon for Alanta,Ga.,where she will be a guest of
\nher daughter,Mrs.Richard UHL.She was accompanied by her grandson,Nicki UHL,who spent the summer
\nhere with her. Mrs.Dora HASTE and son,Haste,Jr.,Memphis,were guests of Mr.& Mrs.J.A.HART,Sr.,Thursday
\nof last week. Dawn ROBERTSON,of the Henning Farm,spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mrs.Raymond
\nHALE. Mr.& Mrs.George SMERCHEK and Linnie HURT returned Tuesday after two weeks visit in Clayton,
\nKansas. Harry HALL,of Little Rock,Ark.,spent a few days last week with his parents,Mr.& Mrs.Harry A.HALL.
\nMrs.A.N.JONES and Miss Reba JONES attended funeral services for their cousin,Mrs.Annie TOWNS,at
\nNewbern Tuesday. Mrs.S.A.DOSS is spending a few days in Memphis with her granddaughter,Mrs.W.L.
\nJOHNSON. Mrs.Vernon SISCO and daughters,Dorothy Nell and Mary Margaret,spent this week in Jackson
\nwith her parents,Mr.& Mrs.J.L.MARLOWE. Mr.& Mrs.John (Jack) PENNINGTON of Monroe,La.,announce the
\narrival of a daughter,born August 4th,who has been named Cheryl Kay PENNINGTON.The grandparents are
\nMr.& Mrs.Marvin PENNINGTON,of Nankipoo.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 16,1946
\nINJURED WHEN STRUCK BY TAXI FRIDAY..Neal DAVIS,Jr.,12 year-old-son of Mr.& Mrs.Neal DAVIS,Sr.,was
\npainfully injured Friday afternoon of last week when he was struck by a taxi driven by Verlin CHAPMAN at
\nthe intersection of Main and Church streets.It is understood that the child jumped off the curb into the side
\nof the taxie.He was rushed to a Dyersburg hospital where he was found to have broken his right wrist and
\nother injuried and bruises.He was able to be out the first of the week.CHAPMAN was placed under technical
\narrest,but no charges were made as witnesses testified he was not at fault.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 16,1946
\nW.H.PARKS DIES AFTER STROKE..W.H.PARKS,66,resident of dyersburg,passed away at the home of his son,
\nRichard H.PARKS in Dyersburg Tuesday morning following a stroke.He was born in Dyersburg and moved to
\nHalls where he lived for awhile.Upon his return to Dyersburg he became a well-known well-driller until he was
\nunable to work.He served in and out of West Tennessee in this capacity for 40 years.Survivors other than his
\nson are two daughters,Mrs.Edmond RHODES,Huntsville,Ala.,and Miss Deloise PARKS,Dyersburg.He was a
\nbrother-in-law of Mrs.I.A.PALMORE,Halls.Funeral services were conducted from Curry Funeral Home,Dyersburg
\nWednesday,burial in Halls Cemetery.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 16,1946
\nHINES PURCHASES HARDWARE STORE..Louis R.HINES,Memphis,has purchased the Castleman Hardware
\nand is now operating under the firm name of Hines Hardware & Supply Co.Mr.Austin M.HINES,formerly of
\nMemphis,has assumed management of the business and is making his home in Halls.He is the brother of the
\nowner.Both are natives of the Cross Roads community in the corner of Dyer County and are known here.
\nThey are brothers of Virgil HINES,Halls,Mrs.R.H.KIRBY,Halls,A.R.HINES,Cross Roads Community,and B.F
\n.HINES,Cross Roads Community.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 16,1946
\nARCH DEW IS NIGHT MARSHEL..Arch DEW was elected night marshel by the City Board of Mayor and
\nAlderman at their regular meeting Monday night of last week to succeed J.S.WALPOLE who resigned.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 16,1946
\nRETURN FROM VACATION TOUR..Mr.& Mrs.Sumrow STEELMAN and daughter,Anella,returned this week from
\na vacation tour which included places of interest in Ark.,Tex.,La.,and Miss.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 16,1946
\nMRS.PUGH ENTERTAINS BRIDGE CLUB..The hospitality of Mrs.F.E.PUGH was extended to the Thursday
\nNight Bridge Club and two guests,Mrs.J.O.THOMPSON and Mrs.Ross DYER at her lovely home on Tigrett.
\nPlaying members were:Mrs.E.S.CRIHFIELD,Mrs.Clyde YOUNGER,Mrs.David R.NUNN,Mrs.Neil FERGUSON,
\nMrs.W.C.VIAR,Jr.,and Mrs.Charles ALSOBROOK.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 16,1946
\nDINNER HONORS MRS.DOSS ON 90TH BIRTHDAY..Congratulations are extended to Mrs.S.A.DOSS,who was
\nthe honored guest at a birthday dinner given in her honor on Sunday at the home of her daughter,Mrs.R.S.
\nBELL on her 90th birthday.Mrs.DOSS was 90 years old on Monday,August 12th.Attending were Mr.& Mrs.W.
\nL.JOHNSON,Memphis,Mr.& Mrs.P.A.MEACHUM,Jr.,Ripley,and Mrs.P.A.MEACHAM,Ripley.Mrs.JOHNSON and
\nMrs.MEACHAM,Jr.,are granddaughters of Mrs.DOSS.Another granddaughter,Mrs.John TALLEY,and grandson,
\nJames LACEY were unable to attend.Calling during that afternoon to Mrs.DOSS were Mr.& Mrs.John TALLEY.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 16,1946
\nRECENT BRIDE IS ENTERTAINED FRIDAY..On Friday afternoon,August 9th,Mrs.Perry WILLIAMS and Mrs.
\nCharles CAMPBELL honored Mrs.Roy Haden WILLIAMS,Jr.,with a misc.shower.For the occasion the bride
\nwore a blue sheer.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 16,1946
\nJERRE JORDAN CELEBRATES 4TH BIRTHDAY..Jerre JORDAN celebrated his 4th birthday with a party at
\nthe home of his grandmother,Mrs.R.H.JORDAN.Attending: Barbara VADEN,Lynn Scott VADEN,Betty Ann
\nVADEN, Marietta GRIFFIN,Ted CATES,Tommy DYER,Edd PALMER,Elizabeth Ann ALSOBROOK,Carey
\nALSOBROOK,Pamela RHODES,Alex HALLMAN,Anne YOUNGER,Dennis PORTWOOD,Robbie PORTWOOD,
\nEugene PUGH,Phillip HURT,Alice Fern PARRISH,Ann MOORE,Alice Ann GARNER,Tommy GARNER,Lynn
\nSTALLINGS,and David HURT,Jr.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 16,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mr.& Mrs.Harold SUMROW and sons,Harold SUMROW,Jr.,& Joe SUMROW,
\nreturned to their home in Gloster,Miss.,after being the guests of Mr.& Mrs.Joe SUMROW and other
\nrelatives. Mrs.Alvin HALLMAN and children,Alix and David,are making their home at the Massengill
\nHotel. Clemmie MAXEY,of Portland,Oregan,has been guest of her aunt and uncle,Mr.& Mrs.E.T.PALMER.
\nMr.& Mrs.E.T.PALMER and son,Edd,were guests of his mother,Mrs.Ola PALMER,near Dyersburg Sunday.
\nMrs.C.H.TUBBS,of Lenox,spent the weekend with her mother,Mrs.J.C.PEERY. Mrs.Clarence EDWARDS,
\nof Whitehaven has been the guest of her parents,Mr.& Mrs.C.W.DYER. Mark MITCHELL,of Caruthersville,
\nMo.,is visiting his daughter,Mrs.Bernard HIGDON. Mr.& Mrs.Wesley SWIFT have left for Winchester,Tenn.,
\nwhere they will make their home after being the guests of her mother,Mrs.R.L.SILER. Mrs.Beulah
\nCARDOUGH has returned after spending the weekend in Memphis at the bedside of her brother,C.L.STEPHENS
\n,Sr.,who underwent an operation at Baptist Hospital Friday. Mrs.Richard BOEKELOO and children, of
\nChicago,are visiting her mother,Mrs.Mollie JORDAN. Mrs.A.S.KENLEY spent Tuesday in Dyersburg with
\nher daughter,Mrs.Tom NORTON.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 23,1946
\nVISITS SMOKIES..Mr.& Mrs.Charles ALSOBROOK and children are enjoying a trip through the Smokey
\nMountains this week.They were accompanied by her brother,William SPENCE,who had been their guest
\nfor several days.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 23,1946
\nMR.& MRS.EDD PERRY ILL IN MEMPHIS..Mrs.Edd PERRY entered the Methodist Hospital in
\nMemphis late Tuesday afternoon where she continues to be seriously ill.Mr.PERRY,who is at
\nthe home of relatives in Memphis is also in serious condition.Mr.& Mrs.Nelson WHITAKER and
\nMr.& Mrs.Earl PERRY,of Detroit,arrived Wednesday to be at the bedside of their parents.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 23,1946
\nMRS.A.J.ANDERSON BURIED MONDAY..Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at four
\no’clock from the Halls Methodist Church for Mrs.Tommy ANDERSON,wife of A.J.ANDERSON,who
\ndied at her home in Benton,Tennessee Friday night after lenghty illness.Burial in the City Cemetery,
\nGarner Funeral Home in charge.A former resident of Halls,she had made her home in Benton for 20
\nyears where her husband is superintendent of Pope County Schools.In addition to her husband,she
\nleaves one brother,C.W.DYER of Halls,and several neices and nephews.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 23,1946
\nWILL ARRIVE FRIDAY TO VISIT PARENTS..Mr.& Mrs.John TALLEY,who have been attending the
\nUniversity of Tennessee,Knoxville will arrive Friday to be guests of their parents,Mr.& Mrs.A.B.TALLEY
\nand Mr.& Mrs.R.S.BELL,until the middle of September.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 23,1946
\nSHOWER HONORS RECENT BRIDE..Mrs.A.W.ESCUE and Mrs.Dee WELLS were hostesses at a
\nmiscellaneous shower on Friday afternoon honoring Mrs.Morris BARCROFT,recent bride.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 23,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mr.& Mrs.W.E.BARBOUR,Memphis,spent the weekend with Mrs.F.M.JORDAN
\nand other relatives. Mrs.Frank THOMPSON,Memphis,spent Tuesday with her mother,Mrs.May
\nCHERRY. Johnnie THOMPSON returned Tuesday after spending five weeks in Penn Grove,Pa.,
\nwith her aunt and uncle,Mr.& Mrs.C.V.HATHAWAY.She was met in Memphis by her mother,Mrs.
\nJ.O.THOMPSON,and sister,Sylvia. Angelia HURT,Memphis,is visiting her father,Clayton HURT,
\nand grandparents,Mr.& Mrs.Floyd HURT.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 30,1946
\nMRS.GUS JACKSON DIED TUESDAY..Services for Mrs.Dove JACKSON,wife of Gus JACKSON,who
\ndied at her home near Gates Tuesday morning,were conducted Wednesday at Antioch Church of
\nChrist,near Halls.She was born in Hardeman County.She is survived by her husband; seven sons,
\nRobert JACKSON,Covington,Luke JACKSON,Covington,John JACKSON,Covington,Woodrow JACKSON,
\nCovington,Will JACKSON,Henning,Alfred JACKSON,Ripley,and Tom JACKSON,of the Army at Camp
\nPolk,La.; three daughters,Mrs.Will HENSON,Covington,Mrs.W.E.WYRICH,Covington,and Mrs.O.F.
\nHENSON,Ripley; a brother,J.B.BUCKNER,Ripley.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 30,1946
\nDR.T.E.REED BURIED SUNDAY..Services for Dr.Thomas E.REED,who died at his home here
\nFriday night,were held at Prospect Church near Pulaski in Giles County,Tenn.,Sunday.He was 51.
\nA registered pharmacist,Dr.REED owned and operated a drug store in Dyersburg until some years
\nago when he came to Halls.A native of Giles County,he came to West Tennessee about 30 years
\nago.He leaves his wife,Mrs.Ruth HARGETT REED; a daughter,Mrs.Kenneth H.PATTON; a grandson,
\nTommy PATTON,of Pasedena,Calif.;two brothers,C.E.REED,Pulaski,Tenn.,and L.E.REED,of Pulaski,Tenn.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 30,1946
\nMRS.W.BEN CAMPBELL DIED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT HER RIPLEY HOME..Services for Mrs.W.Ben
\nCAMPBELL,who died of a heart ailment at her home in Ripley August 23rd at 11:50,after an illness of
\ntwo weeks,were held at the CAMPBELL home Friday morning,burial in Maplewood Cemetery.Mrs.
\nCAMPBELL,a member of a prominent West Tennessee family was born in Crockett County near
\nFriendship,moving to Lauderdale County 55 years ago.She was 78,and a member of the Baptist
\nChurch.She leaves three sons,Ed CAMPBELL,Memphis,Ben CAMPBELL,Memphis,and Joe A.
\nCAMPBELL,Greenville,Tenn.;five daughters,Mrs.C.L.STEHLE,Memphis,Mrs.S.J.WALTON,Memphis,
\nMrs.Dan HENDERSON,Memphis,Miss Lois CAMPBELL,Ripley,and Miss Ruth CAMPBELL,Ripley.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 30,1946
\nCOL.HUTCHERSON AND FAMILY VISIT HERE..Col.and Mrs.Carey HUTCHERSON and son and daughter
\nof Seattle,Washington,spent several days last week with his mother,Mrs.A.P.MASSENGILL.Col.HUTCHERSON
\nis attached to the War Assets Administration in Seattle.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 30,1946
\nSUDBURY-GARNER MAKE TRADE..Roy B.SUDBURY,of Sudbury Funeral Home and T.F.GARNER,of
\nGarner Funeral Home,traded the Halls and Ripley burial associations.Mr.SUDBURY took over the Garner
\ninterests in Halls,including the funeral home on S.College Street,the Garner residence,and the Garner
\nBurial Association,while Mr.GARNER took over the Sudbury interests in Ripley,including the Sudbury Funeral
\nHome,the former Tucker residence,and the Sudbury Burial Association in Ripley,which was formerly
\nBurgess & Peters Burial Association.Mr.& Mrs.GARNER and two children will make their home in the funeral home.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 30,1946
\nWILL UNDERGO OPERATION..Mrs.C.M.KIMBROUGH left Wednesday for Memphis where she will undergo
\nan operation at a hospital there.She was accompanied by Mr.KIMBROUGH and her daughter,Mrs.Simpson WILLIAMS.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY AUGUST 30,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mr.& Mrs.R.W.WELLINGTON,of Starksville,Miss.,are the guests of their daughter,
\nMrs.Ora E.BEASLEY.They were accompanied here by Carolyn BEASLEY,who had been a guest of her
\ngrandparents for the past two weeks. Mr.& Mrs.William PERRY,of Nashville,spent Sunday with his
\nparents,Mr.& Mrs.W.A.PERRY. Mr.& Mrs.Tom MURRAY,of Crossville,Tenn.,spent a few days this week
\nwith her parents,Mr.& Mrs.H.T.ABERNATHY. Mr.& Mrs.E.S.CRICHFIELD and son,Stuart,spent the weekend
\nin Osceola,Ark.They were accompanied home by his father,Edgar CRICHFIELD. Mrs.F.E.WILSON and
\ndaughter,of Dallas,Texas,have been guests of her parents,Mr.& Mrs.A.W.WILLIAMS,and sister,Mrs.J.M.
\nCURRIE. Mr.& Mrs.Tom ARMSTRONG,and son,Cecil MEADOWS,returned to their home in Detroit,Michigan
\nTuesday after visiting Mr.& Mrs.W.A.PERRY and Mr.& Mrs.T.G.AVERY. Mr.& Mrs.Harold HART,of Attalla,Ala.,
\nannounce the birth of a daughter on Wednesday,August 28th.She has been named Elizabeth Ann HART.
\nMiss Joy BARBOUR and brother,Tennie BARBOUR,of Memphis,spent a few days last week with their
\ngrandmother,Mrs.F.M.JORDAN. Mrs.Guy DAWS and daughter,Willogene,of Blytheville,Ark.,are guests of
\nher mother,Mrs.A.B.WITT. Mrs.Judson HOLDERFIELD and baby of Washington are guests of her mother,
\nMrs.C.C.NEARN.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY SEPTEMBER 6,1946
\nTWO LOSE LIVES IN CAR WRECK..Funeral rites for C.M.WALKER were held Thursday afternoon in Dyersburg.
\nClarence M.WALKER,76,retired Dyersburg educator and prominent citizen,was instantly killed about 7 o’clock
\nMonday night when the auto occupied by him and Mrs.WALKER was struck by another at the highway intersection
\nat Four Points.In addition to his wife,he leaves two sons,Charles WALKER,a civil engineer,and Thomas WALKER,
\nwho lives on the old homeplace; a daughter,Mrs.Lucy WILLIAMS,Knoxville; and five grandchildren. MRS.ROSA
\nREVIERE LEWIS,57,wife of Dr.J.R.LEWIS,Ripley,and Judge of the Lauderdale County Court,an occupant of the
\nother car,also was killed in the collision.In addition to her husband,she leaves three sons,J.Rhea LEWIS,Jr.,Ripley,
\nMont L.LEWIS,Ripley,and H.H.LEWIS,Friendship; a daughter,Mrs.Stewart NUNN,Ripley; two brothers,Richard
\nREVIERE,Ripley,and Biggie REVIERE,Ripley; and a sister,Mrs.L.R.EDDLEMAN,Calif. MRS.WALKER & STUART
\nNUNN,JR.,of Ripley,grandson of Mrs.LEWIS,suffered injuries in the accident and were removed from the crash scene
\nto the Baird-Brewer Hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY SEPTEMBER 6,1946
\nGATES ITEMS..Mr.& Mrs.S.B.HILL have returned from Birmingham,Ala.,where they visited for several days with
\ntheir daughter,Mrs.John TUCKER & family. Mr.& Mrs.Marvin W.JONES,who made their home in Greenville,Miss.,
\nsince August 1945,are at present with their parents,Rev.& Mrs.W.T.M.JONES on their way to Jackson,Tenn.,where
\nthey plan to enter Lambuth College this fall.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY SEPTEMBER 6,1946
\nHALLS ROUTE FOUR..Mrs.Lillian MORRIS and daughter,Carolyn,and grandson,Billy Hugh LOONEY,returned to
\nLittle Rock,Ark.,Tuesday after three weeks visit with her father,R.L.JONES and other relatives.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY SEPTEMBER 6,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.Dora HASTE,Memphis,has been the guest of her sister,Mrs.J.A.HART. Miss Jo Ann
\nSCOTT,Memphis,spent last week with her grandparents,Mr.& Mrs.C.W.SCOTT. Mr.& Mrs.Milton EDGERTON of
\nMichigan are the guests of her parents,Mr.& Mrs.R.C.JORDAN. Eddie H.ABERNETHY of UT,Knoxville,who has
\nbeen visiting his mother,Mrs.George CREWS,of Ripley,left Friday for Chicago,Ill.,to spend several days with
\nhis brother,Sterling ABERNATHY,Jr.,before returning to school. Mrs.J.W.McCLENDON attended the funeral of
\nher nephew,Albert PATTON in Dyersburg Wednesday. Mr.& Mrs.Marion CAMPBELL were guests of her parents,
\nMr.& Mrs.A.R.GEANS during the weekend. Mr.& Mrs.Fred WARD,of Mariana,Ark.,spent the weekend with his
\nparents,Mr.& Mrs.T.M.BELTON. Mr.& Mrs.Joe SUMROW were guests of her parents,Mr.& Mrs.F.M.LUCAS at
\nTennessee City. Mr.& Mrs.James T.WHITE announce the birth of a son on September 1st. Mr.& Mrs.Marvin
\nHANSFORD announce the birth of a son at the Baird-Brewer Hospital,Dyersburg,Sunday,September 1st.<\/p>\n
THE HALLS GRAPHIC
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY SEPTEMBER 6,1946
\nMANUEL-OLDS VOWS SAID SEPTEMBER 4TH..Mrs.Margaret OLDS became the bride of William T.MANUEL,
\nson of Mr.& Mrs.Troy MANUEL,of Halls,Route #2,on Wednesday morning at 8 o’clock at the Methodist parsonage in Gates.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13,1946
\nRETURNS HOME FROM PUERTO RICO VISIT..Mrs.Nora EISON returned home Friday of last week after having
\nspent the past three months in San Juan,Puerto Rico as the guest of her son,William EISON and Mrs.EISON.
\nShe had flown home with Mr.& Mrs.EISON,and also returned by plane.Mr.EISON was a radio technician with
\nthe Navy during the was at San Juan Naval Base and is at present a civilian employee there.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13,1946
\nVISITING PARENTS..Mr.& Mrs.Marion RAGLAND and children of Milan spent Tuesday with his parents,Mr.&
\nMrs.F.B.RAGLAND.Their oldest son,David RAGLAND,remained for a longer visit with his grandparents.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13,1946
\nMRS.MATTIE SWEENEY DIED MONDAY A.M…Mrs.Mattie SWEENEY died at her home in Paragould,Ark.,
\nMonday morning after an illness of a year.A former resident of Halls,she had been away for about 25 years,
\nliving the past 15 years in Ark.Funeral services were conducted at the home Tuesday,burial in Kennett,Mo.
\nShe leaves two brothers,D.I.PALMORE,of this place and Edgar PALMORE,of Chestnut Bluff; four sisters,Mrs.Sam TUCKER,Cardwell,Mo.,Mrs.S.A.CARTER,Caruthersville,Mo.,Mrs.Ashley HARBER,Maury City,and Mrs.Frank
\nBROOKS,Chestnut Bluff.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mr.& Mrs.F.J.THURMOND,Miss Dorothy THURMOND,and Mr.& Mrs.E.L.RAINEY and
\ndaughters spent Sunday in Memphis with Miss Jeanie THURMOND. Mr.& Mrs.Fred LAWRENCE and children
\n,of Jackson,spent several days last week with his parents,Mr.& Mrs.J.B.LAWRENCE,Sr. Harry Lee RHODES
\nwas in Memphis Wednesday to see his father,J.L.RHODES at the Baptist Hospital. Mrs.T.T.FLYNN and
\nchildren returned to their home in Memphis Sunday after spending several weeks with her mother,Mrs.
\nY.S.BROWN. Mrs.Dick BRISTER and son of Memphis are visiting her parents,Mr.& Mrs.C.W.SCOTT.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20,1946
\nBROTHER OF POSTMASTER SHANNON WAS KILLED..Dresden,Tenn.Services for Bennett SHANNON
\nwere held Tuesday afternoon at First Baptist Church,Greenfield,Tenn.Mr.SHANNON died Monday
\nmorning at Weakley County Hospital of a head injury suffered the previous Thursday when a large
\npiece of timber he was sawing at the Shannon Stave Mill in Greenfield struck him in the back of the head.
\nHe leaves his wife and three children; three brothers,Lawton SHANNON,Greenfield,Jack SHANNON,
\npostmaster at Halls,and Conner SHANNON,Dresden; two sisters,Mrs.Georgia THOMAS,Greenfield,
\nand Mrs.Anna ELDER,Greenfield; and his parents,Mr.& Mrs.W.B.SHANNON,Dresden.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mr.& Mrs.R.W.WELLINGTON of Miss.are guests of their daughter,Mrs.Ora
\nE.BEASLEY and family.Mr.& Mrs.WELLINGTON spent last week in Concord,N.C. as guests of their son.
\nMr.& Mrs.James Orris COX,Memphis,announce the birth of a son at the Methodist Hospital Wednesday,
\nSeptember 18th. Mrs.C.C.NEARN spent the weekend in Memphis and attended the marriage of her
\ngranddaughter,Mary Jo NEARN Saturday evening. Mrs.Paul SIMS is the guest of her parents,Mr.& Mrs.Harry
\nA.HALL. Mrs.Rena JORDAN,Memphis,is visiting her daughter,Mrs.Harry A.HALL. Mrs.Alice FITZHUGH is
\nagain a proud great-grandmother with the appearance of Jimmy McDonald MALONE on September 3rd.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27,1946
\nHALL-GLISSON..Miss Margaret GLISSON,daughter of Mr.& Mrs.Y.L.GLISSON,Halls,Route #2 was married
\nto Keith HALL,son of Mr.& Mrs.Thelma (?)HALL,Double Bridges in a ceremony September 21st at Ripley,
\nTennessee,with the Rev.Wm.O.BEARD officiating.The couple will make their home with the bridegroom’s
\nparents for awhile.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27,1946
\nLOCALS..Charles MOORE was able to return home from the Baptist Hospital,Memphis on Tuesday.
\nMr.& Mrs.R.V.AGEE,Sr.,spent Monday in Fowkles with Mr.& Mrs.Jack BROWDER.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27,1946
\nANNOUNCING APPROACHING MARRIAGE..Mrs.Youra Spence BROWN announces the engagement and
\napproaching marriage of her daughter,Erin Jane BROWN to Mr.Cormer ORTASIC,of New York City and
\nWashington,D.C.Miss BROWN,who is the daughter of the late Dr.Y.S.BROWN,was graduated from Halls
\nHigh School and attended Memphis State College.She later attended a Training School of Remington Rand
\nInc.,in New York City and was assigned positions in Pittsburg,Nashville,Memphis,and Atlanta Offices.
\nMr.ORTASIC is director of Remington Rand Service Bureau in Washington,D.C. Complete plans will be
\nannounced later.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27,1946
\nOBSERVES 80TH BIRTHDAY..Mr.& Mrs.C.W.SCOTT were the guests of their children in Memphis Tuesday
\nof last week as Mr.SCOTT was honored with a dinner on his 80th birthday.The dinner was given at the home
\nof Mr.& Mrs.Leon SCOTT.Attending: Mr.& Mrs.G.L.BRISTER & Baby,Mr.& Mrs.Raymond SCOTT & Children,
\nMrs.Reginald SCOTT and Son of Memphis and John SCOTT & Frank PEROT,of Halls.Family member,Reginald
\nSCOTT,with the Navy called from Indian Head,Maryland to wish Mr.SCOTT Happy Returns.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27,1946
\nHONORED ON BIRTHDAY..Mr.& Mrs.Dan HAMILTON honored their son,Guy HAMILTON of Jonesboro,Ark.,
\nwith a birthday dinner on Sunday past.Attending were Mrs.Guy HAMILTON,Mr.& Mrs.William SCHRAM,Memphis
\n,and Mr.& Mrs.R.V.AGEE,Jr.,& son,Everett AGEE,Halls.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27,1946
\nPOPLAR GROVE NEWS..Wedding bells rang in our community last week.Mr.Junior ROGERS and Miss Coris
\nCLARK of Friendship were married. Mrs.Dora CHIPMAN,Memphis,sold her farm in Poplar Grove to Mr.Paul
\nCHIPMAN of Henning last week. Mrs.A.P.BURKS had a letter from Mrs.Johnie MEADOWS in Memphis saying
\nthat Mr.& Mrs.Norris MEADOWS were the proud parents of a little daughter and she was a proud grandmother,
\nall doing well.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27,1946
\nRESOLUTION OF RESPECT..Whereas:A.M.SMITH,a fellow member of the Men’s Bible Class of the Halls
\nBaptist Church,has been called into the great beyond by his father,the Almighty God,and Whereas: his presence
\nis greatly missed,and Whereas: he has left his loving wife and two daughters,we wish to express our deep
\nregret and condolences to his bereaved ones.Respectfully submitted; L.L.McDEARMAN & A.W.WILLIAMS.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27,1946
\nTO TEACH..Mrs.M.E.McDEARMAN,Jr.will assume the duties of third grade teacher in Halls Elmentary School
\nMonday of next week.She is replacing Mrs.W.C.VIAR,Jr.,who tendered her resignation for that date.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.W.H.BAILEY is visiting her daughter,Mrs.Bob WESTMORELAND and Mr.
\nWESTMORELAND in Washington. Miss Alma Dean HART of Memphis spent the weekend with her
\nparents,Mr.& Mrs.J.A.HART. Miss Eleanor Faye BAKER of Memphis,spent the weekend with her
\nparents,Mr.& Mrs.Robert BAKER. Mr.& Mrs.Mac HANSBROUGH announce the birth of a daughter.
\nMaster Noah Braden KIMBALL is spending a few days in Memphis as the guest of his aunts,Mrs.
\nEd KINNY,Sr.,and Mrs.Sterling DUNCAN. Miss PAT BURROUGHS left for New York City Friday night
\nof last week where she will visit her sister,Mrs.M.A.MARTIN. Mrs.A.B.WITT returned home Tuesday
\nafter having spent the past several days in Trenton with her daughter,Mrs.George BELL.While in
\nTrenton,she and Mrs.BELL drove to Murray,Ky.,where Bobby Witt BELL went to enter college,another
\nson,Sammy BELL accompanied them.She was accompanied to Halls Tuesday by Rev.& Mrs.BELL,
\nwho remained for the day.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY OCTOBER 4,1946
\nFARM AGENT;F.H.PASCHEL..Mrs.E.B.CRIHFIELD of the Edith Community was selected Thursday
\nnight to represent Lauderdale County Farm Bureau in the State Public Speaking Contest.Miss Martha
\nNell MORRIS,of the Arp Community and Mrs.CRIHFIELD both delivered addresses on the subject
\n“Stepping Stone on the Path to Peace.” The contest was judged by Messers R.L.BIRD,Fred CHILDRESS
\nand Mr.JERIGAN. Boll Rot is a disease:J.F.BOOKOUT of the Luckett Community recently sent soil
\nsamples to the Lab for testing.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY OCTOBER 4,1946
\nEMPLOYED BY SUDBURY FUNERAL HOME..R.V.AGEE,Sr.,who was employed by Garner Funeral
\nHome prior to its removel to Ripley,has accepted employment with the Sudbury Funeral Home here.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY OCTOBER 4,1946
\nMRS.J.F.HAWKINS;FRIENDSHIP,TENN.SEPTEMBER 28..Mrs.Crickett Levira HAWKINS,Crockett County
\nfarmer and landowner,died at her home near here Friday afternoon.She was 60.Services at Sudbury
\nFuneral Home,burial in Sudbury Cemetery here.Mrs.HAWKINS was born in Dyer County and moved to
\nCrockett County 43 years ago after her marriage to Mr.HAWKINS.She leaves her husband; sons,Roy
\nHAWKINS,Memphis,Lowell HAWKINS,Friendship,Hollis HAWKINS,Friendship,and Lt.Victor HAWKINS,
\nEverett,Washington; a sister,Mrs.Julia HAWKINS,Halls,Tenn.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY OCTOBER 4,1946
\nPOPLAR GROVE NEWS..The wedding bells are still ringing in Poplar Grove; Mr.Robert Lee HOGUE
\ngot married last week to a young lady of Tennemo. Mr.& Mrs.Robert CONRAD have a child with diptheria.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY OCTOBER 4,1946
\nVISITS RELATIVES AND FRIENDS HERE..Mr.& Mrs.R.E.PARRISH of Fort Worth,Texas have been
\nspending several days here,the guests of Mr.& Mrs.M.M.HURT and Mr.& Mrs.N.G.PARRISH.Mr.PARRISH
\nis a manufacturing and retail druggist in Fort Worth.He is a former resident of Halls,and a nephew of
\nMr.N.G.PARRISH.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY OCTOBER 4,1946
\nMISCELLANEOUS SHOWER HONORING RECENTLY MARRIED..On Tuesday friends of Mr.& Mrs.William
\nMANUEL gave them a shower at the home of the groom’s parents,Mr.& Mrs.Troy E.MANUEL near Bethesda
\nChurch.Those present and bringing gifts were: Mrs.Joe DUNAWAY,Mrs.H.M.LEGGETT,Mrs.Donald LAYNE,
\nand son,Roger LAYNE,Sharon OLDS,Mrs.Flossie WOODARD,Mrs.Finis McGARRITY,Mrs.Effie SMITH,Janet SMITH,Mrs.A.V.ROBERTS,Mrs.E.B.WILEY,Mrs.M.E.WOODS,Mrs.Jim ALLEY,Mrs.Chester A.TUCKER,Mrs.
\nB.F.CHAMBERS,Miss Mary Lee WRIGHT,Mrs.L.J.ROGERS,Mrs.G.T.COTHAM,Mrs.J.L.JENNINGS,Mrs.Ida
\nFRANCES,Mrs.Betty WILEY 7 son,Mrs.Katherine HALL,Miss Byrd EDWARDS,Mrs.Pauline DUNAWAY,Mrs
\n.Fay PATTON & daughter,and Rev.& Mrs.W.T.M.JONES.Those not present,but sending gifts were: Mrs.Joe
\nSMITH & daughter,Mrs.Anne ESKRIDGE,Mrs.J.M.ESKRIDGE,Mrs.Ruby Mai DAVIS,Mrs.Sarah WOODARD,
\nMrs.E.T.DUNAWAY,Mrs.Carrie SINCLAIR Mrs.M.E.WALDROP,Mrs.R.T.McGARRITY,and others.Mrs.MANUEL,
\nMrs.JONES,and Mrs.LEGGETT served cake & ice cream.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY OCTOBER 4,1946
\nMRS.McFARLAND IS HONORED WITH DINNER,THEATRE PARTY..Mrs.W.A.SMITH,Jr.and Mrs.Roy C.PATTON
\nwere hostesses at a dinner and theatre party Tuesday evening honoring Mrs.James McFARLAND,recent bride.
\nThe setting for the dinner was the Cordell Hull Hotel,Dyersburg,where places for 12 were laid,the honoree’s
\nplace being marked with a gardenia corsage.Mrs.PYBAS,mother of the bride found her place marked with a
\ncorsage of pink roses.Mrs.McFARLAND was presented blue & crystal ash trays and holder in the Cambridge
\npattern.Those present were the honoree,Mrs.PYBAS,Miss Fern PARRISH,Miss Marsaline HARWARD,Mrs.
\nKenneth PATTON,Mrs.David R.NUNN,Mrs.Ruth HALLMAN,Mrs.N.S.DAWS,and Mrs.A.G.HARGETT.The group
\nattended the theatre in Dyersburg.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY OCTOBER 4,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.D.I.PALMORE is visiting her daughter,Mrs.Fletcher SMITH at Little Rock,Ark.
\nMrs.J.L.WHITE has returned home after spending the past two weeks in Nashville with her son,James
\nWHITE & Mrs.WHITE. Mr.& Mrs.E.B.PERRY have gone to Detroit,Michigan to visit their son and daughter
\nthis winter. Mr.& Mrs.Ralph COLLEY announce the birth of a daughter on Saturday,September 28th at the
\nMethodist Hospital,Memphis.The young lady has been named Patricia Leigh COLLEY.Their son,Jimmy
\nCOLLEY has been the guests of his grandparents,Mr.& Mrs.J.F.COLLEY here. Mrs.T.T.FLYNN and son of
\nMemphis are visiting her mother,Mrs.Y.S.BROWN. Miss Juanita PERRY of Memphis spent the weekend
\nwith her parents,Mr.& Mrs.W.A.PERRY. Bobby MOORE of Memphis spent last weekend with his grandparents,
\nMr.& Mrs.John Moore. Mr.& Mrs.M.H.STALLINGS attended the funeral of Mrs.STALLINGS’ aunt,Mrs.Susie
\nAKIN at Forked Deer Monday afternoon.Also attending were Mr.& Mrs.A.B.WITT and Mrs.K.T.EDENS.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY OCTOBER 11,1946
\nMRS.CLYDE COBB IS VICTIM OF POLIO..Mrs.Rebecca JACKSON COBB,wife of the Rev.William Clyde COBB,
\nMissionary Baptist minister of Dyersburg,Tenn.,fied of infantile paralysis at Isolation Hospital,Memphis
\nSunday morning.Her death was the ninth from polio in Memphis this year.Services conducted by Dr.Forrest
\nFEESOR and Dr.W.L.HOWSE were held at University Baptist Church in Fort Worth Sunday.Burial was in
\nthe Cleburne,Texas Cemetery.Mrs.COBB was stricken August 8th and entered Isolation Hospital the following
\nday.She was 24.Born in Cleburne,Mrs.COBB had lived in Fort Worth before moving to Dyersburg two years
\nago.She was a graduate of Baylor University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.Besides her
\nhusband she leaves her father,B.Jay JACKSON,Granbury,Texas; her mother,Mrs.Elltn LACKSON,Cleburne; three
\nsisters,Mrs.Carl D.FERGUSON,Fort Worth,Mrs.J.W.PATTERSON,Cleburne,and Mrs.A.E.BRUNER,Cleburne; three
\nbrothers,Penn J.JACKSON,Cleburne,B.J.JACKSON,Cleburne,and Riggs S.JACKSON,of Fort Worth.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY OCTOBER 11,1946
\nCOURT INCREASES SCHOOL BUDGET..Ripley,Tenn.The Quarterly Court of laud.Co.,authorized the school
\nboard to increase the budget by $16,000.A.V.JOHNSON was elected coroner,filling the vacancy made by the
\ndeath of N.W.BARBOUR.James T.HAYNES was appointed member of the Poor House Committee to fill a
\nvacancy caused by the death of N.W.BARBOUR.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY OCTOBER 11,1946
\nMRS.JOSIE DUNAVANT..Mrs.Josie DUNAVANT,widow of W.A.DUNAVANT,planter and merchant of Woodville,
\nTenn.,died Wednesday at the home of her son,E.V.DUNAVANT in Woodville.She was 85.She lived at Halls
\nfor 10 years but spent most of her life in Woodville.She leaves two other sons,H.M.DUNAVANT,Millington
\nand A.L.DUNAVANT,Covington; her daughter,Mrs.Mina ADAMS,Memphis; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren.
\nServices & burial were held Thursday in Woodville.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY OCTOBER 11,1946
\nRETURN AFTER VISIT TO WEST COAST..Mrs.Bess JORDAN has just returned home from an extensive
\ntour of the Western states.Arriving in Richland,Washington for a visit with her daughter,Mrs.Samuel WILSON,
\nthen toured Portland Oregan,on the coast of Calif.,to visit her daughter,Mrs.Julia WOODY of San Diego.Later to
\njoin her son in Shreveport,La.Mrs.JORDAN was accompanied home by Mr.& Mrs.Steve ATKINSON,and little
\ngrandson,Ronald STONE of Memphis.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY OCTOBER 11,1946
\nSERVICES THURSDAY FOR DROWNING VICTIM..the body of Johnny Alonzo FITZHUGH,ferry boat operator
\nwho drowned Sunday night when he attempted to step from the ferry to a barge,was recovered late Wednesday
\nafternoon at Midway,Tenn.Mr.FITZHUGH,who was 27 and a veteran of WWII,operated a ferry between Island 21
\nand the Tennessee side of the Mississippi River.He served three years in the Army,including two in Europe.
\nHe wore five battle stars.He was a member of the Church of Christ.He leaves his brother,J.L.FITZHUGH,Halls;
\ntwo half-brothers,James FITZHUGH and Leonard FITZHUGH,both of Halls; two step-sisters,Mrs.Evelyn HEATH,
\nHalls,and Miss Ruby Mai PRATER,Nashville; and a step-brother,John W.DAVIS of the Army.Services were in
\nSudbury Funeral Home,burial in Antioch Cemetery near Friendship.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY OCTOBER 11,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Miss Reba JONES attended funeral services for Mrs.Josie DUNAVANT at Woodville
\nThursday. Mr.& Mrs.Ira HAMILTON of Seattle,Washington,visited their cousins,Mrs.A.N.JONES and Mrs.Betra
\nMITCHELL Wednesday afternoon. Mrs.B.F.HAYNIE,Jr.of Ripley,nursed Mrs.L.B.JONES the past week.Mrs.
\nJONES has been ill with pneumonia. Mrs.E.B.WILEY left Wednesday morning for Jackson,Miss.,where she
\nwill visit her daughter,Mrs.R.E.JORDAN and Mr.JORDAN.They will go to Vernon,Texas where they will visit
\nMrs.WILEY’s brother,Noble BASS & Mrs.BASS. Mrs.Frank THOMPSON and son of Memphis spent the weekend
\nwith her mother,Mrs.May CHERRY.They were joined by Mr.THOMPSON. Mr.& Mrs.A.L.McKINSTRY and
\ndaughters,Miss Mary Ann and Miss Bonnie Jean,and Bonnie Jean’s fiance,Gene TAYLOR of Somerville,spent
\nSunday with Mr.& Mrs.H.G.McCORKLE. Mrs.L.E.JONES of Calif.,and daughter,Mrs.Joyce ANDERSON,Memphis,
\nand Mr.& Mrs.John BROWDER of Fowkles,were guests of Mr.& Mrs.R.V.AGEE,Sr.Sunday.Mrs.A.Simpson
\nWILLIAMS,Jr.,has returned to her home at Charlottesville,Va.,after an extended visit with her parents,Mr.& Mrs.
\nC.M.KIMBROUGH. Mr.& Mrs.M.H.STALLINGS and daughters,Ann and Lynn,visited relatives in Blytheville,Ark.Sunday.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY OCTOBER 11,1946
\nPOPLAR GROVE NEWS..Mr.Ellis SASSER and Robert SASSER have bought a new tractor. Mr.& Mrs.Clyde WATTS
\nhave bought Mrs.Alice FREEMAN’s little farm and are planning on building them a new home.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY OCTOBER 18,1946
\n(MISSING ISSUE)<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY OCTOBER 25,1946
\nVISITS WIFE AND FATHER..Chief Petty Officer Thompson BRANDON arrived Thursday of last week to spend some
\ntime with his wife,the former Mary PETTY,and his father,Lee BRANDON.CPO BRANDON has re-enlisted in the
\nNavy and will be stationed on shore duty on the West Coast for the next two years.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY OCTOBER 25,1946
\nE.M.BROWNING,of the Nankipoo community,who has been in a Memphis hospital for several days,quite ill,was
\nable to return home Saturday and is said to be greatly improved.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY OCTOBER 25,1946
\nSTATIONED AT FORT BRAGG..Two boys who have recently gone into the Army from Halls have been stationed
\nat Fort Bragg,North Carolina for their basic training according to letters which they have written home.They are
\nOdell KINNEMOUTH,son of Mr.& Mrs.Robert KINNEMOUTH,Halls Route #1; and Curtis HOGGARD,son of Mrs.Curtis
\nHOGGARD,Sr.,of Halls.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY OCTOBER 25,1946
\nAT HER DAUGHTER’S BEDSIDE..Mrs.A.P.MASSENGILL left Monday night by train for Rochester,Minnesota
\nwhere she will go to the bedside of her daughter,Mrs.H.F.MIDDLECOFF of Memphis,at Mayo’s Clinic there.Mrs.
\nMIDDLECOFF underwent an operation Monday and is in critical condition at the clinic.Also at her bedside are
\nher brothers,Col.Carey HUTCHERSON,of Seattle,Washington,Dr.James B.MASSENGILL,of California,and her
\nhusband and son,Dr.MIDDLECOFF and Carey MIDDLECOFF.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY OCTOBER 25,1946
\nMRS.BROWN HOLDS OPEN HOUSE FOR VISITING SISTER..Mrs.Y.S.BROWN entertained Monday afternoon
\nat 5 0’clock with Open House complimenting her sister,Mrs.J.C.ALEXANDER of Cabot,Ark.,who came especially
\nto attend the wedding of her neice,Miss Jane BROWN.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY OCTOBER 25,1946
\nHONOR FATHER ON NINETHIETH BIRTHDAY..Sons and daughters of W.G.BARBOUR of Ripley and Halls
\nhonored him on the occasion of his 90th birthday Wednesday of this week at the home of Mr.& Mrs.Leonard
\nANDREWS of Halls.Those taking part in the festivities included.Mr.& Mrs.Preston BARBOUR,Memphis; Mr.&
\nMrs.W.L. BARBOUR,Ripley; and Mr.& Mrs.Luther UNDERWOOD,Ripley.Also attending were two granddaughters,
\nBarbara ANDREWS and Mrs.Marvin GRAMMER,Mr.GRAMMER and their son,a great-grandson.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY OCTOBER 25,1946
\nPOPLAR GROVE NEWS..There was quite a lot of excitment here over Mr.& Mrs.Lloyd DODSON hot water tank
\nexploding and tearing up their home Friday. Mr.& Mrs.Pete COOK’s home was saddened by the passing of their
\ncousin and sister-in-law,Mrs.Will TWISDLE of Brownsville.She died in the Baptist Hospital in Memphis.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY OCTOBER 25,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Ira Lee GOODWIN of Tylertown,Miss.and Grant CHASTAIN of Columbia,Miss.,were
\nguests of Mr.GOODWIN’s mother and sister,Mrs.Roxie GOODWIN and Miss Maxine GOODWIN during
\nlast week. Mr.James R.VANCE of san Antonio,Texas has returned after a visit with his uncle,E.B.WILEY
\nand Mrs.WILEY,of the Bethesda community. Mrs.W.E.BARBOUR,Chauncey BARBOUR and Mrs.J.McQUIRTER
\nof Memphis were guests of the former’s mother,Mrs.F.M.JORDAN Friday night. Mrs.Ruby McLAIN of Navoo
\nspent last week with her neice,Mrs.Bernard HIGDON. Mrs.Gordon GRIFFIN of Texas visited her sister,Mrs.Bess
\nJORDAN.She left Wednesday to visit her brother in Jackson before returning home. Mr.& Mrs.W.B.SHANNON
\nof Dresden were guests of their son,Postmaster E.J.SHANNON and Mrs.SHANNON Sunday.Also visiting the
\nSHANNONs were a brother,J.L.SHANNON and Mrs.SHANNON of Dresden,and a sister,Mrs.H.P.ELDER and Mr.ELDER
\nof Greenfield. Mrs.Vera HILLIARD,Mrs.Mollie JORDAN and Mrs.Odell HILLIARD were in Martin Tuesday to attend
\nthe funeral of a cousin,Mrs.Jessie TICE. Mr.& Mrs.T.F.GARNER of Ripley announce the birth of a daughter in Brownsville
\nHospital on Friday night,October 18th. Mrs.Bess JORDAN and son,Ernest have returned from a visit in Memphis.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 1,1946
\nINJURED BY CAR..Jimmy JONES,5-year-old son of Mr.& Mrs.Bob JONES was injured late Monday afternoon when
\nhe ran into the side of a car driven by E.O.DEW of this place.The boy was found to have suffered a broken right collar bone.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 1,1946
\nMRS.ADDIE COOK DIED THURSDAY..Mrs.Addie L.COOK,resident of the Double Bridges Community died
\nsuddenly of a heart attack at her home on Thursday night.She was 67.Mrs.COOK was the widow of Thomas L.COOK,
\nprosperious Lauderdale County landowner and former president of Planters Gin Co.here.She was a member of
\nthe Church of Christ.She leaves a son,Roy M.COOK; a daughter,Mrs.Aquilla KENLEY,all of Memphis. Funeral services
\nwere Saturday morning,burial in Halls Cemetery.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 1,1946
\nFATHER OF LOCAL CITIZEN DIES..Friendship,Tenn.October 29.Services for W.J.BURROW,retired farmer of Crockett
\nCounty,who died Tuesday night at his home here,probably will be held Wednesday afternoon,burial in Sudbury Cemetery.
\nHe was 75,was born in Crockett County,was a member of the Church of Christ.He leaves sons,John Henry BURROW
\nand Ruben BURROW of Maury City; six daughters,Mrs.E.D.NORMAN,Halls,Mrs.W.C.HAWKINS,Friendship,Mrs.Irma
\nHARDIN,Stanton,Mrs.Rubert AGEE,Maury City,Mrs.Gladys SILER,Eaton,and Margaret Sue BURROW,Friendship; brothers,
\nJim BURROW,Friendship and Sol BURROW,Lenox; sisters,Mrs.Mary WHITE,Milan and Mrs.Laura HAMMOND,Maury City.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 1,1946
\nUNDERGOES OPERATION..L.E.OLDS is reported as resting comfortable after having undergone an operation at the
\nBaptist Hospital,Memphis the early part of the week.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 1,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mr.& Mrs.Raynor CHISHOLM of Ripley,visited his mother,Mrs.Bess CHISHOLM Sunday.
\nMrs.G.P.DAVIS visited her daughter,Mrs.Byron ESCUE at Orysa recently. Mrs.T.G.COOPER,Jr.of Nashville is
\nspending this week with her parents,Mr.& Mrs.P.W.CRITTENDON. Mrs.Dick BRISTER and son of Memphis are
\nspending a few days with her parents,Mr.& Mrs.C.W.SCOTT. Mr.& Mrs.E.F.RAWLES spent the weekend in Memphis
\nwith Mr.& Mrs.M.S.MEDLOCK.They were accompanied by their grandson,Eddie Scott MEDLOCK,who had been visiting
\nthem. Mr.& Mrs.Bruce JORDAN of Memphis spent the weekend with his parents,Mr.& Mrs.R.H.JORDAN. E.C.BURROUGHS,Jr.
\nof Haslington,Texas is the guest of his parents,Mr.& Mrs.E.C.BURROUGHS.He arrived to take part in honoring his
\ngrandfather,J.H.BURROUGHS on the occasion of his 84th birthday. B.F.CHAMBERS visited his grandson,Wymond
\nTAYLOR and Mrs.TAYLOR at Paducah,Ky during the weekend. Mrs.James CARNELL of Newbern is spending this week
\nwith her parents,Mr.& Mrs.D.E.WALKER.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 1,1946
\nPOPLAR GROVE NEWS..Mr.& Mrs.A.P.BURKS attended the funeral of their cousin,Mrs.Addie COOK at Antioch
\nSaturday. Mrs.Lillie SUMMERS of Brownsville is making her home now with her neice,Mrs.Junior HARRIS.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 8,1946
\nI.L.OSBORNE SHOT MONDAY NIGHT..Ivory Lee OSBORNE,operator of a local taxie firm and service station,was
\nshot and killed on the east end of Main Street Monday night.Sheriff Oscar GRIGGS and Police Chief W.T.SMITH
\nsaid the shooting was done by J.C.BRASFIELD,28,local painter,and father of four small children.The Sheriff was
\nholding BRASFIELD at Ripley for questioning Monday night along with Wilburn NICHOLS,28,of Friendship,and
\nMarshall SCARBROUGH,24,of Maury City.He said no charges had been filed and the investigation was not
\ncomplete.BRASFIELD,NICHOLS,and SCARBROUGH were passengers in one of OSBORNE’s taxis which broke
\ndown at Chestnut Bluff about four miles out of Halls.The driver,Joe SHERIDAN,telephoned for help,and OSBORNE
\nand another driver drove a second cab to Chestnut Bluff to push the first one to town.Chief SMITH said when the
\ncabs reached town and let one of the passengers out,the second cab rammed into the back of the first,an argument
\nfollowed he said,in which BRASFIELD shot OSBORNE once with a 25 caliber automatic.Mr.OSBORNE,taken to
\nBaird-Brewer Hospital,Dyersburg,died at 9:15.Mr.OSBORNE,42,was the brother of the late Ernie B.OSBORNE of
\nHalls,who also was shot and killed on a Halls street about 8 years ago.Mr.OSBORNE leaves his wife,Mrs.Mellie
\nOSBORNE; three children,Pvt.LaVon OSBORNE of the U.S.Army at Ft.Sheridan,Illinois,Mrs.Phillip GOLDEN of
\nUnion City,Tenn.,Harold OSBORNE of Halls; and his step-mother,Mrs.Lena PARKS of Memphis.Burial in Halls
\nCemetery.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 8,1946
\nMRS.MAZIE HILLIARD BURIED SATURDAY..Services for Mrs.Mazie J.HILLIARD,widow of paul W.HILLIARD,who
\ndied Friday morning at her home were held at Bethesda Methodist Church Saturday morning,burial in Halls Cemetery.
\nMrs.HILLIARD,who was 48,was born in Lauderdale County.She was a member of Bethesda Methodist Church.She
\nleaves a son,Norris HILLIARD,Halls; two brothers,Harry HALL & F.H.HALL,both of Halls; two sisters,Mrs.Myrtle
\nCHAMBERS,Dyersburg and Mrs.Clyde WATTS,Halls.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 8,1946
\nFUNERAL SERVICES FOR LAWSON ELMORE..Services for Lawson Currie ELMORE,retired merchant and farmer,of
\nChestnut Bluff Community were held Sunday afternoon at Lebanon Methodist Church,burial in Halls Cemetery.He was
\n58,he died Friday night,at his home,he had been ill for three weeks.He was born in Crockett County and was a member
\nof the Lebanon Methodist Church. He leaves his wife,the former Irma JONES; two brothers,Ewell ELMORE,Halls,and
\nIvan ELMORE,Dyersburg; two sisters,Mrs.Cordie BETTIS,Dyersburg and Mrs.Ester ALLEN,Dyersburg.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 8,1946
\nE.R.SUMROW HONORED ON 92ND BIRTHDAY..Mr.& Mrs.C.C.SUMROW were hosts at a dinner Sunday honoring his
\nfather,E.r.SUMROW on his 92nd birthday.A delicious meal was served to the guest of honor; Mr.& Mrs.A.B.STEELMAN;
\nHomer STEELMAN; Mrs.W.V.HARDY; and Will Ira HARDY.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 8,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.Rena JORDAN is spending the week with her sister,Mrs.B.F.CHAMBERS and Miss Mary
\nLee WRIGHT. Mr.& Mrs.Winston DAWS announce the birth of a daughter at Dyersburg Hospital Monday. Mr.& Mrs.
\nK.A.RANDLE of Millington announce the birth of a 5lb8oz daughter November 1st at St.Joseph Hospital,Memphis,
\nnamed Janine RANDLE,the granddaughter of Mr.& Mrs.Jim JAYNES,Halls. Mr.& Mrs.J.T.STUTTS spent the weekend
\nhere with her mother,Mrs.Nell PUGH. Mr.& Mrs.Billy LOONEY,Mr.& Mrs.Frank WELLS,Mr.& Mrs.James MORRIS,all
\nof Little Rock,Ark.returned home Monday after attending the funeral of their uncle,Lawson C.ELMORE. Mr.& Mrs.F.G.
\nCRAIG announce the birth of a daughter at a Memphis hospital Monday,named Susan McVeigh CRAIG.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 8,1946
\nMURDER;SUICIDE..The people of Halls were shocked during the weekend to learn that Horace HOWELL had
\nshot and killed his wife and then committed suicide at their home in Memphis on Friday of last week.Mr.HOWELL
\nresided in Halls for a number of years and was well known here.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 8,1946
\nPURCHASE GARAGE..Earl CRIHFIELD and Sam THOMAS announce the purchase of Cates Garage & Parts Co.
\nfrom Elry CATES Tuesday of this week.They will operate under the firm name of Halls Motor & Parts Co.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 16,1946
\nWILLIAM BOLIN FISHER..Ripley,Tenn.William Bolin FISHER,leading planter of the Duehamville community
\ndied at his home Monday morning after a short illness.A member of one of Lauderdale County’s prominent
\nfamilies,he was 76 and a member of the Methodist Church.Services were held at St.Paul Methodist Church
\n,burial in church cemetery.He leaves two sons,Allen FISHER and Tom FISHER,both of Ripley;a daughter,Mrs.
\nP.M.PARKER of Ripley; a sister,Mrs.Thomas STEELE,Jr.of Ripley.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 16,1946
\nMUCH IMPROVED..Mrs.A.P.MASSENGILL has written friends here that her daughter,Mrs.Lucille MIDDLECOFF
\n,who has been critically ill at Mayo’s Clinic is much improved and able to be in a wheelchair.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 16,1946
\nENTERS MAYO’S..H.A.TOWNSEND,president of Townsend-Daws Co.Inc.,local Ford dealers,left Tuesday night
\nof this week for Mayo’s Clinic in Rochester,Minnesota,where he will undergo examination and treatment.He was
\naccompanied by Mrs.TOWNSEND.He has been in poor health for some time.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 16,1946
\nFUNERAL SERVICES FOR L.J. RHODES TUESDAY..L.J.RHODES,one of Halls leading merchants for 55 years,
\ndied Sunday morning at Baptist Hospital after an illness of about a year.He was 75.Services were held Tuesday
\nat Halls Methodist Church,burial in Halls Cemetery.He was a lifelong resident of Lauderdale County and for
\nmany years prior to his retirement four years ago,operated Rhodes Feed & Seed Co here.He leaves a son,
\nHarry Lee RHODES,Halls druggist; and a step-son,B.D.YARBROUGH of Brookville,Miss.Pallbearers were:
\nF.W.HURT,L.L.McDEARMAN,Bob BURNETT,W.A.SMITH,Jr.,P.H.HENDERSON,W.C.PATTON and George HURT.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 16,1946
\nBRASFIELD WAIVES PRELIMINARY HEARING..J.C.BRASFIELD,Halls painter,who is charged with the fatal
\nshooting of Ivory L.OSBORNE on the streets of Halls Monday night of last week,waived a preliminary hearing
\nMonday and is being held for the action of the Grand Jury.He is being held in the county jail in Ripley.BRASFIELD
\nis said to have admitted shooting OSBORNE after a short argument on the east end of Main street.OSBORNE
\nwas the operator of a service station and taxi service here.Wilburn NICHOLS of Friendship and Marshall
\nSCARBOROUGH of Maury City,who were with BRASFIELD were released last week after paying fines.Neither
\nis believed to have been implicated in the shooting.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 16,1946
\nFARM BUREAU MEMBERSHIP REACHES ALL TIME HIGH..Col.Tom SCOTT,President and N.N,CALDWELL &
\nW.L.BARBOUR,Co-Chairman of the Membership Committee of Lauderdale County Farm Bureau have exceeded
\ntheir Membership Goal and having 820 members,an all time high.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 16,1946
\nGUESTS OF PATTONS..Mr.& Mrs.G.E.PATTON and daughter,Miss Frances PATTON and Mr.Elby
\nJENNINGS Jr.,of Watertown,Tenn.spent Sat.& Sun.with his brother,W.C.PATTON & Mrs.PATTON
\nat their home on South College.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 16,1946
\nLEONARD-CRUM CEREMONY SAID ON OCTOBER 31ST..In a double ring ceremony at Tunica,Miss.,
\non Thursday,October 31st,Miss Semetra CRUM,daughter of Mr.& Mrs.Ernest CRUM,Halls Route #1,
\nbecame the bride of Odis LEONARD,son of Mr.& Mrs.J.T.LEONARD,Halls Route #1.Attendants were
\nDorothy LEONARD and Odell LEONARD,brother & sister of the groom.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 16,1946
\nEUZELIAN CLASS HONORS TEACHER ON BIRTHDAY..Mrs.D.C.WARREN was the honoree at a surprise
\nbirthday party Saturday evening,November 9th,in the home of Mrs.Paul GRIFFIN when members of the
\nEuzelian Sunday School Class of the Baptist Church entertained in her honor.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 16,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Miss Fern PARRISH spent the weekend in Memphis with her aunt,Mrs.W.E.
\nBARBOUR.She was accompanied home by Mrs.BARBOUR & Chauncey BARBOUR. Mrs.Tom NORTON
\nof Dyersburg spent Thursday with her mother,Mrs.A.S.KENLEY. Mr.& Mrs.Austin RHODES,Mr.& Mrs.
\nHerman RHODES,and Elmer RHODES,of Memphis,attended the funeral of their uncle,L.J.RHODES,
\nTuesday. B.W.MOORE,of Oil City,Penn.,and Miss Nancy ROSSON of Nashville,arrived Saturday to visit
\ntheir sister and aunt,Mrs.C.F.HARWARD & family. Mrs.McDEARMAN returned to her home Wednesday
\nand was accompanied by her brother,Mr.MOORE. Mr.& Mrs.Theuna JAYNES of Filmore,Calif.,announce
\nthe birth of a 6lb8oz daughter on November 10th.She has been named Kathleen Gale JAYNES.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 22,1946
\nNEW SON..Mr.& Mrs.Judson L.VADEN announce the birth of a son on Tuesday,November 19th,at
\nBaird-Brewer General Hospital,Dyersburg.Mr.& Mrs.VADEN are parents of another son & daughter.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 22,1946
\nPERRYS IMPROVING..Friends here recently received a letter from Mrs.Nelson WHITTAKER of Detroit,
\nMich.stating that her parents,Mr.& Mrs.Ed PERRY are steadily improving.Mr.& Mrs.PERRY,Halls
\nresidents,have been in ill health for some time and left a few weeks ago to be with Mrs.WHITAKER a
\nnd a son,Earl PERRY.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 22,1946
\nILL WITH PNEUMONIA..Mrs.W.A.SMITH,Sr.of Curve,mother of Dr.W.A.SMITH,Jr.Halls,has been
\ncritically ill with pneumonia for the past three days.She was reported Wednesday as slightly improved.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 22,1946
\nHERBERT LEE LOWRANCE..Trenton,Tenn.Services were held Tuesday afternoon at First Baptist
\nChurch for Herbert Lee LOWRANCE,mechanic and carpenter,who died at his home Sunday night
\nf a heart attack.Burial was in Oakland Cemetery.He was 37.Mr.LOWRANCE was born near Middleton,
\nTenn.,the son of J.F.& Frances Mellissa MAJORS LOWRANCE.He lived in Dyersburg,Halls,and Humboldt
\nbefore moving to Trenton 15 years ago.He leaves his wife,Mrs.Archie Fay NOWELL LOWRANCE; a daughter,
\nRosemary LOWRANCE; a son,John Lee LOWRANCE; his parents,who live in Bethel Springs,Tenn.; & a brother,
\nJames Marlin LOWRANCE,Phoenix,Ariz.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 22,1946
\nMRS.MARTHA WALDROP;GATES,TENN..Services for Mrs.Martha E.WALDROP,who died of a heart attack
\nearly Monday at the home of her daughter,Mrs.W.M.T.JONES were held Tuesday morning at Gates Methodist
\nChurch.Additional services were held at Mayfield (KY)Cemetery.Mrs.WALDROP,who was 90,was born near
\nKirksy,KY and spent most of her life in that state.In addition to her daughter,she leaves a step-son,N.S.
\nWALDROP of Mayfield,Ky.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 22,1946
\nHONORS FATHER ON 84TH BIRTHDAY..On Sunday,November 17th,Mr.& Mrs.G.C.HARTMAN gave a
\nsurprise birthday dinner at their home honoring the 84th birthday of her father,N.J.HARWARD.Among those
\nwho enjoyed the feast were: Mr.& Mrs.N.J.HARWARD,of Curve,Mr.& Mrs.Jimmy HARTMAN and daughters,
\nDolly & Carolyn HARTMAN,of Covington, Mr.& Mrs.Roy SUDBURY,of Halls,Mr.Fred HARWARD of Halls,Mrs.
\nEmma WILLIAMS,Mrs.Gertrude STRAIN,Mrs.W.D.WELLS,& Mr.& Mrs.G.C.HARTMAN.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 22,1946
\nMAXINE GOODWIN WEDS RAYLIEN KIRBY..Mrs.Roxie GOODWIN of East Main Street announces the
\nmarriage of her daughter,Maxine to Raylien KIRBY,son of Mr.& Mrs.H.L.KIRBY of West Tigrett Street on
\nNovember 16th in Hernando,Miss.Miss Alma Dean HURT was maid of honor.Mrs.KIRBY is employed by
\nJohn Scott,Jeweler and Mr.KIRBY is connected with Townsend-Daws Co.Inc.He saw service in the Navy during the war.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 22,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.Fred FITZHUGH has returned after a weeks’visit with her son,T-Sgt.Harold
\nFITZHUGH,Mrs.FITZHUGH,and new grandson,Ronald Harold FITZHUGH. Mrs.J.H.COUGHLAN of Dyersburg
\nspent last week with her sister,Mrs.A.B.TALLEY. Mrs.Roy PATTON and Mrs.W.C.PATTON attended the
\nwedding of Laura Winston STEELE of Ripley to Steven McCLURE at the Church of the Holy Angel in Dyersburg
\nWednesday of last week. Mrs.Arthur RALL & children of Dyersburg,spent Sunday afternoon with his aunt,Mrs.A.B.TALLEY.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 22,1946
\nPOPLAR GROVE NEWS..Mr.Terry LEONARD has had a lot of bad luck during the past week.Last
\nWednesday his wagon was struck by a car on the highway between Lake Lauderdale and Halls,
\ntearing up the wagon and injuring his back.On Thesday he received word that a car had struck and killed
\nhis brother,Neal LEONARD,at his home in Selmer,Tenn. Mr.& Mrs.LeRoy BECTON had the misfortune to
\nlose their home to fire. Mr.& Mrs.A.P.BURKS had a birthday dinner with her little neice,Patsy COOK on
\nNovember 11th.She was 14.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 29,1946
\nRE-ENLISTS IN ARMY..Sgt.George PETTY,son of Mr.& Mrs.L.M.PETTY of Halls,has re-enlisted in the Army
\nfor an 18-month period.He is now stationed in Cairo,Egypt and will remain there for the present.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 29,1946
\nPURCHASE STATION..J.T.(Jake)WHITE and Lynn VADEN this week announce the purchase of Halls Service
\nStation effective Monday,Dec.2nd.The station handles Gulf products.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 29,1946
\nENGLISH GIRL TO MARRY RALPH WILLIAMS..Miss Monica TIPTON of Northampton,England,arrived in
\nHalls last Thursday and is the guest in the home of Mr.& Mrs.R.D.AKIN.Miss TIPTON will be married to
\nRolon Ralph WILLIAMS,Mrs.AKIN’s son,in a simple ceremony at 5 o’clock on Sunday December 1st at the
\nEureka Methodist Church,Forked Deer.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 29,1946
\nTELEPHONE CALL GAVE HIS PARENTS & WIFE THRILL..Wnen Sgt.Odell HILLIARD,who is with the Army
\nin Italy,telephoned his parents,Mr.& Mrs.Oscar HILLIARD from Bern,Switzerland where he is on a ten day
\ntour,it was a thrill to hear his voice so plain was almost to good to be true.Sgt.HILLIARD has been with
\nthe Medical Det.,near Trieste,Italy since January 8th,1946.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 29,1946
\nMRS.AUGUST JACKSON..Services for Mrs.Ollie JACKSON,who died Friday night at her home in the Forked
\nDeer community,were held st New Hope Cemetery at Pollard,Ark.,Sunday afternoon.She leaves her husband,
\nAugust JACKSON; a son,Albert A.JACKSON; her parents,Mr.& Mrs.Lynn BLACKWELL of Fagus,Mo.;brothers,
\nWalter BLACKWELL of Poplar Bluff,Mo.,Roy BLACKWELL of Fagus,Mo.,and Newton BLACKWELL of Pollard,
\nArk.;siaters,Mrs.Mamie A—-Y,Thayer,Mo.,Mrs.Auddie CRAFT of Kulian,Mo.,and Mrs.Bessie POLLARD of Pollard,Ark.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY NOVEMBER 29,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.C.F.HARWARD and Miss Marsaline HARWARD were called to Nashville Tuesday of
\nthis week by the death of Mrs.HARWARD’s sister there. Miss Freddie OLDS has her sister,Mrs.Velma COX of
\nMemphis as her guest this week.They spent Thanksgiving in Friendship with Mr.& Mrs.R.A.PUGH. Mrs.Ike
\nPALMORE has returned after two weeks visit with her daughter,Mrs.Fletcher SMITH of Little Rock,Ark.She was
\naccompanied home by her granddaughter,Marilyn Kay SMITH.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY DECEMBER 6,1946
\nTOWNSENDS RETURN FROM MAYO’S..Mr.& Mrs.H.A.TOWNSEND have returned to their home here Monday
\nafter spending the past three weeks at Mayo’s Clinic,Rochester,Minn.Mr.TOWNSEND’s eyes which were giving
\nhim trouble are improving and he has resumed his duties at his firm this week.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY DECEMBER 6,1946
\nPETTY PURCHASES MISSISSIPPI FARM..L.M.PETTY,who recently purchased a farm in the Mississippi Delta
\nnear Hollindale,Miss.,left this week where he will supervise operation of the farm.He was accompanied by his son,
\nJames PETTY,who will assist him.James recently sold his auto parts & repair shop and will spend his time on the
\nplantation.They will continue to make their home in Halls at the present.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY DECEMBER 6,1946
\nTONSILS REMOVED..Claudette & Lorelle RAINEY had their tonsils removed at the Dyersburg Hospital
\nMonday.Both are doing nicely.They are the daughters of Mr.& Mrs.E.L.RAINEY.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY DECEMBER 6,1946
\nIN MEMORY OF WILLIAM FREEMAN..He gave his life in the Battle of Leyte two years ago,December
\n1st,1944.A place in our home is vacant that can never be filled.We miss you so much,dear William.I
\ncannot say he is dead,he is just away.etc.Written by his mother,Mrs.A.L.FREEMAN.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY DECEMBER 6,1946
\nENTERTAINS VISITORS..Mr.& Mrs.M.W.TUBBYFIELD and daughter,Betty,of Nashville spent Thanksgiving
\nholidays with her sister,Mrs.C.M.KIMBROUGH & Mr.KIMBROUGH.After dinner Thanksgiving Day they
\nmotored to Reelfoot where they enjoyed a fish supper.The group spent Friday in Memphis.Saturday
\nMr.& Mrs.KIMBROUGH entertained with a lovely luncheon for the house guests and Mrs.Birdie SHELTON,
\nwho left Sunday for Marion,Ill.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY DECEMBER 6,1946
\nENGLISH GIRL WEDS LOCAL BOY SUNDAY..In a simple ceremony carrying out many of the traditional
\ncustoms of her native land,Miss Monica TIPTON,daughter of Mrs.Ivy TIPTON,of East Maudit,Honamps,
\nEngland,was married to Rolon Ralph WILLIAMS,son of Mr.& Mrs.Russell D.AKIN of Halls,at Eureka Methodist
\nChurch at Forked Deer on Sunday afternoon,December the first at five o’clock.The Rev.C.C.LEWIS of Ripley,
\nassisted by Rev.W.T.M.JONES of Gates,read the vows before an alter decorated with greenery and white
\nchrysanthemums.Before the ceremony Mrs.Wymond HURT of Halls and Mrs.Lonnie PEARSON of Forked
\nDeer presented nuptial music.The bride entered the church with Mr.AKIN,who gave her in marriage.Poised
\nover white satin,her dress of silk handmade lace,which came from Nottingham in England,was made with a
\nsoftly sheared waist and a full skirt which ended in a train at the back.The veil of embroidered white net fell
\nin graceful folds fron a tiara of net outlined with pearls.She carried a bouquet of white carnations and gladioli
\nand had as her only ornament a single strand of pearls.As the bridal couple left the church,Floyd Bernice AKIN,
\ncarrying out a typical English custom,presented the bride a silver horse shoe,which her grandfather had sent to
\nthe U.S.to wish her luck in her new home.Miss Ruby AKIN,of Memphis,the groom’s sister was maid of honor,she
\nwore a pink taffeta formal with an overskirt of blue net and carried an arm bouquet of pink carnations.Miss
\nElizabeth AKIN,yoyngest sister of the groom,wearing a blue net formal with a pink satin sash was junior bridesmaid.
\nHer flowers were pink carnations.Roe MILAM was best man.Ushers were John Welch BAIN and R.W.TURNER.Wilder
\nPEARSON was junior groomsman.The couple are at home in Halls.They met while he was stationed two years with
\nthe 8th Air Force at Northampton,England.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY DECEMBER 6,1946
\nPOPLAR GROVE NEWS..Mrs.Dave WATTS and Paul HOGUE were both painfully injured in recent accidents.Mrs.
\nWATTS was kicked by a mule.Paul broke an arm when he fell over a pig which he was chasing. Mr.& Mrs.Neely
\nHOGUE had as their guests last Sunday,Mrs.HOGUE’s mother,Mrs.Rosa HUNT,and their two daughters,Mrs.WHITE
\n& family of Tenemo and Mr.& Mrs.James SERRETT.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY DECEMBER 6,1946
\nMRS.NORA M.BIVENS IS TAKEN BY DEATH..Mrs.Nora M.BIVENS,78,of 610 Belmont Avenue ,died Monday afternoon,
\nNovember at her home following long illness.Funeral arrangements had not been announced Monday,but they
\ninclude a short service in Tipton with interment in Murfreesboro,Tenn.Mrs.BIVENS was born at Milan,Tenn.,November
\n25th,1868 and died on her birth anniversary.Her parents were Robert Yancey & Sara Elizabeth MOORE,of Milan.Mrs.
\nBIVENS came to Tipton from Nashville,Tenn.six years ago to make her home.She married William F.BIVENS on April
\n24th,1889 and he survives her with one daughter,Mrs.R.R.MOORE of Tipton and one son,Harry Wright BIVENS of
\nGreenwood,Miss.Surviving also:a brother,Ben MOORE of Oil City,Pa.;three sisters,Mrs.Sallie McDEARMAN,Memphis,
\nMrs.Lula HARWARD,Halls,& Mrs.Virginia ROSSON,Nashville; a number of grandchildren,including Mrs.Paul CHIVINGTON
\nand Mac MOORE of Atlanta; two great-grandchildren,Emerson Paul CHIVINGTON,Jr.,& Sue Ann MOORE of Atlanta.{Tipton Gazette}<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY DECEMBER 6,1946
\nMYRTLE MILLER WEDS G.A.WILLIAMS..In a quietly solemnized ceremony,Miss Myrtle MILLER was married
\nto G.A.WILLIAMS Sunday,December 1st,1946.The double ring ceremony took place in the afternoon in the
\nauditorium of the Baptist Church in Lone Oak,Ky.Miss Frances MILLER,sister of the bride and Mrs.J.P.SMITH
\nwere the only attendants.Those attending the wedding were:Mrs.B.R.WINCHESTER & Jean WINCHESTER,wife
\nand daughter of the officiating minister.The bride wore a sky blue woolen dress with black accesseries.Her flowers
\nwere shaded roses and pink carnations.She is the daughter of Mrs.E.G.MILLER.Mr.WILLIAMS is the son of Mr.
\n& Mrs.A.E.WILLIAMS of Route #2 Friendship,Tenn.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY DECEMBER 6,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..William SUGG III,underwent an appendictomey at Baptist Hospital,Memphis.He is reported
\ndoing nicely. Mrs.Elliot STINSON and son,Jimmy,of Louisville,Ky.,spent Thanksgiving with her parents,Mr.&
\nMrs.L.M.PETTY. Mrs.Elton JACKSON and Mrs.Frederick HULL of Detroit have returned home after being here
\nat the bedside of their sister,Mrs.R.E.PETTY of Miami,Fla.Mrs.PETTY came home Monday.Mrs.PETTY,Mrs.
\nJACKSON and Mrs.HULL,are daughters of Mr.& Mrs.Earl CORLEW. Mr.& Mrs.James CARNELL of Memphis,
\nspent the weekend with his parents,Mr.& Mrs.J.L.CARNELL. Mr.& Mrs.C.W.SCOTT spent Thanksgiving with
\nher mother,Mrs.N.D.SALISBURY. Miss Jeanie THURMOND of Memphis has been spending time with her
\nparents,Mr.& Mrs.F.J.THURMOND,while recovering from a broken arm. Mr.& Mrs.Carlton VADEN and baby
\nspent Thanksgiving with his parents,Mr.& Mrs.J.M.VADEN.Mr.VADEN is an instructor at the University of
\nAlabama at Tuscaloosa. Pvts.Curtis HOGGARD and Odell KINNEMOUTH have recently completed basic
\ntraining at Fort Bragg,N.C.Curtis expects to be sent to Korea. Miss Marjorie HERRING spent a few days
\nwith her sister,Mrs.Bill WEAVER & Mr.WEAVER in Griffin,Ga. Mr.& Mrs.WEAVER are proud parents of a baby girl.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY DECEMBER 13,1946
\nFRIENDSHIP MAN DIED IN ATLANTA FIRE..Services for Willard Franklin JONES,21-year-old son of Mrs.Edna
\nYORK JONES,of Friendship,who,according to reports received by relatives,perished following a leap from an
\neighth floor window during the Winecoff Hotel fire in Atlanta Saturday morning,were at the Methodist Church in
\nFriendship Monday afternoon.JONES leaped as the heat became unbearable.His companion,James LITTLE of
\nElizabethton,who had accompanied him to Atlanta for the weekend,remained in the room until he was rescued
\nby fireman.An ambulance from Evans & Lassiter Funeral brought JONES’ body from Atlanta.T.R.SANDERS,cousin
\nof the victim accompanied the ambulance.He was employed at Oak Ridge,JONES was the son of the late Dr.H.
\nJONES and grandson of Dr.J.B.JONES.Other survivors are Miss Carrie Mae JONES of Friendship and Mrs.Leon
\nBYASSE,sisters.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY DECEMBER 13,1946
\nNEW GRANDSON..Mrs.W.C.VIAR,Sr. of Halls received word Tuesday that she has a new grandson,born Monday
\nnight to Mr.& Mrs.Dewitt VIAR of Columbia,Tenn.He weighed 10lbs4ozs and is named James Dewitt VIAR.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY DECEMBER 13,1946
\nPATSY DAWS,NEIL DYER INJURED IN CAR WRECK..Patsy DAWS,daughter of Mrs.N.S.DAWS and member of
\nHalls High School,and Neil DYER,Jr.,son of Mrs.T.N.DYER,were seriously injured about 10:30 Tuesday night
\nwhen the car they were riding in crashed into the rear of a stalled truck just south of the Forked Deer river
\nbridge on Highway 51.Both were carried to Baird-Brewer General Hospital,Dyersburg.Miss DAWS suffered a
\ncompound fracture of her left arm,serious cuts under one eye and on her nose and numerous other cuts and
\nbruises.Mr.DYER suffered a slight brain concussion and many cuts.Frank BALDRIDGE,who was also in the car
\nsuffered only slight cuts.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY DECEMBER 13,1946
\nNEW SON..Mr.& Mrs.Auford PICKINS announce the birth of a son at Baird-Brewer General Hospital,Dyersburg
\nSunday night.<\/p>\n
THE HALLS GRAPHIC
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY DECEMBER 13,1946
\nNOTICE OF CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP..This is to notify the public that Bernard BAKER and Harold BAKER
\npurchased the grocery store owned by Mrs.Florence JACKSON on December 4th,1946.All unpaid bills on
\nthis firm prior to that date should be presented to Mrs.JACKSON within 30 days.This 12th day of December
\n1946.Bernard BAKER & Harold BAKER.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY DECEMBER 13,1946
\nLOCAL HAPPENINGS..Mrs.Tom MURRAY of Crossville,Tenn.,arrived Monday for a visit with her parents,Mr.
\n& Mrs.H.T.ABERNATHY. Mr.& Mrs.T.G.AVERY attended funeral services for Franklin JONES at Friendship
\nMonday. Mr.& Mrs.L.R.VIAR of the Henning Farm announce the birth of a daughter at Baptist Hospital,Memphis
\nSunday.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY DECEMBER 13,1946
\nDOUBLE BRIDGES NEWS..Mr.& Mrs.Tommie LOVE and daughter,Carolyn,were guests of Mr.& Mrs.Raymond
\nHINTON Sunday. Mr.& Mrs.Robert GABA of Nankipoo were Sunday guests of his mother,Mrs.Lillian LOVE.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY DECEMBER 13,1946
\nPROMOTED TO CORPORAL..Mr.& Mrs.Roosevelt JONES have just received word that their son,Vernon JONES,
\nhas recently been promoted to the rank of corporal.Cpl.JONES is stationed with the Army of Occupation at
\nDarmstadt,Germany.He is with a QM outfit in the Army Air Force.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY DECEMBER 20,1946
\nMISS NEELY TO WED PAUL WILLIAMS..Miss Mildred Marie NEELY,daughter of Mr.& Mrs.W.G.NEELY
\nwill become the bride of Paul WILLIAMS,son of Mr.& Mrs.J.M.WILLIAMS,in a beautiful ceremony at Halls
\nBaptist Church December 25th.Rev.Vernon SISCO will perform the ceremony.Mrs.Wymond HURT will
\nrender the music at the organ.Miss Jane STALLINGS will be maid of honor and Miss Virginia LEGGETT
\nwill be bridesmaid.Mr.WILLIAMS’best man will be Raymond HALE,Jr.;usher will be N.A.SLOAN,Jr.<\/p>\n
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\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY DECEMBER 20,1946
\nGATES LANDMARK BURNED SATURDAY..The old John PENNINGTON two story house about two miles west
\nof Gates was destroyed by fire Saturday afternoon.The house was occupied by Mr.& Mrs.F.T.BEARD.Most
\nof their household furnishings were destroyed.<\/p>\n
THE HALLS GRAPHIC
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY DECEMBER 20,1946
\nMISS FULLER WEDS J.W.ESKRIDGE..Miss Eula May FULLER of Jackson,Miss.and Memphis,Tenn.,became
\nthe bride of J.W.ESKRIDGE,son of Mr.& Mrs.Horace ESKRIDGE on Wednesday December 4th,at a ceremony
\nperformed in Hernando,Miss.Attending the ceremony were:Miss Virginia SWEENEY,Memphis,Miss Maxine
\nESKRIDGE & Joffre HERRING of Halls.Mr.ESKRIDGE is a veteran of WWII having served as a gunner and
\nradio operator on a B-24 bomber.He is a graduate of Halls High School and is employed by Vaden Furniture
\nCo.Mrs.ESKRIDGE attended Jackson,Miss.schools and was employed by First National Bank,Memphis at
\nthe time of her marriage.<\/p>\n
THE HALLS GRAPHIC
\nHALLS,TENNESSEE
\nFRIDAY DECEMBER 20,1946
\nFRANK McWILLIAMS DROWNED SUNDAY..Dragging crews were working the Old River bottoms west of here
\nSunday night in search of the body of Frank McWILLIAMS,38-year-old Curve farmer,who is believed to have
\ndrowned when his boat capsized Sunday afternoon.Mr.McWILLIAMS and two neighbors,Arthur CARMACK and
\nHerman WEBB were duck-hunting in the skiff when it overturned.CARMACK & WEBB managed to swim to safety
\nbut were unable to rescue their companion they said.Born in Hardeman County,he moved to Lauderdale County
\n20 years ago.He saw overseas service in the war.He is the son of Mr.& Mrs.J.F.McWILLIAMS of Curve and
\nhusband of the former Miss Lucille PARKER.<\/p>\n
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