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Community Calendar Grove Hill Memorial Hospital Auxiliary will hold a jewelry sale Thursday, (today) April 24 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and Friday, April 25 from 7 a.m.-4 p.m. Arts Council photo contest Amateur photographers are preparing for the third annual photography contest and exhibition to be held in Grove Hill Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26 at the Clarke County Museum. "Photography In Your Own Back Yard," is an event sponsored by The Arts Council of Grove Hill and the Arts Council of Thomasville to promote an interest in art through photography. Categories for photographs are people, pets, scenes, wildlife and other. The featured special category for this year is Trees of Clarke County. There are divisions for middle school, high school and adult photographers. Submissions can be made at the public libraries in Grove Hill, Thomasville, and Jackson, at the Town Hall in Coffeeville and at the Chamber of Commerce in Grove Hill. The deadline for turning in entries is April 11. General rules may be found on The Grove Hill Arts Council website, www.grovehillartscouncil. com. This event is made possible by the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment of the Arts. Roberts-Cobb reunion The annual family reunion of the descendants and relatives of William Riley Roberts and Florence Almanza Cobb Roberts will be Saturday, April 26 at Witch Creek Baptist Church near Cambell beginning at 10 a.m. A covered dish meal will be served at noon. For more information please call 251-246-4928 or 251-246-7828. CCHS Old Timers The Clarke County High School Old Timers will meet Saturday, April 26 at 10 a.m. in the new CCHS cafeteria. The honor class will be the Class of 1958. Members are asked to bring a covered dish and pay $2 at the registration table. Come and enjoy the fellowship, the food and the cheerleader-guided tours of the campus. (You do not have to be a graduate to attend.) Dunagan book signing A book signing will take place Saturday, April 26 from 2 until 4 p.m. at the Clarke County Museum. Grove Hill native Ted Dunagan will sign copies of his recently reprinted book, "A Yellow Watermelon." Set in Clarke County, Dunagan's book, although fiction, is largely autobiographical. For more information call the museum at 251-275-8684. Eberlein reunion A reunion of all descendants of John M. and Anna Margarette (Eckstegen) Eberlein and also their daughter, Margarette Anna Eberlein and husband, Nathan Thomas Beverly, will be Saturday, April 26 at the Union Chapel Baptist Church on Alabama 69 in Clarke County at 10 a.m. The church is located four miles south of Coffeeville. Some of the related family names are: Fluker, Deas, Guy, Moseley, Bumpers, Reeves, Faile, Eberlein and Beverly. All related families and friends are welcomed. All are invited to bring a covered dish for lunch at noon. Family pictures and other family memorabilia would also be welcomed. There will be a time for sharing family news, etc. before lunch. For more information call Betty Jo McIntyre at 251-276-3581 or Linda Jarrell at 251-649- 0557. Bertha Mae Health Fair Bertha Mae Chapter #314 Order of Eastern Star will have its annual Health Fair Saturday, April 26 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on the grounds of the Jackson City Hall. There will be free screenings for blood pressure, glucose, hearing, speech, weight and more. Miniseminars on Hopsice Care, nursing home, immunizations, nutrition, stress, etc. This is a free community health awareness program. Everyone is invited to come. Door prizes will be given. Refreshments will be served. Seminars will start at 10:15 a.m. For more information contact Anola F. Holly, chairman at 251- 246-3036. Clanton reunion A golf tournament will begin Saturday, April 26 at the Lake Forest Country Club in Daphne. Please contact Sharon St. Laurent at 251-675-6070 if you have any questions. Church will be Sunday, April 27 at the First Baptist Church in Coffeeville at 11 a.m. Flowers will be placed in the church in memory of parents, George W. and Lizzie Janie Clanton and their children who are now deceased: Clyde B. Clanton, Glover James (Dub) Jr. and Bobbie G. Clanton. Only two of the children are still living, Darwin Clanton and Kathleen Clanton Dunagan. After church a covered dish lunch will be held at the home of Henry and Kathleen Dunagan. After lunch Mike and Patricia Smith and others will entertain with music. Added this year will be a "Silent Auction." Family members are asked to bring things they have from the "Old Days;" Example: Framed pictures, etc. Also homemade or bought items will be fine. Proceeds from the auction will first go to pay expenses: Any left over will go to the Nicaragua Mission Fund for the Mullinix family. All family members are encouraged to attend. House warming for Newton A house warming for Paul Newton will be held Sunday, April 27 at 3 p.m. in the downtown fire station in Fulton. Paul's house was destroyed earlier this month by a fire and items will be appreciated. VFW Post 5106 meeting VFW Post 5106 and its ladies auxiliary will have its regular monthly meeting Monday, April 28 at 7 p.m. All members are urged to come out to this very important meeting. SWAIA to roast county mayors Southwest Alabama Improvement Association (SWAIA) will present a roast entitled, "A Celebrity Roast: Clarke County Mayors." Saturday, May 3 at 6 p.m. at the H.W. Pearce Jr. Memorial Park Assembly House in downtown Jackson. The Honorable U.S. Congressman Artur Davis will serve as the Toastmaster. Mayor Sam Jones of Mobile will be the special guest. Admission is $5. For further information regarding the SWAIA upcoming meeting as well as the Mayor Roast event contact Dr. O.L. Hubbert at 251-387-0357 or 247-2520, office. Send in your items for the community calendar. There is no charge for this service. Call 275-3375, fax to 275-3060 or e-mail ccdemo@mygalaxyexpress.com.
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