17, THE SELMA TIMES-JOURNAL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1996-B3 Young, Dunkin Dunkin petals. Anthony Amrhein and Jordan Amrhein served as ring bearers. Serving as best man was Jeff Dunkin, brother of the groom. Groomsmen were Tre and Tim Young, brothers of the bride, Mike decorations, Richard Danube, Kevin Durham and Mark Garret. Bill Strickland and Grey Webster served as ushers.
Wedding music was provided by organist, Ms. Chris Weigle, and soloist Ms. Virginia Becker. The church was decorated with candelabras intertwined with purple iris and gladiolas. An arrangement of iris, gladiolas, carnations and greenery was placed in memory of deceased family members.
Following the ceremony, a reception was held at the Knights of St. John Hall. Assisting In serving were Tammy Held, Karla Hess, Amy Webb and Cecil Neukam. Attending the bride's book was Rebecca Hicks and Mary Beth Armor. Following a wedding trip to Playa del Carmen, Mexico, the couple will live in Marietta, Georgia.
Benton, Blackmon Randy Benton and Debbie First Family Financial Benton of Selma announce the Services, Inc. engagement of their daughter, Her is the Kerri Elizabeth Benton to Jere grandson of the late Jean Landin Blackmon. Carter, Bill Carter and the The prospective bridegroom late Mt. Blackmon and Ola is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Blackmon. Albert Blackmon of Selma. He is a graduate of Miss Kerri Elizabeth Benton Dallas County High is the granddaughter of the late School. Dora Elizabeth Benton and the He is presently working late Bill Benton of Selma and for Invetech, American Billie Joe Housten and George Bearing. Nassaney.
The wedding will take She is a graduate of Dallas place Saturday, Nov. 30, County High School. 1996 at 2 p.m. at the She is presently working for Calvary Assembly of God. Joseph and Jennifer Johnson of Selma of announce the birth of their son, Matthew 11, Parker, born on Tuesday, Nov.
5, 1996. Grandparents are Wilbur and Jeanette Hill Pridgen of Prattville and Jimmy and Elizabeth Johnson of Marion. Great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. W.
N. Pridgen of Montgomery and Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
Johnson of Sprott. of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Easterwood (formerly Jennifer Hill) of Anniston announce the birth Mr. and Mrs.
Scott Thomas Dunkin Miss Benton their son, Morgan Lane, born on Sept. 1996. Grandparents are the Reverend H. Trull and Betty Easterwood. Great-grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. T. Bowden of Anniston and Mrs. Mary M. Hill of Selma.
Mrs. Elmer Forden Fifth generation family Nykedria Bonner is the fifth generation in two families. Pictured family members are: (sitting) Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Acoff, greatgreat-grandparents (counterclockwise, to right) Mr.
and Mrs. Adolphus Smith, grandparents, (center) Mr. James Acoff and Miss Marry Acoff, greatgrandparents, (left) Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Bonner mother and father of Nykedria.
Anniston is the great- greatgrandmother. This Year, Make Shopping A Holiday. Come to Birmingham, and turn holiday shopping into a joyous occasion. You'll find the area's premiere stores and one of the largest malls in the South where an enchanting carousel delights young and old. There's never a shortage of great gift ideas and entertainment.
Because as much as people enjoy receiving gifts, shouldn't you have as much fun shopping for them? FOR YOUR FREE BROCHURE ON SPECIAL HOLIDAY LODGING RATES AND EVENTS, CALL 1 http://www.bevb.org Neighborhoods Amelia Rae Young and Scott Thomas Dunkin were united in marriage on Oct. 5, 1996 at 3 p.m. at the St. Louis Catholic Church. Father Lou Bartko performed the ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert F. Young Jr. of Batesville, Ind.
The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Dunkin of Selma. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a gown of white silk A-line dress with lace and beading adorning the bodice and sleeves.
It featured a cathedral-length train. The veil was made with matching lace and beading, and featured a blusher veil. She carried a bouquet of white orchids and gardenias, which contained a miniature rosary given to her as a child from Lourdes, France. Miss Amanda Rae Young, sister of the Bride, served as the maid of honor. Also attending were Ashley Dunkin, sister of the groom, Audrey Buchring, Heather Drockelman, Julie Poore, Amy Roberts and Cristin Signom.
They wore hunter green and eggplantcolored gowns made of Italian satin, and a double strand of pearls. The carried bouquets of purple iris and ivory wildflowers tied with ivory ribbon. Elizabeth Cunningham and Madison Herr were flower girls. They wore dressed of gold organza, and carried baskets of white rose Hopkins, Frost Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde H. Hopkins of Selma announce the engagement of their daughter, Tammie Michelle Hopkins, to James Scott Frost. The prospective bridegroom is the son of Mayor and Mrs. Eddie Frost of Florence. Miss Hopkins is the granddaughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Hopkins of Plantersville and Ms. Maggie Wright of Selma and the late Thomas Wright of Plantersville.
She is a graduate of Dallas County High School. She graduated magna cum laude with a bachelors of science in chemical engineering from the University of Alabama, where she was affiliated with the Tau Beta Pi engineering honorary and. the Baptist Student Union. Her is the grandson of Ms. Cleta Mae Frost and the late Carmon Frost of Sheffield and Ms.
Bonnie Crowell and the late James R. Crowell of Talledega. He is a graduate of Bradshaw High School. He graduated with a bachelors of science in finance and management and a master's degree in business administration from the University of North Alabama, where he was affiliated with the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and the Omicron Delta Kappa honor society. He is presently employed by Healthcare U.S.A, in Pittsburgh, Penn.
The wedding will take place on Saturday, Dec. 7, 1996 at 4 p.m. at the Northside Church in Selma. Miss Hopkins (Getting engaged? Announce it in Sunday's Lifestyle section. Recently sorting through my 20 years or so of columns written for The TimesJournal (in preparation for the book hope to leave my grandchildren), I was struck by the number of times I had written about neighborhoods.
It is still a favorite word and a place of the heart. However, neighborhoods as my generation knew them are disappearing from the American cityscape. Time was, we knew every person on every block. We called each dog and cat. by name.
And there was always plenty of time to share a coffee break or a backyard cookout or a watermelon cutting or a glass of iced tea on the front porch. The distinctiveness marking neighborhoods of those days did not end with borrowing a cup of sugar, taking a pot of soup across the street when there was illness, and baking a cake when there was cause for celebration or sorrow to be shared with the family next door. Each quiet, tree-shaded block was a small village, complete within itself. In our part of Old Town I recall at least three small grocery stores: Ikerman's, Driskell's and Schiel's supermarkets had not appeared upon the scene. Five pounds of potatoes, a bag of meal, two cans of tomatoes and a box of Morton's Salt were no farther away than the telephone, which Mother used each morning to call in her daily order.
On their market's scarred old chopping block, Seale's Brothers cut to order the finest meats available, but our chickens came from the back yard and our turkeys from the country a few days before Thanksgiving. The groceries were delivered by bicycle, the poultry in croker sacks. Our fresh vegetables were procured from the. vendor who advertised her produce from the back of a mule-drawn wagon that clattered down our street soon after sun-up. Daddy bought melons and peaches from a friend in the country during the summer.
In the wintertime, the oranges, apples, grapefruit and bananas came from a nearby wholesale fruit company. Our pecans were the fruit of the grand old Stuart tree in the backyard. As Thanksgiving and Christmas drew near, Daddy ordered oysters and shrimp by the cask from the fisherman wharves at Mobile and they were shipped up on the Southern Railway overnight. No fear of eating raw oysters then, in that halcyon period when pollution was unheard of. For our special desserts.
when Grandmother's cakes three-layer caramel, fresh coconut with lemon filling and the rich dark fruitcake grew mundane. we walked around the corner to Lloyd's Ice Cream Shop on Jeff Davis for the finest frozen treat ever made. a All this was possible when I was growing up, because we lived in a true neighborhood where no one ever locked a front door except for the annual two weeks at the Coast. I doubt that those days shall ever return. In an interesting article published recently in the weekly National League of Cities newspaper, read that zoning had much to do with destroying neighborhoods as we knew them then.
Young families began moving in number into the bedroom suburbs and housing developments several or more miles outside cities, both great and small. Jean Martin Jean Martin Covenants are required of each home purchaser, zoning restrictions are tightly drawn and enforced. The houses are beautiful. some palatial but no longer are a corner drugstore, a barbershop and a library branch allowed. Children go to school by bus or carpool instead of walking at the summons of the bell and gathering friends in each block on the way.
They are driven to the library, to" Sunday -School, to dancing the dentist and the YMCA, instead or walking in small groups or riding a bicycle. The result is that we are becoming an insular society where our former neighborly grouping is now of a sameness: same income, same vans, same clothing, same religion, same hobbies. When I was a child, there lived on our street, several grandparents, a young married couple 1 or su, many children, each with two-parent families, and a few widows who never lacked for friends. There was a music teacher, a courthouse employee, a doctor, a railway engineer, a florist, a clothing store owner, a legislator, a shoe salesman, a lawyer and a grocer. Each of us who lived on our quiet, tree-shaded street knew everyone who lived there.
Our daily lives, our community and our world were far, far better because we did. Births Mrs. Martin writes a weekly column for the Times-Journal. 3 BIG DAYS Mon. Tues.
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