Celebrating an anniversary
Ken and Jean Holcombe are celebrating an anniversary this month. The couple met at Buster Joyner’s Ice Cream Parlor when it was on South Main Street. They met in July and married November 19, 1951. When asked the secret to a long marriage, Jean said, “You’ve got to give. God’s help is the main thing.” Jean said she prayed before they married, “If he’s not the right one, put a…
Lions pin new member
By NANCY KARRICK Special to Atmore News The Atmore Lions Club held its first meeting of November on November 7, 2019, at the Atmore Country Club. Lions President Bub Gideons called the meeting to order and Lion Patty Davis gave the invocation. Following the Pledge, Gideons introduced guests present. Lion Linda Ziglar, Global Service Chairman from Gulf Shores, assisted Gideons in pinning Leslie Henderson as a new member. She also…
Honoring veterans
The Atmore VFW Auxiliary and Anchor Café team up each year to provide free breakfast to all veterans who attend on Veterans Day between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. Shown on the front with some of the veterans who attended are Auxiliary members, from left, Arlene Delafosse, Gayle Johnson, Debbie Thornton, and Jenny Hutto.
The American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Program
Special to Atmore News The American Legion Poppy Program is an important part of the American Legion Auxiliary mission. To represent the Poppy Program for the American Legion Auxiliary, two of the Junior Auxiliary members are selected each year to be ambassadors for this program. This year the ambassadors are Miss Poppy Ainsley Emmons and Little Miss Poppy Jordan Salter. In the spring of 1919, poppies bloomed abundantly on the…