Atmore News

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…

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.

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…

The St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church fall festival and barbecue is always greatly anticipated in Atmore. Not only can you get good food and do a little shopping, you can meet up with good friends. Shown at the festival Saturday, November 9, are, from left, Raymond Bolden, Floyd and Betty Adams, and Fr. Gordon Milsted, St. Robert’s former priest.

Northview High School held its annual Veterans Day programs on Thursday, November 7. The guest speaker was Tyler Reeves, a U.S. Army veteran who served as a Fire Support Specialist / Forward Observer. Shown are several members of the Northview NJROTC during assembly.