The Danville-Neel Elementary School PTO is hosting a Penny Drive this month. The drive will go from Sept. 8-19. Everyone who would like to help can donate their pennies to the Danville-Neel Elementary School or make a donation to a student or staff member. All help and support will be greatly appreciated.

Members of Shady Grove Baptist Church express their appreciation to everyone who donated blood at their recent blood drive. The total given was 18 units and each unit can save three lives.

Congratulations go out this week to John Owens of Massey on his engagement to Stacy Davies of Gadsden. John is a graduate of Danville High School. He received his B.S. degree from Birmingham Southern College and his M.D. from the University of Alabama Medical School in Birmingham. He is currently employed at Decatur Morgan Hospital in the Radiology Department. His parents are Pam Holmes of Massey and Mitch Owens of Decatur. John’s grandparents are Lorene Bryant, the late John T. Bryant of Massey, Peggy Owens of Haleyville and the late Rev. Mitchell Owens of Addison.

Members of Shady Grove Baptist Church will be serving breakfast to the Danville football team Fri., Sept. 12, at 7 a.m. Area churches are feeding the team and coaches breakfast on game mornings this season at 7 a.m.. Volunteers are needed to help cook and serve them. All help will be appreciated.

Camp Ground’s Providence Missionary Baptist Church at Massey has weekly services. Their Sunday school is at 9:45 a.m., worship service at 11 a.m. and Wednesday night Bible class at 7 p.m. The pastor is Otis Dixon and everyone is invited to attend their church services.

Special belated happy wedding anniversary wishes go out this week to Dale and Betty Boyd as they celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary on Sept. 4.

On Sun., Aug. 31, Doris Herring’s visitors at her home in Massey were Theron and B.B. Anders of Huntsville, Zeke Anders of Denver, Co., Kelilah Anders of Tuscaloosa and Matt Johnson of Atlanta, Ga.

There will be a Cotaco School and Community Reunion on Sat., Sept. 20, for students, teachers, staff and anyone interested in attending. The event will be held at Gurley’s Soggy Bottom Music Barn in Florette and festivities will begin at 10 a.m. Lunch will be available with barbecue plates or sandwiches and delicious desserts such as banana pudding, pies and cakes. The 1950’s costumes and music will be part of the day’s entertainment. For more information, please call Aunt Betty at 256-778-8787.

The Kelly family enjoyed their monthly supper on Fri., Aug. 29, at the Branding Iron Restaurant in West Point. Anthony and Betty Kelly of Ebenezer, Linda and Wayne Humphries of Battleground and Arthur Ray and Barbara Summerford of Roundtop attended. After the meal, they went to Anthony and Betty’s for dessert and fellowship.

Round Top Community Church is having Wacky Wednesdays in September for children of all ages. These programs and activities will be in the Family Life Center from 6 to 8 p.m. The youth group will be helping and the adults will have Bible study at that time in the sanctuary.

Special belated happy birthday wishes go out this week to Sydney Alred on Sept. 1, Betty Depreast on Sept. 2, Braden Foy on Sept. 3, Lynne Smith and Chuck Holder on Sept. 4, Lillie Livingston on Sept. 5, Camden Riggs on Sept. 6, Ruby Lacy on Sept. 7, Reagan Crumley on Sept.9. Happy birthday wishes also go out this week to Reese Terry on Sept. 10, and Nick Prater on Sept. 13.

Wonderful happy wedding anniversary wishes go out this week to Willie and Charlice LaFavor as they celebrate their 22nd wedding anniversary on Sept. 12. Special happy wedding anniversary wishes also go out this week for Jeremy and Cary Lacy as they celebrate their 11th wedding anniversary on Sept. 13.

Martha Stewart Anson of St. Joe, Ark., formerly of Hartselle, has been on a 10-day visit with friends and relatives in the Hartselle, Danville, Cedar Cove, Massey and Salem areas. Martha also attended her Morgan County High School Class of 1958 lunch at the Freight House on Wed. Aug. 27. Many will remember buying a Chevrolet from Martha’s father, Edward Stewart or his staff at Stewart Brothers on the corner of Chestnut and North Sparkman streets in Hartselle. The building is now El Marie’s Art and Antiques. Martha has been active in genealogical research for her Stewart family history of South Morgan County and Hartselle. She also crusades for children with reading difficulties. While here in the area, she received a hundred or more books to take to the kindergarten and first graders she helps with at the St. Joe School. Martha credits the late Anne Weinman, her 10th grade English teacher, with helping her learn to read. Before returning home on Tues., Sept. 2, she visited the gravesite of her caretaker and family friend, Mattie Ella Williams at the Camp Ground Cemetery in Massey.