1930 Scrapbook variety

Next two pages, plus an extra.

The first page partly continues the wedding bells theme. Noell and Postell Cliett were married for almost sixty years when Noelle passed away in 1989. Her husband Postell, a floor refinisher and a Mason, died ten years later at the age of 93. Two articles about piano recitals by Connie Floyd, including a full-length photo with her sister. Finally, a note about the Valentine Ball hosted by Mrs. William McCrary Jr. Junior, like his father and son, owned Phoenix Oil, a motor oil company in Augusta, GA. A Phoenix Oil can from this era sold for over $400 at auction in 2014.

Tucked in these pages is a loose Counter Stock Order, on which our heroine appears to have drafted a thank you note. Certainly a good example of the Depression mentality, not letting anything go to waste.

You ought to meet Ginger - and Patty! Note the handwritten names, Ginger Ella Tolliver and Patty Sears. My first thought was more members of Florida-Georgia high society. Nope! Turns out they were the main characters in For Ginger's Sake by Ethel Hueston, a novel serialized in newspapers from coast to coast in 1930 and 1931. Carole Lombard's career was just taking off at this point - in 1930 the young star signed a contract with Paramount Pictures, and the next year she married William Powell. Two years later they divorced, and in 1937 she married Clark Gable. Sadly, she was killed in a plane crash in 1942 at the age of 33. Finally, a brief comedic anecdote about a mouse living in a phone switchboard, and a tug-on-the-heartstrings reminder to make sure that Santa can deliver on the faith of a child whose father is unemployed.