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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1955
Page
10
County officials announce a training session for new school bus drivers starting Tuesday at 8 a.m. at Morgan County High School in Hartselle. Instructors will be A E Houk and Lewis McGee from the State Department of Education, with attendance invited by Asst. County Supt. Oscar L Napps.
James Oakes travels to Montgomery on Farm Bureau business. Miss Griffin Florette visits Miss Doris Terrell. Cotaco attendees join Sunday church service. Mr and Mrs Elgin Childers and children of Mt Hope attend church. Mr and Mrs Gilbert Lipscomb host guests from Decatur Sunday afternoon.
The market fell from recent record highs as credit restrictions and higher rates squeezed liquidity. The Associated Press average for 60 stocks slid to $172.40 after a week of declines, marking the second steep fall of the year amid Federal Reserve rate hikes. The report notes a prior homicide rate drop from 6 percent in 1934 to about 2 percent in 1954.
Ralp Muthardt planned weed control by spraying a hay field with water from a tank truck. After pumping several thousand gallons he realized no weed killer was added, leaving the weeds unaddressed on his farm in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
A discussion by Dr. W. W. Bauer on why rural doctors are scarce after World War II. It explains shifting rural needs, faster transport, electrification, and higher-educated residents pushing doctors to modern facilities. It argues doctors go where they can practice good medicine with community support and viable facilities.
Two GMC trucks collided on Highway 67 a half mile east of Florette causing about $1,000 in damages. A 1954 GMC driven by L. M. Hilley of Boaz 5 and a county owned 1955 GMC dump truck were involved in the patrol report.
G W Wilkinson, 80, says he feels unsafe around automobiles and prefers to ride his motorcycle. Elmer C Drinkard, 37, Eva, was driving a truck that hit a vehicle and rolled over but he was not injured. County truck damage estimated at $400. Drinkard recounts a prior accident at 77 when a car knocked him across the street and later a crash caused a broken nose and three ribs but he recovered and rode on.
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