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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1963
Page
2
Sunrise tomorrow at 5 10 a m Moonrise 3 17 a m New Moon August 19 Fomathaut rises 9 06 p m Altair high in south 9 55 p m Saturn between them brighter than either star
Decatur area river reading at Keller Memorial Bridge shows 21.13 feet rising .09 feet in 24 hours. Sea level reading 555.43 feet. Temperatures ranged from 60 to 82 degrees with 1 a.m. reading at 80. Forecast calls for mostly sunny warm weather today and Friday with a cool night and light northeast winds.
Deposition shows acting athletic director Butts arranged a 6000 loan from a Chicago bank early last year. University officials testified about his bad character and lack of trust under oath, including University President Aderhold and athletic board members. Butts resigned February 28 after being confronted with charges of sharing data with Coach Bear Bryant.
Classified blurbs show offerings and requests including a three room unfurnished apartment for rent on Zid Cain St S W with phone 353 1635 a 1954 Chevrolet for sale at 275 and contact 355 2993 waitress and dishwashers wanted at Circle Drive in contact 353 9818 a lady for light house work with transportation required and two brass chandeliers imported cry for sale call 353 6421
Athens resident died Wednesday at 4 p.m. in Hart selle. Services planned for 4 p.m. today at First ... Survivors include four sons and a daughter with several grandchildren. Pallbearers listed as W. C. Miller A. London Bruce Sherrill Harold Smith.
Chester Price Beaty 42 of Moulton 2 died last night at 8 30 at home. Services Friday at 2 p m from Enon Baptist Church with Rev Ernest Shelton and Rev C G Reding officiating. Burial Bald Knob Cemetery Elliott Brown directing. Survived by widow Ann Beaty Moulton 2 daughter Judy Ann Beaty Moulton 2 son Chester Beaty Jr Moulton 2 mother Mrs Laura M Beaty Moulton 2 five sisters Elbert Jones Moulton 2 Ottis Long Trinity 1 Lioyd Phillips Miami Fla Mrs Robert Bolling Chicago Ivalee Lee Chicago one brother Wayne Beaty Decatur Pallbearers Coy Gray Bob Wiley Revelle Ferguson W M Rose Morris Wallace Hollice Nesmith Honorary pallbearers J P White Drew Coan Mitchell Smith Thomas Hensley Jr Frank Couch Hillber Standridge.
Funeral services for Patrick Maples aged 49 and Dewey C. Collins aged 59 take place today at 2 30 p m from New Center Baptist Church. The Rev Sims and Rev J M will officiate. Peck Funeral Home in charge with burial in the adjoining cemetery. The men were killed in a highway collision Tuesday south of Lawrenceburg Tennessee.
Police report several crashes Wednesday including a 1959 Cadillac driven by Gwendolyn Eaton and a 1963 Triumph driven by Henry Perry on 10th Ave SE. Other incidents include theft of wheel discs from a car on Endlam Blvd SE and a 1963 Chevrolet collision on Somerville Rd SE. A building permit was issued to Dietz Brothers for new light fixtures and ceiling work at 222 2nd Ave SE.
A compiled list shows hospital discharges and dismissals including families, infants, and adults. Names and partial addresses appear with locations in Alabama and nearby towns such as Arab Falkville Pulaski and Athens.
Robert Lee Mitchell, 79, of Decatur 2, died at 7 30 p m Wednesday at the home of his daughter Mrs Grady Bolden in Decatur 2. Services set for Friday at 2 p m at Moss Chapel Methodist Church with Rev Dewey Crow officiating. Burial in cemetery at Peck Funeral Home. Survivors include three daughters Mrs Bolden Mrs Alvis Flannagan Mobile and Mrs Charles Roberts Douglasville Ga a son W R Mitchell Athens 8 Pallbearers announced as Mike Foster Hass Holt Ernest Holmes Joel Sandlin Marion Clemons and Ray Roberts. Body at funeral home until time to be taken to church.
Edgar Bert Wallace 62 of Somerville died Wednesday at 4 30 p m in a Tuscaloosa hospital. Services Friday 2 30 p m from Barnetts Chapel Pentecostal Church Somerville with Revs Sidney Lynn and Rayburn Miller officiating. Burial Waldermose Springs Cemetery Gunthorp Brown Funeral Home directing. Family details list wife Velma Wallace five daughters Jackie Wallace Decatur and others all of Somerville plus eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. Body to residence today at 2 p m before church service. Pallbearers named Darrell Johnson Odel Johnson James Jackson Edward Blacksheep? Mason and Walter Balentine.
A sampled roster lists admissions including Kathy Stewart, Brenda Clemens, Myrtle Shaddrix, Ann Bishop, Inez Gurley, Mary Jo Terry, Patsy Holt, Louise Woodard, Stella Ward, and O W Eady. Dismissals note Maudie Bell Bailey, William C Buettner, Ray Lee Clopton among others.
Mrs. J D Vinson aged 73 of Falkville died Wednesday at 5 45 pm in a local hospital. The deceased was connected with the Falkville Baptist Church.
A brief notice highlights two legal points: prohibition law enforcement and a case involving driving without a valid license. The report records details of the offense and the applicable regulatory context.
Rev Frank C McWhorter and Rev W L Carden will lead burial arrangements for a local resident. The service mentions survivors including Mrs. Robert Oakes of Decatur and Mrs. L N Speake of Hartsville, plus one son Emmett Vinson of Falkville and other relatives. Pallbearers named include J D Bridges Bobby Summerford and others. Body to be taken to a residence before final rites.
At a Lawrence County meeting about 600 members registered with an estimated crowd of 1,000, officials announced the amortization charge would be removed effective July 1. Members will save over 156000 annually on electric bills. John Wiley, John B. Sewell, and Troy Hall were nominated for re election. outgoing trustees will serve until next year’s election. Davis noted the board’s effort and TVA’s Alabama district manager B O Chaney attended.
A son born today to Mr and Mrs Lelton Busby at Baugh Wiley Smith Clinic. A son born today to Mr and Mrs Orey Troup of Capshaw Alabama at the same clinic. A son born today to Mr and Mrs Kenneth L McCulloch at Decatur General Hospital.
Lawrence County polio scare led the school board to close the six week summer session for the rest of August after doctors urged action following two polio cases and widespread respiratory infections. About 6,700 students faced a delayed fall term, with parents planning to press the board to keep schools shut or reopen next week.
Senator Harry F Byrd of Virginia head of the Senate Finance Committee expressed doubt that a tax measure can be passed this year. He cited a divided committee a jammed schedule and a possible Southern filibuster on civil rights as factors that could delay action until late in the year. He suggested the administration may be reluctant to pursue spending cuts and warned Congress may not stay in session all year.
The 1963 United Fund distributes 20 agencies across Morgan County with totals: United Lunch Room 6000, District One TB Sanatorium 1400, Salvation Army 24000, Girl Scout Council 12000, Disabled American Veterans 1500, and more. Overall agency grants sum 145 385 with campaign and office costs 17 000, pledge write offs 13 115, totaling 162 385 against a 164 367 goal.
Local notice lists numerous residents with counts next to names including Nellie Glaser Cullman Minnie Hodge Addison Henry Kretzschmar Garden City Renee McCrary Vine mont Minnie Lee Martin Cullman Douglas Skinner Cullman Jimmie Widner Eva Dorothy Farley Baileyton Nella Dean Sterling Hanceville Annie Cook Hayden Joe Brown Cullman Ervin Baggett Hanceville Winnie McDonald Gertie Graham Eva Irene Arnold Garden City Talmadge White Birmingham Edward Priest Cullman Teresa McIntosh Cullman Reta Butler Cullman.
Forecasters expect blame to begin this afternoon. Strong northern winds stay north while Alabama remains warm and humid. Today and Friday should be mostly sunny and mild. Tonight will be fair and cool with northeasterly winds 5 to 10 mph diminishing. Highs near 79 today and 82 Friday, lows around 60 tonight.
Two white men escaped from a district 2 road gang near Hartselle on Wednesday. Elmer Elledge of Lacey's Spring, 20, and Jessie Dalton, 48, also of Lacey's Spring, were identified by the Morgan County sheriff. Elledge is 5'6" and 135 pounds, jailed for public drunkenness, no license, and parole violation. Dalton is 5'7" and 135 pounds, jailed since Aug. 3 on public drunkenness charges.
Da Randolph aged 4 and Rebecca Crumpton aged 12 were struck by a crippling disease. Their condition prompted local medical attention and family concern as authorities monitor the outbreak and advise care.
Decatur markets list cottonseed at 43 per ton and Grade 4 milk at 96.55 per hundred. Pulpwood sells for 13.50 per cord. No 2 yellow shelled corn ranges around 1.30 per bushel and No 2 yellow gar corn about 11? per bushel. No 3 ear and other corn figures shown. misc grain prices include 1.25 and 0.70 for No 2 and No 2 gar items.
The market ended up amid heavy trading as rails rebounded from an early surge and then softened on mixed reports of railway labor settlement progress. GM and Ford gained, CBS near record highs, airlines mixed, and industrials like U S Steel and Chrysler rose, with bonds mixed and oils uneven.
AP reports a highly irregular broiler and fryer market in Birmingham with farm prices mainly 13.5 to 14 cents and some deals at 0.5 cent above. Estimated slaughter ranges from 685000 to 747400 head with delivered plant prices around 45.15 dollars.
Hog receipts reach 3 200 at Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville Dothan and gilt prices for 190 230 pounds range 17 00 17 50 per hundredweight with 2 3 trading and 240 270 and 1 2 160 180 priced at 15 75 16 75 Sows 1 3 priced 11 75 14 00 in regional reports
Ample egg supplies meet fair demand in Birmingham with prices steady from early week levels. Consumer grades listed to retailers up to 9:30 a.m. today, cases included at store door.
A Sheffield man was injured and his tractor trailer sustained 20000 in damage when the driver fell asleep at 3 a.m. on Ala 157 south of Danville. Troopers said the truck left the highway. Earlier, 8 10 a.m. northwest of Moulton a hit and run struck a rider and horse on a Lawrence road. the rider Heshel Prince was not injured while the horse was hurt.
A bomb in a waste paper container at Loveman’s department store escalator area released fumes, sending several unconscious shoppers to ambulances and Hillman Emergency Hospital. Police and security smothered the device as smoke spread through the five story building.
Amendment caloosa opposes the proposal as lawmakers debate Alabama’s unusual 98 method for selecting U S House members. The 1960 census reduced seats to eight, with eight from nine districts due to no redistricting. If 98 is repealed or redistricting passes, primaries determine nominees statewide before a runoff and general election.
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