Hartselle Building Declines This Month
Hartselle building activity fell in August with only two major projects approved totaling $28,000. June and July showed higher totals. last month included numerous small permits across multiple addresses, including a $23,500 Farm Bureau building and several home additions and improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Sentell
Hartselle
Fred E. Stock
Martin St
Allen Collum
Farm Bureau
U.S. 3 South
Billy Dunnaway
Nanceford Rd
Leon Harris
Bethel Rd
Buford Bentley
Madison St
Hoyt Ghoover
J. C. Torbett
Bethel St
Southern Home Improvement
Max Jones
Lawrence County Education Topics And Vocational School Plans
Superintendent Silas Cross was appointed to an Alabama Education Association committee to review state education funding distribution. In Moulton, bids for a $250000 vocational trade school are due in six weeks as five acres donated by themes Duly will host the facility. The Lawrence County Board of Education approved floor plans and complete drawings for the project. The Lawrence County Court of Commissioners renewed a five year lease for the county coliseum with Lawrence Corporation. Local attorney James P. Collier to draft renewal papers after firm indicated cutting operations moving to Court Street would cut about 200 jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Lawrence County
Silas Cross
Alabama Education Association
AEA
Vernon St. John
Board of Education
Board of Revenue
Lawrence
County Court of Commissioners
Lawrence Corporation
James P. Collier
Court St
Tennessee escapee returned to state hospital
Cullman County authorities escorted 29 year old Freda Gordon to the Tennessee state line and turned her over to officials who sent her back to a Tennessee hospital. She claimed two men killed a man and threw his body from a car near here during a ride toward Jefferson County, but no body was found amid a wide search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman
Cullman County
Tennessee
165
Here
Buell Graves
Freda Gordon
Morgan
Decatur
Jefferson County
Graves
Birmingham
State PTA Leaders Here For Program
A program featuring top state Parent Teacher Association leaders will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Morgan County Board of Education instructional materials center. Mrs. John Bruce will lead a workshop for local county officers and principals. Ed win Griffin assists in both workshops. Morgan County Supt. J. C. Pettey will welcome attendees. Rev. Leon Dawson will give the devotion. All local and county PTA officers and members are urged to attend. Refreshments follow the final assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent- Teacher Association
Morgan County Board of Education
John Bruce
PTA
State Safety
Fulton Cobb
Edwin Griffin
Morgan County
J. C. Pettey
Leon Dawson
Decatur Nixon Attends Jaycee Orientation in Tulsa
Ray Nixon of Decatur and Alabama Jaycees president joined national U S Jaycees directors at a Tulsa Oklahoma orientation last week to discuss state and local operations with the Jaycee Executive Committee and headquarters staff. Vandals threw a brick through the front windows of Decatur Cleaning at 1502 Grant Street, police reported today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Jaycee
Ray Nixon
Decatur
Alabama Jaycees
U. S
Grant St
Doris Jackson named assistant dial service administrator
Rogersville native Mrs. Doris Jackson is appointed assistant dial service administrator in the traffic department of South Central Bell in Decatur. A Lauderdale County High School graduate, she joined the company in 1955, starting as an operator in Sheffield, with postings in Athens and Huntsville. Her new role covers supervisory work analyzing telephone traffic flow through central offices in Decatur Athens Cullman Mountton Hartselle Courtland Town Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogersville
Doris Jackson
South Central Bell Telephone Co
Decatur
Jackson
Lauderdale County High School
Telephone Company
Sheffield
Athens
Huntsville
South Central Bell
Cullman
Moutton
Hartselle
Courtland Town Creek
Browns Ferry Contracts Let for Nuclear and Power Plant Work
Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant and Cumberland Steam Plant contracts total nearly 3.5 million for payment and materials. Notable award includes 445,000 to Rust Engineering for a concrete chimney at Browns Ferry to vent gases from condensers. TVA notes radiation at the site would be negligible next to natural background levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browns Ferry Nuclear
Saal and
Cumberland
Rust Engineering
Crete
Browns Ferry
TVA
New Morgan County Junior High School Bids Open Tonight
Morgan County school board meets to open bids for the windowless 36500 square foot junior high. The 24 classroom building will include an auditorium kitchen and administration suite. Bids expected in 400000 to 500000 dollars with occupancy slated for August 1969. Charles H. McCauley and Associates designed the project with Zola Clark as local rep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle
Morgan County
County School Board
Ing
J. C. Pettey
Charles H. McCauley and Associates
Zola Clark
Long Reynolds strike ends in Muscle Shoals
Workers at Reynolds Metals Co. plant in Muscle Shoals return to midnight shift after a 74 day strike that began May 31 as part of a nationwide walkout. Firemen Oiler union voted 35 to 24 to accept a new contract and 482 workers were laid off. Wage losses were reported at 100000 dollars per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
Reynolds Alloys
Muscle Shoals
Reynolds Metals Co
Firemen Oilers Union
Reynolds
Aluminum Workers International Union
Aluminum Workers
Muscle Shoals Building Trades Council
Machinists
Firemen- Oilers
Firemen-Oilers
Listerhill
Sun Airlines Adds Jet Service to Decatur Huntsville
Col Curtis B Curtis announces Sun Airlines will begin service linking Decatur Huntsville Jetport with three round trips daily to Birmingham Montgomery Mobile Memphis New Orleans Gulfport and later connect Florida routes to Miami Jacksonville Tallahassee Orlando Fort Myers and Tampa. The Skycenter Metropolitan Field terminal will staff reservations and assist passengers. Eastern United and Southern Airlines already serve the terminal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun Airlines
Decatur-Huntsville
Ora
Col
Curtis B. Curtis
Airlines
Sun
Dothan
Gulfport
Pascagoula
Jackson
Miss
Tallahassee
Fla
Skycenter Metropolitan Field
Curtis
Eastern Airlines
United Airlines
Southern Airlines
Birmingham
Montgomery
Mobile
Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans
Gulfsport
Florida Airways
Miami
Jacksonville
Orlando
Fort Myers
Tampa
State Troopers Reorganized Across Alabama
State Public Safety Director Col. Floyd Mann restructured the Alabama troopers to tighten supervision, reducing districts from 11 to eight with eight parallel criminal investigation districts. The drivers license division splits into six districts with expanded full‑time offices, effective Sept. 1. Districts 1 Decatur 2 Birmingham 3 Montgomery 4 Evergreen 5 Anniston 6 Opelika 7 Mobile named for patrol and investigation leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Floyd Mann
Mann
Washington
U.S. Justice Department
Highway Patrol
Criminal Investigation Division
Decatur
Lionel Freeman
John Williams
Birmingham
R. M. Miller
E.J. Dixon
George Wallace
W. B. Painter
Evergreen
A. G. Mitchell
W. A. Hornsby
Anniston
B. E. Bishop
J. A. Davis
Opelika
Claude Prior
D. L. Thompson
District 7
Mobile
J. L. Fuqua
J. T. Masters
W. E. Wigley
R W. Moore
E. L. Barrentine
Tom Barden
Gadsden
T. L. Cole
C. G. Smith
Dothan
W. E. Myers
J. R. Lowe
Athens
Selma
Tuscaloosa
Phenix City
Decatur Prayer Breakfast kicks off Religious Emphasis Week
Decatur’s Religious Emphasis Week runs Sept 18 24 with a mayor’s prayer breakfast honoring outgoing and incoming officials. The Decatur Chamber of Commerce sponsors events with area civic clubs and organizations. The 7 am breakfast speaker will be announced later. Last year about 700 attended the breakfast and 5700 saw The Restless Ones tied to the week. This year’s film The Pete’s Sake will screen Sept 20–24 at the Princess Theater. Committee chairs include Dwight Hooper Rey McAllister Dick Watkins Jim Wiggins Lin Hume and Cecil Teague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
John Cook
Cook
Pete
Princess Theater
Dwight Hooper
Rey McAllister
Dick Watkins
Jim Wiggins
Lin Hume
Cecil Teague
Lewter Named To Owens Post
Kenneth Lewter the Tanner High School coach for football basketball and baseball will resign to become principal of Owens Junior High School near Athens. Limestone County Superintendent C S Pettus said the move should be approved by the board Saturday. Lewter succeeds Ernest Adams at Owens. Adams was named principal of Clements High School after M T Newman died last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Kenneth ‘Lewter
Tanner High School
Pettus
Jackie Greenhaw
Also Mentioned on This Page
Benton McCutcheon
Corner Rock
McGough Sts
Nix St
Willie MacBride
South Sparkman St
Harold Walling Jr
McDaniel St
Shelvie Williams Jr
High St
James S. Martin
Elm St
Martn C. Horton
Corsbie St
Marshall J. Bryan
Roselawn Cemetery and Mausoleum Corporation of Alabama
Charles Gunthorp
Roselawn
Jack Burton
Mausoleum Corporation of Alabama
George Hean
Federal
Reactors, Inc
Joliet
Walter Lumber Co
Tuscumbia
Connors Steel
Marquette Cement Manufacturing Co
Nashville
New School
New
Hartselle Junior High School
Long Reynolds
Northerica
Lewter
Owens
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