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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1963
Page
2
The entry notes a clear weather record with celestial references. Sagittarius appears in the south at 8:38 p.m. with Mars low in the west at 8:16 p.m. Saturn in the southeast at 8:47 p.m. Jupiter high in the southeast at 1:35 a.m.
The Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge is 21.44 feet, up 0.31 in 24 hours, from sea level 555.74 feet. Thursday high 86, low 63, at 5 AM today. Today's high 86, tonight low 63, Saturday high 88. Expect fair skies this morning and warmer tonight, with partly cloudy and warm Saturday and a few isolated thundershowers possible. Winds easterly 3 to 10 mph.
Alabama forecast shows temperatures around normal with little day to day change. Normal highs 88 to 91 and lows 68 to 72. Rainfall light to moderate with thunder showers mainly in the latter half of the period.
New members Mr and Mrs Sherman West joined during last week’s revival. Nearby families and visitors attended services at Rural Grove and Saints note extended family visits from Joliet Illinois. Various local rental and sale offers appear in the community notice column.
Testimony in a legal case centers on former Georgia athletic director Butts and Alabama coach Bryant amid charges the 1962 Georgia Alabama game was fixed. Witnesses including Dr. Rose and Aderhold discuss letters, internal talks, and alleged tips as trial proceeds.
Four candidates spoke on city management and street department control. Dick Coffey proposed a full time city manager and freeing the police chief to run the force, while Joe Elliott pressed for the street and sanitation commission post. Polls open 8 am Tuesday with a runoff possible September 3 if no majority. Incumbents Blackburn and Hunt expected to remain in their current posts regardless of result.
About 200 farmers, businessmen, and officials heard TVA and ERDA leaders outline the Elk River Association plan. Twelve tributary programs span the Tennessee Valley with 3 500 residents involved. Projects include Sugar Creek Dam near Wheeler Lake and Tim's Ford Dam between Winchester and Tullahoma.
State Industrial Development director Moulton Leon Beard is to deliver a 2 30 pm address at Lawrence County Industry Appreciation Day. The speech accompanies the dedication of a new addition to the Lawrence Corp garment plant in Moulton.
A mixed listing shows individuals with city or street listings alongside hospital or ward references. Names include Martha Asherbranner and Letitia Gunter with Hartselle and Jackson Street addresses, plus Sherie Bracken and Juanita Willingham among others.
At a Lawrence County meeting, board members heard from Dr. Price Irwin and others about keeping students in class during harvest vs early summer schooling to handle labor needs. Letters from health officials argued closures do not prevent polio spread, while vaccine availability addressed parental safety concerns.
Mrs Alta Waters died at her home in Elizabethtown Kentucky on Thursday night. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 3 p m from the First Christian Church in Elizabethtown. The body remains at the Dixon Atwood Funeral Home until services. Survivors include one daughter Mrs V L Greenwell of Decatur.
Mrs Kittie Ann Bates 71 of Athens died Thursday at Jackson Clinic at 2 30 p m Services will be Saturday at 2 p m from Cherry Grove Baptist Church Burial in Evans Cemetery with McConnell Funeral Home in charge The body will lie in state at the church from 1 to 2 p m Survivors include two sons Fred and Talmadge Bates of Athens a daughter Mrs Bertha Drew of Orange City Fla two sisters Mrs Rosie Harris and Mrs Maudie Laye both of Crane Hill Ala two brothers Jackson Freeman of Cullman and Charles Freeman Jr of Warrior five grandchildren and three great grandchildren
The funeral for Rev Dillard L Williams who died at 611 Church Street will be held Sunday at 2 30 PM from St James Cumberland Presbyterian Church Number One 11th Avenue. Burial will follow at Sykes Cemetery with Reynolds Funeral Home officiated by Rev W E Scott and Rev Aaron Toney. Survivors include six sons Willie Lee Williams Leon Williams Melvin Williams all of Detroit Mich J E Williams Charles R Williams also of Decatur Fred Williams Detroit Mich two daughters Mrs Nettie L Fowler Decatur Mrs
Police answered a 1 15 a m call to a fruit stand on 6th Ave NE where two water skis were found in tall grass and held at city hall. A 1961 Comet had mirrors stolen from a Mary year residence. The Decatur Curb Market opens 6 to 11 am Saturday with greens and farm goods. An 8 pm DAV Home entertainment event invites public. A 1961 Volkswagen rolled into a parked 1946 Buick on Railroad St. Charges listed at city hall include speeding, parking, disorderly conduct and more. One petit larceny conviction linked to hubcap thefts. Building permits issued for houses on Chapel Hill Road SW and Murphree Road SE and multiple signs. One peace proceeding arrest recorded. Alabama Selective Service announces 322 draftees statewide with 16 from four-county area including Cullman, Lawrence, Limestone, and Morgan. Teen Time Club plans a Hatfield Lake swim and skate party Saturday night.
The board discussed whether to hold summer school as residents urged opinions on heat effects and polio risk. Public speakers pressed for or against, while Chairman Chenault and Supt. Cross weighed local doctors and health department views before proposing a June 1964 referendum by districts on a county wide summer term.
Cullman police arrested four individuals Thursday. Two charged with reckless driving, one with disorderly conduct, and one with speeding, according to a police department report.
Mary D. Daniels of Chicago Illinois died leaving one sister Mrs Florence Toney of Decatur three nieces and two nephews thirty grandchildren and eight great grandchildren referenced in a family obituary blurb from the local paper
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