Decatur Youth Camp Among Oklahoma Indians Rough It On Reservation
A group of Ninth Street Methodist youth from Decatur camped on Holdenville Indian reservation Oklahoma enduring no bath facilities from Friday night to Monday. They wash in a cattle pond and improvise toilets while awaiting shower facilities promised by the Indian Housing Authority.
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Dunlap
Decatur
Holdenville
Okla
Indian Housing Authority
Oklahoma City
Youth group to rebuild historic open-air arbor on reservation
Young men from Ninth Street United Methodist youth department demolish an outdoor arbor used for worship by the Wewoka Indian Methodist Church on an Oklahoma reservation for over a century. On a mission tour to the Cherokee, Creek and Seminole tribes, they will aid rebuilding.
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Ninth Street United Methodist
Wewoka Indian Methodist Church
Oklahoma
John Sandor
Local horse owner sees virus scare ease. vaccination push
Buddy Norton of Decatur Saddle Club notes VEE immunization clinics begin across Morgan County aiming to inoculate about 17 500 horses by Friday. Federal quarantine slows shows but club members stress sportsmanship and care as they await a go ahead.
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Buddy Norton
Norton
Decatur Saddle Club
New Mexico
Texas
Alabama
Morgan County
Cindy
Danny Boy
Tammy
Lucky
Buddy
Decatur Club
Speake
Rimrock
Complaint Filed After Gunshots Reported At Honda of Decatur
Police chased a long-haired youth seen near the Honda of Decatur on Alabama 67 but could not catch him. Several desks and file cabinets were ransacked with about $10 missing. A second report near Old Moulton Road found a gunfire complaint with no suspect located.
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Honda
Decatur
Alabama 67
Draw Bridge Lights Target Draw Bridge Lights Target
The railroad draw bridge operator on the Tennessee River reported rocks thrown at the bridge signal lights last night. Police could not locate any suspects. Forrest Freeman Anderson Jr. will receive a B.A. degree Saturday at David Lipscomb College in Nashville.
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Tennessee River
Forrest Freeman Anderson Jr
Forrest F. Anderson
Stratford Rd
David Lipscomb College
Nashville
Emergency numbers for Athens area services listed
Emergency lines cover Police Fire Department Highway Patrol Sheriff and Ambulance with multiple local numbers. Crisis Call Center numbers provide help for personal crises and poisoning, plus hospital and physician contact options. Operators advise dialing 0 if unsure which emergency number to call. Night and holiday contacts are shown.
Youth Burglary Verdict Ties to Athens Area Crime
A 17 year old Limestone County youth, Dale B Gutman, was sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary by Limestone Circuit Court on a burglary charge for robbing Sewell's Store on Elkmont Road near Athens last October. Sheriff M W Evans noted he was on probation for petit larceny. In a separate case, William E Mills pleaded guilty to stealing from boathouses at Decatur Boat Harbor and received a year and a day on each charge to run concurrently.
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Athens
Limestone County
Limestone Circuit Court
Dale B. Gutman
Sewell’s
Elkmont Rd
Gutman
M.W
Buddy) Evans
William E. Mills
Decatur Boat Harbor
Newton Powell
Mills
Voter Registration Sessions Set in September
The Morgan County Board of Registrars will meet in the courthouse basement on September 6 and September 20 from 8 30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. to register new voters.
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Morgan County Board of Registrars
Austin Principal Earns Doctorate at University of Alabama
Austin High School Principal J. V. Sailors received the Doctor of Education degree in a University of Alabama ceremony. He is 35, among 45 candidates, earned BA and MA from Alabama and Montevallo, studied school administration with curriculum development, and wrote a dissertation on organizing business administration in Decatur Public Schools. He and his wife Carol reside at 1906 Leeann St SW.
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Austin High School
J. V. Sailors
University of Alabama
University of Montevallo
Sailors
Division of Business Administration
Decatur
Alabama
Carol
Leeann St
Westmeade Street Bid Eyes Access to School Area
Decatur City Council planned to award bids today for a Westmeade subdivision street linking 8th St SW to near Westmeade School as part of a $250 000 borrowing approved August 3. Bids for sewer and street on the project and for Sandlin Rd SW drainage pipes were discussed, along with a front end loader and packer for the Sanitation Department.
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Decatur
Westmeade School
Bill Levin
Westmeade
8Th St
Danville Rd
Lovin
Theo Compton
Sandlin Rd
Charles Martin
Truck Equipment Corp
Joe Money Machinery Co
J. A. Stanford
Hartselle
Stanford
Public Service Commission
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West
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Ed Wells
Decatur Pharmacist
Joe Lowe
Saddlehorse
Timmy
Patch
Mrs. Norton
Strawboss
Denmark
King
Billy Mitchell
Nortons
Shelby
Old Moulton Rd
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Morgan Sheriff
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Decatur Daily
Austin
Westmeade Street
Decatur Transit
Friends of
Wheeler Basin
Jack Flory
Jim Tucker
Everett Powell
Harvey Pride
Dalton Guthrie
Ed Phillips
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