Community event listings and church revival notices
Calendar items list patriotic religious service at Decatur Christian Church Maynard Waters to speak and multiple PTA and church revival meetings across Decatur and Morgan counties. Highlights include Morgan County High School Band event and workshops for educators at the Morgan County Board of Education.
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Waters
Savannah, Ga
Decatur Christian Church
Clark St
Sandlin Rd
Maynard Waters
In service training and meetings for Morgan County educators
In service training for Morgan County teachers at their schools runs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. New teachers in the Decatur City School System meet at 9 a.m. at the Instructional Services Center on Bank Street. The Community Services Planning Council convenes at 1:30 p.m. at the Social Security Office. Bob Quinnely of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tuscaloosa will speak.
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Morgan County Council of
Pta’s
Morgan County High School
Henry W. Schaffner
PTA
A. C. Haislip
Library of Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co
de Molay Commandery
Knights of the Templar
Masonic Temple
Othe Decatur Junior Service League
TC Almon Recreation Center
Morcan Co
Morgan County Board of Education
Morgan County
Decatur City
Instructional Services
Bank St
Community Services Planning Council
Social Security Office
Bob Quinnely
Veterans Adminstration Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Large Morgan County drug haul found in suitcase near Burningtree Estates
Morgan County Sheriff John McBride said a suitcase along a road near Burningtree Estates contained morphine codeine and other hard drugs including more than 1000 pills and needles. He called it one of the largest drug discoveries in recent Morgan County history and said more arrests are expected as the investigation continues. An 11 year old Northwest Decatur boy was treated for gasoline fume inhalation and is in good condition at Decatur General Hospital after being found unconscious and transported by AAA South End Ambulance Service.
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Morgan County
John McBride
Burningtree Estates
McBride
Northwest Decatur
Decatur General Hospital
Mark Douglas Woods
Memorial Dr. NW
AAA
South End
Remodeling with new lumber sizes at home projects
Extension forester Larkin Wade of Auburn University explains changes in lumber sizes. The old 2x4 wall stud is now 1 1/2 inch by 3 1/2 inch though still called a 2x4. Yards may stock both sizes during a transition period.
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Auburn
Larkin Wade
Auburn University
Wade
Baltimore utility bills hand delivered to save postage
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co hires college students to hand deliver 30,000 utility bills daily this summer, aiming to cut mailing costs by bypassing stamps.
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Special Delivery
Baltimore
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co
One Man Canoe Unearthed By Wright Near Moonshiner Threats
Indian origin canoe about 17 feet long shows narrow profile and rear guidance block. Holes and marks suggest unusual features possibly not ceremonial. Explorer Wright calls the find important but fears moonshiner danger. Mitchell refuses cave location and seeks arrowheads in trade.
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Wright
Mitchell
Birds Cool Themselves Through Air Sacs And Gular Vibration
Birds lack sweat glands and regulate body temperature via air sacs and throat wall vibrations. The behavior includes opening the beak and vibrating throat structures to dissipate heat.
Alabama Civil Defense course to reach ninth graders statewide
Sullivan announced a 90 hour civil defense unit for ninth grade students with one semester of credit. A teacher manual will be released in January and a statewide workshop in summer 1972 to organize the curriculum. Over 70,000 Alabama ninth graders will participate in the initial course.
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Sullivan
State Department of Education
Alabama
Senate approves liquor and diesel tax measures in committee
The Senate Finance Committee approves dry county liquor sales if voters approve, with a 7-6 vote and Bob Wilson not voting. A House adopted diesel tax increase of two cents is approved, and a four bill Public Service Commission package would raise salaries and grant enforcement powers. A second tractor trailer incident reports the northbound vehicle and identifies 33 year old William Thomas Clark of Jasper.
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Senate Finance Committee
Bob Wilson
Walker County
House
Senate Commerce Committee
Public Service Commission
William Thomas Clark
Jasper
Ed Chamb’s
Serviceman Held In Cycle Theft
A 17 year old soldier stationed at Fort Polk Louisiana is jailed in Cullman County on charges of stealing a motorcycle valued at 1750 dollars. Anthoney Lee Chaney was arrested August 11 by CID agents and moved to Vernon Parrish Jail in Leedsville Louisiana before being returned to Cullman Tuesday.
Election Set For Government Body In Alabama Council
Officers will be elected at the first meeting of the North Central Alabama Council of Governments. The council replaces the North Central Alabama Planning and Development Commission under a new state law.
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The
North Alabama Genealogical Society
Elbert J. Minter
Calumet Dr. SE
North Central
Alabama Council of Governments
Council of Governments
North Central Alabama Planning and Development Commission
Opening Delayed for Southeastern Horse Center and Riding Academy
The opening date for the Southeastern Horse Center and Riding Academy at Brooksville has been postponed to September 1. Developed by Decatur physicians Moody D. Jacobs and John R. Guice, the project relocation and scheduling shifts are confirmed.
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Southeastern Horse Center and Riding Academy
Brooksville
Decatur
Moody D. Jacobs
John R. Guice
Tobacco bumper sticker campaign targets ads ban
More than 400000 bumper stickers reading Enjoy Smoking Tobacco Products will be distributed this year to counter a government ban on tobacco advertising. H I Miranda head of Identify and Testify announced the plan and placed the first sticker on a Pearce's Tobacco Warehouse truck in Valdosta Georgia.
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Valdosta
Tobacco Industry
H. I. Miranda
Burley Auction Warehouses Association
Lexington
Identify and
Miranda
Leaf
Pearce’s
J. P. Taylor Co
Universal Leaf Co
Richmond
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Lewis Robinson
Center
Nancy Agnew
Wheeler Basin
L. L. Robinson
Robinson
Cotaco
Ps Board of Education
Wilson Ave
Lawrence County High School
Cotaco Band Boosters Club
Summer Manor
W. A. Crim
Sixth Avenue Church
Caddo Cuprenetere Christian Church
Basham Methodist Church
Danville Road
Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International
Holiday Inn
Harmony Grove Holiness Church
Gospel Singers
Ebenezer Freewill Baptist Church
Falkville
Flat Creek Baptist Church
Trinity 2
Parker’s Chapel United Methodist Church
Limestone County
James D. Wilson
Riddle’s Chapel United Methodist Church
Cotaco Methodist Church
WSCS
First Free Will Baptist Church
Danville Rd
J. Malone Cobb
Sidney E. Sandridge
Athens College
Chapel Hill United
Don Smitherman
Childersburg
Courtland United
Robert L. Caufield
United Methodist
Bolivia
United Methodist Church
Northside Baptist Church
Hartselle
Danny Long
Calvary Baptist Church
W. O
Bill) Epps
Blountsville
Speake P. T. A
Brook-Hopkins
American Legion
Turners Funeral Home
Vine St
TORO
Guardian
Toro Manufacturing Corporation
Mig
Paul C. Davis
DIAL
East Moulton ST
Senate
E. Moulton St
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