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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1950
Page
3
Over the last month in Morgan and Limestone counties 455 people took driving tests. Of those, 203 received licenses while 42 failed the driving test, 139 failed the rules test, 16 had faulty vision, and 55 did not complete the test. Officer H. L. Hester urged applicants to check their cars, noting road tests require a passing car.
Fifteen wounded Korean War soldiers arrived at Brookley Air Force Base Mobile Alabama in a C-74 Globemaster from Fairfield-Suisun AFB. Most injuries were in the legs or arms. They will stay at Brookley over the weekend then be flown to hospitals in Hot Springs Arkansas St Albans New York Washington DC and Great Lakes Illinois.
Shirley Hanus an 18 year old from DeFuniak Springs Fla married Warren Eugene Brown an Air Force veteran in her hospital room in Montgomery Alabama after a car crash that injured her leg and knee. The couple blamed bad luck for the accident yet pressed ahead with the ceremony planning to live in Birmingham where Brown works for Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad. Mrs Hanus hopes to take her daughter back to Florida for convalescence but no decision yet.
Donald Hedburg of Wichita tensile district, a Wichita Eagle advertising salesman and World War II veteran, credits HADACOL with rebuilding his health. He describes recovery from a run-down state after returns from service and urges others with deficiencies to try the product. Trial bottle $1.25. family size $3.50. claims doctors recommend HADACOL for vitamin B1 B2 iron and niacin deficits.
Paul Davis, local feed dealer, reports army worms infesting cotton fields of farmer Frank Shackelford in Lawrence County. Thousands of green worms with a black back stripe threaten crops, returning only every few years after boll weevil battles. Davis links heavy rains this year to the outbreak.
In Atlanta on August 19 a tipsy man called police claiming his late model car was stolen. When asked for details he could not recall the license or model. A short time later his wife phoned, admitting she had hidden the car to prevent him finding it.
Funeral services for James Franklin Oglesby 82 will be held today at 3 P M at Johnson Chapel. Interment in the adjoining cemetery Mutual Service directing. He died at his home Decature Saturday about 5 P M after a long illness. A farmer he came here from Boyle Mississippi. Surviving are his widow Ola Oglesby one son J C Oglesby Mississippi and four daughters Mrs Dan Borden Mrs Allen Dugger of Decatur Mrs W C Grantham of Selma and Mrs Guy Cook of Mississippi.
Senator Hill of Alabama urged immediate action on a bill to grant family allowances to all enlisted personnel including recruits privates and corporals across the armed forces. The report notes current gaps in family support for lower ranks and references military pay policy under consideration. The piece also mentions Ciudad Trujillo in connection to Dominican Republic history.
Moulton American Legion members plan to donate labor to reduce building costs for a new structure on the northwest corner of the Legion property at the Decatur highway. The plan includes an office kitchen club room game room concession room men and ladies rooms a 40 by 80 foot auditorium with stage and dressing rooms. A fundraising drive is under way and will culminate with a dance at the National Guard building on the Decatur highway next Thursday night. Post Commander is Paul Miller Johnson. Ward Preuit is vice commander James Hilburn second vice commander C B Watkins adjutant and J T Norton finance officer.
Conservation Director Phillip J Hamm predicts attendance at Alabama state parks and public fishing lakes will reach about a million this fiscal year. Through July end, 794,039 visitors used 11 state parks and three lakes since Oct 1. Gulf State Park leads with 289,772 visitors, followed by Chewacla 105,479 and Monte won Lane 95,065.
In a city softball league game a fielder running for a foul ball collided with a seated spectator, Marcus Long aged 24 of the Nursery team was treated at Decatur General hospital with five stitches in his head. Teammate Horace Akers of the E and W team sustained minor injuries and Buford Cowley, 34, of Decatur, also received treatment for a facial gash.
Senator Sparkman of Alabama denounced the Republican party for a hard core of isolationism that jeopardizes international cooperation. In a speech to the Young Democrats state convention in Huntington he cited 30 key votes against administration backed measures, including a Korean economic aid bill defeat seen as inviting Russian aggression in Korea.
Rev. Lester W. McManis joins St. John's Episcopal Church for his first service as rector. A native of Oklahoma, his wife is from Kansas and the family includes sons Sammy Bobby and Charles. He holds degrees from the University of Kansas and taught at Fort Leavenworth before joining the TVA personnel division. He studied at Berkeley Divinity School New Haven and led church work in Florence and Marble Dale during training.
James Colburn, 22, of Somerville, pleads guilty to stealing a guitar worth $82 and asks to join the Army rather than face prison. Judge James H. Crow Jr. imposes a minimum sentence of one year and a day, totaling four years and a day with probation from a prior forgery conviction.
Oscar a 130 pound five foot black sturgeon will exhibit at the Iowa State Fair for the 25th consecutive year. Believed to be about 50 years old, he has appeared annually since 1925 after the state conservation commission acquired him from a Wisconsin fish hatchery.
James Coutsos, longtime Palace cafe operator in Decatur for over 30 years, died during a visit to his brother John Coutsos in Manchester New Hampshire. He was about 60 and had been in declining health for years. Funeral services were held at St George Hellenic Orthodox church in Manchester with veterans and Masons in attendance. Burial followed at Pine Grove cemetery.
Alabama Power announced a plan to construct an electric transmission line from Mobile to Pensacola Florida. Frank Keeler vice president said the project would cost about 1 million dollars.
Funeral services for Mrs. Georgia Ann Jackson, 95, were held Saturday at 2 P M at Okalona Baptist Church with Rev. McMahan officiating. Interment followed in Ferguson Cemetery. A Town Creek resident and Lawrence County native, she belonged to Okalona Baptist Church 72 years. Survived by son Tom Jackson of Decatur, daughters Mrs Jim Parker of Town Creek and Mrs K M Vine of Franklin Tenn, and 18 grandchildren.
E. S. Winter of San Bernardino purchased a new home and while cleaning a closet he brushed a cold unfamiliar object from a shelf, prompting discovery of a bomb or bomb-like device. Police were alerted and evacuated the area as investigators assessed the danger.
Police officers described the object Winters brought as a live bomb used by the Air Force for practice. The device measured about 16 inches in length and weighed 123 pounds, indicating a dangerous ordnance.
Sugar Pine trees are the largest pines with occasional heights up to 250 feet and diameters around 12 feet, showcasing exceptional size in forest stands.
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