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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1960
Page
2
A Cullman County education committee reports funds will not cover a full term. The 1960 61 budget shows receipts of 1 430 731 with state funds at 1 270 465 before proration. The district predicts losing about 110 000 in state funds and has already spent thousands on operating costs.
Merchants are decking store windows with Christmas scenes and merchandise for the busy season. Some report lag in fall business due to unusually warm weather, but activity may pick up as a cold front moves in.
MOBILE Alabama AP County Judge Warren L Finch ordered proper dress in court. One man was told to have sideburns cut and another to remove a peroxide hair streak. Finch said people come to court as if going to a barn dance.
Classified notices include 5 room house for rent with gas furnace and TV antenna at 401 6th Ave S.W., 4 room house at 818 3rd Ave S, furnished 3 room apartment at 626 Gordon Dr S.E., and various lost items such as a sable and white male collie, car keys, and a Feist. Contacts listed with phone numbers EL 3-6035, EL 3-5187, EL 358 3862, EL S36ik, EL 3-1864, EL 3-7205, and Doyle Roberts. A crystal chandelier for sale is also noted.
Markets summarize price ranges with corn and pulpwood values and live hog activity. U.S. 1-2 futures cited at 18.00 for bulk mixed grades. hogs firm to 35 higher. sow prices 13.50 to 14.30.
Wall Street stocks opened with a modest rally that failed to erase morning declines. The AP 60-stock average was down 0.60 at noon 213.40 with sectors mixed and Dow Jones 30 industrials down 3.62 at 593.60 as volume picked up.
Poultry buyers set tentative pay rates today with intra farm transfers at 145 cents per lb for 469,900 head. On Wednesday broilers and fryers weighing 4 to 15. Ibs brought 24 to 25 cents per lb on 449,900 head. Atlanta AP report notes Georgia tentative lower prices for broilers and fryers at 34 cents per lb in adequate market conditions.
A partial power outage affects a local county area shutting the man’s store as reported by the Co op. The incident centers on a distribution fault impacting nearby businesses and residences. Local crews investigate and restore service as soon as possible.
U S Fifth Circuit approves a stair step integration plan for Dallas public schools starting in first grade in September 1961 with one new grade added each year until full desegregation. Demonstrations cited as significant after earlier city hall protests. Louisiana legislature moves to support private schooling while fighting federal rulings on segregation. Attorney General says appeal planned.
A 1 year old Huntsville girl and a Decatur man are jailed after a rapid pursuit by city police and Kroger staff. Nancy Moon faces forgery charges in Morgan County jail. Fred Lee Earls in city jail facing burglary charges. They attempted to cash checks tied to Mrs. James Thomas Newby, with a chase spanning Holly Street and tracks near Swift Packing Co. Officers Hunter Ransom Landers Crabb Collier Hall joined the pursuit.
Banks refuse to honor payroll checks totaling 47 000 issued last Friday to 1 700 nonteaching staff as white pickets confront integrated schools. Three six year old Black girls join McDonogh No 19 first grade while white parents protest at Frantz School, where police intervene after an incident involving Yolanda Gabrielle.
Dismissals list for Decatur General includes Rev Arthur F Holden Cullman 7 and Mrs Roland A Maner 112 Danville Rd SW among others. Infant names Sheila Kathleen Gillooly and Ronnie Eugene Fortenberry appear with addresses. Admissions include William M Hancock at 1816 Fifth Avenue Southwest.
Pauline Conner of Bank Street and Edith Hendrix of 1204 Cedar St SW were central figures in a local Bank Street activity with notable participation from residents. The brief item highlights community involvement and local names in a street event.
Master Grady Rose and James Pitt listed with addresses in Town Creek and at 608 3rd Ave SW as part of a local listing. This brief notice records individuals and locations without further context or details.
Clark Weatherwax Moulton Mrs Dixie Hamilton Moulton Jo Ann Hollis Hillsboro are named in a public notice listing residents involved in an upcoming local matter. The fragment indicates a roster of individuals connected to the event or filing.
Athens announces the Limestone County Agricultural Conservation Practice Program for 1961 opened for applications. The closing date is set for December 9. Applications are being accepted during this period.
The Army announced a $20,428,000 extension of its contract in Huntsville Alabama. The extension updates the current agreement and covers additional work under the project.
Mrs Talley traveling east on 24 collided with a 1960 Chevrolet truck driven by R J Sullivan 37 of Mize Mississippi. The car was knocked 26 yards. No charges were filed. The Corvair was a total loss with about 350 dollars damage to the truck. Mrs Talley was en route to Redstone Arsenal.
Arza Lee Proctor 76 a native of Alexander City Alabama died at 5 am today at his residence after ten years of illness. He moved to Lawrence County and was a member of Harmony Baptist Church.
W. J. Whitehead Sr. 60 of Montgomery died after a month illness. Funeral 1 p.m. Friday at Johnson Chapel with burial in adjoining cemetery. Brown Funeral Home directing. Body to be taken to daughter Mrs. J. C. Hill in Decatur at 1 p.m. today. Survivors include three daughters Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Nellie Reese, and Miss Betty Whitehead. three sons William J. Whitehead Jr. Decatur J. W. Whitehead California and Buddy Whitehead Courtland. Pallbearers Loyd Williams Tommie Whitehead Carl Wynn Gene Hill Bobby Scott and Fred Nash.
Brenda Sue Cooper one month old daughter of Mr and Mrs James H Cooper of Moulton 4 died this morning at the family home. Funeral services set for 2 30 pm with burial in the local cemetery beside Peck Funeral. Survivors include parents three sisters a brother and grandparents. The body to be returned to the residence this afternoon.
Two vehicles traveling north on Highway 31 collided when one vehicle stopped for a traffic light, causing property damage. No injuries reported and emergency responders were on scene.
Miss Elaine Webster and Miss Beulah Hester attend a State Guidance Counselors Conference. Real estate listings show Monte Vo two baths for 16000, Herbert Milligan five room house for 6500, Hutcheson Sr. repair at 2500, Higginbotham Co. move shell house for 500. A theft report notes 25 to 30 clothes stolen from Mrs. J C Rogers after leaving Locust Street. Sheriff reports five public drunkenness arrests and one trespassing case. Higginbothams and officials appear on Play Your Hunch from New York with local airings.
The Falkville F Club elects Myles Hammon as president. Other officers include Larry Sandlin vice president, Cote McCarley secretary, Bailey treasurer, and Jackie Nuby reporter.
The Falkville senior class was honored last week with a skating party and a wiener roast.
The Beta Club will host a talent show in the auditorium on Friday. Admission is 15 and 25 cents.
Falkville Dramatics Club stages the comedy Aunt Tillie Goes To Town on December 7 at 7 30 p m Tickets are 25 and 50 cents with proceeds to fund relighting the school building
The Flint School 4 H Club met with Pamela Sams as president. Fay Legg led the devotional and Dan Foster called the roll and read the minutes. Norma Wells discussed the 4H Club record book.
Neel A Church hosts a singing Saturday night at the New Pump Kin Center Assembly of God. Rev Gene Lanier pastor announces event inviting public singers and musicians to attend at the church two miles west of Neel.
The tiniest baby ever to survive at Chattanooga's Children’s Hospital goes home earlier than expected after beating a Christmas deadline.
Dr. Clarence L. Shelby, pastor of Westside Presbyterian Church for four years, asked the congregation to concur in severing his pastoral relationship. He plans to reside in Decatur and has a 50 year ministry history including Bethany in Philadelphia and First Church in Salt Lake City. He chairs Huntsville Presbytery committees on Ministerial Relations and Ministerial Pensions.
Washington reports that John F. Kennedy leads Richard M. Nixon by 165,673 in a record national vote tally of 68,453,948 with 32 states officially tallied and 181 precincts incomplete. Kennedy 34,126,130. Nixon 33,960,457. Other 367,361. The grand total nears 68 percent and is 6,424,880 higher than 1956.
Huntsville police dodged a barrage of items for about 30 minutes before wounding and subduing a Negro man found in a grocery store at midnight. Chief Grover Pylant said officers Carl Sweet on and Thomas Andrews dodged the projectiles from Roosevelt Chatman, 21, until assistance arrived.
Mr and Mrs Alton Hill Danville receive a son on Nov 29 at Lawrence County Hospital. Mr and Mrs Tharon Speegle Decatur welcome a son on Wednesday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Harold Conatser Decatur celebrate a son Wednesday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Olen Downs Falkville greet a daughter Wednesday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Carl Ward Hartselle celebrate a daughter Wednesday at Baugh Wiley Smith Clinic and Hospital.
Hartselle awaits Santa Claus to lead a 6 p.m. Christmas parade on Main Street with floats bands scouts drill teams and a color guard. Weather calls for partly cloudy cold conditions and an expected crowd of 6000 to 8000.
Lisa June Oliver, born June 28 in Palmer Tennessee to Mr and Mrs Eugene Oliver weighed 23 ounces at birth and dropped to 15 1 2 ounces before gradually gaining. This week she exceeded the five pound minimum by 3 ounces and was discharged from the hospital.
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