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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1968
Page
11
A late New York stock selection is noted with prominence at York. The brief item highlights ongoing market activity and the prominence of the York Stock in the selection list.
A long list records hospital births and dismissals across multiple cities. Names of patients, locations, and incoming births include couples at Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital and Decatur General Hospital along with details of newborns and parental residences.
Birmingham reports firm heavy type prices around 19 cents with movement expected mid December. Light types scarce. farm prices listed at about 8 cents. Estimated slaughter today 1.147 million versus 619 thousand last Tuesday. Atlanta notes strong demand for live broilers and fryers with farm prices around 12 cents and active trading for hens.
Graveside services for Michael Dale Christopher age 8 who died Monday at Partlow School in Tuscaloosa will be 2 p m Wednesday at Roselawn Cemetery in Athens Rainey s Funeral Tome Ardmore directing Rev Otis Golden officiating Survivors include his parents Mr and Mrs Lynn Christopher Jr of Decatur two sisters Patricia Anne Christopher and Dana Lynne Christopher his grandparents Mr and Mrs Lawrence Chittam Athens and Mr and Mrs Lynn Christopher Sr Tanner The body will remain at the residence until taken to the cemetery for services Pallbearers Ray Juddie Norman and Bobby Chittam
Mrs Viola Gertrude Clardy 89 of 1603 Wadsworth St died Monday at home. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday at Gunthorp Funeral Home James Ray officiating burial in Decatur Cemetery. Daughters Eva Messu Margaret Poulas Beulah Freeman. sons B J Clardy N M Clardy William Clardy. 11 grandchildren 32 great grandchildren. Grandsons pallbearers. Body at funeral home until services. Resident of Pensacola Fla past eight years. Member Church of Christ.
Joint funeral services for Mrs. Olean Gardner 28 and her daughter Cynthia 3 are set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Johnson Chapel Methodist Church with Rev. Wade Whitlock officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery Peck directing. Mrs. Gardner died in the crash. Cynthia died today in Decatur General. Survivors include the widower McKinley Gardner a daughter Jenny Gardner and other relatives.
Maggie Tolbert 84 died at a niece’s home in Mooresville Friday. Funeral 1 p.m. Sunday Wayman Chapel AME Church Rev Ralph Neal officiating. Burial Somerville Cemetery Reynolds Funeral Home directing. Survivors include nieces nephews cousins and other relatives. Property in Morgan County Alabama described as 2 acres more or less. Dated December 2, 1968. Bryan McAfee Register.
In Birmingham Alabama the undertone remains unsettled with prices unchanged. Offerings and supplies are ample for fair demand. Prices to retailers listed per dozen for consumer grade eggs with store delivery. Grade A white large 50 54, medium 45 50, small 31 33 cents.
Cattle trading active in Nashville with receipts mainly feeders and slaughter cows. Cows 15.00 to 17.00, cutter 42.50 to 46.50. Bulls 19.00 to 22.25. Feeder steers 28.00 to 29.00 for 400 to 500 pounds, heifers 22.00 to 24.00 for 300 to 700 pounds. Calves steady. hogs and sheep also listed with mixed bids and weights.
Market notice from Decatur reports cotton middling prices and loan terms with cents per hundred weight, plus factory milk production notes. The data shows a rate near $3.20 per hundred and a small percentage above or below baseline figures. The record also mentions a geographic note about a South American country with coastlines on both Atlantic and Pacific.
Irvin H Lackey 63 of Muscle Shoals died Monday at Colbert County ae in Sheffield. Funeral set 2 p m Wednesday at Baptist Church near Bebbe with Rev A A Duke and Rev Edward Lee officiating. Body lies in state 1 0 0 0 to 2 0 0 at church. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Survivors include widow Ruby G Lackey and a son.
Legal notices include completion of the Morgan Madison Co painting bridge contract over the Tennessee River on US 231 and Alabama 53 with claims to be filed. probate court estates for Will David Lee and Evelyn Lee Rice with claim deadlines. a foreclosure notice by The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company against Theo M. and June H. Compton. lost and found notices. and local classified ads for refinishing furniture and concrete work.
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