Highway Patrol at 25 Years Amid Alabama Roads
The Alabama Highway Patrol marks 25 years since its 1935 inauguration in Montgomery. 75 charter members wore forest green uniforms as bikes and six squad cars began statewide traffic enforcement. Now 400 strong with 289 patrol cars, the force spans five divisions and serves about one million miles of roads monthly.
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Dan Coggin
Montgomery
Alabama Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Public Safety Department
Alabama
Floyd Mann
W. R. Jones
New Men Laugh At Early HP Stories
Decatur Daily staff writer recalls 25 years of Alabama Highway Patrol service. Capt. Roy Bradford discusses early days with no radio, 12 to 20 hour motorcycle shifts, starting pay of 100 dollars monthly plus 2.50 daily expenses, and bunked offices. He recalls the Scottsboro Case and a 1958 Morgan County hit and run death with strong public cooperation and radio use.
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W. B. Little
Roy Bradford
Alabama Highway Patrol
Rufus Howell
Decatur
Phillip Kyle
Decatur Daily
Highway Patrol
Alabama
Bradford
Decatur Post
Seg. W. B. Little
Sixth Avenue
Keller Bridge
Phillips 66
Capt
Jackson County
Scottsboro
Leibowitz
Samuel Leibowitz
New York
Sgt. Little
Morgan County
Understanding Alcoholism Helps Recovery Says Clinic
It is a disease that can be treated and the alcoholic is not hopeless, if you learn to understand his problem. The Alabama Commission on Alcohol Clinic offers free information and advice at 1121 Somerville Road Decatur EL 3-8135.
Decatur River Catfish Restaurant Opens
Decatur welcomes Johns Restaurant on Highway 31 S for a grand opening today. Co owners John Holder and Buck Privett announce a 116 seat brick veneer venue serving fresh seafood with all meals prepared to order. Eight staff, hours 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
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Decatur
John
J. E. (Buck) Privett
Funeral services for Mrs Ollie M Luckett
Funeral services for Mrs Ollie M Luckett who died at her residence 618 Bethel St N Hart selle Friday at 8 pm will be held Wednesday at 1 pm at First Church officiating details incomplete due to fragmented text.
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Ollie M. Luckett
Bethel St. N
Hartselle
Burial plans and survivors for Hartselle residents
A Baptist Church service is planned in Hartselle with burial in Sand Hill cemetery in the Priceville Community. Reynolds Funeral Home will direct. The Rev. W. R. Davis will affiliate. Surviving spouses and children include Henry Luckett of Hartselle with daughter Ethel M. Luckett and Ollie R. Luckett. sons Henry Jr Howard L Thomas F of Hartselle and James Stewart of Cleveland. sisters Annie B. Smith Mattie Cranfield of Cleveland Lucy M. Gordon of Louisville Ky and Mary Stewart of Hartselle. brother Rev G R Stewart of Cleveland.
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Charles R. Torain
Hillsboro
Davis Temple Primitive Baptist Church
E. L. Watkins
Davis Cemetery
Reynolds
William Torain
Novella Nelson
Decatur
Emma Jean
Vivian
Celetine
Naomie
Estella
Evelyn Torain
Hillsboro 2
William Jr
James E
John Thomas
James L
Alvin C
Lorenzo D. Torain
John Holloway
Mattie Cranfield
Cleveland
Lucy M. Gordon
Louisville
Mary Stewart
Hartselle
G. R. Stewart
Funeral rites for Mrs. Mable Gunn in Hartselle
Funeral services are set for Mrs. Mable Gunn who died at her home in Hartselle Thursday at 1 30 p m. The service will be Monday at 2 p m at the Methodist Church in Hartselle with Rev J W Strayhand officiating and burial in Hartselle Cemetery under Reynolds direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mable
Gunn
Hartselle
J. W. Strayhand
Reynolds
Ice Spill Locks Oklahoma Intersection
A truck spilled 12 000 pounds of ice immobilizing an intersection in McAlester as temperatures neared 100 degrees. Local responders worked to clear the roadway and restore traffic flow.
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Mcalester
Okla
Healing Said To Nature's God At Athens Rotary
Dr. John Chenault of Decatur spoke at the Athens Rotary Club on Biblical Medicine. He argued that healing today uses same natural laws as in Biblical times and aims to restore body balance, replace injured tissues, and correct deformities. Ros Richardson introduced the speaker. Decatur Rotarians Jim Crow Ray Guier Everett Rowsell John Broshard Bennie Malone Hill Ferguson attended.
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Athens
John Chenault
Decatur
Athens Rotary Club
Chenault
Ros Richardson
Dr. Chenault
Jim Crow
Ray Guier
Everett Rowsell
John Broshard
Bennie Malone
Hill Ferguson
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Frank Dixon
Alabama Police Academy
N. Y. Kimbrough
Bankhead Bates
N. D. Bamberger
Floyd Dyar
Charles E. O’gwynn
J. R. Prater
Earl Henley
Proctor Bradley
D. J. Thigpen
W. P. Ellis
M. A. Nunnally
Kimbrough
Bates
Bamberger
O’gwynn
Dyar
Birmingham
Prater
Florence
Henley
Abbeville
Bradley
Brewton
Thigpen
Greenville
Ellis
Hayneville
Nunnally
Anniston
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Sgt. H. L. Thornton
Sanders Fusch
Robert A. Troupe
Julian McNeese
Earl Payne
Zeke Tid
Well
J. K. Ayers
Ed Daniels
Clay Williams
J. L. Prater
A. S. Logel
H. L. Copeland
Julius Hale
Ed Carter
Sargeant
Patrol
Alabama Commission ON Alcohol Clinic
Somerville Road
Abulova
2Nd Ave
Morton
Tenn
Paul GO. Davis
Moulton Street
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