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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1957

Page

16

Spencer Hicks Named Floating Member Of Wheeler Basin Library Board

Spencer Hicks is appointed floating member of the Wheeler Basin Regional Library board coordinated by Morgan and Limestone Counties. Wheeler system includes Limestone and Morgan with four Limestone directors Mrs Carl Richter Sr W Van Gilbert Elmer Jackson and Miss Ethel Wiggins. Morgan County appointees include Flord Briscoe Mrs Helen Stewart Mrs W F Key and Paul Bowling. Hicks serves a one year term with alternating filling between counties.

Limestone County Carl Richter, Sr W. van Gilbert Elmer Jackson Ethel Wiggins Morgan County Flord Briscoe Helen Stewart W. F. Key Paul Bowling. Hicks

Hog Grading School Planned At Leeds

HARTSELLE The American Meat Institute has endorsed merit buying of hogs and a meat type grading school is set up in Leeds to train buyers in selecting market hogs for local markets.

Hartselle American Meat Institute

Ramage Rites Set For Today

Funeral services for Mrs. Eleanor Dinsmore Ramage aged 74 of 412 Line St SE were held this afternoon at the Ramage residence with Rev. Minor Triplett officiating. Burial followed in City Cemetery with Brown directing. She died last night at home with pallbearers named and one daughter surviving.

Eleanor Dinsmore Ramage Line St Ramage Minor Triplett City Cemetery Brown

Rites Set Today For James Moore

Funeral services for James William Moore 41 of Hobbs New Mexico formerly of Hartselle were to be held at Bethel Baptist Church with Peck Funeral Home in charge. Burial in Bethel Cemetery Rev W L Carden to officiate Moore died from burns suffered in an oil field accident last Friday in Lordsburg New Mexico. He is survived by his widow Grace Moore and three daughters.

Hartselle James William Moore Hobbs N. M Bethel Baptist Church Bethel Cemetery Peck Funeral Home W. L. Carden Moore Lordsburg Grace Moore

Daily Records and Civil Suits in Morgan Circuit Court

Transactions list transfers of funds between individuals and entities with amounts. Civil suits include Lawson Singleton vs. Southeastern Greyhound Lines for damages, Ralph Ellis vs. Thiokol Chemical Corp for $50,000 related to a 1957 wreck, and other cases with Ins Co of North America, Bula Mae Cooper, J W Sherrill Jr., Howard Evans, plus a sponsored extension service and packing association event details for a Leeds session on Dec 17-18, 1957.

Morgan Circuit Court Lawson Singleton Southeastern Greyhound Lines, A Corp Powell Ralph Ellis Thiokol Chemical Corp William Thomas Rich Lee Griggs Robert Mason Girley Slaton U.S. Highway 231 Morgan County Powell and Powell Bula Mae Cooper Ed Pruitt J. W. Sherrill, Jr Alabamia Extension Service Alabamia Meat Packers Assn Leeds Packing Companyy Leeds Ala Charles D. Rutledge

Panel Features Fertility Meet in Montgomery

A panel discussion titled The Soil Our Basic Resource opened the Alabama Soil Fertility Society meeting's final day in Montgomery. The lineup included Howard T. Rogers R D Rous ters Mrs Betty Jane Bogle Abi line Tex Mrs Loyd Jean Neal Atlanta Miss Patricia Moore Hobbs and Otis H Moore Nashville with John I Wear and L G Brackeen of API and the state department of agriculture and industries.

Montgomery Alabama Soil Fertility Society Howard T. Rogers R. D. Rouse Betty Jane Bogle Abilene Tex Loyd Jean Neal Atlanta Patricia Moore Hobbs Addie Harrigan Wilmington Del Ann Cunningham Attalla Ala Emily Wilson Uniontown Mary L. Mosely Princeton N. J Janie Marotta Monterey Calif Otis H. Moore Nashville John I. Wear Alabama Polytechnic Institute At Auburn L. G. Brackeen State Department of Agriculture and Industries M. H. Lane The Soil Bank Foy Helms API W A. Sutton Georgia Agricultural Extension Service Athens Clarence N. Walker Coca-Cola Co Atlanta, Ga

Walruses in North Atlantic and Pacific Reach Heavy Weights

Full grown walruses in the North Atlantic and the Pacific can exceed a ton in weight. The statement highlights the large size of these marine mammals across two oceans.

North Atlantic Pacific

Birth of Gautama Buddha and Philippine Independence

The article notes Gautama Siddhartha the founder of Buddhism was born in India in 563 B C. It also states the Philippines gained independence from the United States in 1946.

Gautama Siddherthe India The United States 1946

Also Mentioned on This Page

Spencer Hickson Library Board Wheeler Limestone Morgan Counties Faye Emerson New York Jack Walker Idlewild Mexico City Faye Skitch Henderson Walker Patricia Frye Santa Claus Scotia Geatoorth Highland St Dress Review PLAID Barber Shop Quartette James Moore Jim Mitchell H. R. Champion J. L. Willis J. A. Willis W. H. Winkles Christal Blevins Curtis Oden Flaval H. Smith E. K. Gregg Virgil Morgan Clifton Light Welch Edmonds W. M. Patterson L. L. Thompson Harold W. Smith Herman C. Wood Oakview Memorial Gardens Clyde Simmons B. Denbo Vs. Insurance Co. of North America A Corp., Insurance Norman W. Harris Howard Evans Talmadge Lee Sheppard Fertility Connecticut Selon H. Ryan’s Famly Ajoy Radio Hollywood Now Will
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