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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1960
Page
2
Cullman Chamber of Commerce announced a three session sales clinic from January 17 to January 19 at the Ritz Theater. The price is five dollars per person for all sessions. Wisehaupt notes a career spanning 35 years with 700 talks across the United States Canada and Europe.
Childs letters to Santa request gifts including candy a tricycle dolls a electric train a rifle man gun Roy Rogers gear doll buggy boots Chatty Cathy doll Junior Executive typewriter and a doll for a sister. Names include Jan Crews Roy Murphree Kay Cynthia Edmonson Carol Driver Jane Wright and towns Decatur Lacey Spring Bay ad.
The schedule lists stop times and locations for a bookmobile route. Stops include Lacey's Spring School and Community, Spring Trailer Haven, Parks Chapel Negro School, Edgeman Station, Whisen Auto Store, Iris Florist in Morgan County, Traylor's Union Hill Community, and Henderson's West Point Community with precise time windows.
Cullman workers demand reopening of the Serrick Corps division after a November 4 shutdown. A petition signed by at least 111 workers urges nonbinding talks with management, stating opposition to the International Association of Machinists. The petition was delivered to plant manager Brad Weaver and forwarded to Munice, Indiana. The plant employed about 175 people.
Classified notice lists several rental and sale ads. A furnished three room apartment with private bath at 1024 8th Ave SE is offered plus other rentals and sales including a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air engine, a room for rent at 425 7th Ave SW, and additional 2 000 old brick stock for sale. Contact EL 3-4039 or EL 3-8935 for details.
Cottee trade notes middling prices for cottonseed at 50 dollars a ton and various grain prices. The New York AP stock average dipped 0.40 at noon with the Dow down 1.66 to 594.34 as autos and materials showed mixed performance and bonds held firm.
Cattle across Nashville show active trading with prices up to 50 higher for select lots. 1000 lb steers bring around 25.50 per hundredweight while other grades range 18.00 to 24.50. commercial cows at 15.50 to 16.50 and feeder calf values 21.50 to 24.50. Hog receipts in Thom asville total 4,200 with most prices 25 higher. 190-230 lb barrows and gilts at 17.25 to 17.75, 160-180 lb and 240-270 lb lots 16.00 to 17.00, sows 11.00 to 13.75.
Prices paid to retailers up to 9 30 a m December 5 list ranges for dos family cases. Details show near term values with media grades and regional figures, noting minimums and variances across mediums and sizes.
AP notes live broiler and fryer supply for Friday and Saturday with fryers at 14.5 to 14.75 cents per pound on farms. Total head estimated at 761,400. Atlanta reports demand for ready to cook products but text is unclear on further specifics.
Press reports say President elect Kennedy will offer Adlai E. Stevenson the post as ambassador to the United Nations. Reports from the Daily News and New York Times note Fulbright as a possible alternative and Chester Bowles as a long shot contender.
A district diary item records multiple offenses including driving violations reckless driving DWI Sunday gaming public drunkenness grand larceny and one arrest for abusive language and resisting. The report notes a total of 20 or more incidents across listed categories.
The Red Cross plans a bloodmobile event in Athens on Tuesday at 2 p.m. with a goal of collecting 250 pints of blood.
A 7 p.m. event at Tanner High School Auditorium with admission charged at 60 and 35 cents.
Miss Norma Wells distributed EVA record books and project sheets at a club meeting. President Dale Neal presided and Jane Pridmore led devotion.
Mr and Mrs Donnie Ray Keller Cullman 2 welcome a son on December 2 at Cullman Hospital. Mr and Mrs Cullom Walker Jr 1009 Jackson St SE report a son Sunday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Robert F Crone Jr 2007 Endlam Blvd SE announce a son. Mr and Mrs Billy Bishop Decatur 2 report a daughter Sunday at Baugh Wiley Smith Clinic and Hospital. Mr and Mrs J W Knighten Decatur 4 welcome a son this morning at Baugh Wiley Smith Clinic and Hospital. Mr and Mrs Edsel Hardin 605 7th Ave SW report a son Sunday at Baugh Wiley Smith Clinic and Hospital. Mr and Mrs D W Nelms 601
Miss Lois Thomas of Spartanburg explains to an AP reporter why she has a black eye. She says TJ insulted her as he walked down the street and she struck back, injuring the other man and herself in the clash.
George Williams 32, with a Decatur Alabama address, died en route to a Houston hospital after giving police four differing dying explanations. He was found unconscious beside a road near a railroad yard, with head and leg injuries, and only one shoe. An autopsy was ordered.
The Southern Education Reporting Service reports 195,625 Negroes in desegregated classes across 17 states and Washington, D. C. During the year the total black enrollment reached 3,020,727 with whites at 10,165,246. Desegregation spread to Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, West Virginia and D C. Florida saw a decrease.
Funeral services for Mrs Ola Thornton 69 were set for 2 p.m. at Market Street Church of Christ with A J Rollings officiating and burial in Bethel Cemetery. She died Sunday at 4 p.m. at her residence. Survivors include three daughters Naomi Thornton Mrs Henry Yarbrough and Mrs Paul Dobson all of Athens five sons Eugene Anderson Alan Roy Lester James and Grady Thornton all of Athens three sisters Mrs Lillie Parvin Mrs Jess Carwile and Mrs Addie Mc Curry of Athens 17 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Grandsons will be pallbearers.
Funeral services for Jasper Petway Roberts 78 of Hartselle were held at Basham Church with Revs Vandon Windsor and Tolan Whitten officiating. Burial followed in Basham cemetery as Peck Funeral Home supervised. Survivors include two daughters four sons twelve grandchildren eleven great grandchildren a half sister and a half brother. Roberts was a Basham Church member.
Mrs Victoria Hicks Suggs 77 of 4704 40th Place N Birmingham died at 745 p m Saturday at home Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 p m at Sixth Ave Church of God with Rev William C Neese officiating Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery Brown directing Survived by two daughters Mrs W R Legg Birmingham Mrs Christine Bradford Biloxi Miss one sister Mrs Minnie Suggs Meridian Miss six grandchildren nine great grandchildren Body to arrive by train tonight.
Mrs. Sarah T. Jeffers 71 of Falkville 3 died at 2 30 p m Sunday at her residence. Funeral services 2 p m Tuesday Ebenezer Free Will Baptist Church with Peck Funeral Home directing. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Survivors include husband A H Jeffers two sons Edward and James two daughters D Z McNalley and Mrs Richard Morris Jr seven grandchildren one sister and four brothers. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed.
The article notes that certain farmers complied with their acreage allotments under the upland cotton program as the discussion continues from page 1. The focus centers on policy adherence and potential implications for future allotment enforcement.
The Associated Press weekend fatality count lists seven deaths from accidents across multiple Alabama communities. Sanford Gail Suttle, 5, drowned near Talladega after a fall. Mary Brock, about 90, died in a fire in La Fayette. Theresa Jane Nix, 5, killed in a two car collision west of Birmingham. Additional fatalities include Liquori Giffon Vaughn, 56, near Foley. Sarah Riddle Voss, 55, on a Clay County road. James C. Holliday, 2, near Jasper. Lawton R. Gaylor, 59, killed in Texas when a car driven by his wife crashed on U S 90. The AP count covers 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday.
Coast Guard plucked 17 crewmen from the stricken Liberian freighter Francisco Morazan after it hit a reef off South Manitou Island. The Mackinaw evacuated the captain and 14 others while immigration officials in Detroit and Chicago prepared to check the ship’s remaining crew and possible deportation. The ship’s salvage prospects and the status of the 900 tons of cargo remain unclear as storm damage is assessed.
New Orleans mayor deLesseps S. Morrison urged a three day media break from on the scene coverage of school integration. He proposed a press pool and police film supply to reduce demonstrator attendance and claimed many protesters seek television exposure.
Mrs. Lucille Sikes of Phoenix hid her $50 in a rarely used textbook. While the family went on a Sunday outing a thief entered the house and stole a stack of books including the seldom used text.
The year provides only one farm allotment and one price support for the 1961 crop, as in the program in effect for cotton before 1959.
Sheriff Knox McRae announces the Morgan County Junior Deputy's Grand Ole Opry is postponed to next year and refunds tickets sold. A 1 000 attendance goal is set for the Morgan County Baptist Association M Night at Central Baptist Church. A City Commission hearing on Pennyacre Addition No 4 is scheduled, and DAV chapter 11 meets Tuesday. Police report bar break in and several fire calls with no losses.
The notice lists individuals including Richard James McClarney Mrs J F Magnusson 1720 16th Ave SE Thomas Lester Veal and others, detailing hospital associations and addresses for newborns and adults in several Alabama towns. It records infant names Joy Kaye William Allan and baby Jeffrey L Overson, plus residents Olen Downs Burt Wade and Garner among others.
A notice lists dismissals and admissions including Mrs. Mary Straub 2408 Penny Lane SE Mrs. Margaret Shoemaker 509 Stewart St Hartselle Gordon Taft 408 7th Ave SW Mrs. Margaret Patton 1202 Park St SE Mrs. Mary Bailey Somerville Willis Baker Hartselle Mrs. Elmer Watson 1618 North This entry records personnel changes across several addresses and names.
Claude Higgins 54 longtime Athens City official and former police chief died Sunday at Limestone Hospital from a heart attack. He will lie in state at the church 1 to 2 pm with burial in Athens City Cemetery by McConnell Service Funeral Home. Survivors include his widow, a son, two daughters, four grandchildren, two brothers, three sisters, and a host of relatives. Pallbearers named.
University officials say they will open bids in January for a 3 million dollar dormitory project after a federal loan agreement was approved last week. The UA project aims to replace aging housing and expand student capacity on campus in Tuscaloosa Alabama.
Scottsboro merchants oppose a proposed one cent city sales tax to aid schools. The City Council ordered an advisory referendum for December 13 to test voter reaction to the suggestion.
A fragmented listing shows names such as J. R. Nail Mrs. K. P. Kelley James C. Murray Mrs. James M. Roper Mrs. Ervil C. Skinner Mrs. Garvis Smith Robert Ritchart and several Cullman area residents, with multiple households and local connections in Cullman Hanceville Addison Vine mont Eva and Garden City.
The report lists individuals linked to Lawrence County admissions including Max Tucker Moulton Edith Weaver Courtland Will Letson Courtland Allen Wilson Moulton Aaron Masterson Town Creek James Armstrong Moulton Cleofus Blackwood Danville Mrs Billy Horton Moulton Mrs Joe Loosier Courtland Cleo Tucker Decatur Mrs Dewell Abbott Mount Hope Patricia Bass Moulton Mrs Lehman Woods Moulton Peggy Butler Town Creek with various counts.
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