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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1965
Page
3
Members of the Moulton Businessmen Organization finish plans for Friday’s Christmas parade at 4 30 p m The event will open the season with decorations lights and at least four high school bands. Cash prizes await the top three floats.
The Moulton Jaycees will host about 175 to 200 children ages 5 to 12 on December 18 at the National Guard Armory. Chairman Bill Littrell said the Pensions and Security office will provide the attendee list and plans call for lunch, a movie, and a visit with Santa. Donations of toys or items are welcome via 974-8577 or WLCB radio station. This marks the seventh year the Jaycees sponsor the event.
Mr and Mrs Larry Wayne Cullman 4 have a daughter at Cullman Hospital. Mr and Mrs Wendell Ray Harris Cullman 9 have a son at Cullman Hospital. Mr and Mrs Ronnie McLeRoy Cullman have a son at Cullman Hospital. Mr and Mrs Joe Sachs Falkville 3 have a son at Cullman Hospital. Mr and Mrs M R Wallace 718 Oak St have a daughter Sunday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Marvin Waugh Jr 804 4th Ave SE have a son Sunday at Decatur General Hospital.
Bids will open Wednesday at 2 pm for a new Limestone County courthouse annex in the Board of Revenue office on Jefferson Street. The building, to house the board of revenue and board of education, sits on the former county jail site. Estimated cost 140000 to 150000 dollars, with 40000 dollars paid by the board of education and the rest by the board of revenue. The superintendent said it will also store textbooks.
M G Raja Ram minister of education and culture from the Indian Embassy Washington will speak at St Bernard College convocation on Wednesday December 15 at 10 am. He will discuss Indo Pakistani relations and Indo Chinese relations.
A newspaper appeal invites gift shoppers to open savings accounts for children as a path to financial education and independence. The notice lists multiple names and addresses including Carrie Kemp in Birmingham area and several others across Decatur, Hartselle, Somerville, Trinity, and Ardmore, with dismissals and infant notices interspersed.
A list of hospital or local register entries shows individuals linked to Cullman and nearby towns such as Hanceville, Vinemont, Crane Hill, Holly Pond, Arley, Calvin, Hayden, and Vine Mont. Names include Mst Mark Allen Aderhold, Athaea Allred, John Baker, Martha Couch, Joe Gable, Frances Handley, Otto Handley, Glenda Harris, Bert McGlawn, Delisia McLeroy, Adron Morrow, Cohen Powers, Mary Faye Speegle, Florence White, Emily Campbell, Alice Curl, L C Folds, Emmitt Hall, Martha Haynes, Linnie Blankenship, George Parris, Velma Story, Cora Yates. The list also includes multiple ages and residences.
Elizabeth Mills, Moulton Joyce Ann Holland, Arab Faye Hogan, Falkville Jean Bolan, Moulton Dewell Abbott, Moulton Charlie E Gibson, Trinity Ellie Elkins, Moulton Juanita Boston, Town Creek Bertha L Daniel, Danville Mary McMillian, Moulton Tommy Cameron, Moulton Moulton William Culver, Moulton Henry Goodlett, Moulton Sonja Graham, Courtland Vera Mae Leach, Moulton Mrs Billy Wayne Lovett and infant daughter, Moulton Paul Richard Mitchell, Moul ton Aaron Terry, Moulton Gladys Wright, Moulton John Nathaniel Terry, Moul Mrs Radford Hill and infant daughter, Birmingham Daphine Terry, Trinity Mildred Johnson, Trinity Lise Vernon, Danville Peggy Masterson, Town Creek Shirley Owens, Danville Mary Thompson, Moulton Joyce Nell Byars, Moulton
Admissions list shows Betty Jo Butler at 1013 18th Ave SE Wilburn E Moore at 2214 16th Joe Grant Sharp at 2212 12th St and Aaron Boyd Clark at 808 3rd. The item records resident names and street addresses as part of a notice.
Fire heavily damaged a house trailer Sunday at 5 47 p m about two miles from here. Billy Higgins lived in the trailer owned by Ben Brock per fire department. Later at 6 45 p m firefighters responded to a brush fire on land owned by Guy Thrasher on Lucas Ferry Rd. only slight damage occurred.
A nostalgic poem laments a departed loved one and comforts with friends who pray and offer support. The piece closes with a signature and scattered names and addresses mixed with unrelated data about rainfall in the U.S. The readable portion centers on grief, faith, and endurance through loss.
Miss Frances Lee a library consultant for the Baptist Sunday School Board in Nashville Tennessee will run a book mending clinic at Central Baptist on Thursday and Friday sessions 2 to 5 pm 7 to 9 pm plus a Friday morning 9 to 11. The event invites librarians and Morgan Baptist Association staff and others. Lee lived in Texas studied at Mary Hardin Baylor and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. She was educational secretary at Lakewood Baptist Church Dallas before 1953 and has held church and Baptist education positions. In 1808 Napoleon entered Madrid and suppressed the Inquisition.
The MCHS junior class captured first prize of 75 dollars for their Christmas parade float in Decatur. Central Methodist Church took second with 50 dollars and the Jayceettes earned 25 dollars for third. The event was sponsored by the Decatur Jaycees and Downtown Action Committee.
Hartselle City Council will convene Tuesday at 7 p.m. in city hall to discuss local matters and upcoming agendas. The meeting is open to residents and will cover municipal topics and community concerns.
Limestone County Board of Revenue Chairman Homer McLemore returned to work this morning after a several days hospital stay at Decatur General Hospital.
A vintage ad promotes Warp FLEN-O-GLASS storm windows as an affordable solution to drafty homes. It claims easy installation using screens or frames, high heat retention, fuel savings, and long-lasting performance at 90 cents per square yard through local hardware or lumber dealers.
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