Hartselle Christmas Parade Draws Thousands With Vietnam Scene Win
Thousands lined Main St for the Athens Hartselle Christmas parade as Morgan County juniors won best float for a Vietnam style manger scene titled Peace on Earth. Santa rode with firefighters as bands played and 5 000 spectators braved the chilly night.
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Hartselle
Main St
Morgan County High
Peace On Earth
Hartselle Jaycees
iTwo
McHs Key iClub
Morgan County High School
Athens
Fairgrounds
Public Square
Lynne Richardson
East Limestone High School
Dr. Doolittle
Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity
Athens College
Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority
Snoopy
the Red Baron
Linus
Lucy
Charlie Brown
Guilty Plea Expected In Bank Case In Alabama
Two men charged in the 7706 robbery of a Loxley branch of First National Bank of Bay Minette indicate they will plead guilty. Claude L. Goodman and Thomas Patterson waived attorneys and grand jury examination, each jailed on 10000 bond. They were arrested near Pensacola after the holdup as they faced additional charges in Alabama.
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Mobile
Ala
Loxley
Robert G. Kendall
U.S
Claude L.goodman
Thomas Patterson
Loxiey
Kendall
First National Bank of Bay Minette
Pensacola
Fla
Stapleton
Bay Minette
Florida
First Lawrence County Trade School Gets Construction Nod
The Lawrence County Board of Education awarded a $193,000 base bid to W. E. Kimbrough of Russellville for the county’s first trade school. Additions and paving bring the project to about $214,000 with a work start hoped next week and a fall opening planned. Enrollment could reach 500 in five years as trades expand from five to seven, including drafting and data processing if approved by the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Lawrence County
Lawrence County Board of Education
W. E. Kimbrough
Russellville
Silas B. Cross
Cross
Kimbrough
State Department of Education
Lawrence County Board
Grass fire near Goodyear Mills in Decatur extinguished
Firefighters put out a grass fire covering several blocks near Goodyear Mills in southeast Decatur. No injuries or property losses reported as the blaze burned in the 900 block of 19th Ave SE around 5:15 p.m. Nearby, Decatur Curb and Country Market advertises a wide sale of meats and Christmas decor. The Morgan County bloodmobile will visit Knights of Columbus Hall on December 12 from 1 to 7 p.m. for donors.
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Decatur
Goodyear Mills
19Th Ave
1St Ave
Grant St
Morgan County
Knights of Columbus
6Th Ave
Area Students Will Get Degrees At Auburn Commencement
Four Decatur residents plus five Morgan County students and others across Alabama will receive degrees at Auburn University fall quarter exercises. Notable attendees include William Joseph Terry and Albert Thornhill with B S degrees, Edna Faye Davis Jordan, Donna Sue Weinman, Carol Hutson White, Beverly Smith, and Olivia Thompson. Judge John C. Godbold will speak at 2 30 p m. A reception for graduates will be held in the Union Ballroom from 10 30 a m to 12 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Auburn University
Auburn
Morgan County
Lawrence County
Limestone County
William Joseph Terry
Albert Randolph Thornhill
Edna Faye Davis Jordan
Donna Sue Weinman
Carol Jane Hutson White
Hartselle
Beverly Anne Smith
Courtland
Olivia
Campbell Thompson
John C. Godbold
U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Harry M. Philpott
Union Ballroom
Mrs King Recounts 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott
In Montgomery at a church gathering for the 13th anniversary Mrs Coretta King and Rosa Parks recalled the 1955 bus boycott as the start of nonviolent integration. King described mixed memories of pain and pleasure while Parks listened on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
Coretta King
America
Rosa Parks
King
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Athens, Hartselle
Lee Sentell
DAILY
Light of the World
Morgan County Training School
North Paje
Santa Claus
David Sandlin
Morgan County Mounted Sheriff's
West Morgan
Lakeside High
Richard Lee
Richard Calvin Lee
Bob Dunnavant
Office of Economic Opportunity Funds
S. W. Bush
Ray Childs
R. P. Montgomery
Thompson Construction Co
General Construction
Sparks Construction
J. F. Locke and Son
State
Doug Anderson
Buddy Faulker
3M Company
American Society For Quality Control
Federal Savings and Loan
Jacksonville State University
Donald Gilmore
Anniston
Susanne Jorgensen
Denmark
Chiang Foo
Indonesia
Vickie Wagner
Mexico
Goran Halling
Sweden
Mazel al Hassan
Lebanon
Duncan Reelected
Jim Duncan
Decatur Theaters
Theater Owners of Alabama
Birmingham
National Theaters of America
Bob Walker
U. S. Savings Bonds
Henon Pearce
Minuteman
Bonds
Gene Starnes
Guntersville
Limestone-Morgan
Betty Vaughan
Vaughan
U. S. Public Health Office
North Alabama
Health Department
Richter
Jaycees
Decature Junior Chamber of Commerce
Sixth Ave
Pet Dairy
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