Union Hill School Faces Accreditation and Funding Limits
The State Education Department reviews Union Hill School saying funds are limited to Union Hill district tax. state money is exhausted. The letter notes enrollment of about 400 and a lack of suitable buildings, with suggestions to repurpose the lunchroom and acquire land. Morgan County High School is the only county school in the Southern Association. Ads for apartments and local stores follow.
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Union Hill
Wooten
State Department of Education
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Morgan County High School
Lester Wooten
Mogan County Board of Education
Decatur
Alabama
State Board of Education
A.D.A
Electric Study May Bring Suit
A Washington law firm hired by the Tennessee Valley electric systems to study purchases from large manufacturers will determine if there is justification for suits. The Decatur Electrical Department, with Huntsville, Chattanooga, Knoxville and others, funds the study and after completion the firm will recommend actions to the Municipal Utilities Board of Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Tennessee Valley
Decatur Electrical Department
Huntsville
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Municipal Utilities Board of Decatur
Union Hill to be 12 grade center in Morgan County plan
1960 reports show Union Hill enrollment below junior and senior high needs, but 1960-61 data list 281 elementary and 209 high school students, totaling 500 and supported by placement cards. Survey approves 12 grade center, permits building of facilities, recommends replacing lunchroom, adding classrooms, and acquiring 18 plus acres for PE and future growth, with site improvements and water safety emphasized.
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University of Alabama
Union Hill
Morgan County Board of Education
Unica Hi
Union -Hid
Morgan County
Traffic collision on 6th Ave SE injures one
A 1961 Chevrolet driven by Harvey Eisen and a 1959 International truck driven by Terry Williams collided on 6th Ave SE as both traveled south. Eisen suffered neck muscle strain and was treated and released. Williams was cited for following too closely.
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6Th Ave
Harvey Sidney Eisen
Nashville
Terry Joe Williams
Macon
Eisen
Decatur General Hospital
Williams
Broadcasters Plan Benefit Show for Tomm y Allen
The Decatur Broadcastors Association presents The Tommy Allen Show on December 15 at 8 pm in Austinville Junior High School. Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs with the Foggy Mountain Boys headline. admission is 1 for adults and free for children. Proceeds aid WAJF announcer Tommy Allen hospitalized after a lung collapse at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital.
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Tommy Allen
Decatur Broadcasters Association
Austinville Junior High School
Lester Flatt
Earl Scruggs
Grand Ole Opry
Nashville
Tenn
Flatt
Scruggs
The
Allen
Decatur
WAJF
Baugh- Wiley-Smith Hospital
Morgan County honors new March of Dimes director
Robert Young of Decatur is named director of the 1962 Morgan County March of Dimes. Dr. Frank A. Rose praises Young for leading fund raising to prevent birth defects arthritis and polio while Young pledges county volunteer support to aid the National Foundation. He notes 700 babies born daily with birth defects in the U S and stresses polio remains a threat until universal vaccination is achieved.
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Robert
Bob) Young
Decatur
Morgan County
Young
Frank A. Rose
University of Alabama
National Foundation
U.S
Hospital list of named residents and infants
A long OCR style roster lists numerous residents with addresses including Mrs Edwin J Piery Huntsville Mrs Donald Rogers Florence Arthur Gilbert Allen Somerville Emmette Lee Barran Everett Thorn Decatur Mrs Robert M Campbell Town Creek Mrs Howell McDonald Hartselle Master Eddie Lee Stutts Decatur Miss Linda Diane Crider 1309 10th Ave SE Master Ray Ashwander Jr 1418 Woodland St Master James A Johnson 1619 Tower St Master Kim Stewart Weaver 1201 Grant St Mrs James L Dockey 1415 10th Miss Patricia Ann Farrer 812 jth Ave SE George C Cook Cullman Miss June Frances Beaver Somerville.
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Edwin J. Piery
Pennylane
Freddie D. Pentecost
Huntsville
Claude Carol May
Florence
Donald Rogers
Church St
Arthur Gilbert Allen
Somerville
John Stewart Hard II
Emmette Lee Barran
16Th Ave
Everett R. Thorn
Decatur
Robert M. Campbell
Town Creek
Howell McDonald
Hartselle
Eddie Lee
Linda Diane Crider
10Th Ave
Ray Ashwander Jr
Woodland St
James A. Johnson
Tower St
Kim Stewart Weaver
Grant St
James L. Dockey
Patricia Ann Farrer
Jth Ave
George C. Cook
Cullman
June Frances Beaver
Local notices list residents and guardians
Dismissals list includes Mrs. Bobby Entrekin Hartseile Mrs. Ruth Rivers Decature Master Rickey Hill Danville 3 James Ferguson 2008 8th St SE Miss Connie Sue Cothren 918 Austin St Selden Hill Courtland Master Charles Long 1023 9th Mrs. James Lott 1685 Jackson St Mrs. Ollie Blankenship Somerville 1
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Bobby Entrekin
Hartseile
Ruth Rivers
Decature
Rickey Hill
Danville
James Ferguson
St. SE
Connie Sue Cothren
Austin St
Local Listings Mention Residents Across Athens Area
A collection of names appears with their towns including Athens Elkmont Toney Tanner Lester and Lester indicating resident listings. Individuals named include Mary Shores Robbie Jean Hodges Robert Brewer Lucille Snead Dorothy Nichold Claud Frank Broadway Mattie Jean Edwards Pauline Inez Silas Joel Edward Bertha Pickett and Bertie Todd in various households.
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Robert Brewer
Athens
Lucille Snead
Bill Lee
Tanner
Dorothy Nichold
Claud Frank Broadway
Elkmont
Joel Edward
Toney
Bertha Pickett
Bertie Todd
Lester
Local Families Welcome Newborns Across Counties
Mr and Mrs L C Yarbrough of Moulton announce a daughter born December 5 at Lawrence County Hospital. Mr and Mrs Earl Flannigan of Moulton announce a son born December 5 at Lawrence County Hospital. Mr and Mrs James A Sneed of Athens announce a daughter born December 5 at Athens Limestone Hospital. Mr and Mrs James Hodges of Elkmont announce a daughter born December 6 at Athens Limestone Hospital. Mr and Mrs Howard Shores,
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L. C. Yarbrough
Moulton
Lawrence County Hospital
Earl Flannigan
James A. Sneed
Athens
Athens-Limestone Hospital
James Hodges
Elkmont
Howard Shores
Local Notables: Admissions and Infant Birth Notices
Public notices list admissions for Charlie Keenum of Danville and Charles McCafferty of Courtland. Also recorded are infant births to Mrs. Claude Ray Cole, Mrs. A. J. Morris, and Mrs. Wallace Meadows with addresses in Town Creek and on 13th Street SE and Quince Drive.
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Charlie Keenum
Danville
Charles McCafferty
Courtland
Claude Ray Cole
13Th St. SE
A. J. Morris
Town Creek
Wallace Meadows
Quince Dr
Davis Woman Gives Birth In Athens Hospital
List of residents and relatives includes Patricia Lindsey Danville and Mrs Earl Flannigan Moulton among others. A son was born December 6 at Athens Limestone Hospital to Mrs Gertrude Flannigan of Town Athens and family members noted.
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Patricia Lindsey
Danville
Earl Flannigan
Moulton
Market Quotations and Commodities Report
Cotton prices listed as inch middling 4.00 with Decatur notes. Cottonseed at 45 per ton and milk at 64.56 for Grade A, with manufactured milk at 3.20 per hundred. Pulpwood priced at 613.50 per cord. Corn and soybeans show varied values including No 2 yellow corn at 115 and No 1 soybeans at 2.34. Cattle and calves described as firm to clear, hogs active with No 1 hogs around 17.00 for 190 pound to 200-225 pound ranges, sows scarce and 13.00-14.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellow Eat Corp
Wall Street Mixed as Savings Shares Rebound Moderately
A steady but cautious mood characterized early trading with the AP average slipping 0.20 to 265.40 as industrials held, rails and utilities fell. Loan stocks led gains while aerospace stocks rose on defense hopes and auto makers reported November sales at a new monthly high. Dow Jones stood at 728.80, down 1.29, with bonds mixed and the bond market active.
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NEW York
Associated Press
Wall Street
United Financial
Financial Federation
First Charter Financial
Ford
Arvin Industries
Reynolds
American Tobacco
Liggett & Myers
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Eggs market steady as light offerings clear sales rise
Birmingham report notes firm market under light offerings with small size eggs up to one cent. Consumer grade prices to retailers through 9:30 a.m. include store door delivery and cartons with minimum one case sales. Grade A white large 40-48, mediums 34-39, small 26-34.
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Birmingham
Poultry Markets Rise Across Regions Amid Firm Demand
In Birmingham, broilers and fryers gained one cent with live supplies short as demand outstrips. Ready-to-cook demand remains strong. plants curb operations. Farm quotes for broilers and fryers steady at 14 cents, delivered plant prices 14.5 to 15 cents. In Georgia, market moved up one cent to about 14 cents at farms, with varied demand for heavy and light types and prices ranging to 18 cents fob plants for heavy birds.
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Poultry Birmingham
Broilers
L Cent Advance
Atlanta
Georgia
Livestock sale notes from Nashville listing cattle prices
AP report from Nashville notes cattle and calves 73 animals, too few for price test. Dealers paid 28.00 to 190 lb for good and choice cattle. early sales mostly 1-3. Mentions Dr Woodie Taylor Town Creek and Mrs Mollie Burgess Hartselle.
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Nashville
Death Case is Settled in Lawrence County Court
An agreement of 7000 dollars was reached to settle a damage suit filed by Mrs. Lois Rose administrator of Edward Rose against Southern Railway Co. He died in a November 30 1959 truck train collision in Courtland. The case was the last on the docket for the week per Clerk Ernest Shelton.
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Moulton
Lois Rose
Southern Railway Co
First American National Bank
Avery Thompson
Security Mutual Finance Corp
Ervin Terry
Charlie Aldridge
Carl Knoblock
Marcus Reed
Moulton Yale Parade Friday Sets 5 P.M. Start
Parade chairman Newton Sims announced the Moulton Yale Christmas Parade will start Friday at 5 p.m. with 31 units. Santa on a float will hand out candy, and 25 floats along with four high school bands are scheduled. Prizes for non commercial floats total 50 dollars, and rain would shift the event to Saturday at 10 a.m. Floats meet at the coliseum lot at 4 p.m.
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Moulton
Newton Sims
Santa Claus
Moulton Businessmen's Organization
Jolly Fellow
Sims
Morgan County
Knox McRae
Lawrence County High
Hatton High
Hazlewood High
Lakeside Negro High
Decatur
Coliseum
Russellville Highway
Coffey Service Station
Funeral services for 1 C Doss 71
Funeral services for 1 C Doss 71 who died at his residence 420 3rd Ave SW will be held today at 2 p.m. from Moss Chapel with Rev Wallace Lovett officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery with Gunthorp Brown Service Funeral Home directing.
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Doss
3Rd Ave
Moss Chapel
Wallace Lovett
Gunthorp-Brown
Funeral Home
Mrs Dixie Hamilton Moulton Rites Set for Dixie McBride Hamilton
Funeral services for Dixie May McBride Hamilton 95 will be Friday at 2 p.m. from Moulton Methodist Church with burial in Moulton City Cemetery. Survivors include three sons Eugene Hamilton Camden Ark George Hamilton Tanner 1 and David Hamilton Moulton one sister Fannie Berry St Louis nine grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Pallbearers are Carmer McBride Hobson Smith Benjamin Corum Charles Price Dewey Miller and Ernest Shelton. Body lies in state at the church from 1 p.m. until services.
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Moulton
Dixie May McBride Hamilton
David Hamilton
Moulton City
Elliott-Brown Service Funeral Home
Eugene Hamilton
Camden
Ark
George Hamilton
Tanner
Fannie Berry
St. Louis
Rural counties back amendments while bond issue trails
In rural counties the amendments vote shows the bond issue trailing while all but one of 44 other amendments on the ballot were ratified by wide margins.
Hog and lamb market notes from Thomasville GA region
Hog receipts were zero at several markets and prices held firm across the region. No arrivals reported for sheep. In Georgia and nearby states buyers saw mostly steady to higher bids with No 1 and 1-2 barrows and gilts 190 to 230 pounds at 16.00 to 16.50 and 2-3 weight hogs 180 to 240 pounds at 15.50 to 16.00 while sows ranged 11.00 to 13.00.
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Thomasville
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Asville
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Fla
Cotton futures edge lower at open in New York
Cotton futures opened in New York with declines of about 35 cents to 1.25 dollars per bale from the previous close. The session featured mixed bids across the near and deferred months with slight gains and losses noted in several contracts.
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Cotton New York
Evening sky and planetary highlights for Friday
Friday reveals Aldebaran in the east by 6 50 p m with Altair fading in the west by 7 37 p m Procyon rising at 8 18 p m Saturn sets at 7 08 p m Jupiter follows Saturn visible after dusk First Quarter on December 14 Sun sets at 4 37 p m tomorrow rises at 6 43 a m Moonset 5 39 p m Tonight
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Aldebaran
Altair
West
Procyon
Saturn
Jupiter
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge
The Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 16.04 feet up by 0.06 in 24 hours. Readings from sea level stood at 550.34 feet with several TVA lake stages listed including Pickwick 408.6 and Guntersville 593.3 feet. High today reached 59 degrees at 3 p.m. with overnight low near 37. Forecast calls for sunny and cool today and Friday with clearing and colder tonight. Winds northerly 6 to 12 mph. Highs around 55, lows near 30, Friday high about 55.
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Decatur
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Ballot measures back property condemnation limits and bonds
Governor Patterson opposed a property condemnation amendment on the ballot that would require cash bonding in takings disputes and expose the state to business loss claims from highway relocations. The vote approved a $3 million space research center bond in Huntsville and local tax amendments for school funding amid comment on prison policy.
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John Patterson
Huntsville
Folsom
Ingalls Shipbuilding Sold to Litton Industries
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. of Pascagoula Miss. has been sold to Litton Industries Inc. of Beverly Hills Calif. for about 10 million dollars. The Decatur plant remains with Ingalls Iron Works Co. as a wholly owned marine division unit.
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Birmingham
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp
Pascagoula
Miss
Litton Industries Inc
Beverly Hills
Calif
Ingalls Iron Works Co
William H. Hulsey
Litton
Roy L. Ash
Ingalls
Decatur
Ingalls Iron Works, Co
Ingalls Iron Works
Shipbuilding Company
Hussey
Verona
Ala
Ingalls Steel Construction Co
Rhodes Body Will Meet City Youth
John R. Sobotka son of Mr and Mrs Max Sobotka 626 Gordon Dr SE is among three Vanderbilt University students chosen for interviews by the 191 Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee on December 13 The Tennessee committee will nominate two men to Atlanta on December 16 to face the district selection for four Rhodes Scholarships from the southern states This year 32 Rhodes Scholars will be chosen for Oxford University next October Sobotka a 1958 Decatur High School graduate.
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John R. Sobotka
Max Sobotka
Gordon Dr
Vanderbilt University
Tennessee
Tennessee Selection Committee
Rhodes
Atlanta
Virginia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Georgia
Florida
United States
Oxford University
England
British Commonwealth
Sobotka
Decatur High School
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Athens-Limestone Admissions
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Lawrence County Admissions
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Howard Townsend
Nashville, Tenn
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Hillsboro
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Athens- Limestone Hospital
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