Hartselle Christmas Season Debuts Amid Music
An estimated 3 900 to 4 000 residents joined a Friday parade in Hartselle to mark the start of the Christmas season. The event featured lights turning on downtown, a water tower illumination, a color guard led march, floats and bands, with merchants giving away prizes. Floats came from Hart selle Frozen Foods, the Hartselle Girl Scouts, and Morgan County.
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Hartselle
Highway 31
Highway Patrol
Hartselle Frozen Foods
The
Hartselle Girl Scouts
Morgan County
Gym and New School Top Hart selle’s Priority List
Morgan County High School would get a 50 by 90 foot gym with seating for about 1,200 and two PE rooms. An eight-room elementary school with cafeteria could be added later, potentially with a gym auditorium.
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Morgan County
Hartselle
Lester Wooten
Supt. Wooten
Wooten
Grammer
Leighton Athens Coeds Named Corolla Favorites
At the University of Alabama Friday night Miss Syl via Sargent Leighton and Miss Janis Speaks from Athens were named Corolla favorites in the campus yearbook selection. Eight beauties and ten other favorites were also noted.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Sylvia Sargent
Leighton
Janis Speaks
Athens
University of Alabama
Moody Named Local CD Post
Leonard Moody, longtime Decatur Morgan County Civil Defense member since 1954, is appointed deputy director for Decatur by CD Director Howard Proctor. E. E. Allford will become deputy director for Morgan County under the new setup. Moody will supervise Civil Defense details in Decatur and cover for Proctor as needed while remaining in charge of water transportation. A Nativity scene and marching units from local groups were noted at the training event.
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Leonard Moody
Decatur-Morgan County
Moody
Decatur
Proctor
Polio Victim Still Hunts In Wheelchair
Birmingham reports 13 year old Mickey Roy, paralysed by polio since starting school, continues hunting in a wheelchair with support from volunteers and his father Samuel Roy Jr. A battery powered golf cart is mentioned as aiding mobility in the woods.
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Birmingham
Mickey Roy
Mickey
Samuel L. Roy Jr
Corolla Beauty Ball Selects 20 For Yearbook
Twenty contestants chosen from sixty five finalists at the Corolla Beauty Ball held in Foster Auditorium will be featured in this year’s school yearbook.
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Ites
Corolla
Foster Auditorium
Florence Drug Store Heist Seen Like H and H Break-In
Florence police tie Friday night theft at Florence Green Drug Store to a prior H and H Drug Store break in in Florence and Decatur. Investigators say the burglars forced the safe and took narcotics including morphine along with cash. Investigations consider an organized group may be involved with similar recent incidents across North Alabama.
Annie Oakley Demonstrates Card Shooting Skill
Annie Oakley, famed sharpshooter, demonstrates her pistol accuracy by perforating spots on several playing cards tossed into the air. The display showcases precision and steady aim.
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Annie Oakley
Washington buys site for District of Columbia
President George Washington purchased the land for the District of Columbia from private owners, acquiring the area that would become the national capital.
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George Washington
District of Columbia
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Morgan County High School
Hartselle City School
Baker’s Florist
Chamber of Commerce
Morgan County Library Science Group
American Legion
Morgan County Training
Florence
Wal
Bessemer
Sterchi’s Jewelry Dept
Sterchi
Jewelry
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