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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1961
Page
2
Local hospital listings show admissions for John H. Terry at 2015 7th St SE and dismissals for Mrs. Tom Burgess at 2015 13th St SE.
A readable roster lists individuals with street addresses and designations such as Mrs Miss Master and Madison and Ardmore Tenn. It includes Eugene Terry Lola Murphy Etta Magnusson Maude Nicholson Clyde Smith Jettie Mayo Robert Fortenberry Sherry Fortenberry Ronald Fortenberry Jeff Birdwell Timothy Mabrey William Atkinson and others with associated streets and cities.
A list of local residents appears with names and street addresses including Mrs. Charles FE Stewart 2909 Truman Ave Mrs. Wendell Ray Patterson 1707 14th Ave SE James L Graves 209 Arnold St Cullman Orville Davis 713 Sth Ave SE Mrs R J Thompson 1609 8th William Tribble Harvest AL Mrs Walter W Vinson 709 E Forest St Athens Master John S Hard H 2304 Quince Dr SE Little Miss Brenda Sue Mote 1801 Danville Rd Newton S Shelton 208 4th Ave NW Arthur Gilbert Allen Somerville 2 Little Marsha Kay Crow Decatur 2.
List of residents and numbers from Lawrence County including William N Hyde Danville Harold F Terry Hillsboro William Mitchell Moulton June Sue Webb Moulton Willodine Legg Moulton Vada Walker Mount Hope Melba C Martis Town Creek Mrs Walter Looney Danville Mrs James Flanagan Moulton Mrs Earl Hanagar Moulton Grady Manley Moulton.
To Mr and Mrs M M Spiller a son born Friday at Decatur General Hospital. To Mr and Mrs Charles FE Stewart a daughter born Friday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Theodore Webb a son born Friday at Lawrence County Hospital. To Mr and Mrs James Allen a daughter born Friday at Decatur General Hospital.
City clerk reports permits for Home Finance Co to erect a sign at 1016 6th Ave SE for 1500 dollars and Curtis Cla bore to add two rooms at 1021 7th Ave SE for 1800 dollars. Fred King to raze 517 Church St NE for 100 dollars. A public showing of The Crimson Shadow at Central Baptist Church Sunday 6 45 p.m. presents Dr Frederick C Schwarz on communism.
Secretary Rusk defended defensive steps against possible breaches in Viet Nam policy and dismissed China's warnings about increased U S assistance. The White Paper warned of a Communist victory reshaping Laos Cambodia Thailand and regional balance, urging cooperative, effective aid programs to meet the danger.
A U S group plans pre trip surveys to decide Kennedys stay in Caracas and Bogotá. In Caracas, high school students hurled stones, set cars on fire, and handed out pro Castro and anti Kennedy leaflets before riot police intervened. Earlier, a U.S. Senate group was stoned en route from Caracas.
HARTSELLE County Agent Charles Rutledge urges December sanitation to reduce disease next spring. Actions include burning crop residue, destroying rotten fruit and dumped produce, sterilizing soil, pruning diseased tree limbs and applying disinfectant, and selecting and storing seeds properly.
The forecast notes sunset at 4 38 p m and sunrise at 6 45 a m tomorrow. Moonset is 7 39 p m tonight. Saturn appears directly below the Moon. Geminid meteors may be visible over the next several nights.
River gauge Friday night showed 16.26 feet, down 0.18 feet in 12 hours, sea level reading 550.56 feet. Temperature 44 at 7:55 p.m. Forecast calls for today’s rain becoming heavy at times, with lingering rain and a slight warming tonight. Sunday will be cloudy with rain and a cooler high around 48.
Funeral arrangements for a Walnut Grove resident who died after falling at the Cullman sewage disposal plant will be announced by Mass Service Funeral Home. Connie M. Shelton, about 51, died Friday in the accident.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower canceled a planned visit to Tokyo last year after rioting targeted both the Japanese government and the United States. He attended Mass at St Edward's church for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception before heading home for a quiet afternoon with his parents. Kennedy plans to return this afternoon.
Thant praised steps to strengthen the U.N. arsenal in the Congo while Britain rejected Soviet charges of meddling. A U.S. spokesman denied any request for bombs and confirmed no U.S. arms to U.N. forces, noting planes ferry troops to Elisabethville. The U.S. and six nations urged the World Court to decide if the Soviet Union and others can refuse Congo costs, a move met with a Roshchin rebuff.
In Congo, mortar fire from camps near the Prince Leopold Hospital sparks damage across wards and maternity section. Dozens of civilians killed or wounded nearby while U.N. officials blame Katanga gendarmes for establishing an observation post in violation of Geneva conventions.
Orville Davis, 45, of 713 5th Ave SE Decatur sustained severe forehead lacerations in a one vehicle wreck on U S Highway 31 south of Hartselle. Driving a 1960 Ford pickup with a trailer, Davis lost control as the trailer swayed, the truck rolled about 300 feet crossing the center line before overturning.
Cullman CountyCoroner Grady Moss said Shelton fell about 18 feet from a ladder into a 30 foot deep concrete tank around noon Friday. He was dead on arrival at the scene.
Heavy snow blanketed the Northeast with up to two feet near Lakes Erie and Ontario New York causing school closures and travel delays. I81 blocked by jackknifed trucks. Three women died in two skidding accidents. Cold temperatures persisted across the region with readings well below zero in Minnesota and North Dakota.
Calvin J Letson 81 of Gary Indiana died at home Thursday. Funeral plans in Gary pending. Survived by wife Susie Gary son Cleaborn Letson sister W M Nison Decatur brother Oscar Letson Arkansas and six grandchildren. Former Hartselle resident.
Funeral services for Mrs. Eva Brown at Gunthorp Brown Service Funeral Home at 2 p.m. with Rev. Wallace Lovett officiating. Burial follows in City Cemetery. Mrs. Brown died at 2 10 a.m. Friday at her home.
Services for Sherman Dwight Henderson aged five who died in a Pontiac Michigan hospital Thursday at 5 a.m. will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. from Center Spring Church with in custody and burial to follow.
The report notes damage on the west side of the highway with an estimated cost of about $1000.
Lois Dg ly and other nurses closed windows and doors as flames raged and explosions shook the Hartford Hospital. Smoke forced patients to cover faces with towels and seek fresh air near an open window. Officials later confirmed 15 dead with dozens more evacuated to other hospitals as investigators examined the disaster.
District Diary reports Athens Athens Band Parents Club will meet Tuesday at 3 30 p m in the band room of Athens Junior High School. Rev Charles Miller to officiate at a Center Springs cemetery service for Sherman Henderson. Survivors include Mr and Mrs Sherman Henderson Pontiac a brother Jessie Henderson Pontiac a sister Dianne Henderson Pontiac grandparents Mr and Mrs W E Gilliland Warrior and Mrs Grace Henderson Somerville. Uncles to serve as pallbearers.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged support for the UN operation in the Congo, warning that Katanga’s secession could spark civil war, anarchy, and Communist influence. He spoke ahead of NATO talks in Paris, stressing U.S. and UN aims for a stable Congo with locally chosen leadership.
More than 20 floats and four bands plus Santa Claus kicked off Christmas celebrations in Moulton. The top commercial float featured youths from Mrs James Sims kindergarten, with Speake High School and Hatton High School placing second and third. The best three floats were sponsored by Elmore's, the Moulton Businessmen's Association, and City Florist. Newton Sims of Lawrence County High School led the band program.
Rusk said the United States wants other nations to aid South Vietnam against increased Communist terror and infiltration. A White Paper on Red activities accompanied the briefing. Castro said his recent remark signals less need to prove communism, while the U S backs India in its border dispute with Red China.
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