Weather and River Report for Decatur and Vicinity
Decatur Tennessee River level this morning at Keller Memorial Bridge 17.28 feet up .09 in 24 hours. Sea level 551.58 feet. High today 52, low tonight 33, high Thursday 55. Partly cloudy today cool, tonight clearing then warmer, Thursday increasing clouds with 25 percent rain chance late afternoon. Gas Dept recording 55 high yesterday, 35 low, 50 this morning.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Rezone Proposal Draws Protest In Hartselle
Hartselle's City Zoning Board received a proposal to rezone Prospect Drive land from RI to RII after 28 residents protested at a hearing claiming property value impact. The council tabled then referred the matter to the zoning board.
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Stanley Cash
Hartselle
City Zoning Board
Prospect Dr
Rii
Broadway
High
Prospect
Nelson Streets
Ardmore Yule Parade Set by Jaycees and Jayceettes
The Ardmore Christmas parade sponsored by the Jaycees and Jayceettes will start at 3 p.m. featuring the Ardmore High School band and several floats. Santa Claus will greet children at Ardmore city hall after the parade.
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Ardmore
Jaycees
Jayceettes
Ardmore High School
Santa Claus
Ala
Fires Cause Damages In Athens Homes And Car
Two fires reached the Athens Fire Department on Tuesday. At 5:34 p.m. slight damage was confined to cabinets above the stove at 208 Washington Street the home of H. B. Carrington. At 6:07 p.m. a heavy loss was reported to an automobile owned by Jerry Flannagan on Levert Avenue and Highway 72.
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Athens
H. B. Carrington
Washington St
Jerry Flannagan
Levert Ave
Highway 72
HospitalAdmissions List Names and Cities
A readable roster of individuals and their locations appears, listing patients in Decatur Huntsville Athens Moulton Somerville Ardmore Hartselle Vine mont Moulton Little Rock? with several addresses and relations noted. The fragment shows names Mrs Roland Maner Ernest Corum DeLaney Wilson and others alongside streets and towns.
Cullman Admissions and Dismissals List Names
Admission names include Walter Lee Huff Evelena Jochum Leona Mauldin Wiley Skipper Jackie Virginia Teeter. Dismissals list Marsha Denise Crowe Sam Maley Dunn Ann Graveman Mary Frances Martin Linda Ann Rusk and David E mor Williams.
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Walter Lee Huff
Hanceville
Evelena Jochum
Cullman
Leona Mauldin
Wiley Edward Skipper
Jackie Virginia Teeter
Marsha Denise Crowe
Sam Maley Dunn
Dewy Rose
Ann Graveman
Lacey's Spring
Mary Frances Martin
Crane Hill
James Madison Persall
Baileyton
Linda Ann Rusk
David Emore Williams
Baugh Wiley Smith Admissions List Notables Named
Admission roster includes Carolyn Hodges Ardmore W C Flemons Somerville Mrs Porter Harris 1213 Cedar St David Norwood Decatur Miss Linda Fowler Huntsville Ralph Fowler Huntsville Paul Muzzy Decatur William Thompson Union Grove Miss Theda Brown 612 12 Sherman St SE Mrs Florence Moore 802 South Ave SE Mrs Nealey Weaver Hartselle Mrs Robert C Montgomery 1523 14th Ave SW
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Carolyn Hodges
Ardmore
W. C. Flemons
Somerville
Porter Harris
Cedar St
David Norwood
Decatur
Linda Fowler
Huntsville
Ralph Fowler
Paul Muzzy
William Thompson
Union Grove
Theda Brown
Sherman St
Florence Moore
Sth Ave
Nealey Weaver
Hartselle
Robert C. Montgomery
14Th Ave
Births Report From Local Hospitals
Mr and Mrs David Anderson Falkville welcome a son at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. Mr and Mrs J C Harris Decatur 1 greet a son at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. Mr and Mrs Willard Burden Lacey's Spring have a son Tuesday at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. Mr and Mrs Derwin Hale 304 7th Ave NW welcome a girl Tuesday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Henry Walker 1407 8th St SE greet a boy Tuesday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Thomas Johnston Athens 1 announce a boy today at Decatur General Hospital.
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David Anderson
Falkville
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
J. C. Harris
Decatur 1
Willard Bearden
Lacey’s Spring
Derwin Hale
7Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital
Henry Walker
8Th St
Thomas Johnston
Athens
Readable names listed of local business and officials
The fragment continues a roster of individuals and companies including Stone Lumber Co Hartselle Bob Harris Caddell Shank Harris Moores Tom Counts Wolverine Tube Mutual Savings Earl Howell Industrial Uniform Service Fruehauf Ray Parker Goodyear John Lee McGough Bakeries Irvin Commander Bell Telephone and Robert D Kreidenner Redstone Arsenal.
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Scott Stone
Stone Lumber Co
Hartselle
Bob Harris
Caddell, Shank
Harris & Moores
Tommy Counts
Wolverine Tube
C. C
Athens Police report two public drunkenness cases
Athens Police Department reported two public intoxication incidents on Tuesday. The brief records name the city department and indicate routine processing of cited individuals.
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Athens
Athens Police Department
Tuesiday
Three Arrests Made in Cullman Disorderly Conduct Case
Cullman Police Department reported three arrests on Tuesday all connected to disorderly conduct incidents.
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Cullman
Market Report Shows Mixed Commodities and Livestock Prices
Cotton middling quoted 0.40 with Decatur loan noted. Cottonseed 40 dollars per ton. Milk Grade A at .55 per 100. manufactured milk 3.20 per hundred for four percent. direct and ratio notes present. Pulpwood 13.50 per cord. No 2 yellow shelled corn 1.33. ear corn 1.11. Steers 12.00 to 15.00. hogs 15.25. sows 11.50 to 12.50. sheep 50 active. lambs 20.00. Wealers active strong.
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Decatur
Wall Street Sees Broad Decline In Late Trading
The stock market ended the day lower amid fairly active trade with about 5 million shares. Steel rails motors and electronics fell while farm implements rose slightly. Du Pont and Eastman Kodak weighed on the averages as Chrysler and GM slipped, with Ford down about a point.
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Wall Street New York
DuPont
Eastman Kodak
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford
Illinois Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
NASA Awards 13 Employees for Cost Saving Ideas
The NASA Marshall Space Flight Center awards 13 employees a total of $335 for ideas to save government money. Charles Warren and Charles Davis earn $50 each for teletype and rocket assembly checks. Denaburg and Thompson share $50 for a testing fixture. Corbitt and Archambault receive $40 and $40 for spectrophotometer modification and cryogenic valve reliability. Additional $15 awards are given to ten staff across several labs.
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Huntsville
Nasa-Marshall Space Flight Center
Charles E. Warren
Charles H. Davis
Warren
Management Service Office
Marshall Center
Davis
Amos D. Archambault
Orval L. Hopkin
Astrionics Laboratory
Ida L. Sabelhaus
Computation Laboratory
Vivian Is. Whitley
Ward T. Gilbert
Jaroslav V. Klima
Carl R
Selma Meeting Becomes Scene of Violent Fracas Attended by Reporter
Reporter DeMuth and photographer David Prince covered a Selma meeting on integration for Black Star News. Afterward a Dallas County posse clashed with locals, striking DeMuth as posse members warned them to leave. They fled to Montgomery for treatment. Defense questions touch on prior statements and alleged story alterations.
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David Prince
Selma
Black Star
Dallas County Sheriff's Posse
Prince
DeMuth
Blanchard McLeod
Justice ‘Department
Montgomery
McLeanitts
Mcae
City Resident Struck By Car
An elderly Decatur resident Mrs. Foster Pointer 81 of 709 Oak St was injured and taken to Decatur General Hospital after being struck by a car on Bank St at 3 24 p m. The driver Tennis D Maxwell 43 Somerville 3 was identified. Other city police reports note two hit and run incidents a 1962 Chevrolet damaged in Pavilion Inn lot by unknown vehicle and a Beatrice Woodard vehicle damaged by a blue and white car. A 1962 Volkswagen driven by Raymond Sedak collided with a 1964 Chevrolet driven by Hillis Tucker on 8th St SE with Tucker’s car skidding into the other.
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Decatur
Foster Pointer
Oak St
Decatur General Hospital
Bank St
Tennis D. Maxwell
Somerville
Devine Freeman Devine
Highway 31
Pavilion Inn
Beatrice Mae Woodard
Hartselle
Volkswagen
Raymond Jacob Sedak
Meadowbrook SE
Chevrolet
Hillis H. Tucker
7Th Ave
8Th St
Tucker
MCHS To Pick Its Beauties
Morgan County High School plans its Winter Fantasy beauty pageant in Riddle Auditorium Thursday at 7 p.m. Ninth through 12th graders were chosen by their classes for beauty and grades, with a senior title Miss Morgan County High School to be selected. Admission 50 cents students and 1 dollar adults.
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Hartselle
Morgan County High Schools
Morcohi
Riddle Auditorium
Morgan County High School
Dottie Orr
Marshia Bush
Debbie Glascock
Carol Brown
Gail Teague
Jerry Burchell
Claudette Speegle
Nancy Garrison
Jane Pickens
Regina Irwin
Carol Meadrows
Mathalyne Prince
Beverlyn Penn
Virginia Buford
Susan Hamilton
Pat Pierson
Pat McAbee
Patsy Andrews
Jane Wesson
Judi Elliott
Mary Morris
Beauty Walk Is Friday at Decatur High School
The third annual Decatur High School Beauty Walk takes place Friday at 7 30 p m with 75 contestants sponsored by a local merchant or organization. Tickets cost 75 cents for adults 50 cents for students and proceeds fund a new auditorium curtain. Miss Joann Borch freshman at Florence State College returns as last year’s queen to crown the winner.
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Decatur High School
Joann Borch
Florence State College
Community notices and local council activity in Decatur
Regular convocation of Ce atur Chapter 38 Royal Arch will be Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Masonic Temple. Decatur High School Band Boosters meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the band room. Police logged nine speeding cases and various offenses Tuesday and Monday. Two sheriff’s arrests included prohibition and a juvenile case. Building permits issued include six rooms and electrical work with values from $150 to $1,900. A two-car crash south of Cullman injured one person. A grass fire in the 500 block of 11th St SE caused no loss.
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Decatur High School
E. L. Price
Holland Ct
Paul S. Sanders
13Th Ave
Robert Lee Allen
Walnut St. NW
Jack Gillespie
Bank St
Gulf Reaside
Fining Co
Market St
Burch
Taft
U.S
Senate
Johnson
Ohio
GOP
Goldwater
National Committee
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
George Romney
Michigan
Scranton
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Morton
IGOP
Decatur Fire Department
11Th St
Berkeley Policy on On Campus Political Activity
The campus may regulate on campus political activity to prevent interference with university functions. Off campus student political activity falls outside university regulation. Disciplinary actions for political activities will be decided by a committee appointed by the Berkeley division of the Academic Senate. A pledge commits the university community to support faculty efforts to restore normal school operations.
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Offcampus
Berkeley
Academic Senate
Cullman Man Named District Representative for AAL
John R. Glenn of Cullman has been named a district representative for the Aid Association for Lutherans. Area general agent John H. Krooss of New Orleans announced the appointment. Glenn is currently enrolled in the Fraternal Sales Training Program in life insurance sales.
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Cullman
John R. Glenn
Aid Association For Lutherans
John H. Krooss
New Orleans
Glenn
Fire damages minimal at Cullman home
Cullman Fire Department was alerted around 7 29 p m Tuesday to W P Seiber s home on Larkwood Drive where a clothes dryer ignited The incident caused no reported damage and no injuries were noted.
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Cullman Cullman
Mrs Dollie Finch Dies in Huntsville Obituary Notice
Mrs Dollie Finch of Huntsville died Tuesday. Services will be announced later. Survived by four sons N L Finch of Decatur Buford Finch of Louisville Ky J D Finch of Silver Springs Md and Burley Finch of Germany. three daughters and 17 grandchildren. Grandsons to serve as pallbearers.
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Dollie Finch
Huntsville
N. L. Finch
Decatur
Buford Finch
Louisville
J. D. Finch
Silver Springs
Burley Finch
Germany
Obituary for Joe Tom Smith of Decatur
Joe Tom Smith age 61 of Montgomery died today at 403 Canal Street Decatur. Funeral services will be announced later by Gunthorp Funeral Home. He is survived by four sisters Mrs Tom Peach of Decatur Mrs Samuel Fischer Jr Mrs Culver R Broach and Mrs Joseph H Choate.
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Joe Tom Smith
Montgomery
Canal St
Decatur
Gunthorp Funeral Home
Tom Peach
Samuel Fischer Jr
Culver R. Broach
Joseph H. Choate
Chemstrand Names New Process Engineering Heads
Chemstrand Co. division of Monsanto announces appointments in the newly created Process Engineering Department. R. N. Coker becomes manager Engineering Evaluation and Planning. D. K. Whittington is manager Process Design. W. H. Dragoset named manager Engineering Services. C. A. Del Rio appointed division engineering accountant.
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Chemstrand Co
Monsanto Co
C. E. Rannefeld
R. N. Coker
D. K. Whittington
W. H. Dragoset
C. A. del Rio
Moulton Parade Set Thursday Evening
Moulton will hold its annual Christmas parade Thursday at 4 p.m. Anyone wishing to ride a horse should call Paul Miller Johnson at 326-5411.
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Moulton
Paul Miller Johnson
Funeral for Willie Bailey Held at Macedonia Church
Willie Bailey died Sunday at Decatur General Hospital. Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 p.m. at Macedonia Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Rev. Frank Moore officiating. Burial in Sykes Cemetery. Survivors include widow Agnes Bailey of Decatur, one son Willie Bailey, six grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Burial directed by Reynolds Funeral Home.
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Willie . Bailey
Decatur General Hospital
Macedonia Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Frank Moore
Sykes Cemetery
Reynolds Funeral Home
Agnes Bailey
Decatur
Willie Bailey
Earline Brown
Purline Williams
Nashville
Classified Ad Snatches Up Christmas Gifts and Local Deals
Multiple ads offer real estate for sale or trade in Moulton area. Frontage on New Moulton Highway and McEntire Lane listed. Also two room house for sale at 1208 Broadus plus a Memorial Drive home. Lost cats and a black key case with five keys offered for reward. WTB a Chevrolet or Ford pickup 1955–1960 in good condition. Miscellaneous items for Xmas gifts and eggs for sale. Contact numbers provided.
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New Moulton Hwy
McEntire Lane
Wyatt
Broadus
Chevrolet
Ford
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Venus
Neptune
Rezone
Decatur General Admissions
Roland Maner
Ernest Corum
Décatur
DeLaney Wilson
Myrtle Sullivan
Memorial Dr
Mabel Pointer
Marlin Anderson Jr
Bobby Jett
Mabel Hanigan
5Th Ave
Robert Rose
Summerlane SE
Carolyn Scott
William Adcock
Emmet Hamilton
10Th St
Harold Grantland
4Th Ave
Alton Owen
Clarence Alvis
Vinemont
Larry Key
Arthur Sanderson
Faron Bradford
7Th St
Michael Stapp
17Th Ave
Amanda Garrison
Thomas Smith
Moulton St
Artis Russell
Sth
Cullman Admissions
Electric Customers OF
Hartselle Electric Board
TVA
Electric Board OF
Alabama
Austin High School
Bill Brunner
Sherry McDonald
Barbara Braz
National Gas
Allied Life Insurance Co
Coastal State Life
National Life Food Corp of America
First Nat’ By
National Life Life & BY Life
Life
Moore Handley
National Life & Accident 101
Protective Life
State National Bank
Southern Airway Southern United Vulcan Life
Noon New York
Int
Acme Steel
Allis Chal
KVP
Suth Am Air L
Ligg & My -Am
Lockh Am Can
Lorillard Am Mot
Lou & Nash
Macy At&t Am Sugar Martin &Co
Am Tob
Masonite Armour
Minn
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Nat Dist
Olin
Borden
Owens Ill
Foremost
French Corp
Swift
Texaco
UN Carbide
Airc
Ga Pacific
US Steel
Warner
West UN Tel
Westy Elec
Gut
Winn Dixie Hercules Pdw
Woolworth
Bus Mch
Xeron
NASA
McLeod
SNCC
MCHS
By Stanley Cash
Admiral Clock Radio
Buschs
2Nd Avenue 5S
Admiral Fuente Ac-Dc & Clock
Oscatur
Sterchi
City Recorder
Sheriff's
William Haggard
Haggard
Dodge
Goldie
UN A
Eleve
Banana
Moulton Parade
Gray & Black
Beech St
Paul C. Davis
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