March of Dimes drive aims to aid infants in Lawrence County
Lawrence County March of Dimes chairman Gerald Bentley outlined a goal of 250000 newborns being helped through birth defect research and support. Teen volunteers viewed a film They Must Not Be Forgotten and planned fundraisers including a county dance and coin collections with posters set for December 26 27 and a January drive start with a $2500 county goal.
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Lawrence
Moulton
Gerald Bentley
Bentley
Lawrence County
Services Set Tuesday For Troy Martin Sr.
Troy O Dell Martin Sr 63 owner of the Credit Bureau of Decatur since 1936 died at his home on Old Moulton Rd Sunday night Funeral services will be Tuesday at 3 pm from St Johns Episcopal Church Burial will be in City Cemetery Pallbearers listed Survivors include widow Connie B Martin a son Troy O Martin Jr four grandchildren his mother and a sister plus other relatives He was a native of Dothan and had been ill for years.
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Troy O’dell Martin Sr
Credit Bureau of
Decatur
Old Moulton Rd
St. John’s Episcopal Church
James O. Bodley
City Cemetery
R. T. Acker
Charlie Harvey
Rufus Warren
John Caddell
Raymond Britton
Harry Lowther
H. H. Hunter
Bob Harrison
Albert Eager
Elmer Loyd
Dothan
Mr. Martin
Birmingham
Credit Bureau
St.John’s Episcopal Church
Martin
Elks Club
Woodmen of the World
Alabama Department of Conservation
Associated Credit Bureaus of Alabama
Birmingham Southern College
Connie B. Martin
Troy O. Martin Jr
Priceville
John C. Martin
J. Buford Smith
Huntsville Man Charged In Theft Case
Decatur police say Kirby Fuqua aged 38 of 2219 Clinton Ave Huntsville was charged with grand larceny after a warrant accused him of stealing money from a cash register at Billups Service Station on Alabama 20 West.
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Decatur
Huntsville
Kirby Fuqua
Clinton Ave
Fuqua
Billups
Alabama 20 West
Public assistance payments reach 157 446 in September
The September total of public assistance cases paid was 157 446. The figure includes 220 juvenile wards receiving payments through the State Department of Pensions and Security.
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State Department of Pensions and Security
Death Toll Rises From Alabama Weekend Fires and Crashes
An Anniston man died in a house fire raising Alabama’s weekend accidental death count to at least 17. The toll includes 12 traffic victims, 2 fire deaths, one drowning, and a boiler-explosion death at Flack Lumber Co. in Montgomery.
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Anniston
Alabama
Henry T. Miller
Eddie Shannon
Flack Lumber Co
Montgomery
Shannon
Grover Crawford
Opelika
Crawford
Jessie Lee Oliver
Auburn
Lloyd Freeman Dean
Rt. 5
Fort Payne
DeKalb County
Sylvania
Ronnie Dale Yates
Rt. 2
Oxford
Moulton Jaycees Plan Christmas Party for 200 Children
Moulton Jaycees sponsor a Christmas party at the National Guard Armory for about 200 children from poverty homes. Santa, toys, shoes, food, and a movie will conclude the day on December 21 with donations accepted at Corner Drug Store.
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Hilda Terry
Moulton
Moulton Jaycees
Jaycees
Santa
National Guard Armory
Gerald Bentley
The
Bentley
Jaycee
PSC Hearing This Month on Alabama Public Service Commission
A subcommittee of the Legislative Council will host hearings with the full council later this month at the State Capitol on December 17 and 18 to hear complaints and suggestions about Alabama Public Service Commission. Rep. Phil Smith chairs the hearings. Sen. Alton Turner had proposed a 1967 plan to abolish the three member PSC and replace it with eight district elected members, but no action followed. The PSC oversees telephone and utility rates in Alabama.
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Montgomery
Ala
Legislative Council
Alabama
Public Service Commission
PSC
Phil Smith
Talladega
Smith
Alton Turner
Crenshaw County
Turner
Cotillion Club dance reservations and academic honors
Cotillion Club members may reserve Friday night dance tables by calling Mrs. George Douthitt at 355 3062 on Tuesday or Wednesday 9 to 11 a.m. Albert R. Thornhill of Decatur joined Auburn University’s Phi Kappa Phi, top five percent honor roll with a banquet for 45 undergrads and 28 graduates. Pfc John Johnson will spend Christmas in Vietnam, en route, with mail to his Camp Pendleton address forwarded. An auto crash on Somerville Rd injured driver Wilbert R. Lunsford, 38, of Trinity. Zeroman Bible Club meets 10:30 a.m. Tuesday for Christmas luncheon at Mrs. William C. Self’s home. K C Auxiliary meets tonight at 8 at the KC Hall with canned goods for baskets. Coach Doug Dickey to speak to UT alumni Tuesday at Willowbrook Country Club in A. Soviet geologists report Neanderthal settlement about 60,000 years old near Attic Circle, 700 miles north of Moscow.
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George Douthitt
Albert R. Thornhill
Decatur
Phi Kappa Phi
Auburn University
Zeroman Bible Club
William C. Self
7Th Ave. SE
Attic Cirtle
Moscow
Point Mallard Park Road Request Tabled
Morgan County board tabled discussion on building more than two miles of two lane roads for the Point Mallard regional facility. Costs run about 185000 with access roads to a southeast Decatur park and a road tying Church Street to I 65.
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Point Mallard Park
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Decatur
Church St
Gary Voketz
North Central Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission
Voketz
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Gresham Dr. SW
Mobile
Alabama Supreme Court
Fox
Lambert C. Mims
Mims
City Commission
State Supreme Court
Troy Martin Sr
Wright’s
Wright
Decatur Rt. 1
Decatur General Hospital
Moulton St
5Th Ave. W
James Lee White
Moulton 2
Melvin Lee Hughes
Ferry St. NE
White
Jeanette White
Samantha White
Bob Bates
Associated Press
Rogersville
Lauderdale County
Elgin
Sammy Hood
Pell City High School
Logan Martin Lake
Tuscaloosa Area
Johnny Mac Sanford
Victory Beck
Tuscaloosa
Sheila Odom
Northport
Henry Weatherly
Sam Weatherly
Matthews
Troy State
U. S. 231
Sonny Boy Walker
Lineville
Tracy Higgins
Leesburg
William Phillips
Newton
Mary Parker
Pulaski
Tenn
Willie Saint
Town Creek
Dick Cooper
M’ton Jaycees
Pfc
John Johnson
Vietnam
Pfc. Johnson
Camp Pendelton
Calif
Somerville Rd
Wilbert Ray Lunsford
Trinity 2
K. C
K. C. Hall
Doug Dickey
University of Tennessee
Willowbrook Country Club
Point Mallard Park Road
Point Mallard
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