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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1961
Page
2
Sunset at 4 38 p m and sunrise at 6 45 a m. Moon in perigee tonight sets 8 44 p m. First Quarter Thursday. Prominent stars Rigel rises 6 20 p m. Diphda due south 7 07 p m. Visible planets Saturn sets 6 58 p m. Jupiter between Saturn and the Moon. All times Central Standard.
Reading at Keller Memorial Bridge Saturday morning showed 16.4 feet on the Tennessee River with a 15 foot rise in 12 hours and sea level at 550.71 feet. TVA lake levels listed Pickwick 408.6 Guntersville 593.5 Whitesburg 551.3 Wilson 507.3 feet. High Friday 42 degrees and low 38. Saturday morning 53. Forecast cloudy and mild with possible rain and thunderstorms today and tonight. scattered showers expected Monday. today’s high around 63.
A U.N. Congo mission statement says Katanga and Congo renounce warlike aims and will pursue a political solution after restoring order and expelling mercenaries. The Elisabethville assault targeted the post office to disrupt a Katangan rally, with fires, near-simultaneous hotel threats, and mortar and airstrike responses by Indian Canberra bombers. A Swedish jet disabled the radio station, silencing Elisabethville briefly. power lines were later restored.
Investigation continues into the theft of a Norelco tape recorder from Morgan County Judge R L Handleys office. Larry Hancock county court reporter owned the unit valued around 170 dollars and the missing device was found not long after noon. Chief Deputy Pat Patterson Deputy Paul Smith and State Investigator E B Watts lead the inquiry.
Birmingham officials move to shut city parks and playgrounds next month due to a federal court order to end segregation. A reduced budget of 295000 funds minimal maintenance through Aug 31 while many facilities including the art museum auditorium pools and 38 playgrounds are set to close. Legion Field zoo Vulcan Park and Woodrow Wilson Park may stay open.
The Birmingham News on page one urges citizens to speak out as the city faces a federal order to integrate. City officials slash the park board budget by 80 percent and plan closures, stating they will not shift course without public demand to try alternatives.
Funeral services for Mrs. Julia Jetton 85 Cullman 3 who died Saturday at Garden City Nursing Home will be held today at 2 p.m. from Mt. Carmel Church. Burial in the adjoining cemetery. Moss Funeral Home directing. Survivors include brothers Ed and Bill Jetton and sister Mrs Kate Gable.
Mrs Loretta Schaufler of Montgomery died Friday night at a daughter's home in Montgomery. Funeral services are set for Monday at 2 50 PM from Memorial Cemetery. Survivors: one daughter Mrs Margie Wooten of Montgomery two sons Charles and Ray Schaufler of California four grandchildren and one great grandchild. She was a former resident of Decatur.
Mrs Margarett Turner Ege aged 42 died Thursday. Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 1 p.m. from the Fourth Street Church of Christ in Cullman. Survivors include her husband John Ege two sons John E. and Ronald L. Ege her parents Mr and Mrs Abe Turner and four sisters.
Connie Mack Shelton, 50, of Walnut Grove, died Friday after falling 18 feet into a concrete tank at the Cullman sewage disposal plant. The service is today at 2 p.m. from Brooksville Baptist Church with burial at Salem. Survivors include his wife Connie Mack Shelton, a son Harvey Shelton, four brothers and two sisters.
Zady E. Gable 65 of Cullman died Friday at 5 25 p m. Funeral is today at 2 p m from Duck River Church. Survivors include wife Myrtie two sons Miles and Hubert three daughters Mildred Johnson Davis Burns and J T Davis one sister Hannah Mason and mother Lena Gable.
Sgt. Edward L. Vincent 31 died in Germany on November 26. His funeral will be Monday at Garden City Baptist Church with burial in Garden City Cemetery. Survivors include widow Mary Ann Vincent, daughter Doris Jane, son Peter, parents Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Vincent, five brothers and one sister.
Mrs Edna Holland Terry 82 of Hillsboro dies after a short illness. Funeral at 1 p.m. today at Hillsboro Methodist Church with ministers Bobby Osborne Mitchell Owens and Dan Kitchens. Burial Morris Chapel cemetery Gunthorp Brown Service Funeral Home in charge. Survived by daughter Lucille Terry five sons Ralph Ernest Maurice Marvin Austin and a daughter in law. Grandchildren and great grandchildren also noted.
Mrs. Margaret Ann Looney, 80, of Falkville, died Friday at her son Leslie Looney’s residence. Funeral 2 p.m. at Bell Springs Baptist Church with burial Roundtop Cemetery. Survivors include four sons Leslie Raymond C D and P W Looney. 13 grandchildren. 9 great grandchildren. 1 great great grandchild. sister May Shoemaker. brother Henry Shoemaker.
Arthur Edson presents a five part series in The Decatur Daily examining Kennedy's image of the presidency in today’s political setting and his handling of domestic problems relations with Congress leadership and international affairs based on interviews and his Washington reporting.
Limestone voters completed official counts showing broad support for all 45 constitutional amendments. Notably amendment No. 2 proposed a $3 million Huntsville research center with 1,396 for and 85 against, while amendment No. 3 backed a $2 million hospital construction bond to leverage Hill-Burton funds.
Investigators traced the blaze to a trash chute between the ninth floor and basement at Hartford Hospital. A janitor, Arthur LaFontaine, said he spotted the fire around 1:25 to 2 p.m. and fought it for about 10 minutes before reporting it. Fifteen people died in the disaster.
Admissions list includes Mrs. Gordon Hawkins and George Edwin at various streets in Athens and decatur area. Dismissals note many individuals with home towns including Athens Moulton Danville Hillsboro Town Creek Mount Hope and others with infant births. Reflects hospital activity and patient discharges across multiple Alabama towns.
A list of residents and connections includes Mrs. Ruby Jean Nash and Mary Harris in Athens with others such as Mrs. Jewel Dean Kyle and Clarence Moore from Ardmore Tennessee. The entries provide names and associated numbers and locations, indicating a formal notice or notice-like listing.
A sequence of names and addresses appears: Mrs. Charles Neville of Decatur and Mrs. James A. Lovelady of Town, with others including John Henry Terry on 2015 7th St SE, Charles Keenum of Danville, R. J. Crosslin of Town Creek, Stewart Horton of Courtland, Mrs. Tom Burgess on 2015 13th, and Miss Lucille Smith of Decatur.
A compact public notice lists residents with corresponding streets and cities including Vaughn Carthers of 1102 8th Ave SE Decatur Carrie O Barr of Decatur Marie Taylor of 1114 5th Ave SE Samuel H Schrimsher of Decatur and Synthia Lovett of Hillsboro.
A Decatur man was shot early Saturday night and hospitalized. Robert Lee Draper, 44, of 523 Walnut St NW, was wounded in the left groin and right hip by a .32 automatic at his residence. Johnny Cooper, 62, of 1003 McCartney St NW, was jailed for investigation.
Rayco Paints Inc president John Rayfield says Alabama will not drop a $20,000 damage suit over defective paint used on the Capitol. He refused a state demand to drop the case in exchange for no publicity. Trial set for Jan. 15 in circuit court.
Washington reports Kennedy plans a Paris meeting with De Gaulle and Allied ministers to win approval for negotiated Berlin settlement talks with the Soviet Union. If France blocks, the U S Britain and West Germany may proceed without French cooperation.
A girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Jackie Atkins at Black-Chandler Hospital on December 4. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. James Lovelady at Bank Street Hospital on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Emmette Nash of Athens 1 welcome a son December 7 at Athens Limestone Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. James Paul Butler of Athens report a boy December 8 at Athens Limestone Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Elsie Ellis Kyle of Athens 7 celebrate a daughter born December 8 at Athens Limestone Hospital.
Trinity P TA will meet Monday at 7 30 p m in the school auditorium. The Glee Club of Trinity will present a Christmas program at the meeting.
The Tanner High School Parent Teacher Association will meet Monday at 7 p.m. in the school library to discuss upcoming events and activities.
Graceville Florida Rev Eugene Abernathy of Capshaw Alabama has assumed the pastorate of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church near De Funiak Springs effective December 3 He is in the second year of a three year theological program at Baptist Bible Institute He previously pastored New Home Baptist Church nearby with wife Joyce Tribble and two daughters Sandra 13 and Jeannie 9.
Two firms purchased privilege licenses in Hartselle during the past week. Rodeo Theater paid $100.25 and Ragland Bros. Co. paid $25.25.
The City Clerk issued one building permit this week to Cecil Vice for a six room brick veneer dwelling with two bathrooms on Broadway Street in Hartselle.
The Limestone County circuit clerk's office collected 372.20 dollars on Saturday from nine charges. The offenses include two speeding violations and one each for improper brakes public drunkenness no driver's license reckless driving driving while intoxicated and hunting on Wheeler Wildlife Refuge.
A man claiming to be Dr A Wayne Jackson of Amarillo Texas visited Block Island Rhode Island two weeks ago and then disappeared. The Providence Sunday Journal reports the man’s medical background matches a man who appeared in Arab Alabama seeking to buy goods under false pretenses. Authorities in Alabama are seeking that man. Rhode Island officials say island residents spent about $100 on travel and entertainment for the visitor.
James Grissom reports a theft at Bank Street Pool Room with $7 taken from his pocket. Snow observed west of Decatur early Saturday. National Association of Accountants panel to meet in Huntsville Monday at 6 15 p m at the Southern Cafeteria chaired by James G Thomas with panelists from Ernst and Ernst Brown Engineering Chemstrand and NASA. Jesse B King of Southern Bell will discuss Space Communication at Decatur Lions Club meeting Tuesday at Lyon's Hotel. Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary to meet Monday at 7 p m at Commander Minnie Woodall's Old Moulton Road home with Christmas gift exchange.
As Wheeler Jack break slows barges, ongoing work keeps a fulltime crew. Byers expects bright expansion prospects. Short, appointed plant manager, will oversee manufacturing and repairs of all marine equipment at Decatur Works. A Decatur native, he joined Ingalls in 1941 as planning engineer after school and college. He has served as budget chief, cost engineer, and assistant general manager.
A historical note describes the Brittany peninsula in France as surrounded by salt water on three sides, highlighting its westernmost provincial geography and coastline.
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