Glimpses About Your Community Highlights Local Notices
Community notes report a $4,500 building permit for Mrs. T. R. Harrison to expand an electric shop. A two-vehicle collision on Second St. and Oklahoma Rd caused damage to a 1949 Ford and a 1956 Buick. Five recorder’s court cases include red light, public intoxication, disorderly conduct, and two speeding charges. Weekend sheriff arrests included seven for public drunkenness and other offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Harrison
Moulton St
Second St
Oklahoma Rd
William J. Cole
Hartseller
Avarine C. Hoover
6Th Ave
City Recorder’s Court
Morgan County
Rochelle Infant Rites Today At City Cemetery
Graveside rites for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Walter Rochelle of 2212 Somerville Highway were held this afternoon at City Cemetery. The Rev Gilbert Speake of Cullman officiated. Survivors include the grandparents Mr and Mrs Frank Rochelle of Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Rochelle
Somerville Highway
Decatur General Hospital
City Cemetery
Gilbert
Cullman
Frank Rochelle
Decatur
Bill of Rights Day Proclaimed in Alabama
Saturday was proclaimed Bill of Rights Day in Alabama to honor the first ten amendments to the Constitution and their importance.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Weekend Movie Schedule Plugs In City Theaters
The VU venue lists Princess Toward The Unknown with William Holden and Virginia Leith showing at 1:00 3:07 5:14 7:21 9:28. Roxy runs The Violent Years at 1:00 3:58 6:48 9:38. Revenge of the Creature plays 2:42 5:18 8:08. Sunset shows The King and I at 1:07 6:30 15 4. Bowline Julie Day with Louis Jourdan at 6:30 8:30. Starvue Courtland Highway Love Me Or Leave Me stars James Cagney Doris Day at 7:00 9:00. Ranch Hartsville Northwest Passage with Robert Young Spence toe at 6:45 8:45.
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Princess
The
William Holden
Virginia Leith
Roxy
Starvue
James Cagney
Doris Day
NEW York
Greyhound
Gulf Oil
Acme Steel
Hupp Cp
Si” Til Cent
Alleghany
Allis al
Kresge
Am Baker Air L
Kress Lehman Am Can Lof Glass
Burr Bros Nehi Co
Calum & H
Nor & West
Cater Trac
Penney (Jc
Pepsi Cola
Ches & Ohio
Philco
Philip Mor
Coca Cola
Colg Palm
Reading Co
Col Gas
Comw Ed
Rexall
St. Regis P
AL RR
Cruc
East Air L
Sou Co Brand
East Kodak
Firestone Texas Co
Fla Powant
Texas Pclo
Fla P&l 20Th Cen Fox
UN B &P
UN C
UN Oil Cal
Elec UN Pac
Gen Foods
Aric Dm Gen Mills
U.S. Steel
Warner Pic
West UN Tel
Ga Pac Cp
Westy A Bk
Westy
Elec Goodrich
Woolworth
Goodyear
Lawrence Plans New SACP Road From Ben Compton Store
Lawrence County plans a state aid project to build a new paved road from Ben Compton's store on New Highway 24 north to Highway 20. The work, slated for sometime next year, will connect with the Five Points road and lead into the River Road at Fish Pond on Highway 20. The board also announced a long Christmas holiday road closure from Dec 21 to Jan 14, with emergency exceptions, noting the slow season could save funds and allow repairs.
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Moulton
Ben Compton
Lawrence Board of Revenue
C. C. McWhorter
Fish Pond
Wheeler Dam
Lawrence
McWhorter
Hospital dismissals and admissions list
A hospital notice lists dismissals for Mrs. E C Worley 216 Memorial Mrs D F Reading Hillsboro and Mrs F E Sowers 508 Lamar St along with admissions for Rayburn Manor West Court Apts and the family names E Little Billy Debbie Couch 1437 Columbia Circle Mrs Oscar Key 1714 Creighton Ave and Mrs Herbert Boley 911 11th St Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Hall
6Th Ave
D. F. Reading
Hillsboro
M. L. Reed
Grant St
F. E. Sowers
Lamar St
Rayburn Manor
West Court
Apts
Harry Anschutz
16Th Ave. E
Little Billy
Debbie Couch
Columbia Circle
Oscar Key
Creighton Ave
Herbert Boley
11Th St. Court
Local Birth Notices Include Several Athens Families
Mrs Inis Vaughan and baby boy in Athens. Mrs Adron Roberts and baby boy in Athens. Field Glass and baby boy in Rogersville. Mrs Garland Slaton and baby boy in Anderson. Mrs George Cooper and baby boy in Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inis Vaughan
Athens
Adron Roberts
Field Glass
Rogersville
Admissions
Garland Slaton
Anderson
George Cooper
Oby
Local Names List Notice
A compiled listing of individuals and family members with multiple addresses in Decatur Madison and Capshaw districts. Includes adults and children such as John Marshall-Smith, Mrs R W Bowerly, Master Ran Calloway, baby William Bennett Whatley, and Darlene Brannon among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Marshall-Smith
Mt. Hope
R. W. Bowerly
Madison
Ran Calloway Hayes
7Th Ave
Herman Swanner
Tanner
Tonda Barton
All-States Trailer Court
John D. Jones
Bradley St
Eva Aldridge
17Th Ave
William Bennett Whatley
12Th St
Johnnie Wilson Jones
6Th Ave
Homer Pike
Capshaw
Lynn Walker Hallmark
Decatur
Darlene Brannon
North St
Walter Hachell
Decatur 2
Baugh Wheeler Clinic and Local Notices
Listing of individuals and addresses including Mrs J R Fairbanks Decatur Rev Jimmy Rodgers 1716 Beech Miss Nancy Sims Joppa infant and multiple other names with street addresses and towns. No clear event or action indicated beyond a directory style notice.
Birth of Daughter for Mr and Mrs Oscar Key
Mr and Mrs Oscar Key of 1714 Creighton Avenue announce the birth of a daughter this morning at Bank Street Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Key
Creighton Ave
Bank St. Hospital
Assault Case Here Brings New Charge In City Court
In Hillsboro a case against Magnolia McDonald for assault and battery on Mayor Jimmy Walker was not pressed. A warrant for assault with a weapon led to dismissal after Walker’s head injury and a $200 bond release. trial expected in County Court in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Recorder’s
Magnolia McDonald
Hillsboro
Jimmy Ray Walker
Walker
McDonald
Lynne Grants 4 Probations
Weekend probation hearings before Judge S. A. Lynne resulted in multiple sentences and probation terms. James Roland Aday received two years for grand larceny with probation denied. Lawson Chapman got four years for perjury and six years probation. Roosevelt Chatman drew two years for grand larceny with four years probation plus three years for burglary with six years probation. T. C. Looney received three years for burglary with six years probation. Curtis D. May was jailed two years for burglary and placed on four years probation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Lynne
James Roland Aday
Lawson Chapman
Roosevelt Chatman
T. C. Looney
Looney
Curtis D. May
Youths Protest Sparks Condemnation In Poland
The article notes youths forming military units and dispersing hooligans as an energetic inquiry begins. Authorities promise punishment for those responsible. Trybuna Ludu mirrors the report minus Soviet consulate references and confirms suppression of Horizonta, with press officials warning publication harms national interest.
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Trybuna Ludu
Communist Party
Horizonta
British seize seven Egyptian commandos in dentist apartment
A British raid netted seven Egyptian commandos hiding in a dentist’s flat, including the officer who led yesterday’s ambush on a British patrol. One suspect was arrested at the door, another escaped. Cairo officials promised no further underground attacks and denied any smuggling links. Port Said locals estimate 10,000 Moslem Brotherhood members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terday
Brotherhood
Royal Scots
Cairo
Suez Canal
Port Said
ICEM plans more chartered flights for European refugees
ICEM, the Inter governmental Committee for European Migration, will continue chartered airliner flights. Three U.S. military transport ships will depart Bremerhaven with about 1 725 refugees between December 18 and December 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan
Intergovernmental Committee For European Migration
ICEM
U.S
Bremerhaven
Germany
Limestone Vets Seek Stock Purchase Deal in Athens
Committees from American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled American Veterans meet to finalize a 46 500 stock sale of the Limestone Fair Association. The three groups plan a joint board governed purchase with a 10 year recreational use clause and aim to close by December 24.
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Athens
Limestone
Limestone Fair Assa
Fair Association
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
The
One Man Assault Sparks Jail Yard Alarm
A deranged man identified as Orr threatened Sheriff Franklin Smith during a custody incident at the Lawrence County jail. The suspect, formerly jailed for disposing mortgaged property, was armed with a loaded 12 gauge shotgun and spoke of killing the sheriff. Morgan authorities detained him before any attack occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orr
Lawrence
Franklin Smith
Lawrence County
Danville
Sheriff Smith
Hartselle
Moulton
Morgan
Boundary change recommended for Decatur district
City Planning Commission voted to recommend to the city council that a boundary shift extend the area from 4th Ave alley to Jackson St and Gordon Dr into the General Business District. New member Robert Hunter joined, replacing Leonard McCulloch who resigned for street department duties. A second item covered a subdivision proposal on Hodges south end notified by Hazel Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Planning Commission
Robert
Bob” Hunter
Hunter Furniture Co
Hunter
Leonard McCulloch
City of
Decatur
4Th Ave
Grant
Jackson Sts
Second Ave
Jackson St
Gorder Dr
Hazel Hamilton
Guardsman Treated For Bullet In Leg
Rayburn Maner 21, a service man at Cooks Pest Control Co., was accidentally shot in the leg when a .22 pistol went off last night. He rested well today at Bank St. Hospital after returning from Moulton where he drilled with the National Unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rayburn Maner
Cooks Pest Control Co
Bank St. Hospital
Maner
West Court Apts
Moulton
Market prices and commodity quotes in scattered ledger style
Cotton prices inch middling 33.00 Decatur loan 3324 Cottonseed 40.00 ton Milk Grade A 6.10 per hundred Manufactured milk 3.25 per hundred Wheat 52.10 No 2 Oats No 2 White Corn 1.33 Yellow corn 1.25 No 2 Soybeans 82.45 Calves steady Mostly choice to prime 22.50 25.50 Few 26.00 Standard and good slaughter calves 14.50 Mixed tots butcher items unclear.
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Decatur
Stock prices dip in active New York trading
The market slid with mostly fractional losses as profit taking followed last week’s surge. Treas ury 91 day bills rose to another 23 year high while Youngstown edged higher after a weak start. Dow components like U S Steel Boeing United Aircraft Lockheed gained slightly. Du Pont and several majors fell, with rail shares easing and several large stocks down about a point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Treasury
Youngstown
U. S. Steel
Boeing
United Aircraft
Lockheed
du Pont
Kennecott Copper
Anaconda
International Nickel
Santa Fe
Pennsylvania
Goodrich, Texas Co
T.s. Gypsum
Gulf Oil
Royal Dutch
North Alabama and North Georgia Poultry Markets Steady
AP reports North Alabama broiler and fryer markets steady with unsettled undertone. Supplies adequate for fair demand, prices up to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at farms 242-243% pounds and f.o.b. plants 16-17. Atlanta notes North Georgia live poultry markets steady with fair demand and adequate supplies. broilers 24-34% pounds at farms, 15-17 at plants. hens steady with moderate trading and varied prices by weight and type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
North Alabama
Atlanta
North Georgia
F.o.b
Egg market prices show steady trend in Birmingham
Egg prices for 24 hours ending 10:30 a.m. Tuesday were about steady with ample supplies. 60 percent A quality whites were large 34-40 percent, mixed 37-39, medium 35-37, small 29-35. Standards 33-44-36. locally produced whites large 40-41, medium 38-39, small 33-35.
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Birmingham
Nashville Livestock Prices Compact Trade Report
Nashville livestock receipts mixed and steady across categories. Cattle steers 800-1000 lb mostly 17.50-19.50. 500-800 lb steers and large goods 16.00-18.25. utility cows 9.50-11.50. canners 6.50-9.50. calves 175 to dealers 23.00-26.50. hogs 190-270 lb 15.50-17.75. sows weak. lambs 50 lb range 14.00-17.50 for renewed utility and good quality.
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Nashville
Ie Ib
Marion Ramey Faces Assault With Intent to Murder Trial
A Morgan Circuit Court jury opened the case of Marion Ramey charged with assault with intent to murder. Judge S. A. Lynne presides as the trial starts amid a docket of other cases including pleas of guilty for several defendants and various continuances and writs.
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Morgan
Marion Ramey
S. A. Lynne
Frank Simpson
A V. Knight
Ivory Humphrey
Homer Long
Alias Capias
Josh Hern
Capias
James Willis Ralph
Roy Burnett
Freeman Perry
Bill Law
Less Kelley
B. H. Allen
Charles Berry, Jr
Reconnection fee for Athens gas lowered briefly
Athens City Council voted to cut the gas reconnection fee from $6 to $3 until August next year after customers left lines idle last summer hoping to return at the lower rate. The body also approved a rear hospital parking lot street light, two pickup trucks for the electric department, and heard Walter Miller advocate a city inspector for electrical, gas, and water installations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Athens Limestone Hospital
City Electric Department
Walter Miller
Hungarians Strike Sparks Martial Law Amid Arrests
Refugees report Hungary wide strike despite Kadar decree and Soviet threat. Mass arrests of workers council leaders occur as Budapest radio appeals urge workers to stay home and coal miners to resume work to avert hospital shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Workers’ Council
Austria
Hungary
Kadar
Budapest
Hegyeshalom
Nickelsdorf
Council
Dulles warns NATO council on UN role amid Middle East tensions
Secretary of State Dulles urged nations to uphold the United Nations and its charter during a closed NATO ministers session. He warned that reliance on force by any power risks disaster and global war, while urging unity with Britain France and others present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dulles
Egypt
United Nations
U.N
NATO
Council of Ministers
Selwyn Lloyd
Christian Pineau
Gaetano Martino
Halvard Lange
Sys
Soil bank signup options split over small southern cotton growers
Agriculture experts debate whether small 4 to 10 acre cotton allotments will join the soil bank in 1957. Some officials expect widespread participation to shift money from towns in the old cotton belt, while critics warn small growers may stay out and rural incomes could fall. Officials plan first come first served funding with county ceilings totaling 213 million dollars across 21 states, aiming to curb local damage while preserving farm stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
Thomas G. Abernethy
Mississippi Democrat
Abernethy
Soil Bank
South
J. Phil Campbell
Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture
Campbell
Georgia Agriculture Commissioner
Alabama
Decline of Communist Power Cited Across Global Fronts
A speaker warned that the regime's strength is waning as Communist parties lose influence in the free world. He cited satellite unrest and growing internal pressures in the Soviet Union for more liberty, intellectual freedom, personal security, and enjoyment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tem
Free World
Soviet Union
Annexation Vote Underway to Expand Decatur City Limits
Thirteen of about thirty eligible voters cast ballots by noon in the annexation election. One polling site operated at the Horace Standridge residence on Old Trinity Road. Voting hours were 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Results were expected shortly after polls closed. The proposed area covers 970 feet north and 12 to 13 hundred feet south from Moulton Street west to First Street and northwest to 16th Avenue if plotted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Horace Standridge
Trinity Rd
12Th
13Th
Moulton St
First St
16Th Ave
L F Schwab Dies At Rest Home Here
Louis Frederick Schwab 78 died at 5 p m yesterday at the Colonial Rest Home where he had lived four months. A native of Philadelphia he came to Decatur last August from Houston where he lived ten years. He worked for Hormel Co thirty years. Surviving: wife Mrs L F Schwab and daughter Mrs John G Marcontell both of Decatur, brother Carl F Schwab Kansas City Mo, two sisters Mrs J F Dooley St Joseph Mo and Miss Lilith Schwab missionary in India for the United Lutheran Church, and three grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 10 a m Brown Funeral Home chapel Rev Paul E Krohn officiating. Burial City Cemetery with Brown directing. Pallbearers: John Marcontell Jack Fite Murray DeMoss Ray Herndon Marvin Wilkening C C Creel Gene Lenser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
Frederick Schwab
Colonial Rest
Philadelphia
Schwab
Decatur
Houston
Tex
Hormel Co
L. F. Schwab
John G. Marcontell
Carl F. Schwab
Kansas City
J. F. Dooley
St. Joseph
Lilith Schwab
India
United Lutheran Church
Brown Funeral Home
Paul E. Krohn
City Cemetery
Brown
John Marcontell
Jack Fite
Murray DeMoss
Ray Herndon
Marvin Wilkening
C. C. Creel
Gene Lenser
Asian allies push UN move to halt Soviet Hungary aid
India and three Asian partners urged Dag Hammarskjold be sent to Moscow or Budapest to press Russian withdrawal from Hungary. V K Menon led the plan as the 79 nation Assembly debated Hungary while Western diplomats weighed tougher action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horvath
India
Hungary
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Moscow
V. K. Krishna Menon
General Assembly
Ceylon
Indonesia
Burma
Hammarskjold
Budapest
U.S
Soviet Union
Russia
Menon
For Sale and Lost and Found Entries
Too late to classify for sale new house living dining room kitchen bath water heater cabinets closets location not ideal but very acceptable contact 317 12th Ave NW phone 2166 W found toy Manchester dog owner may identify and pay for ad phone 4522 for sale thoroughbred white fans tail pigeons Tad Black phone 950 for rent 3 room furnished apartment 812 Johnston St Call 2860 4 for sale 2 girls bicycles size 24 brand new tires $15 ea phone 3071 M
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12Th Ave
N.W
Tad Black
Johnston St
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Phil Butler
Gordon Dr. SW
Demopolis
Chemstrand
D. H. McClellan
Daily Office
McClellan
Price Bryant
Evelyn McCulloch
Decatur High School
Ransom E. Crawford
Binford Moore
Wesleyan Service Guild
Ninth St. Methodist Church
Willard Matthews
Rochelle
Bowline
Julie
Rs Day
Jourdan
Hartselie
Northwest Passage
Robert Young
Tennis W. Terry
B. F. Donaldson
Joppa
Nancy Sims
Ismissals
Robert Allen Holt
West Wilson
W. A. Morgan
Grove
Freddie Hagood
Harold Lane
Hartselle 2
John A. Terry
Courtland
U. S. Navy
Bobbie Key
Town Creek
A. Guy Terry
Lynne
U.K
Decatur Markets
Stoc’s
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
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