Yule Decorating Contest Pushed
The city wide Christmas decorating contest invites all residents to enter by midnight December 17. Out of town judges visit Decatur December 18 to 21 evenings to view lighted entries visible from the street. Awards include four divisions with five prizes each and a top $50 cash prize from The Decatur Daily. First place earns $25 savings bonds. other winners receive local merchant gift certificates.
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Decatur
Decatur Daily
Lurleen Wallace to Return for Routine Cancer Monitoring
Alabama Governor Lurleen Wallace was due back at the University of Texas M D Anderson Hospital in Houston for routine monitoring after a two month radiotherapy course following a July cancer surgery. Doctors said the lemon sized tumor was removed last July and radiotherapy was a precaution.
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Houston
Tex
Alabama
Lurleen Wallace
University of Texas
M. D. Anderson Hospital
Texas
Anderson
Boyles Mourn Baby Timothy Clyde Boyle
Graveside services were held for nine month old Timothy Clyde Boyle of 1704 Edgewood Street SW. He died Monday night at home. Survived by parents Timothy and Mrs Boyle, a brother James Boyle, a sister Gladys Marie Boyle, grandparents Edward Boyle and others, ten grandchildren. The body remained at the funeral home until services.
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Timothy Clyde Boyle
Edgewood St
Roselawn
John M. Horgan
Timothy Boyle
James “E. Boyle
Decatur
Gladys—Marie Boyle
Edward Boyle
Portchester
N. Y
Vel—P. Ae
Funeral services for Charles Foster in Hillsboro
Funeral home to announce services for Charles Foster of Hillsboro 2 who died Monday at Baugh Wiley Smith Inn. Reynolds Funeral Home will release details.
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Charles Foster
Hillsboro 2
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Inn
Reynolds Funeral Home
Child Dies in Macon Area Monday Night
Kathryn Paige Mullendore two, of 2409 Quince Drive SE, died Monday night at a local hospital. Services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Harts Chapel in Macon. The body will lie in state at Harts Mortuary in Macon until services. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. K. P. Gibson of Fort Valley and Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Mullendore of Chatham, N J.
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Kathryn Paige Mullendore
Quince Drive
Harts Chapel
Macon
Joe D. Mullendore
Decatur
K. P. Gibson
Fort Valley
A. D. Mullendore
Chatham,nj
Harts Mortuary
Obituary notes for Lizzie Roberts and Lizzie Brown Roberts
Obituaries report Lizzie Roberts 63 died at home with funeral today at Landersville Methodist Church. Survivors include five daughters and three sons. Separate item notes Effie L Jackson 64 of Decatur died today in Hartselle Hospital with services planned Thursday. Clyde V Jackson and several children listed along with siblings in Florence Detroit and New Orleans. Funeral duties assigned to Guntharp.
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Effie L. Jackson
Effie Lee Jackson
Sherman_ St. SE
Moulton
Lizzie Roberts
Landersville Methodist Church
James Hood
Ronald Manley
Landersville Cemetery
Oscar White
Byron ‘White
William Young
Claude Cunningham
Partial Clearing With Cooler Air Across Alabama
A cold front swept Alabama bringing rain and strong winds yesterday. Today partially clearing skies and cooler air dominate, with highs in the 50s to 60s and lows near the mid 30s. Decatur today near 50. Nationwide, wintry storms affect the north and northeast with rain, snow, and gales.
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Alabama
Atlantic
Aniniston
Mobile
Decatur
Rockies
Plains
Mississippi Valley
South Carolina
River and Weather Summary for Decatur Area
Decatur area river readings at Keller Memorial Bridge show 17.02 feet with sea level 551.32. TVA lake levels listed include Wilson 505.1 Gunterville 93.6 Whitesburg 556.4 Pickwick 408.7 Wheeler 550.6 Chickamauga 678.1. Monday high 67, low 42, 8 am 43. Forecast calls for clouds clearing into cool, gentler winds, slight shower chance 10 percent today and 20 percent Wednesday afternoon. Moon soil note: lunar soil resembles fine sand with grains about one fiftieth inch wide.
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Decatur
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Wilson
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Pickwick
Wheeler
Chickamauga
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Lurleen
Wishful Diggers Garden Club
P.O
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Mich
Florence
Ray T. Brown
Kathryn P. Mullendore
Valley Stockyard
New Moulton Road
Dial
CIA
Investment Services
State National Bank
Huntsville
Inwal
Hudson
Belk’s
Noritake
China
Turkey
BELK
Firenze
Dawn
Pasadena
Colburn, Fairmont Or
Whitehall
Nori
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Eyer 3
Florentine
HSL
Tith Street
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