Four Have 125 Years At Store
ATHENS Ive been here 51 years and Im enjoying the job more everyday. Limestone Countys oldest original business Gilbert Drug Co marks a century and a quarter of service with four longtime staffers Sibley Mitchell Pressnell and Gilbert totaling 125 years at the store since 1920 1948 1945 and 1890s origins.
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Athens
A. D. Sibley
Limestone County
Gilbert Drug Co
Sibley
Edward Mitchell
Pressnell
Mitchell
J. S. Crutcher Sr
R. E. Gilbert
Remembering the Old Athens Store and Its Shopkeeper Sibley
In an oral history style reminiscence Sonny Turner notes Crutcher sold to Dr. J. W. Hagan who later sold to Gilbert who died in 1946. Marion Mitchell bought the Gilbert heirs interest and died about two years ago. Sibley recalls rough days with trains depot water ice cream deliveries by bike curb service and five cent watermelons. Gilbert joined the Army in 1953 and returned to work after release. Mitchell recalls old apothecary bottles from the store opening in the late 1800s.
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Crutcher
J. W. Hagan
Hagan
Gilbert
Marion Mitchell
Sibley
Athens
Pressnell
Mitchell
Manion
Voters Hold Key To Court Streamlining
The 1972 Morgan County circuit court calendar aims to speed procedures with docketing on the first Tuesday each month, arraignments on the second, and final motions on the Friday after. Eight weeks of civil jury court are planned, with three divisions rotating yearly among judges Powell Hun dley and an unnamed third assigned by Gov. Wallace.
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Bill Cornwell
Morgan County
Newton B. Powell
Limestone County
Third Circuit
George Wallace
Richard L. Hundley
Athens
Hundley
NASA study seen as safety aid for offshore drilling
NASA and Marshall Space Flight Center experts produced a 60 day report to strengthen safety and pollution controls for Gulf of Mexico offshore oil and gas operations. The study, reviewed by USGS and industry reps, covered federal outer continental shelf lands from three miles out to 656 feet depth and involved about 50 operators and 6 200 wells.
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NASA
Associated Press
Huntsville
Hollis M. Dole
Interior Department
USGS
Jackson Balch
Marshall Center
Mississippi
Bay St. Louis
Miss
Balch
Space Agency
Rogers P. Morton
Atlantic
Morris K. Dyer
Dyer
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Gulf
U.S
Dewey Little
New Orleans
W. A. Radlinski
The
Space Center
Alfred C. Taylor
Rayford L. Campbell
NASA Michoud
Earl G. Hoard
Elmo G. Hubble
Action Advice For Legal Help And Library Plans
A Decatur Daily reader asks for legal aid without money for a lawyer. ACLU attorney Ralph Knowles may provide a free lawyer if the case review is favorable. Also reports Wheeler Basin Library will have 60,000 volumes and finish construction by January 1973. Greenland Studios says the reader’s order was shipped and received.
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Moulton
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Ralph Knowles
Knowles
P.O. Box
University
Ala
Wheeler Basin Regional Library
Greenland Studios
Miami
Fla
Decatur
Hearing on Alabama mental hospital standards set for Jan 18
U.S. District Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. ordered a Jan 18 hearing to review proposed standards for Bryce Hospital Partlow State School and Searcy Hospital. The suit demands appropriate treatment, with the court to set standards and implement them in due course based on evidence from both sides.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
U.S. District Court
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Bryce Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Partlow State School
Searcy Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Johnson
Johnso
Gilbert Drug Store Workers Surpass 99 Years Experience
Three Gilbert Drug Store employees boast a total of 99 years of service. Eugene Pressnell is described as a clerk since 1948 and A. D. Sibley has 51 years on the job.
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Gilbert Drug Store
Eugene Pressnell
A.D. Sibley
Tourism Up in Alabama Region Hits New High
Robert B. Howard of AMLA says regional tourism reached a new peak in the last fiscal year. He cites AMLA campaigns and Cathedral Caverns publicity as key drivers, noting an August feature and September 9 percent rise year over year. The 15 county region posted $8,396,317.50 in gross motel receipts as tourism becomes a major Alabama industry, forecast to rise to second soon.
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Alabama Mountain. Lakes Association
Cathedral Caverns
Associated Press
Phat
Alabama Department of Revenue
Alabama
Death Probed in Alabama River Find Near Union Station
Montgomery police are probing the death of an unidentified man whose body was found Saturday by a fisherman in bushes along the Alabama River near Union Station. A state toxicologist is conducting the investigation.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama River
Union Station
Birmingham Doctor Convicted In Firearms Case
Gus J. Prosch Jr., a Birmingham physician, was convicted of violating the Gun Control Act after a trailer load of firearms was seized near Bessemer. Judge C W Allgood ordered him sent to the Medical Diagnostic Center in Springfield, Missouri for study and observation and plans an eventual sentence. Prosch was accused of possessing 17 unregistered firearms 27 unregistered hand grenades and 45 other weapons.
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Birmingham
Ala
Gus J. Prosch Jr
Bessemer
Springfield
Prosch
Harris Measure Amendment One proposes library property tax vote
State Sen. Bob Harris sponsors Amendment One to allow local referendums on public library property taxes. Voters in each county or municipality can set the rate up to 50 cents per $100. Amendment 21 targets Morgan County residents. Wheelers Basin Regional Library Director Nancy Agnew notes the measure authorizes elections but does not itself create a tax.
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Bob Harris
Alabama
Morgan County
Wheelers Basin
Nancy Agnew
Emergency contact numbers and crisis lines list
The page lists emergency numbers for Decatur and Limestone County including police 353 4612 and sheriff 232 1535 with after hours 353 4739. It advises calling Crisis Call Center 355 8000 for personal crises and poisoning guidance and to state the emergency nature to the operator if unsure of the number to dial.
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Decatur Daily
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Dick) Fleming
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Randy Taylor
Lemuel
Jeanette Bright
Kim Blackwood
Henry Horton
Kenneth Lorance
Jean Bullard
Cynthia Collins
Bobby Gilbert
Robert B. Howard
Death
Gus Prosch
C. W. Allgood
Highway Patrol
Decatur Police
Mes Om Eins
Eaves
SOS Fire Department
Lawrence County
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