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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1967
Page
3
The brief notes describe Decatur skies on Wednesday with sunset at 4 38 pm and sunrise next morning at 6 46 am. It mentions a full moon on Dec 16 and bright celestial objects Sirius, Jupiter, Procyon visible in the evening sky.
A hospital roundup lists numerous patients and their residences including Katie Wilder Jackson Street Flora Mae Terry Trinity Morris Dowlin Poff 4th Avenue Northwest and many others. The section also notes dismissals Gerald Thomas Newsom Locust Street and James Rufus Wallace plus infant son Wadsworth Street Southeast. TVA lake readings and weather data follow with sea level readings and forecast highs and showers.
A mixed classified lines listing a house with six rooms and amenities address on Ave SE with phone 353 6062. a 30- cord organ for sale call after 8 pm at 355 55223. a 61 acre farm 44 miles south of Athens contact John Gamble 232 1945. a four bedroom house in Austinville zoned for business with contact numbers 353 2827 or 353 5806. a nice commercial building with electric heat suitable for small business at 353 2827 or 353 5806. a two bedroom house near schools with electric heat on private drive available via 353 2827 or 353 5806. a four bedroom carpeted home near schools also listed at 353 2822 or 353 5806.
The forecast covers northwest Alabama with temperatures near normal from Thursday through Monday. Normal highs range from 52 to 62 degrees and lows from 30 to 40 degrees. Temperatures will be mild Thursday and Friday, turning colder over the weekend. Rain is expected to average around one inch, mainly on the weekend.
A boy who wandered away near the Wheeler Wildlife Refuge boundary sparked a neighborhood search led by police. Officers combed the Brookmeade Drive area until the boy was located after about ninety minutes. Officer Bryce Long recovered the missing football pump during the search and returned it to the distressed child.
Miss Martha Jane Holderfield memorializes on Memorial Drive. Listings include Mrs Clyde Nails Tanner Mrs Emma Crayton Mrs William R Anderson and infant daughter Hillsboro Mrs Kelly Howater and infant daughter Mr Hope Mrs Bessie Adella McCaghren Danville Miss Ginger Ashley McClanahan Austin St SW William Holbert Patton Eva Mst Timothy Gene Mabrey Hartselle Mrs Lucy Willodean Photion 9th Ave SE Mrs Eva Lee Bailey Sheridan Apts Morris D Poff 4th St NW Marion Fred Banks Jr Athens Billy Douglas Halbrooks Vernon St SW Mrs Jesse Mobley Mrs Wallace B McGahan Woodmead St SW Mrs Lord E McAbee Hartselle.
Alabama sees higher than normal temperatures with frequent showers as a cold front moves away. Decatur is expected to top 66 and drop toward 50 tonight while Mobile carved a 40 degree low earlier Tuesday.
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