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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1960
Page
2
Funeral services for James Aaron Templeton 58 of Danville were set for 2 pm at Danville Methodist Church with burial in Friendship Cemetery. Peck Funeral Home will handle arrangements and ministers Marcus Long Sammy Stabler and S. E. Paulk were to officiate. Pallbearers were listed but not named.
Funeral services for J A Wright 53 of Holly Pond will be held today at 2 p m at Holly Pond Baptist Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery. He died Monday at 7 a m in Cullman Hospital. Survivors include his widow Wynona Wright a son Donald a daughter Jeanette Wright three brothers three sisters and his mother Alice A Wright
W B Eason age 75 died around 9 15 am today at his home in Hartselle He leaves two sons Dr George Eason of Kingsport Tenn and W B Eason of Hartselle three sisters Mrs W S Dunlap and Mrs Harry Sharp both of Hartselle and Mrs Velma Hendon also of Hartselle four brothers H L of Bossier La S S of Birmingham and Ogle Eason of Tampa Fla Funeral arrangements will be announced by Peck Funeral Home
Lea Ann Harton four day old daughter of Mr and Mrs James Harton of Decatur will be laid to rest at Johnsons at two this afternoon in a brief graveside service.
Final rites for Mrs. George E. Chambers of Woodbridge New Jersey and formerly of Decatur will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Central Baptist Church with Rev. A B VanArsade officiating. The body has been taken to Brown Funeral Co for arrangements.
Classified ad seeks a waitress for Luigi's and invites in person applications after 5 p.m. The notice also lists a sale and a furnished 3 room apartment with private bath and entrance for a couple, with air conditioning. Contact by phone given partially as EL 3-
In Moscow Ernesto Guevara meets Soviet leaders and signs a declaration of support for the Communist bloc while the USSR pledges major aid and oil refinery and steel mill projects in Cuba. They plan to buy 2.7 million tons of Cuban sugar if the United States blocks Cuban purchases as Castro’s regime outlines a four million ton sugar deal for 1961. The Baragwantha Hospital in Johannesburg, largest in the Southern Hemisphere for non whites, with 2380 beds, serves about 500000 outpatients yearly.
Burial is to be in City Cemetery with service at the church. Brown directing the arrangements. Pallbearers listed as Melvin Hyatt, A. H. Nebrig, and Frankie Louie.
Emmitt M Day 69 of Somerville died Monday at 10 p.m. Funeral set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. Center Springs Methodist Church with Rev Charles Miller and Loyd E Crabtree officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery Peck Funeral Home directing. Grandsons to serve as pallbearers. Survivors include widow Mrs One Day two daughters Mrs Whitten and Mrs Fred Hammond one son E M Jr of Guntersville one sister Mrs Jessie Bramsett Union Grove and other family members.
A patient admissions and dismissals roll from Athens Limestone area lists numerous names. Entries include Mrs Mary Powers, Minnie Pryor, Mrs Evelyn Malone, Charles McCravery, Ollie Moore, Jim Rose Sr, Walter Baines, Mrs Faye Bobo, A Bailey, Mrs Perdie Miller, James Howard, Mrs Ella Ruth Black, Mrs Louise Miller, Lynn Howell, Mrs Bessie Mae Williams, and others with tied locations such as Elkmont Athens and Cullman. Dismissals note M D Reece Ruth Harris, and several others in the same region.
Virgil Smith and Patricia Etheredge lead Town Creek entries with James Barrett three and Danville rival capping Roger and Moulton showings. Mrs Howard Shelton and Mrs Wilford Terry appear in Trinity and Moulton lists with multiple placements.
Fragmented listing shows names and partial addresses for residents including John Rayburn Mitchell Neal Allred Mattie Pearl Martin infant daughter and others. Items appear as a community notice or obituary card with limited readable details and several truncations.
The city approves sewer projects numbered 1148 1099 and 1100 alongside highway routes 67 and 31. It also eliminates the $25 tobacco retailer license and shifts license fees to gross receipts. Ordinance No 1203 amends the code to base initial appointments on merit via competitive exams, with laborer custodian and utility positions exception.
Scars carried equipment and aid materials as firefighters battled a blaze that started in a broken fuel tank. More than 3,000 workers were removed from the vessel by launch or crane lifts as the fire raged for hours. Some escaped by diving into East River waters while others were rescued through holes cut in the hull to lower hoses and reach interior flames.
Mr and Mrs Douglas Maynard Cullman 9 report a son born December 17 at Cullman Hospital. Mr and Mrs Henry G Woody and Mr and Mrs F B Terry Town Creek announce a daughter born Monday at Bank Street Hospital.
Fragmentary OCR lists several individuals with titles and numbers, including Lonzo Sherrill, Dorothy Byrd, Donald Miller Jr, Will Tanner, Nis Geet Polat, and Brenda Kay Fair, along with partial addresses and ages. The legibility is poor and many items are incomplete.
John Black of Prospect Dr Larry Austin of 5th Ave SE Shirley Finchum of Fer ore A Jo Stanford of Jackson St. Mrs Doyle Turner and infant son reside at Beech St SE 1711.
A brief notice lists Mrs Johnnie Howard residing at 4509 Triana Boulevard in Huntsville. The item provides no additional context or actions.
Wall Street reports the AP average of 60 stocks up 0.10 to 219.20 while the Dow Jones industrial average gains 0.12 to 615.68. Bonds traded irregularly as the market showed mixed movements across sectors.
AP report lists Gul Oil at 78 and Acme Steel 16 percent with many firms including Coca Cola 76 Philip Morris 78 and US Steel 764. Notable names include Dow 74 and General Electric 41 percent, reflecting mixed gains and declines across sectors.
AP report notes live poultry supplies cleared and demand movement strong with 255700 head of broilers and fryers traded across 24 farms. Industry activity remains steady as buyers secure poultry stock amid regional market demand.
A petition charged Jackson County with failing to provide funds for 45 voting machines. Ollie Hastings of Scottsboro filed the signed objection to the board on Monday. Ballot machines typically cost 1400 to 2000 dollars each.
Trumpeter Charles Buddy Bolden is credited with forming New Orleans first jazz band about seventy years ago, shaping early jazz and influencing later musicians in the city.
The storm's eastward advance prompts winter warnings from Virginia to Maryland. In 24 hours western Maryland measured 7.5 inches, totaling 17 inches, with temperatures dropping to 13 below zero. Maryland braces for up to four more inches by nightfall while Ohio also faces heavy snowfall warnings.
Alabama's unemployment compensation reserve fund continued a sharp decline in the last quarter of 1960 with $7.22 million in benefits paid and $4.19 million in payroll contributions. Since 1957 the fund has fallen about $35 million, leaving an expected $53.8 million short by year end, signaling an automatic tax rate increase next April.
An American military Convair crash in Munich killed 50, with 20 Americans and 28 Germans among the dead and 16 Germans hospitalized in critical condition. Police said several of the 16 wounded remained in serious danger after the Sunday disaster that also damaged a church steeple and a streetcar full of Christmas shoppers.
President elect Kennedy urged quick congressional action on medical care for the aged, education, housing and unemployment relief. He proposed raising the minimum wage from one dollar and announced Lyndon Johnson as head of the Space Exploration Advisory Council and chair of the anti discrimination Contract Compliance unit. Nixon remains active in budget planning.
The Morman Travelaires perform at City Electric Auditorium and visit Elkmont and Huntsville branches. Merchants extend hours before Christmas Eve. St Ann's PTA hosts Sister Mary Patricia talk and pageant. Rev McFee urges Christ in Christmas Service as attendance rises. Fire calls total six with no damage. Decatur Toastmasters cancel this week and plan Dec 28 meeting. Disabled Veterans appoint Ruben Halbrooks deputy chief of staff. Curb Market stays open through Christmas Eve with festive sales. First Baptist Church choir presents He is Born. No injuries reported in local Highway Patrol area.
Two masked men with a shotgun robbed a Piedmont gas station on Monday, slugging the attendant and fleeing with about $1,200. The highway patrol said they took a money sack of about $300 from Horace Sanford and forced him to surrender his wallet containing roughly $900.
A devastating blaze aboard the Constellation fatally harmed many and injured at least 150 as flames swept through decks and fuel spilled into compartments. Sixty worked crews fought the fire while workers leaped into the East River to escape heat and smoke.
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