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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1968
Page
10
River and weather figures list stages for lakes including Weiss Lake or not, with levels at Pickwick Guntersville Wheeler and Wilson tributaries. Temperatures show Thursday 2 PM forecast near 54 to 58 degrees with a low of 40 to 44 tonight.
A fragmented weather summary predicts rain in Alabama and steady cool highs near 58 with rain likely Saturday. National outlook warns snow from the Midwest to the eastern Great Lakes and travel conditions deteriorating in western regions. The note ends with a brief historical remark about Americans adopting candy cane decorated Christmas trees around 1900.
Funeral services for Beulah Fogg 83 of Collegedale Tenn will be at Spry Funeral Home Chapel with Rufus McDaniel officiating Burial in Hatchett Cemetery Limestone County Pallbearers will be grandsons Survivors include eight daughters and six sons including Mrs Mahlon Holland Athens and Albert Fogg Athens Mrs J E Kim and Mrs Fogg native of Limestone County A memorial to Chapel Hill Methodist Church noted Sarah Ellen Gibson 79 of Decatur died at a local hospital services 2 p m at Gunthorp Funeral Home Chapel Burial in Roselawn Cemetery Survivors include three daughters two sons Jim Woodall a brother and nine grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren Mrs Mandy Keenum 70 of Danville and Julia Lester Washelesky 52 of 1713 Locust St SE died Thursday Funeral services 2 p m Saturday Mt Pleasant Baptist Church Burial in adjoining cemetery Readings mention Mt Pleasant Baptist Church and Gunthorp Funeral Home details.
A record of recent hospital admissions includes Harry Sizemore Moulton Patricia Bean Moulton Vera Evans Hillsboro J W Kelsoe Danville Stacey Moulton Minnie Coan Moulton Lela Muston Moulton Alpha Mae Armor Moulton Constance Lee Moulton Patrick Shane Terry Hillsboro Amie Mechelle Fuller Moulton. Dismissals include Beulah Williams Decatur Estela Waits and infant Corum and infant daughter Courtland Howard Rutherford Town Creek Tommy Terry Hillsboro Clara Mae Yarbrough Moulton Reginia Wilkins Moulton Martha Ann Preston and infant daughter Trinity Steve Jeffreys Town Creek Sally Hill and infant son Town Creek.
Mr and Mrs Brent Conn welcome a daughter at Athens Limestone Hospital. Mrs Leamon Britton of Athens gives birth to a daughter on Thursday at Athens Limestone Hospital. Mr and Mrs Charles Hillard of Harv have a son born Thursday at Athens Limestone Hospital. Mr and Mrs Leon Bean of Moulton announce a baby boy.
A brief admissions notice lists names including Mrs Addie Mae McCurry of Athens Limestone and John A Springer with Linda Kilgore from Elkmont, indicating enrollment or related proceedings. The fragment references multiple individuals and locations in a school or district record.
The Grand Vienna, a four floor kosher hotel, opens in East Jerusalem becoming the first kosher hotel in the Arab sector. Notable names listed include Kiam James Adams Athens 6 Glenard Cecil Royster Elkmont 1 and Audrey Marvin Meridith Athens 4.
Magnavox Astro-Sonic models feature solid state design with 30 watts undistorted music power. High efficiency woofers provide deep bass in home listening systems. Models 3717 and 3711.19 include 12 inch woofers and two 1,000 watt components.
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