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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1956
Page
14
David Renegar safety director of Chemstrand spoke at the Tennessee Valley State Trade School in Decatur in a second series safety talk. He urged students to keep work areas neat and clean and to take pride in their plant and products, noting managerial preference for orderly plants.
Yale will play nine games in 1957 matching the 1956 opponents in the same sequence. The Ivy League champions have six home games and travel only to Ithaca for Cornell, to Philadelphia for Penn, and to Princeton to face the Tigers.
Renegar asserts no single management can handle all housekeeping tasks. He urges collective effort to improve conditions and outlines ways to keep jobs orderly. He stresses maintaining tools in place and a neat working atmosphere to boost morale and efficiency.
A compilation showing numerous property transfers including Decatur Land Co. Ltd. with multiple buyers and amounts ranging from 750 to 15 500, plus personal transfers such as Elmer Hayes Jr to Samuel L McClendon for 6100 and James Bond to L A Walden Jr for 10 00, and a list of marriage licenses for Kenneth Teague to Addie Robbins and Jesse Wilson to Linda Lee among others. The entries name buyers, sellers, and amounts, with addresses and occupations where given.
Wyatt Owens of Birmingham was named to the Alabama State Liquor Control Board by Gov. James E. Folsom, succeeding Knox McRae who resigned after being elected mayor of Decatur. Dr Louis Friedman declined to serve. Owens may give up his seat on the Alabama Turnpike Authority. Australia population projected at 9,450,000 by June 30, 1957. American Indians used buried fish to fertilize corn crops.
Dr. John Milford of Huntsville filled the pulpit in Morgan County Lacey's Spring Augusta Winfrey services. A one act Christmas play will be presented Sunday evening at the church with devotion by Rev. Milford and distributing gifts from the tree to children afterward. Several visitors attended Mrs. Thomas R. Wilson's funeral Sunday afternoon and interment was in Lacey Cemetery. Debbie and Cynda Black of Huntsville visit grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Will Black this week. Ed Hermson of Los Angeles and Mrs. Hermson were to arrive for a visit with her mother. Lt. Hardwick May returned home from Korea.
A typical freight train on a leading U.S. railroad runs about 66 cars, reflecting the standard length for long-haul freight operations. Industry notes emphasize consistent car counts across routes and major corridors.
In Morgan County Alabama Probate Court Nora Utter petitions to admit the last will and testament of James Frank Utter deceased. Hearing set for January 25 1957 at 10:00 AM. Interested parties including Mattie Utter Osbourne and others are notified to appear and contest if proper. Dec 21 28-Jan 4.
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