Decatur Trading Post Moves to Bigger Location
Decatur Trading Post relocates from 310 First Ave SE to 110 First Ave SE with more floor space and larger stock. The store offers antique items like fire screens dropleaf tables marble top dressers pier mirrors and more plus furniture appliances and cafe equipment. Owned by Nate and Bobby Garnett serving customers for 20 years.
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Decatur Trading Post
First Ave
First Ave. SE
Decatur Trading
Ment
Nate
Bobby Garnett
Eighth Straight Decline Marked On Friday
The New York stock market posted its eighth straight daily drop as trading paused. Rail shares led a late rally while volume fell to 3.39 million shares, the smallest since November, offering cautious hope for a yearend rally.
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New York
Rails
Stock Market Mixed As Year Ends With Tax Trading Pause
New York reports Fri and Thur advances and declines with the Dow up 0.77 at 720.87. Pa Railroad rose a full point, Baltimore & Ohio up 1 percent, Norfolk & Western up 3.5. Market closes Monday for Christmas as tax sales influence volumes.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio
Norfolk & Western
Dow Jones
Associated Press
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Duck Hunters Come To Court In Limestone County
In Athens Judge D L Rosenall presided. Six duck hunters pleaded guilty to hunting coots from a motorboat and other hours violations. Floyd King admitted two public drunkenness charges, fined 20 dollars and costs and 20 days hard labor. Two youths, Ben Storey and Fred Edwards, faced grand larceny charges with bonds at 750 dollars. Willie Moore Orr pleaded to transporting over five gallons of beer, fined 100 dollars. Eleven other cases included public drunkenness many speeding and no driver’s license. The circuit clerk collected 656.05 dollars from 18 fines.
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Athens
D. L. Rosenall
Limestone
Floyd King
Ben Storey
Fred Edwards
Willie Moore Orr
Rosenau
Limestone County Circuit Clerk’s Office
Lawrence Workers Mark Christmas Party in Courthouse Annex
Lawrence County Supt. of Education Silas Cross and board staff hosted a Christmas party for courthouse annex personnel from the Pensions and Security, Revenue, and Revenue offices. Board members and Chairman C. C. McWhorter attended as hosts provided coffee cake and candy.
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Moulton
Lawrence County
Silas Cross
Board of Education
Department of Pensions and Security Department
Board of Revenue Office
Board of Revenue Commissioners
Board of Revenue
C. C. McWhorter
Lives On At 104 Mrs Arsenault Knits From Dawn
In Chéticamp Nova Scotia Mrs Dan Arsenault aged about 104 wakes after nine hours sleep at 6 a.m. and knits a bedspread all day. She is thrice married, refuses pills or liquor, and lives with a son and his wife while enjoying a strong appetite. Swahili proverbs such as Spilt water cannot be gathered up and If the cat's away the mouse will reign appear in the piece.
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Cheticamp
N.S
Dan Arsenault
Araoa
Yearend Rally Hope Diluted But It Has Not Vanished
AP Business News writer details Wall Street's Christmas weekend mood with a diluted but lingering yearend rally. Analysts weigh temporary weakness, profit taking, and seasonal factors favoring higher prices into next year amid mixed sector leadership and divergent outlooks.
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New York
Wall
Joseph E. Granville
E. F. Hutton & Co
Elec
Hartselle Youth High On Test Achieves National Rank
Bill Stewart of Hartselle ranked in the top two percent of graduate students nationwide after taking the GRE on November 18. He is working on a doctorate while teaching political science at the University of Alabama on a two year teaching fellowship. Stewart is a 1957 Morgan County High School graduate with a BA in political science from Alabama in 1960 and an MA in government from George Washington University. He has been at Alabama since September and plans to teach after earning his doctorate. He has served as a Decatur Daily correspondent and is a member of Pi Sigma Alpha and Sigma Delta Chi.
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Princeton University
Stewart
University of Alabama
W. H. Stewart
Hartselle
Morgan County High School
George Washington University
Washington D.C
Four Named For Cullman Jaycee Distinguished Service Award
Earl Mayhall Bruce Hudson and Ed Harbison are nominated for the 1961 Jaycee Distinguished Service Award in Cullman. The winner will be announced at a January Jaycee banquet with Mayor William R. Griffin Chamber of Commerce President G. F. Anderson and Oscar Dunlap judging by a point system for community achievements in 1961. Nominees need not be JCC members but must be 35 or younger.
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Chamber of Commerce
Butcher Hogs Close Higher In Chicago Market
The butcher hog market topped at 18.50 a hundredweight with prices steady to 50 cents higher for about 4000 head. Peak sales were 200 head of 190-225 lb mixed No. 1 and 2 grades. Other offerings sold from 18.25 up, 190-250 lb 1-3 grades at 17.25-18.25, heavier 16.25 plus. Sows 12-15, steers 25.75-28, lambs 16.25-17 choice prime and 14.50-16.50 good.
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Chicago
Some Rye Soybeans In Move Ahead
In a light preholiday session on the Board of Trade rye and soybeans advanced while other grains mostly held. Wheat fell slightly, corn rose modestly, oats gained, rye mixed, and soybeans moved higher for January delivery.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Horoscopes for Sun and Monday Bound for Opportunities
Energy and ambition surge on Sunday with potential delays from others. Use diplomacy to smooth progress and focus on domestic and social interests. A birthday signals a year of opportunities limited only by personal effort in the next three months. Monday brings hectic activity and risk of anxiety unless one tackles tasks one at a time.
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Lawrence
Jack Lefler
AP Business News
B. K. Thurlow
Bill Stewart
United States
Santa
Terry Paul Sims
Marion Sims
Nell St
Decatur
Terry
Austinville School
New. York
Standard and Poor's Stock Index
Standard and Poor
Cullman
14Th Street
S.E
Ist
Ave
Billy Nabors
Ft. Hood
Tex
Co. B
279Th Signal Bn
Huntsville
James Hanley, Jr
Auburn C. Whitlow
Earl Walls
Mendey-Fridey A
Edgers
Decatur Paint, & Wallpaper Co
Moulton St
Wright Printing Company
Harold & Mildred Wright
Sft Ave
S&h
Bain’s Service Station
First Avenue
Lang’s Sporting Goods
Decatur's
Bank St. Phon
Blue Ribbon Shoe Shop
Second Avenue
Industrial Chemicals, Inc
Johnson’s
Decatur, Alabama
DIAL
Whitlow TV Service
W. Moulton St
Dupont
Midway Blinds
Patterson Fence CO
Ewell S. S.W
RAY Bailey Lumber CO
Ala
RAY Bailey Homes
Benjamin Moore
Weiser Electric Supplies
Perrylanes Bowling Center
Wallace
Barber and Beauty Shop
Second Ave
A. L. Tucker
Tucker
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