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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1966
Page
3
Louisville report notes the Shakers who settled in central Kentucky in the early 1800s excelled at furniture making. Their Shakertown communal living ended after the Civil War, yet the distinctive furniture remains influential and enduring today.
The Daily awards honor city residents in door window and yard divisions for festive displays. Winners include the Johnston family at 1713 Colfax St. SW for window lighting and the Aberdeans at 1402 11th Ave SE for yard décor. Judges praised artistic effect, originality, and adherence to Christmas spirit.
Geant FT ape will hold regular services both morning and afternoon Sunday. First Methodist Church will hold regular Sunday services with no night services. Ninth Street Methodist will have morning services only. First Baptist Church Austinville invites Don Roberson as guest speaker in the morning. Grace Baptist and Oak Park Baptist schedule day and night or evening vesper programs. Sixteenth Avenue Baptist shifts to 10 am services with no night worship. Westminster Presbyterian plans 8:30 and 11 am services with Sunday school at 9:40. St Luke's Presbyterian offers 8 pm Christmas Eve service with soloist Mrs Clinton Clay and organist Mrs Edna Ward. minister James O Pruden.
The article discusses a bill to shift county commissioner elections from a county-wide basis to district based, requiring each commissioner to reside in and represent their district. Chairman Clyde Cameron says he will study the bill, weighing economic vs political motives. It notes budget strains after a road program shift to the state and staff cuts, with potential savings from eliminating the chairman and reducing commissioner salaries.
The Small Business Administration designates 34 Alabama counties as disaster areas due to fall 1965 weather, enabling economic injury disaster loans for affected firms. Applicants must prove economic injury with regional SBA help from Birmingham and file under the economic injury program.
In Hastings Nebraska AP Rev Carl W Tiller Cheverly Md past president of the American Baptist convention proposes a shared form of the Lord s Prayer He suggests using sins instead of trespasses and debts to unify wording across Christian denominations
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