Weather and Moon Phases for Weekend
The report notes sunset at 4 45 p m and moon perigee at less than 224000 miles tonight. Early Monday the moon becomes full and will be totally eclipsed for over an hour.
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1963
Page
2
The report notes sunset at 4 45 p m and moon perigee at less than 224000 miles tonight. Early Monday the moon becomes full and will be totally eclipsed for over an hour.
Decatur area reports the Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge 16.70 feet, up 44 feet in 24 hours, sea level reading 551 feet. TVA lakes Chickamauga 675.3 Pickwick 408.4 Guntersville 593.2 Whitesburg 551 and Wilson 505.3. Today highs near 47, tonight 27, Saturday 50 with cooler windy skies. Gas department notes 62 yesterday afternoon, 33 overnight, and a % degree reading this morning.
Temperatures trend several degrees below normal with little daily variation. Normal highs 51 to 62 and lows 32 to 41. Precipitation expected, heavy in extreme southern areas and light to moderate elsewhere, likely Sunday or Monday.
Cullman police Detachment reports four arrests Thursday including two for disorderly conduct one for violation of the prohibition law and one for reckless driving.
Cullman County Sheriff's force made three arrests Thursday. One was for receiving mortgaged property and two for public drunkenness.
Services for Thomas Vare Wiley Sr 69 who died Thursday at 3 p.m. at his Decatur residence from a heart attack will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Gunthorpe Funeral Chapel with Rev. Edi Miller officiating. Interment in Decatur Cemetery. Survivors: wife Mary C. Wiley. three sons David L. Wiley Frank A. Wiley and Thomas M. Wiley Jr.. daughter Kathryn Anne Wiley. seven grandchildren. Pallbearers named Knox McRae Clyde McRae O B Roberson Arthur Lightfoot Luther Sparkman Burt Jeffries.
Frank M. Speer 45 formerly of Decatur died Thursday in Huntsville. Funeral at 10 a.m. Saturday at Huntsville Methodist Church with burial in Decatur City Cemetery. Survivors: widow Frances N Speer three sons Frank N William Douglas Robert Michael Speer Huntsville one daughter Barbara Carol Huntsville two brothers John S Speer Atlanta William B Speer Drakesboro Ky one sister Mrs Forrest A Becker San Francisco. He belonged to First Baptist Church Decatur a Mason and Alabama Georgia Water Works Association and worked 22 years at Redstone Arsenal. Active pallbearers include Roy E Webster W C Lawhorn Henry Hudson John Scarbrough Ernest Lamb Ira Lawhorn. honorary pallbearers listed frontline workers and post engineers.
Tony Lee Jackson aged 14 of 2226 4th Ave South Birmingham died Monday in Birmingham. Funeral services will be today at 2 p.m. at McConnett Funeral Chapel with burial at Hester's Chapel Cemetery. Orel Gray will officiate. Survived by mother Mrs. Lurene Cooper Birmingham one brother James A Jackson Birmingham one half brother Larry Cooper Birmingham two grandmothers Mrs Eva Jackson Anderson I and Mrs Bertha Pugh Decatur plus several uncles and aunts.
Mrs. Howard H. Wilson former Lorine Scheer died at University Hospital Thursday morning. Funeral services held at McCammon-Moss Funeral Home in Maryville on Saturday at 10 30 a m with interment in Maryville. Survived by husband a sister Mrs Carl L Watson Knoxville a niece and two nephews. Lived in Decatur before marriage.
Herman Eldrid Gray aged 65 of 420 11th Ave SW died Thursday at 2 20 pm in a local hospital following an apparent heart attack. Funeral services Sunday at 2 pm from First Church of the Nazarene with Rev W R Sessions and Rev William Beard officiating. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Lawrence County with Gunthorp directing. Mrs Ezma Gray, Decatur.
Hospital records show admissions for Master James Rogers and Mrs James E Thompson with limited details available. The entries indicate patient names and generic admission notes without specifying dates or medical conditions.
Three sons E C Gray Decatur James Gray Texas Robert Gray Decatur six daughters Mrs Cullen St John Huntsville Mrs Ovadia Reard Cullman Mrs Alene Suell ain Mrs Inez Reed atur Mrs Sarah Johnson Hartselle Mrs Mildred Mardis Decatur 11 grandchildren three great grandchildren and other relatives. The body return to residence this afternoon to remain until time to be taken to church and lie in state from 1 to 2 pm. Mr Gray was employed by the City of Decatur for 28 years.
Mrs Martha Richard Moulton aged 81 died Tuesday at 4 30 p m at her Mount Hope residence after five weeks illness. Funeral services were at Hickory Grove Presbyterian Church Thursday at 2 p m conducted by Rev Esta L Hardin Elliott Brown Funeral Home handled arrangements. Survivors include three daughters Mrs Margaret Potter Mrs J D Reed Mrs N E Coan all of Mount Hope four sons Monroe Richard Woodrow Richard both of Moulton Elmer Richard Chicago Neal Richard Altoona Ala 30 grandchildren 55 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild. Active pallbearers were Elbert Coan F O Reed W T Potter Alton Coan Corbatt Potter and Raymond Allen.
Fred Brooks 51 of 309 Shaw Sr. Athens died today at 3 am at Athens Limestone Hospital. Funeral at 2 pm at Northside Church of Christ with Burt Grubbs officiating. He is survived by wife Estell Brooks and five daughters and eight grandchildren with family in Athens Decatur Elkmont and Decatur.
Billy Neal Johnson age 35 of Buena Park California died Wednesday at 12 55 am in Buena Park. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 pm at Aldridge Grove Church Lawrence County with the Rev D R Garrett and Rev D M Dutton officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery Peck Funeral Home directing. Survived by wife Mrs Judah Faye Johnson two daughters Sherry and Kathy Johnson two sons Terry and David Johnson mother Mrs Ida J Holladay Danville two grandmothers Mrs Julia Ann Johnson Moulton four brothers Jerry Johnson Utah Clayton Johnson Chicago Almon Johnson Danville J W Johnson Ypsilanti Mich two sisters Mrs Opal Smith Hartselle and Mrs Betty Smith Corona Calif Pallbearers G W Hampton Ronald Bryant Drennan Luker Maxie Butler Wade Bell Coleman Hampton. Johnson was Korean War veteran and a member of the VFW. Body at mother’s residence until services.
Local notice lists Hartselle resident J P Holland at 817 4th Ave SE and Mrs. Walker Smith at 1810 Wadsworth Street.
A roster of admissions at Decatur General includes multiple residents and their addresses such as Little Kaye Pointer, James E. Evans, Coy W. Gray, and more. Several entries note infants and family members among patients, with listed homes across Decatur and nearby towns like Hartselle and Athens.
The list names Cullman area residents with ages, spouses, and towns of residence along with a section titled Negro Deaths. Funeral notices for Moses Hobbs and Albert Hill are noted, with Hillsboro church services and Elliott Cemetery burial details. Additional names appear across Cullman, Hanceville, Eva, Vinemont, Garden City, Holly Pond, Crane Hill, and Decatur linked to obituaries and memorials.
Moore-Handley announces a Decatur facility adding a wholesale cash and carry operation to its network. The firm already runs home offices in Birmingham and wholesale and retail sites in Atlanta Nashville Chattanooga Memphis Mobile Huntsville Pensacola and Miami. The move targets trade in the Tennessee Valley and Southeast as thousands of wholesale customers respond to the low-cost buying plan.
Over the rear of a building a box containing small change and four old silver dollars was looted. A bank deposit bag held about $90 in half rolls. All cash was in a desk drawer. This marked the second straight night of a tracked safe in Decatur. Beneficial Finance Co. on 202nd Ave reported a theft around $300 in cash and $1,500 in checks, with checks discarded in a trash can and cash insured.
Mrs. Ann Ellis former Decatur resident died in Memphis after a six month illness. Funeral services are set for today at 3 p.m. at the Cosmopolitan Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. She is survived by two sisters Mrs Robert Blackwell of Decatur and Mrs Eugene Crocket of Memphis and two brothers Homer T Ellis of Memphis and Tennis Ellis of Manchester Tenn plus other relatives.
Former Minnesota governor Harold Stassen says he will announce next month whether he will seek the 1964 Republican presidential nomination. He cites Eisenhower’s suggestion that several candidates be named to broaden the field as factor in his decision.
Strength in rails and airlines helped the stock market move higher with 4.2 million shares traded. Xerox and IBM led gains while Chrysler and Kodak faded. Department store sales hit a record, and living costs rose to a November peak amid mixed corporate results.
AP reports midday New York trading shows varied results with Gulf-Oil holding at 47 while Hercules Pdr drops, and Am Can up 43. Aviation and steel groups move differently as several brands such as Coca Cola and Ford Mot post gains or losses in a broad list of corporate stock quotes.
AP reports broilers and fryers in Birmingham show good ready to cook supplies with adequate overall levels and occasional shortages. Estimated slaughter today and Saturday was 278,600 head versus 863,300 last weekend. farm quotations ranged 12.5 to 13 cents with some sales under contract.
Police found no evidence of foul play in the death of 14 year old Tony Lee Jackson whose frozen body was found in a gully near a Birmingham shopping center on Christmas Day. He had been missing since Monday and investigators said he was intoxicated when he fell into the gully. An autopsy report is expected in a few days.
Mr and Mrs Roger Lambert Decatur welcome a girl Thursday at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. Mr and Mrs Joe MacRoden 403 Oak Street greet a son Wednesday at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. Mr and Mrs Harold Peacock 1618 Danville Road have a boy Thursday at Decatur General. Mr and Mrs Robert Garrett Athens have a boy Thursday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Danny Rose Courtland welcome a boy today at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Gene Brackin Town Creek have a girl today at Decatur General Hospital.
The article lists delivered plant prices between 13 and 14.5 and mentions Georgia live poultry markets with broiler conditions and a 12 percent reference. Hens also appear in the context of offers and market activity.
Hog receipts at Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville and nearby markets rise 25 to 50 cents from the day before with 190 to 230 pound barrows and gilts at 15.00 to 15.50 per hundredweight and lighter 160 to 180 pound hogs at 13.50 to 14.50. Sows 200 to 400 pounds fetch 11.00 to 12.75 and 400 to 500 plus pounds 10.50 to 11.50.
Decatur Fire Department logged two incidents: a 3:48 p.m. grass fire on US 31 S with no loss and a 7:08 p.m. call on Colfax SW. City docket lists public drunkenness five counts and multiple traffic offenses. James Smithson reported a broken windshield on his car at 9:15 p.m. Thursday.
On 2nd Ave near Ed's Men's Wear at 3 43 p m Thursday a car parked by Alton S Smith 57 2508 Main St Holt struck a parking meter. At 931 Carridale St at 1 30 p m Thursday a car driven east by Helen Mayfield Legg 27 912 Carridale collided with a car backing from a driveway driven by Patricia P Isbell 16 931 Carridale. The Promenaires Square Dance Club will meet tonight at 8 for the Holiday Dance. All Western Style square dancers welcome.
The American Association of Retired Persons meeting changed from December 30 to January 7 1964 at 7 p.m. in the Polhill Chapel First Baptist Church. All retired people invited and urged to attend to learn about the organization’s purpose and plan. Enter via Oak Street entrance. Public invited to an 7:30 p.m. event at the DAV Home tonight. Bank Decatur Curb Market open Saturday 6 to 11 a.m. with fresh pork sausage crackling milk butter canned vegetables jelly jam and home baked cakes. Rev Jasper Kelly Mrs Kelly and children return to Nashville after holidays with Leeman family.
Classified notices list requests and sales with contact numbers. Items include a delivery service seek in Athens, a Lawrence County farm with 23 acres and a 5 acre cotton base, a 1961 Admiral 21 inch table model TV, a 5 room rental, a 20 room house purchase wish, and two tickets to a bowl game with phone contact.
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