Why Do Snakes Shed Their Skin In Growth Surges
A newspaper feature explains snake shedding as a growth process. It notes young snakes shed soon after hatching, leaving the old skin in one piece, and outlines how different species reach maturity across years. The piece also cites the number of snake species and the small share that are poisonous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kevin Tommeraasen
Baltic
Dakota
Obituary notices for Barnett Burgess Downs Humphrey and more
Obituaries list multiple services for Clara Lois Barnett 69 Cullman Two died Saturday at a Birmingham hospital service Tuesday 2 pm at Clark Street Church of God burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery Higdon Funeral Home. Henry Burgess 94 Moulton died Friday in Decatur hospital funeral Tuesday 2 pm Freeman Tabernacle Baptist Church burial Moulton Cemetery Huggins Funeral Home. James Lester Downs 59 Birmingham died Saturday Athens Limestone Hospital service today 2 pm Spry Funeral Home Chapel burial Legg Cemetery pallbearers listed. Percy Humphrey Hopkinsville Kentucky died Saturday Hopkinsville service Tuesday 1 pm. Survivors and details note numerous relatives and church affiliations.
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Clara Lois Barnett
Cullman
Birmingham
Clark Street Church of God
Pleasant Grove
Higdon Funeral Home
Joyce Brown
Jean Motes
Anne Smith
Dean Griffin
Faye Etheredge
Mae Benefield
Flora Clay
Roy Dyer
Cecil Dyer
James Barnett
Howard Barnett
Tony Barnett
Moulton
Henry Burgess
Rosewald St
Decatur
Freeman Tabernacle Baptist Church
H. N. Snodgrass
Huggins
James Lester Downs
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Spry Funeral Home
Elzie Jones
Legg Cemetery
Spry
Danny Ray Downs
David Allen Wright
Eunice Coleman
Detroit
Dorace Johnson
Lebanon
Tenn
Doris Johnson
Athens
Clayton Downs
Randy Johnson
David Johnson
Lannie Coleman
Darrell Johnson
Tim Johnson
Jeff
Associated Funeral Home Chapel
Springfield
Elmwood
Associated Directing
Virginia Humphrey
Hopkinsville
John Saturley
Carl Mortland
Jim.Hayes
Montgomery
First Baptist Church
Dunedin
Fla
Raymond Carl Latham
Jacksonville
Ridouts Valley Chapel
Homewood
Marjorie Danson Latham
Lynn Dorrough
Raymond Carl Latham II
Mildred Blaxton
Morell Crow
Evelyn Latham
Mahlon A. Latham
Petersburg
Robert Homer Vinson
Hartselle
Basham United Methodist Church
Fred Payne
Woodrow Franklin
Basham Cemetery
Peck Funeral Home
Lillie Mae Vinson
James O. Vinson
Jack Vinson
Billy Vinson
Hershel Vinson
Howard Vinson
Milfred Vinson
Houston Kelso
Marie Sparks
J. G. Sparks
Estelle Rose
Plant City
Vinson
Morgan County panel to report on site for new food stamp office
Morgan County Commission to hear recommendations from a three member committee on the relocation site for the county food stamp office. Nine bids were reviewed with names including Yancy Hughes and Robert King among bidders. Also to be discussed are priority projects for about 500000 dollars in Community Development funds and the county’s CD application status.
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Morgan County Commission
Morgan County Food Stamp Office
Decatur
Bob McWhorter
Allen Hamilton
Morgan County Department of Pensions and Security
Marilyn George
Yancy Hughes
Bank St
Thornton
Dick) Fleming
Hughes
C. C
Buck) Martin
Robert M. King
Davis and
Oak Streets
Robert Hudson
Hudson
J. D. Reed
Dexter Gay
David Davis
Frank Wiley
Vine St
Railroad Ave
Commission
Willa Cutts
Morgan County
Holiday Traffic Death Toll 409
The long Christmas weekend caused 409 road deaths nationwide from 6 p.m. Thursday to midnight Sunday, per AP counts. The National Safety Council had projected 460 to 560 deaths. Last year’s four-day holiday saw 397 fatalities, with 1965 marked as the worst Christmas period at 720 deaths.
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National Safety Council
Midwest
Associated Press
Area Men In Service Highlight Multiple Branches
Army private Donald W. Baker completed a telecommunications center specialist course at Ft Gordon Georgia after enlisting in May 1976. Airman James D. Thompson, son of Florence area parents, serves as an aircraft environmental systems repairman at Ellsworth AFB S D. Staff Sergeant Eric P. Rivers arrived for duty at Rhein Main AB Germany with Military Airlift Command. Private Billy McCoy, 19, completed seven weeks of advanced individual training at Ft Benning Georgia qualifying as light weapons infantryman and indirect fire crewman. Technical Sergeant Mark Rawlings earned a 1105 cash award at Hahn AB Germany.
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Army
Donald W. Baker
Charles Baker
Madison 2
Army Signal School
Ft. Gordon
Pvt. Baker
Southeastern High School
Detroit
Florence
U. S. Air Force
James D. Thompson
James C. Thompson
N. Broadway St
Ellsworth Afb
S.D
Strategic Air Command
Brooks High School
Killen
Sherry
Arlen C Kelly
Athens
Eric P. Rivers
Harold F. Rivers
Rt.5
Cantonment
Fla
Rhein-Main AB
Germany
Rivers
Military Airlift Command
Langley Afb
J. M. Tate High School
Gonzalez, Fla
Ruby
Ocie Thompson
Falkville
Billy McCoy
Addie M. McCoy
13Th Ave
Ft. Benning
Pvt
McCoy
Austin High School
U.S. Air Force
Mark Rawlings
Glenn H. Rawlings Sr
Crane Hill 1
Hahn AB
Alabama probate notice in Morgan County housing authority case
Statewide probate notice lists Housing Authority of Decatur as applicant in a case against George Settle and multiple heirs and possible claimants. Names include George Settle of Chicago and various Ellison and Savannah Settle relatives with addresses in Ohio and New York. Unknown heirs and next of kin are cited after diligent inquiry.
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State OF Alabama
Morgan County
Morgan, County
Alabama
Housing Authority
City OF Decatur
George Settle
Eggleston Avenue
Chicago
Illinois
Minnie White
Box
Ashville
New York
Howard Settle
Forrest Settle
Savannah Settle
Jane Roe
Bernice Settle
Richard Ellison
Catherine Ellison
West Warren Street
Toledo
Ohio
Wanda Jean Ellison
Priscilla Ellison
Charlene Ellison
Warren Street
Irene Rand Reynolds
Broer
John Reynolds
Dorothenia Morris
Pauline
James Morris
Emma Jean Woods
Joe Louis Cross
South
Pearl Cross
Parthenia Cross
Decatur
Grant Street
Goodyear
Bryan McAfee
City of
Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Company
Sergeant Rawlings proposes battery cell power for x ray units
Sergeant Rawlings, a biomedical equipment maintenance technician at Hahn AB Germany with a USAFE unit, suggests using air craft battery cells to power ooh x ray units in the hospital. The plan, part of the Air Force continuous resources conservation program, could save about 80600 dollars in the first year. Rawlings is a 1964 graduate of West Point High School.
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Rawlings
Pital
Air Force
Hahn AB
Germany
U. S. Air Forces
Europe
Sergeant Rawlings
West Point High School
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Martha Ann’s Valley
Decatur Daily
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Calvin White
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Shorty
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Childs
Slayton
E.M.H. Electronics
Brooksville
McCulloch Electric
Valley Concrete Service
Larry White
Bill Mears
Bill Mears Co
Kyle Holt
Carl John Landers
AIR Teese
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Abe Banks
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Dalton Greene
Texaco
Priceville
Texaco, Inc
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Charles Terry
Terry & Terry Home Builders
Woodland ST. SE
Eastwood
NICE
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Meadow View
Beltline
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Sherman
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Jack McNutt
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A.L. Long
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Winslett & Ward
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Johnson’s Cabinet Shop
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Is Galle
6Th Ave
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Fred Robinson, Jr
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Jane Grover
Barbara Flake
Harry Maiden
Steve Shirley
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Towerview ST
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College
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