Baptist Minister Will Retire Friday
Rev. W. W. Coffey, pastor of the Fifth Ave. Baptist Church, will retire from the ministry effective Friday after 30 years as a full time preacher. He pastored at Fifth Ave. eight years and worked with Morgan County churches 23 years. He preached revivals in Alabama Georgia Tennessee and Michigan, including a revival with over 5 000 attendees and 52 baptisms. After retirement he plans part time preaching with aid from several churches to assist Morgan County and Alabama congregations. The church has about 480 members and active programs.
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Coffey
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Reader predicts bold future milestones by 1980
A letter from Chester Bryant to Barrett Shelton lists ten forecasts for 1965 to 1980 including space progress, faster jets, safer cars, organ transplants, new celestial bodies, a test of Einstein theory, rail speeds to 300 mph, mineral wealth underground, near Earth space stations for trips, a 1000 billion dollar GNP by 1970, and visits by intelligent beings that avoid contact.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Barrett Shelton
Decatur Daily Decatur
Ala
Shelton
Russia
N.Y
Calif
Earth
Cordiall Chester Bryant
No Rail Picket Lines Up Here
Firemen for Southern Railway set picket lines in several states with systemwide walkout claims. In Decatur a Southern spokesman said operations continue and no strike notice was received. In Charlotte pickets formed before the station as firemen cite calls to improve working conditions and benefits.
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Decatur
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Charlotte
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International Brotherhood of Railway Firemen
Auto Freight Train Collision Near Attalla Kills Child
A two year old boy from Etowah County, Richard C. Hollida, died when his car collided with a freight train north of Attalla, near Dozier's Crossing on a county road, according to Coroner Noble Yocum.
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Ala
Richard C. Hollida
Etowah County
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Noble Yocum
Yocum
Dozier’s Crossing
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