Anti-Union Education Group Plans State Convention in Huntsville
Huntsville hosts the National Association of Professional Educators fourth annual convention next August with more than 1,000 delegates. Local splits from the Alabama Education Association form the Decatur Association of Professional Educators, and HOPE backs NAPE while criticizing NEA and AEA tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gay Barber
Huntsville
National Education Associations
NEA
Alabama Education Association
AEA
National Association of Professional Educators
NAPE
Decatur Association of Professional Educators
DAPE
Huntsville Organization of Professional Educators
HOPE
James Mason
U. S. Supreme Court
Mason
Huntsville Education Association
Teague
DEA
Decatur
Cape
Alexander City
Bay Minette
Marion
Enterprise
Opelika
APEAL
Association of Professional Educators of Alabama
Community church and church group events schedule
The Decatur Pilot Club, Burleson Mountain and Hartselle area churches list executive board meeting times watchnight services and gospel programs. Entries include Decatur Inn at 6 pm Rural Grove Baptist Church 8 pm New Center Baptist Church 7 pm Flint Baptist Church 7 30 pm East End United Methodist 8 pm Moulton Nursing Home 7 pm Full Gospel Holiness Tabernacle 157 Ala 7 pm Mill Creek Baptist Church 7 pm with various gospel groups.
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Decatur Pilot Club
Decatur Inn
Rural Grove Baptist Church
Burleson Mountain
The
Gospel 4
Watwood Family
Spiritual Echoes
New Center Baptist Church
Hartselle
Motes
Longtime Courthouse Clerk Sadie Gillespie Retires
Sadie Gillespie, a probate judge’s office worker for 42 years since 1933, retires Wednesday. She helped with elections and also handled deeds, incorporations, and fee calculations in Decatur after moving from Knoxville to help Judge Malone.
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Sadie Gillespie
Gillespie
Baynard L. Malone
T. C. Almon
Bryan McAfee
Knoxville
Decatur
Eddie May Gillespie
Malone
Retiring Morgan County Courthouse Clerk Sadie Gillespie Ends 42 Years of Service
longtime probate office employee Sadie Gillespie retires after 42 years at the Morgan County Courthouse. She plans travel with her sister, visit daughter in New York, and sister in Pontiac Michigan, after an exemption from mandatory retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Secretary of State
Democratic Committee
E. K. Henson
Sam McLendon
Gillespie
The
County Commission
Dick Fleming
New York
Pontiac
Mich
Long-serving Morgan County official retires after 43 years
The obituary style reminiscence notes Stella Crutchfield and Clovis Babbler as the three county employees who have worked the longest in the probate judge's office with 43 and 45 years respectively. Mrs Gillespie, proudest of being the first woman juror in Morgan County and the state, plans retirement amid praise from McAfee who calls her a dedicated public servant and institution in the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Crutchfield
Clovis Babbler
Morgan County
Gillespie
McAfee
Daily Photo Highlights A Day And Wednesday Reach Near 50
A brief daily photo feature shows weekday temperatures hovering near 50 degrees. The caption notes a mild stretch ahead with crisp mornings and subtle sunshine.
Weather summary for Decatur area and river reading
River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning 16.78 feet with sea level 551.08. Monday high 47 low 43. Today near 50 with rain 90 percent, tonight 80 percent, Wednesday 70 percent rain. Climate data show 47/42 average 45. Total day rain .03 inch. year 71.80 inches. Extended: Thursday rain possible, Friday colder, Saturday clearing with highs mid 40s to mid 50s and lows in 40s to upper 20s.
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Decatur and Vicinity River Reading
Keller Memorial Bridge
Huntsville- Decatur
Valley Fog and Rain Likely Through Wednesday
The National Weather Service warns of heavy fog drizzle and rain across the Valley through Wednesday with a 90 percent today, 80 percent tonight, and 70 percent Wednesday. Highs near 50, lows around 40s, with cooler days by Friday and Saturday.
Family's mobile home burns Christmas Day in Deer Springs
Stanley Jones and his wife Susie and their two year old son Jason survived a Christmas Day fire that destroyed their Deer Springs mobile home. They lost irreplaceable personal items including family Bibles church records and keepsakes. Neighbors from Huntsville and Tennessee collected donations as the family plans to rebuild on the same lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russ Roberts
Stanley Jones
Deer Springs
Santa Claus
Jason
Jones
Susie Jones
Remco
Decatur
Huntsville
Tennessee
Santa
No Long Weekend for Government in New Year Week
Public offices in Alabama resume normal hours after a light New Year holiday. Most counties and cities reopen Jan 2, with Social Security offices in Athens and Moulton closed Thu and Fri. The Postal Service runs a holiday schedule on New Year Day and suspends window service and regular mail delivery Jan 2 and 3.
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Social Security
Athens
Moulton
Decatur
Cullman
Postal Service
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American Federation of Teachers
Afl-Cio
Cecil Teague
Boards of Education
Kathryn Jackson
Flint, Mich
Iad
Gospel Singings
Flint Baptist Church
Jack Carroll
Billy Thorne
East End
Moulton Nursing Home
Wilhoites
Mill Creek
Elec
Billy Smith
Sanitation Department
Tomor
A.m
National Weather Service
NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
South
Georgia
Eastern
Gulf
Mississippi
Alabama
Weather Service
Internal Revenue Service
Greenville
Ala
Public Safety
Col. E. C. Dothard
Jimmy Preston Bullock
Butler County
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