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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1966

Page

2

Two Hartsel le area obituaries noted in brief notices

Mrs. Emmett Thomas 87 Hueytown dies in local nursing home. Graveside service at Walder Mose Cemetery with Rev. Connor Lundy officiating. Peck Funeral Home directing. Survivors include two daughters and two sons. Also noted is Mrs. S J Wright 78 Hartselle who died at home. Funeral at Hartselle First Baptist Church with burial in Hartselle City Cemetery. Peck directing. Continuous from page: other items listed include multiple funeral notices and local society briefs.

Hartselle Emmett Thomas Hueytown Waldermose Connor Lundy Peck Funeral Home Hugo Haslock Georgetown Beatrice Holland Birmingham Everett Thomas Hayward Calif G. D. Thomas The Christian Church Dodd Edmonson Paul Thomas Pat Matkins John Mack Chunn Leslie Watson Dewey Day, Sr S. J. Wright E. Hickory St Hartselle First Baptist Church W. L. Carden Hartselle City Peck C. Wright Selma Paul J. Wright Old Hickory Tenn Charles E. Wright Goodletsville Robert D. Wright Mary Francis Wright Sam Fleischer Dayton Ohio J. R. Dutton Woodbridge H. Seibert Greenville

Venus at aphelion and Decatur weather with rain

The text notes Venus at aphelion and a Decatur vicinity forecast for today with occasional rain and near total probability of rain. A high of 43 degrees is expected with little temperature change.

Venus

William Andrew Cooper obituary in Decatur

William Andrew Cooper 77 of Decatur died Friday afternoon in a local hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Gunthorp Funeral Home.

William Andrew Cooper Decatur 5 Fune

Television Log for Saturday and Sunday Listings

A dense Saturday and Sunday broadcast schedule lists color programs, cartoons, movies, sports, and religious shows from early morning through late night. Notable items include a Syracuse vs Tennessee bowl game intro, college basketball Vanderbilt vs Auburn, various cartoons and films, and religious programming with gospel and church services.

Radio Stations and Time Signals Across Listings

The page lists radio stations iWMSL Mutwol and WHOS WHRT WAJF WJOF WJMW WKAC WLCB with broadcast windows from sunrise to sunset or set times. Specific frequencies noted include Mutwol 3400 and WAJF 1490, with some stations operating late into the night.

Iwmsl WHOS WDRM Gnu WAJF Wjof-Fm WJMW WKAC WLCB Moulton

Mrs Laura Hampton Hartselle Dies at Local Rest Home

Mrs Laura Hampton of Hartselle Daville 2 died Friday at 1 30 p m in a local rest home. Funeral services are Sunday at 2 30 p m from Johnson Chapel Methodist Church with Rev G T Hancock officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery Peck Funeral Home directing. Nephews to pallbear.

Hartselle Laura ‘Hampton Daville Johnson Chapel Methodist G. T. Hancock Peck Funeral Home Hampton Valley Methodist Arch

William King 82 Dies. Rites Pending Gunthorp

William King aged 82 of 1611 Grant St SE died Friday at a local hospital. Funeral services will be announced later by Gunthorp Funeral Home. Surviving are his widow Maggie King of Decatur. three daughters Mrs Ruby White Mrs Martha Dell McKee and Mrs Boueee Harper all of Decatur. two sons Billy Roy King of Decatur and Paul S King of Marion La. a sister Mrs Nellie Puckett of Hartseller. eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

William King Grant St. SE Gunthorp Funeral Home Maggie King Decatur Ruby White Martha Dell McKee Boueee Harper Billy Roy King Paul S. King Marion Nellie Puckett Hartseller

Preston Savage Sr. 61 Dies. Rites Set at Pell City Church

Preston Ray Savage Sr., 61, of 503 11th St. SE, died Friday at 6:15 am in a local hospital. Services will be at 2:30 pm at Harkey’s Chapel Methodist Church near Pell City with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Survived by wife Estelle of Decatur, two sons Preston R. Savage Jr. of Delaware and John M. Savage of Birmingham, a daughter Barbara Condyles, three sisters Irene Savage Mrs. W. H. Henderson and Mrs. E. R. Tucker, all of Birmingham. Body shipped by Gunthorp Funeral Home to Kilgore Funeral Home in Pell City until services.

Preston Ray Savage Sr 11Th St. SE Harkeys Chapel Methodist Church Pell City Estelle Savage Decatur Preston R. Savage,Jr Delaware John M. Savage Birmingham Barbara Condyles Irene Savage W. H. Henderson E. R. Tucker Gunthorp Funeral Home Kilgore

DAV Auxiliary Schedules Evening Event and Meetings

oe Decatur Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary will sponsor an eight o'clock entertainment at the DAV home on Church Street. The Veterans of World War I Morgan County Barracks 2405 and the Auxiliary will meet at 6 30 p m Monday at the American Legion Home in Hartselle for a covered dish supper and regular meeting. City license renewals are due by January with no penalty this month. The revenue department mailed about 2 500 notices and applications to licensees this week. Charlie Smith urged firm owners not to wait until January’s end and to call 353 4842 with questions before renewing. During 1966, 2,169 licenses were sold in the city. John William Washington of Athens was charged Friday morning with transporting after Decatur police stopped him on Wilson Street, finding eight cases of beer in his car. He was turned over to ABC Agent Carlos Nelson and jailed in Morgan County. Nelson said the beer came from Tennessee. Raymond W. Downs of Decatur was charged this week with two counts of forgery for writing about 10 checks totaling around 500 against John J. Murphy Jr.’s account. Downs was arrested after attempting to cash a check at State National Branch Bank in Decatur Shopping Center. Downs already faces trial for destroying property from the L N Railroad overpass project on 14th Street.

Morgan County Barracks Auxiliary American Legion Hartselle City Revenue Department Charlie Smith Smith John William Washington Athens Decatur Wilson St

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