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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1976
Page
2
Decatur area weather data shows river reading 17.42 at Keller Memorial Bridge and sea level 551.72. Wednesday temperatures ranged 41 to 51 with a 0.73 inch precipitation. Forecast calls for sun this afternoon with rain likely Friday, 60 percent, and mild 50s today with highs near 40 tonight. Sunrise tomorrow expected at 6:54 a.m.
The extended outlook calls for a chance of rain Saturday with a drop in temperatures. Sunday to Monday will be fair and cold with highs in the 30s to 40s and lows in the 20s.
The Tennessee Valley can expect rain again on Friday with decreasing clouds tonight and a 60 percent chance of rain Friday. Highs will be mid 50s, and by Sunday to Monday forecasts call for fair skies and colder temperatures. Temperatures around the Jetport ranged from 29 to 40 degrees with 0.67 inch of rain on Wednesday.
Calhoun Community College hosts The Quiet Dignity of Choice at the Athens Public Library through Jan 10. Photographed by Susan and Al Rosenbaum, the show examines rural lifestyles amid urban encroachment, promoting traditional values as positive alternatives to homogenized progress.
Three Vietnamese refugees Chi Van Vu Nguyen Thanh Sen and Nguyen Thanh Hung train in textiles at the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind in Talladega. Referred by the unemployment office they learn to doff and spin under supervisor Arlene Pruet as local companies eye potential hires after January.
Today Compton's Crossing United Pentecostal Church hosts a service at 7 15 p m The Single Adult Fellowship Group meets at 7 p m at First Baptist Youth Center The Decatur Pilot Club holds an executive board meeting at 6 p m with a dinner at 7 p m Pilgrim Baptist Church near Moulton on Ala 33 presents the film The Burning Hell at 7 p m
A series of Friday gospel events across multiple churches starts at 7 p.m. with performances by Wilhoites Herdsmen Coburn and Wilhoite families Devotions Dobbs Family Devo tion Singers West Quartet Calvary Crusaders Glory Aires and Servants plus the Lawrence County Singing Convention at Caddo Christian Church beginning 10:30 a.m. with lunch at noon.
Mrs Jones died at 81 amid family disagreements over cremation and burial plans. A church program urges members to draft typed funeral letters kept for kin and lawyers, detailing choices such as cremation, burial, or body donation to a medical school, to ease decisions after death.
Athens police and fire officials investigate arson as the cause of a Wednesday night fire at the vacant Miller Elementary School off Browns Ferry Street. Fire chief A E Bumpus says two classrooms suffered heavy damage and debris was piled and set with a match. The blaze was extinguished quickly after a 9 46 p m call. The building has suffered vandalism in recent years and state fire marshal Howard Dees will assist later this week.
Athens led by coach Larry McCoy won the state 3 A championship becoming the first Athens squad to claim the crown. The team earned 12 straight wins after an opener loss to Grissom and a tie with Decatur. Ex ecutive Director Bubba Scott presented the trophy as Limestone County celebrated a historic title at Golden Eagle Stadium.
Inside Palusia 35 15 in the state finale. Athens had already chalked up victories over Cullman, Haleyville and Fairfield in the State regional playoffs. The players and cheerleaders received the town's appreciation in New Orleans for their accomplishment. They attended the Alabama Penn State Sugar Bowl on Wednesday and will return over the weekend. Booster Club sponsored attendance.
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