Local Athens Admissions and Addresses Noted
Hospital list shows patients and guardians in Athens with names and street addresses. Entries include Haskel Griffin and Betty Terrell in Athens, Jane Shank at 1814 S Wood Rd, and Mrs William McTlyea along with Mrs Luther Brooks Mrs John B Russell and others in Athens area with listed homes and caregiver details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskel Griffin
Athens
Betty Terrell
Jane Shank
S. Wood Rd
Wilfant
Rogers St
Admissions
William Mc Tlyea
Luther Brooks
Mills St
John B. Russell
Toney
Joe Furline
W. Washington
Witt
Elkmont
Baugh-Wiley Clinic Names Members by City
Loyd Martin of Decatur L J Swinen of Athens and A L Brown of Union Grove joined by Herschel Thompson of Talucah in clinic roster.
Bank St Hospital Dismissals
Dismissals listed for Bank St Hospital include Mrs Malcolm Williams and infant son at 213 NE Wilson, Gregory Moore at 903 Ith St Court, Michael Ray Lemmond of Somerville 2, Mrs Wendell Wallace and infant daughter Trinity 1, Mrs Anna Lawson District One Sanatorium, David Sloan 418 Sherman St Owen, Anderson 407 Line St, J B Whitmire 505 Canal St, and Stanley Vaughan Court d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Williams
Wilson
Gregory Moore
Lth
Court
Michael Ray Lemmond
Somerville
Wendell Wallace
Trinity
Anna Lawson
District One
David Sloan
Sherman St
Owen. Anderson
Line
J. B. Whitmire
Canal St
Ore
Stanley Vaughan
Decatur General Hospital Names and Addresses
Mrs Willis Franks and infant son in Decatur. Mrs Floyd Terry of Courtland. Mrs Piney Dodd at 1511 Jackson St. Mrs Frank Williams at 1614 8th Ave SE. St Troy Walls at 1409 8th Ave. Miss Mary Louise Morris at 2101 Country Club Rd. Mrs Lyle Owens of Danville. Charles F Weaver of Danville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur General Hospital
Willis
Franks
Decatur
Floyd Terry
Courtland
Piney Dodd
Jackson St
Frank Williams
8Th Ave
Troy Walls
Mary Louise Morris
Country Club Rd
Lyle W. Owens
Danville
Charles F. Weaver
Deeds Listed in Daily Records Transfers
Daily Records itemizes deeds with multiple transfers including Alford to Marshall Freeze for 100 dollars and J F Osborn to Troy Hall for 1 dollar, plus many other $1 to $6,000 values. Names include Leslie Fenney, William Elmer Tapscott, Ira Turner, A P Gregory, Arfie Humphrey, William Blackwood, Ona Plumadore, Lawrence Pressnell, Carl Linderman, Casey Robinson, Noah Cartee, H W Shaw, Robert James, Milo Yancey, Aaron Hendrix, Wayland Holmes, Maude Matthews, G W Fowler, James Newlin, G A Blackwell, J E Hogan, Loyd Hogan, Pauline McMillian, Raymond Dobbs, and Mary Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Holmes
A. P. Gregory
Arfie Belle Humphrey
William A. Blackwood
Albert M. Peck
Ona Peck
Lawrence L. Pressnell
Carl E. Linderman
Casey Robinson
Noah Cartee
H. W. Shaw
Robert James
Milo C. Yancey
Aaron Hendrix
James E. Brown
Wayland Holmes
Maude A. Matthews
G. W
New Uniforms For Postmen In Decatur
Acting Postmaster I. E. Self reports new postal uniforms styled with blue shirts and maroon trim, replacing gray shirts and black trim. They won’t be used immediately. old uniforms may be worn until April 21, 1957, if no new hires are added. The employer will continue with present suits until replacement is needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Self
Decatur
Princess The Second Great est Sex and More at Local Theaters
Amusements listings show Princess The Second Great est Sex with Jeanne Crain and Bert Lahr at 1:35 3:30 5:25 7:25 9:20. Roxy Saratoga Trunk stars Gary Cooper Ingrid Bergman with showings 1:17 3:49 6:21 8:53. Sunset Untamed with Tyrone and Susan Hayward at 6:45. Bowline Shotgun with Sterling Hayden Yvonne DeCarlo at 7:00 9:00. Starvue Courtland Highway Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl with Anthony Dexter Eva Gabor at 6:30 8:90.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Crain
Bert Lahr
Roxy
Saratoga Trunk
Gary Cooper
Ingrid Bergman
Starvue
Courtland
Kidd
Anthony Dexter
Eva Gabor
Dias ave DIARS Optimale glances at your community
DIARS Optimale presents a brief forecast of community features and improvements along Dias Avenue. The report highlights local projects, safety notes, and upcoming events planned by city agencies and neighborhood groups. Public input opportunities and contact details are noted.
Local notices and community updates from Decatur area
Pleasant Hill Home Demonstration Club meets Thursday at 9 a.m. at Pleasant Hill school. Flint PTA plans a 7:15 p.m. meeting with a panel on juvenile delinquency. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walt announce birth of a daughter in Flint. Southside Baptist Woman's Missionary Union meets Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the church. Fire department reports no losses in two grass fires yesterday. Dr and Mrs Monroe Parker travel to Mobile for death of Mrs Parker's father. funeral is in Mobile. Wayne Vaughan returns to Florence State Teachers College after holidays. Morgan County's 1955 Christmas Seal drive is $1,600 short. total now $4,149.24 toward $5,720 goal. Earl C Worley is critically ill at Decatur General Hospital. F William Koster recovering after surgery at Decatur General.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint Parent-Teacher Association
J. L. Howard
Monroe Parker
Mobile
Morgan County
Daren Easter
Seal Safe
Seamons Infant Named First 1956 Decatur Birth
Freddie Lee Seamons, infant son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Seamons of Decatur, born Monday at 12 30 p m at Baugh Wiley Clinic weighing 5 pounds 13 ounces. He is the couple's second child joining Frankie, 5. Second 1956 birth in Decatur Hospital was Hopper baby born at Baugh Wiley weighing 9 pounds 9 ounces to Mrs and Mr Robert N Hopper Jr Huntsville former Decatur residents. Hopper employed by North Alabama Termite Co and birthday today for Mr Hopper. No births yet in Decatur General Hospital or Bank Street Hospital by 11 a m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddie Lee Seamons
Arthur Seamons
Decatur 3
Decatur Hospital
Freddie
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Seamons
Frankie
Rowland Compton
Biugh Wiley
Robert N. Hopper
Huntsville
Decatur
Hopper
North Alabama Termite Co
Brenda Gail
Decatur General Hospital
Bank St. Hospital
Tardy Taxpayers Fewer This Year In Morgan County
Morgan County officials report fewer delinquent real and personal property taxpayers for 1955 than the previous year. With the January 1 deadline passed, staff estimate the late payment count is not yet exact, but expect a smaller total. a 50 cent fee plus 6 percent may apply to overdue taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Limestone Man Hangs Himself
Kelton Craig a 60 year old Pleasant Grove resident was found hanged in his barn between 3 and 3:30 p.m. Coroner M. W. Evans ruled death a suicide after an illness plagued life. Mrs Craig and neighbors aided in removing the body before help arrived. Funeral services will be at Holbert Springs Primitive Baptist Church with Spry Funeral Home in charge. Surviving are his wife two daughters four sons and ten grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. K
Kelton) Craig
Pleasant Grove
M. W
Buddy) Evans
Craig
Limestone
Evans
R. E. Peek
Ernie Spry
Holbert Springs Primitive Baptist Church
K. W. Yeager
Milan Brock
Spry Funeral Home
Lentzville
Florence Craig
Harold Daws
Evelyn Craig
Athens
Robert Craig
Kenneth Craig
Lester
Tyler Craig
Fairbanks
Alaska
Ronald Craig
Melvin Gooch
Winchester
Tenn
Lucian Meadows
Poet
G. B. Joiner
Eland
Fla
Rossie Craig
Thomasvillé
Ala
Frank Craig
Pater Craig
Ardmore
Johnny Craig
Limestone Native Miss Mary Evans Taken By Illness
Miss Mary Lee Evans sixty five of Athens 2 died Monday at home after a brief illness Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p m at Limestone Presbyterian Church with Rev L K Foster officiating Interment in Limestone Cemetery Spry Funeral Home in charge Nephews will be pallbearers She is survived by six brothers Walter John Ed Jesse Z O Evans all of Athens 2 and Wess Evans Athens along with many nieces and nephews A member of the Presbyterian Church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Mary Lee Evans
Athens 2
Limestone Presbyterian Church
Florence Rd
Misa Evans
Limestone County
L. K. Foster
Limestone Cemetery
Spry Funeral Home
Jesse
Z. O. Evans
Wess Evans
The
Presbyterian Church
Union Grove W S C S Distributes Baskets
Union Grove Methodist Church Woman's Society of Christian Service held a meeting with Mrs. Madeline Jones providing meditation. The group announced fruit baskets for shut-ins and a fruit cake for Mrs. Coleman. A study from Within Two Worlds was presented and a story The Toys Of A Wise Man was read. Refreshments for nine members one visitor and four children were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Grove
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Madeline Jones
Fire tops Paris landmark Eiffel Tower blaze
Fire broke out atop the Eiffel Tower in Paris and was brought under control by firefighters who climbed to the 984 foot height on foot. One firefighter cut above the wrists during efforts to halt the blaze caused by an electrical fault in the television coaxial cable on the top floor. No other injuries were reported and the tower remained standing as officials reassured the public during the government broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Eiffel Tower
Alabama seeks constitutional convention election plan
The Alabama legislature considers a plan to elect delegates to a constitutional convention alongside the Democratic primary. Each 25 000 residents or fraction yields a delegate, with at least one from each county. If voters approve, delegates meet June 5 to draft a new basic law. Governor Folsom supports reapportionment and a personalized constitution, while noting limits and duties under the 1901 Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Broughton Lamberth
Tallapoosa County
Senate
Folsom
Weather Boosts School Attendance After Christmas Break
Jackson said city officials counted an expected rise in enrollment at the school as attendance appeared strong yesterday. He noted no formal reports were filed but predicted good turnout due to unusually pleasant weather for the reopening after the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Traffic Deaths Set a New New Year Holiday Record
Weekend traffic deaths set a new record for a three day New Year period with 356 motor fatalities, 72 fires, and 72 in the miscellaneous class, totaling 500 overall. The three day toll surpassed prior New Year records but lagged behind Christmas highs and projected 420 estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Columbus unions rally amid Westinghouse strike arrests
Police and deputies jailed union members from Cincinnati Mansfield and other Ohio cities. They said arrested workers came to Columbus for a business meeting. Charles Clark Columbus Local 746 said the union voted the demonstration to protest the back to work move in the strike tied to a national walkout against Westinghouse begun October 17. About 4300 Columbus plant workers with 1700 plus back at work. The IWE backed 15 cent hourly raise. United Electrical Workers soon struck similarly. Members earned about 210 dollars weekly before the stoppage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Mansfield
Ohio
Columbus
Charles Clark
Westinghouse
IWE
United Electrical Workers
Farmer's Slice Of Food Dollar Shrinks Since 1945
Secretary Benson presented a department study showing farmers earned 41 percent of the housewife's retail food dollar in 1955, down from 53 percent in 1945. The slide is blamed on higher handling and processing costs from farm to market, with wages up about 100 percent and freight charges up roughly two thirds since 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Benson
Record peanut crop yields exceed prior year in 1955
The 1955 U. S. peanut crop rose 71 percent over the short 1954 harvest with a record average yield of 1,057 pounds per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Editor cites five Southern objections to desegregation
Thomas R. Waring editor of the Charleston News and Courier outlines five factors he says shape white opposition to school desegregation in the South. He cites health disparities, differences in home environment shaped by slavery, higher illegitimacy rates, crime concerns, and perceived delays in intellectual development. He criticizes national press bias and warns readers outside the South may doubt his reporting of local sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harper’s Magazine
Thomas R. Waring
Charleston
S.C
News and Courier
South
U. S. News and World Report
Waring
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Market prices for cotton milk and cottonseed reported
Markets show cotton inch middling at 35.03 and December loan at 34.43. Cottonseed quoted at 42.00 per ton. Milk Grade A priced at 6.10 per red ton and manufactured milk at 3.20 per hundred. Notes on milk ratio above 4 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
New York stock market gains in early trading of New Year
The opening session shows prices up 1 to 2 points in key issues with some scattered losses. Block trades include American & Foreign Power up 15 percent on 10,600 shares, U S Rubber down 5 on 5,100 shares, New York Central up 46 on 3,000, and Goodrich off 86 on 9,500. Steels, railroads, oils, chemicals, copper, utilities, and radio-televisions rise while rubbers and aircrafts mix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American & Foreign Power
U. S. Rubber
New York Central
Goodrich
North Alabama poultry market report shows steady demand
AP dispatch notes North Alabama market for poultry and supplies as fair to good. Prices in North Alabama rise by about 7 cents with morning broilers and fryers noted. North Georgia live poultry offerings were light with a few heavy hens observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Alabama
North Georgia
Fame
Egg Market Report Sees Adequate Supply and Steady Demand
In Birmingham eggs market, supplies are adequate to short in most areas with demand generally good. Wholesale grades include delivered cases with extra minimum 60 percent, large and whites priced around 49 dollars per hundred or other quoted figures, with standards at 36. Nearby prices list large 60-63, medium 57-60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Livestock Market Prices and Trends Report
Prices showed varied activity with cattle and calves trading broadly. Feeder cows and heifers ranged around 7 to 16 dollars, with canners at 10 dollars and up, commercial bulls 12.50 to 14.50, and calves selling 27 to 30 dollars for can sell well. Hogs around 500 head noted, with prices compared to last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maecea An Telee Ce
Cotton futures slip mixed in early New York trade
In New York today cotton futures were slow and mixed trading in early session with July and December contracts showing uneven moves as traders weigh supply signals and demand prospects in a cautious market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
President to outline $63 billion budget plan
In Key West President will discuss the spending blueprint and whether to pursue a tax cut in the new fiscal year starting July 1. A final decision on the budget may be delayed for months as campaigns heat up ahead of the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla
Eisenhower
Gadsden Plant to close gradually over months
CHATTANOOGA Tenn The textile firm Standard-Coosa S H Harris president announced plant shutdowns posted yesterday. The first phase starts January 16 with third shift discontinued as the company aims to ease workers into other jobs while winding down Sauquoit operations due to sustained losses. The letter to stockholders cites efforts and ongoing losses prompting liquidation in the company’s best interest. The firm also runs plants in Rossville Ga and Piedmont Ala.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Standard - Coosa
S. H. Harris
Harris
Sauquoit
Sanquoit
Standard-Coosa-Thatcher
Rossville
Piedmont
Ala
Eisenhower State of the Union outlines 1953 agenda
President Eisenhower, vacationing in Key West, will deliver his annual State of the Union message to outline proposals for highway construction classroom expansion social security and labor civil rights and statehood for Alaska and Hawaii. Congress faces elections and ongoing agenda with committees ready to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
White House
Eisenhower
Key West
Fla
Congress
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Alaska
Hawaii
Mrs Eva Weeks Rites At Cullman
Funeral services for Mrs Eva C Weeks of Hanceville were to be held at Moss Service Funeral Home Chapel this afternoon at 2 with interment in Gee Cemetery under funeral home direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Weeks
Cullman
Eva C. Weeks
Hanceville 1
Moss Service
Gee Cemetery
Oss
Ex U S Treasurer Robbed of 2000 Dollars
Three men forced Mrs. Georgia Neese Clark Gray, former U S treasurer, to open the Richland State Bank vault last night and fled with an estimated 2000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland, Kan
Georgia Neese Clark Gray
United States
Richland State Bank
Son of Navy Officer Dies in Ski Lodge Fire
A ski lodge fire near Tremblant Quebec killed Thomas Gates Jr. son of a high U S officer, and three students. The other victims identified were Myron Timothy Harrick 21 of Brookline Massachusetts and Jedediah I McLane 19 of Millbrook New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Ecene
The
Navy
Thomas
Gates Jr
Tremblant
Qhe
Montreal
Myron Timothy Harrick
Brookline
Mass
Jedediah ‘i. McLane
Millbrook
N.Y
Steel executive dies in Birmingham obituary
Leslie Geohegan 66, longtime Gulf States Steel Corp. executive, dies in a Birmingham hospital. Born in Paris Illinois, he led Gulf States mills, later district manager for Republic, retired 1937, organized Gulf York Corp. World War II major in Civil Air Patrol. Survived by widow and four daughters. funeral at Johns Rideout's West chapel and St. Pauls Catholic Church. Rosary Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Leslie
Geohegan
Gadsdens
Steel Corp
Gulf States Steel Corp
Gadsden Mills
Gulf States
Republic
Gulf York Corp
Paris
St. Bernard College
Cullman
Birmingham Civil Air Patrol
Mary Mercy
Heart of Mary
Monroe
Mich
Marshall Bruce
Detroit
J. M. Bane
Chevy Chase
Ketty Geohegan
Johns Rideout
West Chapel
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Elmwood Cemetery
France election fog lifts but party lines blur in new Assembly
Unofficial returns show Communists as largest single party with 151 seats, Poujadists winning 49, Faure’s right of center about 193, Mendes France left of center about 156, Socialists growing in votes but shrinking in seats. A Socialist premier candidate like Christian Pineau emerges as potential first head of government. Gold prices rise with Poujadist gains and franc weakens, sending stock prices lower in some issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faure
Pierre Mendes France
Pouwjadists
Mendes- France
Christian Pineau
Rene Coty
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Athens-Limestone Hospital
Herschel Thompson
Talucah
Deeds Alford
Marshall E. Freeze
Leslie Fenney
William Elmer Tapscott
May Alma Guy
Ira L. Turner
Tyrone
Susan Hayward
Bowline
Sterling Hayden
Yvonne DeCarlo
Diars
Pleasant Hill Home Demonstration Club
Pleasant Hill School
Robert Walt
Flushing, Mich
Walt
Wanda Sandlin
Phil Sandlin
Southside Baptist Woman's Missionary Union
2Nd Ave
Sth Ave
Wayne Vaughan
Florence State Teachers College
Earl C. Worley
Memorial Dr
Mr. Worley
Grant St
F. William Koster
Mary Evans
Union Grove W.5s.c. S. Distributes Baskets
Jim
Decatur Markets
Acme Steel Air Reduction
Ga Pac
Alleg Lad Sd
Allis Chal
Greyhound
Baker
Ameee
J &T
Ligg & My Anne Cop
Loew's
Lou & Nash
Atl
Ba Mont Ward Balt & Ohio
Murray C Nat Cy
Erie RR
Cen Fox UN of Cal
Fruit
U.S. Steel
Gen Foods West UN
Gen Mills
Westg A Bk Si i Alan
Ike
Hughes
Gadsden
Steel Executive
Ingham
France
E. LaFayette St
Hardwick
Billford Rer
Carmoney
Billings
Moulton
Rous
Prenti
Clark
E. Moulton St
Somerville Road
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