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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1972
Page
10
Today the Decatur region reports river level Keller Memorial Bridge at 21.51 feet and sea level at 555.81 feet. High today 34 at 4 p.m., low 23 this morning. tonight's low 20 and Saturday's high 50. Extended outlook: partly cloudy today and Saturday, warmer, with Sunday to Tuesday mild to be partly sunny then rain chances inland.
A Decatur woman, Judy Pate 422 Jackson St SE, was injured Thursday in a two car crash at 6th Ave and 8th St SE. She rode with John Crow 29 of Danville. another driver Daniel Muldowney 39 of Indianapolis was not hurt. Pate was treated at Lawrence County Hospital and released.
Kay DeKalb Morgan County High School senior advances to the 50 semifinalists in the State Junior Miss pageant. She is yearbook beauty queen and former Morgan County High cheerleader. The state contest is February 19 in Montgomery, sponsored by the Montgomery Jaycees.
Daily records list numerous admissions and dismissals in Athens Limestone, detailing names and hometowns such as Naomi J. McMeans Dorothy Roberson Betty J Romine Ann Moore and Rosa Holland along with infant Edith Marie Crowe. Fire alarms cover Decatur Hartselle and nearby areas with two heavy losses reported at Decatur Cotton Oil and U.S. 31 north at Flint. Ambulance calls note patients Howard Johnson Edward Waits Andrew Staten Robert Earl Randolph and others transported to local hospitals and nursing homes. Corporate notices mention G&J Automatic Screw Inc and dissolutions of Avea Financial Services of Decatur Inc Clancy Lumber Co and others.
Hillsboro and Decatur area residents hosted guests during Christmas holidays. Calving Jones and Dwight McKelvy from Jacksonville Florida joined Jessie McKelvy for Sunday dinner. Various families including Holberts Longs Kirbys Heaps and Barnette hosted relatives from Decatur Danville St Paul and Homestead with gatherings at Coram and Marsh households.
Funeral services were held or announced for Annie Maude Harris 72 of Cornersville died in Louisburg with burial in Lentzville Cemetery. Survivors include five daughters, four sons, sisters, brothers, and many grandchildren. Funeral details were announced by McConnell Funeral Home with pallbearers named as grandsons. Also listed are Fred Hood of Louisville who died December 31 with funeral at Wheeler Chapel Church Hillsboro and burial in Courtland Cemetery Peoples Funeral Home Athens directing. Survivors include several relatives across Kentucky Tennessee and Michigan.
Funeral services for Mrs Bessie Mae McCreless 69 of Decatur 4 who died today at Hartselle Hospital will be held at 2 PM Saturday at Guntharp Funeral Home Chapel with Rev J O Long and T A Bishop officiating. Burial follows in Roselawn Cemetery. Survivors include her widower Alvin McCreless three sons Macon McCreless Town Creek 1 Dora and Malcolm McCreless Hartselle four daughters Mrs H L Crowden Somerville Mrs Loyd Dinsmore Decatur Mrs Edward Mattaganian Kansas and Mrs Edward Grubbs Decatur a sister Mrs Moira Crockett Florence a brother Crawford Copeland Florence 11 grandchildren and 2 great.
Funeral home Elliott s of Trinity announces funeral services for Mrs Delia Morris 83 who died this morning at Lawrence County Hospital. The services will be handled by Elliott s Funeral Home in Trinity and arrangements are pending.
An early morning fire at the Tennessee Valley Cotton Oil Mill caused smoke damage and minor property loss. The fire started around 1 30 a.m. and officials attributed it to an undetermined origin.
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