Decatur Weather and River Readings Report
Decatur and vicinity river reading at Keller Memorial Bridge shows sea level 553.86 with TVA stage data from Wilson, Guntersville, Whitesburg, Pickwick, Wheeler, and Chickamauga. High temperature 41 this afternoon, two inches of rain in the prior 24 hours, forecast cloudy with rain and occasional thunder showers and a turning colder spell tonight through Thursday.
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Decatur and Vicinity
Keller Memorial Bridge
Reading
TVA
Wilson
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Pickwick
Wheeler
Chickamauga
Brumback Trials Set for Jan 22 in Sun Day Law Case
Morgan County Court plans a Jan 22 session to try H. J. Brumback owner of Red's IGA Foodliner on charges alleging violation of Alabama Sunday closing law. The docket also includes 17 year old Morris Kay Edmonson facing three counts of second degree manslaughter from a January two car crash.
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H. J
Red) Brumback
Red
IGA
Morgan County
Brumback
Huntsville
Lewis H. West
Alabama Supreme Court
West
Decatur
Solicior
Morris Kay Edmonson
Edmonson
C. Bennett McRae
Funeral services announced for Mrs. Candis Clemons
Obituary note states Mrs. Candis Clemons of Madison 3 died Friday in a Huntsville hospital. Reynolds Funeral Home will announce funeral arrangements. Pallbearers named include Billie Wiley Homer Landrum Charlie Hill J W Dunkin Albert Henry and Bill Foote.
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Ruth Clardy
Peoria, Il
Billie Wiley
Homer Landrum
Charlie Hill
J. W. Dunkin
Albert Henry
Bill Foote
Funeral services for Ray Murphy of Florida
Funeral services for Ray Murphy 44 of Lake Worth Florida were held at Cedar Creek Freewill Baptist Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery Peck Funeral Home directing Survivors include five daughters all of Fort Pierce five brothers and one sister The list names Oscar Murphy Falkville R B Murphy W L Murphy Olan Murphy Edward Murphy and others
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Ray Murphy
Lakeworth
Fla
Cedar Creek Freewill Baptist Church
Peck Funeral Home
Shirley Baker
Martha Lamoree
Johnny Ruth Murphy
Lisa Kay Murphy
Mary Ray Murphy
Fort Pierce
Oscar Murphy
Falkville
Funeral announced for Mrs. Alice Pryor of Madison
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Pryor of Madison 3, who died Friday at home, will be held at 1 30 p m Sunday at Newethan Gee Cumberland Presbyterian Church Limestone County with Rev Fred Toney and Rev George Moore officiating. Burial follows in the adjoining cemetery Reynolds Funeral Home directing Survivors include son Saul Butler of Madison daughter Mrs Chainey Fletcher of Madison sister Mrs Lucy Smith of Madison two brothers Robert Smith and Matthew Smith of Madison 29 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren
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Alice Pryor
Madison
Newethan Gee Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Limestone County
Fred Toney
George Moore
Reynolds Funeral Home
Saul Butler
Chainey Fletcher
Lucy Smith
Robert Smiith
Matthew Smith
Funeral rites for C. E. Wilborn Sr. held in Birmingham
Funeral services for 77 year old C E Wilborn Sr of Birmingham were held at Elmwood Chapel with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Surviving are his widow Ruby Moffant, son C E Wilborn Jr of Birmingham, daughter Mrs Tilford Jenkins of Athens, stepson Robert E Mafifant of New York City, brother C C Wilborn of Birmingham, four sisters and several grandchildren.
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Birmingham
C. E. Wilborn Sr
Elmwood Chapel
Elmwood Cemetery
Ruby Moffant
Wilborn
C. E. Wilborn, Jr
Widow of Rogersville doctor dies at 96 in Decatur
Mrs. Blanche Weaver 96 of 1117 11th Ave SE died Tuesday in a local hospital. Funeral services pending Thursday in Rogersville at Gunthorp Funeral Home. Survived by nephew G. T. Patterson of Decatur. She lived in Rogersville before moving to Decatur in 1962 to live with Mr. Patterson. She was the widow of Dr. L. A. Weaver of Rogersville.
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Blanche K. Weaver
11Th Ave
Rogersville
Gunthorp Funeral Home
G. T Patterson
Decatur
Births and civil suits noted in Morgan County records
Daily Records lists births: Norbert and wife welcome a son at Cullman Hospital. Bobby Quattlebaum and Gary Randall Ricks have sons at Cullman Hospital and Decatur General Hospital respectively. Ray Carpenter and Donald Phillips welcome sons at Decatur General Hospital. Civil actions include Stanford v Anders et al. for 25000 and Hartford Accident Life Insurance Co. v Young Construction Co. for 14000.
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Norbert Cowart
Cullman Hospital
Bobby Quattlebaum
Gary Randall Ricks
5Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital
Ray E. Carpenter
20Th Ave
Donald D. Phillips
Bobswhite
Morgan County
John Ashford Stanford
Hartsette
Ronald Anders
John Doe
Richard Roe
Hartford Accident and Life Indemnnity Co
Young Construction Co
Henry and
Louis Young
Marriages Launched As Couples Register In Alabama
A list of marriage licenses shows several couples from Birmingham Decatur Athens Somerville and Hartselle obtaining licenses. Names include Arthur Ray Palmer Patricia Turner Darry Franklin Terry Sandra Perry Marvin West Janice Kent Clyde Ramsey Edith Hunt Roy Vinzant Elizabeth Powell Loyd Standridge Phyllis Alexander Harvey Pride Sheila Sims with ages ranging from 15 to 37 and addresses across the state. The notices reflect a sequence of license grants.
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Darry
Franklin Terry
Memorial Dr
Sandra Kaye Perry
Athens
Marvin Roy West, Jr
Somerville
Janice Carol Kent
Clyde Edward Ramsey
Horn
British lab unveils printer for Shakespearean plays
A British research laboratory devised a machine that prints all of Shakespeare's plays in about a minute, capable of more than 60,000 characters per second.
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Morehhan
Hospitals list includes many new births and transfers
A dense roster lists numerous names and addresses of patients, infants, and mothers connected to hospitals across Madison Decatur Hartselle Lexington Athens and neighboring towns. Entries include infant names such as Kelly Glenn, Alphonzo George Swope, Mary Glenna Keenan and Lisa Jean Rose with guardians and locations in Decatur Madison Hartselle and Woodlands.
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Leon W. Houston
Daisy Jewell
11Th Ave
Bobby Gordon
Sunset Dr
Mary Glenna Keenan
Ashley Dr
Mitzi Denise Allen
2Nd Ave
Lisa Jean Rose
Woodland St
John D. ‘Moss
Hartselle
John Roland Jenkins
14Th Ave
William C. Sanders
4Th Ave
Grover Cleveland Bridges
Athens
Clermon Taft Cash
Hartsellle
Audie Lee Barnett
Lexington
Earl Clyde Marshall
North Gt
Infant i
Lynch Lowery
Decatur 4
Tax Paid Case Aims for Supreme Court Win
McDonald says the fight to overturn a tax related ruling will continue with a three judge panel and efforts to raise 1200 to 1500 dollars for a Supreme Court appeal. He criticizes the system stating one state employee can’t tax him yet another can arrest him crossing county lines.
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U. S. Supreme Court
McDonald
Supreme Court
Planning Commission Debates Right Of Way And Rezoning
The Planning Commission discussed a 250 foot right of way as sufficient per the State Highway Department and agreed to invite Highway officials to Decatur. They scheduled a Feb 6 public hearing on rezoning parcels between Danville Rd and Graham Ave from residential to business for a dental clinic. The zoning committee recommended denial citing unused nearby properties and past concerns and future land use remaining residential. Layout approval was given for the Clark Springs subdivision on the southwest Beltline area, and preliminary approval for Burningtree Mountain Subdivision followed stipulations. A nuclear process to detect metal impurities was announced by atomic scientists.
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State Highway Department
Voketz
Caddell
Highway Department
Herman Nelson
Montgomery
Decatur
Danville Rd
Graham Ave
Planning Commission
Clark Springs ‘Subdivision
Burningtree Mountain
Nurses Map Drive To Up Membership
Nurses from the Alabama Licensed Practical Nurses local chapter met at Black Chandler Hospital in Hartselle to plan a membership campaign and form committees for 1968 1969. The Morgan and Limestone counties group has 69 members, five new this year, with Ruby Taylor as president and officers including Elizabeth Slate Dean Kennemer Alice Phillips and Elizabeth Bussey. Participants included Evelyn Free and Beulah Jones of Decatur.
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Alabama Licensed Practical Nurses
Black Chandler Hospital
Hartselle
Morgan
Limestone Counties
Ruby Taylor
15Th Ave. SE
Elizabeth Slate
Dean Kennemer
Athens 10
Alice Phillips
9Th Ave. SE
Elizabeth Bussey
13Th Ave. SE
Taylor
Evelyn Free
Beulah Jones
Decatur
For Rent Listings and Antique Auction Note
Classified snippet shows for rent offerings at 171.1 Buena Vista S and 1519 Sumner Ave SW with 3 bedrooms and baths, rents quoted. Also an antique auction Friday night weather permitting and a call for buying old clocks and watches with contact numbers 353-97 and 355-5930.
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Bates
Buena Vista S
Somerville
Sumner Ave
Discredited Atlanta Credit Desk Reveals Odd Loan Claim
The Universal C L T Credit Corp manager says a loan applicant asked for a $100 loan to file a bankruptcy petition. The loan was refused without a credit check.
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Atlanta
Universal C.L.T. Credit Corp
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Moulton St
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Candis Clemons
Madison 3
Huntsville Hospital
Blanche Weaver
Arthur Ray Palmer
Patricia Anne Turner
Guaranty Federal
Guaranty Federal Savings & Loan Association
Dial
East Moulton St
Decatur General
Stone Dental Clinic
7Th. Ave. S.E
Benford Luker
Ala
City Finance
N.E
Decatur High School
Decatur, Ala
Farm Shows, Inc
Remington
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