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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1963
Page
2
The report notes river levels at Ash at 2 35 p m today with rising expected to about 12 27 a m tomorrow and a slight nightly pattern of falling in the west. It also mentions high levels in the southeast around midnight and a gradual drop moving westward.
The Tennessee River reading this morning at Keller Memorial Bridge was 18.37 feet, up 18 feet in 24 hours. Sea level reading 552.67 feet. Temperatures ranged from a high of 41 degrees to a low of 19 with a 35 degree reading at 9:40 a.m. Forecast calls for a high of 47 today, low 20, and high 50 tomorrow.
The Arctic air mass shifted east bringing record low temperatures to the Northeast and Midwest. Rochester New York hit minus six for the date, Buffalo minus nine, and other towns like Boonville New York and Montpelier Vermont logged double digit below zero readings.
David Henderson Boger 71 died Tuesday at 3 p m at Jackson Hospital Lester. Funeral services were held today at 2 p m from Bethel Baptist Church with Rev W G McDougal officiating. Interment in Mitchell Cemetery Spry of Athens in charge. Survived by Wynne Ark Hir am Boger Boston Penn Harvey Annie Bayles and Mrs Ethel Weigart Anderson Ala 16 grandchildren 4 great grandchildren seven nieces and nephews. Deceased was a member Grassey Presbyterian Church and a Mason.
Funeral services for Mrs. Katie Bell Ellis age unknown were held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Frank Richards officiating. Her body was in state briefly before burial in City Cemetery. Gunthorp Brown Service Funeral Home directed arrangements.
Bobby Ray Little 24 of Hillsboro is dead after a Tuesday Decatur General Hospital release. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Sulphur Springs Baptist Church with Rev. Floyd Parker and Rev. Ken Roper officiating. Burial follows at Morris Chapel Cemetery. The wake will be held at Mrs. Judy Little’s home. Survived by mother Lula Mae Little sisters Rebecca, Raymond Steenson, Ralph Oyler, Kenneth Livingston brothers Harold, S. T., Alva, Donald, Frank Little. Pallbearers: Ray White Ralph White Neal Darnell Billy Ray Reed Billy Parker Jimmy Anderson.
James R Mullins 38 of Decatur died at 12 40 a m today at a Hartselle hospital after a year long illness. Funeral services Thursday at 2 p m at Somerville Road Church of Christ with Granville Tyler and Carl Bowers officiating. Burial in Roeslawn Cemetery Gunthorp Brown directing. Survivors include widow Roberta Ann Mullins one son Robert Darrell Mullins mother Mrs J B Mullins two brothers Frank Mullins J B Mullins Nashville Tenn three sisters Mrs Fred Peek Nashville Mrs Henry Almon Bridgeport Ala and Mrs Dorsey Turner Decatur.
Birth announcements list Mr and Mrs Jarmar Wilhite of Decatur with a girl born Tuesday at Lawrence County Hospital. Mr and Mrs Billy 1608 Sherman Sr report a daughter Tuesday at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. Mr and Mrs George Shaw of Decatur 4 welcome Lesia Carol born Monday at Bank Street Hospital. Mr and Mrs Edward A Boley Jr of 404 7th Ave NW have a son Tuesday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Stanley Szczepanski of 819 Johnston St report a daughter Tuesday at Decatur General Hospital.
The funeral for Felix Blackman who died Sunday at 5 45 am at Athens Limestone Hospital will be Thursday at noon from Fletcher's Chapel Number One Church Greenbriar. Burial follows in Russell Cemetery with Reynolds in charge. Survivors include wife Sally Blackman two daughters Sarah Blackman in Chicago and Addie Malone in Athens and other relatives.
A week of exposure caused 60 deaths from asphyxiation fires and traffic accidents. Early readings were in the teens across Tennessee northern Alabama Georgia and western North Carolina. Freezing temperatures reached the extreme northwest tip of Florida with 60s reported in far southern Florida.
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce nominates Gilmer Blackburn for the 1962 Junior Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Service Award. Blackburn has served as mayor, city commissioner, and treasurer of the Methodist Church and is active in the Auburn University Foundation and local civic groups. He drafted Decatur ordinances, led financial programs, and directed city operations.
State Liquor Administrator Frank Potts informs distillers and vintners that no outside agents may contact Alabama state employees. The policy extends to all board officials and state staff, with no liquor samples to be given to officials or licensees. Retail licensees must report any requests for gifts or funds to the administrator or risk license renewal denial.
Boyle says he has found no friends of poison ivy and praises Marlene Dietrich for shared beauty secrets. He notes he washes his face with soap and hot water several times daily and believes longer use would improve his appearance.
In an organizational session lawmakers approved a policy denouncing federal intervention and backed Governor Wallace's segregation stance. Both chambers endorsed the governor's no surrender position and set school and highway funding as priorities in separate resolutions.
Premier Cyrille Adoula appoints Joseph Kasavubu to be resident ambassador in Katanga as Tshombe’s 30 month secession ends. U N officials keep military buildup, awaiting last minute agreement among Congo United Nations and Tshombe regime.
The State Board of Corrections authorizes criminology professor Myrl Alexander of the University of Southern Illinois to conduct a study of Illinois prisons starting February 8. Director Frank Lee said the Osborne Association proposal was rejected due to concerns over its director. The board also approved buying a new tag printing press from John R. Ward Co. for 46300 dollars.
Dismissals include Louise Hackworth and Mrs William Doty among Cullman and Russellville entries. Also listed are Verla Curl from Hanceville Mrs Billy Hale and Dee Rubose from Cullman. Other names appear for Hanceville Holly Pond and Holly Pond.
A list of individuals and addresses appears in the docket including Bobby Terry 1001 5th Ave SW Master Terry Gardner Decatur Dismissed Master Michael Legg Hartselle Mrs Inez Roper 2260 Graham Ave Mrs Barbara Hicks 1615 Tower ers Sharlene Sparks 1435 Circle Mrs Henry Bayless Ardmore Mrs Lucille Trotman Decatur.
Staley Wade Wallace Elkmont Jane Elizabeth Stancil Tanner Wade H Grant Athens Mrs Ozell Elizabeth Griffin Athens Mrs Ruby Taylor Elkmont Mrs Gladys Howard Athens listed in a community notice naming residents and households for record.
A broad push favors government payments to reduce domestic cotton prices for users. Growers, mills, and brokers oppose accepting payments, which would lower prices by 5 to 9 cents per pound depending on world prices. The plan would pay the last handler to buy at the support price and sell at lower domestic prices, costing up to $225 million yearly atop existing costs.
Admissions Joyce Owens, Moulton 2 Mrs Claude Pearson Moulton 1 Mrs Charles Horton Hillsboro Perry Glenn Moulton Leamon Pitzgerald Moulton 2 Orval Roberts Moulton 2 Mrs Willard Boyett Hillsboro Mrs Dale Lindsey Danville 2 Mrs Grady Smith Moulton 4.
A list of residents and relatives including Mrs Edward A Boley Jr Mrs Stanley Szczepanski Mrs Sam G Stanley Mrs John A Terry and others with addresses in Decatur Athens Moulton and nearby towns. The fragment mentions Little Miss Patricia Sue Brown Roy L Payne and infant son of Mr and Mrs Steve McDonald among others.
The USS Constellation suffered another landing accident off San Diego when an arresting cable snapped during a jet’s approach. Flight crew injuries included two men losing both legs and another losing a leg, with several others hurt. The Navy cited a failed arresting engine sheave as the cause and noted the ship’s grim casualty history, including multiple fatal incidents since 1960.
A federal grand jury indicted Melvin Bruce Phillip Miles Kline May and Richard Hays Hinton on charges of interfering with a federal marshal and obstructing court orders during the University of Mississippi desegregation riot. They face up to three years and $5000 fines if convicted. Trial on May dates pending. the case follows the Sept. 30 riot that left two dead and many injured.
Weather across coasts and a dockworkers strike push up prices for fruit and vegetables. Florida freezes cut citrus supplies, raising orange and grapefruit costs while California and Texas crops also feel the heat. Prices jump in New York and Los Angeles markets as imports shrink and new harvests remain delayed.
Livestock prices strong with steady to higher trends. Cattle average to 16.50-17.00 for cows, 21.00-26.00 for heifers, 23.50-25.00 for feeder steers. calves 30.00-37.00. hogs No 1-3 190-240 lb at 15.50-16.00. sows 12.50-13.50. Bulls scarce 400-550 lb at 12-15.
Stocks drifted lower in light volume with a scattering of gains among favorites. Chrysler slid over 3 points on profit taking while American Motors posted a new 1962 63 high and Ford and GM dipped fractionally.
AP reports light trading for broilers and fryers at farm and plant levels with prices around 14 cents at farm and 14.5 to 15.5 delivered plant. Georgia live poultry offers irregular farm quotations for broilers and fryers from 13.4 to 14 percent, with hen demand modest and heavy types listed at 18 to 19 f.o.b. and light types at 67 to 84 f.o.b plant prices.
AP Nashville notes cattle at 350 heads with activity and strength in canner cows. Heifers mostly 21.00 to 23.50, cows 14.00 to 17.00, canner and cutter 12.00 to 15.00, bulls scarce. Feeder steers 23.50 to 25.00. Calves around 125, dealers active with good to high bids.
Police log details several minor crashes including a 1960 Corvair driven by Ralph D. Buckelew in the Bank and Vine intersection, a 1956 Buick driven by Paul W. Teague on 6th Ave SE, and a 1962 Chevrolet eastbound on Vine colliding with a parked Dodge. Also noted are a 1962 GMC truck crash with a 1956 Studebaker, a river lock closure at Guntersville Dam for repairs, and community notices about a club meeting, a speech by Dr. Scotty Young, a birth announcement, and building permits.
Senate honors Earl Speight for 41 years as Senate Secretary with a formal resolution. Speight has missed only two hours of sessions since 1890s due to illness in 1931, highlighting four decades of continuous service by the official in Montgomery.
No 1 3, 190 240 lb hogs 16.00 16.50. Sows steady to active loads 3 6. Choice 100 lb slaughter lambs 20.00. No 1 2 190 230 lb barrows gilts 15.75 16.00. No 1 3 180 240 lb 15.00 15.75. No 2 3 240 270 lb and 1 2 160 180 lb 14.25 15.25. Sows 10.75 13.25.
Property and items offered include a 3 room furnished egged apartment at 1435 Columbia Circle priced at 55 dollars per month with contact numbers 353 8004 and 353 7142. a stereo record player with records, stand and table listed with callback 353 5777. a 2 bedroom house described as newly decorated near Decatur with final partial address 399- and Southeast area.
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