Obituary of Spence O Hardin Hillsboro Merchant Dies
Spence O Hardin 78 longtime Hillsboro merchant died Saturday night at a Decatur hospital. Funeral Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Hillsboro Methodist Church with Revs. Albright Carroll and Mason officiating. Pallbearers named include C D Cottingham Daniel Gilchrist Yancey Hughes Garnett Ennis Duke Bailey Harry Raley Douglas Dodd Tennis Bass. Hardin active in World War I era commerce and Lawrence County Democratic Committee. Survived by wife Josephine Gibson Hardin, son Joe, daughter Mrs John Maynor, grandchildren, sisters and five half brothers. Memorial service details note Mt Tabor Methodist Church service for Birmingham survivor.
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Decatur
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J. N. Carroll
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Yancey Hughes
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Duke Bailey
Harry B. Raley
Douglas Dodd
Tennis Bass
Lawrence County
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Joe Gibson
Democratic Committee
Tennessee
Mallard Creek
Josephine Gibson
Joe Hardin
E. L. Hardin
Charlotte
N. C
Joe D. Hardin Jr
Goldsboro
N.C
Harris Hardin
Florence
John C. Hardin
Funeral for Orson Murry de Graffenried
Orson Murry de Graffenried 86 of 806 Cedar St SW died Saturday at a local hospital. Services were at Guntharp Chapel with Rev. W W Coffey officiating and burial in Roselawn Cemetery. Surviving are his widow Florence. sons Murry and Theo. daughter Regina Backus. step daughter Mildred Rombokas. foster son W K Cartee. five grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Pallbearers included Willard Burt C W Mooney Roy Odom Prentice Clark Joe Brazelton and Alva Bryant.
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Orson Murry de Graffenried
Cedar St. SW
Autopsy Due Says McBride for Kennedy Gordon
Morgan County coroner expects an autopsy today on Kennedy Gordon 63 of 424 12th Ave NW found dead Saturday night at his back door by his wife returning from a visit in Decatur. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Reynolds Funeral Home.
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Kennedy Gordon
12Th Ave
Morgan County
John McBride
Funeral services for James Hammon Falkville resident
Funeral services for James Hammon 51 of Falkville will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Lebanon Baptist Church with Rev. John Crawford officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing burial in the adjoining cemetery. Survivors include the widow two daughters five sons and several relatives in Hartsel Decatur and Anderson. A second item notes the 1961 North Sea Groningen gas discovery sparked a large search for fuel.
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Lebanon Baptist Church
John Crawford
Peck Funeral Home
Louise Hammon
Lindey Johnson
Hartselle
Sandra Hammon
Falkville 2
James
Wayne Hammon
Parisburg
A. Sims
Anderson
O. G. Livingston
Bunyan Wallace
Decatur
Death notice for Bernam L Sharp at New Center Baptist Church
Bernam L Sharp 60 died Saturday at a Tuscaloosa hospital. Services at New Center Baptist Church with Rev Wilbur Smallswood and Rev Jack Belew officiating. burial in New Center Cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs Earl Vaughn of Hartselle 12. two sons Charles F Sharp and Jerry N Sharp of Hartselle. five grandchildren. four sisters Elmira Bond Vera Davis Christine Travis and Donnie Southers. step father Henry Elliot. Pallbearers Buck Griffin Harvey Sanders Oscar Waddell Irwin Lynch Harvis Blankenship Owen Whitten. He was a member of New Center Baptist Church.
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Hartseller
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New Center Baptist Church
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Jack Belew
New Center Cemetery
Earl Vaughn
Hartselle
Charles F. Sharp
Jerry N. Sharp
Elmira Bond
Somerville
Vera Davis
Grant
Christine Travis
Richard City
Tenn
Donnie Southers
Henry Elliot
Flint
Buck Griffin
Harvey Sanders
Oscar Waddell
Irwin Lynch
Harvis Blankenship
Owen Whitten
Sharp
Continued delays in Brumback case amid Sunday banter
In Decatur the Brumback case faced a court motion for continuance amid publicity from The Decatur Daily. Judge McRae paused proceedings, noting the trial would resume at the next county court term, likely in August, with Brumback potentially appealing to the Alabama Supreme Court if convicted.
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Decatur
Detur Daily
Organ County
Lewis
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Brumback
Scottsboro
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Giant Foods of America
Themere
Red
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Thouoh
Apollo 5 Flight Tests Lunar Module In Planned Moon Mission
NASA labels Apollo 5 as a crucial test simulating lunar descent and ascent in the Saturn 1 while two astronauts would transfer to the Lunar Module. The mission recreates risk from the Apollo 1 fire and aims to verify engine firings and LM separation under a 6-1 2 hour plan with a mechanical programmer at the helm.
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Abbot Gregory Appointed Leader at St Bernard
Between 1939 and 1962 Father Gregory held admin roles at St John’s University Collegeville. In 1962 he became Apostolic Administrator and Chancellor of St Procopius Abbey Lisle and College. He arrived at St Bernard in 1964 and was elected Abbot on February 6, continuing to lead the school.
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Decatur Daily
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Collegeville
St. Procopius Abbey
Lisle
Ill
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Father Gregory
Father Gregory Roettger Named President at St Bernard College
Rt Rev Father Gregory Roettger U S B has taken the top post at St Bernard College replacing Father Hilary Dreaper who is on indefinite leave for graduate study at Indiana University Roettger a Richmond Minnesota native studied Catholic schools there attended St John’s University Collegeville and earned a doctorate in Rome between 1934 and 1939.
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U.S.B
St. Bernard College
Gregory
Hilary Dreaper
University of Indiana
St. Bernard’s
Richmond
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Collegeville
Weather summary for Decatur with stars and rain odds
Increasing clouds and mild today with a high near 66 degrees. Tonight will be cloudy and cool with a 50 percent chance of rain. Tuesday brings more rain with a 70 percent likelihood and a high around 56 degrees. Sky conditions show Orion rising in the east at sunset and in the southwest at midnight. No rain recorded in the past 24 hours.
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Rigel
River and Weather Update for Decatur Area
River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 16.58. Sea level reading 550.88. TVA lake stages listed: Wilson 506.4, Guntersville 593.2, Whitesburg 554.8, Pickwick 408.4, Wheeler 550.2, Chickamauga 675. High Thursday reached 70 at 2 p.m. Low today 42 at 4 a.m. Temperature at 8 a.m. 46.
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Whitesburg
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Wheeler
Chickamauga
Five Days Forecast Near Normal Temperatures This Week
The forecast for Tuesday through Saturday calls for near normal temperatures with a mild start and cooler finish. Highs range 51 to 64 and lows 30 to 44 across regions, with precipitation possible between 0.25 and 0.75 inches.
Federal minimum wage to rise to 1.60 an hour in February
Sylvia Porter notes the United States will boost the federal minimum wage from 1.40 to 1.60 effective February 1, affecting about 7.2 million workers across retail, construction, mining, and manufacturing. The piece discusses potential job losses and cites Bureau of Labor Statistics findings on employment and wage impacts.
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Sylvia Porter
U.S
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Publishers-Hail Syndicate
Reading Slowly Beyond Silent Reading Hinderances
Many readers slow down by subvocalizing silently and moving speech muscles. Even without visible jaw or lip motion, the mouth’s structures can form a hidden subvocal speech cadence that affects reading speed.
Motorcycle Collision Sends Rider to Hospital
Police said a southbound motorcycle turned onto 11th Ave and was knocked about 10 feet into H. C. Hooper’s yard at 1501 11th Ave SE. Police Chief Pack Self reported Gilchrist was not seriously hurt after being treated at the hospital.
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H. C. Hooper
Pack Self
Gilchrist
For Rent and Sale Classified Fragments
A garbled classifies listing lists multiple rental and sale items including a 6 room house at 1613 16th Ave S and a 3 bedroom unit at 115 Betty St SW. Also notes a 1966 10x52 all electric mobile home and a 10x50 trailer. A partial health industry note and Apollo moon program references appear, plus a lost dog reward for a Pekingese Pomeranian.
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16Th Ave. S
Gd Equity
Horn
City of Meshed Pedestrians Walk on Tombstone Sidewalks
National Geographic notes pedestrians in Meshed Iran walk on sidewalks made of tombstone slabs. The worn slabs mark an ancient Muslim cemetery whose graves were removed long ago.
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Meshed
Iran
Preparation H touted as hemorrhoid shrinker and itch relief
A New York special reports that Preparation H provides shrinking of hemorrhoids and itch relief in many cases. Doctors note pain relief and tissue soothing benefits, with the product available as ointment or suppository.
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New York, N.Y
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