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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1968
Page
3
Surviving relatives include three sisters Debra Sue Allen Shelia Gail Morgan and Phyllis Ann Morgan all of Trinity and Mr and Mrs James H Morgan of Trinity and Mr and Mrs Floyd Mason of Decatur.
Funeral services were held at East Side Church of Christ in Athens for Prentice A. McKay 78 who died Friday at a focal nursing home. Burial followed at Camp Ground Cemetery in Madison under McConnell Funeral Home. He is survived by a son Nolan McKay of Athens, a daughter Mrs. Robert of Columbus, Ga, two brothers Thomas and Robert McKay of Huntsville, three sisters Mrs. Lillie Lee, Mrs. Lacile Fitch and Mrs. Pauline Whitt of Humboldt, and pallbearers Theo Hughes John Lott Harry Broad C M Buford Kenneth Cope Malcolm Lam.
Infant Carron Dennice Morgan daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard T Morgan of Trinity 2 died today at Hartselle Hospital. Services were at 3 p m today at New Center Cemetery with Rev James Cassidy officiating. Gunthorpe Funeral Home handled arrangements.
To overcome discomfort when dentures slip, slide or loosen, sprinkle a little FASTEETH on your plates. FASTEETH holds dentures firmer, helps you eat better and feel more comfortable. It is alkaline and won’t sour, helps check plate odor, and emphasizes regular dental visits. Get FASTEETH at all drug counters.
Funeral services are arranged for W. P. Walker Sr. 76 of 611 6th Ave SW who died Saturday. The obituary notes survivors including a daughter Mrs. Woodrow Terry and relatives in Decatur Garrison and Ben and Clyde Vaughn. Further details are incomplete in the text.
Limestone County Extension Service farm agent Pat Waldrop will resign to join Helena Chemical Co as a North Alabama sales representative. After five and a half years under Farm Extension Chairman Floyd Agee, Waldrop leaves without a named replacement. He will handle Alabama sales north of Birmingham. Helena has a warehouse in Belle Mina.
A Cullman man listed as a Vietnam War casualty is noted before Christmas 1966. Funeral services are planned at Enon Church in Escambia County, about 15 miles north, with arrangements pending the arrival of the body.
Army Maj. Carl V. Van Bibber of Florence, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Van Bibber, was assigned to Headquarters Company of the 199th Infantry Brigade near Long Binh, Vietnam, on January 10. He earned a B.S. from Florence State College in 1959 via ROTC. His wife Peggy resides at 1314 Magnolia Street.
August promoted to the Unit Test Demonstration farm position succeeding C. R. Morrow after his death. A native of Etowah, Waldrop, former Athens Jaycees president and Limestone County Outstanding Young Man, worked briefly in Lauderdale County before joining Limestone County. He is active in the Cattlemen’s Association and Friendship Methodist Church, married to Hilda Patty of Gadsden, with three children, residing on Suffield Street.
River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning 16.77 feet. Sea level 64 at 2 p.m. Low 49 at 5 a.m. Today. Temperature 52 at 8 a.m. No rain in past 24 hours. Forecast mostly cloudy and mild with scattered showers tonight and Tuesday. High today 61, low 50, high Tuesday 63.
Police hunted an escaped inmate from Searcy State Mental Hospital after a four hour riot in the criminal ward. Two inmates fled during the Sunday rampage as about 150 male patients damaged the ward. one was recaptured in Citronelle. The other, Thomas Rawry, was not considered dangerous. Dr. H S Rowe said guards would stay and ringleaders were moved to a prison farm in Atmore for repairs. Whisky production in the U.S. rose by more than 2 million gallons in 1966 over 1965.
The afternoon community page lists a Tuesday January 30 bookmobile schedule with stops at East Limestone School Johnson Junior High Ardmore School and a lunch break. Classifieds offer multiple rental listings including 2 bedroom and den 2 bedroom houses and a 3 bedroom house with amenities plus contact numbers. Numerous sales including a 1964 mobile home and a complete Corvair engine plus Browning CB base station are advertised alongside local commercial property for sale and a Gilbert's Electric Service advertisement.
Athens students sponsor a Red Cross Bloodmobile visit dedicated to John W. Wilson Jr. and Owen Lloyd. The drive at Athens High School seeks 600 pints, hoping to beat last year’s 557, with collections sent to Vietnam hospital networks. The event honors a former coach and principal and a local WWII veteran.
Temperatures Tuesday through Saturday will average five to eight degrees above normal. The period starts mild then rises to much warmer by Friday and Saturday. Normal highs range 54 to 64 with lows 32 to 45. Light rainfall is expected in scattered showers Tuesday and Tuesday night.
New England's shoe industry produced 190 iron pairs of shoes in 1967. The region employed 78,000 shoe manufacturing workers and another 35,000 on payroll in leather, leather products, and shoe supply companies.
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