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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1963
Page
8
Grace Mikell of Somerville visits her mother Mrs Lula Wade in the afternoon while the pastor Rev Loyd Crabtree is ill. The Mitchells visit her parents as Jack and John played with Moulton in a district playoff game in Huntsville Saturday night.
A question from Tell Me Why explains how the alphabet evolved from ancient pictographs to syllabic writing and then to the Latin system used by Romans, yielding our 26-letter English alphabet. The piece notes historical links from Hebrew and Phoenician scripts to Greek and Latin, with details on letter origins and order.
Notice of a zoning map amendment in Decatur Alabama under Chapter 27 changes R-4 residential to B-1 local business on property described by block and street centerlines. Public hearing set at 10:00 AM August 6 1963 per City Clerk Joe Pettey with ordinance details filed July 2 1963.
Crossword style clues hint at a U S city. tomorrow’s paper promises the answer. The note thanks Dwight Perry of Tullahoma Tennessee as today’s winner in a Britannica atlas style contest.
The fragment notes a time frame following adoption, listing July fifth to twelfth as dates associated with the action or order. No further context or entities are readable to specify the subject, location, or officials involved.
The ordinance adopts the amendment and reclassifies areas in R-1 R-2 R-4 and I-D districts to M-1A Light Industrial on the zoning map. The map and explanatory material are filed with the City Clerk and become part of the code. Ordinance takes effect as provided.
A brief card style notice appears with an in memoriam tribute for He Watts. No ad is detected beyond small line entries.
Classified deadlines set for Tuesday through Friday at 4 30 P M and Sunday Monday issues by 9 A M Friday Saturday noon for the next publication.
A dense OCR of classified ads shows categories such as loans and business opportunities, job ads for men and women, employment information, sales and wanted items, auctions, nursery stock supplies, livestock products, antiques, autos and auto services, housing including trailers boats and apartments, rooms for rent, rental listings, building materials, gas heating, and miscellaneous notices.
An advertisement lists Persona Shoes with wear comfort and a phone number 353-5180. Electrolux Authorized Sales and Service Glenn Butler provides contact 353-9579 at Decatur and Florence offices with 764-0178. A meeting of AA is planned Thursday at St John s Park House with phone 353-8952.
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