Block-Long Retaining Wall Likely At Wilson Overpass
City records show raising the Wilson Street overpass grade to clear Southern Railroad tracks may require a block long retaining wall on both sides. The Southern Railroad agrees to cover up to 6000 dollars for a 20-foot clearance, with the city underwriting any remaining costs. Negotiations focus on rights of way and higher bridge clearances to accommodate transformers and new electrical equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Southern RR
Southern Railroad
Wilson St
Leonard Moody
City Council
Pomme + yt
Bank St
Church
City Hall
State Highway Department
R. B. Midkiff
Midkiff
Church St
Market St
J. W. Chambers
William A
Waugh
H. R. Summer
Auto Loses Boat With Heavy Truck Collision Near Vinemont
A rear-end crash three miles north of Vinemont on U S 31 at 2 p.m. involved a 1955 International tractor trailer driven by Rufus Smith and a 1953 Mercury driven by Edward Rosier. Damage was about 250 dollars with no injuries. Rosier said he slowed for a passing car and the truck struck from behind. Patrolman Kenneth Davenport investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinemont
Here
U.S. 31
Highway Patrol
Rufus Smith
Columbus
Miss
Edward Rosier
Rochester
N.Y
Rosier
Mercury
Kenneth Davenport
Amusements Today Listings
Princess Deep In My Heart at Princess with Rosemary Clooney and Jose Ferrer showing at 4 00 6 36 and 9 12. Roxy presents The Bob Mathias Story and Billy Graham's Mighty Fortress at 1 40 3 40 5 40 7 40 9 40. Sunset runs Seven Brides For Seven Brothers at 7 30 and 9 45. Ranch Hartselle features Paratrooper with Alan Ladd and Leo Genn at 7 30 9 30. Hatfield Athens shows Unchained with Elray Hirsch at 7 30 9 30. Starvue Courtland Highway presents Bail with Cleo Moore and Hugo Haas at 7 3 and 9 2.
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Princess
Rosemary Clooney
Jose Ferrer
Roxy
Bob Mathias
Billy Graham
Hartselle
Alan Ladd
Leo Genn
Starvue
Courtland Highway
Cleo Moore
Hugo Haas
Real Values In Workshop Goods On Sale
Decatur residents view items from the adult blind women workshop at Talladega State Institution. Mrs. Mattie Smith says the display shows high quality work and materials with sales in five city spots through Saturday. Helen Keller is honored as these handicapped workers seek opportunity to earn livings and be seen as useful citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Mattie Smith
State Institution For the Deaf and Blind
Talladega
Second Ave
Kroger’s
Johnson Street
Namie’s
Fifth Ave
Alabama Drug Company
Bank St
Helen Keller
City Officers Confiscate Fifty Gallons Of Whiskey
City police officers Hunter and Landers turned over about fifty gallons of whiskey to Morgan County sheriff after stopping a 1941 Chevrolet on Trinity Road. The driver fled, a tag issued to Reba D. Glover, 502 11th Ave. Wheeler Vinson later claimed the car saying he left the keys and it was stolen. The vehicle remained in sheriff custody this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County Sheriff's Office
Hunter and Landers
Trinity Road
Reba D. Glover
11Th Ave
Wheeler Vinson
Hospital Dismissals and Admissions Noted
Dismissals include Mrs. Jarena Sherman of 1326 6th Ave S and infant son of Mrs. R. V. Winchester at 610 Austin St. Robert L. Steed of Detroit is listed among dismissals. Admissions include Mrs. Curtis H. Oden of 840 E. Moulton St. and other entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank ST. Hospital
Jarena Sherman
6Th Ave
S&f
Robert L. Steed
Detroit, Mich
R. V. Winchester
Admissions at Athens Limestone Hospital List Names
W R Cleere of Birmingham and several patients or relatives are listed among admissions at Athens Limestone Hospital. Evawill Chambers Lester Mrs James Norton and others including Mrs C V Norton Tulsa Okla John Joe Norton and Sarah E Chambers are noted with Athens ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens-Limestone Hospital
W. R. Cleere
Birmingham
Evawill Chambers
Lester
James Norton
Athens
C. V. Norton
Tulsa
Okla
Co. V. Norton
John Joe Norton
Sarah E. Chambers
A. B. McWilliams
Charlie Goar
O. L. Brakefield
Baugh Wiley Clinic Addresses Noted Patrons
Joe Henry Reid Jr at 312 12th Ave NW and Mrs. M H Warren of Danville plus Mrs Roy Self and infant son at 922 Clark St are listed in clinic notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Joe Henry Reid, Jr
12Th Ave
M. H. Warren
Danville
Roy Self
Clark St
List of Newborns and Residents at Decatur General Hospital
Mrs. James Hayes of 1501 Jackson Street and Mrs. Mabel Akers of Somerville Road are listed among Decatur General Hospital births. Other names include Kathy Ryan of 1410 Eighth Avenue SE and Mickey Lee of Hartselle, with additional residents in Miami Florida Courtland Trinity and Trinity addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur General Hospital
James Hayes
Jackson St
Mickey Lee
Hartselle
Kathy Ryan
8Th Ave
Mabel Akers
Somerville Rd
W. R. Harlow
Miami
Fla
Mary Horton
Courtland
Joe Phillips
Trinity
Howard Childers
20Th Ave
F. D. Peebles
Gordon Drive
Births in Decatur and Danville at local hospitals
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Childers at Decatur General Hospital on Thursday. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. E G Collins in Danville at Hartselle Hospital on Thursday.
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Howard Childers
20Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital
E. G. Collins
Danville 2
Hartselle Hospital
Fines Appealed From City Court
Mayor H R Summer returned fines to two defendants appealing to Morgan County Court. Vivian Holland paid 50 dollars for assault and battery after a Tuesday trial and Bruce Joiner paid 50 dollars for violating the city license code by contracting without a license. Judge LeRoy McEntire levied the fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Summer
Morgan County
Reed
Vivian Holland
Bruce Joiner
LeRoy McEntire
Two Cars Damaged In City Accident
A Plymouth and a Chevrolet collided on 2nd St SW near 6th Ave. The Plymouth driven by T. C. Almon and the Chevrolet owned by J. P. Dutton suffered heavy damage. no charges were filed as Kennedy and Broadrick investigated.
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2Nd St
6Th Ave
Routo
Plymouth
Chevrolet
T. C. Almon
Sherman St
J. P. Dutton
Moulton
Kennedy
Broadrick
Decatur Kiwanis hears praise for South Limestone Co-op growth
Earl Solomon, manager of the South Limestone Cooperative, tells Kiwanis at Decatur Trade School of the cooperative’s expansion and profits. He notes 50 farmers own the cotton gin and market certified cottonseed in 11 states and Mexico, plus a $100000 alfalfa dehydration plant.
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Earl Solomon
South Limestone Cooperative
Kiwanis Club
Decatur
Sup- Solomon
Wilson Taylor
Agriculture Committee
Kiwanians
Sam Nettles
Decatur Trade School
T. M. Jones
Tom Murphy
Detroit
Mich
Emerson Whatley
Nettles
Solomon
South Limestone Co-op
Mexico
Limestone County
Names of residents listed in local notices
The text lists individuals with hometowns and parental names: 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Gallo way. Janie Mae Flowers Thomaston daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Flowers. Wiley Creech Greenville Route 2 son of Mrs. and Mrs. Joe Creech. Elizabeth Morris Eutaw daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Joe Morris. Joe Mooney Columbiana Route 2 son of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Mooney.
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H. C. Galloway
Janie Mae Flowers
Thomaston
Willie Flowers
Wiley Creech
Greenville
Joe Creech
Elizabeth Morris
Eutaw
Joe Morris
Joe Mooney
Columbiana
B. B. Mooney
Dixon Yates affair dominates 1956 campaign rift
Budget Director Rowland Hughes continues the review ordered by the President with help from Attorney General Brownell the AEC and the TVA. Senator Gore says the Eisenhower administration’s first team oversaw the Dixon Yates deal and will push it as a campaign issue. The Senate Antitrust Subcommittee plans early hearings on Adolphe J. Wenzell’s dual role in the Dixon Yates matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowland Hughes
Atty
Adolphe H. Wenzell
Dixon-Yates
Rites Saturday For Former POW Cullman Native
Lt. George W. Lott 24 native of Cullman will be honored with full-military rites Saturday at 2 p m at Livingston's Chapel. He died in July 1951 as a prisoner of war in Korea. Interment in Livingston cemetery. Survived by daughter Gilda Marie Lott, parents A T and Mrs Lott Trade Ala, four sisters and five brothers.
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Cullman
Livingston’s
George W. Lott
Lott
Korea
Clyde Sharpton
Amos Murphree
Livingston Cemetery
Moss Service Funeral Home
Gilda Marie Lott
A. T. Lott
Trade
Ala
Buddy McElroy
Ray Hayman
W. R. Tucker
Chesterfield
Carl Abbott
Oxford
Cecil
Dora
Jimmy
Addison
Charlie
Birmingham
Donald
Jacksonville
Alton
Bossier City
Simpson Wins School Painting Contract at Somerville Road School
The city board of education let the interior painting contract for the old section of Somerville Road School to W. W. Simpson of Seattle Avenue SE. Simpson bid $4,480. Officials also plan one coat of paving on gravel drives around new school buildings and Somerville Road School.
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Somerville Road
W. W. Simpson
Market Prices Report From Decatur Totals and Commodities
Decatur market notes show cotton middling at 4.75 and loan figures around 448. Milk Grade A priced at 10 per hundred with manufactured milk at 2.95 hundred. Feed and miscellaneous items include corn, ear corn at 1.40, and weights for hogs and vealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Oerstur
Yellow Ear Corp
White Ear Corp
Decatur Livestock Report From Alabama and U S Departments
Receipts: cattle and calves 739 hogs 52. Trade active with good demand across livestock classes. Slaughter calves high 20s, stocker calves 17.50 to 19.50, heifers 14 to 21, cows 10.60 to 14.60, vealers 13 to 21.50. Hogs 180-220 lb barrows and gilts topped at 18.50. Prices vary by weight and class. overall liberal supply and active market.
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Decatur
Alabama
U. S
iulfryFand
New York Stocks Edge Higher After Sharp Slide
The market rose modestly after yesterday's worst drop in four months. The Associated Press average fell 2.50 to 173.90 amid today’s early trading. General Motors fluctuated after a three for one split news, opening down and then recovering slightly. Du Pont held 21 million GM shares, starting up, while Chrysler moved from a fractional gain to about 2 points as trading unfolded.
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New York
Associated Press
General Motors
du Pont
Chrysler
North Alabama Live Poultry Market Steady with Strong Demand
North Alabama live poultry market shows steady supplies from adequate to short in areas. Demand is very good with prices paid in the 24 hour period ending Friday at 10:30 a.m. for various weight ranges and destinations, including farm and plant bids around 24% to 26% figures.
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Birmingham
North Alabama
Nashville Livestock Prices Mixed as Steers Hold Firm
Nashville cattle market reports 1074 lb steers at 19.50 per hundredweight with strong commercial demand. lighter 180-220 lb cattle bring 18.50 to 18.75. Butcher demand weak with prices about 25 lower on some grades.
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Livestock Nashville
Bea
Orkin Names Decatur Manager William C Mills
Otto Orkin announces the appointment of William C Mills as manager of the Decatur office of the Orkin Exterminating Company. Mills previously held key posts in pest control and will oversee regional operations and customer service in the Decatur area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Orkin
The
Orkin Exterminating Company
William C. Mills
Freeman Case Delayed Preliminary Hearing In Murder Charge
Dock Freeman, 43, of Cullman County, charged with murder in the shooting death of his nephew Sammy Freeman near Bug Tussle. He remains jailed without bond as of Friday pending a possible Saturday preliminary hearing before Judge W. M. Scott.
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Cullman
Dock Freeman
Freeman
Jasper 1
Sammy Freeman
Ambitious Husband Plans a Far Travel Ahead
A husband tears up a bitter note to his wife and plans a trip abroad. He weighs wording to express longing and pride, suspects travel by air, hides money on the shelf, and signs as ROMEO addressing his wife as MY ANGEL.
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Romeo
Romer
Romel
MY Angel
Russell Seeks Wider Roles In Marine Units
Russell advocates expanding reserve roles to include commissioned officers and experienced noncoms. proposes limited access for combat units to seasoned enlisted men, signaling possible shifts in Marine structure.
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Russell
Eden Continued: From Page 1
The statement argues for expansion from the West to the East, asserting there is no reason the extension should be halted or limited. The remark signals ongoing discussion about regional or intercity growth potential and connectivity.
Turnpike Authority Proposed for Alabama Highways
Administration backed plan would create a turnpike authority to build and operate pay as you go highways in Alabama with a likely North South route as the initial project.
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Alabama
Orkin Decatur Names New Office Manager
The Decatur office of Orkin announces a new manager replacing Ray Stafford who left due to ill health. Mills, an Alabama Polytechnic Institute graduate, has two years with Orkin in termite and exterminating service and prior to Decatur worked in Mobile.
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Orkin
Decatur
Ray Stafford
Mills
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Department of the
Mobile
Community notices from Decatur and area change
Local items report the Johnson family in Williamsburg Ky for Mrs. Smith funeral, Legion Auxiliary delegates from Morgan County and Ruby Jones being elected chapeau, deaths of W J Clucas in Pleasant Ridge and Nettle Waddell in Birmingham, plus local police and building permit updates and a misquote in Hill Food Store ad.
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Morgan County
American Legion Auxiliary
Huntsville
Ruby S. Jones
Monroe Rodgers
Bertha Timberlake
Paul Thompson
Douglas Hall
Decatur
Department of Alabama
Miss Jones
Salon
Jefferson County
Miami
Pleasant Ridge
Mich
W. J. Clucas
A. S
Bud) Kromer
Calumet
Joe Wessel
Woodward
Kramer
Wolverine Tube
W. W. Decker
Birmingham
Couple Bound To Grand Jury In Manslaughter Case
An Air Force sergeant and his date were bound over for grand jury action on second degree manslaughter after a fatal crash on a Birmingham one way street. Sgt Miller and Mary Jane Anderton faced the charge with bond set at 300 dollars each. Anderton testified Miller was driving but had never driven before. Miller claimed he slept and woke to find her at the wheel. The victim was Peggy Ann Scott of Gadsden Ald.
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Birmingham
Air Force
Peggy Ann Scott
Gadsden
Ald
June Nune
Sgt
Miller
Mary Jane
Scott
Miss Anderton
G. C. Boner
Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Local Teenagers Arrested in Morgan County Burglary Spree
Three Duncee Michigan teens, Charles Banks 18 Jack Gibbs 17 and Lester Wilkerson 16, were moved to the county jail after admitting entry to W R Simmons Standard Service Station and Waters and Morris Sinclair Station on Wednesday night. They stole chewing gum about 400 pennies and a silver dollar. Also noted: Curtis Campbell hospitalized in Birmingham St Vincent's, and the Schuesslers called to La Fayette for Carl Schuessler's death. families visiting grandparents.
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Duncee Mich
Morgan <Ounty Jar
Charles Banks
Jack Gibbs
Lester Wilkerson
W. R. Simmons Standard
2Nd Ave
Waters
Morris Sinclair
6Th Ave
8Th St
Simmon
Morris
Kennedy, Broadrick
Terry
Apartment listings and sale ads across multiple properties
Classifieds provide multiple rentals including a 3 room unfurnished unit with water, a 4 room house on Byrd Spring Road, and a 5 room furnished apartment at 1605 Olive Street with rent. Also offers a blond male cocker spaniel and an appeal to sell Christmas cards with Ira Schnell in Decatur.
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Byrd Spring Road
Ira Schnell
E. Moulton St
Decatur
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alabama American Legion
Charlie Trimmier
Fred Walters
Grove Hill
John Foster
Birn
Louis McCray
Moundsville
John McDaniel
Lawson Lynn
Joseph S. Foster
Clyde Teas
Haleyville
Alvin Blackwell
Thomas McDonald
Bryson Studio
Evie Boger
Ira Puckett
Haroldy Wilson
Somerville
Charlie Anders
Ann Wallace
Lois West
L. E. Jeffries
Denise Johnson
Simpson
Acme Steel
Am Baker
T&t
Loew's
Lou & Nash
Armast Ck
Mont Ward Atl C Line
Atl Refin Babcock
Nat Cyl Gas
Nat Beth Steel
Nor & West Burl Ind
Penney (Jc
Burr Bros Calum & H
Catet Trac
Rea Co
Cen of Ga
Repub Sth
Chrysler Coca Cola
Colg Pa
St Regis P
Skelly of Co
Cudahy
East Air , Texas Co
East Kodak
Texas PC & O
Erie RR
US Steel
Warner Pic
West UN Tel
Orkin Company
New Decatur
Freeman Case
Katie
Eden
W. J. Johnson
Walter
David
Billie Marie
Williamsburg
Chester King
Austinville
Wayne Riggs
Kalamazoo
J. T. Burch
Max Sobotka
Jimmie Collier
Stratford Rd
G. H. Nungester
Hill Food Store
Morgan’s
Nettie Waddell
Lynn Lovengut
Phillies
F. L Hollingsworth
L G. Flack
Magnolia St
Curtis Campbell
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Thomas W. Schuessler
Florence
la Fayette
Schuessler
Carl Schuessler
Thomas Demons
John McGehee
Emerson McBay
Esco
Carol Jane
Kathy
Lakeland
Kyle Butler
E. H. Jackson
Notasulga
Olive. St
First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Decatur
S.E
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