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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1955
Page
3
By fieri facias issued from Morgan County Circuit Court a sale is ordered to satisfy a judgment against Odis Burgess for the State of Alabama. The property is the SE percent of the NW percent of Section 20 Township 8 South Range 5 West in Morgan County. Sale set for August 8, 1955 at the Decatur courthouse.
City of Decatur Alabama adopts Improvement Ordinance No. 774 after July 5 1955 hearing objections from multiple property owners. It sets frontage counts 4480 feet total 2380 objecting 2100 not objecting and requires four votes for adoption. Ordinance directs immediate construction without bids under City Engineer supervision and assigns assessments to benefited properties. A public sale notice follows for W L Burgess interests August 8 1955 at Decatur Courthouse.
By virtue of writs issued from the Clerk's Office Circuit Court Morgan County Alabama and to judgment obtained against W L Burgess in favor of The State of Alabama for the use of Morgan County the following lands will be exposed for sale: the NW of the SW of Section 20 Township 8 South Range 5 East.
W W Bauer urges safe medicine handling at home noting that flavoring can mask danger for children. Clippers of flavored aspirin and candy disguises risk, while kept medicines and sleeping pills on bedside tables pose overdose hazards. advocates locked cabinets and careful scrutiny of new disguising devices.
A fieri facias issued by W W Morris in favor of The State levies on parts of Section 1 Township 8 South Range 5 West Morgan County Alabama. The public sale will occur in Decatur during legal hours and will convey the right title and interest of W W Morris in the described 1955 property.
An ordinance authorizes concrete curbs and gutters on Somerville Road S E from Chenault Drive S E to Maynor Subdivision Lot 4, with paving and plant mix seal, at an estimated cost of 2995.43 dollars. The city will publish notices, hold a hearing July 1 1955, and mail assessments and plans to affected property owners.
Jackson A Raney of Indianapolis named Kiwanis International president after election by delegates at the 40th annual convention in Cleveland Ohio. Raney, longtime educator of the physically handicapped and former superintendent of the Indiana State School for the Deaf, succeeds Don Engdahl.
Thirty five Athens College graduates are among teachers studying for master's degrees at George Peabody College this summer. All have graduated from Athens College in the last 15 years and teach in Alabama and Tennessee. The list includes Mack Coleman, Lemuel Prater, Margaret Johnson, George Roberts, Betty Roberts, Ralph Brett, and others.
D Weaver and Mrs Margaret Weaver filed two damage suits after a July 2 1955 traffic mishap on Highway 31 South two miles north of Hartselle. Weaver seeks 2500 for his car and Mrs Weaver 1000 for injuries and medical expenses. Attorneys Powell and Powell represent the plaintiffs.
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