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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 10, 1968

Page

3

Hospital Names and Dismissals List Featured for North Alabama

A catalog of hospital staff and patients includes multiple names from Moulton Danville Town Creek and nearby towns. Dismissals note Martha Johnson with infant daughter Lorene Kellum with infant daughter Betty McKelvy and Frank Stevenson among others.

Martha Johnson Moulton Lorene Keelum Danville Betty McKelvy Townl ‘Creek Frank Stevenson Mt Hope Dorothy Martin Doub Springs Billy Sparks Hillsboro

Local Cullman County Names List Read Like Merging Addresses

A long line of personal names and addresses from Hanceville Cullman Eva Baileyton and surrounding areas lists James R Baker David E Brown Gene L Gamble Marion Gorham Alex C Hagemann Edgar R Johnson Robert Kraft Brook Linder Eva Mrs Ellen Faye McAlpine Mrs Vince Mae McManus Shirley Ann Olson Hubert M Pruitt Leo Shelton Mrs Marilyn Shockley Mrs Marie Stallings Lavada Stevens Miss Donna Faye Bates Olzie W Bonds and Patricia Elrod among others. The fragment resembles a voter roll or property index page with multiple Cullman area residents and rural routes.

James R. Baker Hanceville David E. Brown Cullman Gene L. Gamble Marion Gorham Alex C. Hagemann Edgar R. Johnson Vinemont Robert Kraft Brook Lindler Eva Ellen Faye McAlpine Vince Mae McManus Shirley Ann Olson Hubert M. Pruitt Leo Shelton Marilyn Shockley Marie Stallings Logan Lavada Stevens Donna Faye Bates Olzie W. Bonds Baileyton Patricia Elrod George E. Mayhall Mattie A. Nunnelly Janice I. Skinner Emma Jea Tuggle Sarah Vanzandt Brenda Gail Vincent

Obscure Household Names Listed in Local Notices

A long list of residents and addresses appears in a community notice column. Names include Mrs. Billy Crosswhite Huntsville Mrs. Charles Slayer Huntsville Mrs. Billy Green Terry Moulton 1 Hillsboro 1 Little Miss Tina Denise Parker Athens 3 and many others across Decatur Huntsville Athens Trinity and Hartselle with street names and cross streets. The fragmentary roster reads like a census style roll call of households and infants noted in a public notice.

Billy Crosswhite Lake Ave Charles Slayer Lance Rd Huntsville Billy Green Terry Moulton Hurst Acre Cartee Hillsboro Tina Denise Parker Athens William Richard Snook College St Rickey Edwin Moltzclaw Raymond St Orville Kirby U.S 31 North Hartselle Forbus A. Harville James Donald Strawn Gordon Dr William Ewell Briscoe Jackson St Earlie Tee Price Puckett Ave William Freeman Jacobs Jr Baby Darren Allen Sides Rogersville Lula Newman Courtland Hershel Leon Nolen Ross Nathaniel. McCarness Decatur Mary Joyce Blagburn 17Th Ave Parker Pointer Sr Lena Elizabeth NeSmith William Welch Dinsmore Dwight A. Witt Trinity Randy Price Strickland Billy Wayne Benfield 1St Ave Luther King Jr Howell M. Smith James W. William 1St

Vega Brightens Evening to Morning Sky in Decatur

In Decatur on Wednesday July 10 the prominent star Vega will be the brightest in both the eastern evening and western morning skies. Expected high 84 with a low of 69 tonight, and a Thursday high of 88. Sunset at 8:03 p.m. Moonrise 9:06 p.m. Sunrise 5:44 a.m. Last Quarter July 17.

Decatur Vega

River and lake readings near Keller Memorial Bridge report

Decatur area river reading 21.23 at Keller Memorial Bridge and sea level reading 554.53. TVA lake stages listed include Chickamauga 681.5 Pickwick 413.2 Guntersville 594.3 Whitesburg 556.5 Wheeler 555.8 Wilson 505.6. High 76 low 66 today 72 at 8 am. Rain 0.09 inch in past 24 hours. Forecast calls for variable clouds and scattered showers with fog and warmer daytime.

Decatur and Vicinity

Rainfall in June Falls Short Across Tennessee Valley

June rainfall averaged 2.5 inches in the Tennessee Valley, about half the normal 4.3 inches. North Alabama saw the lowest totals with 0.1 to 0.3 inches. Western Valley averaged 1.6 inches while eastern areas near Chattanooga measured 3.4 inches. Through six months in 1968 total rainfall was 23 inches, five below normal, with February especially dry. No major TVA flood control actions were needed in the first half, though a June flood on the lower Ohio and Mississippi Rivers had damages reduced by upstream coordinated flow management totaling about 1.78 million dollars.

Tennessee TVA North Alabama West Point Maul Chattanooga Ohio Mississippi Tenessee Cumberland River

Teen smoking among teens shows notable decline

Studies indicate cigarette smoking by teenagers has declined appreciably from levels reported over the last several years.

Showers Likely Through Thursday Across North Alabama

Widely scattered showers are forecast through Thursday as a ridge of low pressure travels north from the Gulf. Rain totals have been moderate to heavy with Birmingham recording about four inches in 24 hours. Temperatures remain well below normal with highs from 69 in Birmingham to 86 in Mobile and little change expected in the near term as the trough persists. Showers and thunderstorms continue, with heavier showers anticipated in South Alabama.

North Alabama Gulf Birmingham Magic City Mobile South

Funeral services held for Iris Kilgore Elkmont resident

Iris Darline Kilgore 44 of Elkmont died Friday in Rock Ledge Florida. Funeral at 4 p m today at McConnell Funeral Home Chapel with Rev James Adams and Rev L J Kahler officiating. Burial in Roselawn Cemetery. Survivors include her widow William Kilgore three daughters Marion Thomas Lidia Kilgore and Billie Joyce Grate six grandchildren two sisters and four brothers. Presley was a Morgan County native and Vietnam War veteran.

Elkmont Iris Darline Kilgore Rock Ledge Fla McConnell Funeral Home James Adams L. J. Kahler Roselawn McConnell William Kilgore Marion Thomas Lidia Kilgore Elkmont 1 Billie Joyce Grate Burleson Tex Doris Rascoe Mansefield Edith Collins California Horace Black Bill Black Alfred Milton Black Dallas James Harold Black U. S. Army Germany

Funeral services for Pat L. Presley in Ohio

Funeral services for Pat L. Presley age 28 of Norton Barberton Ohio will be 2 p m Saturday at the Ebenezer Free Will Baptist Church southeast of here Burial will be in the adjoining Peck Funeral Home of Hartselle directing Survivors include the father T D Presley Akron Ohio and four others

Falkville Pat L. Presley Norton Barberton Ohio Ebenezer i Free -Will Baptist Church Here Peck Funeral Home Hartselle T. D. Presley Akron

Florida Pair Are Killed In Wreck

A Florida man Jasper G. Fowler 24 of Century and his four year old son Dewayne Fowler were killed when their car skidded over 100 yards and plunged into a creek near Brent Florida Monday. A 16 month old Dennis Fowler survived. Fowler worked in an Amcor plant in Alabama.

Brent Fla Florida Here Jasper G. Fowler Century, Fla Dewayne Fowler Dennis Fowler Fowler Atmore Ala

Crown Jewels Relocated to Tower of London Vault

The British Crown Jewels have been moved to a new home in the Tower of London, secured in a million dollar stronghold 26 feet beneath the surface, preserving the royal treasures in a protected underground vault.

Tower of London

Mobile Hotel Hit By Lightning Sparks Debris

A bolt of lightning struck the Admiral Semmes Hotel in Mobile Alabama causing bricks and concrete to fall onto a main street. No injuries were reported and a hotel employee narrowly escaped debris. A staff car was damaged and hotel interiors sustained some damage.

Mobile Ala Admiral Semmes Charles Fields Police Department Fields

New Year Symbols Traced to Ancient Greek Festivities

Ancient Greek celebrations shaped today’s New Year symbols the New Year Babe and Father Time. Historians note origins in seasonal rites that influenced late medieval pageantry and modern calendar traditions.

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Lawrence County Admissions Cora Terry Jackson Waters Elouise Rogers Town Creek Judy White Christine Mann Grayson Thomas Gibson Charlene Smith William Posey Lulu. Wallace Eulah Aldridge Leemon Wood Randy Horchler Hayden Gary Morris Eva Lankenship Marie Hill Foree Long Loyd Glenn Decatur General Admissions Iris Kilgore Patrick Presley Ricky Presley Randy Scotty Presley Ravenna Bertie Presley Fannie’ Bell Howard Presley Moore Okla Woodward Presley Clarksdale Miss Wayne Presley Oval Presley Oklahoma City Faye Reaves Sue Gittins Mogadore Morgan County Pat Presley City Finance Credit Life and A&h Hotpoint Porcelain Sale! Hotpoint PT Ind Sterchi’s Sale! Decorator Yen Dak Sterchi's Sterchi Rtohi Tell la Porcelain 2Nd Ave S.E
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