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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1955
Page
2
Dr J S Snoddy noted recent tax increases funded old age relief and cut pension eligibility while money shortages force strict standards for aid to the blind and disabled. He urged more funds for other groups even as numbers are smaller their needs may be greater.
Reporter recalls Griggs and Cowart in a barroom talk after a news conference. They boast about outsmarting the Reds and claim Mao Tze-tung influenced their case while seeking paid stories. The conversation drifts from politics to sport, movies, and sex as the night ends.
Mrs Estelle Morrow Baker died at her home 326 Lafay ette St NE at 8 15 this morning Funeral services will be held at First Presbyterian Church where she was a lifelong member Survived by son Frank Baker three sisters and a brother Interment and viewing details announced by the funeral directors
The Princess theater screens 20 000 Leagues Under The Sea featuring Kirk Douglas and James Mason with showtimes at 1 25, 4 00, 6 35, 9 10.
Cotton prices are noted with middling for Decatur MT 8 and Decatur. Cottonseed sells at 65.00 per ton. Milk Grade A 06 10 and manufactured milk at 2.95 per cent milk direct per hundred. Utility steers range 13.00 to 17.58, with commercial and utility cows and calves described as choice to evualers.
The New York stock market opened with gains of one to two points while some sectors showed losses. General Motors traded around 124 percent on 1,500 shares, Chrysler rose about 4 points near 85 percent on 3,000 shares, and steels, mail order issues led by Sears, Beech aircraft, utilities, railroads, and oils also advanced.
Nashville market reports show steers weighing 1000 to 1050 pounds selling around 21.00, 700 to 850 pound cattle at 13.30, and heifers 17.00 to 20.00 with utilities at 10.00 to 21.50. Sheep demand remains strong with choice to prime at 21.50 to 22.00 and good at 11.00.
Fragmentary OCR text appears to reference price movements and month names with scattered terms like May and October. No cohesive event or identifiable entities are readable to form a factual summary or headline.
Services for Charles Wesley Corbin of Holly Pond are planned at Rice School near Arab, with date and time to be announced by Moss Service Funeral Home. Corbin died at his residence since a.m. and interment is to be announced. Stisher died Sunday at 4 a.m. at home and is survived by three sons.
Sheriff Jack Price in Searcy reports Gray's father Jess Gray and uncle Louis MacDonald urged the fleeing convict to surrender from a 10 year robbery sentence with six months left. They quoted him saying he would take care of it later as he was en route to Montgomery after a singing appearance at Linden.
Associated Press reports a cool air mass bringing relief from 90s across the northern United States reaching the Atlantic Coast. Temperatures dropped into the 70s in the Southeast with scattered showers, while western and midwestern areas saw variable readings from the upper 30s to 50s in mountain states and plains.
The U S 10th Division from Ft Riley Kansas began replacing the 1st Division along the Iron Curtain frontier. A shipload of 1100 officers and men and 170 families arrived aboard the Upshur after a nine day Atlantic voyage. They are part of Operation Gyroscope and were sent to Bavaria.
Frank M. Beverly says he will fight extradition to Alabama where he escaped a 1947 road gang and has returned to work as manager of a Sunset Strip cafe. He admitted to police that he used an assumed name Oscar Fred Twil and served two years of a five-year sentence on a false embezzlement charge. The Alabama board of corrections plans action this week as Beverly remains free on bond until Thursday. wife Eunice and employer Sam Spiegelman defend him while Beverly describes his home and family life in California.
Funeral services for Mrs. Maggie Hudson 41 are set for Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home Chapel. She died Saturday at 6 15 p.m. at her residence 318 Wilson Ave Decatur. Interment in Rose Lawn Cemetery with Brown directing. Survivors include husband T J Hudson mother Mrs Mary Lou Boles Decatur two daughters Mrs Leonard Burns Matawan Mich Mrs Hank Marshall Nineveh Ind one son Phillip Decatur one sister Mrs Martha Flanagan Decatur and four grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
Alabama Welfare officials explain that all regular income must be deducted when computing need for old age checks. A $1,000 reserve is allowed for emergencies but not used to build up eligibility. Eligibility criteria include age 65 plus, one year Alabama residence, assets limits up to 5000 single or married, and not in care or receiving other aids.
Morgan County commissioners will inspect all paved county roads to determine needed route markings and safety signs. The state highway department will share costs 50 50. The board also refunded 3112.84 to the general and other funds and ratified payments on road projects.
A field survey completed Friday finds 55 percent of Lawrence County farmers over-planting cotton. ACS office manager Alva Wade notes over-planted farmers will face adjustments and possible penalties under state standards.
Annual Stephenson family reunion set for July 17 at Hickory Grove Presbyterian Church near Landersville Lawrence County. Attendees to bring basket lunches for a noon spread. Jerry Livingston confined at home with mumps to his mother Lois Livingston 1218 20th Ave SE While in Birmingham Charles McCrary and sons Tommy Johnny visited Kiddieland the McCrarys reside at 210 7th Ave NW
A son born to Mr. and Mrs. Louie Brown at Decatur General Hospital. A son to Mr. and Mrs. James E. Dunnavent in Athens at Decatur General. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Johnson in Athens 4 at Decatur General. A son to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Johnson in Athens at Athens Limestone Hospital. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Harvel in Hartselle at Hartselle Hospital. Frank Kellert of the Dodgers was a star athlete at Oklahoma A and M from 1946 to 1949.
The article explains farmers may dispose of extra acreage within 20 days of notification. If they decline, they may keep the cotton and pay a penalty equal to one half the parity price of cotton. Wade notes the penalties apply to the overplanted cotton.
Alabama lawmakers resume sessions with a push on a school segregation bill in the House and a renewed battle over milk legislation in the Senate. A Senate resolution attacking interstate trade barriers could derail milk, poultry, and eggs bills, while a health committee move would license dairy boards and regulate out of state milk. The House faces a motion to pull the school segregation bill from the committee for floor action.
Milwaukee Mayor Zeidler appeals to President Eisenhower to help end the Kohler Co strike. Labor leaders reverse stance and will not hinder unloading a second ship of clay for Kohler. Charles Schultz says he will urge Governor Kohler to arrange a meeting with strikers Local 833 UAW CIO and company reps.
In Baltimore Dr R Adams Cowley and Dr John M Allen report a laborer from Cambridge Md recovered after a rare aneurysm operation. The Blood Saver tool clamps the aorta allowing blood flow while the damaged section is removed.
Dismissals note complete for Mrs Curtis H Oden of 804 E Moulton St and Patricia Jane May of Decatur. The item records two named individuals leaving Hospital St facilities. Settlement details or dates not provided.
Admissions at Hartselle Hospital include Linda Lou Atkins Hartsele 1 A Jeffers Hartsele 3 Mrs Vercy Ellis Hartselle 2 Tate L Johnson Somerville Mrs Joe Wallace Hartselle 2 Mrs Virginia Cloud Falkville. The list records patient names and associated towns and numbers.
Public notices list individuals from Athens Limestone Hospital including Mrs Clinton Ezell and child in Athens, Mrs Leon Mitchell and infant in Athens, and Mrs D B Sheffield with infant in Madison. Names appear alongside Ross Williamson and Athens.
A batch of birth and hospital notices lists names and addresses including Mrs J E Roger 411 8th Ave SW and Mrs Billy Joe Smith 14 E Vine as well as DECATUR GENERAL HOSPITAL and Mrs J D Hagood with infant son Town Creek Vernon Holloway Decatur. Other entries name Charles T Roberts 1122 14th Ave SE Little Deborah Parker 1416 North St and Mrs Mildred Hitt Decatur with further mentions of Mrs James Goodson infant daughter Somerville and Mrs Pasquale Albano infant son 610 Cleveland Ave. Also named are Mrs James Amerson infant son Athens 8 Master William Howard Decatur 2 Master Marvin Allen Eaton 218 11th Ave NW Mrs L Brown 1600 Enolam Blvd Mrs George G Wiley Wheeler Mrs James Hightower Hartselle Mahlon Christopher Athens 8 Master Billy Ray Eddy Decatur and Mrs Elide White 220 Ferry St Price 1318 Memorial
ATHENS Final rites for David Rufus Jamison 85 died Saturday at his residence 509 4th St were held Sunday at 3 p.m. at Market St Church of Christ. He was born in Dumont Iowa survived by two sisters Blanche Griffith Athens Emma Maude Knapp Bayard Neb one brother Frank Jamison Sandstone Minn and many nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Robert Scott J D King C F King Clinton Ezell W T Andrews and Fulton Sims.
Cullman County Rep Bryce Davis pushes a bill to merge the circuit clerk and county register offices. First publication appeared Sunday and the bill must run three ads before introduction. Circuit Clerk John Sparks would head the combined office with salary rising to 7200 annually. Register Clarence H Keller currently holds the post.
Probate judge Isaac Johnson would replace McWhorter as chairman under the proposed plan. Lee said he introduced legislation for a vote after noting authority to change the government without a vote, but felt the change should go to the people.
Funeral notice states Limestone McConnell Service Funeral Home will direct the interment. The brief notice reflects a burial arrangement managed by the funeral provider.
Lee argues a state bill raising teachers salaries could trigger higher county educator pay than the current superintendent’s 4200 salary. He notes Lawrence County would set the educators salary between 4800 and 6000 once the current term ends, with the new system after Supt Horton’s term expires.
Athens Wallace Steele office manager for the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation office and Walter Ruf L. M. Baugher Audie M. Christophers Limestone County ASC committeemen travel to Montgomery for a two day state ASC convention. Four Limestone banks host Tuesday dinner for local diners and cotton buyers with Frederick Heidleburg National Cotton Council representative as guest speaker at Athens Cafe. Limestone County Day set at Cullman Horticulture substation Thursday with local truck farmers planning a farm tour.
Delegates from 23 Amvets posts in Alabama reelected Charlie Casmus of Montgomery as commander. Other officers elected include Robert Ham of Andalusia senior vice commander Aleck Gulas of Birmingham junior vice commander L T Farris Jr of Montgomery state adjutant Sen Garet Van Antwerp III of Mobile judge advocate and Joe Cottrell of Montgomery provost marshal.
The Grand Circuit, another name for harness racing's top tier, traces its roots to 1873 when it was established as The Quadrilateral Trotting Combination.
Mayor P R Chenault announced a new $100000 armory project in Moulton is set to start Tuesday. A Birmingham contractor will handle work on the brick and metal one story facility near the current armory shed on the Decatur highway after site grading and the removal of the last block in the path.
Griggs Cowart Verdyck and two Belgians were held in Taiyuan indoctrination camp and later sent to a state farm with 960 Chinese workers. They describe hellish conditions, constant isolation, poor meals and meager pay around 12 dollars monthly. They planned an escape on March 12 but were recaptured. Bell attempted suicide after losing hope of escape.
Argentina's Catholic leaders denounced as unauthorized a Saturday Independence Day demonstration by about 10 000 marchers. The primate condemned the attitude of self styled Catholics who disturbed the peace as pro government papers criticized the marchers for breaking a truce called last Tuesday.
A colored maid requests employment and provides references. Contact via phone numbers 2231 days or 2603 nights.
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