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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1963
Page
2
A total solar eclipse will be visible in Three Rivers Quebec at 5 37 pm local time. The rest of North America will see a partial eclipse. Weather for Decatur shows clear skies with a 7 00 pm sunset and 4 48 am sunrise tomorrow. Moonrise is at 3 28 am.
Decatur TN river reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 20.96 feet up .30 in 24 hours with sea level at 555.26 feet. TVA lake stages Chickamauga Pickwick Guntersville Whitesburg Wilson noted. highs 90 today 3 p.m. 84 degree morning, 90 today, 92 Thursday. Forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy warm humid with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers and southeast winds 5 to 15 mph.
Alabama forecast shows temperatures near normal through Monday with little variation. Daily lows 67 to 72 degrees and highs 88 to 91 degrees, then a slight change as the period progresses.
During the event, stores will stay open until 8 p m Friday with free parking in three downtown locations. Bank St area uses Canal Street lot, Moulton Street uses E Moulton near First National Bank, and 2nd Ave uses a lot on 1st Ave between Johnston and 2nd. The Downtown Merchants Association promotes customer-proprietor understanding and boosted sales.
Two more contestants enter the Limestone County Maid of Cotton pageant in Athens. Miss Mary Hamilton and Miss Melinda Lou Flanagan bring the field to four. deadline is this afternoon. Hamilton, 19, is sponsored by the Athens College Booster Club. Flanagan, 20, is sponsored by the Wheeler Home Demonstration Club.
Flint Rescue Squad members are selling fish fry and dance tickets for Friday from 5 to 9. Tickets cost $1.50 each and proceeds go to the squad to buy equipment.
A three year old boy ran from hedges at Sam's Superette into a southbound Chevrolet station wagon driven by Marvin M. Sharp and sustained scalp lacera tions and injuries to the left collar bone and body. The vehicle skidded 42 feet before and 36 feet after impact.
Decatur records its third traffic death of the year as 70 year old Andy Johnson of 301 Cherry St NW dies at Birmingham Veterans Hospital after being struck at Wilson St NW near Bank St by 20 year old James R Law of Decatur. Autopsy ordered. funeral services pending.
Hospital 907 11th St Court SE lists baby William Thompson and several children with guardians, including Tommy Lynn Barber and Steven Malcolm Spillers. Dismissals include Dorothy Nawrocki, David McCullough, and Virgil Wilhite with infant daughter, plus other listed families in Decatur and surrounding towns.
A local admissions list names Mrs Clara Davis of Beech and several Decatur residents including J F Bates and William Alexander. Other entries include Master John Wayne Champion, Master Randall Beggs, Miss June Henderson, and Mrs Blanche Ling with addresses in Decatur Athens Toney and related locales.
A list of residents and relatives including Mary Ann Burke Melba Brown Curtis Chappell Henry Godwin Elizabeth Holt Mildred Jones John Kimbril Mary Nell Ratliff Doris Scott Charlie Watson James Whittle William Davis Lillian Wright James Schnittker Martha Brooks Nell Watson James Watson Maxie Preiss Bonnie Cleghorn Mauding Chumley Reba Lowery Gary Bates Regina Holmes Dorothy Trammell Faye Griffith Tina Bradley Shirley King Betty Sweatman Eloise Boles Ruby Barley in Cullman Hanceville Arley Garden City Vine Mont.
In Washington the Senate Commerce Committee heard Governor Wallace describe the nation on the brink of civil warfare due to racial policy. He noted widespread opposition to public accommodations and argued enforcement is impossible. The legislature applauded his testimony and urged public attention to his restrained counsel.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Charles Higginbotham at Decatur General Hospital. A son was born to Mr and Mrs W P Stalwie Jr at Decatur General Hospital. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Howard Collins at Decatur General Hospital. A girl was born to Mr and Mrs David Holmes at Hartselle Hospital.
The Legislature will publish a proposed act concerning the city merit system in The Daily for three weeks. Mayor Gilmer Blackburn says only minor corrections are proposed after two years of operation. The local nature of the act should ease passage.
Decatur High School distributive education and diversified occupations department begins placing 11th and 12th grade students in training agencies for 1963 64. Coordinators Hubert Brooks and Mrs Doris Blackmon urge qualified students and interested employers to contact the vocational department. The duo will attend the summer conference of trade industrial education and distributive education personnel at the University of Alabama Tuscaloosa July 22 26.
Athens sheriff records show Tom Kirby of 506 Brown Ferry Street charged after officers found eight gallons and three quarts of beer in his shop Tuesday. The incident prompted the prohibition law violation arrest in Athens.
A five year old boy Barry Stephen Laney of Hartselle drowned Tuesday after he tumbled into a 35 foot well at the T C Golden home in Cullman County. The child, accompanied by his mother and eight year old brother Richard, was reportedly with neighbor playmate Sheila Barnett when a concrete slab was removed from the well opening. Barry fell into about 25 feet of water and struck his head on the wall. Neighbors pulled him from the well and he died at Cullman Hospital. Funeral arrangements were to be announced by Moss Service Funeral Home.
James Walter Berry 73 of Somerville died Tuesday at 2 p m at his home after an apparent heart attack. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p m at New Friendship Baptist Church with three ministers officiating. Burial in New Friendship Cemetery with Gunthorp Brown directing. He was a Mason and deacon. Survivors include his widow two sons two daughters two brothers and two sisters and sixteen grandchildren six great grandchildren. The body returns to his daughter’s home for visitation.
Mrs Tennis Tidwell a longtime Decatur resident died at 9 30 am at Pines Nursing Home Hartselle after a four year illness She was widow of Tennis Tidwell and daughter of William J and Emma Halsey Barron Survivors include several cousins Funeral services will be 230 pm Thursday at Gunthorp Brown Service Funeral Home chapel
The S10 Million race rose from 252 million to 367 million with a road bond and a 15 million authorization for junior colleges. Rep Foster Etheredge urged a halt to a “spend spend spend” drive while Rankin Fite promised emergency only use. Efforts by Casey Etheredge and Lyn Dol Bolton to amend or adjourn were defeated.
Hilliman A Massey and wife Elza Massey file two separate suits totaling 30000 in the Circuit Clerk's office. Hilliman seeks 10000 and Elza 20000 against A A Kelley Pete Higgins and Bill Lewis arising from a March 28 1963 wreck four miles west of Decatur on Ala Highway 24. Kelley allegedly drove and acted as agent for Higgins and Lewis.
Chile is said to possess about two thirds of the known mineral resources contained in all of South America, highlighting the nation’s vast natural wealth in the regional mining sector.
Cotton prices hold at 33.57 while cottonseed sits at 5 per ton. Wheat corn oats and soybeans show varied quotes with No 2 White Shelled Corn at 1.25 and No 2 Wheat at 1.70 per bushel. Cattle bids range for slaughter steers at 24.00 to 26.50 with calves and feeders active and hogs at 12.00 to 13.50 per cwt.
Wall Street advanced on a mixed day as the Fed boosted the discount rate to 3 percent. Industrials led gains with Chrysler Ford General Motors and Polaroid IBM and Xerox rising, while rails utilities and some tobacco issues lagged. Dow up to 703.11 and AP index at 269.1.
New York cotton futures opened 20 cents lower than the prior close with Oct at 32.89 and Dec 32.96. Trading shows bids and asks across the curve with notable declines from the previous session across months.
Cattle and calves steady to fully steady with steer bids around 21.75 for 1,240 lb range and cows 13.50 to 15.50, bulls 17.50 to 18.50. Hogs active with early gains and closing up about 25 cents. U S 1 2 hogs 190 to 220 lb 8.75 to 19.00. sows 12.50 to 14.00. Sheep 400 head, fair activity, prime lambs around 20.00 for 90 to 97 lb. Hog receipts 3,300 at Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville and Dothan.
Highway Patrol logged multiple crashes in the Decatur area. Ray Peare, 41, Florence, failed to yield at US 31 and Ala 20 injuring Mrs. Hanks. Later, J. A. Blankenship, 35, Somerville, and Warren E. Davis, 42, Decatur, collided south of Decatur with $700 damages each. Blankenship was speeding. At Neel Crossroads, F L Lammond, 18, Decatur, backed into Jerry L. Hogan, 20, Danville, causing $100 car damage and no truck damage.
The article reports Commerce Committee testimony by NFL Chief Pete Rozelle and AFL head Joe Foss asserting limited racial tensions in leagues and noting NFL franchises won’t tolerate segregated seating. Defense Secretary McNamara issues a memo deeming military personnel to avoid participation in protests, urging civilian conduct and barring lawless or violent demonstrations, though off duty civilian-clothes protest was not outright forbidden.
District Diary lists offenses including public drunkenness, highway intoxication, and trespassing after warning. Other items cover violation of prohibition law, lack of driver’s license, reckless driving, and improper muffler in the Tuesday record.
Hartselle Police Department arrested a person Tuesday for public drunkenness in a single incident recorded by local authorities.
The Athens Bible School Endowment Association plans a 7:30 p.m. meeting at the Athens Cafe with a dutch supper beforehand. President Doyle Banta reports the group has raised over 50 000 in pledges and cash to fund the auditorium gymnasium now under construction.
Cullman Sheriff’s deputies report six arrests with three for public drunkenness two for violation of the prohibition law and one for peace proceeding with the roundup conducted locally.
Moulton based C. H. Hurst Implement Co owner will attend Oliver Corporation Dealer Business Management Conference at the Claridge Hotel Memphis Tennessee on Tuesday and Wednesday July 23rd and 24th.
The Lawrence County Board of Education will hold a regular meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. in the office of Superintendent Silas Cross.
The Young Auxiliary of Cedar Creek Free Will Baptist Church will gather at 7 30 p m Thursday at the church parsonage for its meeting.
J B Stovall of 2212 Clara Ave Decatur is reported to be a patient at Hartselle Hospital.
Cullman police report no injuries after a 1955 Chevrolet driven by Bertha Nesmith and a 1955 International truck driven by Clarence Willoughby collided at 3rd Street and 1st Avenue East. Damage totaled about 120 dollars, with 100 to the car and 20 to the truck.
The Limestone County Dairy Show will be held August 22 at the Veterans Fairgrounds in Athens in conjunction with the Limestone County Fair. Assistant county agent Pat Waldrop says the FF, FHA, and 4H Club dairy show is sponsored by the Agricultural Committee of the Athens Limestone County Chamber of Commerce, the Limestone County Dairy Association, Extension Service, and the Limestone County Fair Association.
Morgan County Court sessions begin August 2 with seventy six criminal cases and forty three civil cases on the docket Judge Lewis West presiding Guilty pleas motions witness availability and docket resets are planned for the opening day
Morgan County sheriff's deputies investigate the Neel Barbe cue place after a burglary caused about 150 to 200 dollars in change. Authorities say the break in occurred after midnight through a window, with a juke box and coin operated pool table damaged.
Gerald Terry and Bobby Norwood were named co chairmen of a Moulton Jaycees committee to prepare a donated used truck. They will select two to three helpers to paint and restore the truck donated by the local Chevrolet dealer for hauling items.
The report from Jacksonville Florida lists U S 1 2 barrows and gilts at 190 pounds 18 25 to 18 75 per hundredweight 1 3 barrows 180 240 pounds at 17 75 to 18 25 2 3 barrows 240 270 pounds and 160 180 pounds at 17 00 to 17 75 1 3 sows at 13 00 to 25 00 per hundredweight.
Prices advanced in some cases after an New York baseline. Offerings ample for fair demand. Retailers see consumer grade eggs up to 9:30 am with store door delivery. Grade A White large 37 4144, Mediums 30-34, Small 24-27 per case.
In Birmingham and Atlanta reports, broilers and fryers traded near unchanged quotas while supplies remained ample. Farm quotes ranged around 14, with plant deliveries at 14.5 to 15.5. Hens showed varied availability with heavy type offered and light type short of needs, prices around 13 to 14 at farms and 13.4 to 15 at plants.
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union will convene Thursday at 3 p.m. at the home of Mrs. R. H. Parks located at 821 Jackson Street for a regular meeting.
An unnamed Athens businessmen group announces plans to build a 60-bed nursing home in Limestone County on Market St east of Athens Pharmacy. The brick facility will include skylights a physician’s office a chapel recreation area and special care rooms with 17 750 square feet of floor space.
Athens officials announce a fund raising barbecue at H and H Barbecue Ranch Friday night to support the school endowment and the proposed auditorium. The endowment has $50,390 pledged or in hand and needs $49,640 more to reach $100,000. Volunteers are asked to call the school to schedule work.
Alversa Butler died at his home on July 15. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Carl M. Sykes Funeral Home.
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