Youth Corps Donates Bottle Funds to Red Cross
Twenty YCC members at Wheeler Wildlife Refuge decided to fund a party with bottle money but voted unanimously to send the $25 earned from selling 700 returnable bottles to the Red Cross. The group, sponsored by the Department of Interior, gathered litter along refuge roads and redirected funds to flood relief.
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Youth Conservation Corps
Wheeler Wildlife Refuge
The
Red Cross
YCC
Department of Interior
Youth Corps Teens Reject Lib Talk on Wheeler Refuge
Five girls with the Youth Conservation Corps work on a Wheeler Refuge road in Limestone County performing tasks such as cutting back blind curves clearing trails shoveling wood chips and cleaning around Wheeler headquarters on Alabama 67. They oppose discussions on women's lib saying they are tired of being asked about it.
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Limestone County
Youth Conservation Corps
YCC
Women’s Liberation
Wheeler
Alabama 67
Girls Work-Study at Refuge Conserves Nature in Three-Year Program
The group includes Brenda Adair 15 Carolyn Riddle 17 Karen Lee 15 and Sue Clark 16 plus Vicky Corbin 22 a Auburn wildlife major in a summer DEI fellowship. They join a federal three-year work-study program begun June 5 ends July 28, expanding last year’s boy-only on-site camp with 16 boys. They commute, share chores, and face hazards like redbugs and briars while learning conservation under Thomas Atkeson.
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Brenda Adair
14Th Ave
Carolyn Riddle
Priceville
Karen Lee
Clearview St
Sue Clark
Baptist Children's Home
Penney Dollar
Decature
Vicky Corbin
13Th Ave
Auburn University
Miss Corbin
Department of Interior
Thomas Atkeson
Wheeler
Limestone
Morgan
Madison
Atkeson
YCC
Reid to speak at Cotton Week banquet in Huntsville
William E. Reid of Trion Georgia 61 will address the Cotton Week banquet at the Sheraton Inn Huntsville at 7 30 p m Monday as part of events in Morgan Limestone and Madison counties The week also includes Maid of Cotton contests in three counties a cotton sewing contest for girls 13 through 18 and promotion kit distributions by the Tennessee Valley Cotton Wives with Farm Bureau officials noting sponsorship by the Commodity Committee General chairman is Mrs Allen Bragg banquet chairman is Mrs Albert McDonald and publicity chairman is Mrs Jack Vandiver Madison County Aug 1 2 and 7 28 and Aug 4 are set for respective county contests and events involving Farm Bureau officials and local venues.
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William E. Reid
Trion
Morgan
Limestone
Madison
Reid
Riegel Textile Corp
Sheraton Inn
Huntsville
Milledgeville
Limestone County
Hickory House
Farm Bureau
Madison County
Carriage Inn
Morgan County
Hartselle
Commodity Committee of Farm Bureau
Tennessee Valley Cotton Wives
Cotton Week
Allen Bragg
Toney
Albert McDonald
Jack Vandiver
Madison 2
Testimony Continues In Conspiracy Case
Witnesses testified in U S District Court against a 10 person conspiracy in a four state car theft ring. The government says Auto City Leeds sold stolen cars run by Charles Aldridge Perry and others with cases in Alabama Georgia Arizona and Colorado. Several defendants pleaded guilty and received probation or prison terms. The trial is expected to continue through the week as remaining defendants are heard.
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U.S. District Court
Auto City
Leeds
Charles Aldridge
Jake) Perry
U.S
Clarence Allgood
Alabama
Georgia
Arizona
Colorado
Billy Frank Trammell
William Riley Watkins
Watkins
Joe Gordon Hood
Delmus Wayne Holcomb
Gary Glenn Bouldin
Life Jackets Save Two Fishermen In Decatur Bass Club Event
David Austin and Floyd Alred credit life preservers for their survival when their boat sank during a Wheeler Dam fishing event. Both men, who cannot swim, wore safety gear per Alabama Water Safety Patrol rules and Decatur Bass Club guidelines. They were rescued as weather churned rough water and only minor gear loss occurred while the boat was salvaged.
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David Austin
Floyd Alred
Alabama Water’ Safety Patrol
Decatur Bass Club
Wheeler Dam
Alred
Austin
Abed
Decatur Civitan Club
Alabama Water Safety Patrol
Former Decatur Man Critical After Murfreesboro Explosion
A former Decatur native A. W. Woodie Griffin, 47, of Madison Tennessee, is in critical condition at Vanderbilt Hospital Nashville after a Monday explosion at Murfreesboro where he suffered second and third degree burns over eight percent of his body. He is brother to Mrs Grady Hanks and Mrs Billy Watterson of Decatur.
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Decatur
Vanderbilt Hospital
Nashville
Tenn
A. W
Woodie) Griffin
Madison
Griffin
Murfreesboro
Grady Hanks
Billy Watterson
Emergency Crisis Hotline Ad From Decatur Daily
Emergency phone numbers for personal crises and poison exposure are listed with a Crisis Call Center contact. The notice directs callers to reach the nearest hospital or family if unsure, and cites two Decatur Daily phone references 553-4612 and 232-1535.
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Lembes Photon Mi
Lectures Set On Investing at Aquadome Center
A series of three free Thursday investing lectures begins July 27 at the Aquadome Recreation Center sponsored by the Parks and Recreation Department. Ursula Mueller of Huntsville will conduct the talks, each 7 PM to 9 PM, with limited registration for 50 participants. For details call Jean Baker at 353 5012.
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Aquadome Recreation Center
Parks and Recreation Department
Ursula Mueller
Huntsville
Jean Baker
Aquadome
Girl Charged With Burglary In Decatur
A 17 year old Decatur girl identified as Alice Marie Jones was arrested on second degree burglary charges after a string of home break ins across the northeast and southwest districts near Morgan County Courthouse and Jackson Grant areas. Arrested by officers Buzbee Hogan and Garrett. A separate report notes a 30 year old man Phillip Eugene Morris formerly of Decatur was held on embezzlement in Geneva County. Two Decatur residents, Betty Ann Randolph 22 and Linda Patterson 27, were injured in a car truck crash at 6th Ave and 7th St SE and admitted to Decatur General Hospital. Driver identity not known.
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Decatur
Alice Marie Jones
Church St. NW
Morgan County Courthouse
Jackson and
Grant Streets
4Th
5Th Avenues
John Buzbee
Chester Hogan
Lyle Garrett
Geneva County
Geneva County Sheriff's Department
Phillip Eugene Morris
Morris
6Th Ave
7Th St. SE
Betty Ann Randolph
Kimberly Court Trailer Park
Linda Patterson
16Th Ave. SE
Decatur General Hospital
AAA Southend Ambulance
Noted riverboat captain dies in Decatur burial near river
Noted captain Capt. Simp McGee, a turn-of-the-century riverboat pilot, made weekly trips to Chattanooga and returned each Thursday. He died a bachelor and was buried near the river near Guntersville. Persons with early photographs should submit them for publication to the Looking Back Editor of THE DECATUR DAILY.
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Simp McGee
Chattanooga
Guntersville
Decatur Daily
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Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
the Department of Interior
Bobby Herbert
Youth Corps
Miss Riddie
Lee
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Adair
Easter
Darren Easter
Nixon
Avondale Mills
Craig Smith
Decatur Civitans
Jack Riethmaier
al Matthews
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