Eight Limestone students win federal college grants
ATHENS eight Limestone County high school graduates receive eight thousand three hundred dollars in HEW equal opportunity grants to cover supplemental college costs for students with exceptional need and outstanding academic records. The recipients include Melissa Bumpus Joyce Ann Burns Gary Coggin Betty Kerr Annie Malone Sandra Sloss Barbara Smith Jerold Smith and Minnie Thatch.
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Athens
Studen
Athens College
Limestone County
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Melissa Bumpus
Joyce Ann Burns
Gary Joe Coggin
Minor Hill
Tenn
Betty Jean Kerr
Annie Ruth Malone
Sandra Gail Sloss
Barbara Ann Smith
Jerold Denice Smith
Minnie Lee Thatch
Madison
Funeral services for Hal Orr in Hartselle
Hal Orr aged 69 of 207 South Hammett Street Hartselle died Saturday at a local hospital. Services will be held Monday at 3 p.m. at Hartselle First Baptist Church with burial in Hartselle City Cemetery. Survivors include his widow Beulah Orr and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers named. He belonged to Hartselle First Baptist Church. The body will lie in state at his residence today before services.
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Hartselle
Hal Orr
South Hammett St
Hartselle First Baptist Church
W. L. Carden
Joe Gomes
C. D. Boozer
Peck
Beulah Orr
W. D. Gatlin
Ben. Britnell
Grady Long
Seldon J. Kilpatrick
Marvin Broom
Carl Pattillo
Orr
Warm North Alabama Temperatures With Scattered Thunder Showers
Warm conditions persist in North Alabama with scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms and high humidity. Decatur posted 87 as the lowest high, while the state highs reached 92 in locations including Dothan Tuscaloosa and Anniston. Rain totals ranged up to 1.18 inches in Pinson with .18 inches around Decatur Huntsville. Sunday looks clear to partly cloudy with a 10 percent chance of showers continuing.
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Alabama
Decatur
Dothan
Tuscaloosa
Anniston
Decatur-Huntsville
Pinson
First All Talking Movie Shown in New York July
A historic event in New York marks the debut of a film featuring synchronized sound with dialogue. The premiere drew attention from audiences and press as cinema embraces the new talking motion pictures.
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New York
Radio Questions For Candidate In Athens Race
Athens voters will see a radio candidate forum for the August 13 city election. Five city council seats and the mayoral race will be discussed with each candidate invited to give a three minute opening statement, followed by questions moderated to avoid personal attacks.
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Athens
Rae
Owen Petty
C Radio
Petty
Birth Announcements from Decatur General and Local Hospitals
Daily Records lists births including a girl born Saturday to Mr and Mrs Auburn R Foote in Falk a, a girl to Mr and Mrs Earl B Hargrave in Athens at Decatur General, a boy to Mr and Mrs Arvil Lee Pridmore in Tanner at Decatur General, a son to Mr and Mrs Douglas E Brannon at Callahan Hospital and to Mrs Millard Henry, a son born at Cullman to Mr and Mrs Richard Johnson, and a son to Mr and Mrs Thomas E Sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn R. Foote
Falk
Decatur
Earl B. Hargrave
Athens
Arvil Lee Pridmore
Tanner
Decatur General
Douglas E. Brannon
Callman Hospital
Millard Henry
Cesital
Richard Johnson
Cullman
Thomas E. Sellers
Hospital Dismissals List Names and Addresses
A long list of patients at area hospitals includes Thomas Pete Boyd New York NY William Robert Atkinson Lacey Springs Lisa Joe McBride Decatur 14th Ave. SW and many others. Dismissals follow with names such as Edd R. Harris 171 Pennylane SE Wanda Kay Green Athens 5 and Lisa Joe McBride again 14th Ave SE. The roster covers multiple towns with street addresses and names of patients and recently discharged individuals.
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Thomas Pete Boyd
New York
N.Y
William Robert Atkinson
Lacey Springs
Lisa Joe McBride
14Th Ave
Will W. White
6Th Ave
Edgar Allen Butner
Somerville
James M. Jones
Danville Road
Auburn Louise Foote
Falkville
Nancy Caroline Moats
Moulton
Thomas Allison
Elizabeth Ave
Julia Jane Walker
Decatur
Stanley Clemons
3Rd Ave
Charles Sanford Burak Jr
Eastmeade Ave
Robert Childers
Austin St
James L. Perry
North St
Gary Donald Mooney
Tanner
Sallie. King Hodges
Grant St
William Winston Terry
Danville
Rose Mae Frahn
E. Moulton St
Everett Thorn
Edd R. Harris
Pennylane
William Fran Jacobs Jr
Robert Jefferson Johnson
Crestview Dr
Half Hester
Cecil Eugene Quillen
College St
Andrew J. Kell
7Th Ave
Leonard McDonald
Elm St
James Franklin Watts
Box
Gregory Dell Turner
Athens
Wanda Kay Green
Carridale St
Jimmy _ Tyler
Hartselle
John F. Smither Jr
Brookside Dr
Rube Long
Trinity
Wallace R. Johnson
Chenault St
J. S
Cochrane
Willard Selvin Asherbanner
Aramando de Quesada
Harrison St
Rhonda
Robert Daniel Clemons
Beech St. SE
Lewis Barnes
Summerlane SE
James Warren Maxwell
Arley
Barbara Simmons
Decature
Danny Theo Kitchens
Moulton St. SE
James Lee Goodwin
Decatur 4
Weather Summary for Decatur Sunday Evening Forecast
The Decatur area sees isolated thundershowers today and tonight with a low of 68 to 72 and a high near 88 to 92. Variable winds under 10 mph. Mercury rises later each morning and will be briefly visible as a morning planet again in October.
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Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
Central Plains
New Mexico
Arizona
Lakes
Plains
Kisdente
Mercury
Wallace for President Fundraiser Nets $2710 in Lawrence
Lawrence MOULTON A $10 per plate Wallace for president dinner at the National Guard Armory nets $2710 for the Wallace campaign. Earl Goodwin Democratic committeeman says Alabama’s strong showing marks a notable national race milestone. Paul Johnson notes a check will be mailed to Montgomery Monday.
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Moulton
George Wallace
National Guard
Wallace
Earl Goodwin
Democratic
Alabama
Paul Johnson
Lawrence County
Montgomery
Goodwin
Miami
Florida
Johnson
River readings and TVA lake levels reported at Keller Memorial Bridge
Decatur area river reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning 21.60 and sea level 1555.9. TVA lake stages listed include Chickamauga 681.0 Pickwick 413.2 Guntersville 595.9 Whitesburg 556.2 Wilson 505.6. Saturday high reached 87 and low 70 with 9 p.m. temp 77. A 24-hour rainfall of 1.81 inches was recorded up to 7 a.m. today. Forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy and warm conditions.
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Decatur and Vicinity
Keller Memorial Bridge
Reading
TVA
Chickamauga
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Bookmobile Schedule for Wheeler Basin Library This Week
The Wheeler Basin Regional Library Bookmobile visits Piney Chapel Rae neys Store Pleasant Grove Cedar Grove Cherry Grove Cairo Athens Penn s Massey Danville Lib erty Hulace Ryan Center Grove Salem Baptist Oden Ridge Oden Ridge B Mathews Store Day s Store Falkville School Lacey s Spring Dean s Grocery Clark s Store with daily times and locations Monday to Thursday scheduled.
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Wheeler Basin Regional Library
Piney Chapel
Rainey’s
Pleasant Grove
Peek’s
Cedar Grove
Davis
Cherry Grove
Patterson’s
Cairo
Cleveland
Athens
Lane’s
Hulace
General
Ryan
Center Grove
Salem Baptist Church
Oden Ridge
Smith’s
B. Mathews
Flint
Day’s
Falkville
Lacey's Spring
Dean’s
Clark’s
Fish contamination in Chesapeake Bay area raises health concerns
Studies show fish from polluted Chesapeake Bay waters may carry dangerous germs from humans. Names listed include Mrs. Lottie Bell Henry Cullman and others, with an unclear end noting John E. Graves.
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Chesapeake Bay
Also Mentioned on This Page
L'stone
Simplicity
Paul C. Davis
Moulton St
Leng O Fenance
Naranter
Lenere Return
Jewelry Dept
Decatur, Ala
Decatur General Admissions
Cullman Hospital
Kenneth Elam
Vinemont
Community Crusade For Christ
Leon Dawson
Big Tent
Moulton Road
Kirby Bridge Road
Allace
Lawrence
Robert Claud
Jerry
Jackson
Gibson
Johnston SE
Brotherhood OF Man
T. W. Bridges
Pd. Pol
Penn’s
Massey, Laney’s
Thompsson’s
Neel Baptist Church
Liberty
E. E. Brown’s
Lottie Bell Henry
Minnie Lena Mann
Robert Jean Sellers
Francie
Diana Snow
Viola Mae Thrasher
Holly
John E. Graves
Bassett
2Nd Ave
S.E
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