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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1968
Page
2
Decatur based Dr Erskine Chenault will speak at the 7th annual Alabama Medical Assistants Association seminar in Montgomery this weekend. Committee member Mrs Vivoline Leeman helps sponsor the event.
Planning proceeds on enlarging Moulton and Town Creek to add residents and land. Moulton may gain about 600 people while Town Creek expansion aims to simplify the city boundary. Action could come via legislature or local petitions after the August 13 election.
Auburn University spokesmen said the Montgomery branch may not open this fall as officials decide whether to appeal a federal court ruling that allowed bond-financed construction to proceed. Joe Reed of the Alabama State Teachers Association said an appeal is planned, with a decision expected next week. Reed urged Gov. Brewer to reconsider abolishing teacher tenure laws.
Gov. Albert Brewer announces a 30 000 state grant to support a 2 7 million expansion project for the Vassarette division of Munsingwear Inc in Hamilton Alabama. The grant was presented to Mayor E T Sims and Rep Rankin Fire by the state Industrial Development Authority.
James A. Lamont of Decatur earns a $100 scholarship from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology scholarship committee. He is among 114 students receiving scholarships. DeMolay Commandery Number 14 KC holds convocation at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Masonic Temple. Mr and Mrs Garden Club meet 7:30 p.m. Thursday at John and Mrs Lee’s home 2001 Greenwood Dr SE.
The third annual reunion for employees who worked 1925 to 1956 will be Aug 25 from noon to 5 PM in the Decatur High School cafeteria. Chairman Guy Counts urged attendees to bring a picnic lunch. about 130 ex workers attended last year. The Cullman Jaycees sponsor the annual coon on the log and old fashion trade day Aug 24 at Sportsman's Lake near Cullman with free admission and a $3 per event Sentry entry.
Hartselle Tabernacle hosts annual camp meeting from Thursday to August 11 with evangelists Revs Beals and Rudd and music by Rev Brash er. Camping grounds on Tabernacle Road include dormitories for 60 girls and 35 boys, room and board $10, day campers welcome, contact Decatur coordinators D E Frederick M K Vickery or Mrs John McBride.
Gov. Albert Brewer reappointed James F. Manderson of Northport as director of the state Civil Defense Department. Manderson has served five years and also leads the Alabama Office of Emergency Planning and the Community Shelter Program. Former Gov. George Wallace had appointed him in 1963.
Massachusetts supporters of George Wallace claim enough signatures to place him on the November ballot. Wallace cancels four California fundraisers as petitions, boxes with 68,249 certified signatures arrive in Boston for verification.
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