Ardmore seeks funds for master plan street sewer water upgrades
Ardmore town council authorized Mayor Terry Bottom to pursue funding from Elk River Development Association TVA Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments or others for a master plan to improve streets sewer and water and expand the industrial park. Estimated street sewer water expansion costs are about 60000 with no total for the park. CGF Industries to open a plant in the Ardmore industrial park building east of the town water system to manufacture pipe fittings.
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Ardmore
Ala
Terry Bottom
Elk River Development Association
Tennessee Valley Authority
Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments
Bottom
CGF Industries
Athens to lay sewer lines city council rejects bid
Athens city council voted unanimously to reject a 628 593 bid from C F W Construction Co for eight sewer line areas and will do the work with a city crew. Mayor Higgins said costs to property owners are uncertain but likely lower, with the eight areas to be tackled first over about five years. The council also accepted a 223 911 bid from C F W for interceptor lines as part of a 3 million renovation and reviewed other items including property purchase for a park and refunding 1970 sewer warrants yielding 385 000 in net savings.
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Athens
Bobby Higgins
C.F.W. Construction Co
Fayetteville, Tenn
Higgins
Oscar Barker
C.F.W
Limestone County
M. W
Buddy) Evans
Athens Garment Co
Evans
Thomas Steele
Emergency phone numbers for crises and poison help
The notice provides crisis and poisoning helplines including the Crisis Call Center at 355 8000 and directions to call 0 for operator assistance. It lists The Decatur Daily contact numbers for Athens offices and department lines for nights and holidays.
Austin Cemetery Restored After 1873 Origins At Austinville
The Austinville community in southwest Decatur grew from a sparse area with a cemetery to a bustling neighborhood with nearby homes, a cotton gin and active daily life. The text notes the restoration of the cemetery as part of its historical arc.
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Austinville
Decatur
Austinville Cemetery Holds Echoes of Early Decatur Community
James Boutwell, a Hazlewood High School teacher and Austin descendant, works to preserve the old Austin family cemetery in Decatur once part of the Vandiver Lawson Austin community. Three headstones remain. records suggest about 20 people buried there, including a nurse who died in the 1888 yellow fever epidemic. Boutwell aims to fence, identify graves, and compile family history for future generations.
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Nashville Railroad
Decatur
Austin Family
Spring Ave
Cedar St. James
Boutwell
Hazlewood High School
Well
Birmingham
Austinville
Austin
Morgan County Official E V White Elected Fourth VP
Mobile hosts the Alabama Association of County Commissions convention where Morgan County Commissioner E V White wins the role of fourth vice president. Jefferson County Commissioner W Cooper Green becomes president, succeeding Limestone County’s Thomas Lee Hammons.
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Mobile
Morgan County
E. V. White
Alabama ’ Association of County Commissions
White
Association
Jefferson County
W Cooper Green
Thomas Lee Hammons
Limestone County
Two Weekend Crashes in Lawrence County Injure Three
State troopers reported two separate single vehicle accidents in Lawrence County on Thursday. Patricia Betts 21 of Tuscumbia and Danny Lynch 23 of Sheffield were injured when Ruben Turner Jr of Decatur Ga drove off Alabama 20 near Courtland at 7 p.m. David Samuel 29 of Haleyville was injured when his car ran off Alabama 24 about 1.3 miles east of Moulton at 3:30 p.m.
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Lawrence County
Patricia Betts
Tuscumbia
Danny Lynch
Sheffield
Ruben Turner, Jr
Decatur
Courtland
Alabama
David Samuel
Haleyville
Moulton
Clements School Earns State Accreditation in County
Athens Limestone County officials announced that Clements School has received accreditation from the State Department of Education. It is the third county school to be accredited in two weeks as all system elementary schools pursue accreditation.
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Athens
Limestone County
Clements
State Department of Education
State Grants Pardon to Area Man Williams Johnson
William Bernard Johnson, convicted May 8, 1969 in Lawrence County for manslaughter, was pardoned by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles in Montgomery. Johnson served a little over four years of a five year sentence.
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Montgomery
William Bernard Johnson
Lawrence County
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Johnson
Hale Manufacturing May Not Expand Athens Plant
Hale Manufacturing Co may postpone indefinitely plans to expand its Athens facility after lower than expected demand. Ken Davis said the 100000 square foot addition planned near Alabama 127 and Airport Rd would cost about 500000 and add one third to the workforce of about 80. Monsanto in Decatur supplies raw materials. construction aimed for completion by September.
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Athens
Hale Manufacturing Co
Athen
Ken Davis
Putman, Conn
Alabama 127
Airport Rd
Donner Named Vice Chairman of Morgan County United Way Campaign
Donald F. Donner, plant manager at Fruehauf Corp and vice president of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, is named vice chairman of the 1974 Morgan County United Way drive. He serves on the Junior Achievement board and has been a United Way director and budget chairman. Donner, a Waseca Minnesota native with California schooling, and his wife Barbara Jean live with their four children on Burningtree Drive.
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Donald F. Donner
Fruehauf Corp
Morgan County United Way
Donner
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Waseca, Minn
California
Junior Achievement Board of Directors
United Way
Junior Achievement
California State Professional Engineers
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Barbara Jean
Burningtree Drive
Diana
Bohara
Debbie
Hartselle Bike Parade Aids St Jude Hospital
A 100 bicycle parade through Hartselle Saturday aims to raise funds for St Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis Tennessee. The 30 minute event led by Mayor John D Long ends at Crestwood Beg Center and benefits leukemia and related childhood cancers.
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Hartselle
St. Jude’s Hospital
Memphis
Tenn
East Main St
Morgan Plaza
Crestwood Beg Center
David Buckelew
John D. Long
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
ESA
Gamma Beta Chapter
Austin Descendant Restores Family Cemetery at Austinville Site
James Boutwell, a descendant of the W. L. Austin family after whom Austinville is named, begins work to restore the family cemetery located at Spring Ave and Cedar St SW.
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James Boutwell
W. L. Austin
Austinville
Spring Ave
Cedar St. SW
Lawrence Agent Nominated For National Award
Lawrence County farm agent from Moulton at Auburn University Extension Service, recognized for resource management poultry and livestock work. Nomination by Alabama Association of County Agricultural Agents for the Dean W. Parris national distinguished award. event in Baltimore this fall with earlier honors in Auburn.
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Lawrence
Alabama Association of County Agricultural Agents
Dean W. Parris
Moulton
Auburn University Extension Service
Lawrence County
Parris
Tennessee Valley
Baltimore
National Association of County Agricultural Agents
Auburn
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Hilda Lanier
Flint
Dan Brockman
Hamilton
Ohio
Somerville Church of God
Brockman
Lloyd Larson
Anderson College
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THE
Decatur Daily
Austin Cemetery
Charles H. Austin Sr
William B. Austin
William McKinley
United States
Angie Kirk
Hale Manufacturing
Davis
Monsanto
South
New England
Clinton St
Donald Donner
Devin
Ricky Brooks
Dean Parris
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