Red Cross Drives Donations From Morgan County Groups
Charles Howard, first vice president of the Morgan County American Red Cross chapter, receives two $500 checks for the Red Cross building fund. Bill Dukes presents a check from the American Legion, Barrett Shelton Jr. and a Decatur Kiwanis Club check are also shown. Daren Easter is the chapter’s second vice president.
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Charles Howard
Morgan County
The
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Bill Dukes
America Legion
Barrett Shelton, Jr
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Daren Easter
Decatur Eyes Two More City Council Candidacies
Qualifying for the Decatur municipal races opens in two weeks with at least two residents planning formal declarations. Leo Wenzler and Byron Vann hint at campaigns, while Bob Milam remains undecided. Mayor candidates Bill Dukes and Russell Bolding plan statements this week, with July 6 as the last qualifying day and June 15 the first.
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Decatur
Leo Wenzler
Byron Vann
Wenzter
Vann
Wenzler
Bob Milam
Morgan County
Democratic Executive Committee
Russell Bolding
Freddie Peek
City Directory Delayed Then Promised Delivery Two Weeks Later
A publishing spokesman now says the city directory will be delivered in two weeks after a ten week delay. Johnson Publishing Co of Loveland Colo reports the books have been printed and will ship to arrive in two weeks. National sales director Dick DeWayne had said on March 10 the books would be printed within two weeks and delivered in Decatur two weeks later. Most personal information for Decatur residents and businesses was gathered last July.
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Johnson Publishing Co
Loveland
Col
Dick DeWayne
Decatur
Bicycle Safety Followup Slated
Decatur Jaycees plan another Bicycle Safety Program for city fifth graders next year after a successful 1976 course. Nine elementary schools participated, with lessons on biking rules clothing and safety regulations, ending in school obstacle courses and a May dinner with nine winners. Tracy Kinser won a new 10 speed-bike donated by Sears Roebuck. finalists and schools listed.
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Decatur Jaycees
Ralph Meadows
Decatur
Jaycees
Tracy Kinser
Morris Kinser
16Th Ave
Tracy
Woodmeade School
Hugh Looney
Joe Stovall
Sears- Roebuck Co
Federal coal study to cover 21 Alabama counties
The U S Bureau of Land Management will run a 15 month environmental impact study on 21 counties in North and North Central Alabama starting April 1977 through July 1978 to assess coal resources and possible mining lease tracts. The effort includes a new Energy Minerals Activity Recommendation System to invite nominations from industry and state government with public input. Limestone, Lauderdale and Colbert Counties are excluded.
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Morgan, Lawrence
Cullman
Alabama
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Land Management Office
Maryland
U.S
Thomas S. Kleppe
Kleppe
Energy Minerals
Interior Department
Lowell J. Udy
Land Management Bureau
Limestone
Lauderdale
Colbert
Area Officials Named To Panel On Alabama League
Mayors H A Alexander of Moulton and Russell Bolding of Decatur and Cullman City Councilman Cecil Romine were elected to a 35 member Alabama League of Municipalities executive committee. The group from city officials statewide will guide league policies for the coming year per John F. Watkins executive director. Alexander already serves on two other league committees as well as the National League of Cities and the U S Conference of Mayors.
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H. A. Alexander
Moulton
Russell Bolding
Decatur
Cullman
Cecil Romine
Alabama League of Municipalities
League
John F. Watkins
League of Municipalities
Alexander
National League of Cities
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Bob Jones Ensemble Plans Concert Here
The Bob Jones University Ensemble will present sacred music at Grace Baptist Church Friday at 7 30 p m with vocal quartets trios duets solos and several instrumental numbers A patriotic section will honor America s bicentennial and Rev James Threlfall the Grace Baptist associate pastor notes the program will feature both familiar and rare selections.
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Bob Jones University
Grace Baptist Church
James Threlfall
Grace Baptist
America
Scholarships With Conditions Limit Aid At Jacksonville State
Alabama's Jacksonville State University faces unusual donor strings on a generous endowment. Dr. Ernest Stone notes a $3.5 million student loan fund is restricted to churchgoing students who abstain from smoking drinking and premarital sex, with about 7,500 potential applicants.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Jacksonville State University
Ernest Stone
Northern Alabama University
Weather and river readings for Decatur area this morning
Readings at Keller Memorial Bridge show river levels at 21.33 feet and sea level at 555.63. TVA lake stages listed include Chickamauga 682.8, Guntersville 594.6, Whitesburg 555.5, Wheeler 555.6, Pickwick 414.0, Wilson 506.9, with others noted. Forecast calls for partly cloudy today with 30 percent rain chance, highs near 80, lows upper 60s, and Wednesday mid 70s. Extended outlook through Saturday shows highs in the mid to upper 80s and a slight thunderstorm chance.
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Decatur and Vicinity
Keller Memorial Bridge
Tva Lake
Chickamauga
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wheeler
Wilson
Decatur Station
Tri-County District Health Service
Weather forecast for Alabama area turns unsettled midweek
Mild, cloudy conditions dominate today with near 80 degree highs in the Tennessee Valley and scattered thundershowers across Alabama. Rain chances rise to 50 percent by Wednesday as a frontal system nears, with highs in the mid 70s and humidity climbing. sunshine decreases to 3 to 5 hours Wednesday.
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Alabama
Tennessee Valley
National Weather Service
Huntsville
Decatur
Digging For Treasure On Decatur Beach
Four year old Jason Cowan son of Myra Cowan explores the sand at Decatur Harbor in a sunny afternoon hobby. The weather forecast predicts partly cloudy skies with a slight chance of thunderstorms today and increasing clouds with a 50 percent rain chance by Wednesday.
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Decatur Harbor
Jason Cowan
Myra Cowan
Carridale St
Memorial Weekend Death Toll Tops Five in Alabama
The Associated Press reports five Memorial Day weekend deaths in Alabama two drownings and three traffic crashes. In Mobile two drownings involved a 2-year-old Mark Ledbetter and an 11-year-old Clifford Cain. A Phenix City teen, 18-year-old Robert Lee Thomas, died when his motorcycle collided with a turning car near Opelika.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Mobile
Mark W. Ledbetter
Phenix City
Lee County
Opelika
Robert Lee Thomas
Wonderful Weed Poke Salad Tonic And Dye From Decatur
Walter and Sue Griffith of Decatur recall poke salad as a spring tonic medicine and dye. Mrs Griffith gathers the plant from their farm and a neighbor's field where it thrives on rubble and fence rows. She grows and cooks it with turnip greens parboiling before mixing with winter-sown turnips for a tender early season dish.
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Walter
Sue Griffith
Decatur
Griffiths
Mrs. Griffith
Poke Salad Picker Shares Family Poke Traditions
Mrs. Sue Griffith demonstrates picking poke greens and explains its taste like spinach. She notes berries and roots can be used for wine and tea reputed to cure ills. She recalls relatives cooking roots in a wash pot and even bathing with poke root tea when itchy.
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Gay Barber
Poke salad memories and a Nebraska gift voyage
Mrs. Griffith recalls poke berry wine and tea for health benefits and the stain of names on cotton sacks. She preserves poke salad greens and tender stalks as pickles and fryable okra like stalks. Her daughter-in-law from Nebraska loved the dish, taking 28 quarts frozen home. The season ends as they plan continuing use of greens through summer.
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Mrs. Griffith
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