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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1961
Page
2
The Promentores Square Dance Club will meet at 7 30 tonight at the VFW Hall. Visitors invited and details available from Mrs Dale Mathews or Mrs Ed Stone. A Friday night dance is planned with a boat trip leaving Decatur Harbor Saturday at 2 pm.
Khrushchev arrived in Austria after talks with Antonin Novotny. A security train with guards accompanied him as Austrian President Schaerf and Soviet Ambassador Avilov joined frontier observers. The two leaders prepare for a weekend summit, with optimism noted by Russian and Austrian officials. Khrushchev joked about Austria’s climate as talks loom.
Classified items offer a waitress and cook job at Denson s Grocery plus a corner lot for sale near Jackson School. Also ride share, baby chicks, seeds and plants, and a small unfurnished apartment for rent on Moulton Street with contact numbers.
The church names W. E. Fears and Ford M. McDonald as replacements and states their June start with first sermons on the second Sunday. A long list follows naming appointed ministers for Decatur area churches including Owens, Lovett, Logan, Harper, Nabors, Shad dix, Perkins, Heaps, Self, Long, Dowden, Coleman, Alston, Hart, Os borne, Campbell, Alexander, Graham, Whitten, Adkins, Pitts, Higginbotham, and Martin among others.
A 53 year old Cullman man William Jesse Smith died when his tractor overturned and caught fire on his Baileyton area farm. Coroner Grady Moss ruled the death accidental. Surviving are his widow Lillian, three sons Walter Vernon Jerrell and a daughter Delma, plus a step mother. Funeral services were set for 2 p.m. at Duck River Church. Moss Funeral Home directed.
Mr and Mrs Bryant Perry of Garden City welcomed a son on May 31 at Cullman Hospital. A boy arrived for Mr and Mrs Harold C Wise at Decatur General Hospital. A girl was born to Mr and Mrs Russell Millwood at Decatur General Hospital. A boy was born to Mr and Mrs Thomas L Clemons of 601 Martha St SW. A newly paved highway linking Belo Horizonte to Sao Paulo has opened to traffic in Brazil.
A compiled list shows births and dismissals at local hospitals and clinics. Names include Mary Johnson, Mitchell, Coffee, Walter, Ruth Owens, and Edwards. infant daughters and sons noted. Residents of Hartselle, Pitts Motel, Moulton, and nearby areas appear with addresses and household mentions.
Mrs Lelton Blankenship of Moulton Mrs LeRoy Rhodes of Danville Mrs Monroe Livingston of Moulton Houston Moody of Moulton D L Crane of Moulton Curtis Patterson of Town Creek J P White of Danville Mrs C G Childers of Moulton Archie Vaughn of Moulton are listed for admissions in Lawrence County with various counts.
A readable roster from Athens Limestone shows names such as Simon Goodloe Tanner Milton Edward Norwood and George Ramsden among others. The document lists residents and guardians in Athens with multiple entries and associated guardians in Decatur and Athens.
A compiled list names numerous Cullman county residents and associated towns such as Cullman Crane Hill Hanceville Vinemont Arley and Vine and includes households of Wisner Peak Collins Guthery Holcomb Austen West Mann Goolsby Heckert Moon Rains Cole Sandlin Addison Jefferis Hood Howard Daugherty Skinner Marlow Brannan Barton Thomas Collins McDonald Wilhite Murphree Wells Henry McKelvy Latham Skinner Sams Williams and Stancell in a sequence of notices likely related to local legal or civic postings. The document presents multiple entries with varying first and last names and town affiliations.
A cluttered list shows names and street addresses including Barbara Baugh Wiley Smith at Magnolia Street and Dorothy Thompson in Hartsville, plus Ann Johnson on 6th Avenue and Beatrice Watkins of Somer. Other entries include Harry Alexander in Decatur, Edward Hancock, 1204 19th Ave SE, E J Magnusson in Ardmore, and Donald Owens in Trinity.
Jackson braces for another segregation test as Freedom Riders jailed here begin a hunger strike. At least seven riders depart Montgomery for New Orleans. 52 arrested to date, 9 released on bonds, 1 fined. Hunger strike aims to force federal action ending segregation in the South.
Former President Eisenhower criticized centralization and praised the Joint Chiefs while urging Republicans to consult before decisions. He cited Iran, Formosa, Viet Nam, Lebanon, and Guatemala as crises met with careful planning, and attacked rising federal power, public housing, and government by credit card.
Local notice lists Tenn residents including Mrs Cora Parker of Somerville along with Mrs Rahonella Dutton of Trinity and Mrs Edith Smith of Ardmore and Mrs Barbara Smith at 1414 6th.
C Chunn died at 1 p.m. at his home. Body will arrive in Hartselle Sunday at 5 59 p.m. Funeral services to be announced later by Peck. Survivors include his wife Olga and four sons Gene of Texas Joe of Spain Bob of the text ends abruptly with incomplete locations and names.
Andrew Lawrence Johnston 77 of Athens died at 9 15 a m Thursday at his home Funeral services were set for today at 4 p m at McConnell Chapel with burial in City Cemetery McConnell directing Survivors include his widow Bessie a son Frank three grandchildren and a sister Alice Barksdale
Mrs Emma Baldwin McClanahan 81 of Flint City wife of the late John W McClanahan died Thursday at 10 15 am at a local hospital Funeral services will be Saturday at 3 pm from the Flint City Methodist Church Burial will be in Pisgah Cemetery with Peck directing Survivors include daughter Mrs O P Chunn Flint City and two sons Ervin and William McClanahan Flint City
Funeral services for George W. Peck 77 of Elizabeth City North Carolina will be Sunday at 11 a.m. at McConnell Chapel. Burial follows in City Cemetery with McConnell directing. He died at his home. Survived by son George Peck Jr. of Elizabeth City daughter Jean Peck sister Mrs. Millie Page of Tanner.
President Kennedy says the United States will unite with Britain and France to fight global misery and resist Soviet pressure. He notes talks with De Gaulle boost confidence and expects Berlin talks with Khrushchev in Vienna. He vows to strengthen European forces and uphold Western rights in Berlin.
Hog prices moved higher with No 1 through 3 at 190 to 240 pounds and active demand lifting bids 25 to 50 cents, with 16.50 to 16.75 dollars per hundredweight for some weights and lower ends around 11.50 to 13.50 dollars.
Wall Street nudges higher in spots with the Dow at 696.12 up 0.75 as copper shares sag on scrap price cuts. Industrials rose slightly while rails and utilities slipped and major issues like Kennecott and Anaconda posted fractional losses. Metals, oils and chemicals showed divergent moves as bonds fell.
AP reports demand for ready to cook poultry remains strong with most plants at capacity to clear ample supply. Processors add business cautiously to avoid overselling capacity. Payments for broilers and fryers vary around 11 to 11.5 cents per pound with thousands of head traded today and last weekend.
Negro man Irwin Madison 3 died Thursday at 2 28 p m in Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. Funeral services set for Sunday at 1 p m from St Alma Baptist Church. Burial at Poke Cemetery with Sykes directing. Survivors include wife Nora Irwin and two sons.
Arrived this morning from Washington are Soviet Affairs expert Charles Bohlen and Foy Kohler of the State Department. Also present were James M. Gavin ambassador to France French Premier Michel Debre and Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville along with other senior French advisers. Previously the presidents had conferred with only interpreters present.
Mrs. Emma Marie attends a meeting of the Coumabar of Combines Enecetives Association today and Saturday at Troy.
Priceville Home Demonstration Club will gather Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Gees Hall hosted by Herman Leemon. Members will discuss plans and share demonstrations for the upcoming season.
Ross Smith a junior at Clements High School is among 20 plus candidates for one of the top five Alabama FFA state offices. Under the FFA constitution the Executive Committee places candidates and the House of Delegates elects them after interviews at the State FFA Convention June 7 9 in Auburn. The 16 year old is president of his local chapter and resides in Athens.
ATHENS C R Hagan 31 assumed duties this week as an ABC agent for Limestone and Morgan Counties. He succeeded Bob Johnson now stationed in Huntsville. Hagan, who began May 1, works with Carlos Nelson and comes from Haleyville where he was with a Gulf oil distributor. He is married with a daughter Karen four and plans to move here likely in July.
Morgan County Circuit Court yesterday convicted Andrew Alexander alias Puddin Alexander, a Decatur negro, of grand larceny for stealing a pistol from Wiley's Pawn Shop and sentenced him to two years. Harvey De Jarnett’s grand larceny case was continued. Judge Newton Powell presided as the term ends until June 19 when civil docket two weeks begins.
One person was slightly injured in a wreck on W Court Street in Moulton causing about 3000 dollars in damage. William Hollis 29 of Anti och Tean drove a 1955 Mack truck while Everett Armstrong 41 of Tupelo Mississippi drove a 1961 Buick. Armstrong’s car skidded after braking to avoid a rear exiting vehicle, left the scene, and was treated and released at Lawrence County Hospital. Damages were estimated at 1800 to the truck and 1 to the car.
The Rev. F. L. Shuttlesworth will appeal two breach of the peace convictions linked to Freedom Riders. Bond set at 1000 dollars each after trial. He says Kennedy telephoned twice during May racial tensions and urged protection for riders.
Property damage only crash at 8:25 p.m. Thursday at 2nd Ave and Arnold St in Cullman involved a 1955 Plymouth driven by J. C. Dye 61 of Crane Hill, a 1961 Chevrolet convertible driven by Ira Leak 17 of Arab and a 1959 Ford driven by Billy Ray Barnett 20 of Cullman. Total damage around 1600 with no injuries reported.
Merger unites the Business Co. of Decatur and Public Relations and Advertising Associates Inc. of Birmingham. J. Morgan Smith becomes president of the combined firm. Alton B. Hollis becomes vice president and will oversee North Alabama operations from Decatur.
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