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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1961
Page
5
Carma Bastian, 11, of Pleasant Grove Utah wins Britannica Junior 15 volume encyclopedia contest as the paper features a question about leather, noting it as one of the oldest crafts.
The text traces early leather production from ancient skins dried by smoke to bark tanning and oil rubbing. It notes Egyptian hides from 3000 B.C. remaining intact and various animals used for leather including cattle buffalo elephants calves pigs horses sheep goats deer and even alligators snakes and whales. The passage also mentions parchment derived from skins and uses of leather by soldiers sailors and for coins, bottles, rugs and shoes.
Dorothy Dix column offers guidance on spoiling children and free housing for daughters, advises rent expectations and work, then discusses a legally separated mother’s dilemma with children and possible living arrangements. A Jig Saw drawing puzzle and a riddles section follow, winner named Nancy McGuire of Tulsa.
A reader warns that Germany may dominate economically to counter U S and British power, potentially forming a European confederation. The letter cites German sales force in the Middle East, colonial Africa stakes, and a risk of alliance with communism, urging vigilance alongside President Kennedy.
Camp Lejeune hosts 900 Second Marine Division men returning May 16 after a six month Sixth Fleet tour. Among them is Marine Pfc. David W. Holden of Athens. Navy recruit Nelson Jr. and Army Pvt. Clarence R. Prater are also noted with training and hometown details.
Dave Boyer of Everett Washington has been named student supply pastor at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Glendale California. He has chaired Evangelism and Social Action committees and led the junior Sunday School, and has served at Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles. He is a Pasadena College and Custer Academy High School graduate and entered Louisville seminary in 1960. He resides at 805 8th Ave SE Decatur.
Default on the mortgage by Sidney and Hazel Morgan triggers a public auction by Broadview Development Company to be held at the Morgan County Courthouse Decatur. The sale, at legal hours, will pay the debt secured by Lot 7 Block 12 Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Company Addition No 1. Attorneys Peach Caddell Shanks represent the mortgagee.
Morgan County legislators Albert Brewer and Bob Gilchrist will sponsor seven local bills this session. Proposals include reconstituting the county superintendent of education, restoring powers to the office, and setting current incumbent Lester Wooten to the post. amendments to Board of Revenue spending, emergency purchases, and required written reports. raising probate clerks' compensation to 25 000. adjusting tax assessor and collector deputy allowances to 7 500. and authorizing the register of deeds to act within limits.
U S Forces Okinawa reports Mark A. Davis son of Mr and Mrs Ames H Davis Sr Athens 2 has been promoted to specialist four while serving with the 503rd Infantry on Okinawa Davis entered the Army in June 1959 after basic training at Fort Benning Georgia and was last stationed at Fort Bragg North Carolina
Evangelist Rev. J A Biggs will lead a revival at the First Church of the Nazarene from June 4 to 11. Biggs organized the Nazarene church in Lewisburg Tennessee and has pastored there for years. Singers from Nashville Ralph and Joana Dunmire will accompany as full time evangelists in the Nazarene movement.
Bro Charles Coil of West Memphis Arkansas will preach at a Memorial Dr Church of Christ revival June 5 to 11. Evening services start at 7 30 p m with daily morning services at 10 a m from Tuesday through Saturday.
A vacation church school will be held at Austinville Methodist Church from June 5 to 12. The dedication service for the teachers of the vacation church will conclude the program.
The Morgan County circuit court and county court seek authorization to appoint a deputy register and clerical assistant with compensation capped at 4800 dollars. A parallel bill would empower the clerk of court to appoint a deputy clerk and clerical assistant with the same salary ceiling from the general fund.
The law school ends after failing to meet the American Bar Association endowment standard. The University requests state takeover. Memphis State University seeks a campus in Memphis. A committee studies the move while John J. Hooker Sr. promises the school will rise again in a new location.
East End Methodist Church hosts Vacation Bible School from June 5 to 9 with daily classes 9 to 11 am and a commencement service June 9 at 7 pm. Director Mrs Mamie Daily leads a team of assistants including Mrs Jean Legg Joyce King Carrie McKelvey Mary Hogan Jewel Roberts Bonnie Kitchens Francis Oliver Clifford Nelms Marjorie Carrell Geneva Smith Otto Carrell Sr Carmen Simmons and Sharron Hughes.
School will meet Sunday at 11 a.m. The Women Society of Christian Service installs officers Sunday at 7 p.m. Classes resume at 8:30 p.m. each night.
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