School marm Ruth Speake Receives Caring from Former Pupil
Mary Ella Nix, once Mary Ella Stephenson of Speake, now in Marietta Georgia, plans a get well card drive for Ruth Speake the longtime Speake teacher who fell on her porch and waited hours for help after chilling injuries. Speake widow Charley Speake died last year.
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Tommy Stevenson Moulton
Marm
Ruth Speake
Lawrence County
Decatur Daily
Alabama
Mary Ella Nix
Mary Ella Stephenson
Speake
Marietta
James
Harold
Harold Speake
Moulton- Lawrence County
Odom Holds Key Post In Huntsville Space Shuttle Program
Jim Odom of Decatur chairs the external tank project at Marshall Space Flight Center as NASA plans the first Shuttle flight for 1978. He moved through Redstone and Apollo to the shuttle, praising the program's reuse and focus on earth studies while hopping from California to Houston and Huntsville in weekly travel.
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Lee Sentell
Jim Odom
Old Decatur
Space Program
Huntsville
Baptist Church
Marshall Space Flight Center
Odom
NASA
Oak St. NE
Space Agency
Project
Speake Class of 1913 Honors Ruth Speake and Teachers
Ruth Speake, longtime hometown teacher, is shown in a 1913 class photo as Miss Lamon. Front row includes John Wiley and Pearl McCaghren. multiple Speake, Wiley, Hodges, Watterson, and Hogan family members appear across four rows among other classmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Speake
Decatur Daily
Speake
McCaghren
Hughes
Wallace Hogan
Mary Sue Hodges
Franklin McCaghren
Ida Smith
Floyd Watterson
Ora Hodges
Merrith Hodges
Ida Hampton
Miss Lamon
Rufus Watterson
Eunice Hodges
Miss Jaycee Fair Contest Entries Sought
Athens Jaycees seek entrants for the second annual Miss Jaycee Fair Contest on July 10 at the Athens Recreation Center. Contestants must be Limestone County residents, ages 18 to 25, unmarried, photogenic, healthy, and willing to attend Jaycee events if chosen. Deadline is July 3. entry forms available at local shops and studios.
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Athens
Athen
Athens Recreation Center
Griffin Magnavox
Bumble Bee Fashions
Sharp and Killen
Merle Norman Cosmetics
Mike Davis
Carl Brown
Larry Burlingame
Jayceette
Decatur High Band Alumni Reunited in decade effort
Former band member Mrs Carl Still orchestrates a reunion of Decatur High School band alumni spanning 1959 to 1969. The gathering brings together a wide age range of former musicians for the first time.
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Decatur High School
Carl Still
Carol Odom
Decatur High
Four Hurt In Sunday Alabama 67 Upper River Rd Collision
A two car crash Sunday at Alabama 67 and Upper River Road injured four people including drivers Clifton Martin, Mary Ellen Simmons, and Kathleen Simmons. They were transported to Decatur General Hospital by AAA Southend Ambulance. The 3:46 p.m. wreck also involved a Decatur man with axe injuries later treated at the same hospital.
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Alabama
Upper River Rd
Clifton Martin
Decatur
Decatur General Hospital
Allen Griffin
Newcomb St
Griffin
Emergency crisis numbers and contact guidance listed
The Decatur Daily provides a crisis contact sheet with the Crisis Call Center number 355-8000 for personal crises and potential poisoning. It advises calling the nearest hospital or family physician as needed and dialing 0 if unsure, with department numbers 353-4612 for general, 232-1535 for Atesie, and 253-4739 for nights and holidays.
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THE
Decatur Daily
Atesie
Decatur High Band Reunion Plans Draw Alumni Home
Former Decatur High School band members from 1959 to 1969 are invited to a July 7 reunion at Burningtree Country Club. Organizer Carol Still and volunteers compiled a master list from yearbooks and director Jerry Countryman, arranged invitations, and secured community support for printing and postage amid overseas invites and a June deadline for reservations.
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Decatur High School
Daly
Burningtree Country Club
Tuscaloosa
Carl Schwachow
Jerry Countryman
Carol
Decatur
John Prescott
Bobby Wells
Bill Merkus
Mike Sparkman
Janice Mitchell
Pat Johnson
Margaret Wilson
Tommy Syers
Mary Jean Fennell
Huntsville
Cathy
George ‘Devine
England
Tim Johnson
Germany
Frank Sinatra
John Farrer
Fullerton
Calif
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Jaycee Fair
Ry Kenneth Hixon
Robert
By Phylliss Sidebotham
Cedar Lake Rd
Spring Ave
Sarfillin Rd
John Richard Boyd Jr
John C. Boger
Cleveland Ave
Decatur 1
Lillie Mae Birgans
Superior Concrete Co
Old Moulton Rd
Decatur Boys Club
Vine St
Kenneth Hixon
Cathy Ryan
Robert Schwachow
Carol Still
Jerry Minton
Marvin Julich
Stewart Michelini
Jerrell Newby
Charles Parsons
Amos. Morris Jr
Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co
Monsanto
North
Caolina
Missouri
Linda
Amos) Morris
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