Delegation Fails To Alter Brookmead Rd Paving Plan
After 12 Brookmead Rd residents spoke, Decatur council kept original paving plan extending from the east margin of the second concrete bridge east of Somerville Rd SE to 142 feet east of Brook Manor Dr SE. Paving awaits a sanitary sewer project. Council also borrowed 50 000 for the general fund and set bids for paying assessment sums. Mayor McRae and Chair Odom were absent.
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Cullene Morgan
Brookmead Rd
Decatur
Somerville Rd
Brook Manor Dr
Julian Harris
T. K. Harrison
Knox McRae
Roy Odom
6Th
8Th Aves
Jackson
Grants Sts
Nelson St
20Th Ave
21St Ave
10Th Ave
Second St
Moulton St. W
Pennylane
First St. NW
9Th Aves
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Morgan County notices and events fill December week
Ardmore funeral attendance by Decatur relatives. City issues four building permits to Minor Cooper Newsome Saint. Military addresses updated after weekend visit. Shrine No 7 meets Friday at 7:30. Kiwanis speaker Paul Darmer to discuss chemical industry growth. Car crash on 6th Ave SE causes light damage. Local clubs hold meetings and student theater posters prepared for Arsenic And Old Lace. Vacation Bible School runs June 10 14. Morgan County principals to meet at Priceville School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Frank Minor
8Th St. SE
I. E. Cooper
8Th Ave. NW
Harris Newsome
Finley Dr. NW
J. J. Saint
9Th Ave. SE
Decatur Jaycees Back TVA Financing and Hospital Expansion
Decatur Jaycees voted to support TVA self financing bills to aid regional growth and expansion of the Tennessee Valley facilities. Guest speaker Fred S. Hunt Jr. outlined a million dollar Decatur General Hospital project raising beds from 65 to 105 and warned of a projected 35000 charity loss this year.
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Ber
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
TVA
Congress of the United States of America
Tennessee Valley
Alabama
House Public Works Committee
House of Representatives
United States of America
Fred S. Hunt, Jr
Decatur General Hospital Board
Hunt
Decatur General
John Eyster
W. L. Evans
Cleon Yates
Bill Dukes
Bud Hoppenjans
Bill Hocut
Circuit Court Civil Docket Progress Report
Morgan County Circuit Court moved through a busy session with cases disposed of or continued. Notable actions include dismissals in two damages suits, a $250 plaintiff verdict in Frankie White vs. Stanley Hack Butler, and a $650 judgment by agreement in Lillie Ruth Payne vs Randolph Johnson. Verions of rent and detinue and several damages cases were continued or resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County Circuit Court
State National Bank
H. L. Garnett
Joe L. Sanders
Lion Oil Co
Richard L. Sanders
Howard S. Sapp
G. Plummer Frost
James P. Moore
Lester Corbin
Dorothy Graves
Irvin Rains
Sarah Russell
Shirley Fay Whitlow
C. E. Whitlow, Jr
Jimmie C. Hardin
Thomas C. Montgomery
Mary B. Mitchell
A. L. Tucker
Frankie White
Stanley Hack Butler
Lillie Ruth Payne
Randolph Johnson
Vernon Gibson
Buford Mote
Charlie Lansdell
Riley Garrett
Athens Airman Dedmon Dies in Arizona Auto Accident
Airman First Class Ira W. Dedmon 36, Winslow Arizona, former Athens resident, dies May 30 in an automobile crash near Winslow. Funeral set Thursday at 2 p.m. Sardis Springs Baptist Church near Athens. Burial to follow at home of sister Mrs Buford Willis. Survived by four brothers Dewey Athens George Bessemer Delbert Dedmon. Veterans groups to provide pallbearers.
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Athens
Ira W. Dedmon
Winslow
Ariz
Sardis Springs Baptist Church
Dedmon
Buford Willis
Dewey Dedmon
Athens 4
George Dedmon
Bessemer
Delbert
Docks Plan Backed By Alabama Official Over Bond Size
Alabama docks director Ward McFarland told a Senate Finance committee that five million dollars could meet inland dock needs for now while supporting a ten million dollar long term bond figure. Gov Folsom proposed a constitutional amendment to authorize ten million for a statewide river shipping network. A subcommittee will reconcile enabling act details as the amendment remains under consideration.
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Montgomery
Ward McFarland
Alabama
McFarland
Senate Finance Committee
James E. Folsom
Folsom
Senate Constitution Committee
Maid of Cotton Contest Rules and Promotion Drive Details
The National Cotton Council promotes Cotton Week with posters sent to merchants by the Chamber. Roberts outlines that ads focus on Maid of Cotton and entertainment rather than price. Bales decorate downtown, with contests, wardrobes and cash prizes, and strict eligibility rules for Alabama and national Maid of Cotton contestants.
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National Cotton Council
Whatley
Luther. Roberts
Fred S. Hunt, Jr
Alabama Cotton Promotion Committee
National Cotton Council of America
Birmingham
Alabama Maid of Cotton
Memphis
Holland Funeral Services for Mrs Dolores Holland
Funeral services for Mrs Dolores Hardage Holland 46 of Birmingham and a former Decatur resident were held this afternoon at 2 in Brown Funeral Home Chapel. The service was conducted by Rev Richard Rouquie Rev John Troxler and Rev W K 5. Mrs Holland died suddenly at her home Monday evening after residing in Birmingham for over a year. Pallbearers were Robin Thomas James Ratliff Gilbert Key Frank Price Thomas Harvey and James Crow. Brown Funeral Co directed interment in City Cemetery.
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Dolores Hardage Holland
Birmingham
Decatur
Brown Funeral Home Chapel
Richard Rouquie
John Troxler
W. K
Holland
Robin Thomas
James Ratliff
Gilbert Key
Frank Price
Thomas Harvey
James Crow
Brown Funeral Co
City Cemetery
Residents In Area To Be Re developed Meeting
A meeting of residents in the Church St eighth Ave redevelopment area is set for 7 p m Friday at Carver School. The Decatur Housing Authority executive director Charles Parker will lead with Murray Dodd and Gilbert Young to explain rights and relocation options in the slum clearance program.
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Church St.8th Ave
Carver School
Charles Parker
Decatur Housing Authority
Parker
Murray Dodd
Gilbert Young
Balloon fireball sparks speculation after second flash observed
Newsmen theorize the second light could be the balloon igniting. The balloon measured 67 feet in diameter, crafted from plastic and anchored by four steel cables. Elaborate safety devices were in place to prevent its escape.
Hospital Admissions and Dismissals Listed for Decatur Area
A compiled list shows multiple hospital admissions and dismissals across Decatur and nearby towns. Names, addresses, and patient statuses appear for Decatur General Hospital and Baugh-Wiley Clinic, including Mrs. Ernest Haddock, Patricia Ann Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Moore, and others.
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Patricia Ann Smith
Trinity
Arvey Hamilton
Somerville
Roy Moore
West Court Apts
Decatur General Hospital
J. C. Branum
Infant Son
Lassie Craig
4Th Ave
Rufus Eddie Stanton
Oak St
Births reported from Hartselle and nearby areas
A son Stanley Leon born to Mr. and Mrs. Leon Foster Jr at Hartselle Hospital. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Bryant at Baugh Wiley Clinic on Sherman Street Tuesday. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Arvey Hamilton of Somerville 2 at Bank Street Hospital Tuesday.
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Leon Foster, Jr
Hartselle
Stanley Leon
Hartselle Hospital
M. R. Bryant
Sherman St
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Arvey Hamilton
Somerville
Bank St. Hospital
James Culbreath Dies At Nashville
James H. Culbreath 36 a Union Grove resident died in the Veterans Hospital Nashville. He leaves a daughter Judy Huntsville his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Culbreath six sisters and two brothers. He was a farmer Church of God member and World War II veteran. Services Thursday 2 pm Freedom Church of God Morgan City with Rev W W Owen and Rev Isaac Eady. Burial New Canaan Cemetery Peck directing.
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Hartselle
James H. Culbreath
Union Grove
Veterans Hospital
Nashville
Judy
Huntsville
Fred Culbreath
Lurline Johnson
Somerville
Louise Johnson
Dallas
Dorothy
Nell Lawrence
Delois Bradford
Authce Culbreath
Fay Culbreath
Fred, Jr
Decature
Coy
Church of God
Freedom Church of God
Morgan City
W. W. Owen
Isaac Eady
Louis Culbreath
Glenn Irving
Billy Johnson
Tharon Garrison
Hugo Eady
Wilbur Gene Henderson
New Canaan Cemetery
Peck
Eisenhower comment on future hydrogen bomb tests
President Eisenhower was asked about more large H-bomb tests and suggested he doubts such tests will be repeated. Atomic Energy Commissioner Willard Libby told Congress that nuclear testing carries a small risk to be weighed against the risk of annihilation if weapons are surrendered.
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Eisenhower
Pacific
U.S
Atomc
Willard F. Libny
Congress
French Helicopter Crash Linked to Nationalist Band Hideout
Report states a French helicopter crashed near a nationalist group hideout. Officials are investigating the incident as part of ongoing security operations against the organization.
Bell Lays Cable Across River in Decatur Area
Southern Bell completes an underwater cable across the Tennessee River as part of an 84000 dollar expansion to provide toll free calling between Decatur and Mooresville. Mooresville subscribers will be served from Decatur once dial operation begins later this year.
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Southern Bell Telephone Co
Tennessee River
Decatur
Mooresville
Keller Memorial Bridge
Avery Taylor
Southern Bell
Decatur Exchange
Flood Funeral In Athens
Funeral services for William Edward Flood 76 of 408 S Clinton St were held at First Methodist Church with Rev E L McFee officiating. He died after a heart attack in Athens Limestone Hospital. Interment was in City Cemetery. Survivors include wife Ida French Flood son Nick Flood one grandson and sister Nancy Browder. Active pallbearers listed. Honorary pallbearers named. Flood was a retired railroad man with fifty years service and a member of the First Methodist Church and Athens Masonic Lodge 16. He was a native of Springfield Tennessee who moved to Athens early.
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Athens
William Edward Flood
S. Clinton St
E. L. McFee
First Methodist Church
City
McConnell Service Funeral Home
Lifford French
John H. French
Vaughn Williams
Harold Lovvorn
David Grisham
Boldin McWilliams
Frank Stith
C. F. King
R. H. Richardson, Jr
C. C. Laughmiller
J. C. Hayden
J. A. Williams
J. O. Belue
C. V. Mayhall
A. D. Powers
Bayliss Hightower
Hank Nelson
Curtis Hicks
Ralph Moore
A. J. Thomas
Tom Edwards
Macklin Frierson
Roy
Kenny Overton
Jimmy Woodroof
John Russell, Jr
O. G. Johnson
W. A. Caughran
Tom Strain
Ben Smith
Winston Garth, Jr
W. W. Malone, Jr
Marvin Littrell
Carl Hatchett
A. L. Rodgers
John Wallace
H. L. Green
L. W. Chambers
Charles Cox
Wallace Jeffery
D. J. Wilson
Brown Harwell
Jim Chambers
Carl Jones
Ralph Hobbs
Jesse Fulks
Walton Anderson
Pattens Rites Set Friday in Cullman
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Louise Pattens 88 of 1222 East 4th Street are scheduled Friday at 2 p.m. at Christ English Lutheran Church led by Rev Fe Counts. She died at 5 15 this morning at her home. Surviving are four sons Andrew Adolph Louis and William Pattens and a daughter Mrs Florence Falkner. Moss Service Funeral Home will direct interment in City Cemetery.
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Cullman
Mary Louise Pattens
4Th St
Christ English Lutheran Church
Fea
Pattens
Andrew
Adolph
Louis
William Pattens
Florence Falkner
Moss Service Funeral Home
City Cemetery
Market Reports Milk Prices and Crop and Livestock Quotes
Market notes list Milk Grade A at 6.10 per hundred and manufactured milk at 3.10. Grain and feed items include No. 2 oats, No. 2 milling wheat at 1.70, No. 2 barley at 9%0¢, and No. 2 soybeans at 2.30. Cattle numbers 300 with steers 500-800 lb, calves 225. hogs 900 with barrows and gilts 25 to 50 higher. butcher hogs 19.50-19.75. Financial market blurbs from New York and Birmingham report tobacco shares down, North Alabama broilers steady, Atlanta broilers steady with price ranges. various plant and farm prices cited for poultry and meat products.
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Ines
Car Corp
Yellow Corp
Birmingham Wholesalers Report 24 Hour Market Prices
AP notes 24 hour market price reporting in Birmingham. Prices mostly unchanged with adequate supplies in most quarters. In ham markets wholesale rates show small variations with large sizes around 34 percent and mixed color products around 30 to 34 percent.
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Birmingham
Cattle and hog market quotes from Nashville and Thomasville regions
Cattle prices in Nashville show good demand for slaughter cows and steers with 18.00-21.00 for 500-800 lb stock, cows 12.50-14.50, and utility or high commercial 13.00 plus. Calves bring 21.00-23.00 for prime/choice, and sheep activity is slow with limited bids. Thomasville reports 230 hog receipts at major plants with mixed grades and weights yielding 18.50-19.50 for gilts and 16.00-18.75 for heavier hogs. country sales in South Georgia and Florida note 180-240 lb hogs selling around 18.65-19.17.
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Atlanta
New York
Ga Pac Cp
Acme Steel
Goodyear
Alleghany
Gulf Corts
Alleg
Es Baker
Kaiser al Av
Kresge Am Mtrs
Kress
Am Smelt
Lehman Am Sugar
T&t
Ligg & My
Ron Cola
Cater Trae
Philip Mor
Cen of
Ga Reading Co
Ches & Ohie
Epub
Chrysier
Colg Palm
Rey Tob
St Regis P
Sinclair Cran Zell
Delta Air Lb
du Pont
East Air L
East Kodak
Texas
20Th
UN &P
West UN Tel
Gen Mills
Westy
Woolworth
Nashville
Thomasville
Albany
Moutrie
Tifton
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Fla
U.S
South Gaand
Cotton futures firm on weather driven buying in New York
Cotton futures were firm as trade and commission houses bought amid adverse weather in the cotton belt. Dealers saw 1957 prospects dimmer. Late afternoon prices rose 15 cents to 1.05 a bale from the previous close with July at 35.33, Oct 34.63 and Dec 34.56.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Trade and Commission House
S. Rey. Ee
Wage-Hour Ruling Orders Back Pay for Cullman Workers
The court mandates back wages paid to the Labor Secretary by July 17, 1957, with funds held in a special account to compensate 51 current and former Cullman workers. Unlocated employees’ due sums revert to the U.S. Treasury after six months. The injunction expands to require compliance with the current minimum wage of 1 dollar per hour and any future amendments, based on Wage-Hour findings by Maxie F. Boyett and solicitor Stuart Rothman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Treasury
Stuart Rothman
U. S. Labor Department
Maxie F. Boyett
House Committee Sets June 13 Meeting on Girard Case
The House Foreign Affairs Committee scheduled a June 13 meeting to work into the Girard case. A Senate Constitutional Rights subcommittee under Sen Hennings has been quietly examining servicemen rights but has not called any hearings.
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Senate
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Girard
Sen. Hennings
D-Mo
Eisenhower Remarks on Khrushchev Invitation and Soviet Jamming
President Eisenhower noted that Soviet jamming could block any American reply but argued that removing such obstacles would allow a US official to accept Khrushchev's invitation. He emphasized the need to eliminate barriers before engaging.
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Eisenhower
Khrushchev
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Plymouth
Sudan
Johnston
Teague Appliances
E. Moulton St
McRae
Southern Steel Nut Co
T. R. Harrison
J. Perry Orr
R. W. Orr
R. Eugene Orr
J. F. Magnusson
Henry Barber
Ardmore, Tenn
Fannie Smith
Bob Pettey
Robins Air Force Base
Loyd Pettey
Robert L. Pettey, Jr
A.A.E.F.S
P.O. Box
North Alabama
Shrine No
Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem
Masonic Temple
Morgan County Sportsmen's and Conservation Club
Flint School
Paul Darmer
Chemstrand Corp
Acrilan
Decatur Kiwanis Club
W. W. Wright
Alabama Flour Mills
Darmer
Arnold C. Royer
Moulton
6Th Ave
Horace V. Collins
Pleasant Hill
Ave Littrell, Jr
Women of the Moose Chapter 1390
Moose
Moulton St
Little Theater
Decatur High School
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Jackson St
Mesdames R. S. Byers
Jonathan Orr
Wayne Summers
Robert Garrett
James Creamer
Jerry Comer
Stratford Rd
Jennifer Etheredge
Mrs. N. C. Etheredge
Trinity Baptist Church
Morgan County
Priceville
Jaycees
Circuit Court
Arizona
Gwen Hurst
Ernest Haddock
Grant
Thomas Moore
C. M. White
Bobby White
7Th Ave
Roy Oden
Eva
James Culbreath
Bell
Patjens
Liggett & Myers
American Tobacco
Reynolds Tobacco
Douglas
United Aircraft
Porter Harris
Driftwood
Appoin
Salesmen’s
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