New Bank Roots Deep in Decatur History
The Tennessee Valley Bank moved 22 years earlier from the Tri-Cities to a prominent three story stone building at Bank Street and Vine in Decatur. The bank, later renamed Central Bank of North Alabama, expanded across the Tennessee Valley and gained multi county branch privileges through Alabama legislation.
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Tennessee Valley
Bank St
Vine
Decatur
Tennessee Valley Bank
Tri-Cities
Crump
Alabama
Central Bank of North Alabama
Five Die In Weekend Alabama Mishaps
Five people died in weekend accidents in Alabama including a St. Clair County mother Rita Thomason Holmes 20 and her 9 month old daughter Jannette Lynn Holmes in a two car crash on St. Clair 34 near Crop. Also injured were Holmes’s brother in law and four Birmingham teens.
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Associated Press
Alabama
St. Clair County
Pell City
Rita Thomason Holmes
Jannette Lynn Holmes
St. Clair
Crop
90 Years Ago By Steele Holman Legal
A 1927 miscellany notes illegal slug cashing from machines. A non surgical head and leg union occurred. Martha Legg married Max Head. AConnecticut Mills social dance funded by admission fees aimed to pay Jaycees debt. The Southern Railway offered a $3 Chattanooga trip on June 4, 1927. A sunrise service accompanied church ground breaking. J B McBride won Jackson St corner bid after Central Baptist work. Old Morgan County Board of Revenue faces trial for dereliction of duty over fire-damaged courthouse. Tampa riot leaves five dead, 28 wounded, jail attacked. killer later says mistaken family killed. First home subdivision near Enolam Oaks under construction. R L Malone touts six-room bungalow among 300 planned. Orville Wright weighs in on Lindbergh’s Atlantic solo flight.
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Enolam Blvd
Enolam Oaks
R. L. Malone
Reunion for POW Lt. Col. Robert L. Stirm at Travis AFB
Lt. Col. Robert L. Stirm, a Vietnam POW for over five years, is greeted by family on March 17, 1973 at Travis Air Force Base as 596 POWs return home from North Vietnam. The article notes the broader toll of the Vietnam War and mentions his divorce a year later.
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Lori
Robert
Cynthia
Loretta
Roger
Robert L. Stirm
North Vietnam
Travis Air Force Base
California
Stirm
Vietnam
Stirms
Sal Veder
Associated Press
Graves Returns as UAH President Sees No Immediate Exit
Dr. Benjamin Graves resumes the presidency at the University of Alabama in Huntsville after a year on teaching sabbatical at UNCC. He says he has no plans to step down soon and expects to teach again in the future while noting good health and a renewed focus on leading UAH.
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Huntsville
Ala
Benjamin Graves
University of Alabama
Graves
University of North Carolina
Charlotte
UAH
UNCC
Jcaharlotte
Escapees Fled Through Fence
State prison officials denied a report that a life-term inmate escaped to a war release program. Spokesman John Hale said Richard Mark Ellard, 31, cut a hole through a fence at Draper prison while on an engineering crew assignment.
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Montgomery
Ala
John Hale
Richard Mark Ellard
Draper
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McCoy Brown
Ray Howell
DIAL
Miller’s Pest Control
Bradley St
Decatur Daily
Central Bank of Alabama Holding
Eee
Central Bank
Charlie McCall
Steele Holman
Head
Legg
Martha Lois Legg
Elkmont
Max Head
Veto
Connecticu Mills
Jaycees
Southern Railway System
Chattanooga
Central Methodist Church
J. B. McBride
Jackson St
6Th Ave
Central Baptist Church
Morgan County Board of Revenue
County Commission
Tampa
Fla
Orville Wright
Charles Lindbergh
Atlantic
Lindbergh
Rere Tata
Bulova LD Quartz Digital
Sabatone
Weinman
Diamond Jewelers
Ron
LM Eel Gateway Center
Emmett Bell, JR
First State
Emmett
First State Bank
FDIC
Johnston Street
Iit
Dr. Graves
Sears
Tor
the Smith
the Holyoke
Super Chromix
Sears Cool’ ‘N’ Light
America
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Gateway Shopping Center
Florence
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