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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1972
Page
2
Acting Gov Jere Beasley schedules a 3 p.m. cabinet meeting to outline policy as he serves as acting governor while Gov George Wallace remains hospitalized in Maryland after being shot on May 15. Beasley says he will consult with Wallace daily.
The Decatur Housing Authority will accept bids June 27 to demolish the old American Legion Home next to the Old State Bank on Bank Street. Plans by Aycock and Neville call for a stucco south wall reinforced by three exterior poles.
About 147 youths are expected to register Friday at Riverside Auditorium for a summer Neighborhood Youth Corps program. The project runs Monday through Aug 25, pays $1.60 per hour for up to 234 hours, with 26 hours weekly at city and county agencies. Eligibility includes disadvantage, ages 16 to 21, not a GED holder, and schooling status. Physicals for 16-year-olds and work certificates for 16-year-olds required. Last year Morgan County saw 90 participants.
Brookhaven ninth grader Holbert, 16, has taken up barrel racing after acquiring Pepper, a six year old quarter horse. He has competed in amateur events in Moulton Speake and Decatur since midsummer last year. Holbert says riding keeps him trim and helps keep the extra weight away despite the heat of summer.
Mike, a beginner, trains Pepper for barrel racing, noting the quarter horse’s speed and cornering. He has placed third and fourth in events since last summer, plans to race this summer, then perhaps football at Austin and college at Alabama, with farming life in Neel remaining a constant.
Limestone County School Board asks Tri County Health Service to fix a serious sewage problem at Elkmont High School with an estimated cost in the thousands. Supt. Pettus and board members discuss bids for Owens Junior High materials and potential fixes at Johnson Junior High. A metal library building was proposed to ease East Limestone space. Secret sessions yielded no action.
The Decatur Daily provides crisis numbers including Emergency Phone 011, Crisis Call Center 355-8000, and guidance to call hospitals or family doctors for possible poisoning. It advises dialing 0 if unsure of the emergency number and noting the nature of the emergency.
National Weather Service extended an air stagnation advisory across Alabama with mid 90s temperatures. A high pressure system keeps the area hot and still, causing smokey conditions near industrial zones and a 20 percent rain forecast. The Birmingham area remains under a pollution alert as Jefferson County reports a 24hour particulate level of 425 micrograms per cubic meter.
The Morgan County Sheriff's Posse Championship Rodeo comes Friday and Saturday at the Posse Show Grounds near Hartselle. Proceeds fund Christmas gifts for boys at Alabama Sheriffs Boys' Ranch near Selma and North Alabama Sheriffs Boys' Ranch at Punkin Center, with $900 already budgeted for the North Alabama project. Events include bareback dron c riding calf roping steer wrestling girls barrel racing calf scramble and brahma bull riding. Bonita Cooper trick riding Wayne Pennington and Coco the 1500 pound bull perform. Larry Long to announce. A Saturday parade at 2 p.m. precedes junior and senior rodeo queen finals. Admission 2 for adults 1 for children 12 and under.
Councilman Bill Levin announced a $51,925 plan to resurface 18,400 feet about 3.5 miles of city streets. Funds come from the gasoline tax. Streets include Bank St Lafayette St Market St Church St 19th Ave SE 5th Ave SE Prospect Dr plus 14th St SE Park St Woodland St Brooks St 2nd St SW Memorial Dr W Morgan Ave SW and more as part of a four year street improvement program.
Two Madison County men Leonard Ray Worthey 21 Huntsville and Eulas Floyd Jones 23 Harvest are charged with arson and held on $2,000 bond each in Limestone County jail. They are accused of setting fire to Wheeler School which was destroyed. The school owned by Limestone County Board of Education was used by Wheeler Community Club at Jones Crossroads. A spokesman said the community club had lost everything.
The Limestone County Commission accepted an apparent low bid of 2,600.42 from Choctaw Inc. of Fayette for bridge flooring and a low bid from Trinity Stone of Decatur for crushed limestone. Limestone delivered to Lentsville Church would be 265 per ton and 285 per ton to Buck Island Bridge. No bid was received for a sheriff's department car.
Mrs Barbara J Marco 35 1619 11th St SE was arrested Monday by police and charged with second degree burglary in connection with the theft of a number of household items. Det Jerry Bottom said the items were stolen from a home at 2218 12th St SE. He said the value of the items has not been determined. An 18 year old Decatur woman was injured Monday in a two car collision at Beltline Rd SW and Spring Ave. Judy Waldreds Mimosa Trailer Ct She was treated and released at Decatur General Hospital. Drivers Terry Andrew Waldreds 22 Decatur and Bradley Keith Mooney 16 Decatur were uninjured. the report.
Hart selle City School Committee Chairman Dick Stoner said bids for phase one of a 575000 dollar school improvement program will be opened June 22 at 730 p.m. at the Morgan County Board of Education. The project includes a gym at Hartselle Junior High, Burleson School renovation, Morgan County High School additions, a science classroom, and Crestline School classroom adds. Funding includes 110000 from Morgan County via bond issue and over 400000 from Hartselle sales tax revenues. Architects are Aycock and Neville of Decatur.
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