Local notices and community events in Decatur area
Hartselle resident Shannon Turney finishes sophomore year at Vanderbilt Medical School and will work this summer in Decatur. Decatur Lions Club delegates report at Biloxi convention to present the weekly program at Hotel Lyons. A Monday 5 15 p m by laws committee meeting at Frazier Brothers Insurance on Bank St with Ben Britnell chairing. Vacation Bible School at Summit Baptist Church runs Monday to Friday 8 30 11 30 a m. Kathryn Edwards is principal. Decatur Public Library to stay open 9 00 5 00 Monday through Saturday and 7 00 9 00 p m Monday and Thursday. 500 new books arriving. Red Cross convention attendees Mrs Howard Chamberlin Mrs Lewis Garrett and Mrs Cooper McClanahan return from Atlantic City June 1 3. Earle Self and spouse home for the summer. Herbert Craig of Mobile visiting. Mrs George S McGee Jr and son Stanley visiting Mrs McGee's mother at 1217 7th Ave SE. City Recorder docket lists five vagrancy charges, two disorderly conduct, two for over parking, and one each for prohibition, no driver license, and speeding. See diary on page 2.
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Decatur Lions Club
Biloxi
Miss
Decatur Lions
Hotel Lyons
Frazier Brothers Insurance
Bank St
Ben Britnell
Summit Baptist Church
Kathryn Edwards
Area Includes 20 Sa Miles By CHARLES CATES
The proposed Decatur City Limits extension to about 20 square miles was discussed at City Hall with about 75 attendees. Mayor Murray Dodd outlined plans to extend to roughly 27 square miles to aid growth and planning for schools fire stations and services. Petitions were circulated for signatures due by June 15 and a public meeting will follow. Some residents along Highway 31 voiced opposition and will seek petitions. Representatives Brewer and Gilchrist pledged maps and petitions to gauge support.
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Decatur City Limits
Murray Dodd
Dodd
Morgan County
Albert Brewer
Bob Gilchrist
Jack Higginbotham
Wilson Morgan
Commission
Brewer
Gilchrist
Decatur
City Commission
City Hall
Corporation
What Dr Spock Didn't Tell Us
A publisher presents Atkinson Jr with drawings by Whitney Darrow Jr in a humorous look at childhood myths and parenting expectations. The book explores common beliefs about childrearing with light satire and playful illustrations.
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Dr. Spock
Traitor's Throat and the Baby Book Folly
A father recalls buying a baby care book and predicting a flawless balance with a pediatrician. After a row of sleepless nights, a neighbor reveals Traitor's Throat a comic ailment where a baby wakes a father, not the mother. The narrator riffs on overexposure of parenting woes and plans to publish a catalog of afflictions.
Hartselle and Flint City Gain Growth Through Annexation
Alabama bills extend city limits for Hartselle and Flint City. Hartselle would gain 1600 acres along Highway 31 and 200 to 300 new residents, boosting population from about 3500 to roughly 6000. Flint City adds 46 acres with a new city hall expected within 30 days, including a 24-lot subdivision and a mas onic hall above Day’s store.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Hartselle
Flint City
Morgan County
Albert Brewer
Bob Gilchrist
John Patterson
Flint
After Long Wait Sweeney Is Brought Back
Lawrence Deputy Sheriff Lester Reed finally captured Willie James Sweeney after two trips to Cleveland. Sweeney, a Negro, was charged seven years ago with distilling and had been in and out of custody. Reed, aided by Franklin Smith earlier, located Sweeney in Ohio and brought him to Lawrence County Jail for a hearing.
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Moulton
Lawrence
Lester Reed
Cleveland
Ohio
Reed
Willie James Sweeney
Franklin Smith
Sweeney
Lawrence County
County Man Is Shot To Death Near Hartselle
Percy Hall forty nine? 50 was shot in the right temple with a .16 gauge shotgun at a rented shack east of Hartselle on Highway 36. Oscar E. Hall, 52, was found asleep with a shotgun under his mattress and held in Morgan County jail. The double killing followed an all day drinking bout. the wife discovered the bodies when she returned home.
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Hartselle
Highway
Percy Hall
Oscar E. Hall
Morgan County
Lewis C
Pinkie) Brown
Oscar Hall
Quality Model Laundry
Decatur
Brown
Decatur Skies Monday June 8 Sunset Time
The Decatur city brief notes sunset at 6 59 p m on Monday June 8 with a forecast or observed sky conditions summarized for local readers.
Tennessee River reading falls at Keller Memorial Bridge
The Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge shows 21.46 feet early Saturday, down .10 feet in 24 hours, sea level reading 555.70 feet. TVA lakes Guntersville 594.9 and Wilson 567.5 feet. Friday high 79 at 2 pm, low 4 at 1 am. Saturday 11 am 72 degrees. Forecast: partly cloudy and warm with scattered afternoon and evening showers.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Guntersville
Wilson
Soviets Press West Harder On Berlin
In Geneva AP reports the Soviet Union urged the Western Allies to evacuate West Berlin. Andrei Gromyko pressed the demand in a Big Four secret session while Khrushchev linked Europe’s future to Geneva talks and warned against prolonging the occupation in West Berlin.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Khrushchev
Hungary
Moscow
Albania
Morgan County Grand Jury Indicts 47. arraignments set
Morgan County grand jury returned 47 indictments after late Friday work. Arraignments followed for all jail cases with 11 prisoners, five pleading guilty. Trials for those not pleading guilty begin the week of June 15. probation hearings set for June 30. One capital case to be heard this session. Willie James Sykes to be tried for night burglary. Grand jury report directed to Judge James Bloodworth.
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Morgan County Grand Jury
James Bloodworth
Willie James
Chicken Head
Sykes
Eighth Judicial Circuit of
Alabama
Morgan County
Ala
Schools Likely Uncertain Over Funds at Fall Start
Alabama schools face funding doubt as fall term nears. Legislature must approve budgets and tax measures, with a 42 million dollar proposed increase pending. Debate centers on sales tax, corporation income tax, and constitutional amendments amid lobbying by lawmakers and business interests.
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Montgomery
Alabama Education Commission
Commission
Lawrence K. Andrews
Bullock County
Sug
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Shannon Turney
Vanderbilt Medical School
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Clinic
Decatur Public Library Board
Howard Chamberlin
Lewis Garrett
Cooper McClanahan
Atlantic City
N. J
Earle Self
The
University of Alabama
Herbert Craig
Mobile
Mr. Self
7Th Ave
George S. McGee, Jr
Stanley
Chattanooga
McGee
William C. Self
City Recorder
Charles Cates
Cates
Boulder Bluff
Decatur Daily
John Blackheart
Traitor
John
Gare
United States
Simon and Schuster, Coy
Curtis Co
Bapasincons Jr
Wantney Darrow, Jr
King Features Syndicate
Spring Hill Church
Chapel Hill Church
Cedar Lake
Antioch Church
Section 10
Flint Creek
Berlin
Sheriff's Force
Rex Thomas
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
Ture
Ed Dodd
Second Ave
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