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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1957
Page
3
Funeral services are to be conducted this afternoon at 4 for Henry N. Binford 85 of 608 E Pryor St by Rev E L McFee at McConnell Service Funeral Home Chapel. He died Friday at 2 40 p m at Athens Limestone Hospital. He was a First Methodist Church member and choir veteran of over 50 years.
Mrs Merle B Donaldson resigned after six years as Morgan County school lunch supervisor and was celebrated at a Friday afternoon surprise party. Miss Mildred Bynum, Snead College home economics head, will replace her and begins June 15. the Donaldsons plan to move to Jasper to run a motel court.
Community notices report deaths in the Roberts family and a Kalamazoo and Maryville return home. Athens Rotary talks on press freedom. Kathleen Draper begins as educational assistant in Athens. Sacred Harp convention slated for Haleyville with renowned leaders. Emory University degree recipients include Clayton Phillips. Falkville graduation events and honors for Joe Bogue and George W Sims. Dr. Charles Colburn joins Huntsville Center faculty in chemistry.
Public Safety Director Bill Lyerly argues attitude drives road safety and may justify future license attitude tests. He notes skilled driving with a bad mindset causes crashes, while healthy attitudes reduce risk, calling for responsibility over mere technical ability.
Funeral services for Odis Judson Howard 70 of Flint are set for 2 p.m. at Flint Methodist Church with ministers and Luther Browing officiating. He died Friday after a three year illness. burial at Pisgah Cemetery follows. Survived by wife Minnie, daughter J N Lee, three sons Clyde James Bennett and others, one sister Ida Bynum, eight grandchildren. Interment directed by Brown Funeral Co. Anteaters have no teeth but long tongues to gather ants.
The International Cooperation Administration reports that foreign aid is not an effective vehicle to dispose of U.S. farm surpluses and likely will not reduce overseas aid costs. The study notes aid has exported large farm shipments since 1948 but aims to shift focus to undeveloped regions while surpluses remain a political issue.
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