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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1958
Page
2
Local bankers report strong demand for housing with prices starting around 13500 dollars. Long term GI and FHA loans are easier to obtain and buyers seek 6 percent rate with 17 years to repay. Regulators’ delays on government loans slow many purchases while new Western Gate development spurs 100 homes on a 33 acre Danville site.
Bige Boggess a former Sterchi Brothers credit manager and Decatur resident, died today in Georgia where he had lived about ten years. Brief funeral services set for Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Macon with body to be sent to Feun City Tennessee. Survivors include his widow Mrs Lelia Boggess of Macon and several brothers and sisters.
Bertha J. Terry 77, a Courtland native, died Sunday in Mountain City Tennessee where she had lived with her son Fred Terry for years. Funeral services will be in Courtland with time and place announced. Brown Funeral Co of Decatur is handling arrangements. Only her son Fred survives.
Police report a dispute at 1632 Tower St led to two men jailed after an early Sunday incident. One subject was found with injuries and transported to Decatur General Hospital. Officers responded at 2:30 a.m. and detained the involved individuals.
Markets report indicates four per cent levels and direct ratio variations. Wood prices 65, 40 and 30 with $12.50 per cord. Ear Corn at $1.34. Hogs and sheep bids listed with weights and price ranges. Sows and lambs quoted with weight bands and steady to strong demand.
New York reports irregular prices with moderate trading late this afternoon. Volume neared 2.3 million shares, with a 2.68 million Friday. several issues rose or fell about a point. Lorillard gained two points while National fell 52 percent on a large block amid Great Lakes Steel price cut news.
Markets at a glance report mixed to higher results. Stocks show irregular gains while bonds rise. Cotton strengthens on commission house activity. Wheat advances with scattered demand. Hog futures hold steady to 25 cents higher, topping at 24 dollars. Slaughter steer prices near steady, around 32.50.
New York markets saw cotton futures firmer than the prior close with July at 34.17 cents, October at 36.53 cents, and December at 36.68 cents. The tighter market tone and modest gains reflect near term demand expectations.
Washington AP reports Pennsylvania has joined the plan to extend unemployment benefits while another state schedules start payments. New York has already approved extra payments, Rhode Island heads to a referendum, and action is anticipated in Michigan Massachusetts Maryland Minnesota and Indiana.
Twelve men from Morgan Lawrence Limestone and Cullman counties are to report to Montgomery on June 24 for Army induction. From Morgan Edwin Dale Earwood Bobby S Holmes Jimmy N Sivey James F Putnam plus one volunteer. After induction they go to Fort Chaffee. Alabama call is 337 vs national 10,000. May totals were 384 Alabama and 13,000 national.
Beaumet says he met Kurochkin at the Soviet Embassy last year while pursuing material for a stock ings article. He claims the Soviet officer proposed collaboration and paid for a piece, while noting his freelance work for a textile magazine and later discharge from National Guardsman. The ouster move followed Soviet expulsion of John A. Baker Jr. and disputed charges over diplomat behavior.
Judge Powell expressed regret and warned against repeating any criminal act. He noted no serious electoral law violations have come to his attention and urged that any reports to the grand jury be thoroughly investigated. The grand jury list includes Virgil Morgan as foreman and 17 other named members.
Mrs Kitty Ann Hill 73 of Decatur died Sunday at 2 30 p m at the Huntsville home of her daughter Mrs Willie E Taylor 303 9th Ave W Funeral services will be held 3 p m Tuesday at Bevill's Chapel near Hazel Green Madison County by Revs A B Van Arsdale and James E Brooks Burial will be in Bevill's One Cemetery with Brown Funeral Co of Decatur directing The body was to be returned to Mrs Taylor's residence in Huntsville this afternoon She was a member of Central Baptists Church in Decatur Survivors include three daughters Mrs Taylor Mrs Coy Dyson of Birmingham and Mrs John Holmes of Hartselle two sons Elmer Hill of Decatur and Warrant Officer Newman Hill of Rossville Ga one sister Mrs McRae Steve Taylor Joe Vaughan Francis Malone and Howard Martin.
Four Moscow engineers on a scientific visit attended a doubleheader between the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians. Indians won 14 to 1. the Russians left after the first game. Casey Stengel guided a tour, and an interpreter accompanied them. They enjoyed the experience despite language barriers.
In Bonn Germany the West German government praises a female customs official nicknamed Geisha for tracking coffee smugglers. The trained 2 year old spaniel locates undeclared coffee along the Dutch German border aboard ships and trains.
H Floyd Sherrod Jr son of Mr and Mrs H F Sherrod of Decatur earned a bachelor of arts degree at the University of the South Sewanee Tenn during the 90th commencement exercises on June 9 He majored in political science and was a Baker Scholar Phi Beta Kappa Omicron Delta Kappa Blue Key Pi Gamma Mu Pi Sigma Alpha and Kappa Alpha among other honors He will hold a William L Clayton Fellowship to the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy for 1958 59.
Mr and Mrs Gilbert Flanagan Town Creek 1 a son at Lawrence County Hospital Thursday. Mr and Mrs T E Smith Athens 8 a son at Athens Limestone Hospital Saturday. Mr and Mrs Paul DeVaney 1105 Somerville Rd a daughter Sunday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Edward J Golden 1409 Glennwood Dr Huntsville a daughter today at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs D D Murphy Madison 3 a son Sunday at Baugh Wiley Smith Clinic.
Mrs J W Bryant of Vinemont 3 died today at 5 30 a m at her home. She was 78. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 p m at Mt Vernon Methodist Church. Mass Service Funeral Home of Cullman handles arrangements. She had been a member of Corinth Methodist Church in Cullman County for 60 years.
A local obituary-like notice highlights Arthur of Birmingham and Price and John Bryant of Danville among a large family, mentioning 18 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren as part of the extended lineage.
Hettie Louise Raiford, 24, of Freeman North Carolina, drove into a parked car and rear ended another vehicle after a truck ahead slowed. Her car struck a 1953 Chevrolet owned by William E. Ellard of Cullman, which then rammed a 1956 Buick owned by H. H. Smith of Cullman.
Decatur area hospitals list admissions and dismissals including Mrs. John Lee Norris Mrs. Margaret Shoemaker Mrs. D. D. Murphy and others with names and street addresses. Also reports newborns and infants at Decatur General Hospital and Bank Street Hospital with parent names and locations.
Mrs. Sarah Jane Thompson 86 died yesterday at 6 p m at her Hillsboro 1 residence after long church involvement. Widow of Thomas E. Thompson former Decatur police man she leaves five sons Jerry Holland of Moulton Tenn W F of Los Angeles G C of Turin N J of Indianapolis and I Q of Sheffield along with a brother Jerry Holland of Moulton 13 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral services Wednesday at 2 p m conducted by Revs Leroy McClendon Charles West and Mitchell Owens at Penney Cemetery with Brown of Decatur directing nephews to serve as pallbearers.
Regular Freedom Health Assn meeting set for Tuesday 8 p m in Morgan County Court House with Dr Oliver Cash as guest. Morgan Limestone Chapter Alabama Archaeological Society screens Rock Carvings and Paintings at City Electric Auditorium with Spencer Waters to speak. Court house session for county board of registrars also Tuesday. Three men charged with assault with intent to murder in connection with a stabbing of James Slayton.
Cullman sheriffs arrest two for public drunkenness while Courtland reports four. Athens notes weekend arrests including highway intoxication and reckless driving. St Bernard College in Cullman awarded Archbishop Toolen an inaugural honorary degree during May commencement. he praised long standing ties to the college and abbey.
Nine people died in Alabama weekend accidents including a head on crash in Jackson County and drownings in out of state incidents. Names and places include John Edward Minter and Rose Minter of Oxford, Hughes Guthrie and others near Flat Rock Columbiana Graysville Heflin and Trenton Georgia.
The protest to the State Department shows East Germany holds jurisdiction, not the Soviets. A Belgian jet fighter was forced down in East Germany 12 days ago, with the Soviets directing Belgian inquiries to East Germany. The Pentagon confirmed Maj. James Zeller among the passengers, though next of kin names remained undisclosed.
House action funds the Tennessee Valley Authority with roughly $312 million this year, about $8.9 million to continue Wilson Dam navigation lock work, and $50,000 to plan a new Clinch River dam at Melton Hill near Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Rep. Joe L. Evins notes the package is balanced and reasonable for the coming year.
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