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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1961
Page
7
A newspaper feature explains Groundhog Day origins and how groundhogs may be used as a weather predictor. The piece notes the tradition started with hedgehogs in Europe and was adopted in America, while doubting any real predictive power.
Navy Lt Milton T Herrin, son of Mr and Mrs John M Herrin of Decatur, serves aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Franklin D Roosevelt with the Sixth Fleet. The ship group recently visited Athens Greece after training with the Sixth Fleet which consists of about 50 ships and more than 25 000 men aiding Europe deterrence.
Bookmobile schedule covers June 1 with stops at Grove Pek's Store 9 to 9 30 Cedar Grove Davis' Store 9 40 to 10 20 Grove Patterson's 10 30 to 1 Cairo Grisham's Store 11 15 to 11 45 Athens Scout House 1 to 4. The Greeks and Romans honored their dead with lavish floral arrangements.
Multiple mortgage foreclosures announced by Broadview Development First Federal Savings and Loan Association and others. Properties in Decatur Morgan County Alabama including additions to Decatur Land Improvement, Lot 7 Block 12 and Lot 18 Block 39 among others, with sale dates set in June and July 1961.
Complainants Annie Rogers et al versus respondents Blanche Gingrich et al in equity. Pursuant to a 1961 decree, real estate in Morgan County widely described will be sold at public outcry before the East door of the Morgan County Courthouse Decatur Alabama for cash to the highest bidder. The property includes portions of Sections 15 and 14 Township 6 Range 4 West totaling about 140 acres. May 26 1961. Bryan McAfee Register.
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Decatur Alabama declares default on a April 1954 mortgage recorded in Morgan County Alabama. It will sell at public outcry for cash in front of the Morgan County Courthouse on July 6 1961 describing 7 acres or land measure 600 feet wide on the west side of the south 18% acres of the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 33 Township 6 South Range 4 West, less Rog ers portion dated July 9.
The 1961 probate record notes a tract in the northwest quarter of section 33 township 6 south range 4 west. It details metes and bounds starting 490 feet south of the northeast corner and includes a 21 foot road right of way across the north part of the parcel.
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