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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1961
Page
2
Janet L Morelock of Decatur has qualified for the Dean's list in Auburn University's School of Education during the spring quarter.
At the Garden Club of Alabama 29th annual convention at Auburn University Central Garden Club led by Mrs. John T. Collier and Trawlers Garden Club led by Mrs. Robert Rice were named Green Star Clubs. Melissa Smith will join a 350 person volunteer corps for United Presbyterian mission projects including Puerto Rico, leaving for Chicago this weekend. Herbert Ray Sherrow Jr. earned his MS in Industrial Engineering at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Rev. Kenneth Roper will be ordained Thursday at Parkview Baptist Church Birmingham. St Bernard College to raise tuition from 450 to 500 and room from 400 to 425 for 1961 62. Decatur City Directory due July 1 per Decatur Chamber of Commerce.
Funeral services for Mrs Bet tie Kidd who died Thursday afternoon at her Madison 3 home will be held today at noon at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church New Hope. Burial follows at New Hope Cemetery with Reynolds directing. Survived by husband Rufus Kidd a daughter Janie Collier a sister Mrs Mary Ice a mother Mrs Anna Ward seven grandchildren.
Dr. Hugh MacGuire says a site near Tuskegee Alabama has been purchased for about 350000 dollars to develop an ultramodern aiomedics hospital and research center. The area includes the former Tuskegee Army Air Base and surrounding property totaling roughly four square miles. The nonprofit Atomedic Research Center Inc was formed five years ago to plan the hospital and research facility aiming to lower construction and operation costs and advance medical research with new devices to define normal human health.
Von Braun says the moon is not now vital to the United States and space may become militarily relevant in 10 to 15 years. He notes ICBMs and anti missile missiles in space, cites American space firsts and Soviet achievements, including Sputnik I and Sunik II contact on the moon.
Calvin Craig 81 died Friday evening at Jackson Hospital in Lester. Funeral services Monday at Grassey with burial in Grassey Cemetery. Survived by widow Oda L. Craig two daughters Lizzie Mae Nix and Lorene Corum two sons Marvin Estes and Amos Craig 11 grandchildren six great grandchildren.
Alvis Lambert aged 49 died Friday in St Marys Hospital Montgomery. Funeral today at 2 p.m. at McConnell Chapel conducted by Rev Earl Grubb. Burial at City Cemetery. Survivors include wife Cassie Clem Lambert two daughters Anna Gail and Nancy Lambert of Montgomery a son Alvis Lambert Jr of Montgomery mother Mrs L A Lambert Athens 3 three sisters Mrs Earnest Clem Athens 3 Mrs Joe Matt Fielding Athens 3 Mrs Martha Phillips Santa Monica Calif two brothers Hubert Lambert Athens and Henry Lambert of Athens 3.
Funeral services for Julian H. Blackwell, 61, who died in Houston, Texas, Friday will be Monday. Survived by wife Rebecca White Blackwell, daughter Mrs. W B Kenner of Houston, son Julian Blackwell Jr. of Houston, brother Guy Blackwell of Decatur, sister Mrs. Eleanor B Warren of Birmingham, and two grandchildren.
Hospitals report admissions for Norman Rucker Town Creek 3 Stanley Blakemore Moulton Sonja Burgess Danville 1 Mrs Everette Fisher Mount Mrs Thomas Oliver Moulton 4 Dismissals Mrs Rosie Moland Russellville Mrs Billy Glenn Terry Moulton Mrs Guy Keenum Moulton 2.
W R McMahan of Elkmont and Louise Haggard along with several Athens residents including Mrs Anise Janette Adams Mrs Martha Floyed Robert E Thrower Mrs Sylvia Richardson Mrs Bobbie Williams and Mrs Robert C Richter and Rufus Long are named.
A compiled listing includes O D Beavers Gardens Dale Mrs Tom G Wright Eva Riley Avana Maybain Mrs Edgar W Hominghausen Cullman Mrs Donald R Daniel Cullman Mrs Charles W Sharpton Cull man James O Cummings Cullman Mrs Dee Johnson Hanceville Mrs Thomas Ward Cullman Mrs Palman Maynard Cullman Miss Joyce Marie Rhodes Cull Mrs Larry D Moon Holly Pond Mrs Jimmy Lee Cullman Mrs John R Bowden Vinemont William 0 Goodwin Vinemont Derrick L Powell Cullman Miss Glenda Drinkard Cullman Miss Lillian R Cole Cullman Mrs Kenneth Milligan Cullman Mrs Thornton G Howard Cull man Mrs Pete Geisen Cullman Elvis Caron Hanceville
Washington AP reports a rapid shot course for polio protection using Salk vaccine beginning June 12 with three doses by July 10. Officials caution that oral Sabin vaccine offers faster immunity but not yet in large quantities. public health guidance notes vaccines vary in effectiveness and duration.
Porter Harris at 1213 Cedar Street H. D. Norris at 1023 Danville Road Oval Sanders at 209 Gordon Drive Sw Mrs Barbara Young at 1615 Magnolia Street Miss Renee Hodges at 1811 12th Street Mrs Della Terry at Moulton 2 John Wiley at 1705 Colfax Street Mrs Helen Bosden at 207 Memorial Drive NW
Mrs. Thomas Washburn Trinity 1 Mrs. Alton Borden 211 12th St. Mrs. Mattie McLin 1612 Locust Little Miss Sandra Parr 1808 Spring Ave. Clarence Worley Jr Betty St. Mrs. Tommie West Paradise Trailer Court.
Mrs Lillie Mae Smith 73 of Hartselle died Friday at 6 20 p m in a Tuscaloosa hospital. Funeral set for 2 p m at Cedar Creek Baptist Church. Burial will be in Cedar Creek Cemetery directed by Peck. Survived by one daughter Mrs Bill Wiley of Hartselle seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Mrs Betty Rainey age 8 died Saturday at 5 am in Tutwiler Mississippi Funeral services scheduled today at 4 30 pm from Ephesus church burial in Athens City Cemetery with McConnell directing Survivors include son Bennie Lee Rainey Athens one daughter Hazel Cagle Tutwilder one brother Mack Fudge Texas one sister Ellie Hasting Athens nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren
A series of personal names and partial addresses appear in a scattered list. The items include individuals with prefixes such as Mrs. and Master, and addresses on 8th Ave NW 6th Ave, College St SE, and 40th Ave NW among others.
Funeral services for Janice Laverne Taylor 7 daughter of Mr and Mrs William L Taylor Eva 1 will be at Pine Burr Church Lawrence Cove Monday at 2 pm with interment in adjoining cemetery Peck directing She died Saturday in a Birmingham hospital Surviving are parents two sisters Carrol and Cathy one brother Eddie all of Eva 1 grandparents Mrs Daisy Taylor and Mrs Mae Sisk Jessie Sisk Ft Worth Texas and a body will be taken to the residence Sunday at 11 am The first school for officer candidates in the Women s Reserve of the US Marine Corps was established in 1943 at Mt Nepee College in South Hadley
A photograph features the dark side of the moon alongside the first man in space as about 200 industrial, educational, and political leaders attend the dinner.
The record lists individuals and addresses including son St. James Arthur Smith at 1430 Dan ville Rd SE and Mrs. David Locke with an infant daughter at 1412 7th Ave SE, plus Mrs. James E. Robinson and infant daughter at 2227 11th St SE.
The article notes Franklin D Roosevelt Lake stretching about 151 miles from Grand Coulee Dam to the Canadian border, detailing the river system and regional scope of the reservoir development.
Mr and Mrs Ernie C Rice Hanceville report a son June 8 at Cullman Hospital. A girl born to Mr and Mrs Claude Scott Athens July at Decatur General. A girl to Mr and Mrs Billy Bolan 814 Sth Ave SE Friday at Decatur General. A girl to Mr and Mrs Roy Bridges 624 6th Ave SE Saturday at Decatur General Hospital. A girl to Mr and Mrs William L Cochran 2011 College St SE at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Gordon Ray Price Leighton Saturday at Decatur General Hospital. A girl to Mrs James Teague Friday at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. A girl to Mr and Mrs A D Motes 406 10th Ave SW Friday at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital.
Six of Alabama's nine congressmen signaled they do not want a Senate committee hearing on the redistricting bill. Reps Frank Boykin George Grant George Andrews Armistead Selden Carl Elliott and George Huddleston signed the telegram received by Sen Larry Dumas. The measure would realign districts from nine to eight pitching Roberts and Rains against each other as Alabama loses a seat.
The Air Force identified the missing crewmen as Maj. Lawrence J. Ceretti of Travis AFB California from Waukee Iowa. Capt. Ray L. Willman of Travis from Burbank California. Capt. Donald E. Holmes of Travis from Crystal Lake Illinois. Lt. Nathan L. Patterson of Travis from Elfrieda Arizona. Capt. Leon M. Miller of Hamilton AFB California from La Crosse Wisconsin. Sgt. Oral G. Converse of Winters California from South Haven Minnesota. Sgt. Howard J. Otero of Vallejo California. Sgt. Billy R. Edwards of Fairfield California from Ceres California.
The passage discusses how a person aligned with a group can influence decisions to favor their own states while harming others. It notes how such influence benefits the nominating group but causes damage to rival states.
The OAS investigation in the Dominican Republic finds Dominicans telling investigators oppression rivals the Trujillo era. The report cites escalating brutality and notes the 1960 assassination plot against Rafael Trujillo was halted two days before.
Theresa Ann Bowden of Brewer Maine was chosen Miss Sun Fun U.S.A. at Myrtle Beach after a three day pageant. Jerolyn Ridgeway of Alabama was first runner up and Glenda Gunter of South Carolina placed third. Bowden is 5 5 123 pounds with measurements 36 24 37.
Dist Atty Worth Shrimpton said a pair of young men took four girls for a ride after a Craig Colorado carnival. Three girls returned to their car, but Miss Moyer drove off with the youths. In Illinois, a service station owner in Granite City was killed. Albert Reed, 35, of Litchfield, was found shot in a creek. Otto Ziegler, 62, a Union Pacific road master, was found shot near Wallace Kansas. Rachel M Moyer, 18, of Craig Colorado, was found shot near her town.
Khrushchev frames a three man control board with East West and neutral bloc members as a check on Soviet power. The West rejects the plan arguing it gives Moscow a veto. Proposals call for unanimous decisions by the trio on every major action.
In an unofficial newspaper poll for Canada the Canadian goose won by a wide margin returning as the preferred national bird. The result underscores enduring public affection for the species and signals continued cultural prominence in Canadian lore.
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