Decatur Visit Spurs New Home Life for Riddle Family
Mary Riddle moved to Decatur in 1964 with plans to return to Arizona but stayed after meeting her police officer husband and starting work with Southern Bell. She recalls the quick route to becoming an operator and the varied calls, noting her two week training became seven days thanks to her experience and daily interactions with customers. The couple lives at 1711 Bula Vista St. SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewel Bailey
Jerry Riddle
Decatur
North Alabama
Arizona
Ray Martin
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Mary
Information Board
Mrs. Riddle
Riddles
Bula Vista St. SE
Tell Me Why Britannica Junior Prize Notice and Time Tales
A reader contest winner is Johnny Hendricks, 10, Tor rance California. The piece explains early timekeeping methods from sundials to water clocks and hourglasses, outlining ancient uses in Europe Egypt Asia and China and tracing the evolution to mechanical clocks.
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Johnny Hendricks
Torrance
Calif
Europe
Egypt
Asia
Today in History June 11 1966 Decatur Daily
Saturday feature lists historical events on this date from 1776 to recent decades. Notable items include the drafting committee for the Declaration of Independence and the Wheeling convention plan for West Virginia, plus Civil War neutrality declarations and a Le Mans tragedy.
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Decatur Daily
Associated Press
Great Britain
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Robert Livingston
Roger Sherman
Wheeling
West Virginia
Napoleon III
District of Columbia
le Mans
France
American Medical Association
Chicago
Jonas Salk
Leonard Scheele
Barbershop Quartets Set to Sing in Tullahoma Benefit
Two area barbershop choruses from Decatur and Huntsville join in a Friday night benefit at Tullahoma High School auditorium. Proceeds go to the Institute of Logopedics in Wichita. The program features Space City Sweet Adelines and additional quartets from Macon, Nashville, Decatur, and Huntsville with the theme We sing that they shall speak.
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Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Singing
America
Tullahoma
Tenn
Heart of Dixie”chorus
Decatur
Rocket City” Group
Huntsville
Tullahoma High School
Institute of ‘Logopedics
Wichita
International ‘Barbershop Society
Space City
137 To Receive Degrees At AC
Athens College will confer diplomas on 137 seniors at 4 p m at the physical education center. Fourteen graduates will earn honors as the 143 year old college marks a record set during this ceremony. Dr Frank Philpot will assume the presidency with Dr Guy E Snavely introducing him. Birmingham Southern College president Dr Howard N Phillips will deliver the address. Dean Dr William R Hauser will present degrees and award honors.
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Athens
Athens College
Frank Philpot
Guy E. Snavely
Howard N. Phillips
Birmingham Southern College
Snavely
Birmingham Southern Athens College
William R. Hauser
Philpot
Decature High School
Riddles and Wordplay as Puzzles and Puns
A trio of classic wordplay questions hints at clever punny answers. One word leads to another in a crossword like a quarrel. Break open a peanut and eat the kernel, a simple edible riddle. The clock question hinges on timing, not murder, if the clock struck first.
Kerdang Kerbau Maternity Hospital Births Record
The Kerdang Kerbau Maternity Hospital in Singapore is described as the largest maternity hospital in the world with more than 100 babies born daily. The item invites riddles and jokes for Britannica entries and announces a daily winner, Ingrid Kubitz, 11, Calgary, Alberta.
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Kerdang Kerbau Maternity Hospital
Singapore
Ingrid Kubitz
Calgary
Alberta
Dissolution of Industrial Filter Service Partnership
Notice of mutual dissolution for the partnership between T. M. Jones III and Joe E. Lovelace at 918 Ferry Street N E Decatur Morgan County Alabama. Lovelace withdraws. Jones continues the business and assumes all assets and liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Jones, III
Joe E. Lovelace
Ferry Street
N.E
Decatur
Morgan County
Alabama
T. M. Jones
Ill
UI Joe E. Lovelace
Personal Piano Lessons Offered in My Decatur Home
Experienced instructor provides 30 minute piano lessons at $1.50 in home in Decatur. Call 355-3683 for details. Also seeking sales and service jobs with Cancer Insurance plan at $25 per year paying $7450 to each member. write Box 3 c/o Decatur Daily.
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Decatur Daily
Indecatur
Cullman County Saddle Club Is Is S
Preston
Jones Western Wear
Moulton St
Decatur
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Mrs
Mary Riddle
Gibson
Business Services
Bill Oakley
Charles E. Halbrooks
Harold Lane
Alabama State Bar
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Propst
Ingall’s
TCI Steel Mills
Birmingham
J. W. Gwin Contracting Co
Decatur-Mooresville
Limestone County
Lawrence
THE
Jackson St
Decatur Firm
Box
Johnston St
Hs.g
Decatur H Ama N.A.C.C
Madison St
South Apangs
ANTEC
Morgan and Madison Co
King
Decatur-Moulton
Miller
Wood
2Nd Ave.s.e
Decatur, Ala
Lence
Puckett’s
Sparkman St
Little Ernie’s
Cleveland
Pleasel
John Walker
Limestone and
Morgan Counties
Dorsey Walker
Landersville
Moulton
Hiway
Lawrence Co
James W Nelson
2Nd St. S.W
Malibu
S.S
Bel Air
Grand Prix
Ventura
Monza
Cottingham
Hoyt Lane
Sherwin-Williams Co
Mizell Drilling
George Eas
Doyle Byrs
A. L. Wood
Glenn Drilling CO
J. H. Standridge
Miller and Speakman
Tennessee
Show Boats
Macon
Hickory Notes
Nashville
Village Squires
Marquis
Aaternity Hospital
Sherman St
Valley Health
S.A
Henry W. Wade
Broadman & Christian Praise
Hym‘nals
Ira’s Book Shop
Alcoa Aluminum
Floyd Cagle
ALCOA
CAGLE
Storm Window Co
6Th Ave
S. E
Whitney Bolton
WMSL
Con
Jordan Grocery
Fishpond
Ala
Nice
John Penney Rambler’s
Vesd
Lucian Leon Smith
Callie Gibson
Roy ‘Poffarles Penney
John Penney
Rambler
Hwy
Rogers
Ponti Bonn
Shull Motor Company
Shull
Joe Bennich
Main St
Hartselle
Calvin Roberts
Bob Fitzpatrick
Atkins
Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc
Sharp
Dr. Power
Xul
Lee St
John Holder
Mar
Shorty Wood
Floyd Griffis
H.T
Basden Motor CO
1St Ave. N
Chapman
Kenneth Hamilton
Ralph Buckerew
Raymond Mathews
First Ave
Ain Shaffer
Willie Riley
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