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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1975
Page
2
The National Weather Service says rain chances drop to 40 percent tonight with partly cloudy skies and cooler air on Thursday. Expect highs in the low 80s with mid 60s lows, as a cold front advances from the Southern Plains, bringing lingering showers across Alabama.
Reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning 21.59 with sea level 555.89. TVA lake stages Chickamauga 682.1 Pickwick 413.9 Guntersville 595 Whitesburg 556.7 Wheeler 555.9 Wilson 506.7. High today 82, low 69. tonight mid 60s. Thursday near 80. Rain 70 today, 40 tonight. Extended outlook partly cloudy with warm highs upper 80s to 90s and mid 60s nights.
Shoe repair shop owner Eleanor Pitt, co-owner of Blue Ribbon Shoe Repair, is elected president of the Decatur Downtown Association succeeding Ernestine Ling of Rainey’s Beauty Academy. Paul Wolfer is first vice president. Ron Walker second vice president. Don Kyle treasurer. Ling becomes ex officio on the board alongside John Burgreen Bill Cantrell T J Cottingham Ron Crow Russell Humphrey Bob Hunter Jr Virgil.
Police and ambulance crews lifted Mrs. Elizabeth C. Naylor onto a stretcher after a Tuesday afternoon collision at Somerville Road and Prospect Drive. She was taken to Parkway Medical Center by AAA Southend Ambulance Service and listed in fairly good condition. Also named are McDonald Jr., Milton Petty, Harold Pilgrim, Ava Preston, Charles Ritch and Greg Stevens. Terms begin July 1.
Red Cross volunteer Pearl Knight presides over blood records after a donor was punctured during a donation. She faces up to 120 hours more typing filing and mailing work as part of the aftermath and patient support.
Mrs. Knight, a retired Army secretary, processes donor registrations and cards at the Morgan County Red Cross chapter. She notes donors receive color coded cards, tracks donations to three gallon milestones, and helps first time donors with forms and medical history.
Limestone County educators met in special session to oppose Gov. George Wallace s plan to divert about 85 million from the Special Education Trust Fund over two years. Local leaders warn of proration, raises lost, and damaged school needs if funds are redirected.
A federal grant totaling 347500 is awarded to complete a sewer system evaluation project in Decatur. The EPA funds 75 percent of the 507725 package to guide a future multi million dollar water sewer expansion. Southern Line Cleaning Inc. conducts the study set to finish by mid July.
The city school system will present a bust of the late Gov. Lurleen Wallace to the Lurleen Wallace Developmental Center. Officials discuss the governor’s budget and potential impact on education funding and teacher positions across several Alabama districts.
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