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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1968
Page
3
Funeral services are announced for Mrs Willie Mae Hill 34 of Hillsboro by Reynolds Funeral Home Decatur. The day and details will be announced.
Mrs Lois McMeans ens 7 died Tuesday at a local hospital. The funeral is set for 2 p.m. today at Chapel Baptist Church with Rev. Frank Williams officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery, Gunthorp directing. The article also notes New York was called New Orange from Aug. 9, 1673 to Nov. 10, 1674 during Dutch control.
To overcome discomfort when dentures slip apply FASTEETH on plates. FASTEETH holds dentures firmer so you eat better and feel more comfortable. It is alkaline and won’t sour, helps check plate odor, and encourages regular dental visits. Obtain FASTEETH at drug counters.
Recreation director Jimmy Brown announces Balloon Day with cash prizes of 15 10 and 5 for the first three balloons returned. Over 1187 children registered in week one at 11 locations. Activities run 9 to 1 and 2 to 5 daily at Delano Park Jessie Lewis Smith Park Pines Park and other sites.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Rayburn Hill of Moulton at Lawrence County Hospital and a daughter was born Monday at Athens Limestone Hospital.
Decatur and Vicinity at Keller Memorial Bridge reports river reading 21.57 and sea level 555.87. Tuesday high 96 at 1 45 p m with low 74. Today 8 a m 78. Forecast partly cloudy hot humid with afternoon and evening showers and thunder. showers end tonight. High 93 tonight 66 Thursday 88.
The forecast notes little overall change with hot conditions and highs in the 90s statewide. Afternoon and evening thundershowers are more common in South Alabama while cooler air moves into the north. Tuesday saw scattered but intense storms with gusty winds and brief heavy rain, Leeds reporting the heaviest rainfall around 1.70 inches.
A readable fragment lists individuals connected to hospitals and dismissals with street addresses across multiple towns including Jackson Birmingham and Athens. Names include Bilmer Otis Ange Mrs Claude Lamon Jef fery Lee Powers and Karen Elese Halbrooks among others with streets such as 12th St SE 3rd St SW and South Jefferson St. The text ends with several more names and a final entry Mary Lizzie Henley 18th.
A lone gunman robbed the Governor's Drive Branch of the American National Bank in Huntsville Alabama today. Police described the suspect as a white man 20 to 30 years old about 5 feet 8 inches tall and 150 pounds wearing a tan coat brown hat and a stocking mask. He fled with four money bags and investigators seek occupants of two cars for questioning.
A fragment listing multiple individuals and street addresses appears in a neighborly directory. The readable text names Timothy Ray Wallace, Cammie Rae Wright, Wenford Harris, Cleo Orr, Denzal O. Riding, Howard G. Woodall, Mrs. Edward O Neal Standridge, Jimmy William Cole, with street cues such as Ave SE Martins and Davis St Northwest.
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