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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1962
Page
2
The report lists sunset at 4 44 p m and sunrise at 4 34 a m with moonrise today and moonset tomorrow. It notes a full moon Sunday night and visible planets including Venus Saturn Jupiter and Mars with their rising and setting times.
Readings this morning show the Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge at 21.64 feet with a 0.02 foot drop in 24 hours. Sea level reading 555.94 feet. TVA lakes: Pickwick 413.7, Guntersville 595.0, Whitesburg 556.0, Wilson 507.0 feet. High today 87, low 64. Tonight fair and cooler, northeast winds 7 to 15 mph diminishing. High today 82, low tonight 56, high Friday 84.
Grand opening of Decatur Furniture Co. today through Saturday features appliances rugs televisions and radios at 22 Lee St. Free refreshments and entertainment run from 1 to 4 p.m. today Friday and Saturday. Curtis Johnson, with 10 years in the trade, heads the store and lives at 220 Memorial Dr. NW with his wife and five-year-old daughter.
A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stover of Hartselle on Wednesday at Decatur General Hospital. A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Kasulka Jr. of 1503 Tower Street on Wednesday at Decatur General Hospital. Twins a girl and a boy were born to Mr. and Mrs. William Norton of Birmingham at University Hospital in Birmingham. A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. James Minor of Scottsboro on Wednesday at Jackson County Hospital in Scottsboro.
Classified notice offers two crystal chandeliers with silver frames for sale. Contact EL 3-6421 for details.
H P Sikes aged 82 of Falkville dies at 4 a m in a local hospital. Funeral set for Saturday at 2 p m from Friendship Church Winston County with Rev L L Veal officiating and burial in Friendship Cemetery Peck Directing. Survivors include four daughters two sons three sisters two brothers and 15 grandchildren. He was a Baptist. Body to residence Friday then to church. grandsons to pallbear.
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Bartlett, 72, Cullman, will be held at 2 p.m. in Cullman with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Survivors include her husband William D. Bartlett, three sons Marion Harvey and Arvel Bartlett, five daughters Hettie Crutcher Nettie Privit Aurdn Bell and Ruby Wray, 35 grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren, five brothers and four sisters.
W. J. Davenport 73 of Courtland died today at 12 30 a m at his home. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 30 p m from Courtland Baptist Church with Rev. Ernest Dillard officiating. Burial will be in Clardy Cemetery with Gunthorp Brown Service Funeral Home in charge. Surviving are his wife Ola Davenport three sons Willis James and Vernon Davenport all of Chicago five daughters Mrs Billy Simmons Courtland Mrs Buck Morris Decatur Mrs O N Rose Courtland Mrs Paul Sherrill Decatur Mrs Kenneth Compton Trinity one sister Mrs Wilsie Cobb Decatur 22 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Grandsons and sons in law will be pallbearers. The body will be returned to residence today.
Funeral services for Levert Manous, 43, who died Thursday in Arizona, will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. from Gunthorth Brown Service Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Oakview Memorial Gardens.
Funeral services for Jack Webster were held recently from Henderson Funeral Home in Vernon Texas. Survivors include several nieces and nephews in Morgan County. He is a former resident of Morgan County.
Funeral services for Mrs Ary nie Harrison who died Sunday in Macon Georgia were held Tuesday in Macon. She would have been 101 years old July 2. She was aunt to Mrs Bennett Cox Mrs Henry Davidson and Mrs Harry Collier of Decatur.
Funeral services for Roger H Bethany of Decatur are to be announced later by Spry Funeral Home of Athens after his death Wednesday night at a Birmingham hospital.
Mrs. S. J. Evans, 78, of Hartselle, died today at 7 a.m. at a local rest home. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Hartselle Cemetery. Survived by two sons W. H. Evans and Jack Evans, one grandson, one great granddaughter, and a brother E. E. Evans. Body remains at Peck Funeral Home until services.
Mrs W O Murphy, 69, Somerville 3, died on arrival at a local hospital Wednesday at 11:15 am. Funeral services will be announced later by Peck Funeral Home. Survivors include W O Murphy of Somerville 3, two daughters Mrs Seldon Day of Somerville 2 and Mrs James Dutton of Indiana, three sons W W Murphy of Waldermose Springs, Eugene Murphy of Hartsel le, Lonnie Murphy of England, and two brothers Lem.
Decatur's Morningside Shopping Center on 11th St SE announces a grand opening Friday and Saturday. Six stores open in the modern complex with ample parking and a nearby service station offering car service during the gala event.
Texas Attorney General Will Wilson said jurors questioned Estes at over one per minute, and Estes refused to answer about 100 queries citing self incrimination. The indictments accuse him of fraud and theft tied to liquid fertilizer sales. His cotton, grain storage and fertilizer business sits in receivership while questions swirl over Marshall's death and possible murder versus suicide.
Doctors describe a rare procedure after a boy named Everett lost his left arm in a train collision. Surgeons connected the arm to the body and hope for nerve reconnection. full use and feeling depend on future success. No date yet for the nerve surgery.
George C. Wallace as speaker alongside a lineup of state and national DAV officials including Walter Head of Veterans Affairs Montgomery Neil Smart of Veterans Administration Birmingham Gen Walter Hanna Alabama Mississippi National Guard Adj Gen Henry Graham Col C C Horton Alfred English Ro bert Floyd National Junior Vice Commander R C Halbrooks National Deputy Chief of Staff Butler P N Hine National DAV representative Ray Isley Alabama state commander convene in Decatur and Birmingham for a large meeting.
Horace Edmondson and Montgomery Edmondson residents of Lacey's Spring are named in a notice alongside a sister Mrs Marcus McAnally of Somerville. The obituary lists 14 grandchildren and six great grandchildren with funeral arrangements through a local funeral home.
Cain testified of a March breakfast with Estes Wheeler and Estes agreeing a Commercial Solvents executive would be put in business in Brazil. Wheeler denied the talk and any Swiss bank accounts or plans to replace Estes. Cain defended his testimony and plans to appear again. The inquiry covers Estes farm program dealings and influence with federal officials. The Agriculture Department records show Estes received no travel expenses for National Cotton Advisory Committee meetings in 1961 62 and 1923 61.
Tale states soapstone or steatite is the soft rock used as the chief ingredient in Eskimo carvings, describing its importance as a raw material for sculpture and craft.
House Judiciary Committee reported three measures to reapportion within current constitutional limits and a constitutional amendment to enlarge both houses. Proposals base reapportionment on population with Senate fixed at 35 members and House growth to 120. Gov endorsed bills would realign within present limits. one amendment would set House at 67 counties each with one senator. Other amendments propose automatic reapportionment every 10 years via court action or a commission.
A compilation lists patients under care and those discharged or dismissed. Names include Mrs. Jane Delap of Elkmont and Mrs. Ada Adline Birdwell of Tanner, with many Athens residents such as Katherine Ann Rice and Elbert Sidney Easley. Several dismissals noted from Lester, Anderson, and Benton's areas.
AP reports four reapportionment bills approved by the House Judiciary Committee. Plans allocate Jefferson and Mobile high seat shares, with Montgomery and other counties receiving variable counts. Roberta's bill lists many two and three county districts. Senate maps feature mixed district county counts. An amendment would enlarge House to 120 and Senate to 40.
Grady Watkins Trinity Mrs. Mary Cagle 2018 Locust Miss Gene Williams 805 3rd Ave SE Mrs. Ruth Hiroshige 1021 John Ston St Lonnie Miller Decature Mrs. Clara Briscoe Somerville Mrs. J T Mason Somerville Lowell Hayes Arab 2 Mrs. Mary Layman 311 Prospect Dr Mrs A R Smith Somerville
Billy Rice of Russellville and Mrs Sarah Dyer of Courtland announce their marriage. Mrs Carson Carr and her infant son from Decatur connected to family announcements. Other details are limited in the readable text.
A list of individuals including Mrs. Thomas A. Siover Mrs. L L Birdwell and others appears with multiple street addresses in Athens Courtland Little Miss Cynthia Lynn Sur les and more. The column names residents and infants are shown with several Florida and Alabama style addresses and a mix of names.
A compiled list names many residents across Cullman Hanceville Logan Vinemont and nearby areas with accompanying street entries and numbers. Individuals include Verla Muse Ida Newton Sandra Collum Geraldine Lindsey Lenora Burke Bessie Allred Mattie Golden Betty Freeman Hilda Jackson Dominic Lovey Elmer Moore Mary Gose Deborah Gibbs Sallie Weekly Roy Tolbert Albert Oaks Minnie Curl Willie Overton William Olson Addie Kilgo Chester Freeman Shelia Reid Ronald Reid Deborah Briscoe and others.
In Huntsville Alabama bids to build a hospital addition surpassed the estimated cost. Pearce and Gresham Construction Co of Decatur offered the lowest bid at 2.472 million dollars, while the city council had authorized 2.5 million for the project.
A survey finds that most people who are both blind and deaf would opt to regain hearing over sight. The study highlights individuals’ experiences and choices when facing dual sensory loss.
ATHENS Chester C. McMahan 29 and Kenneth Bailey 18 were injured when a scaffold they were on at Founders Hall on the Athens College campus sank and tilted about 7 45 a m Bailey sustained arm and face injuries and chest injuries McMahan had chest injuries both were taken to Athens Limestone Hospital by McConnell Ambulance Service Bailey was in fair condition and McMahan was treated and released
Cotton middling at 4 percent, cottonseed at 45 dollars per ton, milk Grade A at 656 dollars per hundred, and manufactured milk at 3.20 per hundred. Wood prices at 65.45 and 35. Pulpwood 13.50 per cord. Corn and oats mostly steady with No 2 Yellow Corn 1.20 to 1.00 and No 2 Oats 0.70. Soybeans at 2.30. Cattle and calves price test unavailable. weaners active, Good and choice cattle 26.00 to 28.00. Hogs at 16.25 for No 1-3 190-235 lb. sows 12.00 to 13.00.
In a day of volatile trading New York stocks showed little net change as the AP average of 60 slipped 0.10 to 212.40 at noon. The Dow fell to a 1962 closing low before renewed buying supported prices, with IBM and GM among notable moves and AT&T near steady.
A dense noon stocks roundup lists numerous named corporations with tickers and percent changes including Int Harv 4814, Acme Steel 12, Am Paper 2614, Kaiser 2614, Coca Cola 78, Ford Mot BO% and many others, reflecting a snapshot of the market names, prices, and shifts of the era.
New York cotton futures opened higher than the prior close by five to twenty five cents per bale. Trading showed readings from 34.55 to 34.77 with several active contracts including Oct Dec Mar May and Ju.
Building permits issued for B D Cagle and J R McWhorter at 1109 Betty St SW and 1611 Cedar St SW. A 1956 Buick Century was reported stolen from Dillehay Drug Store. Morgan County deputies report two arrests for insane and petty larceny. Junior Deputies picnic at Delano Park Friday at 10 am. Decatur High School bands plan summer rehearsals this week. Dr Frank N Philpot of Illinois State Normal University visits with local hosts. Decala Toastmistress Club meets at East Acres Community Center. Moose Lodge hosting an evening of entertainment at Moulton St tonight.
Lawrence County sheriff's deputies destroyed a 400 gallon still loaded with live mash near Pin Hook church about 12 miles south of Moulton in the National Forest. The operation reflects ongoing enforcement efforts in the district.
Three cases appeared on town records this week including two for public drunkenness and one for speeding.
One arrest for unnecessary noise was reported by Athens police on Wednesday. The incident occurred in the city, details not disclosed, with no injuries noted.
Athens report notes one arrest for speeding by the sheriff's force on Wednesday. It adds an odd fact that Chow dogs and polar bears are the only animals known to have black tongues.
Prices for consumer grades are steady amid competitive moves to move supplies. Grade A white large eggs range 35 to 40 cents, mediums 27 to 30, small 22 to 24 cents, with retailer quotes and door deliveries noted latest.
Ample broilers and fryers available with demand generally steady. West Coast demand competitive for ready to cook. Slaughter today about 800700 head versus 755200 last Thursday. farm quotes 13 cents for broilers and fryers, delivered plants 13 1/4 to 14 1/2 cents. Georgia live poultry supplies adequate with some smaller lots. farm quotes 13 to 14 cents for various weights, f o b plants 7 to 8 cents for light types.
AP Nashville sale notes cattle few for price test with good at 26 to 28 dollars, hogs 350 head active with No 1 3 pigs 190 to 235 pounds at 16.75, sows steady 12.56 to 13.50, sheep limited sales steady with 100 pound wool lambs around 10, yearlings 112 pounds at 10, most slaughter sheep about 5, spring lambs closed active late sale.
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