Weather Summary for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge measured 21.65 feet this morning, up 0 feet in 24 hours, sea level 555.95 feet. TVA lake stages include Pickwick 413.9 Guntersville 549.9 Whitesburg 556.8 Wilson 507.0. High 86 at 3:30 p.m., low 61 at 3:30 a.m. today. 78 at 9:50 a.m. Forecast: mostly sunny and warm today and Saturday, tonight fair and rather cool with light northeast winds. High today 83, low 57, high Saturday 85.
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Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
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Albuquerque
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Five Day Forecast for Alabama Sees Warm Return
Temperatures dip 3 to 6 degrees below normal in the north and about 3 degrees below normal in the south with little daily change. Warmer conditions follow on Tuesday and Wednesday with highs 87 to 92 and lows 65 to 70. Rainfall expected, moderate to heavy, with scattered showers in the latter half of the period totaling 1 to 2 inches up to 2 inches.
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Alabama
Three Teens Questioned In Cabin Break-In
Three teenage boys are being questioned over the break-in at Dr. J. T. Smith's cabin on Chapel Hill Rd last Sunday. Carl Carpenter 16 and James Dean McLougle 16 both held at Morgan County jail on investigation charges along with a 14-year-old questioned but not held. Officers report a skill saw car battery and other items stolen.
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J. T. Smith
Chapel Hill Rd
Morgan County
Carl Carpenter
Austin St. SW
James Dean McLougle
Decatur 3
Bids Taken On Southwest High School Project
The City Board of Education received bids for the southwest junior-senior high school on Danville Road. Low bid of 1,192,000 from Wills and McMicken of Fort Payne includes classrooms gym music and auditorium. alternate bid could cut 410,000 by omitting the auditorium and related departments. Other bidders were Pearce and Gresham 1,238,000 Dethlefs and Hannon 1,241,400 Roberts Bros 1,252,180. Contract awarding to be announced after review by Board and City Commission. Architects: Davis Speake and Thrasher of Birmingham.
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Danville Rd
City Board of Education
Wills and McMicken
Ft. Payne
Ala
Pearce and Gresham
Dethlefs and
Hannon
Roberts Bros
H. R. Leeman
Wills
Moe Micken
Board of Education and City Commission
Southwest
Davis, Speake and Thrasher
Birmingham
Kennedy urges fresh thinking on economy and policy
JFK told Republicans outside Congress to drop old positions and focus on real country problems, citing 1958 and 1960 recessions during Eisenhower's era. He warned against being swayed by big business or columnists, defended his farm bill and debt ceiling vote, and urged voluntary solutions in wage and price discussions while stressing the need to maintain free-world aid and cautious Soviet relations.
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Kennedy
Congress
White House
Eisenhower
St. Louis Post Dispatch
New York Herald Tribune
House
Ezra Taft Benson
Yale
Soviet Union
Laos
Berlin
Senate
Yugoslavia
Poland
Moscow
Friends of Freedom
Deaths: Henry Calvert Moulton 84 in Trinity dies Thursday
Henry Calvert Moulton 84 of Trinity 1 dies at home Thursday at 1 40 a m Funeral services are today at 2 p m at Flower Hill Baptist Church Burial in Clardy Cemetery with Elliott Brown Service Funeral Home directing Survivors include son Frank Calvert sister Mrs Frank Legar Paris Ala two grandchildren and other relatives
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Flower Hill Baptist Church
Clardy
Elliott-Brown Service Funeral Home
Frank Calvert
Trinity 1
Frank Legar
Paris
Ala
Roger H. Bethany Funeral Services Announced
Funeral services for Roger H. Bethany of 1417 Cypress Street who died Wednesday in a Birmingham hospital will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. from Gunthorp-Brown Service Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Oakview Memorial Garden Cemetery with Spry of Athens directing. Survivors include one daughter Mrs. J. W. Thompson Jr. of Decatur, one brother Rodney J. Bethany of Texas, three sisters Mrs. Gladys Hagans of Hartselle, Mrs. Eula Reynolds of Little Rock Arkansas, Mrs. A. C. Ryder of Winter Haven Florida, one grandson and other relatives. Bethany was a Morgan County lifelong resident, a veteran of World War I and member of VFW American Legion Fiks Lodge.
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Roger H. Bethany
Cypress St
Birmingham
Gunthorp-Brown Service
Funeral Home Chapel
Oakview Memorial Garden
Spry of
Athens
J. W. Thompson, Jr
Decatur
Rodney J. Bethany
Texas
Gladys Hagans
Hartselle
Eula Reynolds
Little Rock
Ark
A. C. Ryder
Winter Haven
Fla
Morgan County
VFW
American Legion
Fiks Lodge
Births in Garden City and nearby towns
Mr and Mrs Wayne Hamilton Barbee of Garden City welcomed a son Wednesday at Cullman Hospital. A son born today to Mr and Mrs Almon Hensley at Bank Street Hospital. A daughter born Wednesday to Mr and Mrs Winford Clark of 414 Clark Street at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. A daughter born Thursday to Mr and Mrs Ruben Collins of 1808 Martin Street at Decatur General Hospital.
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Wayne Hamilton Barbee
Garden City
Cullman Hospital
Almon Hensley
Bank Street Hospital
Winford Clark
Clark St
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
Ruben Collins
Martin St
Decatur General Hospital
Hartselle Man Ony Penn Admitted After Night
Onnie Penn of 612 Short Street Hartselle was admitted to Black Chandler Hospital Monday after a reportedly fairly good night and is listed in good condition this morning.
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Hartselle
Onnie Penn
Short St
Black Chandler Hospital
Arrest Made for Public Drunkenness in Athens
Athens police arrested one person on Thursday for public drunkenness. The brief report notes the offense and the single arrest with no further details on the individual or location.
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Athens
Sheriff’s Crew Makes Four Thursday Arrests
Athens authorities report four arrests Thursday including two for speeding, one for highway intoxication, and one for drawing a deadly weapon.
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Athens
Athens clerk collects fines for no license and improper rights
Limestone circuit clerk's office reported a total of $26.50 received on Thursday from two fines. The charges were failure to hold a valid driver's license and unauthorized rights.
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Athens — Limestone
Kennedy presses for arbitration in airline crew dispute
President Kennedy criticized the engineers union for blocking a three-man crew plan and rejecting third-party arbitration. He noted airlines agreed to flight training and job priority rights while pilots and engineers, both in AFL CIO, feud over cockpit staffing and potential two-pilot crews.
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Engineers Union
Arthur J. Goldberg
Kennedy
Air Line Pilots Association
White House
Afl-Cio
Two Hurt In City Wrecks
Four traffic accidents were investigated Thursday by City police with two people sustaining minor injuries. On Church and Ferry streets at 3 p.m. James Hawkins and David L. Shell collided after Hawkins stopped for a light. Shell had a cut on his left arm. At 10:50 p.m. on 6th Ave SE Katherine Jones and Ruth Johnson rear collided. Johnson stopped for a light and Jones hit her from behind, with passenger Terecia Johnson receiving a head injury. At 2:07 p.m. at Line and Davis streets J R Jeffrey and Jewell Lawman collided as one went west and the other south. At 4:02 p.m. on Grant Street eastbound McCullouch rear-ended Aiello who was backing into a space.
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Church and
Ferry Streets
James Hawkins
Moulton
David L. Shell
Church St
Hawkins
Ferry St
Shell
Katherine Jones
Tennessee Valley State Vocational Technical School
Ruth Viola Johnson
6Th Ave
Johnson
11Th St
Jones
Terecia Johnson
J. R. Jeffrey
Birmingham
Jewell Lawman
Haleyville
Line
Davis Streets
Jeffrey
Davis St
Lawman
J. C. MccCulloch
Samuel M. Aiello
Grant St
Central Baptist Church
Aiello
McCullouch
Hospital and dismissal list from Cullman area
A compact roll of hospital patients and dismissals lists names and towns in Cullman and nearby communities. Entries cover patients from Cullman, Hanceville, Falkville, Eva, Baileyton, Garden City, and Vinemont with brief counts indicating shifts or bed status. Keywords include Calvert, Heatherly, Wells, Nelms, Payne, White, Bradford, Patton, Paton, Miner, Higdon, Lovey, and Bridges.
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Roger Phillips Nelms
Cullman
Jimmy Payne
Hanceville
Hershel Leon White
Albert Roy Scott
William James Plunkett
Blountsville
Jewel Dean Fortenberry
William Troy Bradford
Max Eugene Martin
Wayne Hamilton Barbee
Garden City
Howard C. Patton
Falkville
Jerriel Dean Paton
Vonnie
Segwell
Edward H. Miner
Eva
Lester D. Miller
Baileyton
James Welder
Fannie R. Ridgeway
Robert L. Higdon
Calvin F. Freeman
Logan
Cuba Refugees Describe Hardships After Escape
The Gramatges family and a Cuban couple recount life under pressure in Cuba. They lost a home, endured rationing, and faced fear of imprisonment as they pursued escape. The narrative highlights limited freedoms, scarce food, and the impact on children and relatives remaining in Cuba. The Daily plans a follow up on the Gonzales children.
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Cuba
America
Gramatges
Gonzales
Biographical Note on Local Figure
Third Continued from Page 1 details the subject's education at the University of Alabama and Sewanee, a B.S. with math minor, roles as past master counsellor in Decatur Order of Demolay, St. John's Episcopal Church member, and Decatur Civil Defense commander. It notes one year teaching biology and math in the county system and eight years in an managerial role at the Credit Bureau.
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University of Alabama
University of the South
Sewanee, Tenn
Decatur
Order of Demolay
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Local Residents Listed in Somerville Directory Snippet
A readable fragment lists residents including Mrs Elizabeth Wanderful of 408 4th Ave SE Miss Dorothy Eubanks Somerville 1 Master Mike Sharp Somerville Clarence Hill Decature Malcolm Smith 606 Sherman St Claude Aycock Sr 628 E Moulton St Miss Helen Taylor 1318 15th Ave SE Mrs Ruth Hinoshige 1021 Johnston St Mrs Cora Parker Somerville 1.
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Elizabeth Wanderful
4Th Ave
Dorothy Eubanks
Somerville
Mike Sharp
Clarence Hill
Malcolm Smith
Sherman St
Claude Aycock, Sr
E. Moulton
Helen Taylor
15Th Ave
Ruth” Hinoshige
Johnston St
Cora Parker
A. W. Presson
Somerville Rd
Mary
Edna Anders
Atlanta
B. H. Speegle
Box
Decatur
Howard W. Johnson
Dorothy Mae Puckett
Hartselle
Mare A. Hays
Athens
Deborah L. Thomas
W. Moulton St
Local Population Names and Addresses Listed
A catalog of residents and family members including Master James Mitchel Hart at 1917 9th St SE and Mrs. H L Gary at 1506 10th Ave, with numerous other names and street addresses in Athens Decatur Huntsville and nearby areas. The fragment presents a roll of children, mothers, and married individuals with associated homes and some with infant references, all in a street-address format.
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James Mitchel Hartman
9Th St
H. L. Gary
10Th Ave
Miss Marjorie Mason Hunts Mrs Betty Hensley
Miss Marjorie Mason of Hunts and Mrs Betty Hensley of Trinity are listed in a local society column noting marriages, visits, and social events as recorded in the community notes. The brief item highlights two individuals, their towns, and a social connection.
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Marjorie Mason
Huntsville
Betty Hensley
Trinity
Deaths in Birmingham and Decatur
Negro Roy Green died June 7 in a Birmingham convalescing home. Graveside services were set for 2 p.m. at Minor Hill cemetery, Cedar Lake, with Carl M. Sykes Funeral Service directing, Rev. John Mitchell officiating. Eddie Burt died Tuesday in a local hospital. Funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday at C.M.E. Methodist Church, Madison and Cherry, led by Rev. W. B. Frank. Burial in Sykes cemetery under Carl M. Sykes Funeral Services. Surviving: one brother Leo L. Burt of Decatur. three sisters Mary Owens Decatur, Roberta Hurt Huntsville, Cora Hyter Cleveland. six nieces and five nephews.
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Roy Green
Birmingham
Minor Hill Cemetery
Cedar Lake
Carl M. Sykes
John Mitchell
Eddie Burt
C.M.E. Methodist
Madison and
Cherry Sts
W. B. Frank
Sykes Cemetery
Leo L. Burt
Decatur
Mary Owens
Roberta Hurt
Huntsville
Cora Hyter
Cleveland
Unclear Strikes Driven by Government Orders Withdrawal
The passage notes a strike driven by the withdrawal of government orders. Five craft unions are involved, with the International Association of Machinists representing the majority of striking workers.
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International Association of Machinists
Markets Report: Cotton Prices Corn and Cattle Prices Rise
Markets show cotton inch middling at 4.0 with Decatur toan 33.57 and cottonseed at 45 per ton. Grain and milk prices listed including corn no 2 at 1.20 and oats at 5.70. Cattle and calves sold strong with slaughter steers and heifers up 30 cents to a dollar, cows higher, bulls 16 to 18.75, calves steady, hogs active and steady with No 1 200-210 lb at 16.50.
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Decatur Toan
Market slips after a late morning rally fades
New York stocks opened firm but faded through trade as prices retreated after an early gain. The AP average of six stocks stood at 208.30 at noon, down 0.30, with industrials soft and rails up slightly. Major issues such as IBM and Ford fell, while GM edged lower and steelmakers showed mixed results. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 2.26 to 560.74 by noon, the lowest since December 1958.
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New York
Associated Press
IBM
Steels and Motors
Ford
Merck
Eastman Kodak
Liggett & Myers
Dow Jones
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Vast Ticker List From New York Market Summary
AP report outlines a long slate of stocks with percent changes and prices across many firms including Greyhound Gull Oil Am Can Coca Cola Ford Motor Texas Pacific Boeing Sears Roebuck General Electric Westinghouse and Woolworth among others. The note compiles performance figures and company listings in a sprawling market snapshot.
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NEW York
Greyhound
Acme Steel
Hercules
Allis
Air L
Baker
Kaiser
Suth
T&t
Ligg & My
Lorillard
E Armour
Lou & Nash
Atl
Macy
Babcock & W
Masonite
Balt & Ohio
2Merrh & SS
Beat Fds
Mols Hon Tits
Bel & Howell
Monson Ch
Boeing
Mont Ward
Borden
Nat Dairy
Burt Ind
Nat Distill
Calum & H
Olin Math
Cater Trac
Owens Till
Swift
Ford
Texaco
Foremost Dairy
Elec
Gen Mills
WS Steel
Tel & el
Warner B
Genesco
West UN Tel
Ga Pac Cp
Westy Plec
Goodrich
Winn Dixie
Codyear
Woolworth
Gt A&p
Worth
Eggs Birmingham AP Report on Prices and Supply
Supplies fully ample for fair demand and very competitive prices. Distributors limit purchases with consumer grades shown. Prices to retailers up to 9 30 a m today. Includes store door delivery cartons minimum one case sales direct by nearby producers. Grade A white large 35 40 medium 27 3019 small 204 BDr2.
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Birmingham
Poultry market report from Birmingham
AP reports live broilers and fryers are generally adequate and balanced with demand. Out-of-state live demand briefly exceeds supply. Ready to cook movement is strong, especially outside the West Coast where prices are highly competitive. Truck shortages hinder shipping. Quoted prices unchanged with isolated 12.5 cent quotes. Estimated slaughter today near 1,405,200 head versus 1,502,300 last period.
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Birmingham
Six Injured In Two Morgan County Wrecks
Six people were injured in two Morgan County traffic crashes reported by the Highway Patrol. In the first crash around 4:30 p.m. on Alabama Highway 67 west of Somerville a 1952 Chrysler driven by Samuel Davis Taylor, 35, Somerville, and a 1961 Rambler driven by Cecil Hydrick, 41, Attalla, collided. Taylor suffered cuts and bruises, Hydrick had a fractured leg, a child passenger Rickey Clark, 8, also had cuts and bruises, and Ruby Hudgins, 29, Rome, Ga., had a fractured leg. Property damage was about $700. Taylor was charged with reckless driving. In a second crash at 9:30 p.m. on U.S. Highway 31 south of Falkville a 1962 Corvette with four riders left the roadway, hit a telegraph pole and overturned. Driver Jimmy Douglas Brown, 18, Cullman, suffered a fractured hand. passenger Randy Blair, 17, Vinemont, had bruises and abrasions. Corvette declared a total loss.
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Somerville
Alabama
Chrysler
Samuel Davis Taylor
Cecil H. Hydrick
Attalla
Ala
Taylor
Hydrick
Rickey Clark
Ruby Hudgins
Rome
Highway Patrol
Falkville
U.S. Highway 31
Jimmy Douglas Brown
Cullman
Randy Blair
Vinemont
Decatur notices list permits and public actions
City clerk reports permits for Decatur Sign Co for two signs at 1806 and 1838 lith St SE at 400 each and George Woodall for bathroom at 414 lith Ave SW for 500. Recorder docket cites various traffic and public drunkenness charges. Highway Patrol reports driver license and learner permit test results in Lawrence, Limestone and Morgan counties with 42 licenses 98 learners 85 failed. 10 incomplete and 25 vehicle inspections with 10 tag light failures. Two 800-gallon stills destroyed by ATU ABC agents and sheriff at Lower River Rd. Fire calls: fence fire at 206 3rd St NW and oven overheat at 1307 Carridale St SW with no loss. Library notes: Story Hour Saturday 10 a.m. and summer reading signup urged. Out-of-town illness: Mrs. Coy Cowell and Mrs. Algie Cowan traveling to Bristol, Virginia for sister Mrs. Elbert Pentecost's illness following recent surgery.
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Decatur Sign Co
George Woodall
H. L. Hester
John Brom
Lawrence
Limestone
Morgan Counties
3Rd St. NW
Carridale St
Rural counties push for equal Senate representation
The vote on a motion to suspend the rules fell well short of a four fifths margin with 46 ayes and 26 nayes. The Senate Constitution Committee narrowly advanced a plan granting each of 67 counties one full time senator, disregarding population. The committee also backed striking reapportionment provisions from the organic law. The House Judiciary Committee favored population based reapportionment and approved a plan to expand the House to 120 members and the Senate to 40.
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Harris
Senate Constitution Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Constitution Committee
Senate
House Judiciary
House
Georgia live poultry price report at farm and plant
Last weekend farm quotations for broilers and fryers stood at 13 cents with few sales under contract. Delivered plant prices ranged 132 to 1444 cents, occasional to 145 cents. Atlanta report notes adequate offerings with farm quotations 13 for broilers, 14 f.o.b. plants for heavy types, light types 62-7 at farms and 8 f.o.b. plants.
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Atlanta
Cap
Georgia
F.o.b
Nashville Livestock Market Receipts and Prices
AP Nashville reports weekly livestock sales with slaughter cattle leaders up to 50 higher. Steers 900 to 1025 pounds bring 24.50 to 25.00, good heifers around 23.50, cows 16.50 to 17.50, bulls 18.00 to 18.75 with some near 19.00. Hogs active and steady with No 1 200-210 pounds at 17.00, sows 13.00 to 13.59. Lambs 90 pounds top at 24.00, slaughter ewes 4.00 to 5.50. week strong overall.
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Nashville
Hog receipts rise across several Georgia and Alabama markets
Hog receipts totaling 3200 head reported at Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville and Dothan and Jacksonville. Prices on 190-230 lb hogs 16.75 to 17.90 per cwt. Bulk No 1-3 180-240 lb hogs 16.25 to 16.75. Lows 11.50 to 14.00 with prices up about 50 cents from the prior week.
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Thomasville. Ga
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Thomasville
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Fla
U.S
Jury Ponders Theft Evidence in Morgan County Court
A Morgan County Circuit Court jury deliberated in a receiving stolen property case this morning after two guilty pleas were entered earlier in criminal court. Judge James N. Bloodworth presided as Billy Parnell pleaded guilty to manufacturing illegal whisky and Walter R. Brown pleaded guilty to transporting. A second week of court will open Monday.
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Morgan County
Curtis Slayton
James N. Bloodworth
Billy Parnell
Walter R. Brown
Judge Bloodworth
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College St
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Philippines
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Moulton — Henry Calvert
Cullman Admissions
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Crane Hill
Homer Franklin Heatherly
Calvin D. Wells
Paul R. Edwards
Sherman H. Young
Helen Cheatham
Dominic L. Lovey
Charlie A. Campbell
William R. Bridges
Russia
Chenaults
Rufus M. Campbell
L1th
Harold E. Kelley
A. S. Burleson
North
H. E. Haigler
Pennylane
James Robert Bates
Canal
Hugo McKelvy
8Th Ave
Charles W. Thompson
Ill
Enolam Bivd
Kimberly Rae Crensaw
G. G. Smith
14Th Ave
Calvin Leo Spurlin
Linda Marie Aldridge
Charles L. Gunn
Vernon S. Treadway
Charles Leon Bolton
Ray C. Hess
L. E. Cooper
Bank Street Admissions
Decatur Markets
Wall Street
Ecatur Label
Recorder
ATU
ABC
Sheriff's Force
Lower River Rd
Gene McCurry
Troy Hamner
Carlos Nelson
Bob Rayburn
Lyle McLaughlin
Decatur Public Library
Nancy Agnee
Coy Cowell
Algie Cowan
Bristol, Va
Elbert Pentecost
Pentecost
Masonic Temple
Masons
C. J. Young, JR
W.M. J. L. Appling
Sec’y
Monarch Food Store
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