Singer Hums Different Tune For Two Weeks
Price Mitchell a Moulton country singer in the National Guard 1343rd Engineer Battalion unit spends two weeks training at Decatur Armory. He plans a Monday recording session and notes the company selects songs though he guides choices. Mitchell is married to Alice Glenn and has a two year old son. He expects discharge in February.
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Moulton
Price Mitchell
Mitchell
National Guard
1343Rd Engineer Battalion
Decatur
Alice Faye Glenn
Beltline Highway
Limestone Technical School Head Sought
Athens officials plan to appoint a director for Limestone County’s $1 million technical school opening this fall. Superintendent C. S. Pettus said a decision is pending and the candidate may come from Limestone teachers.
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Limestone Technical School
Athens
Limestone County
Supt. C. S. Pettus
Pettus
Selective Service Secretary Cited for Five Years Service
Ruth N. Hackett of 401 3rd Ave SW has been honored by the Alabama Selective Service System for five years of service. She received a presidential certificate of appreciation and commendation letters from Gov. George Wallace and State Director Felix R. Petrey. Pettus discusses staffing choices for a new technical school near Athens. Local students from six high schools will attend, but Athens High School students may be excluded due to funding decisions by the Athens Board of Education.
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Ruth N. Hackett
3Rd Ave
Alabama Selective Service System
Hackett
Morgan County
George Wallace
Felix R. Petrey
U.S. 31
Athens
Pettus
Athens High School
Athens Board of Education
Robert R Meyer Foundation Gives 225000 To Alabama Heart Hospital
The Robert R Meyer Foundation donated 225000 to the Alabama Heart Hospital Fund Drive the largest gift to date. George M Rust chaired the drive noting the funds will aid a modern facility for heart kidney lung and brain disease treatment. Dr Joseph F Volker of the University of Alabama Birmingham praised UAB Medical Center as a top cardiac center and called the hospital project the medical center's top priority.
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Alabama Heart Hospital Fund
Robert R. Meyer Foundation
George M. Rust
Heart Hospital Fund
Joseph F. Volker
University of Alabama, Birmingham
UAB Medical Center
Alabama Heart Hospital
Volker
Mitchell rises in country music spotlight in Decatur interview
Mitchell discusses his breakout year after the hit Mr. and Mrs. Untrue, noting pick hit status and chart listing. He shares family ties in music, early roots in Moulton, work at a water department, and career shift to full-time singing after a company strike.
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Mitchell
Nashville Today
Joe Gibson
Prize Records
Jimmy
Johnny
Willow Brook
Huntsville
Moulton
Water Department
Decatur
Area Sheriffs Back Change To Salary
Sheriffs from Morgan Limestone and Lawrence counties gathered in Ashville to back Alabama’s salary pay plan for sheriffs. They argued the salary system stabilizes law enforcement and warned the fee system would harm crime-fighting efforts and could produce more crooks among officers.
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Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence
Ashville
Alabama
John McBride
Morgan County
M. W
Buddy) Evans
Dan Ligon
McBride
Evans
Administrator of Limestone Hospital Quits
ATHENS The administrator of Athens Limestone Hospital has resigned effective immediately for personal reasons. Kenneth Hawthorne left the $14,400 annual post after three and a half years in the job. Mary Gray was named acting administrator as applications are being sought.
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Athens
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Binford Turner
Turner
Kenneth Hawthorne
Mary Gray
Athens Limestone Hospital
Too Few Summer Teen Jobs in Decatur Area
A C Henley of the Alabama Employment Service says summer jobs for college and high school students are scarce. Of 200 applications, about 100 have secured work, mainly high school students, with openings in construction retail service stations and restaurants. Firms hire to replace vacationing staff as keypunch operators stenographers clerk-typists and filing clerks. The situation remains critical this year.
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Decatur
A. C. Henley
Alabama Employment Service
Henley
Emergency contact guidance for poisoning emergencies
Telephone Decatur General Hospital at 353 1610 or your family physician for possible poisoning. For other emergencies dial O and tell the operator the nature of the emergency.
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Decatur General Hospital
Sheriffs Favored To Be Paid Salary Not Fee
Thornton Dick Fleming of Morgan County and Thomas Lee-Hammons of Limestone back salary pay for sheriffs instead of fees. An Ashville meeting hosted by the association discussed restoring the fee system.
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Thornton
Dick) Fleming
Morgan County
Thomas Lee-Hammons
Limestone
Ashville
Elkmont Groundwater Evaluation Nears Completion
Athens region study measures groundwater in Limestone terrain funded by Water Resources Research Act through Auburn University. Project chief James D. Moore says a submersible pump tests maximum well discharge and suitability for domestic and industrial use. field work ends next month with a December report forthcoming.
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Athens
Athens-Elkmont
P. E. LaMoreaux
Water Resources Research Act
Water Resources Research Institute of
Auburn University
James D. Moore
Moore
Lawrence School Tax Turned Down
A five mill school tax proposal to fund new and improved facilities failed by 11 votes in Town Creek. The measure would have replaced an existing five mill levy paid off over a year ago. final tally 92 to 81, with no comment from Lawrence County Supt. Silas Cross.
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Town Creek
Lawrence County
Bill Lee
Silas Cross
Limestone County Maid of Cotton Contest Planned
Limestone County Farm Bureau announced the annual maid contest to be crowned July 27 at Hickory House Restaurant with a July 15 contestant deadline. Eligible are single women 19 to 23. winner advances to the state pageant in March in Huntsville.
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Athens
Limestone County
Limestone County Farm Bureau
Hickory House
Jo Ann Burke
Farm Bureau
Huntsville
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