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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1955
Page
7
Decatur High School lists 705 students on honor rolls for the semester and final six weeks. A total of 334 pupils earned the necessary A and B averages for the semester, and 371 achieved the mark for the final period. Included are first and second honor roll names across multiple classes and grades.
Suburban St Clair Shores resident Mrs. Jesse J Brewer backed her car into a driveway that vanished into a cave-in. The section measured about 20 feet long and 10 feet wide and dropped six feet. The sinkhole lies above the citys main sewer interceptor.
Modern readers humorously reassess the ancient Delphi oracle by suggesting it was built around a natural gas leak. The claim cites speculative scientific interpretation of the site’s venting phenomena and gas seep theory as a fringe explanation.
Washington June 18. Congress struggles to trim funds requested by President Eisenhower for the next fiscal year. The House has cut about 1.4 billion dollars, roughly 3 percent, but the measure is seen as less decisive than prior Congresses. Critics label much as transfers or bookkeeping. The season ends with smaller money bills than earlier.
In New London Wisconsin on June 18 and April 5 heavy spring winds blew trash around. Harold Behnke and wife found mail from Missouri resident Cletus Apke including a receipted light bill a hand drawn map and an old letter as wind tossed keepsakes.
Final rites for Nathan Adger Dye 69 farmer of Cullman 4 were conducted at Eben Church on the old Decatur Highway. Rev Felton Cheatwood officiated with interment at Ebenezer Cemetery Moss Service Funeral Home directed. He is survived by his wife Lovie Dye a daughter Louis Harris a sister Verna Robbins four brothers Jim Alison Oscar and Richard and two grandchildren.
London reports Sir Winston Churchill’s pet African lion Rota was destroyed to spare further suffering from age and illness. Churchill granted reluctant permission and Rota, given to him in 1943, had sired about 60 cubs amid a noted bond with the wartime leader.
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