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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1955

Page

3

Hartselle Happenings and People Move afoot

SCHOOLS Roman Higdon named Morgan County High School faculty member replacing Orus Kinney who resigned to Florida. Higdon taught 11 years at Priceville and previously at Chtaco. Raymond Screws resigns after five years on faculty and three years as assistant principal. plans to move to Groveland Florida after Peabody Master’s. Restroom talks proceed with Kiwanis Club L&N Railroad and city with plans to open facilities at the station. PERSONALS brief notes on local residents visiting relatives and officers abroad, plus former local Paul Drake now Miami owner of WWBT radio and Monty Lindsey at Alabama Music Camp. Scotty Stone to Switzerland for two weeks with the Experiment in International Living group.

Roman Higdon Morgan County Orus Kinney Florida Higdon Priceville Chtaco Raymond Screws Groveland Fla Peabody College Scotty Stone Switzerland Experiment In International Living Group

Mrs Becky Dora Nelson rites held Sunday

Services for Mrs. Becky Dora Nelson aged 68 were held Sunday at Ebenezer church on the old Decatur highway with the Rev. Wilhite officiating. Interment followed in the adjoining cemetery Mass Service Funeral Home directed. She is survived by one daughter, six sons, one step-daughter, one step-son, two sisters, four brothers, and 17 grandchildren.

Cullman Becky Dora Nelson Ebenezer Church Old Decatur Highway Wilhite Mass Service Nelson Flora Oden Mary Straman Indiana Albert Herschel Royal Oaks Mich Coy Decatur

Poultry on the free list shapes tariff bill sayeth

A New York congressman recounts how a rural constituent's plea for poultry on the free list for breeding and exhibition moved through Ways and Means to become law in the House. The exchange shows the influence a single representative may wield in tariff legislation.

Hamilton Fish, Jr New York Hudson River Ways and Means Committee Hawley House of Representatives

Radio and TV Listings Roundup for Local Stations

Daily schedules compile programs from Decatur area stations listing Tops N Pops Hillbilly Highlights News Sports and Talk shows across AM FM and TV channels with time blocks and headlines for each hour including local news blocks and entertainment segments.

Confused requests test Upper Iowa president and a boy

A boy delivers a misheard instruction to Dr Brown about medicines without opiates, while Arthur Bennett, president of Upper Iowa University, reflects on a muddled message. The piece ends with a shop foreman’s query and a worker’s practical advisory about rubber soles.

Arthur Bennett Upper Iowa University

Autumn Echoes in a Quiet Morning

A gardener notes a starling in the eaves and the first yellow cast on leaves signaling autumn. The distant hum of a power driven harvester echoes as the day nears the season’s end.

Starling Harvester Karl Flaster

Actress Defends Nude Scene in Italian Film

Hollywood actress Rhonda Fleming says a swimming scene in an Italian film was in good taste even though she appeared nude. She described the scene amid claims by director Carlo Bragaglia that no such footage existed.

Hollywood Rhonda Fleming Carlo Lodovico Bragaglia Associated Press James Bacon Babylon Bragaglia Miss Fleming

Graveside Rites for Infant Daughter of C. D. Rutledge

Graveside services for Nancy Jane Rutledge infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles D Rutledge were held Monday at 2 pm at Collinsville Cemetery DeKalb County officiated by Rev M L Farmer She died Sunday at Gadsden Hospital Survived by her parents grandmothers Mrs Nannie Benson Steele Alabama and Mrs Mary Jane Rutledge Collier-Butler Funeral Home Gadsden was in charge of interment

Gadsden Nancy Jane Rutledge Charles D. Rutledge Hartselle Collinsville DeKalb County M. L. Farmer Nancy Jane Gadsden Hospital Nannie Benson Steele Ala Mary Jane Rutledge Collier-Butler Funeral Home

Indicted Deserted House in Alexandria as Public Nuisance

A deserted Alexandria house has been indicted by a special grand jury and will be prosecuted as a public or common nuisance. The action cites the owner's relocation as the reason.

Alexandria

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Kiwanis Club L&n Railroad H. L. Groover Ike Joe Coronado Calif Oscar Chunn Chunn Cary Gibson Eloy, Ariz Bill Roe Stegler, Okla Harold McClanahan, Jr Lemboc Germany Lt. McClanahan Air Force W. H. Block New York City The National Heart Association Paul Drake Miami, Fla WWBT Monty Lindsey Tuscaloosa University of Alabama F. L. Ald Ridge Columbus, Ga Martha Richards Mrs Dudley Puryear Billy Beth Ann Hermiston, Ore Mr. Puryear Mrs. W. M. Puryear Becky Nelson Junius Greensboro, N. C Decatur Daily Ares Goodyear Harry Dave Frew the Dog Birmingham Baron Alabama News Wmsl-Am Sgt. Preston Yukon Bobby Fulton Lewis Jr Gabriel Heatter Virgil Pinkley Capitol Cedric Foster World News WMSL Bruce Dan Bobby Benson Rays of Hope A. P. News Wmsl-Tv Wabt-Tv Steve Hen Dave Garroway Ariene Francis Ernie Dan Daniel Ted Mack Steve Allen Wbrc-Tv Annie Oakley Corliss Archer Jane Froman Alabama Art Linkletter Lee Crosby Robert Q. Lewis Gospel Tent Meeting 16Th Ave Beech St Kyle McWhorter Moulton, Ala Evangelist Truth Bank Street Mutual Savings Rome Cattlemen’s Association Va Mile New Moulton Road C. D. Rutledges Beth Pluto Small Olds Oldsmobile Peek Oldsmobile Co Lee Street N.E
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