Community Calendar Highlights Local Events and Meetings
A busy Decatur area page lists meetings for the Great Books group at Mutual Savings Library and an Alabama cave society session in city hall. Also covered are revival services, speaker engagements at churches, gospel sings, a saddle club horse show, and Ostomy Association gathering at Huntsville, with contact numbers and venues across Danville, Hartselle, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Savings Library
Dostoyevski
eCall
Van
Decatur
Alabama
National Speleological Society
City Hall
Terry Tarkington
Reappraisal Efforts Expand Across Alabama Counties
The piece details county reappraisal plans underway in Morgan and neighboring counties. It notes the 1971 court order, 1972 legislative action, and the bid process. Contractors include Comprehensive Planners of Alabama in Limestone and Kirby C. Smith Co. in Lawrence. bids already awarded, with others pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Falkville
Flint City
Hartselle
Trinity
Alabama
U.S. District Court
Montgomery
Alabama Department of Revenue
Fleming
Commission
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence
Cullman County
Comprehensive Planners of
Huntsville
Limestone County
Kirby C. Smith Co
Lawrence County
Construction contractor dies in Tuscaloosa county mishap
Downs employed five months by Mishaps Construction Contracting Inc. died when a construction tractor rolled off a trailer on a slope pinning him for 30 minutes. The accident occurred on a county road near Tuscaloosa. His widow Shirley Downs and two children survive along with his parents and siblings. Funeral services at Tanner Methodist Church with burial at Limestone Memorial Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spry Funeral Home
Shirley P. Downs
Athens
Jeffrey Downs
Tracy Downs
Madison
Robert C. Downs
Carolyn Gossett
Manuel Owen Downs
Tanner Methodist Church
Kenneth Bishop
Downs
National Guard
Limestone County
Morgan County youths gain summer jobs under act program
Sixty youths have found summer jobs through the Morgan County Commission funded by $50,000 under the Emergency Employment Act. A spokesman said the program aims to hire unemployed youths in school while work progresses on land contour mapping. Remaining details are unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County Commission
School faces two year tax adjustments and cuts
Officials said property tax adjustments will take two years and may force teacher vacancies to go unfilled. Board members warned of reduced instructional supplies and potential impact on the academic program as the 1973-74 budget faces a $514,187 deficit. City leaders doubted extra funds, eyeing possible skeleton accreditation and potential borrowing to support the school system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Love Eyster
John Smither Jr
Smither
Jewell McWhorter
Rutledge Thomas
Thomas
Curtis) Sellers
Lee
Board of Education
Decatur
Browns Prepare to Load Uranium Fuel at TVA Plant
The Browns report the nuclear plant supervisor expects loading of uranium fuel capsules to begin this weekend after TVA completes license checks. The AEC permit was issued last week, with operation license expected by Friday. TVA aims for 75 percent fuel load in unit one as construction continues on units two and three, targeting 1.15 million kilowatts and operation by year end for unit one, early next year for unit two, and 1975 for unit three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TVA
AEC
Green
Bill Threat to Roads in Lawrence County
Lawrence County faces potential revenue loss if the Public Highway and Traffic Fund lapses on Sept 30 and state liquor and beer tax money is redirected from wet counties. The fund funds about $50,000 annually including seven deputy salaries. If terminated, the county would seek county funding to retain deputies. The 1966 referendum tied funding to population. the 1970 census changed county status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Lawrence County
Ways and Means
W. J. Lee
Coach Claims Transfer Bias in School Reassignment
Ollie L. Underwood Jr., a Black former Tennessee Valley High School coach, sues the Lawrence County Board of Education and Supt. Woodrow Burks in federal court claiming his transfer to Hatton Elementary School was racially motivated and not based on objective non-discriminatory standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Tennessee Valley High School
Hatton
Ollie L. Underwood Jr
Lawrence County Board of Education
Woodrow Burks
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Gospel Tabernacle
Punkin Center
Gaston White
Samford University
Christian Women’s Club
Decatur Inn
Hattie MacHolt
Barbara Smith
First United Methodist Church
Morgan Temple Baptist Church
T. J. Chitwood
Summer Manor
Brooksville Church of
Rock Creek Baptist Church
Gatemen
Decatur Saddle Club
Morgan County Fair Grounds
Rock Springs Baptist Church
Brewer High School
Alabama 67
Caddo Congregational Christian Church
Brooksville Church of God of Prophecy
West Quartet
Wo Somerville United Methodist Church
Altermans
Walden’s Chapel
Harmonettes of
Singing Sparkmans of
Danville
Shiloh Baptist Church
Alabama 36
Moe
Ostomy Association of
North Alabama
Vocational Rehabilitation Service Center
Governors Dr
Ainslie Wyle
Sivley
Woodall’s
Moulton Rd
Friendship Baptist Church
Vest
Ringer Kamp
Aquadome
Call
American Association of Retired Persons
Lovin Peurifoy
Chi Omega Sorority
William T. Pigott
Quince Dr
Chi Omega
Ford Torino
Irby Johnson Ford, Inc
6Th Ave. S.E
America
Ford
Pierce Culver
Alabama State Board of Equalization
Charles Martin
Bill Levin
Levin
Byron Vann
Vann
Richard Lee
DIAL
Freezer
PT A
Hank
Bank Sf
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