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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1958

Page

3

Johnson sets Senate schedule for home stretch

Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson outlined a heavy Senate agenda for the final stretch of the 85th Congress. With six months elapsed, lawmakers aim to finish by mid August and go home for campaigns. Alaska statehood and expanded inter allied atomic energy information exchange are top House-passed items awaiting action.

Edwin B. Harkinson Washington Lyndon B. Johnson Texas Senate Johnson Alaska House

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Taylor

Mrs. Mary Taylor, who died at her residence in Moulton Friday about 2 p.m., will have funeral arrangements announced by Reynolds Funeral Home of Decatur.

Mary Taylor Moulton Reynolds Funeral Home Decatur

Massey Rites Set Monday

Funeral services for Nellie Mae Massey 30 of Athens are set for Monday at 2 p.m. at Bethlehem Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Nebo Cemetery with McConnell Service Funeral Home in charge. She died Saturday at Athens Limestone Hospital and is survived by her husband Roy Massey, two children Joyce and Dwayne, her mother Mrs Ola Meredith, two sisters and two brothers.

Athens Nellie Mae Massey Bethlehem Methodist Church Nebo McConnell Service Funeral Home Massey Roy Massey Athens-Limestone Hospital Joyce Dwayne Ola Meredith Rosie Baldwin Pauline Tucker James Meredith Paul Meredith Tanner

Red Cross Bloodmobile Falls Short in Moulton Drive

In Moulton the Red Cross Bloodmobile collected 149 pints at Lawrence County Hospital, falling just short of its goal. Probate hearings for MOULTON set July 7 before Judge Isaac Johnson Jr with 12 applicants by Saturday. Morgan County Baptist Association schedules a special session Monday at 7 30 p m at First Baptist Church Hartselle to decide the Austinville missionary home’s fate.

Moulton Lawrence County Red Cross Lawrence County Hospital Isaac Johnson, Jr Ernest Shelton Falkville Morgan County Baptist Assn First Baptist Church Hartselle Austinville W. L. Smallwood

Price M. Godfrey Funeral Services Today At Bethel

Funeral services for Price M. Godfrey age 54 of Miami Florida are held today at 2 p.m. at Bethel Baptist Church near Hartselle where he was a member. He died unexpectedly Friday at 10 a.m. while visiting a sister Mrs Cleo Bennich. Burial follows in Bethel church cemetery Peck Funeral Home directing. Survivors include three daughters one son and his mother Mrs Mary Jane Godfrey of Decatur.

Hartselle Price M. Godfrey Miami Fla Bethel Baptist Church Godfrey Cleo Bennich Bethel Church Cemetery Peck Funeral Home Joe Gomes Wilbur Smallwood Bennich Mary Jane Godfrey Decatur 2

Two From Decatur To Serve On Staff At Shocco Springs

Two Central Baptist Church members Joy Posey and Peggy Scott plan to leave June 28 to join the Shocco Springs State Baptist Assembly staff near Talladega Alabama this summer. They are daughters of Leon Posey and Jack Crawford. The Assembly staff consists of young people from Alabama Baptist churches and 1957 attendance reached ten thousand.

Central Baptist Church Joy Posey Peggy Scott Shocco Springs

Alabama Senator Presses for Protective Cotton Legislation

Senator John Sparkman argues for safeguards in cotton bills to protect family farmers amid multiple proposed plans. He cites the Alabama delegation version, potential 20 percent 1959 cut, direct payments, unit allotments, and expanded research to find new cotton markets.

John Sparkman United States Benson Eisenhower Alabama Ihe Congress Ebsender Senate Agriculture Committee Senator Hill

Moulton In Line For Coliseum

Representatives from several local groups selected Evan M. Terry of Birmingham as architect for a proposed Lawrence County coliseum. The 140 by 160 foot venue would seat 3,000 on bleachers and up to 6,000 with the center section. Five to six near-Moulton sites are under study.

Moulton Evan M. Terry Selma Ala Lawrence County Montgomery Terry Birmingham Athens Lawrence County Board of Revenue Board of Revenue McWhorter Agricultural Center Board Commissioner of Agriculture A. W. Todd Lawrence Colbert Franklin Madison Houston

Lawrence County Eyes Coliseum Project with State Match

McWhorter says Lawrence County can match a $50 000 state appropriation for a new coliseum. He emphasizes the facility would benefit all residents and be available to civic clubs for various activities.

McWhorter Lawrence County

Russia Bible Prints In Moscow On American Supply

Ten thousand copies of a Russia Bible were printed last year in Moscow using mats provided by the American Bible Society.

Russia Moscow American Bible Society

Transmission is key to health in chiropractic view

A public service piece by Dr. Judson Pitts explains that nerve energy transmits life to every cell and that spinal pressure can block energy flow. He argues health relies on an unobstructed nervous system and that chiropractic care corrects nerve pressures.

Dr. Pitts Judson Pitts 6Th Ave

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