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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1961
Page
2
Traffic fatalities soared during the holiday period, with 462 deaths over a 102 hour span from 6 p.m. Friday May 25 to midnight Tuesday May 30, a 35 percent jump from the nonholiday weekend two weeks prior. The Associated Press surveys measure holiday versus normal tolls to gauge safety impact.
Alabama police reports show zero deaths Thursday across rural and urban areas. Accidents totaled 83 with 23 injuries and property losses around 19 660 dollars. arrests covered driving intoxicated, reckless driving, speeding, license issues, brakes lights, improper passing, running stop signs, wrong way, and yield violations.
Convention and half of the Chamber of Commerce plus LeRoy McEntire Jr. reported on Civil War events in Decatur. The pageant, directed by Mrs. W. T. Jordan and Mrs. L. P. Troup, featured UDC and C of C histories. Mrs. Fred Rogers praised Decatur chapters and urged wider chapter news for a monthly magazine. The general convention of the C of C will be August 16‑18 in Biloxi.
Police in Huntsville and Decatur filed details of a busy period including 27 charges such as disorderly conduct improper turn and vagrancy. A stolen 1949 Chevrolet was reported, false fire alarms occurred, and a turbine generator for the Mississippi River was described as the world’s largest capable of supplying 500000 homes.
A cluttered notice page lists an open inspection at 2303 Dogwood Lane a 2000 square foot two story brick home with dining room kitchen den bedrooms and basement plus a furnished 3 room apartment. Additional entries advertise rentals rooms board a lost dog a sale price on Barnard items and employment and miscellaneous prices and services.
A noon picnic is planned at the home of Adeline Pepper. Chapter reports and officer elections are set for 2 p.m. Prizes will be awarded, with a banquet at 6:30 p.m. and a Gone With The Wind Ball at 9 p.m. to finish the event.
Governor John Patterson leaves with two assistants and their wives for a week's stay in Honolulu Hawaii to attend the National Governors Conference Patterson serves on the conference committee on federal state relations and chairs a highway safety subcommittee Also traveling are executive secretary Joseph G Robertson and press secretary Harry N Cook along with their wives.
A hospital admissions summary lists multiple patients by name and their addresses including Mrs. Herman Gray 420 11th Ave SW Miss Easter Alta Roberts Hillsboro Master Kenneth Schuppert Jr 2003 13th Ave SE Miss Shirley Phillips Sims Trinity Mrs Bobby Lang 1204 20 Ave Trinity Arthur J Springall 421 Memorial Dr SW Mrs George W Reedy 805 4th Ave SE Mrs Wilvin Holliman Moulton Master Mason Sharp Miller 1507 Sherman St Mrs A Samuel F Hosey Decatur infant daughter 1020 7th Ave SW
The notice lists several individuals and addresses including Mrs. Sherman Terry of 1623 Jackson St, Arleta Maxwell of 613 2nd, Mrs. Ruby Sledge of Hillsboro, Mrs. Margaret McEntire of Church St, Mrs. Alfred Shelton and infant son of Trinity, L. R. Gurthie of 1303 5th Ave SE, and Sidney R. Stewart of 1122 4th.
A compiled list shows residents with titles and ages including Miss Shirley Springfield Mrs Mary Hendrix and Miss Wanda Raney. Also noted are Mr James Johnson Mrs Gertrude Hyatt and Master Ronald Roberts among others across Hart selle Elkmont Madison and Moulton with addresses such as 6th Ave NW 3rd Ave SE Johnston St and 803 3rd Ave SE.
A sequence of names appears in a public notice style listing individuals from Athens including Sylvester Malone Frances Kennemer Ruthie Boyd Willie Odell Woods Laura V Taylor Bertha Mae Ray Becky Hargrove Ruth Graham Vivian Beckham Linda Faye Carter and others, indicating a registry or notice context.
Hartselle coed student leader president at Jacksonville for the summer session. She is to receive her degree July 29. David E Townsend of Hartselle is enrolled in the graduate division. James Dwight Owen of Lacey's Spring is a freshman and Lynda J Jenkins of Somerville is a junior.
About 16 Scouts spent Thursday night in Bankhead Forest for an overnight trip. They arrived around 2 30 p m Thursday and planned to return today. In Falkville President Kennedy sent 185 postmaster nominations to the Senate including James W West of Falkville and two others from Alabama Starnes L Hall Hackleburg and James R Willingham Wedowee.
Joe Sanders was elected a director at a Cullman Chamber of Commerce meeting to fill the unexpired term of L. G. Layman who resigned due to out of town work.
Mrs. Emma Marie Eddleman secretary of the Cullman Chamber of Commerce was chosen as a director of the Chamber of Commerce Executive Association of Alabama at the annual meeting in Troy.
A daughter was born today to Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Lang at Decatur General Hospital. The newborn joins the Lang family at 1204 20th Ave SE.
The U S Junior Chamber annual convention in Atlanta honored Decatur and Moulton. Wayne Gentry of Moulton was elected vice president while Bob Conger of Jackson Tenn was named national president. Decatur club earned third place in division three for community health and safety and received a third place Liberty Mutual plaque. Attendees included John Cook Harold Carrico Bob Young and Bo Agee.
Sam P. Lile, president of Morgan County Cattlemen's Association, said he was well pleased with the association's fat calf sale Thursday at Valley Stockyards. No totals were available yet on headcount or receipts. the sale was held in Morgan County.
Four Decatur and Hartselle bridge tenders Coy W Clem L C Tolbert Russell Thompson and Rube Livingston report long hours as Wheeler Dam lock wall collapse halts most commercial river traffic. They patrol clean and inspect the Keller Memorial Bridge waiting for a cargo shuttle system to be finished in several days.
Twenty Montgomerian figures tied to state history are named for a posthumous honor, each having died at least five years ago. The list includes Peter Bryce, Phillip Candidus, George Carver, Jerome Cochran, Clarence Daugette, and others who shaped medicine, education, military, and public service in Alabama through schools, hospitals, laws, and civic work.
James Albert Stroud 79 of 323 7th Ave NW died at home Thursday at 1 10 p m Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 p m from Brown Funeral Home Chapel with Revs W W Lovett and Hoyt Logan officiating Burial will be in City Cemetery with Brown directing Survivors include his wife Ola Stroud two daughters Mrs R J Holloman of Decatur and Mrs Raymond Kirk of Columbia Tenn three sons Jimmy of Decatur Paul of Mobile and Gene of Greensboro NC two sisters Mrs Bertha Thompson of Blanche Tenn and Mrs Maggie Colbert of Birmingham five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Houston Akins 74 of Hartselle died Thursday at 6 p.m. at his home. Funeral services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. from Bethel Baptist Church conducted by Revs. E. H. Stephenson and Clyde Randolph. Burial will follow in Bethel Cemetery with Peck directing. Survived by one sister Mrs. W. N. Lanier of Hartselle.
Mrs Inez Hollander died at her Dallas home. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Courtland Church of Christ conducted by Irwin Crow. Burial follows in Courtland Cemetery with Brown directing. Survivors include daughter Annabelle Garrett and Mrs Mary Jo Terry, both listed from Moulton. Body arrived from Dallas and will lie in state at the funeral home.
Ewell Russell of the stockyard reported 1,360 head sold on Thursday with a total value of 143000 dollars. The cattle performed well and brought the market and a little above. Lile noted the cattle grade in Morgan County has improved significantly since the cattlemen's association.
Market update shows hogs 190 to 230 pounds selling Thursday with prices from 16.50 to 16.75, and lower bids from 12.50 to 14.00. No price test noted for the general market.
The Associated Press average of 60 stocks at noon rose to 244.90 with gains in utilities aircrafts retails electrical equipment and rails. The Dow edged up 3.32 to 688.94 as American Telephone Du Pont and Zenith posted notable moves while bonds remained mixed.
A garbled OCR read shows mixed up percentages and brand fragments including Warner B, Winn Dixie, Woolworth, West Auto and Westy Electric. No cohesive event or clear entities emerge beyond retail names and scattered numbers.
Birmingham and Atlanta dispatches report adequate broiler and fryer offerings with good demand. Farm prices for broilers 12.5 to 13 cents per pound with live plant transfers around 14 cents. hens show limited heavy stock and light trading is quiet with occasional 14 to 15 cent fob plant lots.
Movement is good and supplies are clearing in most quarters. Offerings are adequate with prices to retailers rising by 9:30 a.m. today. Grade A white large 39-43, mediums 33-36, small 25-27 with cartons and store door delivery included.
AP Nashville reports cattle and calves at 20.00 to 22.50 for good and choice, cows weak by about 50 percent, bulls steady to weak. Medium and good steer yearlings and calves 22.00 to 25.00. hogs 25 with no test. Lambs stronger, slaughter ewes 3.00 to 4.50.
The report notes a $1.30 rise from the previous close with the next open recorded on Oct 24 at 20.08 and Dec 3 at 9. EB 30.52A appears as a postscript. The text documents a price movement and opening figures.
A fatal house fire in Ashland, Alabama, killed a teenage wife and two children of a former Ku Klux Klan leader. Sheriff Paul Levie said the investigation pointed to a short circuit in defective electrical wiring. Pamela Horn, age 2, and the young mother were found in the living room.
Adolf Eichmann testified in an Israel court that he diverted 20000 Jews to Lodz, avoiding their extermination by sending them to a ghetto where he believed no mass killings occurred. He asserted he alone chose their fate and denied ordering transports to the death camps.
Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson informs President Kennedy that economic want and social unrest are rising in South America while urging faster economic and social reform. He notes Cuba’s communist influence is a regional concern and that the alliance for progress gains broad support.
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