Weather Decatur and Vicinity Report June 27
River readings show 21.90 feet at Keller Bridge up 0.91 feet in 24 hours with sea level at 556.20. TVA stages list Chickamauga 681.3 Pickwick 413.4 Guntersville 594.2 Whitesburg 566.6 Wilgon 506.4. Weekend forecast calls for variable clouds and warm weather with scattered showers or thundershowers mainly afternoon and evening. Highs near 93 today and 94 Saturday. southeast winds 8 to 16 mph gusty near storms.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Metherial Bridge
TVA
Ipice
Chickamauga
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilgon
Bodies details follow up at swimming hole death
Coroner and witnesses describe the drowning of Wiley Ronald Hitt at a swimming hole near Trinity. The body was found about 12 feet deep after a dive by Hitt who reportedly blacked out. autopsy planned to confirm cause of death. Payne and Hitt services set with local ministers officiating. survivors listed from Moulton and Trinity communities.
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Nichols
Armstrong
David
Dan Aday
Jewel
Hitt
Death notice for Maggie Martin in Athens Limestone area
Mrs Maggie Martin 37 of Athens Limestone died today at 2 30 am at Athens Limestone Hospital Services will be Saturday at 2 pm at Copeland Presbyterian Church with Archie Parrish officiating Burial will be in Copeland Cemetery Survivors include widower Robert Martin three sisters Mrs Annie Montgomery Elkmont Mrs Mamie Sneed Elkmont and Mr Ozell Dunnavant Colnersville Tenn one brother John Tatum Athens and a number of nieces and nephews Pallbearers will be nephews
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Athens
Maggie Magnita Martin
Athens- Limestone
Copeland Presbyterian Church
Archie Parrish
Copeland Cemetery
Robert Martin
Annie Montgomery
Elkmont
Mamie Sneed
Ozell Dunnavant
Colnersville
Tenn
John Tatum
Athens 2
Apportionment May Benefit North Alabama Officials Say
Officials in North Alabama argue remap will benefit their region by aligning representation with population. Flowers expresses pride in the new status and notes his district gains under the federal plan.
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North
Alabama
Flowers
Deaths Athens Mrs Janie Foster 88
Mrs. Janie Foster 88 of Athens died at 10 p m Wednesday in Nashville Tennessee Services set for 2 p m today at First Pentecostal Church Athens with Pat Abernathy and J W Peebles officiating Burial will be in City Cemetery Spry Funeral Home survivors include four daughters Lula Green Decatur Prudie Griffin Nashville Ora Ulrich Athens Ruby Johnson Athens 15 grandchildren 22 great grandchildren one great great grandchild pallbearers James Johnson Jr George Arnold Garland Arnold Leroy Roberson Clifton Green Foster was a Limestone County resident since 1911
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Athens
Janie Foster
Jefferson St. N
Nashville
Tenn
First Pentecostal Church
Pat Abernathy
J. W. Peebles
City Cemetery
Spry Funeral Home
Lula Green
Decatur
Prudie Griffin
Ora Ulrich
Ruby Johnson
James Johnson Jr
George Arnold
Garland Arnold
Leroy Roberson
Clifton Green
Foster
Limestone County
Death of 14 year old Jerry Sparkman in Hartselle
Jerry Sparkman, 14, Hartselle, died at 2 30 p m Thursday at Decatur Hospital. Services at 11 a m in Oak Ridge Methodist Church with Rev David Atkins and Rev Buel Gladney. Burial Oak Ridge Cemetery with Peck Funeral Home. Survivors include parents Mr and Mrs Anderson Sparkman, three sisters Shirley Deborah and June Elizabeth, two brothers Fredie Eugene and Loyd Glenn, grandparents Mrs Fred Sparkman and Mr and Mrs W E Hart sel le. Body to be taken to Mrs Mamie King’s residence today.
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Robert Lee Terry
Moulton
Charles Adams
Hitt
Elliott- Brown Service Funeral Home
Elliott
Payne
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
Buginl
Aldridge Grove
Malcom C. Payne
Shirley
Carolyn
Kathy
Roger
Jimmy
Hartselle
Jerry Sparkman
Decatur
Oak Ridge Methodist Church
David Atkins
Buel Gladney
Oak Ridge
Peck
Anderson Sparkman
Shirley Sparkman
Deborah Sparkman
June Elizabeth Sparkman
Fredie Eugene Sparkman
Loyd Glenn Sparkman
Fred Sparkman
W. E. Hartselle
Mamie King
Clinton C Cook Clinton Cisco Cook obituary
Clinton C Cook age 82 of 4th Ave SE died at 1155 p.m. Thursday funeral services to be announced by Gunthorp Funeral Home Survivors include two daughters Mrs Devella Berry Ohio and Mrs Clevie Sears Birmingham one son P F Cook Ohio two brothers G C Cook Decatur and M Q Cook Somerville two sisters Mrs E N Hawkins Decatur and Mrs H B Hawkins Decatur
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Clinton Cisco Cook
4Th Ave
Gunthorp — Funeral Home
Devella Berry
Ohio
Clevie Sears
Birmingham
P. F. Cook
G.C. Cook
Decatur
M. Q. Cook
Somerville
E. N. Hawkins
H. B. Hawkins
Telephone expansion to serve 2000 new and 900 existing subscribers
Torbett announced a major expansion funded by a grant, with a new headquarters on a site to be obtained and dial equipment updated in Massey Oden Ridge, Falkville, and Phil Campbell. The plan adds personnel and will benefit about 2,000 new subscribers and 900 current ones via better service.
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Lister Hill
John Sparkman
Bob Jones
Carl Elliott
Torbett
Massey
Oden Ridge
Falkville
Phil Campbell
Notable praise from attorney general to Alabama Supreme Court
The state attorney general praised the Supreme Justices as brilliant men and said he is welcomed in their chambers. Flowers closed by noting North Alabama and the Tennessee Valley locals have heard many confessions of appreciation for the visit, and he expressed sincere and earnest thanks for being allowed to come to Decatur.
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Supreme Justices
Flowers
Alabama
Tennessee Valley
Decatur
Summerford Adds Dr. Duncan as House Physician
Dr. W C Duncan will be house physician and a staff of licensed nurses will be employed. Architects for the proposed project are Hall and Colvard of Decatur. Contractors are Young Construction Co Decatur. The cost of the building was not disclosed.
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Summerford
W. C. Duncan
Hall and Colvard
Decatur
Young Construction Co
Markets report and commodity prices in brief
Cotton inch middling at 34.00 with Decatur Loan 33.57. Cottonseed 45 per ton. Milk Grade A 6.55 per hundred. Wood prices 65 45 and 35. Pulpwood 13.50 per cord. Various corn and grain prices listed including No 2 Yellow Shelled Corn 1.34 and No 2 Milling Wheat 1.38. Cattle and calves scarce with prices 22.00-23.50 for good to choice. hogs scattered with little price test. sows 11.00 at 500 lbs. Sheep none.
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Decatur
U.S
Cattle and calves tighten with scarce supply in Nashville market
Livestock market report from Nashville notes cattle and calves very scarce with no price test. Dealers about steady but showing late weakness. Good and some choice cattle 22.00 to 23.50, utility around 16.50. Barrows and gilts 225 to 240 pounds mostly US grade 3 at 16.50. Sows around 11.50 for 500 pounds US grade 3.
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Nashville
U. S
U.S
Poultry prices vary across Georgia and Alabama markets
Georgia live poultry quotes show shortages and variable demand with farm prices near 14 to 14 1 2 cents for broilers and fryers and higher plant prices around 13 to 15 1 2 cents. Alabama market reports firm broiler and fryer prices with strong demand and limited supply amid expected slaughter of about 1.36 million head this weekend.
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Atlanta
Georgia
F.o.b
Birmingham
Broilers & Fryers
Broilers
Egg Prices and Availability Report in Birmingham
AP reports egg demand is mostly fair with ample supplies. Retail prices per dozen include consumer grade cases headed to stores with carton delivery. grade A white large eggs range 37 1/2 to 41 1/2 cents, a few up to 43. medium 27 to 33 1/4. small 23 to 26 cents.
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Birmingham
Widening Reply Expected Soon In Moulton Case
A federal or state injunction action filed by Moulton attorney Tom Pettus targets five town officials the mayor and four council members along with county revenue commissioners and the State Highway Department. The suit seeks to stop widening Highway 24 and 33 around the Lawrence County Courthouse.
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Moulton
Board of Revenue Commissioners
State Highway Department
Lawrence County
Tom Pettus
Wallace Sneed
Moulton Town Council
Decatur Daily
Harold Speake
Newton B. Powell
Powell
James N. Bloodworth
Pettus
Monroe Sandlin
T. D. Littrell
Howard Hollingsworth
Howard Burch
Irving Nix
Board of Revenue
Clyde Cameron
Roy Lee Terry
Claude Parker
Coy Gray
Gilbert Harris
Herman Nelson
J. E. Aldridge
Milton Hall
Nadine Shelton
Jack Shelton
County Board of Revenue
Issac Johnson
Neal Freetwell
Hospitals and Dismissals List for Local Residents
A readout lists multiple hospital admissions and dismissals with names and towns across Cullman, Hanceville, Holly Pond, Decatur, Somerville, Moulton, Huntsville, and nearby areas. Entries include patients such as Master Richard Anthony Means, Wayne Lee Nuss, Silas Fuller, and many others, along with ward notes and apartment designations.
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Richard Anthony Means
Cullman
Wayne Lee Nuss
Hanceville
Missing Mississippi workers and students prompt federal action
Details report a group of Mississippi civil rights volunteers and three young men from New York City and Meridian who vanished after being released from jail. Authorities found their burned station wagon 17 miles northeast of Philadelphia as FBI and Mississippi patrols deploy to search swampy, snake-infested terrain while U.S. officials plan briefings with President Johnson.
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FBI
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
New York City
James Chaney
Meridian
Philadelphia
Names Listed in Local Notices Across multiple Streets
A series of names and addresses appear in a fragmented local notice listing residents and families such as Eva Reeves, Milton Stinson, Miss Elzara Reeves, Sherrill Nelson, Mrs J A Thompson, Mrs Jimmy Pannell, Robert Johnson, Robert Huskey, Mrs Lester Garrison, Mrs Harry Dollar, Master Byron Travis, Paula Bridges, Miss Mary Buttram, Mr and Mrs David Gillespie, Mrs Jean Hirsch, Mrs George Smith, Master Gary Sullins, Master Kenneth Hays, Baby Kenny, and others tied to various streets including 1905 Locust St SE, 1408 20th Ave, 2229 1th St SE, 818 6th Ave SE, 803 9th Ave, and 1716 10th Ave SE.
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James Earl Terry
State Ave
Clarence
Weir
Locust St
Milton Stinson
Eva
Elzara’ Reeves
Courtland
Sherrill Nelson
20Th Ave
J. A. Thompson
Lth
Robert Huskey
Somerville
James Earl
Terry
Lester Garrison
Hartselle
Harry Dollar
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Byron Travis
Paul Bridges
Olive St
Mary Buttram
Lafayette St
Joseph Griffin
Athens
David Gillespie
Decature
Jean Hirsch
10Th Ave
George Smith
8Th Ave
Gary Sullins
Falkville
Kenneth Hays
Richard Mann
Pennylane
Kenny
Brown
Belle
County Hires New Principal for Plainview School
The Morgan County Board of Education voted to appoint Edward Lovelace as principal of Plainview School. Lovelace, 41, has led White City Junior High in Cullman County for three years and holds degrees from Auburn and the University of Alabama. The board also released a partial list of county trustees and discussed Ryan School improvements and a 90 day church-use arrangement at Park’s Chapel Negro School.
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Morgan County Board of Education
Edward Lovelace
Cullman County
Plainview School
Lovelace
Auburn University
University of Alabama
White City
Ryan
Park
Chapel
John Bean
Robert Sittason
Lacey’s
Paul McCutcheon
Dudley Winfrey
O. D. Patrick
Massey
Milford
Decatur area police log and local notices updated
Stolen cooler reported by Robert E. Harper with details of time window from June 12 9 p.m. to June 13 7 a.m. Description aluminum. City records list various charges including overparking and speeding. Building permit issued for electric service upgrade at 706 3rd St SW. No injuries in two car collision at Circle Drive In. Items from Wolverine payphone stolen. 1964 Chevrolet stolen then recovered. Curb Market schedule and local notices follow with multiple sale and service ads. Fire calls report losses and local association activities. Public events and club meetings listed with dates and contacts.
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Robert E. Harper
Somerville Rd
Harper
Decatur City Clerk’s Office
3Rd St
Rufus Boggle
Truck blast devastates Marshalls Creek fire station
Three fire trucks from the Marshalls Creek volunteer station responded to a call and arrived as a truck exploded. Fire officials say all three engines were destroyed and three firefighters were killed. A man named Kuda was not injured.
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Marshalls Creek
Kuda
Mina Tittle Debbie Parker Court Land
A local court matter involves Mina Tittle and Debbie Parker along with Roy Winton at 1505 Fairway Drive SE Hartselle. The item references land or property related proceedings with Mrs Ellisor Adams noted in the context.
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Mina Tittle
Debbie Parker
Courtland
Roy Winton
Hartselle
Ellisor Adams
Fairway Dr
Counties Get Drought Relief for Alabama Areas
The Agriculture Department offers over half a million dollars in drought relief to 40 Alabama counties including Cullman Limestone and Lawrence. The funds aim to reestablish vegetative cover damaged by drought over time. Local ASCS offices in Cullman, Athens, and Moulton will handle inquiries.
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Cullman
Lawrence
Limestone
Alabama
Agriculture Department
U. S. Agriculture Department
Lister Hill
John Sparkman
ASCS
Births List From Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
Mr and Mrs Bob Harper welcome a boy at Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital. Mr and Mrs Louis Little greet a girl at the same hospital. Mr and Mrs John McCaghren have a girl at Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital. Mr and Mrs Jimmy Holt announce a boy born today at Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital.
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Bob Harper
Crestview Dr
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
Louis
Little
Chestnut St
John McCaghren
Cagle Ave
Jimmy Holt
Moulton St
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Sheridan
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18Th Ave
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Joppa
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Hayden
Silas Fuller
Alphonse Bernard Klug
St. Bernard
Barbara Ann Umphrey
Jewel Dean Demonia
Vinemont
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Margaret Elizabeth Clos
Laura Pearl Cook
Avie Rilla Dunlap
Holly Pond
Luther Freeman, Jr
Bonnie O’neal
Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Johnson
Mississippi
Dukes
Washington
Decatur General
Jimmy Pannell
6Th Ave
Robert Johnson
9Th Ave
County
Dolimaile
City Hall
Circle Drive-In
Duke Benford Thompson
Austin-Healey
Phillip Clay Weir
Grant St. SE
Wolverine Recreation Area
Maurice McCaghren
Sherman St. SE
McCaghren
Worthington Ball Park
Decatur Curb
Decatur Post
Mountain Grove Rd
William Crawford
Johnny Witner
DAV
Bank St
Decatur Fire Department
Baker Manufacturing Co
L. H. Strane Jr
Billy Watterson
National Association of Letter Carriers
Camp Westmoreland
Florence
Rotary Club
Bob Harris
J. D. Knight
Jim, Rankin
Garden Center For Control
Tempest
Hwy
City Water
20Th Ave. S.E
McDonald's
van Line
Decatur Transfer & Storage, Inc
First Ave
Decatur Shopping Center
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