Weather Brief for Decatur and Vicinity
River readings at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning show 21.08 feet with sea level 555.38. Temperatures ranged from 73 to 91 degrees. highs today around 90s and a low in the lower 70s. Forecast calls for partly sunny skies with afternoon thundershowers and 30 percent precipitation today and tonight, 20 percent Thursday. Climate data note Tuesday high 92 and low 69 with 81 at normal plus 2.1 inches total precipitation for year to date 29.78 inches. Air pollution index stood at 141 micrograms per cubic meter.
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Decatur and Vicinity
Keller Memorial Bridge
Decatur
Tri-County District Health Service
North Alabama Basks in Balmy Summer Weather
North Alabama enjoys warm weather with partly sunny skies and highs in the low 90s. Rain chances are 30 percent statewide, higher near Mobile at 40 percent, with isolated afternoon thundershowers possible Friday through Sunday. Overnight lows in the 70s, 2.41 inches of rain in 30 days, 1.36 inches above normal for the year.
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Alabama
National Weather Service
Mobile
Huntsville
Decatur
Birmingham
Shelby County
North Alabama
Thirteen Contestants In Point Mallard Pageant
Thirteen contestants have applied for Monday's Spirit of America Miss Point Mallard pageant in Hartselle area details. Lynn Meador says more entries welcome as some entrants withdrew. Winners receive bonds up to $1,000 for first place and $500 for first runner up.
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Steele Holman
Lynn Meador
Jo Ann Burks
Camelia Drive
Miss Pressnell
Miss Point Mallard
Birmingham
Billy Joe Royal
Atlanta
Dorothy Benham
Trinity Names Woman To Fill Council Post
Trinity officials appoint Mary Alice Douglas to fill the vacancy left by councilman C. F. Ball who resigned. Mayor Wayne Johnson praised her potential as a council member. Douglas is widowed by Neal Douglas, a former councilman. Ball, who filled Douglas’ term, retires to Tennessee after unopposed 1976 election. second Trinity councilor to resign this year after Hoyt Weathers.
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Trinity
Trinity City Council
Mary Alice Douglas
C. F. Ball
Wayne Johnson
Johnson
Douglas
Neal Douglas
Ball
Tennessee
Hoyt Weathers
Torn Bible Testament of Alabama Settler’s Family Story
Mrs. John T. Wessels left Alabama for Texas after the Civil War with two sons and much of the family’s possessions. John T. Wessels, a Confederate veteran, continued a long mail route through Winston, Hartselle and Decatur before later remarrying and fathering nine children. The century-old Bible, stripped and faded, survived in the Dumas family, passed down through generations.
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Alabama
Lawrence County
Landersville
John T. Wessels
Opal Dumas
Courtland
Winston County
Hartselle
Decatur
John Wessels
Texas
Dumas Woman Fears Loss of Old Testament Book
A woman recounts how tightly preserving a fragile old Bible led to its deterioration. Kept in a suitcase away from viewers, only fragments remain Joshua through Jeremiah and a single faded family page with unreadable names but clear dates 1837 1830 1853 1865. The binding rotted, leaving Mrs. Dumas with a vanishing link to her mother's past.
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Joshua
Jeremiah
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Gary Sams
Gary
North
NOAA
US Dept of Commerce
Point Mallard
Larry R. Burks
Beverly Lynn Carraway
Moulton
William B Carraway
Teresa Ann Cheatham
Wellington
James M. Cheatham
Beth Derrick
J. Edward Derrick
R. C. Edwards Jr
Terri Dew
13Th St. SE
William F. Dew
Joanne Henderson
Tuscaloosa
Joe Henderson
Luann Hicks
Clanton
William L. Hicks
Tammy Suzanne Leak
John L. Leak
Leaverton
Johnston St
Jeanne Leaverton
Jody Lynn McManus
Lanett
Ronald L. McManus
Beverly Ann Miller
Meredith Miller
Sheree Nelson
Memorial Drive
Athens
R. C. Nelson
Belinda Ann Rolfe
Somerville
Perry Rolfe
Elmer Sanders
Freddie Lee Sisk
Michael James Jaquess
Sanders
Main St
Roberts Men’s Wear
Horace Roberts
Ft. Bluff
Eva Mountain
Sisk
Jaquess
Morgan County
Spirit of America
Calhoun Community College
Alcan
Revere Plant
Cleveland
Alcan Aluminum Corp
Revere Copper & Brass Inc
Scottsboro
Ala
Justice Department
United States
Revere
U.S
Carraway
McManus
Meri
Rolfe
Nelson
Hicks
Cheatham
Henderson
Derrick
Mrs. Dumas
Wessels
Family
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