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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1963
Page
2
Weather and astronomical update forecast sunset at 5 46 p m and sunrise at 6 13 a m with the Moon high and full tonight. Venus rises northward each morning with Saturn positioned between Venus and the Sun as a bright star reference.
Decatur Tennessee area reports the river at Keller Memorial Bridge at 16.19 feet, down 0.01 feet in 12 hours, sea level reading 550.49 feet. TVA lake levels include Pickwick 551.2 Whitesburg 408.6 Wilson 504.9 Guntersville 593.3. Weather mostly fair with little temperature change, tonight partly cloudy and mild. Light variable winds 8 to 12 mph. High today around 62.
Juliao admits rift with Prestes while Prestes hails Fidel Castro as Latin America’s leading figure. Julian portrays U S backed moves in Brazil as political penetration as peasant invasions stall in the northeast. Brussels notes Common Market capital as report wraps.
The text urges couples to continue courting respect after marriage and to treat one another with care. It emphasizes that love requires ongoing work rather than a one time act and that consistent effort strengthens the relationship. It also notes that love endures and covers faults.
Alabama ASC reports requests for 15 000 more acres and a total Morgan County allotment near 30 000 acres while Lawrence County reports 310 released acres and 10 000 more requested. North Alabama leaders convened to urge increased 1963 cotton planting as weather allows, emphasizing variety choices from Auburn University testing with Wilt susceptible and resistant options listed.
At a meeting led by Eddens, the group debated expanding North Alabama Associates beyond its original 12 counties into TVA areas across Mississippi Tennessee Georgia and Alabama Power regions. The plan includes a dues allocation method, targeting 400 to 5000 dollars per member and a near 85000 dollar annual budget to fuel industrial development. Five members will act as salesmen promoting the initiative to electric departments in Albertville Athens Bessemer Courtland Allman Decatur Florence Fort Payne Guntersville and other cities.
List shows hospital dismissals for Homer Moore Vinemont Mrs William Howard Holly Pond Mrs Waymon Ardiss Cullman Mrs Donald Porch Locust Fork Jennifer Ann Blackwood Addi Mrs Billy Nelson Cullman Mrs Jimmy Garrett Cullman Mrs Eddie England Falkville Mrs Gene Moon Cullman Louis Johnson Bremen Christine West Cullman Admissions Veronica Geneva Eddy Cullman
A compiled admissions roster lists residents from Moulton Trinity Town Creek Courtland Decatur Decatur towns and Mount Hope among entrants. Names include Robert Ellis Paul Pitt Lacy Cochran Joyce Dodd Paul Wiley Andy Barnett Sally Blanton Seldon Hood Tennis Anderton Douglas Long Tabetha Wood and other listed recipients with various counts attached to each entry.
The directory snippet lists residents including Vera Day 1209 19th Ave E Willie Mae Roper 2238 Graham Ave SW C W Stewart Decatur 1 Ann Herron 1514 Benna Vista Circle Katherine Sellers 1408 8th Ave SE Willie Sharp Somerville 3 Barbara Hartselle 2403 Elliott St James W Moore 221 Morgan Ave SW Rhonda Lynn Moore 2221 Morgan Ave SW Flora Boyd 610 3rd Ave SW Keren Hill Decature.
A long column lists residents and addresses in Decatur and nearby towns. Names include Mrs James S Yarbrough Mrs Harold W Smith Mrs Joe Miller Miss Judy Ann Streeter and others with street addresses such as 5th Ave SE 16th John Berry Hayes and 23 Austin ville Rd. The entry also notes infants and multiple households across Decatur Hillsboro Athens and Birmingham.
Regions including Hartselle Huntsville Muscle Shoals Russellville Scottsboro Sheffield Tarrant City and Tus cumbia invited cooperatives such as Utab Cherokee Cullman Frankland Joel Wheeler Marshall De Kalb North Alabama and Sand Mountain to join the alliance.
A Daily staff reporter Mike Freeman recounts a comic mix up after dialing a missing person informant and finding his wife Marie answered the call. He learns the number in the phone book matches his own installed a week earlier leading to a domestic storm and an early homeward trip.
Alabama health officials cautious on timing but indicate the influenza outbreak is nearing its peak with optimistic signs from a few good days. County tallies show widespread cases across the state including Jefferson 207 and Marshall 2,449, with Mobile and Mobile County reporting rising numbers by weekend.
The telescope rode a 75 foot launch balloon and 250 foot main envelope. It reached 98 percent of the earth's air and water blanket during a 600 mile Texas to Alabama flight. Descent occurred around 4 14 a m after mission completion. The ballo on route included Palestine Texas as a key waypoint.
Readable voting tally shows Talladega with nine votes and nearby counts across multiple counties including Sumter one, Tuscaloosa none, Winston two, and Washington eighty two in a fragmented election record.
George R Guess 71 of 807 N Jefferson St died at home Friday Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 pm at Pisgah Baptist Church Burial will be Wallace Cemetery Rev Elgie Jones officiating He is survived by five daughters two sons one brother two sisters and 13 grandchildren Pallbearers listed Funeral home McConnell in charge
Mrs Edith Fagan aged 87 died after a long illness Saturday at 5 48 p m in Trinity She will lie in state at the funeral home until services at Morris Chapel Lawrence County with James Ray officiating Burial will follow at the adjoining cemetery Gunthorp Brown Service Funeral Home in charge Survivors include four sons L A Fagan J L Fagan T E Fagan and W E Fagan one sister Mrs Bonnie Auton Guy Tenn one half sister Mrs Myrtle Waddell Corinth Miss 29 grandchildren and several great grandchildren Grandsons Claudie Fagan Harold Fagan Glenn Fagan Floyd Fagan Robert Fagan and Murry Fagan will be pallbearers.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Brown, 81, of 1605 Chandler Street, Little Rock, Ark., died Thursday morning. Funeral services were held Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in Guntharp Brown Chapel with Elbert Young officiating. Burial followed in the city cemetery with Guntharp Brown Funeral Home directing. She leaves a son Lehman Brown of Little Rock and other relatives. Pallbearers were Herbert Hallmark Frank Brown William Looney Cecil Brown Dave Cramer Henry Clay Blizzard.
Funeral services for George Washington Martin are set for Monday at 11 a.m. at Beech Street Church of Christ with the body in state from 10 to 11. Ministers O D Morrow and James Ray will officiate. burial follows at Popular Creek Cemetery. Gunthorp Brown Service Funeral Home directing.
Dr Charles Newton Carraway a noted physician and early promoter of the Hospital Service Corporation now Blue Cross Blue Shield died in Birmingham after a stroke. He led hospital service efforts for decades and served 34 years on the First Methodist Church board. Born in Greensboro he practiced medicine 61 years, graduating from Auburn in 1899 and Birmingham Medical College in 1902.
Former Decatur resident Hershel E. McKelvey died Saturday in Orlando at 6 p.m. after an apparent heart attack. Funeral services are set for Tuesday in Lake Wales. Survivors include his widow, a son, a daughter, and two brothers.
Washington reports a split within the Soviet and Western blocs as a key factor stalling disarmament talks. Foster returns from Geneva with no plans to resume. Kuznetsov may not come back. Khrushchev’s rift with Red China and shifts in Berlin talks add to the Western surprise and strategic uncertainty.
The Birmingham News reported that University of Alabama President Frank Rose declined the Kentucky presidency. Rose confirmed from Tuscaloosa that he will stay at Alabama and expressed anticipation for future statewide education.
Thirty six of Alabama's 67 counties reached quotas or higher in the Christmas Seal campaign, beating the state goal of 376,741 with a total of 382,462.25 through Feb 28. County reports include Morgan 8,164.52 at 111 percent, Limestone 4,403.90 at 102 percent, Lawrence 1,806.00 at 108 percent, and Cullman 3,733.54 at 100 percent.
Funeral services for Fred Douglas Watkins will be held Wednesday at noon at the Flower Hill Free Will Baptist Church in Hillsboro. Burial follows at Flower Hill Cemetery with Reynolds Funeral Home in charge. he is survived by his widow Viola Watkins, two sisters Margaret Ashford and Oquallia Clay, a brother Willie Watkins, an aunt, an uncle, five nephews, and four nieces.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Strong will be announced later by Reynolds Funeral Home. She died at 8 p.m. Saturday at the home of her daughter Mrs. Mary Stover at 703 Walnut St. NW.
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