Jury charges Limestone County murder probe
Circuit Judge James N. Bloodworth ordered a Limestone County grand jury to investigate the brutal slaying of Curtis Cleveland Hardy. Two teenage cousins Jerry Howard Baggett and Billy Joe Sylvester have been charged with first degree murder and reportedly signed confessions. Indictments could bring them to trial during the March 3 special circuit court week. Hardy, a Davis Construction Co. employee from Decatur, was beaten, stabbed, and found in Limestone County Creek two days after he was reported missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
James N. Bloodworth
Limestone County
Curtis Cleveland Hardy
Jerry Howard Baggett
Decatur
Billy Joe Sylvester
Athens 3
Hardy
Pensacola
Lawrence County Grand Jury to Be Impaneled March 21
Lawrence Court will begin two weeks of circuit court in March with Judge Reneau Almon presiding. The grand jury will review three capital cases while civil matters lead the first week and criminal cases the second. Leon Eaves has started as court reporter for Judge Almon.
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Moulton
Lawrence County
Reneau Almon
Leon Eaves
Plainview
Texas
Free Food Given to 13,127 in Three Alabama Counties
A USDA January distribution reports 107,260 Alabama residents received food aid across 27 counties. In Limestone, Cullman, and Lawrence counties totals were 3,950, 4,558, and 4,419 respectively. Morgan county did not participate. Statewide aid declined 845 from December and 6,730 from January 1965. The program, run by Alabama Pension and Security in partnership with USDA, distributed staples such as flour, corn meal, rice, dry milk, lard, beans, peanut butter, butter, rolled wheat, grits, and canned or chopped meat.
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Limestone
Lawrence
Cullman
Alabama
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Alabama Department of Pensions and Security
USDA
Fire Damages Hartselle Firm
Fire caused slight damage to Grover Tractor Co in Hartselle early yesterday. No injuries reported as firefighters battled the blaze and secured the site. Investigators will determine the cause and extent of the damage to the facility and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle
Grover Tractor Co
Sacred Heart To Hold 42nd Homecoming
Sacred Heart College in Cullman will host its 42nd annual homecoming on Sunday March 27. Registration starts at 10 a.m. in Ottilia Hall with coffee and refreshments. babysitters are provided. A banquet and meeting begin at 2 p.m. at All Steak Restaurant in The Hunt Room downtown, presided by Mrs. Denver Wooten. Dinner reservations are due by March 25 and the class of 1941 will be honored as Silver Jubilarians during dinner.
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Cullman
Sacred Heart College
Ottilia Hall
Hunt Room
Denver Wooten
Madison Hires Police Chief
Madison announces Charlie Graves of Huntsville Police Department will become police chief, succeeding A. V. Kay. Graves, in the juvenile division since May 1963, takes over March 17 after USC training and relocation with his wife Marcheta Shelton and their three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graves
Huntsville Police Department
University of Southern California
Marcheta Shelton
Huntsville
Madison
Fire sparks through Snow Shell Egg Co area
A spokesman for the Hartselle Fire Department said a trash fire started near the Snow Shell Egg Co. and spread to nearby grass and then to a tractor firm. The blaze was contained with no injuries reported.
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Ternoon
Hartselle
Snow Shell Egg Co
Hospital Patients and Dismissals List Roster
A compiled list shows hospital patients and dismissals with names and partial addresses including Mst. Michael Burch in Hartselle Miss Karen Burch and others at Decatur Elkton and Somerville entries plus Mrs. D C Thompson Decatur and Mrs. Cecil Turner Madison among numerous names and locations. The fragment lists patients and dismissals without narrative or context.
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Michael Burch
W. Hartselle
Karen Burch
Hartselle
H. H. Williams
Deca
Cast of Cullman area names listed in local notices
A long list of residents and families from Cullman and nearby towns appears in a local public notice or social column. Names include William David Barnett, Gloria Calloway Cullman, Erwin Fischer Cullman, Aaron Dulin Summer Townsend Tennessee, Mrs. Clovis Eddy Vinemont, and many others with ages or households noted alongside. The item also references recent births at Cullman Hospital and Decatur General Hospital, listing couples such as Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kimbrell and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Wilbourn Jr. with locations in Hanceville, Cullman, Crane Hill, Decatur, Athens, and Moulton.
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William David Barnett
Hanceville
Gloria Jean Calloway
Cullman
Erwin Fischer
Aaron Cecil Dulin
Summertown
Tenn
Clovis Mae Eddy
Vine
Decatur General Admissions List Names and Addresses
A historical admissions list from Decatur General shows numerous patients and residents by name and address. Entries include Miss Abbie Thomason 1508 Jackson Street and Mrs Melvin Martin 2509 Highway 31 South along with multiple others across Athens Lacey's Spring Town Creek Somerville Courtland Moulton Hartselle and Decatur areas.
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Abbie Thomason
Jackson
Melvin. Martin
Highway
Alex Williams
Lacey's Spring
William Gulley
Chestnut
Eldred Gray
11Th Ave
Avery Snyder
Edgewood St
Joel Oakley
Beard St
Henry Sneed Jr
Two Charged After Liquor Found in Hartsteller Home
Morgan County sheriffs deputies charged two people after locating 10 pints of liquor in a closet at the Hartsteller residence. Mrs Wilma Stinson, 39, jailed on violating state prohibition law. husband James Buck Stinson charged with provocation. Both posted bond and were released from Morgan County Jail.
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Morgan County
Wilma Stinson
James
Buck) Stinson
Dick Fleming
Stinson
West Morgan Schools Open Bids for New Gym and Classrooms
Bids for construction of a new gymnasium and several classrooms at West Morgan High School were to be opened at 2 p.m. at the Morgan County Board of Education office in Decatur. Supt. J. C. Pettey said bid acceptance would depend on disclosed costs, with a $220,000 ceiling set months earlier. The project is funded by recently issued school construction bonds totaling $116 million approved by the Legislature.
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West Morgan High School
Morgan County Board of Education
Decatur
J. C. Pettey
Pettey
Local Families Named In Community Announcements
Mrs Annie Berryman of Town Creek Mrs Ruby Green of Moulton Billy Craig of Moulton Mrs Robert Austin and infant daughter of Hillsboro Miss Ora Dean Murphree of Moulton Mrs Charles Richard and infant son of Town Creek Mrs Vera Canon of Town Creek Dean Wilbourn of Grayson Garner O Neal Terry of Moulton
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Viola Mullins
Tower St
Claudie Lee Terry
Courtland
Phillip Morris
Buena Vista Circle
Jerry Griggs
6Th Ave
Amy Noles
Alpine St
Fred Jeronimus
13Th St
Gertrude Davis
Athens
James Key
Moulton
Ronnie Culver
Decature
Jerry Hopkins
Robert Hargrove
Hartselle
Robert Austin
Hillsboro
Ora Dean Murphree
Charles Richard
Town Creek
Vera Canon
Dean Wilbourn
Grayson Garner O'Neal Terry
New Moulton-Lawrence County Chief Deputy Named
Sheriff Neal Fretwell announced Vernon Waldrop as chief deputy and Hardy Eugene Harris as deputy. Waldrop, 3.5 years in law enforcement, previously served as chief deputy before resigning to lead Moulton police, then rejoined months ago. Harris, 31, is married with two children and began Monday. a Lawrence County High graduate with U S Army service and a seven year American Legion member, previously worked for National Gas Co. in Double Springs.
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Moulton
Lawrence County
Neal Fretwell
Vernon Waldrop
Hardy Eugene Harris
Waldrop
Dewey Haney
Harris
U.S. Army
Germany
American Legion
The
National Gas Co
Double Springs
Pet Food Market Seen Growing to One Billion
New York AP reports Steel Ways Magazine predicts U S pet food sales may rise from 700 million to 1 billion dollars as the market expands in the near future.
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New York
Steelways Magazine
U. S
Patterson to Kick Off Campaign in Lawrence Rally
Former Gov John Patterson will start his gubernatorial bid with a 7:30 p.m. rally at Lawrence County High School in Lawrence County on March 21. He is among 11 Democrats seeking the nomination, with a string band and campaign workers in attendance. Patterson plans a state wide kickoff Friday at New Site, fourteen miles north of Alexander City.
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Moulton
John Patterson
Lawrence
Lawrence County
Patterson
Tennis Terry
Terry
New Site
Alexander City
Enter Austin High Science Fair Draws 150 Projects
More than 150 projects are entered in the Austin High School Science Fair, teacher Homer Landrum reports. Winners will be announced Friday morning and displays open to the public from 3 15 to 8 30 p m in the school gym. Junior and senior high students participate, with some winners competing at the North Alabama Regional Science Fair in Huntsville March 24 26.
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Austin
Homer Landrum
Landrum
North Alabama
Huntsville
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Donna Bentley
8Th Ave
Joe D. Croney
Elkton
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Cagle Ave
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Alpine
James Roman
T. A. Culver
Falkville
Oscar Snader
Somerville
Thomas Sharp
Thomas Cisco
Estell Smith
Clearview
D. C. Thompson
Cecil Turner
10Th St
John Woodruff
Danville Rd
Marshall Lemmond
Betty Lunney
Johnston St
Cora Vinson
Cullman Admissions
Mont
Ivan Nell Hudson
James Douglas Hanken
Pillar
William Kilgo
Crane Hill
Richard McMinn
Sylvia Carol Morgan
Addison
Thomas J. Pearson
Eva
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Lesear Mae Steele
Man
Irvin Watkins
Mrs. Della Yates
Percy Ellis Allen
Mary Lou Calvert
Willodean Davis
Olene Morrison
Carolyn Sue Quick
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Vinemont
Johnny van Scott
Sandra Jean Scott
Shelba W. Scott
Annice Ann Smith
Tar
J. C. Kimbrell
Brookwood Dr
Decatur General
James Huff
Eastmeade St
Decatur General Hospital
Billy Ray Hudson
Cal
Cullman_ Hospital
Kermit K. King
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
Harvey Wilbourn Jr
Donald McKinnon
Moul
Susan McLemore
Marvin Sammons
Robert Howell
Robert Smith
Hope
Brookwood
Billy Cook
Willie Sparks
Roy Biggs
Spring Ave
Harvey Bryant Jr
Webster Trailer Court
Howard Landers
5Th Ave
Robert Lauderdale
Elkmont
Tom Moore
Carl Reding
Ernest Taylor Jr
Cleveland Ave
John Tingle
Raymond Wooding
Thomas Barnett
Vinca. St
Nancy Brown
William Gulley Jr
Chestnut St
Bill Johnson
Richard Hyde Jr
Decatur General Admissions
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Otto. McCarley
Aosie Smith
John Franz Jr
E. Moulton
William Webb
Betty St
Oscar Copeland
Gertrude Clardy
Tennessee Valley Rest Home
Jimmy Shelton
1801
7Th St. SE
Pamela Lively
Sheridan Dr
Annis Sparkman
7Th Ave
Murray Plemons
1Th Ave
West Morgan
Annie Berryman
Ruby Green
Billy Craig
L’rence
Bosy Beaver
Austin Fair
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2Nd Ave
Florence
Washington ST. NE
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Lane
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