Bits Of History From Vew Center Baptist Church
Rev J W Myers compiles a history of Vew Center Baptist Church east of Hartselle in Morgan County. Organized 1886 and joined Muscle Shoals Baptist Association in 1891. Pastors W E Wright and J W Hughes, with steady church growth, baptisms, Sunday school gains, and evolving leadership. By 1964 65 members baptized. total members 241 with current pastor Rev Kenneth Mullins, his family, and living near the church. Detailed 1965 minutes show tithes, salaries, missions giving, and property valued at 32 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Myers
Vew Center Baptist Church
Hartselle
Morgan
Muscle Shoals
R. L. Henderson
J. W. Hughes
Irene Smith
Morgan-Baptist
Kenneth Mullins
Mullins
Hartselle 3
Kay
Renee
Yvonne
Bradenton
Fla
Manatee
Florida
Belmont College
Nashville
Jim Newton
Joann Montgomery
Dorris Halbrooks
Courts push desegregation plans in three Alabama counties
Justice Department and county boards submit accelerated desegregation orders for Montgomery Bullock and Macon counties. Plans require staff desegregation by June 15 and race based enrollment reports by May 15. Schools closed: 21 in Montgomery, 17 in Bullock, 3 in Macon with improvements to 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Department
Montgomery
Bullock County
Johnson
Montgomery County
Macon County
Macon County Board of Education
U. S. Circuit Court
Richard T. Rives
Dist
H. H. Grooms
Bullock
Montgomery Counties
Boards of Education
Gemini 8 mission rehearsal plans for launch day
Ground crews at space installations tested the Gemini 8 flight with a verbal script while a computer fed tracking and communications data. The crew is to launch Tuesday at 11 41 a m EST, rendezvous with the Agena target vehicle, then dock and prepare for a space walk and uncoupling operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley
Earth
Cape Kennedy
Scott
Armstrong
Fires and thefts report from Decatur department
The Decatur Fire Department responded to multiple fires through 10 p.m. Friday including an outbuilding loss at 714 Cashin St NW and a heavy loss at 4th Ave SE Grand Prix Raceway. Police logged a daytime burglary in which Bob Lewis reported missing tools from 1410 Beech St SE. A single vehicle collision occurred around 3:10 p.m. at 6th Ave and Johnston St SE involving Betty Norwood and George Filyou with no injuries.
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Decatur Fire Department
Cashin St
Ewell St
Cagle Ave
16Th Ave
Bob Lewis
Beech St
Decatur
6Th Ave
Johnston St
Betty C. Norwood
Somerville Rd
George W. Filyou
Huntsville
Dogs in custody at Morgan County Humane Society
Two lost dogs are in the Morgan County Humane Society custody, a black setter and a fawn chihuahua, both male. For more information call 355-0062.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County Humane Society
Minister Spencer Undertakes cross-country preaching trek
Catholic patron saint of travelers Christopher guides Spencer on a long journey from Montgomery to Mobile with 11 miles to Prattville. Fred Gilbert drives a camper pickup as Spencer alternates riding two horses, visiting Birmingham Gadsden Chattanooga Junaluska Asheville Winston-Salem Danville Charlottesville and Washington with President Johnson. Return is planned for April 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher
Spencer
Montgomery
Prattville
Fred Gilbert
Birmingham
Gadsden
Ala
Chattanooga
Cleveland
Guest Editorial on China’s rising global role and US policy
The Christian Science Monitor argues China under Mao will dominate international issues this century. It lauds Fulbright hearings with Harvard historian John Fairbank to foster imaginative US thinking, reduce conflict misperceptions, and broaden policy options while maintaining defense against Pacific threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Monitor
China
United States
Mao Tse-tung
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright Committee
John K. Fairbank
Harvard
New York Review of Books
America
Soviet Union
Peking
Washington
Pacific
De Gaulle Pushes France From NATO Command
De Gaulle states NATO has outlived usefulness and rejects its integrated command. France will place U.S. bases under French control by 1969 or withdraw. SHAPE not bound by base accords. foreign installations must be French. Full withdrawal from NATO military structure expected by year end with troop plans in West Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Gaulle
NATO
U.S
France
West Germany
Property Fire Losses Reach 1.76 Billion in 1965
A historical notice notes property destroyed by fire in 1965 totaled 1.76 billion dollars, signaling large scale losses and potential insurance or rebuilding implications for the era.
Gilchrist rally aims to show solid support in home county
The program will begin with the national anthem and a reminiscence by Miss Lizzie Reed Penn, Gilchrist's former MCHS teacher. Limestone County Rep Granville Turner will introduce the main speaker. An open house follows at Gilchrist's Morgan County HQ in the Sherrill-Bailey Building on US 31, Cain said, urging broad attendance to let Bob and the state know Limestone County backs him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Reed Penn
Gilchrist
MCHS
Limestone County
Granville Turner
Morgan County
Sherrill-Bailey
Cain
Bob
Bus and car wreck in Moulton delays traffic two hours
A woman balanced the body to its funeral home in Moulton and funeral services were to be announced later by Elliott. The bus and car wreckage blocked both lanes for nearly two hours before wreckers cleared the area. The school bus had moderate damage and the car suffered heavy damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Elliott
Showers and Cloudiness Increase Across Region
Scattered showers and thundershowers will brush about 20 percent of the area this afternoon, rising to around 60 percent by late Saturday into Sunday. Precipitation ends Sunday afternoon with clearing skies and mild temperatures. CoolerDecatur area Sunday night and Monday. Weekend rains may bring additional frosts in the Tennessee Valley Sunday night or Monday. Today's high near 70 with a low around 54 tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weatherman
Decatur
Weather Bureau
Tennessee Valley
Indonesian crisis deepens as Sukarno confronts anti Communist forces
Violent pressure from students and the armed forces mounts against Communist elements blamed for last October's abortive coup. Inflation worsens while the army escapes blame, and Sukarno faces growing street action, including attacks on Red Chinese targets. Suharto, named army commander after the coup, may back a battle to crush the Communists. A clandestine radio reports Lt. Col. Untung, a revolt leader, was executed.
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Sukarno
Indonesia
Jakarta
Peking
New China News Agency
Red China
Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Ken
Mohammed Hatta
Suharto
Achmad Yani
Kuala Lumpur
Singapore
Subandrio
Col. Untung
Local births reported for three families
Mr and Mrs R L Chandler Woodland Ave SE announce a son born Friday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Thomas Wayne Hill 2303 Hamilton Dr SW report a daughter born Friday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Charles Nelson Danville announce a daughter born Friday at Lawrence County Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Chandler
Woodland Ave
Decatur General Hospital
Thomas
Wayne Hill
Hamilton Dr
Charles Nelson
Danville
Lawrence County Hospital
Hospital Dismissals and Names List
A readable OCR fragment lists individuals associated with hospitals and dismissals. Names include Audrey M. Johnson, Jerry Holland, Alice Mable Peebles, Charles M. Sabotka, Hubert W. Praytor, W. J. Briscoe, Lowrey Johnson, Gary Robert Keown, Billy Harold Cook, W. Lee Adcox, J. Pennell, Alford Bingham, Landry Lee Burden, and a note of an England family with an infant daughter in Somerville. Addresses accompany several entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey M. Johnson
9Th St
Jerry Holland
Moulton
Alice Mable Peebles
Hillsboro
Charles M. Sabotka
Gordon Dr
Hubert W. Praytor
Tower St
W. J. Briscoe
Lowrey Johnson
14Th Ave
Gary Robert Keown
Billy Harold Cook
Hartselle W. Lee Adcox
Sherman
J. Pennell
Decature
Alford Bingham
College St. SE
Landry Lee Burden
Courtland
William Luther England
Somerville
Local Families Named in Moulton Area List of Births
A community notice lists residents of Moulton Town Creek Trinity Courtland Grayson and Danville with newborn infants. Names include Belinda Flannagin Moulton Jimmy Rainey Penny Kirby Opal Waters Jeweldean Rampley Benzil Borden Frances Nelson Ferlin Weeks Mannilla Clayton Hubert Jefferies Stanley Terry Roger Houston Alex Strickland Dwight Hill Tonya Bradford infant poses Posey Gohlston Tammy Bradford infant Alton Hill and Louis Melson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belinda Flannagin
Moulton
Tannett Pierce
Jimmy Rainey
Penny Kirby
Town Creek
Maye Hood
Betty Whisenant
Opal Waters
Jeweldean Rampley
Benzil Borden
Hope
Frances’ Nelson
Danville
Charles Taylor
Ferlin Weeks
Trinity
Mannilla Clayton
Hubert Jefferies
Grayson Stanley Terry
Courtland
Roger Houston
Alex Strickland
Dwight Hill
Tonya Bradford
Kenneth Cross
Posey Gohlston
Tammy Bradford
Alton Hill
Louis Melson
Cotaco Community League Meets Over Proposed Water System
A Cotaco Community League meeting is set for tonight at 7 at the Somerville Masonic Hall. The main topic is the proposed water system for the area and all interested residents are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotaco
Cotaco Community League
Somerville Masonic Hall
Weather and river readings with cloudiness and showers
In Decatur and Vicinity Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge read 17.51 feet this morning with sea level at 551.81 feet. Forecast calls for increasing cloudiness with showers and thundershowers likely by late afternoon and evening. High today 70, low tonight 54, high Sunday 65. Prominent stars Antares, The Twins, Procyon, The Pleiades, and Aldebaran noted with Moon and Sun times provided.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
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Gemini
Grant
Decatur Shopping Center
Charles E. Bohlen
Foreign Ministry
Old
Dutch East Indies
Abdul Haris Nasution
Nasution
Lucian D. McCulloch
Lucian D McCulloch
Decatur General Admissions
Lawrence County Admissions
Cotaco League
Antares
Twins
Procyon
Pleiades
Aldebaran
THE
Associated Press
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Mils-St.p
New Orleans
New York
Okla City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Ptind
Ore
Rapid City
Soderhamm
RCA Victor
Vista
Aycock
Radio Shack
N.E
Dale Carnegie
First Federal Building
Leadership Training Service
City Transit
Decatur Transit
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