Weather and river readings with city history note
Decatur area river reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning shows 16.52 feet with sea level at 550.82 feet. Monday high 76 degrees at 3 pm, low 42 at 6 am. Today upper 60s and tonight around 40, with a Wednesday near 70. Forecast calls for mostly fair skies with cooler conditions today and tonight. Climate data for Monday reports high 76, low 53, average 65, 14 above normal, precipitation 0.50 inch for day, 2.53 for month, 13.08 for year, and a 24 hour temperature spread from 67 to 42. Sunrise tomorrow 5:57 am, sunset 5:54 pm. Outlook Thursday to Saturday expects occasional showers, highs in 70s Thursday, then upper 60s to low 70s, lows 50s to upper 40s. On this date in 1933 a tornado struck Nashville, eight miles long, one city block to one mile wide, killing 15 and destroying 1,457 homes.
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Nashville
Bids sought for Decatur Vocational Center at Austin High School
Decatur City Schools invites sealed bids in duplicate for construction of a new Vocational Center at Austin High School. Documents available from Barr and Tune Associates for fifty dollars per set. Bid deadline March 16 1972 at 3 00 PM CST.
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Decatur City
Decatur
Alabama
Austin High School
Barr and Tune Associates
F. W. Dodge Corporation
Birmingham
Huntsville
Birmingham Builders Exchange
Florence
Instructional Service Center
Old Post Office
Bank Street
Obituaries for Dodd Compton and Crosby note deaths and services
Funeral services are set for Charlie E. Dodd 86 of Ypsilanti who died Monday with burial in Decatur Cemetery. Rev Ben Compton 71 of Trinity dies in a bulldozer accident with services at Midway Church of Christ and burial in Moulton Memory Gardens. Annie Mae Crosby 50 of 641 13th Ave NW dies Monday with services at Davis Temple Missionary Baptist Church and burial at Davis Temple Cemetery. Survivors listed include spouses children and relatives.
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Charlie E. Dodd
Ypsilanti
Mich
Gunthorp Funeral Home
Decatur Cemetery
Decatur
Murray Dodd
Dodd
Trinity
Ben €. Compton
Midway Church of Christ
Luther Williams
Wade Whitlock
Moulton Memory Gardens
Elliott
Adamsville
Wayne Turner
Elbert Shelton
Hollis Shelton
Loyd Hitt
Lonzo Sherrill
R. J. Dunn
Compton
Lawrence County
Annie Mae Crosby
13Th Ave
Davis Temple Missionary Baptist Church
Sam Moore
Davis Temple
Reynolds Funeral Home
Jerry Crosby
Limestone County
Ananias Crosby
Hillsboro
Jerry Crosby Jr
Madison
Dave Crosby
George Crosby
Youngstown
Ohio
Ed Crosby
Sulbi Crosby
Birmingham
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Decatur and Vicinity River Reading
Keller Memorial Bridge
2Nd Ave
S.E
Ateway Vncaree
John Wayne and
The
Cowboys
Big John
Princess Vowerow
Watt
Disney
Bowline Mearne
Billie Jack
Paul Newman
Luke
Thunderbird
Undertaker & His
Country Family
Decatur Shopping Center
Jamison Byron Manly
Mildred Ennis Hudson
Decatur General Admissions
David Dinsmore Lindsey
Robert Earl Bates
Eva Clifton Earl Files
Gerald Wayne Namie
Nano’ Perry Chandler
Somerville
George Holt Weatherford
Warren Jackson Montgomery
Moulton
Timothy Eugene Adams
Athens
Tanner
Joni Carol Powell
Anna Maria Davis
Sharon Joyce Brown
Danville
Arthur Allen Mynatt
Deborah Sue Pepper
James Parks
Gla
Hartselle
Clarence Everette Aston
Charlie Peebles
Courtland
Monta Moser King
Martin Matthews
Billy Paul Johnson
Rodney Wayne Coffey
Ryne David Harris
Lenie Eddy
John Paul Moore
William Estey
Shelton
Kawana Karlene Martin
Ardmore
Wilburn
Randy Moses
William Ralph Pate
John Heath Davis
Carolyn Sue Simmons
Lacey’s Springs
Frankie Annette Blevins
Judy Faye Vickers
Toney
Laura Patricia Hill
Martha Sue Smith
John Paul Puckett
Jesse Wheeler Perry
Ruby Hazel Morris
Margaret Bledsoe
Clinton Sanders
Richard Irving McCulloch
Arthur G. Howell
Gertrude T. Yeager
Cullman
John Brasher McCarary
Landiline Pigg
Vinemont
Walter Scott Brittenham
Catur
Donna Kaye
Freeman
Bennie Dalton Appleton
Ruby Lee Kelsoe
Linda Faye Ricks
Tra Turner
Billy Wayne Burden
John Henry Chapman
David Allen Bruner
Wayman Hayes
Jean B. Hayes
Collateral Investment Company
Morgan County
Waltham Federal Savings and Loan Association
Waltham
Federal Savings and Loan Association
S. W
Section 26
Township 6
Irby
Bluebird Lane
Irby Johnson Ford, Inc
Sixth Avenue
James P. Hardister
Clarence P. Aday
Somerville Rd
Anna Lou Sandifer
Sykes St
Troy T. Flowers
Dewey W. Reed
Bradford A. Puckett
Elkmont
Dewitt T. Green
6Th St
John E. Sherrod
Lafayette St
P. Aday
John A. Hill
19Th Ave
S. R. Garrison
7Th Ave
Joe Bennich
Theodore G. Thom
Betty St
Jerrel Ray Reece
Magnolia St
Louis B. Woods
Church St
Shelton Oneal Waters
Joe Chandler
Monroe Dr
Jeffery Ie Farley
Freemont St
Charlies Swanner
12Th Ave
Leonard Burns
Marty Stringer
James Luker
Mildred Black
William Lewter
Grace Jones
5Th Ave
Leon Smith
Grant St
Ay Yarbrough
Etta England
Moulton St
Jennifer Parker
Beard St
Miranda Hayes
Lily Dunnivant
Eric King
Patricia Woodruff
10Th Ave
Twanna Ray
Margaret Patton
Woodland St
Howard Roberson
Hanceville
Paul Kirby
Clarence Halbrooks
6Th Ave
Louie Smith
Lillie Mayes
Vickie Parker
Dorothy Keeton
Myrtle Childers
Billy Barkley
William Jacobs
Lester Carl Etheredge
Estus Hardin
John Dunn
11Th Ave
Stella Bennett
Raymond Ward
Ronnie Maples
Son
Cullman Admissions
Larry Gene Clark
Audie Mae Farr
Debra Faye Harbison
Logan
Kim M. Schiller
Ronda L. Schittker
J. D. Creel
Robert Lee- Dunkin
Irene T. Hyatt
Caria Owen
Nellie Jean Parson
Baron W. Brown
Baileyton
Lorene Dunn
Terry H. Eddy
Albert L. Hinkle
Timothy Myrick
Sue Pentecost
Wilma Inez Richards
Willie J. Robertson
Johnnie Lee Smith
Bremen
Minnie E. Smith
Ruth P. Smith
Vivian L. Spears
Margaret Twilley
Stacy Bartene Bailey
Holly Pond
Luther B. Beck
Sylvester V. Rice
Guntersville
Beverly D. Duskin
Hubert Farr
Ruby Nell Graves
Hayden
John E. McPhearson
George William Lindsay
Decatur General Hospital
Billy Hugh Stephenson
Henry. Bond
Baugh- Wiley-Smith Hospital
Charlie Dodd
Ben Compton
Annie Crosby
Curt Johns Income Tax Service
OK Tires
Storm Window Co
von Schrader
Santize Carpet Service
William B. Chandler
Charles Carter
First Federal Savings
Frank Higdon
A. L. Woods
Brooks
3Rd Ave
D&j
John Houze
Terry
North Alabama
Bank St
Mizell Drilling Service
Income Tax Service
Doug Johnson
First National Bank
Bobby Turney
Wed
Rainey’s Beauty Academy
Roussell
Bill Oakley
Glenn Drilling CO
J. H. Standridge
14Th St
Dick Coffey
Sepeuy New
Sherron
Decatur Daily
Hartselle Hospital
Willie F. Harris
Harris
Paul Tucker
Mama Mae
Thelma
Jean
Mildred
Millie
Jeanette
Virginia
Carridale
Charlie Dar. LL
R. P. Boutwell
Bart Louailen
Holly St
Alanon
St. John's Episcopal Church
Decatur - In-Come
Azalea SW
Ideal School
Westwood Dr
Cole Springs
Danville Rd
A. B. Love Real Estate
Johnston St. J.L. Johnson
Walter Jackson
Flo Serner
Ick Coffey Realty
4Th Ave
Graham
Woodmeade
Bill Hammett
Valley Homes
FHA
Decatur Realty
Hwy
Plainview
Midway
New Center
Lindo Real Estate Office
George Douthit
Harold Wallace
Call
Margaret Nichols
Thomas Drive
Gordon van Dusen
Dick Coffey Realty
Sandra
W. Moulton Duplex
8Th Ave
Fred Tucker
Marie
Noel Callahan
Newman Ave
Frank Yancy Agency
Larry Yarbrough
Cliff Moore
Rainbow Homes, Inc
Bob Pettey
Leiden
Summerlane SE
OAK Park School
Carl Larry Oe
Rutledge ST
Adorable
Cave Springs Church
Priceville
Mike Sloan Realty
8Th St
Aquadome
Equity
Mallard and
Eastwood School
Roy Washburn
Southwest Equity
Call Flo Serner
Dic Coffey Realty
Austin Plaza
Leeann ST
B. Frank Chenault
11216Th Ave
Rigel Dr
Joe
Sunset Real Estate
RT. 1
Mountain Home Road
Beltline
New Moulton Road
Walt Disney
Technicolor
Disney's
Princess Theatre
U. S. Hwy. 31
North