Decoration Day Observed At Moss Chapel In Morgan County
Decoration Day will be observed Sunday May 8 at Moss Chapel Morgan County Contributions will be appreciated to pay for a permanent caretaker Contributions may be made to Jim Moss or Ewell McElvaney Dur ing Decoration Day dinner will be served and singing enjoyed in the afternoon Hill Home Demonstration Club meets Thursday at 9 am at the cheat Pre School Clinic for Moulton Heights School is scheduled May 9 at 9 30 am All parents with children entering the fall are urged to attend.
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Moss Chapel
Morgan
Hep
Jimmy Moss
Ewell McElvaney
Moulton Heights
Princess The Naked Alibi at Sterling Tonight
Local listings show screenings at Sterling with cast including Gloria Grahame and Hayden in The Naked Alibi plus Casanova Brown starring Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright. Evening times span 1:30 to 9:30.
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Princess — the
Sterling
Hayden
Gloria Grahame
Casanova Brown
Gary Cooper
Teresa Wright
Paul J. Fowler Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Paul J. Fowler 74 are set for Wednesday at 2 30 p m at Bank Street Hospital where he had been a patient. Rev A B Van Arsdale to conduct with interment in Roselawn Cemetery Browns directing. Survivors include a daughter Mrs W P Ford a son Bob two brothers and a sister. Nephews will be pallbearers. He once operated Fowler's Coal and Wood Yard.
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Paul J. Fowler
Bank St. Hospital
A. B. van Arsdale
Roselawn Cemetery
Brown Directing
7Th Ave
W. P. Ford
Decatur
Bob
George Fowler
Huntsville
Trenton
Ala
Jim Brown
Fowler
Coal and Wood Yard
Farmers debate price supports linked to parity
The proposal would set price supports at 80 to 90 percent of parity instead of the current 75 percent range. Parity is a legal standard intended to assure farmers a fair return relative to the costs of goods they purchase.
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Eistacanten
Willis G. Young Rites Set Today
Funeral services for Willis Gard Ner Young 74 a Morgan County native are set for 2 30 this afternoon at East End Methodist Church with Rev J K Rodgers officiating. A retired L N Railroad employee and Mason he died Sunday at 3 30 am at his home 411 10th Ave Decatur interment in City Cemetery Brown directing. He is survived by one brother Frank S Young Decatur.
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Willis Gardner Young
Morgan County
East End Methodist Church
J. K. Rodgers
Mr. Young
L.&n. Railroad
10Th Ave
City Cemetery
Brown Directing
Frank S. Young
Decatur
Local Church Event and Community Notes Highlight Athens Area
At the regular Local Church meeting in Athens First, Kirby speaks on The Well Rounded Camp Program. M.Y.F. Sub District meets in Hart selle. A black 1950 Plymouth with tag 52 10125 was towed to the city garage. Students enrolled at State Vocational Trade School include Faulk Dover Filgan Lewis White. Visitors from Decatur Ministerial Association tour the school. Jack Wood and Siehekee appear on The Big Payoff program from New York.
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Athens
Moulton St
5Th Ave
State Vocational Trade School
Benjamin J. Faulk
Elkmont
Clifford O'Neal Dover
Tuscumbia
Buford Filgan
Decatur
James Edward Lewis
Elton D. White
Cullman
Decatur Ministerial Asson
Jack Wood
Decatur Iron and Steel Co
Today
Out of
City approves sewer plan with Decatur Land Co backing
City Council authorizes Polglaze and Basenberg to prepare plans for a permanent lateral sewer system for Wilder Place lots 21 22 23 25 26 27 and a temporary disposal system. Decatur Land Co backs the project and would fund the temporary system with laterals to be assessed to property owners if the Southeast Decatur system is not adopted.
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Polglaze and Basenberg
Birmingham
Wilder Place
State Health Department
Decatur Land Co. Ltd
Decatur
Decatur Land Co
B. G. Ryan
Decatur Service Station Association
Ryan
H. R. Summer
Mills Motors
Leonard Moody
Mills
John Caddell
13Th Ave
7Th
8Th. St
12Th Ave
Somerville Road
John W. Sherrill, Jr
A. C. Sample
W. B. Neher
Roselawn Cemetery
Robert Hutson
Roselawn Cemetery Co
W. L. Deese
Rutledge Thomas
Fire Department
Fire College
Tuscaloosa
Pallbearers Named In Memorial Notice
The notice lists Edward A Samuel among pallbearers for the deceased, detailing the burial arrangements and other relatives involved in the service.
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Edward A Samuel
Mary Ola Brown Dies Rites Held at Blue Springs
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Ola Brown 69 are set for Wednesday 2:30 p.m. at Blue Springs Baptist Church. She died this morning at her Hartselle home. Survived by six daughters Viola Roberts Hazel Chaney Ruby Tidwell Pearl Bowman Annie Bradford Minnie Lee Fore two sons John A. Brown Leon Brown 50 grandchildren 10 great grandchildren three brothers Monroe Wigginton Jim Wigginton Walter Wigginton. pallbearers Virgil Chaney Willie Roberts John Nixon J B Nixon Ed Tidwell Elmer Chaney. Interment Blue Springs Cemetery Peck directing.
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Hartselle
Mary Ola Brown
Blue Springs Baptist Church
Brown
Hartsellet
The
Baptist Church
Viola Roberts
Falkville
Hazel Chaney
Ruby Tidwell
Eva
Pearl Bowman
Wadley
Ala
Annie Bradford
South
Blue Springs
Peck
Virgil Chaney
Willie Roberts
John Nixon
J. B. Nixon
Ed Tidwell
Elmer Chaney
Services Today For Jim Dunkin In Lebanon Church
Final rites for Jim Dunkin 90 of Hartselle were to be conducted at 2:30 PM at Lebanon Baptist Church by Rev. Daryl Harris Rev. Dewey Crow and Rev. Lannie Smallwood. Dunkin died Monday at his daughter’s home in Hartselle. He leaves three daughters three sons many grandchildren and a half brother. Interment at Herring Cemetery Peck.
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Harselle
Lebanon Baptist Church
Daryl Harris
Dewey Crow
Lannie Smallwood
Jim Dunkin
Hartselle
Dunkin
Homer Reynolds
W. 3. Quattlebaum, Mimsburgs, Ohio, Mrs. Sam Knox, Hartselle
J. Will Dunkin
Walter Dunkin
Falk- We
Perry Dunkin
Falkville
Albert Lemley
Somerville
Herring Cemetery
Peck Directing
He Morgan
Cramer Anders
Robert Anders
Hubert Lawrence
Melvin Lawrence
Methodists Rally For Birmingham Southern College Fund
Hartsel le Decatur District pastors and laymen met at Hartselle Methodist Church for a Birmingham Southern College rally. The kickoff dinner aims to raise a $40,000 district fund drive with speakers Betty Sapp Billy Sparkman Bishop Clare Purcell Newman Yielding Dr. George Stuart and others sharing college background needs and goals. Otis Kirby and Minar Triplett are drive directors.
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Hartselle
Decatur
Hartselle Methodist Church
Birmingham Southern College
Betty Sapp
Billy Sparkman
Birming College
Clare Purcell
Methodist
Newman Yielding
Robert Sapp
Cullman First Church A Christian College
George Stuart
Otis Kirby
Minar
Triplett
Minar Triplett
John J. Phares
First Methodist Church
Union Grove
Phares
1955 Pulitzer Winners Include Faulkner Williams Menotti
New York announces 1955 Pulitzer prizes with William Faulkner winning fiction for A Fable and Tennessee Williams taking drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Gian-Carlo Menotti earns music with The Saint of Bleecker Street. Local papers Columbus Ledger and Ledger-Enquirer cited for public service. Local reporters Caro Brown and Roland Towery win reporting awards.
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New York
William Faulkner
Tennessee Williams
Williams
Faulkner
Mississippi
Gian-Carlo Menotti
Columbus
Daily Echo
Roland K. Towery
The
Cuero
Tex) Daily Record
Tuscaloosa group seeks unified driver recruitment plan
The article notes a plan to merge separate Tuscaloosa driver groups into a single organization with an annual solicitation. Clement emphasizes a payroll deduction scheme as essential to campaign success, mentioning about 60 participants.
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Clement
Hospital Admissions and Dismissals List by Location
A compiled notice lists admissions and dismissals across multiple hospitals including Mercy Hospital on Clinton Street and Decatur General Hospital. Names include Hubert McElroy, Mrs. John Brown, Mrs. Wincie Kinney, Johnny Garrison, Vaughn Carthers, and Baby William H. Howell, with addresses in Decatur, Hartselle, Arab, Danville, and Athens.
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Hubert McElroy
Hartselle
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
John Brown
10Th Ave
Wincie Kinney
A. F. Scott
Ardmore
Tenn
C. L
Decatur General Hospital
Johnny Garrison
Decatur
Levert Mancus
Austinville Rd
Vaughn Carthers
8Th Ave
William R. Brown
Danville
Dorothy Crow
Charles F. King, Jr
6Th Ave
William H. Howell
3Rd Ave
Doyle Gist
5Th Ave
Sheila Sims
Jimmy Owen
Athens
Owens and Sharp Births Reported at Baugh Wiley Clinic
A son was born this morning to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Owens of 1401 9th Ave SE at Baugh Wiley Clinic. Earlier, a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ferrill Sharp of 212 6th Ave NW at the same clinic.
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Ed Owens
9Th Ave
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Ferrill Sharp
6Th Ave
Baugh- Wiley Clinic
Girl Scout Day Camp Reunion Highlights At Littlehouse Grounds
Girls from Intermediates and Brownies gathered for a Day Camp reunion led by the Senior Planning Board with judges naming winning units in relay races wheel barrow and dash events. Alvin Turner won a special boys race and leaders competed in an orange nose race. Do Dads Day plans were set for May 7 with scouts and fathers to participate.
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Girl Scout Littlehouse
Senior Planning Board
Norman Stiles
John Chenault
Carl Hoyer
B. O. Stinnett
Page
Alvin Turner
Tom Leslie
Tuscaloosa Seeks Payroll Deductions for Community Chest
Donors provide 70 percent of contributions in Tuscaloosa with $192000 raised, $90000 from organized labor. Proposals suggest payroll deductions of one day per year or $1 monthly per employee, with quotas based on employees times 12 less 10 percent, and emphasis on education of citizens about community needs and budgeting for the United Gospel or related agencies.
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Tuscaloosa
Thielens
Williams
United One
Clement
Miller
Mind Health Drive Touts Alabama Needs in Mental Care
Judge Gray outlines county hospital occupancy and staff shortages at Bryce Hospital. He cites 172 Morgan County patients in mental beds, 61 in local hospitals, and 350 on a waiting list. Alabama spends 1.85 per day per patient. national is 2.50. Donations benefit the County Mental Health fund.
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Minl
Gray
Morgan County
Bryce Hospital
Alabama
Bryce Host
Judge Gray
University of Alabama
Tom Leslie
John Chenault
P.O. Box
Decatur
Alabama Association For Mental Health
Market summary of feeder cattle prices and weights
The report lists calf and steer price ranges with weights at 180 to 280 pounds. It notes No. 2 and No. 3 categories with prices around 16.50 to 20.50 per hundredweight. Limited readable data emphasize commercial and choice classifications.
North Alabama poultry markets show steady prices in latest update
In Birmingham AP reports North Alabama live market remains bare ly to ample with prices steady. For Alabama 24 hours ending 10 30 Tuesday broilers at farms 25 to 25 percent. Atlanta notes market steady to firm with varying prices for products and plant bids recorded around 39GB.
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Birmingham
North Alabama
Alabama
Atlanta
Bam
Pol
Birmingham market notes on current receipts
The report indicates a waning Fy market with mentions of sendarke and whites, noting large figures around 3344-37 and implications for current receipts.
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Birmingham
Sae Reer at Wea on trace a ae See
The readable fragment notes an AP report about tracking weather or a trace event. Details are unclear in the text.
Scouts Planning Camporee Here
The annual Boy Scout Camporee is scheduled for Friday and Saturday at Camp Frazier with John A. Reynolds serving as camp director. Local troops participate yearly and have shown growing interest as preparations wrap up.
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Frazier
John A. Reynolds
Explorer Troop Sets Up Demonstration Areas for Registration
Troops will be assigned to certain roles as they register. The Explorer troop has also established two demonstration areas for all participants to view.
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Price the Explorer
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