Revival services and events fill Morgan County schedule
A long list of church revivals, concerts, meetings and community events fills the Morgan County calendar. Highlights include revival at Larkwood Church of the Nazarene Eva Ed Irwin guest readers and puppet shows, a Decatur High spring concert with Col. Carlton Butler, and multiple meetings of civic and professional groups at local venues. Memorial Day services at Forest United Methodist Church feature the Osborne Brothers Quartet.
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Larkwood Church of the Nazarene
Eva Ed Irwin
Harrison, Tennery
In Rd. SW
Decatur High School
Oak Park
Decatur High Auditorium
University of Alabama
Col
Carlton Butler
Forest United Methodist Church
Osborne Brothers
Jartselle
Austinville
Harmony United Methodist Church
Courtland
Ray Duvall
Decatur
Morgan County primary returns show Yates winning license post
Yates captured 68.15 percent with 8 967 votes in the license commissioner race. Edith Sandlin led tax collector runoff with 3 393 votes, facing Charles E. Howard as top rival. Other totals include Bartholomew, Holmes, Hoover, Roberts, Waddell, and Yancey in Morgan County May outcomes.
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Shell
Morgan County
Yates
Brenda Sharp Martin
John L. Morgan
Edith Sandlin
Charles E. Howard
William R
Bill) Bartholomew
S. L
Sonny) Holmes
W. F. Hoover
W. G
Bill) Roberts III
William A. Waddell Jr
Charles E. Yancey
Howard
Runoff fields set as Briscoe and Shirley vie for seats
In Morgan County, Alvis Briscoe leads with 42.43 percent to Jean Whitley 33.94 in a crowded primary. Joe Rolfe Jr and Leon Nelson also win terms. H G Hunter trails Steve Shirley who vows to abolish the constable office after a runoff. A voting machine breakdown at Cole Springs delayed results with 50 voters voting by paper.
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Alvis G. Briscoe
Jean F. Whitley
John T. Morgan
Briscoe
Whitley
Robert Abercrombie
County Commission
Joe W. Rolfe
Leon Nelson
Commission
Nelson
Gerry Holmes
William F. Robinson
Constable
H. G. Hunter
Steve Shirley
Hunter
Shirley
Howard Verner Jr
Morgan County
Cole Springs
David Cauthen
John McBride
Cauthen
Wallace Leaders Fight for Alabama Delegates in Primary
Wallace won at least 14 pledged Alabama delegates and could gain up to 14 more as returns from over 70 percent of boxes showed 28 Wallace pledged delegates, six uncommitted delegates, and one undecided race. Republicans debated runoff prospects with Blount likely winning a national convention seat.
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McRae
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Coggin
K. J. Griffith
Cullman County
Wallace
Newton B. Powell
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Powell
Montgomery
Athens
Athens High School
Jacksonville State University
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Cumberland School of Law
Miss Blackburn
Winton
Red) Blount
Marines Ready Amphibious Force For Surveillance and Evacuation
The 31st Marine Battalion Landing Team with 1 500 men sails on S Tripoli and Duluth Anchorage Schenectady ships, carrying up to 10 tanks. A second BLT Bravo aboard Denver Mobile Tuscaloosa supports. Officers describe a show of force and evacuation aid, but insufficient alone for sustained combat without reinforcements.
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U.S. S. Tripoli
U. S.S. Duluth
U. S.S. Anchorage
U. S. S. Schenectady
Battalion Landing Team Bravo
U. S. S. Denver
U. S. S. Mobile
U. S. Tuscaloosa
Athens man held on auto theft charge tied to Florida crime
Athens Limestone County authorities arrest 27 year old Lee Edward Holt charging him with larceny of an automobile. Sheriff Evans said Holt is linked to an April 21 theft of a vehicle in Orlando Florida.
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Athens
Limestone County
Athens 2
M. W
Buddy) Evans
Lee Edward Holt
Orlando
Fla
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Credit Women International
Enera
Etn
Os Mort Breakfast
Decatur Council
Ters
Masonic
Demolay Commandery
Ta Templar
Masonic Temple
Cerebral Palsy Assoc. Women’s Committee
Morgan Couny Volunteer Bureau
Ith Department
Decatur Safety Council
Kiwanis Club
Decatur Police Department
Chamber of Commerce
Mutualuditorium
Bank St
Soumty Haspcenion Ter Montel Heath
Ieee Slim
Pilot Club of
Allied
Decatur Cerebral Palsy Association
Mr. Good Guy
American Society of Personnel Administration
Octane Inn
Bob Harris
Decatur Shrine
Woodall’s
Old Moulton Rd
Truman A. Harris
Entre Eres
Alabama Country Musicssociation
Somerville Ward School
Missions
Flint Baptist Church
Tuscumbia
Walden’s Chapel
Ape
West
Hartselle
Sparkman
Erygr Prayer Soca Neattamaanited
Fae Church
Varteotie
Alabama Country "Music Assoc Association
Somerville Ward
WSCS
Caddo
United Methodist
Speman
Heart of Dixie
Deer Re Baptist
Flint
Parkview Baptist Church
Beltline Rd
Committee On Church Cooperation
St. John's Episcopal Church
Tanner First Baptist Church
David Lawler
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Tur
South Morgan County
Citizens Band
Hartselle Municipal Auditorium
Central United Methodist Church Women’s Society of Christian Service
Wesleyan Service Guild
Humphrey
Ohio
McGovern
Frank Mankiewicz
South Dakota
Mankiewicz
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Edmund S. Muskie
Noares Ae
Barney
19Th Ave
Borden
Bologna
U.S
Wicker
Wien
McBride
Binh Dinh
Micki White
Upper River Rd
Ohrbach
Sialon
WIG King
Venicelon
Italy
Second Ave
Downtown
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