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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1964
Page
6
The House Of The Week features architect Rudolph A. Matern turning a single story ranch into a stylish 1479 square foot home with an 11 foot breezeway linking house and garage. The space acts as an outdoor living room for entertaining, while brick veneer and a bright foyer emphasize simple, economical design.
Private detective Lew Archer traces Dolly Kincaid to a web of lies and murder linked to Roy Bradshaw and the Haggerty case. He unravels connections among Tom McGee, a bearded visitor, and a past murder while pursuing Bradshaw's alibi and a looming court showdown.
The 1964 Decatur High School Yearbook honors O. S. Hagerman a longtime Decatur Schools leader and lists senior, junior, sophomore and freshmen favorites. It notes Miss Gloria Mack wins the Beauty Walk and confirms the senior class will visit the New York World's Fair this year with a newly adopted school seal.
Mayor Gilmer Blackburn designated May 4 to 10, 1964 as Be Kind to Animals Week. The proclamation, presented to the Humane Society of Morgan County, Inc., aims to prevent cruelty and relieve animal suffering while promoting humane care for all animals.
A one story home with full basement has a living area of 1 479 square feet excluding breezeway and a one car garage. Overall dimensions are 28 2 feet deep by 79 4 feet wide with the breezeway adding 11 feet to width and the garage 14 feet.
A reader question prize piece explains termite damage in the United States costing about 40 million dollars annually. It details termite groups and their wood eating habits, the role of protozoans in digestion, and methods to protect wood with creosote treatment. It also presents three brain teaser questions with answers.
The notice invites readers to submit drawings riddles jokes and Tell Me Why entries for a Britannica prize. It names Eloise Simms of Brandywine Maryland as today's winner and outlines how to enter with author name age and address for a Britannica World Atlas or Yearbook of Events.
The Public Housing Administration approved loans for Alabama cities Ozark and Midland City. Ozark receives 334,581 dollars to build 36 low rent homes for elderly residents and Midland City gets 112,826 dollars to construct 10 such homes.
A historical sketch traces early forms from the walk along to the true bicycle in 1840 built in Scotland by Kirkpatrick MacMillan, then Dalzell’s 1846 improvements, the velocipede, high wheeler, and the 1880 safety bicycle with equal wheel sizes. The era brings tires, bearings, brakes, and adjustable handles, ushering in the modern bicycle age. SF Mary Thamert of Owatonna, Minn., wins today’s prize for the quiz question.
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