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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1963
Page
2
Sunset today is 6 37 p m and sunrise tomorrow at 4 52 a m. Prominent stars Regulus Capella and Mars are noted with Regulus low in the northwest and Capella high in the southwest as the Twins lie midway between them. Mars rises at 8 16 p m.
A morning report from Keller Memorial Bridge shows the Tennessee River at 21.70 feet with a 13 foot rise in 24 hours. Sea level reading 556.0 feet. TVA lake levels listed: Chickamauga 682.5, Pickwick 414.6, Guntersville 595.0, Whitesburg 556.7, Wilson 506.8. Sunday high 88 at 3 pm, low 64 at 1 am. Current 74 degrees at 10:50 am. Forecast: fair to warm today, fair to cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts in thunderstorms. High today 83, low tonight 55, high Tuesday 81.
Alabama points by city show Muscle Shoals 8 62 2% Huntsville 96 62 10 Gadsden 83 62 .00 Anniston 8 63 Birmingham 83 63 31 Tuscaloosa 87 64 2% Montgomery 8 64 T Mobile 87 62 .0
Falkville High School has named Miss Diane Thomason as head cheerleader for the 1963 64 term. Other selected members include Aline Cooper Shelba Bailey Linda June Holmes Linda Gail Holmes Faye Murphy and Carol Blankenship for the upcoming football and basketball seasons.
Classified notices show multiple items including a 3-bedroom brick house with den and central air on a wooded acre in Nashville and a potential trade for a Decatur home. Also listed are small appliances, barber job, rental 7-room house on Seypian Street, and various wants including used brick, babysitting, waitresses, and apartments.
A dated hospital notice shows admissions including Mrs Dorothy Putnam in Danville and Mrs Betty Atkinson in Madison along with other listed patients and dismissals such as Mrs Pearl Brown Falkville and baby Tereasa Collum at 1506. The list also records Lynn Patterson and Lola Keenawm among admissions and SE James Burchell in Athens as a dismissal.
A compiled roster shows multiple individuals with residences in Cullman and nearby towns including Hanceville Hayden Eva Garden City Vinemont and Culman. The list includes Anita Owen Thompson Eiley Duke Harold Bringham Hugh Scheinert Ted Calvert Jerry White Emmitt Quick Sam McAnnally Denzer Shoemaker Martha Williams Wanda Tankersley Alice Greenhill Henry Bielhart Tressie Moody John Turner Lois Abbott Cooney Batton Homer Cornett Terry Silvers Bevie Burt Hettie Moore Eunice Cox L H Helms and Mary Jetton along with associated towns and partial ages.
A readable fragment lists individuals and households in Moulton and Town Creek. Names include Danny Joyce Ligon Dianne Ligon Dianne Gillespie Curtis Borden W Parker F Spears Gary Moore Silas Terry George Terry Will Latham and Belle Pruitt across several numbered entries.
A sequence of full names and addresses appears, listing Dwight Moebes Beverley Cross Jack Stumbo Jesse Webster Otis Chunn Ed Harris Mrs Stewart George Hardy Wendell Patterson Hullar John Mitchell Mrs Hamilton Mrs Green George Journey Jack Quarles Mrs Brooks Delbert Flack infant son Roland Moses Michael McCormick Keith Lovelace Gregory Hardwick William Depreast Price Clanton and Charles Stover with associated street addresses and cities. The fragment reads like a community or household roster.
Mr. and Mrs. Rayford Taylor announce a birth at an unreadable location. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Calvert of Cullman welcome a daughter at Cullman Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry White of Cullman welcome a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Ingram of 905 Lith Street Court report a daughter Saturday at Decatur General Hospital.
Presiding Judge Newton B Powell opened a Circuit Court civil docket with 201 non jury cases. Most cases likely to end in dismissals defaults or continuances while unresolved matters will be set for future non jury trial dates.
A total of 107 cases are on the Limestone County Court criminal jury term session at Pe Porter Way 20 21, Athens. Local court officials prepare for rapid disposition as jurors report for duty in the ongoing term.
Barrett C. Shelton publisher of The Decatur Daily is named to head the big gifts committee in the Chamber of Commerce drive to raise 110000 for a new two level headquarters at 6th Ave NE and Walnut St in Wesl Street Urban Redevelopment Area. Alvis Briscoe Redus Collier A L Johnson R W Orr John A Caddell Daren Easter C Willard Nelson Haskell J Ross serve with him. Some 12 of 14 solicitation teams are calling with two more due Tuesday. Funds span construction land architect’s fee and furnishings totaling 110000.
Police reported four weekend traffic accidents with only property damage. At Ala 20 and US 31 a 1958 Pontiac driven by James T Bolden collided with a 1955 Buick driven by Howard McGowan. Bolden faced driving while intoxicated and license charges. Additional incidents involved a hit and run into parked cars on 3rd Ave SE, and collisions at Boat Harbor and 4th Ave SE with drivers Addie E Foster William H Stewart III Carl Edward White Hugh PittsMitchel.
Nine girls from Mt Hope Hatton Courtland Speake and Lawrence County High School entered the 1963 Lawrence County Rodeo Queen contest. Finalists will be chosen at Thursday night street dance on the courthouse square and the queen crowned after Friday and Saturday rodeo performances May 10 and 11 by Preston C Fowlkes Rodeo of Franklin Tennessee. A parade will be held Saturday afternoon with local riders invited to participate. If rain forces change a makeup performance will be held Sunday afternoon.
Richard Thompson a 33 year old Athens man was arrested and charged with transporting liquor. He was stopped about two miles north of Athens on Highway 127 in a 1954 Plymouth containing six and two thirds gallons of wildcat whisky. Thompson bond was set at 1000 dollars and he remained in the county jail early this morning.
Markets show soybeans at 3.55 per bushel with cattle around steady for steers and heifers as bulk bids run 19.00 to 19.50 for good feeder steers 24.00. Calves 300 price range 26.00 to 28.50 for good to choice dealers. Hogs 1,600 head active 25 to 50 per hundredweight with bulk 185 to 250 pounds 13.50 to 13.75. Sows 11.00 to 12.00. Sheep 150. No early sale.
Wall Street settled lower in moderate volume with mixed results. Tobacco stocks rose on Camel price news while autos and oils fell. IBM, Kodak, U S Vitamin declined with several blue chips fluctuating. Market volume neared 4 million shares as some major names held gains or modest losses.
Atlanta and Birmingham reports describe live pool offers at 13 percent. Hens show ample offerings for fair demand with heavy type at farms, while 1.0.b. plants and light type prices are uncertain. Broilers and irv ers show clearing supplies, sizes decreasing, and good readiness in Birmingham markets.
In a Deep South city a racially tense desegregation demonstration drew an estimated 2,000 Negro participants. Police used fire hoses and dogs as crowds gathered near a church and park, while white spectators stood apart. Dick Gregory and Martin Luther King Jr. joined leaders in a strategy conference as over 1,400 arrests occurred in four days.
Demand for cooking supplies exceeds live supply as processors down order. Today’s estimates vary with large parts of pricing quoted, with delivered plant prices reported from 13.5 to 14.5, reflecting tight availability and variable quotations.
Fragmentary OCR text notes a Birmingham area fair movement for offerings to retailers with prices and codes unclear. Mentions producers and a period around morning hours with vague references to sales and nearby arrangements.
Livestock activity mixed with moderate bids. Steers and heifers near steady while cows hold. Bulls softening. Yearlings 600-650 lb bring 21.00-22.00 per hundredweight. Feeder steers 375-460 lb sell 24.00-26.50. Calves 300 active up to 50 higher. Hogs 185-250 lb 14.00-14.25 with 25-50 higher bulk. Sows 11.00-13.00. Sheep light at 150 head. no early sale planned. Continuous market notes indicate varied demand across categories.
Readable memo lists beef and pork quotes with steady gilt ranges at 190 to 230 pounds from Ibe 13.75 to 14.50 and Sunnita 180 to 240 pounds at 13.25 to 13.75. No 23 240 to 270 pounds and 1 to 2 100 to 189 pounds. Hogs include Ibs 12.50 to 13.50 and No 1 to 3 sows at 0.73 to 1.10 in the same lot.
Eminent Commander Michael L. Jones and officers attended the 103rd Annual Conclave of Alabama Knights Templar Demolay Commandery 14 in Decatur. Visiting women joined city tours lunch at The Club and Eastwood Mall shopping with coffee at Holland House, hosted by the Birmingham Chamber. The Divines Services included a sermon by Rev. O B Lansbury. The banquet for Sir Knights and their Ladies occurred at the Terrace Ballroom of the Thomas Jefferson Hotel. Mizpah Chapter 19 Past Matrons Club meets at 6:30 pm Tuesday at Big Bob Gibson. Sheriff and fire crews logged weekend incidents with multiple arrests for intoxication and traffic offenses. Adult Leadership Training Courses set for Tuesday at Westminster Presbyterian Church with Cub Scout, Boy Scout, and Explorers sessions led by Buck Hill, Dave Preston, and Bud Fisher.
Mayor J Gilmer Blackburn signs a De Kalb proclamation declaring Be Kind To Animals Week in Decatur urging citizens to support humane care for all animals. He highlights the Morgan County Humane Society aims to prevent cruelty and provide care and to cooperate with groups and authorities on similar goals.
Somerville, Decatur County sheriff identified Willie McDaniel a 35 year old Negro as being held at Morgan County jail in Decatur on suspicion of beating a Negro woman near Somerville Sunday. The alleged victim was taken to a hospital in shock during the night.
North Alabama Methodists draft a $200000 Mother's Day drive to fund pensions and homes for 246 retired ministers and widows. Fifty percent supports endowment to secure future pensions and forty percent funds new homes. current needs include 30 new homes and 135 units for residents.
Athens City Council in a special meeting tonight will likely appoint directors to the City's Industrial Board. Also on the agenda is the Gas Department seeking an additional 30,000 storage tank for the peak gas plant.
Judge Isaac Johnson Jr will preside over Lawrence court May term this morning. The non jury session includes 425 cases, most of which are illegal.
A former Decatur resident died Friday in Dale Florida at 11 p.m. Funeral services and interment are planned with services beginning at 2 p.m. Fairchilds Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
G W O Brien 74 of Birmingham dies in Birmingham. Graveside services set for Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Decatur City Cemetery. Survivors include widow Hattie O’Brien and daughter Katherine Sharp of Miami. O’Brien formerly a Decatur telephone executive and manager. Pallbearers listed as E E Bowsel R D Moore C D Gordon Forest Little Parks Scott and Crawford Reeves.
Clarence O. Baisch, age 60, of 612 Oak Street, died today. Funeral services will be announced later by Gunthorp Brown Service Funeral Home.
Richard Calvin Sims 82 of 814 Canal St NW died Sunday at home. Funeral services Tuesday at 2 pm from First Baptist Church with Rev. W K Stephenson officiating. Burial in City Cemetery. Guothorp Brown Service Funeral Home directing. Survivors include widow Zenora B Sims Decatur, daughter Mrs Donald Ennis Greenbrier, sons Lewis F Sims Painsville Ohio Malcolm Mack Sims Decatur Charles T Sims Trinity, 10 grandchildren and other relatives. Active pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers are First Baptist Men's Bible Class members. Body to lie in state 1–2 pm at church.
Miss Martha Annie Young aged 74 of 718 West Washington Street died Sunday at 3:30 p.m. Survivors include brother Nick Young and sisters Mary Coggin Estelle Long and Minnie Phillips, all of Athens. Funeral services Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. from McConnell Service Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Paul James. She was a retired Southern Bell Telephone operator.
Danville plans an addition to the Baptist Church joining the existing north end. The new wing will include several classrooms a pastor's study and rest rooms scheduled to begin soon.
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