Rally of Morgan County 4-Hers Attracts 540 Members
More than 500 4-Hers gathered at the Morgan County Livestock Coliseum in Decatur for the annual rally. Miss Martha Faye Pettus and Charles Rutledge led activities with awards, demonstrations, and athletic events. Mrs. Charles C. Johnson was elected president of the Past Presidents Club.
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Morgan County
Livestock Coliseum
Decatur
Martha’ Faye Pettus
Charles Rutledge
Flint
Hartselle
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Joe McCullers
Chamber of Commerce
A. B. van Arsdale
Central Baptist Church
J. I. Hartselle
Brett Gas Service
Ann Carol Hester
Ryan
Bonnie *Sue Oden
Eva
Joe Greenhaw
Union Hill High School
Charles Stanley Roberts
Cotaco
Jack Anglin
Falkville
James Leathers
Decatur Livestock Coliseum
Falkville High
Traffic Victim's Rites Scheduled Monday Afternoon
The Rev W R Sessions and the Rev Hansel Hyde will conduct final rites for Charles Langley 35 of 721 4th Ave SE killed in an automobile accident eight miles east of Courtland on Highway 20 Friday morning. Service 3 p.m. Monday at First Church of the Nazarene. Interment City Cemetery Mutual Service Funeral Home. Survivors include wife Helen Langley one son Charles Langley Jr and daughter Martha Ann Langley mother Carrie Langley Decatur two brothers Thomas Decatur Bill Mobile three sisters Mrs James A
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W. R. Sessions
Hansel Hyde
Charles Langley
4Th Ave
Courtland
First Church of the Nazarene
City Cemetery
Mutual Service Funeral Home
Helen Langley
Charles Langley, Jr
Martha Ann Langley
Carrie Langley
Decatur
Thomas
Bill
Mobile
James A
Decatur Woman Elected Recorder for Alabama UDC
A Decatur woman, Mrs Redus Collier, was elected recorder of crosses for the Alabama Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in Birmingham. The 59th annual meeting ended Friday with Mrs W S Plant of Birmingham named president and Mrs C P Johnson of Union Town named first vice president. James N Bloodworth, attorney, was named Cross of Military Service by the Alabama Division.
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Decatur
Alabama
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Birmingham
Redus Collier
UDC
W. S. Plant
C. P. Johnson
Union Town
James N. Bloodworth
Cross
Local Obituary Fragments Include Lenz Family and Colbert Plant
The notes reference Mrs A L Askenburg of De catur and Mrs Donald King of Vermont. The deceased worked as a sheet metal worker for TVA at the Colbert Steam Plant in the Tri Cities. Pallbearers named are Ernest Ferguson Joe Rush G G Miles T E Reid Robert Leroy and J T Trasude.
Limestone County Teachers Hold Annual Outing at Camp
The Limestone County Teachers Association held its annual outing Saturday at the camp near the old fish hatchery on Buck Island road. Members arrived shortly before 6 pm for a barbecued chicken dinner followed by a talk from George C. Johnson, circuit solicitor.
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Athens
Limestone County Teachers’ Assn
Buck Island Road
George C. Johnson
Town sports day yields fast times and prize support
Elaine Holbert leads spoon race with Aus tinville entrants, while Eddie Cain and Preston Peebles win three legged races in Priceville and Moulton Heights. Falkville pairs win girls and boys events. Mary Russell and Maudie Russell spearhead high school girls. Allen Holmes and Joan Butler post top sprint times. Belk Hudson in Decatur funds all prizes.
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Don Lee
Falkville High
Bobby Maples
Priceville High
Thomas Ed Holland
Austinville High
Marcia Yates
John Hardin
Milton Wilder, Jr
Donna Harris
Falkville
Jerry Smith
Danville
Joan Butler
Eva
Ray Maples
Priceville
Jack Anglin
Bob Oakes
Raymon Maples
Moulton Heights
Hal Loney
Massey
Melba Veal
Elaine Holbert
Austinville
Eddie Cain
Preston Peebles
Harold Peebles
Nelson Jones
Cathy Macey
Mary Russell
Maudie Russell
Billy Brooks
Baggett Publication Highlights Decatur Industries
The May issue of Bag gazette features Decatur and its major industries. The monthly publication from Baggett Transportation Co. profiles 13 local industries with explanations and includes photos of schools, city council, the municipal building, and the Daily.
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Baggett
Decatur
Limestone Patrolmen Ready For Boys With Heavy Pedal Foot
Athens State Highway Patrolmen Earl Bradford and David Hanserd returned from Montgomery Thursday night with a new Ford Interceptor patrol car. The car is factory souped up and can reach speeds up to 120 miles per hour. It replaces a 1952 model with 147,000 miles, previously driven by Hanserd and Bradford.
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Athens
Earl Bradford
David Hanserd
Montgomery
Bradford
Hanserd
Phoenix Farmers Claim 740 Watermelons Per Acre
Farmers around Phoenix Arizona boast they grow 740 watermelons to the acre three times the national average. The claim highlights unusually high yields amid regional farming reports.
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Phoenix
Ariz
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Charles C. Johnson
Joe Wheeler
U.D.C
Shirley Cooper
Wanda Stephenson
Amita Oakes
Eva Elementary
Suzan’ McKee
Ryan High School
Betty Jane Thompson
Gladys Russell
Angelia Thompson
Pat Womack
Morgan County High
Linda Orr
Joan Ann Penn
Martha Collier
Linda Roberts
Judy Earwood
Norma Collier
David Collier
Pricevile High
James Sandlin
Wayne Hammond
Max Skidmore
Ronald Westmoreland
Seelam
OF Communication
Workers OF America
J. M. VanHouten
C.W.A
Limestone
Belk-Hudson CO
Belk’s
Martha Manning
Conele ‘Kino Juniors
America
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