Friday Softball Rout Powers Darleen over Home Supply 11 0
Friday results show Darleen blanking Home Supply 11 to 0 as Darleen spreads runs with Liza Smith and Sid Sparkman scoring on wild pitches and steals. John White Motors edged Tip-Top 3 to 2 in a tight game with Frank Gardner accounting for a triple and two runs.
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Darleen
John White Motors
Tip-Top
Mark Long
Herb McElroy
Darben
Home Supply
John White
Frank Gardneer
Jimmy Newlin
Morris
Frank Gardner
Bernice Clark
Evang
Tally Clark
J. O. Braswell
Ste Tite Aml
Geop
Payne
Murphy
Gardner
Gervis Moore
Scott McClanahan
Victors
Liza Smith
Sid Sparkman
Liza
Arleen
Chalmers Riley
Riley
Smith
Dar
Moulton Opens Season With 12 7 Win Over Somerville
Moulton's North Alabama Semi-Pro League debut ends 12-7 as three pitchers hold Somerville to seven runs. Tidwell, Reed and Ashwood combine for nine innings with seven hits and no runs allowed early, while Moulton chalks up fourteen hits.
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Moulton
North Alabama
Somerville
Tom Corum
Tidwell
Tae
Ang
Reed
Ure
Ashwood
Probable Pitchers for Tomorrow’s Major League Games
Daily slate shows Chicago at New York Shea with Haynes facing Kirk. Cleveland at Boston pairs Feller and Muneri against Dobson and Kinder. Detroit at Philadelphia sets Houtteman and Trout against Brissie and Coleman. St Louis at Washington features Stephens and Masterson. National League Brooklyn at Pittsburgh with Behrmi and D Philadelphia at Cincinnati lists Heintzelman Simmons against Peterson and Fox. Boston at St Louis matches Spahn Dickson or Hearn.
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New York
Aiet
Chicago
Shea
Haynes
Cleveland
Boston
Feller
Muneri
Dobson
Kinder
Detroit
Philadelphia
Houtteman
Trout
Brissie
Coléman
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Eeiee Rosie
Behmi D
Cincinnati
Heintzelman
Simmons
Peterson
Fox
St. Louis
Spahn
Dickson
Or Hearn
Vote Tax Builds New Hospital in Limestone County
Limestone County voters approved a measure to issue 200000 county hospital bonds to match 400000 from federal and state funds. An additional two mills property tax was approved to cover bond payments and hospital maintenance. The measure passed 3246 to 490 with support from doctors civic groups and county officials.
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Athens
Ala
Limestone County
Rally fuels Home Supply win in doubleheader
Sparkman, Joe Brewer, Moore and Roberts tallied in a rally capped by Avery’s home run. Home Supply Wilson and Roberts led with hits and a Darleen run followed by a single. In the opener Morgan Looney and Wilson, Johnson, Moore, McClanahan and Brewer contributed.
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Sparkman
Joe Brewer
Moore
Roberts
Avery
Wilson
Darleen
Morgan
Looney
Johnson
McClanahan
Brewer
Mother of many children learns by love and work
Frances Witty, who raised siblings and grandchildren after early family losses, spent years teaching and shaping five children. She supported nieces and nephews, kept picture albums, and valued devotion over plans, saying the key to their success was loving them and solving problems as they came.
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Frances
Aileen Witty
Witty
Huntsville
Witty Nh
Charles Rowe
Institute
Outstanding Mothers Day tribute highlights Mrs. J. D. Thompson and Mrs. Cora Maner
The Daily lists celebrated mothers in Decatur and nearby areas. Highlighted are Mrs. J. D. Thompson of Decatur 2 who turns 83 on June 26 and Mrs. Cora Maner of Decatur, mother of 13 with 25 grandchildren. Each was praised for service to family and community and faith, with notes on character and devotion.
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Daily
Alice Witty
Elkmont 2
J. D. Thompson
Decatur 2
Cecil E. Johnson
Hartselle
Thompson
Armed Services
Cora Maner
Decatur
Oxford Police Chief and Officer Shot in Alabama
Police Chief R. E. Sparks 69 was killed after arresting a disturbance suspect Lorina James Ball 27. Night Chief Doc E. Billingsley 27 was critically wounded as the suspect grabbed a pistol and began firing. Special Officer John White said Ball was jailed in Calhoun County to be moved to Anniston on a murder charge.
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Oxford
Ala
R. E. Sparks
Doc E. Billingsley
Lorina
Woman of Decatur Honored for Selfless Family Service
Miss Bobbie Self of Decatur, a World War II veteran advocate, has been praised for adopting displaced relatives and caring for grandchildren after family losses. Nominated by Mrs. W. E. Sivley and others, she is described as kind, steady, and devoted to church and community welfare.
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Bobbie Self
Decatur
Miss Self
Mirs
W. E.sivley
John Chandler
E. A. Poteet
Lela- Ho Suds
Bya
Neepers
Merritt Compton
Elkmont
Nioe
Robert B. Evans
Maples and Cummings Win at Alabama Stock Shows
Bill Maples of Elkmont and Lawrence Cummings of Spruce Pine earned top honors at Birmingham’s Fat-Stock Show with grand and reserve championships for the 1136-pound Angus Teddy Bear and 982-pound Hereford Jerry. In Decatur district show Cummings won grand while Maples took reserve. Other winners included Keenan Wood, Buck Teague, and Hardwick Kay with multiple class titles. Limestone 4-H and Cullman 4-H/EFA named top exhibitor groups.
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Bill Maples
Elkmont
Lafwrence Cummings
Birmingham
Lawrence
Hereford
Jerry
Decatur
Cummings
Sane Maples
Ivey
Wee
Fai Fa
Keenan Wood
Cullman County
Maples
Buck Teague
Cullman
Hardwick Kay
Morgan County
Morgan
Billy Johnson
Shotel
Limestone
EFA
Plant lovers plan annual tours of Decatur gardens
Mr Young describes a divide and conquer method for growing beauty, turning one peony bed into eight and expanding California private hedge. Small annual investments, patient effort, and community involvement aim to attract tourists to Decatur gardens.
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Mr Young
Mr. Young
California
Decatur Gardens
Mrs. Ernest McCulloch Remembered for Faithful Parenting
Decatur obituary notes Mrs. Ernest McCulloch as a devoted mother who taught her children to fear God and answered their questions with patient wisdom. The tribute highlights her steady guidance and prayerful home, describing her as a crown of glory in the end.
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Ernest McCulloch
Decatur
Cultoch
Eis
Decatur Student Chooses College Board of Mademoisette Magazine
Cheri Chandler a Decatur journalism student at the University of Alabama and editor of The lication has again been named to the college board of Mademoisette magazine. This marks her second selection after being named last year among the nation’s 250 top collegiate writers. Finalists will be cut to 20 guests who will travel to New York for the August issue.
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Cheri Chandler
Decatur
University of Alabama
Lication
Chandler
New York
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