Calendar of Events in Decatur Area Highlights Community Activities
A dense listing of local events includes lectures on transcendental meditation at City Hall, church revival services at Gospel Baptist, and public open houses at Tanner crossroads. Also noted are club meetings, seminars on tourism, cemetery work, dances, Bible readings, garden club luncheon, PTA fundraiser, and numerous religious services and civic group gatherings across Decatur and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints
Tanner Crossroads
Hwy. 31
Woolridge Reveals Army Kickback Scheme and Coverups
Senate subcommittee hears former Sgt. Maj. William O. Wooldridge claim the Army suppressed probes into service club thefts and kickbacks. He pleads guilty to conspiracy and alleges high ranking officers knew of the scheme spanning a decade as dozens of senior enlisted men profited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Army
William O. Wooldridge
Wooldridge
Germany
Vietnam
United States
John H. Hay
U.S. 1St
Ft. Bragg
N.C
18Th Airborne Corps
Hay
24Th Infantry Division
William Cunningham
Europe
Cunningham
Gainesville
24Th
William Higdon
Tuskegee mayor accused of bribe in political feud
A Tuskegee anti poverty official swears out warrants accusing Mayor Johnny Ford of accepting bribes from Taft Holland to take over the local CAA program. Holland allegedly offered 600000 to 1 million dollars. Ford denies probable cause and calls it political motivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuskegee
Ala
Johnny Ford
Ford
Taft Holland
Office of Economic Opportunity
P. G Tunde Balogun
Macon County Community Action Agency
CAA
Holland
Balogun
Macon County
James M. Hopkins
Charles Conley
Hopkins
Balgun
Local libraries dim lights to protest federal funding cuts
At Wheeler Basin Regional Library Mrs. B J Quattlebaum checked out books by candlelight for half an hour at noon. Librarians Mrs. Louise Austelle and Mrs. Dawn Huckabee assisted as libraries nationwide dimmed electric lights to show the impact of funding cuts.
Community notices from Hickory Hill to Belle Mina events
The listing outlines multiple local gatherings: Mothers Study Club noon luncheon and officer installation at Mrs. Allen Rooks’ home in Hickory Hill. Austinville High School 1956 graduates reunion at Ramada Inn at 8 p.m. Mother daughter tea for Medical Park Convalescent Center mothers at the center 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Benefit gospel singing at Valley Grove Baptist Church Speake at 7:03 p.m. with West Quartet and Evangeliers to aid the church. Living Church of Christ Lacey's Spring gospel singing at 7:30 p.m. with King's Servants. A Hillbilly Wedding three act comedy at Plainview Elementary School 7:30 p.m. PTA sponsored. tickets 50 cents adults 25 cents children. Decatur Culture Club meets at noon at Mrs. Ray Pepper’s Belle Mina home. co hosts listed. Program by Mrs. J. B. Snider on Oldies But poodles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mothers Study Club
Allen Rooks
Hunterwood Dr. SE
Hickory Hill5
Valley Grove Baptist Church
Speake
West Quartet
The
Evangeliers
Living Church of Christ
Lacey’s
King’s Servants
Plainview Elementary School
PTA
Decatur
Explosions Hit Banks and Restaurant as Beirut Fights Resume
Be irut blasts strike four districts including Development Bank on Hamra Street and G Trad Bank. Army reports 13 soldiers killed 65 wounded six missing since Monday night clashes. guerrillas suffer unknown casualties. Army warns of intensive retaliation and continues censorship on news dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Fhe
Development Bank
Hamra Street
Fifth Avenue
G. Trad Bank
Damascus Highway
Lebanese Commerce Bank
Shiyah
St. George and
Phoenica
British Bank of the Middle East
Guadalcanal Hero Vandegrift Dies at 86
Marine Corps General Alexander A. Vandegrift veteran of Guadalcanal and former commandant died at Bethesda Naval Hospital at 86. He earned the Medal of Honor and Navy Cross for Guadalcanal leadership and will be buried at Arlington. He was survived by his widow Kathryn, a stepson, eight grandchildren and a great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marine Corps
Alexander
A. Vandegrift
Vandegrift
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Robert E. Lee
Lee
Guadalcanal
Arlington National Cemetery
Kathryn
William G. McDaniel
Winston- Salem, N.C
Words and jargon in language usage across fields
The piece notes jargon like accessioned and de-accessioning in libraries and museums, argues against adjectives like true facts, and follows schoolchildren seeking a term for a word reading forward and backward. Bernstein suggests ananym as a coined term with long examples like reviled deliver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Ludwig
Villanova University
New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Congress
John J. McGowan
Riverside
Calif
Pine Run School
New Britain
Adam
Pennsylvania
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S. Army
Long An
Saigon
South Vietnam
Seekers Bible Club
M. K. Vickrey
Rt. 3
Trinity Mountain
Gospel Baptist Church
Hartselle
Alvin H. Jackson
Paul Humrick
Holiday Inn
Morgan County
William Enkins
Burningtree Country Club Ladies Golf Association
Alabama
Bob Lee
AMLA
Opryland
Alabama Space and Rocket Center
Sequoyah Caverns
Chamber of Commerce
Dancy’s Cone
Souls Harbor Full Gospel Church
Lili St
Trinity
Don Williams
Montgomery
O Burningtree Country Club Ladies Golf Association
Richard Smallwood
State Highway Department
First Presbyterian Church
Pat Hamm
Huntsville
Church Fellowship Hall
United Cerebral Palsy Association of
North Central
First State Bank
Johnston St
Golden Age Club
Ninth Street United Methodist Church
James Adkins
Decatur Christian Church
AAUW
Joe Moss
Magnolia St. SE
William Braddock
Elliott St. SE
Robert Straub
Delano Park
German Shepherd Dog Club of
Green Thumb Garden Club
Decatur Country Club
Moss Chapel
United Methodist
Alabama Country Music Association
Old Massey School
Somacy
Mt. Hope
Cotaco United Methodist Church
National Association of Retired Federal Employes Local 736
Woodall’s
Pine Grove
Holy Church of Christ
Oak Ridge Methodist Church
Vaughan Bridge Rd
Crowe
Johnson Chapel United Methodist Church
Neeley Gospel Singers
Shelbyville, Tenn
Decatur Civinette Club
Margaret. Vann
Decatur School System
Red Cross
Cain Street
Decatur Arts Council
First National Bank
North Alabama Genealogical Society
Mutual Savings Auditorium
Jackson R. Stell
Russellville
West Decatur Sunshine Club
W. D. Collier
14Th Ave
S.M. Eich
Woolridge
Emily Bailey
Somerville Rd
Ann Butler
Altrusa Club
Lucie Robb
Elanore Galaway
Woodland SE
Carolyn “Wilburn
Smith
Birmingham
District Four
Austinville High School
Ramada Inn
Medical Park Convalescent Center
Army Combat School
Army Officers
Bekaa Valley
Tyre
Tyre-Sidon
Bob Wilder
Tallapoosa County
Aubrey Carr
Marshall County
Carr
Wilder
Alabama Senate
Robert Dilder
Tuscaloosa
John Baker
DeKalb
Richard Dominick
Jefferson
Marshall
Senate Finance and Taxation
Bob Wilson
Walker County
Bernstein
Theodore M. Bernstein
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