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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1958
Page
12
A Birmingham man identified as R. B. Jones, 32, was arrested Saturday on an indictment from Circuit Solicitor Emmett Perry charging him with attempting to vote illegally. The case involves alleged unauthorized voting amid electoral process scrutiny.
Reverend Davis H. Thompson of Town Creek Alabama and his wife Lorene Huffman Thompson were named as Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board missionaries to Argentina during the May meeting. Thompson has served since 1955 at First Baptist Church Town Creek and has held multiple Alabama pastorates and field work. The couple has three children and is part of a total 1,214 active SBC foreign missionaries.
A man attempted to vote at a Mountain Brook polling location under another man's name. He claimed the Jones household lists a Double Springs Alabama address.
TVA plans open house events at its main installations across the Valley on May 18 to celebrate 25 years of operation. TVA personnel will staff sites from 1 to 5 p.m. at dams, steam plants, the Fertilizer Nutritions Development Center at Muscle Shoals Alabama, and two forest nurseries to guide visitors and explain operations. The U S Army Corps of Engineers will provide additional personnel for the event.
Paul Wright of Decatur earned the highest grade average in the School of Business at Florida State University. A baking science and management student, he worked on Army Quartermaster bread research and will join Campbell Taggart Baking Co. in St. Louis after graduating May 31 with his wife and two children.
Cullman resident and attorney Herman Stewart died Friday at 11 a.m. in Birmingham Veterans Hospital. He lived at 608 3rd St Cullman and was 65. Funeral services were set for 3 p.m. at First Methodist Church with Rev. W. H. Curl officiating. Burial followed in City Cemetery. Mass Service Funeral Home of Cullman handled arrangements. Survivors include his widow Mrs. Fannie Stewart of Cullman and a son James Patrick Stewart of Birmingham.
The conducted tours through the facilities allow public view of features not normally open. Open house installations include Wheeler Dam with visible generators. Visitors at the power house will see the governor gallery and pipe gallery with the wheel pits.
Weather and a February blizzard hit Morgan County sales with varied results. Gas and service stations surged 36.9 percent from last February while furniture stores dropped 16.5 percent and apparel, general merchandise, automotive, hardware, and lumber also fell. Drug stores and eating places rose, but statewide trade declined with the seasonally adjusted index down 10 points and February dollars 11 percent below January and 2 percent under a year ago.
Next term of court begins June 9 with Judge Newton B. Powell presiding. The grand jury convenes that day. Three weeks of court are scheduled with civil cases in weeks one and three and criminal cases the week of June 16. Court starts at 9 a.m. daily.
Mrs. C. C. Montgomery 86 of Vinemont dies Saturday at 6:25 AM. Funeral Monday at 2 PM at Friendship Church with Rev. Mitchell Owens. Burial in Wren Cemetery. She leaves three daughters Mrs. Otto Bowling Mrs. Mildred Smith and Mrs. Janie Harris and three sons Albert Fred and Horace.
The ceremony will award diplomas to 129 graduates at the U.S. Army Guided Missile School Redstone Arsenal with Col. H. S. Newhah delivering the address. Open house, Alumni meeting, and pro cessional events accompany the May 30 activities.
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