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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1963
Page
2
Sunset at 6:42 p.m. and sunrise at 4:47 a.m. Tonight Moon rises with Last Quarter visible. Prominent star Spica sits in the south as planets align. Mars is high in the southwest at sunset, Saturn rises, Jupiter rises, and Venus rises.
Saturday morning gauge at Keller Memorial Bridge shows 21.31 feet, down 0.05 in 12 hours, sea level 555.6 feet. TVA lakes levels list Pickwick 414.1, Guntersville 595.0, Whitesburg 556.4, Wilson 506.1, Chickamauga 682.6. Partly cloudy and warm through tonight with Monday outlook fair to partly cloudy and warm. Light and variable winds. High today around 89.
Two Birmingham men aged 44 and 22 were held on burglary suspicion after a 1 a.m. Saturday break in at the Dairy Delite on Highway 31. Police recovered twenty packs of cigarettes and $4.20. Authorities stated the men had not been formally charged and were questioned throughout Saturday.
The Zeromen Bible Club holds its final year meeting at Mrs. Curtis Oden’s home in Eva on Tuesday. Members should meet at Mrs. Joe Elliott’s home at 9 30 a.m. if transportation is needed for a covered dish luncheon.
Gilchrist backs moving funds from liquor commissions to education. The House approved during a school session, but a Senate committee killed it amid a beer-tax filibuster. Brewers Slate and others sponsor. Sen Gilchrist plans to push a constitutional amendment to fix the state sales tax at 4 percent, with a Friday vote possible in the Senate.
Birmingham Negro leaders plan a voter registration drive following a truce while organizers carry house-to-house efforts. Behind the scenes in Bessemer the Ku Klux Klan of Alabama plans a state rally. Over 500 Alabama Highway Patrolmen, conservation agents on standby, and police and sheriff's deputies remain heavily deployed in Negro areas.
Four County 4H clubs held a full day of events in Limestone Morgan Cullman and Lawrence counties. The Limestone rally honored Anner Piney Chapel East Limestone and Mooresville Belle Mina as club of the year with awards for outstanding boys and girls in elementary divisions and senior dress contests. Morgan County hosted cooking sewing and tractor driving contests with winners advancing to Auburn in July. Lawrence Cullman and Fairview hosts reported large turnout and multiple contests including essay speaking and lamp building with several county champions named.
About 1,600 people attended the Decatur High School Band Spring Concert which raised roughly $2,007 for the On To Miami fund. The total in the fund rose to $6,809 with about $7,500 still needed for the trip to the Lions Club International Convention parade in Miami in June. Boosters president Joe Hinz said the crowd was enthusiastic and approved of the performance.
President Kennedy and Pearson agreed on immediate discussions to implement a drastic tariff reduction plan and to pursue clarifications on the Columbia River development treaty. They agreed to joint talks on air travel improvements, Great Lakes shipping issues, Caribbean aid, and a Canadian fishing zone set at twelve miles.
Hospitals report admissions for Jeffrey Duffey Decature Mrs Minnie Norris Hartselle and G N Craig 615 East Moulton Street plus Martha Smith 201 4th Avenue Southwest Dismissals include Marcene Casteel and infant son 1206 Ist Street Southwest
A long list of residents from Cullman and nearby towns names Martha Entrekin Stevie Smith Nina Dyer Lela Robinson Frank Baier Ruth Newton Willine McBrayer Virginia Pattillo Vivian Cofer Hubert Scott Annie Duke James Seager Robert Nicolls Tom Roberts Macbell England Minnie Hood Jackie Quick Lillie Meadows Carol White William Weldon Katherine Johnson Doris Glaser Annie Whaley Dorthy Basinger Buna Freeman Connie Clemmons John Huffstutter Mazary Ryan Arabella Blevins Ellen Thomas Helen McCoy and others named with associated towns. The compilation appears to be a community acknowledgment or honor roll across Cullman area communities.
Andy Barnett, 68, of Moulton died Saturday at 3 p.m. in a local hospital. Funeral will be Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Friendship Church, Rev. Dennis Tucker officiating. Burial in Friendship Cemetery with Peck Funeral Home handling. Survivors include widow Vnnie Barnett of Moulton and 14 children, nine sons, 19 grandchildren, three brothers, plus numerous in laws and extended family. Barnett was a Baptist Church member. Pallbearers named.
A Lawrence County admissions roster lists individuals including Lemar Cartwright from Moulton and Mrs Henry Lowery from Danville alongside Nancy Early from Moulton and Mrs Jack Bradford from Hillsboro. The document records associated names and community ties with several others in Trinity and Danville.
Prentice Oliver Brown, 45, of Detroit Michigan, funeral services conducted Monday at 2 p m from Johnson Chapel Methodist Church. Burial in adjoining cemetery, Gunthorp Brown Service in charge. Body remains at funeral home until processional to church. Survivors include Opal Holt of Detroit, son Norman Brown of Decatur, brothers Floyd and Hoyt Brown of Decatur, five sisters from Danville Lima Ohio and Memphis Tennessee, four nephews as pallbearers.
Ellis C Simmons 77 of Athens died Friday night at his home. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. today at East Side Church of Christ with burial at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Stella Tenn. McConnell Funeral Home directing. Survivors include son J D Simmons of Athens four grandchildren one sister Mrs Mary Lou Hardiman of Birmingham and one brother H Simmons of Decatur.
Mrs Lula King Wallace aged 76 of 811 Woodland Ave Lewisburg Tenn died Friday night at 6 30 p m Funeral services were set for 3 p m at McConnell Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the city cemetery Survivors include two daughters Mrs Malcolm Anderson and Mrs Elizabeth Sullivan of Lewisburg a son C B Wallace of Huntsville six grandchildren two sisters Mrs J R Touchstone and Mrs Anna Pack of Athens and one brother Floyd King of Athens
The Flint City council approves an ordinance giving the City Council authority to hire and fire the Chief of Police. A dispute over municipal records from Morgan County led to seizure by the sheriff after the council sought an accountant to audit the books. Judge Newton B. Powell will appoint the auditor and a report will be mailed to the judge, council members, and Mayor Day.
Betty Miller, 37, of Santa Monica, left Suva at 1:47 p.m. EST on the final 1,400-mile leg to Brisbane, aiming for a 12 hour 25 minute flight. She would be the first woman to fly this transpacific solo leg, delivering a twin-engine Piper Apache after leaving Oakland April 30 and earlier flying 2,200 miles from the mainland to Hawaii.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Smith 201 4th Ave SW welcomed a daughter Saturday at Baugh Wiley Smith Clinic. Mr and Mrs Edwin Ray MERR ET 919 Edgewood St SW welcomed a daughter Saturday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Gary Blagburn Somerville 3 welcomed a son Friday at Decatur General Hospital.
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