Weather and river outlook for Decatur area
Friday May 15 sunset 6 44 p m moonset 11 11 p m first quarter May 18 Castor and Pollux near the Moon. Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge 21 81 feet up .34 in 24 hours. TVA lake stages Chickamauga 682 2 Pickwick 413 7 Guntersville 594 5 Whitesburg 557 4 and Wilson 506 7. High 79 low 51 Friday 81 fair and mild tonight clear and cool winds northerly 3 to 12 mph. Gas Dept logs 72 high 1 pm 56 low 11 pm and 6 this morning 10 30.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Chickamauga
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Graveside rites set for infant Tommy L Madden Saturday
Graveside services for infant Tommy L Madden will be held Saturday at 1 p m from Swopes Cemetery in Lawrence County. Reynolds Funeral Home directs. Surviving are mother Cynthia Watkins Courtland three sisters Eva Mae Watkins Mary Nell Watkins and Gloria Watkins all of Courtland and one brother Robert J Watkins of Courtland.
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Tommy L. Madden
Swopes Cemetery
Lawrence County
Reynolds Funeral Home
Cynthia Watkins
Courtland
Eva Mae Watkins
Mary Nell Watkins
Gloria Watkins
Robert J. Watkins
Funeral Notices for Webb Pearson and Sadie Moore
Funeral for Webb Pearson of Decatur set for Sunday at 7 30 p m from St Stephens Primitive Baptist Church with burial in Moulton Cemetery. Survivors include Effice Pearson Calvin Pearson Arthur Pearson Henry Pearson Fannie Priest and other relatives. Funeral for Sadie Moore to be held Friday at 2 p m from Reynolds Chapel with burial in Sykes Cemetery. Surviving relatives include a nephew niece and uncle.
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Webb Pearson
Sunset Dr
St. Stephens Primitive Baptist Church
McCartney St
Decatur
Moulton
Reynolds
William Mastin
Effice Pearson
Calvin Pearson
Athens
Arthur Pearson
Henry Pearson
Chattanooga
Tenn
Sadie Moore
Sycamore
St. NW
Reynolds Chapel
Vine St
Sykes Cemetery
Obituary notices for Thompson and Garrett announced
Services for Earl Thompson who died at Hartselle Hospital Wednesday will be announced later by Reynolds. Services for Mrs. Mattie Garrett, who died at her Church Street Southwest residence Tuesday at 8 30 p.m., will be announced later by Reynolds.
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Earl Thompson
Hartselle Hospital
Reynolds
Mattie Garrett
Church St. SW
District Diary Speake Plans Speake High School Sermon
The baccalaureate sermon will be given at Speake High School on May 24 by a speaker to be announced.
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Speake
Speake High School
Catholic Meet Slated Here
The Spring Quarterly meeting of 67 Catholic women groups in the Birmingham Deanery will be held at the Decatur Country Club Tuesday. St. Ann's Altar Society hosts with registration at 9 30 a m. Luncheon speaker Rev Louis Funk will discuss Our Lady's Love for Mexico.
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Birmingham
National Council of Catholic Women
Decatur Country Club
St. Ann’s Altar Society
John M. Horgan
St. Ann’s
Edwin S. Loring
E. Herlihy
Warren Wolfe
Cloyce Frost
Decatur
Louis Funk
O.S.B
Sacred Heart Church
Cullman
State Council
Knights of Columbus
Mexico
John Lamartire
St. Ann‘s Altar Society
P. A. Ucci
P Rath
J. Wilker
J. O'Keefe
Andrew Gavin
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish
Huffman
Charles V. Cross
Peter Sheehan
St. Paul’s Co Cathedral
Julius Abrams
Chester Plonka
Ten Years Given For Murder In Maryland Court
James Gurley was found guilty of murder in the second degree by a Mary County Circuit Court jury. He received a 10 year sentence in the state penitentiary. Judge Newton B. Powell noted the jury deliberated until around four o clock Wednesday before delivering the verdict.
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James Gurley
Mary County
Newton B. Powell
Leon Cramer
Powell
State of Alabama
James Jeffries
Jeffries
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
Raymond Jeffries
Raymond
Death Notice of O. H. Griffin in Athens
O H Griffin 43 of Athens died Tuesday night at Athens Limestone Hospital. Services at Copeland Presbyterian Church today at 2 pm with Rev Archie Parish. Burial in adjoining cemetery Spry Funeral Home directing. Survivors include widow Alberta and children Douglas Nashville Brenda Patricia, Andrew and Phillip of Athens and others. Burial and pallbearers listed. World War II veteran and Copeland member.
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Athens
O. H. Griffin
Athens-Limestone
Copeland Presbyterian Church
Archie Parish
Spry
Tenn
Andrew
Phillip Griffin
Ozell Griffin
Edward McWhorter
Artie Turner
Elkmont
Brasie Griffin
Toney
Randall Griffin
Billy Griffin
Cornelius Griffin
Mahlon Griffin
Los Angeles
James Henley
Donald Kennedy
Kenneth McWhorter
Buddy Griffin
Davie Turner
Charles McWhorter
Silas Martin
Claude Thornton
Loyd Miller
Wade Miller
Franklin Pepper
Griffin
Copeland Presbyterian
Howard W. Head Dies at Wednesday Night
Howard W. Head of 451 Jackson Street SE died Wednesday night. Funeral services will be announced later by Gunthorp Funeral Home.
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Howard W. Head
Jackson St
Gunthorp Funeral Home
James W. Bowers 67 Dies in Athens
James William Bowers died Wednesday at 9 45 p m at his residence 511 9th Ave Athens Funeral services will be Friday at 11 a m at the Northside Church of Christ with Burl Grubbs and H A Rollings officiating Burial will be in City Cemetery He is survived by his wife four daughters and four sons including J W Bowers Jr Floyd Bowers Robert Bowers and Johnny Bowers. parents Dor sey and Mrs Bowers. one sister and four brothers including Oliver and Frank Bowers
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Athens
James William Bowers
9Th Ave
Northside
Church of Christ
Burl Grubbs
H. A. Rollings
City
Maggie Bowers
Elsie Wynn
Jacksonville
Fla
Pauline Moore
Pontiac
Mich
Mae Jameison
LaGrange
Martha Bullington
J. W. Bowers, Jr
Montgomery
Floyd ‘Bowers
Robert” Bowers
Decantur
Johnny Bowers
No Arrests In Arson Probe
Cullman Police Chief R N Moyers says a statement will be made by Saturday about the fire at Childhaven Children s Home Monday night the second time in a week five teenagers have been questioned but no charges filed and the fire s exact cause undetermined Fire Marshal Howard Dees is assisting in the investigation.
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Cullman
R. N. Moyers
Childhaven Children
Moyers
Junior Achievers Hear Talk On Free Enterprise Roots
Speaker emphasizes women's role in junior achievement and traces prosperity to the adoption of free enterprise. He warns that lazy workers undermine social systems, cites Pilgrims, and urges more women to join program activities. Banquet reveals officers J H Crow Jr president Jim Gage and others on board.
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Whitley
Whitney
J. H. Crow Jr
Jim Gage
Melvin Ozier
Ray Thomas
Alvis Briscoe
W. F
Bill) Braswell Jr
Joe Devaney
Paul
Spencer Hicks
John McBride
Jim Stutts
Tom White
John Williams
Market prices for cotton grains and produce
Cotton and cottonseed prices listed with middling cotton at 34.00 and loan at 33.57. Milk at Grade A 6.55 per hundred, manufactured milk 3.20 per hundred. Wood prices 65 45 35, pulpwood 13.50 a cord. Corn and wheat figures include No 2 yellow shelled and ear corn, white corn, No 2 milling wheat 1.80, No 2 mile 2.00, poultry wheat 1.50, barley 1.00, and No 1 soybeans 2.50 per bushel or hundredweight as noted.
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Decatur
Local Births Report Three Newborns From Decatur Area
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Smith of 1601 Cagle St SW welcomed a boy Wednesday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Knoblock of 611 Clearview St reported a girl born Wednesday at the same hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Osborne of 909 18th Ave SE welcomed a son Wednesday at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital.
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Bobby Smith
Cagle St
Decatur General Hospital
Henry Knoblock
Clearview St
Joe Osborne
18Th Ave
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
Fire damages dormitory used for homeless children
Investigators in Huntsville reported evidence in the case and Chief Moyers said Dees will return to Cullman on Friday to continue work. A Monday night blaze damaged a building serving as a dormitory for children left homeless after a prior fire that caused over $150,000 in damages.
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Ing
Huntsville
Moyers
Dees
Cullman
St Bernard College Announces 1964 Summer Session
St Bernard College will offer diverse courses in business administration education psychology chemistry English history music philosophy and economics during two summer sessions. Registration is June 5 6 with classes starting June 8 for session one and July 13 for session two. Tuition for 12 semester hours per term is 210 with a 10 percent discount for certified teachers on 12 hours. Bulletins available from the registrar in St Bernard Alabama or by phone.
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Cullman
St. Bernard College
St. Bernard
Ala
Loyd Hays Fund Established To Honor Local Conservation Officer
Community funds are being collected to support Loyd Hays's widow and five children after the conservation officer’s death. The drive invites contributions to The Loyd Hays Fund, care of The Decatur Daily, with donations already totaling multiple individuals including Ray Warren and Belue Barnes Mechanic Service.
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Loyd
Electronics College
Birmingham
Jim Hays
Jim
Loyd Hays
Decatur Daily
Threeman
Ray Warren
Theodoric V. Day
Just A Friend
Hartselle Broom Sale Extends Through Weekend
HARTSELLE The Hartselle Lions Club will extend their first broom sale through this weekend. Members meet today at W. E. Smith Construction Co. at 5 30 p m and will be assigned town sections to sell brooms and mops and other items. The sale ends at 8 30 pm with a club meeting and supper at Gladys Restaurant.
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Hartselle
Hartselle Lions Club
W. E. Smith Construction Co
Gladys
Hospital Admissions and Dismissals List Names
Hospital admissions include Luke Tunstill Athens 4 Mrs. Dennis Norris 1023 Danville Rd Fred Couch 810 4th Ave SE A P Williams 508 Ferry St. Dismissals include Master Rickey Woodall 1616 Olive St Mrs. William Mullican Decatur Lavanel Sherrill 411 Line St Miss Patricia Maddox Decatur Mrs Martha Johnson 1603 Wadsworth St Mrs RH Easterwood Cullman Mrs Ora Jennings 814 6th Ave SE.
Local Cullman Area Names List Unclear Context
A fragmented OCR list shows multiple individuals with residential towns such as Cullman Hanceville Joppa Vinemont Holly Pond Crane Hill and Bremen. Many entries pair names with titles and box numbers, suggesting a public notice or directory extract.
Local Residents List Births and Names Across Cities
The notice compiles names of newborns and families in Decatur Elkmont Athens Somerville Hartselle and surrounding areas. It lists infants and parents with street addresses and towns including Lavinia Childers Vinmont Jere Mann Miss Aileen Martin Little Miss Nancy Cracker and others. The record reads as a community birth notice with numerous names and addresses.
Two Vehicle Wrecks Reported Around Decatur Alabama
The Decatur Post notes two area accidents on Wednesday with total damage around 950 dollars. At 10 45 a m a 1956 Volkswagen driven by Geraldine Brown Cullman 10 collided with a 1963 International truck driven by Billie Smothers Addison 9 9 miles west of Cullman on U S 278 causing 400 dollar damage to the Volkswagen. At 5 10 p m a 1961 GMC driven by James Reed Albertville and a 1963 Chevrolet driven by Charles Kaufman Decatur collided 5 7 miles east of Decatur causing 75 dollar damage to the truck and 175 dollars to the Chevrolet.
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Decatur Post
Alabama
Cullman
U.S. 278
Volkswagen
Geraldine Brown
Billie Smothers
Addison
Decatur
James Reed
Albertville
Charles Kaufman
Decatur Community Dance and Local Police Reports
On May 22 the Decatur Junior Chamber will host a dance at the Decatur Country Club with Edsel Holden's band to benefit the Decatur Boys' Club Building Fund. Tickets are $5 per couple from Clean-Yates 353-6938 or any Decatur Jaycees. Morgan County authorities reported arrests for issuing worthless checks concealing stolen property intoxication. seven transients were jailed. Alabama troopers released last week's driver license exam results. 76 learners permits passed 102 failed 74. An accident at 3:42 a.m. on 16th Ave SE involved five cars. no injuries. drivers include John A. Brown 39. At 4:11 p.m. a La Casa Restaurant call led to ownership paper traces. billfolds belonging to Alma Jean Blackwell found and returned. Fire department responded to two calls between 8 and 9. a car fire on Gordon Dr SE caused slight loss. a trash fire at Capital Fertilizer Co caused no loss.
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Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Decatur Country Club
Edsel Holden
Decatur Boys’ Club
Clean—Yates
Decatur Jaycees
la Casa
Don ‘Spillers
Ellis Mathews
Alma Jean Blackwell
Decatur Fire Department
Gordon Dr. SE
Capital Fertilizer Co
Vine St. NW
Athens Picks New Principal For New Elementary School
Athens Elementary School faculty member Orden Sexton was named principal of the new Athens Elementary School set to open in fall. Board chairman Bruce Sherrill and Superintendent Julian Newman announced the appointment, noting Sexton’s three years at Athens Elementary and his prior trainee year. The board narrowed candidates to Sexton and Carl Lee Howard, with the decision influenced by Howard living in another county. The new school on Forest Street will have 12 classrooms and a 30-student cap, serving students west of the railroad while those east attend North Madison Street. Construction by J. E. Johnson, Decatur, began February 20, 1963, with a $233,606 contract and a right-of-way acquisition in progress.
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Athens
Orden Sexton
Bruce Sherrill
Julian Newman
Sexton
Newman
Carl Lee Howard
Howard
Flint City
Sherrill
Washington, Forrest
East Streets
Christopher Subdivision
Iller
Forest St
W. B. Booth
Mason Freeman
Nelson Hendrix
North Madison St
J. E. Johnson
Decatur
Cullman Farmer Found Dead in Apparent Suicide
Cullman County 48 year old farmer Peinhardt reportedly killed himself early today at his home near the basement entrance. Family members heard the gunfire but did not see the act. funeral arrangements to be announced by Mass Service Funeral Home.
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Cullman
Louis Peinhardt
Bill Tucker
Peinhardt
Mass Service Funeral Home
Church Membership Growth in the United States 1940–1960
United States church membership rose by nearly fourteen percent from 1940 to 1960, reflecting broad religious expansion across the period and indicating sustained growth in congregational affiliation nationwide.
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United States
Parker Sent To Bryce Hospital After Court Order
Elton Lee Parker serving six months in Limestone County jail for disarming four Decatur police officers at Decatur Boat Harbor in November 1962 was placed into Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa following a circuit judge order. Sheriff M W Evans accompanied Parker around 9 45 this morning after the court verdict in circuit court.
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Athens
Elton Lee Parker
Limestone County
Decatur
Decatur Boat Harbor
Bryce Hospital
Tuscaloosa
M. W
Buddy) Evans
Parker
Newton B. Powell
For Sale Boat and Housing and Jobs Classified Items
14' plywood boat with 50 hp motor and heavy duty trailer. Motor has 5 hours run time. Separate ads offer a 2 room furnished house for rent to a couple, and a 2 room furnished upstairs apartment for $50 per month. Also listed are help wanted ads for housewives and mothers and sewing work, plus a ride share request from Lacey's Springs to Decatur. Contact numbers provided with each item.
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Castor
Pollux
Speake Plans
W.K. Stephenson
First Baptist Church
Decatur Shopping Center
Byron Owens
Bill Wright
Pat Smith
al -Bogen
Nycol Enterprises
James W. Bowers
Local Securities
Ala. Tenn
National Gas
KU American Foundation Life Insurance Co
Coastal States Life Downtowner Corp
First Flight First Nat’l Bk
Dec
Greater
Jefferson Standard Life
Kentucky Central
Liberty National Life Life
SRS Life
Life
Moore Handley
L Mutual Savings
National Life
Neb. Consolidated
Protective Life
State National Bank
Thern United A
Myrtle Ovelia Hays
Ralph Carden Sanderson
Kenneth Martin
Hanceville
William L. Morris
Fay Thomas
Fannie
Geneva Burnham
Hattie Cordes
DeEtte Higgenbotham
Geraldine Murphree
Joppa
Vester Ballard
Hamilton Speegle
Josephine Clara Thompson
Emma-Sue Grand
Sharon Butler
Myron Keith Robertson
Vinemont
Keith Wisner
Holly Fond
Bruce C. Williams
Crane
Sarah Juanita Freeman
Bremen
Decatur General
Loyd Bining
Carl Rusban
S. Albert Horton
Oak St
Bessie Buchanan
Sherman St
Lawrence Lowery
Danville
Lavinia Childers
Bessie Hicks
Phyliss Gilchrist
Somerville
Troy Martin
Carl Bradley
John Harlow
Ralph Price
David Robertson
Billy Long
Cecil St
Jere Mann
Chestnut St
Aileen Martin
Sherian
Carlos Webb
Royal
Ernest Ogles
Trinity
James Falls
Marshall Champion
Someville
Frank Shafer
Donald VanMeter
Jonna Ave
John Beasley Jr
T. NW
Scott Perry
Nancy Cracker
Enolam Blvd
Myra Chittam
Miss Kelli Free
Sandra St
Baby Kieth Austin
St PA
Aea
Morgan County
Alabama State Troopers
16Th Ave
Buick
John A. Brown
Tower St
Mercury
Billy Don Tidwell
Leckie Lee Slatten
James Tucker
Ford
Tucker
Brown
Lacey's Springs
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