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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1968
Page
2
Russell Plunkett ended 10 years of service as Cullman County registrar in chancery on Wednesday. Judge Griffith noted that he appointed Mrs. Mavis Keller to the post and Mr. Plunkett to the office in 1958.
Construction has begun on the final unit of the 2.5 million dollar medical complex at Hartselle Hospital. The new clinic will house five specialist suites and employ Dr. Louis Thomason Payne of Jasper as obstetrician from July. Additional staff will include a pediatrician, an internal medicine doctor, and two general practitioners. The Doctors' Clinic across Pine Street remains independent. The project expands hospital capacity to 140 beds and includes a three story addition. Dr. Payne and family plan to move to Hartselle later this summer.
Athens College elected R. C. Martin as board chairman and approved applying for a 1.8 million federal loan to build dormitories for 400 students. Plans call for 200 men and 200 women, with construction to begin after financing is arranged.
The U S Postal Service seeks competitive bids to build and lease the Holly Pond post office. Bids due June 12 to the Real Estate Office Room 301 E Post Office Building Montgomery Alabama. Paul Voronaeff evangelist to speak in Morgan Limestone Madison counties this week at several churches. Morgan County sheriffs reports five charges including highway intoxication reckless driving and trespassing after warning.
A Grant Street SE collision between Earnest Frix and Hollis Sledge caused minor injuries. The incident occurred before 6 a.m. in front of 807 Grant St. SE. The article also notes a spring concert at Decatur High School and various local recognitions, honors, and theft reports nearby.
The Great Books Discussion Group meets today at 8 p.m. in the library of the Mutual Savings Life Insurance Company. The Past Matrons Club of Mary Lou Darby Chapter 320 CES holds its annual picnic Friday at 6 30 p.m. at the Levin Peurifey cabin on Trinity Mountain. Piano students of Mrs Troy Welch present a recital at 7 30 p.m. Saturday in First Methodist Church Fellowship Hall with participants Martha Nipper Debbie Longmire Lisa McCulloch Debbie Sandusky Tony Simpson Margaret Eich Nancy Eich Clara Welch Tena Welch Angie Birdwell Sandy Taylor Suzanne Welch Brian Cagle Gail Cagle Jan Lawrence David Landers and guest Amy Pager.
Morgan County schools offer a six week summer session from June 10 to July 19 at Morgan County High School in Hartselle and Cotaco High School in Somerville. About 1000 students are expected with transport by buses. Programs cover reading, math, language arts for elementary and driver training, business, social studies, English, math, Algebra I and biology for secondary students.
Former State Finance Director Seymore Trammell says he acted in the state’s best interest in asphalt buys and denies any kickbacks amid a federal suit alleging conspiracy to inflate prices. The suit names Trammell State Purchasing Agent Howard White 24 asphalt companies and seeks damages. The Waugh Asphalt Co. is accused of bid irregularities claiming non incorporation and lack of production.
Town Creek will lose its headquarters as G C Lingerie shifts offices to the planned 140000 square foot Tuscumbia plant, a $600000 expansion driven by anticipated 600 workers. Current Town Creek operations continue with over 500 workers. fire earlier this year prompted earlier site work. The new facility will be the fifth largest in Muscle Shoals area. Ford is the largest. ©
Congressman Selden blasted opponent Jim Allen in north Alabama as insulting voters while Allen campaigned in Montgomery against a 10 percent income tax surcharge. Both aimed to rally support for the June 4 runoff to choose the Democratic nominee for the seat vacated by Lister Hill.
The Tallapoosa River near Heflin Alabama is being searched for a family of four missing after their car was washed into the swollen river Wednesday. Jimmy Sorie 26 Dorothy Sorie 24 and their children Lisa 2 and James 3 months were occupants. A nearby witness warned against crossing flooded Cleburne Lake Road. The vehicle disappeared after the parents escaped with one child. The river widened to a quarter mile due to heavy rains and Heflin reports six inches of rain in eight hours.
RCA official Jim Moore told the Decatur Civitan Club that electronic stoves with microwaves will cut cooking time to seconds and require no cleaning. He described smokeless stoves easy for homemakers, plus projected trends include video phones, cashless shopping, telemetry pills, heart monitoring, laser cataract surgery, and schools using monitors in booths for personalized pacing.
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