Birth, church events, and local notices in Decatur
A Decatur area bulletin notes the birth of Linda Leigh Hyde in Sendai Japan to Lt. C. J. Hyde and wife Marlene McBride. Also listed are church services at Evergreen Methodist, a Birmingham hospital update on Marion Lee Counts, a Bishop Purcell service rescheduled for June 27 at Birmingham Southern College, a Lawrence Cove School community supper with the Country Ramblers, a trench cap request for a veterans project, property permits for porch enclosure and a used car lot, plus police court docket items including DUI and disorderly conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude McBride
Linda Leigh
C. J. Hyde
Army Hospital
Sendai
Japan
Hyde
Marlene McBride
Decatur
A. J. Hyde
Nauvoo
Ala
Clare Purcell
Birmingham Southern College
Birmingham
Munger Bowl
Hill Applauds Mrs. Hobby For Notable Work
The article notes Hill congratulating Mrs. Hobby for the work she has done and praises the administration, highlighting a commendation amid ongoing efforts.
Evening Showings at Local Theaters
Amusements Today lists Princess Vera Cruz with Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster at 1:00 3:05 5:10 7:15 9:30. Roxy offers Duel In The Jungle starring Dana Andrews and Jeanne Crain at 1:26 3:24 5:22 7:20 9:18. Sunset screens The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T at 7:00 9:15. Forever Female with Ginger Rogers and William Holden at Hartselle and Duel In The Jungle at Hatfield Athens both at 7:30 9:30 and 7:30 9:30 respectively. Starvue Courtland Highway repeats Duel In The Jungle at 7:30 9:10. continuous showings today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Cruz
Gary Cooper
Burt Lancaster
Roxy
Dana Andrews
Jeanne Crain
Starvue
Markets recap from Decatur with grain and hog quotes
Markets note Decatur prices for corn yellow oats No 2 quoted around 65 cents per bushel. Hog market shows choice 180 to 220 pounds at about 17.00 per hundred pounds.
Local Poultry Market Report Mixed Headlines
In Birmingham and Atlanta brief market notes indicate varied poultry offerings. North Alabama reports activity around 27 price levels with plant delivery ranges 2744 to 2844. Atlanta dealers note offerings short of sales at 27, with most shipments at early f.o.b. plant levels.
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Birmingham
North Alabama
Cabo
de Ithoure
Atlanta
Birmingham Market Report Shows Mixed Prices
AP notes Birmingham prices over 24 hours to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday with mixed rates for sale items including extra minimums and quality marks. Data cites market rates with figures like 60 percent and 37 percent quality.
Cattle and calf market report from Nashville
Nashville AP notes cattle showing general weakness across classes with small cows and calves mixed. Vealers steady to weak, butcher cuts down 3, spring lambs active, ewes steady, prices range with high choices around 16 to 35 dollars per hundredweight and lambs light activity at 1 to 4 dollars.
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Nashville
Cotton Futures Drift Lower In New York
New York cotton futures edged down today as traders faced weak demand signals and ongoing market pressure. Prices eased while benchmark contracts indicated cautious selling amid unsettled demand expectations and global supply considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charges Filed In City Crash Involving Two Vehicles
Lewis Allen Nicholson 20 Hart seller was cited for running a stop sign after a collision at 11th St and 5th Ave SE involving a 1949 Ford and a 1950 Chevrolet pickup at 6 50 am. Left rear fender of the truck and right front fender and bumper of the Ford were damaged. Officers Watson and Robbins investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Allen Nicholson
Hartseller
Recorder’s Court
11Th St
5Th Ave
Watson and
Robbins
Hugo’ J. McKelvy
Cedar St
Austinville
Howard Ray Morris
16Th Ave
Intersection Co
Kennedy and
Terry
Wright in the City Softball League updates
The Wright team has one win and one loss in the City Softball League. Members were entertained at supper with vocal selections by the Fuller Sisters of Moulton, accompanied by J. D. Denson, principal of the Moulton Negro High School. Senpnantes Charles Neeley led the business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuller Sisters of
Moulton
J. D. Denson
Wheeler Refuge Ranked Second in Southeastern Public Use
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge posts high visitor traffic per U. S. Fish and Wildlife figures, trailing only Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge in Rotage, Paris. The site attracts anglers, tours, school groups, and fall hunters while pursuing multiple uses including recreation, fishing, timber, fur harvest, farming and public hunting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Tennessee National Wildlife Rotage
Paris
Wheeler Refuge
United States
Canada
India
China
France
Rhythm Band Pleases Decatur Rotary With Song and Rhythm
Decatur Rotarians enjoyed a program by Mrs. Stacey Wear's Gordon Bibb School third graders under Mary Anne Barron. The group performed selections from Soldiers March to The Ballad of Davy Crockett and explained how homemade rhythm instruments were made. Guests included Ce celia Cox and Ken Harris, visiting Rotarians from Greenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Schumann
Haydn
Susannah
Foster
Camptown
Johnny Schmaker
Alabama
Davy Crockett
Patsy Morrow
James Shook
Prince Nicholas
Cecelia Cox
Wiley Cox
Evis Chenault
J. F. Ray- Ken Harris
Greenville
N. C
TVA Auction Sells Cabin Sites at Elk River Near Rogersville
The Tennessee Valley Authority plans an auction of about 50 cabin sites along Elk River near Rogersville with seven-figure Lee-Hi property figures. Minimum bids range from 160 to 675 for the sites, and 14 000 for the Lee-Hi tract plus a nine acre farm across the highway offered at a 1 000 minimum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Tennessee Valley Authority
Elk River
Lee-Hi
Rogersville
Lauderdale County
Young Accident Victim Thankful For Friends Help
Marvin Allen Eaton ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Tommy Eaton 218 11th Ave NW was injured in a car and bicycle accident May 5 and remains a patient at Decatur General Hospital where doctors today listed his condition as satisfactory Marvin through the Rev W R Sessions pastor M E Eaton of the First Church of the Nazarene wishes to thank his many friends for their wonderful donations on his hospital expense and also for the beautiful flowers and cards The Eaton family asks Gods richest blessing on each and everyone who has been so kind and thoughtful during his illness.
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Marvin Allen Eaton
Tommy Eaton
11Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital
Folsom Proposes Large Alabama Education Budget Boosts
Governor Folsom seeks a record education budget for 1955 56 totaling over 123 million dollars with a 600 per year raise for teachers and new staff to ease workloads. The plan includes substantial increases for Auburn University Extension, experimental farms and higher education, plus a new borrowing corporation for school bond retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folsom
University of Alabama, Auburn
Auburn
Jefferson- Hillman Hospital
Deaf and Blind Institute
Talladega
General Fund
Fuller Hearing Re-Set For June In Murder Case
Albert Fuller, former Phenix City deputy sheriff, awaits a new trial hearing set for June 7 in Birmingham after a May 19 delay. Fuller was convicted March 11 of murdering A. L. Patterson, a crusader who opposed racketeers and was killed June 18 last year shortly after winning the Democratic nomination for attorney general. He remains jailed in Jefferson County as his lawyers contend new evidence warrants reopening the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Albert Fuller
J. Russell McElroy
Atty
Roderick Beddow
Fuller
Phenix City
A. L. Patterson
Crusader
Jefferson County
Elkmont Brothers Held After Assault With Intent to Murder
Athens Limestone County officers report ATHENS R. B. and Robert Coats both in Limestone County Jail after Monday arrest for assault with intent to murder. They allegedly wounded Wendell Davidson 22 at his store near Elkmont on State Highway 27 Sunday afternoon. Davidson was treated at Athens hospital and released.
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Athens
R. B
Robert Coats
Elkmont
Wendell Davidson
Coats
Davidson
Athens Limestone Hospital
Mrs McClung Wins Etha HDC Dress Revue
Montez McClung won first place in the annual Etha Home Demonstration Club dress revue. Helen Graham took second and Mae Barronton third. Eleven members entered. judges were Phillips of Eva School and Buchanan of Fairview School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montez McClung
Etha Home Demonstration Club
Helen Graham
Mae Barronton
Phillips
Eva School
Miss Buchanan
Fairview School
Gladys Brock
Gladys Rodes
Death Comes to Dinner in Morehead City Gull Electrification
In Morehead City North Carolina officials report gulls starved at sea blamed for electrical outages. Birds gathered at the city dump near 33 000 volt lines twice daily causing flickers as trucks dumped garbage. Power company rerouted lines and outages ceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morehead City
N.C
Stovall
Power Company
City Seeks Bids For Bonds and Local Grants At Session
The Decatur city council set sealed bids to raise 243000 for public improvement bonds and approved 250 grants for Walter Jackson and Civil Defense officials to research history records and type blood data. A zoning hearing on Sandlin addition was scheduled for June 6 and council opposed House Bill 56 over highway right of way costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Jackson
Decatur
Jackson
Howard Proctor
Gene Allford
Rutledge Thomas
Joe Pettey
Sandlin Addition
Austinville Road
H. R. Summer
Morgan County
Alabama
Highway Department
United States
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA Board of Directors
TVA
1St St. NW
6Th Ave
9Th Ave
Canal St
Market St
Water St
18Th Ave
8Th St
13Th
7Th
E. L. Hill
Glenn Crook
Fire Committee
Thurmond Murphree
Green Acres
Robert C. Dumas
Carmen Taylor
John Caddell
Dumas
Cypress St
14Th
16Th Ave
Frank M. Johnson
Fed
Porter Cleared of Perjury Indictments in Alabama Case
Montgomery Circuit Judge Eugene Carter dismissed two perjury indictments against Lee Red Porter after Porter testified before a Birmingham grand jury investigating vote fraud. Porter, defeated candidate for Alabama attorney general, had testified he received 18000 from Phenix City gamblers and earlier told a Jefferson County grand jury.
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Montgomery
Cicuit
Eugene Carter
Lee
Red) Porter
Gadsden
Birmingham
Porter
Phenix City
Alabama
Arch Ferrell
Jefferson County
Carter
TVA sale plan to break up power facilities proposed by Hoover task force
The Hoover Commission task force led by Ben Moreell proposes TVA invite bids to sell or lease unused power facilities. Private buyers or public agencies could bid, with Army Corps of Engineers facilities at Cumberland River added to the block. TVA Muscle Shoals research unit eyed for transfer.
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U. S. Atomic Program
Hoover Commission
Ben Moreell
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
TWA
Tennessean
Congress
TVA
AEC
Army’s Corps of Engineers
Cumberland River
Washington
Caldwell
White House
Muscle Shoals
Roberts in Supreme Court shaping New Deal era trials
The article traces associate justice Roberts through a divided court on Roosevelt's New Deal, noting his flexible alignment with liberals in 14 of 27 cases during FDR's second term. It cites pivotal votes striking down the AAA and upholding Wagner Act and Social Security unemployment provisions, plus his later role as Pearl Harbor era commander.
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van Devanter
McReynolds
Sutherland
Butler
Holmes
Brandeis
Stone
Hughes
Roberts
Supreme Court
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Charles Evans Hughes
Pearl Harbor
Army and Navy
Postwar Drainage Planning Mentioned for Lee Street
Fragmentary postwar planning note from 1946 references Lee Street drainage efforts. Plans are not cited as used by the city in building the drainage system.
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Eral
Lee St
Athens Limestone Hospital Dismissals And Admissions
Dismissals include Mrs. Leroy Hall and infant son in Athens. Mrs. Bailey Griffin in Dothan. C. D. Blankenship and Mrs. S. A. Sharp also discharged in Athens. Admissions list Grady Holland in Athens and Mrs. William T. Waters in Fra. James, plus Abernathy and others in Athens.
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Athens Limestone Hospital
Leroy Hall
Athens
Bailey Griffin
Dothan
C. D. Blankenship
Grady Holland
William T. Waters
James
Abernathy
S. A. Sharp
Baugh-Wiley Clinic Directory Listings
Local clinic directory lists Mrs C W Braswell 217 12 4th Ave SW Mrs W H Gulley 1624 Tower Mrs Vernease Brooks 1101 9th St SE Mrs Elliott Basden 102 5th Ave NW and Mrs Roy Seogin Sheffield as entries with addresses and a final item noted as 1.
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W. H. Gulley
Tower
Vernease Brooks
9Th St
Elliott Basden
5Th Ave
Roy Seogin
Sheffield
Community Notices List Local Residents and Addresses
Local names and addresses include Mrs Fannie Gibson with infant in Town Creek H F Landers at 412 5th Ave SW and Mrs Charles E Boley at 1905 Endlam Blvd Kenneth Bryant at 1416 7th Ave Mrs Harry Still at 1702 5th Ave Mrs James D Taylor in Decatur 2 Guy Blackwell of Moulton Street Mrs Tillman Crane at Cornelian Court and Mrs Jack Reed of Moulton.
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Fannie Gibson
Town Creek
H. F. Landers
5Th Ave
Charles E. Boley
Endlam Blvd
Kenneth Bryant
7Th Ave
James D. Taylor
Decatur
Guy Blackwell
Moulton St
Tillman Crane
Cornelian Court
Jack Reed
Moulton
Local residents listed with infant children addresses
Mrs. Cecil Hopkins and infant daughter 212 Memorial Drive. Mrs. Claude Carter and infant son 701 14th Ave SE. Mrs. James Norton 1207 2nd Street SW. Mrs. Ira Linley 113 W Wilson. Frank Jones Decatur. Mrs. Orvall Arnette 911 5th Ave SE. Mrs. Carmen Taylor 1323 6th
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Cecil Hopkins
Memorial Drive
Claude Carter
14Th Ave
James Norton
2Nd &T
Ira Linley
W. Wilson
Frank Jones
Decatur
Orvall Arnette
Carmen Taylor
6Th Ave
Births Report Daughters for Five Local Families
A daughter was welcomed by Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Taylor at Bank St. Hospital this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Smith celebrated a daughter born at Baugh-Wiley Clinic this morning. Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Kelley welcomed a daughter at Decatur General Hospital Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Cletis Harrison in Anderson welcomed a daughter at Athens-Limestone Hospital Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmen Taylor
6Th Ave
Bank St. Hospital
Clayton Smith
10Th Ave
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
D. E. Kelley
5Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital
Cletis Harrison
Anderson
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Driver Arrested After Accident Near Elkton
A collision on Elkton Road four and a half miles north of Athens injured no one and led to the arrest of Elkmont resident Richard Wayne McAllister on driving while intoxicated charges. Richard Ruf of Athens claimed McAllister drove on the wrong side, the 1952 International truck and 1947 Ford totaling about $200 in damages. Patrolmen D A Hansard and M P Braswell investigated.
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Athens
Elkmont 1
Highway Patrol
Here
Elkton Road
Richard Ruf
Richard Wayne McAllister
Ruf
McAllister
Hobby bridge hobbyist wins Alabama individual title
Trussville housewife Mrs Ross Marbury, described as a hobby bridge player, captured the Alabama Bridge Association tournament’s individual championship in Birmingham over the weekend with 140% points, the highest margin in the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Ross Marbury
For Sale One Ton Air Conditioner and Nursery Services
A one ton air conditioner is offered for sale in perfect condition. The listing also advertises Jean's Playtime Nursery with hourly or daily childcare available including playtime, story time, and music time. Contact numbers 1864 1244-J 1603 1794-XJ provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean
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