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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1961
Page
2
Fire Department log notes a grass fire reported on the 800 block of 6th Ave SE at 2 90 p.m. Tuesday. Community events include Moose Lodge entertainment Thursday at 8 p.m. and the Austinville Home Demon shrati meeting Friday at 1 30 p.m. in the clubhouse with hostesses listed.
Sheriff Mac Sim Butler asked the state fire marshal to determine the blast cause after an explosion leveled a brick house near the Cecil community killing S. H. Pharr Jr. and Miles Dixon and injuring Pharr’s wife Marjorie and 15-year-old Lucius Wright. Debris spread 80 yards. Wright rode a tractor with a spray tank. Pharr Sr. received hospital treatment for shock.
In Hartselle, Dr. Horace T. Sammons appealed a Board of Chiropractors license denial to circuit court. Judge Newton B. Powell heard the case after the board cited poor moral character, arrest for public drunkenness, and repossession of merchandise as grounds. Sammons’ attorney presented witnesses who praised his reputation and noted patient benefits from his treatment. The judge took the case under advisement.
The notice lists items for sale including a planter with fertilizer attachment for a David Bradley garden tractor and a 2 parcel lot on Trinity Mt and Morgan County Rd 26 priced around 1000 dollars. It also advertises furnished four room apartments and several rentals on Johnston St SE and 5 room house on 314th Ave NW with monthly rents, plus a large 3 bedroom country place on Danville Rd for 24500 dollars. It seeks a bookkeeper for a local concern and a small house on So Hommet St Hart sel le. Contact numbers are provided.
Hollywood reports Macbeth by William Shakespeare wins five Emmys including best direction and acting. Barbara Stanwyck earns her first TV award despite a torn dress incident. Bob Hope misses in humor, while Raymond Burr and Fred Astaire rack up wins. NBC News team tops Kennedy on best news program.
Twenty five residents of Magnolia Dormitory at Auburn University sponsor Mace McGhee, a sixth grader from Poarch Consolidated School near Atmore. They fund lunch and school supplies, and plan to support him through junior high as a foster family coordinated by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Louise Goff Reece, widow of B Carroll Reece, wins a landslide in the First District special election to fill her late husband's unexpired term. The 62 year old Republican break a long held party pattern, defeating two opponents after Reece's death March 19. Reece's district has not sent a Democrat to Congress since 1878. Reece is the daughter of Senator Guy Goff and granddaughter of Senator Nathan Goff, both from West Virginia. She married Reece in 1923.
The report lists cotton and cottonseed prices, various grains and milled products, and livestock values. Cattle and hog markets show activity with ranges for yearlings cows calves and sows, plus specifics on hog weights and lead prices. Continuous price movement and market positions indicate active trading across grains, poultry, and meat products.
Wall Street gains built as AP index rises to 251.10 at noon with the Dow at 700.47, up 2.73, amid broad stock advances. Industrials, rails, and utilities lead with mixed moves across sectors including gains for Woolworth and GM, Ford, Chrysler, and AMC.
A list of percentages and brand names appears, including Hercules Pdr and Nat Dairy with various market figures. Major firms cited include Lorillard, Macy, Olin Math, Rohm & Haas, St Regis, Winn Dixie, Woolworth, and Mont Ward. The data resemble a stock or consumer goods table with brand performance indicators.
Nashville market reports show cattle steady with various classes priced from 13.00 to 22.00. Hog receipts in Thomasville and other cities include 190-290 lb gilts at 16.30 to 17.25 and No 1-3 bulk 180-240 lb at 15.75 to 16.75. Sheep demand remains fair with spring lambs 17.0 to 19.00 and old crop lambs at 12.00 to 15.00.
AP reports liberal offerings exceed demand in Birmingham with morning price ranges for Grade A white eggs large 37 to 45 cents, mediums 31 to 37, small 26 to 31. Case and direct producer sales noted with minimum one case quantities.
Birmingham and Atlanta AP dispatches note live broilers and fryers in adequate supply with higher weights, prices paid at farms around 13.5 to 14.0 cents per pound. Slaughter estimated 625,300 head, down from 645,000 last week, with prices and transfers varying by weight and type.
A Nashville NC NC group of students on a freedom ride stopped briefly in Birmingham with two alighting and one boarding. Authorities were notified of the group and police planned a routine presence while immunity from violence remained unclear. The Rev F L Shuttlesworth described the trip as a continuation of the freedom ride as other routes faced violence in Alabama.
A rebel junta in Seoul takes command dissolving the cabinet, detaining five ministers and installing a 24 general officers’ cabinet. Police chief reshuffled, troops consolidate power, while U N commander Magruder warns of limited public support and the United States rejects the coup. Diplomatic missions advised no policy change. In Pakistan, September exports total 330,540 bales.
Thieves busted a west side window lock at Trinity School last night and pried open a metal cabinet in the principal’s office to steal about 750 dollars in cash. Deputy Bill Biles and Lt. E B Watts investigate with guards noting club funds and lunchroom money were inside.
Funeral services for Mrs Nora Starns 61 of Cullman Hanceville area were held at 2 p m today at New Home Church with burial at the adjoining cemetery. She died at 10 45 a m Tuesday at her home. Survivors include her husband C L Starns four sons Leroy and Thomas Bennefield of Cullman Clentie and Garvie Bennefield of Hanceville a daughter Loriie Creel Arab 18 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
The 16 month old Cynthia Raymae Fulenwider died early today with services set for 2 p.m. at Mt Hope Baptist Church Crane Hill Cullman County. Survivors include parents Mr and Mrs R E Fulenwider and grandparents Mr and Mrs Bennett Fulenwider and Mr and Mrs Orin Calvert.
Mrs. Isley of Decatur died in a highway accident while returning from Hartselle with her husband and sister. Surviving are her son Sgt. Ellis A. Stricklin in Nashville, her mother Mrs. J. H. Hitt of Decatur, and brother Fred Hitt of Miami as police continue the investigation. The Isleys had operated the Jackson House eating establishment for about a year.
Auburn University receives a National Science Foundation grant of 140 700 dollars to run a summer institute for 100 secondary school science and math teachers from June 12 to August 24. Dr. Ernest Williams directs the institute.
At one time spices were believed to ward off evil, carry disease away, and flavor love or fear. They were used in magic potions and sold to influence emotions, reflecting historic beliefs in their protective and social powers.
Filibusters cap installment loans at six percent of the original loan while full amounts face higher rates. A second bill in Alabama would allow eight percent interest on loans over two hundred dollars. In the House a series of child adoption laws and prison modernization including a ten million dollar Kilby Prison bond were discussed. Senate debates on voter registration and a constitutional amendment to empower the legislature over voter questions wrapped the day.
Two Morgan County youths are jailed on burglary suspicions after Mississippi authorities linked them to state burglaries. Arrested yesterday were Larry Lang, 18, Lacey's Spring, and Glenn Hartwig, 19, alias Glenn Wilson, Falkville. Authorities report the pair admitted the Mississippi burglaries.
Researchers create a new leather substitute by dissolving proteins from natural leather and reforming them into sheets. The process aims to mimic real leather while enabling novel material properties for clothing and goods.
A dense roster lists individuals by titles and addresses including masters, Mrs. and Miss names with locations such as Little Miss Janice Taylor Eva Elkmont Athens Decatur Moulton Trinity and Cedar Lake Rd. The fragmentary notice reads like a local clearance or roster of dismissals or acknowledgments with multiple street addresses.
A long admissions roll from Cullman area lists individuals and hometowns with counts next to several names. Entries name Mrs. Billy J. James, Mrs. Bobby G. Runge, Billy Story, and many others from Cullman Arley Holly Pond Baileyton Crane Hill Vinemont Hanceville Troy and nearby locales.
A list of patients includes Mrs. Carolyn Faye Hardiman Elkmont 1 Mrs. Louise Culps Elkmont 1 Mrs. Jeanette Lamar Athens Mrs. Jewel Pauline Jones Elkmont 1 Arthur Self Athens 3 Mrs. Effie B. Carter Athens J H Holden Athens 8 Ernest Everett Lawrence Athens Mrs Edward Webster Athens.
Mrs. Dorothy Walling 1601 Chestnut St Little DeMeria Black 503 Caro lyn St Mrs Lennie Moore and daughter Decatur J Newt Chandler Tanner 1 Al Shelton 437 Sherman St
Property listings show multiple individuals and addresses including Tommy Fuller 1623 Wadsworth St and Mrs Gertrude Morris Court land 2 and Mrs Audrey Gibson 1022 6th Ave SW with other names such as Mrs Janice Rix Sheridan Apts and Master Robert Dumas 705 5th. Additional residents include Jessie Kitchens Trinity and Mrs Dorothy Thompson Hart selle.
The Tennessee Valley Authority said it awarded about 2 million dollars in contracts for its power production and distribution facilities. Notable awards include H. H. Robertson Co. of Birmingham Alabama for installation of metal sliding panels at Colbert Steam Plant in North Alabama worth 233195.
A Tuesday evening blaze at the Moulton Advertiser caused undetermined damage to the back shop while the front offices sustained only smoke damage. Editor Waylon Smithey found the fire near 5:30 p.m. Most machinery and rolls of newsprint were soaked or damaged, and printing for Thursday’s edition will move to the Hartselle Enquirer.
The U S 5th Circuit reverses a Montgomery judge’s ruling dismissing NAACP suit against Alabama state officials. It says jurisdiction should be retained to protect the NAACP in this action or in related proceedings. The 1960 suit argued state actions were arbitrary and violated due process.
Mr and Mrs Drannan D Mangum Cullman mother and child report a son born May 15 at Cullman Hospital. Mr and Mrs Perry L Calvert Cullman report a daughter born May 16 at Cullman Hospital. Mr and Mrs Boyd Hightower Athens welcomed a son born Tuesday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs James P Tunstill Decatur area report a daughter born at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Billy Shirley Somerville report a son born today at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital.
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