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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1963
Page
2
Saturday May 18 weather shows sunset at 6 45 p m and sunrise at 4 43 a m tomorrow. The planet Jupiter appears near the Moon with Ganymede the largest of its 12 moons at about 3120 miles in diameter.
The Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge stood at 21.30 feet, up 0.08 in 24 hours, with sea level at 55.60 feet. TVA lake levels listed Guntersville 594.6 Whitesburg 556.5 Wilson 506.2 Pickwick 414.3 Chickamauga 682.1. High today reached 92, low 72, 84 at 10:40 a.m. Partly cloudy and warm with scattered storms possible tonight. Saturday mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms. Winds southwest 5 to 25 mph gusty near storms.
The forecast shows temperatures averaging 1 to 4 degrees below normal in Alabama with near normal readings in Georgia. Weekend cooler, midweek warmer, highs 80 to 85, lows 57 to 64. Rainfall moderate to heavy this weekend totals 1 to 2 inches, or up to 1.5 inches.
Mr and Mrs Wesley B Richey Jr Prospect Dr Decatur welcome a daughter Mary Jahonna born Thursday at a Hartselle hospital. Mr and Mrs Nelson Jones 1606 Chestnut St SE announce a son born Thursday at Baugh Wiley Smith Clinic. Mr and Mrs Arnold Willingham Vinemont 3 announce a son born at Cullman Hospital. Mr and Mrs Harold Wayne Naylor Addison 1 announce a son born Wednesday at Lawrence County Hospital.
A University of Alabama survey team led by Dr J H Hadley concluded Morgan County High School in Hartselle needs major modernization. The two story building is labeled a disgrace and a fire trap, with calls for twelve new classrooms, updated facilities, and improved upkeep across the four district schools. The group proposed funding of about 35 to 40 thousand dollars yearly for operations and a bond issue around 400 thousand dollars to finance building improvements.
After Faith 7’s successful splashdown Cooper, in good shape and giddy, receives calls from Kennedy and officials and is escorted aboard the carrier. President Kennedy praises his mission while plans for Gemini and a manned moon landing dominate the space program outlook.
A numbered roster lists a series of hospital patients with full names and street addresses including Mrs. Kate Patterson in Falkville Mrs. Linda Chunn in Valdermase Springs Mrs. Anetta Sanders at 1106 Edgewood Street SW Mrs. Mary Boyd at 415 6th Ave NW and others such as J Thomas Strain Athens H L Douthitt Decatur Margie Johnson West Court Apt 19 Melba Mote 311 6th Ave Clara Garrison Tullahoma Tenn J T Coulter 1816 5th Ave SW Carl Wright Ardmore Sue Letson Hillsboro Louise Proctor 1907 9th Annie Ruth McClesky Decatur.
A local notice lists dissolutions and names residents including Mrs. Philip Couch and Mrs. Jack Bradford of Hillsboro, Juanita Crane of Moulton, and Wanda Lee of Moulton among others, with ages or order numbers following each entry. The list also includes Mrs. Noah Johnson of Grayson, Mrs. James Flannigan of Town Creek, Mrs. Davie Hood of Moulton, and G. W. Compton of Moulton.
Clifton Lee Moss of Athens wed Miss Mary Louise Glanton of Terrell. Donna Lee Duren of Athens and James Marvin Curtis of Athens announced their nuptials with James Willard of Lawrence and Athens. Walter B. Ingle of Rogersville and Mrs Patricia Jean Butler of Athens appeared in the notice as engaged or connected.
A long list of names and residences appears, including Mrs. Sybil Wolf Cullman Eli Jackson Collier Hanceville Willie Bratus Williams Cullman Starling Chesley Drummond Cranehill George Howard Hyde Cullman Andrew George Dye Cullman Debra Jean Quick Cullman Verdine Nalls Cullman Helen Faye Schaffer Cullman Beatrice C Boyd Cullman Beyy Lorene Jones Cullman W H Gregg Cullman Robert Thomas Lee Cullman Vera Louise Ballard Hanceville Seldon Boren HancevilleAdmissions Arnold Willingham Vermont Cloyce Drake Falkville Sallie Emily Weekly Vinson Kennedy Cullman Minnie Lee Hodge Addi Oscar Horlsey Cullman
A break in at Brown's Store near here left the side door broken and several items missing including 300 pounds of sugar 12 cans of tomato juice and about $5 in nickels.
Markets section shows soybeans and cattle prices with no price test completed. Sales include steers and heifers, hogs U S No 1 at 195 lb barrows and gilts 15 25, No 2 at 200 lb sows 11 50, with spring lambs 90 98 lb at 24 00 and slaughter sheep 4 00 to 6 00. Sheep sales are inactive for the week.
The New York market ended mixed as sugar stocks surged on rising commodity prices. American Crystal Sugar jumped about 7 points, Holly Sugar rose over 2, Carter Products gained up to 6 points on news about a court ruling, while Thatcher Glass and Tung Sol fell as merger hopes faded. Chrysler led gains in autos amid a broad but modest advance. Volume was about 4.4 million shares.
Tennessee Valley Flight Service moved to its present location after the war. In 1968, Mr. Blackwell opened the private flying service at Muscle Shoals airport in Calbert County. He died on arrival at Black Chandler Hospital, Hartselle, after 6 pm Thursday from a heart ailment. Survivors include his widow Stella Pauline Blackwell, son W. G. Blackwell, three sisters, and three grandchildren. Pallbearers named Cottingham, Howell, Barber, Rowe, Freeman, McClendon, A. Blackwell, Jr., and York.
JFK will address the Muscle Shoals gathering at 2:30 p.m. and at Redstone airfield at 4 p.m., both open to the public. Gov. George Wallace will visit but did not reference the President. TVA ceremony in Decatur features David Lilienthal at 8 p.m. High School Auditorium hosts the nation wide speech.
North Korea claimed its ground forces shot down a U S Army helicopter 17 miles northwest of Seoul near the Han River estuary after an emergency landing on the north side. Captains Ben Weakley Stutts of Cherokee, Alabama, and Charleston W Voltz were listed as missing with no fate announced.
Livestock prices eased with cows 50 lower and bulls weak to 530 lower. early week sales strong with 900-1000 lb steers at 21 to 50 cents. Cows scarce at 16.00-17.00, commercial bulls 23.00, standard and good 550-850, yearling mostly heifers 20.50-22.00, week’s high 29.50 for strong eaters. Hogs active with 195 lb barrows and gilts 15.75, 200 lb sows 12.00. Sheep sales light, fully steady. spring lambs 24.00, slaughter sheep 4.00-6.00.
An 8 o'clock evening program invites the public to the DAV Home on Bank Street. Also listed are a regular monthly singing at Holy Church of Christ on Lith Avenue NW Saturday at 7 30 p.m. and a school visit by Decatur Tom Thumb Kindergarten students to Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge with guided tours and exhibits.
Florence, Alabama, and Florida are named in a report about the Stutts family. The family includes three young sons Gregory Michael and Bruce. Mrs Stutts describes her husband as an experienced pilot who flew in Europe along the Iron Curtain before Korea. J C Stutts, a brother, is business manager of the Florence Times.
Florence Hogan 67 of Hartsville Danville died Thursday night at a Moulton hospital. Funeral services Saturday 2 30 p.m. at Andrews Chapel Church with Rev Isaac Eddy and Rev C G Reddings officiating. Burial at Tweee Saeed cemetery. Survived by six daughters all of Danville and Kissimmee Florida one son Earl. grandsons to serve as pallbearers. She was a Baptist. Body to be taken to daughter Clyde Hills residence at 2 p.m. today.
A 17 year old Hartselle Black youth, Curtis Brynum, was released on a $1,500 bond after being arrested for assault with intent to murder. Deputy Milton Thomas said Brynum cut a Hartselle woman with a knife last night. the woman's name was not released.
A cluttered classified page offers a variety of items for sale and rent including books from Ira's Book & Gift Shop, a new Hartselle house with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths, a grocery store with fixtures and small apartment, an upright piano, a furnished apartment for rent, sewing machines, boxed cards for sale, and a 1959 Chevrolet Impala with financing. Contact numbers accompany most listings.
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