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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1963
Page
2
The page notes today’s sunset and tomorrow’s sunrise and moonrise. It marks a New Moon and highlights Procyon prominent but low in the western sky, guiding observers on early evening stargazing.
In the evening display the sky shows Mars visible in the western sky at 8:59 p.m. Saturn rises at 12:42 a.m. The river AY timing lists 6:47 p.m. 4:42 a.m. and 13:49 a.m. for related events. The forecast notes STAR 8:59 p.m. and planets arranged for viewing across the night.
River stage at Keller Memorial Bridge stands at 21.21 feet with a rise of .03 feet in 12 hours. Sea level reading 555.51 feet. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and little temperature change tonight, then mostly partly cloudy and warm Monday. Northwesterly winds 6 to 12 mph. High today near 85.
Crowds of about 12 000 endure scorching sun as President Kennedy arrives for a TVA event in the Tennessee Valley. Ray Scherer signs autographs while Gov. Wallace and Sen. Hill join Kennedy on stage. Spectators cheer shout and photograph the appearance before the president greets the crowd and departs.
Kennedy’s Alabama stop drew about 10000 people from the South as he arrived by helicopter and greeted by Gov. Wallace and Sen. Sparkman. He spoke briefly at the Marshall Space Flight Center with Von Braun nearby, then boarded a jet to Washington amid lively crowds and mixed reactions on civil rights.
President Kennedy tours Muscle Shoals TVA facilities and Redstone Arsenal in Alabama after praising TVA’s regional progress. Governor Wallace avoids discussing a federal suit as Huntsville merchants greet the President with pride and townwide welcome signs. Kennedy's reception includes a handshake frenzy and brief remarks on Tennessee Valley Authority progress and national growth.
Mrs Mary Ellen Curtis 82 of Danville died Saturday at home. Funeral from Speake Methodist Church Monday at 2 30 p m with burial in Lebanon Cemetery officiated by Isaac Eddy. Survivors include husband George B Curtis four daughters and eleven sons, plus one sister and one brother. Grandsons to serve as pallbearers.
A fragment recalls Governor Wallace meeting the press and speculates that he would have been defeated in 1960 if he had not carried seven Southern states. The remark reflects a historical hypothetical tied to Wallace's political reach in the region.
Mr and Mrs Bobby Clark of 1017 Royal Dr report a daughter born Friday at Baugh Wiley Smith Clinic. Mr and Mrs Vernon Nesmith of Moulton 3 welcome a daughter born Saturday at the same clinic. Mr and Mrs Harold Jones of Decatur 2 announce a son born Friday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Gary Thornton of Huntsville report a son born Friday at Decatur General Hospital Clinic note incomplete line.
The Salvation Army operates 183 mobile canteens serving both rescued people and rescue workers at fires floods earthquakes and other disasters. During the past year these canteens provided food and drink for half a million persons.
Carl D. Hyatt died in Atlanta Saturday at 2 25 p m. Funeral services will be Monday at 2 p m from East End Methodist Church. Interment in Decatur City Cemetery. Survivors include widow Katie Hyatt two sons Carl Hyatt and Charles Hyatt three grandchildren one sister Mary Bryant. Pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers include Baker Manufacturing Co employees. The Rev T H Hayes to officiate. Body to residence today at 1 p m.
Leonard W. Hodge, 2901 Shelia Drive, Jackson, Miss., died Friday night in Jackson. Funeral services are set for today at 3:30 p.m. from Sherman Street Church of God, with interment at Roselawn Cemetery under Gunthorp Brown directing. Survivors include his wife Mrs. Leonard Hodge, a son Arthur W. Hodge of Jackson, three brothers George Hodge of Decatur, Troy C. Hodge of Marmaduke Ark, Dewey Hodge of Opelika, and a sister Mrs Elmer Sharp of Decatur. The body returned to 1601 Magnolia Street SE, Decatur, Saturday at 5 p.m. pending transfer to the church.
Mrs Jo Ann King 18 Athens died 7 50 am Saturday at the home of Mr and Mrs Rube Moore where she had lived for years Funeral services today at 430 pm from the McConnel Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Roselawn Cemetery Survivors include her husband Wayne King a daughter Lanita King one sister Patsy Jane Hardin and other relatives
Rep Slate calls a proposed inquiry into the Chamber and fraternal groups unthinking hysteria while Sen Gilchrist touts a 28 to 1 Senate approval of a 4 percent sales tax cap and a constitutional bond debt referendum to require statewide vote. The measures hinge on House administration support and upcoming readings this week.
Man 81, Jackson Tennessee, died Friday at 4 p.m. in Jackson, with services at 2 p.m. from Elkmont Methodist Church and burial in City Cemetery under McConnell Funeral Home direction. Officiating ministers are E. L. McFee and Charles Miller. Survived by daughter Mrs. E. B. Harwell and five sons in California, Arkansas, and Alabama, plus 11 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren, one sister Zona Williams of Texas.
Tex Buford Wallace 52 of Childersburg Alabama died Friday at 1 15 am at University Hospital Birmingham Funeral services Sunday at 2 pm from McConnell Chapel burial Wallace Cemetery directed by McConnell Funeral Home Survivors include mother Dee Chandler Wallace Rogersville two half brothers Mitchell Wallace Pensacola Florida Sandy Paul Wallace Sheffield two half sisters Nellie Rene Wallace Sheffield Mrs Dauphine Romine Sheffield
A compact list names Mrs. Betty Atkinson, Madison Master Leroy Weaver, Decatur, Mrs. Clara Garrison, Tullahoma, Tenn, Robert Hudson, 1314 5th Ave. SE, Mrs. Gaither Williams and infant daughter, 1627 Jackson St. SE. The entry presents a roster of individuals and addresses without further context or actions.
A purse billfold containing about $10 was stolen from a car parked at 607 Prospect Dr. In other incidents a 1962 GMC truck hit an overhang in front of Mary Carter Paint Co and a parked Dodge was backed into by another GMC truck at Hoover Truck Lines. Several collisions occurred on U.S. 31 and nearby streets. Abigail Turner of Decatur, Auburn University freshman, won a James S. Boyd Scholarship gift. Morgan County students enrolled at Jacksonville State College include Hart selle and Decatur residents. Lawrence Durham of Decatur earned a $1,575 University of Alabama fellowship in mathematics.
Admissions include Mrs. George Powell 920 8th Ave SE William Meadows 505 Betty St SW Mrs Billy Ray Morgan Hart selle 4 Mrs Preston J Stewart Trinity 1 Thomas Newton Garnett 410 7th Ave SE. Dismissals list Lester I Garrison Hartselle 4 Mrs Allen W Dugger Decatur Leston Odell Couey Eva 1 Milton Peek 430 Jackson St SE Carl C Steyer 410 Lafayette St Mrs George D Shehan 1710 Buena Vista Circle Mrs J B Rice Moulton 2 Mrs Justice V Joiner 310 4th Ave NW Mrs Allen A Hamilton and infant daughter 2006 11th St SE Mrs Peter R Wasmer and infant daughter 1506 Pennylane SE Mrs Donald J Tucker and infant son 902 Edgewood St SW Mrs L W Houston 1119 1th Mrs James Green 1808 Martin Max Roy Wilcox 122 Church St NE Omer A Bates Trinity 1 Mrs Donald D Williams and infant son Union Grove 2 Mrs A Ben Wilkinson Athens Mrs Edsel Faught 1009 8th Mrs Berdie Lou Owen 713 3rd Frederick Dale Price 2108 11th St SE Mrs Katrina McCloskey 1922 Locust St SE Master Richard Karl Burgreen Athens Master Leslie Grant Wilson Athens Master Ronald Michael Nelson 1212 11th Ave SE Little Miss Nancy Blair Carrah er 1813 Eastmead Ave SE
A New Hope, Alabama man was shot five times at his ex-father-in-law Charles Taylor’s home in Lacey's Spring around 9:15 p.m. Saturday. James Russell Thomas survived and was taken to Huntsville Hospital in critical condition. Deputies A. J. Hallman and Leon Tennyson said Taylor fired after Thomas refused to leave. Thomas reportedly insulted Taylor while intoxicated.
A lawmaker favors the measure and believes it will pass the Senate. He says the Legislature should confront redistricting reapportionment and appropriations and adjourn in late June or early July.
John Pitts died at 7 p.m. Friday at Decatur General Hospital. Funeral services will be announced later by Reynolds Funeral Home.
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