Art show features John C. Calhoun State Technical Junior College students
Artwork by John C. Calhoun State Technical Junior College students is on display in the library. Selected from painting and composition classes, the show includes Sondra Lindley Lewis Hughes Kathy Miller Kathy Gildersleeve John Gambrell Lesha Thompson Laverne Black Sybil Swafford Steve Sue Merren Paul Summerford among others, highlighting a year of student work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Calhoun
Tate Technical Junior College
Richard Green
Sondra Lindley
Hartselle
Lewis Hughes
Huntsville
Kathy Miller
Kathy Gildersleeve
John Gambrell
Lesha Thompson
Decatur
Laverne Black
Sybil Swafford
Steve
Madison
Sue Merren
Paul Summerford
Representatives of 12 Firms To Arrive
A five day tour brings 12 major national industries to six Alabama cities to view state advantages. Executives from Allied Chemical American Oil Cities Service American Iron American Electric General Electric and others will visit Birmingham Cullman Decatur and Huntsville with site tours of schools recreational centers industrial areas parks and the chamber building. They will meet local officials and dine on a Tennessee River cruise before heading to Huntsville for Von Braun address and further tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Alabama
Alabama State Planning and Industrial Development Board
Allied Chemical Co
American Oil Co
Cities Service Oil Co
Cleveland Metal Abrasive Co
Continental Carbon Co
General Electric Co
B. F. Goodrich Co
Jantzen Inc
Monsanto Co
Radio Corp. of America
Seaboard Coast Lines Railroad
Wolverine Tube Division
Calumet & Hecla, Inc
Merce
Hamilton
Chamber of Commerce
Tennessee River
Huntsville
Wernher von Braun
Decatur events list political campaigning and ROTC honors
In Decatur on Tuesday former Lt. Gov. Jim Allen will campaign in the area with a hand shaking tour. Mrs. Armistead Selden will host an open house at Selden headquarters starting at 10 a.m. Two Decatur ROTC cadets at Jacksonville State University earned awards: Cadet Pvt. Terry S. Thames won the Sharpshooter Badge in small bore rifle and Cadet Pvt. Samuel A. Mosley received the Lyre Award for loyal service. The North Alabama Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers meets Tuesday for its first Ladies Night, with door prizes and guest speaker Jesse Culp from the Sand Mountain Reporter. Reservations to John Giblin at Monsanto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Allen
Decatur
Jacksonville State University
Terry S. Thames
Hames M. Thames
7Th Ave
Samuel A. Mosley
S. A’ Mosley
19Th St. SE
Lyre
North Alabama
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Jesse Culp
Sand Mountain
Presbyterian College 88th Commencement Honors 136 Graduates
Carlton William Kelley Jr of Decatur earns a bachelor of science inBusiness Administration among 136 graduates at Presbyterian College 88th commencement. Also noted are Morgan County Board of Registrars session and Walter Jackson PTA officer installations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton William Kelley, Jr
Decatur
Presbyterian College
Carlton Kelley
Carlton
Busy Morgan County Courts Schedule Dense Docket
About 300 cases are set to be heard as Morgan County courts start a busy period. Judge C Bennett McRae will lead a week long County Civil Court session with around 90 minor civil suits. On May 30 Judge McRae will oversee over 100 cases in a one day County Criminal Court session. Circuit Judge James N Bloodworth will hear arraignments for almost 90 trials in late June, including narcotics cases involving two Decatur youths and a Decatur physician. Dr James C Nash faces five counts of illegal narcotics obtaining, and former Huntsville druggist Lee Morgan King is arraigned on amphetamine possession. Local authorities probe a teen age bar room in Paradise Trailer Court and a pep pill ring across North Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
C. Bennett McRae
Judge McRae
County Criminal Court
James N. Bloodworth
Decatur
Larry William Lasman
William Speakman
Bloodworth
Paradise Trailer Court
Lasman
Speakman
James C. Nash
Nash
Morgan
Campaign Tempos Rise For The June 4 Election
Morgan County races heat up as Dick Fleming and Bill Wadsworth push for the runoff on June 4 after May 7 results. The contest includes constable Beat 1 and JP from Decatur, with Armistead Selden challenging Jim Allen for the Senate seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Whittaker
Farmer
Morgan County
Thornton
Dick) Fleming
William V
Bill) Wadsworth
James T
Jim) Coffey
H. G. Hunter
Constable
Decatur
J. Lester Smith
Julian Hardy
Justice of the Peace
Rep
Armistead Selden
Jim Allen
Lister Hill
Fleming
Wadsworth
Sam
Fate) McClendon
McClendon
Bill
Allen and Mrs. Selden to Visit Decatur Campaign Trail
Former Lt. Gov Jim Allen and Mrs Armistead Selden will be in Decatur on Tuesday as they press a two week campaign swing through North Alabama. A spokesman calls the Decatur stop a handshaking campaign with Mrs Selden hosting an open house at her husband’s campaign HQ on 6th Ave SE beginning 10 a.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Allen
Armistead Selden
Decatur
Allen
Rep
Selden
North Alabama
6Th Ave
Paris
Birmingham
Mont
Alabama AP executives meet in Montgomery for annual session
Newspaper executives from Alabama gathered in Montgomery for the opening session of the Alabama Associated Press Association two day meeting. The News Council chairman Mike Freeman presided as reports from committee chairs were reviewed ahead of a Sunday general meeting. An awards luncheon for AP contest winners will follow Sundays meeting with Rosewell Falkenberry presiding. About 100 people expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Alabama Associated Press Association
The
News Council
Mike Freeman
Decatur
Freeman
Decatur Daily
Council
Birmingham Post-Herald
Winford Turner
Freedom of Information
Wayne Martin
Birmingham News
Alabama AP
Roswell Falkenberry
Selma Times- Journal
Honkala Return to Decatur Plant on Special Assignment
H E Honkala former Division Office Technical Services Manager returns to the Decatur Plant to support the transition from construction to productive operation of new units. A Michigan native and Michigan College of Mining and Technology graduate, he has held multiple roles at Calumet and Hecla and served Decatur civic groups with the Lions Club and church. He and his wife Ann reside at 2202 Pennylane SE Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Honkala
Calumet & Hecla Corp
Wolverine Tube
Allen Park
Mich
Decatur
Honkala
R. L. MacGregor
Michigan
Michigan College of Mining and Technology
The
American Society For
Calumet & Hecla, Inc
Detroit
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Ann
Pennylane, S.E
Wallace Campaign Moves in South Dakota Ballot Drive
A drive to place former Gov. George Wallace on South Dakota's November ballot begins with organizational meetings this weekend. Sessions are set for Sioux Falls on Saturday Pierre on Sunday and Rapid City on Monday. The petition push for 4,564 signatures starts June 4 with Tom Turnipseed leading the South Dakota effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
George Wallace
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Pierre
Rapid City
Wallace
Tom Turnipseed
Landmarks Of Area To Be Inventoried
Nine county area begins a historic landmarks inventory meeting at 3 p.m. Gov. Albert Brewer proclaims May 1925 North Alabama Heritage Landmark Week and urges cooperation. The Alabama Historical Commission and local societies will survey antebellum mansions forts Indian mounds battle sites and rustic attractions across Morgan Madison Limestone Lauderdale Lawrence Colbert Jackson Marshall and DeKalb counties. W. Warner Floyd will speak. public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Albert Brewer
North Alabama
Morgan
Madison
Limestone
Lauderdale
Lawrence
Colbert
Jackson
Marshall
DeKalb
Milo B. Howard, Jr
Alabama Historical Commission
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Brooksville
New Friendship Baptist Church
Arnold Bracken
Ronald Manley
Wren
Bracken
Trinity
State Selective Service
Hugh Caldwell
Cullman County
Limestoke
Spirit OF America
U.S. 31
Travis English
Spirit of America Executive Committee
George T. Hutchins
Center
Hicks Chevrolet
Sid Shackleford
Nesbitt Bottling Co
Bob Bates
Cullman
Bill House
First State Bank of
R. W. Orr
Allen Hamilton
Decatur Chamber of Com
Dedatur
Morgan County Board of Registrars
Walter Jackson
Walter Jackson Pta
PTA
John Street
David Cauthen
Rex Rankin
Lloyd Engman
Fred Underwood
Eleanor Harvey
Earwood
Hugo Earwood
Morgan Ave
Rodger W. Davenport
Lee Morgan King
King
North
H. G
Red) Williams
Board of Registrars
Gomery
United States
U.S
Wire Service
Steve Traylor
Huntsville Times
Bill Maxwell
Gadsden Times
Ben Davis
Montgomery Advertiser
Alabama Journal
Joe Chapman
H.E. Honkala
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