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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1972
Page
13
Decatur area river reading this morning was 21.90 with sea level at 556.20. High today reached 81 at 3 p.m. and low 57 at 6 a.m. Forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy conditions with a 20 to 30 percent chance of showers tonight and Saturday. Extended outlook through Tuesday shows continued warm, with highs in the 80s and lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
The Queen Elizabeth 2 and 2350 aboard steamed across the Atlantic toward Europe amid a bomb hoax threat. Bomb disposal experts found no devices after a mid Atlantic drop, and Cunard said the danger was lessened though not over. The liner heads for Cherbourg and Southampton with many American vacationers aboard.
A reader’s listing of admissions and dismissals in multiple locations including Athens Elkmont Courtland Moulton Town Creek Danville and Harvest. Names include James Claunch Ellen Cooper Aurelia Davis Joyce Ann Shoulders Elizabeth Sorgen Elmer Parker Lennie Mitchell Bennett Morgan Bam Hill Sheila Patterson Joe Emerson Randy Gillespie Davie Jones Ruby Tucker Betty Pearson Roy White Elbert Blankenship and others.
Huntsville’s Twickenham Auto Club plans the Golden Rush Series Slalom Event No 4 Sunday. Registration starts 10 am with a 12 noon walk through and first car about 12:30 pm. Entry fee is 3.50 dollars. rain or shine.
Joe H. Perry 64 of Cullman died Thursday morning in Cullman Hospital. Funeral at 2 p.m. Saturday at Grace Episcopal Church with burial in Memory Gardens. Survivors: widow Marjorie Perry, two daughters Ellen Flores and Mary Jo Semrick, two Birmingham brothers. Perry served in the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, moved to Callan in 1965 for the Decatur post, a World War II veteran and Grace Episcopal Church member.
Alfred Hardiman 61 died Thursday at home 621 Vine St in Cullman. Services 2 p.m. Saturday Peck Funeral Home Chapel Hartselle with burial Blue Springs Cemetery. Surviving include wife Hattie Fowlerman, son Alfred Hardiman Jr in Atlanta, four grandchildren, four sisters and one brother. Pallbearers named.
Multiple mortgage foreclosures are listed in Morgan County Alabama. Notices include assignments to Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston and Federal National Mortgage Association, sale dates May 25 1972 and May 26 1972, and properties in Decatur and surrounding areas. Vehicles impounded for sale and extensive vehicle listings appear alongside real estate actions.
A 1972 county probate record references a payment default and a filed plat map on file in the Margen County Alabama office. State National Bank appears in the record with numeric identifiers 512-45 and 190-5.
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