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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1971

Page

5

Miss Point Mallard pageant opens at new recreation center

A 5 p.m. open house marks the Miss Point Mallard Pageant at a multi million dollar center. Suzanne Dennie Miss Alabama 1970 will crown the winner and Miss Point Mallard competes in the Miss Alabama Pageant June 21 in Birmingham. Prizes include gifts from local merchants and $38,000 in scholarships from Albright College University of Alabama Huntsville and Athens College. Pageant aims to become an annual event with regional eliminations this year.

Suzanne Dennie Alabama Miss Point Mallard Birmingham Albright College University of Alabama Huntsville Athens College Jim Johnson

Decatur to Host National Junior Olympic Wrestling Meet

Decatur will host a wrestling tournament with 11 weight classes from 98 to unlimited pounds. Top two in each class advance to Toledo nationals. Junior Olympic medals to top three. trophies for outstanding wrestler and fastest fall. No admission. sponsorship by Quaker Oats and local recreation department praised.

Toledo

Diamonds Targeted in Elaborate Robbery Plot

Police uncovered a robbery scheme after a phone operator overheard plans and alerted authorities. Mrs Roper’s diamonds, described as her children by a friend, were insured though the loss will be deeply felt.

Police Department

Reorganization streamlines grant clearinghouse role

The agency becomes a central hub for local government applications for federal grants and loans across three counties. The planning and development commission covers housing water and sewer recreation and rural development.

Planning and Development Commission

Mortgage Foreclosure Sale Notice for Decatur Property

Default on a 1964 mortgage from William T Kendall and Patricia M Kendall to Dobbs Allen Hall Mortgage Co. is foreclosing. The National Life and Accident Insurance Co. will sell Lot 6 Block 1 Sunnybrook Acres Decatur Morgan Co Alabama on June 4 1971 to satisfy the debt. Also Morgan County Board of Equalization to review assessed valuations, protests due within 10 days of final publication.

William Thomas Kendall Patricia Moser Kendall Dobbs, Allen & Hall Mortgage Company, Inc 4 Corporation Morgan County Alabama National Life and Accident Insurance Company Decatur Towit Sunnybrook Acres State Board of Equalization Porter Lee Hanes

Notice of Foreclosure Sale by National Life Insurance Co

National Life Insurance Company will sell at public outcry for cash during legal hours on June 14 1971 in Decatur Alabama, Lots 51 and 53 Block 9 of Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Company Addition No 3, subject to 1971 ad valorem taxes, under a mortgage from John Bernard Franz Jr and Dorothy B Franz to W B Leedy Co and assigned to National Life.

John Bernard Franz, Jr Dorothy B. Franz W. B. Leedy & Company, Inc Morgan County Alabama National Life Insurance Company Decatur Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Company

Weather summary for Decatur area shows warm weekend forecast

River readings at Keller Memorial Bridge report 21.78 while sea level sits at 556.08. High temperature today 77, low 52. expected high 82 tonight 52. Forecast calls for generally fair weather through Saturday with warm days and mild nights. possible scattered thundershowers Monday, then partly cloudy and warm with highs in the 80s and lows in the 50s to 60s.

Decatur and Vicinity River Reading Keller Memorial Bridge

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