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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1958

Page

3

Rev Jones To Speak At Austinville High Baccalaureate

Rev. Jack Jones of Austiville Baptist Church will give the baccalaureate address for Austinville High School seniors in the school auditorium Sunday at 7 30 p m. The glee club will provide music and graduation is set for Monday at 7 30 p m. Valedictorian Mike Moebes and salutatorian Thelma Jo Bowling lead a program with Crosby Holt Wyman Logan and Dorothy Holbert among those on stage.

Austinville High School C. B. Smith Jack Jones Austiville Baptist Church Mike Moebes Thelma Jo Bowling Crosby Holt Grumbler Wyman Logan Dorothy Holbert Austinville Mike Walter Moebes Cedar St. SW Thelma Jo Austell Decatur 3

List of Names Mentioned in Local Notice

A long roster of individuals appears in a local document including Mary Lois Borden Thelma Jo Bowling Eloise Buckalew Sarah Jane Burns Billy Cartee Patricia Clark Gayle Cooper Jackie Coulter Mary Crow Roberts Claudia Curbow Bethea Fielding Eddean Foster Diana French Audrey Gilliland Gary Goodwin Wanda Haley Gail Herbert Dorothy Holbert Crosby Holt Ronnie Hall Mickey Hendrix Hoyt Jett Meredith Johnson Martha Rose Jones Shelba Key Josephine Lansdell Wyman Logan Meredith Lott Barbara Maner Ronald Manly Jean Marlowe Vicki Sue McCulloch Cecil McDonald Edith Meares Donald Miller Ray Mitchell Mike Moebes Clellie Owens Barbara Shaneyfelt Kay Shankle.

Mary Lois Borden Thelma Jo Bowling Eloise Buckalew Sarah Jane Burns Billy Cartee Patricia Clark Gayle Cooper Jackie Coulter Mary Crow Roberts Claudia Curbow Bethea Fielding Eddean Foster Diana French Audrey Gilliland Gary Goodwin Wanda Haley Gail Herbert Dorothy Holbert Crosby Holt Ronnie Hall Mickey Hendrix Hoyt Jett Meredith Johnson Martha Rose Jones Shelba Key Josephine Lansdell Wyman Logan Meredith Lott Barbara Mane

DIATRON claims quick weight loss with money back guarantee

A bold advertisement promotes DIATRON as a weight loss aid that curbs hunger without drugs, diet or exercise. It guarantees weight loss from the first package or the price is refunded, with sales through H and H Drug Store and mall orders.

H & H Drug Store 2Nd Ave

Local Names Listed in Public Notices

Readable fragments names Faye Stewart Marinelle Thomas Glennell Turner Ruby West Howard Walden Gaynell Woodall Julia Faye Young in a public notice segment identifying individuals connected to the edition.

Faye Stewart Marinelle Thomas Glennell Turner Ruby West Howard Walden Gaynell Woodall Julia Faye Young

Florence State Cadets Earn ROTC Honors

Cadet Lt. Col. Eugene Glenn of Decatur received the Distinguished Cadet Award from George Williams, Muscle Shoals Chamber of Commerce president, at Florence State College ROTC ceremonies for distinguished performance. Cadet Master Sergeant David Ammons of Eva earned the Distinguished Military Student badge and designation from Colonel Phillip W. Merrill during the same event.

Eugene Glenn Decatur George Williams Muscle Shoals Chamber of Commerce Florence State College David Ammons Eva Phillip W. Merrill

Four Recognized At Hazlewood Exercises

Hazlewood graduates Clythia Streater Lio nel Harris Sandra Norton and Wendell Lang received recognition for outstanding activities during graduation exercises. Streater received the Balfour medal for best all around graduate. Harris and Norton were given copies of I Dare You. Lang, not a senior, won the Sportsmanship trophy as the year’s best all around athlete.

Town Creek Hazlewood Clythia Streater Lionel Harris Sandra Norton Wendell Lang Miss Streater Balfour Harris Miss Norton Lang

Honor Student Girl Killed By Jealous Rival in Albion Neb

In Albion Nebraska a 17 year old honor student Diane Zaruba was killed and 18 year old Jerry Sherwood died after a gunman shot them. The shooter Kermit Keeshan 17 then attempted suicide. Sheriff deputy Ray Medlin Sr. and family ties are noted among those impacted.

Albion, Neb Kermit Keeshan William Albion Keeshan Jerry Sherwood Diane Zaruba Young Sherwood Lynn Diane Frank Svoboda Ray Medlin Jerry Svoboda

Funeral services for Mrs. Ludie Hood held Friday

Funeral services for 69 year old Mrs. Ludie Hood of East Main Street Hartselle were scheduled Friday at 3 30 p m at First Methodist Church with Rev Warren Ham Jr officiating. The body lay in state one hour prior to the service and burial followed in Decatur City Cemetery Peck Funeral Home of Hartselle directing. Mrs Hood died Wednesday at 8 10 p m in Block Chandler Hospital.

Hartselle Ludie Hood E. Main St First Methodist Church Warren Hamby, Jr Decatur City Peck Funeral Home

Eldridge Dorinda Su an obituary services Friday

Mrs Dorinda Eldridge 83 of Rogersville died today at 2 15 a m at her residence Funeral services will be held Friday at 3 p m at Romine Church of Christ near Rogersville Burial will be in Romine Cemetery McConnell Service of Athens directing Surviving are one daughter Mrs Louis Nebrig Decatur one son Jim Eldridge Rogersville two sisters Mrs Howard Phillips Hart selle and Mrs S A Swindle of Poplar Bluff Mo and one grandson and one great grandchild.

Athens Dorinda Suan Eldridge Rogersvile Louis Nebrig Decatur Howard Phillips Hartselle S. A. Swindele Poplar Bluff Hood First Methodist Church Romine Church of Christ Rogersville Romine Cemetery McConnell Jim Eldridge

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