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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1971
Page
7
A dense listing of TV programs across Saturday and Sunday with numerous titles. Notable items include Sesame Street Scooby-Doo Scooby-Doo and classic shows like The Twilight Zone and Masterpiece Theater appearing alongside local and national news, sports, and children's programming.
A dense TV guide listing for Fort Worth with 3 p.m. Steppenwolf special and 26th Colonial National Invitational action at Colonial Country Club. Also includes ABC News Special The Cherokee Shaft, Young Films Through My Eyes, King Family San Francisco tour, Miss USA pageant, classic films, dramas, westerns, and sci fi features throughout the evening.
The Decatur Recreation Department reports vacancies in Red Cross swimming classes for four and five year olds including beginner advanced beginner intermediate swimmer and lifeguard levels. Registration is daily 9 to noon and 1 to 5 at recreation centers with contact numbers for Aquadome Bluehaven and Point Mallard pools.
Cattle 2 500 head slaughter steers steady to 50 lower, heifers steady. Prime 1 225 1 400 lb steers 34.50. High choice and prime 1035 1350 lb 33.75 34.50. Choice 975 1325 lb 33.00 34.00. Mixed good and choice 950 1150 lb 32.25 33.00. Few lots good 28.25 32.25. Heifers yield grades 3 4 33.00 34.00. Choice 850 1025 lb 33.00 33.75. Mise goo and good 850 950 lb 32.50. Sheep none, no market test.
A garbled daily record lists admissions births and dismissals at Decatur General Hospital with many names including Mrs Jennifer Kaye Smith, Donna Sharp, Marie Jones, William Ussery Brazier, Fred Wright Jr, and others. It also notes births at Decatur General Hospital and ambulance calls, highway patrol no-injury report, and a Decatur Fire Department alarm for a Stone Lumber Co. truck fire with heavy loss.
Gospel singing at Pines Baptist Church Apple Grove and Florette Rd at 7 30 p m. Ninth Street Methodist sponsors a slave day for youth charity with phone contacts. Singing at Caddo Congregational Church at 7 p m. Decatur Rainbow For Girls installation at Masonic Temple. Piano recital at Mutual Savings Auditorium Bank St. Dr Jack Chitwood guest speaker at Ninth Street United Methodist Church at 11 a m. Harmony United Methodist Revival 7 30 nightly through May 29. Bookmobile for Wheeler Basin not meeting this week. Cotaco PTA dinner noon to 2 p m and 5 to 7 p m tickets 1 25 adults 75 cents children. Dr J Harold Smith to conduct revival at West Hartselle Baptist 7 15 nightly. Decatur Civic League 8 p m at Carrie Matthews Recreation Center. Human Relations Group 7 30 p m Cherry Street Rescue Center speaker Gloria Koenig project rescue. Les Jeunes Mere Club May luncheon at Decatur Country Club noon. Decatur Safety Council Exec Committee noon Shangri La. AARP lunch at Summer Manor 11 a m then to First United Methodist Church for luncheon. Senior citizens month sponsored by banks. National Retired Teachers Association and Retired Civil Service Employee to attend luncheon by invitation. Mrs Josephine H Townsend of Rosemont Pa to speak at Decatur Christian Women’s Club luncheon 11 45 a m Decatur Inn Tickets 2 75 reservations 353 3182 or 353 6640.
Milford Lafayette Legg 66 died Thursday at Lawrence County Hospital. Services at 11 a.m. at Lebanon Methodist Church with Rev. Martin Waugh officiating and burial in Lebanon Cemetery. Elliott Funeral Home directing. Survivors include widow Grace Legg. three daughters Mrs. Walter Glenn Mrs. Therron Garrison Mrs. Dwight Nesmith. four sons W H Legg James H Legg Andrew H Legg L T Legg all of Moulton. three sisters Mrs. Norman Coulde Mrs. Nellie Shedd Mrs. Charlie Brown. one brother Arthur Legg. 21 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Nephews will serve as pallbearers. Body returned to residence until services. Legg was a retired farmer.
Red haired dramatic singer Ljuba Welitch will return to the Metropolitan Opera for the next season. She will sing the Duchess of Drakentorp in a revival of Donizetti The Daughter of the Regiment. The Bulgarian soprano, 57, debuted at the Met in Salome in 1949 and has recently found success as a comedienne in German films.
Public notice records street length changes and boundary lines in Decatur Alabama with references to Moulton Street Grant Street and multiple avenues. The ordinance was adopted May 7 197 and approved May 17 197 with Rutledge Thomas City Council President Florence Adams City Clerk and Mayor Charles E Gunthorp authorized.
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