Decatur Arts Aid Program Prepares 1100 For City PE Festival
Nearly 1,100 Decatur elementary students train since September for a Thursday evening PE festival at Ogle Stadium. Physical education aides, four hours daily, assist under Mrs. Berval Bennett and Athens College instructor Miss Jo Fuller. The free event at Decatur High School showcases rhythm tumbling gymnastics and parachute activities, not a competition, as part of ongoing accreditation standards.
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Decatur
Ogle Stadium
Berval Bennett
Bennett
Jo Fuller
Athens College
Alabama
Decature
Huntsville
Athens
Tuscaloosa
Decatur High School
Southern Association of Colleges and Universities
Austinville
Mathyleen Farish
Jeanette Parker
Jane Sparkman
Brenda Wells
Eastwood
Cinda Prusett
Carolyn Thrasher
Gordon Bibb
Gaylor Basden
Falkville man found guilty of second degree burglary
A Morgan County Circuit Court jury found 23-year-old Hubert Wayne Hill guilty of second degree burglary in the Decatur pawn shop breakin at Central Pawn Shop on March 23. Judge Coggin deferred sentencing until a pre sentence report is prepared.
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Morgan County
Falkville 2
Decatur
Tom B. Coggin
Hubert Wayne Hill
Probation and Parole Office
Hill
E. Moulton St
Paul Franklin Dempsey
5Th Ave
Dempsey
Ronnie Wayne Freeman
6Th Ave
Freeman
David Smith
Moulton St. Paol Hall
Georgia
J. N. Powell
Powell
Coggin
Mike Moebes
Mark Anthony Cullins
San Angelo
Tex
Cullins
Ramada Inn
Calhoun Honors Day Recognizes Students and Clubs
Calhoun Junior College held its fourth annual Honors Day with almost 1,500 students in attendance. Top honors went to Mrs. Johnny King and Mrs. Patsy Warner, and Joe Peters received the Favorite Teacher Award. Dr. Headrick and Dr. Kelley praised student achievements across academics athletics and clubs, with awards given to numerous individuals and organizations including the Chorale, college bowl team, and SGA officers.
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Calhoun
Calhoun Junior College
Johnny King
Patsy Warner
Joe Peters
King
Albert P. Brewer
Varner
Peters
Lynn Headrick
Carlton _ Kelley
Kelley
Chorale
Students For Black Progress Club
Wildlife and Sportsman Club
Music Educators National Conference Club
Student Government Association
SGA
Bill Jones
Marshall Batt
Mary Jo Kent
Shirley Lee
Margarite Lecuona
Gerald Johns
James Donahue
Sherry Millwood
Carl Hendrix
Diana Smith
James Hughes
Charles Clarke
Benny Baker
Steven Lumpkin
T.V
David Clem
David Kingston
James Cobb
Wayne Evans
Mike Underwood
Jim Burton
Team Spirit
Mark Lindsay
Charlie Goodwin
Eddy Butler
Frank Brown
Bucky Brown
Frank Malone
Lucius Carter
Arnold Fennell
Larry Keenum
James Goldston
Bernie Sims
Ada Moss
Sherri Garner
Beverly Brown
Richard Brown
Pam Chandler
Margaret Glenn
Christine Hendrix
Karen Johnson
Venalyna
Steve McCutcheon
Barry McNitt
Paul Maner
Denise Nash
Pam Osborn
Jennifer Ruf
Susan Runge
Timmy Tinley
Robert White
Thomas Wolf
Ken Bennett
Ezekiel Candler
Barbara Bowen
Tommy Cheatham
Debbie Counts
Jeanne Dell Cake
Andy Duke
Anna Grady
Joan Goree
Frank Fisher
Eddie Fulmer
Edith Hammond
Jimmy Holder
Leigh Jacobs
Joe Michael Jones
Judy Lamoreaux
Betty Morgan
Jane Powers
Joyce Seagle
Tony Stewart
Willard Terry
Yolande Weinmann
Linda Whitt
Johnny Biles
Robbie Clagston
Steve Hargrove
Debra Cole
Kenneth Dunnivant
Patsy Tucker
Renee Glass
Susan Hyatt
Athens College
Clifford Oatlin
Marvin Jones
Auburn University
Oscar Morgan
Austin Peay
Bern
Emergency Crisis Numbers Listed by The Decatur Daily
The Decatur Daily lists the Crisis Call Center number 355 8000 for personal crises and possible poisoning. It advises calling 6 if unsure of the emergency number and contacting nearest hospital or family physician. Nights and holidays numbers are 353 4612 232 1535 and 353 4739 for all departments.
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THE
Decatur Daily
Athen
City Man Faces Drug Charges After Traffic Crash
A 21 year old Decatur man Paul T Gow was arrested after an accident at Eastmeade and Magnolia. He faced felonious possession of marijuana and illegal possession of prescription drugs. Officers found 481 methaqualone tablets and nine bags of marijuana. The street values were about 481 dollars for the methaqualone and 180 dollars for the marijuana. Gow was not injured. Police also reported a break in at Young and Vann Supply Co with a stolen 1970 GMC truck, tools, a safe and 85 dollars in cash. Additional thefts included a $125 suit from Colony Men's Shop and a home break in at Jim Duncan's house with a prowler description matching a man seen earlier at Todd Willis's home.
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Decatur
Narcotics Division
Kenneth Collier
Paul T. Gow
Cardinal Dr. SW
Gow
Eastmeade
Magnolia Streets
Collier
Young and Vann Supply Co
McEntire
Madison Voters Approve Property Tax Measures in City and County
Madison voters back a 20 year extension of a three mill tax and a new five mill tax for education, with over 18 500 turnout. Countywide taxes extend two existing levies amid lean margins while a one cent county sales tax failed by about 400 votes. Montevallo honors high achieving students including Philip Cardin with GPA 2.71, parent day noted.
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Huntsville
Madison County
Student recalls Kennedy assassination impact on Becky Minor
Becky Minor, then a Decatur High junior, recalls hearing the Kennedy assassination over a school intercom on November 22, 1963. The shock deepened her interest in politics and turned her to Robert Kennedy as her next hero.
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Becky Minor
Decatur High School
Miss Minor
Brookhaven Middle School
Becky. Minor
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Dallas
Kennedys
Atty. Gen
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy devotion spans campaigns from Kennedy to Wallace
The interview with Miss Minor recalls her love for the Kennedys from Bobby Kennedy’s 1968 visit to the University of Alabama to her later work at Kennedy campaign HQ in Boston. She details personal losses, study at Boston University, and hopes for a 1976 Kennedy presidential run with a Kennedy Wallace ticket.
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Bobby Kennedy
University of Alabama
President Kennedy
Miss Minor
Robert Minor
Robert Kennedy
California
John Kennedy
Bobby
Boston University
Kennedy
Sen
Edward Kennedy
U.S. Senate
Decatur
Sen. Kennedy
Boston
Gov. Wallace
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Roberta McCulloch
Lakeview
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Virginia Vinson
Somerville Road
Faye Gibson
Sandra Grammer
Betty Roberts
Rhonda Smith
Walter Jackson
Linda Crosswhite
West Decatur
Rose Cooper
Anna Galloway
Kathy Hunter
Brenda Nau
Westlawn
Sue Bazzel
Jo Bishop
Eleanora Griffith
Woodmeade
Judy Anderson
Margaret Blankenship
Nell Childers
Teresea Fromhold
Calhoun State Technical Junior College and Technical School
Pat Swinford
Ella Wyker
Joey Pierce
Tommy Pierce
Madrigal
Phil Hopper
Burt Parks
Denny Thornton
Paula Campbell
Kathy Smith
Janice Ancher
Amy Black
Delton Barron
Oscar A Marvin Jones
Gwin
Julie Ellis
Donna Sizemore
Cal-Tech
Larry Carter
Ac i
Billy Cannon
Accountifia
Joseph Clem
David
Walker Jackson
Elnora Griffin
Rhoda Smith
Somerville Rd
Jane
City Man
Colony Men's
U.S. 31S
Jim Duncan
Oak St. NE
Duncan
Lee St
Todd Willis
Cain St. NE
Madison Voters
University of Montevallo
Philip Cardin
James P. Cardin
8Th Ave
Philip
Montevallo
College of Arts and Sciences
By Winford Turner
George Wallace
Wallace
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