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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1954
Page
9
The City Clerk’s cost estimate for the improvements totals 29430.10 dollars. The Decatur Alabama City Council will meet on June 7, 1954 at City Hall 7:00 P M to hear objections or protests. Publication of the ordinance will be in The Decatur Daily for two weeks prior to the hearing.
The page presents a filled crossword grid with across and down clues, plus a Daily Cryptoquote puzzle. It includes example entries like hooks for talk and cleanse, and notes on solving by substitution with a long quotation hint.
By writ issued from Morgan County Circuit Court Hart Greer, Inc. obtained a judgment against W M Chenault Real Estate & Insurance Agency Inc. The property described includes parts of Lots 19 21 and 22 in Block 52 Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Co addition No 3 in Decatur Alabama. The sale is set for June 28 1954 at the courthouse front door in Decatur. May 21 1954. John McCUTCHEON Sheriff. Estate of Louise K Clapton deceased Letters Testamentary granted May 22 1954 notice to creditors to present claims by law. John Walter Clopton John Albert Clopton
The De Catur City Council adopts an ordinance authorizing improvements on Stratford Road SE. The measure specifies the street segment from 29 feet west of the Section 32/33 boundary, Township, for targeted paving and related work under the city project.
The plan calls for resurfacing Range 4 West east to Eastmead Avenue plus 21st Avenue SE Stratford to Woodland, Pennylane SE, Eastmead Avenue SE, Birch Street SE, and Woodland Street SE with six inch compacted base double bituminous surface and plant mix seal. Assessments will be charged to abutting properties but not exceed improvements cost or boosted property value. Detailed plans are on file for public inspection.
Estate of Annie Minor George is granted letters of administration with the will annexed for the deceased. The order appoints the administrator to manage the estate and settle affairs as stated in the will.
In Biloxi Mississippi Alabama Lions vote to elect district governors with Gene Hardin and Mayor Ed win A. Tuck in the only contested race in District 34 D. Other districts list unopposed candidates Aaron Christian Ambrose Ames George F. Erwin and Dan Hollis. Lions International reports 500000 Lions in 11118 clubs across 57 countries with Birmingham expected as 1955 convention city.
A note lists 11 nearby airports serving Wichita Kansas and its surrounding region. The piece compares Kansas coal output to U S mine production, stating France produced about 60 million tons in 1953, a figure likened to two months of U S mining.
The probate court of Morgan County announces that all persons with claims against Norman W. Harris 1825 to June 1 must present them within the legal time limit or be barred. The notice is dated May 17, 1954, and signed by Judge T. C. Almon.
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