Graduation at Hartselle Tuesday at 8 p.m.
Morgan County High School will hold graduation exercises at 8 p.m. Tuesday with Robert Sapp of Cullman delivering the address. Principal J C Pettey will award diplomas. Rev W L Carden will give the invocation and Mary Orr will give the welcome. Graduates listed include Billy Don Aldridge and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle
Morgan County High School
J. C. Pettey
Robert Sapp
Cullman
Pettey
W. L. Carden
First Baptist Church
Mary Orr
Lee Block
Billy Don Aldridge
Wayne Barcliff
Royce Blankenship
Donald Ray Boster
David Buckelew
Sherman Burch
Johnny Burns
Clayton Clemons
James T. Copeland
Anthony Hammett
Bobby Hanners
Robert Hanners
Robert Hartselle
Rayburn Johnson
Ronald Johnson
Jimmy Jones
James Ledbetter
Willard Lispey
Jimmy Millwood
Harry Newman
Charter Nicholson
John Plemons
Joe Puckett
Hospital Admissions and Dismissals List
Hospital admissions include Mrs Andrew Reed at 919 19th Ave SE Cecil Allen at 1603 Beech St SE Mrs Joe Duncan Hillsboro 2 Baby Diana Austin 2016 Clara Ave SW Baby Debroah Hunt Madison 2 J L Vandiver Hartselle 2 Dismissals list Master James Richardson Moulton 4 Bobby Buttram 2229 Graham Mrs Nancy Hutson 644 Grant St SE Mrs W T Lemmond Somerville 1
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Reed
19Th Ave
Cecil Allen
Beech St
Joe Duncan
Hillsboro
Diana Austin
Clara Ave
Debroah Hunt
Madison
J. L. Vandiver
Hartselle
James Richardson
Moulton
Bobby Buttram
Graham Ave
Nancy Hutson
Grant St
W. T. Lemmond
Somerville
Classified Notices Listing Names and Addresses
Local newspaper lists residents and families with addresses including Mrs William Holderfield Box 212 Courtland Miss Earleen Luallen Wheeler Mrs Henry Gordon Hartselle Harold Russell 2017 Magnolia Master Charles Blackwood 1817 7th St SE Mrs Richard Holland Moulton Miss Dorothy Cook 1601 Magnolia St SE
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Holderfield
Box
Courtland
Earleen Luallen
Wheeler
Henry Gordon
Hartselle
Harold Russell
Magnolia St. SE
Charles Blackwood
St. SE
Richard Holland
Moulton
Dorothy Cook
Decatur Area Notices and Classified Ads
Local hospital patient listings and multiple classified ads cover rent, sale, and lost items. Entries note addresses in Decatur and nearby areas plus a flower bulb promotion and vehicle details.
Storm Damages Local Boat Houses and Roofs
Ledbetter said a freak wind and hail swept through the area injuring few, tearing roofs from boathouses, blowing an outboard onto dry land, and damaging several residences. Boat houses owned by Wiley Williams Alexander Hawthorne and Fredrick suffered the most, with others like Sewell Bragg Majors and Garrison also reporting damage as Daren Easter described the strikes like a freight train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ledbetter
J. B. Wiley
Don Williams
Ross Williams
Joel Alexander
Judson Hawthorne, Jr
D. R. Fredrick
Hawthorne
Fredrick
John Sewell
Dr. J. C. Bragg
Ted Majors
Euel Garrison
Daren Easter
Decature
Decatur Joins National Warning Hookup for Air Attacks
Decatur becomes part of a national air attack warning network joining Tuscaloosa and Selma with four other Alabama cities. Howard Proctor says a system speaker is active at the Highway Patrol Office in Decatur and city police will relay alerts to officials and the public. Regional director T. H. Goodman notes 29 southeastern cities are added to the hot line, which operates 24 hours a day and can issue warnings within 90 seconds. Alabama cities already on the system include Montgomery, Gadsden, Birmingham, and Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Selma
Alabama
Southeastern
Howard Proctor
Decatur
Civil Defense
Montgomery
Gadsden
Birmingham
Mobile
Births in Limestone and Limestone County areas
Birth notices list new daughters and sons for families in Decatur Athens Hartselle Elkmont and surrounding areas. Names include Vickie Brock Deborah Brock and infant entries for Sisco Brown LeCroix Young and Screws along with other local families.
Tools stolen from car of H D Smithey in Jackson Street area
Tools valued at 200 dollars stolen by H D Smithey from his car parked at 912 Oak Street yesterday. He reported the theft to police. The items were specialized for IBM electric typewriters and business machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Smithey
Oak St
Smithey
IBM Electric
War The Blandy Brings Home Nameless Fallen From Europe or Africa
The Blandy and the Boston ship converge to transfer the nameless fallen to Canberra. Aboard Canberra is 26 year old William Richard Charrette, Navy hospitalman first class, a Medal of Honor recipient who served with Marines in Korea.
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Blandy
Europe
North
Africa
Boston
Canberra
William Richard Charette
Navy
Marines
Korea
Hatton High PTA Installs Officers
Hatton High School last week held the PTA meeting to install officers for the new year. Officers named were President Mrs Hershel Allen Vice President Mrs J C Wood Secretary Mrs Nell Witt and Treasurer Lonnie Johnson. The program committee for next year includes Mrs Hill Carpenter Mrs Claude Jackson Mrs Travis Walker and Mrs Earl McCreless. Outgoing president Mrs Ralph Walker opened the meeting with meditation by Mrs William Counts and prayer led by Bill Bradford. Frank Roberson led the group in singing America.
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Hatton
Hatton High School
Association
Hershel Allen
J. C. Wood
Nell Witt
Lonnie Johnson
Hill Carpenter
Claude Jackson
Travis Walker
Earl McCreless
Ralph Walker
Mrs Lula Edwards Wins Safety Prize
Mrs Lula Wade Edwards at 1036 Jackson St SE received a $5 honorable mention in the National Safety Council March Calendar Contest. As secretary for safety supervisor David B Renegar at The Chemstrand Corp she authored a cartoon safety saying about a ladder incident and paint spill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Wade Edwards
Jackson St
National Safety Council
Governor Ferrrell Names Patterson Ally for Attorney General
The governor announced the Ferrell appointment based on the late Sen. A. L. Patterson’s written recommendation. Patterson, who served in the Legislature during Folsom’s first term, was shot outside his Phenix City law office soon after winning the Democratic nomination for attorney general in May 1954, a case that spurred a vice crackdown in Phenix City.
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Ferrell
Sen
A. L. Patterson
Folsom
Patterson
Phenix City
Soday Addresses Business Forum in New York
Dr. Frank J. Soday of Chemstrand Corp. told a SASI sponsored forum in New York that Southern industry will meet America's growing needs and raise living standards. He cited chemical textile fibers as a prime example of rapid Southern growth from scratch to a billion dollar industry. He credited abundant resources and a large pool of trainable workers as key assets attracting industry to the region.
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New York
Decatur
Ala
U.S
Frank J. Soday
Chemstrand Corp
Southern Assn. of Science and Industry
SASI
Soday
Chemstrand
South
Weekend break ins hit Lakeside High and Deca Tur Refrigeration
Small thefts occurred over the weekend at Lakeside High School and Deca tur Refrigeration Co. A side window at the refrigeration firm on 1727 Sixth Ave SE was pried between 7 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. Sunday, with about $2 taken. At Lakeside, Principal C L Sheffield reported his office was entered Saturday and $3.50 stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeside High School
Decatur Refrigeration Co
Sixth Ave
Matthew Childers
Frank Shafer
C.L. Sheffield
Lakeside
Alex Terry
J. E. Case
Vacation Bible School Set for Somerville Church of God
Somerville Church of God hosts a district diary Vacation Bible School June 2 through 11 inviting children from Kindergarten through Junior High School to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Somerville Church of God
Weekend arrests in Athens Friesland county sheriff office and patrol
Arrests over the weekend by the sheriff's office and Highway Patrol include injuries to public property public drunkenness four violations of prohibition law two highway intoxication two reckless driving one driving without a license one driving while intoxicated and two assaults and battery.
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Athens
Sheriff's Office
Highway Patrol
Court resumes operations as patrols stand by
Aug 22 1951 court session opens with state highway patrolmen present. Russell returns to work that day. Burton's majority opinion holds the Calumet and Hecla union activity not protected by federal law and notes the strike could be enjoined by Alabama courts. Warren dissents, saying Taft-Hartley aims to balance employee union and management interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Burton
Calumet and
Hecla
Alabama
Warren
Patterson Wallace Campaigns Draw Near Runoff
Patterson and Wallace pressed campaigns as Alabama runoff neared. Wallace planned a Warrior speech and a 10 p.m. statewide address. Patterson did not reveal Birmingham plans. Endorsements came from The Shelby County Times-Herald and Jefferson County Truck Growers Assn. Patterson received upbeat local forecasts, while Wallace denied smear claims linking him to racketeers.
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Patterson
Wallace
Warrior
Birmingham
Attorney General
Shelby County Times-Herald
Montevallo
Jefferson County Truck Growers Assn
Jack Tanner
Birmingham Farmers Market
County Farmers’ Organization
Alabama
Phenix City
Corsica seizure condemned as unjust by FPflimlin
FPflimlin told the Assembly there was no justification and no excuse for the military led seizure of power in Corsica. He said the government has already increased security measures to curb the pro Gaullist insurgency from spreading to the French mainland.
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Fpflimlin
Corsica
Standard Oil Joins Summer Highway Safety Drive
R W Orr reports Standard Oil Company in Decatur has joined the Summer Safety Campaign of the American Trucking Industry and allied safety bodies. The drive runs from Memorial Day to Labor Day with the slogan Safe Drivers Use Courtesy, Caution, Common Sense and Safe Vehicles. Safety Director M C Hines urges defensive driving and extra vehicle checks to prevent breakdowns and accidents, stressing highway safety as everyone's job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Orr
Standard Oil Company
Decatur
American Truck Associations’ Council of Safety Supervisors
Alabama Council of Safety Supervisors
M. C. Hines
Mr. Hines
George Jeffreys Rites Tuesday
George Russell Jeffreys 44 of Moulton died today at Lawrence County Hospital after a week of illness. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 3 30 p.m. at Monk City Church with Elliott Funeral Home in charge. Burial in Heflin cemetery. Survivors include his widow Louise Hood Jeffreys son Jimmie parents Jake and Jack Jeffreys two brothers and four sisters.
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Moulton
George Russell Jeffreys
Lawrence County Hospital
Jeffreys
Lawrence County
Monk City Church
Heflin
Elliott Funeral Home
L. G. Lankford
Louise Hood Jeffreys
Jimmie
George Jeffreys
Jake
Osawatomie
Kan
Jack Jeffreys
Macy Moore
Chicago
Irene Blankenship
Sue Dunlap
Ruby Bostick
Courtland
Clyde Dutton
Kumpy Brewer
Gilbert Brewer
Troy Ashley
Leeman
Lou Allen
Bus
Market snapshot heavy with varied farm commodity quotes
Cotton and cottonseed prices listed with middling at 4.50 and cottonseed at 625. Milk and milk products shown, along with prices for corn, soybeans, oats, milo, and wheat. Livestock quotes include cattle, calves, hogs, sheep, and various grades and weights. Prices reflect farm and plant levels and indicate general market directions.
Steel and rail stocks rally amid favorable industry signals
Wall Street edged up in active trading as steel shares led gains on higher output scrap prices and a brighter demand outlook. Youngstown Sheet led steelmakers with about two points and Illinois Central Southern Railway and Baltimore and Ohio rose about a point. Copper and other metals benefited from stronger smelter prices while United Aircraft and Caterpillar fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Youngstown Sheet
Senate Commerce Committee
Illinois Central, Southern Railway
Baltimore & Ohio
Phelps Dodge
Goodyear
United Aircraft
Caterpillar
U.S
Poultry Market Reports From Birmingham and Atlanta
AP reports Birmingham poultry demand very good with adequate to short supplies and light prices on some items. Georgia live poultry notes adequate to short offerings for broilers fryers and hens with moderate demand and prices from farms and at plants ranging around 20 to 23 cents per pound.
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Poultry Birmingham
Birmingham Poultry
F.o.b
Atlanta
Cap
Georgia
Mrs. Nancy Kelley Dies In Birmingham
Nancy L. Kelley, 73, died today at 3 35 a m in Pine Hill Sanitarium Birmingham after an extended illness. Graveside services will be Tuesday at 11 a m at Cullman cemetery with Johns Ridout directing. She leaves two sons Carlton Kelley of Decatur and Jack Kelley of Knoxville two daughters Mrs Charles Malone of Decatur and Mrs W F Ivey of Dallas one sister Mrs E P Childs of Decatur and five grandchildren. A Cullman native she was active in civic and church life and belonged to Central Baptist Church in Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy L. Kelley
Pine Hill
Birmingham
Cullman Cemetery
Johns Ridout
Carlton Kelley
Decatur
Jack Kelley
Knoxville
Birmingham Eggs Prices and Trade Report
Birmingham wholesale egg market notes weekend purchases from regular shippers. Prices steady to slightly higher for large eggs and higher for medium and small by small margins. Quotes include delivered prices with 80 percent minimum quality, white large at 38 to 44 cents per dozen, medium 37 to 39, small 28 to 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Blankenship Infant Dies Rites Today
Funeral services for Stuart Lee Blankenship infant son of Mr and Mrs A M Blankenship Decatur 2 were to be held this afternoon at 2 oclock at Shoal Creek Baptist Church Reverend Saturday in Bank Street Hospital He lived for one day Survivors include the parents one sister Marketa grandparents Mr and Mrs H M Blankenship Herman Bentley and Mrs Floyd Clements
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Stuart Lee Blankenship
A. M. Blankenship
Decatur 2
Shoal Creek Baptist Church
Bank Street Hospital
Marketa
H. M. Blankenship
Herman Bentley
Floyd Clements
Livestock market report from Linnetoo area
Livestock in Linnetoo shows mixed trade with hogs strongest. Hogs 1,600 head steady to higher with a few at 25 higher. No. 1-3 190-240 lb barrows and gilts 22.75-23.25, some at 23.50. 265-290 lb at 22.50-22.75. Sows steady at 17.50-18.50. Lambs 14.00-17.00 and a few slaughter ewes 5.00-8.00.
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Decatur Toa
U. S
Linnetoo
U.S
Cotton falls on favorable crop reports and futures
New York cotton prices slipped in late trading as favorable private crop reports and market anticipation curbed gains. October contracts led the decline, with declines ranging from 45 cents to 1.10 per bale from the prior close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wakeman Elected to Nehi Corp Board
Arthur G. Wakeman of Neenah Wisconsin, director of the Auburn Research Institute, was elected to the Nehi Corp board of directors. The appointment increases the company's leadership ranks with Wakeman bringing senior research and governance experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ga
Arthur G. Wakeman
Neenah, Wis
Auburn Research Institute
Nehi Corp
Tragic Jail Death of Johnson in Decatur Cell
Johnson was found hanged in a jail cell at 8 25 p m after inmates heard him quieting a disturbance. An autopsy was conducted by the State Toxicology Dept with a fuller report due later this week. Funeral planned at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with Brown Funeral Co handling burial in Rapier Cemetery. Surviving relatives include his daughter Mrs Arthur Seamons of Decatur and several other family members in Michigan and Alabama.
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Johnson
State Toxicology Dept
Arthur Seamons
Beech St
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Dan Johnson
Rapier Cemetery
Brown Funeral Co
J. W. Johnson
Kalamazoo
Mich
Hubert Pucket
Louise
Carolyn Johnson
Decatur
Charles Ray Johnson
Montgomery
John Thomas Johnson
Thomas
James Johnson
Daniel
J. W. Jr
Alford
Loyd Johnson
Moulton
Multiple Fatal Crashes Reported Across Counties
A sequence of weekend traffic incidents left several dead and injured. Killed were Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Guffey of Grant and their occupants, five year old Randall Keith Pilgreen of Birmingham, and 14 year old Maurice Joe Inman of Huntsville after vehicles left roads or overturned. Injuries and fatalities also occurred to Mr. and Mrs. Silas Copeland of Altoona near Oneonta and Cordelia Gustafsson of Mobile from a head on collision.
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Dallas Guffey
Grant
Guntersville
Silas Copeland
Altoona
Oneonta
Randall Keith Pilgreen
Birmingham
Maurice Joe Inman
Huntsville
George Highway 94
Valdosta
Highway Patrol
Cordelia Gustafsson
Mobile
Baldwin County
Shelia Ann Lott Dies In Hartselle
Shelia Ann Lott five months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Lott of Cullman died Sunday at 7 40 am in Black Chandler Hospital Funeral services were held today at 2 pm at Bell Springs Baptist Church with burial in Bell Springs Church Cemetery Peck Funeral Home of Hartselle directed Shelia leaves two half brothers Derel and Rickey Campbell both of Cullman a half sister Barbara Gale Campbell Cullman and grandparents Ernest Lott Falkville Mrs Emma Lott of Decatur and Mrs Ailene Wood Cullman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle
Shelia Ann Lott
Howard Lott
Marie St
Cullman
Black-Chandler Hospital
Bell Springs Baptist Church
Lacon Mountain
Jack Holt
Bell Springs Church
Peck Funeral Home
Derel
Rickey Campbell
Barbara Gale Campbell
Ernest Lott
Falkville
Emma Lott
Decatur
Ailene Wood
Probate Notice of H S Lowther Estate Administration
Letters of Administration on the estate of H S Lowther granted May 7 1958 by Judge T C Almon of Morgan County Probate Court. All persons with claims must present them within the legal time or be barred. Harry J Lowther May 12 19 26
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Lowther
T. C. Almon
Morgan County
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Hartselle Tues
Decatur General Hospital
Alvah Terry
11Th Ave
James Berry
Jamar St
Henry Perry
Enolam Blvd
Bernard D. Taylor
Tth
Joseph Edward Gulley
William B. Lyle
7Th Ave
Willard Leon Gray
Walston Harold Pace
Lakeview Trailer Court
Sidney Terry
Warren J. Jones
Paul C. Davis
Moulton St
3Rd Ave
Dial EL
Mercure Electric
Olson St
Johnston St
Call EL
Boot Harean Accesk
Twister
Milton Sisco
Decatur 3
Stratford Rd
Owen Carpenter
P. O. Box
Allen A. Brown
Thomas Edward LeCroix
Ronald Young
Tower St
Vickie J. Brock
Deborah Alice Brock
George Walter Screws
9Th Ave
Carroll D .Kimbrell
Horton St
James Parker
Athens Limestone Hospital
Admi Henry Nate Davis
Elkmont
Odie L. Clark
Mildred Burrough
Walter Murphree
Elizabeth Ezell Sivley
W. E. Sivley Jr
David Lipscomb College
Nashville
Tenn
Mack Craig
Sivley
University of Tennessee
C. C. Edmondson
Haleyville, Ala
Mr. Edmondson
W. D. Westmoreland
J. R. Edmondson
Mary Lou Dancy
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
All Eastern Star
Hatton High Pta
Lula Edwards
Standard Oil Co
Dennis the Menace
Wien
Wall Street
Lorillard
Ash
Allied Strs
Lowenstein m Air L
Mallory Am Cyan
Monson Am M & Fdy
Mont Ward Am Mtrs
Nat Bise Am Rad
Dairy Am Et
Nat Distill
Y Central
Anac Co
No Am Av
Armour
Ohio Oil
Atchison
Pac G & EI
Pan Am W Air
Bendix
Param
Beth Stl
Pa RR
Borden
Pepsi
Canad Pac
Phill Pet
Pitt Plate G
Pullman
Ches & Ohio
Coca Cola
Reyn Et
Safeway
Doug Aire
Sears
du Pont
Simmons East Aire
Sinclair
Ford Mtrs
Sou Co
Glidden
Ltd Oil NJ Goodrich
Nancy Kelley
Wakeman
Paget
Harry J. Lowther
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