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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1958
Page
2
Continued from page one. Annual Decoration Day at Pis gah Cemetery Flint City set for Sunday at 10 30 a m. Sheriff's office reports one arrest for public drunkenness last night. A building permit issued to Amos T Morris for a five room house at 911 Edgewood St SE to cost about 9000 dollars.
De Gaulle at 67 weighs taking power terms as Algerian junta extends control. Pflimlin rebukes Corsica move by Col. Thomazo. Tunisias Bourguiba asks UN Security Council for action as clashes flare in southern Tunisia with French forces.
In Goodyear diamonds day games, the Dodgers clash with the Braves while the Yankees duel the Red Sox at 5 p.m. yesterday results show the Giants 9 Cubs 2 and Tigers 7 Indians 4 with Stewart homering twice. Standings list Yankees 2-0 Tigers 2-1 Indians 1-2 Red Sox 0-2 Giants 2-1 Braves 1-1 Dodgers 1-1 Cubs 0-3.
Mrs Georgie Lou Miller 50 of 1402 Wheeler St died Sunday at 7 15 p m in Tuscaloosa Funeral services were to be held at McConnell Service Chapel at 5 p m with Minister A J Rollings officiating Burial was planned in Legg cemetery MecConnell Service directing Survivors include husband three sons Clyde A Miller Grand Rapids Alvin Miller Athens and J W Claxton plus three grandchildren
Three students from Morgan Limestone and Madison Counties won Merit Scholarships to Athens College announced by R N Bailey Director of Admissions. Recipients include William J Kinney James D Sherrard Sidney L Garnett from Decatur plus James L Parham Charlotte R Wessels R D Pitts from Limestone and Larry D Grider Thomas W Franklin Richard D Hovis from Madison. Scholarships sponsored by the Decatur Daily Alabama Courier Limestone Democrat and Huntsville Times.
Judge George C. Wallace pledged to call an old age conven tion after his nomination and to boost pensions to the $60 federal state maximum. He would cut the governor's mansion fund in half and trim legislator pay to fund pensions, arguing his opponent's $60 promise is unrealizable without tax hikes or mass pension cuts.
A speaker condemns vote stealing as nearly murder and urges incarceration in the penitentiary. He cites gangsters gaining power via ballots and cites a voter’s support for John Patterson as ensuring decent government in Alabama.
Hospital admissions include Mrs Cecil Woodard of Moulton Ben Bartlett of Moulton Mrs Harold White of Danville Little David Ligon of Moulton Little Carolyn Ann Owens of Moulton and Mrs Price Hamilton of Danville Little Nelda Parker of Town Creek Dismissals include Little Ronnie Bryson Grayson Mrs Mollie Smith and Mr Hope Mrs Clinton Harris and baby Hillsboro Mrs Cleo Treadway and baby Moulton Mrs William McVay and baby Town Creek Mrs Mary Sue Beck Town Creek Grover Gillespie Moulton Aaron Berryman Moulton Amos Hogan Danville Charlie McCafferty Courtland Cleve Blackwood Danville Little Phyllis Montgomery and Little Susanne Hampton Moulton
Mrs. Ed Nelson of 821 East Moulton Street Deborah Smith of Courtland Linda Smith of Courtland Mrs. A. M. Blankenship of Decatur Mrs. Elizabeth Morris of 314 Fourth Avenue Northwest referenced in a local hospital notice listing residents associated with Bank Street Hospital.
A hospital notice lists residents and their addresses connected to recent dismissals at Decatur General Hospital. Names include Mrs. Carlos Hagood and infant, Carroll Kimbrell, Mrs. Paul Muhaluk and infant, Mrs. Ballie Ledbetter, Mrs. Donald Ham, Mrs. Leon Lindsey, L. C. Gilliland, Mrs. Roy Long, Mrs. E. J. Britnell, Miss Lula Mae Boggs, Mrs. George Mason, and Mrs. Paul O. Blagburn with associated street addresses in Decatur Athens and surrounding areas.
Classified snippet lists addresses and names including Mrs G M Ratliff Decatur 2 Mrs Nancy Hutson 644 Grant St SE Mrs C A Slick Decatur 2 and Mrs Guy Matthew 2303 Quince Dr SE reporting clinic notices and local residents in the Decatur area.
The article notes Santa Fe was the Spanish colonial capital in 1610 with the full city name La Villa Real de la Santa de San.
City Hall authorized the Police Dept to buy an electric timing device for about 600 dollars and the Gas Dept to survey gas lines for leaks at a similar cost. The council also set the next meeting time to 7 30 p.m. and noted Union Hill High plans graduation on June 3 with Hendrix valedictorian and Oldaker salutatorian.
The Hartselle community plans an annual Rally Day at the camp one mile south of town on Sunday. Services are set for 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Basket lunches will be served in the camp dining room at noon and the public is invited.
Four cases appeared on the police docket yesterday in Town Creek with three charged with public drunkenness and one charged with driving while intoxicated.
Dr. Ralph B. Craughon announced the awarding of twenty scholarships at Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Among recipients is Robert Carlton Francis Jr. of Hartselle, who will receive a United States Steel Fellowship for 1958 59.
Flint junior high staged a Friday night recital led by music teacher Louise Kimbrell. Athens reports Robert E. Anderson of Elkmont was uninjured after a tractor mishap about four miles from town.
Lawrence County sheriff Franklin Smith said the action was a political deal as he faces Claude Lee Terry in a runoff on June 3 for the sheriff post. ATU chief Homer L Snead reported 34 arrests, 743 gallons moonshine seized, and seven cars in raids across Haleyville area by federal and state agents over several days.
Little thanked contributors through The Decatur Daily for the gift that let Jerry receive a new radio set. He hoped to thank donors individually but urged neighbors to visit to see the working set, noting that their own sets were not satisfactory.
Eddie Lee Evans 74 of Washington St Athens died Sunday afternoon after illness. Funeral at 3 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with burial in City cemetery. McConnell Service Funeral Home directing. Survived by four sons Gus Gilbert Evans Mark James Edward Evans. two daughters Mrs Edward House and Mrs Tex Babcock. 13 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. five brothers Walter John Z O Jessie Evans and Wess Evans. Pallbearers listed.
Anderson was struck from the rear while pulling a trailer on the Elkmont Highway. He was taken to Athens Limestone Hospital for treatment but not admitted. The trailer was demolished and the automobile owner was listed as Richland Mills of Pulaski Tennessee.
Athens mayor Arthur Stew art proclaims May 26 through 31 as community cleanup week encouraging residents to join city efforts to improve cleanliness and public spaces.
Dr James Tapp head of the pioneering R and D section at The Chemstrand Corp Decatur will speak at a Fellowship supper Wednesday night at 7 o clock at First Methodist Church Dr Tapp and Dr Sterling Edwards Jr of Birmingham developed an artificial nylon no kink artery
Miss Reba Tucker of Tuscaloosa Alabama has been appointed to the Department of Home Economics at Freed-Hardeman College Henderson Tennessee for 1958 59. She earned a B S in Home Economics from the University of Alabama in 1957 and will receive an M S in Home Economics in summer 1958. Her undergraduate major was General Home Economics and her graduate major Clothing and Textiles. She held the Avondale Mills Graduate Fellowship in 1957 58 and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Gurnie D Tucker formerly of Decatur now of Tuscaloosa.
Pvt. Dillard F. Trussell, home on leave from combat training in the U S Marines, visits parents Mr and Mrs R F Trussell of 314 12th Ave NW. He enlisted Jan 6, trained at Parris Island and was stationed at Camp LeJeune for a month before returning home May 16 and will report to Portsmouth Va on June 5 for sea duty. He attended Decatur High School.
Funeral services for Mrs Hess Thompson who died at her residence on West Church Street Sunday night will be announced by Reynolds Funeral Home of Decatur.
Danville in Morgan county registered 10.69 inches of rain, the state’s highest for the month, as Alabama averages stood at 5.23 inches. Heflin had 3.35 inches in a 24 hour period on April 15, surpassing West Blocton’s total of 2.40 inches. April averaged 63.4 degrees.
Grain, livestock and dairy prices listed for Decatur markets. Cotton, cottonseed, milk products, wood, pulpwood, poultry, corn, wheat, cattle, hogs, sheep and lambs are priced with ranges and per unit figures for buyers and sellers.
Prices ended narrowly mixed on Wall Street as volume reached about 2.1 million shares. Goodyear and Union Carbide fell more than a point, while United States Steel General Motors and Dow Chemical posted modest gains. Government bonds were mixed.
AP reports strong demand and heavy movement for live poultry in Birmingham and Atlanta. Prices vary by weight and location with broilers and fryers trading at farms and f.o.b. plants, while supplies show mixed adequacy and bookings rise to meet current needs.
Wholesale egg grades show improved demand for large sizes with overall price gains around one cent. Supplies are heavy for medium eggs leading to some price cuts up to seven cents. delivered Birmingham quotes include extra minimums and color variety with large eggs at 37 to 44 cents and mediums at 32 to 38 cents.
AP report from Nashville shows cattle mostly cows weak bulls slow with steers and heifers 24.00 25.00 utility cows 17.50 19.00 canner and cutter 15.00 17.00 shelly cows 10.00 bulls 18.00 22.00 stockers 23.00 26.00 calves 200 steady to weak good and choice dealers 28.50 30.00 standard 25.00 28.00 cull and utility 16.00 24.00 hogs 700 steady to 25 cents lower early strong late U S 1 3 barrows and gilts 22.50 23.00 selected 220 lb weights 23.25 sows 17.50 18.50 sheep 1000 spring lambs demand good prices mostly steady one lot 85 90 lb ewe and weather lambs 23.50 good and choice 21.50 23.00 bucks 21.50 down few utility woolled lambs 16.00 slaughter ewes 5.00 shorn
New York AP reports cotton futures eased in late trading as favorable crop reports weighed on the market. July futures dipped to 35.98 with October at 36.38 and December at 36.49, down 25 to 75 cents a bale from the prior close.
William Jennings Bryan speaks before the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1896 delivering the famed Cross of Gold oration. The address frames monetary policy and bimetalism as central campaign issues.
Franklin F Dean radioman seaman apprentice USN son of M B Dean Hartselle Alabama serves aboard destroyer USS McDermut with the Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific since March from San Diego. The ship has visited Pearl Harbor Pago Pago Samoa and Sydney Australia and the six month cruise continues. James K Camp son of Carl Camp Cullman Alabama graduated from recruit training May 9 at the Naval Training Center San Diego.
Canadian Lt Col George Flint, head of the Israel Jordan Mixed Armistice Commission, was killed in crossfire while seeking a truce between batteling units on Mt Scopus in Old Jerusalem. Both Israel and Jordan blamed each other for the fatal shooting. Four Israelis also died nearby as the Jordan surrounded enclave faced rifle fire.
A son to Mr. and Mrs. Leon Shepherd at Baugh Wiley Smith Clinic in Decatur Trailer Park last night. A son to Mr. and Mrs. W B Norris at the same clinic on Cleveland Avenue. A son to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Woodard of Moulton at Lawrence County Hospital on Monday. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Harold White of Danville-3 at Lawrence County Hospital on Monday. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Davis of Moulton 3 at Lawrence County Hospital on Saturday.
Dr Herman Bouwer of the Auburn experiment station participate in a soil drainage conference at the University of Illinois. He is among six U S scientists invited to meet with Dr E C Childs to exchange ideas on solving drainage problems.
Gov Gen Sir Oliver Goonetilleke declared a state of emergency to curb Sinhalese Tamil riots wracking Ceylon for a week. The order neared martial law as rioting continued in Colombo for a second day.
The Salvation Army reports four million recruits serving in missions around the world, reflecting broad global reach and organized charitable work across continents.
Direct owner sale of a new 3 bedroom home with two full colored tile baths 29 ft den central air and heat built in oven dishwasher on a large level lot in Brookmead Cal EL 3-5955 needs 2 or 3 bedroom upgrade call El 3-5486 plus 21 inch Westinghouse 1957 TV and a 2 bedroom house 5 miles from Decatur on New Moulton Highway Trinity Mountain one acre shade call EL 3-6718
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