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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1961

Page

5

Hartselle Camp Meeting Plans Announced

Final plans for the Hartselle Camp Meeting revival set for August 3 to 13 include Rev. E R Overly and Rev. Gordon Rainone as camp workers. A Missionary Day features Alice Pettit missionary nurse to Kenya’s Kepegis. Dormitories, meals at 50 cents, and reservations via Mrs G W Puckett.

Hartselle E. R. Overly Avon Park Fla Gordon Rain Hartsette G. W. Puckett Sherman Powell

Danville High Honors Roll Lists by Grade and Semester

Sixty students at Danville High School made the honor roll for the final six weeks, with 21 on the A list and 39 on B. For the semester, 62 earned honors, 21 on A and 41 on B, across seventh to twelfth grades. Names are listed by grade and term with full rolls provided.

Danville Danville High School Lavern Carter Janice Lane Hal Livingston Jerry Miller Nena Morris Mildred Roberts Beverly Rogers Martha Sue Joe Hogan Sherry Likenes Dianne Puckett Robert Bibb Larry Self Linda Gayle Ricks Jeane Robinson Judy Terry Charlotte Childers Linda Evans Linda George Sharlene Jones Charles Segars Barry Goree Polly Bowling Jackie Mitchell Margaret Sims Joyce Watson Ted Lee Charlotte Orr Judy Thompson Danny Lewis Brenda Owens Dian Hayes Brenda Crow Linda Marcontell Dale Bibb Chester Collins Larry Dillehay John A. Tomlinson Dana Gail Pope Sharlene Roberts Wanda Smith Patricia Stewart Janice Woodall Sherry Likens Sonja Holladay Linda Ricks Faye Bowling Julia Hogan Nancy White Larry Joe Jones Brenda Brown Freddie Haley Don Reid Jerry Smith Rayburn Warren Lavern Byrd

Christian Science Church Service Schedule

The First Church of Christ 6th Avenue and Johnston Street announces a Sunday service at 11 a.m. with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. Lesson sermon on the topic Ancient and Modern Necromancy Denounced. A Wednesday meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

First Church OF Christ Johnston St

Memorial Service at Shoal Creek Baptist Church

Shoal Creek Baptist Church schedules its annual memorial service on Sunday with athic preaching to be delivered by a guest speaker. The event highlights remembrance within the church community.

Shoal Creek

Tell Me Why Unity of the Universe Quiz Contest Win

Readers submit questions and details to Tell Me Why with a prize for the winner. Today’s victor is Terry Battalion, 13, of Schenectady New York, who posed a question about the size and scale of the universe and the Milky Way.

Terry Battalion Schenectady N.Y Earth Milky Way Elmer Williams Jr Blanchester

Girl Scouts Honor Northeast Neighborhood Awards Fly Up Ceremony

The Northeast Neighborhood of Girl Scouts held a court of awards and fly up ceremony at Somerville Road School with 160 scouts present. Brownie Troops 40 155 and 242 149 along with leaders received year pins and badges including Second Class and Proficiency honors. Senior Scout Abigail Turner earned the Child Care Bar awarded by her father Holmes Turner.

Somerville Road School Brownie P. M. Taylor Wesley Cook R. L. Taubert Maurice Meadows Harold Wallace B. C. Stinnett Dewey Smith Harold Routh George Sletcher Render Gross Frank Manker Howard Proctor James Tuten Aubrey Presson John Frazer R. D. Agee Malcolm Hawkins C. L. Driver Fred Wolff Abigail Turner Holmes Turner

Bookmobile Schedule for May 29 Across Hartselle and Athens

The schedule lists May 29 bookmobile stops at Hartselle Lipary 9 10, Hartselle Salem Church 10 11, Athens Scout House 1 4. Readers in each location can borrow and return library materials during these time slots.

Hartselle Lipary Hartselle Salem Church Athens Scout House

Africans Sentenced in Public Violence Clashes at Warm Baths

A white judge in Warm Baths South Africa sentenced 33 Africans to jail terms from 12 to 18 months after convicting them of public violence in clashes with police on April 30 in the resort town, about 95 miles north of Johannesburg.

South Africa Johannesburg

Soviets Invite Sophia Loren To Festival

The Soviet Union invited Italian actress Sophia Loren to attend Moscow's second annual Film Festival beginning July 9 Tass reported Friday.

Soviets Sophia Loren Moscow Soviet Union Tass

Morning social ends with meal and church singing

Morning activities feature a noon dinner followed by a community singing event. Details are sparse, but the sequence shows a social gathering centered on shared meal and musical participation. No further figures or names are provided.

Trade School Ground Broken At Tennessee Valley State Vocational School

The ceremony marked a $1 million expansion plan at Tennessee Valley State Vocational Technical School with five new buildings planned and existing facilities renovated. Groundbreaking included remarks by officials and a luncheon to discuss funds for an Evaluation Center for severely handicapped students.

Technical School Tennessee Valley State Vocational Technical School Carlton Kelley Luke Pryor Shaw F. O. Smith Luke Pryor Luke Pryor-Shaw Pryor Schyler Pryor Shaw N. C. Morgan Tuscaloosa Kelley Eighth Judicial Circuit George Johnson Johnson Holmes Turner Vocational Rehabilitation Service Bailey Leppard Alabama Courier The Limestone Democrat Athens

Youths Given Terms Must Pay Damages

Five Athens High School youths, ages 15 to 18, received 30 days hard labor for destroying 12 local windows on May 3. Richard Patterson, 18, will not graduate with his class. the others face probation until age 21 and must repay damages from their own funds within two years.

Athens Athens High School Richard Patterson Julian Newman Patterson John Sandlin Sandlin Bullington Bros. Inc Rose Food Market Chittam’s Woodfin's Texaco Farmer’s Market Valley Gas Inc Buchanan and Gordon Motor Co Legg’s Feed and Grain Athens Bible School Griffin's Grocery Bobby Bagsby

Antioch Church Plans Bible School

The Antioch Baptist Church will host an eight day Bible School starting June 5 with classes from 1 to 4 p m for children ages 3 to 16. Superintendent is Mae Martin and Rev. Austin Self serves as pastor.

Antioch Baptist Church Mae Martin Austin Self

Titanic Sinking Survivor Receives Compensation Check

Roberta Bolling, a Titanic survivor living in Burgess Hill England, received a 280 check Friday from trustees managing the compensation fund. She, bedridden with arthritis for 11 years, said the money is of little use and invested it in government bonds.

Burgess Hill England Roberta Bolling

Flour Mills Pays 315 Employees In Silver Dollars

The Alabama Flour Mills marked its 20th anniversary by paying 315 employees with silver dollars, weighing nearly a ton, a publicity stunt coordinated with the First National Bank and Federal Reserve in Birmingham. The pay distribution covered five states with 24 local representatives and promoted products like Mother's Best Flour and Red Hat feeds.

Alabama Flour Mills Carolyn Stephens Las Vegas Decatur Alabama Claude Carter Nebraska Consolidated Mills Southern First National Bank Bayne Vaughan Federal Reserve Bank Birmingham Flour Mills

Three Day Fast Urged for Western Cape Moslems

In Cape Town Western Cape Province Muslims are urged to observe a three day fast from May 30 to June 1. The call comes as part of a regional observance announced by mosque leaders.

Cape ‘Town South Africa Western Cape Province

Decatur Installs Truck Route Signs and Street Upgrades

Signs designating truck routes in Decatur have been placed along Highways 31 and 20 guiding trucks to eastern city industries. Truck travel on Sherman Jackson Grant Johnston and Moulton streets is prohibited with warnings posted. Street improvements include curb lowering on Lee St and sidewalk work on Line St between Davis and Lee, plus angle and parallel parking on Line St and widening from Davis to Cains. Oak St will gain a curb to enable angle parking.

Decatur Murray Dodd Church St. NE Sherman Jackson Grant, Johnston Moulton Lee St Dodd Line St Davis and Lee Davis Cains Streets Oak St Davis Streets

Transition Rules Echo Ramadhan in SA Republic Debate

The guidance resembles Ramadhan fasting rules with sunrise to sunset abstinence, shaping South Africa's republic transition discussion. Key figures explore legal and cultural implications as the nation weighs change.

South Africa

Queen for a Day shows and backstage tales from Jack Bailey

At Harrah's Lake Tahoe the Queen for a Day tour gathers crowds of hopeful contestants and staff including Jeanne Cagney and 7 models. Jack Bailey explains payoffs and safeguards while recounting scuffles with phony queens and the show’s brisk tour logistics and budgets.

Jack Bailey and Queen Lake Tahoe Nev Harrah's South Shore Bailey Tahoe America Prince Charming Jack Texas Midwest Jeanne Cagney Drake University

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