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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1962
Page
2
A brief sky watcher note says the evening sky will feature Mars and the Moon brighter than the North Star near Regulus on the same date next year. It emphasizes the celestial alignment as a notable event for observers.
The Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge registered 21.73 feet this morning, rising 0.14 feet in 24 hours, with sea level reading 5546.63 feet. TVA lake levels listed include Pickwick 414.6, Guntersville 595.0, Whitesburg 556.5, and Wilson 507.1 feet. High Sunday reached 94 degrees, with a night low of 75 at 5 a.m. Today 91 degrees at 10:10 a.m. Forecast calls for mostly sunny, hot and dry today, tonight fair and warm, Tuesday mostly sunny and hot with a 5 percent chance of a shower. highs near 99, 95 Tuesday and 67 tonight.
Temperatures stay several degrees above normal with highs around 84 to 88 and lows 62 to 66. Rainfall remains light, averaging less than 1 to 4 inches, and mainly occurs late in the week.
Central U S weather reports a weakening squall line with tornadoes and hail from Nebraska to Texas Panhandle, injuring at least 13 in northeast Texas. Tornadic winds near Jansen Nebraska and heavy hail in Kansas Colorado follow, while rain extends to Appalachians and sunny Southeast heat reaches into the 90s and near 100 in Orlando.
Funeral services for 77 year old Newt Edmonson of Lacey's Spring will be held today at 2 p.m. from Cotaco Methodist Church with Rev. D N Sivley officiating. Burial is in Red Oak Cemetery Peck Funeral Home directs. Survivors include his widow one daughter one son six grandchildren two sisters and two brothers. Pallbearers are Horace Edmonson Jr W W Murphy Wayne Maxwell Grady Maxwell Eugene Murphy and Arthur E Murphy.
Funeral services for Kermit Bradford 52 of Town Creek 3 were conducted at Providence Baptist Church at 2 p.m. with Junior Terry officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. The body lay in state from 1 to 2 p.m. at the church. Survivors include his wife three daughters and five brothers in cities including Chicago Birmingham and Arab.
Mrs John D Burch 63 of Hartselle died Sunday night. Funeral from Johnson Chapel Cemetery Tuesday at 3 pm with Peck Funeral Home directing. Survived by husband John D Burch seven children 32 grandchildren two great grandchildren three brothers one half brother and numerous in laws. Pallbearers named.
Funeral services for Mrs. J M Kyle of Hartselle were conducted at Shiloh Baptist Church at 3 p.m. with Rev W W Carden and Rev Russell Lance officiating. Survivors include two sons Milton M Kyle and Iris Kyle of Hartselle, five grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Pallbearers named Carl Kyle Lloyd Kyle John T Kyle Hugh Lance Coleman Chunn and Bill Brindley.
Funeral services for Baby Tammy Martin who died Saturday in Arab Hospital will be held at 2 p.m. today at Hebron Church. The service will be followed by burial in the cemetery. Survivors include mother Doris Martin of Joppa.
John Fricke 84 of Cullman died Sunday at 11 45 AM. Services will be today at Christ Lutheran Church Cullman with burial in Cullman City Cemetery. Survived by his wife, one son Johnny Fricke two brothers Edward and Robert Fricke four sisters Mary Christianson Kate Richter Rose Herfurth Elizabeth Rehling and two grandsons.
Charles Edward Dugger, 70, of ath St. SE, died Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at Colonial Rest Home after a long illness. Funeral services were set for 2:30 p.m. today at Johnsons Chapel Methodist Church with Rev. Louie Tackett officiating. Burial would follow in Johnsons Chapel Cemetery, Gunthorp-Brown Service directing. He is survived by a daughter, Hester Borden of Decatur, a son, Joseph Charles Dugger of Decatur, and a sister, Rose Cosby.
Astronaut Gordon Carpenter describes a smooth ride past Cocoa Beach to Cape Canaveral. He notes 250 mile overshoot brakes differed from expectations and his manual control use exhausted fuel after retrorocket firing. He reports a 2 G accelerometer reading pre re entry and a busy third orbit with six simultaneous tasks.
Mrs Linda Mayfield Horton 67 of Courtland wife of C C Horton died at 1 30 a m today in a Decatur hospital after 10 days confinement Funeral services are set for Tuesday 2 p m at Courtland Methodist Church with Revs John Shaddix Ernest Dillard and John Hottel officiating Burial will be in Courtland cemetery Gunthorp Brown Service of Decatur directing Pallbearers include Charles Horton Jack Horton Roy Pollard N B Smith Paul Houston and Roy Spangler Honorary pallbearers are Courtland Mayor W A Toms Courtland City Council members all City employees and local doctors Survived by husband son Clarence W Horton Atmore Ala one grandchild and one sister Mrs F G Dickson Nash Ville Alabama
Pallbearers will be Hardin Hughes Donald Rice Jackie Slayton Dan Floyd and Rodger Borden for the service. The note references California and five grandchildren in the obituary context.
Ronald Duane Holmes of Ft Worth Texas died Thursday in Ft Worth. Funeral services will be from Union Hill Church in Morgan County with time to be announced. Survivors include parents Mr and Mrs Elmer Holmes five brothers Stanley Terry and Elmer Holmes Texas Trellis and Bobby Holmes Germany one sister Opalence Holmes grandparents Mr and Mrs J R Holmes and Mrs Lyda Brown.
Hospital admissions list includes Mrs Mary C Walker Mrs Alvie Howard Mrs Thomas Jenkins Gus Kretzschmar Mrs James W Schaefers Mrs Chandier Rogers Mrs Fritz Holmes Jessie D Beasley Tida Harris Jerrold Smith Francis J Commons Watson L Carter Dismissals feature Ottis M Washington Emmit Haynie A J Duke Paul E Pruitt Etter Sapp J W Almon Larry Guy Bonner Birdie V Harbinson Eugene Lamineck Wade Lee Dunkin all tied to Cullman Hanceville Falkville Crane Hill Holly Pond and Pensacola Florida with multiple ward counts and local names.
Clayton Simmons Hartselle 2 Mrs Kathleen Hillis Ardmore Tenn John Motes Decatur Mrs Patricia Leeth 410 4th Ave SE Miss Aline Beggs Decatur Dewey Davis Decatur 2 E R Lindsey 431 Johnston St Miss Dorothy Eubanks Somerville 1 Don Holt 1605 Tower St
A list of names and street addresses across multiple towns including Huntsville Danville Hartselle Falkville New Market Trinity and Toney with entries for adults and children such as Elma Pitt Vergie Masterson Barbara Long Marvin Hall J.K. Grimes Luke Slanton Green Billy Doss and Deborah Fay Allen among others at various addresses. The fragment resembles a community directory or notice page from a historical newspaper.
Mrs Margie McAnally of 1618 Olive Street Mrs Ernest N Hudson of 615 Church Street NW and Master Mark Reding Courtland along with Mrs Don Foster and her infant son of Decatur are listed in a brief court notice citing participants and residences.
Athens City Council tonight will consider numbering Athens houses with help from Lawrence Hendrix of the Chamber of Commerce Housing Committee. A Birmingham firm Watkins, Morrow and Co. would supply equipment to avoid extra gas demand charges from Alabama Tenn. Natural Gas Co. The meeting also covers hiring a development employee for the Electric Department, trading an Electric Department track, trading lots for an electric substation site, Mabry Engineering Co. street specifications, and Planning Commission recommended neighborhood analysis study.
Accidents at Mobile and Gulf Shores take the lives of A. Miller from Brookley AFB, 16 year old Donna Propst from Tuscaloosa, and Gail Chestnut, a Dadeville High School senior, when a boat exploded and another vessel hit a bank on Lake Martin. The AP weekend death toll began at 6 p.m. Friday and ends at mid-
Mr and Mrs Jessie D Beasley announce the birth of their child on Friday at Cullman Hospital Hayden 3.
East Germany accuses British troops and West Berlin police of provocative actions after a Sunday gun battle across the Berlin Wall. A refugee was fatally wounded trying to reach West Berlin, marking the second clash in five days. An earlier incident saw an East German border guard killed and another wounded after they shot a 15 year old boy attempting escape.
Doctor of Humane Letters Father Brian Egan led a baccalaureate service as Mrs Kennedy urged graduates to engage in government and public service. About 4,000 attended at Sacred Heart Church to celebrate awards for top scholars and athletes, with Mrs Kennedy meeting attendees before departing for Washington.
In Alabama's runoff DeGraffenried presses laws to block desegregation while Wallace, a former Folsom lieutenant, seeks statewide office. Folsom endorses DeGraffenried as nine incumbent congressmen face elimination after redistricting failed. Runoff may redraw party control and seat allocations.
The Hartselle Fire Department logged three incidents this week including a Tuesday trailer truck fire at the Highways 31 and 36 intersection caused by brake sparks with about 50 dollars in damage, a Saturday grass fire on Morgan Street with no damage, and a Sunday woods fire on Nanceford Road with no damage.
Thirteen arrests were made by Hartselle police over the past week for disorderly conduct seven cases public drunkenness three driving while intoxicated two and no driver's license one Those charged will be tried in Recorder s Court Tuesday at 9 a m at City Hall before Mayor Grady J Long.
Athens Police Department reports four arrests over the weekend including two for reckless driving one for public drunkenness and one for second degree burglary.
In Athens Limestone County law enforcement report twenty six weekend arrests across several offenses. Prohibition law violations lead with ten cases, followed by three for no driver’s license, three for reckless driving, three for public drunkenness, three for speeding, two for highway intoxication, and one each for drawing a deadly weapon and a second offense.
Unionville Iowa AP peace officers hunted a man accused of stalking and killing five relatives on a farm northeast of Maringsburg. Gayne Gilbert Smith 24 was thought holed up on the Lee Moffitt farm as a Continental Airlines jet crash echoed nearby. The dead: Andrew R McBeth 51 Dora 42 Amos 19 Anna Katherine 19 and Donna Jean Kellogg 19. Patsy Lou 15 wounded but escaped Perry 6 months slept through the shooting.
Cotton prices inch up with Decatur booking at 07. Cottonseed at 45 per ton. Milk Grade A 6.56 per hundred. manufactured milk 3.20 per hundred for four per cent. Wood and pulpwood values listed. No. 2 yellow shelled corn 1.23, No. 2 white shelled corn 1.25, No. 2 oats 8.70, milling wheat 1.75. Cattle show varied week results with slaughter steers 23.00-24.00, cows 15.50-16.50, stockers 22.50-25.00, bulls 15.00-18.50, feeders 23.50-28.00. Hogs slow with most sales 15.00-16.25, sows 12.00-13.00. Sheep none. spring lambs 21.00-22.00. Overall week clearances noted.
New York stocks faced the heaviest selling wave in over three decades as the market slumped sharply late in the day. The Dow shed about 14 points to 598.06 at 2 PM as major names like AT&T IBM and utilities led declines. ticker tape ran 52 minutes late amid heavy volume.
A new advance in thermoelectric device development introduces a semi-metallic brazing material that creates a low-resistance bond between the diverse metals used. The material promises improved efficiency and reliability in thermoelectric systems.
Firemen answered two calls yesterday at 1216 5th Ave SE for a hot water heater fire with slight loss. A false alarm was answered at 618 12th Ave NW at 8 07 pm. Recorder's docket lists speeding, drunkenness and traffic violations, plus parking offenses. Also reported are high school and college graduation notices for Robert P Masterson Jr and Truitt Mitchell families with local ceremony details.
A Midland region report notes Mrs. Bacigalupo in fair condition after a wreck near the Arkadelphia intersection. In Limestone County a 38-year-old Decatur man Leroy Cowley sustained arm injuries when his car left a gravel road and struck a tree near Beaver Dam Creek. Near Decatur a 1958 Mack truck owned by Perrine Industries Inc. jackknifed at Swan Creek Bridge on U S Highway 31, causing extensive railing damage and $2,000 vehicle loss. driver James H. Laird of Washington DC was not injured.
For rent listings include 5 room unfurnished at 809 Wells St with central air and 1st floor for $85 per month, 4 room upstairs furnished McNeil Apts for $75, 2 room upstairs furnished at 509th Ave SE for $12.50 weekly, and upstairs furnished unit at 1016 Johnston St with living dining area plus bedroom bath and kitchen. Call Bob Harrison or use listed phone numbers.
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