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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1961
Page
2
Police reported thefts Sunday night from a car at 824 6th Ave SE including a baseball glove a Thermos jug a feather purse and a white overnight bag. A first aid kit in a box and brown bag were taken from another car at the same address. Two rural auto crashes were also reported in the four county area Monday with no injuries.
A compiled roll lists patients including Mrs Clarice R McBay and Pamela Kay Powers in Athens and nearby towns with several entries marked as dismissals. Names span Athens Decatur Rogersville Capshaw Harvest Toney and surrounding areas, indicating hospital records by the county or city.
A compiled roll from Cullman area includes individuals such as Ida Ann McKay Lella M Skinner J D Blalock Fred C Bowen Pamela Davis R C Pitts Lella Nix James West Wendell Ray Edward H Smith Hendon Fullmer and others with varied hometowns in Cullman Vine Mont Baileyton and Flint Michigan. The list spans multiple families and honors diverse residents and associates.
A garbled listing includes individuals and addresses such as Donald Steve Hastings, Mrs Lee McCullouch, 409 7th Ave SW, Mrs William A Waugh, 1909 Endlam Blvd, William G Todd, Robert Jeff Cottingham, Trinity Master Garry Lewis Livingston, indicating an unidentified organizational context.
Mrs Julia Moore 36 died last night at her daughter Mrs Leo Re nine Athens. Funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. from Pleasant Valley Church of Christ with Brother Bennie Lee Fudge conducting. Burial in Pleasant Valley Cemetery. Body lies in state 1 to 2 p.m. at the church.
Robert E Thomas 83 of Lacey's Spring died Monday in a Tuscaloosa hospital. Funeral services were held today at 2 p.m. at Valhermoso Christian Church with Rev. C. C. Stewart officiating. Burial followed in Valhermoso Cemetery with Peck Funeral Home directing. Survivors include wife Sara, two daughters Beatrice Holland of Birmingham and Arline Hasslock of Georgetown Kentucky, two sons Everett Thomas of Niagara Falls New York and G D Thomas of Hueytown, and two grandchildren. Pallbearers were Bruce Thomas Paul Thomas Dewey Day Winford Day Lemonal Murphy and Archie Curbow.
Funeral services for James P capt Dougherty 47 of 805 7th Ave SE Decatur were set for today at 4 p m in Mc Connell Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev Knibbs officiating. Burial in Athens City Cemetery. Survivors include wife Helen two sons Don Keith and Frank Morris Dougherty mother Abbie Dougherty three sisters Mrs William Fogg Gulfport Miss Mrs C V McKee Athens Mrs Florence Depree Athens and two brothers William Dougherty Athens and Buford Dougherty Sana Ana California.
Lathanial Frank Murphey 86 of Hartselle died Monday at noon at his home. Funeral arrangements are pending with Peck Funeral Home. Survivors include one daughter Ruth Clardie stationed in Germany, six sons Oscar Murphey Falkville R B W L and Olan Murphey Hartselle Ray and Edward Murphey Stuart Florida and 20 grandchildren.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Betty Daniel 92 of Holly Pond 2 died Saturday. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. from New Hope Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Surviving are sons Charles and George Daniel a daughter Mrs Ruth Stisher seven grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.
Charles C Oliver aged 68 died Monday at 6 15 p m in Athens Limestone Hospital funeral services set for Wednesday at the Athens Northside Church of Christ with Brother Eva James Smith. list of survivors and attendees includes several local residents.
Mrs Ruth Barr of Decatur Odis Hill of Danville Mrs Betty Thompson of Hartselle Master Toney La Croix Hart selle Mrs Elizabeth Whitmire of 435 East Moulton Street Mrs Tassie Parker of Somerville Reece Tapscott of Decatur
Seven year old Michael J. Burgess of Cullman County fell from a tree and hanged himself with a nylon trotline cord. He was pronounced dead at Cullman Hospital after being found by parents and neighbors around 2 p.m. Investigation by Acting Coroner Harry Hackworth and Deputy Sheriff Buel Graves noted a limb about seven feet high and marks on the neck. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at Mount Zion Baptist Church with Mass Service Funeral Home directing. Survivors are his parents two sisters and grandparents.
National Safety Council and police urged extreme care as millions hit the roads for Memorial Day. A Springfield crash killed four including a family of three, with holiday tolls projected near 385 for a four-day period and 539 overall from boating drownings and other accidents.
Burial will be in the Athens City Cemetery with Spry directing. Survivors include the widow Mrs Ollie Oliver, a daughter Mrs Bessie Carter of Rogersville, two half-brothers Fred Goode of Lynchburg Tennessee and Bill Goode of Florence, four step-brothers Norman and Delmer Goode of Detroit Juddie Goode of Rogersville and Knox Goode of Decatur.
J C Glasscock Jr 76 of Hanceville dies in Cullman Hospital Sunday at 2 10 p m Funeral services are Thursday at 2 p m from Duck River Baptist Church Burial follows in the cemetery He is survived by Mrs Elmer Glasscock four sons Ottis E C 3 D and Huey Glasscock three daughters Mrs Willie Shaw Mrs Edith Stubbs and Mrs Vivian Strong 16 grandchildren and three great grandchildren
Pfc Edward Dewayne Armstrong 20 of Rock Hill South Carolina died Sunday in Rock Hill. Funeral arrangements are to be announced by Brown Funeral Home. Survivors include mother Mrs Anbell Mates of Decatur one sister Mrs Mary Lee Hart of Decatur and grandmother Mrs Nan Armstrong of Moulton.
A list of residents includes Mrs. Lee Carr of Hillsboro and Mrs. Ann Hodges of 210 Gordon Dr SW, along with Mrs. Homer Lawrence of 423 E. Tressa McWhorter in Moulton 2 and Judy Keenum of Trinity 1. The fragment documents a registry or attendance note among named individuals.
Rep Virgil Ashworth chaired a House Rules Committee meeting in Montgomery to set a potential special order calendar. The session aimed to advance general bills while sidetracking reapportionment and redistricting efforts, as lawmakers had cleared most local measures from last week’s calendar. A filibuster by allies of Rep Kenneth Roberts and Rep Albert Rains threatened a district realignment that would favor Rains’ counties. the matter was deferred for two legislative days.
President Kennedy spoke to a crowd of about 5000 in Boston at Commonwealth Armory for a $100-a-plate dinner honoring the youngest elected president. Proceeds reportedly reach 500000, aiding the party debt near one million. Kennedy then travels to Hyannis Port and plans to meet Ben-Gurion in New York before a Paris trip.
Mr. and Mrs. George Elan of Cullman announce a daughter born May 27 at Cullman Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Carr of Hillsboro announce a daughter born Monday at Bank Street Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Careen Lemmond of 1222 4th Ave SE report a boy born at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital.
A new 110 mile pipeline project aims to transport partly liquidized coal to Regensberg in Bavaria. The plan outlines the route and processing for this energy transport initiative.
Cullman Kiwanis Club will host B. B. Warren an executive with American Cast Iron Pipe Co Birmingham as guest speaker tonight at 6 30 at All Steak Cafe. Casey Haddock secured the program.
Rotarians Jack Evers and John Hamrick lead tonight's Cullman Rotary Club program at 6 30 at Lorenz Restaurant Wives of Rotarians are invited to attend.
Mrs. Lelia Brown and Mrs. J D Light are reported improving after undergoing surgery at Hartselle Hospital, according to hospital bulletin.
W. F. Key, a local figure from Falkville, is reported to be recovering well after undergoing surgery at Black Chandler Hospital. Support from family and hospital staff noted lasting improvement.
AT HOME FALKVILLE Charlie Hardin is at home after being a patient at Hartselle Hospital.
FBI official Thomas J. Jenkins testified Birmingham police were notified that Freedom Rider buses were due in the city. He said prior warnings targeted Greyhound arrivals, not Trailways, and described police coordination with Chief Jamie Moore amid May 14 rioting.
In the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem, prosecutors presented documents showing a Gestapo bid to trade Jewish lives for war materiel as a peace plan to preserve German leaders. Adolf Eichmann allegedly proposed exchanging a million Jews for 10 000 trucks and sought Allied support through Joel Brand and Eden, but Allies rejected negotiations with the enemy and bombing plans for Auschwitz.
In North St Louis police killed one robber and captured another after a liquor store holdup. The captured youth Lloyd Anderson age 18 admitted involvement in two recent holdup murders and said the dead man Clewiston Jones age 19 helped. Jones died in a gunfight with two officers. Anderson surrendered. Doris Jones 18 wife of the deceased was questioned but said she knew nothing of the crimes.
The 274 ton Red Crusader from Aberdeen was boarded by three Danish Navy sailors for fishing in restricted waters off the Faroe Islands. The ship fled after warning shots from the Danish frigate Niels Ebbesen. the trawler was hit and kept going despite the boarding.
CAPE CANAVERAL Fila AP reports for the first time a target tracking radar test succeeded against an Atlas missile flying into the South Atlantic. The Army calls the test a significant achievement in the Nike Zeus development program.
Delegates at Alabama Boys State from the University of Alabama elected state officers and a legislature. The American Legion sponsored event drew 402 youths, forming county governments to mimic city county and state processes.
Marion Ramey also known as Raymond Ramey was sentenced to five years in Morgan County circuit court after a murder charge was reduced to first degree manslaughter. Coffey 38 was shot in the back of the head during a nighttime confrontation between Coffey and Rameys wife. Ramey testified he warned them and pursued Coffey before firing. Trial of Douglas Delano Amos for rape was slated to begin at 1:15 p.m.
Paris AP Morin France's top administrator in Algeria testified he phoned alerts across the colony after the Algiers uprising. He was captured April 21 in his Moorish palace as paratroopers acted for coup leaders Challe and Zeller. Morin says lines were cut after two hours of warnings. Zeller returned to court after a cardiac incident.
April opened with frost and sub-freezing temperatures at Natchez and Gilbertown while late month readings hit 89 at Atmore. Average statewide temperature was 58.9 degrees about 5 below normal. rainfall averaged 4.73 inches, with Coffee Springs recording 11.13 inches and Redstone Arsenal 1.90 inches.
Two of four men arrested in the Greyhound bus fire near Anniston on May 14 have been bound over to a federal Grand Jury.
Police again mobilized in Johannesburg to protect nonwhite workers defying a strike over political rights. Mandela, the strike’s chief organizer, warned it would continue through Wednesday as violence flared in Durban and Port Elizabeth with stonings, roadblocks, and casualties.
Seoul reports the ruling junta's move to suspend the constitution stalls as plans for a new supreme law hit a snag. Yu Chin-oh is named supreme adviser to the planning committee while Lt. General Chang Do-young says experts review the issue to avoid clashing with the existing charter.
In New York City a group of Spanish-speaking teens aged about 14 to 19 attacked and fatally shot Harry Heisler, 76, in a self service elevator of a lower East Side housing project. They fled with his wallet containing $3.
A U S speech notes belief in progress and freedom with confidence in future association. Classified ads list rental offers and sales including 4 room upstairs, 2 room efficiency, 3 room house, 2 bedroom house, and puppies plus a lost red billfold. Contact numbers shown.
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