Athens Plant To Add 30 Workers In Expansion
Wee Go Industries announces a third expansion since February to employ 145 people. Harold Smith says the plant on M Jefferson Street added 27 sewing machines and a 72 foot cutting board from a Huntsville supplier, boosting total machines to 120 as output grows in ladies sportswear.
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Athens
Harold Smith
Wee-Go Industries Inc
M. Jefferson St
Smith
Huntsville
Arkansas
Mississippi
Decatur Daily Theater Tour Heads to New York
The final of 43 aboard a chartered bus left Sunday for New York for a five day fall theater tour from Decatur Daily. Participants will see Debbie Reynolds in Irene and Crown Matrimonial with George Grizzard as King Edward III. The group returns via Roanoke Virginia.
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New York
Decatur Daily
Decatur
Debbie Reynolds
Irene
Crown
George Grizzard
Edward III
Roanoke
TVA Faces Coal Stockpile Decline Ahead of Winter Demand
TVA board chairman Aubrey J. Wagner warns coal reserves at TVA plants are dropping below required levels. Sevier and Kingston plants show 20 and 44 day stocks, with many sites well under 90 days, complicating emergency purchases and future supply as congressional strip mining legislation looms.
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Knoxville
Tennessee Valley Authority
Aubrey J. Wagner
Wagner
John Sevier
East Tennessee
Kingston
Tennessee
TVA
Congress
Nine Alabama weekend accidents claim nine lives
Nine people died in Alabama over the weekend in traffic drownings and hunting incidents. Fisherman Sheppard B. Arnold 32 drowned near Mobile. 3-year-old Jerry L. Jackson Jr. died in a rear-end crash near Tuscaloosa. 14-year-old Mike Gouger was shot accidentally in Centre. Others included Billy Murphy Ronald Moseley Stephen Snellgrove Grady Smith and Christopher Webb in various auto crashes.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Sheppard B. Arnold
Mobile
Jerry L. Jackson Jr
Tuscaloosa
U. S. 11
Centre
Mike Gouger
Cherokee County
MacGarett
Billy Murphy
Ronald Moseley
Honoraville
Stephen D. Snellgrove
Dothan
Grady Jackson Smith
la Grange
Christopher Webb
Anniston
Lion Bulbs To Aid Charity Drive By Austin Lions Club
The Austin Lions Club will sell six pack light bulbs for two dollars door to door today and Tuesday to raise funds for the Alabama Light Project. Club President Dan Freeman says every household can use bulbs and the sale supports a worthy cause.
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Austin Lions Club
Alabama Light Project
Dan Freeman
Freeman
Vampires Aid Calhoun Blood Drive at College
Calhoun Community College students and vampires will staff a semi annual blood drive hosted by the SGA on Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Science Building. Drama Club members in vampire costumes will urge participation as clubs compete to reach a 35 percent donor rate. The Red Cross Bloodmobile will collect 400 pints, with a trophy for the top club.
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Calhoun Community College
Calhoun
Limestone County Red Cross
Red Cross
SGA
Debbie Lee
Kaye Weathers
Drama Club
Miss Lee
Man Charged After Row With Authorities
A southeast Decatur resident who held police at bay with a shotgun for over 30 minutes Friday night was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and disorderly conduct. Sgt. Marlon Owens and Patrolman Howard Battles responded to a family disturbance. the man fired threats before officers forced entry and detained him. A 17-year-old Trinity youth was later arrested for marijuana possession.
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Decatur
Marlon Owens
Howard Battles
Battles
Owens
Trinity
Sidewalk Art Show Draws 3000 and Funds AAUW Scholarships
The sidewalk art show sponsored by the AAUW attracted about 3000 attendees and boosted regional artists sales. Held each October at Gordon-Bibb School, the event benefits the national AAUW scholarship fund for women pursuing advanced degrees. Coordinator Mrs. Joe Dye noted attendance roughly doubled from last year and weather helped. Seventy exhibitors and civic groups staffed booths, with hopes commissions will rise as attendance grows.
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American Association of University Women
Gordon-Bibb School
AAUW
National Scholarship Fund
Joe Dye
Civil service exams held by window light at post office
Dozens of men and women took Civil service tests in the lobby of the Post Office Federal Building after electricity was off for Columbus Day. Electricians worked to install underground cables as Postal Service staff were away.
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Abraham Lincoln
Post Office Federal Building
Civil Service
Postal Service
Farm City Week Observance Set in Morgan County
Charles Ellenburg of TVA will outline a recreation plan at a 7 p.m. meeting of Morgan County Rural Development committees held at the Holiday Inn. The event honors Farm City Week with Sen. Bob Harris and County Chairman Dick Fleming attending. The plan calls for Cotaco development with golf, pool, courts and campground and year round school park centers at six area schools.
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Charles Ellenburg
TVA
Morgan County
Ellenburg
Holiday Inn
Guy Roberts
North Central Alabama
Cotaco
West Morgan High School
Danville
Falkville
Eva
Priceville
Roberts
Bob Harris
Morgan County Commission
Dick Fleming
Teenager Wins Tennessee Valley Fiddle King Title
Athens crowds witness 19-year-old James Bryan of Tuscumbia win the crown at the seventh Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention. He defeats Frazier Moss of Cookeville after a late-night head-to-head, earning $100 and the trophy. Moss takes Sam McCrackin Award. Bryan also wins junior division.
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James Bryan
Athens
Bryan
Frazier Moss
T. A
Tuscumbia
Cookeville, Tenn
Athens College
Moss
Sam McCrackin
J.T. Perkins
Jack Weeks
Dalton
Bob Douglas
Chattanooga
T. A. Hudson
Gov
George Wallace
Morgan County OKs Landfill Contract with Decatur City
Morgan County Commission signed a five year no cost lease for a 96 acre landfill near Flint City with Decatur. The action paused other items as chairmen and one member were absent. Bids for five sheriff cars were tabled pending further review. Sheriff McBride to study bids while Fleming attends a civil defense meeting and White rests after chest pains.
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Morgan County Commission
Decatur
Flint City
U.S. 31
Ann Bell
Morgan County Board of Registrars
Jeannie Flynn
Alabama
Bell
Sheriff's Department
Aquatics Director Appointed Jay Chanley at Decatur Parks
Jay Chanley a 24 year old EKU All America swimmer from Miami has been named aquatics director for the city parks and recreation department. He will oversee water sports swimming diving lessons and classes at three recreation centers replacing Al Orendorf who returned to Mississippi Southern. Chanley a Miami Palmetto HS graduate entered EKU in 1967 starred in swimming earning U S All America honors and national recognitions through 1971. He previously worked as lifeguard swimming coach and later in mobile home sales before moving to the Decatur post in December.
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Chanley
Eastern Kentucky
Recreation and Parks Administration
Miami Palmetto High School
Aquatics Programs Head Named by Parks Department
Parks and Recreation director Julian Walker announces Jay Chanley as head of the aquatics programs. Walker notes Chanley’s abilities and references his prior parks service in Kentucky. The announcement highlights Chanley as a valued addition to Harrison Street area aquatics initiatives.
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Harrison St. SE
Jay Chanley
Parks and Recreation
Julian Walker
Kentucky
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