Old Street Department Finds New Home On First Ave
Ray Martin reports the street and sanitation department moves to a centralized complex on First Ave SW with a warehouse shop metal shed and traffic building alongside an adjacent animal shelter. City engineer Bill Wright praises improved conditions and central location enabling faster service with a rock garden and statue Rebecca at the entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray
Martin Daily
Helen Gandy
New Street and Sanitation
Lafayette St
Bill Wright
Wright
Rebecca
Six area cadets join Army ROTC at Jacksonville State University
Six area young men enroll in the U S Army Reserve Officers Training Corps at Jacksonville State University. They are Steve L Armstrong Jackie Pee Carlos W Presnell Gary H Atkins John T White and Johnnie Tillman Terry all Decatur and Courtland graduates with Austin High Oneonta and Decatur High affiliations. Mohler County authorities search burglars who took over 2000 in merchandise from Gwin Allens Service Station near Moulton. A Jefferson County man faces a warrant in a separate auto theft case with three Decatur teens arrested. Acker charged with grand larceny after a damaged car sped Friday night. Stolen car found submerged in Flint Creek. Traffic deaths reach 60 in four-county area since Jan 1 with 1 344 accidents in Morgan Cullman Lawrence and Limestone counties.
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U.S. Army Reserve Officers Training Corps
Jacksonville State University
Steve L. Armstrong
L. V. Armstrong
Decatur
Austin High School
Jackie Pee
Trea Peek
Oneonta High School
Carlos W. Pressnell
Clifford Presnell
Gary H. Atkins
O. H. Atkins
John T. White
Horace C. White
Johnnie Tillman Terry
Fred Terry
Courtland
Decatur High School
Moulton
Lawrence County
Pete Rutherford
Gwin Allen
Jefferson County
Mike Acker
Buena Vista Cir
Acker
Flint Creek
Decatur Post
R. P. Sorrell
Morgan
Cullman
Lawrence
Limestone
Decatur Royal Arch Mason Convocation Set
Regular convocation of Decatur Chapter 38 Royal Arch Mason will be at 30 p.m. Thursday in the Masonic Temple. The Decatur High Band Boosters meet Thursday at 7 30 p.m. in the band's room. Morgan County licenses deadline Oct 31 to renew fees per License Commissioner Cleon Yates. Dan Searcy Weed, 1968 Austin High graduate, pledged Beta Chapter of Kappa Sigma at Alabama. He is son of Mr. and Mrs. Louie C. Weed of 1506 15th Ave. SW.
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Decatur Chater No
Royal Arch Mason
Masonic Temple
Morgan County
Cleon Yates
Dan Searcy Weed
Austin
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
University of Alabama
Dan
Louie C. Weed
15Th Ave
Decatur High
Pipolo Acquitted in Bessemer Murder Conspiracy Trial
Rudolph M. Pipolo of New York was acquitted after a two day murder conspiracy trial in Bessemer Alabama. The jury cleared him of conspiring with James D Hammonds a former deputy district attorney in a plot to murder Circuit Judge Gardner F Goodwyn Jr. The case centered on a custody dispute the judge had ruled on years earlier.
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Bessemer
Ala
Rudolph M. Pipolo
New York
Bronx
Pipolo
James D. Hammonds
Gardner F. Goodwyn Jr
Goodwyn
L. H. Jones
Hammonds
D.A
Joiner
Ray Smith
Detroit
Mich
Smith
New Yorker
Carl Robinson
George Trawick
Birmingham
Alton Batson
Montevallo
Women urged to listen to their youth at Alabama WCTU event
Dr. Frank Philpot of Athens College urged delegates at the 84th annual Alabama WCTU convention to hear younger generations. He warned elders against smugness and social complacency while praising some youth as hopeful amid social problems. In Montgomery, Humphrey ads draw Brewer rebuke for alleged distortions.
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Frank Philpot
Athens College
Women’s Christian Temperance Union of Alabama
Philpot
Two Car Collision Injures Decatur Man at Beltline Spring
A Decatur man, Milan B. Morrow, 38, of 1009 Freemont St. SW, was injured in a Tuesday two car crash at Beltline Highway and Spring Ave SW. Police say Morrow suffered a broken knee but was in good condition. The other driver, Oliver Handley, 62, of Decatur, said he stopped and pulled into the path of the other car. Also reported a theft on 5th Ave SW where Sallie Kimbrough found 21 quilts and two feather pillows missing from her clothes line last Thursday.
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Spring Ave
Decatur
Milan B. Morrow
Freemont St
Decatur General
Morrow
Oliver Handley
Decatur 5
Handley
5Th Ave
Sallie Kimbrough
5Th Ave. SW
Lawrence Circuit Court Set Oct. 21
Lawrence County Circuit Court begins a two week session with Judge Reneau Almon presiding. At arraignments 98 cases were heard, 48 forfeiture bonds issued for nonappearance, James Romans pleaded guilty to forgery tied to counterfeit bills at Tennessee River fishing camps and received two years. James Finchum’s probation hearing and sentencing for grand larceny are scheduled for Oct 21.
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Moulton
Lawrence County
Reneau Almon
Almon
James Romans
Tennessee
James Finchum
Two L'stone Mail Appointments Made
Athens U S Post Office confirms appointments of Horace Rogers and Clifford Fleming to rural routes at Athens office. Fleming and Rogers await notification as vacancies arise from death, retirement, and route transfers. Fleming is Cullman County native and veteran, Rogers runs a South Clinton restaurant and service station. both are WWII era veterans and married.
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Bob Walker
Athens
U. S. Post Office Department
Horace Rogers
Clifford Harry Fleming
U. S
Bob Jones
Jone
George Millstead
Fleming
Rogers
M. C
Grisham, Jr
Thomas Coggin
Grisham
Coggin
Chester Morrison
Post Office
Cullman County
Air Force
Army Service
Ruth LeCroix
Clinton Street
Nella Carter
Four Indicted By Morgan Jury Indicts in Morgan County case
A Morgan County Circuit Court grand jury returned four indictments, two burglary charges, one robbery charge, and one carnal knowledge charge. Named defendants include Herman Coburn for Texaco Curb Market burglary in Hartselle, Harold Riggins for $150 theft from Billy Bowen, Joseph Dawson for Tractor and Equipment Co burglary in Decatur, and Ruben Payne Jr for carnal knowledge of a 12 year old. The panel also honored Judge James N. Bloodworth for his ten years of service, noting his upcoming election to the Alabama Supreme Court and move to Montgomery.
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Morgan County Circuit Court
James N. Bloodworth
Herman Clay Coburn
Texaco
Hartselle
Harold Riggins
Billy Bowen
Joseph C. Dawson
Tractor and Equipment Co
Decatur
Ruben Payne Jr
Bloodworth
Morgan County
Supreme Court
Alabama
Montgomery
City Officials Retain Hartselle Posts in New Council
Mrs. Sarah Kesecker is reappointed city clerk and Charles Murphree remains city attorney as the new Hartselle City Council convenes Tuesday night. No council committees were formed. Jimmy E. Brown will speak at a Father and Son Banquet for First Christian Church members, with the Christian Women's Fellowship providing dinner. Fathers pay 1.50. sons attend with a father without charge. Buddy Petty of Zamora Shrine Temple visited the Decatur Shrine Club Tuesday night, seated with Charlie McGill and Doug Rogers. standing were Gen. George Bailes Jr., Joe Davis, John Preddy, and Bill Glenn.
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Hartselle
Sarah Kesecker
Charles Murphree
Jimmy E. Brown
Decatur
First Christian Church
Christian Women’s Fellowship
Zamora Shrine Temple
Buddy Petty
Decatur Shrine Club
Petty
Charlie McGill
Doug Rogers
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WCTU
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Central United Methodist Church
Day
Brewer
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Albert Brewer
Minneapolis
Wallace
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Maine
George Wallace
Lawrence Circuit
L’stone
Jimmy Brown
Ing
George Bailes Jr
Joe Davis
John Preddy
Bill Glenn
Bob Bates
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