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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1971
Page
2
In Montevallo Alabama J C Draper directs a national traffic safety center at the University of Montevallo that offers a master’s degree in traffic safety. The facility trains driving instructors with methods from classroom films to tire blowout simulations on a controlled track using a push button cue.
The Alabama Senate on its 33rd day passed all local uncontested bills while House committees met and sent several measures to the floor. Debates linger over a highway revenue bill with diesel fuel inspection fee increases and a separate gasoline levy. A four-year-old boy was slightly injured in a two car crash at 11th Street and 6th Avenue Southeast.
A 30-year-old Decatur housewife, Thelma Jean Hefner, is held in Morgan County Jail on illegal possession of depressant or stimulant drugs with bonds totaling 1500 dollars.
Clyde Hendrix Sr. recalls walking and traveling yearly despite saying he retired from most activities. The former city councilman, life insurance executive, and bank president celebrated milestones in Tel Aviv Michigan Ohio and Canada with about 45 locals and continues serving on boards while keeping busy with daily walks and rose boutonniere. He reflects on Decatur’s growth during 1916 to 1936 including the merger with New Decatur and a Tennessee River bridge.
The article recalls Hendrix, longtime Decatur booster and banker, as a leading organizer of local institutions from 1920s clubs to the Bank of Madison and the Benevolent Hospital. A TVA era supporter, he remained active in church and community, noting self belief and steady effort as keys to progress while highlighting his long banking career and family. He joined the First United Methodist Church in 1904 and led Decatur banks after S. S. Broadus’s death.
Hartselle Morgan County gains a new industry as Miss Conduct Inc opens next week in a former skating rink. Joe Bachmuth of Cartersville Ga owns the operation with Reece Gulledge as manager. Initial staffing of 60 rising to 90, producing ladies and children undergarments and sleepwear.
The Elk River Development Association and TVA push the Lower Elk concept into action with three proposed communities near Athens Pulaski and Fayetteville Tennessee Each aims to house about 2500 people near industrial centers without including industry These communities form part of a broader plan to create 10 residential towns around a 400000acre triangle offering open space and city services while conserving rural areas TVA funds 50000 for area water system studies and model planning with existing towns Elkmont and Elkton cited for revitalization
Twenty five high school boys from Morgan County completed an eight week Youth Conservation Corps Camp at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge led by Camp Director Don Kosin. They cleared trails and areas for visitors and made improvements to the refuge 86 mile road system and 35000 acre area. They also conducted field trips and heard lectures on pollution litter control and forest management. Officials hope to double enrollment next summer.
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