Oak Park For Oak Park Park Idea Grows At Church
Oak Park Baptist Church of Decatur advances an oak park project led by Rev. Ray Lee to transform a wooded section on 19th Ave SE into a night lit public space. The church completed a $3,845 parking lot paving by Ashburn & Gray Inc with over $1,700 raised in a special offering. Plans include future auditorium construction.
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Decatur
Ray Lee
Oak Park
Towering Grove
Lee
Ashburn& Gray Inc
First Christian Committees Convene at Decatur Church
Ist Christian Committees To Gather at First Christian Church of Decatur will meet today at Christian Dell Camp near Trinity. The committees start at 9 a.m. and finish by 4 p.m. Church officials urge all members to attend to plan the church work for the coming year. Children will have swimming and games. unrelated youths and adults are invited for recreation. Each family brings a picnic lunch. tea and coffee are provided.
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First Christian Church of
Decatur
Christian Dell Camp
Trinity
Water Driven Mill Near Lake Remains Among Few
A water driven grist mill sits in a town near the lake, one of the few remaining in the nation. The structure reflects historic milling methods and regional heritage.
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Lake
Ministers split on Dirksen religion bill in church survey
A cross section of area ministers favors permissive prayer and Bible reading in public schools, with eight of eleven backing Dirksen's bill while two oppose and one undecided. Opinions range from support within individuals to opposition to church involvement and First Amendment concerns.
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Everett Dirksen
Illinois
James O. Bodley
Saint Johns Episcopal Church
Tam
R.A. Reinhardt
Saint Paul's Lutheran Church
George T. Marshall Jr
Memorial Drive
Church of Christ
Bill Camp
First Methodist Church of
Hartselle
Camp
Morgan County High School
Rudolph B. Wheat-ley
Austinville
Lebanon Church to Hold Revival in Speake Community
Lebanon Methodist Church in the Speake community will conduct its revival starting September 49 with Rev. Jack Graves of East End Methodist Church Decatur as guest minister. Music will be directed by Cecil Spence. Rev. Jesse Shackelford is the church minister.
Large baby motor skills linked to object handling
Testing of a large group of babies indicates that gross motor milestones like walking and pulling up do not predict intelligence. In contrast fine motor skills such as picking up small objects correlate with cognitive development and ability.
West Point Baptist Church Formation and 1964 65 Records
A quotation of a historical communication details the formation of the West Point Baptist Church in Morgan County on August 24, 1940, listing presbytery members, letters, and initial members. It traces pastors from J. R. Brown to Henry Tunstill and notes 1964 65 baptisms, membership 82, and church finances and leadership roles.
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J. W. Myers
I. W. Myers
W. Point Baptist Church
Morgan County
West Point
J. R. Brown
J. W. Wilson
E. R. Compton
Woodson Williams
Annie Irvin
Mavelline Haga
Ola West
Tom Stridger
Presbytery
J. R Brown
Clifford Haga
West Point Baptist Church
Morgan County Missionary Baptist Association
G. D. Wadsworth
Sto S Es Barre
Eidson
C. C. Marsh
E. A. Hill
C. W.— Baugher
John Morgan
Walter Brooks
Oliver Rutledge
Pastornin
Johnny Anderson
Blank
Association
Henry Tunstill
Graftson King
James Steven
David Mangum
Brumbelow Reunion Draws 60 Members Homecoming Across States
About 60 Brumbelow family members are due in Decatur for the ninth annual reunion led by Mrs. B M Brumbelow Earwood. They will gather at Delano Park for a 5 p.m. outdoor supper and visit the old home place on Danville Road with trips to Basham Cemetery and Buzzard's Point. Attendees include relatives from Tyler Memphis Birmingham Nashville Vicksburg and guests from San Antonio Shreveport and Michigan.
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Decatur
Brumbelow
B. M.brumbelow
Earwood
Vicksburg
Miss
Tyler
Texas
Memphis
Tenn
Danville Rd
Basham Chapel
Barwood
Joe
Threasha Brumbelow
Truman (Brumbelow) Bates
Birmingham
Delano Park
Decatur Boat Harbor
Holiday Innee
J. C. Brumbelow
Louie= Saxon
Ernest ‘Hamilton
Johnny Hamilton
Nashville, Tenn
Hollis Rose
San Antonio
Shreveport
Michigan
Television Log Highlights and Schedule Bits
A compact rundown of shows and times including Mark of the Gorilla and Popeye Fart with entries for Bugs Bunny Woody Woodpecker Sky King Milton the Monster and Studio Thirteen. Also listed are Baseball My Friend Flicka Daktari Wilburn Brothers Porter Wagoner Grand Ole Opry and The Man Behind the Gun with various time slots and network notes.
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Bugs Bunny
Woody
Woodpecker
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Monster
Flicka
Hoppity
Hooper
Bill Anderson
Daktari
Wilburn Brothers
Lloyd Thaxton
Arthur Smith
Studio
Dixie ‘ Gentleman
Southern Pioneers
Porter - Wagoner
Grand Ole Opry
Star Wrestling
News
Sportsman Report
Cunningham Returns to Central Methodist Church pulpit
Dr W J Cunningham minister of Central Methodist Church will return to the pulpit Sunday after a month away. He attended the World Methodist Conference in London as an official delegate and will give a Labor Day message titled On Holy Ground at 8 30 and 10 55 a m. Communion will be conducted Sunday evening with choral music in both services.
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W. J. Cunningham
Central Methodist Church
Cunningham
World Methodist Conference
London
Holy Ground
Family Dinners Start at First Christian Church
The First Christian Church of Decatur opens its monthly family dinners in September with the first gathering at 6 p.m. on September 15. Families bring meat and vegetables for their own consumption. bread, dessert, and drinks are provided.
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First Christian Church of
Decatur
Morgan County youth rally relocates to First Baptist Church
The September meeting of the Morgan County youth rally will be held tonight at 7 at First Baptist Church Hartselle. It was moved from West Hartselle Baptist Church.
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Hartselle
Morgan County
First Baptist Church
West Hartselle Baptist Church
Decatur Man Hired as Hartselle Policeman
Hart selle announces Donald H Hogan 33 of Decatur joined the Hartselle Police Department as a second shift patrolman. He previously worked at Davis Construction Co and has four years on the force locally plus two with Morgan County Sheriff's Office. Mayor John Reynolds announced he began duties Aug 28.
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Decatur
iHartselle
Donald H. Hogan
Davis Construction Co
John Reynolds
Hogan
Morgan, County
Reynolds
Mt Hope Baptists To Hear Haylock
Mt Hope Baptist Church announces guest speaker Rev Arthur Haylock Southern Baptist missionary to Honduras will address Sunday morning service. He served five years in Honduras from 1961 to 1966 is a Southwestern Seminary graduate and is married to Martha Higdon of Decatur. The Higdons and their four children reside in Decatur on furlough.
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Southern Baptist
Honduras
Mt. Hope ‘Baptist
Clifford. Mitchell
Mr. Haylock
Southwestern Seminary
Fort Worth
Texas
Martha Higdon
Decatur
Higdons
Morgan County Schools Report Enrollment At 9698
Morgan County Schools enrolled 9698 students as announced by assistant superintendent George Nancar on Friday. He noted last year’s first day total of 9480 and projected at least 150 more enrollments in the coming days, with West Morgan showing the largest increase at 1143.
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Morgan County
George Nancarrow
West-Morgan
Morgan County High
F. E. Burleson
Cedar Lake
Cotaco
Crestline
Danville
Eva
Falkville
Flint
Lacey’s Spring
Maskey
Morgan County Training School
Moulton Heights
Neal
Plain View
Priceville
Ryan
Summerville Ward
T. B. Sanatorium
Union Hill
Today in History highlights September 3, 1966
A retrospective note lists key events on this date: 1783 Paris Peace Treaty ends American Revolution. 1894 first Labor Day declared. 1919 Pershing receives general's rank. 1942 lend lease with France. 1943 Allied Italy invasion. 1944 Finns halt fighting with Russians. 1956 Eisenhower labor report. 1960 Soviet air rights to West Berlin. 1965 Shastri crisis remark.
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Paris
England
United States
John J. Pershing
France
Italy
Eisenhower
Labor Department
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Shastri
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