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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 03, 1972

Page

3

Dolphin Debuts Thursday at Gateway for Ranch Benefit

A 350 pound eight foot dolphin named Splash will perform Thursday to Saturday at Gateway Shopping Center Parking Lot. Shows occur twice hourly from 3 p.m. with free admission and donations benefiting the North Alabama Sheriff's Boys' Ranch. Local ranch boys join the Thursday 4 p.m. show. Splash weighs 350 pounds and travels in a 24 foot diameter tank filled with 15,000 gallons of water, aided by a ton of salt for buoyancy.

Gateway Shopping Center North Alabama Splash Florida

Highest road climbs Mt Evans to 14264 feet near Denver

The highest auto road in the United States ascends to the summit of Mt Evans, a 14 264 foot peak about 40 miles west of Denver. It describes the route winding toward the top and notes its elevation as the nation’s highest for a motorized road.

Denver United States Mt. Evans Here

Calendar of events for Hillsboro area today

Family and friends of Rev. Clyde Jones meet at Monsanto Park at noon for a reunion with basket lunches. Sally Clark celebrates 91st birthday at Old Moulton Rd lodge hall with picnic lunch. Eubanks reunion at Sportsman’s Lake Cullman picnic area Tuesday. Mizpah Ch. 19 meets 7 30 p m at Masonic Temple with initiation for Eastern Stars. Parents Without Partners at St John’s Episcopal Parish House 7 30 p m with Rev Edwin Bolstrom speaker. Morgan-Lawrence Community Action Committee and Tri-County Health Service run a health clinic 1 4 p m at 226 S Sparkman St Jartselle Recreation Center. Free vaccines for ages 3 months to 17 years. Friendship Club at 10 30 a m at Manor with Rev Hobson Clark speaking. Cotillion Club at 7 30 p m City Hall. Decatur Business and Professional Women at 7 p m Shangri La Restaurant. South Central Bell Telephone Pioneers rummage sale at 7 a m at 2nd Ave and Moulton St SE.

Clyde Jones Hillsboro Monsanto Park Sally Clark Old Moulton Rd Parents Without Partners St. John’s Episcopal Church Parish House Edwin Bolstrom Westminister Presbyterian Church Morgan

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Pacific Ocean Mediterranean Dolphin the Happy Dolphin John Walls the Gateway North Alabama Sheriffs’ Boys’ Ranch Eubanks Sportsman’s Lake Cullman Masonic Temple The Friendship Club Man Manor Rev. Hobson Clark City Hall Decatur Business and Professional Women’s Club South Central Bell Telephone Pioneers 2Nd Ave Moulton St Our Savings and Loan Mort Grant St Decatur Athens So. Jefferson Sixth Avenue Sixth Ave Sears Decatur Daily Sears, Roebuck and CO
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