Death Notice for John Bea Mayfield 88
John Bea Mayfield 88 of 1811 ress St SE died Thursday at 5 45 pm at home Survivors include widow Ida Mayfield one son John R Mayfield three daughters Anne West Jean Riley and Betty Riley eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Services Sunday at 2 30 pm Beech St Church of Christ with James Ray Travis Conner and O D Morrow officiating Burial Pisgah Cemetery Flint City Pallbearers will be core of the Beech St Church o Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bea Mayfield
Ress St. SE
Beech St. Church of Christ
James Ray
Travis Conner
O. D. Morrow
Pisgah
Flint City
Ida Mayfield
Decatur
John R. Mayfield
Homestead
Fla
Anne West
Jean Riley
Defiance
Ohio
Betty Riley
West Palm Beach
Beech St. Church O Christ
Race Against Blindness A Lions Eye Bank Effort
The Eye Bank Network, conceived by Dr. Alson Braley and Ted Hunter at the State University of Town, with Lions Clubs and ham radio volunteers, has saved sight nationwide. Since December 20, 1962, 380 donated eyes have reached many states and overseas destinations. a Iowa City patient received rapid cornea transfer from donor eyes via a Chicago to Cedar Rapids route.
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Saturday Evening Post
Alson Braley
Ted Hunter
State University of Town
Corporation of Lions Clubs
Eye - Bank
Las Peru
Guatemala
Hong Kong
Canada
Iowa City
Braley
Ruth Fisher
Indianapolis
Eastern Air Lines
Chicago
Lloyd Whitlow
U. A. Lines
Cedar Rapids
Lions Club
Decatur Area Weather and Sky Conditions Today
Decatur and Vicinity forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and continued warmth. Winds light and southerly. High around 92, low near 68 tonight. Sunrise 5 25 a m. Moon and planet rise times noted for tonight.
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Decatur and Vicinity
Youth Struck on Bicycle on Highway 20
Teenager Win Mahathy treated at Decatur General Hospital last night after an apparent vehicle strike while riding a bicycle on Highway 20. Details were not available.
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Win- Mahathy
Decatur Genet Hospital
Tennessee pair held on federal car theft charges in Florida
Two Tennessee convicts who escaped from a Pulaski road work are jailed in Florida on federal counts of transporting a stolen car from Columbia to Defuniak Springs. The FBI says they overpowered a guard and fled in a truck before being captured in Defuniak Springs. The suspects are Layne M. Tilley 19 of Stokesdale North Carolina and R. Donegan 22 of Whiteville Tennessee.
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Pensacola
Fla
Tennessee
Pulaski
Tenn
Columbia
Defuniak Springs
Layne M. Tilley
Stokesdale
N.C
R. Donegan
White , Tenn
FBI
Defu
Southern Airways Sets Freight and Boarding Records at Pryor Field
Southern Airways reports a freight record of 47,206 pounds loaded at Pryor Field in August, surpassing 47,135 pounds set last August. Passenger boardings rose to 65,712 internationally and 62,500 total, with August gains of 29 percent over last year and Pryor Field year-to-date up 50 percent.
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Southern Airways
Decatur
George Riedmueller
Pryor Field
Southern
Atlanta
Frank Hulse
Riedmueller
Riedmoeller
Trans World Airlines-Southern
Speeding in school zone suspect held on bond
A pair involved in a speeding in a school zone incident were found in a stolen car. Both suspects are in custody in lieu of a $3,000 bond each.
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Nink Springs
FSI
Police log: multiple Friday traffic crashes in city
Friday incidents report three auto wrecks. An 18 year old Alva Blair of 208 6th Ave NW and a 25 year old Richard Cohen of Nashville collided on 6th Ave SE. Blair charged with reckless driving and no license, owner Barny Burns charged with improper plate. No injuries.
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Alva Blair
6Th Ave. NW
Richard Cohen
Nashville
6Th Ave
Blair
Barney Burns
Mrs Grady Berrett rites set at North Athens Church
Mrs Grady Berrett 76 of 317 Thomas St died Friday at Limestone Hospital Athens. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. today at North Athens Church of Christ with Burl Grubb and E B Kuykendall officiating. Burial in city cemetery directed by McConnell. She leaves four sons Leon Berrett of Birmingham and Bill Jack and Pete Berrett all of Athens, ten grandchildren and one great grandchild, three sisters Mrs Arty Rogers Athens Mrs Sallie Rucker and Mrs Mattie Miller, both from Athens.
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Athens
Grady Berrett
Thomas St
Limestone Hospital
North Athens Church
Desegregation Efforts Elsewhere Highlight Mississippi Schools
Meridian and Canton faced entrance attempts by Black students as desegregation spreads unevenly. Catholic parochial schools in Gulfport admitted two Black first graders, the first such move under Bishop Gerow. Biloxi and Jackson report Black first graders in formerly all white schools. In Carthage and Clarksdale, small steps and orders surface amid tensions. police monitored Meridian as two white men were cleared from Witherspoon Elementary. Ben Chaney, related to the Philadelphia killings, attempted registration as others faced written refusals at schools.
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Canton
Madison County
Meridian
Gulfport
R. 0. Gerow
Biloxi
Carthage
Leake County
Jackson
Clarksdale
Wither‘spoon
COFO
Highland School
Ben Chaney
James
Philadelphia
Neshoba County
Wide Yet Advanced US Satellite OGO Is Unusually Shaped
The United States launched the large Howitzer shaped Wide satellite OGO with a 59 foot length and 20 foot wingspan. It features many appendages and 20 experiments from seven government labs and nine universities to study cosmic rays ultraviolet radiation Earth magnetosphere and interplanetary space. Also notes a bird fact about samide VIFas consuming half their body weight daily.
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United States
OGO
Earth
Turner Fay Turner obituary from Moulton
Hershel L Turner Fay Turner 40 Kalamazoo Michigan died Thursday at 2 20 pm Funeral services Sunday at 3 30 pm from Liberty Baptist Church with Rev John I Hagood officiating Burial in adjoining cemetery Elliott directing Survivors include parents Mr and Mrs Kumpy Brackin Moulton two sisters Miss Marie Turner Moulton one brother Allen Turner Plainville Michigan two step sisters Mrs Hilda Bells Westover Massachusetts and Mrs Thelma Curran California one step brother Robert Brackin Birmingham Active pallbearers Leo Turner Edward Turner Milford Bass Clayton and Jack Martin J E Turner Body arrives today at 2 30 pm in Decatur and will be taken to the home of Mr and Mrs Kumpy Brackin He was a native of Lawrence County moved to Michigan in 1947 and was a World War II veteran.
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Hershel L. Turner Moulton
Hershel L
Fay) Turner
Kalamazoo
Liberty Aptist
John I. Hagood
Elliott Dirting
Kumpy Brackin
Moulton
Marie Turner
Allen Turner
Plainville
Mich
Hilda Bells
Westover
Mass
Thelma Curran
California
Robert Brackin
Birmingham
Leo Turner
Edward Turner
Milford Bass
Clayton
Jack Martin
J. E. Turner
Decatur
Lawrence County
Michigan
Hill Held Doing Well After Prostate Surgery
Alabama Senator Lister Hill, 69, resting comfortably at University Hospital Birmingham after a successful prostate operation. Hill had traveled from Washington for the procedure, with funds under the Hill Burton Act aiding construction at the hospital and medical center complex.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Lister Hill
University Hospital
Sen. Hill
Hill
Washington
Promotion For C strand Man Is Revealed
Chris A. Witcher Jr of Pensacola Florida has been promoted to supervisor of polymer and spinning in Chemstrand polyester facility under construction. Witcher joined Chemstrand in 1953 as analytical chemist later becoming senior biochemist in intermediates group at the Pensacola plant. He holds a BS in chemistry and biology and an MS in public health from Florida State University. He is a member of ACS Florida Academy of Sciences Federation of Pollution Control Associations and Florida Public Health Association. Witcher his wife Carolyn and three children will move to Decatur later.
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Chris A. Witcher, Jr
Pensacola
Fla
Chemstrand
Cole Downing
Witcher
Florida State University
American Chemical Society
Florida Academy of Sciences
Federation of Pollution Control Association
The
Florida Public Health Association
Carolyn
Decatur
Today in History highlights key events across years
The note traces notable anniversaries on September 5 from 1774 opening the Continental Congress in Philadelphia to treaty and political milestones. It lists past years including Roosevelt’s Nobel prize, Eisenhower at Culzean Castle, and U S travel restrictions to South Vietnam, with local Morgan County health and building milestones in earlier decades.
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Associated Press
Georgia
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
United States of America
Patrick Henry
Portsmouth
Theodore Roosevelt
Tunis
Tunisia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Culzean Castle
Firth of Clyde
Scotland
United States
South Iiet
Nam
Bonn talks invite stirs domestic political heat
Bonn faced political strain after Chancellor Erhard invited Soviet Premier Khrushchev for talks. Mount Sterling fire hits the Negro district for the third time since integration became a central issue. Three Warren Commission members travel to Dallas to question Marina Oswald about the Kennedy assassination.
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Bonn
Germany
Ludwig Erhard
Khrushchev
Mount Sterling, Ky
Mount Sterling
Washington
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Tex
Marina Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy Aide says Johnson hits cabinet unchanged if elected
President Johnson plans no cabinet changes if re elected, an informed source said. Nixon registers to vote in New York and pledges 12 hour a day campaigning for the Republican ticket and Keating, calling both underdogs. A four engine Viscount airliner with 39 aboard crashes on a mountain peak near Nova Friburgo, Brazil. no survivors indicated.
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Washington
Johnson
Atty.n
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Richard M. Nixon
Kenneth B. Keating
RIO DE Janeirq
Nova Friburgo
Rio de Janeiro
Symington Questions Goldwater Draft End Proposal
Senator Stuart Symington sharply challenged Barry Goldwater's plan to end the military draft. Symington, a former Air Force secretary, said manpower policies are complex and raise questions more than they provide answers.
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Washington
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Barry Goldwater
Symington
Air Force
Khru shchev Attacks China Over Western Alliances
Soviet Premier Khru shchev assailed Chinese Communists accusing Peking of aiding the most reactionary American military clique and revenge-seeking forces in West Germany during a Paris meeting on Friday.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Khrushchev
Peking
West Germany
Taylor to Review Viet Nam Situation in Washington
Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor will return to Washington early next week to consult with top U.S. policymakers on the Viet Nam situation. Officials said Friday night.
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Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
U.S
White jury acquits in Lemuel Penn slaying case
In Danielsville Georgia a white jury acquitted defendants Joseph Howard Sims and Cecil William Myers of murder in the highway death of Lemuel Penn a Washington D C educator. Jurors had begun deliberations Friday after two white men were charged in the crime. The verdict prompted a brief reaction from the defendants' families as court clerk read the decision.
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Danielsville
Lemuel Penn
Washington, D. C
Washington
Joseph Howard Sims
Cecil William Myers
Chime Attendant Killed Repairing Church Chimes
An electrician, John Studstill of Marietta Georgia, was electrocuted while repairing church chimes at the First Methodist Church Brewton Alabama. Police Chief H Glenn Holt called it an accidental death. Studstill, 39, married with two children, worked for Norton Chime Co in Atlanta.
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Brewton
Ala
H. Glenn Holt
John Studstill
Marietta
Ed Hester
Studstill
Holt
Norton Chime Co
Atlanta
Hospital Admissions and Dismissals Listed in Local Notices
The list records admitted patients including Joseph Price Goode 225 4b Ave NW William Perry Freeman Jr James Billy Chenault Hart selle Mrs James Billy Chenault Billy W Tyler Athens Mrs Helen Morgan Tuscum Mrs Achin B Buttgereit 504 Somerville Rd Master Roger Dean Byrd 1523 Sherman St and others Dismissals include James Edward Landers 1514 6th Ave SE Master Frederick Papenburg Jr 1408 14th Ave SE Rufus E Stanton 2407 Pandayne Mrs Elma Lou Carthers 1714 Locust St Mrs Charles Hulsey 1801 Locust St Mrs Robert D Keenum and infant son 304 Beard St SW.
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Joseph Price Goode
Ave
William Perry Freeman, Jr
Gadsden
James Billy Chenault
Hartselle
Billy W. Tyler
Athens
Helen Morgan
Tuscum
William F. Grisson
Achin B. Buttgereit
Somerville Rd
Roger Dean Byrd
Sherman St
D. W. Hamilton
Moulton
Wayne McKenzie
6Th St
James Edward Landers
6Th Ave
Frederick Papenburg,Jr
14Th Ave
Rufus E. Stanton
Pennyane
Elma Lou Carthers
Locust St
Charles Hulsey
Robert D. Keenum
Beard St
Madison trio leads 3 Master Joel Rice team victory
Frank Harvey of Madison teams with 3 Master Joel Rice and 4 Miss Kathy Russell of Horns Trailer Court in a local event. The trio across Hartselle faced off in a cooperative effort.
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Frank Harvey
Madison
Joel Rice
Hartselle
Kathy Russell
Horns Trailer Court
Composer Teodor Reuter's ashes buried in Riga honors
Moscow reports Latvian composer conductor Teodor Reuter who died in 1956 had his ashes brought from Sweden and buried with honors in Riga Tass says he sought asylum in Sweden after World War II for political reasons Latvia the Baltic state absorbed by the Soviet Union in 1940.
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Moscow
Teodor Reuter
Sweden
Riga
Tass
Lativa
Baltic States
iSoviet Union
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