This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 26 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1963
Page
2
Tuesday forecast calls for fair warm conditions with a clear mild night. Tennessee River level Monday morning stood at 20.36 feet down 0.76 feet in 24 hours with sea level at 554.66 feet and TVA lakes Chickamauga 680.8 Pickwick 410.7 Guntersville 593.9 Whitesburg 555.7 Wilson 507.5.
Mrs de Prieto gave birth to five babies shortly after midnight Friday weighing 3 15.5 oz, 3 4.9 oz, 3 1.4 oz, 3 1.4 oz, and 4 3 oz. The father said he married her hours after the births. The quintuplets were expected in November and the mother reported no sickness or pain during the delivery.
A hospital roster lists admissions and dismissals including Lola Ann Taylor and Evelyn Gaither among admissions in Cullman and Hanceville, with several others in nearby towns. Notable names include Ellen Carry McCoy, Della Mae Burnham, Roberta Dye, Sarah Ellen Johnson, Judy Diane Freeman, Mirel Hester Brown, and Edward E. Johnson, among several in Vinemont, Bremen, and Logan.
A fragmented listing presents residents and addresses including Mrs Cathay Bryant on Church Street and Mrs William McLain on 1917 8th Street SE along with several others such as Mrs Maggie Wood 1601 Beech Street L C Sharp Somerville 1 and J A Jones Hartselle 4. The partial text hints at a directory page with names and street locations.
A jumble of infant and family notices lists newborns and parents in Athens Decatur Ardmore Trinity Danville and Courtland with names and addresses including Baby William Thornton Baby Gordon Guthrie Baby Tinna Kirby Baby Panula and Paul Seibert Baby Vennida B Dyar among others. Also named are Mrs Willis Shelton Mrs Bobby Fuller Mrs Ronald Cannon and Mr John Wilker Jr with various street addresses in the region.
Mrs. Dovie Ann Hill 80 died Saturday night at Colonial Rest Home. Services Tuesday 2 p.m. at Caddo Church with Rev. Ernest Shelton and Rev. Sessions officiating. Burial Milligan Cemetery Gunthorp Funeral Home directing. Survivors include six sons and four daughters with numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Body at Lonnie Hill residence Sulphur Springs ready for church lie in state 1 to 2 p.m.
Robert Devern Schrimsher 52 died at his residence at 1 a m. Services Tuesday at 11 a m in McConnell Funeral Home chapel officiated by Rev A J Rollings and Byron Davis. Survivors include widow Rebecca and three daughters plus one grandchild, two brothers, five sisters, and pallbearers from Athens Lumber Company.
Mrs Emmie Moore Mason age 75 of 609 Oak Street NE died last night about 7:30. Survived by two daughters Mrs Reid Sherard of Decatur and Mrs Robert Natkin of Mount Pleasant Texas, a son Jack Mason of Mobile, two sisters Mrs Eula Everbart of South Carolina and Mrs Sarah Miller of Fort Lauderdale Florida. The body remains at Gunthorp Funeral Home until 9:30 Tuesday when taken to First Methodist Church to lie in state until 10:30 for services conducted by Rev Ford McDonald. Burial in Decatur Cemetery with Gunthorp directing. Pallbearers Sam Malone Jr Reeder Banks Noble E Russell Frank Stone Leo Wright Paul Robinson.
The Ninety Nines completed a five year project to promote the Amelia Earhart commemorative eight cent air mail stamp, which went on sale July 25. They funded projects by saving 3,000,000 S and H green stamps in a year and presented Piper Colt to Capt Kyung O Kim of the Korean Air Force. Capt Kim will use the plane to teach Korean women to fly. The Alabama chapter, formed in 1952, includes twenty lady flyers with diverse professions and plans annual money making events and small air shows featuring stunt flyers and parachutists.
Johnny Sapp aged 42 of 77 Oak Street River Rough Michigan died Saturday. Services will be today at 2 30 p m from Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with Rev J B Head officiating. Burial in Johnson Chapel. Survived by wife Mary Ann, three sons Jimmy Huey Kenney, one daughter Debbie, parents Floyd and Mrs Sapp, sister Virgie Mae Leng, brother Alvis Sapp, five step brothers and two step sisters. Residence of his parents on Old Moulton Road.
Mrs. Henry Layton 66 of Danville 3 died Sunday at 10 15 p m at her home. Services set for 2 p m tomorrow at Shady Grove Baptist Church with Huey Turner and Rev McElain officiating. Burial in Johnson Chapel Cemetery Peck directing. Survivors include widower Henry Layton a son James Benford Layton a mother Mrs Charley McNutt five sisters and three brothers and three grandchildren. Body to residence at 2 p m today and to remain until services.
Willey Clyde Cristy of Stuttgart Arkansas died September 6 at 2 30 p m when a tractor he was operating turned over. Services will be held today at 2 30 p m from the Flower Hill church ceremony details to follow.
Alabama Flour Mills Decatur plans to assume full operation of Sweet Sue Poultry Co by Sept 14. Claude Carter says management changes are not immediate, and purchase from James E Beasley Jr was announced Aug 28 for a sum described as over one million dollars. Dalton Georgia plant is the other Sweet Sue unit.
A 20 year old Decatur man Paul M Cowart Jr was shot to death Sunday in a Bluefield West Virginia restaurant Police charged 65 year old Walther D Mills a retired Princeton businessman with murder He was freed on a 10000 bond pending a preliminary hearing Mills said they reached for me and I stopped him Relatives plan to have Cowboys body shipped back for services Funeral services are to be announced later
The Kennedy nuptials began at 11 a.m. with crowds gathering hours early to glimpse arrivals. Jacqueline Kennedy entered by a back door escorted by Hugh D. Auchincloss while John V. Bouvier III was ill. The ceremony at Hammersmith Farm included a blessing from Pope Pius XII and was led by Richard Cardinal Cushing with Robert Kennedy as best man.
Baptists church service led by Rev. T G Reding. Burial at Clardy Cemetery directed by Elliott Brown. Survived by widow Nadine Cristy, four daughters Linda Mary Ann Martha Deby, two sons Lester Billy all of Stuttgart, sister Anne A Shelton Trinity 1, brothers John and Fred Cristy of Moulton, and numerous relatives. Native of Lawrence County and manager of John Brigg Plantation near Stuttgart.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Sawyers of Decatur died today at their home. Services will be announced later by Gunthorp Funeral Home.
Lingo and Dolan confront Negro desegregation delegation at Birmingham and Tuskegee as Wallace defies a federal court order. Troops guard West End and Tuskegee sites while lawyers and ministers accompany the boys seeking entry. Federal actions loom amid renewed violence and political standoff.
In Huntsville Alabama 6 year old Lonnie Hereford IV entered Fifth Avenue Elementary as the first Negro student in a white class. John Henry Brewton followed at East Clinton Elementary. A third student Veronica Pearson, 13, also entered a white class amid mixed reactions from white parents and police.
Gronouski, a Madison Wisconsin resident, is appointed president research director for the tax department. He holds a PhD in taxation and public finance and has taught at the University of Maine and Wayne University Detroit. He was born October 26 1919 in Dunbar Wisconsin and grew up in Oshkosh.
Grain prices listing corn soybeans oats and milo with No 2 yellow corn at 1.30 and No 2 milling wheat at 1.70. Cattle slaughter active with steers 23.50 to 26.00, cows 12.50 to 14.00, bulls 17.00 to 17.50, calves 26.00 to 29.00. Hogs steady to 25 lower, 195 to 260 pounds 15.75 to 16.00.
The New York stock market closed irregularly lower after a late rail setback. Steels led early gains with U S Steel up a full point, while rail losses deepened toward the close. Volume neared 5.2 million, vs 7.2 million Friday, with many leaders posting fractional or modest moves.
Cattle numbers around 2 600 with steady to weak demand. Slaughter classes active. steers and heifers steady while cows soft by about 25, bulls weak. 850-900 lb steers 23.50, utility cows 12.50-14.00, feeders 23.50-26.00 for 350-600 lb steers, 20.50-22.50 for 300-550 lb heifers, vealers 26.00-29.00. Hogs 1 100 head fairly active, steady to 25.
Death notices announce funeral services for Mrs Sally Ruth Bassham Hayes of 1401 Moulton Street East. Services are set for 3 p.m. Tuesday September 10 at Raymond Chapel Anne Church with Rev K B Snodgrass officiating. Burial follows at Sykes Cemetery with Reynolds Funeral Home directing. She lies in state at the church from 1 p.m. until the funeral. Survivors include daughter Mrs Bessie H McKinney grandson Stanley Ian McKinney brother William Bassham three sisters Mrs Date Dawson and Idelia and Leramae Dawson a sister in law Mrs Carrie Bassham of Decatur and other relatives.
Sunday resident Henry Berryman reported a blue and white 1952 Buick stolen with plate 52 16119. A Saturday wreck at 4th Ave and 8th St SE involved a 1962 Corvair driven by George Reidmueller and a 1957 Chevrolet driven by Melvin Huskey, who was charged with driving while intoxicated.
Hog receipts 3,400 at Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville Ga Dothan Ala Jacksonville Fla steady to 25 lower Mostly steady U S 1 2 barrows and gilts 190 230 lbs 16 50 17 00 1 3 180 240 16 0 16 50 2 3 240 270 and 1 2 160 180 unevenly 15 25 16 50 1 3 sows 11 25 13 50
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.