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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1963
Page
2
Complete weather and sky notes for Decatur on Thursday September 26. Sunset is 5 40 p m and sunrise 5 39 a m tomorrow. The Moon sets at 11 35 p m with a Harvest Moon full moon on Oct 2. Jupiter is near perihelion in October 1957 after a long orbital period.
The Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 18.64 feet, down 0.07 in 24 hours, sea level at 552.94 feet. TVA lake stages include Pickwick 411.2, Guntersville 593.6, Whitesburg 553.5, Wilson 506.2 feet. High today reached 76, low 56, with 72 degrees at 10 a.m. Forecast calls for sunny mild conditions with gusty winds, tonight clear and cool. Thursday partly cloudy and mild with east to southeast winds 8 to 18 mph, diminishing at night. Highs 78 today, 52 tonight, 79 Thursday.
Temperatures will run 4 to 6 degrees below normal with little daily change. Normal highs 80 to 85 and lows 58 to 66 across regions. Precipitation moderate to heavy mainly Sunday and Monday with occasional rain elsewhere. Average rainfall 2 to 1 inches.
Athens Limestone County Sheriff reports several arrests Tuesday including three for no driver’s license, one for public drunkenness, one for highway intoxication, one for running a red light, and one for throwing rubbish on a highway.
Bob Barcliff chair man of the Athens Limestone County Chamber of Commerce said stores in Athens will stay open all day on Wednesdays starting the first Wednesday in October and continuing through January 1.
Athens man Thornton Smith Jr sues Alabama and Tennessee officials for 150000, naming former Govs Patterson and Ellington, Limestone County officials, and Swanctt grocery owners in a civil rights suit alleging prolonged detention after a 1962 robbery arrest. Case notes indicate indictment and later nolle prosequi.
Mrs. Mary Merritt formerly of Hanceville dies in New Mexico. Funeral services are set for 2:30 p.m. at Bethlehem Church east of Hanceville with burial in the adjoining Moss Funeral Cemetery. Survivors include husband Tom three sons Bobby Joe Thomas and James five sisters and three brothers.
Albert W. Oaks age 85 of Cullman died Tuesday at Cullman Hospital. Funeral services will be held today at 2 p.m. from the Simcoe Baptist Church with Moss directing at the cemetery.
Henry Quick of Cullman Hanceville died Tuesday at 1 10 pm Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 pm at Bethlehem Church Hanceville Burial will be in Hopewell Cemetery Moss directing Survived by widow Exer Quick two sons J C and Herbert two brothers Rufus and Ruben Quick two sisters Mrs Ola Pitts and Mrs Reta Schemist and seven grandchildren
A bulleted list details patients and dismissals including Katrina McClesky 1527 Phillips Ave SW Jack B Wood 2217 Woodland St SE Nadine Adair Moulton 2 Donald Perry Somerville Ozell Sparks Danville John Darby 811 9th Ave SE M A Leopard 709 7th Robert Lee Bowen 818 4th St Vernon St Charles Gunthorp Stratford Rd SE Rayburn Smith 1408 Phillips Ave SE H L Goodlett 2014 8th
Admissions notices list multiple families and individuals with street addresses including Mrs Clarence Swann Master Randall Gray James Lynn Miss Sheryl Turner Miss Jennifer Bryant and others across Somerville Hartselle Decatur Valhermoso and Somerville routes. The document records names and homes in a community context.
Mr and Mrs Clifford Nelms of 1023 18th Ave SE welcomed a son yesterday at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. Mr and Mrs Robert B Lamar of Trinity welcomed a son yesterday at Decatur General Hospital.
Ardmore High School’s Miss Smith was chosen from four contestants as Limestone County’s 1963 kingpin beauty queen. Runner up Miss Anna Baker, 17, New Hope, represents Madison County. Contestants hailed from Fairview Cullman Hartsville and Morgan counties. Dentistry, livestock judging, and 4H results highlighted the county fair with 113 cattle entered under Morgan County Agent Joe Bob Stephenson.
In Kimberly Alabama two cars collide on Interstate 65 just north of town killing five people from the Warrior area. Billy Samuel King 18 and Don Wayne Ellis 19 of Route 1 Warrior were identified by the Jefferson County sheriff's office. King died at Carraway Methodist Hospital after being rushed from the scene. Witnesses said both cars burned after the crash and two victims suffered severe burns. Further details were not available.
Twelve entrants aged 15 to 17 competed for Miss Cullman County Fair with Miss Gail Gamble of Hanceville crowned queen. First runner up was Bonnie Ryan from Fairview and second runner up Jackie Mann from Cullman. Alice Kilgo won Miss Congeniality. the winner receives a $500 college scholarship.
The Hartselle City Council reviewed plans to improve numerous streets at an estimated cost of 53 857 67 dollars with funding from the city state and county. The council also hired Mabry Engineering Co for a downtown drainage survey and approved aluminum windows for Morgan County High School cafeteria.
Town admission to the Mark Dinning Show is fifty cents from 7 to 8 30 p m Thursday night focuses on Morgan countians and a Miss Morgan County pageant with three county winners competing for Miss Tennessee Valley Exposition. The fair showcases Johnny's United Show the World’s Largest Bull Big Sam weighs 3650 pounds and eats a bale of hay daily along with feed and water. Gates open at 5 p m with Kids Day Saturday 9 a m to 2 p m ride prices drop except live ponies. Weather is clear and cool with sweater needs. food stalls supported by Jayceettes Jaycees Falkville PTA and the midway.
Edith battered Martinique and St. Lucia with 80 mph winds and heavy rains. The San Juan Weather Bureau warned of a possible strike on Puerto Rico within 24 hours as a hurricane watch was issued. A tropical low near Mexico's Yucatan threatened to become the season's sixth tropical storm.
Cotton trades around 33.9 to 43 per ton with Grade A at 0.55 per hundred. Milk manufactured at 3.20 per hundred. Wood and corn prices show No. 2 Yellow Shelled Corn at 1.23. Cattle and hogs vary with calves 18.50 to 21.00, cows 12.75 to 14.00, hogs 25 higher at 15.25 to 15.75 for 195 to 250 lb barrows and gilts.
The New York market opened higher as blue chips led gains with strong office equipment and photography issues. Traders pulled profits later, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average at noon 748.49 up 2.53, the AP average at 282.7 up 1.2, while Xerox, Polaroid, and U S Smelting fell in the afternoon.
New York cotton futures opened with minor movement from the previous close. Prices for starting contracts show small gains for some months with most months near or at the prior levels.
In Birmingham brokered broilers and fryers traded up to half a cent above the mostly quoted level with delivered plant prices at 13 to 14 cents. Atlanta reports indicate supplies ample with farm quotations for broilers and fryers at 12 to 13 cents and hens described as heavy.
City recorder lists charges including reckless driving and public drunkenness with counts. building permits issued for five dwelling projects and a commercial electrical service. Police report two traffic incidents on US 31 and Vernon Street with injuries avoided. missing Athens resident Barbara McClyea and theft of carpenter tools noted in Brookhaven Street sweep.
Prices show mostly 1 cent lower. Offerings generally adequate with light type and unchanged heavy type at farms 15 to 17 cents. F.O.B. plants quoted 16 to 17 cents for heavy types and 8 cents for light types at plants TY.
In Nashville Tennessee cattle markets show steady to easy movement across categories. Slaughter steers and heifers and utility cows and bulls hold near previous levels while feeders gain on good to choice calves and lighter weight steers and heifers. Calves sell strong with dealers active and hogs show moderate prices for barrows and gilts with sows steady.
Washington AP report shows the consumer price index at 107.1, unchanged from July, with August prices offset by cheaper fruits and vegetables while transportation and recreation costs rose. The index is 1.5 percent higher than August 1962 due to food and housing. Take home pay for the average factory worker fell 67 cents weekly from seasonal employment declines.
US space chief James E Webb urged joint exploration with the Soviet Union to select a lunar landing site and base as a first step. He said Kennedy’s call for a cooperative moon venture does not change US policy despite questions about budget and timing.
Classified short notices with multiple ads. Pekingese puppies ARC registered contact 353 0905. Also offers Holland grown bulbs arrival, birth certificates, apartments for rent, chandeliers, owner listed house in 1019 7th Ave SW, and job ads for waitresses and cook at Cen-Del Decatur Shopping Center.
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