A look back to Sept. 22-29, 1961
Sept. 22, 1961 – Jim Stephenson, who resides with his family on Bethel Road, won the award for the best registered Holstein in the Morgan County dairy cattle show held here. Jim also won second place in the 4-H cattle-judging contest.
Sept. 22, 1961–Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lott, Hartselle 4, are the proud parents of a new baby boy born today at Decatur General Hospital.
Sept. 22, 1961 – The Decatur Red Raiders ran their winning streak to 3-0 by beating the MCHS Tigers 33-0 in a game played there tonight. There were nearly 5,000 spectators in the stands to watch the game. The local team now has a 1-2 record. In another game of interest, Falkville beat Rogersville 29-13.
Sept. 22, 1961 – Lillian Harvel, a resident of Hartselle 2, had the hubcaps taken off of her 1957 Ford by thieves while she was keeping a medical appointment at the Nungester Clinic in Decatur.
Sept. 22, 1961 – Passengers who board a Greyhound in Hartselle will notice a change in seating rules in the near future. The ICC in Washington today issued a rule barring segregation on buses engaged in interstate travel. This won’t affect a local bus line like Buddy Rodgers.
Sept. 23, 1961 – Today marked the beginning of fall. Temperatures remain warm, however, and there has been no frost. The high today was almost 90 degrees.
Sept. 23, 1961 – Numerous Hartselle Masons were in Decatur this afternoon for the district Masonic conference.
Sept. 23, 1961 – The Corsbie-Chestnut Street corner in Hartselle was the scene of a bad fire tonight that destroyed a mule barn and a fertilizer storage facility. Firemen from Decatur had to be called in to help Hartselle men in putting out the blaze. The razed buildings belonged to Franklin Stewart and Fred Bennett.
Sept. 24, 1961 – A Hartselle ex-con is now in the Morgan County jail following his arrest in connection with the recent robberies at several local businesses, including the Byford Sheet Metal Works, Dairy Queen, Yarbrough Radio-TV, and also Hartselle armory.
Sept. 25, 1961 – The Decatur B football team defeated MCHS tonight 13-0 in a game played on the Red Raiders’ home turf.
Sept. 25, 1961 – Morgan County government has succeeded in a dramatic way since Hartselle’s Guy Roberts took the leadership of it five years ago. One indication of this is that revenues have risen from about $367,000 to more than half a million.
Sept. 25, 1961 – The State of Alabama is being represented this year in a national 4-H tractor driving contest by Hal Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Lee, Hartselle 1. Hal was selected as overall winner following county, district, and state competition.
Sept. 26, 1961 – NASA’s spacemobile exhibit made a stop at MCHS today. The exhibit helps both teachers and students to understand the scientific principles involved in the peaceful use and exploration of space. While the spacemobile was on the MCHS campus, classes got to see models of launch vehicles, satellites and space probes.
Sept. 26, 1961 – The Morgan County board of voter registrars was in session at the courthouse today to add to the voter rolls those who meet Alabama’s stiff requirements, including payment of poll taxes and establishing two years of residence here.
Sept. 27, 1961 – Oral Sparkman, hospital administrator, and Walter Fedusenko, an anesthetist there, are representing Hartselle Hospital currently at national medical meetings in New Jersey. Sparkman is attending the American Academy of Medical Administrators convention and Fedusenko is participating in a continuing education program for anesthetists.
Sept. 28, 1961 – Governor John Patterson is now in Nashville for the annual meeting of the Southern Governors Conference. His fellow-governors helped him celebrate his 40th birthday.
Sept. 28, 1961 – The city council has passed a resolution authorizing Hartselle residents to construct fallout shelters adjacent to their homes without having to get a building permit.
