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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1964
Page
6
A man declares a bee in his ear after shouting to his wife to pump water into the car at a barn lot. The pair drive along, he suddenly stops, and she follows orders to keep him calm. The episode ends with the claim of a bee in his ear and a puzzled wife.
Married with three children, served at First Presbyterian Church. Former school teacher and business manager at Northwest Mississippi Jr. College in Senatobia Mississippi. Also worked as Administrative Assistant for the Kentucky Tuberculosis Hospital Commission and as Assistant General Office Manager at Chemstrand Co. Currently a supervisor in Personnel and Services at Chemstrand Corp cafeteria.
The record enumerates service by a community leader: past president of the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce and Morgan County Red Cross board member, with prior roles as state vice president of the Alabama Junior Chamber, Decatur Chamber director, and Sunday School teacher, plus National Library Week chair.
Past officeholders at Decatur youth groups outline proposals to grow the community. Former vice-president, treasurer, secretary roles referenced along with coaching and advisory positions across local organizations. Plans aim to advance building fund and long term development.
In the South Negroes push into offices once held by whites, with gains in Georgia and Virginia and nominations in North Carolina. Georgia’s Leroy Johnson cites reapportionment and voter registration as key factors, while leaders like Cephas Owens and Crawford stress cooperation and nonracial aims.
In a first person reminiscence a speaker recalls a bee incident in a doctor's office and the odd remedy of drowning the ear with water. He notes service stations and Drive-Inns as possible aid and invites readers to share more bee stories for Variety Views.
The $962.5 million poverty bill shaped by the Johnson administration heads to a House floor vote after three days of debate. Democratic leaders expect action Friday as Republicans oppose the measure and amendments aim to align it with a Senate version cutting rural grants and shifting to loans and land programs.
Justices of the peace report eight Negro candidates contesting five city council seats in Tuskegee. The race gathers local political attention as residents consider shifts in city governance.
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