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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1964
Page
9
A newspaper asks readers to submit questions for a Britannica Junior Encyclopedia contest with winner Rhonda Livingston, 15, of Austin Texas. The poem comments on civilization and savagery, arguing that early humans show rudimentary civilization as they develop toward modern notions of civility.
A compact explainer traces human progress from early hunter gatherers through stages called Savagery and Barbarism to the invention of writing and the rise of government and morals. It notes fire making tools farming metals housing and eventual alphabetic writing as the driver of civilization. The piece dates the rise of civilization to about 3 000 or 6 000 years ago and frames history as a long steady march. It closes with a humor column and reader riddles.
Charles Evers brother of Medgar Evers spoke at a Mobile NAACP meeting urging Alabama to make voter registration its top goal. The reactivated NAACP in Alabama follows a Supreme Court ruling restoring the group. Evers noted civil rights workers face violence, and new branches were announced with about 1500 members. A separate note mentions boat trailer gross weight tags.
Armistead J. Selden Sr. longtime Greensboro planter and former Hale County School Board president died at his Greensboro home after a long illness. Funeral services for the 90 year old father of U.S. Rep. Armistead Selden were set for St Pauls Episcopal Church in Greensboro at 3 p.m. with burial in Greensboro Cemetery. Surviving daughters include Mrs. Todd Dale and Mrs. Reuben H. Wright.
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