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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1963
Page
10
A column lists weekend services at First Baptist Union Grove P B David's Temple P E and others. It notes Sunday School times deacons supervisors and special programs including Vacation Bible School registration and July dates. Various pastors Rev. H J Lancaster Rev B S Stone Rev W E Owes Rev Ray Jares and others are named with service details.
Milene Owens leads Morning Worship at 11 30 with devotional by officers and music by the Senior Choir. The pastor and members join St Stephens P B at 3. Regular conference Saturday at 7 30. Mastin anniversary week opens with St John and Garner Memorial in charge and choir music. First Baptist and Kings Memorial host tonight at 7 30 with church choirs. West Side Baptist lists services including Holy Communion. Jones Chapel Methodist announces Sunday School 9 45 and 11 oclock sermon by Jerry Southward. MYF rehearsal follows.
Officials of Hillsboro First Baptist Church and Sunday School invite the public to worship each Sunday. Sunday School convenes at 10 a.m. with Brother Ananias Crosby as superintendent. Morning worship is held at 11.
The Home Demonstration Club gathered at Mrs. Marjorie Collier's home with President Mrs. Jessie Mason presiding. Fannie Kirby led the devotion and sang Abide With Me. pledge recited. Petty absent so Bulah Cosby gave a sea foods demonstration. Horton's treasurer report noted a donation to a sick local patient. seven members attended. Catherine Kirk to host in July.
Miss Kay Fairel Fitzgerald wed Herman D. Hughes at First Baptist Church Decatur with Rev. H J Lancaster officiating. Bridal attire featured white chantilly lace and pink organza, with a bouquet of white orchids and ribbons. Attendants included Mrs Jeanette Crayton as matron of honor and several bridesmaids in pink silk chiffon.
In Chicago a parade led by Mayor Daley draws up to 100000 people for the NAACP national convention as field secretaries insist desegregation must proceed despite violence. In Raleigh Governor Sanford pledges merit based state hiring ending discrimination. In Knoxville about 50 eateries commit to desegregate immediately, joining May decisions by hotels and motels to admit nonracial patrons.
New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller reportedly plans to appoint a Black person to his cabinet, likely as secretary of state. In Brooklyn, New York, demonstrators plan to stage a lie in at a public venue as part of ongoing civil rights protests.
Darline and Paula Frances Langford served as flower girls in white nylon over taffeta while the couple's attendants included Jervis Stewart Fitzgerald and Daniel Littlefield. Dr. William A. Pleasant of Tuskegee was best man, with ushers from Decatur Tuscaloosa and Eutan. The bride wore a white sharkskin suit for the wedding trip to St. Petersburg and Nashville.
Militant rank and file members of the National Education Association with one
Nine sit in demonstrators leave the office of Gov. J Millard Tawes and announce plans to picket his home. They seek the governor's signature on an executive order affecting state licensed businesses and access for a Negro pupil to a high school outside his district.
Newark Board of Education orders a temporary stop on construction at a school pending an investigation into job discrimination complaints. The site was the scene of a fist swinging clash as workers attempted to break a line of pickets yesterday.
About 40 Harlem youths armed with knives chains and bats took over Thompson Park on the lower west side prompting police to move in. Four Black youths expelled by white peers the day earlier are noted as part of the day’s clashes. About a score of youths were arrested.
The association plans a Friday vote on a policy urging consultive committees to lift racial restrictions in Southern affiliates. Eleven states including Alabama and Texas face separate white and Negro organizations, with some laws resisting integration. Utah teachers demand more state aid before returning to classrooms.
Police jail 123 African Americans including 56 juveniles in first mass arrests of antisegregation demonstrators. Officers blocked traffic at the intersection of protests while noting previous crowds obeyed pedestrian train signals.
In Savannah Georgia six African American men were fined a total of 3700 dollars for violating the state antitrespass law during recent demonstrations. Negro leaders announce resumption of demonstrations tonight.
Danville tobacco and textile leaders receive pledge of outside support from Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, national secretary of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
AALBORG Denmark Ralph J Bunche United Nations undersecretary says the Negro struggle for equality in America is in its final phase and victory will soon be completely won.
The article estimates Haiti's population at roughly 4.3 million, noting a mix of Negro and mulatto communities. It analyzes demographic composition and potential social implications within the republic.
Mobile Alabama AP reports commissioner George E McNally asked city attorneys for a legal opinion on removing mayor Charles E Trimmier. The move follows Trimmier ignoring motions by McNally and Joseph N Langan while presiding at a Tuesday commission meeting in a largely honorary post rotated among the three commissioners.
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