Delta Sigma Fraternity to donate gift to Flint hospital
The National Delta Sigma Fraternity will give one of three annual gifts of 100 dollars to the District I Tuberculosis Hospital at Flint. The donation was approved at the National Convention in Helena Arkansas on delegates from the Decatur Chapter. Randy Griezard said national president Sammy Elardo will present the check in Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Delta Sigma Fraternity
Flint
Helena
Ark
Decatur
Randy Griezard
Sammy Elardo
Bill Hudson
Terry Egwa
Steve Davis
Tommy Lee
Mike Rollins
Morgan County moves to acquire land for new Armory
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control plans to buy land at the fairgrounds Meadus Road for a National Guard Armory. Federal and state funding and approvals are needed, with construction not likely within a year. The 1930s WPA armory now houses the 142nd Signal Group and elements of the 279th Signal Battalion and 20th Special Forces Group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Karpf
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Fairgrounds
Meadus Rd
National Guard
Guy Roberts
State Products Mart Authority
A. J. Coleman
Morgan County
Coleman
State Products Mart
Morgan County Fairgrounds and Coliseum
Military Department
Montgomery
Rufus W. Shepherd
Board of Revenue and Control
Shepherd
Decatur
142Nd Signal Group
279Th Signal Battalion
20Th Special Forces Group
Airborne
Choctaw School Desegregation Case Seeks Zoning Plan
U.S. District Judge Virgil Pittman paused Choctaw County School Board desegregation efforts by delaying until Aug 19 a Justice Department push to replace the freedom of choice plan with zoning. Intervenors claim the plan fails to desegregate effectively while officials warn that abandoning it could hurt public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
USS
Virgil Pittman
U.S. Justice Department
Choctaw County
Thornton
Naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund
White
Kenneth Johnson
Justice Department
Pittman
Johnson
Woody Napper
Clyde McHaffey
Choctaw County School Board
East Choctaw High School
Alphonso Marsh
Shady Grove
George Moore
Montgomery
Macon County
Richard Rives
Frank M. Johnson Jr
H. H. Grooms
Decatur Chapter Royal Arch Masons Convocation Thursday
A regular convocation of Decatur Chapter No. 38 Royal Arch Masons is set for 7 30 p m Thursday. A concert of popular folk music led by Kent Kilbourne of Korea starts at 8 15 p m tonight in Delano Park. Youth at the First United Methodist Church sponsor the concert for all young people with participants Cliff Raymond of Cleveland Ohio and Pil Roughton of Tallahassee Florida.
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Decatur
Royal Arch Masons
Kent Kilbourne
Korea Tonight
Delano Park
First United Methodist Church
Cliff Raymond
Cleveland
Ohio
Pil Roughton
Tallahassee
Fla
Burglars Hit Offices in Decatur Building
Burglars broke into two offices in the First Federal Savings and Loan Building on Grant Street Tuesday night and at Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio on the second floor. about 12 dollars in total were reported missing. A glove compartment theft occurred in a car parked behind the Princess Theater and other break ins were noted at a National Life and Accident Insurance Co. office and Monark Sixty Six Sales & Service. no forced entry signs were found at the latter. Events include a ceramic arts guild meeting Friday at 7 30 pm, a car wash fundraiser Saturday at First National Branch Bank and a church event, with other notices of meetings for accounting professionals Monday.
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Federal Savings and Loan Association
Grant St
Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio
Marilyn McDonald
National Life and Accidenturance Co
Monark Sixty Six Sales & Service
Austinville Rd
GG. McInnish
Court Told Mobile White Students To Be In Danger
In Mobile Alabama a federal judge heard that white children in predominantly Negro schools face danger from hate whitey beliefs. Attorney Ralph Kannamer argued militant Negro leaders create unsafe conditions in Mobile County schools as the NAACP Legal Defense Fund backed a suit to end freedom of choice in favor of geographic attendance zones. Cross examining Dr Myron Lieberman cited Blount High School as a crime bastion and unsafe for white children.
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Robert Fortneberry
Choctaw County
Huntsville City
Johnson
Choctaw
NAACP
Frankie Fields
Mobile
Ala
Ralph Kannamer
U. S
Stokeley Carmichael
Rap Brown
Mobile County
Myron Lieberman
Rhode Island College
Naaca ‘Legal Defense’ and Education Fund
Kannamer
All Negro Blount High School
State Eyes Limestone CD Shelter Program
Limestone County Civil Defense sponsors a shelter program to find fall out shelter space for every resident. The plan, praised as a model for non metro Alabama, aims to map all shelter spaces and distribute county maps to households. Officials say 23 500 spaces exist, covering about half the population, with updates planned every two years.
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Athens
Limestone County
Lane Braley
A. N. McKinney
Alabama
Braley
Limestone Civil Defense
Ed Swanner
Limestone
J. Frank Handerson
CSP
Six Killed In State Accidents
Six people died in Alabama and nearby areas in separate Tuesday incidents. Drownings claimed Gary Christanson and Bob Lindenschmidt. An Army helicopter crash involved CWO Riley Wicher and Stephen McGrew with Lt. Bockius treated. Four year old Wendell Eskridge died by an electrical accident at home. Willie Giles, 13, was crushed when a tractor overturned on a Choctaw County farm.
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Associated Press
Alabama
CWO
Riley D. Wicher
Ozark
Stephen L. McGrew
Dallas
Tex
George W. Bockius Jr
Pennsburg
Martin Army Hospital
Fort Benning
Wendell D. Eskridge
Ralph W. Eskridge
Courtland
Willie Roy Giles
Gilbertown
Choctaw
Oak Park Church Plans Expansion and Education Building
Oak Park Baptist Church signs a 129400 contract with Ray Childs Construction to remodel the existing two story building and add a 13000 square foot educational wing to form an L shaped youth building. Completion aims for February 1969 and marks the church’s fifth anniversary.
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Ray Childs Construction Co
Rev
A. Ray Lee
Rev. Lee
Oak Park
Roy McAllister
Pruitt Stephenson
Hubert Puckett
McAllister
Walter Brand
David Austin
Courtland Boy Dies in Accidental Electrocution
A four year old boy Wendell Dewayne Eskridge of Courtland died after touching a 110 volt extension cord at his grandparents home in Hillsboro. The coroner ruled accidental electrocution. Funeral services set for Harmony Methodist Church with burial at Terry Cemetery.
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Hillsboro
Courtland
Wendell Dewayne Eskridge
Morgan County
John McBride
McBride
Ralph Eskridge
Decatur General Hospital
Ambulance Service Co
Decatur
Henry Eskridge
Eskridge
Lawrence County
Harvey Elliott
Harmony Methodist Church
Ernest Dillard
Terry Cemetery
Gunthorp Funeral Home
Wendell Eskridge
Debria Gail Lee
Emlyn Ralph Eskridge
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Fraternity
Schmidtke
German Shepherd Dog Club
Fred Schmidtke
John Osterlund
Jane Davis
Pat Moore
Karola Buyse
Ben Davis
Ronnie White
Jay Buyse
Virginia Bruce
Edwin White
Jimmy Coney
Danville
Modaus Rd
Ola Singleton
Decatur General
Louis Singleton
London Lee Terry
Hills“boto 2
New Armory
National Guard Armory
4Th Ave
Work Progress Administration
Oak Park Baptist Church
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
First Federal
Auto
Joan Wise
Eleanor Dr. SW
Princess Sheater
Arts Guild
Decatur Ceramic Arts Guild
Pet Hospitality Room
Eddie Peeples
James Peck
Austinville Methodist Church
First National Branch ‘Bank
6Th Ave
North Alabama
National Son of Accountants
Monay
Guest House
Holiday Inn East
Huntsville
State Eyes L’stone
Gary Christanson
Bob Lindenschmidt
Demopolis
Fort Rucker
UHIB
Ranger Department of the
Fort Benning, Ga
Oak Park Church
Faye Blair
19Th Ave
Morris Adams
Macon
James Chumley
Courtland Boy
Henry Eskridge Jr
Herche
Aaron Eskridge
Ronnie Eskr
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