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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1972
Page
5
Fay e Brewing ton announces volunteers are being recruited for the Volunteer Bureau of Morgan County. Roles include recreational aides clerical help drivers and friendly readers. Call 355-8628 weekdays 9 am to noon for details.
Revival services at Moulton Heights Baptist Church start Sunday with Old Fashioned Sunday and Dinner on the Grounds. Rev. Bobby Grubbs of Chattanooga will preach in overalls and 82 year old guest singer Robert L. Cooper of Aberdeen, Miss. will perform. Services run daily at 7 p.m. through Oct. 27.
The city known for jazz and Mardi Gras welcomed Operation Double Barrel a cleanup and glass recycling drive. Residents contributed 57000 pounds of used glass to fund improvements at the Audubon Zoo.
Bishop Joseph G. Vath of Birmingham paid his first official visit to the Decatur District this week. He spoke at the District Interpretation Meeting at Central United Methodist Church. Shown with local leaders at the District Diocesan Council conference are Dr. Laurence Dill and Mrs. John D. Parks at the Holiday Inn.
Decatur native Rev. Jack Freeman will lead revival services at Hillsboro Baptist Church from Sunday through Oct 29 with daily 7 p.m. services and a 6:30 p.m. Soul Winning Class. The event includes a recycling nursery and Audubon Park Improvement Fund support, hosted by Rev. Billy Schrimsher.
Thailand will display 98 ancient art pieces in a North American tour. The works will be air freighted to the United States for a fall exhibition coordinated by the Asia Association of America, opening in New York on October 5 and visiting Cleveland Indiana Montreal Seattle Dallas among other stops.
Huntsville The University of Alabama Huntsville releases its summer term honor roll. Local names include Patricia Anthony Gary M Springer Gertrude S Gant Wanda R McAbee Theresa Y Miller Michael Hardy Waldermoson Springs Sarah W Roberts Somerville William R Lanbert Trinity Charles E Black Larry Culber Randy C Johnson Michael F Miller Sue L Mitchell Diane W Slaton James Williamson Decatur.
The article states about 90 percent of Haitians are Black, with the remaining 10 percent mixed race or of Black and white ancestry. It notes Haitian descent mainly from Black slave populations brought by the French in the 1600s and 1700s.
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