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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-69) 7 c i Pehiich ‘hotite yesjerilay. chitch will be” sometime “in or the first time since the’ August, said “Joseph “E.:Par- ‘ish, chairman of the board of. ppt. 15 bothb blast that shat- : Féd part of the sanctuary ritrustees. Enough of the repair | ad Sunday’ School rooms and Work has been completed to.|* led four little girls, the con- Hold services in the church, Begation worshiped in their, from now on, he said. ‘* Bouilt church. “1 On Sept. 15, Parrish had Pearah Collins, whose sister, ‘stood at the hospital emer- Bai e"Mae, died in the blast, gee room unmindful of his eas arong the several hun. OWN head wound, to help still- ed who marched into the stunned menibers of the con- qurch- in quiet procession, 8tesation. 3 e Mt spent | He was with Mrs. : erally Hospital —-—_N' who had taught a lesson on ne fonght to save sane of love minutes before the blast, fer sight from the effects of Deacon B. H. Wilson Sr., and plintered glass. Mrs. Mamie H. Greer, Sunday Claude Wesley sang too. school superintendent. eside him was Shirley, who “We were happy to be go- heen taken into the home ing in,” said Parrish yester- 2 ee and Mrs. Wesley to fill day, “but it was the kind of pen there since ‘their tears. There was a sadness . Clevon | Fron hs at : Phillips, Sunday school teach- ote Cynthia Diane, wag in it even as we sang.” filled in the blast. ‘Her mother hus been kind tion yesterday, Wilson was in the congrega- as was Mrs. ough to let her live with us Greer and Mrs. Phillips. and we'll see about adoption,” said Wesley. Rev. Cross assembled the congregation yesterday in a "A deacon in the church. Wes- Tinewan— tee sidewalk outside. ley is principal of Lewis Ele- mentary Schowl. The church looks very dif- ren The wood paneling is uch lighter,” said Wesley. fit looked like a different, eee inside. ‘That helped me go back.” Mrs, Alvin Robertson. moth- er of Carol. whe iost her life at Sunday school last Septem- ber, was in the hospital and unable to attend. & Mr. and Mrs. Cliris McNair chave an illness in their fam- dy, too. *. Their only child. Denise, was killed in the explosion that ‘took the lives of Addie Mae, _ Carol, and Cynthia. They are ; expecting another child later ' this year. 1 sees the bomb blast,. mem- of Sixteenth Street Bap- tist Church have held Sunday services in L. R. Hall Audi- torium of A G. Gasten.Build- | Siowly worshipers filed 1 8 steps. and into the charch. Foret persons™wers—bep- tised earlier in the day, two for other churches and 12 as new members of Sixteenth ' Street Church. Sunday school services ‘for children were held in’ the busement where the tragedy eecurred. Two church work- ers, Miss Mabel Bibb and Mrs. Rosetta Young, were in the basement when the bomb ex- ploded. They were back at their desks yesterday. A white clergyman, Dr, H. O. Hester, secretary of the Department of Missions, Ala- bama Baptist State Conven- .tion, was guest speaker at the service. A Baptist Mission Center, now moved to larger quarters in Ensley, long gcc. th’ pied“qrarters Street Church. __{Mount Clipping In Space Below) 1 ae an: nit ~vatfon after: the ‘Blast, oe | At. another poing, be admo ished the congregation “not -to , STARR amley og planned the’ efurck te eae to | és “thet ‘e ay “a ew félerentes {0, ily a The Rev. ‘Cross ead .4 new Bible had been to the church. “This Bible,” he said, hae given us in recognition, of the. ‘tragedy that happened here,”; on: “Yook-back_ia “‘Tevengebilanie's, but with love in our hearts,’ More than $200, 00 has bee sent to the church from all. : parts of the world. Parrish. said some of the money was ° earmarked for survivors of the: children killed. Some has. been used to repair and re- model the church. And Some has been put into an educa-: tional scholarship fund to be- administered by a special church committee. setae A blind soloist, Miss Eleanor Smith of Atlanta, sang yester- day “His Eye Is on the Spar- row.” In this hymn, there is the line, “I sing because T am happy, I sing because I'm free.” ge ke “Veo pes” softly murs, mured the congregation. (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.} THE BIRMINGHAM NEW. THE BIRMINGHAM POST-—~HERALD BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 008-04 FYNAL Date: Edition: Author: Editor: E i 308 JAHES RAP MILLS Title: RH Character: or Clasaificatlon: BIRMINGHAM Submitting Office: {| Being Investigated SEARCHED : SERIALIZED. FILED So JUN 8 1964 B <= BIRMINGHAM