Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By richards on January 20, 2014

Published: Sunday, January 19, 2014 at 11:00 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, January 19, 2014 at 11:38 p.m.

Fire and an explosion heavily damaged Jeffrey Motor Co. on the main block of downtown Linden.

Northport city officials named H.C. Hulgan, a captain with the Tuscaloosa Fire Department, as fire chief for the city of Northport.

Firefighters at the No. 1 Station on Seventh Street in Tuscaloosa were moving to a new station on the same block, but fronting on Sixth Street at the intersection of 26th Avenue, leaving a building that was built in 1922 and going to one that was one of the most modern in the state.

The Tuscaloosa City Board of Education stood firm in its decision to delay construction of a new elementary school in the eastern section of the city despite protests from a 55-member delegation and a petition bearing more than 100 signatures. The board was waiting for the results of a study being conducted by the University of Alabama. The meeting, described as one of the wildest on record, was interrupted time and again by applause and laughter.

Victor Hugo Friedman, the only active charter member of the Tuscaloosa Rotary Club, was honored as the club observed Hugo Friedman Day. Friedman joined the club when it was organized in 1916 and served as its president in 1920.

Tuscaloosa Fire Chief Pete Mathews announced that the city won first place in Alabama for its fire prevention activities in 1963; it was the 22nd time in 25 years that Tuscaloosa captured the first-place honors.

Dr. Jack Davis had the winning bloom in the Second West Alabama Camellia Show with his variegated Tomorrow, nearing 10 inches in diameter and perfect in all details.

Alabama football coach Paul W. Bear Bryant denied published rumors that he planned to retire at the end of either the 1964 or 1965 season because of his health. Bryant told a Montgomery Advertiser newsman: Im a tired old man, but dont challenge me.

Controversy brewed after Waste Management Inc. bought the site of a defunct barge-building operation on the Tombigbee River near Demopolis. Environmental activists believed the site would be used as a hub for receiving hazardous waste. The owner said the land would be used for an industrial development project of which Demopolis would be proud.

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