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Box 3 Folder 54: "Folder 54 contains the obituary for William Pope, famous Gospel concert promoter during the 1940's and 50's in Birmingham. It was listed in the Birmingham World and his date of passing was December 9, 1959. I believe him to have…

Box 3 Folder 53: "Wonderful picture of Paul White and Bobby Hayden at the 1959 A&M Homecoming Game. Paul is announcing the game. We do not know if WEUP AM is broadcasting the game but we think so. Paul was the News and Sports Manager for the…

Box 3 Folder 52: "Oh. 52 is a picture with a blow up of Jim Connolly awarding a check, or some kind of certificate to a winner at WJLD. I believe this picture came from May of 1959, cause there’s a month on the photo (finally). And apparently, he had…

Box 3 Folder 51: "This is folder 51 and it is a WBRC and WBRC FM log. And it is here just to give us a little perspective. It was never anything but a white station and this is from December 20, 1959. Who was on the air, and what logs looked like at…

Box 3 Folder 50: "We are at folder 50. Pictures of WJ Allen at the WENN mike. We are now saying he’s at WENN. And back of the picture it says “WJ Allen, watch yourself! I said it first.” I guess that’s his expression. 8 AM, he was on 8 AM for fifteen…

Box 3 Folder 49: "And we are now at folder 49. This is a funeral which WENN may be broadcasting. And I think I asked Don (Solomon). He determined it’s First Baptist Church Fairfield, Reverend E.W. Williams presiding, eulogizing his wife, Mabel…

Box 3 Folder 48: "We’re up to folder 48 which are basically just pictures of groups and performers. The Coasters. The Midnighters. James Brown. And Diana Washington. These can probably be purchased almost anywhere. Credit for the photography goes to…

Box 3 Folder 47: "Moving right along we are at folder 47. These are pictures of the Gray Stone Club in Fairfield, otherwise known as the Flame, and a packed house to say the least. And it was a sock hop. I believe we got these from Ed McClure. The…

Box 3 Folder 46: "Now we move to folder 46 which are a series of clippings. These are clippings. This is one clipping that is where WEDR, where Shelley Stewart was at, “KKK” was written on WEDR. $5000 worth of vandalism. Ed Estes operated the station…

Box 3 Folder 45: "Now here we are for folder 45. And these are promotion pictures from WENN radio. And what’s interesting about these, they’re all at the WENN mike. There’s Johnny McClure. So Johnny, as we know, is at BCO and BCO is making the…