Birmingham Post-Herald from Birmingham, Alabama • 4

PAGI 4 POST-HERALD Friday Fobraaiy 12 1 9(5 Concert To Honor Music? Club Founder March Here Postponed harpist Her husband Oliver Chalifoux ran a music store in downtown Birmingham" Mrs Chalifoux performed at puruita the first open meeting of the rvlce to her city She work- south of Birmingham near Chelsea Her mother attended concerts in Birmingham regularly until a few yean before her death Mrs Tingley said After her death Mrs Chalifoux had served music lovers at Forbes Co for many years Birmingham received a fortunate gift in UN The music club gave the city a (bun- ed with Mayor George Ward in his campaign Daughter Is Harpist The family musical tradition did not end with Alice Chali-: foux Her daughter Alice Chalifoux Rideout la harpist datlon from which tp buikl a with the Cleveland Symphony richer cultural life for its cit- A Negro civil rights! group postponed indefinitely last night a voter registration demonstration planned tor Monday in Birmingham '1 The Rev' Fred Shuttles-worth of Cincinnati president of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights announced the postponement decision was ho aid conferring with the Rev Martin Luther King Jr and other leaders It was decided to concentrate the entire voter registration drive on i Shuttlefworth said He was ending telegram to I Mayor Albert Boutwell expressing appreciation for the "prompt to request for the so-called In music club 58 years ago According to her friend Dr Alvin Belden she played a harp concerto by Boildeau the first such piece written for the modem pedaled harp (Dr Belden arranged the program for the memorial concert) Led Young Hikers Her son Ralph now living in College Hills relates that Mrs Chalifoux had a great love for children and enjoyed leading troops of neighborhood youngsters on hikes into the countryside She was active in the South Highland PTA and instrumental in starting the school and teaches at the Cleveland Conservatory Mrs granddaughter is harpist for the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington In her later years Mrs' Chalifoux lived with her daughter Mrs Wellington Tingley at her country home lzens Residents of this city who have profited -from the seal and hard work of Alice Chall-foux and her friends who gathered in the music room long ago will remember their optimistic little club which has borne magnificent fruit for a mature Birmingham JtitmA AT THEATER OPENING Lost night ot "The Colony' theater Cobb (second from left) hosted a party prior to the opening of the new Center Point Capri Theater From left are RonOrmond producer-director of the ney film "Return To Thunder Road" Mr Cobb! Massey Creamer who directed this film "The Legend of Blood Mountain" at Stone Mountain Go and actor Bestoln Dooley (whose stage name is George Ellis) who recently appeared on BY HOWELL RAINES The death of a imminent Birmingham resident last Summer passed with little notice on the part of the city Yet few people have made richer contributions to the civic and cultural life of their city than Alice Chsllfbux On March UN Mrs Chalifoux along with Mrs' Julius Neely Finch Mrs Richard Johnston and Mrs Laura Jack-son Davids founded the i rmingham Music Club In 1907 and ISM Mrs Chal 1 served as first Mrs Challfonx president of the dub Through the years the club has brought leading artists to the city and served aa the parent organization for the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Civic Opera Civic Ballet and the Chamber Society Memorial Coacert At 3 pm Sunday the Birmingham Music Club will present a concert at Liberty National Auditorium in memory of Mrs Oliver Chalifoux The concert for a chamber group ia free to the public The club was founded aa a result of a meeting of Mrs Chalifoux and her friend Mrs Finch when both were downtown shopping Mrs Chalifoux introduced the idea of a music club Her friend was enthusiastic As they Jounced along home that evening on one of the young city's bone rattling streetcan they planned the modest birth of Birmingham's oldest cultural Institutions 43 Attend Flnt Meeting Forty-five women attended the first meeting in the music room of the Chalifoux home at 1320 22nd-st Mrs Chalifoux led a rich Aril life before she 'died at 94 She did not come by her dedication to music casually She waa an accomplished Bank Clearings Here Show Decrease Bank clearings for fee week ending Feb 10 totaled $346-960302 according to the Birmingham' Clearing House Assn Clearings for the corresponding week last year amounted to 3333887983 and for fee pre- vlous week ending Feb 3 totaled 3379338377 Area's Newest Movie Help Open Capri Congratulations CAPRI THEATRE LINDA CLARK 2520 Mountain Woods-dr Mountain View Garden Club MARY JANE SISSON 2400 Fourth-st nw Inglenook Garden Club JANE BLACKIURN 3510 Victoria-rd Camellia Garden Club EMMETT WEAVER FosKpereM Anunromt Editor Seiji 900 pran representatives and 'other invited guests helped open the new Center last night Th9Lis the newest moviehouse in tbej population-booming eastern -Action of the Birmingham Neand modern in every de-taillHbe 712-seat is owned by Fayette movie man C'Cobb who operates a chain of lSjotber theaters in Alabama and I Georgia Guests at the preview saw the SouQsshi premiere of a suspense-fiUnCwartime adventure drama 38 starring James Garner Eva Marie Saint and Rod Taylor Mr Cobb accompanied by his wife cut the ribbon marking the opening of the new moviehouse which is located in the Center Point Shopping Center about 11 miles from downtown Birmingham Before the start of the new film the new general manager Leo Young a longtime film publicist with RKO introduced the guests of honor Actor Bestoink Dooley whose stage name i Glenn and who was recently on was introduced Congratulations Ws art proud of ths CERAMIC TILE installation in your new Theater For any Ceramic Tile or Terazzo call Oechsle Named Buchanan Aide Advertising Total Is Up CAPRI THEATER along with Ron Ormond formerly of Hollywood who is now an independent producer-director of the soon-to-be-released film To Thunder Road" and also director Massey Creamer who recently filmed Legend of Blood Mountain" at Sand Mountain Ga Woody Sherrill the regional manager for MGM pictures also was introduced -Some of the first-run films which are scheduled for the new shopping center show place include on a Wet starring Kim Stanley To Murder Your a new screen comedy with Jack Lemmon Has Many Lana Turner Hugh O'Brian and Dale Robertson Without a docu mentary about undersea life Truth About with John and Hayley Mills 1 a revival of "Dr Strange "Mr Robert Mitchum ami I Carol and Me1 Elvis latest musical FLOORING SURFACES CO Rep John Buchanan Jr yesterday announced appointment of Paul Oechsle of Birmingham to his Washington staff Oechsle who attended the University of Alabama is a member of the Ensley Method 1st Church and the son of Mrs Annelle Oechsle of Binning ham wish you continued success in your new ultra-modem build-nfl NEW YORK Feb 11 Spending tor all types of advertising in 1964 Increased 67 per cent to an estimated 913980 billion according to Printer's Ink magaxine Outlays for newspaper tising increased 71 per cent last year the trade magazine said National lineage rose 76 per cent and local lineage 68 per cent Newspapers share of the total advertising market was 291 per cent DAWSON ELECTRIC 433 Woodland Ave 179-6645 Congratulations 1712 Ird Are 1 592-4164 wsesi Mi TO THE CAPRI THEATRE Hospital Beds Called Enough For Present ABC BERL0 VENDING CO c-i CENTER POINT Congratulations CAPRI THEATER a Friend By 1M7 global telephone calls will probably be completed in about 10 seconds through highspeed switching centers is very proud and appreciative for catering exclusively the concession at the Capri Theatre Center Point BY LEONARD CHAMBLEE The additional (hospital) beds under construction (in Jefferson County now) should take care of the estimated population growth in the immediate Harris Saunders Sr president of the Birmingham Area Hospital and Related Health Facilities Planning Assn said yesterday Hospital Planning Assn On yeur new the completion of modern building JOHN TODD CONTRACTOR 12S Ztst An NL SSI-1102 Baggett Transportation Sellers Co wssiinsgs TEXCIIANGESECriUTY welcome the new £CAIPIRir THEATRE to Center Point! HELLO BStMItiGHAM! TONIGHT at 6 PM PREHIRE OPEtSHG Welcome To A World of Glamour Excitement and Entertainment believea that further additions or construction should be studied carefully and probably should be primarily for fee sick poor ed' ucation and training he added Wilson Wells executive director of the association said that Jefferson County now has in service 3700 hospital beds which include more than 2800 general medical surgical beds for adults 422 pediatric beds 2M obsteri cal and 160 psychiatric beds Under construction the statement notea are 300 beds at the new Baptist Hospital on Mont' clair-rd 150 beds being added to the West End Baptist Hospi tal 56 beds being added to East End Memorial Hospital and at least an additional 120 beds at Camway Methodist Hospital New board members elected yesterday include Harold Blach Jr of Blach 6c Sons Wallace Bunn Southern Bell Dr Herbert Carmichael Dr James A Davis Jr Neely Hen' ry Alabama Power Co Dr Frank Trucks and William Visit the beautiful new Theatre in Center Point for the best -'t'in first-run movies Exchange friendly Center Point office for the best in -fall-service banking We congratulate our new neighbor on 'their opening in the growing Center area! 7s I Congratulations CAPRI THEATER 7fo fiwwdlju WAtTA 'NGB 111 iY We ora proud to hove had a part in the construction of this new ultra-modem building GERVIS DICKINSON Manager Center Point Office uuo A BROWN MM MM4 KtMMS Mechanical Contractors 10 CONVENIENT OFFICES NOW 7706 2nd Are Phene 816-4291 4 And best wishes for continued success to Birmingham's new Ultra-Modern Theatre the if We are proud to have been chosen to equip this theatre THE QUEEN FEATURE SERVICE INC Complete Concession lighting and supplies 1912ft Morns Avo Phono 251-8665 Birmingham Alabama Established 1913 ACRES OF WEIL LIGHTED FREE PARKING OPEN HOUSE TODAY 1 TO 4:30 PIW Ns ivjS U'U iytt U' 13' GTU (i IB.