you know,
Good morning radio friends, this is Austin Coleman for the Ragsdale
Mortuary where funeral services began at $195 complete and the valley life
and casualty insurance company offering new policy service at a new low
premium rate, bringing you another in a series of sunday morning programs
Commemorating the emancipation proclamation. The first thing I would like
to say this morning is thanks. Thanks for the wonderful support given to
mr Ragsdale and the Action citizens ticket. I am sure that through your
efforts on election day to show dissatisfaction, our city government will
recognize the problems that we have in Phoenix and will act to wipe out
some of these problems. We were victorious on December 12 and your vote
helped make this victory possible. Thanks very much.
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For our first selection we want to get into the christmas spirit with a
great christmas carol mr Ernie Ford O Holy Night.
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O Holy night. The stars are brightly shining.
It is the night of the dear Savior's birth. Long
lay the world in sin and there upon pining till he appeared and the soul
felt its word.
A revolver of the weary world rejoices for yonder breaks on a new and
glorious forward. Oh
boy! On your knees.
O hear
the angel voices.
O! Night
when christ was born.
Oh,
oh,
oh
yeah!
The Ragsdale mortuary, a distinctive name in the funeral profession for
over 50 years is proud to serve a fine public, such as you, your faith and
services that the Ragsdale mortuary is rendering is in itself rewarding to
those who serve you at the ragdoll mortuary. Remember Friends? The
Ragsdale mortuary is just large enough to serve you sacred lee and
beautifully. Just small enough to know you and to help you personally. No
one has ever turned away for lack of funds at the Ragsdale mortuary. Mm
hmm.
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Uh huh Uh huh. We would like to dedicate our first election this morning
to mrs many Webster.
The sally morton singers. Mrs Webster. The old ship of Zion.
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Mhm. This is.
Mhm. The Valley life and casualty insurance company is proud of the
achievements that have been made through the support of the many
policyholders we have in this fine state of Arizona and other states
Because of your support and only through your support. The Valley life is
growing in production and personnel. There are six new insurance agents
serving you in the different areas in phoenix. Why not call the office of
the Valley Life and casualty insurance company and let one of these new
agents serve you the premiums at the Valley life and casualty insurance
company are low, low, low. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm.
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yeah,
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Yeah. Mhm. We would like to dedicate our second selection this morning to
Mrs Katie King. The roberta morton singers. He's using me. Uh huh.
When
you see me walking. Right, Will you see me walking when you hear me
talking? Right, well, you hear me talking right? When you see me, will you
see me? Right? When you see me, will you see me
when you see me do my best?
When you see me stand my chest
giving up the right.
Using my
using my
the cars are writing him. He's using my
when you see me where my crawls
when I gladly suffer long when I walked a rough road trying to get some
heavy loads.
When you see me going on
you,
when we think we are alone. God is still with us. MS Mahalia Jackson. My
God and I gold.
Together
you all can talk
a good free oh, ways june. You do
wreak wrap our head
and a heart.
We're
wonderful.
Go.
Mm hmm, mm hmm. Good. The year of 1963 is almost over. This has been a
historic year in Phoenix Arizona and the United States of America men have
fought and died this year for the things they believe were right in
phoenix. The reverend George brooks President of the Maricopa county
Chapter of the N. A A. C. P. Has had a tough year in the civil rights
struggle. Mr Lincoln. J rags though. The vice president of the N. A. A. C
. P. Has been working all year to wipe out the evils in the society. We
live in. These men were able to make some gains in phoenix this year.
Through your support. Mr Lincoln J Ragsdale would like to thank you at
this time. Mhm Oh man,
Mr rags Dill,
I do. Thank you. Mr Coleman. It's a blessing Mr Coleman to have you to be
a part of this program and to have worked with us as one of our campaign
managers along with Mr ball you and reverend George brooks. I'm grateful
today to you and to every person who helped me in this campaign.
It was the greatest thing ever happened to me in my life. Mm Because you
made me get out and knock on some doors and to get out and do some things
that I should have done and all of us should have done many, many years
ago. We should have recognized the importance of the vote.
This is the first time that I had ever been in any campaign. And we forced
the city of phoenix into a runoff. The first time in the history of
phoenix, A negro has ever been in the runoff has ever received 26,000
votes. Yes out in this runoff. And I want to thank all of you for what
you've done for me. We were victorious. We won this election. We may not
go to the city hall, but we were victorious and we are winners because
we're winners. Because we have united ourselves together for a purpose. We
have to demand and work for a better opportunity. And we expressed our
demands on December the 10th when we came out and voted. And you were
wonderful because you came out and voted for me. The highest vote in the
city of phoenix came out of the south side, But film school came out and
voted 68%, Dunbar, Okemah and Julian Schools, We're all over 50 And I'm
proud this evening to tell you that I received I received over 90% of all
the votes cast in those areas.
No one could ask for a better cooperation than what you have given to me
in phoenix. You work for me, you've gotten out and you have helped me to
be victorious
and letting people know that the negro community is together and United
United. We can do anything. We can climb the highest mountain. We take one
step at a time and one of the greatest workers we have in this campaign.
And when I admire more than any every single person because she fell and
hurt her back. Mayors ogletree Marie Ogletree fell and hurt her back at a
safeway store and she couldn't sit down, but she came out and worked all
day on 10 December on the poles and she helped us to get the vote out and
monday tomorrow. She's going to go to the hospital and I'm asking you to
pray for Mrs ogletree. Mr ogletree needs your prayers and I want all of us
to think of for her in monday morning when she goes to the hospital, pray
for I want to thank you again for helping me and I want to dedicate this
christmas carol to mrs ogletree.
Okay, silent
night,
holy
night all
is calm.
All
is bright night wrong
on beyond virgin
mother
and child.
Holy
so
sleep
please
sleeping,
huh?
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yeah, Hi
well,
glory
strain from
host
sing a little you're
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bore
christ
for sir
is
go away for a little while
there along. Why were we?
Yes,
we're happy today. We're happy because we come into this christmas season
, we have a savior that was born and I'm thankful to everyone of you and
I'm thankful to God that I'm alive today, that things could have been
worse. And we look back at What has happened to us, but we ought to be
thankful and say joy to the world and thank God I want to thank mrs
Montgomery and mrs Irvin who handled the finances of our committee. These
two ladies worked diligently
and raising money for us. Miss Erin was in charge of something like over
$2,000 that was contributed by you to help in our campaign for the city
council. mrs Oprah Marvin took her young people and went from house to
house to get out the vote and mrs McDonald dressed over 800 letters for us.
I could go down the line and thanking reverend LJ Dunbar and reverend
seeing hall and reverend elder Felton king Ella Joyce johnson and all of
them who helped us And elder taylor
in reverend AJ Kenrick
o holy night the stars are brightly shining.
It is the night of the dear same your Mhm Long
lay the world in sin and applying
till he appeared and the soul world
on behalf of the right stone mortuary and the very life insurance company.
We want to thank you for the opportunity of coming into your home on this.
A few days before christmas we ask you to get with the spirit of
christmas the spirit of brotherly love that God died for all of us. He was
born to redeem all of us that we have an opportunity to live a full rich
life. And we ask you this sunday morning to go to the church of your
choice and to go out and worship God
and may God bless you. Until next sunday morning we say to you
and we have faith of a mustard seed,
we can change this world and make it a place that's good for all of us to
live
dog on the best I can
well and don't
die
after.
No. All right live.
Mhm. Uh huh
bye.
Oh
peace.
Mhm
My
many grips and sorters are have witnessed on my part on
that right tomorrow.
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see upon me, O Lord! For I am undone. I am wretched and most miserable
when night comes. I wish for days and when the day breaks, I long for the
night again onto the and the only I yield my aching heart. For in my
gracious mercy there must be a sailing power for my troubled soul. Mhm. I
cried and I cried.