Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-28


streets. On the coffin was a
sign: Jim Crow Diehards."
Among the first District dele
cations to arrive at the Ellipse
was that from Vermont Avenue
Baptist Church. Deacon James
H. Robinson and a dozen or so
members we're in the party.
Other Groups Join
They were soon Joined by
other church groups, many OF
whom had set the tone for the
day by holding services in their
churches this morning. Among
them were the ASbury Meth
odist Church, the United Pres
byterian Church of Arlington
and the Fifteenth Street Pres
byterian Church.
Loud cheers went I'D for
more than 100 marchers from
Prince Edward County, Va,
where schools were closed for
four years to avoid migration.
They carried a banner about
80 feet long labeled Prince
Edward"
Paul Prevour, a Puerto Rican
who has lived in Washington
for several years, carried an
unusual sign. He painted sew
eral StanZas of a poem he wrote
called Martyr Medgar Evers,"
on strips of Venetian blinds.
mounted on a long bamboo
pole. Mr.. Prevour, of 1888 Web
Ster street NV, said he wrote
the poem because he thought
the assassination of Mr.. Evers,
a Mississippi NAACP official,
should never be forgotten. for
II it is, freedom would be for
gotten"
Out in full force was the
District chapter Of the NAACP.
Stanley w. Jones, of the Young
Adult Council estimated that
5000 were representing the
chapter.
Special Services Held
Another group carried four
Lutheran flags and a cross.
borne by accolytes, in a march
from the Augustana Lutheran
Church, New Hampshire avenue
One of the many special
and v street NV, to Eight
! zenith and D streets NV.
church services was held at st.
. Patriek's Catholic Church.
Tenth and G streets NV.
where Catholic University stu
dents, faculty members and
alumni marched under their
own banner to the Ellipse.
A typical early-morning
scene was that at the Chevy
Chase Presbyterian Church on
Chevy Chase Circle. There the
Rev. Robert Curry, assistant
pastor of the church, and
others of the congregation
greeted 40 visitors from several
Burlington VA churches. The
guests were half of the number
who left Burlington at Z pm.
yesterday, arriving at Z am.
today.
Four Of the Chevy Chase
church women cooked ham and
eggs and four college girls
served the breakfast. The group
had been invited to the church
by Chevy Chase members in a
letter to one of the Burlington
pastors, the Rev. William Hol-
lister.
Don Kerr of Mortified, one
of the guests, put the purpose
Of the trip in perspective when
he said:
II hate bus rides and I hate
demonstrations. But this Is not
a time when we can let our
Negro brothers stand alone"
Nearby Virginia and Mary
land counties were active in
the days events. In addition
to many who came in single
cars or on scheduled buses,
Montgomery County's National
Association for the Advance
ment CT Colored People ar
ranged for at least four char
tered buses to carry zoo persons.
Among those participating
from Prince Georges County
were four members Of the Con-
gresS of Racial Equality who are
acting as marshals in the
march.
An estimated $4,000 Mary
land residents were expected to
take part in the march. most
Of them from Baltimore, with
as many as 400 departing from
Annapolis. Gov. Tawes and
Baltimore Mayor Theodore r.
McKeldin have proclaimed 1t
Freedom Day.