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T *v? 1 3 U93N N100M1 101IJVD 31VI£ J 113100$ MOH IH 31 VJ £ L-I VOL. 5, NO. 41 Lincoln 3, Nebraska Official and Legal Newspaper II.N.C.F. Gets $50,000 From Lilly Endowment Lilly Endowment Incorporated of Indianapolis has made a grant of $50,000 to the Indiana division, United Negro College Fund cam paign, W. R. Sinclair, Kingan & Co. board chairman and In diana Fund campaign chairman, announced. The Lilly gift is one of the largest single contributions ever to the fund, which is seeking aid for 32 privately operated Negro colleges and universities. None re ceive government help. This year’s state drive so far netted more than it did all last year, Sinclair said, with campaigns yet to be held in Evansville and Anderson and incomplete returns from Gary. Public subscription alone tops the 1950 total, he said, despite be ing shy several thousand dollars of a $40,000 goal. Last year Lilly made an initial $25,000 grant at the start of the campaign. When the Indiana di vision matched it through public subscription, the endowment granted a second $25,000. “The Lilly Endowment has made this gift in the hope that corporations to see the value of the United Negro College Fund to Indiana,” Sinclair said. “Many Negro leaders in this state are graduates of these col leges and universities,” he added. “Our entire economy has bene fited because of them. It will §k: continue to benefit even more as we give strong support to the fund.” Campaigns started this spring in Indianapolis, Columbus, Mun cie, Terre Haute, Richmond, Fort Wayne and Gary. In addition, industries in other Hoosier cities contributed generously, Sinclair said. The Indianapolis Star 3-ring Circus To Be Added To 1951 State Fair Edwin Schultz, secretary of the state fair board, made the an nouncement today that contracts have been signed to add a full fledged three ring circus to the attractions in front of the grand stand at the 1951 state fair on September 3 and 4. The circus will be featured afternoons on Labor day and Kids day, Monday and Tuesday of fair week. This is the first time since 1931 that a circus has been in cluded in the attractions. For the benefit of children on Kids day, they will be admitted free at the gate and be able to sit in the grandstand for a nominal 25 cents. The circus attraction was very popular, but it had to be discon tinued during the drouth and de pression years of the 30’s. “The offering of the circus this year is somewhat of an experi ment,” Secretary Schultz ex plained. “Our efforts are to give the people of the state the kind of entertainment they want at the fair. If it proves as popular as when last used we plan to make it an annual feature.” The display of circus acts will be provided by Barker Brothers circus who will augment their reg ular road show with added acts for the two days in Lincoln. iWomeii Ask for End of Central Jurisdiction I FRANKFORT, Ky. (ANP). The Lexington Conference, Women’s! Society of Christian Service, at its annual meeting last week at Ken- j tucky State college, drew up a i resolution asking for the ending of1 the Central Jurisdiction and the; integrating of Negro personnel in other jurisdictions. The resolution will be presented to the general conference of the Methodist Church next year at San Francisco. More than 2001 .women from Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin attended the confer ence. The WSCR, and the School of Missions met for the second consecutive year at Kentucky State college. At the School of Missions, courses were taught which were set up by the National Board. iThis year’s courses included: “Family Life,” “Latin America,” | “Churches and Community,” andi ;“The Book of Acts.” Mrs. J. Ernest Wilkins of Chi cago is president of the Lexington j Conference, WSCS. The organiza tion includes missions of the Methodist Church. Other officers include: Mrs. E. E. Hamblin, vice presi dent; Mrs. Irene Dunn, Cincin nati, recording secretary; Mrs. Harriet Wesley, Detroit, Promo tion secretary; Minnie M. Wil liams, Chicago, treasurer, and Mrs. R. Lucille Porter, Detroit, assistant treasurer. Our feelings were given us to excite to action, and when they end in themselves, they are cher ished to no good purpose.—Sand ford. Winners of 'The Voice’ Baby Popularity Contest —Bom Manor Studio p ::Jr *' • t* •< - - —Rose Manor Studio —Rum Manor Studio First place winner of the $25,00 'war bond was Llewellyn Bowler, nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W.| 'Johnson, 2301 S street. He had |7140 votes. Second place winner of the ,$10.00 was Walter Clayton Bell, 3rd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter 'Bell, jr., of 1942 U street. He had 4470 votes. Third place winner of the $5.00 'was Laurence Dale Weeks, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Weeks, 2826 No. 51st street. He had 3410 votes. The other contestant votes are as follows: Jeannette Adams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Adams and Julius Blaine Brooks, jr., son of the Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Brooks tied for forth place with 3,230 each. Jerry Ronell Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs Harry Peterson was fifth with 3,170 votes. Freddie Dandndge, nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Don Thel mon, 545 No. 22nd street was sixth with 680 votes. Michael H. Cooke, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Cooke was seventh with 610 vote* Robert C. A. Sorenson, son of Mr and Mrs. Robert Sorenson eightn with 600 votes and Steve Kunkee. son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Kun kee wras ninth with 340 votes. Prizes will be awarded Thurs day, Aug. 9t^* Nebraska State Air Show Will Be Sunday. Aug. 5th Hugh Bennett Guest Speaker August 11th Hugh H. Lennett, chief of the United States Department of Ag riculture soil conservation service, will speak to Nebraska and Kan sas publishers and editors in Lincoln Saturday, Aug. 11. The meeting, sponsored by The Lincoln Journal, has been called j to consider what daily and weekly | newspapers in the two states can do to speed up a sound program1 of flood and erosion control in the1 area. Floods in the two states this; year have taken a toll of billions of dollars in property and land damage. United States Senator Kenneth S. Wherry has accepted an invita tion to attend and is attempting to secure the attendance of Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Pick, chief of the Corps of Army Engineers. Wherry said this week that General Pick may have to leave for Europe Aug. 10, in which event he would be represented at the Lincoln meeting by General Walsh of the Columbia River division of the Corps. Other water control and land use authorities have been invited, including U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan The Lincoln meeting will fcx held at the Cornhusker Hotel and will begin with an opening state ment from Gov. Val Peterson at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 11. Governor Peterson, a former Nebraska weekly newspaper pub lisher and editor, in commenting on the calling of the meeting, said: “If these Missouri Basin states are to effectively stop the tre mendous property and land loss of recent years it is imperative that our newspapers, especially LINCOLN SPECIAL.—The Nebraska State Air show will be held in Lincoln, Sunday August 5th at the Union Airport it was announced today by Lt. Col. Evar P. Peter son, commanding officer of the 195th tank battalion who will sponsor the big event. Pilots from all over the midwest are being invited to participate. It is expected that scores of pilots from Ne braska, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Colorado will fly in in which will make the greatest collection of aircraft ever assembled in this state. U.S. Army Mothers < Sponsors Wedding1 The U.S. Army Mothers Post 5 No. 8 gave a beautiful Tom Thumb ] |] Wedding at the Urban League I Friday, July 27th. The bride, Lois | Shepard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. i C. O. Shepherd wore a white floor : length dress with a white net veil. 1 The groom was Donnie McWil liams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur ■ McWilliams. The bride entered on the arm of the father, Lester Collier. Charles Bonds played the part of the minister. Bridesmaids with identical dresses in pastel shades were, Gwendolyn Bowler, Myma |Winston, Anetta Winston, Terry, Dean, Sandra Qualls and Leatrice Anderson. Flower girls were Jan ice Elaine Kelley, Patsy Bandit, Zola Lintz, Pat Johnson, Claudetta McWilliams and Anna Mae Nance. Matron of honor was Mema Col lier. Rodney Molden was ring ■ bearer and the ushers were Wil lard Shepard, Eugene Davis, Ronnie Winston, Ronnie Hamilton and Buddy Leon Alexander. The | music was furnished by Mrs. Barbara Moore, Miss Beverly 'George and Mr. Nathaniel Fitz,: and the Rev. R. G. Nathan gave| the invocation. i the weeklies, help by bringing to the people an understanding of a sound, over-all program of the re lated problem of land use and surface water control.” Different types of military equipment will also be on dis may, Colonel Peterson said. Some of the nation's greatest tunt men have been signed to fly n this show. Major Arthur J. Davis, the nation’s number one ;unt pilot of Lansing, Mich., Wil >ur, Staib of Kansas City, Mo., lying the world’s smallest stunt hip, will give a thrilling exhibi ;ion of low down flying. Staib has appeared in the larg ;st air shows in the country. Jack Chastain, famous test pilot for the Rowdon Aircraft company, will give a thrilling exhibition. Peterson said that there will be other famous stunt men present. There will be parachute jump ing. One of the features will be a 5,000 foot delayed jump by Dick Sekman of Montreal, Canada who will also do a thrilling trapeze act on a low flying airplane. Nothing will be left undone to make this the greatest air show ever held in this section of the ’ midwest. There will be a race j between an automobile and an air plane. Arrangements are being made to handle 30,000 or more spectators. The gates will be open at 10 a.m. * The gigantic spectacle will start at 2:30 p.m. Thirty ticket sellers will be on duty so spectators can enter the parking area on the airport quickly. Refreshments will be served all day by the national guard. Profits from the show will be used for the mess and unit funds o£. the 195th tank battalion of the Ne braska national guard. Mary While Ovington By William Pickens for ANP Early in July, 1951, Miss Mary White Ovington, at the age of B6 years, legally died. But Mary White .Ovington will never really die as long as many intelligent people of all American races shall still live. II there be any immortality for human beings on this earth of men, that woman must be one of the immortals in the hearts and minds of many Americans of other “races,” especially of her own racial group,— the “white” or Anglo-Saxon section of our popu lation. Her last several years of life were spent in and near the little city of Aubumdale, Mass., in the general care of her sister, Mrs. Helen Ovington Kingsbury, whose daughter, Betty, was a schoolmate of Harriet Ida Pickens, and is a graduate of Smith college. On July 17, 1951, at the Com munuity church of New York City, there was held a memorial service for Mary White Ovington, at which. Mrs. Kingsbury, Betty and Betty’s brother were present. Members of the present board of directors of the NAACP were 1 present, as well as many of the former cownrkers of Miss Oving ton in the large work of the NAACP and other organizations (Continued on Page 4)