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Hit I, IMt Zeta Alumni of K. Phi Guests at Elmwood Meth. “May I introduce my friend?’ was the subject of a discourse given Sunday morning, April 27th, by Rev. Miss Louise H. Ward, pastor of Elmwood Methodist Church, Elmwood, Neb. Special guests for the morning worship were members of Zeta Alumnae of Kappa Phi organiza tion and their families who were served a family basket dinner at 12:30 p.m. Rev. Miss Ward, a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., was assigned to the pastorate two years ago after serving as an assistant to her father, the Rev. John H. Ward, pastor of Robinson Mission in Pittsburgh for 26 years. She is a graduate of the Univer sity of Pittsburgh and studied at Pittsburgh Xenia and Garrett Methodist in Pittsburgh. Rev. Miss Ward, a member of Kappa Phi, will be guest speaker for the annual banquet of Kappa Phi to be held May 6th at the Lincoln Hotel. Our Honor Roll The following are some of those who are new subscribers or have renewed their subscription to THE VOICE. HOW DOES YOUR SUBSCRIP TION STAND? Thomas H. Adams Miss Irma Warta Mrs. Ollie Colley Mr. W. R. Colley Mr. Louis Botts Carrol L. Unland Omaha Urban League Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Bryson Clyde A Stratton, Alliance, Neb. Mrs. James L. Ray Mrs. Fred W. Putney Richard L. Kimball Comhusker Tile & Marble Mrs. Beulah M. Helmsdofer Grenemier’s Liquor Store Miss Olivia Pound Mrs. J. O. Schon Merle Kamopp Forrest C. Berry Mrs. Cleo E. Ross Meeker, Tulsa, Okla. Miss Ona Wagner Ben Brown, Chicago, I1L Herman Tapp Mrs. John Robinson Mr. Felix Polk Georgians Proud of White Academicians NEW YORK — (ANP) — Georgians here have lauded the stand taken by white educators in Demerest, Ga., at Piedmont col lege against bias. The fourth Caucasion educator has resigned from the school in protest against the college’s accepting a $500 monthly grant from an association established by an advocate of “white supremacy.” George W. Armstrong is the donor of the grant which was re fused by a Mississippi military school two years ago. Dean Van Cleave who charged that Piedmont college had come under an influence “foreign both to American democracy and the spirit of Christianity,” is the fourth educator to quit in tin controversy. Detroit Gets Assistant Principal of a High School DETROIT — (ANP) — Harolc J. Harrison, 43, was recently ap pointed assistant principal of Mil ler high school. The promotior was announced by the Detroi' Board of Education. REV. MISS LOUISE H. WARD j State Medical Association In Four-Day Meet Donald Steenburg, M.D., Au-' rora, President of the Nebraska State Medical Association, Thurs day announced the names of the physicians who will comprise the guest faculty for the association’s Annual Session, May 12-15, 1952, at the Hotel Comhusker in Lin coln. Members of the guest faculty come from four of the country’s leading medical centers: Tufts College Medical School, Boston, Mass.; University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Southwestern Medical School (University of Texas), Dallas Tex., and Baylor University College of Medicine, Dallas, Tex. The visiting physicians are James Marvin Baty, M.D., Carroll Berman, M.D., and Orvar Swen son, M.D., Hufts College Medical School; Jerome Conn., M.D., A. C. Curtis, M.D. and Reed Nesbit, M.D., University of Michigan Medical School; Robert S. Spark man, M.D., Southwestern Univer sity Medical School; and Sol Ha berman, Ph.D., and J.H. Hill, M.D., Baylor University College of Medicine. Among the other distinguished guests to be present are George Lull, M.D., Chicago, Secretary and General Manager of the American Medical Association. He I will appear on a panel with Henry B. Mulholland, M.D., Charlottes ville, Virginia, and Mr. John L Bach, Chicago, Director of A.M.A. Press Relations. Their panel topic is “You and Your A.M.A. This panel discussion is aimed at bet ter informing physicians as to the services rendered by the A.M.A. to its members and the general public. | The program for the 1952 An nual Session has been arranged by a committee headed by Harold Morgan, M.D., Lincoln, who will be installed Tuesday, May 13, as the new medical association Presi dent. Other members of the com mittee are J. Dewey Bisgard, (M.D. Omaha; T. T. Smith, M.D., ,Omaha; W. W. Waddell, M.D., Beatrice; and R. B, Adams, M.D., Lincoln. In making these announcements, Doctor Steenburg pointed to two other features of the four-day meeting. One is the awarding of pins to five physicians who have been in practice for 50 years. The i second is the appearance of the footed columnist, Mr. Raymond Moley, who will be the main 15, versons Plan To Attend AME Quadrenniel Calif. Daily Hires Negro Journalist LOS ANGELES— (ANP)— A three-year campaign launched by the Los Angeles Urban League to break down the racial barrier on western daily newspapers was cli maxed last week with the Los An geles Daily News hiring J. Robert Smith as one of its political analysts. Smith thus becomes the first Negro, west of the Rockies to work on a daily staff. Smith will write a column on politics as it affects minorities, lo cally, nationally, and from a world-wide viewpoint. From time to time he will write on civic and community problems. A former editor on the Balti more Afro-American Newspapers, the New York Amsterdam News and the I-os Angeles Sentinal, Smith, who received the 1950 Na tional Urban League award for exposing the Smart rental racket case, published his own news paper in San Bemardine for five years. He also serves as personal pub licist to John B. Elliott, million aire oilman and titular head ol the Democratic party, in Califor nia. Smith retired from the active press a year ago and became in terested in politics. Nebr. Welfare Association State Conference May 4, 5 & 6 “LEARNING TO LIVE IN A WORLD OF CHANGE” is the theme of the Annual Nebraska Welfare Association State Con ference which will be held May 4, 5 and 6, in Omaha, Nebraska with headquarters at the Hotel Fontenelle at 17th and Douglas Streets. The program is as fol-! lows: Sunday, May 4, 1952 5*8 p*m« Registration at the Fontenelle Hotel. 8 pan. Welcome by Harold Kraybill,; County Welfare Director, Wash ington County and President of the Nebraska Welfare Association. Rev. John Olsen, D.D., President of the Omaha Ministerial Union, presiding. Address: “A RIGHT MIND”, Dr. C. Vin White, Minister, First Pres byterian Church, Lincoln. Monday, May 5, 1952 9-11:45 a.m. Mayor Glen Cunningham, Wel come to Omaha. Panel Discussion: “NORMAL DEVELOPMENT O F CHIL DREN”. Moderator, Herman Jahr, M.D., Chairman, Pediatrics De partment, University Hospital, Omaha. Discussants: Robert H. Dickinson, M.D., Director of Psy chiatric Outpatient^ Services, Uni versity Hospital; Raul M. Ban croft, M.D., pediatrician, Lincoln. 2-4 pm Panel Discussion: “REHABILI TATION SERVICES OF VETER ANS ADMINISTRATION RE GIONAL ‘OFFICE”. Discussants: speaker at the Wednesday eve ning banquet. Mr. Moley will speak on “How to Keep Our .Liberty.” Carlton Engquist, Chief, Social Services, Veterans Administration Regional Office, Lincoln; Ivan E. Jones, Supervisor, Special Re habilitative Services, Veterans Ad ministration Regional Office, Lin coln; John C. White, M.D., Acting Chief, Mental Hygiene Clinic, Veterans Administration, Omaha. Banquet, 6:30 p.m., Fontenelle Hotel. Harold Kraybill, presiding, j Toastmaster, Lawrence Krell, Chief Juvenile Probation Officer, J Douglas County Juvenile Court. Introduction, Hon. Robert R. Troyer, Judge, Douglas County Court. Address: "THE LAW TAGS i ALONG", Professor Marvin Lar- 1 sen, Law School, Washburn Uni- < versity, Topeka, Kansas. Tuesday, May 6, 195? 9-10 a.m. Business meetings. 1 10-12 a.m. Panel Discussion: “HOW TO LIVE LONG AND LIKE IT". Ralph B. McClintock, Director of City Parks and Recreation, Omaha, presiding. Moderator, Mrs. Doris Pierce, Assistant to the Su perintendent .of the City Recrea-1 tional Department, Lincoln. Dis-i cussants: Mrs. C. T. Blann, Su-' pervisor of the Lincoln “Good Time Club” and Mrs. Richard Joyce and Mrs. J. Taylor Greer, members of the Lincoln Junior League and volunteer workers of | the “Good Time Club”. Luncheon, 12:30 p.m. Harold Kraybill presiding. In troduction, Mr. Paul Veret, Direc : tor, Jewish Community Center, , Omaha. j Address: “THE OLD FOLKS IN THE MODERN STATE", Dr. . Paul Meadows, Associate Pro 1 (Continued on Page 8) CHICAGO—(ANP)—Top leaders plus thousands of members will converge on Chicago next week for the 34th Quadrennial Conference of the African Methodist Episco pal church to be held May 7-21. At least 20,000 visitors, including 1,087 official dele gates, are expected to visit Chicago for this meeting. All sessions of the Conference will be held at the Coliseum at 15th street on Wabash avenue. Headquarters will be at Grant Memorial AME church, the Rev. Harvey E. Walden, I CLAYTON P. LEWIS i Clayton P. Lewis, now serving his seventh consecutive year as, Grand Master of Nebraska Ma-( 'sons, is deelgate to the General iConference in Chicago, from the ' Nebraska Conference, i Mrs. Lewis will accompany him . and they will visit a number of Pother cities during their month’s I absence from Lincoln. host pastor. The Rt. Rev. George W. Baber is host bishop. Topic of greatest interest, of course, will be the election of bishops. No official statement has been, made on this topic, but it appears that three new prelates will be voted into office. If any bishops retire, more could be elected to the church’s highest ecclesiastical posts. Also high in interest probably will be guest speakers scheduled for evening meetings which will be open to the general public. Heading the list of guest speak ers is retired Judge J. Waties Waring, the man who opened the South Carolina white primaries to Negro voters. Also scheduled to meet simul taneously with the General Con ference are the Richard Allen [Youth Council, the Women’s Mis sionary Society, the Brotherhood (the A.M.E. Ministers’ organiza tion), and the Laymen’s League. I Bishop William A. Fountain, Sr., will preside over the opening ['meeting of the Quadrennial, May i j 7. Bishop Frank Madison Reid will deliver the Quadrennial ser 'mon on that date. The following day, Bishop John A. Gregg will preside over the meeting, and Bishop D. Ward Nichols will deliver the Episcopal address. | Bishop Sherman L. Greene will preside over the May 9 sessions when he will hear reports from the committee on credentials and the general officers of the church. Bishop A. J. Allen will preach the II a.m. Sunday sermon, May 10. On May 11, the Conference will settle down to the business at hand. Besides the election of bishops, some of the following topics will be discussed: ROTATION OF BISHOPS AND (Continued on Page 7, Col. 1)_ Ennis, Texas—The J. M. Jack sons Culture and Study club en tertained with an informal tea on Easter Sunday at the home of Mrs. J. M. Jackson, president of the club. The table was beautifully deco rated with a lace table cloth and centerpiece of Hurricane candle holders surrounded by yellow flowers with green foliage and a plastic tree decorated with Easter eggs and small rabbits. Negro to Teach At Missouri U. COLUMBIA, Mo.—Robert Lee Hurst of St. Louis, has become the first Negro to be appointed to the instructional staff at the Univer sity of Missouri. The university announced Wed nesday, April 16, that Hurst’s ap pointment as an assistant instruc tor in agricultural economics has been approved by the board of curators. | A native of Louisiana, Hurst graduated from Southern univer sity at Baton Rouge, La., in 1941, with a degree in agricultural edu cation.