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VOL. 6, No. 53 Lincoln 3, Nebraska—Official and Legal Newspaper October 23, 1952 National Urban League Announce VOC Awards The National Urban League anT nounced this week the names of winners of the 1952 Thalheimer Awards held in conjunction with the Vocational Opportunity Cam paign, a phase of the League’s vo cational services program, di rected by Miss Ann Tanneyhill. Contest winners are selected on essays on the subject "What I Want To Be," written during the League’s annual Vocational Op portunity Campaign held in March. The prizes, in the amounts of $150, $100 and $75 are given by the student writers of the best original essays to help refray their expenses for further study in their chosen vocatians. The awards are named for Dr. Ross Thalheimer, noted philanthropist and civic leader, who since 1948 has do nated funds for that purpose. The winners of this year’s con tect are: Gloria Lenton, 7125 Oporto avenue, Birmingham, Ala., first prize, $150; Tilman Jones, 504 15th avenue, north, Birming ham, Ala., second prize, $100; and Treopia Green, 1224 West 21sti street, Little Rock, Ark., third! prize, $75. Both first and second prize winners are eighteen years old and were seniors at Parker High School, Birmingham, when they submitted their essays, while the third prize winner is sixteen years old and was a senior at Dunbar High School, Little Rock. Miss Lenton, who expects to be a teacher in heme economics, is a freshman at Spelman College, Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Jones, whose career choice was industrial chemist, was not able to go to col lege to pursue his vocation and enlisted in the Air Force. His $100 prize will be given to him when he enters school after leaving the Army. Miss Green is now a freshman at Hampton Institute where she was awarded a half tuition scholarship by the Hamp ton Scholarship Board. She plans W. C. Atkinson NMA president moves to in crease membership—W. C. Atkin son assumed the presidency of the National Medical Association at the recent convention of that or ganization in Chicago. Immedi ately upon taking office, Dr. Atkinson issued two requests of his vice presidents. They were to secure every new member pos sible, and encourage all former members to renew their member ships, and to encourage and insist that every child be immunized against diphtheria. A resident of Coatsville, Pa., Dr. Atkinson has been actively en gaged in bringing about civic im provement in that city, where he founded Clement Atkinson Me morial hospital.— (ANP). to be a kindergarten teacher. ™ Judges of the essay contest were three members of the board of the National Urban League, Dr. Kenneth B. Clark, assistant pro fessor of psychology, City College of New York; Mrs. Ronald Tree and Mrs. Dorothy Paley, civic leaders. Tuskegee and HIF to Study Negro Health _ ■ ......—iwnif—t—minamminri'dpfir NEW YORK, A one-year study of Negro health practices in southern rural com munities will be conducted by Tuskegee Institute under a grant of $15,000 from Health Informa tion Foundation (H1F) for the Surpose of identifying prevailing Tegro health practices, determ ining what factors influence such rural areas, according to a joint Tuskegee-HIF announcement * Above, Kenneth Williamson (left), executive vice president of HIF, presents an initial check to Lewis W. Jones, research director of Tuskegee’s Rural Life Council, for preliminary work already completed on the project. The Study is under the direction of Ernest E. Neal, head of the Coun cil, with field work by Dr. Manet Fowler, Tuskegee research con sultant, and Mr. Jones. • HIF is a non-profit, non-political organization sponsored by the drug* chemical and allied indus tries. It collects and distributes factual information on health care, progress and services in the United States. Rev. John R. Harris New Pastor At Quinn Chapel NAACP Starts ‘52 Christmas Seal Campaign NEW YORK (ANP)—The an nual Christmas seal sale of the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People got under way this week with the distribution of 43,000 of the gay red, green and white stickers to the Association’s branches all over the country. As in last year’s appeal, Miss Lena Horne, is chairman of the 1952 seal campaign. Letters bear ing the signature of the popular stage, film and recording star will be sent to more than one hundred thousand individuals, representing a genuine cross-sec tion of all walks of life. Miss Horne will ask these persons for their support in the Christmas seal appeal. The seals, which sell for $1 per sheet of 100, are now available at the NAACP national office, 20 West 40th St., New York, and | through local branches. Ridley to Become Deputy Recorder WASHINGTON (ANP)—Petei S. Ridley, public relations con sultant of the American Red Cross, last week announced that he was resigning from this post to accept an appointment as first deputy re corder of deeds in the District of Columbia. » His resignation from the Red Cross post will become official Nov. 3. On this date he will take over his new post. He said: “The weightiest item in my de cision to terminate my services with the Red Cross was my need to do less travelling at this time in order to remain home and bet ter counsel my son during his formative years. Recorder of Deeds John B. Dun can appointed Ridley to his new job. He will fill a vacancy cre ated by the resignation of Oliver Thornton several weeks ago. Ridley has been a resident of Washington1 for the past 20 years. He is a graduate of Howard uni versity and served on the institu tion’s faculty for six years before taking over the > post at the Red Cross replacing Jesse O. Thomas. The new deputy recorder has served as an official of the Crown Savings Bank in Newport News,! IVa., and as dean of the St. Paul Polytechnic Institute in Lawrence ville, Va. During World War II, he was a Red Cross director in Europe, ad ministering a program in England and on the continent. He is a member of several civic and pro fessional organizations. Senator Lehman Wins Civil Rights Award NEW YORK (ANP) — Sen Herbert Lehman of New York wasj named to receive the America’s Democratic Legacy award given annually by the B’nai B’rith. The award in recognition of his work in behalf of civil rights legisla tion was to be presented at a1 dinner opening the league’s five day 39thv annual meeting in Chicago. Has Government Experience WUBPWW* ™ i spw'iw**!'-ww Courtesy Sunday Journal & Star JOHN R. HARRIS Mrs. Bethune OK’s Stevenson Sparkman Ticket WEST PALM BEACH, FLA.— (ANP) — Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, dynamic Negro leader, last week formally endorsed the national Democratic ticket of Gov. Adlai Stevenson and Sen. John Sparkman as her choice for President and Vice President re spectively. Mrs. Bethune, the founder president emeritus of Bethune [Cookman college in Daytona Beach, Fla., cited her disappoint ment with Dwight D. Eisenhower’s stand on basic issue, and progress Negroes have made under the Democrats as her reason for sup porting Stevenson. She said in part: “I have been watching and lis tening carefully to the candidates to see where we might safely rest our future and that of our chil dren. “I have had hopes that the nomination of Eisenhower her alded a new Republican party worthy to invite Negroes back to the house of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. But in this I have suffered sharp disappoint ment. “The general has compromised on basic issues, indulged in purely political maneuvers, played with out-and-out reactionaries and seemed, like many other poli ticians, willing to do almost any thing to win. “I have watched and listened closely to Gov. Stevenson. He has kept his promise to ‘talk sense to the American people.’ He has pre sented the issues in a statesman- ^ like, honest, courageous and in- ( telligent manner .. . He has shown keen recognition of the role of race in world affairs. “I have decided, therefore, to I march behind Stevenson and ( Sparkman as I did behind Frank lin D. Roosevelt and Jack Gar ner, and Harry Truman and Alben Barkley.” On the issue which has caused I many Negroes to hesitate to sup-! port the Democrats Sen. Spark-j man, Mrs. Bethune recalled his effort in behalf of poor people— both black and white—in the South, and compared him to such southerners as Hugo Black, Su preme court justice; Russell Long, senator from Louisiana; Estes Ke The Rev. John R. Harris, new pastor at Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, comes to Lincoln from Seattle, Washington, where he has served two pastorates the-past 17 years. A native of Paterson, N. J., he received bachelor and divinity de grees at Johnson C. Smith Uni versity in North Carolina and took postgraduate work in political science at Columbia University and at the University of Washing ton. While holding the pastorate of the Seattle AME church, Rev. Mr. Harris the past four years was assistant to the county treasurer of King County, Washington. This is the county which includes Seat tle. His was an appointive posi tion. The Rev. Mr. Harris also served three years as state race relations director for the Washington State Council of Chuches. Nebr. Annual ■Conference j Closed Oct. 12 The Nebraska annual confer iference composed of Kansas City, (Kansas and suburban areas of Kansas City and all of Nebraska (convened Tuesday, October 7, 1952 at St John A.M.E. Church. I It convened Tuesday with the j Women’s Missionary meeting. I Wednesday was the official open ing day of the conference. The conference closed Sunday, October 12, with two very outstanding services. Bishop Fred Jordan, Los A n g e 1 es, California conducted morning services and Dr. Leander Hill, President of Wilberforce, was the afternoon speaker. Appoint ments were given out in the after noon service. Major changes: Rev. E. B. Chil d.vss was transfered to Southwest Missouri Conference. Rev. J. B. Brooks was previously trans ferred to the California Confer ence, and Rev. Shakespeare to the Colorado Conference. 42nd Annual S. W. Mo. Conference To Meet Oct. 29th KANSAS CITY, Mo.—What is promised to be one of the most dramatic and informative meet ings of the lay leagues of Kansas City will be held at Allen Chapel AME Church, 10th and Charlotte Streets. Sunday, October 26, at 5 p.m., Prentis J. Hoffman, dele gate to General conference and press reporter for the 5th Episco pal District, will give the theme for the day, “The People Are En titled to Know the Truth.” The laymen’s program calls for complete rehabilitation of the en tire church setup, according to Mr. Hoffman. A member of the Judi cial Council will be among the speakers. R. F. Sweeney, art ardent lay worker, is assisting with plans for the pre-conference meeting. fauver, senator from Tennessee, and Lister Hill, former senator from Alabama whose liberality led to his defeat. /