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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1928)
PERSONALS Ed. F. Morearty, Lawyer, 700 Pe ters Trust Building, JAckson 3841 or J HArney 2156. Mrs. George Wood, 3030 Pinkney street, has as her guests Mrs. Anna Alexander of Washington, D. C., Mrs. Susie Hodges of Los Angeles, Cal., and Mrs. George Moton of Des Moines, Iowa. Mrs. Ezra Hayes and daughter, Willa, left Saturday evening for St. Paul, Minn., where they will be guests of relatives for two weeks. H. J. Pinkett, attorney, 319-20 Ne ville Block, Sixteenth and Harney streets. Atlantic 9344.—Adv. Mr. Robert Hemingway motored to the city last week from Chicago, 111., and is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Countee, 2816 North 26th street. He recently obtained his bachelor of arts degree and diploma in music from Fisk University. Mrs. George W. Bullock and chil dren left early Tuesday morning for Los Angeles, Cal., for a two months’ stay. Mr. and Mrs. Roy White of Inde pendence, Kan. who have been vi.i> ing Mrs. White’s sister and brother in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Jones of 2512 Corby street, left for their home Wednesday. __________ * FOR RENT—Three 6-room apart ments at 1201 South Thirteenth street. Call Webster 6613. N. W. Ware. Mrs. Charles T. Smith was hostess at a very delightful breakfast in Elm w'ood park Wednesday morning, in honor of her house guests. Rev. and Mrs. N. Peterson Boyd of Brooklyn, N. Y. Covers were placed for four teen. Mrs. H. B. Hieronymous entertain ed at dinner at her home, 2825 North 28th avenue, Wednesday, August 15, in honor of the Rev. and Mrs. N. Peterson Boyd, house guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Smith. Covers were placed for eight. After the dinner, Dr. and Mrs. John A. Singleton took Father and Mrs. Boyd and their host ess for a pleasant ride about the city. Mr. and Mrs. V. S. Wheatley are enjoying a delightful motor trip, which includes St. Joseph, Mo., Kan sas City, St. Louis, Chicago, Colum bus, O., and Detroit, Mich. i The Rev. and Mrs. N. Peterson Boyd of Brooklyn, N. Y., were house guests the past week of Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Smith, 2916 North 28th street. Mrs. Smith was formerly a member of St. Philip’s Church in Brooklyn, of which Father Boyd has been rector for twenty-five years. Mrs. Lucinda M. Davis entertained at breakfast in Elmwood park Tues day morning, in honor of all who worked for their church on their re cent tag day. Covers were placed for 26. Mrs. A. M. Harrold, Sr., left Sun day night for California for a two months ’stay. She will visit in Los Angeles, Pasadena, San Francisco, San Diego and Oaxland, Cal. She expects to return the last of October. Mrs. J. S. Turner entertained with a very delightful and prettily ap pointed tea at her home, 2514 Corby street, Sunday afternoon from 4 to 7, in honor of their house guests, Miss Annie Lee Hill of Harrisburg, Pa., and Miss Minnie W. Pearson of Dur ham, N. C. The color scheme was yellow and orchid. About 100 guests attended. Mr. and Mrs. Albert W. Bell and little daughter, of Sheridan, Wyo., were week-end house guests at the home of Mrs. M. C. Stephenson, 2212 North 25th street. They were en route to their home from f)es Moines, la., where they had motored to visit Mrs. Bell’s mother, whom he had not seen for seventeen years. Prof. W. E. Day, principal of the Lincoln school in Sapulpa, Okla., en route to Duluth, Mich., was the guest of Rev. and Mrs. John Albert Wil liams and their daughter, Dorothy, at the rectory, Thursday. Miss Wil liams is one of Prof. Day’s teachers. Mr. John G. Hawkins and Miss Anna M. Kennedy were quietly mar ried Saturday afternoon, August 11, at the Church of St. Philip the Deacon by the Rev. John Albert Williams. Mrs. Clare Speese, accompanied by her daughter, Erma, and niece, Beu lah Speese, left Sunday evening to spend two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Speese and other relatives in Okoboji, S. Dak. Mrs. Jessica T. Wright and Miss Irene Jones were joint hostesses at a swimming party, followed by break fast, at Riverview park, Wednesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harding and Miss Sadie Algee, sister of Mrs. Harding, were Omaha vistors the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Harding motored up from St. Louis, Mo., where they now reside, to visit the parents of Mrs. Harding at M .nilla, la. Miss Algee comes from Louis ville, where she is nurse in the city schools, to visit her parents. Jennie Blackwell, niece of Mr. T. P. Mahammitt, left Tuesday morning for Denver, Colo., for a few days’ visit. She will return Sunday morn ing. W/AVM'AV.VAV.VWA'AVAV.VA’.V.'.V.V.VAV.V.V.V.' I i 1 Our Aim; i , $ To serve our customers :• | i | J well, and at the lowest rates :[ ;? commensurate with a high :• * . (standard of service; to con- > duct our business with !■ courtesy, efficiency and dis- j patch; to treat our custom- j ers fairly and without dis- ■: J crimination; to deal frankly j: !and openly with the public ■: at all times. ■: I I i. Nebraska Power @ v Courtesy * Service ♦ Low Rates ;• AVAV...V.V.\VA\V.VV/.VAVV.V.V.V.V.,.,.,.V.,.V.V.V.,.V.V" Doris Brown of Atchison, Kan., who has been visting her aunts, Mes dames Jasper C. Brown and George Kenner, and other relatives, will re turn to her home Saturday. WINTON Touring car, excellent con dition, price very reasonable. WA. 4309, or see car at Benson Buick Auto Co., 6212 Maple street. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. {Cemp of Des Moinesc, la., were the guests of Mrs. Shacklefold, 2525 North 22nd street, this week. _ WHAT NATURAL GAS WILL MEAN TO OMAHA Natural gas will bring about an immediate saving of more than $500, 000 a year to gas users of Omaha, if the people vote to accept the natural gas proposal, according to Mr. W. J. Coad, Chairman of the Metropolitan Utilities District. “This saving,” Mr. Coad said, “will extend to every user of gas in the city except those who pay the mini mum bill, of whom there are a com paratively small number. “This will be the minimum saving, and practically all of it applies to the use of gas for cooking. The saving will be much larger when people be gin to use gas for house heating. “The saving on each bill, except the minimum bills, will be approximately 30 per cent as soon as natural gas is installed. While only half as much natural gas will be needed to do the work of manufactured gas, we are being liberal by estimating that the saving will be only 30 per cent. In many cases the saving will be 50 per cent.” Chairman Coad said that natural gas will also bring about more em ployment in Omaha by enabling the Omaha industries to develop and spread out, because natural gas will furnish them with cheaper fuel than they now use. Mr. Coad said also that the people of Omaha will be assured of an un interrupted gas flow because the source of supply from the Panhandle section of Texas has adequate gas pools, and the pipe line which will bring the natural gas to Omaha will be the largest ever constructed in the United States. Every precaution of | engineering science has been taken to I insure a continuous flow of natural! gas. The $1,500,000 gas bond issue which will be necessary to construct mains in Omaha if natural gas is brought to the city, will not increase taxes one penny, according to Mr. Coad. “A rumor has been spread that the issue of the bonds will increase the taxes,” said Mr. Coad. “Such a statement is erroneous. Both the principal and interest on these bonds will be paid from revenue obtained by the sale of the gas. “The issuance of bonds by the Utilities District has never increased taxes. When we purchased the gas plant we had $5,000,000 worth of bonds outstanding. By July, 1930, we will have paid off $1,500,000 worth of these bonds, even though we have decreased the rates of gas and water while paying off this indebted ness. If the gas bonds are approved by the voters, our bonded indebted ness will be no greater than when we bought the gas plant.” Mr. Coad said fhat the Utilities District has an excellent contract with a natural gas company, and that he feels it is a grand oppqrtunity for Omaha. “No city that has ever been of fered natural gas has turned it down,” Mr. Coad said. “The fact that the natural gas people are will ing to invest $30,000,000 in a pipe line to bring natural gas to Omaha, is a good assurance that they feel that it will be a tremendous success,” said Mr. Coad. The special election on the natural gas bond issue will be held on Sep tember 25. Everyone is urged to vote. Employes of the Omaha Ik Council Bluffs Street Railway Company are trained to he courteous . . to give extraordinary serv ice, and to give that service with a smile. When you buy three tokens for twenty cents, you get not only three smiling tokens, but also the courteous attention of the conductor. Street cars are essential to the life of the city. Without the street cars, many would be without any form of transporta tion to go to work or to take part in the life of the city. ■) [yen the tokens smite afqont OMAHA AND COUNCIL BLUFFS SFREET RAILWAY COMPANY Economical Transportation " " . i WA*.W.V.V.VA*.V.V.W.W.VW.V.VASW.V.*.V.V»W.V.W/ 5 ■j A BIG EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION £ £ to be held at £ KRUG PARK—September 11 £ £ We are hereby calling the public’s atten- 5 tion to this big event. We have heretofore, £ ■: no doubt, witnessed this day of celebration £ £ in Omaha, but never before have we had it J j: in this wise. J j There is a big effort being made by the ■: ■: Committee to reach every organized group 5 :* of race people in and around Omaha, in £ :• order that they may share in, or have a ■: ■J chance to share in this affair. We are hop- im j ing to have every church group, every fra- J < ternal society and the business and profes- £ J sional men to participate in this celebration. :■ J We have heard from many sources, much *: J criticism about a date for this celebration. £ To that we have only this to say: In the J J Slave States, the dates differ; in Nebraska, £ ■' there is no fixed date for this occasion, for £ this was not a slave state. So, we use a date J £ on which we can secure a place that fur- £ £ nishes such recreation and amusements as £ J this day calls for, hence, the day and place J % this year is $ ■ > September 11th, at Kryg Park! £ ■! ■! ■: Another objection has been that it has } been a single-handed effort. That objection :■ j* this year is removed by reason of the fact J ■: that all groups are being approached to take ■£ :■ part. , i jC ■: Still another objection has been because £ j: some have thought that the churches and $ :■ pastors should not have the dance pavilion £ ■: operating under church management. That ■: objection this time is removed, for the Krug 5 :■ Park Amusement Co. had contracted with :j Mr. John Smith for the dance pavilion last ■: ■: March, so the churches will have no hand in :■ ;• the management of the hall. i • :: Now let us all get together and have a big ■: ■j day of co-mingling one with another and at 5 ;■ the same time celebrate in a large way our £ j: Race Freedom. J £ The following named brethren have been £ :■ approached and have agreed to co-operate ■: with the plan. From Fraternities: 5 > A. M. IIARROLD REV. D. McQUEEN 4 C. G. M. of U. K. T.’s State G. M. of M. T. of A’s lm "'l DR. GOODEN 4 G. M. of U. B. F.’s f Churches approached through pastors: £ J REV. E. H. HILSON REV. A. H. HIGGS £ Salem Baptist Clare Chapel M. E. £ REV. WM. HALL REV. E. D. JOHNSON £ [■ Morning Star Baptist St. John’s M. B., No. Side £ J REV. MR. STEVENSON REV. Z. E. McGEE J > Galilee M. B. Pleasant Green M. B. £ REV. JNO. ADAMS REV. J. W. GARNER J IS Presiding Elder, Omaha Bethel A. M. E. 5 r District, A. M. E. ■£ REV. J. H. JACKSON L. E. HAMLETT 5 Bethel M. B., So. Side Cleaves Temple, C. M. E. ^ We hope this announcement will be clear ly read and understood so that everyone will ■[ know that all groups can be benefited by £ . plans offered if they will take part. At this s ■: writing the Committee has not been able to J £ see all of the churches and pastors, neither i |i have we had time to see all of the Fraternal J ;j Societies, but we will see them before the £ £ next issue comes out, so as to let the public ^ j: know those participating in this grand af- J fair. Watch for newspaper and circular an- J £ nouncements later. Anyone wishing to take ? J part or to get further information call J jj L. E. HAMLETT £ j Secretary of Committee ^ \ 1713 No. 25th Street Phone WE. 6855 ^ J Let us hope that all groups will do their J I1" best to make this a worth-while occasion. J JNO. ADAMS 5 Z. E. McGEE i J. W. GARNER ? J. H. JACKSON i . L. E. HAMLETT J «: Committee. £ £ —Adv. £ .V.,AV.%V.\V.VAViW.V.V.V/.V.,AV.V.V,V/.,,WWLVAW
