0 The Weekly Review
' PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE COLORED CITIZENRY OF NEBRASKA”
VOLUME ONE LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1933 NUMBER NINE
NEEDY BENEFIT POPULAR
New Lodge Grows
Meeting Monday, March 6th
The Needy Benefit Association
which was first set up here last Oc
tober hv the Supreme Grand Organ
izer E. R. Loft is, Omaha, is growing
in total membership every day. Some
thirty people have made application
ami a number of others have indi
cated a desire of joining this very’
progressive organization. The Omaha
branch, which is older than the Lin
coln Lodge, has taken in over two
hundred members,
Mr. Ijoftis spent two days in Lin
eol|; last week working over plans
for a membership drive that is to be
launched early in March. At the
time he was here ho accepted the
•resignation of M. T. Woods’, the
president of the Lincoln Lodge ami
officially appointed Mrs. Maude
Johnson, prominent in lodge circles,
to fill the unexpired term. It is ex
pected that the lodge will take new
life with this experienced lodge
worker at the helm.
Mrs. Johnson is calling a meeting
of the members for Monday night,
March 6, at her home, 648 So. 25th
street. The following were some
time ago selected as officers of Cap
itol City lodge: Loretta Swnnigan,
vice president; T. T. McWilliams,
secretary; Guy Wiley, treasurer;
Rev. I. B. Smith, chaplain; Wendell
Thomas, Marshall; John Burden,
Warden; Burt Newton, Inner Guard;
Claude Gordon, Outer Guard.
Tnis lodge has certain features
that no other organization of its kind
has. One of them is that it takes
in its membership all persons be
tween the ages of three months and
95 years of age. At the present
time the youngest member of Capi
tol City Lodge is baby Charles Camp
bell Jr., and the oldest is Mr.
Thomas Watts, 2420 P street.
Everyone who is not chronically
ill is eligible for membership. There
is a joining fee of fifty cents for the
“A” class or children between the
ages of three months and 15 years. A
seventy-five dollar policy is offered
children in this group for $3.64 a
year. In the “R” class people be
tween 16 and 50 years pay a $2
joining fee and receive a $500 pol
icy for only $9.90 a year, which can
be paid monthly or quarterly. In
dividuals between 51 and 95 years
are placed in the “C” class with
the payment of a $3 enrollment fee
and the annual premium of $8.80
grants them a $200 policy. This is
the best protection at the lowest
rate that members of the group can
obtain anywhere.
Lincoln members are also proud
that another member of their lodge
has been given signnl honors. Mrs.
Ernesteen L. Woods was appointed
the State secretary for Nebraska.
Mrs. Woods’ sister is the vice presi
dent of the Omaha Lodge.
A large delegation will go from
Lincoln next Wednesday, March 8,
to attend a banquet which will be
given by the Omaha Lodge at St.
Johns Church, 22nd and Willis Ave.,
in Omaha. After the banquet the
following officers will be installed in
the Omaha Lodge: Mrs. George Bor
ders, Worthy President; Mrs. Eva
Gaines, Worthy Vice President; Mrs.
Rosa Battles, P. W. P.; Mrs. Non
nie Itaybon, W. Secretary; Mrs. Tan
ner O’Neal, Assistant Secretary;
Mrs. Georgia Allen, treasurer; Mrs.
Effie Curtley, Marshall; Mrs. Z. E.
Peari, Warden; Mrs. Shelton Pearl,
Inner Guard; W. M. Swillie, Outer
Guard; Mrs. Effie Bryant, Chaplain.
Following is the program to be
given:
Invocation, Rev. Alfred Clay, Pas
tor of Clair Chapel.
Song, by congregation
Welcome Address, Rev. L. P. Bry
ant, pastor of St. Johns.
Solo, Air. G. C. Camper
Principal Speaker, Mr. T. T. McWil
liams, of Lincoln.
APPOINTED
Maude H. Johnson
I no appointment of Mrs. Maude
H. Johnson ns the president of the
State oi' Iowa of the Needy Benefit
Association was recently announced
by Rev. A. L. Taylor, Calvert, Tex
as, Supreme President of the Needy
Benefit Association of Texas, Kan
sas, Nebraska and Iowa. Mrs.
Johnson is n proponent lodge work
er having held (krcind offices in the
Court, Eastern Star and an elective
office in the international organiza
tion of the Daughters of Isis. Mrs.
Johnson will also act as the presi
dent of the local branch since the
resignation of M. T. Woods.
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NEWMAN M. E. CHURCH
23rd and S Streets
Rev. Geo. N. Jones, Minister
Weekly Program of Activities
Tuesday, 8 p. w. Prayer und
Class Meeting
Wednesday, 1=30 p. m. Broad
casting by Choir. (KFOR)
Wednesday, 8 p. m. Literary So
ciety program.
The New Century Club meets with
Mr. Raymond Smith, Thursday
evening,
Friday, f? p. m. Choir Rehearsal.
Sunday Services:
9:30 Church School
11:00 Morning Worship
Sermon by the Minister
6:30 Teachers meeting and Bi
ble Study
7:45 to 8:15 p. m. Song Ser
vice by Choir
8:15 ]>y m. Worship Service.
Sermon by the Minister
Or, Sunday evening, February 26,
the minister and the choir filled an
engagement at the First Christian
Church. The Rev. Mr. Jones deliv
ered a well chosen sermon to a large
and appreciative audience and the
choir sang a number of songs and
spirituals with which the audience
was delighted.
In return for the service rendered
by Newman Church on this occasion
Mr. Robins, a distinguished layman
from the First Christian Church,
was sent to Newman at the same
hour to give a stereopticon lecture
on the crucifixion and resurrection
of Christ. Although the exchange
was numerically a sixteen to one
proposition in favor of the First
Christian Church, Vtie lecture given
by Mr. Robins was so intensely in
teresting and instructive that New
man Church was not, necessarily
loser in the deaL
THIRD CHURCH
Sarah J. McWilliams, Pastor
Morning services Sunday were
well attended.
Mr. Jeff Stepney is somewhat im
proved
Mrs. Coleman a n d daughter,
Nilati Mackey of Omaha, were Lin
coln visitors last Saturday, calling
on relatives and friends.
Sunday School classes are making
plans for play ground activities.
Junior girls class led by Pauline
McWilliams and Cleo Buckner en
joyed a pleasant hiking trip fol
Raxaphone Solo, Mrs. Eva Gaines
Installation of officers, by the state
president, Mr. E. It. Loftis
Remarks
After the program a Chicken Din
ner will be served at 25 cents per
plate.
lowed by a luncheon.
CHURCH OF GOD MISSION
S. S. Spaght, Pastor
You are cordially invited to at
tend services at the Church of God
Mission. 23rd and T streets.
Sunday School nt 11 = 30 a. m.
Services^ 3 and 8 p. m.
Young People’s Bible Class, 7 to
7:45 p. in.
Young People’s Interdcnominn
lioual Bible ClSWt Young and old
are welcome to attend this Bible
ClaSs, Monday, March. 6, at Mrs.
Lloyd King’s, 2148 T street.
Mrs, Geneva Roberts, Instructor
QUINN CHAPEL A. M. E.
9th and C Streets
Rev. Burbridge, Pastor
Sunday School, 9:30 a. m.
Mrs. James Shelby, Supt.
Morning Sendee, 11=00 a. m.
Evening Service, 7:30 p. m.
Sunday School was well attended,
in fact one of the largest attend
ances of the past year, and as usual
Mrs. Swanigan’s class took posses
sion of both banners. • Mrs. Swani:
gnu, who is teacher of the beginners
class feels very proud of her class
and expects to keep those banners
always.
MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH
12th and F Streets
B. C. Winchester, Pastor
Slogan: “March to Church
Sunday
Sunday School, 9 a. rn. [Mrs.
Brewer, superintendent.
Morning Worship, 11 a. m.
Sermon: “Following a Leader”
R. Y. P. U., 6 p- in. Mrs. Rosa
Adair, president.
K veiling Service, 8 p. m.
Communion: “What We Wor
ship. ’ ’
Women’s H. & F. M. S. wfll meet
Tuesday at 8 p^ m. at the home of
Mrs. Franklin,’ 72G Q street.
Mid-week Prayer Service, Wed
nesday, 8 p. m. at parsonage.
Monthly business meeting, Friday
at 8 p. in. at Church.
Notice
Beginning Sunday, March 12, the
pastor will preach the first of a ser
ies of sermons: ‘ * The Signs of the
Time.”
The Mt. Zion Baptist Church of
fers a hearty welcome to all.
CORRECTION
In giving the names of the pall
bearers for the Harding funeral last
week the names of Mr. Hcny Spann
and Mr. Mason Todd were uninten
tionally omitted.
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NEGRO HISTORY REVEALED
BY SEMPER FIDELIS
“Negro History Week" was ob
served Sunday night at the A. M.
K. Church by the members of the
Semper Fidelia Club. The church
was well filled. Ralph Adams, the
president ol' the club was presented
h,V Rev. Burbridge, pastor of the
church.
The program was opened witli the
singing of the “National Negro An
them" by the audience. In tcllinjf
of the history of the Club, Ralph
Adams said, “The Semper Fidelia
was first organized as a social and
recreational outlet for the colored
j students of the University hi 1924
b.V Milton 11. Bledsoe, a student, in
• I"' college of Journalism." Mr.
Bledsoe is now an associate editor of
the Kansas City Call.
" <>>i(lcll Willis, senior and appli
cant lor the B. Kc. degree in Educa
tion in June told in his own way
whnt. the Negro is doing in educa
tion. He told of tho wonderful pro
gress that had boon made since the
establishment of Hampton Institute
by the American Missionary Society.
Robert Lee gave a reading, "How
dy, Howdy, Howdy,” by Dunbar. It
was quite comical and no doubt giv
en in the fashion that the author
would have had it given. Mr. Lee
was a mid-year graduate from high
school and will enter the University
next fall.
Grayce Dorsey, a student in the
Arts College kept the audience in
terested in her discourse of the part
the Negro has taken in American
Literature. "The development of
this tield lias through necessity been
of recent years,” declared Miss
Dorsey.
The Negro in music and art is
holding his own. "The Negro leads
the world in music,” said Catherine
Williams, a senior in the Fine Arts
department. Miss Williams in men
tioning a number of America’s fore
most urtists made the blood of the
older citizens tingle when she told
of the accomplishments of Aaron
Douglas, one of the favorite stud
ents of another day. In conclusion
Miss Williams rendered a few num
bers which only tended to verify her
statement that the colored race is
nt»t to he excelled in music.
Rert Newton, student of Business
Administration, pointed out many
inconsistencies in tho philosophy of
colored people in their apparent
skepticism of the business enter
prises of their own people.
Oaitha Pegg, a junior in the col
lege of business administration ven
tured into the field of science when
he discussed in his immaculate
fashion the "Life and Works of Dr.
Carver of Tuskegee.” He said that
Mr. Carver had produced over 200
products from the "lowly” sweet
potato.
The crowd was pleased when Eliz
abeth Harris read a poem of her
own composition entitled "The New
Negro.” Miss Harris was a mid
year graduate from Lincoln high
school.
With th<* air of the men of the
profession which he aspires to rep
resent, Primus C. Wade, law stud
ent, Captivated the audience and did
not fail to hold them spellbound
while he related in the most inter
esting way the part the Negro has
played in politics. Mr. Wade said
that the Negroes in Mississippi had
played a bigger part in state and
federal politics than had the Negroes
of any other state. Mississippi has
sent 27 colored men to congress.
‘‘The only committcewoman to be
sent from Mississippi was a colored
woman,” said Mr. Wade. “The Ne
gro needs first of all to learn the
value of cooperation,” continued
Mr., Wade. He finished by reciting
James W. Johnson’s last stanza in
the National Negro Anthem, saying
that i|s words best expressed the phil
osophical outlook of the Negro.
.T. R. Lilliard was himself when he
discussed the ‘‘Negro in Drama.”
KERNS HERE TODAY
To Mako Survey Report at Mt.
Zion Baptist Church
Lincoln people will have nn op
portunity to hear J. Harvey Korns,
executive secretary of the Omaha
Urban League discuss the data col
lected and his conclusions of the re
cent sociological survey that was
made here. Mr. Kerns will mako a
twenty minute radio address at 3
o’clock over KFOR, He is the spec
ial guest of the Board of Directors
of the Lincoln Urban League at a
Special meeting at the Y. M. C. A.
At u public meeting at eight
o'clock at the Mt. Zion Baptist
Church at 12th and F streets, Mr.
Kerns will make a detailed report
of the survey. A large crowd is
expected, |, {
MRS. ESTELLA T. ORAIG PASSES
(An eulogy by Mrs. M. H. Johnson)
Mm Estclla T. Craig, Past Grand
Matron of Amaranth Grand Chap
ter, O. E. S. of Nebraska and Juris
diction, passed February 27. She
bad been seriously ill for only a
short time and her death was a
shock to all who knew her.
We foal that her happiness of na
ture, her firmness of convictions, and
her broadness) of views have en
riched all coming in contact with
her; that we have lost one of our
most fiatliful and earnest co-work
ers, and that each of us has lost a
true friend. (
Wo think of the pleasant past
assoeiaation with Mrs. Craig and
find consolation for the present in
these words of poetry s
Oh how sweet it will be in that
beautiful land,
So free from sorrow and pain;
With song on our lips and harps
in our hands,
To meet our dear sister again.
Mrs. Craig was a well known elo
cutionist and will be remembered by
many in Lincoln for having spon
sored the play, “Ethiopia at the Bar
of Justice."
Mr. Lilliard is a senior student in
the College of Fine Arts where he
has majored in dramatics. He told
of the accomplishments of many of
his race and expressed the hope that
a greater opportunity be opened in
this field for the members of his
race. He said “the day of the un
trained black faced comedian has
gone. To compete with his fellow
man the Negro has learned that he
too must bo trained."
/Theodora Flonrnory, Ja raid-year
graduate from Lincoln high school
and now a freshman in the school of
Journalism told what opportunities
this field offered the present gener
ation and related in some detail the
history of the colored press. She
said the first paper was published
secretly in the days of slavery for
the purpose of agitation.
Mr. Primus Wade again captivat
ed his listeners when ho sang a Ne
gro spiritual. His fine baritone
voice echoed pleasing tones from the
four walls of the edifice. He re
ceived quite an ovation.
Arnold Walker was fittingly cho
sen to conclude the program. His
subject, "The Social Development of
the Negro,” was well handled. He
reiterated the conclusions of Mr.
Wade when he said the fundamental
principle underlying the accomplish
ment. of any group is cooperation.
Mr. Walker is a senior in the Arts
College. He has majored in sociol
ogy and is a candidate for a scholar
ship in one of the leading social
schools of the country. •
Rev. Burbridgc and Rev. I. B:
Smith each made remarks. Prayer
by Rev. Burbridge.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W; Young and
Mr. and Mrs, M. T. Woods aro
sjMinsors of the Club.
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