THE VOICE
A NEGRO WEEKLY
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the cultural, social and spiritual
*life of a great people”
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Register and Vote!
Urges Dr. Bethune in Appeal to
U. S. Women
WASHINGTON, D. C.—In an
effort to stimulate interest in
voting, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune
in a recent statement to the press,
has urged each and every woman
to go to the polls and vote when
the time comes. Her statement
follows:
“Perhaps at no time in the his
tory of our Nation have the Con
gressional elections assumed such
importance as the forthcoming
elections of 1946.
“Such important legislation as
the control of atom energy, price
and rent control, FEPC, Anti-Poll
Tax, Anti-Lynching Bill, World
Peaces through UNO, and other
issues which will effect each one
of us vitally, determining whether
or not this and coming genera
tions shall survive, shall be con
sidered by our new Congress.
Important
“It is most important that we,
as Negro women, bestir ourselves
in our communities, to help select
men and women to Congress who
will support liberal and progres
sive measures.
“We take off our hats to the
tens of thousands of new Negro
voters in the white primary, poll
tax South, who marched to the
polls at the risk of life and limb.
The North must see to it that
its voting record does not fail.
In Illinois Michigan, Ohio, Penn
sylvania, California, Indiana,
Missouri, New York and New
Jersey, the Negro vote is of str
agetic importance.
“Remember the November elec
tions. Register! Get your neigh
bors to Register and Vote!
God will not ask thy race,
Nor will He ask thy birth;
Ne will demand of thee
what thou hast done on earth.
Guest Column
By Delight Killinger
graduate Hastings College
"Man Does Not Live by
Bread Alone"
When man was forced to labor
twelve, fourteen, or even as much
as sixteen or eighteen hours a
day in order to earn the merest
subsistence, the heavy sleep of
exhaustion was almost the only
possible opportunity for re-crea
tion. The harnessing of power,
the development of agriculture,
industry, transportation, com
munication, and the better organ
ization of human society have
made it increasingly easy for
man to obtain the essentials as
well as the luxuries of life with
shorter hours of productive la
bor. The use of leisure time,
therefore, is one of the major
problems of society; for leisure
may either be a curse or a bless
ing, according to the use which
is made of it.
The scope of leisure time ac
tivities is very broad and diverse.
Among the more important types
of activities are these:
1. Social recreation (all forms of
recreation which depend pri
marily upon human contacts
for their value).
2. Physical activities (the cul
ture of the body as a fine art)
3. Re-creative music (music for
self expression including
bands, orchestras, vocal
groups etc.).
4. Re-creative drama (includes
pageants, pantomines, and
puppetry as well as plays).
5. Linguistic arts (forums, liter
ary composition, and recre
ational reading).
6. Rhythmics (marching, or cal
isthenics done to a specified
rhythm.)
7. Re-creative arts of Line, Col
or, Form and Perspective
(painting, sculpture, photo
graphy etc.).
8. Handicraft arts (work in
leather, textiles, wood, metal,
raffia, etc.).
9. Nature crafts (including na
ture lore, camping, hiking,
gardening, collecting and
displays).
10. Scientific experimentation
hobbies (astronomical, bio
logical, geological, chemical,
aeronautical, radiological etc.
Hobbies of collecting might
also be included here).
What rests and re-creates one
may not be at all suitable for an
other. In the world of today and
tomorrow, with the task of sur
vival made so much easier by the
powers of modern science, man’s
cultural, social, intellectual, and
spiritual satisfactions have be
come relatively more important.
We shall ultimately realize that
man does not live merely to
work, and that life in its fullest
and richest sense is his objective.
Comments To The Editor!
Dear Editor:
We are sure the paper will be an
asset to our community. The
many things we do as a group
should be shared and enjoyed by
all of us.
Let us share our activities and
opinions with each other.
Katherine Thompson
The new Negro weekly is a
much needed asset.
It should be a means of bringing
Lincoln’s Negroes closer together.
Roland W. Young
Congratulations:
Something Lincoln has long
been in need of. T know you will
make a success of it.
Loretta R. Swanigan
Congratulations to The Voice.
May you have a long and success
fol career.
Mrs. J. L. Dunn
Congratulations to The Voice.
I would like to see articles in
the paper on child’s care and
their behavior.
Mrs. Francis Robinson
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Scholastic Achievement
Butler B. Ivory only Negro of
the seventh grade in Belmont
school was elected president of his
class. The election carries over
into the eighth grade.
Jeanne Ivory, ninth grader,
who recently changed from Whit
tier to Everett Jr. High was
elected secretary of her class and
also made glee club.
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Casmon Funeral
Mrs. Grace Casmon died Mon
day at her home in Beatrice.
Funeral services were held Thurs
day. Among those who survive
are two daughters living here:
Mrs. Doris Bowen and Mrs.
Jewell Norman.
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