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TT T TTT T f ¥'t T’T ^ T"^T T T T ^ » ’€ * ; SOCIAL BRIEFS > < Holiday parties continued to highlight the weeks festivities. Mrs. Elizabeth Woods enter tained 22 guests with a dinner party honoring her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Millard T. Woods and Millard Jr. Mr. Woods who is Executive Sec retary of the Citizens Recreation Association in Muskegan, Mich., and Millard Jr., who is attending school there spent the week with Mrs. Woods who will join them in Michigan in the near future. Guests present were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Holcomb, Mr. and Mrs. 9 Bradford Conway, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Huston, and Betty Rose, Mrs. John Robinson, Mrs. Vashti Mosby and son, William, Mrs. C. R. Johnson and son, Donovan. Out-of-town guests were, Mr. and Mrs. Delma Woods, Mr. Edwin Luster, Mr. Wendell Thomas and daughter, Shirley, Mr. Lonnie Thomas, all of Omaha and Mrs. Gussie Shelby of Kansas City, Mo. Thes Jolie Club with Mrs. Betty Lintz as hostess held their party on Sunday evening. Games were played, and refreshments served. An enjoyable evening was had by both club members and their ^guests. On Wednesday Mrs. Lintz was hostess at a regular club meeting. Mrs. Alma Austin will entertain the club on January 15. Miss Elizabeth McWilliams is presi dent. Les Femmes Club of young married women entertained their husbands at their Christmas par ty. Several other guests were included. The club meets each Thursday. Mrs. Dorothy Dean is president. Hostess to the Dt. Elks’ New Years Eve was Mrs. Mablc White side. t Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Botts entertained a number of their friends at an open house during the week. Miss Betty Bowman and Mr. Verne Wilson were honored with a waffle breakfast, Sunday morn ing at the Botts home. Dr. and Mrs. Milton Johnson of Omaha were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Millard T. Woods, during the past week. The Wood’s spent Friday in Omaha. Leaving recently for Chicago was Mr. Rudolph Parsons, who plans to have his headquarters there. Miss Mary Sampson spent New Years Day in Omaha, as guest of her aunt, Mrs. William Perkins. * Celebrating their seventeenth wedding anniversary recently were, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd King. Mrs. Wm. Becks of Beatrice is recuperating at her home, after — ■ -—t.. ' . . ■ - .~l spending several weeks at St. Elizabeth hospital. Ida Adkins ha$ been confined to St. Elizabeth Hospital for the past week. She is reported much improved. Returning recently from Kansas City, Mo., was Mr. Olis Young, who spent some time with his sister. Mrs. Effie Carter is much im proved after a brief illness. As a farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Millard Woods and son, Mrs. C. R. Johnson entertained at an 11 o’clock breakfast, Tuesday. Covers were laid for 12. Among the out of-town guests were Mr. and Mrs. Granville Coggs, Mr. and Mrs. Madison, Mrs. Gussie Shelby and Mr. Theo. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hammond welcomed the New Year at home with the following guests, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Finley, Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Carter and Mr. and Mrs. James Cole. Mrs. Sirilla Berry and daugh ter, Edna of Kansas City, Mo., spent the week end as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Polk. Mr. Chas. Walker is reported much improved. Mr. and Mrs. Ed ToRd were hosts at a dinner party Sunday evening at their beautiful home on 2267 Y Street. Covers were laid for 16 guests with Mrs. Edna Page presenting the hostess with the lovely bouquet, of gladiolas, carnations and small mums, which was used as a center piece. The dinner was served in buffet style with the guests being seated at one long table. The guest list included Mr. and Mrs. Jeph At kins, Mr. and Mrs. William Page, Mr. and Mrs John Irving, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Lewis, Mr. Walter Toles, Mrs. Houchins, Mrs. Walter Young, Mrs. Walter Gill and Mrs. Brevy Lilly. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McWil liams entertained in their home in Omaha, Rev. and Mrs. Trago McWilliams Sr., Rev. and Mrs. Trago O. McWilliams Jr., and son, Richard at a family reunion din ner New Years Day. Mrs. Rose Butler and Mrs. Frances Green, were hostesses at the home of Mrs. Green at an early morning breakfast New Years honoring Mrs. Mary Wilson Davis of Oakland, California. Mrs. Davis formerly lived here. Their guests were: Mrs. Alice Butler, Mr. and Mrs. John Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Williams, Mr. and Mrs Alonzo Durr, Mr. and Mrs. Legon Arnold, Mrs. Mil dred Saunders, Messrs James But ler, Rudolph Parsons, Clarence Stepney and Jesse Burns. Out of town guests were Miss Merica Hunter and Mr. Edward Buxton. The Sports Front With Smoky In a year when such great and significant strides have been made, it is only natural that the men and institutions who are mainly responsible for the gains deserve to be cited for their con tributions. Here is our “Sports Honor Roll” for the past year: Branch Rickey— Broke down baseball’s unwritten b a r ri e r against Negro players by signing Jackie Robinson and four others to Brooklyn farm clubs. Paul Brown, Coach of Cleve land Browns— Voluntarily sign ed two Negro players to play with his team in the All-American Conference. Chick Davies, Coach of Duque sne University Basketball Team— Refused to bench his Negro star, Charley Cooper, in game against Tennessee. Game was cancelled. Nevada and Penn State—Refused to play games against Miami Uni versity without Negro football players on their respective teams. Howie Odell, Yale football Coach— Gave Levi Jackson a chance to play on Yale football team, and became first Negro to do so. Ray Elliot, Illinois Football Coach—Carried more Negro play ers on his football squad than any other major college coach in the Nation. Clay Hopper, Manager of Mon treal—Despite the fact that he hails from Mississippi, did every thing he could to inspire Jackie Robinson to greater heights. Mike Jacobs, Boxing Promoter, continued his policy of giving worthy fighters a chance, regard less of race or color. The Urban League Cagers met defeat at the hands of the sharp shooting Omaha Y.M.C.A. Cagers by a score of 55-39. The leaguers set the pace for a short time in the opening minutes of the game but were soon overcome by the speedy Omahans. A game to be long remembered and talked about by football fans will be the Rose Bowl game, in which Illinois defeated an unde feated and favored UCLA by a score of 45 to 14. Buddy Young, flashy Negro star and team mates seemed to have little trouble with the UCLans. Young, who runs the 100 yds. in 9.5 seconds scored two touchdowns. Buddy has two more years of Collegiate playing time so we should see greater things from him in 1947. • v. 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