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Volume 1, Number 14 Lincoln 3. Nebraska January 10. 1947 Jews - Christians Form Fellowship Church Employment Survey Miss Katherine Thompson and the Executive Secretary were in ^ vited by a special committee of the Central Social Action Coun cil to meet with them in planning a city-wide survey to secure a factual basis for securing better employment opportunities for the minority groups of Lincoln. It is hoped this survey will be started early in January. We are urging all citizens, especially Negroes, to cooperate fully with those mak ing the survey by giving true and accurate answers to the questions. Please realize that this is an hon est effort on the part of the Cen tral Social Action Council to bet ter the social and economic status of all citizens of Lincoln and they must have our support in getting ^ •this information. Negro Girl Gets Library Post at New School By Glayds P. Graham NEW YORK—(ANP)— Francis Virginia Smith, a Philadelphian and graduate of Hampton School of Library science, has been ap pointed assistant librarian at the New School of Social research lo cated in the heart of the Village in downtown New York. Miss Smith is one of the first of her . race to receive such an appoint *ment on the administrative staff of the school which boasts of 8,000 students from all over the globe. -o 1 » Sgl. James Clinch Rites at Newman Methodist Funeral services for Sgt. James Clinch, 33, who di ed in Germany Dec. 'S, will be at 2 p. m., Wed nesday at the Newman Methodist church in Lincoln. Rev. G. W. Harper and Rev. C. C. Reynolds will officate. Burial will be in the soldier’s circle at ^Wyuka. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Jean Stevenson, Lincoln; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward Washington, Slater, Mo. RANDOL OPENS STUDIO George Randol, well known Broadway actor and singer, came to Lincoln in April, 1946, direct from a tour of South America. Now in January, 1947, Randol an George Randol nounces the opening of his studio, located in his home at 1029 Rose Street. During all of his years of success in the theatre, Randol had a hobby and that hobby was photography. He was not satisfied with just taking pictures and letting the man at the corner drug store send them out and have them develop ed and printed. Randol wanted to know what happened when he exposed the film and why. To get at the bottom of this technical process, took long hours of study and work in the darkroom. How ever, it was so facinating that he has continued to work at making pictures. Next, Randol became interested in the lighting of portraits and found that his experience in the theatre stood him in good stead, as the principle of light is the same wherever used. During his stay in Hollywood, Randol work ed with some of the best camera men in the motion picture busi ness and, as was his policy, got all the information possible - work ing long hours and asking many questions. Called back to New York for more work in the theatre, Randol set up a darkroom in his home and continued v, th the picture making. Completely equipped as a portrait photographer, he op ened a studio in his home at 555 Edgecombe Ave. All during the run of “Porgy and Bess” and “Anna Lucasta,” Randol main tained his studio. Many times he had to work all night to get out orders. , Since coming to Lincoln, Ran dol has been doing work for ( studios located in Iowa and Kan sas and has established a year round business. However, he has the yearning to create, and as all artists, will not be satisfied unless he can bring his ideas into being. He believes that the making of portraits is an art and that the photographer must have the feel ing for creating better things before.he can really do his best work. “There is in all of us cer tain beauty,” says Randol, “that independent of physical features, makes itself evident when the re sponsive cord is struck and our real self comes to the fore. I like to study a face and then try to master the challenge and bring out all the good points while let ing the not-so-good ones remain dormant.” Men's Club Elects Officers The Urban League Men’s Club met Wednesday at 8 p.m. and adopted bylaws and contitution and elected the following officers for the year: James Wadkins, president: McKinley Tarpley, vice president; Lynnwood Parker, sec retary: James Fuller, treasurer. The appointed officers were: Walter Rife, chairman of mem bership committee; Rev. M. L. Shakespeare, public relations; B. T. Jefferson, assistance secretary; parlimentarian, Maurice Cope land; C. W. Malone, program; Felix Polk, sergeant at arms; and James Bradley, chairman of social committee. Annual Meeting In announcing the Annual Meeting Dinner for Wednesday, January 29, 1947 at 6:30 p.m., at the Urban League Building, 2030 T Street, we feel we must remind all members that the maximum number which can be comfort ably served dinner is limited to 200. Since our membership is over 1,000, it means that we can accept only the first 200 who make reservations. However, we are making arrangements for members (other than dinner guests) to hear the program and vote in the election of members to the Board of Directors. —Urban League Bulletin 4 Jews and Christians of all Races to Form Church PHILADELPHIA—(ANP)— A unique experiment in religion will begin here next month when a congregation of Jews and Chris tians of all races combine as one form the Fellowship church in the famous Fellowship house. Organization of the church is being directed by Dr. A. Herbert Haskam, a Baptist minister of Toledo, who has worked for inter faith harmony in Ohio. The con gregation will consist of some 1,000 Jews and Christians who have attended monthly interfaith services here for 11 years, he said. His tentative plan calls for weekly worship, Dr. Haslam re vealed. Friday night services will be af a distinctly Jewish charact er, a Sunday morning service of Christian character and a month ly Sunday afternoon service fol lowing the inter-faith pattern. “Fellowship church will be a re-emphasis on what is central in both Christianity and Judaism,” declared Dr. Haslam. “It will pro vide a place for those ready to go a step further in the brotherhood of man.” -n District Meeting at Quinn Chapel The District Conference and Sunday School Convention of the Omaha District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church will be held in June at Quinn Chapel, it was announced Sunday by Rev. R. E. Handy. The conference will include, Atchison, Troy, Elwood, Sebetha, Horton, and Hawatha Kansas; Omaha, Lincoln, Be atrice, Nebraska City, Falls City, Grand Island, Fremont and Hast ings, Nebraska. Rev. L. S. Goolsby, D. D. is Presiding Elder of the District. Sec. 562, P. L. & R,
