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.
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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
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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.”
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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,
