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Volume 1, Number 15 Lincoln 3, Nebraska January 17, 1947
Freddie Powell, Commencement Speaker
Sgt. Clinch Laid to Rest
Funeral services for Sgt. James
Clinch. 33. who died in Germany,
December 5, was held at 2 p.m.,
Wednesday at the Newman
Methodist church in Lincoln,
Rev. G. W. Harper and Rev. C.
C. Reynolds, in praising the ser
vices which Sgt. Clinch had given
to his country, his church, and his
community said that Lincoln
should be proud that it had a
noble character as exemplified in
the life of Sgt. Clinch, to stand,
not in dishonor but in honor, at
his post of duty until death.
* SGT. JAMES CLINCH.
Rev. Reynolds said, he liked to
think of sleep as a period of rest,
rebuilding after a day pr period of
weariness.
Sgt. Clinch had recently re
ceived a letter of commendation
from his Commanding officer for
his faithful service.
HEADQUARTERS
3681st Quartermaster Truck
Company (TC)
APO 350 U. S. Army
SUBJECT: Commendation.
TO: 1st Sergeant James Clinch,
3681 QM Truck Company,
(TC), APO 350, U. S. Army.
^ 1. The undersigned wishes to
commend you on your achieve
ments while acting in the capaci
ty of First Sergeant of the 3681st
Quartermaster Truck Company
since it’s activation.
2. Your usual devotion to duty,
cheerful manner, ability to meet
new situations, and soldierly |
bearing have been an inspiration
to officers and enlisted men alike.
No task was ever too small or too
large for you to face. You were
largely responsible for the fine
record of your company, taking
a large group of individuals and
molding a smooth running effi
cient organization. In short, you
have been a credit to your unit,
the Army and your race.
3. This organization loses a
great leader in your transfer, but
you carry the respect and well
wishes of its members with you
on your pew endeavors for your
Country. Good luck and may
God bless you.
HOWARD V. CASHMAN,
1st Lt., QMC.
Commanding
M|Sgt. Norton R .Davidson ac
companied the body from New
York City. After reading a letter
of sympathy from the President
of the United States, he presented
the mother with the Flag of the
United States as Taps were
sounded by American Legion Post
No. 3, who was in charge. 3gt.
Clinch was laid to rest in the
soldier’s circle in Wyuka.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs.
Jean Stevenson, Lincoln; Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Washington, Slator,
Mo., Mr.. Carl Washington, Kan
sas City, Kansas., and Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Miller, Omaha, Nebr.,
Miss Virginia Fields, fiancee, Lin
coln.
Other persons from out of the !
city attending the funeral were, |
Mr. Dave Thomas and Mrs. Yan
cey, Beatrice, Nebr., Mrs. W. O.
Davis, New Bloomfield, Mo., and
Mrs. Lloyd McGuire, Des Moines, j
Iowa.
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Urban League
Troop Committee
Troop committee of the Boy
Scouts will meet Monday, Janu
ary 20th, at 7:00 p.m., at the Ur
ban League, it was announced by
Scoutmaster, J. R. Kelley. All
boys 12 years of age are urged to
be present. *
Urban League Secretary Urges
Responsible Community Leader
ship to Ease Racial Strife
New York—(ANP)— Declaring
that riots and general community
disorders occur most frequently
where the local leadership is
weak, Lester B. Granger, execu
tive secretary of the National
Urban league, has called for “less
talk and more ‘grass roots’ work”
in reducing the sources of racial
conflict.
The Urban league is already
experimenting in several large
cities with small group and resi
dential block organizations to en
courage responsible community
leadership. “If we want to keep
the communists from leading
these people,” said Granger, “we
must teach them to lead themsel
ves.” Much community strife, he
observed, is due to “excitable ele
ments which seek to lead without
knowing what to work toward.”
Granger pointed out that the
league has already realized “gra
tifying results” among Negroes
and Mexicans in San Diego, Cal.,
and that a sp*ecial committee will
conduct a three-month program
there to train leaders within these
groups. The work of the commit
tee will be financed in part by
Clinton McKinnon, publisher of
the San Diego Journal.
In all cases, states Granger, the
league will refrain from partisan
politics and from active lobby
ing. In order to be effective, the
league program “must promote
the broad interests of the com
munity, no matter what racial
group is involved.”
In discussing the matter of un
employment among Negroes in
1946, he stated that the number
was not as large as the league had
anticipated. Although it was es
timated that more than a million*
Negroes would be without work,
the figure Was approximately
600,000. This was explained part
ly by the fact that many indus
tries which employed Negroes for
the first time during World War II1
on an experimental basis con-!
tinued to use them in the post
war period. 1
Freddie Powell, 15 year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. H.
Powell has been chosen one of the
three honor graduates to speak at
the Mid-term commencement ex
ercises of Lincoln High School,
Friday, January 24, 1947. Her
subject will be “Prejudice is
Dangerous.” She is the first
Negro student so honored in the
history of the school. Freddie,
who is finishing the regular High
School Course in 1xk ytfars was
recently elected to the N§tional
Honor Society because of her
scholastic record and meritorious
achievements. She came to Lin
coln with her parents from St.
Joseph, Mo. four years ago this
May.
Freddie is active in community
work, was formerly a member of
the Girl Reserve and 4 H clubs,
while at present she is the Super
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