Pvt. Gerald Russell Davis who
has been stationed at Ft. Ben
ning, Georgia for the past 10 mo.
was discharged recently. He
plans to continue his education.
Pvt. Davis is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lowell Davis.
Mr. Lynnwood Parker has had
many speaking engagements dur
ing Race Relations Week. Sunday
he spoke at Seward to an audi
ence of more than 250.
Mr. Chas. Washington spent
^Wednesday in Omaha.
Mr. John Cacon of Clinton will
join his wife and family here Sat
urday. They are the house guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Tarpley.
Mrs. Brevy Lilly and Mr. John
Miller will be dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Jewell Kelley on
Saturday evening.
Mrs. Wm. B. Davis, and son,
Tommie left Thursday morning
| for Omaha where they were call
ed because of the illness of Mrs.
Davis’ mother.
• The infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Kimbrough is a pa
6 tient at St. Elizabeth Hospital .
Mrs. Maude Johnson spent the
week end in Omaha on business.
She was accompanied by her son
Donovan Gettis.
Mrs. Mary Lois Pierce with her
mother, Mrs, Eleanor Emory,
Seattle, Washington, who stopped
here for her daughter, left Mon
day night for Marshall, Mo., to
bury her grandfather, Mrs. James
Smith.
The 400 Club met at the home
<t.Sf Mrs. Lucille Wright. Mrs.
Bessie Ambers was a guest. Next
Sunday the meeting will be at
the home of Mrs. Alberta Cooke.
Mrs. Wm. Ford who is a patient
at University Hospital in Omaha,
Nebr., is recuperating and is ex
pected home very soon.
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My Trip from Mid-Pacific
John Miller
Lincoln, Nebraska
To my many friends and admirers
%ack in Honolulu and especially
those in C.H.A. No. 3 and sur
roundings. The boys of B.Q. 43
staged a very gala affair in honor
of myself and one Mr. Ansel
Moore of New York City. It was
long to be remembered and was
strictly a stag affair and a good
time was had by all. Being a
bunch of regular fellows and old
timers they all have their pet
names such as Cue Ball Dorsey,
Playboy Evans, Ruff Stuff Jones,
Easy Going Geeche, Good Time
Willie, Dapper J. Johnson, Good
hearted Bob, and Freeman Wright
The only flash of grief came over
the room when some one men
tioned Hammon and Frank Brown
“who didn’t show.” Fellows,
please accept my sincere appreci
ation for your wonderful hospital
ity.
On Wednesday, January 15th
we were whisked away from
CHA No. 3 Add Building under
Marine Guard. Our next stop was
K dock 8 in Pearl Harbor at 3 p.
m. As we steamed out to sea
everyone seemed to be in a joy
ful mood and as usual everybody
hung on the ship’s rails until
we had passed Diamond Head.
The passengers aboard were very
few. We were quartered on the
main deck with officers o.f every
branch of the United States army.
The ship was a sea-going dog of
war, the U.S.S. St. Croix.
At dusk when the others retir
ed to the Lobby to talk, I took
advantage of the opportunity and
went below where I met a very
interesting bunch of sailors. For
instance, Willie R. Ally, Texas,
Chief Cook with 9 years of Navy
service; Ben Hokes, New York,
with 9 years service also; Welham
Reece, Alabama; Wilbert Colman,
Mississippi; Alonzo Lacy, Texas;
Earl Grogan, Virginia; Aron
Green, Alabama, who has a wife
and child at home; Wm. Howard,
Michigan; John Mack, Louisiana;
Harvey Wilson, Maryland; Clar
ence Williams, Virginia; Lucious
Williams, Alabama; Bernard Gib
son, Alabama; Edward Ham, Ar
kansas; David Thornton, Missouri
Howard Whitesell, Michigan; Wm.
Dales, Penns. Harold Rambert,
S. C.; Elbert Clemens, Illinois;
and Waldon Gaff, California.
There were others but space is
limited. January 16th we run
into foul weather with high winds
and a blinding rain. The pacific
vented its wrath against the ship
with waves, 30 to 40 feet high,
rolling us around as though we
were a mere fisherman’s cork.
We were fitted for an emergency
with life belts etc., and an aband
on ship drill. Even the storm
however could not dampen my
buoyant spirits. The St. Croix
finally battled her way through
the fury of the storm and once
more peace prevailed. The rest
of the trip was uneventful and
we docked at the Golden Gate
Tuesday, January 21st.
Dark Merit
Favors
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Douglass's "Birthday"
As a boy held in bondage on the
Eastern Shore of Maryland, Fred
erick Douglass had a hard time
trying to keep comfortable in the
scant clothing allowed him and
scrambling with the dogs for the
crumbs and scraps thrown from
the planter’s table. He was beaten
and driven around by those set
over him and therefore knew very
little about what free people call
happiness.
In this miserable condition he
had one joy occasionally. His
dear mother held on a plantation
miles away would steal away
from her cabin at night to visit
her child and bring him comfort
of the presence of the only one
in this world who really loved
him. After fondling and caress
ing him as only a mother can, she
would hold him on her lap within
her comforting arms while he
quickly ate the nice things she
had brought him. Her dear child
in tears of joy and sorrow would
tell her about the cruel things
which had been done to him, and
she would try to console him with
the hope that some day his lot
would be better. This was her
daily prayer to God. She did not
live to see the new day dawn, but
Douglass broke the bonds which
held him and became the great
man to lead the right way to free
all his people.
When Douglass became a na
tional figure, and people wanted
to write and talk about him, they
desired to begin their story with
the date of his birth, but Douglass
did not know when he was born.
In those days no one kept accurate
records of colored people’s birth
days. But Douglass wanted to be
remembered and he selected the
day when the public might turn
its thoughts toward him. Because
of the loving kindness of his dear
mother he always said that he
was her valentine, and he selected
Valentine Day, the 14th of Febr
uary, as his “birthday.”
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