THE VOICE
A NEGRO WEEKLY
“Dedicated to the promotion of
the cultural, social and spiritual
life of a great people”
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Dorothy Green
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Lynnwood Parker
Special Writer
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THE FUTURE IS YOURS—
What Are You Doing About It?
(Presented as a special service to
Negro Youth by this newspaper
in cooperation with the National
Urban League’s Vocational Op
portunity Campaign.)
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Chauncey L. Christian—CPA
One in every 141 persons in the
United States is an accountant—
almost one million men and wo
f men. But only 17,000 of these
Accountants are registered Certi
fied Public Accountants: the ex
amination, in every state of the
nation, is one of the stiffest.
Chauncey L. Christian is among
the very few Negroes who have
qualified. He was the first Negro
in Kentucky ,22 years ago.
One of the highest categories
in the Accounting field is “man
agement control.” At the present
moment, Mr. Christian has the
responsibility of handling the
finances of Gale Agencies, a New
York City managing and booking
firm doing a yearly business to
talling several million dollars, and
for the management of its 30 staff
members.
Before coming to New York,
Mr. Christian was chief figuring
expert behind-the-scenes of a
million-dollar construction com
pany—owned and operated by
Negroes—where swiftness and ac
curacy in accounting was a main
pivot around which the com
pany’s success turned. Efficient
cost figuring, wisely figured bids,
and close budgeting swept the
company through job after job.
It was the only Negro company
receiving contracts from the fed
eral government for building post
offices, which it erected in cities
in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, West
Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jer
sey and New York. It received
federal contracts for defense
housing in Louisville, Kentucky;
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Campus News
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by Jeanne
Malone
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Dr. Peter Barber, of St. Louis,
Missouri, considered the possibil
ity of locating an office in Lincoln
for his medical practice while
visiting Courtland Bivens, a uni
versity student.
Dr. Barber received his pre
medical education at Lincoln Uni
versity and his medical training
at Howard University. He has
just recently finished his intern
ship at Homer G. Philipps Hospi
tal in St. Louis. Dr. Barber is
married and the father of a small
son.
Lincoln is badly in need of a
good Negro doctor. I am sure
that we all hope he will decide
in our favor.
Joseph Casmer, a journalism
major, hails from Parsons, Kan.
where he graduated from High
School and Parsons Junior Col
lege. After junior college, he
served for ayear and a half in the
Civilian Conservation Corp in
in Effingham, Kan.
Casmer had the opportunity of
seeing a large part of the world
beginning Aug. 4, 1941, when he
entered the United States Army.
Some of the states in which he
served for a year and a half in the
zona, Montana, Louisiana and
California. Overseas, Casmer
spent his time in Guadacanal,
Bouganville, Green Island, New
Guinea, Morati, Mendinao and
the Philippines.
After all of his traveling, work
ing and fighting, Casmer was hon
orably discharged from the army
January 4, 1947. On his return
he entered temporary Civil
Service work in the Kansas Ord
inance Plant in Parsons. In
Sept. 1946, Casmer matriculated
in the school of journalism in the
University of Nebraska.
TRAFFIC SAFETY
Thoughtless minds are useless
scrap. Such "brains" often are
scattered in the vehicle wreckage,
are never salvage. Mind your
machine and it will serve like
docile Dobbin.
LOCAL MATRON WEDS
Brevy Lilly and John Miller
were wed Friday evening, Febru
ary 28, at 309 South 20th Street.
The Rev. R. H. Powell, former
pastor of Newman Methodist
Church, read the lines.
Mrs. Miller, prominent in local
social circles, is a member of the
Poinsetta and Charity Clubs and
the Newman Church. The groom
is a native of St. Louis, Mo. A
former Sergeant in the U. S.
Army, he wras stationed at the
Lincoln Army Air Base.
“O Promise Me” was sung be
fore the ceremony by Mrs. Clyde
Malone, soprano. Miss Ruth Nor
man accompanied Mrs. Malone
and played the pre-wedding pre
lude.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Todd serv
ed as best man and matron-of
honor.
Among the guests were L. L.
Coryell Sr., president of the Cor
yell Enterprises, and his wife.
Also attending were Dr. X. A.
Hill-Fox, sister of the bride, and
her husband, W. W. Fox. Dr.
Hill-Fox is on the staff of the
St. Mary’s and the People’s hospi
tal in St. Louis, Mo.
STAR VAN
Wishes
THE VOICE
Continued Success
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