Volume 1, Number 25 Lincoln 3, Nebraska March 28, 1947
Health Responsibilities of Citizens
THE SOUTHERAIRES
The Southernaires quartet
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^ which appears in a concert spon
sored by the Lincoln Urban
League, Tuesday April 8, 1947 at
8:15 p. m. at the Urban League
Building 2030 T Street, ranks
among the greatest vocal ensem
bles heard today on the air or
concert stage. Since 1929 when
first organized, their beautifully
i blended voices have thrilled great
audiences all over the country.
They are true sons of the South
singing melodies of their native
soil covering centuries of Negro
Music including African Chants,
Spirituals, Slave Songs and Negro
popular songs. They are also ex
ponents of other kinds of vocal
#> music presenting classics and
ballads as effectively^ they do
songs of their own race.
The weatherbeaten White
washed Church has become a
Southernaires trade mark in the
past 17 years. This portion of
their Sunday morning radio pro
gram has brought laudable com
ments from all over this country
as well as overseas. For this
reason a short scene is injected
into their program so that the
audience may hear the old songs
of Zion.
The Urban League in present
ing these eminent singers is re
alizing their objective of ac
quainting the community with the
Negroe’s contributions to Ameri
can Music.
There will be a reserved sec
tion as well as general admission.
Due to the limited seeing ca
pacity at the Urban League we
would advise that you get your
j tickets early. Tickets are on sale
at Walts Music Store and at the
Urban League Building.
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URBAN LEAGUE STARTS
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
The Lincoln Urban League last
week began its annual member
ship drive with a goal of 1,200
members. The campaign is under
the chairmanship of Mrs. Helene
Foe, a member of the league’s
| board of directors.
The League, which is an agency
of the Lincoln Council of Social
Agencies, the Community Chest,
and an affiliate of the National
Urban League, was organized in
1931.
Their physical plant has grown
from a 7-room dwelling, in which
: it was originally started, into an
| all-modern building with gymna
j sium-auditorium, library, game
and meeting rooms and a well
equipped kitchen.
Their membership has increased
from 25 to over 900 members
last year. In order to meet the
estimated budget requirements
for 1947 they must secure 1,200
membership.
The League fosters cultural
and educational development
thru recitals, concerts, forums and
public meetings. They also
maintain an organized recrea
tional program, which has helped
reduce the number of Negro
youth appearing in juvenile
court from three in 1945 to none
in 1946.
The work with community
organizations to promote better
housing, health, and welfare ser
vices for the entire community.
It provides an information, coun
seling and clearing house service
for Negroes with unemployment
problems.
By Charles Washington
National Negro Health Week,
March 30th to April 6th, will
stress the health responsibilities
of citizens, local agencies and or
ganizations. Locally, the week is
being sponsored by the Urban
League. Community-wide coop*
eration for better health and san
itation is their special objective.
The need of elevating the Negro
race through better health and
sanitation will be preached from
church pulpits across the nation.
Booker T. Washington founded
Health Week in 1915 to “stress
the health needs of the Negro race
and to encourage them to take
advantage of existing health fa
cilities in the community.”
James H. Lewis, president of
the National Negro Insurance
Association, said that last year
a new low record for mortality
was established through prevent
ative, educational and scientific
application, and that it was the
third year in succession to show
a decrease in mortality.
Saturday afternoon, March 29,
at 5:45, over KFOR, R. T. Malone,
president of the Lincoln Urban
League board of directors, Mrs.
James Fuller, and Mrs. C. W.
Malone, general chairman of the
local health week planning com
mittee, will appear on a special
broadcast.
A well-baby clinic with Dr.
Grace Loveland, examining phy
sician, assisted by city health
department nurses, will be held
Monday morning, March 31, at
9:30.
Youth night will begin at 8
o’clock Monday evening. It will
consist of a talk, “Adventures in
Food” by Dorette Schlaphoff,
instructor in foods and nutrition
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