Volume 1. Number 40 Lincoln 3, Nebraska July 17. 1947
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War Memorial Bowl
Dedicated Sunday
Some three thousand persons
packed Pinewood Memorial Bowl
Sunday night at its official dedi
cation as a living memorial to the
dead of World War II.
The Bowl is not completed, but,
Mayor Miles, who dedicated the
Memorial, said solicitation of
funds for this purpose would be
continued.
The Bowl is a natural ampithe
ater located in the heart of Pio
* neer Park and will be used for
band concerts and other civic
presentations.
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Touring The South
Donavan Ray Gatus, just turned
12, is looking at the world thru
newly acquired “rose-colored
glasses.”
He is taking an extended tour
* of the South in the company of
Mr. John Miller, a seasoned tra
veler. They will visit many
states and places of interest, as
well as some relatives, before re
turning to Lincoln.
Donovan, son of Mrs. Maud
Johnson is in the seventh grade
and collects airplanes. He is a
star newsboy for The Voice.
(Photo by Randol
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Racial Adjustments In
Business Discussed
Experts on racial minorities at
the Institute of Race Relations at
\ Fisk University continued their
discussion last week on labor and
management problems and racial
adjustment in business.
The establishment of a broad,
fair employment policy on the
part of both management and la
bor, implemented through co-op
erative day-by-day practices, has
been advocated as one solution to
current racial problems in indus
try.
Dr. Joseph Lohman of Chicago
University said race is being used
as a tool of competing interest
groups. He added that improve
t ment in race relations in America
depends more upon control of
vested-interest groups than upon
individual attitudes.—
Omaha World Herald
Childhood Disillusionment
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What's Doing in Alliance
By Beatrice Motley
Mrs. Julia Lear entertained a
few ladies in her home Thursday,
July 10th. Among those attend
ing were Mrs. Hayes Chandler, Jr.
Mrs. Ben Nelson, Mrs. Rudolph
Ealy, and Mrs. Maxie C. Woodlee,
Sr. They spent the evening play
ing games.
Mrs. Joseph Greene and her
daughter, Dorothy of Lincoln
were visitors in the city July 11
and 12.
Mrs. Jessie Linear served an
out-door supper in honor of her
sister Mrs. Joseph Green and
daughter Dorothy.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brooks of
Crawford, Nebraska are new
comers to the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Shores
and son, John left Alliance July
13th to spend an extended vaca
tion traveling in the west. They
are driving through to Yellow
stone National Park.
Stella Marie Woodlee and Ken
neth Butler sponsored a first class
comedy at the woodlee residence.
The play was reported to have
been a great success.
Seen bicycling about our fair
city were: James Motley, Stella
Woodlee, Maxie Woodlee, Bea
trice Motley, Kenneth Butler, and
Teresa Motley.
The Unbashful Brides
A young couple asked the par
son to marry them immediately
following the Sunday morning
service. When the time came, the
minister arose to say: “Will those
who wish to be united in holy
bonds of matrimony please come
forward?”
There was a great stir as thir
teen women and one man ap
proached the altar.
Mr. Bradley
Taken By Death
Mr. James Bradley of Seward,
Nebraska, died Monday at an
Omaha hospital after several
months of illness.
A brother Harry Bradley who
also lived in Seward preceded
him in death several years ago.
No known relatives survive.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dean were
his closest friends and made
funeral arrangements in Seward
with Rev. R. E. Handy, pastor of
Quinn Chapel A. M. E. Church in
charge.
—Obituary next week—
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Entertains at Waverly
Students of Barbara Kelley’s
Art Group entertained for The
Firemen Frolic in the City Park
at Waverly, Thursday, July 10,
under the direction of Mrs. Jew
ell R. Kelley Sr., Edward Butler
was master of ceremonies and
those taking part were: Loretta
McWilliams, Eloise and Vonna
Finley, Lois Hatcher, Geneva
Nettles, Susie Mae Whitehall,
Mattie Sue and Joyce Nevels.
Elbert Starks, young artist in his
own right was an outstanding at
traction.
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Uncle Passes
Mr. and Mrs. Roland W. Young
was called to Lathrop, Mo., Wed
nesday due to the death of Mr.
Young’s uncle, Mr. Henry W.
Hicks. Funeral services were
held for Mr. Hicks, Saturday with
the Masons of Kansas City in
charge. Neices and nephews
from surrounding towns were
present. Mrs. Frankie W. Miles,
Berkley, California, sister of Mr.
Young was also in attendance at
the funeral.
Firsl Negro Is Named
On Minnesota U Staff
Dr. Forrest Oran Wiggins of
Indianapolis said he has accepted
a permanent appointment as the
first Negro ever to be named to
the faculty of the University of
Minnesota.
Dr. Wiggans will be an instructor
of Philosophy, continuing the
work he started as a temporary
staff member last year.
He attended Butler University
in Indianapolis, Indiana, The Sor
bonne University in Paris and the
University of Wisconsin.
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Cambridge Victims Aided
On an appeal of Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley Clayton who were no"
only flood victims of the recent
Cambridge Disaster but whose
two children were badly burned
in the Texas City explosion, the
churches of the city under the
direction of Rev. G. W. Harper,
president of the Negro Minister
ial Alliance presented the family
with $60.54 to aid them on thei *
journey to their home in Virginia.
The family, after having lost
| all of their possessions, stopped
' here Friday and was given lodg
ing with Mrs. Frances Green
2215 S Street, where they re
mained until Monday.
Clyde W. Malone .Executive
Secretary of the Lincoln Urban
League upon investigation made
an appeal for the family. They
were given a food order on Sat
urday by the Red Cross and the
churches took a special contribu
tion on Sunday.
Churches making the donation
were: Church of God in Christ,
Rev. B. T. McDaniels; North-Side
Church of God, Rev. R. L. Moody;
Church of Christ (Holiness), Rev.
Targo O. McWilliams; Mt. Zion
Baptist Church, Rev. John Fa
vors; Newman Methodist, Rev.
G. W. Harper; and Quinn Chapel
A. M. E., Rev. R. E. Handy.
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Lasi Rites Wednesday
For Posey Infant
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
F. Posey passed away Tuesday,
July 15, after an illness of sev
eral months.
Funeral services were held at
Brown’s Mortuary, Wednesday,
July 16, Rev. Targo O. McWil
liams in charge.
Singfests to Begin Sunday,
Pinewood Bowl
First of the summer series of
community singfests will be held
in the newly-dedicated Pinewood
Bowl at Pioneers Park 7 o’clock
Sunday evening, under the aus
pices of a joint committee from
the Lincoln Ministerial Associa
tion and Women’s Division of the
Chamber of Commerce.
For the opening program, Dr.
Gerald Kennedy of St. Paul Meth
odist Church will deliver the 10
minute meditation, and Dr. How
ard Buxton of Trinity Methodist
Church will preside. George
Randol will lead community sing
ing of familiar hymns, accom
panied by Ray Young at the
piano, and Girl Scouts will usher
Prof. Oscar Bennett, director of
music at Nebraska Wesleyan
University, will sing several num
bers, accompanied by Mrs. Gera
lyn Bennett. Miss Joanne Rey
nard of Kansas City, will present
a group of Romberg numbers.
The singfests are planned by
the following committee: Norma
Carpenter, chairman; Dr. Gerald
Kennedy, Rev. Thomas A. Barton,
Mrs. Thomas A. Barton, Rev. Vir
gil Anderson, Floyd Campbell,
Clara Aronson, Mrs. Betty Sheaff,
Mrs. Doris Pierce and Mrs. Hazel
Smith.
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Dr. McMillian To
Practice in Omaha
Dr. Aaron M. McMillan, medical
missionary and noted surgeon is
resuming the practice of medicine
here after 18 years of work in
Angola, Portuguese, West Africa.
During his residence there he
established the one-hundred-thir
ty bed Willis F. Pierce Memorial
Hospital where in treating tens
of thousand of natives and Euro
peans, he became one of the most
eminent surgeons in the world.
Mr. McMillian first came to
Omaha in 1920 to visit his father,
the late Rev. Henry R. McMillan,
then pastor of the Mt. Moriah
Baptist Church. After receiving
his degree from Meharry Medical
College and serving his interne
ship he opened an office in Oma
ha. In 1928 he was elected to the
State Legislature; leaving the fol
lowing year to work under the
Board of Foreign Missions of the
Congregational Church.
The next eighteen months was
spent in Portugal where he stud
ied the language of the territory
to which he was being sent and
obtained after a post-graduate
medical course at the University
of Lisbon, a Portuguese Medical
license. He also done post-gradu
ate work in surgery at the Uni
versity of Paris.
The doctor and his family re
turned to the United States only
once during thqir extended ser
vice in the eastern hemisphere.
Dr. McMillian’s decision recalls
to us an article about his work in
the Reader’s Digest written by
Linton Wells after a visit to the
Mission in 1942. “Some day,” said
the doctor, “I would like to come
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