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• Al Quinn Chapel
A special afternoon service will
be held at Quinn Chapel Sunday
P * afternoon at 3 o’clock, Sept. 14.
Rev. J. DeLeon Walker of Col
umbus, Ohio, and pastor of an
A. M. E. Church there will be
speaker.
The fourth and last quarterly
conference will be held with the
Rev. L. S. Goolsby, Presiding El
der, in charge.
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Mrs. Wm. Byron Davis left
Tuesday morning for Kansas City
Mo., where she will be a dele
f gate for Mt. Zion Baptist Church
at the National Baptist Conven
tion.
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Mrs. Bertha Bass and her bro
ther Jesse Burns arrived Tuesday
morning from their motor trip
to Pine Bluffs, Ark. Their bro
thers J. C. and Johnnie Burns re
turned with them and will remain
indefinitely.
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* Mr. J. W. Thomas and brother
wsre Lincoln visitors during the
Fair and also assisted the Woods
on Labbr Day.
N. A. A. C. P.
The N.A.A.C.P. met Friday nite
at the Urban League with the
Rev. R. L. Moody in charge.
On the agenda was an increase
in membership.
Plans were formulated for
reaching the set goal of the Lin
coln branch of 200 members.
Lynnwood Parker is secretary
and James Wadkins, Vice Presi
dent.
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Hastings News
Mrs. Ivry Gates of Evanston,
111. is visiting his mother Mrs.
Jennie Gates. He plans to stay
for some time.
Mrs. Truth Riley and son Glen
visited in the city Sunday after
sightseeing at the “House of
Yesterday” they visited at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. S. W.
Henderson of Ayr, Nebr.
The Home Mission met at Mrs.
S. W. Hendersons, Ayr, Nehr.
Thursday September 4. Articles
for a bazaar in the near future
were worked on. A delicious
lunch was served by the hostess.
Miss Mary Lacy has moved to
Omaha to make her home.
Mr. William Baskerville and
Mrs. Amelia Kiser of Lawrence,
Kansas visited Miss Thelma Bas
kerville of Spencer Park recently.
Mr. Baskerville is Thelma’s father
Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Fears are
the proud parents of a son which
they named Mikel Francis.
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New NMA President
Dr. C. Austin Whittier, San An
tonio, Texas, was named presi
dent-elect of the National Medical
Association during its recent
convention in Los Angeles, Cal.,
Dr. Whittier, who has practiced
medicine in Texas for 28 years,
founded the Whittier clinic 20
years ago. H6 is a product of
Wiley College and Meharry Medi
cal College.
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Woods Dining Hall in
Operation 30 Years
The Woods Dining Hall located
at the Nebraska State Fair for
the past 30 years has just closed
another successful year.
The business was established
under the management of Mr.
William Woods and has since his
death several years ago been op
erated by Mrs. William Woods,
and her two sons, Milliard T., of
Muskegon, Michigan, and Delmar
J. of Omaha.
Over twenty persons are em
ployed each year and the crowds
are more than can be handled.
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Male Chorus Featured
At Mt. Zion
A 40 voice male chorus and two
male quartettes were among the
150 Omaha guests who gathered
at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Sun
day afternoon.
“I’ll Go” was the opening song
by the chorus followed by a pray
er by the Rev. Z. W. Williams
and a song, “Thank You Jesus,”
by a quartette from Morning Star
Baptist Church of which he is
pastor.
The alphabet song of Jesus,
sung by the second quartette was
most effective.
Rev. M. C. Williams, pastor of
Bethel Baptist Church, Omaha,
preached the sermon from Isaiah
40:9
The “guest day” at Mt. Zion
began at the morning service with
the Rev. U. L. Barron of Zion
Baptist being presented as guest,
speaker followed by communion.
Mrs. J. T. Wright sang the
“Lord’s Prayer.”
"COMMUNISM" SUBJECT OF
ROUND TABLE
The Mary Bethune Literary
and Art Club will hold a Round
Table discussion, Thursday, Sep
tember ?5, on the subject “Com
munism vs Communistic Govern
ment,” it was announced by Mrs.
Clyde Coulter, program chairman
for the Club.
The meeting will be held at the
Urban League and members tak
ing part are: Mrs. Claudia Adkins,
Mrs. Dorothy Lewis, Mrs. Frances
Robinson, and Mrs. Rubie Shakes
peare.
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Mrs. Luther Albritton, 5324
Montgall, Kansas City, Mo., was
a house guest of her aunt, Mrs.
J. H. Dean. She was accompan
ied by her two daughters, Norma
Jean and Auline.
Mrs. Albritton is the former
Helen Taylor of this city and this
was her first visit in twenty-five
years.
The guests, who arrived Wed
nesday and left Sunday night,
were complimented Sunday after
noon with a reception with Mrs.
Clyde Coulter as hostess.
Sharing honors with the Al
brittons were Mesdames J. H.
Dean, W. B. Davis, Wm. Beach,
Clayton Lewis, J. D. Bowen, John
Johnson, Clyde Malone, Joseph
Green, Wyatt Williams, John Irv
ing, Luther Allen, James Fuller,
R. C. H5ndy, Anita Smith, Mel
vin Shakespeare, and Miss Vir
ginia Davis.
Mrs. Albritton and Mrs. Coulter
both possessing outstanding so
prano voices, were choir members
together at Eberneizer A. M. E.
Church in Kansas City, Mo.
SGT. BECKS STOPS OVER
S/Sgt. Vernon Becks stationed
at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.
arrived Sunday to spend a 4 day
delay enroute to Ft. Riley, Kan.
for O.C.S. training.
Sgt. Becks is one of six brothers
and a sister of the Wm. Becks
family in Beatrice, who saw serv
ice in World War II. All except
one saw service overseas.
Sgt. Becks returned to the
states in Dec. 1945, after spending
2 years, 3 months in the Pacific
Theatre of operations.
After 10 months in civilian life,
he reinlisted. Sgt. Becks, a bro
ther of Mrs. Hubert Dean, was
accompanied by a guest, Miss
Nellie Reid of Baltimore, Md.
Miss Reid returned to her home
on Thursday.
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Fori Valley Prexy
Awarded Ph. D.
A doctor of philosophy degree
was recently awarded C .V. Troup
president of Fort Valley .State
College, Fort Valley, Ga., by the
Ohio State University. Dr. Troup
submitted the dissertation, “A
Study of the Student Personnel
Services Offered by the Negro
Colleges of Georgia,” for his de
gree. Rated as one of the na
tion’s top educators, he has ser
ved as director of the commercial
department at Morris Brown Col
lege, principal of Risley High
School, Brunswick, Ga., Regis
trar and director of Fort Valley
College’s summer school and
president of the college since ’45.
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Hospital for Negroes
Set Up in Chattanooga
Hospital officials, in order to
get facilities for local Negro
doctors, have opened the Carver Jr*
Memorial Hospital as a city and-j[
county-owned institution for pri-B
-./ate patients of Negro doctors. S
—Lincoln Evening Journal