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About The voice. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1946-195? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1947)
War Teaches African Youths New Skills Two African youths returned home from the war to make good are Emmanuel Oyadiran and Ade wale Cole, both of Lagos, Ni geria, British West Africa. Oy adrian recently returned home after 12 years in Manchester, Eng., where he attended the Manchester School of Art to study sculpture. He operates a lucrative business of casting automobile number plates, street and other signs. Cole, who served with the West African Air Corps, was a trained carpenter before the war. He studied British furniture design ing while away and now manfac tures furniture, employing six as sistants. V*r ♦ V YV V * V% y y « 4 4 4 Y% % ♦ % » Teen Age Chatter Asst. Ruby Lee Harper Asst. Loretta McWilliams When Fletcher Bell goes back to Los Angeles, we will miss him, but we hope the year will go fast for him at the University of Cal. Understand he has received an offer to play football. Good work Fletcher. # After you have completed your training under L. Williams, the famous architect, you might plan a few love nests for the “chicks” who will be needing them here. Norma Jean and Auline Al britton of Kansas City, Missouri, graced our city for a few days the past week. They met only a few teen agers, but we are anxious for a return trip. Norma Jean, a senior at R. T. Cole Vocational Jr. High School, is planning to be a professional singer and does a good job at it now. Auline is taking dancing lessons and plans to be a teacher. ! They are cousins of Jeanne Mia lone. Beatrice and Tresa Motley of Alliance, Nebraska, have been va cationing in New York City. They had lots to tell about the big city. They spent several days here with their uncle Mr. Lynn Motley and Mrs. Motley. 4-H’ers made a lovely present ation to Miss K. Thompson Tues day evening at the reception at the Urban League . Spec they felt rather grown-up. Numbers of girls were in Oma ha on Sunday. Wonder what the attraction was. Anything unusu al? • ’V * ♦ TY%”r» VTTT'r* * TTTTT ♦ • * • ' They were Robbie Powell and Freddie Powell, Joyce Williams and Ruby Harper. * Iona Adams spent her usual vacation in Iowa. Millard “Mitz” Woods Jr. left for Muskegon, Mich., on Saturday. He is always so much a part of things here, we hate to see him leave. How would you feel to have the remark made of your family “They are one of the most res pected families in town?” That is exactly what happened at the close of the Blackbird ball team series, after they won the city championship. The family lives in Weeping Water, Nebr., and the comment was passed by a deputy collector of Internal Revenue. The girl in question is Jane Molden who has played pitcher on the team for about 8 seasons. She is the only colored girl on the team and is given much of the credit for the 15 victories of the 17 games played. , -o Fraternal Notes Dt. Elks Mary Sampson, Dgt. Ruler Leona B. Motley, Sec’y Miss Mary Sampson has re turned from Philadelphia. She reports the Elk Convention as an Educational and enjoyable event. All Dgt. Elks are asked to at tend the next meeting, September 19, in the lounge at the Urban League. -o Literary The Arrow and the Song I shot an arrow into the air It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For who has sight so keen and strong That it can follow the flight of song? Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend. Henry W. Longfellow. Our Children By Mrs. W. B. Davis C5P Little by little the Nations of the world, America amoug them, are realizing the strength of the I family is the strength of the na tion. Studies are being made, experiments tried, with the aim of improving the quality of the family, of easing some of its many burdens. Since our American ambition is to create as many ideal families as possible, it might be interesting to discover just what the ideal family would be. First of all it should be start ed by a young father and mother in their early twenties, physically ' and mentally sound, emotionally stable, able and willing to give their children the components of a good home. The children of this family will be spaced suffici ently close together for the mother to make childbearing her pri mary occupation for an ardous but limited time. Then with in fant raising behind her she can relax, in a manner of speaking, and have the time to enjoy her fruitfulness. The babies be born so close together that the new one depletes the mother not yet re covered from* the effects of cre ating the previous child. The period of recovery will of course differ with different women. Children born fairly close together enjoy one another and their youthful parents as well. But the parents, despite youthfulness, must have sufficient capacity for adjustment, so that marriage will last and not collapse as does the one in five which now ends in divorce. This appears to be a large order, perhaps too much to ask of two young people who would like to have their fling for a few years before tying down to a family. Nature with an eye always to the perpetuation of the species, wants them to set right to the business of bearing babies. The young woman in her twenties faces less danger from high infant and maternal mortality rates than the older mother, providing of the babies are not crowded too close together. The young mother is physically flexible, her muscles are adaptable, her fertility at its highest point and she is in every way the best health risk. Chronic illness tha tmay make child-bear ing either difficult or impossible later on occure least often in young parents. -o Attention: Playmate Club Members. “Get the clipping habit.” A scrap book of your life will be of great interest. Call it by any of these names: “My Life” “Going Places” “Where I Began” “From Now On” “The Starting Point” “Where Do I Go From Here” “My Prize Possession” “So I Will Know” “So You May Know” “My Proof To You” “It Started Here” Or any other name you may choose. As soon as your note-1 book is selected and the first item recorded—if only your name— send a one-cent post card to “The Voice” telling the name of your book and when you started it. It will be published. Once a year we will have an exhibit at the Urban League with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes for the best judged. You do not have to live in the city. You are, eligible to join the club and start a scrap book no matter where you live. “Start today.” It’s lots of fun. A “Voice” representative will call from time to time and report on your progress. Who will be the first to start? This week’s poem for you. There was an old Woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children she didn’t know what to do; She gave them some broth with out any bread, Then whipped them all soundly and put them to bed. Mother Goose. AAA A AAA A A AAA A A AAA AAAAAAA+* Patronize Our Advertisers The FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Lincoln 10th & "O" St. Member F.D.I.C. SHOWALTER ROOFING CO. e Dealers in Inselstone and Inselbrick Insulation See us for price on . BUILT UP ROOFS 233 North 22 2-2493 Lincoln, Nebraska 0 BEAL BROS. GROCERY Fresh Fruits & Vegetables Meats 2101 R Tel. 2-6933 SCHOOL SUPPLIES Notebooks, History Paper Pens, Pencils, Erasers, Ink, etc. Goldenrod Stationery Store 215 North 14th St. | - < MAG DONALD STUDIO PHOTOS Any Kind - Any Time - Any Place Phone 2-4984 218 No. 11th Advertising Pays Dividends When wailing is necessary Waiting certainly can be tough at times. While we’re proud of the progress made in our expansion program, we ^ would like to complete the job in a hurry. The main thing slowing us up is the continued lack of central office equipment necessary before we can install new telephones. * Meanwhile, we’re expanding service with all possible speed — for we know how im portant tele phone serv ice is to everyone. The Lincoln Te!erl?-~e and Telegraph Co. “A Nebraska Company Serving Its People”
