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HOBBY SHOW AT
URBAN LEAGUE
by Sara Walker
A very unusual and interest
' ing hobby show will be presented
J October 24 and 25 at the Lincoln
Urban League.
Some collections registered are
painting, 'drawing, stamps, wood
craft, Chinaware, needle work,
ties, ash trays, alabaster work,
rare coins, dolls, textiles, paint
ing, canned foods, and many oth
*- / ers.
Treasured antiques of age and
yalue will be of special interest.
An entire booth wrill be devoted
to them.
Anyone having a special hobljy
or antique please call Mrs. Sara
Walker at the Urban League.
All treasurers and possessions
will be carefully guarded during
display. *
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Mrs. Elizabeth Smith
Mrs. June Campbell
Mrs. Carrie Kimbrough
UNIVERSITY NEWS
By Freddie Powell
The All University Party was
held Saturday night at the Urban
League. After several “get ac
quainted games” a talent show
was held with Bernard Grice of
^ ficiating. Several persons ap
™ peared on the program. Bertram
Cooke rendered a hilarious act
on impersonating a woman dress
ing. Ruth Norman played a pi
ano selection. A quartet composed
of fellows from Union College
sang. The program ended with
» a solo by Jacqueline Johnnson.
This year five girls are making
their home at the International
House on the campus. They are:
Ruth Norman, Celestine Lightner,
Eloisie Jones, Dorothy Chapman,
and Florentine Craford. All are
from Omaha. Some of the other
new students are: Theodore Ber
ry, Loma Bath, Dorothy Scott,
William Broaden, John Foster,
• Samuel Beets, Jerry Thompson,
and Binnie Grisby.
There is one girl attending
Wesleyan University. Her name
is Louise Perkins. Although she
is from Omaha many will remem
ber Louise when she was a Lin
coln girl.
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New In Lincoln?
If you have recently moved to
Lincoln in the past two years
why not call the Urban League,
2-2392 and give your name and
'♦address. They would like to have
you on their files. Possibly you
would be interested in one or
more of their activities.
NEGOES IN MUSIC' IS
THEME OF THIRD AN
NUAL DORIE MILLER
MEMORIAL PROGRAM
Chicago (ANP)—The story of
the Negro in the music world was
the theme of the third annual
memorial program given ip honor
of Dorie Miller, first Negro hero
of World War II, at Pilgrim Bap
tist church here Monday night.
The program was sponsored by
the Dorie Miller Memorial assoc
iation, headed by Elmer L. Fow
ler.
Highlight of the program was
the unveiling and dedication of
the Dorie Miller Memorial trophy
by the Rev. J. C. Austin, pastor
of Pilgrim, and its presentation.
The Rev. Joseph M. Evans, pastor
of the Metropolitan Community
Church, presided over the dedi
cation.
An extra feature of the services
was review of the life and death
of Dorie Miller, as given by Miss
Melva Williams. Chambers Rob
inson sang “Precious Lord, Take
My Hand,” written by Prof. Tho
mas A. Dorsey, president of the
National Convention of Gospel
Choirs and Choruses, Inc. The
singing was done against a back
ground assembly of flags of the
United Nations organization and
150 lighted candles. Paintings of
Dorie Miller, donated by the Chi
cago Art institute, were also un
veiled.
Among those participating in
the services were Mahalia Jack
son, James Whitehurst, Solomon
Greene, Myrtle Scott, James Lee,
Ernest Brown, and the gospel
choruses of Greater Harvest and
Providence Baptist churches.
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TO BROADCAST ALL
HOWARD GAMES
Washington (ANP)—All of the
home football games played by
Howard university will be broad
cast this year for the first time in
the history of the university.
Harold Jackson, popular disc
jockey who made the “House that
Jack Built” program famous a
mong Washingtonians, will give
a play-by-play description over
station WOOK. He will be as
sisted by Ronald Alston.
The broadcast series opened
last Saturday when Howard play
ed Bluefield. Other games to be
broadcast this season will be the
Howard-Morgan game on Oct.17;
the Howard-Johnson C. Smith
game, Oct. 25; and the Howard
Delaware State game of Nov. 8.
The broadcast series will mark
the first time in the history of the
colored intercollegiate athletic as
sociation that the football games
of a member team will be broad
cast througout an entire season.
They are sponsored by the Philip
Morris 'Tobacco company.
Samoan Chiefs Welcome IJ.1S. Investigators
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A group of local chiefs of the New Zealand-administered territory
of Western Samoa, in the Pacific, assemble to meet the first U.N.
mission sent out to investigate a petition for self-government from
one of the territories under the United Nations Trusteeship Svstem.
MARION ANDERSON IS
GUEST ON BROADCAST
FROM CHICAGO
Chicago (ANP) Contralto Mar
ian Anderson will be guest solo
ist with Donald Vorhees and the
symphonic orchestra on the Tele
phone Hour broadcast from the
Medinah temple in Chicago, Mon
day Oct. 13 (NBC, 8:00 p,m. CST).
The broadcast will be in ob
servance of the 50th anniversary
of the United States Independent
Telephone association which will
hold its annual convention in Chi
cago from Oct. 14 to 16.
Miss Anderson will sing the fa
miliar aria, “My Heart at Thy
Sweet Voice” from Saint Saens’
“Samson and Delilah.” As she
does on mosj. of her programs,
Miss Anderson has chosen two
spirituals for this one—“Nobody
Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen”
and “My Soul’s Been Anchored
in the Lord.” Her other number
will be Dvorak’s sentimental
“Songs My Mother Taught Me.”
Voorhees will conduct the or
chestra in the waltz from Tschai
kowsky’s “Sleeping Beauty” bal
et, the intermezzo from Mas
cagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana”
and the march from “Prince Igor”
by Borodin.
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Births
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Mr. and Mrs. Ligon Arnold an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Marcia Jean, born October 9
Mrs. Arnold was Dorothy Beard
CONFERENC ECLOSES
IN KANSAS CITY
With the close of the Nebraska
Annual Conference of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church in
Kansas City, Kans., Sunday came
both appointments and disap
pointments. It was necessary at
times for the Rt. Reverend Noah
W. Williams, presiding Bishop, to
remind a minister to say, “Thank
you. Bishop.”
However, few changes occurred
in the Omaha district; the major
one. being, the Rev. John Adams,
Sr., Omaha, who replaced the
Rev. L. S. Goolsby, who will pas
tor at Emporia, Kansas.
The Rev. Mr. Adams, who filled
an unexpired appointment as
presiding elder of the Kansas Ci
ty District, has served both as
pastor of Quinn Chapel A. M. E.
Church and presiding elder of
this district.
Other ministers of this area and
Omaha were reappointed.
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Special Church News
Last Sunday at Christ Temple
the pastor, Rev. T. O. McWilliams
Jr., delivered a rededicating ser
mon, “When Jesus Passes By”
Deacon A. E. Simms will spon
sor a Victory Rally Service, Sun
day, November 9th, all day.
Rev. J. J. Johnson, D. D., will
speak at the 11:00 service Sunday
at Newman.
The Everready Men’s Chorus
appeared at the evening service
last Sunday.
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The difference between a
dreamer and a man of vision is,
the dreamer dreams and awakes
to forget his dream while the
man of vision dreams and awakes
with renewed enthusiasm to car
ry his dream to fruition.
FIRST ANNIVERSARY
OF ‘THE VOICE'
As we enter into our second
year, it is very fitting and proper
we praise many friends for their
Jjyal support.
If you have enjoyed The Voice,
won’t you let us know?
W eshall observe the remainder
of October as our First Anniver
ary, in order that you shall know
“the people behind The Voice.”
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MAGAZINE SEEKS A
NEW INTERPRETATION
Chicago (ANP)—“Smart Wo
man,” the new monthly publica
tion featuring styles, beauty aids
and home management sugges
tion, makes its debut this month
wdth two objectives in view, ac
cording to the editors. The first
is to interpret colored women to
the world-at-large in a dignified
light, and, secondly, to inspire
them with more confidence in
themselves.
The publication, a pictorial, is
the first of its kind with a nation
al circulation and will cater to
the special problems of colored
women in their efforts to be pro
gressive home makers and first
class American citizens, says Mrs.
Alone Feaman, the publisher. The
November issue presents the life
story of Nell Dodson Russell,
Minneapolis newspaper woman,
who is a constant crusader for
the democratic way of life.
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Trophy Award For Jackie
Elmer L. Fowler, general chair
man of the Dorie Miiier Memorial
association, stands Reside the Do
rie Miller Memorial Trophy of
1947 which is to be awarded to
Jackie Robinson for his outstand
ing work in the field of sports.
The award was made in conjunc
tion with the association’s Dorie
Miller Memorial services held on
October G at Pilgrim Baptist
church in Chicago.
Dorie Miller, hero of the Pearl
Harbor attack, Dec. 7, carried the
wounded captain of the ill-fated
Arizona to a safer place and then
took over a machine gun of which
he knew nothing and brought 5
of the Japanese planes down. He
was awarded the Navy cross by
President Roosevelt. He went
down with the sinking of the Lip
scomb Bay.
In commemoration of the event
the National Baptist Convention
has endorsed the movement, the
National Convention of Gospel
Choirs and choruses asked that
all churches sing “Precious Lord,
Take My Hand” in their Sunday
service honoring the memory of
the first Negro hero of World War
II.
