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j? , s Volume 2, Number 14 Lincoln 3, Nebraska Thursday, January 8, 1948 Carver Inundation Carries On Despite Fire Mrs. Har^v'** Elects 9<*«v'6 Woii *\ron At a recent ->n of officers of Amaranth C .apter O. E. S. Mrs. Zeola Hammond was elected Worthy Matron to succeed Mrs. Izetta Malone who has seryed for the past year. Miss Frances Lew is was elected Associate Mat ron; Mrs. Buelah Bradley, Secre tary; Mrs. Brevy Miller, Treas urer; Mrs. Marie Bonds, Conduc tress; Mrs. Sophronia Green, As sociate Conductress and Mr. Clay ton P. Lewis, Associate Patron. The meeting was held at the Urban League with the Associate Patron in charge. The Voice To Support Carver Foundation At Tuskegee Institution In an effort to help expand and perpetuate the work of the late Dr. Carver, “The Voice,” will launch a campaign in which a por tion of the subscription price of The Voice will be sent to the Car ver Foundation at Tuskegee. The George Washington Carver Commemorative 3-cent postage stamp was issued January 5, the date of the fifth anniversary of Dr. Carver and designated George Washington Carver day in a proc lamation by President Truman. With each subscription will be given a Carver Seal or a Carver Commemorative Stamp. Political Science Award To Civil Rights Group WASHINGTON. (ANP). The President's Committee on Civil Rights was the recipient of a ci tation and award given by the American Political Science asso ciation during its evening session in Hotel Statler here last week. The award, presented by Louis Brownlow, president of the Frank lin D. Roosevelt Memorial foun dation, was received by Robert J. Carr, executive secretary of the committee. In making the citation, Dr. Charles E. Merriam, professor emeritus of the University of Chi cago, praised the controversial civil rights report “for its appre ciation of the American heritage, its painting of lights and shadows, and strengthening of democracy.” * - You Know— . orty-one Negroes have re ceived the Congressional Medal of Honor, America’s highest award for heroism? * * * t Father John M. Faustina, S.S.Er of the Society of St. Etmund who was ordained several months ago, became the 25th colored priest in the U. S.? * * • WVON will be a new radio sta tion in Chicago, 111., Negro owned? * * * For his contributions to science, Dr. Percy L. JGlian, Negro atomic scientist and researcher in the development in World War II, was winner of the 32nd Spingarn Medal? * * * Richmond Barthe, Negro sculp j tor whose bust of Booker T. Wash ington adorns the Hall of Fame, was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts by St. Francis Academy, Brooklyn, N. Y.? Worker Loses Job for Anti-Bias Activities INDIANAPOLIS. (ANP). Wil son Head, president of the inter racial Civil Rights committee, lost his job as social worker in Flan ner House here last Wednesday. His services were discontinued be cause of his crusading efforts to break down discriminatory poli cies directed against Negro citi zens. He and the committee were re sponsible for getting many down town restaurants to extend their services to the Negro public. He was discharged without a hearing, though he, as well as the Associa tion of Social workers, Indiana and Indianapolis NAACP branch es, repeatedly asked that an open hearing be held. It was reported that Mr. Head had issued a state ment saying he had “resigned” from his job—a statement which he denied. NAACP Holds Meeting The regular meeting of the lo cal branch of the NAACP was held Friday evening in the li brary room of the Urban League. Plans were started for the an nual membership drive to begin in February. Captains of the teams will be selected at the next meeting to be held the first Friday in Feb ruary. Patricia Jane Visiting Her Grandmothers in Arkansas Patricia Jane Johnson, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph John son, enjoyed a wonderful Christ mas. Santa brought her a “Patty Jo” doll, table and chairs, big ball, that bounces high. She and Gwen Bowler played with friends who brought some of the things Santa gave them. On Monday, December 29 at , . Pat’s home she entertained some .. of her friends from 2 to 5 p. m. </ Those present were: Edna and DeDee Keys, Davey and Carolyn Radcliffe and Joan Whiteman. They had fun and enjoyed re freshments. Pat is now visiting her two f' grandmothers in Hope, Ark. Death Takes Mrs. Collins Word was received Monday by Mrs. Odessa Johnson of the death Jan. 2 of Mrs. Belle Collins, for mer Lincolnite and wife of the late John Collins. Funeral services will be held Jan. 9 in Kansas City, Mo., where she has made her home since leaving Lincoln several years ago. Mrs. Collins was an active member of Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church where she was a member of the choir. Charles Goolsby Attends Alpha Phi Alpha General Convention at Tulsa Charles M. Goolsby, Univer sity of Nebraska Senior and president-elect of Beta Beta chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha . Fraternity and Alfred H. Grice, University Junior and retiring president were in attendance CHARLES GOOLSBY. at the 33 rd General Convention held in Tulsa, Okla., Dec. 28. It was one of the largest dele gations to attend a session of the world’s oldest Negro Greek letter society headed by Attor ney Belford V. Lawson, promi nent lawyer of Washington, D. C. The Fraternity created a new jurisdiction to be known as the Far Western Jurisdiction. This gives Alpha Phi Alpha Frater nity five jurisdictions, each of which will be presided over by a regional vice-president and represented by an undergradu ate member of the Executive Council. Other major developments art the Tulsa Convention have been the complete abolition of bru- < tality in initiation of candidates, authorization for setting up of ten new Miapters—all under graduate chapters, and award ing of trophies and plaques to several chapters for outstanding accomplishments during the past year. Henry A. Wallace, third party presidential possibility, was pre vented from coming to Tulsa for a talk on Sunday by weather conditions in northern states, but, in a prepared speech read to a crowd of some 2,500 at Conven tion hall, he stated: “It is time for action to defend Americans at home. Such action is more essential to the mainte nance of peace than the defense (Continued on Page 3, Col. 1.) New Honor to Dr. Carver; Biography in Town Hall Special to “The Voice” from Tuskegee. Although a fire of undetermined origin virtually de stroyed the laboratories and museum of the George Wash ington Carver Foundation on Monday, November 24th, 1947, temporary offices have been set up in the Science Building and activities are still going on apace. On January 5, 4948, the first day of sale for the 3c stamp honoring Dr. Carver was held at Tuskegee In stitute, as previously planned. Plans were perfected to make this a noteworthy occasion despite the disastrous fire. At a special meeting or tne Board of Directors of the Carver Foundation, November 10, 1947, a $2,000,000 endowment fund cam paign was voted to be launched concurrently with the issuance of the Carver Commemorative Stamp, Jan. 5, 1948. This drive is now gathering momentum. In addition, efforts will now be made to en large the campaign to include funds for a new modern building to house the laboratories of the Carver Foundation and Agricul tural Experiment Station. This will doubtless lead to separate housing for the museum and the labora tories. An important phase of the en dowment fund campaign is the sale of a specially designed, en graved first day cover for only $1.00. These covers, or cachets, as they are professionally known, will be serviced with four of the Carver Commemorative Stamps, four of the regular Carver Seals, in colors, and addressed to the purchaser or his friends, by the Carver Seal Committee which reg ularly sponsors the sale of Carver Seals each Carver day. These covers will be officially cancelled the “First Day of Issue” which will add to their philatelic value. In addition to those previously received, a new honor has come to Dr. Carver. On Dec. 4, 1947, George Washington Carver was honored by Town Hall. His bi ography was placed in the Book of Enduring Names, regularly dis played at Town Hall in New York, and the Carver Memorial Chair was unveiled and permanently placed in the Town Hall auditor ium in New York City. Fortunately, all of the records of the Foundation and of Dr. Car ver were saved from the fire. Likewise, much of the works of Dr. Carver previously on display in the Museum can be salvaged for future display. The greatest ir replaceable loss sustained was that of the Carver Art Collection. Some of it, however, will be available for future display. Temoprary laboratories are al ready being set up to carry on the various research projects under way at the time of the fire. None of the outside research projects will seriously suffer because of the fire. Friends of Dr. Carver and the Carver Foundation are being called upon to lend their full sup port to the campaign for the en dowment fund, as well as for the new and modern Carver Labora tories and Museum. Inspirational Meeting To Be at Quinn Chapel The First Inspirational Meeting of the Omaha Area of the Nebras ka Conference Branch Women’s Missionary Society will be held January 23, at Quinn Chapel A. M. E. Church, it was announced by Mrs. Amemtha Handy, Super visor. Nine churches are expected to be represented including Omaha, Beatrice, Grand Island, Nebraska City, Fremont, Hastings and Lin coln. • The sermon will be delivered by the Rev. M. L. Shakespeare and the guest speaker for the af ternoon will be Miss Belva Spicer, evangelist at Grand Island. Mrs. E. B. Childress, Omaha, will sing. Mrs. Hattie Adams, Omaha, is supervisor of Young People’s de-. partment. Trail Blazers Two Negroes were among the blazers of the Oregon Trail and became early settlers in that state? President Keynotes Tribute To Carver, Negro Scientist TUSKEGEE, Ala.—The great and the humble joined in tribute i Monday to a frail, slave-born Negro, George Washington Car ver, who rose to international fame as a scientist, educator and humanitarian. Government officials, headed by President Truman himself, praised Dr. Carver in simple me morial ceremonies at Tuskegee institute, where the renowned Negro spent most of a long and brilliant career. The program here keynoted Carver day ceremonies across the nation on the fifth anniver sary of his death. Carver, a University of Iowa graduate, who rose to promi nence thru his research^ work in peanuts and sweet potatoes, was memorialized with the issuance of a special three-cent stamp. President Truman sent a tele gram to Dr. F. D. Patterson, president of Tuskegee, and Post master General Jesse Donaldson was present to inaugurate the stamp issue. President Truman’s telegram said in part: “I always held Dr. Carver, and now hold his memory, in great esteem. Tuskegee Institute is to be congratulated on its privilege of carrying on, thru the George Washington Carver foun dation, the spirit and methods of so distinguished a scientist and benefactor to mankind." The postmaster general, speak ing to a mixed audience in the chapel, said “Dr. Carver is in every sense of the word one of the most outstanding Americans of our time."