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’ Entered as Second Class Matter, June
9, 1947 at the Post Otfice at Lincoln.
Nebraska under the Act Of March 3.
1879 _
Guest Editorial
(Continued from Dec. 4)
By Obbie Brown.
A society uninformed about its
own affairs is to that extent weak
and vulnerable.
In concluding this article, a
contrast of “Common Sense” of
the past and the desirable com
mon sense of the future will for
suggestive purposes, be of value.
The best appraisal of common
sense manifestations of the past
can be interpreted in the light of
past responses to issues of a vital
nature, all of which helped to
shape our national life up to this
time.
We have seen the following
manifestations of common sense:
1. We have seen wheat burned
in the fields when large propor
tions of our population were
hungry.
2. We have seen cattle killed
by the thousands when fbod bas
kets were bare.
3. We have seen race hatred
thrive when the perpetuators
were ill-fed, ill-clothed, and des
titute.
4. We have seen killings,
lynchings, restrictive covenants in
operation, jim crow in tran
sportation, ghettos, filthy and
unlighted streets, men denied
jobs because of race, creed or re
ligious beliefs.
5. We have seen would-be-su
0 perior races rise and fall.
6. We have seen such organi
zations as the Ku Klux Klan rise
to power and jeopardize the
workings of democracy.
7. We have seen a segregated
army fight to preserve a democ
racy.
8. We have seen the national
constitution literally torn into
shreds and thrown in the faces of
the Negro segment of our popu
lation.
9. We have seen the ideals of
our faith, liberty, justice, and
equality denied a large segment
of our population.
10. We have seen great waste
of our human and natural re
sources.
In the interest of a democratic
form of government, its useful
ness and its survival, I offer
these suggestions:
1. Protect our human and
natural reources at all cost.
2. Make democracy our dream
come true.
3. Foster the ideals of democ
racy not through a fear of other
forms of government, but the
cultivation of an undying faith in
the worth of our own form of
government
4. Encourage fair play and de
votion to justice.
5. Have the courage, of our
convictions.
6. Make available adequate
educational facilities to all of the
children of all of the people.
7. Remember that peace is not
the absence of war, but the pres
ence of justice.
With out natural and human
resources utilized for good to the
maximum, strengthening and
making real the ideals of democ
racy, it is folly to fear. Would
democracy survive, these are the
dictates of our COMMON SENSE.
Choice for 1947
Any one can vote. Simply mail
a one-cent post card with the
names you select. Be sure to sign
your name.
(Your name will not be revealed).
1. Family of the Year .
(Must have contributed to community life).
2. Best dressed woman .
3. Best dressed man .
4. Miss Voice for 1948 .
I (Consider character trait, personality,
popularity and general appearance,
ages 16 to 20.
5. All American Boy.
Ages 16 to 20.
6. Couple of the Year .
Do not vote for members of
The Voice Staff.
Names of three highest in each
group will be given each week.
Pictures of winners will appear
in January 29 issue of The Voice.
I read Laura Lee’s column and
I think it is fine and I hope the
people who read it think the same
way and will do something about
it.
I remain your reader,
EUGENE CHINN,
Dear Editor: *
Having read Delight Killinger’s
Christmas or Xmas I am sure
everybody would be inclined to
agree that the idea it conveyed,
without a doubt, was the true
spirit of Christmas.
In short, this composition sug
gested what many of us have
thought, but could not put on
paper, and what stands to be an
existing fact.
I believe it to be almost letter
perfect, except for the conclusion.
Christmas and Xmas are the exact
same! The letter “X” in Greek
means Christ or Christian. Xmas
therefore being what we would
probably call a shortened form of
Christmas. You are crossing out
Christ! We are living in an era
of speed and conciseness. We mod
erns seek the easiest and shortest
form of comparatively everything;
one of which is Xmas for Christ
mas.
Don’t just take my word for it.
Satisfy your own curiosity; look in
any unabridged dictionary under
abbreviations or ask Robert Rip
ley.
Alliance Reporter,
Beatrice Motley
Dear Editor: I enjoy reading
“The Voice” very much. If I miss
it I am very disappointed.
As collecting recipes is my ho
by, The Household Hint column
is the firtt thing I turn to when
I get the paper. I have tried many
of the recipes and find them to
be delicious.
The sports and the Social briefs
are of special interest to me; in
fact, the whole paper is tops.
Let us keep the paper going and
support it 100 percent.
Mrs. Pansy Beard.
An open letter:
There have been many requests
for a Reprint of my resolution
written and published in The
Voice in its issue of January 3,
1947. Here you will find it word
for word.
♦
Let us resolve to forget what
we have done for others and re
member what others have done
for us. Let us resolve to ignore
what the world owes us and
think what we owe the world. Let
us resolve to put our rights in the
background and put our duties in
the middle—distance and our
chances to do a little more than
our duties in the foreground. Let
us resolve that our fellow man is
just as real as we are and try to
Tolerance Fruit
Of Understanding
We will never release the ten
sions that lead to aggression and
conflict until we practice brother
hood.
We are not our brother’s
keeper; we are not our brother’s
killer—we are our brother’s
brother. We must practice the
tolerance of love.
“Properly conceived,” says
Joshua Liebman, “tolerance is the
positive and cordial effort to
understand another’s beliefs, prac
tices and habits without neces
sarily sharing or accepting them.
Tolerance quickens our apprecia
tion and increases our responsibil
ity for a neighbor’s point of
view.”
We must not only live and let
live; we must live and help others
to live. This is brotherhood.
Dr. Elwood A. Rowsey
Pastor, Dundee Presbyterian church.
look beyond his face and see how
his heart seeks joy. Let us re
solve to admit that probably the
only good reason for own exist
ance is not what we get out of
life but what we put into life. Let
us resolve to close our book of
complaints against the manage
ment of our universe and look
around ourselves and see how
many places we can find to sow
a few seeds of happiness.
John Miller.
FORUM
THE QUESTION.
What is your number one wish
for 1948, aside from World Peace
and no food shortages?
I -
THE ANSWER.
Clayton P. Lewis, 1970 T, Grand
Master of the Masonic Lodge***
The root of segregation destroyed
and juvenile delinquency brought
to a minimum.
* * *
Joseph W. Adams, 2225 S, Scout
Master for Troop 60 and WW II
veteran***Applying of the Civil
Rights Committees’ findings to
the everyday life of the American
citizen and giving the Attorney
General power to work with.
* * *
Eugene R. Edwards, 2420 P,
Mail Carrier and local minister of
Quinn Chapel A. M. E. church***
True democracy practiced in the
United States.
* * *
Frank H. Burden, 2410 No. 29,
City Policeman***I would like to
see the time when people could
feel more free to do the things
they wish. To buy and sell as
they please as it was in the days
of Coolidge—the old horse and
buggy days are good enough for
me—and I believe more people
would be happy.
* * *
George Randol, 1029 Rose, Pho
tographer and Director of the
Circlet theater***! would like to
see the leaders of the United
States come to a common agree
ment on issues affecting the wel
fare of minorities of this coun
try. In the great struggle to
create world brotherhood and 'a
mutual understanding it is im
perative that the besetting sins,
the things which are hampering
our statesmen abroad and eating
the very heart out of America
must be corrected.
Literary
Dear Lord, these clumsy hands of mine
Could never sweep a harp’s gold strings
And bring forth melodies divine.
(My hands were made for\ common
things.)
But should there come some day to
heaven’s gate
A child with lonely fears,
My hands could lift and cuddle him
And dry his tears.
And, Lord, I know this voice of mine
Would never blend with heaven’s choir,
i Though touched by miracle, it could not
be
Tuned to celestial lyre
But I could hum a simple, crooning song
To comfort the alarms
Of one who, in that throng.
Might miss his mother’s arms,
i —Martha Sparrow Anderson.
The Sports Front
Proceeds from Bout
NEW YORK. (ANP). Joe Louis
received $77,580 and Joe Walcott
$25,960 as their share of the gate
from the recent historic event at
Madison Square Garden. Since
that event, Walcott has received
offers netting him $150,000 for
participation in varions types of
events from refereeing to partici
pating in Canadian and South
American bouts. They all want
to see Jersey Joe—and Joe Louis
wants to see him next June.
The champ, in a copyright story
to Jimmy Cannon of the Evening
Post, says he was too weak for
the fight and had taken off too
much weight. He said he should
have stayed around 215 rather
than train down to 211.
“Next time—” is another thing.
Louis says he saw all of the
punches coming that landed on
his whiskers and knew every mis
take Walcott made, but Louis was
too weak to follow up to an ad
vantage.
DOTS . . and DASHES—
By Jimmie Kirkman.
Taken from Dec. 30, 1947 North Platte
(Daily) Telegraph-Bulletin.
Has Agility.
We were talking to Clay Ryan,
North Platte high school’s fresh
man football flash the other day
about sports in general and foot
ball in particular.
Ryan has been highly publicized
for a frosh. There are several
reasons for this.
First, he is a big boy, tipping
the balances around 210 pounds.
When you consider beef in ath
letes, your mind just naturally
wanders to football.
Second, he’s just about as sweet
a passer as has come along here
in many a day. He wraps his
big hand around the pigskin, and
the ball spirals out to the down
field target beautifully. Already
he has developed the timing which
properly allows for a potential re
ceiver’s speed.
Third, he can punt. Until Spe
cialist Dick Hutchinson came
along last fall, it looked like Clay
could boot the leather farther than
any boy in school. With Hutchin
son being graduated, Ryan is the
logical successor.
Fourth, contrary to general be
lief, he is fairly fast. In speed
sprints among the frosh last fall,
he was always among the first
few to cross the finish line.
Hard Work.
On the other side of the ledger,
he is young, not too eager in prac
tice, and still a yearling -when it
comes to smart football. He is
overweight, too.
So, while we were talking to
him, we were pleased when he
informed us, without prodding,
that he expects to work out in
the country next summer to get
himself in the finest trim for
football.
“I’m going to do hard work,”
he insisted.
Clay is a colored boy. All of the
What’s Doing
In Alliance
By Bea Motley.
Mr. and Mrs. Mills Lear, Mrs.
C. H. Murphy, Billy and Mr. Wil
liam Darnell were Christmas din
ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Nelson.
Mr. H. C. King, Kenneth, Lavon,
and Mr. J. Butler were Christmas
dinner guests at the home of
M. P. Motley.
Oscar Long left Alliance recent
ly to spend the holidays in Detroit,
Mich.
Mrs. Kenneth Hampton of Den
ver, Colo., was a recent visitor at
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Viney Jackson.
Mi's. Hayes Chandler, jr., spon
sored a Christmas eve program at
the St. James A. M. E. Church.
Francis Jackson served as master
of ceremony. Rev. J. H. Joy con
ducted the service.
Mr. Jesse Ewing is spending the
holidays with his two children,
James and Jane of Binginham,
North Carolina.
Willard and Junior Wright, A.
Shaw and Richard Lane of Scotts
bluff spent Christmas visiting fn
Alliance. 1
Mr. M. C. Woodies, sr., is con
fined to his home due to recent
illness.
Mrs. Leona Glass Emanuel is
returning to her former home in
Texas.
Happy New Year Everybody!
fellows like him. So . . . Clay can
do a lot for himself and his race
if he takes advantage of his na
tural aptitude for the game of
football. It will be largely up to
him from here on out. The op
portunity is certainly there.
What goes on in my neighbor’s
house concerns me. If I let him go .
in need, I too may want. If he '
has an enemy, he will require
me as a friend. If nature is un
kind to him, then I must be kind
er. These are all simple things, ,
known from time immemorial to
any villager. Donald Culross Pe
attie, “Immortal Village,” Univer
sity of Chicago Press, 1945.
George H. Wentz
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