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Volume t. Number 50 3, Nebraska Thursday. September 9, 1948
People ) o7
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The Dale H. Weekses
BY. R. W. SHAKESPEARE
It was my very delightful
pleasure two years ago to meet
a lovely little lady )vhom I came
to know as Irene who was serv
ing on a committee in Kappa Pni
Alumnae organization, a Meth
odist club of University women.
Later at an Urtan League An
nual Dinner meeting Irene intro
duced me to one of the board
members, her husband, Dale.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale H. Weeks
and their two children Dennis 5
and Carol 4 who came to Lincoln
in September 1944 are not only
lovely homemakers but a definite
part of social, civic and religious
activities in the various com
munities which they serve.
Mr. Weeks heads the depart
ments of Economics and Business
Administration at Wesleyan Uni
versity. He received his bachelor
of science and master of arts de
grees from the University of
Iowa and he has done graduate
work at the University of Ne
braska. Mr. Weeks was elected
president of the Lincoln Urban
League in January and he is a
Negro Aviators
To Meet in First
Convention Oct. 1
NEW YORK. (ANP). The first
National Negro Aviation con
vention will be held here Oct.
1-3, under the sponsorship of the
Warhawk Aviation club, and will
bring together many former mem
bers of the 99th and 100th Fighter
squadrons, the 332nd and 477th
Bomber squadrons, and a host of
prominent figures in commercial
and civilian aviation.
The Warhawks, organized in
1946 by Archie Smith, former
army flight instructor at Tus
kegee Army Air school, is pri
marily for those interested in fly
ing. The club offers its members
to continue their flying hobby at
reduced rates.
During the three-day meet,
-there will be a public forum, or
ganizational meetings, a dinner
and a dance. The convention will
member of the board of directors
of the North East branch of the
Y. M. C. A. He is also a member
of the official board of the first
Methodist church.
Mrs. Weeks received a bache
lor of science degree in home
economics at Iowa State and a
master of arts degree in Child
Welfare Education at the Uni
versity of Iowa and taught
years before coming to Lincoln.
She is president of Central Circle
No. 2 of the W. S. C. S. of the
First Methodist church, a mem
ber of the official board and an
officer of the • Young Married
Group’s Sunday School class.
Mrs. Weeks expresses with grati
tude the pleasure which she has
received in her contacts at the
Urban League.
On one occasion when Rev.
Shakespeare and I were guests
in their home we were royally
entertained by Dennis and Carol.
I was almost amazed with the
complacency on this first meet
ing and the extremely interest
ing manner in which they dis
played their love for people, and
the cordial invitation which they
extended for our return.
Ex-Slave Dies, Age 115
TEXARKANA, Ark. (ANP).
Funeral services were held
here last week for Mrs. Har
riet Vaughan, an ex-slave
who died at the age of 115.
Only a week before her
death she foretold her passing
by saying that one of her four
dead children appeared to her
in her sleep and said, “I’m
coming back next week to
take .you with me.”
end with an air show at West
chester county airport, White
Plains, N. Y.
Organizers and officers of the
convention are Archie Smith and
Edward O. Gibbs, executive di
rectors; Louis C. Bursterman,
treasurer; and Charles Penner,
Howie Baylor, Lee Hayes, Leon
Malone, Mrs. Archie Smith and
•Mildred Stewart, executive board
members.
^''Isgr. egner
Named Head
Of Boys Town
OMAHA. VP). Right Rev. Msgr.
Nicholas H. Wegner, chancellor
of the Omaha archdiocese, Wed
nesday was named successor to
the late Right Rev. Msgr. E. J.
Flangagan as director of Boys
Town.
The appointment was made by
Archbishop Gerald T. Bergan of
Omaha, president of the board of
trustees of Father Fianagain boys’
home.
Rev. Edmond C. Walsh, as
sistant director to Father Flana
gan, has been acting director of
Boys Town since the latter’s
death.
Msgr. Wegner, a native Ne
braskan, was ordained a priest in
Rome in 1925. He came the same
year as an assistant at St. Cecilia’s
cathedral. He was named as as
sistant chancellor in 1929 and
chancellor of the diocese ten years
later. Since 1936, he has served as
director of St. James orphanage.
Msgr. Wegner served as admin
istrator of the arch-diocese of
Omaha after the death of Arch
bishop James Hugh Ryan until
the installation of Arch-bishop
Bergan.
Nation Mourns
Ira F. Lewis
Ira Foster Lewis, 65, for eight
years president and general man
ager of the Pittsburgh Courie,
Publishing Co., died at 8:30 o’clock
Saturday night, Aug. 28, of a
heart attack in a suite at the Com
modore hotel, New York City.
Mr. Lewis also was president
of Interstate United Newspapers,
Inc. ,and a member of the board
of directors of the Negro News
paper Publishers association.
Gathered at the bedside at the
time of his death were members
of his immediate family. '
Dramatic Life.
Mr. Lewis’ death brings to a
close a dramatic and exciting
chapter of American life, a life
dedicated to recognition of
Negroes as first class citizens in
this country.
Born in Lexington, N. C., on
Aug. 25, 1883, he lived his early
years in Charlotte, attending Bid
dle university for one year be
fore leaving for the North.
! Marchers Reveled in Color
In Elks Convention Parade
Fred Nevels, Lincoln delegate
from Cornhusker Lodge No. 579
was on hand in Cincinnati to see
the 30,000 parade on the opening
day of their golden jubilee and
“they just poured on the gold—
golden dresses, golden tiaras,
golden badges, shoes, purses,” ac
cording to the report.
The marchers reveled in color
and in the lively music of scores
of the best bands and drum corps
from all parts of the country.
“There were many magnificent
floats,” said Mr. Nevels, “each one
shot with color and each one la
den with a cargo of handsomely
dressed women and children. Out
standing were the group of women
wearing beautiful gowns of a half
century ago—when the order was
founded.”
While tae whole parade was
gay, one float, with men repre
Human Rights Theme For
Delta Sigma Theta Convention
I Churchman Passes
Half Century Mark
i
REV. F. F. MOTEN
The Rev. F. F. Moten, for 50
years a distinguished minister
and presiding elder of the AME
church, will celebrate his golden
anniversary September 16, at
Bethel AME church, Kansas City,
Mo. Distinguished churchmen
will grace the program and his
daughter, Etta Moten, will sing.
Guardsmen Train
Without Friction
PEEKSHILL, N. Y. (ANP).
High teamwork was displayed be
tween Negro and white troops of
the State War Disaster Military
corps of the New York State
Guard at Camp Smith. According
to Maj. Gen. Edwin G. Ziegler the
comradeship surpassed all expecta
tions. No friction develops in the
side by side training in the field
or on the rifle range.
This is the first time that Ne
groes from Harlem and Brook
lyn have been at Camp Smith
with white troops from all over
the state. Heretofore the non
Nordic troops were trained after
all other groups had had use of
the camp at the end of the season.
Some 500 Negroes were among
the 1,200 guardsmen on hand at
the experimental venture. Maj.
Emanual A. Luces and Maj. Alon
zo Brown, were the staff mem
bers of Harlem and Brooklyn
who saw their trainees through
the routine and on the ranges.
i senting the group who founded
j the lodge 50 years ago, had an j
i aspect of solemnity-for all the
j dignified old men portrayed on j
it wore black dress suits.
Near the old men marched the
tiniest tots in the parade—girls ]
aged five and six, and dressed
in white, marching forward un- \
der watchwords of “Fidelity, j
Charity, Brotherly Love,” the re
port stated.
The Elks re-elected Mr. J. Fin- !
ley Wilson to serve his twenty
seventh and twenty-eighth years, j
Mr. Nevels told of dining with I
the oldest colored Elk members
in' the world, James Toran, 87,
of Alpha Lodge No. 11 CiacfaMM#
He joined in 1901.
of having a c
Champion Joe
a golf tour.
(ST. LOUIS, Mo.)—The Twen
tieth National Convention of the
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority in its
closing session at the Kiel Mu
nicipal Auditorium, adopted an
action program pledging its mem
bership of 11,000 women in 183
chapters to year-round effort in
the struggle for human rights.
The emphasis of the biennial
program is taken from the theme
of the Convention, “Human Rights
Our Challenge—Our Responsi
bility.” The Convention endorsed
the proposed Civil Rights program
of the American Council on Hu
man Rights and went on record
to work for the elimination of
segregation and descrimination in
national and international life.
Major action, which came in the
form of a resolution, called for
the passage of an Anti-Poll Tax
Bill, and an Anti-Lynching Bill;
abolition of segregation and the
assurance of integration of Ne
groes in the Armed Services;
abolition of segregation in public
transportation; and abolition of
all forms of segregation and dis
crimination in the Nation’s capi
tol.
Approximately 500 members of
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, from
all sections of the country, rep
resenting 128 graduate and un
der-graduate chapters were in
attendance at the historic meet
ing. The delegates urged maxi
mum aid for the strengthening
of the Liberian economy.
Trainer Honored
For Good Work
SEATTLE. (ANP). Joseph A.
Johnson, a checker and trainer at
the Seattle port of embarkation,
was honored for his outstanding
work.
Although a civilian, he received
his award, “additional within
grade salary advancement for su
perior accommplishment,” before
a military and civilian group. Col.
William H. Donaldson, Jr., port
commander, presented the award,
and the Fort Lawton band pro
vided music.
His award, the second of its
kind ever given by the Seattle
POE, was for “outstanding ability
and initiative far beyond job re
quirements in training and devel
oping fork lift operators under his
supervision.”
Back in 1946 he received the
Meritorious Civilian Service
award. Col. Johnson said:
“It has been brought to my at
tention that you have been most
conscientious in informing your
subordinates of matters which
concern them and of their re
sponsibilities toward their job.”
“You have inspired confidence
in your men because of your im
partial approach to problems and
because of this, turnover in per
sonnel under your supervision has
been negligible.
“It has also been most pleasing,
Mr. Johnson, to hear from visiting
officials, when making inspections
of the courtesous treatment ac
corded them. Your courtesy has
not only reflected favorably upon
yourself but also upon this com
mand.”