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Vol. 3, No. 29 Thursday, April 14, 1949
“The Strife Is O’e +***Uajah!”
Services In Lincoln Churches \ ^ound Note Of
Universality In Special Easter Sunday Programs'
Sunday, churches throughout
Christendom will conclude their
observance of the Lenten season
and Holy Week in the festival of
Easter. From thousands of pul
pits will be retold the religious
mystery and hundreds of voices
will sing of the glory of the res
surrected Christ. Easter, a symbol
ox peace and new life, will help
crystalize the sense of security
gained recently by the North At
lantic pact. The note of victori
ous peace, too, will resound in the
services at most Lincoln churches.
QUINN CAPEL
At Quinn Chapel A.M.E. church,
a spectacular Easter pageant has
been planned for presentation at
7 a. m. Under the general direc
tion of Mxs. Odessa Johnson, the
pageant will be complete with
scenery painted by Mrs. Eva Smith
and costumes, now being finished
by a committee of ladies. Entitled
“Christ Glorified” and v/ritten by
William Dixey, the pageant will
present 75 to 100 people and mu
sic by three choirs—Mt. Zion
choir, directed by Mr. M. Coggs,
the Quinn Chapel senior choir di
rected by Mrs. H. Wilson and
junior choir—and Mrs. Viola
Coulter, Mary Sampson, Mrs. J.
T Wright and Vonna Finley as
soloists.
At 9 a. m. the Progressive club
is serving an Easter breakfast in
the church basement, and at 11
a. m., Rev. J. B. Brooks will ser
monize on the subject, “He Is
Risen.”
NORTHSIDE CHURCH OF GOD
The Northside Church of God,
of which Rev. Robert Moody is
pastor, will have an 8 o’clock
service in addition to the regular
services at 11 a. m.
Bishop Walker
Stresses Laymen,
Small Churches
Bishop D. O. Walker.
The Rt. Rev. D. Ormonde
Walker, presiding Bishop of the
5th AME District, which includes
Kansas, Nebraska and Western
states, continues to carry his mes
sage to the people that the small
church and the laymen are im
portant entities in the structure of
^ the church. Elected to the epis
copate only a year ago, the
prelate has already traveled ex
tensively over the thousands of
miles in his diocese.
As a living testament of his
conviction, Bishop Walker will
celebrate Easter at St. Joseph,
Mo., as he continues his itinerary
among the churches and chapels
of agricultural Kansas and Mis- j
souri.
MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH
The Mt. Zion choir will partici
pate in the pageant at Quinn
Chapel at 7 a. m. At the 11
o’clock service there will be a
special service for children fol
lowing which Rev. W. I. Monroe,
pastor, will talk from the subject,
‘The Infallible Truth.”
CHRIST TEMPLE
At the “Church of the Old-Time
Religion,” Rev. Trago McWilliams
has announced that there will be
no extra services but at the regu
lar Sunday school time, 10 a. m.,
there will be a childrens’ program
under the direction of Rev. T. T.
McWilliams, sr., and Mrs. Eliza
beth Smith of the junior depart
ment On Good Friday night,
there will be a children’s program
under the direction of Rev. T. T.
McWilliams, sr., and Mrs. Eliza
beth Smith of the junior depart
ment. On Good Friday night, the
motion picture “King of Kings”
will be shown at the church.
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
At 8 p. m. there will be a spe
cial Easter program put on by
the chidren of the Sunday school.
The program is under the direc
tion of the Sunday school staff.
NEWMAN METHODIST
At 10 a. m. the Sunday school
will present its children’s program.
Miss Freddie Powell, superin
tendent and Mary McWiliams
have handled rehearsals and
Emma White will be in charge
of the service. At 2 p. m. the
children will go to Ahtelope park
for an Easter Egg hunt.
ALLON CHAPEL
At 3 p. m. on Sunday, Allon
Chapel, SDA, is sponsoring a
community music festival, which
they plan as a weekly program
beginning April 17. The music
program is to be held in the Ur
ban League rooms at 2030 T with
Rhode Island
Finally Gets
Its FEPC Law
PROVIDENCE. (ANP). Rhode
Island’s legislature^ house and
senate* both concurring, passed
the fair employment practice
measure which has been strug
gling through the legislature for
the past four years.
Gov. John O- Pastore signed it.
The law calls for five salaries
commissioners. One of the gover
nor’s appointees is expected to be
a Negro.
Mrs. O. Harriot
Addresses Grace
Church Women
“When people come to Amer
ica from foreign countries, they
often gain the impression that
Americans would do better to
keep their missionaries at home
to help solve their domestic prob
lems,” Mrs. Oscar Harriot told a
general circle meeting of the
Grace church WSCS April 7.
Jamaica solved its racial prob
lems many years ago, she contin
ued, by establishing full equal
ity for all of the island’s peoples.
She complimented and urged the
extension of WSCS fellowship to
less privileged people.
The devotions on the occasion
were conducted by Mrs. Rubie
Shakespeare. Mrs. J. T. Wright
sang “Lover of My Soul” and
“Were You There?"
the following participating: Miss
Winifred Winston, soprano, selec
tions by the Urban League Glee
club and The Hub of Harmony,
men’s chorus group. Two five
minute talks are planned, “If
Christ Had Not Risen,” C. M.
Goolsby and “The Meaning of the
Resurrection,” Oscar Harriot.
Hyrfln singing by the audience
will be featured.
Churches have been unanimous
in their invitation to all visitors
to attend their regular and spe
cial services.
Caifornia Mayor
Suggests Special
4R. Bunche Day’
I OS ANGELES. (ANP). A
suggestion by Mayor Fletcher S.
Bowron that a day be set aside
to welcome and ' honor Acting
Palestine Mediator Ralph J.
Bunche has started the Cali
fornia legislature off on a reso
lution to commend Dr. Bunche
for his epochal work as UN
mediator.
A resolution to that effect was
introduced into the assembly last
week by Reps. Augustus Haw
kins and William Byron Rum
ford, Negro members from Los
Angeles and Berkeley, respec
tively.
Tetin. Governor
Signs Bill 193
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ANP).
Gov. H. R. Browing of Tennes
see signed Senate Bill 193 which
allows Negro citizens of certain
districts in wards to elect their
own representatives last week.
The legislature passed the bill
earlier in the week.
The enactment of the bill was
spearheaded by the Solid Block,
a local Negro civic organization.
Among its members active in the
campaign were Dr. George W.
Harvey, chairman of its steering
committee; Harvey Clark, Rev.
A. L. Porter, S. L. Ferguson, L.
J Gunn, Dr. S. P. Harris, Dr.
John Hope, and Dr. E. A. Selby.
Mt. Zion Baptists
Instal Pastor,
Make Two Deacons
Sunday, April 10, the Mt. Zion
Baptist church held special aft
ernoon services. The installation
sermon was preached by Rev. G.
C. Adams of Paradise Baptist
church, Omaha. Rev. John S.
Favors, Pilgrim Baptist church
Omaha, and predecessor of Rev.
Monroe, gave the pastoral charge.
Following the installation, Revs.
Adams, Monroe and Favors* ex
amined Fred Bradley and James
Steward. Both were passed and
were ordained deacons by the !
laying on of hands.
NAACP Begins Its 40th Yr,;
Annual Membership Drive
Begins Here FrL April 22
The National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People is preparing for its for
tieth annual membership cam
paign. From its humble begin
nings back in 1900, the organiza
tion has grown from a small hand
ful of people interested in se
curing legal rights for themselves
and their neighbors, to over 500,
000 persons in 1948. Such prog
ress has been obtained in the past
under such leaders as James Wel
don Johnson and W. E. B. DuBois
and with the present leadership
of its president, Arthur B. Spin
garn and board of Dr. L. T.
Wright, Hon. Charles T. Toney,
Mary White Ovington, Mary Mc
Leod Bethune, Nannie Burroughs,
Godfrey Cabot, Hon. Arthur Cap
per, Bishop John A. Gregg and
Hon. Adam Clayton Powel, and
others.
The NAACP has stood con
stantly for the extention of rights
guaranteed by law, to colored
people in many states. But the
NAACP has not been content to
merely fight for extension of
rights under the old laws, but
has consistantly, in Washington
and in state legislatures, argued
for such legislation as anti-lynch,
anti-poll tax and fair employ
ment laws, equalization of edu
Icational opportunity and the al
eviation of housing discrimina
tions.
Your membership in a local
branch helps fight reaction and
provide expert help and advice
to those who are persecuted be
cause of their color, and to those
who dare challenge the “old
ways.”
In Lincoln, the City and Col
lege chapters of the NAACP will
kickoff their annual membership
drive with a dinner at the Urban
League, 2030 T street, for mem
bers and prospective members.
Speaking on the occasion will be
Mrs. Rose B. Johnson of Marshall
town, la., president of the Iowa
State conference of NAACP. The
dinner will begin at 6 p. m. and
Mrs. Johnson’s talk about 7 p. m.
Rerervations may be had by call
ing 2-4673 or 2-2392.
Granville Coggs, Arts and
Sciences senior at the Univer
sity of Nebraska, was the only
Negro among those honored this
year by election to Sigma X„ a
national honorary science society
the object of which is “the pro
motion of research in the fields
of pure and applied science.”
Election is restricted to under
grad seniors who have shown
marked ability in science. An
nouncement of the election was
made at a dinner given in the
Student Union of the Nebraska
campus Tuesday, April 12, held
jointly by Sigma Xi and Phi Beta
Kappa, national scholarship so
ciety.
Mr. Coggs, who resides at 2051
U, is the son of Dr. and Mrs. T. W.
Coggs. Dr. Coggs is president of
Arkansas Baptist college in Lit
tle Rock. He is a member of Mt.
Zion Baptist church and Kappa
Alpha Psi fraternity. _____
Important Research at Hoivarcl
DR. FLEMMIE P. KITTRELL, noted nutritionist who heads up
the department of home economics at*Howard university, is shown
making laboratory tests of butter and margarine. She reports find
ings which may aid children and the aged. Her laboratory and
dietary studies indicate that margarine is a mere satisfactory food
for children and aged persons suffering with ailing Jornts- Dr.
KittreH’s findings, indirectly, support consumers and farmer* m
their determined fight for repeal of all anti-margarine laws.
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