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Pllt! ISIIED WEEKLY
prduated to the promotion ol the cultural, social ana spiritual
Hie of a great people.^__
Kov. Melvin L. Shakespeare
Publisher and Editor
Business Address 2226 8 Street • Phone 0-6401
If No Answer Call 8-7008
itiinte 'V KiinkcAiieare ..... Advcitlaing and Business Manager
itev J H Brooke .... Promotion Manager
l inrothy Ureetie .....Office Secretary
Urs i<*» Oreena .Circulation Manager
Member ot Hie Associated Negro Press and Nehrnskn Press Association
I-i>trn>.i n'i .' i-.nti.i i'imsm Matter, June 9, 1947 at the Post Office at Lincoln,
Nriiruika under (lie Act of March 3 1879
l year sul.si rlptloB . *2 imi Rlngle copy. .. ,6e
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#7 H»e viewu expressed in these columns
• arc those of the writer and not necessarily
i/ieeaeiecj/iM • reflection of the policy of The Voice.
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The Voice Salutes
The Lincoln Lrhan league
The \ oi. e takes great pride in
paving tribute tv' the Uncoln
X i ban league which is tendering
an invaluable service in crystal!*
5 g interracial relationship in the
cm ot Idnootn
The V'ltvin l eague, a Red
Veathei service o! our , sum try. is
an, important architect of our I
tune helping to build finer. )
m < ro.ie attractive communities
■:,s the good of ever'body The
vu . non primarily is oottomte
v. o * N«-gives and. ethos minority
R, vs y>s air employed on the basis
,v; the Ability amt qualifications
w 'S.v,.t vitsetmunation. most of!
-he othe- race problems" will be
jehttv
The executive secretary, Clyde
V» vtaV-c his <t;m. and board of
e vetoes aiv tv' In* commended
S. 'lojillH'll Milking
Most of YOICKAS
Sub Campaign
T’c VOICE*s sensational sub- j
«s, c campaign is getting
%evi tr ue* way now with re- j
' xvevvr very good locally and in
e,. :p;"g pac ts of the state and I
Kl
tv. Assam oxer the country In
the next cw ivwXs l want tv'
. n* vea with some v't tbe
five people that arc working in
r< drive
thunk W Male, : l * R Surd.
- working fos scholarship money
5Ut attended Oaknv.xvl. ami Vn*
a n cxv egex ami gamed his It \
vsegrrr in speech and js'litical
s, c.nee at the X'nlvrvsaty o( No
fejaska as* Jasvaai' At present
he < ,n the vu, annate college
w ai’.rg tow ard a masters dogioe
in the same holds To finance
h > farther education, Mi Hale
»' setting s-osenpsions to THK
VOICE. Mr Hate is perhaps lve>st
kivow n as being the director o<
the Rub o4 Harmony quartet sv’
popwtai nv l .uovn and Nebraska
team
Civil Whiteboar. 22^ S Street,
ns a'-othci merge* tc swing man
w !vo is >wrung the sales drive
Many X awl rates wall remember
him as one of th.e roaches vsf the
1 mexvln IT ban \ e&guc baskdXxalt
team this past season if he team
r ace the city semi-finals, loe
for the gains they have made in
bringing about a closer fellowship
among men and women of good
will who are well informed and
able to co-operate and assist in
seeking greater opportunities for
people of color with ability and
qualifications.
The job is far from being com
pleted, Only a beginning has been
made. The League must continue
to work to obtain its objectives,
among which is to raise the com
munity's standard of living so
that the total community will
benefit.
Our Salute to the Ix?ague this
week is with the hope that it can
continue to alert an increasing
number of jieople that an under
privileged minority is a liability
to the community.
ing by one point). Whitcbmr is
.« former University of Nebraska
employee and most recently has
worked as a census taker. Now
that census taking Is over for
him, and hr has no other Job
prospect, handsome and person
able Mi Whttrbear will be sell
mg subscription* on a commis
sion basis.
For the membership at Quinn
Chapel church, we have made
a slight alteration in award* to
fit their needs They are seek
ing ?,000 subscriptions for which
THK YOU'F. will award them a
Hammond electric organ from the
SohmoHer and Mueller Piano Co
m lieu of a ItJftO Ford from
O'Shea Holers. The Laymen'*
leaKiie is vismsoring flic drive
by u.s ebvuvh members,
If your church, club, or lodge
would like t\» work for any of
the valuable and useful picmium*
offered, please contact Itrv, Mel
vm 1. Shakespeare, 333ft S
Stix'et, 1 mooln. Neb, or phone
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h IAMBS C. OLSON, Superintendent
• TATI ■IITOB1C AL SOCIBTT
One of America’s important
liistoric houses is Arbor Lodge,
the home of J. Sterling Morton,
just west of Nebraska City on
U.S. highways 73-75, and now
the principal attraction at Ar
bor Lodge State Park. Because
of its beauty and historic signi
ficance, Arbor Lodge will always
| be important to Nebraskans.
Around Arbor Day—April 22—
the home of the man in whose
fertile brain the holiday origi
nated takes on a special meaning.
Aside from its association with
Arbor Day and many historic
personages, Arbor Lodge is sig
nificant because it represents the
best in western homemaking.
The present magnificent man
sion had its beginning in 1855,
when J. Sterling Morton—then a
boy of 23—bought a claim west
of Nebraska City on which he
built a small frame house. It
would seem unprepossessing to
the modern eye, but in its day
it occupied an important place on
the Nebraska horizon. There was
not a single frame house between
it and the Rocky Mountains.
From the very beginning,
young Morton expended a great
deal of energy and considerable
sums of money on the improve
ment of his home. In the early
years money was not plentiful
and the expenses of a household
of four growing boys were at
times quite burdensome. Yet
on the flyleaf of Morton’s diary
for 1866 (now in the Morton col
lection, housed in J^ove Memorial
Library ut the University of Ne
braska), we find a note to the
effect that in II yenrs since stak
ing out his claim he had spent
mote than $7,000 in cash lot 1m
pt ovements.
On the grounds mu i minding
ihr house lines were planted each
year. The fine giovr whose shel
tering blanches Invite picnicker*
lo Arbor Lodge Stale Park lit a
result of this practice of annua!
tree planting, begun tu IH55.
Perhaps the most marked tin
provement came in 1879, as the
Mot bats prepared to celebrate
I heir silver wedding anniversary.
In anticipation of that event, a
new apple orchard was set out,
and the country house, which had
been added lo loom by room as
the need arose, was transformed
Into a country mansion, replete 1
with the wide veranda* and gin
gerbread so characteristic of the
period after the Civil war.
When the work was Completed,
J. Sterling Morton wrote to his
sister with evident pride: “The
house contains now including
halls and closets &c between 25
and 30 rooms and is 64-42 feet
and is paid for and unmortgaged.”
The mansion was enlarged and com
pletely altered In appearance twice after
1879. . . Through It all, though, the
original structure was retained, and may
be observed when visiting the Lodge to
day.
The story of Arbor Lodge bears wit
ness to the fact that the man who de
veloped it put into eloquent practice one
of his favorite declarations: “Love of
home is primary patriotism.”
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