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Mrs. Sallie Brown wishes to
thank Amaranth Chapter No.
3 and also the Amaranth Grand
Chapter for the thoughtfulness
and kindness which was shown
her during the Grand Chapter.
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Mrs. Florence Anderson, of
Springfield, 111., was the house
guest of her cousins, Mr. and
Mrs. Bryson and Mrs. Ida Allen
recently. While here she was din
ner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Luther
Allen on Sunday, June 25.
Other guests included Miss Hattie
Graves, Mrs. Margarite Williams.
Sunday evening Mrs. Anderson
and Mr. and Mrs. Allen were the
guests of Mrs. Odessa Johnson.
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Rev. and Mrs. M. L. Shake
speare and Dorothy Greene mo
tored to Elwood, Kas., over the
week end, on the trip, they spent
Friday in Troy, Kas., to attend
the Third Inspirational mission
ary meeting of the Atchison Area
of which Mrs. Shakespeare is
Area Supervisor. Friday evening
they continued their trip to El
wood. On the return trip they
were accompanied by Miss Wil
berta Brady who is the delegate
for Elwood to attend the Sunday
school convention in Kansas City.
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Mr. and Mrs. Larman Brame
became the proud parents of a
daughter, Carman Francine, on
June 19. The Brame family live
at 2267 Y street.
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Mr and Mrs. Luther Allen had
as house guests over the week
end. Mr. Allen's brother, Mr.
Frank Allen, together with his
wife and children, all of Kansas
City
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Mr. and Mrs. William McGin
nis, jr., and Mrs. WiLham Me-*
Ginnis, sr., all of Kansas City,
were the house guests of Mr. and
Mrs. John Irving over the week
end. Mrs. McGinnis, jr., is the
daughter of the Irvings.
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Mrs. Louise Dysart and Mrs.
Nettie Carr of Des Moines were
house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam A. Beach over the holiday
week end.
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Wednesday afternoon, June 28,
Mrs. Brevy Miller was hostess at
a luncheon honoring Mrs. Jimmy
Woods, the former Joanne Lee,
of South Minneapolis, Minn. Other
guests were Mesdames Vincent
Williams, Bobbette Rife, Virginia
Hassell and Dorothy Dean. The
afternoon was spent informally
following the delicious repast.
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Prices reasonable
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Johnson
had as their guest Wednesday
evening, a former school mate of
Mrs. Johnson, Mr. Pat Story and
his new bride from Kansas City,
Mo. From Lincoln Mr. and Mrs.
Story continued their honeymoon
trip to Des Moines, la.
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Mrs. Gene Neely and son, James
are the house guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Johnson. Mrs: Neely
is the sister of Mrs. Johnson. The
Neelys’ hail from Los Angeles,
Calif.
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Miss Barbra Kelley was host
ess t© a five-day party starting
Friday and ending Tuesday. Some
interesting phases taken in dur
ing this party were: Tennis, swim*
j min, scavenger hunt, barbecue
at Pioneers park, slumber party,
weiner roast at Robbers cave and
closing with fireworks at Oak
lake. Over 40 guests were in at
tendance.
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Rev. and Mrs. T. O. McWilliams
journed to Junction City, Kas.,
over the week end.
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Mrs. John McWilliams was
hostess recently to Mr. and Mrs.
Earlin Sparks, visiting here from
Des Moines and Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Todd.
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Mr. Joseph Greene left unex
pectedly for Texas upon receiv
ing a telegram that his sister,
Phyllis Stone, was seriously ill.
Portland Boy Becomes
First Negro to Head
High School Student Body
PORTLAND, Ore. (ANP). Stu
dents at Jefferson high just be
fore school ended voted a Negro
student as president for the first
time in Portland history. The new
leader is Caley Cook, Jr., 18, who
moved here six years ago from
Mississippi.
Jefferson high has a student
population of 2,100 with only
about 100 Negroes. Cook was
elected on a slate with five white
students.
A senior, Caley’s high school ca
reer at Jefferson has been high
lighted by past achievements in
sports, scholarship, and popular
ity.
On the political side, he has
served as sergeant at arms of the
student body and treasurer of his
class as a sophomore. As a junior
he was voted the “friendliest boy”
of his class.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Caley C. Cook, the oldest of five,
children. The family came to Port
land in 1944 from Morton, Miss.
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Oldest Lincoln
Man, 106, Dies;
Born a Slave
Nimrod “Charlie” Ross of 2124
Q street, whose 106 years were
believed to make him Lincoln’s
oldest living resident, died Mon
day.
Born as a slave on a Mississip
pi plantation Jan. 11, 1844, Mr.
Ross came to Lincoln many years
ago. He worked as a houseman
for the W. C. and Howard Wil
son families here for 65 years.
He was also a member of the
Lincoln police force from 1902 to
1914.
Mr. Ross was a member of Mt.
Zion Baptist church, where he
served as a senior deacon and on
the board of trustees for many
years.
Ed Murphy of Lincoln, one of
his long-time friends, said that
Mr. Ross once told him that his
mother lived to the age of 125.
Mr. Ross had b< en in failing
health for some time, and on
June 12 he was taken to a hos
pital where he died.
He is survived by a son, Clin
ton of Los Angeles and two
daughters, Pearl of Los Angeles,
and Mrs. Cleo Meeker of Tulsa,
Okla. Mrs. Meeker is studying-in
New York at present.
Clinton Ross, who was gradu
ated from the University of Ne
braska law college in 1915, was
a star guard on the university
football team of his period.
Services will be at Mt. Zion
Baptist church at 2:30 p.m. Wed
nesday, with Rev. William I.
Monroe offiicating. Burial will
be at Wyuka. The body will lie
in state at the church at 1 p.m.
Wednesday.
Draft Board Told to
Drop “Racial Tag”
WASHINGTON. (ANP). Under
orders of Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Her
shey, national director of the se
lective service system, the line on
the classification questionnaire re
quiring the registrant to indicate
his race to be eliminated, it was
learned here last week. However,
nothing has been said about the
registration card, another form
used by the selective service which
also has a space for entering the
registrant’s age. According to top
recruiting officials, the army and
air force have been accepting the
registrants for enlistment without
regard to race for at least six
months.
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By Mr*. Brevy Miller Phone 2-4051
This is the time of year we like
to eat out of doors. I am giving
you my favorite recipe for Bar
becued Shortribs which is very
good. Once you have tried it you
will always want to use it again
and again.
Barbecued Shortribs
6 lbs. beef shortribs
2 tbsp. kitchen bouquet
4 tbsp. fat
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 c. minced onion
1 C. minced celery
1 C. water
2 8 oz. cans tomato sauce
2 tsp. salt
V4 tsp. pepper
Vi tsp. allspice
2 tbsp. prepared mustard
2 tbsp. vinegar
4 vbsp. cornstarch
V4 c. cold watei
Cut shortribs into 2-inch
lengths. Place in bowl and sprin
kle with kitchen bouquet, tossing
lightly with fork until all pieces
are evenly coated. Melt fat in
large frying pan. Add ribs and
brown on all sides. Remove ribs
from pan and add garlic, onion and
celery to fat. Cook about 2 min
utes, stirring frequently. Add to
mato sauce, water, seasonings,
mustard and vinegar. Mix and
bring to boil. Add shortribs to
sauce and stir gently to thoroly
coat with sauce. Cover tightly
and cook over low heat until meat
is tender, about 1 hour. Stir now
and then to make sure each piece
is cooked in the sauce. To thicken
sauce, stir gently to thoroughly
and water paste. Should be served
hot so you’ll need to plan both the
time and the place to prepare bar
becued shortribs as a picnic dish.
Serves 8
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Now for a tasty dessert:
Applesauce Ix»af
'a c. shortening
% c. sugar
2 eggs
1 c. applesauce
2 C. sifted flour
2 tsp. baking powder
tsp. soda
94 c. chopped walnuts
V4 tsp. salt
Cream shortening and beat in
sugar gradually. Add eggs one at
a time, beating well. Sift dry in
gredients; add to creamed mix
ture alternately with applesauce.
Add nuts and pour into 8- by 4
inch loaf pan lined with wax pa
per. Bake in moderate oven (350°)
for 45 minutes. Cover with Seven
Minute icing.
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