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About The voice. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1946-195? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1951)
Tlfo© ^©n©© i _PUBLISHED WEEKLY __ “Dedicated to the promotion of the cultural, social and spiritual life of a great people”_ Melvin L Shakespeare Publisher end Editor I Business Address 2225 3 Street Phone 2-4085 U No Answer Cell 5-7503 ■ Ruble W Shakespeare. . Advertising end Business Manager • Dorothy Green .. .. Office Secretary Mrs. Joe Green .. Circulation Manager Member ef the Associated Negro Press and Nebraska Press Association Entered as Second Class Matter, June f. 1347 at I eh Post Office at Lincoln. • Nebraska under the Act of March 3 187*. 1 year subscription.$2.50 Single copy.10c Jut-oi-Ptate 1 Year Subscription $2.50—Single Copy lOe /71 BRRSKR i 1 EDITORIALS The views expressed in these columns necessarilr a reflection of the policy « ire those of the writer and not of The Voice. —Pub ASSOCIArKm Nebr. State Fair Fun For All Nebraska’s greatest show gets underway in Lincoln, Sunday Sept. 2. That date, of course, maiks the beginning of the six da v 1951 Nebraska State Fair. Magnificent livestock shows . . , thrilling auto races ... a com 1 plete state-wide 4-H program ... two brilliant horse shows . . . the spectacular Midway and three ring circus. . . the nightly musical review . . these and many other spectacular and entertaining ex hibitions will provide the high lights of what is perhaps the big gest, most complete, Nebraska State Fair ever planned. At least 300,000 visitors are ex pected to be in Lincoln for Fair Week from all parts of Nebraska • and surrounding states. And each will take back with them some of the most pleasant memories of their lives. Ed Schultz, the genial and hard-working secretary of thef Nebraska State Fair Board, has made every effort to produce a real “Family Affair,” a Fair where every member of the family will find more than enough to keep him or her happily and, constructively occupied every hour of every day. There will be the stock shows and crop and machinery exhibits tor the men, the homemaking dis plays for the women, the 4-H pro ROSE MANOR STUDIO 1421 O Street Phone 2-2247 Portraits by Appointment George Randol. P A. of A Prices reasonable Work guaranteed SHOWALTER'S Inc. We will be glad to estimate your roofing or siding needs. The latest in Spraying Equipment 233 No. 22 2-2493 GEO. H. WENTZ Incoiporated Plumbing and Heating 1626 N Si. Phone 2-1293 ; grams for the boys and girls, and “Kiddieland” and “Children’s Day” for the youngsters, plus an outstanding and varied entertain ment program that every member of the family will thrill to. The dates again of the 1951 Ne-( braska State Fair are Sunday ( through Friday, Sept. 2-7. Be in Lincoln then to see Nebraska’s greatest show! i -~ Merit Award Given Motor Coach Co. CHICAGO — (ANP) — The Chicago Motor Coach company, operators of bus service along Chicago’s “boulevard route”, re-1 ceived an award of merit for leading the way in employment of Negroes here Thursday. The award was presented by the 47th Street Businessmen’s association and the Ada S. Mc Kinley house. Making the pre sentation was Col. Richard L. ■ tones, president of the associa tion, and commanding officer of the 178th Regimental Combat team, Illinois National guard. The plaque was received for the bus firm by Benjamin Weintraub, its president. . " l I I BEAL'S GROCERY Freeh Fruit* & Vegetables Meats 2101 B TeL 2-6933 * Welcome Foir Visitors 1 Make WHITE'S Your FURNITURE HEADQUARTERS Its 108 No. 10th Street ! Just 27 Steps North of 10th 6 O Sts. NEBMSKA h IANIS C. OLSON, Superinltndtnl • VHI ■ItTOBICAl SOCIETY This year’s great Nebraska State Fair will mark the 50th an niversary of the exposition in its permanent quarters in Lincoln. To be sure, the fair was held in Lincoln before 1891, but not on a permanent basis. In 1899, the legislature had permanently located the fair in the capital city, but had made no appropriation to secure land or erect buildings. The legislature of 1901 remedied this shortcoming by appropriating $35,000 with which to purchase a site and construct the necessary j buildings. I Nebraskans were enthusiastic .about their new fair grounds. As fair week opened, the State Jour nal reported: “The state fair is here and in the appearance of the grounds, accommodations of exhibitors and in both volume and quantity of exhibits, it is beyond compari son with any state fair hereto fore held in Nebraska. The fact braska state fair is to be a real ly great fair with its own grounds, and substantial improvements is' appreciated by the exhibitors from all over the west and they have come to the fair. The splen did new buildings have attracted stockmen as never before until there is a finer line of stock on the fair grounds than ever before gathered together a* one time in the state.” The Journal went on to state proudly that the Nebraska fair would exhibit more in one wing of its new agricultural building than was shown in the entire agricultural building than was! shown in the' entire agricultural exhibit in Io\$nB. On opening day the large—for 1891—crowd of 6,000 marvelled at the new buildings and went to the ampitheatre to watch the races in large numbers. “The races,” it was observed, “assist wonderfully in drawing crowds.” In the farm machinery display, considerable interest was focused on a machine for making “corn hay.” The machine, designed to shred fodder, was in operation on the grounds, and some of the stock on exhibition was being fed the new ration. The State Board of Agriculture was enthusiastic about prospects for the Nebraska State Fair now that it had a permanent home. Secretary Robert W. Furnas called the 1901 fair “the most au spicious, encouraging and grati fying of any of its predecessors. He summarized the plight of the fair before 1901 in these ! words: “it was but a sojourner; nomad; wander; on wheels, peri odically placed upon the auction block and knocked off to the highest bidder.” Now, however, “thanks to the liberally exercised wisdom of the last Nebraska legislature,” the state fair, for the first time in j its history, had a permanent abid-( ing place. Furnas predicted in Four to Enter Richmond School RICHMOND, Va (ANP). Rich mond Professional Institute will enroll four Negro students at its school of social work for full time graduate work at the opening of the fall term, it was disclosed last week by Dr. George f. Kalif, di rector of the school. It will be the first time in the ^ school’s history that Negroes have been accepted for full-time work. During the 1950-51 school year, however, two Negro students did part-time work at the graduate school. Acceptance of the stu dents was in line with a ruling last year by the board of visitors of the College of William and Mary authorizing admittance to the graduate school solely on the basis of qualifications. his annual report: “The manage ment can now, with confidence and head erect, invite exhibitors and patrons to join in the work of placing resources and produc tions of the state before the peo ple.” When You Need PAINTS GLASS MIRRORS WALLPAPER PAINTERS' SUPPLIES Remember the: ' _ , C ! ., Van Sickle Glass and Paint Co. 143 Sooth 10th St 2-6931 Lincoln, Nebr. Welcome Fair Visitors In Lincoln It’s VAN HORN SERVICE M & N 12 & Q Highway 34 West Lincoln 0 Welcome Fair Visitors THE EVANS CLEANERS — LAUNDERERS Save Money Use our Cash and Carry Plan # i 333 BT*. 12th Dial 2-62M
