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YOt,, 5, NO. 4Z- _Lincoln 3, Nebraska Official and Legal Newspaper_ Thursday, September 4^, 1951
Dr. Gustavson To Head
State March of Dimes
NEW YORK, N. Y.—The ap
pointment of Dr. Reuben G. Gus
tavson, of Lincoln, as Nebraska
1952 March of Dimes State Chair
man was announced today by Ba
sil O’Connor, president of the Na
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis.
This marks the fifth consecutive
year that Dr. Gustavson has
headed the National Foundation’s
fund-raising appeal in Nebraska.
As chairman of the drive he will
co-ordinate the activities of county
and city campaign directors.
Dr. Gustavson is Chancellor of
the University of Nebraska. For
merly he was president of the
University of Colorado and vice
president and dean of faculties at
the University of Chicago. He is
widely known for his research
work in the field of biochemistry
and has received many rawards
for scientific achievements. Dr.
Gustavson is a member of the
American Federation of Biochem
ists; the Society for the Study of
Experimental Medicine and Bi
ology, and the American Chemical
Society. He is also an associate
member of the American Medical
Society.
Commenting upon Dr. Gustav
son’s acceptance of the leading
March of Dimes post in the state,
Mr. O’Connor said:
“Dr. Gustovsan’s leadership and
experience will be of tremendous
value to the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis. As March
of Dimes chairman for Nebraska
he will be performing a very real
service to the people of the state
and to polio patients throughout
the state ^nd nation.”
Dr. Gustavson resides at 2110
“A” Street, Lincoln.
Doll Firm Uses Toys to
‘Combat Race Prejudices’ |
NEW YORK— (AN*0 —David
Rosenstein, sociologist and presi
dent of the Ideal Toy corporation,
has a new wrinkle on the matter
of combatting racial prejudice. He
will use a line of fine quality
Negro dolls, as well as dolls of
other races, to teach tolerance to
small children.
Rosenstein's idea is that if this
lesson is taught early enough, it
will not be difficult for young
sters as they grow older to look
u^on each fellowman, no matter
what his race, creed or color is,
as his brother.
Originator of the idea is Miss
Sara Lee Creech of Belle Glades,
Fla., leader in interracial activ
ities. She conceived the idea when
she observed that Negro children
in her town had only white dolls
to play with.
Ideal will make dolls of the
various races, based on anthropo
logical research.
Negro Porters Win
Brakie Recognition
ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Negro por
ters for the St. Louis-San Fran
cisco (Frisco) Railway won a
fight Tuesday for recognition as
brakemen, a job many of the por
ters have held but without the
pay or title.
The United States Court of Ap
peals ruled in favor of the porters,
reversing a decision by United
States District Judge Richard M.
Duncan. [ i
.Victor Packman, attorney fdr
the porters, said only one hundred
men on the Frisco were affected
but added that similar litigation
is pending against other railroads
affecting five thousand porters.
DR. R. G. GUSTAV SON
Three Bishops
Fly to So. Africa
By James A. Hamlett, Jr.
LONDON — (ANP) — Bishops
A. W. Womack of Indianapolis,
Ind., Bertram Doyle, Nashville,
Tenn., and John A. Gregg, Kansas j
City, Kas., left this week by plane
for South Africa in the interest
of church matters and the expan
sion of their denominations.
Bishops Womack and Doyle are
a special commission appointed by
the College of Bishops in the
CME church. Bishop Gregg is of
the AME church.
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The three prelates arrived in
London Sept. 8 from Oxford
where they had attended the
Methodist Ecumenical conference.
The two prelates of the CME
church said that they would
inaugurate their denomination at
Assesewa, Manya Krebe on Sept.
13.
The arrangement committee an
nounced through a souvenir pro
gram a welcome program for the
churchmen which started Sept. 9
and will ocntinue through Sept.
27. The program will consist of
the presentation of African lead
ers in that country.
Local officials of the - CME
church are J. D. Ashong, pastor,
Dr. Ralph Shoeyeh Wright, chair
man and Mrs. Marian L.» Aidoo,
secretary.
Houghton Furr
Gives Concert
An appreciative audience heard
Houghton Furr in the first con
cert on the new Wurlitzer organ
at Quinn Chapel A.M.E. church
Sunday evening at which time the
organ was presented for dedica
tion with the notation: “The gift
of loyal friends to the glory of
God and the advancement of the
cause of Christ.
Mr. Furr, an assistant professor
in the law college at the Univer
sity of Nebraska and organist for
St. Paul Methodist church, se
lected for his concert a rather
simple program, tuneful with
elaborate accompaniments. In
some compositions paramount im
portance was given to one melody
and the other melodies were sub
ordinated to it. He was highly
praised for the strong impetus he
gave to the organ which empha
sized instrumental brilliance in
tone color.
Rev. Mr. Brooks, pastor of the
church, was in charge of the dedi
cation. The program was spon
sored by the usher board. H. O.
McFields is president.
Ecum/ Jca! Methodist Meet
Att^^ Heavy Delegation
I
t ties in
Kansas City
First AME church in Kansas
City, Kas., 8th and Nebraska, will
be host to the 31st Nebraska an
nual conference of the 5th dis
trict, African Methodist Episcopal
church, with the first sessions
Wednesday, September 19, and
closing with an afternoon meet
ing Sunday, September 23.
Bishop D. Ormonde Walker, of
the 5th district, will preside at
the conference.
The conference branch Mission
ary society held a oneway
meeting Tuesday, Sept. 18 with
Mrs. Helen K. Newton presiding.
This conference includes Ne
braska and the following places
in Kansas: Kansas City, Kas.,
Olathe, Atchison, Leavenworth,
Oskaloosa, Bonner Springs, Troy,
Horton, Hiawatha and Elwood.
The public reception was Tues
day, Sept. 18, with the local
church in charge of the program.
Music was furnished by the St.
Luke AME choir.
The combined First AME sing
ing groups provided music Wed
nesday night and Trinity choir
Thursday.
Young people will be in charg<
Friday night of convention week
Combined choirs of AME
churches will sing at the Sunday
morning and afternoon services.
Bishop Walker will read appoint
ments at the afternoon meeting.
The Rev. E. B. Childress is pas
tor of First AME church.
Attending from Lincoln will be
the Rev. and Mrs. J. |3. Brooks,
Rev. and Mrs. M. L. Shakespeare,
Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Edwards, Rev.
Miss Belva Spicer and Rev. and
Mrs. J. L. Humbert.
Nat’l. Negro Business League
To Hold 51st Convention
WASHINGTON, D. C. —When
the National Negro Business
League meets in its 51st Annual
Convention in Washington, D. C.,
October 10, 11, 12 at the U.S. De-.
partment of Commerce, its pro-,
gram will have the backing of
prominent businessmen and
women of the nation. Among them
are: Norman O. Houston, Presi
dent of the National Negro Insur
ance Association; Dowdal H.
Davis, President of the Negro
Newspaper Publishers Associa
tion; J. H. Wheeler, President of
the National Bankers Association,
and Mrs. Freddye Henderson,
President of the National Associa
tion of Fashion and Accessory De
signers.
According to Mr. Houston, “the
League has been an agency of en
couragement and inspiration to
Negro businesses throughout the
country ... It is gratifying to
note that the National Negro Busi
ness League in its 51st year as a
consulting agency is planning to
expand its services."
Dowdal H. Davis, President of
the Negro Newspaper Publishers,
said, “the decision of the National
Negro Business League to estab
lish a Washington Headquarters is
a tremendous stride in the direc
tion of achieving a more adequate
status for Negro business.”
In a statement supporting the
program of the National Negro
Business League, J. H. Wheeler,
President of the National Bank
ers Association said, ‘‘The 14
banks owned and operated in the
United States by Negroes wish to
offer congratulations to the Na
tional Negro Business League for
the inauguration of its program of
action designed to strengthen and
build better businesses operated
by members of the Association. At
the end of 1950, our banks had
combined resources of approxi
mately 110,000 depositors. During
the past year we made 15,000
loans for the construction of
homes, modernization of existing
structures, varied consumer uses,
and to supply working capital for
numerous businesses operated by
our cutomers.” ‘‘The National
Banker Association has been try
ing for several years to do a sirm
ilar job to the one which you have
undertaken.” _
BY BISHOP J. H. CLAYBORN
OXFORD, England.— (ANP—The eighth Ecumenical
Methodist conference which convened here recently at
tracted a heavy Negro delegation from America. More
than 100 Negroes were authorized representatives of
Methodist denominations, while quite a goodly number
were interested observers.
The conference, the meeting of Methodists of the world
with 24 distinct groups participating, met at the seat of
the founding of the faith. Methodism was born in Oxford
in the heart of John Wesley when he was a student of the
university. More than 1,000 delegates in all attended.
Earns New Honors
1MMWU
(ANP)—Miss Dorothy I. Height,
noted civic and social worker, re
cently was appointed a member,
among a group of 48 outstanding j
women of the newly created De
f e n s e Advisory Committee on
I Women in the Services. This com
I mittee was named by Gen. George
Jj C. Marshall, secretary of defense.
■/ rt will serve as art advisory
body to Mrs. Anna H. Rosenberg,!
I assistant secretary of defense In /
charge of manpower affairs.
Miss Height is nationally knowr
as president of the Delta Sigma
Theta sorority, a member of the
training services staff of the
Young Women’s Christian associa
tion, and vice president of the
American Council on Human
Rights.
She will serve on the advisory
body for one year.
The four Negro Methodist com
munions—African Methodist Epis
copals, African Methodist Episco
pal Zions, Colored Methodist and
Central Jurisdiction Methodists—■
were well represented at the
meeting. The A.M.E.’s, the second
largest Methodist church in the
conference, had 56 Negro dele
gates.
One interesting feature of the
meeting was the outspoken denun
ciation of racial projudice and
segregation within the church.
Negro Methodists figuring
prominenlty in the proceedings
included A.M.E. Bishops John A.
j Gregg, S. L. Greene, D. Ward
Nichols, Frank M. Reid. A. J.
Mien, John H. Clayborn, G. W.
Baber, L. G. Hemingway, Joseph
Gomez, and Dr. A. S. Jackson.
Other delegates participating
are: Dr. Fred A. Hughes, editor
of the Western Recorder and Act
I ing Editor of the Christian Re
derick D. Jordan,
Calif.; Thomas
jjr'ruijm, iNew Orleans, La.; A.
I Wayman Ward, Chicago, 111.;
Frank R. Veal, Columbia, S. C.;
Henderson R. Hughes, New York
City; Lutrell G. Long, Montgom
ery, Ala.; R. W. Manse, M. D.,
| Columbia, S. C.; Oscar N. Smith,
Wilmington, Del.; E. M. Wright,
Dayton, O.
Vincent M. Townsend “Uncle
Vince,” Little Rock, Ark.; Harvey
E. Walden, Chicago; Sheley Ly
nem, Lexington, Ky.; W. F. Ball,
Miami, Fla; George M. Collins,
Oklahoma; George R. Reid, Co
lumbia, S. C.
Mmes, K. Bailey Nichols, Veat
rice Reid, Jewett Allen, Alma
Baber, Emma Hemingway, Hazel
Gomez, Amagon Clayborn Leo,
Ella Vera Clayborn Evans, Thel
ma Hemingway Barnes, Artisha
W. Jordan, Ann Burns Lynem,
Edith Primm, Cordelia Ward,
Maude Veal, Pearl Manse, Ruth
Hues, Essie Leacock, Minnie Wal
den, LaUrsula Snolson Hedick,
Louise Routt.
Mr. O. Smith, S. M. Drake,
Chaplain and Mrs. Ford Gibson;
Mrs. Elma Sheppard, Washing
ton; A. M. Perkins and Misses
Naomi Cherot, Susan Nichols,
Flora and Barbara Baber.
Rev. Robert Moten Williams,
Washington, D. C., Dr. and Mrs.
Matthew Clare, Chicago, Rev.
Charles H. Feggio, Pittsburgh, Pa.,
President and Mrs. M. L. Harris,
Little Rock, Ark, President D. D.
Jones, Greensboro, N. C., and
Bishop and Mrs. W. J. King, Li
beria.
Dr. O. K. Ogan, London, Rev.
M. C. Dada, chairman of Synod,
Western Nigeria and Rev. Gabbel
R. Acquach, chairman of the Gold
Coast.
A School Lunch Box Treat
It’s back to school days and that means, for many mothers,
lunch box meals. A lunch box or kit and little glass or plastic jars
with tight screw-top covers permit greater variety in school lunches
packed at home. For instance, lunch boxes, if kept in cool, un
heated rooms, may carry milk-rich desserts such as this Fluffy
Tapioca Pudding with Chocolate Sauce. These same jars might
be used to carry a salad or fruit with custard sauce. (ANP).