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EDITORIALS
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necessarily a reflection of the policy
are those of the writer and not
of The Voice —Pub.
Virginia to Improve Negro Schools
By Carter Jewel
RICHMOND — ( A N P ) —
Several localities in Virginia
have already begun construction
on new Negro schools and addi
tions to schools or have let con
tracts or will soon let contracts
for school construction to cost
more than $15,000,000. These ex-1
tensive plans were disclosed here
last week in a check on local j
school board plans over the state.
Work is progressing on the
new Negro high school here in
the Churchill section which will
cost about $2,000,000. Around
1,600 new schools are planned
across the state, but must wait
until next year being built be
cause of the shortage of steel.
Contract was recently awarded,
for the construction of a $500,000
now Negro high school in Em
porea. The old Negro high school [
will be converted into an elemen
tary school.
Work on additions to Abraham
Lincoln school in Norfolk is in its
advanced stage. Other school ex
pansion plans in Norfolk include
a new school, at Roberts Park and .
new Negro schools in Lindenwood
and Campostella sections.
South Norfolk is planning a
new high school to replace over
crowded Providence high. The,
new structure, expected to be;
ready some time next year, will
cost between $700,000 and $800,
000, It will be constructed on an
16-acre tract, and will have 16
classrooms, rooms for special;
courses, and all modern conveni
ences.
Work began last month on the!
construction of one unit on the:
now Princess Anne County Train
ing school, expected to cost $900,
000. The construction is proceed
ing byunits because the school
board was unable to get more
than $425,000 from the Battle
School fund.
Two schools will be constructed
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1 schools, Southeastern and Oak
wood, will have 14 classrooms
each and other facilities to ac
commodate 500 pupils each.
The Bedford county school
board, after some delay because
of school suits ponding in the
courts to end Virginia’s segre
gated school system, decided last
week to go ahead with its plans
for a new Negro high school. !
Dodgers to Play
Series in Brooklyn
BROOKLYN (ANP) — The
Brooklyn Dodgers, apparently on
the road to the 1951 pennant of
the National league race, have
definitely decided to hold their
end of the World Series at Eb- (
bets field in Brooklyn.
It has been reported that the t
management had considered mov- .
ing their home games to Yankee j
Stadium in order to accommodate ^
more fans.
In the meantime, however, the
Brooklyn management decided it
would be fairer to the ball players
to play on a familiar field, and
also to the working crew that 1
has maintained Ebbets field dur
ing the year. All this is assum
ing that the Dodgers successfully
repel the drive of the New York
Giants for the top rung.
Richmond Gels
Housing Project
RICHMOND (ANP)—Construc
tion has begun on Creighton court,
a 504-unit housing project for low
income Richmond families.
Situated on large vacant sites,
the two-story buildings will be
masonry units of six apartments
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•TATS NltTOBICAL SOCISTT
An important industriay in ter
ritorial Nebraska was flour and
grist milling. Flour brought in
from a distance by steamboat was
expensive at best, and as soon as
the territory’s farms began to pro
duce wheat and corn, enterprising
men set up little mills to grind
these products into flour.
The streams of eastern Ne
braska provided many suitable
locations for water powered mills.
Using what nature provided, the
early miller would build a dam
across the stream at the site of his
choice, housing his imported stone
burrs and reels in a small build
ing on the bank.
Town promoters were well
aware of the importance of a mill
to the growth of a community—
it was a definite attraction for
farmers of the surrounding area—
and sometimes inducements were
held out by the town fathers to
encoijrage a miller to locate in
; their particular community. Oc
casionally, a mill served as the
nucleus around which a town de
veloped.
By 1860, there were 17 flour
and grist mills doing sufficient
business in Nebraska territory to
be recognized in the U.S. census
reports of that year. The two
leading counties were Cass and
Nemaha, with four each. Next
came Otoe, Pawnee and Washing
ton, with two each. Boasting one
mill each were Clay, Richardson
and Sarpy. (It should be men
tioned that the Clay county ap
pearing in 1860 was not the pres
ent one, but a county which has
been absorbed by Lancaster and
Gage.)
These 17 mills represented a
capital investment of $72,500, and
furnished employment for 36 men.
The annual value of their prod
ucts was placed at $110,191, which
was approximately one-sixth of
the total value of manufactures in
Nebraska territory.
I By 1870, the number of milling
establishments in Nebraska had
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Private Schools In South
Voluntarily Open Doors
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. —
(ANP)—Many white private in
stitutions in the south are not
waiting for a court order to force
them to break down segregation
m their schools; they have vlun
tarily opened their doors to Ne
groes.
According to a survey con
ducted by a local newspaper,
more than 20 private schools in
southern states have admitted Ne
gro students to their clasess.
Some restrict Negroes to study
[grown to 60 ,of which 19 were re
ported to have been operated by
steam engines and 49 by water
wheels—the census report doesn't
say anything about the other two.
A total of 182 men and one woman
found employment in these mills,
turning out products valued at
$1,516,150. They represented a
capital investment of $591,900.
Most of the early mills confined
themselves to custom grinding—
that is, they ground grain for the
farmers as they (the farmers)
brought it in, charging so much
per bushel, either in cash or grain.
Usually, the farmer just waited
around the mill until his grain
was ground. Thus, the mill be
came an important center for the
exchange of news, ideas and
gossip.
Occasionally, however, early
Nebraska mills supplied flour to
distant points. As early as 1859,
the Glen Hallam mill in Nemaha
county was making regular ship
ments of cornmeal to St. Louis.
In 1863, the James Melvine mill
near Nemaha City was supplying
flour to Julesburg and Denver in
Colorado ,as well as St. Joseph,
Mo., and Leavenworth, Kas.
on the graduate level, while oth
ers admit them freely to all de
partments.
The Catholic University of
Washington, D. C., and St. Louis
university have been admitting
Negroes for years, giving them
equal opportunities with white
students in all college facilities.
A total of 351 colored students
were enrolled last year and five
Negro teachers were on the fac
ulty of St. Louis university, a uni
versity official said.
Some denominations in the
south have adopted the non-segre
gated practice on the graduate
level only. Among them are the
four theological seminaries of the
Presbyterian church, located in
Richmond, Va., Decatur, Ga., Aus
tin, Tex., and Louisville.
A Presbyterian spokesman said,
“Our denomination is sensing the
need of a more definite contact
between the Christian leadership
of the Negro race and the white
race . . .”
Louisville Theological Seminary
makes all its facilities available to
Negroes, but the other three op
erate dormitories and dining
rooms for whites only.
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