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II_L______i_ May 8, 195*
Rev. 3. S. Favor > :*r
For Alpha's Foun ,t s Day
Z.>tli Annual rounders Day
Meet at Student Union
Beta Beta Chapter of Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity will observe its
twenty-fifth Annual Founder’s
Day on May 11, 1952. The Rev.
John S. Favors of Omfiha, Neb.,
will deliver the address entitled,
“The Challenge of Community and
World Leadership.”
The Rev. Mr. Favors attended
Arizona State Teachers College,
Tempe, Arizona, for two years;
and, received a B.A. in Religion
from Bishop College, Marshall,
Texas. He received his Master’s
Degree in School Administration
from the University of Nebraska;
he also attended the University of
Omaha and plans to attend the
University of California this sum
mer.
The Rev. Mr. Favors pastored
at Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Lin-j
I coin for four years. At present he
is with the Omaha Public School
System. Mrs. Favors, who re
ceived her Master’s Degree from
the University of Nebraska, is also
a teacher in the Omaha Public
Schools.
The program will be held in the
Student Union Ballroom at 4 p.m.,
Sunday, May 11, 1952. The public
is invited.
Negro Is Catholic
‘'Mother of Year’
WASHINGTON — A New York
Negro, Mrs. Maceo A. Thomas,
Saturday became the first of her
race to win the Catholic Mother of
the Year Award.
Dr. Edgar Schmiedeler, direc
tor of the National Catholic Wel
fare Conference Family Life
Bureau, announced the selection
of Mrs. Thomas, who is 48 and
the mother of 10 children.
Mrs. Thomas’ husband is a
former president of the Catholic
Layman’s Union of New York.
He was presented a Pro-Ecclesia
at Pontifice Honor, on behalf of
Pope Pius XII, by Francis Car
dinal Spellman at St. Patrick’s
Cathedral in New York City last
year.
Our Honor Roll
The following are some of those
who are new subscribers or have
renewed their subscription to
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Mrs. Maude Johnson
Mrs. B. Moss
Mrs. M. Stith, Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. Mary Niel
Mr. Lowell Boomer
Mrs. Helen Foe
* Mrs. P. C. Swift
Mr. Wendell Thomas, Omaha,
. Nebr.
Rev. C. B. Howells
Rev. Wm. P. Barnes
Mrs. Ada F. McGinnis
Mrs. C. B. Freadrick, Omaha
Mrs. Mary Adams, Nebraska
City, Nebr.
There were 3,420 boys and
girls under 15 years old killed in
traffic accident last year.
Theresa Baker,
Age 12, to Play
In Symphony
j PHILADELPHIA (ANP)—
Theresa Baker, 12, a brilliant
young pianist and the first Negro
winner in the Philadelphia Or
chestra Children’s concerts audi
tions, will appear as soloist with
the orchestra at one of the Satur
day morning Children’s concerts
at the Academy of Music next sea
son, it was announced last week
by the Orchestra Association.
Littl£ Miss Baker, who lives
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Baker, has been studying
piano for almost nine years. Her
repertory includes Haydn’s Con
certo in D major, Mozart’s Sonata
No. 3, Mendelssohn’s Rondo Ca
priccioso, C h o p i n’s Valse in
C-sharp minor, and a number of
other compositions requiring dex
terity and a genuine spirit of mu
sicianship. Her recitals include
her debut at the New Century
Club in 1950 and an appearance
at the Philadelphia YWCA in 1952.
Competition in the Children’s
concerts audition is very stiff.
In recommending Miss Baker as a
contestant, her teacher, Edward F.
Hutchinson, referred to her as
“most talented”.
Chosen 1952 Mother of Year
Lincoln mother of the year,
chosen by The Voice staff, is
Mrs. Osceola Brown Nathan, wife
of the Rev. Ralph G. Nathan,
pastor of Newman Methodist
church.
Mrs. Nathan came to Lincoln
two years ago with her husband
and her two children, Natalie
Edith 10, and Robert George 7.
Aside from her regular church
activities, she is active in the pro
gram of the Urban League where
she is one of the leaders of
Brownie Troop 17. She is also an
officer in the Ministers Wives
Council.
Mrs. Nathan sews for a hobby,
having taken specialized training
in Boston. She was employed at
Terri Lee Doll Factory until it
burned last fall. Another interest
ing hobby is writing poetry. Her
most recent writing is a tribute to
her mother who lives in Boston.
A TRIBUTE TO MOTHER
How strange it seems since I have grown
! And have two children of my own—
j T'was only then that I could see
I Just what my mother means to me.
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YWCA Op ens
Convention
In Chicago
I CHICAGO (ANP)—More than
3,000 delegates plus thousands of
visitors moved into Chicago this
week for the opening of the 19th
National Convention of the Young
Women’s Christian Association at
;the Grand Ball room of the Con
!rad Hilton Hotel.
Gen. Carlos P. Romulo, Filipino
ambassador to the United States,
delivered the keynote address. Hej
told how his nation is working
for world peace throgh the United
Nations. He is his nation’s perma
nent delegate to the UN.
Integrated throughout the en
tire YWCA convention are a large
number of Negro women. Among
those most active at the meeting
are five workers with the national
office of the YWCA and five mem
bers of the national board of
directors.
Heading the list is Mrs. Robert
Clayton, Grand Rapids, Mich., a
member of the board and a candi
date for election as vice president.
Other board members attending
included:
Mrs. Clarissa Dillard, Richmond,
Va.; Mrs. Eunice Hun ton Carter,
| New York; Dr. Dorothy Ferebee,
Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Lucile
'Cuthbert, Pittsburgh. Mrs. Cuth
bert is chairman of one of the dis
jcussion groups of the conference.
OSCEOLA B. NATHAN
If I could have one wish come true
I I’d turn life’s pages back for you—
! And as you lived each page again
i There’d be more sunshine, less of rain.
It does seem strange since I have grown
And have two children of my own.
Your real worth, I never knew
'Till God made me, a mother, too.
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Natl. Urban League's 1952
Annua! Conference in Ohio
REV. J. S. FAVORS
Deltas to Dedicate
\etv Sorority House
At U. of Illinois
CHICAGO (ANP)—Members of
Delta Sigma Theta sorority will
assemble in Urbana, 111., Sunday,
May 11, at 3 P.M. for the dedica
tion of the sorority house at the
University of Illinois when the
grand president, Miss Dorothy I.
Height of New York, will be the
speaker.
i Also taking part will be the
j grand secretary, Mrs. Reber S.
Cann of Cincinnati. She will make
the official presentation to the
I president of Alpha Nu chapter,
Miss Vivian Adams of East St.
i Louis, 111.
Miss Marian Shelden, dean of
women, will represent the uni
versity. Mrs. Janet Hamilton, di-j
rector of the midwest region, willj
extend greetings because the,
house represents the project
adopted by this area.
Mrs. Jeanette Triplett Jones
will serve as mistress of cere
monies. She is chairman of Chi
cago Delta Projects, the group
which initiated and coordinated
the efforts of Chicagoland sorors
in the project.
Mrs. Virginia Davis is chairman
of the day’s activities. Other Chi
cago Deltas serving on the com
mittee include, Miss Mary Fran
ces Welsh, Miss Myrtle Redd, Mrs.
Thelma Tondee, Mrs. Mildred Fos
ter, Mrs. Lucille Montgomery,
Mrs. Hennie Mae Cisco, Mrs.
Hazel Anthony, Mrs. Elizabeth
Crawley, Mrs. Wilhelmina Blanks,
Mrs. Rachel Taylor Milton, Mrs.
Muriel Murphy, and Mrs. Bertha
Graham.
Out of town sorors serving on
the Midwest Housing Committee;
include Miss Letty Wickliffe, In-i
dianapolis; Miss Nancy Lee, Pitts
burgh; Mrs. Jerolean Sneed and
Mrs. Frances Owens, Detroit; Mrs.
Rosa Moody, Toledo; Mrs. Inez
Brewer, Gary; Mrs. Minnie Clem
; ens, Mrs. Vivian Allan, and Mrs.
Letitia Rose of Dayton; Mrs.
j Thelma Gray Harper and Mrs.
Jamye Williams of Wilberforce.
One of the features of the pro
gram will be the presentation of
a scroll inscribed vith the names
of the chapters which have com
pleted payment of the voluntary
assessment for the house. Other
chapter names will be added as
they complete their quota.
Speeding on U.S. streets and
highways last year injured 570,080
men, women and children.
“Building Better Human Rela
tions will be the theme of the
National Urban League’s 1952
Annual Conference in Cleveland,
Ohio, September lst-5tH, it was
announced this week by Lloyd K.
Garrison, president. Over 1,000
delegates are expected to attend.
Last time the nation’s oldest in
erracial social service agency
working for equal economic op
portunity for Negroes met in
Cleveland was in 1924 when it
had forty-two affiliates. <5nly
twenty-six of these had offices
and staffs according to Lester B .
Granger, executive director. This
pear, the League has affiliates in
sixty cities and thirty states, and
Duichard Parris, director of the
Department of Promotion and
Publicity, will serve as confer
ence secretary.
Host to the Conference will be
;he Cleveland Urban League, of
which William O. Walker, editor
ind publisher of “The Cleveland
3all-Post,” is president. Arnold
B.# Walker is executive secretary
af the host affiliate, and Edward
Li. Worthington, former president
of the Cleveland Urban League,
will be host chairman. Headquar
ters will be at the Hotel Hollen
den.
Nationally-known speakers will
address the sessions. A panel of
six experts in the fields of press,
radio, television, publicity, adver
tising and public relations will
discuss practical methods of tell
1 ing the Urban League story.
The Conference, as has been
I customary in recent years, will
hold small group’ meetings in
order to assure better individual
participation in deliberations and
discussions of League activities in
health, housing, community serv
ices, industrial relations and voca
tional guidance.
Levi Whitebear
Of 2235 S Dies
Levi White Bear, 61, of 2235 S,
died at his home Wednesday
morning. He had lived in Lin
coln the past 16 years.
He was a disabled World War I
veteran.
Surviving are his wife, Ethel;
three sons, Cecil of Lincoln,
Joseph of Kansas City, Mo., and
Pfc. Louis of Fort Campbell, Ky ;
a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Thurman
of Lincoln.
5t. Louis Browns
Lend-Lease Two
Players to Japan
TOKYO, Japan (ANP)—Japa
nese baseball fans during the
coming season will see Negro
players for the first time in their
version of organized baseball.
Thanks to the revitalized St.
Louis Browns of the American
League, owned by Bill Veeck, the
man who introduced Larry Doby
to the major, two players have
been sent to Japan on a kind of
lend-lease basis.
The two players are John Brit
ton, Jr., a third baseman with ex
perience in the Negro American
league, and James Newberry, a
right handed curve ball hurler.
Arrangements for this transfor
were made by the fabulous Abe
Saperstein, owner-coach of the
Harjem Globetrotters.
Britton and Newberry will play
! with Hakyu Brabes of the Japa
nese Pacific league. The club
plays 300 miles south of Tokyo in
| the Nishinomiya in Osawa.