THE E
yplfc t» Mb. tt Uncotn Legal Newspaper December 18, 195t
TTh '/Christmas
Choir Presents
Music Festival
On Sunday evening, December
21, 1952, at 7:30 p.m. the Quinn
Chapel choir will present a Christ
mas Music Festival with Maurice
Bussell as master of ceremonies.
Mrs. W. B. Davis, guest speaker,
Mrs. W. B. Davis
•will talk from the subject, “The
Real Meaning of Christmas.”
Miss Beverly George will be
guest soloist. The program is as
follows:
Openipg song, Oh Come Alt Ye
Faithful, Choir.
Prayer, Rev. R. E. Edwards.
' Christmas Carol, The First Noel,
Choir.
Vocal Solo, O Holy Night, Miss
Beverly George.
Christmas Anthem, Star of The
East, Choir.
Speaker, Mrs. W. B. Davis.
Pantomine by Candle-light, Si
lent Night, Choir.
Offertory, Organ Voluntary.
Vocal Selections, Rev. John R.
Harris.
Christmas Spiritual, Go Tell It
On the Mountain, Choir.
Closing Song, Joy To The
World, Choir and congregation.
Verne Wilson is president of
the choir and Mrs. Hazel Wilson
is organist-director.
Holiday Activities
At the Urban League
The Urban League’s Annual
Christmas Program and Party
will be held in the Auditorium,
Monday evening, December 22,
1952—8 p.m. Adults and children
are cordially invited to this affair,
but we especially urge the parents
to accompany the younger chil
dren.
The building will be closed
December 24 Christmas eve,
Christmas Day, New Years Eve
and New Years Day.
December 27—St. John’s Day
Banquet, sponsored by Lebanon
Lodge No. 3.
December 29—M ary Bethune
Club Holiday Party.
December 29—Mt. Zion Baptist
Mission Society Party.
December 30—LaFollette Club.
1953 Events
January 14—Mother - Daughter
Dinner.
January 28—Urban League An
nual Dinner—Cornhusker Hotel.
GREETINGS
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DURING THIS BLESSED SEASON
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We want to rejoice with you and your family on the happy
meaning of Christmas and to join you in praying for true
‘‘Peace on earth and good will to men.”
, MR. AND MRS. ELBERT SAWYER
AND THE VOICE STAFF
Pittsburgh, Pa,
Passes FEPC Law
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — (ANP)—
Pittsburgh last week joined sev
eral other cities with a law against
discrimination in employment be
cause of race, creed, national
origin or religion.
The city council unanimously
passed the FEPC ordinance which
earlier had received approval
from the council, sitting as a fi
nance committee.
The civic Unity Council spon
sored the bill and Councilman
Patrick T. Fagan introduced it in
the council.
The passage of the Pittsburgh
law this week climaxes a long
fight for such a provision. The
fourth failure to obtain passage
of a state-wide law in the last
session of the legislature moved
local supporters to seek a Pitts
burgh law.
Introduction of the ordinance
was delayed first by the illness of
^he local mayor and later by the
| impending presidential election.
; However, as soon as the election
jwas over, the measure was acted
on.
Administration of the ordinance
will be placed in the hands of a
five-man commission appointed
for staggered four-year terms.
This commission will function as
an arm of the division of civic
unity, with a director and such
staff as are needed for successful
enforcement of the provisions of
.the act.
Covered by the ordinance are
the city administration and every
! person who employs five or more
Father of Blues Feels
Slight From Negro Papers
NEW YORK (ANP)—W. C.
Handy unburdened his mind of a
few things that were troubling
him in a recent letter, which he
wrote was “written in a spirit of
Thanksgiving for a wonderful
America, where a man can wear
shoes or go barefoot and vote as
he sees fit.”
“I am already giving thanks for
my blessings daily, since it was at
this time nine years ago that I
fell in the subway and sustained
a fractured skull,” the Father of
the Blues wrote, “I cannot re
member the first pain, and since
that time no illness has prevented
me from trying to serve hu
manity.”
The colorful figure of Ameri
can music, who now operates a
rmisic publishing house at 53rd
and Broadway (the heart of Tin
Pan Alley), expressed pride over
his triple television appearances
in October—with the ASCAP
Story. But, he wrote, my greatest
joy was over the publishing of a
song, “Hike With Ike,” during the
political campaign.
“I thought the race newspapers
of Harlem would have a news item
persons exclusive of parents,
spouse or children of such per
sons. Fraternal, sectarian, char
itable and religious organizations
are exempt from the provisions of
the act.
The provisions of the ordinance
also specifically apply to all con
tractors and subcontractors doing
work for the city.
W. C. HANDY
of this, but they seemed to havt
wanted Stevenson and Spark
man’s “Boogie,” states the creatoi
of the immortal “St. Louis Blues.’
He was recently honored atf hii
79th Birthday Dinner Party at tht
Waldorf Astoria given by the
W. C. Handy Foundation for the
Blind.
The reflective Handy told how
he had sent thousands of copie:
of his songs with letters over the
nation at his own expense and re
ceived congratulations from al
parts of the country; of how he
occupied the speakers’ stand ir
Harlem with Gen. and Mrs. Eisen
hower, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
Sen. Irving Ives, John Roosevelt
* Continued on Page 2, Col. 1
So. Carolina
Admits Five
To Society
CHARLESTON, S. C. (*NP)—
Drs. W. H. Felder, C. T| Hollo
way, T. M. McCottry, T. C. Me
Fall and N. F. Wilson have been
admitted to the Charles County
Medical Association, marking the
initial advent of white and Negro
doctors in a local state organiza
tion.
The new members of the CCMA,
all practictioners in Charleston,
are likewise members of the South
Carolina Medical Association and
of the Apnerican Medical Associa
tion, to which the county mem
bership carries automatic admis
sion if desired.
The five medics were all mem
bers of the Palmetto Medical,
Dental and Pharmaceutical Asso
ciation, an all-Negro state group.
Reasons offered for the abrupt
[historical departure is:
I At a meeting held last May at
Myrtle Beach by the SCMA, the
group voted to delete any men
tion of color or race from its by
laws (there was no such reference
to race or color in the constitu
tion) and to recommend that
county societies do the same so
that Negro physicians might be
come members of the county
groups, a prerequisite to state
i membership.
At Orangeburg, Dr. Lawrence
Thackston, state association presi
dent, said:
“It is not the purpose of the
SCMA to change any of the rec
ognized customs prevalent in
South Carolina.
“The society has decided that
Negro physicians should have the
opportunity to advance them
selves and their knowledge and
to treat all types of cases, includ
ing some from which they have
been barred in the past due to
lack of membership in the recog
nized societies. But it is not our
I purpose to change social customs.’*
YM-YW Notes
The YM-YW Public Affairs Dis
cussion Group met Tuesday, De
cember 9, at the Y.W.C.A. and
discussed city planning with Mr.
‘Paul Watt, of Bartholomew &
Sons. Next week, December 23,
!Mr. Watt will show a film strip
ion the proposed zoning plan for
I Lincoln. Young adults who are
interested in improving Lincoln
jare invited to attend. The film and
discussion will follow a 5:30 tray
| dinner in the Y.W.C.A. cafeteria.
Thieves t‘Unho8pitable,'
To Illinois Jacqnet
BOSTON, Mass. — (ANP) —
Illinois Jacquet of the “scream
ing saxophone” discovered this
week that cultured Boston has
some uncultured car thieves. The
thieves stole his blue Cadillac
which was parked in the vicinity
1 of the Hi-Hat club where the
1 musician was playing a limited
engagement.
However, the next day Boston
police found Jacquet’s car
