VOL 7, No. 39 —Official and Legal Newspaper January 8, 1953
Eisenhower Urges Natie
Support March of
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President-elect'Eisenhower moots 1953 March of Dimes Potter
Oirls Pamela (left) and Patricia O'Neil, of Raleigh, N. C.
NEW YORK CITY—President
elect Dwight D. Eisenhower called
on the American public to support (
the 1953 March of Dimes being
conducted throughout the nation
during all of January.
He joined In the annual appeal
after meeting the two Raleigh,
N.C., sisters who are pictured on
the 1953 March of Dimes poster.
They are Patricia, 6. ana flve
year-old Pamela O’Neil, both of
whom were stricken with polio
but now are recovered completely.
“It’s hard to believe that these
are the same little girls whose
Pictures are on the March of
times poster,” ha noted. “Now
they’re completely recovered from
polio, thanks to the generosity of
the American people."
He urged all Americans "to
help the others like them by join
ing the March of Dimes."
Later, he joined the poster
girls in making a short film which
is being shown by television sta
tions throughout the nation.
This year’s March of Dimes
follows the all-time record polio
epidemic of 1952 in which more
than 55,000 were stricken. At the
beginning of 1953, there were
58,000 polio victims of former
years still undergoing treatment,
with financial help from local
March of Dimes chapters.
Nebr. Polio
Chapters Aid
1,676 Victims
The Nebraska County Chapters
of the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis, which answered
the needs of 1,676 state polio vic
tims during 1952, have ended the
past year with more than $10,0,00
in unpaid bills.
During the state’s blackest polio
year, the Nebraska chapters paid
out $667,163. Of the patients
aided, 396 represented polio vic-1
tims carried over from the previ
ous epidemics.
The state chapters received
from the national headquarters
nearly $150,000 in advances last
year.
Now, the chapters in their an
nual March of Dimes campaign,
are asking the citizens of Ne
braska for financial assistance.
Because o' the more than 2,200
cases—three times more than the
state’s pervious high in 1948—the
March of Dimes is running a full
month. The drive opened Janu
ary 2 and will run through Janu
ary 31.
Only one county, Grant, escaped
during 1952 without any new
cases of polio.
Ted R. Hughes of Seward, state
chairman of the Dimes drive,
said:
“The struggle with polio in 1952
was a tug-of-war in which the
annual pressure applied by the
people through March of Dimes
will have to be intensified dra
matically this January if polio is
to be conquered in time to pre
serve the health and lives of
thousands who are children to
day.”
“We must not falter now. With
victory delicately poised ih the
balance against unprecendented
problems, we must throw all our
weight on the side of the polio
I Virginia Brown of
930 Short Dies
Mrs. Virginia Brown, 75, of 930
Short, a Lincoln resident for 46
years, died Monday.
Mrs. Brown was born in Miami,
Mo. She was a member of Quinn
Chapel AME Church for 46 years,
and a past president of the Ken
sington Club of the church.
Surviving are her husband, Jas
per; a son, Clayton P. Lewis, both
of Lincoln; three grandchildren
and one great grandchild, also of
Lincoln.
Funeral to be held on Thursday,
at 2 p.m. at Quinn Chapel AME.
I Mrs. Malone will sing a solo as-;
, sisted at the piano by Mrs. Wil
'son. There will be songs by the
1 choir. Rev. John R. Harris will of
ficiate assisted by Rev. Trago Mc
Williams and Rev. R. E. Edwards.
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Lest We Forget.. J
Those who are ill:
I Mrs. John Johnson, St. Eliza
I beth hospital, room 278
Mrs. Ida Hassell
Mrs. H. Spahn, 516 North 23rd
Mr. James Fuller, St. Elizabeth
hospital, room 140
Mr. John Roberts, St. Elizabeth
hospital, room 132
If Anyone - - -
—Gets Married •
—Dies
—Has a Party
—Has a Baby
—Hag a Fire
—Is HI
—Has an Operation
—Has an Accident
—Receives an Award
—Builds a Home
Please call 2-4085
fighters regardless of the cost. Wej
| must contribute more devotion,
more energy and more money
than ever before to the 1953
March of Dimes.”
for Today
,rotherly love continue. Be
xorgetful to entertain stran
ds: for thereby some have en
tertained angels unawares. Re
member them that are in bonds,
as bound with them: and them
which suffer adversity, as being
yourselves also in the body.
HEBREWS: 13:1-3
National Uni of
Music Honors
Duke Ellington
CHICAGO, 111. (ANP)— Famed
orchestra leader-composer Duke
Ellington last week was honored
at an exclusive New Year’s Eve
luncheon at fashionable Riccardo’s
Studio Restaurant here by the Na
tional University of Music.
The luncheon which also marked
the Duke’s 25th anniversary in
the entertainment field, was well
attended by several notables of
the press and radio.
The dapper “aristocrat of jazz’’,
received the school’s citation for
his “contribution to world cul
ture” and the splendid example
he has set for yoyth. He was offi
cially installed as honorary chair-(
man of the school’s newly formed
Great Names Scholarship Founda-*
tion.
His first act as chairman of the
foundation was to sign a citation
recently issued for singer Nat
“King" Cole, who is also an hon
lorary member of the body.
I Asked afterward how he felt
about being chairman of the
foundation, he replied: “I think it
is wonderful to serve on the foun
dation and to be associated in this
respect with Nat ‘King’ Cole.”
Mrs. Beard Dies;
Here Since 1937
Mrs. Pensy Beard, 48, of 1946 S,
a Lincoln resident for 15 years
and an employee of the University
publishing Co., died Wednesday,
December 31st.
Mrs. Beard
was a multi
graph operator
for the pub
lishing firm
and had lived
in Lincoln since
19S7. She was a
member of
Quinn Chapel
A.M.E. Church. Courtesy U incoln Journal 1
Surviving are Mrs. Beard
her husband, Hansford; three
j daughters, Mrs. Barbara Jefferson
of Washington, D.C., Mrs. Thelma
Delaney and Mrs. Dorothy Arn
old, both of Lincoln; her mother,
Mrs. Bessie Hawkins of Lincoln
and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday at Umbergers Mortuary
with the Rev. Trago McWilliams
officiating assisted by the Rev.
John Harris and the Rev. R. E.
Edwards.
.. ...
Sallie J. Brown,
425 So. 22nd, Dies
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Mrs. Sallie J. Brown, about 80,,
of 425 So. 22nd, a Lincoln resident1
for 46 years, died Sunday.
Mrs. Brown was a member of
the Amaranth Chapter 3, OES;|
Dorcas Missionary Society and MtJ
Zion Baptist Church.
A native of Columbus, O., she|
came to Lincoln from Greenville,
Mass.
. Surviving is one daughter, Mrs.'
I Carrie Vance of Muskegon, Mich.
N.U. Grads Attend ACHR
Meeting in Cleveland
Courtesy Lincoln Journal
ARTHUR McCAW — From
Omaha, is the first Negro to
be appointed to a high State
house position in Nebraska. He
has been named budget super
visor. He accepted appointment
with the comment “I hope that
I'll be able to measure up to the
job. I take it very humbly.”
McCaw always felt there was a
chance to co-ordinate and reduce
government spending, now he has
been given the opportunity to put
some of his ideas in action.
Mr. McCaw has been a public
servant of Nebraska for fifteen'
[years in the tax assessor’s office.
iHe is a graduate of the University
of Omaha and a resident of Omaha
since 1918.
Some of the organizations Mr.
McCaw is affiliated with are:
Boy Scouts, Secretary of Omaha
Urban League, member of Ne
braska Council of Equal Job Op
portunities, and a member of the
Nebraska Real Eestate Board
along with his present duties.
His wife, Mrs. McCaw, is a Fine
Arts teacher ir four of Omaha’s
schools.
They have three children, Jan
ice, 20, Jane, 18, both attending
the University of Nebraska and a
son, Melvin Arthur, 15, attending
Central High School in Omaha.
Mr. McCaw’s father was a stu
dent of West Point and President
elect Eisenhowtfr was Mr. Mc
Caw’s Sunday School teacher.
Some comments on his appoint
ment are:
“I have known Mack for 15 (
years and he is known to be a
public servant. W. M. Sones,
Omaha Realtor.
‘‘I think this appointment was
made j^ecause of Mr. McCaw’s out-1
standing participation in Civic af
fairs over a period of years.” Dr.
A. B. Pittman, Vet. 4629 Dodge,1
Omaha.
“A boyhood friend who has
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By BURT F. NEWTON
Included in the approximately
5,000 delegates to the first na
tional assembly of the American
Council of Human Rights held in
Cleveland, December 26-30 were a
number of former Lincolnites and
graduates of the University of Ne
braska.
The American Council on Hu
man Rights—ACHR—is composed
of six Negro college fraternities
and sororities. The fraternities are
Kappa Alpha Psi and' Alpha Phi
Alpha. Sorority council members
are Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta
Sigma Theta, Zeta Phi Beta and
Sigma Gamma Rho.
Organized in 1948, the primary
objective of ACHR has always
been the same as that of its mem
ber organizations, who believe that
college trained people have a real
responsibility for leadership in
helping all persons to achieve
those rights to which people are
entitled as human beings, and to
work for full citizenship partici
pation, and integration of all citi
zens as equals, in the life stream
of the community.
The ACHR functions through a
board of directors and a profes
sional staff with offices located in
Washington, D. C.
Former Nebraska University
students representing Alpha Phi
Alpha were as follows:
Uoyd Hume Williams, graduate
lot the University of Nebraska’s
Pharmacy College, who operates
(two drug stores in Tulsa, Okla
homa.
i Lewis Swingler, Nebraska
School of Journalism graduate, is
now editor of Tri-State Defender
in Memphis, Tenn.
J. ft. Lillard, who has a mas
ter’s degree from University of
Nebraska and is a teacher in Kan
sas City, Missouri.
Alvin Wilkes, who is a graduate
of Nebraska Wesleyan, is engaged
>n religious education work in
New York City.
Lloyd Hume Williams Jr., is
at present a student at the Uni
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Stock Drive Opens
The coupon that appears in the
lower right hand corner of The
Voice, is for all persons in Ne
braska, who are interested in
securing better housing for the
lower income groups in this area.
The Stock Drive opened on
Wednesday, January 7, 1952.
All Citizens of the State of Ne
braska are asked to join together
and support this very worthy
movement. Any questions that
you might have concerning this
stock please call, 2-2247, or
2-4085.
NORTHSIDE IMPROVEMENT
ASSOCIATION
Federal regulation requires that this offer be confined to
; residents of Nebraska.
1 I AM INTERESTED
Send me a Prospectus:
I would like to know more about this great movement to
provide housing for the low income groups in this area. I will
do my share. '
NAME...
ADDRESS.i....
| CITY.«..State of Nebraska
Mall this coupon to the Northside Improvement Association
at 1319 O Street, LimrJrt, Nebraska, or The Vbive P. O. Box 2023.