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Lincoln 3, Nebraska—Official and Legal Newspaper February 12, 1953
Nation Honors . .ay
Of A Great Emancipator
ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809
1865), was one of the world’s truly
great men. Under his leadership,
the Americap Union was pre
served. War only made Lincoln
believe more strongly that democ
' racy is the best form of gov
ernment. In his Gettysburg Ad
dress, and in other speeches and
writings, Lincoln expressed the
deepest beliefs of the American
people. He also created some of
Elliott School
P.T.A. Presents
Fun Night
The Parent-teacher Association
of Elliott School, presented their
annual “Fun Night” festivities on
Friday night Feb. 6, at the School.
A fashion 'show given by the
fourth grade students under the
direction of Mrs. Augusta Gaede
and Mrs. Delores Dunn, brought
many “ohs” and “Ahs”, from the
aQdience.
These small fry female models,
wore high heeled shoes (all styles
and colors), furred capes and
jackets, sheer stoles, veiled hats
and full skirts. Elbow length
gloves and handbags, completed
their customes.
There were young men in the
Small Fry set, on hand to meet,
greet and escort the young lady
of his choice from the stage, how
ever, not before they had shown
their outfits from every angle.
The fifth grade students, di
rected by Miss Esther Evans, pre
sented “Dancing Ropes”. The girls
wore blouses and skirts, and the
boys wore overalls and jeans
This group skipped rope to music
Murva and Pearl Colliers, were
outstanding in a double rope
jumping act that drew much ap
plause from the audience. Dick
Ripley, not to be outdone, per
formed some very intricate step:
Courtesy Sunday Joi^mat and Star
the finest examples of American
literature. Lincoln had great
power as President, but he never
lost touch with the common peo
ple. He never hated anyone, and
never wanted revenge. In spite
of Lincoln’s high position, millions
of people, even in his own time,
knew him as “Honest Abe” and
“Father Abraham.” He was the
16th President of the United
States.
and routines while rope jumping.
Arthur “Donnie” McWilliams
rounded out the performance by
doing tricks with the rope while
jumping.
A drill in Calisthenics was pre
sented by the fifth graders under
the direction of Mrs. Mildred
Nielso.n.
Miss Lucille Langley’s sixth
graders, did the Haig Dance, and
j “The Man in a Fix”.
No night of fuif would be com
plete without the familiar Fortune
Telling Booth. Mrs. Lloyd King,
! who was Chairman of this ac
| tivity, was a typical Gypsy, in a
flowing full skirt, large earrings,
multi-colored bandana and sug
gestive stares.
Other fortune tellers, complete
with costumes were: Mesdames;
Virginia Johnson, Louise Blakely,
Robert Carlson, Charles Saal, Roy
: Brendle, Harry Peterson and Pearl
: White, Mrs. Ligon Arnold and
; Mrs. Herb Jackspfi, acted as ticket
! takers.
The 8-year-old Eno twins, Jean
j and Joan, did acrobatic routines;
' Artis Gibson rendered selections
! on the electric accordion and
Garry Hansen gave out with
j Marimba solos.
The most hilarious feature of
the night was the Faculty Frolics,
| presented by the Elliott School
faculty board. Some of the faculty
members, with the principal, Miss
Eunice Preston directing, supplied
music with such instruments as:
, The ironing board as a Bass
Viol, corn popper as the violin,
shower hose and funnel as the
Today’s Thought
There’s so much good in the
worst of us. So much bad in the
jbest of us, that it behooves any
of us to talk about the rest of us.
—Lincoln
Anti Socialist
Campaign Grows
More and more sentiment seems
to be developing in Congress for
getting the federal government
out of commercial business—that
is, abandoning state socialism.
A good example occured re
cently on the nationally-televised
“Meet the Press’ program. Re
porters interviewed Senator
Walker of Idaho. One question
was: “Would you be for turning
the Tennessee Valley Authority
over to private enterprise now?"
Senator Walker answered, “I
certainly would. I would be glad
to turn over TVA to private en
terprise or sell it to the bond
holders as advocated by Charles
E. Wilson not so many months
ago."
Another question was, “As I
understand it from the Hoover
Commission, there’s something
like $20,000,000,000 worth of busi
ness now being done by govern
ment . . . Would you favor turning
all that back?” Senator Walker
replied, “:I certainly would, be
cause I know that private enter
prise can do anything more
efficiently and cheaper than the
government can.”
During the interview Senator
Walker also expressed his strong
opposition to a Washington
bureaucracy, die t art i n g to tht
people concerning their watei
rights, their electric-power rights,
or any other rights.
There is only one real argument
that can be made against this at
titude—and that is the Socialist
Communist argument that the
government should own every
thing and boss everything. Those
of us who don’t believe in
dictatorship should whole
heartedly support the fastgrowing
campaign to turn thumbs down on
Socialism and reaffirm our free
American traditions and princples.
Correction Please
Correction please. The name of
that mid-year Nebraska Univer
sity electrical engineer graduate
should have been Churley Jones
instead of Charley. It was writ
ten Churley but proofreader no
doubt felt ' that it should have
been Charley. The name is odd.
Understand that Churley along
with Mrs. Jones have moved to
Minneapolis.
And that name should have
been Newton instead of Newman
as writer of the Senator John
Adams story. And still another
Correction — Burt F. Newton
should have been listed as guest
! columnist for last week’s Your
Sports Round-Up.
In last week’s issue, Miss Betty
Jean Wilson’s fiance’s name
should have been Hudon Wells
instead of Hudson as was printed.
tuba, tin can tops as cymbals, and
all other kitchen paraphenalia im
1 aginable, while the rest of the
: faculty, dressed up in the fineries
of the early 1920s, did the
I Charleston.
Other features included, a Pup
pet Show, Fishing Pond, Trinket
j Booths, Hat Booth and Country
! Store with bargains galore. This
was truly a night of FUN.
Kline Jewelry Mfg. Jewelery
and Watch repairing. Factory ex
,perience, 1408 O Street, 2-3951
• Peter P. Kline, owner.—Adv.
Human Relation Council
Hears Seymour Kaplan
I At the Annual Luncheon-meet
ing of The Lincoln Council on
Human Relations, Seymour Her
bert Kaplan, Director of the Anti
Defamation League, in this area,
j was guest speaker.
“Human relations extends to
far reaching areas and it forms
the destiny of the world,’’ Mr,
Kaplan said.
B’nai B’rith, which means: Sons
of Covenant, was formed by 12
immigrant Jews in New York in
1843, who saw the need for bring
ing together all Jews under one
agency, to promote Americanism,
Youth Welfare, Education, Com
munity Service and Inter-faith
good-will.
From this Fraternal Older the
Anti-defamation League was
formed to combat prejudice and
bigotry through systematic edu
cational campaign. The League
worked and lived by these three
slogans: Benevolence, Brotherly
Love, and Harmony.
Mr. Kaplan continues, saying,
Anti-semitism, is an antecdote for
a common growth called Cancer of
Hate, which is caused when one
group is set apart from the other
by hate and distrust. “There is
no typical anybody. Each individ
ual is a person w ith his own God
given attributes and character
istics.
A positive reaction to the com
bination of all factors is a posi
tive Educational approach (Fa
ivorable reaction), and an Acci
dentally acquired Public Opinior
of any shillful, mature, and right
J thinking minded individual, and a
J Social Active Legislation.
The promotion of sound non
partisan Legislation, with more
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HERBERT WRIGHT
Herbert Wright
Promoted
Herbert Wright has been pro
l moted to the position of Assis
tant to Sales Promotion Manager
of Philip Morris Co., it was an
nounced today. Wright, formerly
Supervisor in the company’s col
lege program, has been with
Philip Morris for eight years.
Wright’s new position with the
cigarette firm will be national in
scope. He will have headquarters
at the firm’s New York national
headquarters, 100 Park Avenue,
and his responsibilities in promot
ing Philip Morris will cover every
market from coast to coast, and
from Canada to Mexico. One ol
ihis first and major tasks will be
the launching of the new king-size
Philip Morris cigarette.
Prior to Wright’s affiliation with
the tobacco firm, he was chief oi
the Civilian Payroll of Neppcihar
Community Center in Yonkers
'New York.
|Citizen participation, would be the
right steps toward A World of
Peace.
Bill No. 558, commonly known
as the FEPC, would enable an in
dividual applying for employment
to be asked only his qualifications
and skills, rather than race con
demnation, religion or moral
characteristics.
Prejudice, hatred, and inhar
mony, undergirds the support of
Democracy. Non-realization of the
problems of mankind, is like a
delicate fabric of the finest of ma
terials; break one thread, and the
material is ruined, concluded Mr.
Kaplan.
The Lincoln Council on Human
Relations, has recently become a
member of the Council of Social
Agencies.
Justice in
South Africa
In restless South Africa, where
a stern and self-righteous govern
ment is deliberately widening the
gulf between races, violent pas
sions were producing more and
more violent demands. Nationalist
•Prime Minister Daniel Malan last
week asked for dictatorial emer
gency powers from Parliament.
The proposal was laid before
I Parliament by Malan’s Minister of
Justice, towering (6 ft. 6 in.)
Charles R. Swart. Given to melo
j dramatic gestures (he once loped
into Parliament with a cat-o’
nine-tails under his arm to show
his attitude toward Negroes),
Swart needed no props this time
to dramatize his proposal. He
wanted authority to suspend most
of Slouth Africa’s laws whenever
he may consider that “public
safety” demands it. The law
would allow the government—
and Swart specifically—to pro
claim a state of emergency
throughout South Africa, or in
any part of it, and then suspend
all civil rights, censor or suspend
the press, prohibit public assem
bly, confiscate property, search
and *seize, create concentration
camps. Swart could keep the
emergency measures in force in
definitely, simply by renewing
the proclamation.
With national elections in the
offing (April), Malan’s opposition #
has found it expedient to oppose
gently, for most of South Africa’s
whites approve of keeping the
Negro “in his place,” though occa
sionally deploring some of Malan's
methods.
But Swart’s bill was too much.
It brought the United Opposition
leader, Jacobus / Gideon Nel
Strauss, to his feet for a rare,
effectual fighting speech. “Fear
-now stalks the land,” he cried.
“South Africa has become a crisis
country . . . Today the inner
'clique of Nationalist leaders are in
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Gov. Crosi>y
j Proclaims Negro
History Week
Governor Robert Crosby, pro
claimed February 8-13 as “Negro
History Week”,
In making this proclamation.
Governor Crosby stated that “His
jtory has proved that the color of
man's skin does not determine his
I worth.” Continuing, the Governor
said: “Among those who hare
'added much to our country, m
I the members of the Negro race."
