V The OmeLhec Guidites ^
“The Door of Expression" — — Edited by ‘UNCLE GIL'
The Guidite Club Picnic To Be—Where?
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Next Event Promises
To Be Large Affair
Vote for Park
The Guidite club picnic which is
scheduled as the next big event
promises to be an affair long to
be remembered.
Already Good Samaritans are of
fering their bit to make this the
first annual Guidite Club Picnic a
success. No. 1 is none other than
Mr. Gregg Williams, a popular or
chestra leader in Omaha, who has
offered the service of his aggrega
tion of music makers.
Now Uncle Gil, wishing to please
the majority is going to give each
Guidite the opportunity to vote as
to where the picnic shall be held
All that shall be required of each
Guidite is to fill out the GUIDITE
PICNIC VOTE found on this page
and send or bring it to the OMAHA
GUIDE office, 2418 Grant St.
GUIDITE PICNIC VOTE
I prefer holding the Guidite Picnic
at ....••...-.
Location of park ..
Name .-.-..
Adress ....
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Mrs. Io!a Willis who v/is t'v>
queen rpresentative fr in the
Second Baptist church *>f CTarinda,
la. and her attendant, Mir? B'-ny
Jean Arnett at the Omaha Guid.it ■
club Moy Day Festival held at St.
Jbhn AME church, Omaha. Sunday
May 16th.
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Who Knows?
Last Week’s Answers
1. A tonic cord is a chord found
ed on the'root’ or first note of
the scale: a dominant chord is one
founded on the dominant of fifth
mote of the scale; a sub domlnent
chord is ene founded on the sub
dominant or fourth note.
2. J'phn Phillip Sousa was a band
master and composer born in Wash
ington, D. C-, in 1856.
5. A vioa i9 a tenor violin, an
instrument similar in tone and
formation to the violin but much
larger in size and having a com
pass a fifth lower.
A third is an interval measur
ing three diatonic degrees.
6. A rest is a character indicat
ing silence.
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This Week’s Questions
1. Who was Johann Strauss?
*. What is a snare drum?
8. What are precussion instru
ntaatim?
4. What is an overture?
i. What is a Psalm?
The Guidite World
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of Music
By Miss BthM Jane*
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Interesting Facta about Songs
ie Know: Home ‘Sweet Home’
‘Home Sweet Home,’ was writ
ten by a homeless man, John Ho
ward Payne, bom in New York in
1792: and he did not collect a cent
for it, even though its popularity
swept the world. Payne has been
wept over for generations as the
poor, wandering, homeless man.
However, he was not poor, on the
contrary he was rather successful
as an actor, a producer and the
author of sixty plays.
Some of his best works were
written while he occupied a luxu
rious suite in the best part of Par
is. Payne was awandere r; but it
was because he liked to wrander, and
he was homeless because he would
not stay at home.
‘Home, Sweet Home’ first appear
as a solo in Payne’s opera ‘Clari’
or ‘The Maid of Milan’ which in
itself was really an adaptation of
a play which had already been pre
s( nted. In this play, Clari, who had
run away with a duke, hears a
group of strolling players sing a
song of the native land, which so
strongly moves her that she re
turns home. This song was the
famous ‘Home Sweet Home.’
The music was not original with
Payne, as it had previously been
published in a collection compiled
by the famous British composer,;
Henry Rowley Bishop, who called
it a Sicilian air.
The story of the ‘Star Spangled
Banner’ will appear in next week’s
i issue.
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Jokes
Stipply and Demand
Editor:—I have 20 inquiring re
porters on my newspaper staff.
Banks:—Oh, you mean the ores
that go around asking qu st'ons?
Editor:—Yes, they are always in
q ring when they are going to
£. t a raise.
Trophies
Henry:—My brother has a gold i
medal for running, a watch charm
for swimming, a gold watch for
Jjoxing and a silver cup for golf
ing.
Martha:—Very athletic, I’d say.
Henry:—Ne, he runs a hock shop.
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Dan—My cousin, Delilah, had
her fact lifted.
Jim:—Had her face lifted?
Dan:—Yessir but it didn’t take.
When the doctor gave her the bill,
her face fell.
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Questions
1. Who is Henry O- Tanner?
2. Wht big Negro Insurance com
pany is located in Durham, North
Carolina ?
3. Who is the United States Re
corded of Deeds?
4. What Negro educated in Ames
Iowa, established a school in Miss
issippi?
5. What Negro ex-Register of
Treasury now resides in Nashville,
Tcnn.
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A-FPIil 0 ATI ON-GOTDITE OLUB
Please enroll me in The GUIDITE CLUB, I pro mine to
abtte by the rales as set forth in The Omaha Guide.
My Nam* is —..... .„.—.Aye_
My Addreaa k_____
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Sate of Birth ........— .. .. ... .
QaEI this o«* and hring ot mail to "Uncle Gil", Omaha Grade,
OMAHA, NEBRASKA
LAYMER BROWN, 4, is only Negro member of the
rhythm band and he’s got swing in his heart, rhythm in his
fast-moving hands.
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The May Day Festival
A Success
By L. L. McVay
One could not wish for any more
interest than was manifested at
the first annual May Day Festival,
sponsored by the Omaha Guide
than was shown at St. John AME
church on Sunday, May 16, 1937.
In this mass of voices of three
hundred young Negro boys and
g ' Is, one could see our future men
; nil women. Too much praise can
no* ’ i * given to Mr. S. E. Gilbert
of th: Omaha Guide, better known
to Guidites as ‘Uncle Gil,' and Miss
Ethel Jonep, an Omaha young wo
man of great musical ability, for
their fine work in their first at
tempt to show just what the youth
pf Omaha can do.
\Ve do not wish to forget the
many sponsors and directors who
showed such a fine spirit of co
operation in making this day a
success. Perhaps the results of the
work at Bethel Baptist church in
South Omaha, whose queen was
Miss Pricilla Gilden, was the best
demonstration of what can be done
with a little co-operation. Miss
Gilden is thq daughter of Mrs.
Carrie Gilden and is a senior for in
South high school.
Miss Gilden, bringing the highest
amount of r. |>ney, $120.64, was
crowned May Day Queen for 1937.
Just as the Goodwill Spring Mu
sical, organized and directed by L.
L. McVay, will have to have a lar
ger auditorium in which to pre
sent the program next year, so
will the May Day Festival as be
tween 900 and 1,000 people attend
ed this year. Let us hope that ev
ery citizen of Omaha will give
these two movements their 100 per
cent support because they are
worthwhile and uplifting. There
have been good things started in
Omaha, but killed in a short time,
but the May Day Festival and the
Goodwill Spring Musical are hero
to stay.
Fan Mail
Mr. S. E. Gilbert:
Dear Sir:
I too, wish to congratulate you
on your successful sponsorship of
the May Day Festival and ventures
you are attempting in your effort
to build up the Guide circulation.
I received my paper. This week’s
number is excellent. I am much
pleased with the Festival write-ups
and the paper in general.
I am am glad the Guide appre
ciated the efforts put forth this
year by all and hope that next
year will be a financial as well as
a cultural success for the paper too.
In conclusion I would like to say
that I believe tho methods you
are using to build up the paper are
fair and square and I shall be glad
to help in any way that I can.
Respectivally Yours
Ethel Jones
Omaha, Nebraska
To The Omaha Guide:
Iwant to compliment Mr. Gilbert
for the May Festival and the won
derful program for our Negro chil
dren. The queans wre beautiful and
our youth's talent is so educational
to us. It shows that the mothers of
today are learning how wonderful
it is to be able to have culture and
education. I think everyone should
patronize our colored paper, the
Omaha Guide, for the sake of our
girls and boys. Every year our
youth are coming out of high
school and what are the fathers
and mothers going to do about
North 24th Street
SHOE HOSPITAL
Celebrates the 15th Anniversary
With a big Shoe Repairing Sale
Women’s Toplifts __$.15
Women’s half soles ..65c and up
Men’s half soles 75c and up
Men’s rubber heels 35c and np
Childrens Half soles 50c and up
1807 No. 24th St. WE 4240
Would Like to Have
All Guidite to Write
Him Letters
Laymer Brown, 4, although ho
is in the Hattie Monroe Home for
Convalescing Children, located at
Rtith Ave. and Maple streets, re
rovering from Tuberculosis of the
hip, is reported to be a jolly little
fellow and is well on the road to
recovery. The supervisor had this
to say of Laymer, when interviewed
by Uncle Gil, "laymer is a fine
little boy and indeed full of life.”
Laymer, dear Guidites is also a
Guidite, so let’s do our bit to make
him happy by writing him a letter
it once, just address to Master
Laymer Brown, in care of Hattie
Munroe Home, GGth Avenue and
Maple Street.
Laymer, who is the sen of Mr.
irid Mrs. George Brown, 2624 L;
Lakt) street, is a mnvber of the
dome's band and is said to have
that swing and rhythm OH MY!
Riddles
1. Which is worth more, an old
five dollar bill or a now one 7
2. Why is your nose in tile middle
if your fnce?
3. Which cock never crows?
4. What is it that goes around
the house an dmakes only one
track ?
work for them ? We must support
something that will give them a
job, and why shouldn’t every home
make our Negro paper a success,
thereby giving the Omaha Guide
an opportunity to hire a boy or
girl of our race and I think we can
not Hive fenougjf praise to the
Guide, Miss Jones, Mr. McVay, the
mistress of ceremonies. Miss
O’Neal, Mrs. Makins, and Mr- Car
ter, for the nice way they conduct
ed the program. I am highly pleas
ed with our young generation.
Anything I might do to help the
advancement of my race, I am
willing to do.
rs. Lottie Keys,
2217 No. 26th St.
Reporter for Pleasant
Green Baptist church
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Feel full of pep and possess the
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Mrs. Elma Verllle of Havre de
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■ No drastic cathartics—np consti
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Arithmetic
1, ast Answers
1. There are 36 inches in a yard.
2. here are four quarts in one *nl
llon.
3. A pint bottle will hold one
pint of water or 16 ounces.
4. There are 144 apples in one
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