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Clubs THE SILVER LEAF CLUB The Silver Leaf club met at the homo of Mrs. Cora Jackson, 2616 Grant street. A delightful evening was spent in playing whist. Re freshments were served by the hostesses, Miss Anna Stevens and Mrs. Cora Jackson. The club is having a membership drive. All those interested please see the pre sident. Mrs. Minnie Burns, presi dent; Mrs. Cora Jackson, reporter. LADIES FRIENDSHIP CLUB The Ladies Friendship club met at the home of Mrs. Edith Hope, 2425 Parker street on Thursday afternoon, June 10th. A pound shower was given by the Ladies Friendship club for Mrs. Ida Fon taine, 2115 Clark street, at which each member presented her with a pound of sometlitng. Refreshments were served. Mra T. Anderson is president; Mrs. M. Burns, reporter. ALOHA CLUB Morribors of the ever popular Akiha club are this week boasting of the delightful dance they staged last Thursday evening at the beau tiful Dreamland ballroom. That the affair was every bit enjoyable was the sentiment of 300 or more guests who V%?Ped Jhe light fantastic toe until the wee hours of morn ing. The gaiety and genial hospital ity always felt at the Aloha club dances, has never been more pro nounced than that displayed by members of the Aloha club ou last Thursday evening. With the ballroom aglow with soft lights and green ferrpi, which made a beautiful setting the guests of the Aloha club danced to the swing tunes of Harrolds orchestra. The out-of-town guests introduc ed by the president, Mr. Black, during the intermission were as follows: Wm. Stewart, Red Oak, la.; Maurice Keene, Red Oak, la.; M iss Eula Johnson, Des Moines, la; Mr. W. E. Clark, Greensboro, N. C.; V Washington, Lincoln, Nebr.; Mr. and Mrs. West, Lin coln, Nebr.; Miss D. E. Stewart, Ashville, N. C.; Mr. Rimmer, Chi cago, IH_; Miss Wade, Chiitigo, 111.; Mrs. Thos. Wilson, St. Louis, Mo.; Miss Rucker, Mineral Wells, Tex.; William Roberts, New York City; and Mrs. Tug Wilson, Dee Moines, la. ■■ o VISITOR FROM LINCOLN Mrs. H. Whitehall of Lincoln, Nebr., is visiting her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bell 2712 No. 27th street. -o CARNIVAL DANCE given by the Bacchanite Club, fea ttiring Anna Mae Winburn and her 14 Cotton Club Boys. Oh, that singing, dancing, and swinging or chestra. At the Dreamland Dance Hall on June 28th. If you buy your ticket before June 26th, ad mission 46 cents. I Clarinda, la. News i i ' ■ .......... ........ Miss Louise Nash, Reporter •Regular services were held at the Second Baptist church. Both the Sunday school and church were well attended. Rev. Nicholson came to Clarinda on Saturday night and held a spe cial meeting of the church mem bers. Mrs. Anna Nash and children, Harold and Louise, and Mrs. El sie Campbell, went to Red Oak, la. on Monday to attend a funeral. ' , Meet Your Friends at THE NEW i i ,, RABES ; BUFFET j i ii i i ii j i ii TVFTPrR. LIQUOR II SOFT DRINKS i i DANCING I I ii i i 11 2229 Lake St. JA 9195 j M iss Vivian M. Ellis Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Ellis, 4063 W. Belle Place, St. Louis, Mo., an nounce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Vivian M. Ellis, to Mr. Moddie I). Taylor also of St. Louis. Miss Ellis is a graduate of Sum ner high school of St. Louis. She attended Lincoln university, Jef ferson City, and is a graduate of Tucker Business Co’lege of St. Louis. Miss Ellis is very well known among the younger set and at pre jsent is employed as office secretary at the Wheatley Branch YWCA. Mr. Taylor, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Taylor attended both Vashon and Sumnar high schools of St. Louis, graduating as saluta torian from the latter in Jan. ‘31. He is a graduate of Lincoln univer sity, Jefferson City, finishing val edictorian of his class with the dis tinction of summa cum laude, the highest scholastic honors offered by the university. He has attended Chicago Uni. two summers and plans to take his Masters degree from that institution this summer. Mr. Taylor is a member of the Kap pa Alpha Psi fraternity and at pre sent is employed as assistant in structor in the department of Chem istry, Lincoln university, Jeffer son City. Mr. ahd (Mrs. Rotxgt Ruitk<;r, 2514 Corby street, have returned home, from Weatherford, Texas, were Mr. Rucker is teaching. We welcome them home. -o ARNIVAL DANCE given by the Racchanite Club, fea turing Anna Mae Winburn and her 14 Cotton Club Boys. Oh. that singing, dancing, and swinging or chestra. At the DreamNnd Dane Hall on June 28th. If you hu> your ticket before June 26th, ad mission 40 cents. -o Mrs. Maud Irving, 2827 Seward street has been confined in the Douglas County hospital since ,1une 8th. May God ever bring her health speedily hack. NEBRASKA PRODUCE 2202-4-6 North 24th Street Phone WE 4137 i Poultry and Egg Dealers Out prices are reasonsable, see ns first. Sports Calendar Py Billy I>»vis National Ozzie Simmons, famous halfback of Iowa university may play pro fessional football this year, Fletcher Henderson is now play ing at the Cotton Club in Los An geles. Mrs. Pat Ball of Chicago is one of that city’s best women golfers. Jimmy Lunceford’s swing band is burning things up in Europe. Joe Louis is in perfect shape for the fight. Local Little Panky, Omaha’s sensation al tap dancer is “knocking them cold’ at Jim Bells iTarlem. John Elliot, Omaha university’s ace track star, starred at the Mar quette track meet. -o Mrs. Asilee Palms, 2418 Ohio street, who was injured in an au tomobile accident last Friday while enroute to South Dakota, is do ing as well as could be expected under conditions. We are glad to know that she is not hurt as seri ously as was thought at one time. We wish for her a speedy recovery -o Little Margaret Whitely, 2035 Reward street, celebrated her 3rd birthday on June 10th. May she live long to see many more. -n Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Simpson, 2807 St ward stree,t, celebrated their 3rd wedding anniversary with a family dinner. They are also the proud parents of Jenny Ann, 4 months old. Wo wish this family continued success and happiness. -o-.— Everybody in town is going. Where? To the big carnival dance at the Dreamland Hall on June 28th, given by the Itacchanite Club, featuring Anna Mae Winburn and her Cotton Club Boys. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Roberts of New York City, were the house guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Turn er, 2514 Corby street. Mrs. Roberts is a cousin of Mr. Turner. They were entertained by their hosts of friends while here. .AWAVWWJWAVMYM OP. SKAGGS i A New Neighborhood Store AT 16th and LOCUST (2911 North 16th) FRI. and SAT. SPECIALS I * Butter per pound._31c New Potatoes, 10 lbs-19c Large Lemons, each-2c Bananas, per lb-5c i ! 1-lb Pkg Japan Tea-10c WWWAVAWAWrtVWVt iBRANDEIS \ SATURDAY! COMPLETE ) GOLF OUTFIT REGULAR $14 VALUE - 1098 THREE GOLF IRONS 1 Steel-shafted, flanged $ # sole irons', regularly O T WOOD GOLF CLUB. Steel shafted wood. It $*b would regularly sell at... 1 DUCK GOLF BAGV J English hose duck bag, regularly priced at. 9 & ’ * . ' Enjoy this adequate outfit of tlubs and bag. An exceptional -' f value at this price. » • SPORTING GOODS—FIFTH FLOOR V The junior boys of Albright were organized into a baseball league. There are six teams with 12 boys oti each team, making a total of 72 boys in all. The teams are as fol 'mvs: Gold piasters, Al bright Boosters, Albright Cardin als, Brown Park Sluggers, Omaha Aces, Highland Hill Wildcats and Albright Pirates. The Highland Hill Wildcats is an all-Negro team and thq Albright Pirates is com posed of both Negroes and whites. These teams are, in reality, or ganized gangs, which provide a means to place the wild bunch of boys under supervision. There are certain agq limits too. There are two distindt groups of children, one of which is made up of the boys who are fourteen years old, and the other made up of the boys who are seventeen years old. The older group is not allowed to play with thq younger group. Mr. Char les Stewart, Scout Master, of So. Omaha, stated the organization of our boys into such a group would enable them to appear on the high school teams. It has been quite noticeaiblo that the high schools are closing the doos to baseball to the Negroes, and it is possible that the Negroes have not Wen alto gether ready to play on the teams but through these organized gangs, Mr. Stewart hopes that the boys will Weomo prepared to play on their high school teams. -o Miss Ersie Mae Hayden was hon ored at a party on her fifteenth birthday given by her twin bro thers at the home of her parents, 2509 Burdette street. Arrange mc,nts for the party were made by Mrs. Hayden, Misses Emma Mc Cants, Leeta Ellington, and Har riet Morton. Of the games played, monopoly was the most enjoyed. Refreshments were served. The guest list included Winifred Will iams, Thelma Page, Charlotte Crowley, Auvernc and Collein Kin caid, Mary Session, Dorsi and Katherine Nelson, Betty Moore, Leona Edwards, Jtane Ruth Stebble field, Delores Williams, Herbert Wiiite, Joe Ellington, RoWrt White, Alfred and Alfonza Hayden, Fred Crowley, John Glass, WilWrt Wil liams, Jack Williams, Eugene Rice, Manuel Johnson and John Autrey. -o Dr. Breivis of Cleveland, Ohio, is visiting in Omaha for an indefinite period of time. IMPORTANT NOTICE! Notice to .Subscribers— Please notify the Omaha Guide office, by mail or telephone, as to your change of address. The post al authorities make a charge for the chnnge of address when we are not notified, in i itne to prevent de livery to the wrong address. The Omaha Guide will be forced to charge a small fee of five cents for each change of address with out. notice. Please call WE 1517 or mail us a post card with your new address on it, at one week before you move. This will prevent a du plication of papers and the five cents charge. Thanking you for your cooperation in this matter. THE OMAHA GUIDE PUB. CO. C. C. Galloway, Business Mgr. -o Miss Leona Leslie Rucker and her brother Mr. Bob Rucker, of M inoral Wells, Texas, are the house guests of Mr, and Mrs. Charles Burnette, 2510 Corby street. Miss Rucker is a teacher in Longview, Texas. We wish for them a plea sant stay while in the city. Everybody in town is going. Where? To (he big carnival dance at the Dreamland Hall on June 281 h, given by (he Hacchani(e Club, feaftiring Anna Mae Winburn and her Cotton Club Boys. --o--• NOTICE Would like to know the name of young man who saw accident at 15th and Howard, May 29, 1987, in which a car hit Dr. A. L. Haw kins’ car. Please call WE be ter 8289. THE LIQUOR STORE 24th and Cuming Sts. Free Delivery JA 6564 For Specials on Whiskeys, (Jins, Beers ptud Wines— (Jail Us. Wine, high class, 5th.35c! 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Other Cool Pajamas, 11.50 to $12.50 Night Shirts of Hdkf. Cloth, $1.50 Other Gifts for “DAD” Sport Bella $1.00 to $2.00 Sport Shirts, $1.00 to $5.00 Sport Sweaters, $2.95 to $7.50 Sport Leather Jackets $10 to $15 Novelty Suspenders $1.00 to $2.50 Bill Fold Sets $2.50 to $5.00 Tie and Handkerchief Sets $1.00 to $2.00 Noveky Jewelry 50c to $5.00 Leather Bill Folds $1.00 to $5.00 Novelty Handkerchiefs 25c to $1.00 Konson Lighters $4.00 to $12.50. House Slippers $1.95 to $5.00 Swim Trunks $2.95 to $5.95 House Robes $2.93 to $20 Straw Hats $1.50 to $10 OOKRJCCT APPAREL FOE MEN AND WOMEN