SOCIAL NOTES
ARRIVE HOME
Mro. Marks and her two ions,
Penny Jr., and Leon, arrived home
after visiting her two brother* in
Chicago—Mose and Harvey Ware,
and also in Detroit, where Mrj.
Marks was visiting relatives and
friends.
VISITORS TO OMAHA
The Misses Anniece and Annette
Jackson of Pensacola, Florida, rel
atives and summer house guests of i
the Ralph Dorsey family, 2714 Doug
las Street, were honored with a
party at the Dorsey home, Thurs
day, July 16th.
The Jackson twins came to Om
aha with their cousin, Miss Gerald
ine Dorsey, who spent the past
year in Pensacola attending high
school. They have reported having
a very enjoyable time during the
month's time they have been here.
A picnic outing will also be given
in their honor, Monday, August 3rd
at Elmwood Park. The twins and
Misa Dorsey arrived in Omaha a
bout the 3rd of July and will return
to Pensacola the later part of Aug
ust or the first of September.
Mrs. Eva Johnson, 2110 Ohio St.,
is visiting relatives and friends in
Dallas and Dennison, Texas. She
was accompanied by Mrs. M. Hay
den, mother of Mrs. W. R. Richard
son, 2722 Maple St. Mrs. Hayden is
returning to make Texas her home
again after having lived with her
daughter for several years. Mrs.
Johnson plans to be gone about two
weeks.
Mrs. Pearl Wilson of Baxter
Springs, Kansas is stopping at the
home of her son, Mr. Charles Boyd
217 Blondo St. Mrs. Wilson who is
accompanied by her two grandsons,
Charles and Carl Jr., formerly re
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She is finding much joy in meeting
many of her old friends and ac
quaintances.
TOUR ARKANSAS
The "Swinging Rays of Rhythm"
in their recent tour of Arkansas
played at the New Brown Bomber
Club, Forest City, Arkansas, to
more than five hundred dance lov
ers.
It was a “going away party” for
a hundred and forty odd young men
who were to be inducted into the
U. S. Army that week.
A special party within -the party
was one in honor of David Hawk
ins, who was to be inducted into the
army next day and Miss Fannie
Hadley of Little Rock, Arkansas.
Feature songs were rendered by
Laurence Gray, a popular local ten
or soloist.
At Hot Springs, Arkansas the
next night the “Sweethearts of
Swing” drew to the Casino an over
flowing crowd from all the nearby
towns and as far away as Memphis,
Little Rock and Texarkana.
Mrs. Bessie Walls of Manhattan,
Kansas spent the past week visit
ing friends and relatives in the city.
Mrs. Addie Allen, 6514 South Slat
Street, returned home with her fo>
a visit.
Mrs. Ann Adams and Miss Eliza
beth Brown, of Jacksonville, Illin
ois, spent the past two weeks visit
ing friends and relatives in the
city.
I ST. JOHN’S AME. CHURCH
Rev. E. F. Ridley, Pastor,
Ruby B. Reese, Reporter,
Rev. Ridley was able to fill bis
pulpit Sunday Aug. 2nd after being
ill for the past week. Rev. Ridley
delivered a very inspiring sermon.
The pastor also thanked the mem
bers and friends who helped to
make the Zion and St. John's con
i test a Success.
A goodly number communed Sun
day. We were glad to see Mrs. A.
E. M. Goodwin out to church after
being confined to her home for 8
weeks with an injured knee. Start
ing Sundey Aug. 9th St. John is hav
ing a brick Rally. Each member
and all friends are asked to bring
at least ten good backing bricks or
more to church- You will hear
more about this drive later.
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Webb and
family are leaving for Los Angeles
to make their home- Mr. Webb has
held many offices in St. John be
sides being Stewart and Superin
tendent of the Sunday school also
Mrs. Webb the very eficient direc
tress of the Junior choir, will be:
greatly missed. To show our ap
preciation on Wednesday night, Aug
5 St. John is giving a Testimonial
reception on the beautiful lawn of
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. McVay, honor
ing Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Webb and
family. The following visitors wor
shipped with us Sunday: Mrs. Aril
la Williams of Fort Worth, Texas,
J. M. Ragland of Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Corrine Williams and Miss
Betty White of Lincoln, Nebr., uni
ted with the church. Don’t forget
the Sunday school Alliance Annual
picnic Aug. 13 at Elmwood Park.
Help to make the day a grand af
fair. Congratulations to Mr. and
Mrs. Dorsey, the bride is the form
er Ruth Forrest, a junior choir
member of St. John’s.
Rev. Ridley will take as his test
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Sunday Aug. 9th, Col. 4th Chapter
5th verse. The subject "The Worth'
of Time. Walk in Wisdom To
ward them that are without.” Re
deeming the time—Second text 3r d
Kings, 5th chapter, 1st verse sub
ject The History of Naoman. Wor
ship with us at St. John’s Sundav.
MT. MORIAH BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. David St. Clair, Pastor
F. Burroughs, Reporter.
"How amiable are thy tabernacl
es, I Lord of hosts!”
"My soul longeth, yea even faint
eth for the courts of the Lord; my
heart and my flesh cPieth out for
the living God.” Psalms 84:1-2.
Sunday, August 9 at the evening
worship there will be a patriotic
service. Everyljody is cordially in
vited to attend.
At 3 p. m. Sunday Aug. 9 the Pas
tor wjll deliver a sermon at the
Pleasant Green Baptist Church- The
choir will sing.
The BTU. is progressing nicely.
All members and friends are invit
ed to attend the meeting.
CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD
Motto CWFF.
1906 North 24th Street,
Rev. S. K .Nichols, Pastor
*
Rose Oliver, Reporter,
Sunday school _ ._ 9:43
Morning Service . 11:30
YPPU.... .._6:00
Evening worship . 8:60
Wed. night meeting ..8:00
Thursday choir . ...8:00
We -had a real service Sunday
all day. Our pastor preached a
soul stirring sermon. We enjoyed
him very much.
We had with us two visiting min
isters, better known as Rev. Camp
bell and Rev. Cooly. We enjoyed
them very much. Rev. Cooly will
preach for us on the 3rd Sunday,
August 16, at 3 p. m. Our Bishop
F. C. Scott of Oklahoma City, Ok]a.,
will be with us Friday night, Aug.
7 th.
Our Pastor’s text for Sunday Aug.
9, will he :‘‘And he asked her for
some, but she failed to give it to
him”. Sunday night “A fixed
heart.” Come and hear our pastor
explain these texts. Our Evangel
ist Marie Wright returned from
her tour. She visited the General
Convention in St. Louis, Mo. On
leaving the convention she went to
Detroit, Michigan where she visited
cousins and had several appoint
ments to lecture in several large
churches. She couldn’t fill all her
appointments because she received
word that her son Eddie was to
leave for the army and she went to
see him before leaving. Our Ev
angelist is expecting to return to
Detroit soon. She claimed she en
joyed her trip very much.
We are asking all of our friends
to come out to our YPPU. Sunday
Aug. 9, at 6 p. m. Our President,
Sister Jinnie Lewis is sponsoring a
program. If you miss this you
will miss a treat.
TO DENTIST CONFAB
Dr. J. J. Jones, one of the city’s
most promising dentists, will attend
the National Dental Association in
Nashville, Tenn., from Aug. 10 thru
14th, inclusive- He will return Aug
17, 19«.
HELEN JEAN WRIGHT
Helen Jean Wright, age f >ur
months, died Monday August 3rd at
a local hospital. She is survived by
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George
Wright, Jr., one brother, George
III, grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
George Wright, Sr., and Mr. and
Mrs. Archie Rogers, great grand
mother, Mrs. Lucy Gray and a host
of other relatives. Funeral servic
es were held Tuesday morning from
Thomas Funeral Home with Rev.
John Adams, Sr,, officiating. Burial
Graceland Park Cemetery.
MRS. VICTORIA W. LAND,
.. Mrs. Victoria W. Land, age . 55,
died Sunday evening at her home
2705 Hamilton Street. She was a
faithful member of Christ Temple
Holiness Church and had lived in
Omaha for eight years. Mrs. Land
is survived by her husband, Mr.
William Land, Omaha, daughter,
Mrs. Pearl R. Brown, Rightsville,
Arkansas, three sisters, Mrs. Beu
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This week we’ll tell it to dust and
let the rain settle it. And believe
me the rain really has a lots to
settle.
Two whole weeks and you can
imagine we’re bursting with news.
Since we last wrote Jay McShane
has been here and gone. And ev
lah Anderson, Mrs. Nannie Fuller
both of Conway, Arkansas, Mrs.
Cora Birdsong, Memphis, Tenn.,
niece Mrs. Ollie Hersey Jones, Om
aha, and other relatives. Funeral
services were held Friday afternoon
from Christ Temple Holiness Church
with Rev. O. A. Askerneeese offic
iating. Burial Prospect Hill Cem
etery. Arrangements by Thomas
Funeral Home.
TO ATTEND MISSIONARY MEET
Mrs. Minnie Wilson and Mickey
Jean Of 2302 North 22nd St., left
Tuesday eve.. Aug. 4th for Kansas
City, Kans., to attend the Mission
ary Convention that opens up there
Wednesday morning Aug. 5th. Mr.
Wilson is also on his vacation in
Arkansas.
CLAIR METHODIST CHURCH
22nd and Miami Street,
Rev. C. C. Reynolds, Pastor
Service was well attended Sunday.
Rev. Reynolds sermon was taken
from the 24th Psalms—"The Earth
Is the Lord’s and the fullness there
of." He said man should use his
every talent and time while he is
in the fullness of life by giving
back to man the Joys of life.
Rev. J. E. Blackmore, Pastor of
Hillside Presbyterian Church spoke
at the evening service. He chose
as his text "The Good Shepherd”
from thoughts 23rd Psalm. The
sermon was very short, but thots
on the Shepherd should be long re
membered as well as practiced in
our daily lives and living.
On last Thursday July 30, the en
tertainment in "Appreciation" of
our pastor Rev. Reynolds, his wife
and family was most enjoyable.
Many friends and members extend
ed greetings Of Appreciation for Rev
Reynolds personality and his Christ
ian Character, his unusual ability
as a leader and a pulpiteer. The
church has made wonderful prog
ress under his leadership, both, in
membership and finance. Mr. Don
ald Wiley wit hhis club of boys,
known as The Loyal 100, and Mrs.
Donald Wiley and her group of
Girl Marines with The Girls Serv
ice Club were responsible for this
entertainment. Rev. Reynolds ex
pressed his many thanks for kind
words spoken and gifts received.
Too much cannot be said of his wife
Mrs. Reynolds, for she has added
much to all the organizations of
the church.
The Fourth Session of the Tope
ka District Conference Youth Fel
lowship, Woman’s Society of Christ
ian Service Conventions and Christ
ian Worker’s School of The Method
ist Church meets at our church,
August 4th to 9th
On Saturday evening at 8 o’clock
The Youth Fellowship Rally and
Program. The young People of all
Churches of Omaha are being in
vited to fellowship in this Youth
Rally.
Miss Charlene Jacobs the Dist
rict Conference President of Inde
pendence. Kansas and Mrs. Inez
Ballard Dean of Worker’s School
presiding.
Sunday, August 9th Rev. G. D.
Hancock will render the sermon at
the 11 o’clock hour also Holy Com
munion service.
At 3 o’clock by Rev. C. G. Glas
pie, Pastor Mt. Olive Church, Tope
ka, Kansas. -
The evening service at 8 o’clock—
Sermon by Rev. B. F. Rooks, Pas- [
tor Newman Methodist Church, ‘
Lincoln, Nebraska. Music by Lin
coln choir, i
ery thing was the lick.
This week we seen along the
stroll none other hep cat than Shula
Barksdale in person wearing the
Sargeant’s stripes. Also Hirum
Pittiman lookin’ as fine as wine.,
wearing stars and stripes On his
arms.
Speaking of the Army, do you
know Some of the saddist cats in
town?
"Crip” Longmire; “Mose” Ran
som; Louie Whitner; "Chuck the
Duck” Williams; James Seay. Won
der who’ll carry on?
MEANWHILE...
The happiest cats are James Jr.
Mosely, Phercival Roundtree, Ros
coe Alston, Raymond Dorsey, Oth
ar Russell. Can you guess why?
Congratulations.
Altho you were meddling:—To the
cat that remarked: "Guess we won'*'
be reading about that Ricamarrow
in your column. You are wrong .
We’ll tell the world about.It's
no secret.
Title—The incident that occurred
last Thursday night and lasted all
week.
Characters—‘‘Two pounds” "Guts
“Brutus”—all attacked two Minn,
studds—who were taking two chics
home.
Act Two—“Joe Louis” came on
scene and lots of fists got together
and punches met—right in the mid
dle of 30th St. and all of the Minn,
guys won the victory when two
pounds was defeated Sat. nite.
Conclusion—Seemingly the black
car gang had mixed too much lift
uor with pleasure.
Louis Jordan will give everyone
something to do Sunday—Don’t
miss it.
Has Chancey Gilmore given Ray
mond from Minn, a break for Ad
dle
Stomp Brown is nuts about Jau
ey Robinson. What’s the matter
don’t Janey love Stomp or is there
a north Omahan beating his time?
And Kappell Kurtis can really
know what the meaning of love is
because Corrine Seay has gone to
Cleveland, Ohio to See her Sister a
former Omahan—Claudia.
Mattie Bluford from Sioux City,
Is coming on strong with Clifford
Session and several other boys... .
Keep kool Mattie.
To that chic that saeeks around
with a certain married guy—Don’t
try to down us to your friends.
Scorn not the girl that down today,
But pity her in sorry_For this old
world is a mean old world_and
you may down tomorrw.
You’d better watch that man’s
wife!.'!
It is rumored that the Sioux City
boys are getting tired Of the Cm
aha boys beating their time with
their girls. There aren’t many girls
there.
We are glad to see Josephine
Combs back again visiting her cou
sin.
What’s Lizabeth Riley trying to
do for the Drape world? Her suit
is strictly draped.
“Big Mac”—Better known as
Leonard McDonald married Doro
thy Huston. Congratulations.
THIS WEEK.
Louie Jordan orchestra,
Gen. B. O. Davis reviews new
369th regiment.
Sunday school picnic in the mak
ing,
Many employees of U. S. Govern
ment and many business houses on
vacations, »
District Conference, at Clair Chap
el. Going over big.
Many draftees and sslectives go
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Boy Scouts having their summer
outting in camp,
Many visitors in the city.
Negro Business Men’s League
meeting in the making at Memphis,
Tenn.
Mr. Dorsey, the world’s renown
chef cook and waiter in Omaha a
gain,
This writer enjoyed a lovely Sun
day dinner at the Green Lantern
Cafe and the streamlined service
and the fine food was up to the
minute. Let’s allgive them a hand.
BIG BOY BRAY, FORMER COAST
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP, HELD
FOR “PANDERING” SOLDIERS
Los Angeles, Aug. 5 (ANP) Close
surveillance over the "on leave” ac
tivities of the many Negro service
jmen in the Los Angeles district by
M. P.’s and civilian police caused
Big Boy Bray, giant colored heavy
weight fighter and former coast
champion, to be caught in the toils
of the law last Sunday night.
Because there were a few soldiers
present at a party being given by
Bray in South Los Angeles, he was
arrested and charged with running
a disorderly house. However, his
attorney. Curtis Cavielle Taylor,
“the Brown Clarence Darrow” suc
ceeded in having him released on
$500 bail which was reduced the fol
lowing Friday in Municipal court.
Bray entered a plea of “not guilty”
and his trial will take place Aug. IS
before Judge Harold B. Landreth.
Bray, who is over 6 feet 2 inches
tall and weighs over 215 pounds,
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