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- :mWmmW Time To Be Happy! Christmastide is the one time in the year when we should all be as happy as a boy with a bright new sled. So let’s light up our faces and our hearts when we light up our trees, and here’s wishing for you and your family the happiest Christmas you’ve ever had. CONCERNING HEALTH By Dr. Wesley Jones Urban League Health Committee “INDIGESTION" Already a number of physicians were called to treat abdominal pain and stress during Thanksgiving. Ob viously we anticipate many more cases during the holidays because of the generally highly seasoned and fatty content of the numerous kinds of foods which will be eaten. However, they are so succulent and palatable that one can easily over do. I saw in Rome the spacious dining halls m which the Epicureans had their feasts. While for the most part these are the1 ruins of Rome you can still see the huge basins the Romans used to empty their already gorged stomachs so that they might eat more. You remember the philosophy of Epi The normal capacity of the average stomach is about three pints. My brother (my drinking brother) can within a short time, imbibe that much liquid refreshments. When more than this is consumed digestion is upset, cures “Eat, Drink and Be Merry, for Tomorrow We Die.” My friend Law rence Lewis told me about the starv ing thousands of India. Sometimes I think it is just as bad to be over nour ished as it is to be undernourished. However, this pouch, the stomach, can be distended due to its ability to stretch. It is still true that an ounce of pre vention is worth more than a pound of cure. The amounts, kinds and mix tures of foods and drinks taken in by the body plays an important part in digestion. Excessive amounts of alco holic beverages interfere with normal behavior of the stomach by modify ing or destroying the gastrical juices. It would be better to refrain entirely from such a drinking pattern if one is to maintain good health and a feeling of well being. THIS WEEK By H. W. Smith, Ha. 0800 U. S. Senator Vandenberg says “Loaning our what your needed is not a good policy. U. S. Senator Taft any country badly displaces it credit in helping another country. Walter Winchell paid a fine tribute to the late and great Dr. Washington Carver on December 28th on his coast to coast broadcasts. United Cabs are out in front with phones in all cabs. Trabs are trying to keep the Jewish people out of Palestine. President Truman made two visits to hospitals on Christmas day. THE WAITERS COLUMN By H. W. Smith, Ha. 0800 All hotels and clubs reported em ployes rendering good service on the Christmas and the New Year. Orchids to you waiters that gave such fine service on these two days. The Omaha Chamber of Commerce sponsored a very lovely Christmas dinner for the dining and kitchen em ployes on Wednesday, December 24. It was a very delightful fellowship group. The music king and head waiter, Simon Harold and the chef cook Dick Bortholem were showered with gifts. Omaha Athletic Club waiters top ping the service at this club. Paxton hotel waiters on the front line on service. Fontenelle hotel, Blackstone hotel, and Omaha club waiters going good on splendid service to the guest. VISITOR Miss Asiline Dotson of Kansas City, Kansas and Miss Wilbur Chew are visiting relatives here in Omaha. Miss Chew now resides in Washington, D. C. Civil Service Examination Announced for Laborer Positions in the Post Office Custodial Service Miss Rena B. Smith, Director, Eighth U. S. Civil Service Region, an nounced today that applications for probational (career) appointments to the position of Laborer (Custodial Service) at the Omaha, Nebraska Post Office would be accepted until the close of business January 22, 1948. Custodial positions are restricted by law to persons entitled to veteran preference. In the event that prefer ence eligibles are not available, ap pointments may be made of non veterans. The entrance salary is $1,700 a year with periodic increases of $100 a year until the maximum salary of $2,300 a year is reached. No written examination is required. In order to meet minimum qualifications appli cants must have had at least 6 months’ experience in manual work above the grade of mere common or unskilled labor, or janitorial or cleaning duties. Full information and application forms are available from the Civil Service Secretary at the Omaha, Ne braska Post Office. MARCH OF DIMES MEETING The state-wide kick-off meeting of the Nebraska March of Dimes cam paign will be held next Friday night, January 9, at the Joslyn Memorial when Chancellor R. G. Custavson of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and state chairman of the March of Dimes, will be the principal speaker. Doctor Gustavson, internationally known also because of his atomic work, will speak on the research that is being done in the infantile paralysis field. The meeting, which will be open to the public, is being sponsored jointly by the Douglas County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and the March of Dimes campaign committee. The March of Dimes this year will run from January 15 to Jaruary 30. “The cost of fighting polio has sky rocketed,” Tracy J. Peycke, chairman of this year’s Douglas County drive said this week, in pointing out that rising prices and mounting polio inci dence have placed a tremendous bur den on the resources of the National Foundation. “A big share of the cost goes- to ward the research work that is being done in trying to isolate the germ that is responsible for the dreaded infan tile paralysis,” Mr. Peycke added. “Chancellor Gustavson is well in formed on this phase of the work and will present a highly interesting re port.” AVOID ARREST Mr. Owen J. Boyles, Assistant Di rector of the Motor Vehicle Division advises all motorists that 1943 li cense plates will be on sale, January 2, and such plates are required to be purchased and displayed on vehicles before February 1, 1948, otherwise the operator is subject to arrest for being improperly registered. He also advises that farm tractors and trailers operated over the high ways of this state must both be prop erly licensed. Illustrations and Cartoonists Draft Appeals for March of Dimes Major illustrators and cartoonists for racial weeklies have assured the National Foundation for Infantile! Paralysis through Jay Jackson, Chi-1 cjgo artist, that their pens and brushes again will join the fight against infantile paralysis, the great crippling disease. In past years this group of men and women have dramatized the appeal of I the March of Dimes, annual fund- ( raising effort of the National Founda-1 tion. This year the March of Dimes; Campaign will be held January 15-30' in observance of the tenth anniversary. of the National Foundation’s appeal. ] -\ Visits Brother on One ' Hundred Birthday Mrs. Lunda Davis of 2530 Grant Street is visiting her brother Rev. G. R. Wheeler in Toledo, Ohio. Rev. Wheeler celebrated his one hundred1 birthday Christmas Day. — Away From Home During Christmas Holiday Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lilliard, 2923 Erskine St. returned Tuesday morn ing, December 30, 1947 from a Christmas holiday in Kansas City, Mo. They spent Christmas Day at a family gathering of thirty-six at the home of On the 26th they spent the day in Higginsville, Mo. Sunday, December 28th they were the house guests of Mrs. G. Carter, their hostess. Mr. and Mrs. Plummer Woods at Lex ington, Mo. worshipping at the First Baptist church. In the afternoon they drove over to Henerreta, Mo., driving over the new bridge that crosses over to this city. Held Golden Wedding Anniversary Sunday, December 28 Mr. and Mrs. Howard Battles, Oma ha residents since 1911, celebrated the 50th year of their marriage on Sunday, December 28, 1947 at the Northside Branch Y. W. C. A. The couple tyfis hobo red at a reception given by their children, Miss Evelyn Battles of Omaha, Mr. Fortune Bat tles of 2624 Blondo, and Mrs. Louis Doby who came from Washington, D. C. to be with her mother and father on this memorable occasion. Seventy-five guests greeted the happy couple. A marriage ceremony to renew the vows, taken by Mr. and Mrs. Battles in 1897, was conducted by Rev. E. B. Childress of St. Johns A. M. E. Church. Decorations for the reception con . sisted of yellow and white chrysanthe i mums. The table was covered with a 1 lace banquet cloth. A three-tiered wedding cake was the main attraction. Gold-trimmed chrystal candlebra and a beautiful centerpiece of chrysanthe mums completed the table appoint ments. Many useful and beautiful gifts were received by Mr. and Mrs. Bat tles; these were on display at the re ception. Assisting at the affair were Mrs. Joseph Taylor, Mrs. Lynwood Hall, Mrs. Ceiler Beard, Mrs. Celesta Wig gins, Mrs. Doreene Holliday, and Mrs. Mae B. Taylor. INTERDENOMINATIONAL PASTORS’ WIVES COUNCIL ANNUAL XMAS PARTY The Inter-Denominational Pastors Wives Council held its Annual Xmas Dinner Party December 17, at the beautiful home of Rev. and Mrs. John Adam. The tables were beautifully decor ated by Mrs. Anna Lee Williams with fruits and candles and Xmas tree trimmings. Following the dinner, the 1948' officers Were installed by the Rev. C. C. Reynolds. The officers: Mrs. Mary Reynolds, president; Mrs. Man illa Copeland, Vice-president; Mrs. Kathryn Steele, secretary; Mrs. Gol den Brooks, Asst, secretary; Mrs. Har riet Blestson, treasurer; Mrs. Hazel Reynolds, parliamentarian; Mrs. Clara Williams, reporter; Mrs. Marguerite Bryant, critic; Mrs. Mamie Johnson, Chaplain. The council presented a gift to Mrs. Hazel Reynolds, retiring presi dent, after which gifts were exchanged and Christmas carols were sung by the group. ATTENDED FUNERAL IN OMAHA Mr. and Mrs. Herbert P. Davis^rom Detroit, Michigan spent last Wednes day here in Omaha. They had at tended the funeral of Mr. Davis’ father, H. Gomez Davis Sr. Their small son, John Phillip Da vis, satyed with his grandmother, Mrs. Vera Johnson ir\ Adrian, Michigan. Mr. Davis is a former member of the Omaha Guide staff. SPENT HOLIDAY IN OMAHA Mrs. Hazel Green of San Francisco, California is spending her Christmas vacation in Omaha with her mother, Mrs. Gertrude Robbins, 2819 N. 28 Ave. Mrs. Green is the former Hazel Jackson. Her stay in Omaha is in definite. She has been enjoying her self tremendously. _ COLLEGE PRESIDENTS URGE NEGRO STUDENTS TO APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS ) NEW YORK, JAN. .5—Dr. Reuben |G. Gustavson, chancellor of the Uni [ versity of Nebraska, and Dr. Rowland ; Haynes, president of the University of , Omaha, have joined the presidents of i 1172 leading colleges who have issued i a call for Negro students to apply for ten thousand scholarships. These pres idents comprise the Board o fthe Col lege Scholarship Fund for Negro Stu dents. The Fund helps Negro students toi 'finance their education at 968 inter racial, non-segregated institutions. Ac cording to Fund officials, few Negro j students realize that thousands of scholarships are available to them. Students are urged to send their names and addresses to the College Scholarship Fund for Negro Students, Room 462, 360 West 122nd Street, New York 27, N.Y. The Fund is sup ported b voluntary contributions and therefore offers its services free of charge. PASSED RECENTLY Mr. Peter Watkins, 77 years, 1315 j Pacific Street, expired January 2nd at! a local hospital. Mr. Watkins hadi been a resident of Omaha twelve i years and was a member of St. John s Baptist Church. He is survived by two sons, Mr. James Watkins, Mr. Jo seph Watkins, two daughters, Mrs. I Millie Carter, Mrs. Fannie Beckwith, lone sister, Mrs. Lucy Walker, all of Omaha. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon from St. John Baptist Church with Rev. E. D. John-1 son officiating. Burial was at Pros-! pect Hill Cemetery with arrangements by Thomas Mortuary. Mr. Thomas A. Buster, 47 years, 2210 Seward Plaza, died Saturday January 3rd at a local hospital. Mr. Buster had been a resident of Omaha twenty-seven years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillie Buster, two daughters, Miss Thelma Lee Buster, Miss Maxine Buster, two sons, Mr. Curtiss Buster, Thomas Buster, Jr., two step daughters, Miss Ernestine Williams, Miss Catherine Williams, all of Omaha, sister, Mrs. Martha Brown, brother, Mr. Edmond Buster, of Chicago, Illinois. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from I Thomas Mortuary with Rev. E. D. Johnson officiating with burial at Prospect Hill Cemetery. OPENS UNION SERVICES OF 1948 The Rev. F. C. Williams of the Zion Baptist church and his choir open the 1948 Union Service at the St. John’s A. M. E. Church, 22nd Willis Ave. on Sunday January 4, 1948. The Rev. Williams’ subject of hi ssermon for this occasion was “Give Me Wings” and his text was from the 6th verse and 55th Psalms. In the course of his inspiring message he brought out the fact that it is a bless ing that we are able to go to God to get assistance in solving our many problems. Accession Mrs. G. Wade too St. John’s A. M. E. Church. Churches this year in the Union Services are as follows: Hillside Pres byterian church, Rev. Charles E. Ty ler, Zion Baptist Church, Rev. F. C. Williams, Cleaves Temple C. M. E. Church, Rev. Raines, St. John’s A. M. E. church, Rev. E. B. Childress, Clair Chapel Methodist church, Rev. C. C. Reynolds, and Bethel A. M. E. church, Rev. H. W. Bletson. Other ministers assisting: Rev. F. S. Goodlett, Rev. Cooley, and Rev. Smith. Visiting minister. Rev. J. J. Johnson Jr., Supervisor of the District cover ing Cleaves Temple of Omaha. The Union Services for Sunday January 11, 1948 will be at the Zion Baptist church with the Rev. H. W. Bletson delivering the message and his choir furnishing the spiritual mu sic for the evening. NEAR NORTHSIDE Y.M.C.A. TO MOVE IN URBAN LEAGUE BUILDING C. W. Mead, President of the Oma ha YMCA Board of Directors and Charles F. Davis, Chairman of Com mittee of Management, Near North Side Branch YMCA, have anuounced January 10 as the moving date for the Near North Side Branch “Y” to the Omaha Urban League Building. The Board of Directors of the Omaha Urban League in seeking l quarters for their work agreed to lease the Omaha Urban League Building, on a temporary basis to the Board of Directors of the Omaha YMCA for use by the Near North Side Branch YMCA. The Near North Side Branch YMCA has been operating for the past year in a small store room located at 2307 North 24th Street, and using the fa cilities of the other agencies in the community. The Urban League Building in cludes a small gymnasium, craft room, two offices, auditorium, kitchen, li brary, and two club meeting rooms. These facilities will enable the “Y” to be of more service to the community as well as develop an all round Young l Men’s Christian Association Program. | PARENT-TEACHERS ASSN’S AND YOUR CHILD Ry Eugene Skinner Principal Long School Member, Urban League Educational Committee Intelligent citizens have the strong est of motives for working to improve community life—the affection which they bear for children and the hope that children of today may be privi leged to live in a more enlightened and humane world than we have ever known. Parents, teachers, and other interested persons have the power to build that world if they are willing to act as a single-minded, united body for the attainment of well-chosen goals. Let us briefly examine the aims of | the P.T.A. and the four point pro Igram which they have set up to real ; ize these aims. First the PTA aims “to ! promote the welfare of children and i youth in home, school, church and community.” Secondly it strives “to secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth.” Third it aims “to bring into closer re lation the home and the school that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the training of the child. Fourth it would aim “to de velop between educators and the gen eral public such united efforts as will secure for every child the highest ad vantages in physical, mental, social and spiritual education.” The home in which the child finds security and wise direction and where the parents find satisfaction is the home which is not likely to be faced wfith the problem of juvenile delin quency. Especially is there a need for strengthening ties between church and home if we are to inculcate in tomor row s citizens the high ideals so neces sary for the preservation of our de mocracy. The objectives enumerated above are not abstract, or visionary but very ! obtainable goals which can be real ized by earnest, well-planned, and in tegrated activity. That they may re ceive impetus, it is the privilege and duty of every interested citizen to affiliate with his neighborhood PTA and, after joining, become intelligent with the necessary legislation which will make for the best possible schools for our boys and girls. OMEGA CLUB HAD CHRISTMAS PARTY The Omegas held their Annual Christmas Party Friday evening, De cember 19, 1947 at the Northside Y. W. C. A., 22nd and Grant St. from 8 to 12 p. m. The ballroom was beautifully dec orated with gay Christmas colors in keeping with the holiday season and the festive mood of those in attend ance. An evening of dancing and part taking of a delicious repast occupied pleasure of those in attendance. Ev eryone present seemed to be enjoying himself and herself thoroughly. PRE-HOLIDAY GUEST , Mr. and Mrs. M. Devereaux Jr., 2209 No. 25 St. had as their Pre holiday guest Mrs. Lilly Davenport and her daughter, Mrs. Agnes Wil liams from Chicago, Illinois. These two ladies stopped at the Devereaux’s home on their way back to their home in Chicago after spending about six weeks on the West Coast. Sunday they were taken on a tour of our city and out to Boys Town after which they were served a deli cious dinner by their host and hostess. Both ladies expressed to their host and hostess their appreciation of the warm hospitality extended them while in Omaha. "MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY” Says— If it were possible for me to say just three words to every youngster growing up in the United States today, those words would be: “Get an education.” * * • i A friend of mine has a magic way to cure a black mood—one of those deep feelings of depression exper-\ ienced by all of us at one time or[ another. He does some one thing —however slight—that will bring happiness to someone else. J « « ft. Fred, the old letter carrier in our neighborhood, stopped the other morning to have his say about the country-wide Eat Less campaign. “Some folks are too fat. They can eat less. Others are too thin, but they can eat less too ’cause no mat- i I ter what they eat it doesn’t seem to make much difference, usually. The rest of us don’t need any reason to eat less except that other folks are going hungry." * * * It’s never too soon to repeat this old familiar advice: “Drive your car as if your life depend*] ed upon it. It does.” Mentally 111 in America Approximately seven million per sons in the United States are men tally ill and their care costs the public more than 175 million dollars a year. < , j|_Endorse March of Dimesj National leaders urge support of the tenth annual March of Dimes, January 15-30. (Left to right, top row): Mrs. Thomasina Johnson, Minority Groups Section, United States Employment Service, Wash ington, D C.; Dr. J. A. C Lattimore, president. National Medical Association, Louisville, Ky.: Mrs. Robert Williams, regional director, National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Birmingham, Ala.; (bot tom row) Joseph F. Albright, Special Assistant to Administrator, Veterans Administration, Wash ington. D. C.; Mrs. Jessie Vann, Treasurer, Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Dr. J. H. Brodhead. '•»* ’•—-ricnn Trs**, ®r« Association, Philadelphia, Pa. 0 | jl__ Fellowship Winners| March of Dimes funds enable the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to provide fellowships i for training medical social workers, health educators, orthopedic nurses, and physical therapists. Shown above are representatives of these four fields in which twelve Negro students hold Na tional Foundation fellowships. Left to right: Gilbert Rivers, studying physical therapy at New York University; Mrs. Pauline F. Norville, medical social work at Howard University; Mrs. Mildred r Catchings, orthopedic nursing at Northwestern University; and Thomas E. Roberson, health / v cation at North Carolina State College, Durham, N. C. > ;si3oi08qojB ‘oi ‘Subjs 'IBD uqop -jojj <Jq Xpuaoaj psqjjES -on SBM ‘pajBAOOSip J3A3 )U3UI3p)3S }U3touB jsoui sqi ‘jCaijjnj, oiaqjnos °l tnsjajv jo bSbijia Duo}sjq3.id atp ‘sjbsjC 000*8 iCijbbu qoeq Supea jsspio s.pjjoAV Extend Gravy Canned mushrooms and their juice not only add to the flavor of gravies, but also extend the gravy. Chinese Rice Poor Because of poor milling, shipping and cooking practices, Chinese rice is of inferior quality. Vitamin Stockpile Vitamin A for winter health it supplied in large quantities through eating fall greens. Strengthen Pockets Strengthen pockets at the corners with a few stitches to keep from tearine. 1 Dimes Provide Care and Training Patients at Knickerbocker Hospital, New York City, learning ti mold clay. While recuperating from infantile paralysis, patients indulge in rehabilitative training. The March of Dimes, January 15-30, provides funds for care and training without regard to age race, creed, or color. li NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS? .».wzny.mm«j BETTER BUTTER-NUT BREAD ITS HERE;FICHER .*(< FRESHER;AND hlin I WRAPPED-IN blue and WHITE CHECKERED) GINGHAM ;ASK YOUB GROCER-AD\. 5 , ///ij.i/il
