American Legion sponsored
efforts to raise at least $250,000
for a Nebraska Youth Memor
ial Building took concrete form
recently with the release of an
architect’s conception of the
proposed structure, which is to
be located on the University of
Nebraska College of Agricul
ture campus.
The building will serve as
headquarters for the thousands
of boys and girls from outstate
who convene at various times
during the year for youth pro
grams at th£ state university.
Tentative plans call for accom
modations to simultaneously
feed and house 400 youngsters,
both 'boys and girls.
In addition to the 4-H Club
groups and the Cornhusker
Boys’ and Girls’ States, the
building will house high school
students from all over Nebra
ska who journey to the state
vals, basketball tournaments
and other similar activities. Su
ch groups as the Flying Farm
agricultural extension groups
and short course attendants
will also utilize the building.
Harry B. Coffee of Omaha,
chairman of the sponsoring
committee, recently said funds
population to use in promoting ;
for the building will be solicit- [
ed from the entire Nebraska 1
all statewide youth and agric
ulture programs.
W. W. Burr, geloved Dean
of the College of Agriculture,
described the proposed build
ing as “the answer to a long
hoped-for-need, as well as an
investiment in Nebraska’s two
funtamental resourses—youth
and agriculture”.
On March 15 th, Gorernor
Val Peterson, in an official
proclamation, urged every cit
izen of the state to give full ;
support to the campaign. At j
that time, Legion spokesmen
pointed out that to donate to a
cause from which they will dir
ectly benefit.
E. P. Barnes of Omaha, Sta
teCommander of the American
Legion, emphasized that the
civic campaign for the Youth
Memorial Building is to be “by
Nebraskans, for Nebraskans—
an investment which will re
sult in a badly-needed building
constructed on state property,
for all of our Nebraska youth !”
As conceived, the building
will be a living “memorial” to
the men and women from Neb
raska who served in World
War II.
“In broader terms, however,
the building will also be a mem
orial to our faith in the youth
of today, and the youth of to
morrow who will use the build
ing through the years”, Chair
man Coffee said.
OUR GUEST COLUMN
Continued from Page 1)
must be trained and disiplined
in Gandhi-like self denial and |
sacrifice, if they are to follow
Gandhi’s example. Mr. Ran
dolph has only dramatized a
standing American problem.
Unless he. and those who ag
ree with him, are prepared to
go further toward solution— j
have the answers to some of
the really tough questions he '
has opened up—the net result
of his action will be negative,
rather than positive.
OUTLOOK BRIGHT SAYS
NAACP CAMPAIGN EX
ECUTIVE
New York, N. Y., April 15—
With NAACP membership
canipagns under way in 500
cities, prospects of surpassing
the goal are ‘most hopeful”
according to Mrs. Daisy E. !
Lampkin, chairman of the nat-'
ion-wide campaign committee
of the National Association for
the Advancement of the Color
ed People.
Mrs. Lampkins together
with the N’AACP field secret
aries and a host of volunteers
are sparking the drive to ach
ieve the largest membership
in the history of the associat-'
ion. Already several cities, in
cluding Columbus Ohio., Wil
mington, Del., and Indianap
olis have surpassed last year's
membership. In Boston, with
a goal of 5,000, the churches
haveagreed to hold an NAAC
P Sunday to mobilize the ch- j
urch members.
Goals set for other cities in
clude Houston, 10.000, Roch
ester, N. Y., 3.500, Omaha,
Nebraska 1 .000, Bluefield,
West Va., 1.000, Austin, T«x
as, 750. Jackson, Mich., and
Newport, R. I., 250 each.
“If we continue at the pace
we have started,” Mrs. Lam
k'n said, “we’ll surely go over
the top. Certainly, the outlook
on the basis of thhe reports so
far received, is bright and our
prospects most hopeful.”
THE WAITERS COLUMN
By H. W. Smith
The Waiter’s Key Club ex
tends a very friendly w-elcome
to all.
Blackstone Hotel waiters!
i
are improving on se-vice.
Paxton Hotel waiters are on
the up and go at all timse.
Waiters at the Legion Club
are going good.
Fontenell Hotel wai’ers
are very much out in front at
all times.
Wa’ters at the OAC are top
ping the service with a smile.
i\£GRO FARMER AWARD
ED MERIT CERTIFI
CATE BY SO. CAROLI
NA BANKERS ASSN.
James Archie, South Car
olina farmer who has climbed
up from sharecropping to the
ownership of an 88 acre farm
through the assistance of the
Farmers Home Administrat
ion of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture, was awarded a
ceniiicate of merit recently
Ly the South Carolina Bankers
Association for out l anding
soil conservation work on his
farm.
Fvmer Archie, who lives
near Chester, S. C., is the-first
colored farmer in the Catawba
Soil Conservation District to
receive the banker’s award, re
ports E. N. Williams, State
supervisor of extension work
with Negro farmers.
Archie and his wife worked
their 88 acre farm one year as
sharecroppers and four as rent
ers prior to 1942. They were
paying three bales of cotton
rent each year to a local bank
which had charge of the erod
ed and run down farm. Then
one day a representative of the
bank suggested that the Arch
ies buv the farm, They were
told to talk it over with the
county supervisor of the Far
mers Home Administration.
“Figuring we had nothing
fo lose, I made a visit to the
county FRA office,” xArchie
relates. “After discussing the
matter with the supervisor, I
1 made an application to but the
‘arm.” Soon the .Archies’ an
they were on their way to ov *
ing the farm.” Today, they are
well ahead of schedule in re
paying the 40-year farm pur
chase loan.
During the summer of 1943.
Archie asked the Chester Co
unty unit of the Catawba Soil
Conservation District for as
sistance in making complete
soil diagnosis' of this run-down
farm on which he was breaking
his back trying to eke out a
living.
Technicians of the Soil Con
servation Service made a map
of Archie’s farm which showed
the production capacity of ea
ch acre. This map was turned
over to Thomas F. Carter, a
Xegro conservationist who un
derstood not only the land,
but also many of the problems
which the Archie family faced.
Carter assisted .Archie in plan
ning his farm field by field for
a cotton and dairy pregram.
Terraces were built, and a
THRIFTY MARKET
24th And Lake Str.
i MEAT & GROCERY
LOWEST PRICES
Formerly Tuchman Bros.
tour year strip rotation was
I set up which called for plant
ing even- other terrace at in
tervals in small grain followed
by lespedeza, a hay crop. “Gr
ain and lespedeza will replace
land faster than anything I
know,” Mr. Archie says. As
proof of this statement, he
says that afer putting his soil
conservation program into ef
fect, his cotton yield rose abo
ut half a bale to the acre to a
bale and a half per acre.
With the increase in grain
and hay which resulted from
I nis soil conservation program,
' dairy program. Today, he has
five milk cows, resides getting
plenty of milk for their own
j seven children, the Archies!
have a mi k check of from $25 j
to $40 coming in e\ ery month
from a nearby c.eamery to,
which they sell mi.k.
the improve^ tarm practic
es which the Archies are car
rying out are reilected in bet
ter living. Hams and sides of
bacon may be found in their i
smokehouse year round, and
on the pantry shelves are hund
reds of quart of canned meats,
fru.ts, and vegetables. “We bu
tcher four or five hogs every
year and we usually can a ca
lf and about 800 quarts of fr- 1
uits and vegetables,” say the
Archies.
in 1944, the family built a
new home made of concrete
docks. It sits on a ridge over
ooking most of their farm
land which neighboring farm
ers come to look at regularly
to see how they are conserving
and building up their soil.
Farmer Archie is high in his i
praise of those who gave him |
a helping hand in getting star- j
ed and are still aiding him.'
Special mention is made of Soil I
Conservation Service, Exten-1
sion Service, the Ea rners Ho-|
me Administration, and the j
Production and Marketing Ad-1
ministration. He uses his PIMA
payment largely for terracing
and pasture improvement. He
was the( first colored farmer in
his county to construct terrac
es with a two horse turn-plow
and get them approved for
payment the firs* year.
His county agent has asked
him to be a leader in the soil
conservation group which is
being started in his commun
ity. His answer is,.“I am ready
and willing to do what I can
to help other farmers get on
the road to better living on the
farm.”
Dr. John Hope Franklin
Dr John Hope Franklin, au
thor of From Slavery to Free
dom, returns to his alma mater
as a guest speaker during Fisk
University’s 19th annual Fes
tive of Music and Art, April
30 to May 1. He is professor of
History at Howard University
and is a trustee of Fisk.
Jack Adkins, newly elected
head coach at Fisk University,
is spearheading the drive “To
return Fisk to her former high
place jn the sports world.” The
former Fisk gridiron star was
head coach and athletic dir
ector at LeMoyne College fr
om 1926-43. He is succeeding
Julian Bell, whose resignation
was accepted several weeks
ago. (Photo by Robert’ Studio
Beat Resisting Steels
Heat resisting steels containing
nickel are used in industrial fur
naces, gas turbines and other appli
cations where they give strength
and long service at high tempera
tures.
WHAT WELL DRES&to
WOMEN WEAR
By Hazel Green
j Mrs. Sam Jones looked nice
! in her gray and tan plaid dress,
or soft wool, gray hat with the
j small brim and gray veil, and
black form fitting coat, black
i leather bag and shoes, She was
) wearing washable beige gloves.
Mary Jones was wearing a
small black felt hat with small
veil, a gray three quarter len
gth coat, green dress and glov
es, black patent leather shoe
and bag.
Katherine Hubert, looking
lovely in a light tan gabardine
suit, a beige mesh straw hat
i with small tan colored veil,
j brown blouse, bag and shoes,
and tan colored gloves.
Maria Elkins, 2207 Maple,
I was very well dressed in a
Cocoa colored gabardine suit,
with brown leather bag and an
unique pair of sandal type sh- j
oes of changeable brown color-1
ed leather (sort of like the Ju- i
i ne bug), yellow blouse, and'
gloves and a small brown hat
with soft straw and a largf
bow on the side. She was als'
wearing o fur piece called Ring
Tail Bassarisk or Mot r.tain
I Sable.
Estrelda Horton was wear
,ng a tan full back “Great Coal
of the new look, buttoned hig!
under the chin, black patent
eather bag a id a small black
cloche hat, black low heeled
shoes, with small jeweled pins
! m the side.
Charlotte Keith, 2209 Frank
lin Plaza, wore a small black
hat, a light weight muth color
ed stripped soft wool jacket,
with a peplum and a three qu
arter length sleeves, straight
skirt, black suede shoes and a
box shape bag. Black Gloves.
Mrs. E. B. Huston looked
nice in gray suit, black hat.
black suede shoes and blacl.
gloves. Around her neck was i
a mink scarf.
Mrs. Fred W. Storms was
wearing a victor blue suit, a
white and small rolled brim
navy blue hat. She was carry
ing a blue leather bag and wore
blue shoes.
She wore a Fushia colored j
threee quarter length coat.
Doris Ware was wearing a j
b’ack striped gray suit, with I
i pair of Silver fox furs, small !
black hat with veil, black sue
le sandel shoes and bag. She
had black gloves on.
Clarice Dacus wore a black j
gabardine Great Coat of the'
new look, a black corde bag.
black suede pump shoes, sma
ll black hat with veil. She wo
re a chartuese and white strip
ped suit and a string of pearls.
Lucille Merritt, 2102 Ohio
Street, wore a black gabardine
suit with black velvet edging.
Black suede shoes, a black
corde bag; small crown ha£
with large purple flowers, pur
ple blouse, and black gloves.
Mrs. Elsie Turner looked
nice in a blue two piece suit
with a bow in front. Navy blue
soft straw hat, turned up on
one side, navy blue shoes and
bag.
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Pleasant Telephone Office
Area Will Be Enlarged
‘ ' \
Additional dial switching equipment is now being installed in our new
PLeasant telephone building at 4608 North 30th street to serve about 1,800
telephone customers now served by other Omaha central offices. It is
expected that this new equipment will be ready for service in September.
All telephone customers located in the terri
tory to be transferred—indicated by shaded part of
map—now have dial service except those in the
KEnwood area of which there are alfout 300. Work
of converting their telephone instruments for dial
service has been started and information about the
change is being furnished to them personally. ,
This transfer of telephones is being made
to lessen the load on other telephone offices
and is another step in our program ofjprovid
~ ing more and better service for the people
^ of Omaha. j
/. } C. D. GIETZEN, District Manager
i
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3. ATlantic-JAckson
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