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Vol. 29 No. 18 Friday, July 1, 1955 ~ 10c Per CVrw
75 Boys Hove Signed Up
For Omaha's Soap Box Derby
To Be Held Sat., July 23
Already 75 boys have signed
up and are ready to race in the
1955 Soap Box Derby.
Jerry Hall, chairman of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
committee in charge, said the
races are scheduled July 23 and
24, and will be run on South 10th
Street just east of Municipal
Stadium.
“There still is time for inter
ested boys to sign up,” he said.
“Although we have more en
trants now than last year, we
need another 50 boys by July 22.”
The participation age is 11
through 15. Full details can be
obtained from the Soap Box
Derby Committee at the Junior
Chamber of Comerce, ATlantic
1234.
Saturday morning clinics to
help the boys with construction
problems are being held at the
downtown YMCA from nine o’
clock until ten, and will be con
tinued until the Saturday before
the races.
Mr. Hall said sponsors are
still needed for some of the boys.
Of the ten entrants from Boys
Town, seven need sponsors. Six
sponsors also are needed for en
trants from the Omaha Home for
Boys.
Any business firm or individual
who wishes to sponsor a Soap
Box Derby entrant is urged to
call the Omaha Junior Chamber
office.
“It is expensive for the spon
sor,” Mr. Hall said, “but it means
everything to the boy who is un
able to supply his own racer
materials, and goes a long way
toward guaranteeing the success
of this fine program for these
youngsters.”
Omahans
Journey To
Atchison, Kansas
Mr. and Mrs. Steven B. Hoyle
and daughter Sandra, of 3027
Evans Street were recently the
houseguests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Levell of Atchison, Kansas.
Omahan Preaches
In Detroit Church
The Rev. R. Ralph Davis of O
maha, was one of the ministers
delivering sermons at the formal
opening of the St. Paul’s Church
in Detroit, Michigan.
Rev. J. C. Crowder
Visits Marshall,
Missouri
The Rev. J. C. Crowder of 2631
Parker Street, delivered the even
ing sermon at the Mt. Olive Bap
tist Church, Marshall, Missouri,
last Sunday.
He was a morning visitor at Mt.
Olive Church where the Rev. J. S.
Spriggs is pastor.
Cutting
Scrape Has
Aftermath
Mrs. Lena Foye of 3215 Erskine
Street is under a one-thousand
dollar bond pending hearings of
charges of assault with intent to
wound in connection with a cut
ting of a neighbor.
The cutting climaxed an argu
ment over the conduct of the Foye
children and the children of Mrs.
Robert McAttee of 3213 Erskine.
Mrs. McAttee was cut some ten
times.
Last week Mr. Robert McAttee
was cleared of disturbing the
peace after being arrested for
threating neighbors with a shot
gun. Neighbors called the police.
Mr. McAttee, reportedly, told
detectives that he obtained the
shotgun after Mrs. Foye chased
his children into their home.
This church cost $350,000 and
numerous Methodist Bishops and
ministers were present from June
5-20 delivering sermons.
Pastor of the new edifice is the
Rev. W. H. Amos.
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San Francisco Site
Of NAACP 1956
Convention
Atlantic City — Delegates to the
NAACP’s 46th annual convention,
last week with an address by Vice
President Richard M. Nixon, se
lected San Francisco as the site
of the 47th convention in 1956.
Quick-Fix Citrus Sherbet
Fruit cups are one of the most cooling first courses or desserts, be- j
coming increasingly popular as people become more diet conscious.
This time of year, there are plenty of colorful fresh fruits to choose j
from such as watermelon, canteloupe, blueberries and raspberries. For
the final cooling touch, (and to stretch fresh fruit servings) add a (
scood of a wonderful sherbet topping made so simply you’ll find lots
nf uses for it—simply a can of Florida’s plump tangy grapefruit
(sections, placed in the freezer unit of your refrigerator until contents
are solid. Spoon over cut fresh fruits and you have a delicious dish.
The canned grapefruit sections are one of the best buys right now,
too so vou’ll want to keep several cans chilling in the refrigerator to
add cSoiing goodness and vitamin reinforcement to late summer salads.
Grapefruit Shrub Fruit Medley
1 can (1 pound) Florida 3 cups diced fresh fruit,
grapefruit sections chilled
Mint .
Place can of grapefruit sections in freezing compartment reveral[
| hours, or overnight until frozen. To |f
dishes. Top with several spoonfuls of frozen grapefruit sections. «
desired, garnish with mint.
YIELD: 6 servings.
Reactivate Medical Frat At Meharry
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Chi Delta Mu fraternity was
recently reactivated at Meharry
Medical college. Seen in the
above picture are some of the
members of the honorary frater
nity. On the front row from left
to right are: David 0. Peart, John
W. Gaines, Thomas L. Peacock,
Walton Bello, Joshua Mitchell,
Donald T. Moore, Leonard Goslee,
Herbert Williams and Ferdinand
Montegue. Second row—George
Stephens, Pleasant Williams, Car
roll Jackson, George Sampson,
Ronald Higginbothan, Calvin A.
Brown, Oscar Hairston, George W.
Forney, Jr. and George Hill.
Members not shown are John
Agnew, Clarence Huggins and
Wilbert Rawkins. —(ANP)
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Courtesy Pay-Off Begets
Salesman 50 Shares of Omar
It pays to keep the customer statisfied as the salesman does- *
n’t know what else can happen because of being courteous. *
Recently, according to INS. Headquarters of Omar Inc., Na- *
tion-wide Bakery chain, received a request from a customer for *
* fifty shares of stock. *
Mr. Joseph Cingrich of Metamora, Illinois wanted to reward *
* one of the company’s route salesman, Mr. Orville Hoffman, be- *
* cause of his courteous actions. *
The reward was to be the fifty shares of Omar Inc. stock. *
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Legion Prepares
For Balloting
Theodore Roosevelt Post No.
30, American Legion is making
full preparations for its annual
election of officers for the com
ing fiscal year.
The Post is alert to the fact
that it must select the proper of
ficers to carry on the affairs of
the Legion. Already quite a bit
of interest has been shown in the
future balloting for the right of
ficer for the right place.
It’s earnestly urged that every
Legion member with a paid up
’55 card be present and make a
drive for the official panel.
Thursday night, July 7 is the
election date. The polls will be
open from 2 P.M. to 8:30 P.M.
All Legionnaires are urged to
not forget the sick . It is report
ed that one of the firm and old
guard is still confined to the VA
Hospital. He is Comrade Ralph
Underwood.
The Ladies 'Auxiliary is doing
nicely as their election is nearly
completed. Everything consider
ed, they are tops.
Our oath of obligation still re
mains the same. Keep ever
watchful over our sick, orphans,
and all needy veterans. We
faithfully realize that in doing
this we keep our allegiance to
God, our fellowmen and our
country.
L. J. Taylor, Commander
Burns Scott, Adjutant
N. H. Comans, Publ. Officer
Jaycees Ask
More Soap
Box Entries
The Soap Box Derby Committee
of the Omaha Junior Chamber
of Commerce has issued a final
call for entrants in the annual
event, scheduled July 23-24 in 0-1
maha.
“There is still time for inter
ested boys to sign up,” Jerry
Hall, committee chairman said.
“Although we have more entrants
now than last year, we still need
another 50 boys to make the pro
gram a complete success.”
He said the deadline is July 22.
Participation age is 11 through
5.
Full details on the Soap Box
Derby may be obtained by calling
or writing the Omaha Junior
Chamber of Commerce, 108 South
18th Street, Omaha, Nebraska.
Mr. Hall urged all those inter
ested in participating in this
vent, and competing for valu
able prizes, to contact the Omaha!
Junior Chamber as early as pos-!
ible.
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Radar
The word radar is made up of the
first letters of the phrase Radio I
Detection (the direction of the tar
get sought), And Ranging (it*
distance away). Radiolocation is
another word for the technique.
Omahans
Father Dies
In St. Louis
Mr. Fred Ross, 70 years old, of
Atchison, Kansas died June 15 at
the Homer C. Phillips Hospital in
St. Louis, Missouri.
The deceased was the father of
Mr. William Ross of Omaha and
step-father of Mrs. Rosie Lee Ross,
also of Omaha.
For the past 26 years the elder
Ross had been a resident of At
chison.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Cleo Sebrey; three sons,
Frank Ross of St. Louis, Mossouri,
Raymond Ross of Atchison and
William of Omaha; two daughters,
Mrs. Davey Carey of Atchison,
Mrs. Naomi Reed of Buffalo, New
York. Also step-daughter, Mrs.
Rosie Lee Ross; two sisters in
Chicago, a brother in Gary, Indi
ana and forty-eight grandchildren.
Elder E. H. Cluke of Atchison
officiated at the funeral, which
was held in St. Louis. Mr. Fred
Rass was a member of the Church
of God in Christ.
Elmer L. Sydner
Mr. Elmer L. Sydner, 44 years,
1111 Izard Street, passed away
Thursday, June 16th. Mr. Sydner
had been a resident of Omaha
forty years and had been em
ployed by a local coal company
as a truck driver.
He is survived by one sister,
Mrs. Muriel Branch, two broth
ers, Mr. Lou Sydner, Detroit,
Michigan, Mr. Edward Sydner, O
maha and other relatives.
Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon, June 23rd
from Thomas Mortuary with the
Rev. J. H. Reynolds officiating.
Pallbearers were Mr. Richard
Branch, Louie Branch, Harvey
Branch, Nelson Green, Edward
Sydner, and G. C. Collins. Burial
was at Mt. Hope Cemtery.
Evelyn J. Trigg
Evelyn J. Trigg, one month,
twenty-four days, 5311 South 28th
St., expired Wednesday night,
June 2nd at a local hospital. Her
father, Clifford E. Trigg, pre
ceded her in death, having died
April 26th of this year.
Evelyn is survived by her
mother, Mrs. Shirley Trigg, grand
parents, Mrs. Bertha Moore, Mrs.
Isabelle Moore, Mr. Leroy Trigg,
great grandmother, Mrs. Eva Law
son ,of Omaha and a host of other
relatives.
Funeral services were held
Saturday morning, June 26th
from Thomas Mortuary with the
Rev. S. H. Lewis officiating. In
terment was at Forest Lawn
Cemetery.
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Eugene Beck
Mr. Eugene Beck, 43 yefcrs,
3047 Evans Street, expired Mon
day afternoon, June 20th at a
local hospital. Mr. Beck had
been a resident of Omaha for a
bout one year. He is survived by
two brothers, Mr. John Beck, of
Omaha, Mr. Leander Beck, Chica
go, Illinois. Thomas Mortuary.
; Esther Dameron
Mrs. Esther Dameron ,age 58
! years ,of El Dorado, Kansas ex
' pired Monday morning, June 27,
! 1955 at a local hospital.
1 Mrs. Dameron had been visiting
i in Omaha for the past four
, mopths with her daughter, Mrs.
i Marie Lindsay of 2726 Lake St.
She is survived by her husband,
Sherman Dameron, El Dorado,
| Kansas; two daughters, Mrs.
I Marie Lindsay, Omaha and Mrs.
I Elgie Farmer, Oklahoma City,
I Okla.; sister, Mrs. Beulah Brooks,
i Omaha; four brothers, Louis Cur
I nal, Albert and Alroy Robinson,
all of Omaha, and Olden Johnson,
Kansas City, _ Mo.; aunt, Mrs.
Mary McMillan, Guthrie, Okla.
and a host of other relatives.
Her remains were forwarded
to the Dawson Funeral Home of.
BTW Monument
Bill Introduced
By A. L. Miller
Booker Washington Birthplace,
Va.,— Sidney J. Phillips, Presi
dent of Booker T. Washington
National Monument Foundation
has been informed by Congress
man A. L. Miller that he intro
duced HR6961 an identical bill as
that of Congressman Clair Engle
for $200,000 that would provide
for the establisment of a Nation
al Monument at the birthplace of
Booker T. Washington.
The Foundation President stat
ed that with the introduction of
this bill the legislation is endors
ed by both Democrats and Re
publicans and should have favor
able action in the committee as
well as on the floor of the house.
Mrs. Johnetta Miles
Visits Atchisonians
Mrs. Johnetta Miles of Omaha
was visiting her uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Moore of
Atchinson, Kansas last week.
Sunday morning she attended
Campbell Chapel, AME Church.
The Rev. W. W. Betton is the pas
tor of Campbell Chapel.
Mayor Gets
Safety Award
Mayor John Rosenblatt, the
past week received a Natonal
Safety Council Award from the
Omaha Safety Council President,
Glenn L. (Cavanaugh.
Presented at the annual awards
luncheon of the Safety Council,
the award is for first place in the
Accidents Facts section of the an
nual traffic inventory for Omaha.
Police Commissioner Henry Boe
sen, Chief Harry Green, and Traf
fic Inspector Jean Whinnery,
were cited for their part in the
winning of the award.
Others honored at today’s lun
cheon were:
Radio KFAB, with a plaque
from the National Safety Council
for outstanding public service in
the field of safety; with the
frst annual OSCA . . . Omaha
Safety Council Award . . . for the
best all-around safety measures
in this area . . . and with first
place in the radio field for work
in safety. The latter two were for
entries in the Omaha Safety
Council contest.
In the same contest, the South
Omaha Sun won first in the week
ly newspaper division and the 0
maha Public Power company’s
magazine “The Flash” in the
house organ field.
’ A plaque from the National
Safety Council also went to Gen
eral Outdoor Adv. for its public
service and a Merit Award to the
Omaha Parts Depot of the Ford
Motor Company. The Omaha
Parts Depot had not a disabling
injury to an employee from Feb
ruary 11. 1949 to December 21,
1954 ... a total of 1,561,368 man
hours worked safely.
Also honored with certificates
of appreciation for work with the
Omaha Safety Council were
WOW-TV and Radio KOIL for
free air-time for weekly pro
grams during 1954-1955.
Nancy Chadwick
Miss Nancy Charles Chadwick,
age 19 years, of Ft. Worth, Texas
expired Thursday morning, June
23, 1955 at a local hospital.
Miss Chadwick had been visit
ing in Omaha for the past two
months with her sister, Mrs.
Catherine Hubert of 2413^ Lake
Street.
She is survived by three aunts,
Mrs. Delia Johnson, Ft. WTorth,
Texas, Mrs. Beulah Carter, Chapel
Hill, Texas and Mrs. Hattie An
derson, Houston, Texas; uncle,
Henry Toles, Omaha; four sisters,
Mrs. Clara Young, Houston,
Texas, Mrs. Lula Louise Wilburn,
Houston, Texas, Mrs. Pinkie
Trimble, Omaha, and Mrs. Cath
erine Hubert of Omaha; two
brothers, James Chadwick, Hous
ton, Texas and Sgt. Walter Chad
wick, Ft. Bliss, Texas and a host
of other relatives.
Her remains were forwarded to
the Hogan Funeral Home of
Chapel Hill, Texas Sunday morn
ing, June 26 for services and
burial.
Myers Brothers Funeral Ser
vice.
Guthrie, Okla. Wednesday morn
ing, June 29 for services and
burial.
Myers Brothers Funeral Ser
vice.
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U. S. People Are ^
Dropping Racial Barriers,
Magazine Editor Finds
Robert H. Storz
Robert H. Storz
Presented Award
For Americanism
Omaha, Neb.—“It is a great
privilege to serve one's country,
state and community.”
So said Robert H. Storz in ac
cepting one of Omaha’s most
prized civic awards—the B’nai
B’rith Americanism Citation from
Henry Monsky Lodge — before
Governor Victor E. Anderson of
Nebraska and more than 400 of
the city’s business and civic lead
ers last week.
“Any one who does not do pub
lic service work is missing a great
deal of what life has to offer,”
Mr. Storz said.
He is vice president of Storz
Brewing Company of Omaha. His
civic service through a great num
ber of organizations has touched
many people In this area and prob
ably everyone In Omaha.
One of his greatest contribu
tions to the betterment of the area
has been his work in raising
$4,500,000 for Omaha’s new Bish
op Clarkson Memorial Hospital.
Governor Anderson and Omaha
Mayor John Rosenblatt, who were
on the program, congratulated Mr.
Storz. The award was presented
by E. F. Pettis, 1954 recipient.
Addresses
60 Cooking
Champions
“ An ordinary” Indiana house
wife who has nearly 900 blue rib
bons in cookery competitions,
was in Omaha Thursday, June 16,
to address a group of 60 women,
who have been adjudged “best
cooks” by as many Omaha wo
men’s organizations.
Mrs. Thelma Steirer, Connors
ville, who likes to describe her
self as “just an ordinary house
wife who loves to feed my family
well,” was the guest of honor at
the Blackstone Hotel luncheon.
The Omaha “best cooks,”
New York — The people ed
this country have pulled far *
head of their leaders on the racifi
issue, Look Magazine’s National
Affairs Editor Bill Attwood re
ported this week.
Mr. Attwood, who just returned
from an extensive tour of the
United States after spending nine
years abroad as a foreign corres
pondent, said in an article in the
new issue of Look that “the battle
for equality is almost won im
this country.”
Wherever ne went, he found
the Negroes “optimistic abo***"
ending segregation during t#
generation,” Mr. Attwood obset
ed. Three factors accounted far
this optimism:
1. Negroes have more money to
spend because of the indus
trialization of the South. Seg
regation is uneconomical.
2. More Negroes are going to
the polls than ever before,
“even in the small towns1
where it takes guts to defy
the white man’s monopoly o£
the ballot box.”
3. Young people have refuserf
to adopt the racial prejudices
of their elders. The postwar
generation has changed its at
titude.
In his Look article entitled^
“A New Look at Americans,” Mr.
Attwood predicted that the last
stand of segregation will be in
the “so-called Black Belt of Mis
sissippi, Alabama, and Georgia^
where Negroes outnumber whites
and where an attempt to enforce
desegregation today would almost
surely provoke violence.”
After talking to Negroes in the
North on the segregation problem,
Mr. Attwood concluded in Look
that, “vast progress is being made
towards full equality in the North,
but the South is moving faster
right now.”
The Attwood report will be
published as a book this Septem
ber by Alfred A. Knopf, under
the title, “Still the Most Exciting
Country.”
have each been voted that desig
nation by various Omaha and
Council Bluffs women’s groups
during the past year. Each has
been feted on the “Connie’s Cup
board,” WOW radio program
and each has been awarded a cer
tificate of merit over the air.
Mrs. Steirer recently gained
national recognition when she
was selected by the Procter &
Gamble Co., to help introduce its
new shortening called “FTuffof’
At the luncheon several of the
Omaha “best cooks,” will make
cherry pies, which will be servec
as the dessert.'
Miss Thelma McCallum, Home
Service Director of the Stokeley
Van Camp Co., will also be a
guest at the luncheon.
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