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ibOO * - *•««• . / __ \ »°x • ^ I I ■ | This Is Your Newspaper \t ■ ■ m ■ * What you are doing is news. ! A JLhv I Please Phone Your News To I ha 0800 :: j /JUSTICE/EQUALITY HEW TOTHE LINE\ j theomaha guide !i j EQUAL OPPORTUNITY I..,...,,????, "Vol7^9~NoT33 Friday, October 14, 1955 10 Per Copy Downtown Business Is Worried Formation of a Downtown 0 maha Association and naming of W. J). Lane as its president was announced today. Mr. Lane, former general man ager of Eggerss-O’Flying Divi sion of Central Fibre Products W. D. LANE Co., and a prominent civic leader, said that 50 downtown business, professional and civic leaders' or ganized the association on a non profit basis. “Membership is open to all downtown business firms and professional people,” he said. Lane stated the organization wras formed to “keep downtown Omaha an asset and stimulant to the city as it continues to grow, to accelerate business activity and civic service, and to unify downtown businesses and profes sions in a program of more effec tive service to all of Omaha and its trade area.” To acomplish its objectives, Lane said the Association plans a united program designed to: Keep downtown Omaha pleas ant and inviting for the people of the Omaha trade area for en tertainment, professional services, banking, shopping, hotel and restaurant services. Maintain downtown Omaha as a fine, satisfying place to work and do business. Improve traffic and parking conditiohs and aid in the efficient utilization of the city's mass transportation system. Boost downtown Omaha as a center for entertainment and ed ucational events which will keep the city attractive and appealing to both its citizens and visitors. Carry forward a continuous program for improvement of downtown properties. “In line with our objectives to build Omaha’s reputation as a city of friendliness, courtesy and hospitality, our program wall tie in wholeheartedly with the Cham ber of Commerce’s ‘Lets Sell O maha’ campaign,” Mr. Lane said. One day an elderly lady drove her automobile into a garage, told the mechanic she needed some repairs and asked him if he would fix the car? ‘.What seems to be the trouble, madam?” he asked. “Well, I’ don’t exactly know,” she said, “but my husband told me it could be fixed up fine if I just bought a new head for the driver.” Arthur Williams, 71, Died Saturday Mr. Arthur Williams, 71 years, of 2016 North 29th Avenue, Apt 1656, died Saturday October 8th at his home. He had lived in Omaha fifty years and was a retired Pullman porter. He was a member of Salem Baptist Church. Mr. Williams is survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha Williams; two daughters, Mrs. Metra Gard ner of Omaha and Mrs. Mary Hazard of Los Angeles, Califor nia; one brother, Mr. Alfred Williams of Norfolk, Nebraska; one sister, Mrs. Alberta Howard of Kansas City, Kansas; five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon from Morn ing Star Baptist Church with the Rev. Z. W. Williams officiating. Pallbearers were Messrs. G. Bradley, F. L. Wesley, R. D. Wil- I liams, W. R. Johnson, L. L. J Washington, W. Rodgers, and J. j T. Saunders. Burial was at Mt. ! Hope .Cemetery with arrange ments by Thomas Mortuary. Dana College Now Making Broadcasts “Dana College is on the air.” With this statement Dana intro duced a new series of broad-. casts on Fremont’s Radio Station KFGT Thursday afternoon, Oct ober 13, at 5:05. The program will be presented regularly with: Midland College, Fremont, sup plying The programs on alternate Thursdays. The first program lucluded music by the Dana College Choir, under the direction of Prof. Paul E. Neve, who has just returned to , neve, who has just returned to Dana after a year and a half of special graduate study in New* York City. Tenor Dick Jensen, j Dana senior from Fremont, Neb raska, sang “Serenade” from The Student Prince, and D‘Ar lene Morton, Blair, Nebraska, read K eats “T o Autumn.” A feature of the programs will be j the recorded conversation of Dana | College professors. This week j Dr. Clifford T. Hansen of the Philosophy Department and Mr. Jerry Cloyd of the Sociology De- . partment discussed informally the problems of colonialism. A special recording has been made of the Dana College Choir singing the college song Hail j Dana.” This will be included regularly as theme music for the program. The 25-minute program is sponsored by the Student Body : of Dana College and the manage-, ment of Radio Station KFGT.] The student staff includes Peter | Smith, Portland, Maine, director; James demon, Castana, Iowa, ploducer; Carmen Craig, Omaha, Nebraska, announcer; Harold Holt, Soldier, Iowa, engineer; Melvin Sick, Shelby, Iowa, as sistant engineer; and Ann Lind holm, Swannanoa, North Caro lina, copy writer. Sudden acquaintance brings re pentance. Y-Queen Coronation Scheduled The annual YMCA Queen Cor onation ball has been scheduled for Friday, November 11, at the YMCA. Any high school girl wishing to participate in this event may do so by attending the meeting of the contestants Mednesday night at 7:30 P.M. Several new features will be added to this year’s program. The coronation has been recog nized as one of the outstanding social events for young people in the city and comes as a part of the anniversary program of the Near North Branch Y.MjC.A., which has always been held the second week in Novenber. Fall Sports School Starts Monday The fifth annual Fall Sports School sponsored by the Omaha YMCA will start on Monday, October 17. This school is offer ed to the public each year on a short term membership basis. The classes vary in length from six to ten weeks duration. This fall nine sports are avail able, three of which are open for ! co-ed participation. The co-ed classes are Fencing, instructed by Dayton Rasmussen, former Armed Forces Champ; Women’s Swimming, instructed by Chuck Smith and Isabelle Filkins, YMiCA and YWCA swimming instruct ors; and Dog Obedience Training, taught by Gus Graske, local Oma ha dog training instructor. Individual instruction is not available during this series of lessons. Judo, Handball, Volley ball, Body Building, and Wrest ling are the rest of the classes making up the Fall Sports School. Each of these classes meet weekly, except wrestling which will meet twice a wek. An inter mediate swimming class for men will also be a part of the pro gram. This class is open to any one who can swim 60 feet and I •wants to learn to improve his ; stroke, breathing, or learn a new j stroke. This swim class will be limited and reservations will be! made on a first-come-first served basis. For the first time a pre-season basket ball school will be included in the Sports School. The bas ketball course will be open to high school boys only. Instruc tion will be given in fundamentals of individual play as well as team play. Church and local neigh borhood teams are encouraged to enroll in this school as a team. Registrations are now being accepted for all of these classes. Further information may be received by phoning the Central “Y” physical department AT. 1600. Overemphasized Those good old days are over emphasized. Why, today Holly wood is making armour out of magnesium w’hich make the “you n e v e r-can-wear-it-out” model some 30 per cent lighter than the medieval styles. VICTORY SMILE FOR CHAMP DODGER NEW YORK — Junior Gilliam (2nd from left), second baseman of pennant-winning Dodgers base ball team, beams with joy during evening of relaxation with boosters at Red Rooster, famed Harlem restaurant frequented by big-league players. Visit followed parade in Brooklyn recently when hundreds of thousands of fans turned out to greet victorious team. Rooting friends with Gilliam, 1. to r., are C. Melvin Patrick, president of Uptown Press Club; Clarence Matthews, good-will ambassador for Park A Tilford Distillers Corp., and Harry Chapperon, vice president of Storm and Klein, Inc., advertising agency. Printer's Ink In Their Veins | PRINTER’S INK IN THEIR VEINS . . . Miss Jewel Ewing and Garfield Lillard, Jr., both seniors and Nashvillians, became top student editors at Tennessee State University last week. Miss Ewing, businss education major, was chosen editor of The Tennessean 1 (university year book). She has already served two years on the yearbook staff, is a university counselor, holds offices in Alpha Kappa Alpha and Pi Omega Pi, and is active in the Flash-writer's (shorthand) club and the Student Christian As sociation. Lillard, economics major and honor student, was chosen editor of The Meter, student newspap er. Last year he servd as the paper’s editorial board chairman. He is student photographer on the university’s public relations staff, and is active in Kappa Delta Pi, Future Business Leaders o f America and the Student Chris tian Association. Ramona Deitemeyer, Mrs. America for 1956, will be featured with her family in a special anniversary film marking the beginning of the fourth year in telecasting the popular dramatic religious series, “This Is The Life.” She and her husband, Carl, managing editor of a successful magazine, bring out in the panel discussion many of the problems which every modem family must face and how application of Christian teachings, offers the solution. Pep Rally Sparks Indians A pep rally at 11 A.M. tomor row (October 14) will set off the pi*e-game festivities for the Uni versity of Omaha Indians’ tangle with their Tangerine Bowl foe, the Eastern Kentucky State Maroons. The game is scheduled gor 8 P.M. Saturday at the Muni- j cipal Stadium. The Indians beat; the Maroons 7-6 in Orlando, Flor ida, last New Year's Night. Following the campus pep ral ly, cheerleaders and band will ac company the team to the Court hoise steps for a public pep rally at noon. A special Tangerine Bowl float will be displayed, featuring Miss Jaikie Pedersen, 1954 Tangerine Bowl Queen. The float will visit South Omaha And Benson Friday afternoon and Sat urday. Plans for half time ceremonies at the Municipal Stadium include the University Marching Band | under the direction of Arthur [ Custer and a precision drill by j the Air Force . ROTC Sabres. : Also on hand at half-time will be the 1955 Angels Flight, coed I auxiliary of the AF-ROTiC. Tickets for the game are on sale at Russell’s Sporting Goods, The South Omaha Sport Center, Clifford Booker Died October 1st Clifford Booker, age 61 years, f 2405 Seward Street, expired Saturday October 1, 1955 at a local hospital. He was an Omaha resident 45 years and was a veteran of W. W. N<v 1. He was a member of Theo dore Roosevelt Post No. 30, A merican Legion, J. L. Taylor, Commander. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice Fay Booker of Omaha; daughter. Mrs. Imogene Walton of Omaha; son, Walter of Oma ha; cousin, Guy Miles of Chicago, Illinois. Funeral services were held Friday October 7, 1955 at 2:00 P.M. from the Pleasant Green Baptist Church with Rev. J. H. Reynolds officiating, assisted by Rev. .Charles Favors; Rev. F. S. Goodlett and Dr. C. Adams. In terment was in the Soldiers Cir cle at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Theodore Roosevelt Post No. 30, American Legion, had charge of Legion Rites. and at the University Fieldhouse. Reserved seats are $3.50, general admission $2.00. Children under 12 accompanied by adults in gen eral admission are free. High school students may purchase tickets for 50 cents. Coed Night Scheduled Coed night has been scheduled again at the YMCA beginning Wednesday, the 26th, with bad minton, shuffelboard, table ten nis, and smash scheduled on the I program. The gymasium has been re served this night beginning at 8:00 P.M. for1 this phase of pro gram which was enjoyed last sea son by a number of adults and young adults. Leaders Meet Set For Oct. 20 Committeemen and leaders of groups at the Near North Branch YMCA will participate in the Omaha YMCA Annual Leaders 0 o nfertnce Thursday, October 20. 6-00 P.M.; at South Omaha Branch Y.M.C.A. The theme of the conference is “Y Laymen In The Y”. Mayar John Rosenblatt will be the fea tured speaker for the conference. Work shop periods on the lay man’s duties and responsibilities will be held. This conference offers an op portunity for laymen of the YMCA to meet together on a c;ty-wide basis to discuss YMCA . program. — Twilight Hours At NorthJYWCA The first in a Winter series of Twilight Hours will be held at the Northside Building, 28th and Mi- ! ami, on Sunday afternoon, Octo-1 ber 16, from 6 to 6:30 p.m. Feat-1 ured will be an interpretation of Ovr Ta^k, given by Mrs. Kold erie, president of the Omaha YWCA. Special recognition will be given to six community clubs and organizations, which have made donations for use in the new building. Music and a social houi‘, with AKA pledges as jun ior hostesses, will complete the evening. All members and friends are invited. Come and join in the Fellowship. Help keep the YWCA a “meeting place of friends.” Club Notes The Quack Club, pioneer YWCA group, recently held its election of officers for the year. They are, president, Mrs. Dor othy Smith; vice president, Mrs. Jessie Ruth Hall; assistant secretary, Mi?. Myrtle Pruitt; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Shirley McAllister; treasurer, Mrs. Lutisha Stevens; reporter, Mrs. Marguerite Shepard. Several of the members are attending the annual Tri-State Conference of Employed Women, in Kansas City, Missouri, October 29-30. At a recent meeting Mrs. Edna Bur rell was elected as the official delegate to the conference. Mrs. Stevens and Mrs. Shepard have been nominated for Conference offices. Mrs. Ella Mae Haynes is chairman of the Young Adult Committee, and will work closely with all club groups. Mrs. Haynes is a veteran in YWCA circles, and her knowledge and guidance should mean much to the develop ment of this department during the coming year. Mrs. Marguerite Shepard is now serving as a Senior Hostess for the Military Hostesses. Re cently she accompanied a group of young women to the Lincoln Air Base Service Club open house. Any single young woman, be tween 18 and 30, who would like to be a part of this worthwhile service, may call the YWCA, at PL. 6299, or Mrs. Shepard, at HArney 2863, for details. Join the YWCA — Support your United Fund. William T. Butler Dies Mr. William TV Butler, 61 years, of 2433 Charles Street, died suddenly Thursday October 6th at his home. He was a veteran of World War 1 and lived in Omaha all of his life. Mr. Butler is survived by two; sisters, Mrs. Goldie Taylor and j Mrs. Mattie White, both of Oma j ha, and a brother, Mr. King Evans Butler of Omaha. Omaha Leads The World In Livestock and Meat Packing, Growth Continues Mrs. Esther Hicks Mrs. Esther Hicks, age 66 years of 2877 Binney St., expired sud denly Friday October 7, 1955. She was an Omaha resident 42 years and was associated with the American Legion Auxiliary of Theodore Roosevelt Post No. 30 for many years. , , She is survived by her son, Dr. Charies Ennis of Los Angeles, California. Myers Brothers Funeral Ser vice. William Hill \ . ? j Dies At Age of 64 William (Willie) Hill, age 64 years, of 2026 No., 29 Street, ex pired Monday October 3, 1955 at home of his daughter, Mrs. De home of his dacghter, Mrs. De He was an Omaha resident 33 years and was a veteran of W. W. No. 1. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alma Hill; 2 daughters, Denise Hill and Mrs. Delores Smith, brother, Louis Hill all of Omaha; 2 sisters, Mrs. Eddie Mae Lee of Dallas, Texas, and Mrs. Florence Edmerson of Indianapolis, Indi ana. Funeral services were held Fri day October 7, 1955 at 10:00 A. M. from the Myers Brothers Funeral Chapel with Rev. F. S. Goodlett officiating, rnterment was at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Pallbearers were Messrs. Ed Johnson and Herb Parks. Myers Brothers Funeral Ser vice. Vergen Hi-Y Elects New Officers At the regular meeting of the Yergan Hi-Y Club Tuesday night, the following persons were elec ted officers: Anthony Wright, President; Amos Johnson, Vice President; Dennis Turner, Secre tary; Donald Townsend, Treas urer. Arthur B. Stearns, Advisor for the club, announced the city-wide meeting of officers of all Hi-Y clubs to be held at Central YMCA Tuesday, at 7:00 P.M. Projects for the Hi-Y Clubs of the city will be discussed. The Hi-Y Club is open to all boys attending High School. Meetings are held on Tuesdays at 6:00 P.M. followed by a gym period at 7:30 P.M. Ike Cooper, 100 Years Old Died Oct. 6th Mr. Ike Cooper, 100 years, of 2802 Seward Street, died Thurs day October fith at a local hos pital. 1 He had been a farmer and had made his home in Omaha for the past ten years. Mr. (Cooper was i a member of Salem Baptist I Church. ! Survivors include two sons. Rev. James Cooper of Omaha and Mr. Douglas Cooper of Valley, Arkansas; twenty-five grand children, and five great grand children. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from Morning Star Baptist Church. The Rev. ■J. C. Wade officiated assisted by Rev. Z. W. Williams, Rev. W. E.; Fort, Rev. >C. C. Pettis, and Rev j J. H. Reynolds. Pallbearers were | Messrs. Ulyses Manger, J. S. Porter, H. Moorer, Andrew Thom- j as, Sammy Jackson, and Lampton j Mitchell. Interment was at Mi Hope Cemetery. Arrangements j by Thomas Mortuary. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from the I Thomas Mortuary with the Rev. ■ Charles Favors officiating Pall- ^ bearers were Elder John Davis, | Mr. J. Franklin, Richard Haw- j kins, Guy Wiley, ■ Edward W. Home, and P. H. Norvell. Burial was in the Soldiers Circle at For est Lawn (Cemetery. Omaha’s lead as the world’* largest livestock market and. meat-packing center - as of Oct ober 1 - is firmly established by figures compiled for the first nine months of the year. The totals, released this week end by the Business Research Bureau of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce show that Omaha i® ahead of Chicago, its nearest competitor, in total livestock re ceipts by 180,680 head. During the same period last year, Bureau officials said, Chi cago led Omaha in total receipts by 118,000 head. In meat-packing, Omaha alw* leaves Chicago trailing this year During the first nine months of 1955, Omaha meat-packers have processed 27.5% more cattle, 8.2% more hogs and 167% more sheep than those in the Windy City. Processing will be stepped up even more with the construction of two more packing plants here, bringing the total to 19 in Oma ha. Recently, both the Nebraska Meat Supply Company and the Eagle Packing Company an nounced that each will start building new plants this month. The first, to be known as the Ak Sar-Ben Packing Company, will be able to process a thousand head of cattle each week, while the Eagle plant will handle a total of 500 cattle weekly. Reviewing the total receipts and processing figures for the nine-month period, Harry B. Coffee, president of the Union Stock Yards Company, pointed out that Omaha’s fall run of alb livestock - cattle, calves, hogs and' sheep - traditionally surpasses those in Chicago. “Prospects are most favor able,5 he said, “for Omaha. to retain its top-ranking position for the entire year.’’ The South Needs Negro Teachers Chicago, III —The South must realize that to scuttle Negro teachers is to wreck its schools, says the November BONY. la the south an estimated 100,000 Negroes teach school, and they comprise the world’s largest group of Negro professionals This fallp, as school integration went of the educators careers were' into effect in some states, many jeopardized. The question arose whether Negro tealhers should be allowed to teach in mixed schools. The answer would appear to be a simple one, says EBONY. If students are to be integrated, the South, having no charts to follow except a not-always de teachers should also be. Yet pendable conscience, came up with a variety of replies, some heartening, others disillusioning. In Missouri Negro teachers, with few exceptions, were em ployed in mixed schools. In sharp contrast, Oklahoma fired 126' county teachers when the schools: were integrated and 300 face dismissal. EBONY learned that while each year the number of white teachers dwindles because of low pay, long hours, Negro teachers are increasing in number and are becoming better prepared This reservoir of Negro educa tors could help replenish the rapidly disappearing supply of teachers. When school integration comes,, as it surely will, says EBONY,. Negro teachers will be needed to help make it work. Communi ties in the so-called “border states” have already found this; to be true. The deep South wiEl some day agree. That's Tops At a convention the various defe* gates were bragging about their home states. One had higher mountains, one had more Iakesr and still another raved about the size of his state’s strawberries. Finally the man from Kansas spoke up, “Aren’t many states, that: can top Kansas when it comes to wind and dust. Why, during one of our storms, the dust was so thick, a prairie dog was seen dig ging a hole 50 feet up in the airJ"