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Later in ceremony, the NBCL opened its Hall of Fame, which honors sixteen pioneers in the field of beauty culture. Kellom Rifle Club Very Popular Another one of the Center’s very popular activities, the Rifle Club will hold its first meeting this week. There is still time for boy’s 13-15 to join this club. Club director “Petie” Allen has announced that after two or three meetings the boys will begin fir ing at the Parks and Recreation rifle range at the Fontanelle Park Pavillion. The Club has been able to secure the use of a bus, so free transporation will be had by contacting Mr. Alvin Allen, Kellom (Community Center, 24th and Caldwell Streets. Table Tennis In the Kellom Game room, su pervisor John Favors has an nounced that large numbers of boys and girls are busy brushing up their game as they prepare for the City-Wide Early Bird Table Tennis Tournament which will be held at Kellom on Novem ber 5' and 6. In early center sponsored tournaments Bill King was the 13-15 year old champion and John Miller won the novel Back Hand Ping Pong Touma r ent. Entry blanks for the Early Bird Tournament may be secured t the (Center’s Office. , Feted At Reception Mr. and Mrs. James Edward Lincoln werfe honored with a wed ding reception by Mrs. Lincoln’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. McCaw at their home 2823 Pink ney St. Omaha, Nebraska on October 16th, 1955. Assisting Mrs. McCaw were. Mesdames Joseph Mosely, Alton Goode, Bums Scott, Howard Swain, O. F. Tucker, Delmar Woods, Paul Barnett, J. Wendell Thomas, W. W. Solomon, Milton Lewis, Wesley Dean. Also Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brown. Mrs. lone Hong er, Mrs. Cloma Scott, Misses Jaunita Honger, Charlzene Davis and Mr. Boyd Galloway. The affair was attended by three hundred people from Omaha Lincoln and Council Bluffs. Esther Hicks, 66, Died October 7 Mrs. Esther Hicks, age 66 years, of 2877 Binney Stree, ex pired Friday October 7, 1966 at her home. She was an Omaha resident 42 years and had been associated with the American Legion Aux iliary of Theodore Roosevelt Post No. 30 for many yeas. She is sunrived by her son, Dr. Charles Ennis of Los Angeles, California. Funeral services were held Wednesday October 12, 1966 at 2:00 p.m. from the St. John A.M.E. Church with Rev. S. H. Lewis officiating. Interment was at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Pallbearers were Messrs. W. H. Moore, George Redd, W- A. Car ter and C. M. Wiley. Myers Brothers Funeral Ser vice. Youth Dies In Wyoming Plane Crash Daniel Richard Alexander, 18 years, of 2012 North 19th Street, | died in an airplane crash near Carbon, Wyoming on October 6th. He was a native of Omaha and was popular in his age group. He was a member of the Morning Star Baptist Church. Survivors include a father, Mr. Thomas Alexander Sr., a mother, Mrs, Ella Bennett; one brother, Thomas Alexander Jr.; a step father, Mr. Robert Bennett; three uncles, Mr. Roy White, Mr. Elmer White and Mr. Oswald White; two aunts, Mrs. Sara Walker and Mrs. Emma Butler all of Omaha; a grandfather, Mr. Samuel White of Papillion, Neb raska. Funeral > services were held Friday afternoon October 14th from the Morning Star Baptist Church. The Rev. Z. W. Williams officiated assisted by Rev. Claud Williams, Rev. H. W. Fitch, Rev. (J. C. Wade, and Rev. Lawrence Parker. Airrnen of the Offutt Air Base served as pallbearers. Burial was at Forest Lawn Ceme tery. Arrangements by Thomas Mortuary. Later "I would love to share your troubles,” she cooed. “But darling, I have none.” “No; I mean after we’re mar ried.” Girls' Clubs Organized By Kellom This year, two girls clubs are being organized. One for girls fifth and sixth grades which will meet every Wednesday afternoon at 3:30; and a second club for girls 13-16 which will meet on Tuesday evenings at 7:30. A dramatics club which will meet on Wednesday evenings at 8:30 p.m. has also held its first meeting. Any persons interested in joining one of these clubs should contact Pat Notfman, Kel lom Community Center, 24th and Caldwell Streets Ja. 1116. B. B. Gan Club The Kellom B. B. Gun Club will bold its first meet on Thursday October 27, at the Center. Boys 12 and under are eligible for this club which will be under the gui dance of Alvin Alen and Josh Gibson. Boys who join the club will be taught club organization, marching and a well-given chance to fire their guns at various types of targets. Boys wishing to join the club may do so by signing up at Cen ter’s Office between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Bond Sales At $7 Million W. B. Millard, Jr., Chairman of the Nebraska Savings Bonds Committee, announced today that the sale of series E and H United States Savings bonds in Nebras ka during September amounted to $6,981,488. The September figures bnng the total sales of these two se curities for the January-Septem ber period to $82,787,034. which represents 73% of the state’s 1955 quota. The nine-month sales total was the second high est since the end of World War II, Mr. Millard state®. Clay, Hooker, Garfield, Phelps, Brown and Deuel counties have reached 100% or more of their 1955 quota during the first nine months. It Can’t Be Done Hi diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle He called the seargeant a goon, The MP’s laughed to see such a sport, Court - martial: Tomorrow at noon. Basketball Has Started At Kellom » The Center is sponsoring 8 pre-season basketball tournament for Senior Boys 16-18 who have had no experience in class A or above High School Basketball. Entry blanks for this tournament which will start Monday October 31, may be secured at the Center’s Office, Monday through Friday 2:00-9:46 pm. A Senior Boys League will also be held on Monday nights. Any manager or boy interested in participating in this league is urged to attend a manager meet ing which will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, October 31, in the Cen ter’s Athletic Office. Basketball Officials Mr. Floyd Berg, President of the Nebraskfctfowa Association of Athletic Officials has announc ed that the association is “looking for a number of young men and boys who would like to become a basketball official. They will be given a chance to officiate C. Y. 0. YMCA and Park and Recreation games. , Applicants! who qualify will be members of the association and will be regis tered with the Nebraska High School Athletic Association as q u a li fied basketball officials. These men will have attended the ! associations basketball clinic which will be held at Kellom on November 10 and 11, and will I have passed a written examin ation. Interested. parties are asked to contact Mr. Floyd Berg, At. 0063 during the day and Wal. 3203 in the evening. i _ _ Mother Of Slain Lad To Speak The mother of the 14-year old Chicago lad who was the victim of a henious lynch-mu»der last August in a Delta Mississippi' hamet will speak here this Mon day night, October 24th. Mrs. Mamie Bradley, whose son, Emmett Louis Till, was kid napped by two white half-broth ers in Money, Mississippi, will appear at Mass Meeting at Zion Baptist church, 22nd and Grant streets, sponsored by the Omaha Branch, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and its "Fighting Fund for Freedom” drive. The rally will start at 8 o’clock. The Fighting for Freedom fund was started in 1953 by the NAACP to help defray the ex penses. of . their Legal Redress department. It is tied in with NAACP’S ten-year plan to in sure “first class citizenship" for all Americans by 1963, the 100th anniversary of. the signing of the Emanicipation Proclamation. Omaha’s 1955 goal is $1,000.00. The rally Monday will climax the month-long campaign. Cash and pledges totaling over $600.00 had been secured Wednesday. Some churches plan to take up collec tions during their services Sun day. Other organizations have indicated they will take donations. Cannisters are being placed in taverns and other? business places in the community where contri butions can be made. Other con tributions may be sent to: Mrs. Milton D. Lewis Treasurer, NAACP 2503 Wirt Street Omaha, Nebraska Those who have made contri butions or pledges include: $200.00—Local No. 60 (Cud ahy) UPWA-CIO; $25.00—Dr, A. L. Hawkins; $20.00—J. Wen dell Thomas; $10.00—Ted Cobb; j Ralph Adams, Charles Washing ton, the E. T. Streeters, Ole John son, De Porres Club, Holy Name Society of St. Benedict, Arthur B. McCaw, I Wright, Charlotte Andrews, the John M. Willisess, Roy White, John Adams Sr., J. A. Starks, John Gunther, the Milton D. Lewises, Eva Hanna, Constitution Life Insurance Co., W. S. Fletche*, Robert K. Hill, William B. Davis, Mildred D. Brown, William Sones, Aubrey Wise, C. C. McMorris, Elmer File Ids Phillips’s Department store, and the Flamingo Bar; i $6.00—Mrs. Leroy Lewis and R. T. Jenkins; $5.00—George Robin son, John Butler, Henry Evans, William Cooper, Mrs. Dorothy Smith, Walter Harrold, County Clerk John Slavik, and Dr. G. B. Lennox; $2.50—Mrs. Carrie Sut ton; $1.00—Jimmy Massey. tacking House Workers Cited for Red feather Efforts Willie Shuttles, Chairman ef and Vice President of the plant, plant drive and Harold Bell, Gen- Looking on are Verb Petersen, eral Chairman of the Cudahy plant superintendent; Ole John Campaign, present Red Feather- son, President of Local 60, Red Cross plaque to J. W. Chris- UPWA CIO; and Jack Forham, tian (center) General Manager Office Manager. Local 60 of the United Pack inghouse Workers of America, OK) and the Ccdahy Packing Company of Omaha, Nebraska, were presented awards of merit for outstanding service in the current United Red Feather-Red Cross Campaign by Lloyd Matt son, General Chairman of the O maha, United Red Feather-Red Cross Campaign. Setting a new record for speed and contributions, the joint or ganization topped its Red Feather Red Cross Campaign quota in four days time, hitting 120 per cent of its established quota. The joint labor management effort has netted $30,000.00 to date with more money remaining to be collected. - The total number of employees at the packing plant is 3,000. Drive officials reported a 99 per cent contribution rating. Willie Shuttles of Local 60 UUWA CIO was (Chairman of the plant production workers drive, and Harold Bell of Cudahy Pack ing (Company was General Chair man of the joint labor-manage ment United Red Feather-Red Crtoss Campaign. Local 60, UPWA CIO Omaha, Nebraska Congresswoman Honored Monrovia, Liberia—Liberal soc ial and official circles were de lighted to honor Congresswoman Frances P. Bolton of. Cleveland, Ohio, when she visited Liberia. Shown at one reception held at the beautiful residence of Dr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Togba, are left to right: The Honoifeble Frances Payne Bolton, ranking Republican mem ber of the Foreign Relations Committee of the U. S. House of Representatives; M!rs. Ellon Cooper, owner of a large rubber plantation and active in Mon Annie Pierson Rites October 14 Mrs. Annie E. Pierson, age 64 year*, of 2430 Seward Street ex pired suddenly Monday evening October 10, 1955 at her home. She was an Omaha resident 25 years and was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary of Theodore Roosevelt Post No. 30. She is survived by her husband William Pierson of Omaha; 2 nieces, Mrs. Gladys Robinson of Danie, Fla., and Mrs. Viola Banks of Atlanta, Ga.; nephew, Dr. John H. Rosemond of Toledo, Ohio: bnother-in-law, John H. Rose mond, Sr. of Jacksonville, Fla. Funeral services were held Friday October 14, 1955 at 2:00 p.m. from the Zion Baptist Church with Rev. F. C. Williams offici ating assisted by Rev. Booker Oliver. Interment was at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Pallbearers wefle members of Theodore Roosevelt Post No. 30, Messrs Martin Mitchell, Marvin Hale, Porter Johnson, N. H. Co mans, Grant Green and Charles Young. Myers Brothers Funeral Ser vice. rovia’s social and civic life; and Mrs. Elgetha Jones, wife of Am bassador Richard L. Jones of the United States. Mrs. Bolton is engaged in a touil of Africa which will take her to all of the principal coun tries on the continent. She is seeking first hand information which will be useful in her work in Congress. Powell Charges Racial Bias Still Exists At U. S. Bases | Alphonse Thomas Died October 9 Mr. Alphonse Thomas, 68, years, of 2116 LothBop Street, died October 9th at a local hos pital. He had been a porter at a dpwntown ladies hat shop. Committal services were held Monday morning at Mt. Hope cemetery with Rev. J. H. Rey nolds officiating. Arrangements bp Thomas Mortuary. Vice Squad Breaks In On Dice Game Houston, Texas— Songstress Ella Fitzgerald has been known for years as “afflicted" to any kind of card game, shooting dice or just plain gambling for the fun of it. She says it helps while away the time when she's not on stage. This , weekend Houston police learned of it and made a big-to do over it by taking La Fitzger-: aid and her co-players Illinois Jacquet, Dizzie Gillespie, Georgi anna Henry and Producer Nor man Gnanz all to the station for booking. All five were rolling dice in Ella’s dressing room, when a vice squal broke in just as Illinois was making his point. Led by Sgt. W. A. Scotton, they “beat Jac quet to the pot” and toted off the $185. along with the dice. Ella was allowed to make her first performance before going down to the station. With her mink stole draped over her blue taffeta gown, Ella said briefly and tearfully; “I have nothing to say. What is there to say I was only having a piece of pie and a cup of coffee.” Which was true, for Miss Fitz gerald was not actually doing the rolling when Scotton’s boys dropped in—only Jacquet. Nor man Granz, producer of “Jazz at the Philharmonic” posted a $10. bon for each of them on the mis demeanor charge they were book ed for and drove the lot bock to the Music Hall in time for the second show. Negro Children Studying French The language of other coun tries is a hobby for two Negro youngsters enrolled in the Uni versity of Omaha French for Children classes. Ira and James Brown, 3167 Evans Street, at tend class each Saturday morning from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. with 14 other youngsters. Eight ond nine years old respectively, they Yearn the language through records, films, songs, conversation and textbooks. Teacher is Mrs. Peg gy Payne, graduate of the Mid dlebury College. DIFFERS FROM VAL WASHINGTON’S REPORT TO PRES. EISENHOWER Washington, D.C. —Rep. Adam Clayton Powell took off against Republican leaders who have de clared segregation at an end at United States’ military bases by charging it’s not true at all. Powell has just returned from a tour where he talked to from 1,000 to 1,500 men in the Air Force and Aryny station in North Africa, Spain, England, Italy and other areas. He said in his report: “Inte gration in our artned forces is definitely not succeeding. In tegration stops at the master sergeant level.” Then he goes on to point out that Negroes have difficult time getting officers' commissions and the number of civilians working o v erseas is “negligible.” Specific references were made to Chaumont, France, where Ne groes in the air force were re fused service at bars, restaurants and hotels and white soldiers threatened to boycott if they were treated otherwise. He cited this as true, too, in Man ston and Margate, Engand. Powell told also’ of bias in the United States’ bases in Birming ham, Ala. where a lieutenant who protested against discrimination was given “verbal instructions as regards his future conduct” and in Barksdale Air Force in Louisiana where Negroes had separate clubs for their non-com missioned officers. Powell directed his report mainy to Val Washington of the Republican National Committee who is regarded as chief Negro publicity expert for the party. Washington had asserted that integration of white and Negro military personnel had been at tained and so told President Eis enhower recently. Kellom To Offer Tap Dancing Tap Dancing Classes Saturday October 22 As the Kellom Community Center enters the third week of its fall program, a full schedule of activities is under way. To numerous persons who have been inquiring about tap dancing, Kellom regular Saturday morn ing tap dancing lessons will be offered again this year beginning at 9:30 a.m. Saturday October 22. There will be classes for all age groups up to 13 yean ®f age. A large enrollment is anticipated, so we suggest that you gat your name on the roll early. Snaps “That man lives off the snap* of life.” “What kind of a job does he claim?” “He’s a bone specialist—Bets Share In $21,000 Scholarships These eight ranking students in the School of Nursing at A&T College were this week named as the first winners of scholar ships given the college by the Richardson Foundation, Inc., of Gneensboro and New York. Un der the arrangement, they will get full educational expenses paid by the Foundation during the current academic year. They are from left to right; front row, Delores Watson, Dur ham; Nora Hardy, Snow Hill; Joyce Lorick, Winston-Salem and Rebecca Judge, Rose Hill. Those on the back row are: Ranova Satterwhite, Zebulon; Alice Oliv er, Burlington; Wanda Vaughn. Burlington and Gertrude McAdoo, Greensboro.
