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Vol. 29 No. 49_Friday, February 371956___10c Per Copy
Creighton Announces Huge
Building Expansion Plans
A major building and expansion'
program costing in excess of 14
million dollars will be launched
by Creighton University this
spring, the Very Rev. Carl M.
Rcinert, S. J., University presi
dent, announced recently.
A Greater Creighton Building
Fund campaign for $1,750,000 is
bfing planned this year to help
underwrite the first $3,193,000
phase of the ten-year program/
This includes the replacement of
some present buildings, construe-!
tion of additional facilities, facu!
tv development and a program cfj
increased research, scholarships |
and university services.
The expansion plan has been
under study for several years and
was endorsed by the Board of
Lay Regents at its January meet
ing. Father Reinert said. Origin
al plans to launch the nation- j
wide fund raising program lust,
fall were postponed to avoid a
conflict with the United Com
munity campaign.
Major parts of the first three
year phase are a S659.000 men's
dormitory, a $474,000 student
center, a $1,550,000 plant for the
Creighton University High School,
renovation of the present Creigh
ton Prep building for use by the.
Arts and Commerce colleges, and!
a $360,000 fund for faculty de
velopment, scholarships and uni
versity services.
The men’s dormitory and the
student center are already under
construct .on and will be fin
anced in part by a loan agree
ment with the Federal Hous:ng
Authority.
The S14 232.000 program is the
first such long-range de/elopment
plan since the University was
f trd in 1878, Father Reinertj
said. The last major building ad
dition was the construction of the!
Administration building in 1929
“Creighton University must
plan boldly for the future if we
are to continue to give the kind
of educational program demand-!
ed by increased enrollment and!
by the growth of the Omaha i
area.” Father Reinert emphasized.
"After careful deliberation and
planning we are launching this
program to prepare our arts and,
professional schools for the de
mands which are, in part, already
before us."
“Last fall our enrollment rose
seven per cent to 265<) students,
with an increase of 395 students
in liberal arts alone,” the presi
dent said “Like other univer
Continued on Page Three
SET FOR FAM-U
RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE
• _ _ _
Dr J. Ned Hughley, college
minister and professor of econ
omics at North Carolina College,
Durham, will serve as guest min
ister at Florida A and M Univer
sity when the institution marks
its annual observance of Reli
gious Emphasis Week February
26 • March 1.
Selena Jones
Mrs. Selena Jones, age 53 years,
of 1548 No. 19th St. expired Mon
day morning, January 23, 1956 at
a local hospital.
She was an Omaha resident six
years.
She is survived by her daugh
ter, Shirley Jones: sister, Mrs.
Emma Patterson, both of Omaha;
brother .James Davis of Helena,
Ark.; five nieces, three nephews
and a host of other relatives.
Funeral services were held Frf
day, January 27, 1956 at 10:00
a m. from the Pilgrim Baptist
Church with Rev. Charles Favors
officiating. Interment was at
Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Messrs Dock
Bowens, P. H. Norvell, Guy Wiley.
A. B. Young, W. M. Brye and J
Franklin.
Myers Brothers Funeral Ser
vice.
Credit Study
Slated For
February 29
V\ ith the expansion of eredic
and she new types of consumer
credit made available to the pub
lic, credit reporting finds it must
keep pace with this evolution. All
day Sunday, Feb. 29th a group
of credit reporters, most of them
working for the Associated Re
tailers Consumer Credit Bureau
in Omaha, will be attending a
special reporters school at the
Regis Hotel conducted by special
ly trained instructors. The
course has been developed by the
Associated Credit Bureaus of A
merica of which the Omaha Bur
eau is a member. The instructors
took the course last summer at
the Annual Seminar at the Uni
versity of Kansas.
Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Crcwley of
Lexington, Mrs. Edith Beloit of
North Platte, and Mr. Ken Opp of
L'rcoln will be the out-of-town
instructors giving the course.
Mrs. Crowley is President of the
Associated Credit Bureaus of Ne
braska end Mr. George T. Wruck,
Manager of the Omaha Bureau, is
tfice President.
RepOi-ters from Fairbury, Col
umbus, Nebraska City, Platts
mouth and Kearney will be at
tending the school. It is one of
a series of schools that have bon
conducted throughout the United
States.
The latest in reporting pro
cedures and techniques are
taught so that the retail business
es using the Credit Bureau are as
sured the most modern credit re
porting service. The school will
run from 8:30 A.M. until 5:00
P.M. with dinner and graduation
at 5:30 P.M.
'ITS. LUCINDIA DAVIS,
OMAHAN FIFTY YEARS
PASSES AWAY
Mrs. Lucindia Davis, 79 years,
2530 Grant Street, passed away
W ednesday morning February
first at a local hospital. Mrs.
Davis had been a resident of O
maha fifty years and a member
of Zion Baptist Church for the
same length of time. She had
served her Church as a former
Chairman of The Building Fund
and member of the Progressive
Club. She was a membeer of
Princess Oziel Chapter, Order of
the Eastern Star and former
member of Amaranthus Grand
Chapter of Nebraska and Juris
diction. The body is at Thomas
Mortuary.
Armed Forces Display A
Feature At Auto Show
Four new displays by the arm
ed forces will be another feature
of the 1956 Auto Show, Chairman
Ed Hulac said Tuesday.
The Army ''will show the ad
vances made in ambulances dur
ing the past 54 years, with a
1902 horse-drawn rig displayed
next to the latest 1956 model.
The Navy display will have a
four-and-a-half foot model of the
U.S.S. Forrestal and cutaway
models of both piston and jet air
craft engines.
The Marine exhibit will have
"items of historical interest,” in
eluding a miniature outlay of an
amphibious landing.
The Air Force will be repre
sented by the Ground Observer
Corps, which will display radar
equipment and a plotting board
to demonstrate how enemy planes
would be tracked and intercep
ted.
Space for the Armed Forces
exhibits has been donated by the
Omaha New Car Dealers Associa
tion, Auto Show Sponsors.
The Show will be in Omaha’s
City Auditorium for nine days
starting February 4th.
Trophy For The Champions
Flanked by pretty models Pat^
ricia Acey and Mary Cowser is
the W. A. Scott, II, Memorial:
Trophy on which Grambling State
College of Louisiana won leg up
on beating Florida A. and M.
University at recent Orange Blos
som Classic in Miami. Gram
bling’s 2821 win over Florida net
ted the visitors a tengame unde-,
feated season and the mythical,
intercollegiate football champion-:
ship for 1955.
Grambling’s youthful head
coach, Eddie Robinson, was nam-:
ed Coach of the Year and will re-j
ceive citation along with his
team at 22nd annual all-sports ]
dinner of the 100 Per Cent Wrong
Club in Atlanta on January 20.
The Coca-Cola Company sponsors
above awards plus citations to
Player of the Year and Citizen of
the Year in memory of the found
er of the Atlanta Daily World.
•
Railroad
Meet Here !
May 24-25
The first convention of the
newly-formed Midwest States As
sociation of Railroad and Utilities
Commissioners will be held in
Omaha May 24 and 25, it was an
nounced today by Paul E. Petty
! grove, Nebraska Railway Com
i missioner.
The organization was formed
in St. Paul, Minn., to investigate
the common problems and pre
sent the view of the railroad and
utilities commissions in 10 states.
The states are: Arkansas, Illinois,
Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Mis
souri, Nebraska. North Dakota,
South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Mr. Pettygrove, who will be a
candidate for reelection when
his term on the railway commis
sion expires this spring, is chair
man of the convention arrange
ments committee. As the Nebras
ka representatives at the organi
zational meeting, he made the
successful bid which secured the
convention for Nebraska. Joseph
J. Brown, chairman of the Ne
braska Railway Commission, and
John M. Ropes, a member of the
Iowa Commerce Commission, are
members of the arrangements
committee.
Mr. Brown was elected secre
tary-treasurer of the association
at the St. Paul meeting. Paul
Rasmussen, Minnesota commisr
sioner, was elected president and
Mr. Ropes, vice president.
William M. Berry, Arkansas
commissioner, as chairman of the
executive committee.
The convention, to be attended
by staff members as well as com
missioners, is being planned for
the Paxton Hotel.
—
Morris Johnson
Mr. Morris Johnson, 53 years,
2514 North 22nd Street, passed
away Monday afternoon January
23rd at a Jocal hospital. Mr. John
son had been a resident of Oma
! ha thirty years and was an elec
trican by trade. He had been
employed for over twenty five
I years by the Sample Hart Motor
i Company. Mr. Johnson was a
| faithful member of Clair Metho
i dist Church where he served as
i a choir membeer, treasurer of the
I church, member of the Methodist
Men and various civic organiza
| tions. He is survived bv his wife,
Mrs. Rose Johnson, Omaha; two
brothers. Mr. Earl Johnson, New
| York City; Mr. Murphy Johnson,
^ranklin. La.; three sisters, Mrs.
Elenora Davis. Aiders. La.; Mrs.
Precener Cromedy, New Orleans,
1955 Best
In 7 Years
For WOW
Woodmen of the World Life
Insurance Society in 1955 enjoyed
its largest increase in seven years
in new life insurance protection,
Howard M. Lundgren, president
of the society, announced today.
A total of $90,075,536 of new
life protection was written last
year. This was a gain o f
$8,210,375 over 1954. The net
gain for the year was more than
$18,000,000.
Mr. Lundgren said 29 states ex
ceeded their 1954 records.
The society’s membership ac
the close of 1955 was 438,000
with more than $588,000,000 in
insurance in force. It has paid
in death losses, disability benefits,
refunds and cash withdrawals
more than $479,000,000.
Financially one of the strongest
fraternal benefit organizations in
existence, the Woodmen has gross
assets amounting to more than
$200,000,000.
Alabama wrote the largest a
mount of new insurance in 1955.
$6,975,000. The best gain was re
ported by Louisiana. The state
turned in $6,233,651 in 1955,
nearly $2,000,000 more than was
written there in 1954.
President Lundgren views 1956
as a big year for the society—
possibly even bigger than 1955.
“We look confidently to 1956
with anticipation of continued
growth,” Mr. Lundgren said
“We look for another gain not
only in insurance in force, but in
the society’s fraternal activities,
as well.”
The society was organize *~
1890 in a room in the Paxton
Hotel. It has maintained its head
quarters in Omaha since that
date.
La.; Mrs. Mary Thomas, Port
Arthur, Texas; niece, Miss Ther
esa Nedd, Omaha; sister-in-law
Mrs. Flora Simon, Omaha; cousin,
Shedrick Matthews, Flint, Mich.;
nephew, Mr. Rivers Davis, Har
vey, La. Funeral services were
held Friday afternoon January
27th from Clair Methodist Church
with the Rev. E. T. Streeter of
ficiating, assisted by Elder Bar
nett. Pall bearers, Mr. Richard
Turner, John R. Butler, John
Bradley, Goliath Murrell, Calvin
Phillips, and Lonnie Wilkes. In
terement was in the family plot
at Forrest Lawn Cemetery with
arrangements by Thomas Mortu
ary.
Wesley Gaines
Mr. Wesley T. Gaines, 53 years,
2521 Caldwell Street, passed a
way Friday morning January 27th
at a local hospital. Mr. Gaines
had been a resident of Omaha
fifteen years. He was a member
of the Morning Star Baptist
Church. He is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Alberta Gaines, five
daughters, Mrs. Elaine Johnson,
Mrs. Norma Williams, Miss Char
lotte Gaines, Mrs. Dorcas Wilson,
Miss Gloria Gaines, of Omaha;
six grand children, sister, Mrs.
Viola Mills, Atchison, Kansas;
brother, Jesse Bright. Dodge City,
Kansas; two nieces, five nephews
and a host of cousins. Funeral
services were held Tuesday
afternoon January 31 from the
Morning Star Baptist Church with
the Rev. Z. W. Williams officia
ting, assisted by Rev. J. C. Wade,
Rev. and W. A. Fowler Pall bear
ers, Mr. Roscoe Vaughn, Mack
and Clovd Ward, Matthew Smarts,
Ralph Shakelford, and James
Banks. Burial was at Mt. Hope
Cemetery with arrangements by
Thomas Mortuary.
“The silver lining is e^sv to
find in someone else’s cloud.”
Urban League Notes
Racial Progress Here
Ak-Sar-Ben
Seeks Pioneer
Families
Pioneer Nebraska farm families
are to be honored in a new a
wards program according to an
announcement made jointly to
day by the Nebraska Association 1
of Fair Managers and Ak-Sar
Ben, Omaha civic organization. !
Joe Bender of the Cass County
Fair at Weeping Water, chairman i
of a three-man committee for the
Fair Association, said the pro- i
gram, under co-sponsorship of the
Association of Fair Managers and
Ak-Sar-Ben, is to be named the
“Nebraska Pioneer Farm Award."
Other committee members are
Louis Jeppeson, Hubbard, of the
Dakota County Fair, and L. E.
Watson, of the Richardson County
Fair.
Mr. Jeppeson originated the
idea for the awards program and
presented it to Jess L. Thurmond,
chairman of the Ak-Sar-Ben
Public Affairs Committee, who
announced that the civic organi
zation will cooperate in the pre
sentation of awards to the honor
ed families.
The program, an annual event
starting this year, will the
owners and operators of every
farm in Nebraska which has re
mained in the same family for
100 years or longer. Recipients
of the awards will receive hand
some, walnut-based plaques from
Ak-Sar-Ben, and attractive cer
tificates from the Association of
Loan Firm
Extends
Open Hours
Three Occidental Building and
Loan Directors were re-elected
at the Association’s annual meet
ing Thursday.
John T. Brownlee, Occidental
president, and F. L. Youngblood,
Hastings, Nebr., abstractor, were
elected to four-year terms and W.
Larry Shoemaker, vice president
of Northern Natural Gas Co., was
elected to a two-year term.
Later at the board of directors
meeting, all officers were re
elected. H. G. Desens is vice
president, H. O. Miller, secretary;
Henry A. Hovey, treasurer, and
George E. Lockwood, assistant
secretary-treasurer.
At the annual meeting Mr.
Brownlee announced the Occiden
tal would remain open on Fridays
until six as an added convenience
for the Association’s customers.
Fair Managers. The awards will
be presented at each recipient’s
county fair by representatives of
Ak-Sar-Ben and the county fairs.
Mr. Bender said the officers
of each county fair in the State
will be asked to check, records
to obtain a list of farms in each
county which have been in the
same families for 100 years or
longer.
“One reason why the dollar
doesn’t do as much for people as
it used to is because they don’t
do as much for it!”
Recreation In Omaha, Is
Panel Discussion Topic
At Church Sunday Eve
“Recreation in Omaha” will be
discussed by a panel of three high
school youths at a rally closing
“Youth Week” at 7:30 o’clock
Sunday evening, Feb. 5, in Dun
dee Presbyterian Church, Under
wood Ave. at Happy Hollow Bly’d.
The three panel members,
Charles Richards, Tom Welch and
Marily Cunningham, were among
the 275 youth leaders who heard
four adult community leaders in
the recreation field tell what O
maha has to offer youth and ask
for their aid in making Omaha a
better city.
The Youths had a lot of ques
tions to ask. They also wrote
out what additional recreational
facilities they thought youth need
ed, what the churches can do,
and what youth can do coopera
tively through their city-wide
organization not only about re
creation but about Christian life
in the city.
The discussions took place at a
banquet in St. Paul Methodist
Church last Saturday evening, j
At the rally in Dundee Presby
terian Church youths will be
giving their answers. They will
also listen to an inspirational ad
dress by the Rev. Larry Davis of
Lincoln on “Youth Accepting the
Challenge.”
Opening worship will be led by
Miss Sigrid Larson. She will be
assisted by Mrs. Walter Rush,
organist and Jacquuie Du Ticl
for prayer. Singing will be led
by the Rev. Glen Marshall, pastor
of Pearl Methodist Church. Ded
ication through prayer and litany
will be led by Alan Henderson.
“The Lord’s Prayer” will be sung |
by the assemblege under the lead !
ership of Walter Cropper.
Dr. Alva Clark, pastor of St j
Paul Methodist Church, is ad j
visor for the Youth Committee j
of the Omaha Council of Church-!
es sponsor of the Youth Week
events.
Rickey, Robinson And Reese Honored
I
Branch Rickey, seated left, who
pioneered Negroes in baseball
during his time while head of the
Brooklyn Dodgers, was honored
last week in Atlanta, Georgia,
when The 100 Per Cent Wrong
Club, cited him with “The Pion
eer Award.” Jackie Robinson,
i
i
standing center, received a com
panion citation with Pee Wee
Reese which was designated as
“The Two Friends Award.”
Others seen in picture are
Marion E. Jackson, sports editor,
The Atlanta Daily World, also
seated, and left to right standing,
Wilbur Kurtz. The Coca-Cola
Company, Dr Rufus E. Clement,
president of Atlanta University,
Mr. Robinson, Thad Horton, The
D’Arcy Advertising Company, and
Moss H. Kendrix, The Moss H.
Kendrix Organization, which co
ordinated the sports jamboree.
Progress is being made in race
relations in Omaha. From day
to day it may go unnoticed; but
over a longer period of time
steady progress is quite evident.
Is this progress fast enough? The
answer depends on one’s point
of view. To the person who is
secure, or thinks that he is se
cure, the rate of progress is
amazing - maybe even too rapid.
On the other hand the minority
person who still can’t get a de
cent job because the “time isn’t
just right yet” or the one who
can’t get the house he wants in
a nice neighborhood bpenu«p the
|“community has not progressed
that far yet” - this minority per
son feels definitely that the pro
gress is too slow. A man doesn’t
want first class citizenship just
for his children - he wants it for
himself too.
How does Omaha compare with
other cities in regard to its treat
ment of racial minorities? The
answer is good, fair, or bad, de
pending on what cities you select
for comparison. One thing is
certain', with the rapid changes
taking place all over the nation
and the real strides being taken
by many border and southern
cities, Omaha will have to quick
en its pace or be left behind.
Since last year the Urban
League has helped to bring about
increased use of nonwhite sales
and clerical workers by leading
businesses, stores, food proces
sing plants and service industries.
Additional skilled and semi-skill
ed production workers have been
placed in manufacturing plants.
However, few employers have
gone beyond the “token” stage
in employing racial minorities.
A vast number remain unconvin
ced of the economic soundness
or of the practical feasibility of
gen uine employment-on-merit
and are blind to its community
benefits.
During World War n many in
dustrial areas found that efficient
use of manpower meant using
the skills and brains as well as
the brawn of all, regardless of
race, creed, color or sex. In such
areas there has been a carry-over
into peace time and the vast ma
jority of employers who had that
experience continued to hire and
promote workers on a non-dis
criminatory basis. Omaha is grow
ing industrially.
As a leading meat packing city,
as a leading insurance center,
as a prospering manufacturing
and distribution center, Omaha
is reaching its potential. As it
becomes a leader in the economic
and business world, will it also
become a leader in a social and
cultural sense? The acid test is
the way it treats its minority citi
zens.
In the field of housing com
munity patterns have continued
mainly to two highly congested
areas. Fringe area expansion hds
only enlarged the “racial ghet
tos.” As a result, some schools
in these areas are populated pre
dominately by Negro children and
lack the wholesome effect of in
tegration. Restricted opportun
ity to purchase new or used homes
on the open market has forced
non-whites to pay premium pri
ces for inferior homes. Growth
of Omaha is good, but growth of
residential segregation, we be
lieve. is harmful to the whole
community.
The Urban League is a Red
Feather Agency concerned with
Continued on Page Two
Mrs. Gardner
Heads Post 9
Army Moms
The newly installed officers of
the Army-Mothers Post No. 9 for
1956 are as follows:
Mrs. Ben. Gardner, Command
er; Mrs. Ora Glass, 1st vice com
mander; Mrs. Taylor Murrell. 2nd
vice commander; Mrs. Leslie
Bailey. Judge Advocate; Mrs.
Ausby Station, Adjutant; Mrs.
James Walker, Finance Officer;
Mrs. Hoarse Combs, Historian;
Mrs. Mary B. Allison, Chaplain;
Mrs. Pearl Young, Sergeant-at
Arms; Mrs. Travis Scott, Color
Bearer and Mrs. Grace Binford
Banner Bearer.
Mrs. Leslie Bailey, retiring
commander, was presented with a
| past commander’s pin.
