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|[ This Is Your Newspaper !! R v !;• "hat you are doing is news. fl ►»♦»»»♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ; Please Phone Your News To !! fe This Is Your Newspaper | j 00 ; B What you are doing is news. 11 ? THE OMAHA GUIDE !i *_ Please Phone^YorwNews To i! \ 2420 Grant St !| /JUSTICE/EQUALITY or send it to EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 2420 Grant st :: _ >py Organist At Boys Town Next Thurs. Boys Town. Nebr. — Jean Lang lais, eminent blind organist and composer from the Basilica of St. Clotilde in Paris, will be present ed by the Boys Town Music Depart ment in a recital at the Dowd Memorial Chapel at Boys Town on Thursday evening. February 16, at 8:15 P M. Born in Brittany, France, Jean Langlais attended the National In stitute for the Young Blind in Paris, where Andre Marchal was his teacher. Later, he attended the Paris Conservatory of Music, where he worked with Marcel Du pre and studied orchestration with Paul Dukas. One of Langlais’ greatest friends is. Oliver Messianen who, during all the years that Langlais studied with Dukas, helped him faithfully by reading the details of orchestra scores to him. St. Clotilde Church in Paris, where Jean Langlais is now or ganist, was made famous by such of his predecessors as Cesar Franck, Gabriel Pierne and Char les T«jrnemire. It was the dying wish of the latter that Langlais succeed him to this important posi tion in Paris. Jean Langlais has become a perennial favorite of organ aud iences ever since his first tour of the United States and Canada in 1952 The public is invited to the con cert. There will be no admission charge. Another outstanding musical at traction to be presented by the Boys Town Music Department will be the Roger Wagner Chorale, called “the finest singing group in America today," which will appear Roy Glenn Mr. Roy Glenn, 61 years, % North 24th Street, expired sud denly Thursday afternoon Febru ary 2nd. Mr. Glenn had been a resident of Omaha thirty years and was a table waiter at the Pax ton Hotel. There are no known survivors. Funeral services were j held Wednesday afternoon from Thomas Mortuary with the Rev. J. H. Reynolds officiating. Ir quois Lodge No. 92, I.B.P.O.E.W. Clifton McKinney Exalted Ruler, was in charge of Elk’s rites and acted as pall bearers. Interment was at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Adams Honoree At Surprise Mrs. Altheny Adams of 2518 Maple Street was honored at a sur prise birthday party last Sunday, Febrauary 5th. Honoring Mrs Adams were members of the Senior Usher Board and Usherettes of Morning Star Baptist Church and a mem ber of Salem Baptist Church. Following Sunday morning ser vices Mrs. Louise Henderson, presi dent of the City Usher Board; Mrs. Charles Sullivan of Salem Baptist Church; Mr. and Mrs. Nared and Mr. Willie Patterson of Morning Star Baptist Church, gathered at the Adams’ home. The honoree received some very nice gifts. A lovely dinner was enjoyed by all the guests, it was learned. Too often habits make men in stead of men making habits. I " 1 in concert at the boys Town Music I Hall on Wednesday evening, March 7th. 100% Wrong Club Names Pavis Citizen of the Year NASHVILLE—Citizen o f the Year’ to Dr. Walter S. Davis. Builder of Men, President of Tennessee A and I. “says the ci tation awarded the Volunteer State leader at Atlanta last week. At its twenty-first annual all sports and jamboree, the 100 er Cent Wrong Club sponsored by the Atlanta Daily World— the nation's only Negro daily— Dr. Davis was one of nine indivi duals whose 1955 achievements were saluted in the “The Golden Era of Sports.” The club made up of Monday nii raing quarterbacks singled out the often honored Tennessee present whose extraordinary ability and foresight as an admin istratoi developed one of the nation's outstanding health, phy sical creation, and recreation programs. Listed i, the directory of American Shoiars, among his previous citat^ns are: Agora As sembly Honor 70n and “Citizen doing the most »or the Advance ment of the Negv, Race in Nash ville. Tennessee d^g 1946; tl,e Chicago Defender’s certificate of award as a 1956 hon. roll mem. be ‘symbolizing the b* in Amer. ican Democracy,," and he Am<;r. ican -Legion’s Post 5 citation “One of the ten most ou,anding Nashville citizens of 1951. Dr. Davis’ brilliant work at Tennessee State—his Alma Mater —has been of a distinctive, pro gressive quality. Over a twelve year period the institution has advanced from teachers’ college to university status; from neither tenure nor retirement to both; from a $3)4 million to a $14 mil lion plant; from three faculty members holding the doctorate to 47; from state department of education accreditation only to accreditation also by the South ern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the American Association of Colleges for Teach er Education, and the Teachers College Extension Association. Cited with Dr. Davis in the ranks of top personalities of 1955 were: Branch Ricky, former Brooklyn Dodgers’ head now Pittsburgh Pirate Board Chair man who pioneered a new era in organized baseball; Jackie Robin son and Pee Wee Reese of the Dodgers: Ray Robinson, thrice c r owned middleweight boxing champion; Eddie Robinson, Gram bling (Louisiana) College’s head football coach and athletic dir ector; John Sample, Maryland State’s All American back; and the late Cleve Abbott and Henry Arthur Kean (posthumously) of fabulous coaching fame. | Four C Board Member sPose For Photo Paul Toombs, Insurance Agent and for the past two years mem ber of the Four C Club and Credit Union. John T. Davis, Founder of the Four C Club and instrumental in the founding of the Four C Credit Union and has been a member for the past eighteen years. Samuel Green, member of the Four C Club and Credit Union member of the Board for the past three years. Andy Wright member of the Four C Club and Credit Union for the past two years and member of the Board since September. Amos Pearl, member of the Credit Union and has served as Vice President since September. Owner of the Frontier Bag Comp any. James C. Jewell, local business man ancf member of the Club and Credit Union. Rev. Charles E. Tyler, member of the Club and Credit Union for the last wo years. Minister of Cal vin Merf^rral Presbyterian Church. James C. Cole, member of the JI.IJ JUUUUIMUU——■ Four C Club and Credit Union for the past three years, active in the progress of the Union. Vice Presi dent of the Board in 1955. George H. Robinson, Executive Secretary of the Omaha Urban League, serving as treasurer since September 1955 Wholesalers Have the Best Safety Record The Omaha Safety Council has some surprising figures on traffic safety records of drivers in 64 oc cupational groups, according to a report issued today. “This report came to us through Charles Faudt, District Agent of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance of Bloomington, Illi nois,” said Council Manager Harry Matcher, “and it is the result of a survey of the company’s 4,000, 000 policy-holders.” Housewives... long plagued by their husbands comments on poor driving, are still in 28th place, ac cording to their accident experi ence. But their husbands, if they are in fields ranging from con struction to medicine and from mechanics to the clergy, find them selves far down the line. “Those drivers in the wholesale business are still in the first rank,” pointed out Faudt, “but what is more interesting in our own area is the fact that farmers rank 5th, leading all other major occupational groups. But farm laborers came in a poor 47th.” The report also shows that clergymen ranked rather low_ down to 56th, backed by liquor distributors with a 57th. Teachers are setting a good example in number 6 spot, but students as a whole flunked with a 62. An interesting sidelight shows editors, reporters and photograph ers just about in the middle_ still in 26th place, as they were in the previous survey. You might like to know who is at the bot tom of the heap, as drivers. They are enlisted military personnel. 64th, although their commissioned officers have a 30. Mr. Faudt says the study is based on accident claim losses re lated to premiums among State Farm Mutual s own policyholders. Then there was the diner in a Chinese Restaurant who, when he opened his fortune cookie, read, “Don’t eat the soup. (Signed) A Friend.” The way to have leisure time is to do your work in the leisure time that you had before you had to work. Mosquitoes, observed the har ried mother, are like children— when they stop making a noise, you know they’re getting into something! Attend Civil Defense Staff College at FAMU ATTEND C I VIL DEFENSE STAFF COLLEGE AT FAM-U— Eight of the 45 persons who at tended the Florida Civil Defense Staff College course at Florida A and M University last weekend are shown above looking at the model town used for instruction. To date the course is the first to be offered at a Negro college in the country. Left to right, Mrs. Tempie Ford, Samuel A. Hunter, Mrs. Oneita D. Collier, Tallahas see; David H. Dobbs, Miami; David L. Pope, Joseph Ash, Talla hassee; Arthur D. Allen, Tampa, and the Rev. A. H. Parker, Mari anna. (A and M staff photo by H. Jones, Jr.) Willie Long Mrs. Willie Long, Evangelist, 53 years, 2412 Charles Street, ex pired Wednesday first at a local hospital. Evangelist Long had been a resident of Omaha thirty six years and was a faithful work er in The Church of The Living God. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Zonetta Dilwood, son, Billy Long, of Omaha, three grand daughters, Mrs. Shirley Nichols, Mrs. Barbara Taylor, Chicago; Mrs. Norma Ruth Good win, Omaha; eight great grand children, four sisters, Mrs. El m o r e Hutchinson, Brenaham, Texas; Mrs. Sarah Smith, Mrs. Mary Smith, Mrs. Ollie Baker, Houstan, Texas; brother, Mr. George McDade, Houstan and other relatives. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon February 7th from The Church of The Living God, 21st and Bin ney Streets, with the Rev. Abra ham Washington officiating, as sisted by Rev. David Riley. Pall bearers, Mr. T. Merriweather, Calvin Lathan, Emmit Williams, James Cowans, Andy Wright, and Jacob Williams. Burial was at Mount Hope Cemetery Day Of Prayer To Be May 17 Dayton, Ohio — An appeal for a national day of prayer on May 17 was made by the Executive Com mittee of the National Fraternal Council of Churches, U.S.A., Inc., which met here in the Bethel Bap tist Church, January 3. The Na tional Fraternal Council of Church es represents fourteen Negro de nominations and more than eight million members. The Executive Committee adopt ed a resolution presented by Dr. J. W. Golden of Nashville, Tenn., chairman of the Council’s Commis sion on Evangelism and associate secretary of the General Board of Evangelism of t h’e Methodist Church, as follows: “In meeting on January 30th at the Bethel Baptist Church of which Dr. George W. Lucas is pastor, the Council s Executive Committee makes this appeal for prayer:” “In these days of world tension, international unrest and racial dis turbances God is able to deliver us from the threatening catastro phes. Therefore we call upon all Christian and any others who be lieve in prayer to keep all church es and places of worship open on Thursday, May 17, 1956 for an all day Prayer Vigil, to appeal to God for divine intervention as we con tinue daily and make use of every influence for social and economic justice, and for our Christian and democratic ideals to become prac tical realities. We believe there is no force greater than prayer and no power equals God’s, for God is power and the source of prayer.” May 17 will mark the second anniversary of the U. S. Supreme Court’s decision banning segregation in public schools. Bishop Edgar A. Love of Balti more, head of the Baltimore Area of the Methodist Church is the president of the council and Dr. W. H. Jernagin of Washington, D. C., is chairman of the Executive Committee. Research, supported by the Heart Fund, has made new tools available that assist in earlier diagnosis and more prompt treat ment of the heart diseases. Help Your Heart Fund, Help Your Heart. When a young man starts court ing, he treats it as a serious busi ness. Negro Women Plan 4th Annual Brotherhood Week Harry Long Harry (Sheepie) Long, age 67 years, of 2421 Binney St., expired Tuesday January 31, 1956 at a local hospital. He was a life-long resident of , Omaha and was a member of ■ Iroquois Lodge No. 92 I.B.P.O.E. of W., Clifford McKinney, Exault ed Ruler. He is survived by his brother, Rufus C. Long of Omaha. Funeral services were held Mon day, February 6, 1956 at 2:00 p.m. from the Myers Brothers Funeral Chapel with Rev. S. H. Lewis offici ating. Interment was in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Iroquqis Lodge No. 92 had ’harge of Elk rites and served as ! Pallbearers. Walter White Award Is Created New York — An annual prize to be known as the Walter White Award was created here this week by the National Committee Again st Discrimination in Housing. The Award will be made to persons making outstanding contributions in the areas oi mtergroup relations and housing. Announcement of the establish ment of the award was made by Algernon D. Black, vice-chairman of the Committee, at a reception given Monday night at the home of Mrs. Walter White and honor ing Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, UN Un dersecretary General and Nobel Peace Priz“ winner, and Charles Abrams, newly-appointed chairman of the New York State Commission Against Discrimination. More than 150 state and city j officials, civic, business and pro fessional leaders attended the re ception, sponsored jointly by the National and State Committees on j Discrimination in Housing. Mr. Black is also chairman of the State Committee. Mr. Black said winners of the annual ward will be chosen from nominations made by the general public. A special committee will be selected by the Committee’s board to judge the qualifications of the persons nominated. The first winner is expected to be an nounced in the late spring, he in | dicated. Nominations should be sent to the National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing, 35 West 32nd Street, Mr. Black urged. Amos Fortune Story To Be Heard Again “Many monuments have been erected to honor celebrated and worthy people,” wrote Les Thom as of Biddleford, Me., after he had listened on CBS Radio last year to James Fassett’s “Sacred to the Memory of Amos Fortune,” a Lincoln’s Birthday tribute to an 18th century slave who be came a prominent citizen of Jaf frey, N.H. “Nowhere in my ex perience has the basic concept of brotherhood been more beau tifully and simply told.” Commenting on the fact that Amos Fortune came to this coun try as a slave and was able to purchase his freedom and to prosper in the New England town, Mr. Thomas wrote: “There must surely have been kindness and compassion in the nature of that tanner in Woburn who purchased Amos Fortune. Had it not been otherwise, bitterness must surely have killed the courtesy and will ingness to work and learn which eventually made it possible for him to stand free and upright and kind and useful among the people of Jaffrey, New Hamp shire. Not only is there still a house built by his hands with the help of his neighbors. There is the eloquent monument, ‘Sacred to the Memory of Amos Fortune.’ Mr. Fassett will repeat his tribute, “Sacred to the Memory of Amos Fortune,” on the CBS Radio New York Philharmonic Symphony broadcast Sunday, Feb. 12 at 2:30-4:00 P.M. EST. Washington, D. C. — The Na tional Council of Negro Women promises a brilliant affair at the Fourth Annual Observance o f Brotherhood Week. The women members of Congress; Senora Fe lisa R. Gautier, City Manager of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Mes dames William L. Dawson, Adam Clayton Powell and Charles C. Diggs, Jr., will be the guests of honor at a tea on Saturday, Febru ary 25, from 4 to six P.M. in the Williamsburg Room of the fashion able Mayflower Hotel in Washing ton. Members of the Board of Direc tors. together with outstanding wo men in the community will receive the guests who are expected from the Metropolitan area and the Eastern Seaboard. The women of Congress are held in high esteem by women in gen eral because of their courage and ability in forging ahead in a field dominated by men. The Congress women who will receive the guests are Mrs. Marguerite Stitt Church, Illinois; Mrs. Joseph B. Farrington, Delegate from Hawaii; Mrs. Edith Green, Oregon; Mrs. Martha W. Griffiths, Michigan; Mrs. Edna F. Kelley, New York; Mrs. Elizabeth Kee West Virginia; Mrs. John B. Sullivan, Missouri and Mrs. Ruth Thompson, Michigan. Senora Gautier is well known in this country because of her membership in the Mayor’s Associ ation of the United States. Recent ly the New York Times magazine section related the record of her achievements in raising the stand ard of living for Puerto Ricans and i bringing big business investments to the country. She will bring greetings from the women of Puerto Rico. Music will be furnished by Nor j ma Hunton, violinist, a'student of ! Louia Vaughn Jones of Howard | University Music School, who was | recently elected to the Honor Mu | sic Society of Pi Kappa Lambda for outstanding accomplishments and ; John Hoskins at the piano and Maurice Jones, violinist. Members of the Board of Direc ; tors of the National Council of Ne gro Women and leaders of other women’s organizations will pour. Members of the Washington Coun cil and the Washington Junior Council will serve as hostess along with the Brotherhood Tea Commit tee. The Committee includes Mrs. Aliene C. Ewell, general chairman; Mrs. Pinyon Cornish in charge of music; Mrs. Marion H. Jackson, chairman of arrangements; Mrs. [Montrosa Frazier, chairman of the budget. Previous observances of Brother hood Week have honoaed Mrs. Al ben Barkley, Mrs. Richard Nixon and the late Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune. — Sports Editor Named Consultant SPORTS EDITOR TO SERVE AS CONSULTANT AT FA MU— Marion E. Jackson, well-known ' sports writer for the tAlanta Daily World, is slated to appear as a consultant at the Sixth An nual Press Workshop to be held during March 2-3 at Florida A and M University. YWCA HAS OPENINGS ~ IN ADULT SWIM CLASSES The YWCA has openings in adult swimming classes for women on Thursdays at the Jewish Com munity Center Pool from 6:30 to 7:30 P.M. There are also three adult swimming classes available at the YMCA from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. For further information, call the YWCA, JAckson 2748.
