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Vol. 30 No. 1__Friday, March 2, 1956____10c Per Copy
Roger Wagner Chorale At
Boys Town March 7th
Boys Town, Nebr.—The Roger
Wagner Chorale, hailed by critics
as the finest singing group in
America today, will be heard in
concert at the Boys Town Music
Hall on Wednesday evening
March 7, at 8:30.
Although the Chorale, now
more than 10 years old, has been
widely heard on television and
radio, in motion pictures and on
records, and has appeared in such
far-flung places as the Coronation
Festivities for Queen Elizabeth in
1953, and in concerts and radio
on the European continent, this
is the first time the group is
making a concert tour of the
United States.
The Chorale originated in 1945
as a city-sponstfred group known
as the Los Angeles Concert Chor
ale, but demands for its services
in professional appearances were
so many that in 1947 it withdrew
frcm city sponsorship and became
a professional group.
Franz Waxman immediately en
gaged it for performances of
Honegger’s Joan of Arc, and ad
ditional appearances in other
works followed in the Los Angeles
Music Festival. Alfred Wallen
stein engaged the Chorale for a
program commemorating the bi
centennial of Bach’s death, and
re-engaged the group for addi
tional work.
The Chorale was invited to take
part in the Coronation Festivities
program in London in 1953, and
the 24-voice group sang in Lon
don's Royal Festival Hall, the only
American singing group to tak^
part in the Coronation. Follow
ing this, the group made a toiir
of the Continent, singing in Paris*
Salle Gaveau, in both Amsterdam
and The Hague, and also broad
cast on BBC. Radio Paris and the
Dutch radio.
The Paris concerts were in the
nature of a homecoming for Roger
Wagner, the dynamic young con
ductor of the Chorale, for al
though he is as American as blue
berry pie, and has been an Amer
Monte Blue
To Emcee
Sports Show
Omaha — Monte Blue of Holly
wood, veteran screen, stage and
T-V star heads a list of all-star
sports acts for the annual Omaha
Sports, Vacation and Boat Show
at the Civic Auditorium, March 3
through March 11.
Joe Kirkwood, Sr., the golf ex
hibitionist; Cal Barry and his re
triever dogs; Captain Winston of
Santa Monica, California and his
diving seals; “Bobo” Barnett, the
tramp and his dancing dogs; Jack
Adams of Minneapolis and Bill
Cullerton of Cortland of New York,
expert casters; Arbutus Lamour
eux, the women’s worlds champion
trick and fancy log roller; the
Chick Major family of Stuttgart,
Arkansas with their daughter “Pat”
the newly crowned World’s Cham
pion Duck Caller; a sportswear
style show by Kilpatrick's of Oma
ha, round out a full hour of out
standing entertainment Mai
Dunn’s 12 piece Sportsmen Show
orchestra will provide the music.
The stage shows will be presented
twice daily at 4 and 9 P.M. Exhibits
are open to the public ffom 2 to
11 P. M. daily.
Another feature will be public
rainbow trout fishing. A log cab
in valued at $1,600.00 will be given
away free to the person catching
the largest trout.
ican citizen since 1945, he was
born in Paris, the son of an organ
ist-composer, and spent much of
his life there, studying organ, ser
ving in the French Army in World
War II, and playing organ in the
cathedrals of France. -
Wagner has trained choruses
for Serge Koussevitzky, Leopold
Stokowski. Otto Klemperer, Eu
gene Ormandy, Alfred Wallen
stein, and many others. He has
studied formally with Toch, Cail
liet, Dupre, Biggs, Herford and
Zweig, and earned his Doctorate
of Music *t the University of Mon
treal.
Heard weekly for more than
three years on the “I Married
Joan” television show, the Roger
Wagner Chorale is a familiar
name to the nation’s viewers and
listeners who are still talking a
bout the siiging of the choristers
on the 1954* Christmas “spectacul
ar” of “A Christmas Carol.”
Moviegoers have heard the
Chorale singing in more than 12
hit films, and more recently, in
its own 20th Century-Fox Cinema
scope short.
The 26-voico Chorale will be ac
companied for its Boys Town con
cert by the brilliant young Amer
ican duo-pianists, Melvin Stecher
and Norman Horowitz.
Tickets for |he concert, which
is being presented by the Boys
Town Music Department, are
available at Boys Town and at
Omiha Music stores.
I
Ike Says "Yes"
With out a question the biggest news story of the week was the
news that President Eisenhower says he will run again for a second
term.
The President’s doctors tell him he is physically fit to carry
out the duties of a president for another term with only minor cut
backs in his activities.
General Luciui
Address Creig
General Lucius D. Clay will ad
dress the March 24 banquet of
the Greater Creighton Committee
which will hold a Convocation
here next month.
The Very Rev. Carl M. Reinert,
1 International Chief
Receives Award
I
j Frank E. Pinder (center), chief
of the International Cooperation
Administration mission in Liberia,
is awarded the Incentive award for
development of a sound, progress
ive agricultural program in Li
beria. At left is George Reed, U. S.
I
.Country Director to Liberia; at
| right is U. S. Ambassador Richard
! Jones. Pinder is a native of Key
| West, Fla.; his wife, Joan, a Cali
| fornian, is also in Liberia as a
health education specialist^ Asso
ciated Negro Press)
YWCA
Membership
Drive Kick-off
Mmes. A. L. Bennett and Thos.
Beck, co-chairmen of the YWCA
; membership Committees, have an
nounced that March 1st will be
KICKOFF DAY for the Annual
YWCA drive for members'. The
entire month of March will be
Membership month at the “YW.”
Women and girls are urged to
>n the YWCA for the fun and
fellowship of clubs, sports, dances,
| (lasses and Conferences. The
YWCA offers activities for wo
men and girls of all races and
creeds.
YWCA facilities serving the
public include activities at the
main building. 17th and St. Mary’s
Avenue; Northside Branch, 28th
and Miami; Residence for girls at
2016 Cass; and year round facili
ties at Camp Brewster, 78th and
Bellevue Blvd.
Y-Teen Clubs for Teen-Age
girls are sponsored by the YWCA
in each of the six public high
schools with Councils, Conferen
ces and dances held at the “Y”
and Camp Brewster. Young
wives and mothers may take
classes and sports at the main YW
three mornings a week with train
ed nursery care for all pre
school children. Young adult
gToups have clubs and classes as
well. Membership in the YWCA
is 50c per year for teen-age girls
of 12-17 with a $2.00 membership
for all women over 17 years of
?ge.
A goal of 1,400 members has
been set for the month of March.
Fourteen Captains will lead their
workers with a goal of 100 mem
- I
bers for each of the fourteen
groups. Each Captain is hoping
her group will succeed in topping
the 100 mark. A huge PROGRESS
BOARD in the lobby of the “Y”
has been set up to chart results
daily.
Captains spearheading the activ
ities for the fourteen teams are:
Mmes. A. L. Bennett, Thos. Beck,
Alfred Geary, James Henderson,
Gonzella Henry, Wesley B. How
ard, Fred Hill, Henry Kleinkauf,
M. E. La Bounty, George C. Mit
! tauer, K. Patrick Okura, W. W.
| Peebles, C. Phillips and the Misses
Betty Legge and Esther Park.
Any woman or girl wanting to
join the fun and fellowship of
VWCA membership is welcome
and urged to join without delay.
Further information may be se
cured by calling JA. 2748. Join
the YWCA TODAY!
Emma E. Johnson
■
Mrs. Emma E. Johnson, 76
years, 3032 Pratt Street, passed
away Wednesday morning Febru
ary 22nd at a local hospital. Mrs.
Johnson had been a resident of
Omaha twenty eight years and
was a devoted member of St.
John’s AME Church and the Court |
of Calanthe. Mrs. Johnson is ,
survived by one daughter, Mrs.
Edna Peery, and son-in-law, 'Mr.
Brummel Peery with whom she1
made her home, sister-in-law, Miss (
Leola Johnson, Kansas City Mo., ■,
and other relatives. Funeral ser- ,
vices were ’ held 10:30 Friday j <
morning from Thomas Mortuary’! ^
with the Rev. S. H. Lewis officia- i ■
ting. Pall bearers were Mr. j (
Burns Scott, Malcom Scott, Bert
Fowler, William Davis, Bruce
Johnson, and Russell E. Reese.
Interment was at Forest Lawn
Cemetery.
i Clay To
hton Meeting
S. J., president of Creighton, said
today that he had received an ac
ceptance from General Clay. The
banquet at which the general will
speak will be held at the Hotel
Fontenelle Saturday, March 24.
The convocation speaker on
Friday evening, March 23, will be
His Eminence Francis Cardinal
Spellman, archbishop of New
York.
General Clay is noted for his
service as military governor of
the U. S. Zone in Germany from
1947 to 1949 during which the
Berlin Air Lift was in operation.
He was also in command of the
Normandy base in 1944 during
the Allied invasion.
He retired from the Army in
1949. He is now chairman of the
board of directors of the Contin
ental Can Company.
General Clay’s last visit to
Omaha was in October, 1952,
when he participated in the plan
ning of construction of the new'
Continental Can Company plant.
Mrs. America
Contest May Be
Held In Omaha
—
Omaha will be considered to
morrow (Thursday) as the pos
sible location for the Nebraska
‘ Mrs. America” contest scheduled
next fall.
j
Theodore G. Miller, chairman of j
the Convention Bureau of the |
Omaha Chamber of Commerce, j
said Dale Johnson of the Metro-!
politan Utilities District, will!
represent Omaha in negotiations ;
at the Thursday meeting of the
State Committee in Lincoln.
The contest committe will con- j
sider the bids of several Nebras
ka cities for the “Mrs. America”
competition, which is sponsored j
by all utility firms in the state.
The contest reguires facilities j
that will provide stoves and other j
kitchen appliances, since entrants :
are judged primarily on their
abilities as homemakers.
_
Mrs. Roxie Pettis
Mrs. Roxie Pettis, 51 years, 2504'
Charles Street, expired Monday
norning February 20th. Mrs. Pet
;is had been a resident of Omaha
ufteen years. She was the mana
ger of the Walker Hotel. Mrs.
3ettis is survived by her husband, j
Mr. Alva Pettis, three sisters, Mrs.
Cleopatra Mitchell, Omaha, Mrs.
Mamie McNealey, San Francisco, j
Calif., Mrs. Ida Belle Lewis, Seat
Je, Washington, brother, Mr.1
Fames Ross, St. Paul, Minnesota,
lephew, Mr. Robert Mitchell,
)maha and other relatives. Fun
:ral services were held two I
>’clock Friday afternoon February j
55th from the Morning Star Bap-!
1st Church with the Rev. Z. W. (
iVilliams officiating. Pall bear- j
;rs. Mr. Charles Wilson, Andrew j
3edford, J. W. King, A. Holmes, j
A Henderson, and D. C. Cowen. j
3urial was at Mt. Hope Cemetery ,
vith arrangements by Thomas t
Mortuary. <
Post No. 30 |
Looks To New
Development
Theodore Roosevelt Post No. 30
American Legion with a good head
start in great preparations for its
future development is meeting the
challenge with firm resolve. As
has been stated before the Execu
tive body is functioning 100 per
cent as is the main body and all
the officers.
The Ladies Auxiliary is com
bining its forces with that of the
men in an earnest endeavor to
help all they can. All we need
now is the support of outside of
the Legion. Veterans to come on
in and join up as the cry and plea
for new members is city-wide on
both radio and television. All eligi
ble veterans and old Legion bud
dies pay now your 1956 dues and j
enjoy the great benefits of being !
a member of the world's greatest
service organization.
Ever equal to the task and never
failing is that group of Legionaires
who weekly visit all veterans sick
in V.A. Hospital, headed by stal
wart Frank Payne and others.
They report the following sick in
Hospital: Nathaniel Watson, John
Pierce, Ralph Underwood, Henry
Toland, John Freale, Clifford Fos
ter, Geo. Barber, Wilbert Brewster,
Walter Williams. Those recently
released are Will Calhoun, Willie
Bell, Wm. Cullens, Chas. Corbin,
Wilkerson Harper, Herbert Byas.
As we endeavor to increase our
service and enlarge our desire to
keep high the mighty principles
the Legion thereby we pledge our
alligence to God, our Country and
our Fellowman.
H. D. Stewart, Commander
H. L. Embry, Jr., Adjutant
N. H. Comans, Pub. Officer.
tWh fMfTIVTHS
Africans Qualify As Physical
Training Instructors
■
Chatting together at the Army
School of Physical Training at Al
dershot in England, are two mem
bers of the Royal West African
Frontier Force who have just pass
ed out as fully qualified physical
training instructors. On the left
is Company Sergeant Major Add
ingi of Nigeria, and (right) is Ser
geant Adjoi Monsa of the Gold
Coast.
Both C.S.M. Addingi and Ser
geant Monsa joined the School just
over a year ago. They became
great friends, took their training
together and were awarded their
certificates at the same ceremony.
They will shortly be leaving Brit
ain to return to their own coun
tries where they will teach physi
cal traning to men of the Royal
West African Frontier Force. (As
sociated Negro Press)
Mrs. Marvel Tells Of
YWCA Importance
The importance of the YWCA
in the world of today was ably
brought out by Mrs. Archie Mar
vel, the Brotherhood speaker on
Sunday. She said, in part; “It
would be much easier to talk a
bout what ought to be done in
Alabama, or Africa, but in the
WCA we talk about ourselves,—
which is much harder, and we be
gin with ourselves. We are com
mitted to make the ideals of
Brotherhood an integral part of
our lives. We must live out what
we say we believe.”
Her talk was a good spur to the
beginning of the annual Member
ship Enlistment of the Omaha
WCA. Several persons who had
never been members of the
YWCA signed application cards.
Enthusiasm was heightened, also
by the spirit of one of the pioneer
members, Mrs. Hurmey Hand,—
known to all as “Mother Hand”—
who became the first to pay her
membership in this years enlist
ment. Mrs. Hand has done this
for many years, and she is a real
challenge to younger women of
our city.
There will be a Kick-Off Luncft
eon for the membership enlist
ment workers, 57 of them, under
the direction of Mrs. Thomas
Beck, Membership chairman. The
luncheon will be held on Satur
day afternoon, at 1:00 p.m. Ar
rangements are in charge of Mrs.
Ernestine Speese and Mrs. Dora
Green.
Speakers at the meeting will be
Mr.Neil Danberg. of the National
Conference of Christian and Jews,
and Mrs. Alyce Wilson of Wood
son Center. They will stress the
importance of intergroup reia
tions—Mr. Danberg from th«
world and national viewpoint, and
Mrs. Wilson from the local view
point.
The ministers of the North side
area have been invited to be
! special guests at this time. Sun
day, March 4 will be YWCA in
the churches. At this time local
pastors are asked to help inter
pret the WCA to their congrega
tions. Mrs.Beck is arranging for
speakers in the various churches,
where it is possible.
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Heroine Of The Night
Heroine of the night for victims
f a tragic church supper fire near
laltimore, that left ten dead and
mndreds injured, was Mrs. Edythe
I. Coleman (in truck in top left
ihoto), night vice chairman for the
olunteer motor service in the Dis
rict of Columbia, American Red
'ross. Shown with Mrs. Edward J.
Moore, motor service chairman,
Mrs. Coleman drove 200 pints of
whole blood and 100 pints of ser
um to Baltimore TOP RIGHT:
Tender care is given to a tiny vie-,
tim of the raging Naugatuck River
by Mrs. Richard Loomis, volunteer
Red Cross nurse of Hartford, Conn. I
BOTTOM LEFT: San Jeaquin Coun- j
ty was one of many California
counties hit hard by Christmas
week floods. One of disaster suf
ferers is shown receiving needed
supplies from Miss Bernice Gallo
way of Los Angeles Red Cross
chapter. BOTTOM RIGHT: Ameri
can Red Cross Volunteer Gray
Lady, Mrs. Emma H. Pendergrass,
plays a game of scrabble with two*
patients at U. S. Air Force Hospital
in Nouassour, French Morocco*.
The servicemen are A/2c Robert
K h'artzell of Nu Mine, Pa. (left)
iand A/3c Francis B. Arthur of New
; Brunswick, Canada. Miss Pender
grass is a graduate of Howard Uni
versity. (Associated Negro Press)
