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Get Your FREE WRIST WATC See AD Page 3 *'-] This Is Your Newspaper ! What you are doing is news. „ .T ; Please Phone Your News To £“ Yonr Newanaper ., HA 0800 What jou are d -mg is new. , or send it to pl*“* Phone You. News To , ; THE OMAHA GUIDE __ “ !j„ 2420Gr,ntSt /JUSTICE /EQUALITY theomaha guide ii EQUAL OPPORTUNITY .: ^___ _ __. Vol. 30 No. 38 .Friday, November 30, 1956^ _ 10c Per Copy Singing From Nativity Scene Will Be Broadcast Over the Business District The Nativity Scene will again be erected at th^ north entrance area of the County Court House just like last year. In the last several weeks the entire display has been cleaned and recondi tioned. It will be equally as beautiful as last year and again illuminated at night. The lights are scheduled to be turned on the evening of Wednesday, November 28th. Following the display last year, many expressions of favorable comment were received with the request that it again be repeated. Choirs who sang at the Creche also helped add to the spirit of the season and they too will be invited to return. A letter of in vitation is going forward to all churches and schools suggesting that they reserve time to sing Christmas carols by the Nativity Scene. An amplifying system will en able the singing to be heard in the Court House area and throughout the business district from amplifiers on top of one of our tallest buildings and this year also in the area of 30th and Far nam from amplifiers on the top of Sears store. Arrangements will be made so that the choirs can sing frem either by the Nativity Scene or from the inner-lobby of the Court House If the weather Is incle ment. An organ is provided for musical accompaniment. A list of choirs making time reserva tions will be available as soon as the reservations arc conf.rmcd. Choirs maWhg reservations are contacting the Associated Retail ers office. ASSOCIATED RETAILERS O F OMAHA George T. Wruck, Gen eral Manager Edwin Covert Heads March of Dimes Edwin B. Covert, 33, has been named Douglas County Chairman for the 1957 March of Dimes. Mr. Covert said Wednesday that the theme for the January polio fund campaign will be "Let's finish the job,” to help point up "the fact that polio isn’t licked il i "During the first ten months oi’ I this year,’’ Mr. Covert said, “the j Douglas County Chapter has' spent over $61,000, and we have unpaid bills amounting to over $32,000.” Most of the money went to help 102 patients, who either con tracted polio in 1956 or were car ry overs from other yeara, Mr. Covert said. „And we also have the problem , of getting more complete vaccina tion, especially in the young a dult segment of the population. Most people don't realize that respirator cases in the country over seventy percent of all polio are over 20 yeara old,” he added "Polio is no longer considered as necessarily a children's disease.” According to Mr. Covert, the smallest amount of money spent on a tingle Douglas County polio case up to November 1 was $56.60. The most expensive case for the same period was $ 10.224.84. A gossip is someone who pumps to conclusion. Chas. McSimmons i Mr. Charles McSimmons, 79 years, 1820 North 27th Street, passed away Saturday afternoon November 17th at a local hospital. Mr. McSimmons had been a resi dent of Omaha 50 years and was a tailor by trade, having owned and operated his tailor shop for a number of years. He was a member of the Zion Baptist Church, Rescue Lodge No, 4, F. & A M. (P.H.A.) Joshua David Kelly Consistory No. 27, Past Potentate of Zaha Temple No. 52 of the Mystic Shrine, former mem- j ber of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Nebraska and Jurisdic tion (P.H.A.) Mr. McSimmons is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bertha W. McSim mons, Omaha, brother, Mr. Base Simmons, Paris, Texas, two si* ters, Mrs. Maggie Finch, Wichita Falls, Texas, Mrs, Maryetta Burddette, Paris, Texas, and other relatives. Consistory 32 Degree Scotish Rites services were held at ten o'clock Tuesday night at the Thomas Funeral Home by Joshua David Kelly Consistory No. 27. Funeral services were held two o'clock Wednesday afternoon from the Zion Baptist Church with the F. C. Williams officiating, as sisted by Rev. Rhodes. Rescue Lodge No. 4F.& A M. (PHA) John Henry W.M. were in charge of the Masonic Rites. Interment was at Mount Hope Cemetery. Charter To Permit Street Alterations Certain provisions of the pres ent City Charter which will be come city ordinances December 1 came under the scrutiny of the Board of Directors of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce yesterday (Tuesday noon, November 27). The pro visions, concerning streets and sidewalks, restricted improvements in Omaha in their present form, Chamber President M. Cooper Smith said. The Chamber directors recom mended a number of modifications in the present Charter provisions, all 6t which will facilitate the building of expressways and arter- | ial highways as future needs die tate in Omaha. Among the modifications pro posed by the Chamber are pro visions to permit the adding of lanes to Omaha streets, widening streets, raising or lowering grade levels to permit construction of any required bridges or under passes. FREE COURSE IN AMATEUR RADIO Because of the degree of in terest and enthusiasm shown in | the past, World Radio Laborator ies will offer another course in | Amateur Radio. This course will! include eight classes and will present both the practical and , simple, theoretical side of the, Amateur Radio hobby, preparing the student for taking an examina tion for his Novice License and eventually going “on the air!" Classes meet on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. at World Radio Labora tories, 3415 West Broadway in Council Bluffs. The instructor is a licensed "ham.” Classes have a limited enrollment in order to I allow maximum individual at tention. , This course is scheduled to be gin Tuesday evening, November I 27th Anyone beyond the age of; 10 years, who is a citizen of the, United States, may take this free | instruction and the necessary! examination at the conclusion of the course, to obtain his operator's license and station call letters.‘ Registration prior to the first class may be made at World Radio Laboratories, or by phoning Jack Floridan Named Queen THE QUEEN REIGNS —Charm irtg Evelyn Bullock, a senior ele mentary education major from Lake City, Florida, reigned su preme during the homecoming festivities at Florida A and M University on November 2-4. Miss Bullock's attendants were Char lotte Gail Carter, junior attendant j from Jacksonville; and La Kay B e a sley, sophomore attendant from Tallahassee. (A and M staff photo) I Suit Claims White And Negro Woman Fought on Bus Little Rock, Ark. (CNS) A white woman has filed a suit for $75,000 damages claiming that she was seriously hurt when a Negro woman—Mrs. Dorothy May Payne —sat down beside her on a Little Rock bus. The white woman, Mrs. Freeda Wright, says during the scuffle which resulted after Mrs. Payne sat beside her, she suffered a skull fracture, brain concussion, scrat ches and bruises. She claims, too, | that when she tried to move after Mrs. Payne sat beside her, then Mrs. Payne attacked her. The white woman names both Mrs. Payne in her suit and the Citizens Coach Co. which began integrated seating last May. She also charged that Mrs. Payne is a member of the NAACP. Dodgers Worry About Their Decline —7— Brooklyn, N. Y. (CNS) As the ! National League Champions wing I ed their way back to the states,' I there was much speculation as to I what had happened to the team lover the winter. Losing four in 'Japan with one a draw and win ning fourteen is said to be the worse record of an American team. Japanese thought they had the clue on the Dodgers’ decline when they commented: “The Yankees would always try for an extra base on a hit. Some of the J)od* ger runners stopped dead." An other thought: "When the Dodgers hit, they hit all together. When they are cold, nobody can hit." Even the usual ever confident Buzzy Bavasi seemed worried as 1 the team departed. As to next year’s chances of winning, Bavasi 'prefixed every statement with “If Campanella hits 60 more points— has a normal year, not a great one, if Campanella's operation turns out all right....” A lot de pends on Campanella evidently. ALTHEA BEATS SHIRLEY FRYE AT LAST FOR AUSSIE TITLE Sydney, Australia (CNS) Althea Gibson took on the New South Wales* single title to add to her French and Italian championships when she finally beat Shirley Frye of St. Petersburg, Florida, 10-8 and 6-2 on the all-Ameriear final. Althea had been beaten by Shir ley twice this year in important matches at Wimbledon and .forest Hills. son 0348 or Council Bluffs 2-0277 and making arrangements with Jim Noland. 4 Johnny Shobe Mr. Johnny Shobe, 44 years 2820 Franklin Street, passed away Sunday November 18th at a local hospital. Mr. Shobe had been a resident of Omaha four years and was an employee of the Swift ; Tacking Company. ^ | He is survived by his wife, Mrs. I Mildred Shobe, two dauhters, Helen and Malinda Kae, son, I Johnny Jr., mother, Mrs. Amanda Shobe, of Omaha, five sisters, Mrs. Catherine Johnson, East St. ' Louis, Illinois, Mrs. Cleo Walls, 1 Madison, Illinois, Miss Edith Shobe, Mrs. Neliie Adams, Mrs. Larlene Jefferson, Omaha, five brothers, Robert, Detroit, Michi gan, Abraham, Clarence, Daviu. Omaha, M. Sgt. Joseph H. Shobe, U. S. Army, Tacoma, Washington, Harold Shobe, Wichita, Kansas, aunt, Mrs. Chaney Johnson, Chi cago, Illinois and a host of other relatives. Funeral services were held at ten o'clock Saturday morning November 24th from the Salem Baptist Church with the Rev. W. E. Fort, officiating, assisted by Rev. M. J. Bradford, Rev. J. O. White. Rev. C. C. Pettis, Rev. C. McMorris. Pallbearers, Messrs. F. L. Wesley, J. L. Watkins, Willie Watson, Harry Johnson, Roose velt Brown, W. R. Johnson, Ed Horton, A. C. Fields. Burial was at Mt. Hope Cemetery with ar rangements by Ihe Thomas Funer al Home. • , In iflOO, church membership in the United States was 36 per cent of the population, in 1940 it was 49 per cent, in 1930 it was 57 per cent and in 1955 it had reached 60.9 per cent. Hard work is an accumulation N)f easy thing^pu didn’t do when you shouldt4MP done them. What this country needs is a medium priced power mower that can, be operated from an air-con ditioned room. i - CALIFORNIA CHURCHES STILL NOT MIXING RACES Los Angeles, Calif. (CNS) The Church Federation of Los Angeles made a survey of Los Angeles’ protestant churches and found that both Negroes and Orientals are still being excluded in most of them. Only two of twenty-two denom inations have more than three in tegrated churches and fourteen sects have no racial integration. In fact, integration really con sists of just a handful of non whites in a predominately white congregation. ' • __ YW Christmas Festival Is Wednesday The Annual Y.W.C.A. CHRIST MAS FESTIVAL will be held at the YWCA Wednesday, December 5th from 7-9 P.M. This year the “Y” is sponsoring an “ALL-FAMILY” event and ex tends a cordial invitation to all YWCA members, their friends and families to attend. On the program agenda are: tree and window decorating, carol ing, reading of the Christmas Story and games. Refreshments will be served. There will be no charge. Planning committee for the FESTIVAL include: Mmes H. F. Courtwright, Chairman; Robert Chase, H. H. Hahn, Ralph Mayo, Charles Nye, Halsey Davidson, Jene Jordan, Floyd C. Patton, Harold Diers, and the Misses Kar e Planck, Barbara Long, Beverly Jean Murray. The Reverend Paul Leap, Minis ter of Education at the Dundee Presbyterian Church, will read the Christmas Story. Prominent Caterer Died November 26 Mrs. Helen Mahammitt, age S'7 years, of 2703 Binney Street, one of Omaha's foremost caterers, died Monday November 20, 1956 in a local hospital after a month's ill ness. For 45 years her culinarv ablities graced the city’s tables. In 1905 Mrs. Mahammitt form ed a catering business with her lfte husband, Thomas P. Ma hammitt. Her interest in pre paring good food was such ihat in 1027 she ended a European vacation trip by taking home a diploma from a Paris cooking school. Following her husband's death in 1950, Mrs. Mahammitt retired. She also conducted cooking rchools and was interested in seeing new brides get off on the right foot by leamin how to pre pare a delectable meal. Mrs. Mahammitt was a member of St. Philips Episcopal Church, and for many years president of St. Andrews Guild. Mrs. Mahammitt is survived by three nieces; Mrs. Edessa Spears of Battle Creek, Michigan; Mrs. Alice Sparks of Toledo, Ohio; and Mrs. Daisy T.see" Pasadena. California. Funeral services were held Thursday November 29, 1956 at 2:00 P.M. from the St. Philips Episcopal Church with Father S. N. Jacobs officiating. Inter Christmas Lights Turned On In Downtown Omaha Friday j Mayor John Rosenblatt threw a switch at 6:30 P.M. Friday to light the Christmas street decor ations in downtown Omaha. W. D. Lane, president of the Downtown Omaha Association which is financing the decorations said that they are the greatest in Omaha’s history, with more gilt er.more sparkle and brighter lights than ever before. E. J. Crafentin,, who is direct ing the erection of the decora tions for Sterling Electric Com pany, said the 250 light bulbs in the Christmas ornaments will consume 103,000 watts during each evening hour from Novem ber 23 through December 31st. Anderson Gives Boost To TB Sales Nebraska’s Governor Victor An derson has offered congratulations to the Nebraska Tuberculosis As sociation and its affiliates in each county on the occasion of the fiftieth annual Christmas Seal Sale. “Fighting TB through purchases of Christmas Seals has become a tradition worthy of this most traditional season” Governor An derson said. “It’s true that in our nation more than seven mil lion lives have been saved from TB in this half century, but the battle must not let up.” In urging Nebraskans to contri bute, the Governor pointed out that while it is our purpose to make Nebraska a better place to live and work and raise our fam ilies, disease with its physical and emotional suffering and economic loss is a constant enemy of our citizens. “A new case of tuberculosis is reported every fifth minute, and every twenty-ninth minute one life is taken by this insidious kill er in the United States alone,” Governor Anderson quoted. He explained that each county tuber culosis organization in Nebraska is a voluntary group of public-spirit ed citizens devoted to the task of educating for health, finding ac tive cases of tuberculosis, nursing activities and other related ser vices. “The success or failure of tuber culosis control in Nebraska de pends entirely upon us,” he said. “Since 94 per cent of the funds raised in our state will be used right hgce at home, I am sure our people will contribute gener ously to this year’s campaign.” ment was in the family plot at forest Lawn Cemetery. Honorary Pallbearers Messrs Earl Wheeler, Frank Blackwell, Roland West, Bert Johnson. Active Pallbearers Messrs Al fonso Hayden, Arthur Hayden, Hezekiah Stewart, Nathaniel Gold stein, Charles Dickerson and Le roy Wright. Myers Brothers Funeral Ser vice. * The population of the United States is increasing at a net rate of about 7,000 a day. and within 20 years we may have a total of 220,000,000 in the country. At the principal intersections j downtown, garlands rise from each of the four corners and join in the intersection center at a height of about 55 feet. Stars, 36 inches in size, crown the joining of the garlands. The garlands are of three-color aluminum foil, 10 inches wide. Plastic bells, 18 and 20 inches in height, hang from the garlands. Six- feet-high plastic figures of Santa Claus and Christ mas trees have been placed and lighted on the electric poles. The Downtown Omaha Associa tion will also sponsor Santa Claus on an early visit to Downtown O maha. The Association has ar ranged for him to visit orphanages and children’s wards of hospitals on Sunday, November 25. On Monday and Tuesday, he will be Downtown during shopping hours giving free rides in his sleigh to all youngsters. Omaha Junior Chamber members, under the di-j rection of board member John W.; Madden, Jr., will aid Santa in his! rounds. The 40-foot long sleigh is motor ized with mechanical reindeer out in front. Santa is Robert J. George, formerly a Cozad, Nebras-| ka, barber. He began playing1 Santa as a hobby in 1949. Now it's a business and his 1956 tourj will include an appearance at the! Washington, D. C. “Pageant of Peace”, as well as visits to Wis consin, Minnesota, Colorado, Kans as, Iowa and Nebraska. Shop The Ads First!