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SOP.. ..« iThis Is Your Newspaper TW. U Your Newspaper What you are doing is news I! Whatyou are doing is news. Please Phone Your News To !! ; Please Phone Your News To HA 0800 HA 0800 or send it to THE°OMAHA GUIDE _ ,-v TOE2420IGMint St^ I 2420 Grant St |. /JUSTICE / EQUALITY [HEW TO THE LINEN ^ . EQUAL OPPORTUNITY * % Vol. 30 No. 40_Friday, December 14, 1956_____ __ _^er 26 Omaha Firms and 14 Unions Given Special Awards Tuesday by C of C .. Twenty six Omaha firms and 14 ; local unions affiliated with them \ will be given special awards at a Chamber of Commerce meeting | Tuesday noon. The Chamber’s Public Affairs Luncheon is being held to honor j James L. Paxton, Jr., 1956 chair- j man of the United Red Feather- j Red Cross fund-raising drive, and his workers, in the campaign. The Omaha firms, all of whom j employ 25 or more persons, and the union, groups; will be cited , far the fact that at least 90 per- < cent of their members gave to the drive according to the fair •hare formula. Chamber President M. Cooper Smith will present a special ci-1 tation to Mr. Paxton for his lead-j ership in the drive which raised the greatest amount for the oper ating needs of the Red Cross and Red Feather agencies. Victor L. Toft, Chamber vies; president* and 1952 UCS drive j chairman., will describe briefly | the importance of these welfare agencies to the local community. The UCS office said several hundred "awards of merit’’ al ready have been sent to other firms and employee groups in recognition of their contributions > to the campaign. Reservations for the Chamber i Luncheon, at $1.75 each, still may be made Monday at the Chamber office. Ronald V. Beason 1 / 1 ■■■■ Ronald Vanleer Beason, 31 months. 2304 Ohio Street, passed : away Friday November With‘at a] local hospital. Little Ronald is survived by his parents, Mr, and Mrs. John L. Beason, sister, Harriett; brother, Robert; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R- L. Edmonson, Omaha, two aunts, Mrs. Essie Gilbert, Char lotte, Tennessee, Mrs. Sarah Bell, Omaha, uncle, Mr. Stanley Ed monson. of Omaha. Funeral services were held ten o'clock Tuesday morning De cember 4th from the Emanuel Community Church with the Rev E. F. Ridley officiating. Interment was at Forest Lawn Cemetery with arrangements by the Thomas Funeral Home. Mrs. Inez Hunter Mrs. Inez Hunter, 72 years, 2112 Grace Street, expired Wednesday evening November 30th. Mrs. Hunter had been a resident of Omaha fifty four years and had been employed by the H. A. Wolf Company for over thirty nine years. Mrs. Hunter is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Alice Young, Fontana, California, Mrs. Elizabeth Shipman, Berkely, Cali fornia, Mrs. Ethel Clark, Omaha, four sons, Lloyd, Harold, James Hunter, of Omaha, Roy of Sioux City, Iowa, two sisters. Mrs. Mary Wilburn, Sioux City, Iowa, Mrs. Ella Moody, Fulton, Kentucky, five brothers, John and Tom Lightner, Buffalo, New York, Richard and Odell Lightner of Fulton, Kentucky, McKinley Lightner, St. Louis, Missouri and other relatives. Tentatively funeral sejviccs have been set for ten o’clock Saturday morning December 8th from the Cleaves Temple C.M.E, Church with the Rev. A. Ralph Davis officiating and arrango ments by Thomas Funeral Home. WORLD SERVICE ROLL-CALL SCORE Amt. To Dale Dr. Steams, Div. 1 $ 165.00 1. Paul Bunce .. 360.00 2. Rev. Conover 182.00 3. Dr. Dlndinger 300.00 4. Dr. Cook _ 205.00 5. Hugh Wallace _L. 200.00 6. Dewey Baker T - 193.00 , Toial $1605.00 Carl Wilson, Div. 2 . $ 30.00 1. Mr. McMillan 275.00 2. Carl Schecr 133.00 3. Walt Otto .. 142.00 4. Rev. Fielding_ 270.44 5. Ray Gilbreath_ 172.00 6. John Tate--.... 117.00, Total $1139.44 ■ Branches and Departments North Branch' - $100.00 | Near North Branch . 126.00 Benson - West __ 155.23 i South Branch 200.00 ; Physical Dept. 268.25 Adult Program 202.34 | Board of Directors _ 380.00 : Total $1486.82 Grand Total$4231.26 i ___ YWCA ROLL CALL A SUCCESS Mr. C. C, Galloway 2420 Grant Omaha, Nebraska Dear Mr. Galloway: The YWCA World Service Roll Call was a great success. You help ed make it possible for us to go over our goal. There is still money coming in, but at this moment we have a total pledged of $4231.28. . It is with real pleasure, especially after our success, that I ex press my thanks to you. I also say thanks for the many folks in other lands who will be learning a better life because of our campaign and others in the United States and Canada have been a success. May God Bless you for your efforts. Sincerely yours, CLARENCE MINARD, Chairman World Service Roll Call i Actress Hoorn Mioey, decorating Christmas cendleswtth United ! States Savings Bondi, takas Ume out from helping the people of her native Hungary to wish her fellow American, a happy New Year of peace on earth, good wW toward men. "What a wonderful thing." •be sort, "to be able to sws these shares to one's country sod to •ive then, to our toyed ones as presents with a Mare, represent, bl oar faith, our trust, our lays for oar country and our free wap of Ufa." " - U. S. Mail Trucks To Carry Anti-Bias Poster First Time Our Way of Life Mean* EQUAL JOB OPPORTUNITY for Everyone, Regardless of Race, Religion, Color or National Origin V • ’ * Jf* I — WASHINGTON, D. C. — A three-color poster which dramatize*! snd support* the Equal Job Opportunity policy of the Federal Govern ment will be carried on the sides of the U. S. mail trucks throughout the country from December 16 until January 1, 1957, the President's Committee on Government Contract* announced today. Post Office Department officials say that never before ha* the subject of race relations, and specifically the right of minority groups to economic equaity, been advanced through this public-owned media. Us* of the space is granted only to programs which the Post Office Department believe to be in the general public interest. Each of the more than 25,900 Government-owned trucks carries two posters. The poster was designed as a public service by Mo* Left of New 1 York City, who creates the "Jo* Palooka" newspaper cartoon ttrip. Pastor To End Work For NAACP Rev. E. T. Streeter, pastor of Clair Methodist Church, has an nounced his intention to step down from the office of President of the Omaha Branch of N.A.A. C.P., a position he has held for the past three years. The name of Rev. Charles E. Tyler, pastor of Calvin Memorial Presbyterian Church, has been placed in nomin ation to succeed Rev. Streeter. Annual election meeting for of ficers and executive committee is scheduled for Sunday, Decem ber 16, 4:00 p.m., at Near North branch, Y.M.C.A.. 2311 North 22nd Street. Other names submitted for election to office are: 1st vice president Lawrence McVoy, 2nd vice president, Rev. Curtis Brown, pastor Bethel Baptist, treasurer, Mrs. Charlotte Crawford Andrews and secretary, Mrs. Wills Mac Garnett. The Omaha Branch of N.A.A.C.P., under leadership of Legal Redress Chairman, Attor ney Ralph Adams, submitted to the Charter Convention proposed guarantees of civil rights and se cured their inclusion in the re cently approved Home Rule Charter. Jennie B. Warren Mr*. Jennie Belle Warren, age 81 years, of 3743 Ohio Street, ex pired Wednesday November 28lh, 1956 at a local hospital. She was an Omaha resident 38 years. Mrs. Warren is survived by her husband, Emanuil Warren of Omaha; 2 daughters, Mrs. Estella Johnson of Kansas City, Missouri, and Mrs. Victoria Johnson of Se dalia, Missouri; 2 sons, Charles and John Walls of Kansas City, Missouri. Her remains were forwarded to the Watkins Brothers Funeral Home of Kansas City, Missouri, Wedhesday November 28, 1956 for services and burial. Myers Brothers Funeral Ser vice. Gun Club Meets Dec. 16 The North Side Rod and Gun Club will hold their last meeting for this year Sunday December 16, 1956 at Y.M.C.A. at 7:30 P M. All members are requested to be present at which time your offi cers will be nominated for next year 1957. So please be present at this meeting. BENJAMIN WAT SON, Reporter, Amateur Bank Vi Robber Arrested Jersey City, N. J. . . (CNS) . . Hudson County National Bank not only got its first attempted bank robbery that any one could re member but one that was so amateurishly conceived that the would-be robber was not only re buffed but a few minutes later caught with just a commanding voice. Joseph Ashew, a 30 year old Negro, tried his robbery at 10:00 a m. slipping a pencilled note and a brown paper bag to 21 year old Madeline Miller, teller. The note said: "This is a stick up: Please put all the bills in the bag. One false move and I'll blow your brains out. Do what this note says and you’ll enjoy a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year.” * Unmoved by the note. Miss Miller handed it hack to him calm ly. Ashew was completely off guard by this, lost his nerve and headed for the door. Two blocks away with the bank guard and others in pursuit, one pedestrian seeing the trouble yelled out: “Stop or I’ll shoot.” That was all, for Ashew stopped and was booked for attempted robbery. Hattie Davidson Mr*. Hattie Davidson, age 56 years, of 2624 North 25th Street, expired Thursday afternoon No vember 29, 1956 at a local hospi tal. She was an Omaha resident 35 years, and was a member of the Usher Board of Mt. Moriah Bap tist Church. She was also a mem ber of the Nurse and Police Unit of Cherokee Temple No. 223, I.B.P.O.E. of W., Mrs. Blanche Davis, Daughter Ruler. She is survived by her daugh ter, Mrs. Doris Wesley of Omaha; 10 grandchildren; 5 great grand children; 2 sisters; 2 brothers; 3 nieces; 2 cousins. Funeral services were held Monday, December 3, 1956 at the Mt. Moriah Baptist Church at 2:00 P.M. with Rev. David St. Clair officiating. Pallbears were Messrs C. McMillan, F. Mosley, C. Whitley, R. Crum, W. Beasley, M. Speese. Honorary Pallbearers Iroquois Lodge No. 92, I.B.P.O.E. of W. Interment, Forest Lawn Ceme tery. Myers Brothers Funeral Ser vice. Families of three or more chil dren have increased 47 per cent during the past seven years. Ideals are like tuning forks; you must sound them frequently to keep your life up to pitch. Negroes Get Federal Jobs 23.4 PCT OF WORKERS IN 5 BIG CITIES Washington, — A Presidential committee reported Tuesday that Negroes make up 3.4 per cent of the Federal employees in five ma jor cities, including this one. Chairman Maxwell Abbell of President Eisenhower’s Commit tee on Government Employment Policy said the survey turned up two findings which he termed of particular significance. "The first is that Negroes are employed by the Federal Govern 'ment well above their ratio to the total population,” Mr. Abbell said. “The second is that Negroes are by no means confined either to the menial jobs of the Government or to the lower grades in the Civ il Service Classification Act.’’ The ratio of Negroes to the to tal United States poppulation Is about 11 per cent. Besides the capital, cities cov ered by the survey were Chicago. St. Louis, Los Angeles, and Mo bile, Alabama. Globetrotters On North Circuit Chicago — — The fabulous Har lem Globetrotters basketball team could conceivably run smack into Santa Claus next week. The old cherub with the white whiskers will be heading south ward from the far north for his annual Christmas visit while Abe Saperstein’s happy cagers will be up in the territory where he makes his first stops — South Sakata, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Meantime, basketball fans in those states arc in for a real pre holiday treat. The Trotters led by Capt. Clarence Wilson are rolling merrily along, winning game after game, and putting on some of the most hilarious "floor shows” ever seen in the history of the game. Top entertainer of this year's production is, of course, Meadow lark Lemon, the greatest rib tickler in basketball today. The fans up in the frigid northland are sure to warm up to this rol licking court jester, who' also plays a skilled game. For ex ample, after a recent appearance in New York’s Madison Square Garden, a sportswriter in the big city wrote: ’‘Meadowlark had the fans in the Garden rolling in the aisles last night, and, also, had the op position daffy with his great as sortment of shots from the pivot. It has been a long time since cage customers here in New York have seen the likes of him.” This new cage wizard will be seen next week with the Globe trotters in the following cities: December 14, Huron, South Da kota; 15, Sioux City, Iowa; 16, Des Moines, Iowa; 17, Waterloo, Iowa; 18, Rochester, Minnesota; 19, St. Peter, Minnesota; 20, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin; 21,’ Janesville, Wisconsin. Mrs. Mary McAfee Mrs, Mary McAfee, age 39 years, of 4117 Patrick Avenue, ex pired December 3, 1956 at a local hospital. She was an Omaha resident for 8 years. Mrs. McAfee is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Fitz gerald, St. Louis, Missouri, 9 brothers; 3 sisters. Her remains were forwarded to the Ellis Funeral Home, St. Louis, Missouri, Wednesday December 5th. Myers Brothers Funeral Ser vice. Mary E. Smith Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Smith, 73 years, 2236 Franklin Street, pass ed away, Friday morning Decern ber 7th at a local hospital. Mrs. Smith had been a resident of Omaha seventy years. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Mannie Richmond, Mt. Pleas ant, Iowa, two nephews, Mr. Clar ence H. Payton, Omaha, Mr. Georgo Brown, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, two nieces, Mrs. Margaret Roh erts, Chicago, Illinois and other telatives. Funeral services were held two o’clock Tuesday after noon December 11th from the Cunningham Appreciates His Election Support Congressman-Elect Glenn Cun ningham wrote the following let ter of appreciation to the Guide this week. His message follows: I wish to take this means of THE OMAHA GUIDE and your many fine readers who gave me such generous support in the re cent election. Your help was very -much ap preciated and I shall work long andrhard to do a good job for you in the Congress of the United States. If at any time you have a sug gestion to offer and I could be of service please do not hesitate to let me know. And if my office can be of help to you in any way please feel free to write to me in Washington. Again my sincere thanks and with best wishes for a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Pros perous New Year. Sincerely yours, GLENN CUNNINGHAM Congressman - Elect 2nd Congressional District Quack Club Issues Thanks The Quack Club would like to thank each and everyone who helped to make the Bridge and Whist tournament a success. We are also grateful to the pho tographer for taking the picture of the contestants and club mem bers. EILEEN DUDLEY, Pres. GEORGIA ROBERTS, Rep. "Y" Boys Selling Trees For Christmas "Y" Boy* To Sell Chrittma* Tree* The Gra-Y and Jr. Hi-Y boys of the YMCA, in an effort to assist financially with their programs, will sell Christmas trees, Friday, December 14 and 15, on the Near North Branch YMCA lot. The trees will range in size from 2 to 8 feet. The boy;- are also ar ranging for delivery service. Thn public is invited to encourage these boys in their effort by pur chasing a Christmas tree. Leader*' Fellowship To Be Observed, Sunday, December 16. The First Annual Leaders’ Fel lowship Recognition Program will be held, Sunday, December 16, at 4:30 P.M. at the Near Northside YMCA, according to announce ment made by Robert H. Blanch ard, Chairman of the Committee of Management. The Recognition Committee, composed of Mcs dames Marianna McFadden and Ethel Killingsworth, Miss Beverly Madison, George H. Robinson and Eugene Skinner as chairman, has promised a program of music and interpretation of the “Y” Pro gram will be given with the Coffee Hour following the program. The public Is invited to this affair with some 150 leaders receiving certi ficates for services rendered dur ing the year. Basketball. ! The Near Norm israncn I Physical Department will offici I ally open their out of town basket ball games on Saturday, when their rival teams from the Carver Branch YMCA, invade the home court. The first game at 6:30 P.M., will pit the Carverettes Girls Team against the Omaha Trotters, the second game, the Ravens Hi-Y Team against the Yergan Hi-Y and the final game will be the Carver Dons against the Omaha Travelers. A social will follow the game. Upholstering Class To Open, Friday, December 4 The long awaited Upholstering Class will open December 14, at 7:00 P.M., at the Near North Branch YMCA. Mr. Hallard E. Ellis, the instructor, issues an in vitation to all former members of the class as well as any new per sons, to take part in this pro gram for it is one in which indivi duals can learn to upholster, re pair and remodel their furniture. The class will meet every Friday night from 7 to 10:00 P.M. i Thomas Funeral Home with the Hev, H. L. Turner, officiating. Pgllbcars, Mr. Maceo Farrell, Mr. Howard Farrell, Mr. Willie Jones, Mr, B. B. Breackenridge, Mr. A. L. Sample. Burial was at Ml. Hope Cemetery. Choirs Are Scheduled To Sing at Nativity Scene On the Court House Lawn Say Marciano Won't Meet Floyd New York . . (CNS) . . Those close to Rocky Marciano, the for mer champion, say he won't con sider a comeback because he knows he would defeat newly crowned Floyd Patterson. The nert day somebody else would be snapping at my heels,” Rocky stated. Meanwhile, Floyd has hired an agent, Les Airies, to book him on radio and television for the usual ten percent. Omegas To Celebrate 43rdConclave The 43rd Grand Conclave oi the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity will be held in Baltimore, Maryland, December 27th through 30th. The theme for the four day meeting is ‘‘Wanted: Techniques f o i Strengthening and Furthering our Democratic and Christian Heritage. The three living Founders. Dr. Frank J. Coleman, Dr. Oscar A. Cooper,, and Bishop Edgar A. Love, will be honored at a Found ers Banquet scheduled for Satur day, December 29th at the Fifth Regimental Armory. The Conclave Headquarters will be located on the Morgan State College Campus. Speakers for the meeting will include addresses by Dr. W. T Gibbs, President of A. & T. College—‘‘How to Improve Relation Between the College and Fraternity;” Dr. Walter N. Ridley, Professor of Psycology, Virginia State College — “Manners a n .1 Morals in Fraternities;” Dr. James Nabrit, Secretary of Howard Uni versity—“The Northern View point on Integration;” and Attor ney Fred Gray, Civil Rights Coun selor of Montgomery, Alabama —“The Southern Viewpoint on In tegration." Bishop Love of the Methodist Episcopal Church will address the closing session on the subject of "Ritual and the Friendship of Omega.” Highlighting the Social Affairs Christmas caroling from the Na tivity Scene at the Court House continues right up to Christmas. This will be the second year for the singing from the Nativity Scene at the Court House. Singing is recommended out doors by the Nativity Scene if weather is favorable - otherwise, from the inner lobby of the Court House. Amplifers are provided in the area of the Court House, on top of the City National Bank Build ing at 16th & Farnam. The Nativity Scene and singing is arranged for and sponsored by the Associated Retailers of Omaha. Schedule Of Choirs to sing at Court House Creche December 16th - Sunday, 12:15 Sacred Heart High School, 2123 Binney; 5:00 Pilgrim Lutheran Church, 42nd & Bancroft; 6:00 Cleaves Temple Christian Metho dist, 25th and Decatur Street. December 17th - Monday, 5:00 St. Marys Church, Bellevue, Ne braska; 7:00 St. Johns A.M.E. Church, 22nd Street and Willif Avenue December 19th - Wednesday, 2:00 Notre Dame Academy, 35th and State Street; 7:00 Hanscom Park Methodist Church, 29th and Woolworth; 7:30 Mercy High School, 1501 South 48th Street; 8:00 Florence Christian Church, 29th and Willit. December 20th - Thursday, 1:30 Cathedral High School, 3915 Burt Street; 6:00 Omaha Gosped Taber naclie, 2006 Douglas; 7:30 Ames Avenue Methodist Church, 4023 Amcsj Docember 21st - Friday, 2:00 Marun High School, 74th and Military; 8:00 Mosher Memorial Presbyterian Church, 48th Ave nue and S. December 22nd - Saturday 12:00 Omaha Gospel Tabernacle, 2006 Douglas. —A formal dance by Delta Sigma Theta, Thursday, December 27th; Mardi Gras, Friday, December 28th; Formal Dance, Interfraternal Council, Saturday, December 29th at the Monroe Colosseum. Fifteen hundred Omegas are expected to converge on Baltimore for the meeting. Judge Linwood Koger is the Grand Marshall The Cook Is In The Kitchen Making Christmas Gifts What is Christmas really “about”? Christmas is "giving", and t the very best is giving yourself. A lot of you goes into gifts like j those pictured. Both tho Christmas confections and the whimsical> containers, constructed with crepe paper, seals, ribbon and cotton, are very easy to make. With semi-sweet chocolate morsels as a beginning, one can make Christmas sweetmeats in very little time. The simple recipe for the fudge is printed on packages of semi-sweet chocolate morsels at this season. The recipe for Semi-Sweet Nut Brittle is included. 1 It has a delicate chocolate flavor, while retaining the characteristic < brittle texture. Make both the candies and containers for original Christmas gifts. Semi-Sweet Nut Brittle , COMBINE and bring to boil: 2 cups sugar; 1 cup light com syrop; % cup water; 1 teaspoon salt. Cover and boil 2 minutes. Uncover and cook, without stirring, to 300° F.—hard crack stage. Remove from heat. i STIR IN quickly: 1 6-ounce package (1 cup) semi-sweet chocolate morsels; 2 tablespoons butter; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 13A cups salted ruts, coarsely chopped. Spread thinly on greased cookie sheet 15 x 12 Inches. Let stand till cool. Break in irregular pieces. YIELD: Approximately 2 pounds.