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YWCA To Offer
Extended Program
At the recent annual meet
ing of the YWCA the following
members were elected to the
Board of Directors: Mrs. K. Pat
rick Okura, Miss Ethel Mellor,
Mrs. Lloyd Peterson, Mrs. Ro
bert McClung, Mrs. Elizabeth
Davis Pittman, Mrs. Clarence
Rubendall, Mrs. Stanley Good
win. Mrs. C. R. Fargo and Mrs.
Roy Robbins.
Elected to the Nominating
Committee for the year 1958
1959 were Mrs. Lyle Johnson,
Miss Esther Park, Mrs. lister
Kobold, Mrs. Theodore Kolderie
and Miss Lula Pritchard.
Included In the business of
the meeting was the vote to
extend the YWCA program into
areas of Omaha not now serv
ed. The program planning com
mittee, headed by Mrs. George
Robertson, made the recommen
dation for extension on the ba
sis of experimental programs
at the South Omaha YMCA, the
Benson Library and the Willa
Gather Library.
Mule-Borrowing
Family Now Own*
3 Tractor*, Picker
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jones
of Cotton Plant, Ark., who bor
rowed money to buy their first
mule 22 years ago, now own
three tractors and a mechani
cal cotton picker, reports T. R.
Betton, district agent of the Ar
kansas Extension Service.
Last year, says Mr. Betton,
the Joneses produced 101 bales
of cotton, 2,000 bushels of soy
beans, 25 head of beef cattle
and 40 hogs. The district agent
points out that two of his a
gents, Joseph L. Kennedy and
Miss Juanita McKendra, have
worked with Mr. and Mrs.
Jones and their 13 children, en
couraging them to grow most
of their own food, and giving
them advice on sound farming
and homemaking practices. .
Starting out as sharecroppers
In 1928, Mr. and Mrs. Jones de
cided after eight years that at
the rate they were going they
would never save up enough
to buy a mule. So they bor
rowed money and bought one.
The next year they bought a
second mule and increased
their rented acres to 45.
After that from time to time
they added a mule and a few
acres of rented land. By 1948,
they were renting 217 acres, too
many for their mules. So they
bought a tractor.
Today, the Joneses have three
tractors, a mechanical cotton
picker, combine, a haybaler,
and a grain drill, and they are
renting 520 acres of which 270
are cropland.
Within the past few years,
the Joneses have been develop
ing Improved pastures as the
first step of Increasing their
livestock production. After next
year, they hope to market 35
head of cattle annually.
They have already bought a
few acres and built a modem
ranch house on it. They hope
soon to be able to buy more
land, says Mr. Betton.
Nearly 95,000 Non
White Operators
Quit Farming
Nearly 95,000 nonwhite oper
ators quit farming in the South
between 1950 and 1954, accord
ing to an analysis of the 1955
Census of Agriculture made by
the Farm Population Section
of the U. S. Department of Agri
culture.
Between the spring of 1950
and the fall of 1954, the num
ber of nonwhite farm operators
in the 17 Southern States drop
ped from 562,321 to 467,770, or
by 94,551.
The sharpest drops percent
agewise took place in Okla
homa and Deleware, In the
former, the number of non
white farmers declined from
9,018 to 5,282, or by 41 peereent;
in the latter the decrease was
from 392 to 244, or by 38 per
cent. The smallest drop per
centagewise occurred in North
Carolina and West Virginia.
Each lost only 7.8 percent.
However, North Carolina has
66,908 nonwhite farm operators,
while West Virginia has only
343.
In numbers, the largest drop
occurred in Mississippi where
22.000 quit farming: Louisiana
was second with a loss of
13,000; and Alabama, Arkansas
and Georgia each lost 11,000.
Perhaps most of these left
agriculture altogether for jobs
In towns and cities; but some
undoubtedly remained as trac
tor drivers or other hired farm
workers.
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Spring Term Classes
By Central YWCA
Registrations are now being
accepted at the YWC.i for
spring term classes which will
begin the week of March 31
and April 1-5 at the Central
YWCA. 506 South 17th Street.
Afternoon and evening class,
es are open to any woman or
girl. Men may enroll in some
classes such as bridge, mosaic
ceramics, Spanish, painting and
sketching. Daytime classes in
elude bridge, painting and
sketching, sewing and tailor
ing, conversational Spanish,'
trimnastics, swimming, and
personality and entertaining in
the home. Evening classes in
clude ballroom dancing, horse
back riding, golf, tennis, bridge,
Judo, bowling, dramatics for
fun, modern dance, mosaic cer
amics, painting and sketching,
sewing and tailoring, trimnas
tico and swimming.
Children’s classes include
sewing, painting and sketching,
tap and ballet, acrobatics and
tumbling, and swimming.
Since classes must have a
minimum number, registrations
should be made early. For a
folder with complete details,
call the YWCA, JAckson 27-48.
Registrations may be made by
mail.
Vincent WiUon, Jr.
Vincent Wilson, Jr., infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent
Wilson, Sr., expired Saturday
Febr. 22, 1958 at a local hos
pital.
Committal services were held
Tuesday Febr. 25, 1958 at
Graceland Park Cemetery.
Myers Funeral Service.
Lt. Heimes Returns
To Creighton U.
A Creighton graduate will
return to the campus Thursday
and Friday, March 20 and 21,
to assist in Marine Officer Pro
curement.
Lt. Kenneth A. Heimes who
graduated from the University
in June 1957 with a B.S. in
mathematics, will return to ex
plain the Marine Officer Candi
date Course for college seniors
and the Platoon Leaders Class
for underclassmen.
Members of the Platoon Lead
ers Class attend two six-week
summer training periods at the
Marine Corps Schools, Quanti
co, Va., between academic
Lt. Kenneth A. Heimes
years. Those in the Officer Can
didate Course attend ten weeks
of training at Quantico after
graduation. Both courses lead
to a commission as a second
lieutenant in the Marines, eith
er aviators or ground officers.
Lieutenant Heimes will be ac
companied by Major Melvin W.
Snow on his Creighton visit.
They will be on campus Thurs
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Clarence Watkins
Clarence Watkins, of 3532 No
29 St., expired Tuesday Febr.
11, 1958 at a local hospital.
A native of Georgia, he came
to Omaha 30 years ago.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Josie Watkins; 2 sons,
Paul and James Watkins; 2
daughters, Sarah and Gussie,
all of Omaha; brother, Sidney
P. Mitchell of Philadelphia, Pa.
Funeral services were held
Saturday Febr. 15, 1958 at 10:00
a m. from the Mt. Olive P.ap
tist Church with Rev. H. L.
Turner officiating, assisted by
Rev. J. Brown. Interment was at
Graceland Park Cemetery.
Myers Bros. Funeral Service.
day afternoon and all day Fri
day.
Lieutenant Heimes graduat
ed from Wynot High School in
1953 where he had been a mem
ber of the student council, pres
ident of his junior class, letter
ed three years in basketball
and baseball and graduated as
class valedictorian.
He attended Creighton Uni
versity on a President's Schol
arship and was active in in
tramural sports, the University
Choir, Sodality, Math Club and
treasurer of the CU Pep Club.
He holds teaching certificates
for both Iowa and Nebraska.
Lieutenant Heimes entered the
Platoon Leaders Class program
in 1955 and was commissioned
in the Marines upon graduation.
His father Ignatius A. Heimes,
farmed near Wynot, Neb., for
thirty years and currently lives
in Phoenix, Ariz.
CUNNINGHAM MADE HONORARY SCOUT
lop. Olenn Cunningham received a Boy Scout badge In Waehlngton, 0. C., o« part of
ho national colabration of Boy Scout Week. Pinning on tho badge le 10-yoar-old
lobby Haberman of lelhotda, Md., whoeo mother li tho former Doloiot Bognor of
Jrofton. Nebr . and whote father worked In Uncoln teyoral yean ago.
Colored 4-H'er
Wins Brazil With
Native Broadcast
Miss Doris A. Smith, a Vir
ginia colored 4-H’er who is
spending six months in Brazil
as an International Farm Youth
Exchange delegate, has won the
hearts of the people of the
State of Minas Gerais with a
broadcast in Portuguese.
The Virginia State College
graduate, who has been study
ing Portuguese since last fall
when she was selected to go
to Brazil, impressed the radio
announcer with her ability to
speak, the language. He had
planned to do the interview
through an interpreter, but
changed his plans after talking
with Miss Smith.
Following the interview,
which was conducted entirely
in Portuguese, the announcer
asked the 4-H’er to sing a song.
This she also did in Portuguese.
The studio people and the fam
ily with whom she was staying
at the time were highly pleased
with the broadcast, and neigh
bors and ltjteners from miles
around came or called to con
gratulate her.
The next aay was Miss
Smith’s 21st birthday and her
IFYE family gave her a party.
There was a birthday cake with
candles; and there were candy
and fruit and nuts.
Miss Smith has been in Bra
zil since October. During this
time she has lived with eight
families: Brazilian, English,
German, American, and Japa
| nese.
Of the Japanese, Miss Smith
writes, ‘There are 13 in the
family: two of the girls are a
bout my age. We have become
very good friends, as well as
IFYE sisters.
‘Today my Japanese family
was told that I am to leave to
morrow,” Miss Smith continues,
"so tonight they had a fare
well dinner for me. I had a
feeling of sadness and happi
ness when my IFYE sister pre
sented me a beautiful pin from
the family and asked that we
continue our friendship after
I return to the United States.”
The privately financed IFYE
program is designed to help
improve international relations.
This is IFYE's 10th anniversary
year. Since Its inauguration in
November, 1948, about 900 U. S.
farm youths have visited in 58
countries, and more than 1,000
young people from 60 countries
have visited in the United
States.
Miss Smith is the sixth color
ed 4-H’er to become an IFYE
delegate. One other has gone
from Virginia, three from North
Carolina, and one from Missis
sippi.
Susie Bruce
Mrs. Susie Bruce, age 88
years, formerly of Omaha, ex
pired Monday evening March
3, 1958 at Maywood, 111.
She is survived by her daugh
ter, Mrs. Virginia Green of May
wood, 111.; 4 sons, Ernest, May
wood, 111., Cecil, Waymon and
Russell Billingsley of Omaha.
Funeral services tentatively
arranged for Friday March 7,
1958 at 2:00 p.m. from the My
ers Funeral Home Chapel.