The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-06
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FOR RACES and
CLUB FARLEY
Postal Workers in Mass
Meeting; Other News of
Negro Groups.

hosts during the week, entertain
ing convention delegates and &C
commodating other hundreds who
poured into the city for the July 4
100-mile auto race.
The race, an annual affair, shows
improvement each year. Promoters
are Indianapolis men.
Despite the heat and heavy rains,
the sweltering throngs enjoyed the
unending round of entertainment
awaiting them. The weekend still
will find many visitors here.
A mass meeting of all postal en-
ployeS was held in the Y. M. G. A.
auditorium Thursday night, closing
the executive sessions of the con-
stitutional commission of the Ma
tional Alliance of Postal Employees,
held during the week.
Constitution Revised
Work of the commission con-
sisted in codification and redrafting
of the constitution of the N. A. P. E.
The revised draft will be presented
to the national convention in July,
1929, at Detroit.
r. L. Bailey, attorney for the ALI
ance, advised the commissioners in
their work here. The 1929 program
contemplates including other crafts
of postal employees in its member
ship, it is said.
The commission is composed of
Royal Without. president of the
N. A. P. E.; H. L. MimmS, founder
of the Alliance and chairman of the
commission; Harold L. Pilgrim,
Philadelphia; J. B. Brown, editor
of the Postal Alliance; Henry H.
Ateman, Memphis, and James R.
Lansing, st. Louis.
Albion L Holsey, confidential adj
wiser to DR.. R. F.. Moten. principal
of Tuskegee Institute, is in the city
on business. Holsey is also secretary
of the National Negro Business
League, with branches throughout
America. F. B. Ransom, attorney
here, is a member of the executive
board of the N. N. B. L. DR.. R. r.
Motion is president.
Church to Hold Sessions
An educational, spiritual, and
financial meeting will open Sunday,
July 8, for a ten-day session at the
First Baptist church at Burdsal
Blvd. and RAIDER st.
Those on the program include
several leading pastors and cholrs
of the State. The Rev. F. F. Young,
will preach Sunday morning; Sun
day afternoon, the Mission Circle,
Y. w. W., Guild and Junior Bands;
Sunday night, sermon by the Rev.
John Taylor; Monday night, the
Rev. r. D. Leonard and choir;
Tuesday night, the Rev. H. A. King,
Anderson, will preach. All services
will be conducted on standard time.
The Rev. F. F. Young is pastor.
Mrs. Bruce Dawson, Dunbar Apis,
has received a years leave of alb
sence from Crispus Attacks High
School. She will study at the Gin
cinnai School Of Commerce.
Leave for Eastern Trip
Mesdanes w. P. Bently and Villa
Martin of Highland Pl., will leave
tomorrow for visit to Pittsburgh
and points in the New England
States.
Mrs. William Walker, Edgemont
Ave-, entertained with shower for
Mrs. Lucretia Mitchell, whose mar
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in Hartford, Conn, July II.
Funeral services for Mrs. Irene
Franklin were held Thursday from
Simpson M. E. Church, the Rev. E.
A. White officiating. Mrs. Frank
lin was a charter member of Simr-
son and had operated a business IN
this city for almost forty years.
Surviving her are Arthur Franklin,
son; Mrs. Jerry P. Daniels, daugh-
ter; Mrs. Jennie Rickett, Chicago.
sister; Albert Franklin, Chicago,
nephew, and two grandchildren.
Mrs. Irene Joyner and Jerry P
Daniels, Jr.
Miss Susan j. Martin will leave
Sunday to spend the summer in
Les Cheneaux, Mich.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hadley Fite have
returned from a motor trip to Chi
cago. Miss Virginia Lewis, teacher
in the Chicago schools, and sister
of Mrs. Fite. accompanied them
home to spend the summer.
Committee to Meet
The central committee will hold
its last meeting at o'clock, Sun
day, July 8, at Pythian Hall.
MisS Mildred A. Ragland Bowling
Green, KY, is spending two weeks
in the city with her cousin, Mrs.
Sarah D. Chandler, 2115 Boulevard
Place.
Mrs. Sallie v. Stewart, Evansville,
is the guest of Mrs. w. E. Brown in
Senate Ave, during the sessions of
the Indiana Federation of Women's
Clubs. Mrs. Stewart formerly was
president of the State federation.
Mesdames Grace Evans, Terre
Haute; Alice Mckinney. French
Lick; Mamie Long and Maude
Robinson, Gary, and Edna Isom.
Washington, Ind, are guests at the
Womens Club Home during the
sessions of the federated clubs.