The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-12
Ne CROES HOLD
LINCOLN DINNER,
PLAN PROGRAM
Advancement Association
to Banquet; Varied AC-
tivities Arranged.

Association for the Advancement of
Colored People is planning to OBJ
serve Lincoln's birthday with a
Lincoln dinner.
The local branch is a unit of the
$50 branches located in forty states.
Membership of the branches is
made up of members Of both races,
On Lincoln'S birthday twenty
years ago the association was organ
lied following the race riot at
Springfield, ILL.,, the home of Lin
coin.
Attorney r. L. Bailey, president
of the local branch, says "The
twenty years work of the national
ASSOCIATION has borne fruit in in
creased opportunity for the Negro.
A better and more informed public
opinion is everywhere recognized"
Some of the national officers and
directors include Moorf1eld Storey,
president; James Weldon Johnson,
secretary; j. E. Spingarn, treasurer;
Clarence Darrow, w. E. B. Dubois,
F. B. Ransom, Bishop John Hurst,
Jane Addams, Mamie Burroughs,
william Pickens, Walter White and
Hon. Arthur Capper, Topeka, Kan,
directors.
Business League Meets
A mass meeting under auspices of
the East Side Business League is
scheduled for Friday night at
School 26.
According to DR.. L. B. Meri-
wether, the president, presenta-
ton of uniforms will be made to
more than twenty traffic officers of
the school.
These uniforms were purchased
by the league at a cost of $50 and
will be donated to the boys.
A special program has been ar
ranged for the occasion and the
speakers list will include Attorney
R. L. Bailey and the Rev. S. S.
Reed.
Varied Activities
The Parent-Teacher Association
Of School "a will meet Friday at
3. Miss Carrie E. Scott of the Cen
trail Library will be the speaker.
A girls chorus will sing. A paint
ing by John Hardrich, local artist,
is to be purchased by the aSsocia-
ton. w. E. Grubbs is the principal.
Plans for the years work were
made at a meeting Of the junior
section of the Indianapolis Pro-
moterS' Club, which met at the home
of Miss Hazel Bowman in Thir-
tenth street. The next meeting is
scheduled for March II at the Co.'S
mopolitan School of Music.
Members of the Indiana Music
Promoters Club are to hold bust
ness meeting Sunday at 4 at the
Cosmopolitan School of Music. This
meeting is to complete arrange
ments for the musical cabaret to be
given Feb. 10 at Tomlinson Hall.
Mrs. Samuel Grizzle is to be
hostess to st. Monica'S Guild to-
night at her home in Paris avenue.
Mrs. Carlotta McNary was
hostess to the intermediate section
of the Music Promoters Club Sun
day.
Resumes Duties
Miss Henrietta Herod has resumed
her duties at the Crispus Attacks
high school after five months leave
OF absence for study at Radcliffe
college.
Bishop G. T. Haywood, pastor of
Christ Temple, returned from a trip
to Chicago. He is to be at the as
sembly for Bible classes the re-
mainder Of the week.
Public Health Nursing in Indian
apolis" will be discussed by Miss
Hamilton of the Public Health
Nursing Association at the Phyllis
Wheatley branch Of the Y. w. c. A..
Wednesday at 8 p. m. This is one of
a series Of programs sponsored by
the general education committee.
Recreation Course
The recreation leaders course
which gave elementary certificates
to seven young women after a six
weeks course last year will open
classes Thursday, Feb. 81. The adj
vanced course is offered at 1890
a. m. and the elementary course
at 7:30 p. m.
The series of meetings at the
MT. Paran Baptist church continue
to attract large crowds.
DR.. j. r. Bowen of Chattanooga,
Tenn, is in charge Of the meet
ings. The Rev. Charles E. Bell is
pastor.
The Woman's Club is to meet
next Monday at the home of Mrs.
Henry Eamlin in Boulevard place.
Mrs. H. L. Herod is president and
Mrs. Ruth Kirk is secretary.
The religious committee of the
State Federation of Women's Clubs
will give a Martha Washington tea
Feb. % at the club home.
Mrs. Carrie Crump is to dress as
Mrs. Washington and Mrs. Lillian
Brown as Mrs Adams. Mrs. Ger
trude Hill is chairman Of the re-
ligious committee.
Mrs. Forrest w. Littlejohn, WASH
ington court, has returned to her
home from the city hospital, where
she underwent recent operation.
Q. j. Dinwiddie, Chicago, spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Murphy Dinwiddie of West Twenty
first street. He plans to visit rela-
tlVes in Franklin, Ind, before re-
turning home.
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