The Omaha guide., 1933-01-28
FORMER NEBR. LEGISLATOR
KILLS ELEVEN FOOT LION
IN JUNGLES OF AFRICA

Boston, Mass, January DR.. Aaron
M. Mcmillan, Of Omaha, Nebraska,
American Negro physician serving
under the American Board of Com
missioners for Foreign Missions. in
Galangue, Angola, West Africa. has
killed his lion!
o a brief vacation-fo1. even a
missionary has to have a vacation
in company with three other doctors.
Mcmillan shot a lion with a great
name and measuring II feet from
nose to tip of tail. Much choice
game was seen, including zebra and
Koodoo. Mcmillan is building up a
small hospital in Galangue, the only
one in that whole section and his skill
prevented this year the usual cpl
demic Of pneumonia.
First going to Portugal and learn
ing not only Portuguese, the official
tongue of Angola, but earning a Port
uguese medical license, Mcmillan
gained the distinction also of being
the first Negro to receive this degree
from the Medical University al Lis
bon. He was born in Cotton Plant.
Arkansas and is the son Of Mrs.
Sarah F. Mcmillan formerly of De-
troit.
In addition OF Portuguese, DIR. Nc
MILAN is nov acquiring the native
tongue, Umbundu. Mrs. Mcmillan
(Willena V. Cooper is the daughter
of Mrs. S. E. Boone of Miami St.,
Omaha. Both DR.. and Mrs. McMil-
Ian are graduates of Bishop College
and DR.. Mcmillan is also a graduate
of Meharry Medical College. He is
the brother of Samuel Mcmillan of
PISA Hastings Street, Detroit, Mich
igan.
With Mcmillan at Galangue are
two other American Negroes, namely.
Rev. Henry c. Mcdowell of Epes, AL
ALBANIA and Samuel Bracy Coles of
Mobile, Alabama. Although the
Laymen's Foreign Missions Inquiry
did not visit Africa, MI. Mcdowell is
conducting his work along lines that
would doubtless find great favor with
the Commission. Instead of erecting
a new church building, as was plann-
ed, Mcdowell is trying the expert
ment Of ~landscaping the site reserv-
ed for the church, so the people may
gather in the open air for worship
as has been their custom from time
immemorial.
Mcdowell in 1881 received the
William E. Harmon award for dis
tinguished achievement among Ne
groes in the field Of religious serv-
Ice. He was born in Alabama, and
holds a B. A. and B. D. from ITALIA
dega College. Before going to At
RIGA, he was pastor in Chattanooga,
Tennessee. Mrs. Mcdowell Bessie
F. Fonvielle), was born in Goldsboro.
North Carolina, and is the daughter
Of Mrs. Bessie Fonvielle, 500 South
Cedar Street, Mobile, Alabama. Both
Mr.. and Mrs. Mcdowell were grad
yates Of Talledega College.
Samuel Coles of Tilden, Alabama.
the third in this fine trio, specializes
in agriculture. Among many other
things, he has developed a farm which
he called Elombo, some six miles
from Galague, where native boys
learn to make the most Of the land
and at the same time work their way
through the school. When Coles re-
turned from his last furlodgh, the
native people turned out with a torch
light procession, a mass meeting.
speeches of welcome, and showers of
gifts in form of chickens. eggs, po-
tatoes and even pigs. Coles took
back with him new varieties Of seed
which he hopes to introduce, as well
as a grist mill, a 16-inch model break
er, several p1oughs, and a tractor.