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one 2-story brick and tile dwell
ing. 3679 Camden street Sc; to
cost $4,500.
Philip Milstone, TIC Thirteenth
street NV, owner and builder;
George T. Santmyers, architect; to
erect one 1-story brick addition, 937
D street NV; to cost $1,000.
Max Sugar, 1905 Kenyon street
NV. owner and builder; j. P. Fitz-
simmons, designer; to convert
dwelling into apartments, so street
NV. to cost $500.
G. B. Mullin Co., Inc, owners:
r. F. Peters, Inc, 1011 Taylor street
NE, builders; to make repairs 1896
Upshur street NV; to cost 81 1000.
Lansburgh & Bro, Seventh and
E streets NV, owners; James l..
Parsons, jr.. 224 Homer Building,
builder; to make repairs 420 Seventh
street NV; to cost $500.
NJ Philipsborn & Co., Inc, 608
Eleventh street NV, owners; Car
roll Meigs. architect; M. Cladny
Construction Co., 635 F street NV,
builders: to make repairs 608
Eleventh street NV; to cost 81 1000.
Nathan Shapiro, 50l8 Sixteenth
street NV, owner; Joseph Bauman,
architect: Harry I. Passett, Inc, 1905
L street NV. builders; to erect a
frame screened porch, 5018 Sixteenth
street NV: to cost $500.
j. w. Fraser, 1925 Connecticut
avenue NV, owner and builder; to
erect brick and cinder block garage,
3612 Chesapeake street NV; to cost
$3.50.
John Schroeder, 104 K street NV,
owner; L. w. Giles, architect; builder
not selected; to erect one 1-story
brick addition, 108 K street NV; to
cost $500.
Jacob Levin, 1853 L street Sc,
owner and builder; R. c. Archer, jr.,
architect; to erect one 1-story con-
crete block addition, 1855 L street
Sc; to cost $1,000.
John w. Portch, BOLT Central
avenue NE, owner; Washington
Insulated Brick Co.. builders; to
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terdam Corn Exchange, with its
$1,000 square-foot glass-concrete
roof.
In tests of compressive strength
he found that Z 3-inch square column
Of nodded glass / foot high could
Withstand 100 tons-the same pres
sure as could be borne by . 16 by Z
inch steel 1-beam and by larger
sizes Of other structural materials
such as wood, concrete and brick.
Toughened or heat-tempered glass
Is more than twice as strong as the
nodded product.
DR.. Polivka Lists the following f1ve
major points in favor Of glass as Z
structural material: % Glass is the
most eflcient structural material
in relation to its weight. CD It is
the most economical Of incombustible
structural materials. 90 The high
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Glass Age Of Building
Is Here, Says Engineer

That the long g-awaited glass age"
In architecture has actually arrived
is emphasized in an article by Jaro-
slav Polivka, famous European en-
gineer, in the current Architectural
Record. In both compression and
tension, toughened glass, says DR..
Polivka, Is one Of the most eflcient
load-bearing materials.
While glass has been used widely
for many years because Of its light
transmitting values, possibilities for
utilizing its high structural strength
have been neglected, DR.. Polivka says
in his article, "Glass-Structural
Material of Tomorrow" He has con-
Quoted extensive researches which
have made possible several notable
buildings in which glass predomi-
mates in walls and roofs, such as the
Czech Pavilion in Paris and the Rot
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For the Masculine Room

A maroon and white color scheme
Used in the well-lighted living room
Of a bachelors apartment gives an
effect that's masculine, smart and
dignified Maroon paint-which is
at once strong and restful in tone
covers walls and woodwork. A great
deal of the upholstery is of a match
Ing maroon color, but the material
used to cover the sofa and drape
the windows is heavy white woven
stuff. The lamps and lamp shades
are white and the prints on the
wall are framed with white mats.
Other accessories about the room are
white. The final dramatic touch to
the room is achieved by zebra
skin rug.
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Realty Association
Works for PASSAGE
Of F. H. A. Bills
Action Declared VituI
To Encourage New
Home Building

If the very hopeful present VOL
ume of new home building is not to
be unnecessarily retarded or en-
dangered, action by Congress at an
early date is imperative on bills now
before it to extend F. H. A. provi-
sions so that mortgage insurance
may continue to be open to existing
homes, the National Association OF
Real Estate Boards points out In
kilograms addressed to committees
Of the Congress.
Reports coming to us from many
parts of the country show hesita-
ton in proceeding with spring
building plans until Congress acts
on these bills, which would elimi-
nate the present provision by which,
after July /, 1899, F. H. A. mort
gage loans would be available only
on new construction" E. L. Osten-
dorf. Cleveland, president of the
association, states. "At the recent
meeting of our directing boards and
other executive committees at Dal-
las, Tex, the urgency Of action was
reported by State real estate asso-
Citations and local real estate boards
from every section of the country
Typical Report.
A typical report follows:
I'm our community there can be
no extensive building program
without healthy market for pres
ent homes. If F. H. A. financing
is not available for existing con-
struction sales will lag and recovery
will be postponed indefinitely"
Identical bills introduced in Sen
ate and House by Senator Bankhead
Of Alabama and Representative
Steagall Of Alabama incorporate
amendments to the National Hous-
ing Act (creating F. H. A. which
were urged as sound national policy
by the association in resolutions
adopted at its most recent annual
convention, held in Milwaukee in
November.
Senator Bankhead is chairman Of
a new subcommittee of the Senate
Banking and Currency Committee
handling legislation pertaining to
housing. Representative Steagall is
chairman Of the House Banking and
Currency Committee.
Bill Does Three Things.
The bill does three things:
/. Eliminates the distinction be-
tween existing construction and new
construction under the 80 per cent
mortgage provisions of the act. Does
this by striking out of Section 203 Of
Title II the present expiration date
for this kind Of mortgage insurance,
and substituting no other date, so
setting up permanent provision.
q Retains the provision for mort
gage insurance up to 80 per cent on
homes costing $4,000 or less, if the
structure is new, but, as does the
present law. makes no provision for
insurance of existing homes in this
bracket if they are not new
3. Increases permissible mortgage
insurance to be written by F. H. A.
from $4,000, 100000 to S6 900 900 900.
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strength Of glass can be utilized
for bearing structures. a. It can
meet any specified requirements In
control Of light. 0 Variation as to
composition and form Of glass units
allows control Of temperature, hu-
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midity and sound in q building. In
this field the use Of parallel panes
Of glass with captive air between
for heat and cold insulation in
windows, ceilings and partitions has
increased rapidly in recent years.
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apply siding, 30l7 Central avenue
NE; to cost $700.
]. Nelson Rice, 1926 Thirteenth
street NE. owner; Washington In
sulating Brick Co.. builders; apply
siding, 1926 Thirteenth street NE;
to cost $3.50.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles D. Hamel,
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1888 Albemarle street NV, owners:
Victor Mindeleff. designer; Edison &
Bressler, Inc, 511 Bond Bldg, build
ers; to make repairs 1898 Albemarle
street NV; to cost $3.50.
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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-08
FORTY-SIX YEAR RESIDENT
DIES

Mrs. Victoria Cuthbert, $40 lyle
hart avenue, died Sunday morning,
September 3, at the family resi-
dence. Mrs. Cuthbert had been in
failing health since late spring.
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana,
she came to st. Paul to make her
home in 1893. She was 81 years
of age at the time of her demise.
She was a member of St. Philips
Episcopal Church from which fu-
neral services were held, Wednes-
day, September 6, at II a. m, with
Father Alfred II. Lealtad, rector
emeritus, conducting. Mrs. Hattie
Oliver, soprano, rendered a beauti-
full vocal selection.
Survivors include two daughters,
Miss Marion Cuthbert of New York
City and Mrs. Cora Vaughn of St.
Paul; grands on, Clarence A.
Hughes of Raleigh, North Carolina
and a brother-in-law, Sydney ].
Cuthbert.
Neal Funeral Home, inc, in
charge of arrangements.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-08
st. Paul Business
Man Succumbs

William H. Simms, proprietor of
the Nifty Cafe at Rondo and Kent
streets, died from a sudden illness
Thursday, August 81, at Ancker
Hospital. Mr.. Simms had operated
a restaurant on Kent street for the
past ten years.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1880,
he came to st. Paul to make his
home twenty-three years ago. At
the time of his death he was living
at BOG N. st. Adams street.
The only immediate survivor is
his wife, Helen A. Simms.
Funeral services were held Tues
day, September 5, from the Neal
Funeral Home, Inc, SOS Rondo
street, at 2:3O p. m, with Father
Victor E. Holly, rector of St.
Philips Episcopal Church, conduct
ing the services, and Mrs. Bertha
Lewis King, conducting the music.
Interment in Elmhurst cemetery.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-08
Crisis Magazine
Reprints Comment

For the second time in four
months THE CRISIS Magazine, in
its September issue, reprints in its
section From the Press of the Ma
lion" a portion of an editorial
which appeared in this newspaper.
The reprinted editorial said:
One of the greatest handicaps en-
countered by Negroes is the belief
Of many that they are entitled to
sympathy. 1t has become inherent
for Negroes to approach problems
and difficulties with a feeling of
inferiority and with an idea that
sympathy may sway some bit of
favor their way. AS long as this
continues, Negroes will continue to
be weak, and making no use of
spine and backbone, will become
spineless and without backbone. Ne
groes as a whole have shown them
selves capable of becoming edu-
Gated, intellectual, cultured, skilled
and efficient. There is no need for
sympathy under any ordinary con-
ditions.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-08
Jim Crow Is
A. F. of L. Skeleton
In the Closet

Washington, D. c., Sept. L.
Terming the fight now being
waged by the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People to protect more than 500
Negro A. F. of L. union members
in Tampa, Fla, from losing their
jobs in the shipbuilding industry
there, the third skeleton in the
closet of the A. F. of L. high COM
mand, Ludwell Denny, f lam d
Scripps Howard Correspondent,
sees bad days ahead for the organi-
cation in it's fight against the CT.
o.
Writing in the Washington Daily
News, of August 20, Denny says:
"Along with it's many other in
ternal troubles, the American Fed
Grafton of Labor suddenly finds it
self embarrassed again by the old
racial issue. Negro union members
are protesting the Jim Crow policy
of certain A. F. of L. affiliates and
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
has put the issue squarely in the
lap of President William Green.
The A. F. of L. is particularly SEN
sitive about the three so-called
skeletons in it's closet, all of which
are rafting these days.
Zone is the alleged illegal tie-up
between officials of some building
and other trades with employers,
which the Justice Department is in
vestigating. The second is the wide
spread jurisdictional strife within
the A. F. of L. The third is the
discrimination - usually unofficial,
but effective-against Negro work.
ers."
Pointing out the serious effect of
the race issue on the A. F. of L.
fight against the CLIO, Denny has
this to say:
This racial issue arises at the
particularly bad time for several
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-08
METH0DISTS CAPTURE MILL CITY
Major O. CulbersOn
Weds New Yorker
At ElkS Meeting

In a whirlwind courtship of sew
eral days Major o. Culberson, ex-
allied ruler of Ames Lodge of Min
neapolis, married Miss Agnes Jack
son of New York City and New
Haven, Conn, during the Elks Ma
tional convention in New York in
the last week in August.
The happy couple arrived home
from the East last week and the
news of the marriage created quite
a sensation. The bride is a charm
ing young woman educated in the
New Haven schools and is a grad
uate of Haynes College in Savan-
nah, Ga.
The couple is home to their
friends at 1925 Fourth Ave. S.,
Minneapolis.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-08
OBSERVES 92ND BIRTHDAY

Mrs. Sarah Dover, 1925 10th Ave.
So, Minneapolis, observed her 92nd
birthday August 80.
Mrs. Dover, mother of Mrs.
Arthur White, with whom she re-
sides, has another daughter, Mrs.
Courtney Hilyard, formerly of st.
Paul, now residing in Seattle;
three grandsons, Courtney and
Harold Hilyard, st, Paul, and
James of Tennessee.
She is the great grandmother of
Eugene Hilyard, st. Paul Recorder
star newsboy, and his sister, Mar
tina. Two other great grandchil-
dren, Idele and James, son and
daughter of James Hilyard, live in
Tennessee.
James Dover, a brother of Mrs.
Dover, lives in st. Paul.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-08
John F. Thomas
Gets n. Y. A. Post

John +. Thomas of Minneapolis
was appointed State supervisor of
Negro Activities in Minnesota for
the National Youth Administration
this week by c. B. Lund, State ad-
ministrator of the N. Y. A.
Mr.. Thomas, chosen from among
six applicants, is we'll known in the
Twin Cities for his splendid work,
mostly volunteer, with youth dur
ing the past ten years. He was
formerly Boys Recreational Di-
rector at Phyllis Wheatley House in
Minneapolis and was recently en-
ployed in the Minnesota State EN-
ployment Service.
He is the former chairman of the
Minnesota Youth Assembly which
is affiliated with the American
Youth Congress, a national organi-
cation.
This appointment, made after
months of tireless efforts of a COM
mittee organized for that purpose,
is expected to open the program of
training opportunities and school
aid for needy Negro youth.
A schedule hasn't been set up
yet but Mr.. Thomas will work out
of both the Minneapolis and St.
Paul offices of the N. Y. A.
Members of the committee in
strumental in getting this appoint
ment are Clarence M. Mitchell, St.
Paul Urban League, chairman; 1.
Myrtle Garden of the Halle @.
Brown House, st. Paul; John NJ.
Patton, st. Paul; C. W. Washing
ton, Minneapolis Urban League;
Magnolia Latimer, Phyllis Wheat
ley House, Minneapolis, and Leo
Bohannon, Minneapolis.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-08
URGES CHRISTIANS, JEWS, TO
WORK CLOSELY WITH
NEGROES

Williamstown, Mass, Sept. l.
In a speech delivered here last Fri
day, Walter White, executive sec
rotary of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People, urged the National Confer
ence of Christians and Jews to
work closely with Negro organiza-
tons in order to prevent the weak
ening of democracy in everyday
life.
White praised the Negro press
for its consistent fight against all
forms of anti-semitism. He adj
dressed the third biennial Insti-
tute of Human Relations at Will
liams College, Garfield Club. The
Institute was sponsored by the Ma
tional Conference of Christians
and Jews.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-08
FRAZIER ROSS REID DEAD

Frazier Ross Reid, former Saint
Paulite, and now Of Boise, Idaho,
died Wednesday, August 80, in
Idaho.
Survivors include a mother, Mrs.
Reid of Chicago; three brothers,
Prof. Cooper Reid of Fulton, Mis-
souri,; Robert M. and Curtis M.
Reid of St. Louis, Missouri; two
sisters, Mrs. James Brinkley and
Mrs. James Green of St. Paul; one
nephew, Robert Charles Reid of St.
Louis, Missouri. Services from
Neal Funeral Home, Inc, 525 Ron
do street, at 2 p. M, Wednesday,
September 6.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-08

Leaves for st. Louis. Miss
Jeanne Marie Hyde of Washington,
D. c., left Monday, September 4,
for St. Louis to join her mother,
Mrs. Chauncey l. Cooper. With
Mr.. Cooper, they will go from
there to their home in D. C. Miss
Hyde spent eight days in the city
visiting her father, Mr.. William NJ.
Hyde, 638 Rondo street. William
M. Hyde Jr., who is also here visit
ing, will leave this week for home
where he will matriculate at How
ard University.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-08
Earl Father Hines and
His Orchestra Play at
Coliseum Monday Night
EVERY HINES MUSICIAN is A
FEATURED PLAYER

There isn't single musician in
Earl Hines band, which comes to
the Coliseum Ballroom on Monday,
September II, to play for Twin
City dancegoers, who isn't featured
in one way or another by the p ano-
playing leader during an evenings
dance program or a single stage
show, either fundamentally or vo-
cally.
Because of the fact that Hines
has been playing almost exclusive
ly in the famous Grand Terrace in
Chicago for the past eleven years,
making only occasional excursions
away from his permanent spot to
fill demands for theatre and ball
room appearances by his band as a
result of their almost nightly
broadcasts, he has been able to
offer the men in his orchestra
greater stability OF employment
than the average bandleader can,
and the personnel of his orchestra
has changed little. Talent has been
developed within the band, but it
stays there, too, with the result
that Hines orchestra is considered
one of the most versatile and enter
tanning in the business.
Vocal honors with the Hines
band are shared by Walter Fuller,
Leroy Harris, George Dixon and
Milton Fletcher. Fuller, trumpet
player, sings the hot tunes. Harris
plays saxophone and sings ballads.
Dixon, another saxophonist, sings
swing ballads, and Fletcher, first
trumpet player, sings blues tunes.
In a pinch, Father" Hines him
self could step in there and do a
vocal, too, for he used to sing in a
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-08

reasons. One is that the C. 1. o.
is now able to use it in the general
warfare between the two factions.
Another is that the A. F. of L. is
demanding amendments to the
Wagner law, and the colored group
can demand that unions receiving
such federal protection must guar
antee against racial discrimination
A third embarrassment is the
fact that this union discrimination
occurs in plants working on Gov
eminent orders, such as shipbuild-
ing.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-08
WORMSER HAT STORES FEA-
TURE POPULAR NEW HAT

Wormser Hat Stores in Mime
apolis have received a large ship
ment of the popular Harlem
Prince" style, specially built GUS
tom hat which has gained consider
able popularity in the East.
Wormser's Minneapolis stores
are conveniently located at 304
Nicollet Ave-, AZ S. Sixth St., GIG
Hennepin, and 80 S. 7th st. In ad-
dition to the style mentioned
Wormser's also has all latest model
fall styles in hats and caps.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-08

church choir in Duquesne, Pa,
when he was q kid, and has occa-
sionally done a little singing since.
The vocal in Earl Hines and Louis
Armstrong; famous record of
Basin Street Blues" is by Earl
Hines and not, as so many have
supposed, by "Satchmo." And
when you're good enough not only
to play piano for Armstrong but
to sing for him too, you'll really
do.
On top of the wealth of musical
and entertaining talent in the
Hines orchestra, there are five ar
rangers within the band to keep
turning out distinctive orchestra
tions. And that isn't counting Earl
himself, who arranges the numbers
he writes himself. In fact, he
writes them in arrangement form,
for the whole orchestra!
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-08
Final A. M. E.
Sessions At First
Presbyterian

The last night of all AME con-
ferences is always the biggest
night. 1t is the session when
Bishop J. A. Gregg will announce
his pastoral assignments and ap-
pOintments.
In order to accommodate the
large crowd expected the final
nights meeting will be held at the
First Presbyterian church, 18th and
Portland Ave., Minneapolis. Serv-
ices will begin promptly at 8 pm.
Those who plan to attend are urged
to be on time.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-08
Young People POw-WOw Sept. 16

Twenty young people of the
Youth department of the Urban
League met Aug. 81 at the Halle
Q. Brown House to discuss plans
for the Fall and Winter monthly
meetings. 1t was decided to open
with giant Pow-Wow to be held
at Thompson's park on Saturday,
September 16. The group is to
leave from the Halle Q. Brown
house at 700 pm. promptly.
Cards for the Pow-Wow are be-
ing mailed to over a hundred young
people with an expected attendance
of at lease rs. Each one will be
expected to pay in advance twenty
cents for the expenses of the Pow
Wow.
All those planning to attend are
urged to please call the Urban
League office, Cedar 243O, by Mon
day, September IL.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-08
Large Crowd at
Annual Dinner

The annual Labor Day banquet
sponsored by the Sunday School
and Young People departments of
Mt. Olivet Baptist Church was we'll
attended. Rev. William Smith of
Sioux Falls, S. D., was the guest
speaker.
The annual banquet gets bigger
and better as the years roll around
the committee said.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-08

l. Myrtle Garden Returns. Miss
l. Myrtle Garden, director of the
Halle Q. Brown Community House,
returned Tuesday, September 5,
from Philadelphia and an extended
eastern trip. She went by motor
and was accompanied by Mr.. James
Mitchell, Jr., 329 N. st. Adams
street.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-08

The call to worship was led by
Evangelist Lillian Parkinson of
Minneapolis. Others participating
in that part of the session were
Mrs. Cora Moore, Sioux City, Ia;
Juanita Stewart, Cedar Rapids, Ia;
Mrs. Alice Thompson, Muscatine,
Ia; Evangelist Rachel Turner,
Fairfield, Ia; Mrs. Emma Hayden,
st. Paul
The sermon was delivered by
Evangelist Julia Smith of Daven-
port, Iowa. Mrs. Nina Miller sang
and Bishop and Mrs. ]. A. Gregg
were introduced. The quiet hour
was conducted by Evangelist Mere
dicia Parker of Marshalltown, In.
The conference proper opened its
sessions Wednesday morning with
Rev. H. C. Boyd preaching the an
nual sermon. Reading of the min
ister's reports from the Des Moines
district began in the late part of
the morning and continued during
the afternoon.
st. Peter church gave a public
reception in honor of conference
delegates Wednesday night with
Mrs. Mayme Mccoy presiding.
A packed church heard the pro-
gram.
Geo. W. Hanson, secretary to
Mayor Geo. E. Leach of Mime
apolis, apologized for the absence
of the chief executive who learned
at 4 pm. that he could not attend.
Mr.. Hanson was introduced by
Cecil Newman.
The Musical Notes sang. St.
Peter AME choir directed by Mrs.
Alyce Stewart made a decided hit
with its songs. Mrs. Bedle P. Clio
yer made a fine welcome address
representing the ent r aining
church. Mrs. Ann Pearl Harris
welcomed the conference for the
Young People. Rev. James H.
Speer, executive secretary of the
Minneapolis Church Federation,
said he believed that the world is
soon to see a great Reformation,
a great period in the church. He
quoted Albert Einstein, the scien-
fist, as saying that the only insti-
tuition which stood up for freedom
in Germany was the church.
Rev. G. L. Hayden, pastor of the
st. James AME, spoke in behalf of
the st. Paul Ministerial Alliance
and sketched briefly the develop
ment of the AME church. C. C.
Chivers, member of the St. Peter
trustee board, spoke briefly.
Mrs. Alyce Stewart sang "The
Lord Is My Shepard"
Rev. c. F. Stewart introduced the
presiding bishop. Bishop ]. A.
Gregg in turn, after brief remarks,
introduced Professor W. W. Fisher
of Evanston, H., who responded to
the welcomes in fine and eloquent
fashion.
Refreshments were served after
the program.