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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-11-24
STRAIGHT FROM
THE SHOULDER
By TED WOOD

The average resident of Seattle and particularly those
alleged to know a about Seattle Negroes frequently put
up the argument that most of stupid ndolent lot
and by interested in the future of young
pie. The theory is usually advanced by the enghen
ed group whose superiority complex the basis for the be-
lief that is useless to expect cooperation from parents
whose children through fault of their have nothing
do with their spare time except the streets This
falacous beief-f sincerely onreaches its most stupid
heights when the persons advancing proven Of
ten than not to be Indifferent than those they
Out of Difference this type of inexcusabe foolish
ness and also because many Negroes particularly the
enlghtened need to know about how the aver
age Seattle Negro is reacng to the wide publicity given the
youth problem this column gives credit to those who
making efforts do something about the situation I'm
doubtedy when solution to the problem has been found it
will be through the efforts of the alleged noproductve
ntegentsa who have been accused of riding around for
10 these many years the shoulders of the enghtened
group.
OF there those who will take look at the
of the working groups shrug and supercilousy g
their efforts But there always people like this
otherwise how could way have been so in
structvey hard For the rest however, this be said
that those who to be most interested the youth prob
lem will undoubtedly succeed in their effortsether with
help of the enlightened" few-or in spite of them. The
groups question the Lewis Ford Post No 289 F.
W. and parents of the young people who comprise Fred OAR
bys theatrical group.
The " w. through the columns of this paper invites
all parents and interested friends to meet with its committee
Masonic Temple Sunday for round table discussion of
conditions affecting the young people of the community This
the first step made by organized group to tackle the
problem of juvenile delinquency The of their efforts
depends the cooperation of not only the parents of the
young people affected but all forward thinking people in
Seattle.
AS for the Darby group has already gone into action
ago. the parents of the young people the group
through Daby invitation met and formed organization
parents and children-to work out system through
which young people engage in recreatona activities
other than theatrical entertainment Darby should be
for this but less credit should be given the
whose efforts ntegenty carried through will
result in brighter outlook for the younger generation.
All this efues the theory that nobody gives two whoops
Zanesviee what becomes of youth Moreover dis
credits the thee advanced by the enghtene group that
would be made in the right direction unless made by
them.
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Morris Donegan of Spokane, who
came to attend the funeral. A host
of friends babe her farewell. The
large floral display was mute evil
dence of their kindly feeling.
They followed her to Mt. Pleas
ant Cemetery and there said -
Earth to Earth, Dust to Dust"
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Timely Topics

Rev. Davis When Rev. T. M.
Restoration Davis leaves Seat
tie he will have
completed seven years and nine
months service to Mt. Zion Bap-
fist church. Not all these years
have been pleasant, for, during the
latter part of his pastorate here
he was conscious of a silent I'M
rest among the congregation. The
cause of this unrest has not as yet
become public knowledge. Efforts
to learn why the pastor was forced
to resign, have been unsuccessful.
However, there is one point on
which the entire congregation is
agreed. That is, that morally, Rev.
Davis is beyond reproach. During
his seven year stay in Seattle he
has established a reputation of
which any minister would be proud
to boast, though few are able to
do so.
Unlike many ministers under
fire, Rev. Davis made no attempt
to remain as pastor over the pro-
tests of the church body. Had such
an attempt been made, the results
would most certainly have been a
split church. Many ministers, un-
der like circumstances have re-
tarded the progress of the Chris
tan movement by splitting a
church. Rev. Davis willingness to
discontinue his services as pastor
of Mt. Zion Baptist Church is
proof that he is leaving Seattle in
the same true Christian spirit in
which he came.
All-NegrO The number of tele-
Program phone calls and let
tiers received by the
conductors of the All-Negro pro-
gram, heard each Friday night
over station KEEN, indicate that
the popularity of the program is
increasing. Popularity of the fea-
lures of the program-recordings
and news-is about equally divided
according to Gus West, the spon-
sor. However, as is to be expected,
many listeners tune in for the ex-
press purpose of criticizing the eff
forts of the sponsor.
No one can deny that criticism
can be used to a good advantage
if intelligently weighed. No one
can deny that Mr.. West is an in
experienced radio announcer, or
that his experience in arranging
rograms has been limited.
Stripped of these two essential ad
vantages, Mr.. West is doing all
that is asked of any man on any
job-the best he can.
Even though the All-Negro pro-
gram is far from perfect, this can
be said of Mr.. West-he is engaged
in an undertaking that has unli-
mited possibilities-he is pioneer
ing in field that could, with the
cooperation of his critics and the
cooperation of Race conscious citi-
zens, create jobs for talented Ne
groes. Few, if any of his critics
have offered to help work out
better program than that now pre-
sented.
Those who have talent to offer,
or know of others who could con-
tribute to a creditable program
need only to contact Mr.. West.
He is DESTROYS of making this pro-
gram worthy of the plaudits of
all Seattle.
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Helena, Montana
By HEX
By HEX

The Rev. A. S. Hunt, pastor of
st. James Church and of Butte,
was in Helena last week and held
meeting of members in an at
tempt to arrange a plan for reviv-
ing interest in church work. For
a number of years st. James has
been moving backward, and when
visited by the devastating earth
quake five years ago, it complete
ly collapsed. An attendance of half
dozen was all that could be ex-
pected for some time before the
quakes. The Assembly of God
congregation really saved the pro-
perty for the officers of st. James.
They repaired the building and to
compensate them for their efforts,
the trustees of ST. James gave
them a lease running through a
number of years. Under that ar
rangement it was expected the re-
Mobilization of the property could
go on, with rent coming in from
the parsonage, which was not
leased to the Church of God con-
gregation. 1t is felt that with adj
ditional expense of minister and
his family, it will be impossible to
go forward with plans that had
been arranged. Two or three are
hopeful, and others are not so san
guine.
The two charming ladies from
Great Falls who came to Helena to
help boost Great Falls grid team
in the game with Helena, have
been given a clean bill of goodwill
and absolute forgiveness for the
strenuous efforts they put in at
the game, and which, we believe,
helped to make Great Falls win
the game. Miss Cecile and Miss
Mercedese Connell can return to
Helena again, the sooner the bet
ter, so certain youngsters say.
They were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. H. Harrell while in the
city.
Ebert Cobbs, Howard Hall, Paul
Owens, Sylvester Lee and R. A.
Smith, mgr, of the Southland
Singers, were in the city last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Ingram and
family motored to Bozeman this
week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Cottles and
Mr.. and Mrs. Mac Walker motored
over from Butte to visit Helena
friends Sunday.
Again mother earth's internal
disturbances were brought to the
surface at Helena last week, being
the 2,5S0th since the first tremor
five years ago. People were a.
Weakened, turned over, and went
right back to sleep again. Nothing
like getting used to thing.
Reubin M. Baker, Sc, died at
$3.50 Sunday morning in the Har-
vey Hotel barber shop where he
has worked as porter for num-
Der of years. Mr.. Baker, while at
times complaining of illness, his
many friends were greatly stun
ned when news got abroad he was
stricken by a heart attack. He
was born May 7, 1883 in Columbia,
Mo-, and had resided in Helena 40
years. He is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Maella Simmons
and Miss Narcissa Baker, both of
Columbia; a sister, Mrs. N. B.
Word of st. Louis, Mo-; and two
brothers, Henry ]. and Harrison
Baker, both of this city. Services
were held in the Opp and Conrad
funeral parlorS Wednesday. Bur-
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Full Gospel Pentecostal Temple
18th and Fir

Bishop e. f. Morris, Pastor
Sunday School is held at 10 a.
M; Bible class, $50 p. M; Evan
glistic services, IL a. m. and 8 p.
M; weekly meetings, Tuesdays
and Thursdays, 8 p. M; Missionary
meeting, Friday, to 4 p. m. in
the prayer room of the Temple.
Theses who missed the morning
meeting really missed a spiritual
treat as the spirit of the Lord
was there in a great way and
blessed all that were present. Both
morning and evening services were
wonderful. A hearty welcome a
waits you at the Temple.
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Men are peculiar, just as women
have long suspected. For instance,
a fellow who hadn't kissed his
wife in five years shot a fellow
who did.
Sailor (home on leave): I met
my old girl friend today. Haven't
seen her in ten years.
Friend: Tas she kept her girl
ish figure?
Sailor: Kept it! She doubled
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dow of Death, Peace be with you"
Mrs. Ray Williams and Miss
Cadelia Moore, close friends, and
a host of others mourn his loss.
Cremation followed.
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ial was in Forestville cemetery.
Mrs. Ethel Blythe purchased lot
20, block &c, Cannon addition to
Helena from the county.
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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-18
ENTERTAINMENT
SETS new HIGH
FOR STATE FAIR
Two Distinct Night Shows
BOOked-Variety Keynote
of SIPS, 900 Program

TANNED with spectacular attrac
tons, the 1899 ten-day Minnesota
State Fair, August 26 to September
4, will offer the greatest entertain
ment program In its history. Cost
ing $125,000 it will be replete with
the worlds finest thrillers.
To provide greater variety, the
management is Offering two dis
tinct grandstand productions.
These are Frontier Days Stampede
and State Fair Revue Of 1899.
Championship automobile races,
horse races, a superb horse show,
statewide band contest, gorgeous
fireworks, skeet shooting and an
other big Thrill Day are entertain
ment highlights.
Big Roundup
Frontier Days Stampede, present.
ing $50 cowboys and cowgirls, will
wildly depict early pioneer days.
Thrilling episodes will present
dancing girls, trick and fancy rid.
ing, bulldogging, rope spinning,
chuck wagon races, feats Of marks
manship and other crowd pleasers.
Four grandstand performances Of
Frontier Days Stampede will be
presented Saturday and Sunday
afternoons and evenings, August 26
and q.
State Fair Revue of 1889, most
lavish production Of the entire out
door show world, will have an all
star cast Of 375 top performers Of
stage, cinema, circus and radio.
Enriched by gorgeous costumes,
spectacular lighting and elaborate
settings, State Fair Revue will be
staged eight consecutive nights be.
ginning Monday, August 20 and
concluding Labor Day night.
!. Jimmy Lynch Coming
A spectacular thrill program will
be presented Friday, September 1,
with Jimmy Lynch and his world
fair thrillers coming here direct
from New York for a one-day ap-
pearance. Included will be q mo-
torcycle-to-airplane change, an air.
plane taking of and landing on an
auto and q multi-balloon hop in
which 40 small helium-filled bags
will carry an intrepid balloonist
alofk
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COMMENTS
FROM READERS
August IA, 1899.

August IA, 1889.
Mr.. Cecil E. Newman, Publisher.
Congratulations upon completion
of five successful years as Pub
Usher and Editor of the Mime
apolis Spokesman and the st. Paul
Recorder.
The Spokesman and Recorder
have played a significant part in
the institutional life of this COM
munity both by way of news report
ing and by challenging intolerance
and discrimination.
/ want to add my personal ap-
probation for the space given the
activities of the Urban League in
the columns of your paper.
Best wishes for your continued
success.
Sincerely yours,
Chas. w. Washington,
Executive Secretary.
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Generalization Statements


/ am proud to be a subscriber to
such q progressive medium as the
st. Paul Recorder. have in the
past and win in the future do all
can to aid its progress.-MRS.
R. F. WILSON, 6s7 ST. ANTHONY
AVE.
Mr.. C. E. Newman and the staff
of the Minneapolis Spokesman and
st. Paul Recorder: Congratulations
on your fifth anniversary.-Mr.
and Mrs. Clayton Wiley, 2909 Gar
field Ave. So, Minneapolis.
Congratulations! The Mime
apolis Spokesman and the st. Paul
Recorder are rendering invaluable
service to the community. More
power to them.-ReY. and Mrs.
Carlyle F. Stewart, Minneapolis.
In honor of the fifth annivers-
airy of your paper / wish you a
continuous growing paper in the
future and lots Of success.-M Miss
Melissa Clark, 3119 18th Ave. S.,
Minneapolis.
AS a citizen of the Twin Cities
and one who is deeply interested
in the general welfare Of the Ne
gro and his many fields of en-
deavor, / am of the opinion, based
on previous experiences, that the
Minneapolis Spokesman and the
st. Paul Recorder have been of in
estimable value to the general
progress of the Negro in particular
and the community in general.
B. L. Morris,
Correspondence Sec'y, Brother
hood Of Sleeping Car Porters,
st. Paul.
Congratulations to the st. Paul
Recorder, the fastest selling week
ly on my news stand.-Lafayette
Fields, Majestic Drug Co., st. Paul.
Best wishes for many more sue
cessful years.-Artie E. Boyd,
Kent Valet Shop, st. Paul.
II feel that the citizens of the
Twin Cities especially and the
State at large have every reason
to congratulate Mr.. Newman and
his staff on the Fifth Anniversary
Of their militant publication" p
Frank Boyd, Secretary Treasurer,
Twin City Division, Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters.
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businesslike to do otherwise. No
offense to you fellows.
Ladies, some of you were ex-
pecting to play in mixed doubles
last Sunday. The many singles
matches prevented this. You shall
not be disappointed again, for this
Sunday mixed double plays begin.
Here are the entrants:
Jaunita Wallace-August Piper;
Mildred Jackson Percy Hughes;
Jewel Mamie Gordon Parks; Cora
Belle-John Banks; Pearl Schofield-
Stafford Lott; Betty Session-Her-
man Bailey; Mary Lewis-Dick
Mann; Elizabeth Charles Moore;
Sally Parks-Albert Allen; Tiny
Brown Richard Smith.
All others desiring to enter be
sure to call Norm Light before
Saturday noon.
There will also be mems doubles
if enough fellows enter.
Net play starts at z a. m. sharp
next Sunday. Neither you nor your
opponent can play without each
other. Come out early. A low
fee of 25c made it necessary for
each man to bring his own balls.
New balls will be furnished to
final matches in both singles and
doubles.
All final matches will be played
on the last Sunday of the tourna-
ment.
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S. S. S.: 1 am in love with a
young man, and although he has
never told me himself, I have heard
that he is secretly married. What
must / do?
Ans: You have not been told
the truth. He is not married to
the other young lady. He knows
that you have been misinformed
and is enjoying your discomfort
very much. Although this is cruel
on his part, he does not know that
you care so much. Tell him what
you have heard and ask him for
a statement on the matter. He will
tell you the truth about the whole
thing.
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ness the Armstrong-Ambers fight.
He will also visit Atlantic City and
in Washington where he will visit
his sister. In Detroit on the re-
turn West he will take in the
Louis-Pastor embroglia returning
via Chicago where he will spend
some time with friends.
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sored by James w. Slemmons, pop
ular young salesman with the CO.
operation of a group of Twin City
business firms. A large list of
prizes including a pair Of Flor
sheim golf shoes, floor lamp from
the ]. E. Otto Furniture Co., three
raincoats from the Goodrich-Silver-
town stores, a card table from the
Davis & Ruben, mems accessories
from L. Liemandt and Beaston,
silver trophy from McDonald-Gil-
fillan Motors, beverages from
Cooks Liquor Store, the Beecher &
Cummings Co. will present waffle
iron, electric toaster, electric clock,
electric rooster and two 32-piece
sets of dishes.
Some of the prizes are on display
in the window of the Minneapolis
office of this newspaper.
For the convenience of golfers
who want to register early, regis
tration may be made at the Offices
of the Minneapolis Spokesman at
300 Third st. So.
Other prizes will be announced
next week.
A big crowd turned out for the
preliminary matches of the Annual
Twin City Net Tournament Sun
day morning, August IS, at Chica-
go Field.
Highlighting the net play last
Sunday at Chicago Field was that
of young Percy Hughes who after
trouncing Charles Moore in two
sets, GA and 6-3, Immediately
tackled John Banks, his next OPP
ponent, rated one of the Twin
Cities best, and won over him in
two straight sets, GA and rs. This
is Percy's first year of competi-
ton. Watch this lad this coming
Sunday. The crowd got quite a
thrill out of the match between
Gordon Parks and the veteran
Otis Woodland, the match going to
Parks in three sets, 60, 40 and
GA. James Lee, who claimed he
got his racket out of two or three
year storage in moth balls last
Sunday morning took Bill Carroll
into camp 6-3 and GA, but
succumbed to the strong attack of
Louis Moore of st. Paul.
August Piper trimmed Louis
Commodore in three sets, 3-6, GA
and 7-5.
Last Sunday found our defend
ing champion winning over cour-
rageous Stafford Lott in two
straight sets So and 7-5. Was he
playing with Stafford?
Here are the matches to be
played this coming Sunday:
Allen VS.. winner of Charles
Banks VS.. James Brown match.
Parks VS.. winner of John Nc
Hi VS.. August Piper match.
Herman Baily VS.. Robert Brown.
Louis Moore VS.. Percy Hughes.
Be sure to watch this match be-
cause it will be hotly contested.
Too bad several of our popular
Twin City players were turned
down when they wished to enter
last Sunday. It would have been
unfair to the other players and un-
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CLYDE WILLIAMS Goes EAST

Clyde Williams, 1917 Sixth Ave.
No., will leave this weekend for
several weeks tour of the east. He
will attend the Elks convention in
New York where he will also wit
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o. B. M: Who is telling the
lies on me, and what must I do?
Ans: Some man in your neigh
bOrhOod with whom you have had
words is telling the falsehOOds. If
you will ignore the gossip and do
not seem to allow it to bother you
+. :. then no one else will put much
stock in the lies he is telling.
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The
Spotlight
By Jimmy Lee

Minnesota's first Negro open
golf tournament is planned for the
Armour course Sunday, September
10. A 36-hole contest is open to
the men and a women's meet of 10
holes will be held.
The. tournament is being spon-
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-18

DULUTH NEWS: Mrs. Blanche
Thompson of New York City, Mrs.
Jessie White and Mr.. Gene Hill
spent last weekend fishing at
Brainerd, MINI.
Mrs. Thompson, wife of Irwin c.
Miller of the Brown Skin Models,
was the house guest Of Mrs. Will
hite during her visit at the head
of the lakes.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-18

Former Residents Here: Miss
Joan Valentine and Miss Bernice
Shackleford Of Chicago, former st.
Paulites, ara visiting here. Miss
Shackleford is employed as a win
dow trimmer at the Milwaukee
Lerner store.
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CLASSIFIED
SECTION

Fire and Auto Insurance. Elk
hurst Alb.
w. S. Butler Listings of Houses
For Sale
Clean duplex, furnace, full base
ment, $1,000, 272 st. Anthony.
Six room modern home, corner of
Kent and Aurora. For rent. w.
S. Butler, Elkhurst Alb.
Home Owners Properties for sale,
1919 down. See Butler, Elkhurst
Alb.
For rent, comfortable rooms,
reasonable by week or month, men
preferred, in downtown district,
save carfare. 1924 Jackson st.
Garfield 1041.
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Mrs. Beulah C. Johnson, bust
ness woman: '"The St. Paul Re
corder is always a welcome visitor
to my home every Friday morn
ing"
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and refuses to give me money.
Why?
Ans: You should have married
the man years ago. 1t is a credit
to you both that you were able to
make the friendship last this long.
Things viii not change at this late
date unless you marry the man,
and doubt that you could accom-
plish this. The way things now
stand you expect too much
from a man over whom you have
no claim, other than friendship.
P. j.: ! want to get another
house in a different section of the
city, and also get a job in the
downtown district. Will be able
to do this?
Ans: You win not be able to
finance a change of residence until
after you have been working for
awhile. You can get the job if
you make a sincere effort to locate
work in that section Of the city.
After you have been working for a
while you win be in position to
move.
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Dr.. Earl s. Weber, dentist: "The
st. Paul Recorder is Informative,
uplifting and instructive, the best
weekly publication in the North
west"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-08-18

Mrs. CaibOurne C. Hill, house
wife: "May you have many more
years Of continued progress and
success"
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Owen Howell, leading st. Paul
business man, said: 81 wish Cecil
E. Newman and the st. Paul Re
corder all the luck in the world.
What we need is more cooperation
and better patronage for the
paper"
o. c. Hall, Ramsey County
auditors office: "Five years of
something that CAN'T be done is
marked success"