Evening star., 1940-04-07

Twelfth Street Y
Will Start Drive
For Members
Two Divisions of Six
Teuns Will Enter
Field Tomorrow

The Twelfth Street Y. M. c. A.,
said to be the oldest colored branch
in the country, tomorrow will begin
q drive to enroll $50 members.
Two divisions of six teams will
compete in getting memberships un-
der the supervision of an Executive
Committee of Is members. DR.. Leon
A. Ransom of Howard University is
general chairman, with DR.. Charles
Wesley, dean of Howard's graduate
school, as associate chairman. DR..
Benjamin E. Mays of the university's
school of religion is chairman of the
special Memberships Committee. r..
B. De Frantz of the National Y. M.
C. A. Council is director.
Founded in 1853 by Anthony
Bowen, for whom a colored school
here is now named. the Twelfth
Street branch is conducting the most
comprehensive program of it's ex-
istence, drive officials said It's pro-
gram, closely related to the work of
the church, provides recreation,
group work and fellowship oppor-
tunities through 173 classes, clubs
and activities.
10000 Participants.
In 1889 more than 10000 men
and boys participated in activities
there. More than $4,000 persons
were served without charge because
OF their financial position and
nearly 1000 underprivileged boys
were given free memberships.
More than 400 welfare cases were
handled last year and jobs found
for 162 men through the Twelfth
Street branch's free employment
service. Nearly 1000 men and boys
had paid memberships last year.
Other members of the Executive
Committee for the drive are: James
E. Scott, manager Of division A; Jo-
seph H. B. Evans, associate manager,
division A; DR.. Rayford w. Logan,
manager, division B; w. Robert
Ming, jr.. associate manager, divi-
sion B: Rufus G. Byars, Harry O.
Atwood, Dr. William O. Clayton, DR..
Charles B. Fisher, Luther H. Foster,
DR.. Edwin B. Henderson, DR.. j. Hay
den Johnson, DR.. Howard H. Long,
John R. Pinkett, Walker l.. Savoy
and DR.. Russell A. Dixon.
Teams Announced.
Division A consists of these teams
Team flames Washington, cap
tain; Spottswood w. Robinson, Wen
dell L. Mcconnell, Frank B. Reeves,
William Robinson and James B.
Mitchell
Team 2-William Belcher, cap
tain; Charles K. Brown, Clarence
o. Lewis. jr: George w. Patterson,
George w. Goodman and Robert l..
Evans.
Team 3-Duke L. Slaughter, cap
tain; George G. Morris, John E.
Royston, Edward B. Smalls, LIE Roy
Leggett and Arthur E. Bowles, jr.
Team 4-Charles S. Tibbs, cap
tain; j. Lorenzo Jordan, Norman S.
Anthony, James Breedlove, Percy
Taylor and Alfred H. Neal.
Team 5-Dr. William T. Grady,
George E. Frey, jr.; Joseph L.
Bryant, Ernest w. Steele, w. H.
jackson and John F. N. Wilkinson.
ASoAA hA eAlu1 ~. VduCl, Cdpe
tain; Edward H. Howard, Clarence
L. Smith, Leonard M. Hill, c. Ber-
nard Ruff1n and c. H. Baltimore.
Division b List.
Division B consists of these teams:
Team 7-Joseph c. Waddy, cap
tain; Wendell Erwin, George p.
Lawrence, Albert H. Wheeler, Leroy
H. Mckinney, Charles B. Wilson
and Curtis G. Elliott.
Team 8-Lewis A. johnson, cap
tain; T. j. Anderson, William j.
Steen, Thomas Pinkert, Veronica
Bush, w. L. Marshall, Frank Cole
man and Theophilus Watkins.
Team 9-Thomas E. Hawkins,
chairman; Clifford Smith, Harlan
Carter, Raymond Cooke, Ernest
Harper and E. T. Hawkins.
Team 10-Earl Brown, captain;
Thomas A. Wright, Harry Polk,
Franklin Thorne, Eugene jackson,
S. M. Scott, George Rycaw and Ben
jamin Henley.
Team Thames M. Coggs, cap
tain; Thomas H. Andrews, E. K.
Naill, Robert Lawson, A. A. Banks,
jr., and Robert Cook Peck.
Team 12-Eugene Robertson, cap
tain; John H. Davis, Phillip Ran
dali, Clarence A. Robinson, r. F.
Ovelton, v. H. Warrick, Richard L.
Smith and F. A. Gregory.