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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-10-05
PLEASANT HILL BAPT. CHURCH
Rev. S. H. Bullock, Pastor
40 Waumbeck Street


With standing room only the con-
oregation was inspired with what they
saw, heard and felt on last Sunday dur
inc the Missionary program at Pleasant
Hill Baptist Church. Miss Theresa
Dilday gave a very helpful message at
tbe morning service, following which
Rev. S. Hill united with the Church.
3 pm. Miss A. Jacksy of Andover
Newton Theological Seminary spoke on
"PIastic Lives. The Butler Sisters
thrilled and inspire dthe audience with
their mastery rendition of three spec
iaI musical numbers. The Bergman
Sisters, daughters of Mrs. G. Berry
man who conducted the program, also
rendered inspiring musical numbers.
The wide and long experience of Mrs.
NJ. B. Ward, widow of the late Rev.
C. A. Ward, enabled her to give brief
but interesting talk. Many others took
part on the program Alfred Berry
man took several group pictures of the
congregation, one of which appears IN
this issue of the Guardian.
One of the highIights of the program
was the Students and Young Peoples
Service at SIX o'clock. Ernest O'Ban-
voun directed the girls chorus, fol-
lowing which Miss Lucille Keller took
charge and led the Young people as
thew gave a most enthusiastic and in
spring program. It was heart-melting
to see the eager young folk take such
a stand for Christ and His work The
Greater Boston Gospel Chorus, as well
as the choir of the Free Baptist Church
rendered special music.
Next Sunday, October 9th, Rev. A.
]. Spratley, his chair and congregation
will be guests of Pleasant Hill. A
cordial welcome is given to all.
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MAURICE w. SPENCER PASSES
Continued from Page u

daughters. Almost his last act was to
raise the hand of one of his daughters
to his lips and press thereon a fervent
KISS. Such man, though he dies, yet
does ne live IN our hearts and in the
hearts of all he touched.
Maurice Warren Spencer was born
IN Wilmington, Delaware, on March 81,
1873, the son of Levan J. and Martha
Spencer, both departed. He was
schooled in Wilmington, and at an
early age entered the catering business
for himself. On April 25, 1901. he
married Gertrude Lightfoot. with
whom he lived inseparably until her
passing on June 1, 1897. Maurice
Spencer wore a smile after his beloved
wife passed, but we who knew him
well could sense his loneliness of heart.
his almost eager anticipation of the
day he would lock arms with her again
on the same side of eternity.
From their union were born two
splendid daughters, who were blessed
by the care and protection of both
their mother and their father until
they reached maturity and were
secure in happy marriages of their
own. The character of the mother and
the father are borne witness by these
two exemplary women.
In 1903, Maurice Spencer and wife
moved to Washington from Whining
ton. At first, he worked with Judge
McComos. Then for a short time he
served in the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing. But the urge of bust
ness was too strong for him to resist.
an he again opened his ofn catering
business and built an enviable reputa-
ton through catering service rendered
the leading hotels and families in the
District Of Columbia.
Business was not his sole urge, how
ever. Maurice Spencer was a man.
InJustices, determinations. preiudices.
not only irked him-they stirred him
TO action. He was national president
OF the National Equal Rights League,
where side by side with the late Mon
roe Trotter, he fought segregation in
the Federal departments, he fought
Tor an anti-lynching bill He arranged
for audiences with Presidents of the
United States for committees to pre-
sent petitions for better race relations
and elimination of injustices and dis
ordinations. He was loyal member
of the N.A.A.C.P.
Maurice Spencer had another urge,
too-the spiritual AS soon as he
came to Washington, he affiliated with
Asbury M. E. Church. He served as
Superintendent of the Asbury Sunday
School, and taught there as well. His
sincerity, his earnestness, his zeal,
soon made place for him on the Trus-
tee Board, where he served until his
death. While i'll unto death, hardly
able to speak, he sent for friend to
sing the song with which the choir
opened these rites-"Precious Lord,
Take My Hand" He sent a message
to his pastor to pray for him-which
was done in open Church last Sunday.
But business, organizations, and
church, full program for the aver
age man,-did not quite round out the
urges that tugged at the energy foun-
tains of Maurice Spencer. His fellow
man was deep concern of his. Fra
ternal life offered him an opportunity
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Noble Chas. D. Freeman,
Acting Imperial Recorder.
Resolutions of Equal Rights League
Boston Branch


Boston Branch
WHERAS-Our Heavenly Father
has issued the last roll call to our lead
er, co-worker, and friend, Maurice w.
Spencer, of Washington, D. c., and he
has been summoned to report to his
Maker, and
WHEREAS-Maurice W. Spencer,
for many years, and up to the time
OF his decease, has held the honorable
office of National President of the Ma
tional Equal Rights League, and
WHEREAS-The National EQUAL
Rights League, founded April z, 1908,
IS the oldest national organization for
full, equal and identical rights and jus
tice for all Americans, without race
distinction, and
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. w. Spencer.
as President, and as a member, labored
Loyalty, eOurageously, and uncomprom
lsingly to abolish federal segregation at
Washington, for passage of a law to
make lynching federal crime, to for
bid race separation in terstate travel,
and for the achievement Of all the high
purposes of the organization, and
WHEREAS-The members of the
National Equal Rights League, and
citizens generally, realize the great loss
that has come to our organization bv
his passing, and wishing to show our
appreciation and gratitude for his SER
vices, fine character, and genuine pub
lie spirit,
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-10-05
RESOLUTION


Ancient. egyptian. Arabic Order of
the Mystic Shrine of North and
South America and Jurisdiction
Concluding Paragraphs)
On Friday, September 9th, 1910,
grim visaged death, with its silent,
solemn stealthy tread invaded the I'm
perial Council A. E. A. O. n. NJ. S.
and took from us our much respected
and worthy Noble, Maurice W. Spen-
Ger. Born in Wilmington, Del. our
noble brother was entered, passed and
raised in Eureka Lodge, No. 5, served
as VIM. Exalted and Royal Arch
Mason, in Maxwell Chapter, No. u,
dubbed and created as KIT. in Simon
Commandery, No. 1,served as En-. c.
Initiated in Jonathan Davis Consistory,
A.A.S. Rite Mason, was commander
in-chief at the time of his death. Init
ated in Mecca Temple No. 10, A. E. A
o. N. NJ. S. and was Imperial Lecturer
of the Imperial Council, and crowned
an honorary 33 degree in the United
Southern Supreme Council, A.A.S.
Rite.
In all of the Masonic Departments
he was a faithful, ardent craftsman.
The records of his lodge, Commandery,
Chapter Consistory Mecca Temple and
the Imperial Council, bear ample evil
dence of his incessant zeal and valu-
able labors. Our able and distinguish
ed Brother, Companion, Sir Knight
and Sublime Prince has been summon
ed to fields of more exalted usefulness
to that Celestial Lodge above, of which
death is the grim and vigiIant tiler, the
frail tabernacle of clay has been gath
cred to its kindred dust, but the bril-
liant legacy of noble deeds, of faithful
labors, of domestic affections, of Of
fetal integrity will survive the grave
and transmit immortal blessing through
the cycles of infinite changes.
RESOLVED-That in the death of
our beloved Brother and Noble, Maur-
ice W. Spencer, the Craft has lost a
Jealous and devoted member, the com
munity useful citizen, and an honest
man; society a genial and warm heart
ed gentleman, his family, a kind and
indulgent father, and all mankind a
true and valuable friend. The Imperial
Council, A.E.A.ON.M., tender its most
fervent and fraternal sympathy to the
afflicted family of our deceased, Broth
er, Companion, Sir Knight, Sublime
Prince and Noble, and commend them
to Him who tempers the wind to the
shorn lamb. May his omnipotent arm
shield and sustain them in their great
bereavement and irreparable loss, and
may His hallowed spirit abide with
them forever and forever.
Done by Order,
Noble Raymond E. Jackson,
Imperial Potenate.
Noble Chas. D. Freeman,
Acting Imperial Recorder.
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THEREFORE, BE In RESOLVED h

That this expression be spread upon
the records of our organization and
copy sent to Mr.. Spencer's family.
Louis E. Pasco, Pres; Ralph J.
Banks, Vice-Pres.; Maude Trotter
Steward, Secy.; John S. R. Bourne,
Chairman Exec Com; Albert G..
Wolff, Chair on Resolutions, NJ. Cravat
Simpson, Mabel R. Worthy, Lillian L.
Feurtado, DR.. R. A. Simmons, DIR. c..
Steward, Rev. D. L. Ferguson, Rev. j.
W. Powell, Rev. Kenneth dep. Hughes.
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to serve that fellow-man. Like all
other things he entered into or did, he
went to the top in these. He affiliated
with the Morning Star Lodge of the
LB.P.O.E. of W., with Eureka Lodge
No. 5, Maxwell Chapter No. II, Royal
EULOGY- 'd-JB
Arch Masons- Simons Commandery
No. 1, Knight Templars-Jonathan
Davis Consistory No. l, Ancient
Accepted Scottish Rite Masons-Mecca
Temple No. 10, A. E. A. 0. N. M. S.
In addition he was member of these
honorary societies: The Imperial
Council of A. E. A. o. N. NJ. S..-33rd
degree of the United Seven Supreme
Council, Ancient Accepted Scottish
Rite Masons-and the Grand Encamp-
ment of Knight Templars.
Vet, in the green spring of years
He found the fountain of energy to
carry on
The fight-the battle crv of freedom
Rang within the sound of his now
silent ears.
In fraternal, fatherly, and brotherly
WAYS,
He hoped to cross. somewhere between
Mans troubled garden, and man-his
dark brothers
A road built unerringlv by the happi-
est medium seen.
We who must keep our rendezvous
mark time
By steps firm and strong; left by one
who knew, with care
The rank and file-the captain and the
general, too;
Yet we shall meet apain. someday
sometime. somewhere.
FRANK A. YOUNG.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-03

army of -men-those hard, unde- featable Pioneers that nothing could stop. They travelled in the heat of summer and. barred their breasts to the icy blasts of winter. The Sourdough is an outstanding epic of pioneering history that be- lcngs to Alaska. If we let his mem- ory die, then sentiment is also dead. If we have become such self ish mortals that we desire to ignore the past and live for the future only, let us be honest about It and admit we have discarded the right to be called a civilized people.
 He Pioneered
 It is a little trite to recall that the Sourdough paved the way for us who make Alaska our home. The country, laboriously traversed by the Pioneer on foot or polling craft, we cover now in comfortable power vessels, automobile, or by air. II it is repetitive to mention the debt we owe the trailbreakers, it is still pertinent to maintain that the ob- ligation ought to be discharged. l sincerely hope that we, the people of Alaska, will demand that the next Legisla ture will appropriate the money necessary to cast the Sourdough statue created by MT. Lewis into bronze and erect it on the front lawn of the Pioneers Home. There are TOO Pioneers bur- jed in Sitka. For their uncounted compatriots I quote the tribute of Sam Durham.
 They. sleep by many a mountain
 stream,
 In many lonely wild ravine, Unmarked by cross, or calrn, or
 stone,
 The story of their lives unknown, But with them is the message
 blent;
 "The future is our monument
 Good Investment
 It will cost $30,000 to erect this monument. It will be the last boon any of us can give to this vanish- ing phase of humanity. These are hard times and $30,000 sounds like lot of money. But it will be the first and last expense. It will not set up a bureaucratic agency that will mushroom year by year into costly blossom of experimental legislation. It will pay even from a financial standpoint. By every standard of measurement all tour ists will have an irresistible object for a camera study that will be carried back to every hamlet in the United States. There will never be a day that someone will not be forcibly reminded that Alaska was
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-03

developed in the sweat, toll and privations of its earliest inhabi- tants.
 This opportunity will not come again. Tomorrow the last of the Sourdoughs will falter and fall at the end of the rainbow. Tomorrow, Alonzo Lewis will smash his crea- tion in plaster into the worthless fragments of lost hope and a wasted life know there are people that will cry out in mortified in dignation that at this time we can not afford a memory to the past. Those weepers for the necessity of immediate expediency are always with us. Perhaps what we need is to recapitulate symbol of bygone days to restore a jittery constitu- ency to a proper balance If it made any difference I would personally contribute $500 for the cause I am now espousing I know every Sour dough in the Pioneers Home would give up his quota of bacon and eggs for a year if he could see that statue erected in the front yard But it ought to be Territorial money that should provide for this project. It ought to be possible for every citizen of this country to worship at the shrine of this memorial and say, We, the people of Alaska, have erected this tribute to the Sourdough."
 Noble Prospector
 I have never had much sympathy for the usual inartistic "slap-dash" version of a prospector showing a smirking miser bumped over gold pan. The symbol created by MT. Lewis is the figure of great man in fullstride. He carries all of d prospector's equipment on his back and a rifle in his hand. Crude stitches have mended brush torn patches of clothing. But what cap lures and holds you spellbound is the grim determination in the fad ed eyes set in stern and weather beaten face. You know he is the Sourdough. He sees only the golden vista of the future. You know he is the Sourdough, because that man never looks back. There is no bet ter method by which the future can be equanimously met than to discharge the obligations of the past. The Sourdough has earned the right to live forever. It is you who must render the verdict of whether he will be swept into the ash heaps of forgetfulness, or re- main as an inspiration for the fol- lowing generations. If right and justice prevails in Alaska we neither can, nor must, forget the Sour dough.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-03

Arizona growers shipped 35,000,00 to the nations markets in the summer of 1939
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-03

ter of judgment and stamina. Each man fought his own bitter battle of progress; a few won, but most of them lost. They took whatever fate had in store for them without asking for any quarter, begging no mercy, accepting no favors, except the unwritten ethical right of a traveller in strange country. Alas kan hospitality of the trail is a tradition. Every lone musher of the North was entitled, and welcome, to shelter, firewood and food wher- ever the found it. A mo host party was the rule and not the ex- ception. In effort to aid unknown fellow travellers in distress the good samaritan was piker compared to the average Alaskan.
 Man on His Own
 Still every man had to be suf- ficient unto himself or be counted out by the memorable law of sur vival of the fitteSt. Al inhoSpitah.e country spewed out the weak or placed upon each of it's favored sons an indelible stamp of approv- al. A Sourdough in Alaska, Seattle, San Francisco, New York, South Europe and other points of the globe was unmistakable. He was man tempered in the intri- cate sphere of adversity-forged in the narrowing crucible of experi- in the process of sharing the last pound of food with any companion on any trail.
 Wherever you met him there was always the scanned face, careless posture, independence of action, il-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-03

limitable unselfishneSs The dim eyes were strained by too many years of gazing into an anpredic- table future. But to all the initiated the true insignia Of Sourdough was apparent. He never looked back. He saw only the beckoning hand of future possibilities. He heard only the siren voice extol'ing the virtues of the land beyond the next mountain. If you knew the real Sourdough you could pick him out of crowd just as surely as a novice could point out giant in a multitude of pygmies.
 Find and Spend
 Virtue is an undefinable quan- tity This is no panagyric of praise for the stampeder The horde of men who first invaded Alaska were looking for gold. Their utmost de- sire was to find gold. The reper- cussion was to obtain what gold could buy. Most of the fortunate ones subscribed to the theory that the only money that is any good was the money you spent. So they blew in their millions.
 Out of the chaos of trouble en- dured by the prospector of '98, a Territory of magnificent propor- ton has arisen. Travel is accom- plished by airplanes. Mining is conducted by machinery. The law is enforced by United States Con- missioners, and their abettors. We have now a political body of eight Senators and l6 Representatives ex- pressing the will of the people of the people of Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-03
DON ADLER
Continued from Page One)

short time-it may never happen but SHOULD it happen, our young men should meet it-prepared!
 There is no time to waste. If we are attacked, aggressor nations will act swiftly; and should there be war, as an ex-service man who has been under fire in the last war, l say to parents, Allowing for the lucky and unlucky breaks attached to warfare, the chances of your sons coming out alive depends a lot on the military training he has received" In one particular hand to-hand encounter I had with the enemy it was training that saved my life
 The young men in this Terri tory owe it to their country, their fellow citizens, and to themselves, to learn to protect themselves; otherwise, we will be caught sleep ing, as have those countries now overwhelmed and defeated.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-03
MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO
 50URD0UGH ADVOCATED

hardships literally burned their bridges behind them. They had to wiring eevery necessity of life out of a grudging wilderness. Their methods of transportation were slow, cumbersome and dangerous. They mushed with, or without, a dog team. They navigated unchart- ed waters of unknown perils, with rafts, or barges, contrived from Whip-sawed lumber. The difference between life and death was a mat
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-03
SOurdough Statue

SOurdough Statue
 If the residents of this Territory desire to perpetuate the memory of the Sourdough they have that privilege within their power. Victor Alonzo Lewis, of Seattle, one of the foremost sculptors of the world, has created a model of the Argo- naut of the North. Everyone that has viewed it proclaims it to be magnificent work of art. MT. Lewis states it is his most cherished pro- duction. It entailed years of labor and cost a goodly sum of money to get it to the point where it is now. "SkagWay Bill" Fonda did the pos ing, but Lewis captured something far more important than single individual. In his statue of the Sourdough is the composite of an
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-03
By EILER HANSEN

Most of us agree that the bronze in this country ought to be cast into cannon. All that is necessary is to save enough to create a mem- orial to the Sourdough. In all the pioneering history of the Western Hemisphere there is no general movement SO individually charac- terized a ae stampede to Alaska.
 The men ho originally entered this hazardous land O. unknown
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-03
Do You Know

THAT the American Legion Aux Hilary, in order to protect its Mem orial Flower, the poppy, from the inroads of commercialism, adopted national poppy program at the St. Paul Convention in 1924 which eliminated the commercial poppy from the sales of the Auxiliary?
 THAT the memorial poppies are made of red crepe paper, by hand, by disabled veterans in more than 50 hospitals and poppy workrooms in AS states, and that the workers receive pay for each poppy made, the material being furnished free by the Department in whose terri tory the hospital is located?
 THAT proceeds from the sale of over 1O,0O0OO0 poppies, made an- nually under the guidance of the American Legion Auxiliary amount to more than $1,00000O, every penny of which is devoted to rehabilita- tion work by both the Legion and Auxiliary, which includes aid to the needy veterans and their fami- lies? The method of distribution varies in our 52 Departments, de- pending upon the nature of the de- mands for help. Each of our 5000 Units in communities scattered all over the United States, its terri torial possessions and in foreign countries where veterans reside, maintains a Rehabilitation Commit tee working under chairman, and a Child Welfare Committee with its chairman, and these Unit chair men are assisted by a state chair man of similar committees, who in turn works under the guidance and help of National Rehabilita- tion Chairman and a National Child Welfare Chairman.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-03

Texas fish hatcheries produced more than 5,OOO,OOO fish last year and the state expects to double production in 1940.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-03

A mobile operating theatre for dealing with brain surgery has been prepared for the British army at the front.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-07-25
American Legion
Elects Moore
Commander Here

1t was announced today that the
following have been elected as off,
GERS of the Henderson Smith
Edmonds Post No. sc of the
American Legion: H. ]. Moore
commander; j. F. Schwartzbeck
vice commander; H. G. Boise,
finance officer; E. Sachs, adjutant:
Warner Humphrey, service officer:
Harry Miles, sergeant-at-arms: !
Nicol, chaplain; j. A. Murphy. his
torian, and Rogers Miller and Fl
A. Boldt, color bearers. Delegates
to the State convention were Will
liam Budd, Warner Humphrey and
H. ]. Moore; alternates: H. G.
Boise, S. Woolner and H. A. Boldt
Delegates to the Montgomery
county council: S. Woolner, L. J,
Ryan, Harold A. Boldt, H. G.
Boise, H. ]. Moore. Delegates to
the Southern Maryland council: J.
Nicol, H. j. Moore and M. Cure
vich.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-07-25
BOYD

Mrs. Lulu Dutrow who has been
confined to her bed has somewhat
recovered and will be out shortly.
Mrs. Bates Hammond and daugh-
ter, Miss Helen, were the Friday
dinner guests of Mrs. Hammond's
sister, Mrs. William Williams.
They reside at Kearneysyille, w.
Va, and were en- route to Wash
ington to visit relatives.
Mrs. Smith Hoyle accompanied
by the Vernon Russelle family mo-
tored to Philadelphia Saturday,
where they were the weekend
guests Of Mrs. Hoyles son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Earle Hoyle.
Mrs. Arthur Virts and daughter,
Miss Dotsy Virts, have returned
from a visit of several days with
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Carter.
Mrs. James B. Maughlin, Jr., en-
tertained her bridge club on Tues
day. Those who won prizes for
high score were Mrs. Carroll
Waters and Mrs. David j. Maugh-
lin, first and second, respectively.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hargett, Mr..
John Hargett, Jr., his family and
Miss Marlin of University of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-07-25

The Red Cross has also issued a
warning concerning spotted fever.
According to the announcement,
ticks have been found in this coun-
ty which have the facility for
carrying the fever.
Household pets may bring dog
or wood ticks into houses, thus en-
dangering the families. Due to
the habits of the ticks, however,
infection may be avoided by their
instant removal and treatment of
the bite with tincture of iodine.
The Red Cross advises the precau-
ton of inspecting thoroughly ones
body after trips to the woods or
through underbrush. A physician
should be consulted as soon as is
possible, in case a person has been
bitten. Is 50