The Omaha guide., 1941-05-24
URBAN LEAGUE FINANCIAL DRIVE BEGINS

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3 The Omaha Urban Leagues Ii
nancial drive started off with q
bang when 30 persons attended a
meeting of captains and workers
to hear the final instructions fer
this campaign. Mr.. S. G. Hanger,
acting as general chairman of the
drive, explained to the workers
their responsibility n raising one
thousand dollars ($1,000.00l to pay
on the purchase of the building now
occupied by the Urban League.
He informed them that the Lea
que had received enthusiastic sup
port from all who had been asked
to participate in this financial eff
fort. He mentioned how encour-
aged he was by the enthusiastic
response in spite of the fact that
the money must be raised by June
LIST when the Northwestern Bell
Telephone Company is expecting
to make the final lead with he
Urban League.
Mr.. Charles Anger, Publicity
Director of the Omaha Commun-
ity Chest, was introduced to the
workers by the Executive Sec'y
of the League, Mr.. Raymond r,
Brown, Mr.. Brown explained that
Mr.. Anger had had years OF ex.
perience in this kind of work and
would have ability to advise the
workers and captains in the tech
nique they should follow in max
ing solicitations. Mr.. Anger, in
his remarks, was very hopeful of
the results he felt could be OBJ
tanned by the enthusiastic group
present. He stated how valuable
the Urban League was to the com
munity and how much respect had
been gained by the organization
throughout the city. "This is your
agency" he said, TO serve Co'cred
people and it should get the COM
plete support of all people in this
community" Mr.. Anger then pro-
ceeded to outline the various meth
DDS to use in approaching people,
and the reasons that could be adj
vanced to people contributing to
the drive.
Remarks were also heard from
Mr.. E. w. MCGOWAN, Mr.. w. L.
Myers and others who were pres
emit to assist with this work.
Mrs. Lenora Gray, mother in
law of Mr.. Charles Stewart, re-
ported that Mr.. Stewart was i'll
and had asked her to serve as
captain in his place.
1t was a wonderful spirit that
motivated her to carry on the
work of Mr.. Stewart. She stated
that because of the Importance of
the drive to Negro youth in the
community, she would not allow
his part of the work to fail.
There were about 500 prospect
cards hung on the walls of the
Urban League before the meeting.
Over half of them had been taken
by the close of the meeting fer
the first effort on Friday. 1t
was announced that several plans
had been made for special efforts
in raising funds by the various
teams. Among the activities
which will be presented is a Bene'
fit Charity Ball sponsored by the
Urban League as a whole at the
Dreamland Hall on Monday, May
9th. The Hall and music have
been donated for this occasion.
On May 18th, a Baby Contest
I sponsored team No. 20, Mrs. Thel-
ma Hancock captain, will be held
at the Urban League. On May
10Th, Mr.. John T. Davis, captain
of team No. 5 will sponsor a Care
Party in the auditorium of the Ur-
ban League.
Mr.. Martin Thomas, Director OF
the Boys Work Department Of
the Urban League reported that
the Grade and High School senio,
leagues are making special eff.
forts to get contributions from th'
boys that belong to their various
groups.
On May 31st, a Midnight Show
will be held at the Ritz Theatre
Mrs. Eula Carriers team, No. Il
is sponsoring this activity. Mrs
Florence Branch is chairman o.
this special affair and is planning