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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-08-22
Labor Day l94l
BY Ruth Taylor

September in Europe-what new
horror will it unleash? What new
nightmare of war will drive hap
less, harried people from their
homes, sending them scurrying
hither and yon in search of shelter
from the pitiless conquerors whose
bloodlust is never stated?
Here in this land of ours the
first days of September will also
send people from home-but for a
different causei Here the first
Monday in September is set apart
for the celebration of Labor Day.
In contrast with the panic strick-
en- hordes abroad, here city dwell
ers will be rushing to the country,
shore and mountains for one last
golden playtime, fitting climax
to a happy summer, while from
the countryside and small town.
thousands of others will hurry
downward to enjoy the pleasures
of city life before settling down to
the quiet of their calmly ordered
lives.
However, this year the celebra-
ton of Labor Day takes on new
meaning, and added significance.
This year Labor Day is not just a
day of recreation. 1t must also be
day of rededication to a way of
life, to a form of government in
which each of us has a part and
where one of our great holidays
has as its purpose to do honor to
those who work-to all the men
and women whose toll and trav-
all has made the country great.
In the days that lie ahead, even
if the war be kept from our shores,
we will be modified for service in
some form or other, for abe ade-
quate defense of this our country
and for that form of government
which we hold dear There will be
no room for idlers. We will all
serve and gladly. Whether we
serve in positions of prominence Or
in the humble.st capacity we are al!
laborers, working for the good of
the many, that the rights and pri-
viliges which have been struggled
for and won at such a great sac
rifice, may be handed down to flu
ture generations.
Labor Day 1871 is not day set
apart for any one group. It be-
longs to all of us, whether our
work is of brain or hand. How we
do our appointed task is the i'm
portant thing-not what that task
may be. We carrot see the end
from the beginning or what fruit
our labor may bear. All we can do
is the best of which we are capa-
BILE, working conscientiously and
sincerely at the task just before
us. 1t maye be great or it may be
menial-but it is work to be
done-and it is our job to do it
well.
We are all laborers in the vine
yard of the Lord. And in the end
as in the Parable of the Talents,
the reward is "Well done, thou
good and faithful servant"
Zyxyxyxyx,xyxyxyxyxyxyxyx
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Good News e.

y The Nazi-ish beer parlor on
fourteenth and Madison is going
to get sued.
If you want to go to heaven,
just get on one of those notes,
when Gabriel (Erskine Hawkins)
blows off his horn.
Qwertyuiop
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A and ? Stops Stocking
Offensive Polish

NEW YORK-In a letter from
the vice-president, j. Andrews, the
Atlantic and Pacific stores in
formed the NAACP last week that
the Associations request had been
needed and the offensive "Nigger
Head Stove Polish" had been TAX
en- off the stores purchasing list.
The supervisor of the A and p
market in Jamaica, N. Y, where
the polish was bought has been in
structed to remove the merchan-
disc from the store.
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HERE'S MORE ABOUT
Joe Lewis
CONTINUED from Page One1

married the girl who now an
nounces she's divorcing him, and
she sat at the ringside down there
under those lamps watching her
new husband score the knockout
that really put him up there. The
news about the marriage had been
a ringside sensation. Nobody knew
much about the private life of the
sensational new slugger.
Match Engineered, RumOrs Said
The story gradually got around,
it may not have been true, that
his managers really engineered
the match, like a set of Chinese
parents, personally selecting the
young lady from the highest Ne
gro society of Chicago and MAX
ing all the arrangements them
selves.
/ Inv iiiob llilll llOLc VI lTOuDle
came when Schmeling gave Louis
the one bad beating he has ever
received and it was sounded in the
Negro newspapers. The gist of it
was that a former sutton of the
lady had been making a stubborn
effort to win her back, and that
the matter had so upset Louis, who
was busy with training, that it had
got his mind of the match and got
him in such tangled mental state
that he fell an easy victim to the
German.
This had all the earmarks of a
far-fetched alibi, and was so
received, and yet that type of ru-
NOR may have got a man killed.
When Schmeling and Louis were
preparing to fight the second time,
a Chicago newspaper man told me
that some little while after that
first Schmeling debacle "a terrified
Negro came into their office and
said, you've got to protect me.
If you don't they'll kill me. They
think I've been trying to break up
Joes home and that's why Schmel-
ing knocked him out"
Wives, Fists Don't Mix
AS nearly as he could come to
identifying they" they were
some gamblers and gangsters
who'd lost lots of money on Louis
when Schmeling ironed him flat.
He was told the paper had no
means of mixing into any such and
was advised to go to the police if
he thought his life was in danger.
1--WE never have any way of
knowing" the Chicago sports his
torian continued, but the guy was
picked up dead in an alley couple
of nights later. He'd been hit with
something. 1t looked like, maybe
an automobile. The police figured
he may have been hit with a car
and crawled up there and died.
They wrote it off as an accident"
There was that much and that
sort of talk after the Schmeling
kayo, but it all subsidized and there
was never any more. Nobody paid
too much attention to them at the
time for there are always fantastic
tales, mostly lies, about any men,
Der Of commonality who attains
any prominence, whatever the field
and whoever the people.
But it's an old story in pugilism
that wives and fists mix badly,
! even when they're kept separated
That's why most managers don't
want their men married. It's why
the most cerebral leather pusher
of them all, Mr.. James Joseph
Tunney once said, "Celebacy is a
necessary ingredient of the sue
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Join the NAACP
if you believe in
protecting your
rights.

Seattle we have many men refused
the right of employment because
they are not of the white race.
When the country is in need of
protection, he is a good American,
yet in the time preceding and after
he is not allowed the same right
of employment.
MASON B. PATTEN, Seattle.
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THE SEMPER :.
FIDELIS CLUB
VIII Sponsor 4 Dance
At The Tennis Club
August u
Erskine Hawkins
Coming, Sept. 20

cesful career in pugilism."
The Louis divorce action breaks
the greatest story or it's sort on
the purely personal side. One Won
ders how badly so far the hero is
concerned.
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History Lesson
Dunbar
BY B. X. r.

1871, Mrs. Matilda Murphy an ex-
slave, was married to Joshua Dun
bar, who having escaped to Can
ada before the war; later enlisted
in the Fifty-fifth Massachusetts
Infantry, and was, at the time of
his marriage, an old man.
In 1872, this pair became the
parents of a baby boy. When the
momentous question of naming
the baby came to be discussed, Mr.
Dunbar insisted that the child be
called Paul. The young wife
thought the name too "old-fash-
ion" for a baby.
Matilda, Madam, don't you know
the Bible says Paul was a great
man? This child will be great
some day and do you honor.
The father of Paul Dunbar
proved to be a prophet. The boy
was a genius. At an early age of
seven he wrote his first bit of
verst. He was a diligent pupil, his
favorite studies being spelling
grammer and literature.
When in high school he edited
The High School Times. In 1891 he
graduated from the high school
with honors. C m m n m n
meant to Paul the beginning of a
hard struggle for existence.
There were few flowers in his
path and many cruel thorns. He
gathered the roses, inhaled their
fragrance and immortalized their
beauty in verse. And the thorns he
bore bravely as part of human
life. Thus early he learned to be a
philosopher and consequently a
poet.
Every moment that could be
snatched from his busy hours was
utilized in improving his brilliant
mind. His humble home, his dear
mother and beloved black people
formed the all sufficient inspira-
ton for his earlier dialect poems
The best things he wrote were
his classic English poems, and the
production of such verses proved
far more than his dialect.
To anyone who reviewed the
dead face of Paal Laurence Dun
bar after the long, hard race was
done, there couldn't but come the
memory of his poems, and could
not b e grateful to him for having
said the things he said so plainly
and in such simple way.
There was no trace of pain upon
his features, naught that could
suggest anything but peace and
deep content. Those who loved him
could not keep back the tears be-
cause of their loss, but no one who
saw him at the last feared he was
otherwise than gloriously at rest.
He had indeed greeted the dawn.
Though it was near the hour of
the setting of an earthly winters
sun that he broke the last of the
prison bars; and found freedom
at last.
This is his last poem, when
All Is Done"
WHEN ALL IS DONE
When all is done
And my last word is said,
And yea who love me, murmur he
is dead,
Weep not for me
II VI 1CdI llldJ SIlOutu hllOW,
And sorrow, too, that we should
sorrow so.
When all is done
And in the oozing clay you lay
This cast off hull of mine away,
Pray not for me, for after long
despair
The quiet of the grave will be a
prayer.
For I have suffered loss and griev-
Gus pain,
The hurt of hatred and the
worlds disdain.
And wounds so deep that love well
tried and pure,
Had not the power to heal them
or to cure.
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About the most senseless advice
one Negro may give to another is
to evade the draft, preach disloyal-
ty or become conscientious object
Ors, because our democracy is
hypocritical.
After all this is the only country
we know. 1t feeds, clothes and
certainly does not close the door of
hope against us.
Our highest duty is loyalty.
Loyalty does not mean surrender
ing none of the rights and privil-
eyes for which we are now fight
ing. For these we may fight ON.
The most despicable word in our
language is disloyalty.
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When all is done,
Say not my day is DER,
And that through night, seek a
DINNER shore.
Say rather that my morn has
just begun
I greet the dawn and not the set
ting Sun
When all is done.
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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Church of God i'm Christ
23rd East Madison
Rev. Van GOodlaw, Pastor

First Baptist Church of Ken
nydale, Washington. Go We into
all the world and preach the
gospel to every creature. Mark
1915.
Rev. Judson Swancy, Pastor
and Evangelist, Douglas Annex
Apt. "a, Seattle, Washington.
Residence phone, CA. 1850.
Grace Presbyterian Church,
Rev. John Il. Harris, Pastor.
Sunday School is held at 9:45
a. M; Ii a. m. Morning Wor-
ship; 6 p. m. Young People;
1880 p. m. Evening Worship.
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Churches
First A. NJ. e. Church
1928 14th Avenue
Rev. L. X. Hayes Pastor

Sunday School, Rev. ]. N. Bell,
Superintendent, is improving in
attendance. The IL o'clock service
was conducted by the pastor, Rev.
L. r. Hayes. 1t was his last SER
mon of the conference year. The
church completed arrangements to
attend the golden anniversary of
the Puget Sound Conference to be
held in Tacoma, August 1924.
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And don't forget our adver-
tisers are entitled to your pat
ronage. They, too, add their con-
tribution for a bigger and bet
ter Northwest Enterprise. Let
us be loyal to each other. Spend
your dollars with friendly mer-
chants.
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st. Philips Episcopal Church
228 23rd Avenue North
The Rev. Raymond David Holmes

Sunday, August Pa p. m.--
Vespers and Sermon, THE End of
the Quest"
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Full Gospel Pentecostal Temple
16 and Il. Fir
BishoD Morris. Pastor

Revival services are being con-
Quoted by Sister Lenora Gray of
Tacoma. The Sunday School joined
the union picnic at Woodland Park
on Aug. Is. Sister Lois Jones of
Tacoma and Sister Anna Mitchell
of Oakland, California are in at
tendance.
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you probably have failed to renew
your subscription.
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I'VE honor the American
Flag, symbol of our Ameri-
can heritage. The right to
life, liberty, and the pursuit
OF happiness in a free ma
ton"
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Paul Laurence Dunbar
Smyrna times., 1941-05-01
The Value of Scholarships

A scholarship is the financial sup
port for a student, supplied by an
educational Institution or by an in
dividual. A person does not have
to be rich, poor or middle class to
obtain such an honor, but can be in
either. Although a person may be
very poor if he proves to be Of the
scholastic type he is given the same
type education that would other
wise cost him much money. Even
though a person is very, very
wealthy and someone may say they
believe others are more needy of
such a cholarship, 1 feel that if his
grades are worthy of this the fact
that he has received it will make
him gain a better education. Many
years ago there were scholarships
given to the few who proved
worthy of them but the fact is the
poor schooling which people receiv-
ed did not give them a chance to
prove this worth.
The scholarships given years ago
were given only in one or two cases
and by all means their was no such
scholarship as an athletic or nan
ual training or a home economics
scholarship.
Many girls who are talented in
! the domestic lines and prove to be
the best dietitions, etc, receive the
education only by the means of a
scholarship. Many young men who
wouldn't, as one might say, have
the brains to be a French or His
tory professor, prove to be our best
athletes. For each profession has
intelligence and dignity within its
own secret talents.
I feel that any individual or or
ganization who sends at least one
boy or girl through college is in one
way fulfilling life's purpose.
( Mary Andrew
Smyrna times., 1941-05-01
The Importance of Declarations
in Schools

This year is the last year that
declarations are required. Up I'M
til this time students have had to
give defamation in order to pass
the English course for the year.
There are very few good declam-
ers. Some people enjoy giving
declamations and each year they
try for the contest. There are var
ious types Of selections such as: the
humorous type; serious; sad. and
the very dramatic type. It takes
a great deal of time and trouble to
be a good declamer.
The requirements to make good
declamer are: poise, the ability to
present the selection without being
nervous; knowing the type which
fits you best, and being able to re-
member the selection so it will be
given verbatum.
The value of a defamation is: to
be able to speak well in front of
an audience; to gain polse and per-
sonality, and to learn how to think
and speak on ones feet.
Usually when a student IS forced
to give a defamation, he gains
nothing by it because re feels that
his learning it will be sufficient for
a mark. He doesn't care how he
presents it but as long as he pre-
sents it he will be eligible for pass
ing.
However, those who enjoy learn
ing a defamation viii gain a great
deal by it. Therefore / think de-
lamations should be optional and
Smyrna times., 1941-05-01

the building are old-fashioned
winding stairs with lovely balls
trades.
At the very end of the stairs is
a small closet-like hall leading To
balcony. From here one may see
the many fields of crops; the tas-
seled fields of corn, the scraggly
fields of garden vegetables TO the
waving fields of grain; all like a
huge patchwork quilt of nature.
On this balcony sentry stood,
during the revolutionary war,
watching for English red-coats who
might attempt an attack on this
house that held American soldiers.
A skirmish did take place and, al
though the Americans were victor
ious, this sentry was shot in the
back. He managed 70 crawl TO q
small room to his bed where he
died a short while later. Until a
few years ago one could see the
blood stains on the floor Of the
room. But there was fire in the
upper part of the building. ana al
though no serious damage was
done, the floor was 50 charred that
the stains are no longer visible.
In the small hall just inside the
balcony, hundreds of tourists and
visitors have signed their names on
+ba uyhita MIA ter WallS
Smyrna is proud of her Belmont
Hall" Alice Ruth Rosengren
Smyrna times., 1941-05-01

ous shrubs. which are all very
beautiful. Special mention, how
ever, should be made of the pretty
English lockwood on either side OF
the front entrance. This English
lockwood is some of the few we
have in Delaware.
To one side of the house is an old
covered well dating back to pre-
revolutionary times. The wooden
arch that covers it is covered with
ivy and the benches have truly
rustic appearance. Behind the
house there is an artistically cut
hedge called the 'Tear-drop" be-
cause of its shape. In the center
of the "Tear-drop" is a small flow
er bed. The numerous driveWays
and paths are bordered with flow
ers. Although much of the original
architecture of the house has been
remodeled, the rear of the house Is
exactly as it was when it held,
there George Washington's sold
iers. The interior woodwork, how
ever, is original and hand-carved.
In the livingroom the original
window panes are still in the
frames. Mr. Speakman's great
uncle was an artist and these walls
are covered with his paintings. One
of the paintings, in particular, i'm
pressed me. 1t was the portrait of
blond, wistful-faced little girl,
about eight years old. Our host
told US this picture was painted
shortly before the child's death.
There is an old spinit, in this
room, that has long been out of or
der. It has been there since the
house was built, before the revolu-
ton.
In one of the rooms in the rear
of the house is an old china closet
that contains some antique china
Much of it is priceless inasmuch as
it could never be replaced. The
door leading to and from this room
is made of one single plank and the
hinges are 50 made as to swing the
door either way. This type dool
has not been made in many years
The stairs to the upper stories o.
Smyrna times., 1941-05-01
Greet the Unseen With a Cheer

Greet the Unseen With a Cheer
There is an old saying Life is
What You Make It." We never
know what IS going to happen; it
may be for better or for worse.
All of us have one goal in life to
strive for and no matter what hap
pens, in order to reach that goal,
we have to fight and fight hard.
We must have strong will power
and not let our minds be ruled by
our heart. Life is full of heart
aches and things which we don't
want to happen, but they make life.
There are times when a person
feels that everyone is against him
when no one really is.
Everyone must work hard for
what he wants in this world and if
he doesn't try, then he doesn't de-
serve his reward. If all of us take
things in life as they come, think
everyone will be rewarded.
Betty Ennis
Smyrna times., 1941-05-01
Eagles Blank Middlet0wn

With Earl Ely hurting no-hit bali
until the sixth frame, Smyrna High
applied 80 coat of whitewash on
Middletown last Tuesday in a game
played on the home grounds. The
visiting proteges of Ken Steers
were only able to collect a pair of
singles off the stingy deliveries of
Cap Ely.
1t was a fiinging duel all the
way, with neither club doing much
in an offensive way. Moore, big
Middletown moundsman, displayed
some swell control as he moved
down the Smyrna stickers for five
innings. In the third canto Moore
famed the three batters who faced
him.
In the sixth inning, the Dcerr-
Smyrna times., 1941-05-01
Plans For MAY Day

Plans for the May Day celebra-
ton are well under way. The May
court has been erected, consisting
of a Queen, Duchess, and two at
tendants from the senior class, and
a duchess and two attendants from
the Junior, Sophomore, and Fresh
man classes.
Our queen this year is none other
than Miss Ruth Rowland. Her
Duchess from the Senior Glass is
Wilma Blendt, accompanied by
Adeline Hilyard and Janet Keith,
the two attendants. Those elected
to take part in the court from the
classes are as follows:
Freshmen: Duckess - Dorothy
Pratt; Attendants - PasswaterS,
Thelma Shane.
Sophomore: Duchess - Jeanette
Burchard; Attendants - Frances
Anne Davis, Jeanette Greene.
Junior: Duchess Doris Pyle; At
tendants Frances Johnson, Fran
ces Naylor.
The gala affair is scheduled to
take place May 16. The usual pro-
cedure on the athletic field will be
followed in the afternoon In addi-
ton a musical, reigned over by the
court, vii be given in the auditor
ium that night.
We are sure this program will
be success and want everyone to
come
Smyrna times., 1941-05-01
Dramatics Play

The 3-act farce, Have Heart i,
will be presented in the school au-
ditorium on the evening of May 70.
The Dramatics Glass has worked
hard this whole semester, getting
the play in readiness. Mrs. Mar
garet ONeil is the director, assist
ed by student directors, Carlene
Jones and Mildred Slaughter. The
cast is as follows:
Mark Andrews ....... Robert Bell
Lou Mansfield, Sarah Ellen Wright
Ted Watson Jack Francis
FRITZ Vinny ........ Janet Keith
30 Larson $1,000. Robert Deakyne
Peggy Watson ..... Shirley Sydell
Tickets will be on sale in a couple
of weeks.
Smyrna times., 1941-05-01
Belmont Hal

This lovely historical shrine is To-
Gated on the outskirts of Smyrna,
Delaware, on the Smyrna-Dover
Road.
If you visit this shrine in the
summer, as almost any other place
it is at its loveliest On either side
of the long lane, leading to the pic
turesque old colonial house. ire
huge shade trees. These, the tai
blue-eyed owner, Mr.. Speakman
told us, were planted by his grand
mother when she was seventeen
Surrounding the house are numer-
Smyrna times., 1941-05-01

men took sudden liking TO Mr..
Moore's slants. After Ely flied out
to shortstop, Buzzy Deakyne drove
a two-base blat to deep center gar
den. Hopkins singled to left but
Deakyne failed to advance to third.
However, nothing was lost, as
Jacobs, next up, connected for a
healthy three-bagger to center and
two markers crossed the platter.
Jacobs tailed the final run a mo-
ment later on Everett's infield out.
The lions share of credit goes to
Cap Ely for his masterful two-hit
performance on the hill for Smyr-
ma. However, Bob Jacobs, who
drove in two runs and scored the
other one himself, deserves plenty
of credit not only for his timely
smuggling but for his all-around
god performance behind the plate.
Smyrna times., 1941-05-01
Smyrna Sinks Alumni

The Smyrna Eagles made it
three wins in a row last Friday
when they took the measure of the
Alumni tossers, 7-6. 1t was a rath-
er sloppy game and turned out to
be comedy of errors, with no
less than IA miscues being chaged
up to both teams. Red Everett
started on the mound for Smyrna,
but had to be relieved by Ely be-
fore the game ended. Originally
scheduled for seven innings, it re-
quired another frame before the
Grads took it on the chin.
Smyrna times., 1941-05-01
John BlySSett MOO1'e
High SchOO! Nescs
ASSISTANT EDITOR SARAH ELLEN WRIGHT

the student can receive credit if ne
gives one.
Betty Ennis