The Omaha guide., 1942-05-02

It's services as q LrlDute 70
Clarke Griffin of the 10th Cavalry,
Fort Riley, who delivered a sermon
on "All-Out for God" Chaplain
Griffin is from Washington. D. g.
you know.
BY the way, G. c. what happened
to the upper part of the church
building? 1t reminded me of many
of the churches and other buildings
l used to see down in the West IN,
dies after a tropical hurricane. 1
enjoyed the choir music so well that
when the announcement was made
about the Good viii Singers in the
City Auditorium 1 determined to
spend the afternoon there.
-CCM-
1 don't have ii tell you about the
Good Will Singers program at the
City Auditorium, G. G. for surely you
were there. AT least several thous-
and other Omahans. and many
other out-of-town visitors. were
there. / guess every choral group
in Omaha was represented weren I
they? All under the immediate dir
ection of Booker T. Washington, 1
believe. ;CBy the way 1 meet Mr.
Washington later in the evening.)
And wasn't the military touch add
ed by the Firt Riley soldiers step
py?" Their songs went over, ton.
What was the hostess name that
directed the soldiers? She's from
Omaha. Wasn't it Mrs. Mabel A
want? If it was her she certainly
introduced Chaplain Griffin whole
heartedly, didn't she? I understand
that these Good Will Singers have
a yearly mass program and that
Sundays was the eighth. The
Spring Musicale is the big name for
it, isn't it?
-CCM-
I met the president of the Omaha
Chapter of the the NAACP. Ar
thur B. McCaw. Also, his wife,
Valarie McCaw, who seems all x
cited about her new house, or at
least the remodeling she is doing
Isn't she the same one whose pie
ture 1 once saw in the GUIDE who
was land possibly is) such a good IL
illustrator and cartoonist? She took
up painting in a serious way, didn' Z
she? 1 believe she said she is hav-
ing a studio built in her home.
-CCM-
Oh, say c. G. l almost forgot ia
tell you that a Mrs. Jones of 1856
Grant Stleet, phoned up and sail
that last week you had it in the
GUIDE that she is the proud moIh-
er of a baby girl. She phoned to
say that not only was that statement
premature but actually there is not
even a basis or suspicion, of fact to
the statement. What are you try
ing to do, G. G.? Maybe you direct
ed the stork to the wrong place.
CEN
Perhaps, you can tell me some
thing about some of these people I
met, G. 9? Judge" H. j.. Pinkett;
All 1 can hear him talk about is
something down at the City Coun-
ell and some Sgt. Graham and a
Mrs. Eldridge, l believe. What's it
all about c. C0
Met a Rev. c. c. Petties, of 1411
North 25th street. He says he's
been here twenty years. Was for
merly pastor of the Salem BAPTIST
Church, but now has a p~astorate at
Clarinda, Iowa. Apparently, he has
some very decided opinions about
journals, and journalists.
Apparently, quite a few of tho
boys have some nice jobs in the a
mus government offices here. Of
course I've only met a few but I
did meet ]. billiard Crawford. of the
County Clerks office, and also Jesse
Duke, of the 7th Corps Engineering
Department.
Or. Leonard E. Britt is up and a.
round after a long siege Of sickness.
L was interested in talking to him
OF southern Califirnia.
This message, c. c. wouldn't be
complete without just a wee bit of
romance in it. No not mine II
haven't any, but from what l have
observed Of j. Westbrook Mcpherson
and Marcella 10 Wright, I've been