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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-06-05
Commencement
Held At SCI.
Monday, May "a

I'LL ~ tWO 81 doudtSo were grant
ed diplomas from the Southern
Christian Institute on Monday, May
"a, at the sixty-first annual COM
mencement of the school.
Of the nine graduates from the
Junior College, Miss Alma Lee,
daughter of Mrs. Cassie A. Lee of
Edwards, Miss, received highest
scholastic honors. Miss Lee has
proved very capable, both as stu
dent and as assistant in the class
room and in the library. She has
been faithful member of the
choir, the glee club and the girls
quartet and has done solo work.
She has been active and cooperative
in general activities of the campus.
Miss Lee plans to enter Meharry
Medical college at Nashville, Tenn.
Special honors went to three of
the tWenty-three graduates of the
high school. Scholarships were pre-
sented to Miss Annie Sanders, dau-
ghter of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur San
ders of Learned, Mississippi, and
Mr. David Hutton son of Mrs. Edna
Hutton of Edwards, Miss, as first
and second highest ranking stu
dents over a period of four years.
Miss Sanders has served for two
years as secretary to the dean of
the college and Mr. Hutton has dis
tinguished himself by winning two
awards in contests in current
events. He is recognized by his
classmates as Professor" Another
graduate, Miss Hazel Stamps, dau-
ghter of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Stamps, of Learned, Miss, having
been selected by the faculty as the
most worthy student" received a
cash award of ten dollars, given by
a friend of the school, Mr.. Isaac,
secretary of the National Negro
Baptist Convention.
Other honors were bestowed up
on Miss ,Thelma Cowan, of the
tenth grade, Miss Cowan is the
daughter of the former dean of the
S. c. l., Lieut.. Jason M. Cowan,
now a chaplain in New Guinea, and
Mrs. j. M. Cowan, present dean of
women at the S. c. /. Miss Cowan
received two cash awards, one from
the Harmonic Club of Jackson, for
having shown supervisor improve
ment in music and one from the
Mary Church Terrell Literary Club
of Jackson for outstanding develop
ment in English.
The commencement program was
as follows: Prelude: 'Melodie," Pad
erewski, Mrs. Jackson; Procession
al: Priests March," Mendelssohn:
Invocation, Music by the Church
choir; Commencement address, Mr..
William R. Holder, United Christian
Missionary Society, Indianapolis; A
warding of honors, Dean Charles
Mosley, Presentation of diplomas,
President John Long, Benediction.
Postlude: "Dryade," Jensen, Mrs.
Jackson.
Following is list of the gradu-
ates for this year:
Junior College: Arthone Hender-
son, Pocahontas, Miss. Alma Jean
Jacobs, Edwards, Miss. Alma Lee,
Edwards. Arthur Lindsay, Lena;
Marie Patterson, Edwards; Pearl
LaVerne Richards, Chicago, ILL.,;
Mrs. S. Georgia Carpenter, Port
Gibson; Mrs. Helen B. FELTON,, Vicks-
burg; Mrs. Bessie Louise Griffin,
Bolton; Mrs. Lenora T. Stampley
Edwards.
High School: George Barker,
Camp Lee, Va. Thomas Brooks,
Bluefield, Va. Indiana Bruce, b.
vina, Miss. Willie F. Davis, Lake
Providence, La. Ella Rae Fields,
Learned. Sallie Mae Fields, Learn
ed. Lois Flagg, Edwards. Dorothy
Flowers, st. Louis, Mo. Bernie Ger
man, Edwards, Miss.
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While the food conferees are at
It, they might give some thought
to making it cost less as well as 90
around.
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Wednesday, August 18th
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7:30-Emporium Musical Clock
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(Blue)
5000 Boquet To You
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$50 arilyn Time
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11:05-Gloria Peasants Trio
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-Baukage Talking News
(Blue)
12:15-Ed McHugh (Blue)
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aroo's
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News
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! 4:45-Dick Tracy (Blue)
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Spotlight Bands (Blue)
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(Blue)
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News QNS)
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1G:15-Henry ]. Taylor Views
Blue)
10:30-Eric Madriguera's Ork.
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Tuesday, August 18th
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30-Emporium Musical Clock
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(Blue)
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aroo's
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''The Standard Life Station
1850 Kyc. Jackson, Miss.
BROADCASTING STATION

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August 16, Monday
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Friday, August 1s

FRIDAY, august IL
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out the candles. They did some sniping. too. some even fighting be- side their husbands on the battle fields Whether they lived on the frontier threatened by the Indian OF along the coast dreading myaz sion. they were constantly alert.
 You know. Of course. about cour= ageous Molly Pitcher And there was the time when Tarleton. one of the most unsparing British officers. quartered himself in the home Of Colonel slocomb in North Carolina. His name had been associated with massacre but he didn't frfghten the Golonefs wife. He sat one evening discussing with one of his men the division of the conquered-to-be Am erican provinces. Mrs. Slocomb in terrupted
 Allow me to observe and pro phesy. the only land in these United States that will ever remain in pos session of an enemy officer will measure but six feet two
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-05-07

most areas. Fruit trees were bare. Salt was scarce and had 10 be scrap ed up from the floors of the smoke houses. Children were surviving on corn pone. dried beans and the vit- amins they got out of turnip greens. After dark. mothers used to visit the picket grounds and pick up corn that was left by the horses Food that could be produced was too expensive. butter SIS a pound, meat $40
 Nevertheless. the spirit Of the women was excellent Except for some needlework many had never done any work. But they toiled alongside what labor could be found in the fields. At home they made flags and did some spinning Even sheeting and shirting was made on the loom. Some turned their homes into hospitals and re- mained as nurses. Bandages had to be used over and over. so the wo- men had 10 wash and sterilize them. There was q scarcity of chloroform and quinine Clara Barton started the good work which eventually led to the Red Cross.
 Lovely garments Of taffeta. crepe and satin were remade until there was nothing left but shreds and patches Then women would line them with newspapers. The frames of their plumed velvet bonnets were saved and recovered with cotton or old draperies; pantalettes were made from woru-out curtains.
 Shoes at $500 were ill-fitting coarse ones made by Negro cobblers and often didn't even match. Others were made of old carpets. In spite of all difficulties Southern women always managed to look fastidious
 Women did everything in their power to provide clothing. food and comforts for their men. The Confed- crate Army was poorly clothed and soon General Lees army was in rags. Because of the scarcity of ma terials many We're without shoes
 Running the blockade was the only means of procuring some essen tials and few luXuries. Confeder- ate dollars being almost worthless, it took more than S3,O00 to buy an ordinary table and kitchen chair. A single kitchen utensil that had cost $1 sold for s1 1,000 in paper money.
 But very few women were at traeted 10 advertisements of finery Most of them willingly sold theil valuables, some even their hair for the maintenance of the Confederacy
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-05-07
WOMEN OF CIVIL WAR DID THEIR PART. roo

Because the war between the states was on their very doorstep. women of the South felt it's priva- ton more severely than those in the North.
 In the North there was a steady agricultural development. and wo- men were spared the worst tribula- lions of the home front. Cotton and sugar were scarce. however. Flax was thought for a time to be a sub stitute for cotton but attempts to Use it on cotton machinery failed Sorghum from China as a sugar substitute proved a disappointment. too. Butter sold for 50 cents a pound flour S12 a barrel.
 Besides the use of labor-saving machinery such as the newly in- vented Mccormick reaper. women, s work in the fields helped save the harvests in the North. They drove reaper teams, harvested corn and took care of the stock. Even child Ten To and 12 years old worked the farms The result was an abundance in some sections of staple products such as wheat, corn. pork and wool
 The plantations in the South had been noted for their wonderful fruit trees, good stock, and vegetable gar dens. 4ams, beans, chickens. ducks and beef were basic fare.
 During the war there was no wood, corn, meat or vegetables in
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-05-07

They're too busy. Communications
 from the War Department are just
 as liable to find them at a welding
 job in the dark eaverns of a ship as
 in the Red Cross center rolling ban=
 dages just as liable to find them
 in the ranks of the WAACS.
 or WAVES as in a Nurses Aide
 class Mothers Of 1g4g are right be-
 hind their sons at the front.
 Mothers of the days of lavender
 and lace and nIy-white hands are
 out-moded. Mothers of 1943 are in slacks or cOveralls and their hands
 are hard and firm. Hardened with
 war work; firm with the determina-
 ton to see that Johnny at least has
 the bullets, plane parts or tanks with which to defend himself a. gainst the enemy. And with her duel job of keeping the home go- ing and doing her swing shift at the ship yard Or war plant, mother finds she has 10 time for tears or dwelling in memories. She finds re- lief in being useful: satisfaction in turning out precision-grOund in- struments of war from her lathe for Johnny. It never occurs to the war mother of America that she is any kind of a hero. Her work. though vital, is too drab; too rou- tine. Medals are concerned with flames, with blood and bursting shells.
 If We were artistic We would draw a picture for this Mother'sI Day of 1943. It wouldn't even rel semble Whistlers Mother. It would be a giant figure in coYer-alls, (per- haps there'd even be a smudge of grease or dirt on her brow,l but this giant figure would represent. the mothers of America and she would be standing on a map of Am erica with her two feet firmly plant ed on the war production centers of. the country. Her hands, clenched, would be a-kimbo on her hips and her eyes turned defiantly toward the east and the Nazi swastika. Somewhere in the background would be shadowy figures of Amer ican infantry men with rifles in their hands; mortar men crouching in fox holes and Flying Fortresses out on missions. If we were artists We would know how to get the right expression of determina- tion and pride in that mothers face. We would know how to apply our paint to show the lines of toll on her clenched hands. Wed also know how to show that those shad- owy fighting figures had plenty of that there were plenty of planes with plenty of spare parts; plenty of fuel. Underneath the pie ture we'd have a caption and this giant mother would be speaking for all the war mothers of America. She'd be saying, I'm behind you, son." and those fighting figures would be Answering, Alta girl. Mom!" for what greater mother could fighting son ask.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-05-07
MOTHER 1943

This week. along with the nation, The Sentinel pays tribute to the mothers of America, with emphasis on War and War working mothers.
 Medals have been awarded aplen- ty during the months we've been in the fights. Medals we'll won by our fighting men and our admiration and respect for these brave young men is unbounded. But, we pause to reflect as this May g, 1943 rolls around, that another equally gal lant group of heroes deserves at tention.
 There's no medal cast for the mother whose son is in Africa, Eng land, the South Seas or the Aleu- tians. and who picks up the news paper to read of the bloody battles fought the bombing raids where sueh-and-sueh a number of our ships failed to return" She puts the paper down to stare into space and wonder if m y b e Mother doesn't really breathe easily until weeks later when a letter comes written in the familiar, well loved hand and she knows her Johnny has escaped that one-but news is still coming iA---.we lost two or three ships or planes" Or American losses were considerable. Then, the cycle of anxiety starts again.
 No medals could be struck bright enough for these courageous wo- men. While We have no wish to de- tract from the heroic deeds of their sons, there's a thrill and exhilar- ation in facing danger that carries them through. There's no thrill in staying at home and wondering what Johnny is facing at just that particular moment; remembering how he used to come home, rumpled and dirty after a ball game, shirt tail out, hair unkempt, throw his school books on the kitchen table with a whats there to eat, Maj"
 There are no medals for the stricken mother who receives of ficial notice from tne War Depart ment, i've regret to inform you" and she suddenly realizes that Johnny Is never coming home--shell never hear him lauEn again; never hear that familiar Say, Ma
 But these mother of 1943 aren't thinking Of medals for themselves.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-05-07
THIS SAID THE SOLDIER.
 IS JUST TOO SUDDEN

AN ALASKAN ARMY BASE Don't send Sergeant Wilbur Jones (that isn't his name) any more fixed-text telegrapihc messages, be- cause he doesn't trust them. Ser geant Jones, IT months in Alaska. recently received army fixed-text message number 85 from his wife. After 36 hours, a correction was made, What Mrs. Jones had sent was message number 35.
 The texts: No. S5-"son born"; No. 35-"All my love, darling"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-05-07
17th Century BIackouts

Blackouts date back to the h. dian days. At the approach of the enemy residents were wared by scout, who might be called a land warden. Women would lift up the heavy hand-hewn tree board floor ing to conceal valuables, then blow