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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27
MARILYN WEIGH

Marilyn was born April 10, 1926
at North Wilkesboro. Her ambi-
ton is to be a success. Secretary
and treasurer Home Ec. Club and
President English Club '42-'43.
President classes '42-'43 and 49,
"A. Motto: Smile and the world
smiles with YOU"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27
VILLA MAE MILLER

Born February II, 1926 at Lam
sing. Hobbies: Dancing, horse
back riding and movies. Ambi-
ton: Be a beautician. Motto:
why not smile; you will always
get them back" Best pal: Bobbie
FaW.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27
MARILYN LEE

Marilyn was born February %,
1927 at Liberty Grove, Maryland.
Hobbies: Dancing, fishing and
reading. Ambitions: To explore
the moon. Motto: "Take life easy,
you'll never get out alive
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27
DARRELL JOHNSON

Born July 10, 1926. Hobbies:
Eating, dancing, reading and hik-
ing. Ambition: To find that long,
lost gold mine in the sky. Voted
most sophisticated girl in the SEN
ior class. Motto: Don't cross
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27
BLAN SHEPHERD

Born January Is, 1923. Hob
bies: Reading, hunting, and fish
ing. Ambition: To become a cadet
in the Air Corps. Voted sergeant
alarms of the senior class. Mot
to: Time waits on no one.''
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27
JEAN DAVIS

Jean was born November 9,
1924. Hobbies: Horseback riding,
hiking and reading. Ambition:
To become an army nurse. Mot
to: Root hog or die"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27
EDITH BLYE WILES

Born May 81, 1925, at Husk.
Hobbies: Music, hiking and listen
ing to radio programs. Ambition:
To be a beautician, or a &c" Wo-
man. Motto: Look before you
leap"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27
WYLENE ASHLEY

She was born November "a,
1927 at Warrensville. Hobbies:
Travelling and fishing. Ambition:
To have a figure like Betty Ora
BILE. Motto: Life can be beauti-
full if you make it so.''
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27
LEVA DAWN WILES.

Leva was born March II, 1924.
Hobbies: Swimming, hiking and
music. Voted most talented girl
in the senior class. Ambition: To
be a beautician. Motto: ''Why
rush through life, you'll never get
out alive"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27
LENNA MAE STUART

Born November 7, 1926 at Hern-
don, Virginia. Hobbies: Softball,
eating and reading. Ambition:
To be teacher. Motto: always
forward, never backward"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27
VIRGINIA DARE BALDWIN

Virginia is a hometown girl,
born April 26, 1925 at Lansing.
Hobbies: Reading, music and hav-
ing fun. Ambition: To be re-
porter for a big paper or a &c"
Woman. Motto: "Why rush
through life; you'll never get out
alive"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27

Ambition: To be nurse. Voted
cutest girl in the senior class.
Motto: 'Strive and you will sue
ceed."
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27
BEATRICE CLARK

Beatrice was born May 81, 1924
at Tuckerdale. Hobbies: Reading.
Ambition: To succeed in all I'M
dertakings. Motto: Forget about
the past"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27
Lansing Has Is
Faculty Members
Ten Teachers In Grades And
Five In High School;
Music Included

There are fifteen teachers on
the faculty roll at Lansing this
year to instruct the 512 pupils
now enrolled. Of the fifteen, ten
are employed in grade work and
the remaining in high school.
Several new ones were added this
year.
Below is a list of the teachers,
their education and their work:
Mrs. Myrtle H. Miller, Appal-
achian State Teachers College;
teaches 1-B. Mrs. Bina DeBord,
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege; teaches IA. Miss Sally
Miller, Appalachian State Teach
er's College; B. S. Degree; teaches
second grade. Mrs. Claude Gam
bill, Emory and Henry College;
teaches third grade.
Miss Maude James, Appalach-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27
GLENNA DOLINGER

Glenna was born February %,
1923 at Gary West Virginia. Hob
bies: Fishing and hiking. Ambi-
ton: Nursing. Motto: Hitch your
wagon to a star"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27
KERMIT THEODORE SEXTON

Born May 26, 1926. Hobbies:
Hunting and day-dreaming. Am
bition: To be an aeronautical en-
gineer. Motto: paddle your own
canoe"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27
BOBBIE FAW

Bobbie was born October %,
1926 at Amy, Hobbies: Fishing,
and hiking. Ambition: To be a
nurse: Motto: Don't linger too
long, but keep on keeping on"
Best pal: Villa Mae Miller.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27
MILDRED FARMER

Born August 20, 1927 at Lam
sing. Hobbies: Playing basket
ball. Ambition: To be a nurse
Basketball team three years and
captain '43-'44. Motto: "Work
while you work; play while you
play, but play all the time"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27

your bridges until you come to
them and then burn them after
YOU"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27
MARY LEAN CARTER

Mary was born June %, 1926.
Hobbies: Sewing, reading and
studying history. Ambition: To
be historian. Was vice-presi-
dent of the Home &c. Club in Al
AZ. Motto: 'To strive, to seek, to
find, and not to YIELD"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27
WILLIAM CLARK, JR.

Born March q, 1926, Williams
hobbies are hunting and playing
baseball. Ambition: To become
an officer in the U. S. Navy. Vice
president of the English Club, al
AZ and vice-president of the class
of '42-'43. Motto: ''Victory in "A"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27
BILL PATTON

Born March %, 1926. Hobbies:
Playing basketball and swimming.
President of the All club and
vice-president of the senior class.
Member basketball team '41-'42
and ''43"44. Motto: Never do
today what can be put off until
tomorrow"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27
BURL SHARPE

Burl was born May 3, 1926. His
hobbies are hunting and fishing.
He is successful at both, too. Am
bition: To be a pilot. Motto: ITO
be a SUCCESS"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27
MARY MAY

Mary was born September 10,
1925. Ambition: To be success.
Member of basketball team, Al
AZ. Voted most original and most
popular girl in senior class. Mot
to: Smile and the world smiles
with you"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27
MAE OLA ROLAND

She was born July IL, 1926 at
Clifton. Hobbies: Sewing, hiking
and whistling. Ambition: To be
a typist. President Home &c.
Club and Secretary and treasurer
of English Club, '41-'42. Secre-
tary and treasurer of classes, 49,
'43 and '43-'44. Voted girl most
likely to succeed of the senior
class. Motto: "A gutter never
wins and winner never quits. "
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27
MARGUERITE JOHNSON

Marguerite was born June 3,
1927 at Killarney, West Virginia.
Hobbies: Dancing, fishing, swim
ming and eating. Ambition To
go to Mars. Motto: "Never do
today what can be put off until
tomorrow"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-04-27
CHARLES CLAYTON PERRY

Charles was born May 10, 1926.
Hobbies: Hunting and music. Am
bition: To be a pilot. Motto: do
all you start to do we'll"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-26
Prosecutor Says
Negroes Voted
For Opposition

POPULAR BLUFF, Mo..-(ANP)
Charging that Negro farmers
supported candidates who were OPP
rosed to further prosecution CT the
Sc white farmers who forced three
Negro-families to leave Ash Hill
township last winter, C. T. Blood
worth, prosecuting attorney. last
week announced dismissal OF all
charges against them.
In announcing dismissal of the
charges, Plcodworth SAID that Ne
groes in the Providence community
adjacent to Ash Hill township,
which is heavily populated by Ne
gro farmers, had supported for
money candidates and party work.
ers in the recent primary who were
opposed to prosecution of the cases.
That was sufficient evidence for
ma he said, that the Negroes
themselves didn't want the cases
prosecuted and under the circum-
stances / see no reason to run up
heavy costs against the state"
While charges have been dropped
against ali but six of the white
farmers. Bloodworth disclosed that
due to a change of venue these
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-26

/ their safety. Since the guns were
handled &c care1essly, only luck or
| fate can De accredited as the rea-
son no lives were lost.
An Army truck convoy parked
about 200 feet from the scene was
the center of activity. When the
MPs were leading the soldiers on
the trucks, if they didn't move fast
enough to suit the civilian officers,
a pistol or shot gun was pocked
within inches of the soldiers body
by the officers. On several occasions
the officers told soldiers they would
blow them to hi if they didn't
| get on those DIN trucks.
Although the Dale Mabry Provost
marshal a major, was called to the
scene, and the military police Of
ficer of the day. they did nothing
upon arrival to stop the civilian
authorities in their unauthorized
| ieopardizing of the Servicemen.
The military police-civilian au-
! thorities functioning here is deplor-
able. On several occasions soldiers
have been placed in the city jail
and remained for number of days
with no communication with his
company commander. One soldier
stayed in jail eight days, was being
carried on his organizations morn
ing report as AWOL due to this
! fact.
The situation is so bad that SOL
diers, both white and colored, are
reluctant to seek the assistance of
the military police here. Unless a
War department investigation or
some type of Federal supervision is
made here many lives are likely to
be lost. Signs show that they will
] be lives of the Darker Brother.
| CIVILIANS DISGUISED
Hundreds of civilians witnessing
the situation, and seeing the Army
officers offering no protection to
the soldiers were disillusioned with
the army. Some of them were heard
| to say such remarks as Why should
they take our boys into the army
if they are going to let white civil
J lians treat them like this" "And
they are always asking us to buy
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-26

comedies that great progress has
been made in improving the social
condition of the Negroes
AS a result for the demand for
skilled workers better jobs are open
now. DR.. Frazier said. Also, Negroes
have been integrated into the arm
ed forces to a greater extent than
in the last war, he added
CONCEPT CHANGING
White and Negro officers are
trained together and Negroes have
been talked into the Navy and
Marine Corps. at last" he pointed
out. ION the other hand, there
have been a lot of changes we
can't measure. The whole concept
of the Negro has been changing
and not just as result of the war"
Typifying this trend, he said, are
the use of pictures of Negroes in
magazines and newspapers and re-
cognition of Negroes in the artistic
and theatrical world 1.-The Negro is
no longer just clown in the thea
tre," he said.
Retaining advances already and
continuing them will be an impor-
tant problem after the war, not
only for the Negroes but for all of
America, DR.. Frazier maintains.
PLANNING NECESSARY
IF the leaders of America will
acknowledge that q tremendous
revolution is taking place, that
social planning is necessary, that
full employment is necessary, then
the Negro will benefit" he said
But if we have a depression, or
imitation, it is possible that the Ne
gro will be made the scapegoat, be
thrown out of jobs, and that COM
petition between whites and Ne
groes will be set up, defined in ra-
cial terms"
Personally a supporter Of Pres1-
dent Roosevelt, DR.. Frazier doesn't
discuss the maintenance of gains
made by Negroes interms of poll
tics or political parties, He doesn't
think, either, that the Negro vote"
can be delivered to either party or
to any candidate The Negroes
have too many diverse interests and
opinions" he said.
DR.. Frazier is teaching fifty-seven
students in a class on race relations
at N. Y. U. He will remain here
through September 49,. before re-
turning to Howard University.
He also is teaching course in
1.-THE Negro in American Society
at the New York School Of Social
Work, 122 East twenty-second ST..
where he has sixty students.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-26
Georgians Seek To
Qualify For Flying

KEESLER FIELD, Miss. = Here
at Keesler Field for examination by
the AAT Training Command
stations Medical and Psychological
unit to determine their Quallf1ca-
tons as pre-aviation cadet are two
>1eorgians.
One Is S-Sgt. Eugene Coleman,
who resided at SIT Holcomb avenue,
East point, before his induction IN
to the armed services.
The other is Pvt Lamar McMul-
len, son of Mr.. Seabell McMpllen, OF
tnn Garden street, Atlanta.
Flying officer training as pilot
bCrnbardier or navigator will be
given thes men upon successful
completion of the processing they
are undergoing at Kessler Field. A
period of their stay here VIII also
include a number Of phaSese OF
military training, and when their
qualifications have been determined
they will go to the proper Army Air
Forces Training Command station
to begin their actual air crew
training
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-26

Starting when a Negro military
policeman from Dale Mabry Air
Base near here, began to brutally
beat another Negro soldier on the
head because of a curfew hour, the
incident spread until it reached
point threatening to, include hun
dreds of Negro se~vicemen and CIV
ilianS.
GETTING WORSE
The soldier who was hit on the
head was from the Army Service
Forces Training Center. Camp Cor
don Johnston, Fla, An i'll feeling
has existed betWee.4 c.. troops %
the two reservations since the be-
ginning of the ASFTC. Dale Mabry
Air Base has the fmilitary police
jurisdiction over the city and often
they go OUT of the way to make
trouble for Gordon Johnston men.
Since the curfew law has been into
effect and because of the manner
used by the MPs toward the men,
the situation is getting worse each
day.
Although the Negro Servicemen
concerned were not destroying any
civilian property, endangering the
lives of any civilians, or doing any,
thing that neceSSitated interference
by the civilian officers, they joined
white MPs in the affair With
drawn pistols, cooked sawed-off
shotguns and tear gas bombs, the
civilians menancingly surrounded
the soldiers with no regard for
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-26

D. B. = have been going with a
fellow for about 10 months. 1t seems
like love him but when he is
around me, I don't feel that way
and after he's gone, 1 can't think
Of no one but him. Now would you
call that T.0vo9
Ans: No. it isn't love. You
love good times he shows you-
ard then nice gifts he sends
but you freeze up" when he
arrives Oh the scene. Arctic
vibrations, such as YOU possess.
do not indicate true love. If
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-26

cases will be tried in Ridley county
or August IT,, adding that the
chances of prosecution of the six
seemed remote because Negro wit
ncsses would not be permitted to
remain in Doniphan overnight"
The farmers were indicated in
January by a special grand jury
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-26
Failure To Prosecute White.
Mo. Farmers Laid To Race

which charged them with forcing
phe evacuation OF three Negro
families en- Dec. 8. When the farm
ers were served with notices q &C
ton Of jury, they organized and
marched in body to the county
Jail where they remained over
night before giving bend
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-26

this fellow hasn't been able to
arouse warm glow In your
heart in IS months, you are
wasting your time so is he.
F. w. - This is, my first time
to write you. I Like to write very
much. I would like to know would i
pay to put writing before every
thing else in my life? Please help
me.
Ans: A good education should
come first. When enter college,
major i'm journalism and ar
range your schedule so that you
can lake every available course
offered in English. These years
Of preparation i'm college will be
an asset regardless of what field
Of work you enter. become in
try to get on the staff as a
writer. Any experience gained
will be of great benefit to you.
r Nj. H. - My husband was
involved IN some trouble and lett
town for two years. / obtained n
divorce from NV husband. While
he was gone another man came into
my life My husband returned and
he knew that l vas divorce but
he insisted on living with me. This
other man wants to marry me and
naturally he is angry because am
living with ny exhusband. What
en- I to do? l am very unhappy
With my exhusband.
You made your mistake when
You accepted your ex-husband
In your home without the
sanction of marriage. You must
settle the issue between you and
your husband at once. Remarry
him if you love him or put
him out of your life entirely.
AS for the other man. .he
had better get his freedom from
his present mate before he be-
gins building his future around
YOU. Free yourself of both these
men until you can decide what
you want to do.
A. r - N single girl and am
going with a married man. love
him but I have been awful angry
with Kim. Must I go any further
or stop right now?
Ans: You're flirting with dy-
Mantle when you court MARI
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-26
Soldiers, Police
Clash In Florida

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - (ANP) = Armed with re-
volvers riot guns, and tear bombs group of ITALIA
hassee civilian policemen taking part in disturbance in
volvng only military personnel, placed the lives of hun
dreds of citizens in danger here Wednesday night
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-26

led man. Stop this affair right
where il is There Is always
endless sorrow for girls who
enter affairs with other wO-
mems husbands.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-26
Says Race Must
Be On Guard To
Retain Advances

NEW YORK - (CF' - Social problems of the Ne
groes being improved if not solved by conditions ars
ing the war, but the end of the will tense,
crucial times in America if their gains not retained Dr.
E. Franklin Frazier Negro author and socoogst believes
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-26

A Jackson for the OPA in
Virgin Islands, has been appointed the staff of the
Administration
distribution officer for of the
goes abroad, Jackson will to the
Training School the University of Maryland for
orienaon lasting with the
OPA supervised the Vocational School the
Virgin Islands under the National Youth Administration Shown
photo Fryer director of Blu
(Offica Harris and Ewing Photo from OVID
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-26

wra bonds to support their jim
crow army"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-26

DR.. Fazier, head of the Depart
ment of Sociology at Howard Uni
versity, interviewed Tuesday in his
Office in East Building of New York
University's Washington Square
College, where he is visiting pro-
lessor this summer. SAID that "the
fate of the Negro in American
society is tied up with the fate Of
all American Society
REACTION FEARED
Or. Frazier, recognized as an
authority on Negro sociological
problems, predicted that Negro
soldiers who return from the war
and don't receive all the rights Of
other citizens "are going to be
mad
If they come back and can see
no fruits of their sacrifices" he
said. their reaction won't be re-
Signation and cynicism, as it was
after the last war They'll probably
| lOlU ullllUdilU VI IdulCdl lOlCCo IL
necessary.
Wen face a generally serious
situation after this war. If the
democratic forces don't maintain
control and don't act cOurageouSly
with Imagination, it is possible a
reaction will hit, especially in the
South. If America goes Fascist, it
means the end of democracy in the
world"
SEEKING BALLOT
CAS- a result Of the war which
stimulated the Negro to assert him.
self and demand his citizenship
rights, a larger number are seek
ing to register and use the ballot
than ordinarily" he said. 1.-THE war
has overcome the general apathy
ofthe Negro toward his right to
vote"
DR.. Frazier, who was q member
of the Mayors committee that IN
vestigated the 1885 riot in Harlem,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-26
Power Of Prayer

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Heath. Peace, Prosperity, Success, send
for THE POWER OF PRAYER today
This great little Book must be read by
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-26

Note-Dont needlly when worry
in the
ABBES
address
sonfne problems within calm o. reason. ito
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-26

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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-08-26

this fellow hasn't been able to
arouse warm glow In Your
heart in IS months, you are
wasting your time so is he.