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The Omaha guide., 1946-08-31
NAACP HEAD CALLS FOR
ANTI-LYNCH LEGISLATION

NEW YORK, August 22-Wal-
ter White, NAACP executive secy
in an emergency appeal to more
10000 NAACP Branches and more
than 90 national organizations
cooperating with the NAACP in
the present lynch crisis now fac
ing the nation, emphasized the I'M
perative need for Immediate Fe-
deral Anti-Lynchin legislation. In
the appeal it was pointed out that
local uits of national organizations
and branches should call upon the
Senators and Congressman to dis
cuss issues.
Mr.. Whites action is considered
of major political Importance in
volving millions of voters among
whom are more than 600. UO mem
bers of NAACP branches. This DO
tential bloc will watch Congress
ional representatives, taking care
full note of their actions or failure
to act on this critical issue.
Senators are urged to pledge to
vote for cloture, while members
OF the lower house are expected
to sign the discharge petition if
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-31
Woodard

NEW YORK, August 22-At
last the man whose storm troop
err cruelty to Isaac Woodland en-
ragged the country has been found
out. l.. L. Shaw, Police Chief of
Batesbourg, S. c., has now admit
ted it was he who heat out the
eyes of the young Negro soldier
just a few hours after his army
discharge, and While he was still
wearing his uniform.
The New York Post, in an edi-
torinl August 2lst, u4ylossvd its
ind nation at Saaw's bare-faced
arrogance. Said the Post:
- $ more than the cause of
Negro citizens. If it is once asta-
blished that terrorism in a police
Ll4- -l-4de the law. the
rights and liberties of every CT
tizen are threatened.
IF Police Chief Shaw's ann
ouncement were allowed to 70 I'm
challenged, it would be the great
est victory possible for the Ku
klux h1an and every anti-demo-
cratic group which CANDLES on VII
olence. 1t would open the way for
the strong-arm squads of any HUI
ey Long which might arise to ter
rorize a state of the nation.
"Nazism showed that uniformed
terror outside the law is a wea-
pom which leaves the citizens Of
a modern state with no power to
defend their institutions. It is not
enough to sympathize with Wood
ard. We must make sure that such
outrages are not encouraged by in
action
An entire nation heard Orson
Welles denounce Shaw last Sun
day afternoon over the American
Broadcasting network. Welles an
nounced over the radio that his
source of information on the i'd
entity of Woodlands brutal at
tacker had been NAACP invest
igators who we're working with
him and the FIJI. He pledged him
self to pursue Shaw to the ends
of the earth should he have to,
to e that his crime was punished
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-31
BISHOP HAMLEIIs SERMON 10 H!GHLLGHT
4 Week Cleaves CINE. Religious Observance
TRIAL YIELDS
NO UNPREJUDICED JURY

L-AWRENCEBURG, Tenn. Aug
ust 2Oth-As the trial Of 25 Col
umbia, Tenn, Negroes charged
with attempted murder move in
to its second week in Negro hat
ing Lawrenceburg County, is it
becoming increasingly evident that
it will be impossible to pick a nom
prejudiced jury. After three days
of questioning only 2 jurors have
been accepted out of 46, all of
whom admitted, in one bigoted
statement or another, that they
could not give a Negro a fair trial.
One juror, w. E. Stages, a "a
year old farmer told the court he
wouldn't give the same credit to
testimony offered by a Negro as
he would to that of a white man.
He told Maurice Weaver, NAACP
attorney for the defense, that he
believed in separate types of JUS
tice for Negroes and whites and
added that he thought some of the
principles of the Ku Klux Khan
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were very good. After u%nsuccess-
fully moving for Stages, rejection
for the cause, lawyers for the de-
tense surprised the court by ac-
cepting this biased man as the
first juror. Possibly Stages pre-
sence on the jury can serve later
in the event of any or all the de-
PENDANTS conviction, as a major
reversible error and cause for a
retrial.
Is it also clear that the state
does not intend to permit a Ne
gro to serve on the jury. Two have
been questioned-the first in the
county in so years-but both were
excused. One, who knew a defen-
dant, had a fixed opinion and
didn't want to serve. The other
was released because he was i'll.
1t is reported that there is a
chance that the entire panel of
312 talesmen will be exhausted be
fore the jury is complete.
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they have not already done 50.
They r also petitioned to change
rules of House and Senate on the
first day of session to prevent fl
libustering in Senate and thrott-
ling of legislation by House Rules
Committee. This would be in sup
port of a proposal already made
by Senator Wayne Morse.
1t was also noted that many ma
tionally powerful organizations
have already begun action to sup
port the NAACP drive on lynch
law. One Of these organizations,
the YWCA has through Mrs. AL
fred E. Nudge, chairman of the
public affairs committee and Mrs
John Muma, chairman, race re-
lations committee, issued direct
ives to local YWCAs calling for
immediate individual action in the
support Of the program.
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-31
AS|1!
MID CITY QUEEN To-
!. In Beauty and Popularity Co
Nomination Blanks in This Issue of The Omaha @

For the purpose of clarifying, emphasizing and more fully ap-
preciating the abundance of Beauty, Charm, Personality and Popular
iy of our Mid-Cty Womanhood- ----"S OMETHING NEW" in the
History of Omaha is being presented. The public at large will have
the opportunity of selecting Omaha's Most popular and beautiful lady,
who will be crowned Queen, on Monday, September &c, 1916, It a Gala
Event, which will feature Royal Entertainment, including the award
ing of six additional prizes to runner-ups, Dancing, to the strains OF a
well known orchestra, Presentation of Contestants and other events in
keeping with the occasion. In addition to being Crowned Md-City
Queen, the winner of the contest will be given an al-expense-pad three
day weekend trip to Chicago where she will e a guest o 4 he Pershlng
Hotel and highly entertained by Chicago Society Leaders.
Nominees will be sponsored either by Individuals, Civic Rei-
gious and Fraternal Organizations " Clubs. Giving everyone the OPP
portunty to nominate their choice for MID-CITY QUEEN.
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threatens the life and liberty of,
our whole people, Mr.. Murray
said in a statement made public
by the Civil Rights Congress.
Whether the mobs are uniform
ed, as in the police raid on the Ne
gro community Of Columbia. Tenn
whether they are unmasked civ
ilians. as were those who murder
ed four Negroes in Monroe, Geor-
gia; or whether they wear the rob
-es of the Khan, they destroy the
rights and freedoms which our
federal government must be made
to protect" he said.
Terming the demand that 'the
guilty officials must be made to
pay for their crimes against u
democracy" a demand for pro
lection of the liberties of every A
merican". Mr.. Murray urged that
every man and woman join in
petitioning the President for JUS
tice in Columbia.
Mr.. Murray-s statement came as
the trial OF a group OF Columbia
Negroes, facing charges from at
tempted murder to carrying con-
cealed weapons, is getting under
way in Lawrenceburg, Tenn.
The petition, which is being cir
culated nationally by the Civil
Rights Congress. calls for a new
Investigation Of the raid; for pros
ecution of officials responsible for
destruction Of the Negro business
community and the killing of two
Negro men and for restitution for
damages. Action by Gro follows
findings by one federal grand
jury that praised the police for
impartial action and stated that
it was impossible to fix respon-
sibility for the vandalism and muir
ders.
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that he was refused a request for
protection on his government job
until he could file an appeal with
the Personnel Committee in Knox
vile. Owen then went on to tell
how he had to slip away from the
plant that night under cover of
darkness and leave his home in
Columbia for fear that an attempt
would be made against his life.
Owen, who had worked for the
IVA since August 1914, has a
wife and three children. His ac-
count of the effects of race fric-
ton is terrifying reminiscent of
life in Hitler's Germany, The
NAACP has turned over Ovens
story to the Department Of JUS
tice who will, it is hoped, take &C
ton that will reassure the Negro
population of the South that in
this country, no citizen need fear
destruction because he is not a
member of a Master Race.
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WASHINGTON, D. CA story
of ruthless intimidation and ter
ror was revealed at an emergency
meeting of the Washington, D. e.
NAACP Branch by Jesse G. Owen
A, a refugee from Columbia, Ten
nessee formerly employed at the
Goodwin, Tenn, plant Of the IVA
Owen charged that he was forced
to resign and had to flee for his
life because he took steps to ex-
pose some Of the persons involved
in the mob which raided Mink
Slide in February, some of whom
former supervisors and en-
ployees of his plant. He said he
was called in by his supervisor in
June and told that he would have
to resign by two o'clock the next
day or be fired because some of
the workers were planning VOL
ence against him and they could
protect him no longer than two
o'clock the next day. Owen stated
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-31
PATTERSON MAKES STATE
MENT ON GERALD X. SMITH

Gerald l. K Smith, Americas
leading hate-monger and chief Of
the nationalist" movement, has
visited his key personnel in
Omaha Smith has met with his
supporters and made plans for a
meeting in Omaha for October to
spread his anti-Semitic and anti
Negro hatred propaganda.
Smith boasts about the fact that
the citizens Of Omaha are not vet
prepared to combat his hate pro-
paganda He mentions the fact
ma every other city he has met
WIN opposition, picket lines and
demonstrations against his ped
Ins or the race theories of the
~ hlux Khan. Bilbo, Rankin. Tai
= 1alse and the local peddler Chas.
q Hudson.
llh has challenged all citizens
pl omaha Win the people of Oma-
IA Permit this hate-monger II
spread his propaganda on a return
engagement ?????
Alb Karbach Block. Omaha 2
nenraska-Signed Warren
Patterson
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-31

Bishop j. A. Hamlet Of Kansas
City, Kansas, presiding Bishop Of
the End Episcopal District, one Of
Americas outstanding preachers,
will deliver the morning sermon
at Cleaves Temple CINE church,
Sunday September LIST. At this
time members of Cleaves Temple
will conclude their 26th anniver-
sary celebration which began Sun
day, August 18th and i%naugurate
d two-week revival meeting which
will be conducted by the pastor,
Rev. E. V. Wade. The revival
theme will be: "The kind Of God
our God is and the kind of church
He has; in what kind of world.
The surviving founders of Clea-
yes Temple are as follows:
Mary Montgomery; A. F. Allen;
Ida P. Wiley; Amanda Brooks;
Mary Brown; Emma Robbins;
Bertha South; Lula Williams; Clas
sic Harris; Elsie Lewis; Lula Car
ter Peoples; Hattie Grimes; Mae
Pankey; S. Stallworth; Nancy
Hall; Levi jefferson; Odessa
Young; Laura Winston; Estelle
Butler; Sarah Stamps; Inez Hun
ter; Mary Capleton; and Ferwilda
Artison.
Among other religious organi-
cations assisting Cleaves Temple
in their anniversary we're: Rev. @.
G. Reynolds, Clair Chapel; Rev. c.
L. Williams, Bethel AME; Rev. G.
B. Childress, st. Johns AME; the
Pleasant Green Choir; Rev. F. G.
Williams, Zion Bapt.; Allen Chap
Ell Choir and Rev. j. B. Brooks,
pastor Of Allen Chapel AME.
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-31
LABOR DAY
BY n. W.. Smith

We find ourselves facing a very
important day and we should be-
stow a high honor to the laboring
man for giving his services, time
and skill to the building structures
for progressive business at all
times. The very careful ideas that
r used are being improved on
constantly and we should join in
and help the masses celebrate the
day that is set apart for that pur-
pose, Labor Day.
Let us hope that all different
opinions will be ironed out and
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-31
Omaha Republicans
attend State
Convention

Attorney Ray l.. Williams. Roy
White, William Bill Davis and
Mrs. George Althouse, motored to
Hastings, Nebraska August 26th,
to attend the State Republican
Convention. Paul Holiday the 5th
member of the delegation was I'M
able to attend because of urgent
office requirement.
Mrs. George Althouse was nam
ed a member of the Rules Com
mittee. Mr.. Roy White was named
chairman of the 5th Legislative
District Delegation, which is COM
posed of II delegates, who were
elected at the State Primaries.
Atty. Ray l.. Williams was chosen
as a member of the State Central
Committee.
The State Central Committee is
composed of two members from
each Legislative District in Neb-
raska. Mr.. Williams will represent
the 5th Legislative District on the
Central Committee.
Mr.. Williams stated that the
chairman of the 5th Legislative
District will meet within the near
future to adopt a program, which
will have for its main purpose the
opening of new positions for mem
bers Of the race, and for greater
and more active participation in
the affairs of the Republican Par.
ty of the State.
The Negro delegation said they
would endeavor to get equal repre-
s~entation or distribution of posi-
tons in the department Of the city.
county or state government for
qualified Negro applicants. "A COM
mittee is being organized compo-
sed of members Of the elected de-
legates to interview the Republi-
can candidates with reference to
the attitude of nominees with re-
ference to their attitude on the en-
ployment of Negroes. This inform
alton will be compiled and passed
on to the voters prior t detection.
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-31
American Legion
To Install Officers

Theodore Roosevelt Post No. 80
of the American Legion, will hold
installation Of officers Thursday.
Sept. s.. $50 pm.
At the Department Convention
held in Lincoln, Nebr., August 49,
p Mr.. Edward Turner was cleo
ted delegate at large to the Natl
American Legion Convention to be
held in San Francisco. Atty. Ray
Williams vas elected alternate.
Other Legionnaires who will at
tend the National Confab are Mr..
Ralph Underwood and Mr.. Cum
nig1n Wilson.
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-31

labor and business arrive at a good
understanding to eliminate strikes
and bring about satisfaction on
all fronts. Dispense with the de-
trimental trouble that is now con-
fronting the public and business
and make the postwar period a
reconversion period. Labor is cap
ital must come to an understand
ing and our hope is that it will
be soon.
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-31
RULES OF CONTEST

!. Any Omaha Lady, is years of age o over, may be NOM
mated by any organization or individual.
2 To the top-right of this page, you will find Nomination Entry
Blank Ito be filled out by parties sending in their Entry. Print plain
ly the name, address and age of Nominee. Attach Entry Blank to a
black and white, glossy print photograph and mail o. bring the sama
to the Omaha Guide office, 2420 Grant st.
8. No member of the "Mid-City Queen" Committee will be per-
mitted to make any nomination.
f. All entries must be in on n before September 10th, 1916.
5. The Contestant receiving the largest number Of votes will be
adjudged winner. No person may vote more than one time.
{. Ballots for voting purposes will be printed in subsequent issu-
eS of The Omaha Guide
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-31
William Green Labor
Day Speaker

Radio Station WOW will broad
cast the Labor Day address Of
William Green of the American
Federation Of Labor at 1870 pm.
on September 2nd.
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90 PTeSIdent Ph1Hp Murray L
Clio President Philip Murray today charged that the federal
governments ~whhcwash" Of Inc police laid on Columbia, Tenn
has contributed to The increasing mob attacks on the Negro people,
with his signing Of a Civil Rights Congress petition for a new federal
grand jury investigation of the raid.
The failure Of he federal government to act decisively in
one case leads quickly to more widespread lawlessness and today
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Protesting Is Not
Enough

Until the murderers of the four
Negroes that were recently kill
ed in Georgia, r apprehended
and sentenced to their just punish
ment, no law abiding American
citizen should be able to rest in
peace.
What happens in Georgia or any
other state, is vital to the welfare
of our great country. Because
many Of us are fortunate enough
to have to put up with the many
in the South who approve Of the
hate policy, we must not forget
that what happens anywhere in the
United States reflects not only in
the vicinity in which it happens,
but on country as well.
THE WHOLE IS NEVER ANY
GREATER THAN ALL OF IT'S
PARTS. If lynchings, race riots,
and gross injustices, committed
against the minorities, make the
United States great, then it is not
the country I learned to love Is a
child. The country that I was
taught to cherish, protect, and to
be willing to die for, had laws that
guaranteed the rights of all men.
DOES YOUR CAR NEED AN
EXPERT POLISH AND WAX JOB
In the rear of 1912 No. oath st.
an expert in this line of work, Mr..
Oscar Hoskins, who has had many
years Of experience, guarantees
his work.
I talked with Mr.. HoSkins about
the polishing and waxing of auto
mobiles of all types, and his un-
derstanding of the work is about
all there is to know about the pol
ishing and waxing of cars.
Mr.. Hoskins is now in business
for himself. So before the fall and
the winter months get here, let
him bring out the original finish
of your a and give it an excellent
waxing job that will shed the rain
and the snow.
1t is not very difficult for any
one to pick one of the outstanding
mattresses on oath st. Getting a.
long with the customers has never
been much of a problem for the
never changing, attractive, and
soft spoken, Marvel Blackburn. of
2121 Lake St., and who is now
employed at the M & M Buffet.
1 first remember Mrs. Blackburn
when she was employed at the old
& M when it was on the corner
OF oath and Erskine. When I talk
ed to her the other afternoon it
suddenly dawned on me, that that
! Continued on pGy7s)
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-31

Mid-City Queen Beauty & Popularity Contest
NOMINATION BLANK
I or We Nominate ---- for Mid-City Queen
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Whose Address is---~-~-- Telephone No.~---
Name of Lodge, Club or Individually
Address Telephone No.--.---.---
CLIP THIS FORM and Mail or Bring to The OMAHA GUIDE
Office, 242o Grant Street.
The Skyland post., 1946-08-01
Bible Schools
Begin At HeltOn

Under the leadership of Miss
Marian Watkins, of Albemarle,
six daily vacation Bible schools
are now being conducted in the
Methodist churches on the Helton
charge. A school is in progress
at Green's Chapel this week.
Much interest and cooperation is
being shown in the schools, Rev.
w. c. Eastridge, pastor, pointed
out.
Beginning Sunday and contin-
uing through Friday, August 2,
Miss Watkins will conduct the
program at the Helton church
from 2 until 4 o'clock as a part
of the countrywide revival in
Green's Chapel.
Miss Watkins, senior at
Greensboro College, is majoring
in religious education.
The Skyland post., 1946-08-01
Personals

Mrs. Walter Tucker spent the
past week end visiting her daugh-
tier in Lexington.
Mrs. o. A. Knold, of Ontario,
Calf, returned to her home this
week after spending sometime
here with Mrs. A. A. Price and
Mrs. j. M. PreMette.
Mrs. A. A. Price returned to
her home here this week after
spending sometime visiting in
Rogersville, Johnson City and
rElizabethton, Tenn. s. IS. ,as....s-.Ases
Mrs. Patrick Taudill- -and Miss
Vivian johnson lEatlrred Tues
day after spending "a few days in
Akron, Ohm.
MIR. and Mrs. ]. T. McLaurin
and daughters, Sara Henry and
The Skyland post., 1946-08-01

Anderson, Jr., and Russell Gil
ey were Sunday visitors OF Mr.
44ld MRS. Dallas Bishop, OF North
Nilkesboro.
mrs. rresley Miller and Mrs.
Carl Goodman spent the past
week end with their sister, Mrs.
charles Boggs at Waterloo, Ohio
MIR. Mack Bower, of Abingdon,
Va, spent the past week end vls-
ltlng friends and relatives in the
county.
MISSES La Vonne and Barbara
Caudle returned to their home in
talmetto, Fla, after spending
sometime here with their tatner,
Mr. F. .. Caudle, and Mrs. Cau-
die.
Miss Lucille Cathey, of Hick-
ory, spent Sunday and Monday
visiting Miss Nancy. kennicke4I.
Misses Lib Ann and Isobelle
DiggS returned to Winston
Salem Sunday after spending the
week with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. w. Diggs, at Jefferson,
Hal MacIntyre and his orches-
ira stopped briefly here, last
Thursday.
Miss Billie Dickson and Mr..
Joe Williams, of Greensboro, and
Mrs. J. A. Dickson, of Grassy
Creek, spent Sunday with Mrs.
D. H Walker, here.
Guests of Mrs. D. H. Walker
and Mrs. j. A. Dickson last week
were Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Shmitt
and Mrs. w. C. Thompson, of
Aberdeen, Md.
Capt. and Mrs. Marshall B.
Shives, of Fort Bragg, and Mrs.
Ray Farmer, of Fig, were dinner
guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. v. c. Lillard, of Creston, on
Friday.
Mr.. Roy Grouse was visitor
here, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. K. Halsey and
daughters, Of Sunnyside, WASH
ington, who have been visiting
in Ashe and Allegheny counties,
left Monday for Washington, l..
c. and New York. Mr.. Halsey
is a nephew of Mrs. Jim Gam
bill
Mr.. Jimmy Rhodes student at
ASTC, spent the week end with
lis parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Rhodes.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. L. Halsey and
Rosamond Fields, Mouth of Will
son, Va, and Charles Graham, of
Elkin, were dinner guests Of Mrs.
Jim Gambill last Thursday.
Miss Vivian johnson, of Pu-
laski, Tenn, is visiting friends
lere this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kemp Nye, OF
*hapel Hill, visited his mother
Mrs. F. C. Nye, here, on Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudy Barnes anG
an1ily AID Miss Doris Mcmillan
# Charlotte, spent the past week
nd visiting Mr.. and Mrs. c. P.
IcMillan, here.
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Martha Jane, are spending this
week at Carolina Beach.
Mr.. William Howell, Jr., re-
turned to Washington, D. c.,
Monday after spending a few
days with his mother, Mrs Faye
Scott, at Todd. Mr.. Howell is
employed by the Civil Service
Commission, there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Starr,
Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Weaver, and
Mr.. Rolla Weaver, of Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, visited, Mr. and
Mrs. Quincy Campbell, here this
week and are now visiting other
friends" and relatives in the
county.
Misses Judy Johnson and Girls
tina Mars, and Messrs. Luther
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be furnished by Coleman Payne
and visiting quartets, has been
arranged as well as several guest
speakers. Ira T. Johnston will
also be on the program.
The public is cordially invited
to attend and dinner will be SER
we'd on the church grounds.
Quartets are especially urged to
be present.
The Skyland post., 1946-08-01
WOMEN OF WSCS TO
HAVE PARTY TODAY

The members Of the Woman's
ociety of Christian Service, Of
re West Jefferson Methodist
church. are sponsoring a party
-oday a. the Community building
The Skyland post., 1946-08-01

Oscar FISHERMAN, Troutdale,
treatment; Polly Wyrick, West
Jefferson, operative; Mrs. Joe
Hester, Grassy Creek, operative;
Master Jimmy Lewis, Ashland,
operative; Mrs. Ora Jones and
daughter, Husk; Mrs. Bessie
Jones, Lansing, treatment; Mas
ter r. l.. Lambert, West Jeffer-
son, operative; Esther West,
Whitetop, treatment; Mrs. Vir-
ginia Duffey and son, Sparta;
Mrs. Jean Haire, N. Wilkesboro,
treatment; Master Allen Hudler,
Lansing, treatment; Ray johnson,
Jefferson, treatment.
Ed Brown, Nathan's Creek,
treatment; Mrs. T. J. Bauguess,
Sturgills, treatment; Miss Violet
Pennington, Apple Grove, treat
ment; Miss Alma Brown, Crump-
Ter, operative; Mrs. B. H. Osborne,
Rugby, operative; Mrs. Linnie
Woodie and son, Wagner; Miss
Ethel Campbell, West Jefferson,
operative; Miss Dorothy Barker,
SilaS Creek, operative.
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day night, July "a, at Warrens-
vile.
Those present were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Todd Caudill, Bruce Caudill,
Miss Mabel Howell, Mrs. Glenn
Parker and daughters, Nancy and
Joyce, and Gene Parker.
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w. J. BIBLE SCHOOL
is NOW IN PROGRESS

A daily vacation Bible school
opened today at 900 a. m. at
the West Jefferson Presbyterian
church and will continue for
eight days, tomorrow and Mon
day through Saturday of next
week.
All children of this community
between the ages of four and fiji
teen are urged to attend.