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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-04-26
Alabama State
federation to Hold
Annual confab

According to announcements
from Mrs. M. B. Gaillard. of
Birmingham, President of the AL
ALBANIA State Federation of Colored
Womens Clubs, the forty ninth an.
nual session of the organozation
will be held at Tuskegee Instit
ute June 4, 5, 6, 1947. It is re.
quested that all persons who will
be in attendance will notify by
May 15, Mrs. Ida K. Campfield.
of Tuskegee Institute, who will
handle housing. Since the summer
session will be taxing the instit.
ute campus for Accommodations, it
is urgently necessary that all per-
sans who will attend contact Mrs
Campfield before the final date.
Aconstructive and stimulating pro
gram is being planned under the
direction of a capable program
committee, and it is expected that
club women from the entire state
will be present in large numbers.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-04-26
Theme ''0utIook For Negro Farmers
In Southern Agriculture"

Earle, Ark, - On April 20, 1947,
a celebration will be held at "The
Clint Gordon FFarmstead" Route
l, Earle, Arkansas, at ten a. m.
sponsored by the Farmers Home
Administration, Mr.. Roy N. Clark,
FILA Supervisor, in honor Of the
Farm Family of the Year.
nj order that all present may
have an opportunity to observe
some of the Farms and Home prac-
tees, the group will assemble first
on the farmstead. Activities of the
morning will be under the direct
ion OF Mr.. S. A. Haley, Director
of Agriculture at A. M. & N !.
College.
Theme of the program will be
"The Outlook for the Negro Far
mer in Southern Agriculture" A
Front Porch Forum and quizz will
De conducted by a representative
from the department of Agricul-
ture at A. M. & N.
At noon a backet dinner will be
held in the Front Yard of the
arden Farmstead. An after-dinner
address will be delivered by Presi-
dent Laurence A. Davis, Pine Bluff.
Arkansas.
The afternoon program will be-
gin at two o'clock p. m. at Dunbar
Hogh School, Earle, Arkansas, with
Mr.. Jesse Mason, presiding. Other
outstanding speakers will be Mr..
Roy Clark, County Supervisor, of
Farmers Home Administration;
Marion, Arkansas; Mr.. John Will
lisma, Administration Assistant. Far
mers Home Administration, Dali
las, Texas; Mr.. Bernard III. Polk.
Assistant State Director, Farmers
Home Administration Little Rock,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-04-26
A M & n Students
Attend United
National Conf.

Pine Blugg, Ark. - A student
delegation from the A M and N
College attended the first United
Nation Model General Assembly
held at Oklahoma A M College,
saltwater, Oklahoma, last week
end. Twenty-Five colleges and un-
iversities from Arkansas, Kansas,
Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, and
Texas assembled at the institution
for the two-day meeting. Arkansas
A M and N College and Langston
University were the only two Neg
70 colleges represented at the as
smbly.
Eva Curl, daughter of the great
SCIENTIST and discoverer of rad
ium, who is a writes and French
patriot, addressed the delegation
of more than 1000 students and
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-04-26
Fill Diet Needs

Small fruits and berries are mn
important addition to the home gar.
den-they Ill vital needs In the diet.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-04-26

atomic age.
Basing his sermon on the story
of the children of Israel in their
attempt to possess the land of
Canaan, the speaker said that we
cannot succeed with the prasshop-
per philosophy of life as stated
in reports by those men who made
an attempt to possess the land of
Canaan.
The minister continued that we
must have positive manhood if we
are to succeed and we must also
have courage the courage of
our convictions. Striking out again
st un-American practices, discrim-
ination, and Jim Crowism, and
pointing out concrete example,
the speaker cried that either the
curtain must go up or come down
all over the world or we shall not
be able to reach our detectives of
peace and goodwill as was es-
tablished by the lowly Nazerene.
Chairman of the Mems Day Drive
was Mr.. p w. Wade, Mrs. Jack
G.. Davis, Secretary, and Mr.. Paul
Minton, Chairman of the Cele.
bration Committee. DR.. Blakely is
one of the foremost preachers in
America and is a popular candi-
date for the Bishopric of the A
M F. Church in 1919.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-04-26
Lutherans
Celebrate Tooth
Anniversary

The Rev. B. L. Thompson, Pas.
tor of st. Philips Lutheran Chur..
oh, announces that April 26 marks
the one hundredth birthday of the
Missouri Synod with which St.
Philips Lutheran Church of this
city is affiliated. The Pastor also
announced that the members of
ST. Philips will observe the one
hunredth anniversary of the found
ing of their Synod in connection
with their regular Sunday services
April 27. In the morning the Pas.
tors sermon topic will be "The
Holy Christian Church. In the
evening service, at 8 P. M, he will
steak on "The Lutheran Church"
The public is cordially invited.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-04-26

$10-per-plate dinner at Mon
roe, La, last week netted $6,010.9 80
toward the campaign for equal sal
aries for Louisiana's Negro teach
ers, with these district leaders
sparkling the affair.
Front row, left to right, Mrs.
Johnnie Little, Richland Parish,
supervisor; Mrs. Mary Wilson,
Union parish; Mrs. Clara Carr,
Jackson Parish supervisor; Mrs.
Eula d. Britton, Rayville Training
school principal Mrs. Edna Hay
es, Tallulah, La; Mrs. Angie
Brown Clarks School principal;
and Mrs. Lula Johnson, Caldwell
Parish supervisor.
Second row, Charles P. Adams,
founder of Grambling State col
lege, Mrs. Mary Frances Coins;
Miss Leslie M. Allen, Ouachita
parish supervisor; Mrs. Odessa
Wilson, Union parish supervisor;
Mrs. J. H. Miller, Monroe business
woman; Mrs. Henrianna Carroll;
NJ. j. Clark, secretary of the
Louisiana Colored Teachers asso-
ciation welfare fund; and the Rev.
J. ii. Secrease. amp
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-04-26

II linens must be folded, vary the
folds with each ironing, since con-
ttnued foldisg breaks linen threads.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-04-26

A smart new Medana "Rondel1e"
Lapel Watch in the charm of natural
gold. Fully jeweled with extra-thick
raised crystal and dainty pin to hold
it smartly on her Spring costume.
And, what a value this really is!
Looks and performs like much more
expensive watch.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-04-26

orators of the city, will offer to
the winning contestant a hand.
some trophy of achievement. Con.
testants in this contesta must have
a model whose hair has been press.
ed beforehand but has not been
styled. The contestant arranging
the best hair style in 35 minutes
from the stage will be declarde
the winner by four out Of town
judges. A second trophy will be
awarded the shop selling the high
est amount of tickets and reporting
sales before noon May 10th.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-04-26

teachers. In her address on 'Liber-
ty or Oppression Miss Curl gave
a.resume of the past war and dis
cussed France and he'd bid for
a place in the sun for the next
ten years.
The A. M and N College dele
cation was led by Dean John Will
son, with Willie Thompson, Lille
Paschal, Henry Walker, Cloverine
Mccoy and Nathaniel Brooks re-
presenting the student YMCA and
YWCA. Nathaniel Brooks, a SEN
ior at State, was elected fifth
Vice-President for the Assembly.
The delegation voted to hold their
merit model assembly at Kansas
State College Manhattan, Kansas.
Dean John Wilson was elected
a member of the continuation com
mittee, highest committee connect
ed with the assembly. Other mem
bers lctad -wer DIR. Eric T Tebow,
Kansas State; F. E. Young, Wich-
tia University; DIR. F. R. F1ourney
Emory State College; Charles c..
Owens and DIR. Robert w. McCul-
1och of Oklahoma A and M; and
James R. johnson of Langston I'm
iversity.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-04-26

Good average production per hen
in a small home flock which is given
adequate feed and care is about $50
eggs year. The average In farm
focks Is considerably lower - about
100 eggs q year - but 1t could be
raised by better feeding and man.
agement. An excellent producer
l. a hen that Lays from $50 to 200
eggs n wear
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-04-26
Suitable for Textiles

Although hemp Is the strongest
vegetable fiber known, its qualities
~ a soft spinning thread make II
more suitable for textile. rug, and
speciality uses than for rope and
cordage where the cheaper hard
materials are predominant. In this
country the small prewar domestic
production had gone principally
into specially items such a. shoe
threads and twiHe.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-04-26
Folding Linens

Folding Linens
II linens must be folded, vary the
folds with each ironing, since con-
ttnued folding breaks linen threads.
Fill Diet Needs
Small fruits and berries are mn
important addition to the home gar.
den-they Ill vital needs In the diet.
Travel Ala
For travelling day coach with 6
baby, carry a mans travelling case.
II opens easily from the top, holds
your things and baby's and you can
epen It with one hand and reach In
without letting 90 Of baby.
Frozen Foods
Housewives who do their own bak-
ing win get some measure Of help
from the frozen food industry.
Frozen pies and cakes soon will be
available which need only to be
popped into the oven and baked.
Dust Outline
To prevent picture from leaving
q dusty outline on the wall, put q
thumb tack or carpet tack In the
bottom of the frame on the side next
to the wall. This leaves space for
dust to drop through.
Poisonous Snakes
The four kinds of poisonous snakes
found in the Southeast include tho
rattler, the copperhead moccasin,
the cotton-mouth moccasin and the
coral snake.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-04-26

Participating in the United Ne
gro College Fund Ceremonies at
the Rainbow Room, Rockefeller
Center, launching the 1947 nation
vide campaign in support of 33
Nero private college were left to
right John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-21
Six Reported
Dead AS Result
OF Blizzard
tBy The Associated Pres1

Il WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.- Six
deaths were traced today to the
blizzard that struck yesterday
from Ohio to New York and
from the New England states to
the CarolinaS.
Snow, whipped by a 30-mile
wind, piled up drifts 20 feet or
higher in country districts.
West Virginia reported the
heaviest fall of snow, with 10
inches, 10 inches more than in
New York City.
Drifts in Philadelphia were as
high as five feet, and schools
were closed today in that city.
Because of the heavy fall of
snow on Long Island and its dis
rupting traffic, UN Security
Council announced this morning
that it had deferred its proposed
meeting at Lake Success.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-21
SALES HIGH
IN FLORIDA or
SAYINGS BONDS

Sales of U. S. savings bonds in
Florida reached a postwar peak
of $l0,900,734 in January, accord
ing to a report just received by
Jerry j. Trevor, chairman of Saw
ings Bonds Activities for Monroe
county, from Ralph F. Bagweu,
state director of the savings
bonds division of the Treasury
Department for Florida.
This figure exceeds the sales
in any single month since March,
l945, when We were at war with
both Germany and Japan, except
for those periods during the 7th
War Loan and Victory Loan
drives" Mr.. BagWelltSaid, land
is indicative of theAhigh regard
that Americans have come to
have for savings bonds as an in
vestment and as an. ideal way to
save and to safeguard idle or
reserve funds for future needs.
For the state as a whole the
january sales amounted to SAB
per capita for each resident of
Florida as compared to 1882 for
the same month last year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-21
Pork Chops
May Sell For
$l.25 A Pound
my The Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, Feb. 81. -
Prices of meat, flour and cereals
are likely to go up to recent rec
ord highs in the next three
months, the Department of Ag-
riculture reported today.
At the peak of the increases, it
was stated, pork chops may sell
for as much as SIPS a pound.
Reason for that advance is the
comparatively small number of
pigs that will be available for
market in early spring.
Flour will be higher because
of the boom prices of wheat, and
wheat has spiraled because of the
recent shipments to foreign coun-
tries of 325 million bushels.
In the commodity news releas-
ed today there is only one cheer
ing item for the housewife-Sugar
will be more plentiful. She will
be given an extra 10 pounds April
l and an additional extra 10
pounds on July l.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-21
New York Herald
Tribune Article
Boosts Key West

Illustrated by pictures five
columns wide of South Beach,
Monroe County Court House and
Knights Key Bridge, an article
in the New York Herald Tribune
on Sunday, February 9, predicts
an even greater tourist trade for
Key West when the Havana fer
~ starts operating.
The writer, Marjorie Dent
Candee, opens by saying; Until
recently, Key West has been
considered too far off the beaten
track to attract many tourists.
But with the Inauguration of a
ferry service to Havana, it is
expected that thousands of travel
erS will discover the quiet charm
of this southernmost city, un-
usual as an American commun-
ity because of its Cuban, Ba-
hannah and West Indian atmos-
phcre blended with its own l25-
year-old traditions.
Visitors to Key West will be
charmed by the tropical island
with its warm sea breeze, spark
ling turquoise and indigo waters
and average winter temperature
of II degrees. Sufferers from
sinus, arthritis, rheumatism, hay
fever and other ailments find re-
lief in this climate the yeal
round. Fishermen find Key West
a major attraction, with choice
of fishing in the Gulf Stream"
Miss Candee describes the
city's appetizing culinary spe-
clalties. its quaint architecture
and other attractions.
Twenty thousand tourists dis
cover Key West annually she
says.
In an adjoining column is ar
article describing Fort Jefferson
at Dry Tortugas.
The clipping was sent to The
/ Citizen by Howard Falk of New
ark, N. ].
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-21
Enterprises
Considering Expansion
OffSOup Canning Plant
NORBERC THOMPSON
SAYS COMPANY PLANS
TO CAN CHOWDER,
OTHER PRODUCTS

Considerable expansion of the
activities of Thompson Enter
prises, Inc, in Key West is UNI
der consideration, Norberg
Thompson, president of the com
pany, said today.
In a short time the company
will undertake the canning of
other products, besides the famed
green turtle soup, the only pro-
duction the company now en-
cages in.
Such products as fish chowder.
under recipe noted in Key
West, and related articles may
shortly be canned by Thompson
Enterprises.
AS soon as machinery becomes
available the Thompson Enter
prises plans on extending the
present soup canning plant. II
was not stated that new build
ings will be erected, but il seems
certain that they will be, ac-
cording to what Thompson said
today.
A considerable number of To-
cal persons will find employment
in the proposed plant. just how
many is not now known for GER
tain.
I'VE have decided TO expand
our business" Thompson said.
THE turtle soup canning Is
about at it's peak. The supply of
turtles is limited. Turtle steaks
( are sold locally and are readily
available in Key West.
But the supply is not such
that we can expand the shipment
of turtle steaks. We have studied
the situation. and have come to
| the conclusion that the canning
of other products is the only
logical course we can follow. -
Thompson recalled that about
25 years ago he took the turtle
canning business in Key West
over from the heirs of the late
A. Granday. a noted French chef.
who founded the industry here.
about 80 years ago.
Part of the product shipped out
by Thompson Enterprises Is still
labeled under Granday's name.
This part of the turtle soup goes
Continued on Page Fourl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-21
BLAME THE LUCK, A SAILFISHr
Bat That Fighter To-day Considered Tops In Thrills
X x
OLDTIMERS WERE, WONT TO SAY

ket was glutted, to give away
kingfiSh.
A dollar performed triple duty
in Key West in the 1905, de-
spite the recurrent statements in
the local paper that this city
was the richest, on a per capita
basis, in the world. Fish? If you
were not averSe to cleaning it, it
was an easy matter for one to
catch as much or more than he
wanted, fishing from local
wharveS or at various places
along the shores.
But the spirit that actuated
fishing in those days, with the
of local boys and the
few devotees of the rod and reel
who came to town, was purely
Boys got a thrill out
of catching a sailfish, tarpon, or
amberjack, but they got big
ger thrill in landing a 10 or IS
foot shark.
Assuming that there had been
sufficient interest in those days
in a fishing tournament, the
numbers of entries would have
been so many the local paper
would have had little room left
for news other than that in Civ
ing daily details about the tour
nament.
But they were the days of
sailboat racing, something that
the Key West Yacht Club has de-
clared it is going to revive in
Key West.
Sailboat racing and fishing
tournaments are the sports that
Key West, anchored out in the
sea, is best fitted to provide.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-21
ELKS GIVE $3.50 TO
COMMUNITY CHEST

Key West Lodge 55l, Benifi-
cient and Protective Order Of
Elks, donated $3.50 last night to
the Community Chest drive at
the regular meeting of the or
ganiZation.
The following candidates were
initiated into the mysteries of
E1kdom:
Enrol V. Sawyer, city building
inspector; Lewellyn McFarlane,
proprietor. Dukes barbecue;
Chas. II. Diamond, chief pharma-
cist's mate, USN; Osborne S.
Meek, Lieut., USN; Maurice r..
Smith, Lieut., USN.
The following were elected to
membership: Ernest B. Betan-
court, Sidney Einhorn, w. A.
Parrish, Walter o. Wolston, and
James G. Youngs.
VIM. NJ. Arnold, passenger
agent of Florida Greyhound
Lines. and Dr.. Fred Carbonen,
were reinstated. Ira M. SullinS OF
Coral Gables Lodge, and Robert
L. Herring, of the Asheville, N.
c.. Carolina Lodge, were admit
ted by transfer limits.
At the next regular meeting
March s. a past exalted rulers
night will be held, and at the
same meeting nomination of Of
ficers for the ensuing year will
be made.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-21

That old saying about times
change is particularly applicable
to the fishing tournament being
held in Key West. If the old
time fishermen, whose boats and
stalls lined Curry's fish market
wharf when it was twice the
length of what it is now. could
come back and hear about the
thrill senSed today over catching
a sailfish, they would shrug and
frown and return to their graves.
Blame the luck" or some
thing more expressive, was the
verbal explosive that greeted the
hooking of sailfiSh, an amber
jack, or a barracuda, when the
oldtimerS were fishing for king
fish.
Trolling in those days was done
in sailboats, and, when kingfish
were running well, the cockpit
of every boat that returned to
port was pretty well filled with
kingfiSh.
And at what prices they sold!
One could buy an entire kingfish
for less than one-half of the
amount paid today for a pound
of that tasty and doughty fight
er.
Up to the time the building at
CWrys fish market wharf was
burned down recently, one could
still see the hundreds of nails
in the inside walls of the market
where kingfish after having
been sailed, were hung. They
frequently sold for IS cents
apiece, fresh or sailed. and it
was not unusual, when the mar
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-21
Lions Hear Miami
Ball Club Offiiciiak
Awards Presented

Jay Cone, business manager of
the Miami Tourists, Florida In
ternational League CLUB which
will train in Key West this spring,
was guest speaker at the Lions
Club weekly meeting last night.
Cone told the Lions that the
selection of Key West as his
|club's training site would work
to the mutual benefit of both the
|club and the city. He said he
wanted nothing and expected
nothing from the city, except the
use of the baseball diamond, the
stands and clubhouse.
The Miamian volunteered to
hold one spring training game
entirely for the Community Chest
fund. probably on Tuesday, March
l9. All gate receipts, except what
is needed for operating expenses,
will be turned over to the. Com
munity Chest.
Cone predicted that the selec-
ton of Key West as a training site
by the Miami club would presage
Key Vests eventual entry into
organized baseball within a
year or two"
He said he would stage num-
Der of exhibition games here in
March and April, including tits
with Fort Lauderdale, the Ha-
vana Cubans, the Baltimore ORR
oles of the International League
and a Pittsburgh Pirate team,
Efforts are being made to bring
these teams here" he said, land
the chances are good"
Other speakers included Earl
Hamilton, principal of Division
Street School, who spoke on Geo.
Washington's birthday, and Coun-
| ty Commissioner Gerald Saun-
derS, who gave talk on the work
of the American Red Cross,
Awards were presented by the
Lions Club last night Rewarded
for their efforts during the mem
berShip drive and the Founders
Day ceremonies, were County
Judge Raymond r. Lord, Albert
lDiNegro, Louis Carbonell, ROgc-
| lilo Gomez, Charles Smith and
Hastings Smith. President Fred
Miller received an international
iaWard for his part in the success
full Founders Day exercises.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-21
Fined SlOO For
Reckless Driving

Marcus D. Ellis, 1910 Johnson
street, was fined 500 when found
guilty by Municipal Court Judge
Enrique Esquinaldo yesterday of
reckless driving and causing an
accident.
Ellis was driver of a Ford
panel truck which was involved
in an accident with Ford sedan
about $50 p. m, Wednesday, at
Simonton and Southland streets.
The truck went up over the side
walk and ~hit the Bell Tele-
phone Building; the sedan crash
ed into a tree.
Officers Frank jolly and Paul
Stofer testified they detected in
toxicating beverages on Ellis
breath but the charge of driving
under the influence of liquor was
dismissed when Ellis admitted to
having had only a bottle of beer.
His sister. Mrs. Lois E. Bryson,
and son, Marcus, Jr., also testi-
fled.
A charge of reckless driving
against Roger Workman, of Min
cola. N. Y, driver of the sedan,
was dismissed.
Ellis said he was subject to
heart attacks. He explained he
felt an attack coming on Just
before the accident but was
to avoid it,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-21
3 Missing Youths.
Arrested; We're In
Stolen Tampa Car

Sheriff Berlin A. Sawyer was
informed yesterday that three
young Key West boys who disap-
peared nine days ago have been
taken into custody in Charleston,
S. c., and that federal agents are
to bring them back here imme-
diately.
The three youths, who ranged
in age from IA to Is, were ar
rested in a car stolen in Tampa,
according to word received by
the sheriff. Sawyer had sent out
radio word that the three youths
were being sought here by their
parents.
When they return here the
trio will appear before Juvenile
Judge Frank O. Roberts. II is
reported that one boy of Is, old
est of the missiong youths, is on
probation. from the court here for
his part in car stealing case last
year.