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Laurel outlook., 1948-02-11
M. B. Club Discusses
Landscape Gardening

The Laurel M. B. club met Mon
dav afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Leonard Ferrian, with Miss Ruth
often speaking on landscape garden
ing, and giving suggestions for
planting and arranging of shrubs
and flowers to harmonic with the
home. She is assistant home dem
onstration leader for Yellowstone
county.
Lunch was served by the hostess
at the close of the meeting.
Mississippi River City
Oldest city on the Mississippi
ri,.~~ &c Natchez. Miss.
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-11
Dogs of History

The first dog known in history
was the Miacis, which roamed the
forests and plains of North America
about SIS million years ago.
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-11
The Voice Explained

Historian Hippolytus explained
the voice of the legendary temple at
Delhi as being a truck in which a
concealed assistant spoke through
the flexible fullet of a crane.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-02-28

condition az Grace Hospital He
IS the husband OF Mrs. Sarah
Vaughn. and step-father OF Le-
roy c. White WHRV's broken
down disc Jockey, OF Ann Ar
Dor Mich
Marie Garrett IS confined IN
the Burt Shurlv Hospital. The
musical trio She is part OF
have replaced her temporarily
with Jimmy Summers. Mare IS
the Queen Of the Dave Bordens
One Jack and One Queen now
playing at the popular West
SIDE nitery Peoples State Bar.
4 popular colored doctor
called on Dick Connelrs Auto
dealers the other day. He wanted
70 buy a Cadillac. and had the
cash but declined when ne
was referred 10 colored sales
man The colored doctor was
lnsulted because he couldn't
show of MS cash 10 someone
more important But. what this
doctor didn't know was. thai
coiored salesman has been with
Dick Cornell longer than any
one else on the premises and
Is one o. the most trusted and
respected employees the wealthy
man has
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-02-28

Rosedale and an employee OF
Trinity Hospital. celebrated her
birthday al the home OF her
parents, Saturday. Feb. IA. with
many friends present.
Mrs. Viola Stokes gave her
daughter a surprise party on
her twentieth birthday. Friday
Feb. 10. at 954 wilkins.
The Housewives Society Club
gave their first party at the
home of Mrs. Annie Davis on
Saturday Feb. 81 Mrs. Hattie
II. Mitchell is president and Mrs.
Della Jones is secretary.
Little Thedfue Feezell celebrat-
ed his second birthday Feb. 81
at the home OF his grandfather,
Otha Feezell There was plenty
Of food and music for the happy
little fellt.w.
Rev. and Mrs Frank Everton
of Chicago flew TO Detroit the
weekend of Feb. IA to be the
house guests of Mr.. and Mrs
William Thomas of 9l3 Alfred
street. Mrs Everton is Mrs.
Thomas sister.
Mrs. A A. Shelton of 1913
Alexandrine returned from a
three-day mission trip where
she was the presiding official.
The following day the Mothers
Progressive Club Of which she is
president. met at the home Of
Mrs. Allie Esselman. l0776 Car
doni Mrs. Esselman served q
lovely dinner.
Bible Lesson: Ephesisns 5. first
chapter: "Firstwise be therefore
followers of God as dear chill
dren."
Call your into Miss Conner,
at TIE. 3-4595.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-02-28

GLORIA JEAN MAYS leads the Child
VI Popularity Contest Tor the week Of
Feb % with 1920 votes She is the daugh-
ter of Mrs. Matte NJ Mays of 1915 De-
quindre. In second place this week, leaving
first place in last weeks tally is Cagm EN-
Tarrant OF River Rouge with 1860 votes.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-02-28
Saginaw news
Infant Dies As Girl
Is Saved BY Landlord

that destroyed her parents apart
ncnt al l203i2 ~ 10th street
last Tuesday He did not know
that her SIX month old BROTHER.
James Jr was also in the house
and the infant Died of burns.
Cloper owns the house in
which the Staffney's live. The
mother had stepped out to a
neighbor's house when Vivian 5
terrified screams brought Cloper
TO the rescue.
Mrs Staffncy, postrated BY
grief and shock, was taken 10
Saginaw General Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. l. S. French Of
Chicago were weekend guests
Of his sisters, Mrs, l. B Daniels
and Mrs Eula Lambert.
BIBLE CLASS
The neighborhood Bible class
will meet al the home of Mrs.
White on Friday night al 9l2 N.
4th avenue Mrs Black is the
leader.
BETHEL AME CHURCH
Mrs Rosa Graeg OF Detroit
Will be the guest speaker al a
meeting arranged by the Ida NJ.
Allen Missionary Society for
Sunday. Feb %. at $3.50 p. m.
Mrs Gragg is nationally known
and is founder and president of
the Slade-Gragg Academy of
Arts.
Sunday morning the sermon
was preached by Presiding Elder
David A Blake on IF thou
hast run with the footmen then
canst thou contend with horses"
On Saturday night the quar-
terly conference heard reports
from all auxiliaries of the
church
The district conference and
Sunday School convention viii
meet in Kalamazoo al the AL
len Chapel AME Church from
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-02-28
By ROSIE M. PRICE

Willie Cloper saved vivian
Ann Statfney, ?, from flames
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-02-28

March 81 through April 2. Dele
gates from Bethel will be Misses
Velma Martin and Pearl Wilson.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-02-28
Northwestern Highlights-
Colts Stampede DENLY
In Rough Cage Tu mbIe

what she is putin down. DoesD,
she know whose gal She
supposed TO be? This va.
signed. Anonymous" so don,
blame me, Bill.
You know kids. these Win.
ter months are pretty dull con.
corning social activities. but i
am quite sure you would On.
10Y yourselves al the 1874
Annual Older Boys and Girl,
Conferences. II Is sponsored III
the ST. Antoine Branch YMci'
and the Lucy Thurman Brand
YWcA. and will be held \,
both places. The theme 10 \
discussed is LET'S Live Ia
day" which I am sure will h
very interesting. The fee 4
So per person. and il will b.
held on Feb. 81. 20. and Il
This conference Is being con.
Quoted for boys and girls a
high school age. so why DOM
you look into this and prov,
10 the public that we are IN.
terested in intellectual ATTAIN
This next item is quite s.
prising, so hold on to yor|
chairs.
Thomas Steele has become N
terested in girls You flnsN
got hep. Ell Tommy?
Dories Craig and Harold Fov.
Ter are still the most lovsb.
couple around Northwestern M
matter how could II is. whs,
they pass by holding hands ana
staring into each others eve,
il seems as if Spring had reslT
arrived. Dories informed n,
that she hasn't the slightest h.
terest in Carl Turner's ATTAIN
What has been going on
Ann Poole has been tellhs
all the chicks around Northwe,.
tern 10 take advantage OF Lem
Year. Aha. so that is how a,
trapped Vic,
A COLT IN THE NEWS
This week, we have an n,e,.
view from one of Northwestern,
smallest, but most able athle,e
He is George Gaines. yer
efficient member of the hs,.
team He is also a member \
the en- Club, and a person fo-
whom il is easy to acouir
friends This probably expisrl
why he is so well known Is.
pecially by the weaker sex
George says that he plans TO al.
tend college, but otherwise +,
is undecided. Good luck 10 Won
George, in all your future acty.
tiles.
Well gang, that Just ahoe
winds il up. Remember. If w
have any news at all SEQ M
in Study Hall 100. the third hor
or call me at Tyler 5-4687.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-02-28
BY ALBERT cHENNAuLT. Jr.

Well kids. here we are again
with all the latest happenings
around dear oil Northwestern.
Our boys did II again. Yes
stree. those galloping Colts SIAM
peded DENLY last THURSDAY,
Feb. l9. in rough and tumble
version of basketball. When the
game began, il seemed as II the
Colts might have had II in the
bag" But then. those DENLY
lads got an urge 10 win, and
the game entered its "rough
stage" From then on. there was
plenty of action.
At one point during the game.
Coach Demaree showed the
whole Reserve team in. However.
within a few minutes. they were
taken out. The varsity then shot
through to a bangup finish.
Final score: Northwestern, AZ.
DENLY. 81 The high point men
were Promise Blount with IL,
and AL Smith with II
There was quite a crowd at
the game. including Bill King
and Doris Clarke. AL Chapman.
Bronston Harding. Ann Poole
and Vic Presley, Harold Bonner,
Robert Johnson and many others.
heard that Hugh harrington
smiled fr,Ea car 10 ear when
he saw Joan Phillips at the
game. / wonder why? ! thought
Joan had crush on David
Chambers.
Would any OF you goons
like 10 have your ugly mugs
plastered in the Norwesier?
You would? Well. now is your
chance. The Student Council
is now collecting pictures for
the Norwesier. If they do not
receive enough pictures. they
plan 10 20 out on the prowl
with cameras and snap you in
your oldest moments. So. If
you don't want 10 have your
picture taken in a foolish Sit
uation. dia up those snapshots
OF yourself and your pals.
I've been hearing plenty about
John tBe-Bop) BOYD and Doro-
thy Abner II seems that they
are hitting it off fine. except
for one thing Carl Turner.
do not understand why Carl
should try to butt in. when he
has that cute chick he's been
walking through the halls with
Who is she, Carl?
Someone must think that this
IS a personal ad' column. for
mere IS notice TO Bill King.
You should have a showdown
with Doris, and find out exactly
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-02-28
NEIGB0RH00D
NEWS

Lee Bradford Of 1908 Division
will celebrate his birthday the
9th OF February with his wife
and nine children, Eleanora,
Charles. Leroy. Helen. Kenneth,
Joe. Dolores, Erma, and Doro-
thea. Mrs. Bradford is surprising
him with birthday greetings.
Mrs. Theodore Dortch Of 2S4l
Russell has just returned from
an ENJOYABLE two weeks visit
at her home town, Kankakee.
Illinois. with her sister la
Gowen. and husband, and her
twin brother. Theopolis Dortch.
While there she helped celebrate
her brother. in-law's birthday and
was entertained BY many other
friends. She visited the Cdlwell
Chapel AME Zion of which Rev.
C. c. Noble is pastor. and Church
OF God Of which Rev Mr.. Mar
tin is pastor.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Holiday
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-02-28
Attorney Seeks
Full Pardon For
Imprisoned G.

A full pardon and back pay
Tor Pvt. Lemas Woods, now
serving a three year term tr
manslaughter. arising out of the
accidental shooting of another
soldier in the Philippines. was
requested OF President Harry
Truman last week by Ernest
Goodman, local attorney.
Goodman pointed out that
Woods. a Detroiter, had lived for
nine months under the shadow
Of the gallows; and that the
officers who forced COMES
sion from Woods had received
honorable discharges.
While some persons NAV feel
that one should be thankful
that Woods is not to be hanged
for a crime he did not commit.
l do not believe that we should
be satisfied until full Justice
has been DONE" Goodman de-
clared.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-02-28

Third IS Walden Dabney. with
$40 votes and fourth with $40
votes is Saundra A. Pierce
Ssundras name was spelled
wrong IN las, weeks tally tab
ulation and TINS columnlst IS
very sorry f0r the mistake.
Quendolyn Brown who lead the
contest teV weeks ago is sixth
now with 600 votes NOTICE
TO ALL SPONSORS AND EN-
TRANTS. YOUR votes are counted
on Saturday o. each week al 2
o'clock Do not expect votes
thar have cached this office
after that tine % be tsbulated
with votes ARRIVING before that
deadline
William Vaughn u NehamS
street is reported in very grave
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-02-28

are having q
birthday party
for their son
Marvin. al the
home of Mrs
Holidays sister
Mrs. NJ yrtle
l. o W r.y 9lO
Medbury { h ] :
Sunday after
noon.
Miss Rosetta
Jackson OF 3lS
Evening star., 1948-03-02
The Benefits Are Mutual

The million and half Federal employees
who will be affected by the retirement
legislation signed at Key West by Pres
ident Truman are not the only benef1ciar-
les of this long revision of existing
law. The Government, too, will benefit
from the new act BY iberalizing the
pension privileges of the men and women
who are making career of public service,
the Government is bound to enjoy divi-
dends in terms of improved morale and,
hence, Of improved efficiency.
The retired civil servant has been given
Evening star., 1948-03-02
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. What is meant by a degree day" In
weather reports?-C. B. T.
A. A degree day Is the unit representing
difference of one degree Fahrenheit, existing
for one day between the average indoor and
outdoor temperatures The average indoor
temperature for residences. Offices stores, etc.,
is taken to be IS degrees F. Thus, with the
indoor temperature of 65 and the outdoor
temperature of 80, the degree days would be
65-32X1=33.
@. Is 1t true that wheat is harvested during
every month of the year in some part of the
world?-P M.
A. In various parts Of the world wheat Is
harvested during every month of the year for
instance January, in Argentina, Chile, Aus
tralia New Zealand; February, In India;
March, in India and Upper Egypt; April, IN
Asia Minor, lower Egypt, Iran, Morocco, Mex
leo; May, in Arizona, Southern California,
Texas, China and Japan; June, in southern
United States and southern Europe, and so
on through the year.
@. What is the difference between half
brothers and ep-brothers?-S. T. Y.
A. Half brothers have one parent in COM
mon. They are children Of two marriages OF
either the mother or father Step-brothers
have neither parent In common. II widower
with a son marries widow who has son,
the boys are stepbrothers.
@ Who was the father of Bernard Baruch?-
T. L..
A. The father Of Bernard Baruch was Simon
3. Baruch, a physician, who left Poland In
1853 as refugee from attacks on freedom"
Evening star., 1948-03-02
Westward Miqrution

The 1850 census OF the United States Is
bound to show many changes in the place
ment of people. A recent check sponsored
by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com
pany indicates that the population of the
Pacific Coast area has increased more than
40 per cent in the past seven years. This
represents about four and half times the
gain reported in other portions of the
country. Depression prompted much of the
movement westward, the war accounted
for most of the rest.
Probably a majority of the new residents
of California, Oregon and Washington will
remain there. At least no important trend
to the East has been noted to date. In
other words, the losses sustained by the
Atlantic seaboard and the Middle States
must be regarded as permanent. New
England especially has felt the disappear
ance of many of its younger men and
women. The figures tabulated in Maine,
Vermont, New Hampshire and Western
Massachusetts, in the next census may be
startling. Metropolitan Boston, the indus
trial cities of Connecticut and little Rhode
Island doubtless will be discovered to have
advanced, but other portions of the North
east corner of the Nation have fallen
behind.
OF course, there is little new or novel
about shifts" in population in a west
wardly direction. Long before Horace
Greeley, in 1850, pointed out the advan-
tages of growing up" with the sunset half
of the continent hundreds of families and
thousands ,of individuals, acting independ-
emily, had started toward the Mississippi,
the Rockies and the gold fields of the
Sierras. Some did not go very far. Their
descendants are scattered over Northern
New York, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illi-
nois and Wisconsin. Intermarried with
German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Irish and
century Of their labor into the processing"
of the great central plains from the
Canadian border to st. Louis.
Prosperity prompted whole colonies OF
those erstwhile New Englanders to move to
California. 1t is possible to find large
groups from Iowa in the suburbs of Los
Angeles, transplanted wholesale, happy in
their new environment, but not at all
ashamed Of the places from which they
came. Their children make almost auto
matte adjustments. Meanwhile, in Texas,
Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona the
spreading out of towns like Dallas, Tulsa,
Albuquerque and Phoenix suggests that
the 1850 census will disclose a tremendous
acceleration of population increase in the
Southwest. Economic progress on this
frontier has been stimulated by irrigation,
improvement in communications and
transportation, and the promotion of new
industries of local character yet of
national significance.
Evening star., 1948-03-02

too little attention in recent years. In
the Governments preoccupation with ris-
ing prices and rising industrial wages, the
plight of former workers in its own house
hold has received scart notice. The soar
ing cost of living has caused real hard
ship among the thousands of former en-
ployes who are dependent on their retire
ment pay.
The new retirement law should go a
long way to restore hope and to engender
feeling of security in the Federal family.
The next logical step is general overhaul
of the present outmoded classification law.
A broad reclassification of Federal jobs and
salaries is an essential corollary of retire
ment law modernization
Evening star., 1948-03-02
This and That
By Charles E. TrdceDeH

Watch out for a bird that has been going
through for the past two or three weeks.
1t is the fox sparrow, and many observers
think it is thrush.
No thrush, this one; for one thing, he
scratches in leaves, and, for another, he is all
sparrow, though large.
A full six and half inches he stretches
OF beautiful tawny color, with a song of
whistled notes, ascending.
Do not put too much stress on the song
however, for he probably won't sing 1t for you.
* X
His way of scratching through leaves with
both feet Is distinctive.
When frightened, he does not fly away, but
only to a nearby bush.
Canada is the real home of this one. That
is where he has his youngsters, and perhaps
the place he loves best Of ALL.
We see him for few weeks only, but while
he Is here he makes big stir in the flower
borders; at this time. "birders" might be a
better way TO- spell it,
The birds coloring is rufous, that Is brown
with plenty Of deep chestnut, almost red, in it.
The color does resemble somewhat that Of
the wood thrush, and it is this appearance that
leads many to call 1t thrush.
1t is a true sparrow, but one that has the
happy advantage Of striking no one as "just
a sparrow"
less observer realizes that he Is unusual.
He is seen at once to be somebody" in the
bird world, so, casting around for name, the
observer may try to pay him a compliment,
and call him thrush.
The wood thrush, however, never comes
here until April
The earliest we have ever known q wood
thrush to come here was April IA, and that
one dropped dead on porch.
The usual date for the greatest singer Of
them all is April %, or few days one way
or the other
Foxy, as he is sometimes called, mostly eats
vegetable matter. but has hankering for
millipedes and ground beetles.
It is too bad 1t does not like centipedes
Our own home, by the way. has been free
of these latter pests since powdered DOT was
introduced.
Whether this should be given the credit, or
incessant warfare with vacuum cleaner, Is
hard to tell
The vacuum sweeper method Of extermina-
ton has a beautifully direct effect
The long hose is used, and the creature
swept into it from ceiling or Sidewalk
It is at once reduced to gray jelly.
If DDT is used, it must be placed in such
way that small animal pets cannot get at it,
especially cats.
One way is to place the powder back In
the end open, with the cover hanging down
like little awning.
This intrigues the centipedes, and keeps
larger creatures out.
the fox sparrow is readily accepted by song
sparrows. white -throated sparrows and the
common English sparrows. Also by the car
dinals. members of the finch family.
Foxy is very much at home in our local
yards. He minds his own business scratches
away busily and happily, and finally disap-
pears.
In the North woods he will make his nest
on the ground, preferably under evergreens
1t will be made of moss. fine branches, grass
and few leaves, lined with small grasses and
feathers.
Eggs will be four or five in number, pale blue
green, heavily speckled with chestnut
Two brcods will be raised.
In the fall the birds will migrate to Florida
and Texas.
Evening star., 1948-03-02
Community Chest Riders

To the Editor Of The Star:
May I express approval Of the observations
Of "Old Washingtonian" on the failure of the
Community Chest?
Your correspondent cites the YMCA, YWCA,
Boy and Girl Scouts and the Federation Of
Churches as groups that are not charities.
Conceding that each, within its sphere, is do
ing good work, does any one contend for mo-
ment that they merit the same support that the
Chest is supposed to extend to the halt, the
lame, the blind, orphans and the aged?
have talked with enough people to be sure
that unless the Chest acts to eliminate its
many riders, the Chest itself is doomed.
ANOTHER WASHINGTONIAN.
Evening star., 1948-03-02
challenges Of our environment and our

challenges Of our environment and our
epoch.
OF course, the American people cannot
buy security with cash, cannot purchase
mutuality and cooperation as though they
were 'packaged goods" in grocery. All
that they can do-and all that the Red
Cross provides them with opportunity to
do-in the face Of national need is to share
their resources according to the high ideals
of brotherhood and charity to which as
Americans they are pledged from their
birth. The Red Cross goal for 1948 should
be oYersubscribed
Evening star., 1948-03-02
Red Cross Cumpu:qn

The American Red cross campaign,
which opened yesterday deserves, impera-
lively needs and should receive the gener-
Gus support of the whole American people
To do the work required Of 1t during the
fiscal year 1948, the national organization
will require $97 100000. OF this sum-
$22,20O,00O already has been provided from
funds in hand The amount to be raised
is $75,oOO0oO. Study of the budget shows
ALLEGATIONS of $13,045 200 for services to
the armed forces in the United States and
abroad; $6,2461 100 for services to veterans;
$4,672, 100 for disaster preparedness and
relief; $6,620,9O0 for the National Blood
Program and 1892 800 for other health
services; 1881 800 for school and college
activities; $2861, 500 for general service,
including national headquarters and area
Offices, and $5O,200,000 for home service
and branch activities of all other kinds.
Each such designation of money is based
on experience. In nearly sixty seven years
since it was founded by Clara Barton, the
Red Cross has developed technique, a
method, pattern of action which blankets
the globe, anticipates history, provides in
advance for the demands which it knows
will be made upon it, weighs every penny
of expenditure and insists upon a penny's
value in each instance of dispersal. To
duplicate the correlated establishment
with it's 3751 chapters in cities and towns
from coast to coast would cost many times
the total prevailing investment. Similarly,
to recruit and train the 1884 employees of
the national organization and enlist anew
the tens of thousands of volunteers who
give their labor freely would involve a vast
expenditure.
The Importance of maintaining the Red
Cross at full working efficiency calls for
no argument. Operating under an econ
omy which permits no waste, it is at once
the cheapest and the most notably useful
agency of mercy and fellow-feeling ever
devised anywhere in any age. The Amer
| lean people realize this and again and
again have testified to their confidence
through their gifts. What wants stressing
now is the mandate of the era in which
we citizens of the United States and our
! natural allies are struggling to survive.
There can be no question about it, Our
civilization is threatened, not merely by
other conceptions of human destiny but
by disease, accident, the chances and the
inevitabilities of modern life-catastrophes
of peace as well as war, the upasasaatizee
Evening star., 1948-03-02
To an Old Bible

How many hands haze held you;
on hoD many knees Uere you spread
Bu ,ohut dim lights Dere you read from
Before they Uent to bed,
The men, the Domen, the children,
Who sought .Dords bold and fair
To stir their stirling spirits
And nourish their souls NTH prayer.
Although your coUer Is norm noU,
Tattered by times sure thteDeS,
The message you offer, untarnished,
Beams out from your ancient Leaves.
DOROTHY HARTMAN.