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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1949-07-14

Jackson, Mrs. GaroId Fish and
Mrs. L. E. Painter.
a business meeting was con-
Quoted, and it was decided to
have a benefit bridge on Sat
urday, July %, at I::3O p. m.
Thimble Club
The Rebekah Thimble Club
will meet Friday afternoon, Jul
~ 10, 2:30 p. m. at the Temple.
Mrs. John Graf and Mrs.
Mabel Franklin are the host
esses. F..
Entertain at Parties
Mrs. L. E. Painter and Mrs.
Garold Fish entertained at
d1nner-bridge parties Monday
and Tuesday evening at the
Painter home.
Monday evening prizes were
won by Mrs. Frank Morrison,
high; Mrs. l.. G.. Balfour, sec
ond; Mrs. E. L. Kelley, travel;
and Mrs. Bill Faber, loW.
On Tuesday Mrs. Dave Mann
won high; Mrs. Harold Ruby,
second; Mrs. Roy Jones, travel;
and Mrs. Dave Borgan, low.
Guild to Meet
The Wesleyan Service Guild
will meet Tuesday evening, Ju-
ly 10, 8 p. M, at the home of
Mrs. Frances Mclaughlin, in
the quonset huts.
The program will be by Mrs.
Media Young.
Club Meets
Mrs. Earl Marsh entertained
the Pinochle Club Tuesday af-
ternoon at her home.
Mrs. Alec Mills won high
prize, Evelyn Brennan received
draw prize, and Mrs. Fred Ker-
rick, low.
Birthday Club
The Birthday club met Fri
day afternoon at the home of
Mrs. J. w. Schoer.
Mrs. Schoer received a lovely
gift from the club.
Mrs. C. E. Ford and Mrs.
Fred Kerrick were hostesses.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1949-07-14
CARD OF THANKS

CARD OF THANKS
We wish to expires our heart
felt thanks and appreciation to
our friends and neighbrs for
their words of sympathy and
many acts of kindness during
our bereavement. Also for the
beautiful floral offerings.
Mrs. Fred DodzuWeit and
Family.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1949-07-14

PETIT LARCENY
William Gleason paid a $50
fine in justice court of r. A.
Vickers here July Z, on a charge
of petit larceny.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1949-07-14

Shop in Hardin!
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1949-07-14

PinOchle Club
The pinochle club met Wed
nesday evening for a picnic
lunch at the home of Mrs,
Dwain Reed. Mrs. Bill Torske
was co-hosteSS.
Mrs. Lawrence Koebbe was a
guest.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1949-07-14
Golf Club Supper

Members of the Ft. CusteI
golf club met at the cluohouSe
wednesday evening for a pot
luck supper.
The serving committee was
Mrs. John SWindle, Mrs. E. E.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1949-03-12
Memphis Negro Cops
Win Official Praise

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Negro police
officers were praised fast week for
their work in cases outside their
area as well as the Beals street dis
trict in the annual report of the Po-
lice Homicide bureau for 1948.
This report was made by Inspec-
tor etc Wiebenga, head of the bu-
reau, and released by City Com
missioner Boyle. 1t. w. A. Wilson
was in charge of the Negro police
According to the inspector, the
colored officers were very helpful
in this department in keeping down
the Negro complaints which we had
on Beal street before they were put
on patroling this section
He also said that in cases out
side the Negro patrolmen's terri
tory, in most instances they have
been successful in helping us, and
also in securing information that
we needed to complete" investiga-
tons.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1949-03-12
YMCA Begins Oakley
Day Saturday

March 18th will mark the Begin
ming of Oakley Day" at the Parish
Street Branch Y.M.C.A. Twenty
five young boys from the Training
School of which Mr.. G.. w. Williams
is superintendent will participate
in the activities of the Association.
The group will play and eat with
other young boys of the Y.M.C.A.
It is the firm belief of the Exc
cutive Secretary that such pro-
gram will be of benefit to these
boys from Oakley-young boys who
have strayed away from the tradi-
tons and customs of society. 1t is
the job of all of us to help these
young people into constructive
channels.
Another group of twenty-five
boys from the school will come to
the YMCA on March 18th, and will
be entertained in similar man.
ner. Secretary Barker is negotiating
with the theatre owners to get free
passes for the boys to attend a
movie once month.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1949-03-12
All Camp For
Negroes To Be
Located Near City

l. The Camp will be located
within IS or 80 miles of Jackson,
Mississippi.
2. The cost of the camp when
completed will be between $780,
600 and $15o,OoO
3. Mississippi Legislature during
its last session, appropriated the
sum of $4,000 toward the camp de-
velopment program.
4. The State Advisory Committee
tWhite), headed by Mr.. E. w. Full
ton, head of Sears Roebuck & Com
pany, Jackson, has pledged to raise
100000. This will be for the devel-
opmept of camps for both White
and Negro.
| 5. The State All Advisory Com
mittee (Negro), headed by DR.. w.
Milan Davis, President of Okolona
Institute and State Teachers ASSo-
citation for Negroes, has pledged to
support the drive for the Negro
Camp Fund.
6. All All Club Members will be
asked to contribute the sum of S1OO
per individual in this camp drive
We have enrolled in the State of
Mississippi 55,643 Negro All Club
members. The drive starts during
National All Club Week, March
5-13. This years drive will close
November Is.
/ District Leaders Meetings for All
clubs will be as follows: Indianola
March Is, Oxford March II, Jack
son March 81, Hattiesburg March
%. Kosciusko March 3d.
| Other All Club Activities are:
State All Club Development; Ma
tional Negro Health Week, April
1910; National All Club Sunday
May %; State Short Course, July
11-16; National All Club Camp
Tennessee State College, July 25-
! August 2; National Achievement
Week, November 5-13; State Al
Club Roundup, November 1915;
Some of our major Sponsors of State
Activities are: Jackson Chamber Of
! Commerce, Jackson Negro Chamber
of Commerce, Delta Council, State
Farm Bureau Federation, Sears
Roebuck & Company, G. M. R. & o.
Railroad Company, Security Life
Insurance Company; All Club Cal
endars for 1850.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1949-03-12
Pleads Guilty To
Miscegnation;;
Gets Three Years

In Roanoke, Va, last Friday
Clark Council Hamilton. 2O-year-
old Navy veteran, pleaded guilty
to a charge of violating Virginia S
miscegenation status and Judge T.
L. Keister sentenced him to three
years in the state penitentiary but
suspended the sentence on Hamil-
tons good behavior.
1t is said the Judge asked the
defendant if he intended to leave
Virginia and his attorney, T. War
rem Messick stated that he would
leave Immediately.
Hamilton returned to the Jail
where he had been confined since
December %, packed his clothes
and departed, presumably for Balti-
more where he had been arrested
on warrant sworn out by the
mother of a Roanoke County girl
whom he had married on May %,
1948. He had been charged with
violating a Virginia law that for
bids the interracial marriage of
white and Negro people
Hamilton had married the 49,
year-oId Florence Madelon Ram
mond on May % and on the mar
rage license obtained in Salem, he
had given his race as white.
When confronted with certified
copy of a birth certificate for a
Clark Council Hamilton, Jr.. born
on July 4, 1948 in Russellville, Ala,
OF "colored' parents, Hamilton adj
mitted that he was Negro.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1949-03-12
lota Phi Lambda Sorority To
Present Iougaloo Choir AT
Amite Theatre, Sum-, Mar. 20
Proceeds For
Scholarship Fund

On Sunday evening, March 20,
1949 at o'clock, Alpha Pi Chapter,
Iota Phi Lambda Sorority will pre-
sent the TOUGALOO COLLEGE
CHOIR in concert. This program
will be held in the newly renovat-
ed and beautiful Amite Theatre on
Amite Street.
This will be the choir's first full
program to be presented in jack
son and those music lovers who
have been fortunate enough to have
heard this well-trained young
group of singers on occasions when
they have rendered two or three
numbers on other programs given
in the city, will be thrilled over
the program that has been released
for the concert, Sunday, March 20.
The choir is under the direction
Oh H. t. Pearsall, who is a gradu-
ate of Fisk University, received his
MA. Degree from the Western Re-
serve, Cleveland, Ohio, and studied
! at the Lawrence Stevens Institute
of Music He has been music direc-
tor at the following schools: A. &
M. College, Normal, Ala; Cleveland
Junior High School; Stowe College,
West Virginia and at present, Tou-
galoo College.
Miss Brown, the accompanist, is
a graduate of Howard University.
Featured soloists are Dorothy Nay
Tor, Dipporah Rhodes and Thomas
Barnes. The group will feature mu-
sic from the 10th century, Russian
Liturgy arranged folk songs and
modern compositions of America.
They have appeared at billiard Uni
versity and other points.
The public is cordially invited TO
attend and tickets in the amount
of SOC and Csc may be purchased
for the following Sorors: Hattye
Palmer, Celestia Chambliss. Hilda
Gilmore. Elizabeth Thames, Willye
Afford. Eddie Mae Butler, LESSEE
Mae Larry, Sarah M. Harvey.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1949-03-12
Kinds Schools
Get New
Trustee Staff

Trustees of the Kinds County
schools for the term beginning i'm
mediately have been announced by
Robert Mayo, Kinds county super
intendent of education.
The members of the board of
Trustees are elected by patrons of
the schools and will serve three
year term in that capacity.
Trustees for colored schools are
Willie Stenson, Bakers Creek No
l; BAN Hunter, Bethlehem; John
Vaughns, Bracey; A. c.. Sanders
Burleigh Hamilton; George Kelley
Ford Hill No. l; Eddie Davis, Brown
Dunk Tucker and A. T.. Chambers
Champion Hill; John Boyd, Curtis
Ridge; Howard Williams, Hart; Jul
lious Roby, Herring No. 2; Simon
Jacob, Hill of Zion; Johnny Hicks
Hubbard, Sidney West, Johnson
Line; Randolph Cole, Learned; Eu-
gene jenkins, Mari Grove; Clifton
Keqzie, Midway; r. w. Montgom.
tery, Morning Star No. 2; Wash Clay
McRaven; Major Outland, Mt Hood
Howard Gordon, Mt. Marian; Ar
thur Frazier, Nixon; Joe Robin
son, Shady Grove; Walter Ander-
son, Sand Hill; John Ed Turner
Summer Hill; Fred Porter, Terry
Grove; and Job Barney, Winter
Burn. This list is still incomplete
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1949-03-12
Statewide Meet
For QuartetfS
Here, March 29

According to Leroy Ford, Publ
city Chairman for the local Quar-
tett Singers, Statewide Organi-
cation meeting for all Quartet
Singers has been set for Tuesday,
March 20, at Hills Hall, N. Parish
Street, here in Jackson.
Quartet singers from all over
state are being contacted and are
expected to be present or send rep
resentatives to this meeting, at
which time an executive board will
be selected.
The main purpose of this .organi-
cation is to better conditions for
Quartet Singers and to insure the
general public of better music for
this particular source.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1949-03-12
Miss. State Teachers To Meet
In jackson, March a. rs; Dr..
Kara Vaughns, Principal
Speaker, On Program
Gov. Wright To
Speak On
Thursdays Program

According to w. w. Blackburn
Executive Secretary of the Mis-
sissippi Association of Teachers in
Colored Schools, the annual meet.
ing of the association will be Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, March
"a, Is, 26, at Lanier High school in
Jackson, Miss, and a large atten-
dance of teachers from every Sec
ton of the state are expected.
High on the entertainment pro-
gram is the scheduled principal ad-
dress to be delivered by DR.. Kara
Vaughns, a native of Mississippi
who is an instructor at Grambling
College in Louisiana.
Another outstanding feature OF
the three days meeting will be the
address on Thursday afternoon by
Governor Fielding Wright.
The theme of the Association this
year will be: "Evaluation of the
Curriculum to the Problems of CT
tizenship."
Officers of the Association are,
President, W. Milan Davis, Okolo-
ma; Vice, N. r. Burger, Hattiesburg;
Recording Secretary, Mrs Meta
zee Harris; Asst. Secretary, Miss
Sadie O. Jones, Gulfport; Registrar
Miss Norwida Nichols, Biloxi; Asst
Registrar, Miss G. d. Harrison, Bay
st. Louis; Treasurer, A. A Alexand-
er, Brookhaven; Custodian Journal
Fund, B. B. Dansby, Jackson, Exc
cutive Secretary, w. w. Blackburn
Jackson
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1949-03-12
State Soldiers
Held On Murder
Charge OF Negro

FORT SMITH, Ark. - Two Camp
Chaffee, Ark, soldiers probably
will be arraigned March 81 on
charges of numbering Negro man.
The two fifth armored division
enlisted men, Richard L. Odom,
and Edward Flemons, were bound
over to Circuit Court at a prelim-
mary hearing before Municipal
Judge Thomas Pitts. Both men are
from Clarksdale, Miss.
Odom and Flemons are accused
of killing the Negro, Will Kendrick,
by hitting him with bottle. Ken
drick died in a Fort Smith hospital
last week. He was injured on Feb.
z.
The two men were arrested after
Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler had
ordered a detailed search of the
two suspects among the entire COM
mand of the Fifth Armored divis-
ion. They were released to civilian
authorities after their arrest by
military police.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1949-03-12
Two Schools To
Get Cash Under
Regional Plan

ATLANTA, Ga. - Meharry Me-
dical College, second Negro oper-
ated institution, to do business with
the proponents of regional educa-
ton in the south, will get $4,000
IN the next two years from the
state of Georgia.
The institution will take 200 Ne
gro medical and dental students
from Georgia, South Carolina, Lou
isiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Ar
kansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma,
Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, and
Virginia.
The college is supposed to get
$500 for each student. The same
plan will apply to white students
under the segregated plan.
Representative of 10 southern
colleges met here last week and
agreed on contract forms under
which participating states will con-
tribute to the education of medical
and dental students under he re-
gional plan.
Meharry is the only medical
school in the program for training
Negro students. Tuskegee has been
designated for training veterinar-
ians.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1949-03-12
Negro Rural
Center Dedicated
AT Columbia

COLUMBIA, Miss. A Negro
rural center, probably the first of
its kind in the United States, was
dedicated near here last February
%.
A mired audience of more than
1000 persons heard two bishops de-
dictate the 100000 Mississippi rur-
al center in the hampton commune
ty of Marion county.
Negro welfare and inter-racial
harmony were stressed by the
churchmen-Bishop Marvin Frank
lin of Jackson and Bishop Robert
Brooks of New Orleans representing
the white and Negro Methodist
churches of Mississippi, respective
ly.
In the dedicatory address, Bishop
Franklin said the purpose of the
building is to produce complete
personality He praised the OBJ
jectives to develop sound bodies,
good minds, good relations and clos
er relations with God.
He said that here the Negro youth
of the section can find social life
far removed fro mthe honky- tonk,
here they will learn to breathe
pure air and demonstrate that the
white and Negro can live together
like Christians. He urged his hear
ers ITO be bridge builders and to
turn friction into friendship
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1949-03-12
Lanier Dramatic
Club Presents
3 One Play

Three one-act plays-"G Grandma
Pulls the String" by Delano and
Carb, Uncle Jimmy by IONA Gale,
and THE Bishops Candlesticks"
by Norman McKinnel-will be Civ
en- in the Lanier High school audi
torium on Friday evening, March
18, 1949, at 7;30 o'clock by twenty
members of the Senior Dramatics
Club.
The plays will be presented under
the direction of Mrs. Albertine H..
Mason, sponsor of the club.
There are fifty members in the
club and they are all uniting in
staging the plays and are serving
on various committees.
The admission price for adults
is so cents and students, Is cents.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1949-03-12
8 Negro Field
Grade Officers I
In Command

HEIDELBERG, Germany The
recent arrival of Major Harriet M
West in the European Command
raised to eight the number of Ne
gro field grade officers serving with
the Occupation Forces in Germany
They are:
Lieutenant Colonel Marcus H
Ray, of Chicago, Illinois, Adviser
on Negro Affairs to General Lucius
D. Clay, Commander-in-C Chief. Eu-
ropean Command.
Lieutenant Colonel Hyman Y
Chase, Of Washington, D. c., COM
handing officer of the oath Trans
portation Truck Battalion and over
all commander of all ground trans
portation units participating in the
Berlin airlift operation at the Rhine
Main Air Force Base.
Major Walter H. Dabney, of
Washington, D. c., commanding Of
ficer of the 370th Infantry Battalion
at the Kitzingen Basic Training
Center.
Major Bennett G. Gray, Jr., of
Chicago, Illinois, commanding of
ficer, 371st Infantry Battalion, also
at Kitzingen Basic Training Center.
Major James R. Hillard, of New
York City, commanding officer of
the 373rd Infantry Battalion, Gies-
sen. Major Hillard served with the
372nd Infantry Regiment. during the
war and was recalled to extended
active duty last year.
Major Baxter Scruggs, of Los An
geles, California, public information
officer and troop information and
education officer at the Kitzingen
Basic Training Center.
Major Roy w. Sorrell, of New
York City, executive officer of the
oath Transportation Truck Batta-
lion in Frankfurt. Major Sorrell
was one of four Negro officers re-
Gently pomoted to the permanent
rank of major in the Regular Army.
Major West, the only Negro w.
A. c. officer with the u. S. occupa-
ton forces in Europe, has bten as
signed duties as assistant post in
spector at the Kitzingen Basic
Training Center.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1949-03-12
DR.. Charles SatcheN Morris
To Be Guest Speaker At
Parish St. Baptist Church

DIR. Charles Satchell Morris of
Los Angeles. California, will be
guest speaker at Parish Street Bap-
tlst Church, DR.. c. A. Greer, pas
tor, Tuesday night, March 18th for
the Education Committee of the
church.
The subject will be The Quest
Cor The Best. He will also be
guest speaker for the NAACP We'd
nesday night, March 10Th at the
same place. Subject will be The
Negro In The American Picture.
Admission free A public offering
each night.
DR.. Morris is internationally
known orator.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1949-03-12
Undergraduate Chapter
Of APA At Tougaloo

On February 81, the first Missis-
slppl undergraduate chapter of AL
lpha hi Alpha fraternity was es-
tablished at Tougaloo College, Tou-
galoo, Miss National President of
Alpha, Attorney Belford " Law
son, Washington, D. c., made the
presentation address.
The new chapter, Gamma Upsi-
Ion, was sponsored by the states
only graduate chapter, Alpha Epsi-
lon Lambda, of which, Hershel C.
Latham, Sr. is president. Ten out
standing campus leaders were mi
tlated by Regional Vice-President
Charles Tarpley, Memphis, as chart
er members. Their names are as
following: Sidney L. Clark. Gage
Johnson, Theodore Jennings. Theo-
dore Brooks, Matthew Burks, Hen
ry I. Drake, Arvarh Strickland.
FELTON, c. Plate, Hubert L. Wallace
and James Ingram.
President Lawson's address was
acclaimed by all the most agrees
sive heard in Mississippi since Re-
construction days. He urged all
Greeks" to unite in demanding
Brotherhood, not for week nor
in some distant tomorrow. but for
every week and right now. He
challenged his audience, composed
largely of college trained folk rep
resenting the various fraternities
and sororities, to democratic prac-
tees in fraternal and everyday liv-
ing; stating that Jesus Christ would
be black-balled if he applied for
membership in the majority of
Greek letter organizations. Stand
up and be counted" he insisted, for
militant living, Incorporating for
full liberty and justice for all peo-
pies. Attorney Lawson's address
was broadcast over station WINK
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1949-03-12
Final Rites Held
For Mrs. Chinn

Mrs. Annie Chinn, age SO, died
at her home, 101 Noel Street, Jack
son, Miss, Saturday evenin, Feb
ruary 10, 1949 at 7:O5 pm.
Mrs. Chinn was the wife of Mr.
w. M. Chinn, a prominent business
and civic leader.
Funeral services were held from
the Parish Street Baptist Church
on Monday, February 81, 1949 at
200 pm. with the Rev. c. A. Greer,
pastor, assisted by Rev. A. L. Rice,
pastor of the Mt. Helm Baptist
Church of this city. Interment fol-
lowed in Elmwood Cemetery with
Peoples Funeral Home in charge.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1949-03-12
YMCA Organizes
For Membership
Campaign

Plans have been made by the
Committee of Management of the
Parish ST. Branch YMCA for the
Annual Membership Campaign, APP
ril Ais. V. ]. Jones of Security
Life Insurance Company has been
selected as General Chairman and
H. S. Sanders, Principal of Lanier
High School, Associate Chairman.
Both men have had experience in
handling campaigns of this nature.
The following members of the
Association have signed up for Di-
vision Managers: L. j. Marshall,
Sturgeon Campbell Clarence Ev-
ans, and T. c. Almore
A meeting of the General Chair
man. Associate General Chairman.
and the Division leaders will meet
at the YMCA Building, Saturday
evening, 500 pm. at which time
captains for the campaign will be
selected by the managers.
Messrs. Clarence Evans and L.
~. Marshall have worked in two
membership campaigns of the "Y''
with much success. Messrs. Spur
geon Campbell and T. c. Almore
have one years experience, but
were high producers. The two men
were exceeded only by Mssrs. w.
H. Turner and Perry Sanders in
production during the 1948 cam
paign.
D. N. Howell, Associate Execu-
tive of the Southern Area Council
of YMCAs will come to us as Cam
paign Director. Mr.. Howell, distin-
guished himself in the 1947 cam
paign, and is well-known and es-
teemed in ~" circles here in the
city. He initiated the Royal Order
|of Spizzerinktum (Go-Getters),
which spirit has since prevailed in
~ Campaigns.
Many men will be called upon
to serve in this campaign, and it is
the firm belief of the Association
that they will respond in the same
manner that has been exhibited in
the past.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1949-03-12

Coming to the Colored Skating
Rink, Friday, March Is is T-Bone
Walker who will delight music and
dance lovers with this famous or
chestra.
Advance Tickets, $l75; AT Door,
$500. Advance Tickets on sale at
Blackstone Cafe, Snack Bar. Book
Ier T Grill, Minis Cleaners, Joe's
Grocery, Palace Poolroom, Acme
Cafe and Tolliver's Cafe in Canton.