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Arkansas State press., 1949-02-18
Stephens School

Social Studies, Literature, Sci
ence, and Arithmetic become more
meaningful with the use of the
new moving picture machine and
an Argus slide film machine
Many interesting facts are being
learned by the pupils of Stephens
through the use of these machines.
Both teachers and pupils feel that
these visual aids are playing big
part in getting the important job
of teaching done.
The most recent purchase is
victrola for the primary depart
ment. Now both the elementary
and primary departments have in
struments. Many happy faces can
now be seen as the children en-
joy their music appreciation pc
Arkansas State press., 1949-02-18
SEARCY
Arvada Dupriest

Inspiring sermons were preach
ed by Rev. W. M. Davis, pastor
at Bethlehem Baptist Church at
both services. Amount of money
raised was as follows: Club No. !,
500; Club No. 2. $3.50; Club No.
3, $875; Club No. 4, $500; public
collection $576; a total of $32.0l
........ Rev. and Mrs, W. H. Marley
announced the formal opening Of
their cafe on West Pleasure St.
........ Miss Carrie Lou Howard.
Miss Anna Bernice johnson, and
Mrs. Idle Mae Ashley visited in
Little Rock Saturday $500. James
Walker, manager Of the Southern
Sons Quartet of Little Rock, was
here Sunday at the home Of Miss
Carrie Lou Howard, 307 S. Lowell
st. He has been training the Har-
mony Sons Quartet of this city.
Arkansas State press., 1949-02-18

February ~ to March 5, Thomas
w. Young. President Of the Negro
Newspaper Publisher Association.
has announced.
Programs of both a national and
local nature are being organized
to project before the American
people the theme that the Negro
Press stands as defender Of our
Constitution. and constant chal.
lenge to the full application Of IL
principles to all Americans alike.
The observance will be launch
ed with a Is minute nationwide
radio broadcast on Saturday. Feb
ruary 70, via the National Broad
casting Company. The program u
now in preparation and will in all
probability comprise the announ-
cement of the Second Annual
John B. Russwurm Awards. nam.
ed after the first Negro Publisher
In this country.
Wowdal H. Davis. Vice Presi.
dent Of NNPA and Chairman Of
the Observance Committee, said
also that a second network show
for later in the week Is being
tor broadcasting companies. Here
sought with one Of the other ma
tofore 1t has been customary to
present two radio shows. Through
the initiative of various newspa-
per publishers, he added, other
time is being secured by them to
serve purely local interests.
In addition, the Davis Commit
tee has asked schools and colleges
throughout the country to hold
special observances Of Negro
Newspaper week through assem-
blies, exhibits, public meetings
and visits to publishing plants in
their areas.
Arkansas State press., 1949-02-18
Dunbar HI School
by u. u. tyson
Principal Impresses Youth

ny II. u. Aysuu
Principal Impresses Youth
One of the tenth grade English
classes was studying paragraph
writing. In reading the work the
teacher found several very i'm
pressive writings. Charles Lee
wrote the following paragraph. II
think that Mr.. l.. M. Christophe,
the principal Of the school that
I attend. has the finest charac-
teristics Of any man in his posi-
ton and possesses the power that
he has. My reason for thinking
as I do is because he is loyal,
courteous, trustworthy and has
great respect for the faculey and
student body. and for that l am
proud. That is the chief reason
why he will continue his progress
in life.
Negro History Week
Each year the History Depart
ment of Dunbar High School takes
much interest in Negro History
Week. AS usual many activities
have been sponsored during this
celebration. Homeroom program
this week stressed Negro History.
do You Know tests on Negro
History were given IN all history
classes on Wednesday. Tuesday
afternoon, Junior College and
twelfth grade history classes were
addressed by Ethiopian students
from Philander Smith College
Films on the Negro were shown
in history classes Friday. Prizes
were awarded during Negro His
tory Assemblies. Mrs. G. H. Scott
heads this department.
Girls Assembly
Each month one of the Counsel
ing groups is responsible for the
All Girls Assembly. This month
the seventh grade had the respon-
sibility and they have surpassed
everything that has been present
ed SO far. Not only have they
shown superiority over previous
girls assemblies but they have
raised the rope very high for the
group coming after. The theme for
this assembly was The Well
Groomed Girl.
Glass Attends SanitCrum
itOrum
w. Harper continued the pro-
gressive move that is being made
at Dunbar by taking his science
Arkansas State press., 1949-02-18
Shorter Prexy Gives
New Precedent .
Little Miss Arrives

For the first time in quite a
few years, Shorter College has
the pleasure of welcoming into
its midst the mascot Of mascots,
new baby daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert H. Alexander, presi-
dent of Shorter College, and his
wife.
Sheila Ann Levonne Alexander
was born around two o'clock in
the afternoon, Friday and weigh
ed pounds and Ia ounces at
birth. Mother and badly are doing
fine Daddy is jubilant
With its fine physical, mental
and spiritual heritage from both
sides OF the house, we predict
Arkansas State press., 1949-02-18
Ell DORADO

Rev. w. M. Mullins is Ill, pu
improving He is at his home ane
will welcome visitors ........ Mrs
Dovie Carey of $40 E. Pine Street
Tulsa, Okla, is here visiting heI
father, Rev. w. M. Mullin .......
Rev. E. c. Cutter and Rev. E. d.
Champion visited Rev. Mullins
Sunday ........ The K of P held its
regular meeting last night. O. 7.
Legrand, c. c. .~.... Rev. Cutter
will be at Willow Grove Baptist
Church, Gallon, Sunday $780,. Lit
tie Donald Ray Davis, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Fate Davis, 1915 Hills
boro Street, has returned from
the Warner Brown hospital. He is
recovering very nicely ...... Mrs.
Blanche Williams who has been
i'll for two weeks is improving
-. The PTA of Fairview School
neld its business meeting Tuesday,
Feb. 9Th with Mrs. F. M. Haw-
thorne presiding. Plans were made
to render a program in order 70
bring more parents together. The
Program Committee. Mrs. Hazel
Peterson, chairman, is in charge.
Scout News of Fairview School
Brownie Troop As met in Heem
6 Friday morning. Plans were
made to have an exhibit before
the school term ends. Plans were
also made for the various meet
ings at which times the girls will
cook and at other times, sew, or
hold a business meeting. A variety
of games will be learned. Mrs.
Leila Smith, leader; Miss 1lean
Allen, Asst. leader; Mrs. Anna
Pierce, Troop Committee.
Arkansas State press., 1949-02-18

Friday afternoon the 60 class,
w. Watkins, teacher, presented a
pantomine of Famous Negroes,
The narrator was Nell Cooper.
The Negro in war was depicted by
a group of boys with Early Toll
bert acting as Drill Sergeant. Lee
Eta Branson represented the
Waves. Others were Dorrie Mill
er--William Alien, Charles French
Frank Jones, Marian Anderson
Vera Upper. who sang. Jackie
Talley. Barbara Noble, and Dorothy
Mitchell also sang. John Roemer
Arnold represented Paul Robson,
Harvey Ray--George Washington
Carver, Charlene Allen--Mary Nc
Leod Bethune. Joe Smith--Matt-
hew Henson. Johnny MITCHELL
Joe Louis. Hazel Moore recited"To
Be A Negro In A Day Like This.
The ushers, Mary Savage and Ruth
Thomas, presented eight special
guest. Mrs. Benson Jones and H.
E. Cooper made encouraging re-
marks to the group. Principal
Arnold gave the closing comments,
Two of the Fifth Grade groups.
SO and 81, visited the Wonder
Bakery Friday morning. Critic
teachers, Mrs. I. Shropshire and
S. T. Caruth accompanied by stu
dents teachers, Theodore Bright,
and Miss Tyson, chaperoned fifty
six pupils. In addition to touring
the bakery, movie on nutrition
was shown, refreshments were
served, and games were enjoyed.
Arkansas State press., 1949-02-18
STEPHENS

Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Watson and
DR.. H. H. Rinehart of Warren were
visitors in the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Rinehart here. While
here they attended services at St.
Stephens Baptist Church. Step
hens Branch Of the NAACP met
at 5 D. m. Sunday at st. James
AME Church. 80. The Stephens High
School held series Of programs
each day last week observing Ne
gro History Week.
Arkansas State press., 1949-02-18
Shorter T. O. N.
Entertains Faculty
And Students

The T. o. N. Club, Shorter Col
lege, which sponsored Brother
and Sister Heart Week during the
days preceding Valentine Day,
entertained the faculty and stu
dent body in their initial party
OF the year, Tuesday night. Spon-
sor of the Club is Mrs. Yvonne
Douglass, Psychology, and the
president is Miss Annette Hunter
of Georgia.
Arkansas State press., 1949-02-18
Showing Social
Security Card
|nsures Full Credit

Husbands who give their social
security number to the boss from
memory, or who fail to give it al
all, are gambling with the future
security of their families it was
announced today by Guy Tucker
manager of the Little Rock social
security offcie.
Wage credits are posted to the
workers account when the correct
name and number are sent in by
the employer Wages reported by
name only or by name and with
a wrong number, can be credited
only if contact with the employer
or employee produces a correct
number.
Since future social security
benefits are directly geared to
wages posted to the workers ac-
Mr.. Tucker said, "the
worker, in his own interest and in
he interest of his family, has a
definite reason to see that his
employer gets his name and num-
Der directly from his social secu-
'ity card"
Mr.. Tucker said many wives do
lot know that social security pays
Heath benefits. He urged all work.
ars to show their cards to their
families and tell them to take the
card to the social security office
in the event of the death of the
worker.
Arkansas State press., 1949-02-18

Church Sunday at 8 p, m, for the
benefit Of the Trustees 49,. The
PTA met at the school Friday.
% were present, Mrs. Myrtle High
shaw is president ........ Mrs. Naomi
Mcdonald and Mrs. Glennie Hill
attended the funeral of Mrs. Halls
sister at Hampton Sunday ...,...
Elizabeth Circle met at the home
OF Mrs. Birda wilkins Monday .....
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Jones Of
Camden visited Mrs. M. N. Lewis
Sunday ........ Rev. and Mrs. James
Johnette were dinner guests Of
Mrs. Fannie Lee Martin Sunday.
Arkansas State press., 1949-02-18

Mrs. Sallie Thomas. Mrs. Elnora
Wesson, and Miss Doris Wesson
are ill.,. Born to Mr.. and Mrs. D.
Clark, a boy.
Arkansas State press., 1949-02-18

Mrs. Jerry Mitchell and Mrs.
Alice Lee Chitmon are i'll ........
Rev. J. Rowe of Ell Dorado
preached at Olive Light AME
Arkansas State press., 1949-02-18
.-SP-
Shorter Issues
Deans List

Dean S. E. Rutland Of Shorter
College has issued the DEANS
LIST of the institution. This list
contains the names Of students
with at least a B average and no
grade less than c. They will be
among those feted on Honors Day
at a date to be announced by the
Alpha Phi Delta Honor Society,
Miss Altha Brown, Science De-
partment, principal sponsor, Out
standing on the list Is Mrs. Jessie
B. Turner, Of Carthage, with an
all A average. Second on the list
is Miss Margaret Greene Of Thorn
ton, with an average only slightly
less than that of Mrs. Turner.
Mrs. Turner serves as matron IN
the girls dormitory. and Miss
Green is an assistant in the bust
ness office.
Below is given the list with
grade point scores-3 represents
perfect.
t,u,NYyfop ut ACC
Arkansas State press., 1949-02-18

Miss Fr Feb 49, 1s4s STATE PRESS
Shoter
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-19

cup of rice each per day and
hut. The wash boy gets SO per
month and the yard boy gets so
cents per day and a hut. These
boys are all highly respectful and
seem to appreciate very greatly
any small favor shown to them.
Every morning at daylight, La
Har, the yard boy, cuts the grass
and trims the hedge under our
window. He is a cheerful little
fellow and sometimes sings in his
native Gizzie while he works. AT
rican songs. and even the Ian
guages sound much like Chinese.
The languages are tonal and tn
songs are usually high pitched an
monotonous with much repetition
of the same basic theme. One me
ming, La Har sang for awhile
his native Gizzie and then to my
surprise began to sang in pidgin
English:
Who threw the whiskey in the
well?
Who threw the whiskey in the
we'll?
Deacon Jones lay down to pray.
All he said was hey! hey!
Who threw the whiskey in the
well?
NEXT ISSUE: The funeral of
one OF Liberals Great Men.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-19

cally no callle III the country, due
to the determination Of cattle nv
the tsetse fly. A small native chick
en-, half wild, hogs, deck and bush
COWS make up practically all of
the meat supply in the regular
native diet. Therefore, the native
will eat almost any meat that
he finds available - elephant.
snakes, lizards, ants, rats, cats
and monkeys. Contrary to comon
opinion in the Western World
there is known instance of an AT
rican having eaten human flesh
The "cannibals" Of Africa are
myths.
DR.. Flemmie Kittrell of Howard
University shows her study of
foods and nutrition Of the natives
of Liberia that there is a definite
protein deficiency in tn enative
diet. / have seen no milk in Liberia
except dried milk and canned milk
impirted TO Foreigners. The ma
tive eats only one meal day and
that would compare favorable with
the "three meals per day" of
working people in America. Plan
tation workers begin work at day
light and work until noon. They
then have their heavy meal con
sisting of a large quantity or rice
boiled casava, dried fish or other
meat if available. Very little bread
is eaten. Fortunately, the native
has an abundance of fruits, bana
mas, oranges, lines, coconuts, etc
There are no horses or Other
beasts of burden in Liberia. Lacl,
ing power machinery, eferythinc
is head loaded b ynatives in the
most primitive way. 1t is amaz
ing to see natives building modern
roads with picks and shoyels ar
carrying the dirt on their heads
The native Liberian is probably
small in stature because he and
his forebears has adjusted his
physical body to fit the condition
OF his environment. 1t is interest
ing to speculate on why Liberia
has not only small people, but also
the worlds smallest hippottmus
and the smallest species of deer
/ think it would be safe to So
that the Liberian native is til
kindest and most good nature
primitive person in the worl.
Even the crudest looking native
tina tone meets on the trail far
inland will respect a civilized per-
son, and may even tip his hat
when he passes. A number of
| missionaries have told me that
they have entrusted their women
and children with the mostprim-
tive tribes and there is no known
instance of their being molested
Lone women missionaries have
travelled and worked amoni the
natives without any trouble.
Booker Washington Institute has
an enrollmen of some $50 boys.
was amazed to find that most
of these boys are natives boys come
from practically all the tribes of
Liberia. Some of these bows, es-
pecially those in lowe rgrades, can
scarcely sneak and understand
English. There are four native
boys who are servants in the
Principals home. John Cooper, the
cook, is about 70 years OF age.
lie is married and has wife
named Yinglee and baby daugh-
ter named Margaret (nan2ed after
the Principals daughter). The
wash boys name is Yuah. They
belong to the Mamma tribe. The
two house boys are Carnu and
John. They come from the Clio
tribe La Har is the yard boy and
comes fran the Gizzie tribe. The
cook gets SO per month wages.
a hut and a garden plot. The two
house boys get So per month and
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-19

On giant airliners the weight o.
he air used to initiate the tires IL
IN appreciablc item. It has been dis
sovsred that lightweight helium
gas can be substituted for the mir
About 26 pounds of heliunc VIII dc
The Job that formerly took 100
pounds of Ill, Thus the payload o.
~ p'ar.e IL tncreas ed
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-19
NO. a

NO. q
FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF
LIBERIA
was in Africa only few hours
before | made an observation that
was contrary to what I had read
in books and articles about the
people of Africa. The native Liber-
ian is smaller in stature than the
average American or European.
should estimate that the average
rs as much as is pounds less. 7
have not seen a native that coul9
be called fat since | have been in
Liberia. The average native is
short, stocky, dark brown in color
clean shaven, thin lips, and usually
devoid of the Negroid feature
sometimes shown in books as rep
resenting native Africans. TIL
big burly black" thick Tipped ne
tive simply does not erist in Lii
eria. There are tribes OF gian'
and also tribes of pygmies in othe
sections Of Africa, but the natl
of Liberia are the low average
the Africa npeoples, insofar
size is concerned. The only ma
that / met that is distinctly above
the average in size is he night
Waterman of Booker Washington
Institute. He is a big boast 'ul
comic, weighing at least 210
pounds and standing about feet
two inches in his bare feet. He
a dark copper color and appears
to be about 40 years of age. Most
natives DO not know their ages)
This man has no Christian or
surname insofar as | can ascer-
tain. He is known simply as No.
| Two. He has been called this from
childhood. Naturally, writing check
and other lagal papers in the name
of an individual and has only a
number instead of name, pre-
sents quite problem. In many
cases natives are forced to adopt
( civilized names. They usually end
as John Smith or some other stan
dard English name. Although "No.
Two" has worked FOR the insti-
tute for twenty years, he spoke
only few words in pidgin Eng
lish which could scarcely be under
stood. The United States Army in
Liberia during the war had made
q lasting impression. on Number
Two. He wears a tattered Off
GERS uniform and he springs to
attention and salutes and demon
strates the proves of his strength
at moments notice from a stran-
ger. He takes delight in telling of
burglar who was caught break
ing into the home OF the principal
He pulled the burglar back through
the window and the burglar bit
him on the hand. Number Two
killed the burglar with his other
hand!
I checked with several scientists
as to the small stature of the ma
tive lLberian. 1t seemed TO be
comon agreement that the reason
was the same as probably caused
the Japanese to be small - a de-
ficiency in proteins in the diet.
The native has but little meat in
his diet, only what he can kill
in the forrest. There are practI-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-19
| | B E R | A n
T R A v FL O G

By
Jacob l.. Reddix, President
Jackson College
Jackson, Miss.
A day to day account of a six
month study in the African Re
public of Liberia. The author is
using this method of greeting his
many friends students, Col
lege staff, and citizens.
Evening star., 1949-08-14
Mrs. Hettie Hawthorne
Funeral Rites Today

Funeral services for Mrs. Hettie
J. Hawthorne, 81, a resident OF
Loudoun County for 43 years, will
be held at 2::30 o'clock (EST) this
afternoon at the Baptist Church
in Round Hill, Va. Burial was to
be in the Leesburg (VaD Cemetery
Mrs. Hawthorne died Friday at
the home of her daughter, Miss
Mary L. Hawthorne, 2019 I street
NV, with whom she had been
living since her illness last year.
Born in Abingdon. Va. she was
the daughter of DR.. Robert E. and
Jennie Grant. Her father was a
dentist. In 1906 she moved to
Waterford, Va, with her husband,
Noah B. Hawthorne, who owned
"Waverly Farm there. They
moved to Round Hill in 1918. Mr..
Hawthorne died in 1884.
Mrs. Hawthorne was active In
church and community work in
Waterford and Round Hill. She
was a member of the Presbyterian
Church.
Surviving. in addition to her
daughter, are five sons, Hugh r..
New York; N. B., Purcellville, Va;
David E., Arlington; James w.,
Roanoke. and K. G. Hawthorne
of Washington; two daughters,
Mrs. Charles G. Lueck of Wash
ington, and Mrs. H. Malcom Hay,
Western Springs, H.: five grand
children. and two great-grand-
children.
Evening star., 1949-08-14
british Aviutrix NEARING End
OF Yeur-Long Globe Flight

LANDED at BLUE West One, a
United States air base in Southern
Greenland, six and a half hours
later. The big bomber stayed right
with her and also landed at BLUE
West One.
Canadian authorities said Mrs.
MorroW-Tait was now outside
Canadian jurisdiction. They said
the bomber would return to goose
Bay but refused to speculate on
whether the British girl would
have further trouble with Ameri-
can authorities in Greenland.
Her stunt yesterday was similar
to the transatlantic flight of
Douglas Wrong Way" Corrigan
who was forbidden to fly the ocean
i in 1898 because his plane was
overweight. He took off from New
York, supposedly for Long Beach,
California. TWenty-three hours
and 13 minutes later he landed in
Dublin, and to this day still insists
with a chuckle-that faulty
compass took him to Ireland.
Mrs. MorroW-Tait will have one
more over-water hop from Ice
land to Britain before she fulfills
her dream of being the first Wom-
an to pilot a single-engine plane
around the world.
Evening star., 1949-08-14
By the Associated Press

The Air Force, which sings
about flying in "the wild, blue
yonder," announced plans yester-
day to discover what the stuff S
like IS miles above the earth.
To find out. it said it is starting
a new rocket reseach project
using 3,OO0-m miles-per-hour mis-
siles developed by its aerial rival
the Navy.
The two-year program will be
conducted at the Holloman Air
Force Base at Alamogordo, N
Mex, where the first "Aerobee'
rocket will be fired next Tuesday
The Air Force said in a state
ment that results of so rocket
tests will be used in helping de-
sign new guided missiles which
some scientists predict eventually
may be able to circle the globe.
The new project is an expan-
sion of similar tests the Army has
been conducting with German W.
rockets for the armed forces at
it's White Sands, N. Mex, proving
ground.
Powered by a liquid fuel rocket
motor, the 20-foot-long Aerobee
was first fired at White Sands in
March, 1948. Last March two
others were launched from the
Evening star., 1949-08-14

Running Reeerd-Countless Packards-many OF
them in tough, round the clock commercial
service-have rolled up individual records of
more than 100000 miles. And today's new
Packards are the most durable ones of all!
Evening star., 1949-08-14
Sparkman Will AnaIyze
HOUSING Bill in Broadcast

Senator Sparkman, Democrat,
Iof Alabama, will analyze his new
housing bill today in the George
town University Radio Forum Of
the Air from / to 1880 pm. over
Station WARL.
The Alabaman has introduced
series of amendments to the
recently enacted public housing
bill which would provide, among
other proposals. FILA financing for
privately built homes. Another
view of the amendments will be
presented by Herbert s. Cotton
general counsel Of the National
Association of Home Builders.
The Georgetown Forum is spon-
sored weekly by the student-body
In today's discussion. Norman j
Simler of the Graduate School will
be moderator. Another student
participant will be Roger M
Dougherty of the law school. This
is the 142d consecutive round table
discussion. The forums originate
in the studio on the campus and
the public Is invited to attend.
Evening star., 1949-08-14
BY the Assoeioted Press

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Aug
13.-Mrs. Richarda Morrow TAFT
was ready for the next to last hor
of her year-long 'round-the- world
flight today after pulling 9
"Wrong-way Corrigan" from Can
ada to Greenland-with bomber
escort.
The 26-year-old British house
wife was preparing for a flight
to Iceland after defying Canadian
regulations which say single-en-
gined planes cannot attempt
transatlantic crossings.
At Goose Bay, Labrador, yes
terday the red-haired aviatriX was
ordered to return to Bangor. Me.
her stopping place before she flew
to Goose Bay. A our-motor Lam
caster bomber of the Royal Ca
madam Air Force was ordered tc
escort her and see that she re-
turned to Bangor
Mrs. MorroW-Tait and her nav
igator, Michael Townsend, both OF
Cambridge, England, took off al
8 am. yesterday, ostensibly fol
Dow Airf1eld, Bangor. But she
quickly aimed the nose of her little
plane toward Greenland and