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Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-04-15
Thoughts on Life
The Task Unfinished
BY DIR. JOHN w. HOLLAND

these: ITO build a business that can
not be finished"
The idea of the promoter evidently
is that his business will grow and
change and that there will always
be something unfinished about it.
The founders of the business know
that, in their short lives, there will
always be the indefinite horizon Of
completion, something more to do,
when they hand over the enterprise
to younger hands.
1t is an intriguing idea, well worth
thinking about as the annual Easter
tide comes near.
1t is Jesus thought that the soul
cannot be completely grown in 70
years. The older we grow, the more
conscious do we become of the un-
f-inishedness of our spiritual selves.
And so, men naturally long for
completion, greater and finer than
they can hope to attain on earth.
eff in this life only we have hope,
we are of all men most miserable"
I verify believe that the resurrec-
ton of Jesus from the dead was nee
essary. It had to be to remind us Of
the fact that our souls, touched by
Christ's spirit, require an eternity of
time in which to grow into the
spiritual perfection which the new
birth of spirit starts within us.
1 thank God for this belief. The
undertaken will bury but the mate
rial part of us-the outgrown house
of the soul. Because He lives, we
shall live also," is the word upon
which millions have pillowed their
heads when everything earthly paled
and faded for them.
Upon this sensitiveness to the in
completeness of my life here, 1 rest
my case with Gods universe, with
the many questions which my head
can raise, but cannot answer, l lOok
upon the resurrection morning as the
birthday of all that I can hope and
dream and feel that in Goods good
time for me, I shall have the an
swer.
I can best express what I feel by
some lines that came to me as I was
riding across the level prairies and
deserts of New Mexico. The clouds
were beautiful and as shutdown
neared, God dipped His brushes in
the sun and painted the heavens
with a glory that words cannot de-
scribe. The clouds in the distance
seemed to dip to the horizon, but as
the train went on, they seemed as
high. Only far in the distance did
they seem to reach to the earth.
If you have watched the p~ageantry
of clouds,
Till, as far as sight could 60,
The gorgeous clouds seemed to come
down
And touch the earth line far below:
1t only seemed, for when you trav-
eled far,
And came to that horizon,
The clouds were just as high, and
space head
Called you to travel on.
And SO when death brings seeming
end
To all our dreams and hopes,
And we peer toward life's western
skies
Where imagination gropes,
Well find Gods far, new spaces fo1
the soul;
Arkansas State press., 1949-07-22

watehl ing monkey eating
peanuts, but when they
saw ate naturally, they
seemed satisfied.
Much credit is due the managed
of MeLellan's for his pioneering
spirit, Even on a segregated basis
the Little Rock Negro is apprec-
alive for decent place to eat in
the downtown section of Little
Rock. II is TO be hoped that more
Negroes will patronize MeLellans
and II is further hoped that more
convenienees will be made avail
able for Negroes at McCellan's.
Credit is due also to the Civic
League Of which Jeffrey Haw-
klns is president. for ingenuity,
since in the beginning there was
only one stool available for Ne
groes and due to the thoughtful
ness of the league, four stools
were then provided.
incidentally, the ceiling didn't
cave in as | sat eating in Nc
Lellan's. ! wonder If Pfeifers of
Arkansas would make such a step?
Arkansas State press., 1949-07-22
late AT
kcCLELLAN'S
BY Jewel Porehe'
of the PRESS staff

Someone told me that Negroes
were eating at MeLellan's Five and
Ten Cents store located between
9th and 7th street on Main and
didn't believe it. That is, | didn't
believe that Negroes We're being
treated like human beings and
were allowed to sit at the counter
and eat. However, to satisfy my
curiosity | made a special trip
to McLellans and sure enough at
the head of the counter four stools
are placed in front of a small
partition labeled "coloredn. sat
on one of the stools and found il
was no BOBBY trap, the stool was
strong and comfortable just like
the other stools that white people
sat on.
] waited patiently while a Me-
gro girl served two white people
before asking for my order. en-
cidentally, the colored girl was
quite nice and courteous but very
Slow While waiting ! made these
observations: Curious customers,
both white and colored, looked at
me with amazement. At least three
white people sat on the stool next
to the partition without noticing
me, but upon recognizing that
was colored and sitting only one
stool from me teven though there
was a PARTITION they prompt
~ moved farther down the coun-
ter without comment and without
causing undue attraction. In other
words, they sort of sneaked to the
END Of the counter. At least one
white girl of about 20 years old
sat doggedly on the stool next to
the partition to await her order.
Though she convinced herself that
she would sit there and eat. she
turned her back to me. One color
ed woman saw me sitting there
and thought it was safe, so che
rather reluctantly on a stool and
waited TO place her order. When
and thought it was safe, so she sat
only half on the stool as if ex-
pecting to run or to be asked I'D.
She was told by the colored wait
ress that her order could not be
filled and with much relief she
walked away from the counter.
As ! sat on the Jim crow stool
meditating wondered how the
cashier would distinguish my
money from that Of the whites
since there was no jim crow |
lash register. Maybe she placed
NY money in segregated section
Of the cash register
When began TO eat my sand.
rich several white people sitting
II the counter watched me as il
Arkansas State press., 1949-07-22
NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE
Distributes COPIES OF BROCHURES

Memphis Horace Sudduth,
president of the National Negro
Business League, evidence salts
faction upon learning from Mrs,
Rosa Brown Bracy, secretary to
the Budget Committee of the lea
que, that her office has distribut-
ed 10000 copies of The Dawn of
New Day for the Negro TO
leaders and institutions all over
the nation Purpose of the brochure
is to point out the accomplish
ments and detectives of this 49,
year-old organization founded by
Booker T. Washington to encour-
age Negroes to enter the field of
business. Ready responses were
made to the booklet by such well
known personalities as DR.. c. C.
Spaulding, president if the North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
Company, who declared in his re-
ply, NO organization has done
more to stimulate business among
Negroes than the National Negro
Business League Carlton Gaines,
Detroit; DR.. F. D. Patterson, pres
ident OF Tuskegee Institute; Frank
l.. Williams, st. Louis, Mo, educa-
tor; DR.. Emmett Scott, Washington,
ID. C.; M. c. Clark, Cleveland,
Ohio. A. Maceo Smith, of Dallas,
Texas; Leroy Crayton, of Crayton
Sausage Co. Inc, Cleveland; and
Claude A. Barnett, Director of
the Associated Negro Press, Chic
ago.
Mr.. Sudduth, prominent Cincin-
natl, Ohio real estate man. who is
rounding out his first year as pres
ident of the National Negro Bust
ness League. is shown looking
over one of the brochures with
Arkansas State press., 1949-07-22

Mrs, Bracy at the lea le's Mem
phis, Tennessee office FLOWING
an address he delivered 10 bus
mess leaders of Bluff City. The
Budget Committee, under DR.. J..
E. Walker, chairman, and Mrs.
Bracy, secretary is seeking to
raise $4,000 before the 49th, an
nual convention meets in De-
troit Michigan August oath, 25th,
and 26th, Campaign Month for
the league has been set between
July 18th and August 18th. during
which period ii is hoped that the
financial goal will have been
reached.
League officials are urging
everyone who has received the
brochure to carefully read it and
then respond to the appeal made
for an adequate budget to carry.
on an effective program Contribu-
tons or requests for copies OF the
brouchure should be sent to the
headquarter of the National Bud
get Committee, SAG Beals Avenue.
Memphis, Tennessee.
All persons who contribute $l0O.
90 or more to the campaign fund
will have his name inscribed on
the leagues Honor Roll. The name
Of everyone who gives will be list
ed in the history which is now
being prepared by Aldon Holsey,
public relations director, Tuskegee
institute, and former secretary of
the league.
Next year the National Negro
Business League will observe its
Golden Anniversary at Tuskegee
Institute Booker T. Washington
organized the league half
century ago.
Arkansas State press., 1949-07-22
~ IL dpllts
MRS N. l.. Stephens
-----SP-----
Race Association
Reaches 81 Million
In Record Time

Los Angeles--The Broadway
Federal Savings and Loan Associa
ton of this city has accomplished
the unprecedented feat for a Ne
gro financial institution of attain.
ing total assets in excess of 81 00o
200 in slightly less than 2&l-2
years of operations.
The semi-annual statement of
the ASSOCIATION, federally char
tered institution affiliated with
The Federal Home Loan Bank
Board, showed assets of 205I 3a5
W on June 30. This figure makes
broadway the largest saving and
loan association owned and con.
trolled by Negroes. although one
OF The very youngest. Until now
the Mutual Building and Loan As.
ISOLATION of Durham, N. c., had
held the leadership.
Founded in 1916 and opened for
business in January 1947, the com.
pany, under the direction of H A
Howard, president and genera,
manager, has forged ahead con.
stantly in its task of building an
institution that would make
loans readily available to Negroes
Tor home financing purposes
More than sl,s60, 900 Of the assets
OF Broadway were outstanding in
the form of loans on real proper
ty when this statement was issued
Under the stimulus of Mr.. Ho-
ward, other savings and loan as
sociatons operated by Negroes
organized the American Saving
and Loan League last fall and cleo
ted him its first president. The
group seeks to educate people te
the wisdom Of using these associa
tions for their thrift accounts, ant
to encourage the formation of thi
type of financial institution as
worthwhile self-help venture
Arkansas State press., 1949-07-22
B E D B U 6 S
Reaches All Insects

Now science brings you the
wonder killer, the newly devel-
oped ALLDEAD containing d
DIT and the terepane chemicals.
Danish bedbugs and sieep well
tonight. Kill germ carrying
reaches, destructive ants, buzz.
ing flies, singing mosquitoes,
and rid yourself permanently
OF all insects with ALLDE.AD
as thousands or satisfied users
have done. Guaranteed to work
or money back. Send So to-day
for chemicals for one gallon Of
ALLDEAD-ON OUR ALSO,
Lutte MONEY BACK GUAR,
ANTEE that you must be sat-
isfied or money returned. Avs
now. Write New York Insectl.
eide Company, Dept. 3O8, ia
w. 42nd St., New York, N. y.
Arkansas State press., 1949-07-22
Negro { { Writes
JbC's President

The Negro Chamber of Com.
merce of Greater Little Rock last
week congratulated Dean" II. L.
johnson on his excellent manage
ment of the johnson Business
college and his contribution to the
business world.
The contents of the letter to
President johnson is as follows:
Dean H. l.. Johnson
johnson Business College
1922 Ringo Street
Little Rock, Arkansas
Dear Sir:
There has been no greater con-
tribution in behalf of Negro bust
ness in Little Rock or the state
of Arkansas than the Johnson
Business College. II has led the
way to economic progress and to
social and cultural advancement
of our race group.
we believe your experience
and training in the business world
plus your excellent management OF
johnson Business College hao
much to do with your new bust.
ness venture of purchasing the
now hotel. Therefore the Negro
Chamber of Commerce takes
pleasure in eongratulating you for
having purchased the southwest's
largest hotel
We pledge you our moral
support and wish for you much
success, continued endurance and
God-speed.
Respectfully submitted.
Atty. w, A. Singfield, Pres
c. Franklin Brown
Arkansas State press., 1949-07-22
w. C. Handy
Fund For Blind

Aioany, N. Y.-(Atlas)- W. e
Mandy Foundation for the Blina
me- Chartered in the District q
Columbia, has filed a certificate
designating New York State officee
ior raising and distributing fund,
10 aid the Negro blind.
The famed composer Of the .Sf
LOUIS Blues" Memphis Bluex-
ana many other songs, is himself
blind.
Arkansas State press., 1949-07-22
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our many
friends for kindnesses. telegrama
and flowers during the reoene
death of our mother and gram
mother. Mrs. Martha Ruffin.
Mrs. Lucille Searles, daughtu
Mines. Addie Nelson. =.
Alice Meadows Of Chicago
and Pearl Lee Flynn of Tulsa
granddaughter.
Arkansas State press., 1949-07-22

over rapidly boiling water and
cook. beating constantly with rotary
beaten for Z minutes or until FROST
ing stands In peaks. Remove from
heat. Add favoring. beating In
well. Makes enough to cover top
and sides OF two 9.inch layers.
Marshmai,ow coeonut Cake: Use
light corn syrup In both cake and
frosting. Sprinkle frosted cake
with shredded coconut.
Four-Fruit Sherbet
. cups mashed bananas
cup lemon Juice
u cup orange Juice
" cup light corn syrup I
n teaspoon salt y
l egg white
cup sugar
/ cup milk
Y cup maraschino cherry juice
v cup coarsely chopped ~
maraschino cherries
teaspoon grated orange rind n
Mash bananas thoroughly with
lemon juice. Add orange juice
corn sysup and salt Beat egg
white until stiff but not dry: gradu
ally beat In sugar. Fold into banans
.mixtupe. Add milk. stirring slowly
Add maraschino cherry . mice
chopped cherries and orange rind
Turn into refrigerator freefing tray
Freeze with control set ct coldes(
point until mixture IL almost firm
Place IN chilled bowl and beat with
rotary beaten. Return 70 freesine
tray and continue freezing ountN
firm. beating mixture once with .
spoon Set cold control midway
between fast freexing and norma
for STORAGE Makes I mart i
Arkansas State press., 1949-07-22

c II. Jones
MRS N. l., Stephens
Arkansas State press., 1949-07-22

For graduation or any other
occasion where simple party Is
order. this "ught-as- dream"
AXE and refreshing Four-Fruit
fhciJ-. &C sTrc TO Please. The
corn syrup in your cake makes v
moist and tender. and keeps the
Four Fruit Sherbet smooth!
Sea Foam Layer Cake
2ss cups slfted cake -four
3 teaspoons baking powder
teaspoon salt
cup shortening
" teaspoons vanilla
VI cup sugar
cup karo Syrup. Red or Blue
Label
3 eggs, unbeaten
y cup milk .....
Sift together first three ineredi.
ents. Thoroughly cream shortening
and vanilla. Add sugar gradually.
cream together until light and
fuzzy. Add syrup and mix we'll.
Add Y Of the sifted dry ingredients
10 creamed mixture. Heat until
smooth. Add unbeatcn eggs. one II
. time. beating we'll after each
addition. Add remaining dry In.
gradients alternately with milk.
Pour into 2 creased and Toured
s!.ch laye. pans. bake IN moder.
ate oven 1850 FL 30 to IS minutes.
when cool. cover With Sea Foam
rrosting.
esa Foam Fsostlne
: egg whites -
cup darn com syrup
u teaspoon salt
teaspoon vanilla
Combine egg whites, syrup. and
salt IN tom at double boiler. Place
Arkansas State press., 1949-07-22

Smallest boat ever TO cross slse
Atlantic ocean was a l4-foof row.
boat in which Ivar Olsen and NDhn
Traynor rowed from Bath. Me, 10
LeHavre. France, in 1881. The "Trip
took So days. = !
OW
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-16
SPECIAL CARE THIS WINTER

and Lubricants to help seal out ~fr-.iog
moisture . protect bearings and viz en-
CINE parts. Your Oval-E Farm Servi:, Man
will be glad to give you all the help and
advice you ask for.
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-16
Man Paralyzed 6 Years, Gets
New Car, Cash From Friends

GREENVILLE, Pa.-The shiny
new automobile rolled to a stop In
front of the Ralph Riley home.
Ralph, paralyzed for six years,
guided his wheelchair to the street.
A salesman popped from the car
and asked Ralph how he'd like to
try the special driving controls
that eliminate the use Of the feet in
driving. Maybe, the salesman said,
the controls could be fitted into
Ralph's 10-year old car.
Ralph got into the car. The con-
trolls worked fine. Another auto
pulled up behind him. Some people
jumped out. They told Ralph the
car was his. They also gave him a
collapsible chair, SIS in cash and
paint for the Riley house.
Tia gifts were from friends and
former co~-workers. Ralph was
hurt while welding on q wartime
ship order.
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-16
Dream Voyage Ends
For Boston Engineer

PITTSBURGH.-T Seven Seas,
dream ship" for the Frank Potter
family, ended an 11-month, 5000
mile voyage here. The trip was be-
gun at Boston where Potter, a
sales engineer, dreamed his dream
of a sea voyage, and then made
the dream come true.
On its journey from Boston, the
vessel-a 46-foot schooner carrying
two masts-followed the Atlantic
coast around Florida, crossed the
Gulf of Mexico and sailed up the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
Potter bought the schooner at a
Long Island dock. He sailed her up
to Boston, where he quit his job as
a sales engineer, packed his wife
and children aboard and set sail
for his home town of Beaver.
After a brief stopover in Pitts
burgh, the Potters set sail again up
the Ohio river to Beaver. There
the Seven Seas was to be put up
for sale.
Dreams have to end sometime"
Potter philosophical. Nov we ex-
pect to settle down and buy a home
and I'll have to hunt a job"
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-16
t2.Year-0Id Has Big Time
Spending PiIfered S375

BOSTON-A 12-year old boy had
a wonderful time spending $375 he
pilfered from a pocketbook. He
told police this is how he spent the
money:
He spent SIS treating his pals to
ice cream and soda pop.
He tore up 500 because he
thought it was a counterfeit bill.
He gave 500 each to two
friends.
One friend cashed his 500 bill
in a store and the clerk kept $50
for making change. With the re-
manning $40 he bought a harmoni-
ca, a cowboy suit and a Sunday-go-
connecting jacket and pants.
The thrifty member Of the trio
banked his $500 to buy new clothes
for the fall school term.
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-16
First Incubator Baby Asks
II as Anniversary Present

CHICAGO-Perlee Mathers, who
was Americas first incubator
baby, would like to have that incu.
bator for his 59th birthday.
The incubator, first ever used in
this country, saved Mather's life
after he was born in 1890. At birth,
he weighed only n pound and
was only eight inches long.
Just as doctors despaired OF
keeping him alive, the incubator
he now wants arrived in New York
from France.
The incubator disappeared, how
ever, 1fter having been shown at
the Columbian Exposition here in
1893 and later at the Smithsonian
Institution in Washington.
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-16
Laurel Nile Club
Entertained Monday

Entertaining for the Laurel Nile
club, Mrs. j. r. Heebner and Mrs.
Joe Nicholas were cohostesses at
the Masonic temple, Monday after
noon. Fifteen members were pres
ent and Mrs. Vinton Shay presid-
ed at the business session.
Members brought toys to be
packed in Christmas boxes for the
children at the Shrine hospital.
Plans were formulated for the
December meeting when the Queen
of the Nile will be a guest of
honor.
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-16
Fire P~recaution

Set stoves and heaters on sub.
stantial bases well away from walls.
Place a sheet of metal under stoves
on wooden floors. Protect any near
by woodwork with sheet metal or
asbestos. Keep smokepipe clean, in
good repair, securely supported,
and at least a foot from woodwork
or combustible material. When
smokepipes pass through a COM
bustible partition use a ventilated
thimble with a foot clearance
around the pipe.
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-16
Humane Actions
Toward Animals
Pay Dividends

CHICAGO.-Year by year hu
name acts to animals r paying
off. Samaritans who help animals
in distress, where these be under
18 years old, win national honors
for their efforts.
The American Veterinary Medi'
cal association, which bestows the
awards, believes that a corner
stone" of its practice is the re
lief of the suffering of domestic
animals and livestock"
The association presents its
awards to youngsters under 10,
either boy or girl, for an exception
al act of kindness to animals dur
ing the year.
Nominations are received from
throughout the United States and
Canada. Winners are chosen by a
three-member committee of veter-
i~narians. Presentations are made at
the associations annual conven-
tions. Winners get a certificate
oCoSllDlllS lllcll dSt - @NN
a $500 US. savings bond.
Not ALI for Heroism
The idea was originated by DR..
W. A. Young, 81, director of Chi
cago's celebrated Anti-Cruelty So
ciety. He headed the award com
mittee until he was succeeded by
DR.. S. T. Michael of San Francisco.
Not every award is won for a
single act of heroism. The commit
tee also takes into consideration a
candidates record of consistent
gentleness and mercy towards
animals.
Activities of the youthful entrants
include, in addition to the rescue of
animals from danger, the staging
of benefits for the care of lost dogs
and volunteer work in animal hos
pitfalls.
Three of the associations six
awards have been for heroism; the
others for humane deeds for animal
friends.
One of the winners was Frank
Kiemele, Chicago, who edits pet
News" a weekly newspaper de-
voted exclusively to animal stories.
The standard-size, 10-page %publica-
ton is circulated in 81 foreign
countries.
Twelve-year-old John Newton of
Columbus, Ohio, won the 1916
award for establishing National Cat
Week. He gave up his vacation in
summer camp to take over the job
of winning nationwide recognition
of the cat.
Only One Girl
Suzanne Weller, IA, Pittsburgh,
Pa, is the only girl honored. Pretty
blonde Suzanne received the 1947
award for her singlehanded capture
of a rabid fox terrier which had
bitten more than 80 persons, includ-
ing herself.
Winner of last years award was
Richard Swank, Is, Of Mentor, Ohio.
He rescued an abandoned and i'll
puppy. With the aid of a local
veterinarian, the boy nursed it
back to health. Later he worked to
earn his own money to pay for ar
operation needed to save the ami
mails life.
A boys love for his blind dog, a
companion since childhood, won the
associations 1949 award. Richard
Rose, II, of Detroit, was recognized
.or his thoughtfulness in building a
headgear fitted with bump
ers so the dog could walk without
injuring itself. Veterinarians be-
ieve the device will be useful for
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-16
Ship Builders

A century ago the swiftest ships
afloat were the graceful clippers"
built in New England shipyards.
Today shipbuilding is still an i'm
portant industry in this region.
Every type of craft is built in New
England shipyards, from the might
lest battleships to the smallest fish
ing and pleasure boats.
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-16
Citrus Juices

To get the full vitamin value
from citrus juices do not strain
them. The pulp contains a lot OF
vitamin c.
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-16
Cracked PaneS

Cracked window panes will hold
up indefinitely if sealed with cello
plane tape.
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-16
Death from Fire

About II, OOO Americans lose their
lives by fire each year-more than
half of them women and children.