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Arizona sun., 1949-10-07
been renamed the English build.

been renamed the English build
ing.
In addition to the building there
are new tennis courts across the
street from the gymnasium and just
south of Victory Village on the
curve of the highway. The old
tennis courts have been broken up
and removed to make room for new
maintenance shops.
To combat a critical housing
shortage there will be the addi-
ton of two new dormitories, one
for men and one for women. The
mems dorm will be located on the
site which Green Gables now occu-
pies, while the new women's dorm
will be built south of Gammage
hall. Total cost of these two prof.
ects will exceed $500,000.
Further building plans include
the construction of a new Admin
istration and Agricultural building,
permanent student center and an
auditorium.
Arizona sun., 1949-10-07
Units Completed In
Construction Plan

In the four years following the
war, the campus of Arizona State
College has undergone many far
reaching changes as part of a
five-million-dolIar building pro-
gram-a program which bids we'll
to make ASC one of the outstand-
ing educational institutions in the
Southwest.
First on the list of completed
building projects is the new Sci
ence building at a cost of 100000.
Now near completion is a $4,000
remodeling job being done on the
old Science building, which has
Arizona sun., 1949-10-07
Economic Rights Of The Negro People
CA report from the National Conference Jobs and
Economic Crisis of Negroesl


Negro working men and women suffer most acutely
the ravages OF the serious unemployment which exists in
country today This true because big business seeks
to maintain Negro workers of cheap labor
which may be used to depress Standards divide and
dlSOT1ent the labor the
swollen profits of monopoly.
Immediately after VI Day. the gains which had been
by Negro workers in war industries were wiped out
Negroes dismissed from jobs in dsproporonately
large numbers the unemployed and relief lines multiplied
rapidly in the Negro community than in any oher
disaster faced thousands of families.
Today it is estimated that 10 million of the five mil
lion unemployed Americans Negroes The bulk of this
number consists of young people, workers who find
that plant after plant has adopted policy of hiring
possible. Negro have added difficulties in finding
suitable employment large numbers being returned
to the relief rolls to jobs in domestic service
Even during the only out of thirty Negro
able to find whitecollar jobs clerks stenographers
and the like, while out of three white
classified.
All of the problems of discrimination in EMPLOYMENT
greatly aggravated in the Southern states where
and terror customary employed to maintain the dis
advantage status of the Negro workers. In the principal
southern industry textile Negro workers excluded
altogether from production jobs In many other industries
the crassest wage dfferentia based still exists
In all fields OF employment, Negro workers confined
to the most menia and unsked pursuits And in agri-
culture the vast majority of Negroes allowed to exc
only the barest existence dayaborers sharecroppers
tenant farmers.
This Conference recognizes that economic security and
whole until the Negro people win absolute equality of
opportunity in the economic life of the nation This
cures the endng OF all practices OF discrimination by gov
ernment private in to
jobs with equal pay for equal work. in upgrading in
apprenticeship training and vocational education in
berShp and participation in trade activities the
dlspenSaton OF unemployment and relief benefits It
qures the establishment of special safeguards through
legislation and administrative regulations and contractua
special economic disadvantage of the Negro people is
rapidly overcome.
Arizona sun., 1949-10-07

Dry Lake, six miles west of Will
cox, provides one of the worlds few
permanent mirageS.
Arizona sun., 1949-10-07

Dogs were among the first ami
mails domeSticated.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-07-07
SAND SPRING CHURCH OF GOD
Walter |. Martin. Minister.
GORTNER

Worship services Sunday in the
morning and evening.
The Sunday School contributed $15
on Sunday for the United Brethren
Benevolcnce.
On July 18th, Pastor Ray Spencer
will conduct the annual all-day SER
vice in honor of his mother and other
aged folks in the grove, near Silver
Knob.
Misses Anna and Freida Lichty,
and Mrs. Harold White were in
Meyersdale on Thursday, where An
IA remained for minor operation in
the hospital and is spending several
days with her sister, Mrs. Elmer
Yoder, near there.
Dan Lichty, who accompanied his
brother-in-aw, Elmer Schrock, on a
trip to the west coast number Of
weeks ago, is now confined to his bed
at the home of another brother-in-
law, Simon Hershberger, at Kalona,
Iowa, for at least ten days with
ulcers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Beeghley, Mr..
and Mrs Ray Bceghley and their
families were recent guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. George Grove, at Somerset
Pa.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs Harold
White over the weekend were Mr..
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-07-07
KEMPTON
Hospital Notes

nOspltal Notes
Dewey Myers, Davis, W. Va, a
former Kempton resident, has re-
turned from an Elkins hospital. He
has been seriously i'll.
Skippy Simmons, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Simmons, fell from his BIZ
cycle and cut cash in his forehead.
Several stitches were required to close
the wound.
Frank Heck, Cumberland, was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs E. r. Knots.
On Thursday he suffered slight
stroke and returned to his home, ac-
companied by Mr. and Mrs Knots.
Ms. Sam Terrant is a patient in
an Elkins Hospital.
Birth
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Lipscomb an
nouncc the birth of their first child,
a son, named Ronald William, June
23rd.
Personals
Miss Irma Cook is the guest Of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. N. Cook. She
is an Annapolis grade teacher.
Harold Sweitzer accompanied Daft
fly Raleigh to Haw River, North
Caroline on Sunday.
Mrs l.. w. Duling, Mrs. +. p. Dice
and Kenneth Dice were visitors in
Elkins on Thursday.
Kenneth Etberg, Pittsburgh, is a
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Gauer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-07-07

Edward f. Harvey and Kenneth
Harvey were visitors to Cumberland
on Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Trout and fam
lily, Shoot Pa, were guests of Dewey
Lewis and family.
George Bennett and son Robert and
Henry Wendt, Cleveland, Ohio, were
guests of w. P. Bennett and other
Kempton friends. George is Il former
resident, the son Of Mrs. Ben Ben
nett and the late Mr.. Bennett.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Broll and
son Kerry and granddaughter, Judy
Shumfione, Cumberland, were recent
guests here.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-07-07

Private First Class Robert w.
Sincs, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Sincs, Oakland, is now serving with
the Eighth Cavalry Regiment in
Japan which is on maneuvers. The
mancuvers, which are being held at
the base of Mt. Fujiama, Japan, will
last for a period of eight weeks.
Private First Glass Sines entered
the army in March, 1947, and has
been overseas since September, 1917.
He is assigned to Company f., 8th
Cavalry Regiment, LIST. Cavalry Di-
vision.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-07-07

Cottage Meetings, 500 p. m,
Wednesday, at John Herman's, Acct
dent; Thursday, Mrs. Joseph Her
mans, Oakland; Friday, Roy Zim-
merman's, Mt. Lake Park.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-07-07

and Mrs. Cecil Soldiers, of Fairmont;
Mr. and Mrs Gay Rembold, Of Key
ser; Mr.. and Mrs. Keith Cosner, Of
Aurora.
Miss Betty SwartzentIuber was
home from Johnstown over the week
end
Delbert SwartzentIuber is home
from Canton, Ohio, for two weeks
vacation. He accompanied his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Swartzentruber,
on a trip to Seneca Rocks, via Peters
burg, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Art Critics, newly
weds Of Washington, were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Beeghley at Sunny
side.
Mr. and Mrs Harlem Bcckman and
family Of Aberdeen, spent the Fourth
at S. w. Slabach's and Isaac Beck
mans.
Miss Ruby Jackson has returned
from Fairmont.
Those recently visiting at the home
Of Jacob Pctersheim's were Mrs.
Lydia Wcnger, Allen Wenger and
family, Of Springs; Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Hershberger, Norfolk, Va. and Jonas
Petershoim and family
Jonas Lichty, of Salisbury, visited
his home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs Lester Moon and
sons, Of Sunnyside, spent Sunday
evening at Mr.. S. w. Slabach's
A crowd attended "A singing at the
home of Henry Swartzentruber on
Sunday evening.
Dan Mullct, Mary Hershberger, of
Ohio, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Zook, Lam
caster, Pa. and Mr.. and Mrs. Sol
Hostctler, Of Springs, were Weekend
visitors and were accompanied to
Meyersdale on Tuesday by Miss Katie
Sunny.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-07-07
EV. UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH
Mountain Lake Park. Md
Rev George W. Simpson Pastor

Lynndale-W Worship and Sermon, 10
a. M; Sunday Church School, II a.
M; Young Peoples Service, Tuesday,
7:45 p. m.
Loeb Lynn-Sunday Church school,
10 a. M; Jr. C. E., $50 p. M, Adult
C. E., 7:15 p. M; Worship and Ser
mon, IL a. M; Prayer and Bible
Study, Thursday, 1870 p. m.
Underwood Sunday Church school,
200 p. M; Worship and Sermon, 800
p. m; Baptismal service by INNER
sion, 3:45 p. M; Young Peoples ser
vice, 7:45 p. m.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-07-07
ST. PAUL'S METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Denver c. Pickens. DID,. Pastor

9:3O a. M, Church Sunday School.
Classes for all.
1890, Nursery for children of pre-
school age that the parents may at
tend the worship service.
1919 a. m, Morning Worship. Ser
mon subject, "Unfailing Resources. y
The choir will sing Blessed be the
Name of the Lord" by Wilson, with
Jay L. Bell as soloist.
You are cordially invited to attend
this service.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-07-07
MT. LAKE BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. w. c. Rogers. Pastor.

10 a. m, Bible School.
7 p. M, Baptist Training Union.
Worship service at 3 p. m.
Tuesday, s p. m, Prayer meeting.
Ferndale Baptist Church
GAS a. m, Preaching Service.
10:45 a. M, Sunday School session
Friday, July Is, , p. M, Regis
tration Day for the Daily Vacation
Bible School.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-07-07
RED HOUSE LUTHERAN PARISH

NtN. q. n. JOneS. E.IJ.. FasLOT
Missionary Society and Church
Council meet at the church next
Tuesday evening.
Motion pictures to he shown next
Monday evening are THE Great Silk
Route" and "Peacemaker.' The first
is travel picture in full color, and
the latter a story on world peace.
St. Johns Church service next Sun
day morning at II o'clock.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-07-07
ACCIDENT ENGLISH LUTHERAN
PARISH
William L. Carlson, Pastor

" TTITTTII Il VdT I9OTI' dNVVT
St. Pauls, Accident, Holy Com
munion at $3.50 a. M; Sunday School,
l0:30 a. M;
Grace, Friendsville, Sunday School,
10 a. M; Holy Communion, 1l;l5 am.
St. Johns, Cove, Sunday School, 7
p. m; Service at s p. m.
The Ladies' Aid of Grace Lutheran
Church, Friendsville, will meet on
Thursday, July 7, at 500 p. m. at
the homo Of Mrs Bell.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-07-07

Sunday Church school, 10
a. M; Adult c. f., 7:15 p. M; Wor-
ship and sermon, 7;45 p. m; Jr C.
e., Wednesday, G;30 p. M; Prayer
and praise service, Wednesday, 1880
p. m. All services ID. S. Z.
Paradise Sunday Church School,
10 a. M; Young Peoples service, Fri
day, 7:45 p. m.
McHenry-Sunday Church School,
10 a. IN.
SAND SPRING CHURCH OF GOD
Walter |. Martin. Minister.
Sunday School at 10 a. m, Wilbur
limbaugh, superintendent.
Young Peoples Group meeting at
z pm.
8 p. M, The ordinances Of the
church will be observed at this ser
vice.
Keller Glade
Sunday school at 10 a. M, Adolpb
Guthrie, superintendent
IL, "After Conversion"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-07-07
SAND FLAT GOSPEL
TABERNACLE
n. e Hnmnt pnStnr

Sunday School, 10 a. m; Morning
Worship, II a. M; Evangelistic Ser
vice, s p. m.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-07-07
BITTINGEk LUTHERAN PARISH

Sunday School: 10, Bittinger; 1890,
Meadow Mountain; 10:45 Jennings.
Worship: 9:45, Jennings; IL, Bit
finger; 3, Meadow Mountain.
Missionary Society: Friday, July s,
Bittinger; Tuesday, July y, at Jcn-
ninpS
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-10-22
n. c. State Fair
Denies NAACP
Charges Of Bias

CHARLOTTE. N. c.. Oct. ii =
Charges of discrimination against
Negro school children at the South
ern States Fair were denied this
week by the exposition's president,
DR.. J. S. Dorton, in letter to
Kelly NJ. Alexander, president of
the North Carolina State Confer
ence of the National Association
for the Advancement Of Colored
People.
Mr.. Alexander had protested the
fact that NEGRO school children
were not extended the courtesies
that were advertised for all school
children of Charlotte and Meek
lenburg county" and had asked
that Negro children be allowed "to
enjoy the opportunities in demo-
cratic society"
Admitting that the greatest
problem" at the fair "exists in the
fact that we do not have adequate
dual toilet and sanitary facilities"
DR.. Dorton informed Mr. Alexan-
der that while obviously we cam
not share (these) without friction
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-10-22
Negro Police
Begin Patrol
Duty In Georgia
Capitol

Atlanta, Ca, Oct. IA (SpeciaD-
The dramatic scene of Saturday,
April 3. 1913 was virtually dupli-
Gated here Wednesday evening
when a throng of eager onlookers
milled about in drizzling rain to
watch four Negro Policemen begin
their first tour of duty in two
police patrol cars since being given
authority as law enforcement Of
ficials more than a year ago.
Assembled at their Butler Street
Police Precinct Station, the police
men were equally anxious as the
Sgt. f. B. Brooks, commander of
the eight-man Negro patrol force,
made the first patrol assignment.
Assigned duties in patrol car Is
were veteran officers Willard
Strickland and Ernest Lyons. Off
GERS Henry Hooks and Robert Nc
kibben, also veteran policemen
were assigned duties in patrol car
number 81.
An order authorizing two patrol
cars for Negro policemen was an
nounced Tuesday afternoon by
Chief of Police Herbert T. Jenkins
in departmental office memo
randa. This marks the first time
Continued on Page Four
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-10-22
Community Chest
Backs Negro Boy
Scout Program

There are over $50 Negro Boy
Scouts in Jackson.
There are three phases to this
program. CUB-SCOUTING is a
home-centered, neighborhood acti-
witty for boys who are eight, nine
and ten years of age. The boys
mother and father must be part
of the program if it is to success
full. BOY SCOUTING is a COM
munity-wide out-of-door activity
for the older boy who is eleven,
twelve and thirteen years of age.
Capitalizing on the boys love of
adventure and camping, the skill
ed Scout Leader has an opportunity
to develop a consciousness of SER
vice to the home and community
and to other people that is foun-
dation for future participating
citizenship. EXPLORING is for
young men fourteen years of age
or over. Here the many fields OF
adult interest are introduced to the
Young man and he has an oppor-
tunity under adult guidance to stu
dy and explore those that interest
him. The out-of-doors may still
challenge him, the many facts OF
aviation, the lore and skills of the
CONTINUED on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-10-22
Bates Attorneys File Motion To
Obtain Records On Salaries Paid
White And Negro Teachers
u. S. Judge To Hear Arguments
On Motion This Week
Moves Stops Early Decision In Case

The Bates Case was filed by
Mrs. Gladys Noel Bates, a teacher
in Smith Robinson School here in
April, 1913. After the filing of the
suit both Mrs. Bates and her hus-
band, teacher at Lanier High
School were dismissed from SER
vice.
The filing of the new motion is
seen as stopping any early deci-
sion in the case in the local court.
which had been previously set for
trial early this month by u. S.
Judge Sidney C. Mize.
Attorneys for Mrs. Bates said
that Judge Mize stated that he
would hear arguments on the mo-
ton sometime this week.
The new motion in the case was
filed by Atty. James M. Burns, of
Meridian, who with ecial
NAACP Counsel, Robert L. Carter,
of New York, A. P. Tureaud, of
New Orleans, forms the legal staff
in the case, which is being spon-
sored by the local Branch of the
National Association for the Adj
vancement of Colored People.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-10-22
NAACP Board
Tables Plea
To Gust White

NEW YORK, Oct. 13-The board
of directors of the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement of
Colored People voted to table a
recommendation from the executive
committee of the New York branch
ito request and accept the resig-
nation of Mr.. Walter White and
make known to the public their ac-
ton"
This action, t aiken by the board
at its regular monthly meeting on
October 10, leaves unchanged Mr..
Whites status as NAACP secre-
tary-on-leave. The recommendation
of the New York branch is the only
such request received by the board.
Mr.. Whites leave terminates on
May 81, 1850.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-10-22
Vets From All
Sections OF State
To Attend Mass
Meeting Here

One of the largest crowds of
Negro Veterans ever assembled in
the state are expected to attend
the state wide mass Meeting and
Conference of veterans to be held
here Saturday, Nov. 5. beginning
at 10 a. m. at Christ Temple Church
corner Grayson and Monument
Streets.
James H. Rundles, chairman of
the temporary veterans committee
of the Mississippi State Democra-
tic Association which is sponsoring
the Mass Meeting and Conference
said here early this week that there
are already indications that dele
cations will attend the meeting
from every county in the state.
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-10-22
Gen. George c.
Marshal! To
Speak On Negro
Education

New York - General George c.
Marshall has accepted an invitation
to speak at a Symposium on AM
erica's stake in higher education
for Negroes, to be held November
%, at the Hunter College Audi
torium here, at $40 P. NJ, it was
announced today by DR.. F. D. Pat
terson, president of Tuskegee In
stitute, and the Fund. DR.. Benja-
min E. Mays, president of More
house College, Atlanta, Georgia
one of the Funds member colleges
will be the other speaker on the
program, and Mrs. Mildred Nc
Afee Horton, former president OF
Wellesley College and wartime
head of the WAVES, will be the
presiding chairman of the evening
In addition tothe United Negro
College Fund, which represents 81
private, accredited colleges and
universities, the organizations
sponsoring the symposium include
the following college clubs of New
York: Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount
Holyoke, Radcliffe, Smith, Welles.
ley, and the New York branch OF
the American Association of Uni
versity Women.
In his announcement of the
event, DIR. Patterson stated thai
DIR. Mays will discuss the import
ance of greater opportunity fol
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-10-22
PRESIDENT TRUMAN N0lNAIS FIRST NEGRO APPEALS COURT JUDGE
ColOred Workers
Division Complete
Organization For
Community Chest
Banks Heads
Business And
Professional Unit

The organization of the Colored
Workers Division for the Com
munity Chest Campaign is now
complete according to Mr.. Victor
j. Jones, Division Chairman. Mrs.
NJ. NJ. Hubert is Associate Division
Chairman and Rev. A. B. Keeling,
Secretary.
Mr.. E. w. Banks, has accepted
the Craftsmanship of the Business
and Professional Unit and will have
as his Associate Prof. H. T. Samp-
son. The two Section Captains for
this Unit are l.. J. Marshall and
o. B. Cobbins.
The Scouts in the Business and
Professional Unit are: A. A. Bar
ron, DIR. A. B. Britton, Sturgeon
Campbell, B. F. CASTOR. Earnest
Day, A. L. Frisby, Rev. A. B. Keel
ing, Mamie Lewis, jesse McClen-
don, A. J. Noel, DIR. G. A. Price,
Prof. l. S. Sanders, D. D. Shop
herd, DR.. 0. f. Smith, R. M. Ste
vens, w. j. Stewart, w H. Turner,
Jessie Williams, Earle w. Barker,
r. H. Beasley, ]. B. Bolton, M. S.
Brown, L. E. Bynum, V. r. Col
lier.P Prof. B. B. Dansby. S. A.
Draughn, C. F. Edwards, w. j.
Gipson, DIR. M. N. Jones, Edward
Lee, NJ. J. Lyells, S. w. Miller,
James /. Rundles, Prof. w. Thibe-
deaux, w. H. Williams, @. J. Wolfe,
Fred P. Scott and Wiley Spence.
The Residential Unit is headed
by Mrs. d. D. Shepherd and Mrs.
M. j. Lyells.
Fraternal Organizations will be
under the leadership of Edward
Lee and Mrs. Ruth Sanders.
Leaders for the Schools and Col
leges will be Rev. A. L. Rice and
Mrs. J. l.. Reddix.
Continued on Page Severn
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-10-22

The question of the equalization
of salaries of White and Negro
teachers continues to harry Of
ficials of the Jackson Separate
School District and state officials.
Following almost on the heels of
the overwhelming vote of White
and Negro teachers rejecting the
proposed salary equalization plan
offered by Governor Fielding L.
Wright, Attorneys in the case of
Mrs. Gladys Noel Bates filed a
motion here Tuesday to obtain the
records of salaries paid White and
Negro Teachers for the past sew
eral years.
The motion filed in the U. S.
District Court asked that the Jack
son School Board produce for copy
ing the employment records of
every teacher in the Jackson Sep
arate School District, all records
of experience, qualifications, de-
grees, ratings, subjects taught,
teaching certificates received, sal
aries paid, and records showing the
basis Of ratings and salaries for all
teachers in the district.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-10-22
Miss. congressman
"See Reds In
Separate But
Equal Case

WASHINGTON, D. C. Oct. 12-
(SpeciaD -Mississippi's Congress
man John Bell Williams accused
the Justice Department of an ALI
ance with Communist Radicals,
Fellow travellers, pinks, in heat
ed attack on the Justice Depart
ment in the House of Representa-
tives Wednesday.
The Mississippians attack came
on the eve of a hearing in the U.
S. Supreme Court in which the
Justice Department has asked the
Court to abandon its age old "sepa-
rate but equal" theory in favor of
a complete outlawing of segrega-
ton. The case, Henderson VS.. the
United States, the Interstate Com
merce Commission. and the South
ern. Railroad, arose from a ruling
of the ICC upholding tie validity
of Separate but equal facilities
for Negroes in dining cars on the
Southern Railroad. Williams said
the Justice Department has COM
pletely surrendered to the commun-
ist. Rep. Rankin and Rep. Colmer,
also of Mississippi join in protest
ing the action of the Department
of Justice in the Separate but equal
case.
Rep. Colmer said in the House
Tuesday that eff the court yields
to this political interference by the
Department of Justice segregation
in all forms is at an end and anoth-
er cherished right of the individual
that of choosing his own associates
is denied.
Rep. Rankin said that "if the at
torney General or the solicitor Gen
eral is going to try to disturb the
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-10-22
State Federation
CoIored Women's
Clubs Meet In
vicksburg
Mrs. M. B. Gaillard
Southeastern Fed.
Pres, Guest Speaker

Vicksburg, Miss, Oct. 18.-The
Mississippi State Federation of
Colored Women's Clubs is holding
its annual session here Thursday
and Sunday of this week with all
meetings being held at Bethel A.
M. E. Church.
The growth of club work through
self evaluation, is the chosen theme
of the meeting.
Mrs. G. w. Williams, of Oakley,
State President of the Federation,
will preside over the session.
President Williams who has trav-
eled extensively this year and who
has seen or heard from every club
in the State, in a pre-convention
statement said that club women
throughout the state who are go
ing to attend the meeting are
coming prepared to share in and
contribute to the program of the
session. She predicted the session
to be fruitful and outstanding in
the Federation's history.
Continued on Page FOUR