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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-11-24
Forest Group TO
Raise $4,000 for
2l-Piece Band

The Forest Separate District I'M
provement Association headed by
Mr.. Aaron Lyles, chairman; Mrs.
Mary Beaver, Asst. Chairman; Mrs.
Mary Burkes, treasurer; Mr.. Petro
Burge. secretary and Mrs. Elander
Ormond, Asst. Secretary is making
itself felt in the school program
and community.
It's present project is to raise
$5000.0O for 81 piece band to be
on hand for the opening session
of 1928.
This organization is one for all
Negro citizens of the Forest Sep
crate District and high ideas and
is destined to make itself felt in
the total community Improvement
program.
Other branches of the Improve
ment Association are being organ
lied in the other communities in
the district. Officers of the Syl-
vester Branch are: Roy Hughes,
chairman; Clifton Hughes, Secre-
tary; Mrs. Viola Pryor, Asst Secre-
tary
In the st. Peter Community: Mr..
S. l.. Moore, Jr., Chairman; Mars
Community, Mrs Albert Ahomas,
Chairman Other officers in these
communities to be elected
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-11-24
Princess Of the
Hour Pageant at
New Mt. Zion

JACKSON, Miss. - Mrs. L. E.
Parrish, president of the Missionary
Society of the New Mt. Zion Bap-
fist Church has announced that the
second Princess of the Hour pro-
gram will be held at her church.
Monday night, November 26, begin
ming promptly at o'clock.
Many of Jackson's mos talented
ladies will participate in this Prin-
cess on Review Procession and
those who fail to attend will miss
grand treat.
All fellow Christians, especially
members of Missionary Societies
throughout the city are urged to
be present.
Mrs. L. E. Parrish, president. Rev
H. L. Davis, Pastor.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-11-24
REDMOND
PASSES

SPECIAL - Funeral services
were held at Central A. M. E.
Church Friday, Nov. %, for. Mr..
A. M. Redmond, a member of
one of the states most distin-
guished families, the brother of
the late neutrality-suspicious.
man, S. D. Redmond.
A eader in the Republican
Party for years, Mr.. Redmond
was for "a years, chairman of
the Mississippi Delegation to
the National Republican Con-
vention. He had attended every
National Convention since 1912.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Edna Redmond and other
relatives.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-11-24

provided for all high school pupils
in the Forest Separate District. A
present two buses are operated te
transfer students to school, and t.
date, three hundred and nine pupil.
have graduated from high schoo
and many have received college de-
grees, and are making their con
tribution to the communities ir
which they live and serve.
The trade and industrial program
was headed by one of the most out
standing teachers in that field ir
the state, Prof |. P. Hunt. Some
former pupils are now living ir
homes planned and built by them
as result of the skills learned
in that course.
The Home Economics program
has been carried into many homes
of this, and surrounding commun.
tiles. This department headed by
one of the most outstanding teach
ers in the high school of the state
is not only serving the needs anC
interest of the pupils in both al
day, and Adult classes, but serves
as one of the training centers fol
seniors in home economics from the
three major colleges in the state
Alcorn AIM, Jackson College, and
Tougaloo College, Here prospective
teachers in the senior year come to
do their practice teaching for six
and ten weeks periods. A bee hive
of activity can be noted daily in
various phases of home economics
activities. This department serves
not only community. but in some
ways the district and state. Repre-
sentatives, ON this department
both pupil and teacher have repre-
sented in district, state, and ma
tional events. The teacher who
heads this department is Mrs. L.
A. Hawkins.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-11-24
CARD OF THANKS

We, Will Battle, husband and
Marian Henderson, cousin, take this
method of expressing our sincere
thanks and appreciation to our
many kindnesses shown at the death
OF our beloved one, Mrs. Lydia B
Battle who departed this life, Sat
urday. November 10, 1851.
We are especially appreciative of
the cards of coincidence, kilograms
and beautiful flowers-all of which
made our sorrow easier to bear.
May God bless each and every
one of you.
Isl Will Battle, husband
Marian Henderson,
cousin.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-11-24
Names Of Negro
All Winners AT
Roundup Listed

State winners attending the Ne
gro All Roundup here were an
nounced Tuesday.
The Retail Merchants Division of
the Chamber of Commerce was host
to the 125 boys and girls, 10 adult
leaders and 20 adult advisors.
Awards in the various contests are
provided by Gulf, Mobile and Ohio
railroad, Mississippi Farm Bureau
Federation and Calumet Baking
Company.
The 1851 Negro state All project
winners, follow:
Adult eadership-Anna Parker,
Marshall county; Lester Scott, Scott
county; junior leadership-Ardell
Woodland, Holmes county; Willard
Reed, Lauderdale county; achieve
ment-Callie Ruth Ware, Lee coun-
ty.
Cotton-Herron Applewhite, Quit
man; corn, James c. McCool, Goa
homa; sweet potato, Lonnie D. Ly-
les, Newton; home garden, Paul
Gray, Jefferson Davis; swine, Chef
fie Lee Hunt, DeSoto; beef, James
A. Curry, Scott; dairy, Charles E.
Butler, Pike; tractor maintenance.
Bunyon Blalock, Newton; poultry,
John L. Wilson, Lauderdale; Annie
Lee Haynes, Tallahatchie.
Forestry, Tommie Boley, Newton:
home Improvement, Claudia Nc
Gowan, Washington; clothing. Fred
die B. Hardy, Bolivar; food, Nathan
L. Noille, Leake; yard Identification
Minnie Lee Kelley, Lincoln; food
preservation, Annie B. Barron. Gov
ington.
Garden, Dorothy Baskin, TaIla-
hatchie; baking, Jessie Marie Gibbs.
Covington; happier living contest.
Sadie B. Hunt, Winston.
District happier living contest
winners are, Joyce B. Smith, Quit
man; Marion Henderson, Warren;
Hazel Kelly. Forrest; and Eula
Blanchard, Monroe.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-11-24

attraction to dance lovers and sec
ond to further show this plucky
band leader how Jacksonians feel
about the way he has carried on,
despite the unfortunate accident on
one OF his past engagements in Jack
son.
Advance tickets are on sale at:
Shepherds, Stacy's, Alamo Drug,
Williams Cafe, Blackstone Cafe,
Acme Cafe, Eat & Beat It Cafe,
Bellvue Cafe and New Casino Cafe
in Jackson, and Tolliver's Cafe in
Canton.
Student tickets will be sold only
at office of Mississippi Enterprise.
Don't miss hearing Jimmy Lig-
gins on December 8, at Stevens
Rose Room.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-11-24

time since the inception of the an
nual educational forum, a major
part of the proceedings will be
broadcast from the 2300-seat Hunt
er auditorium over Americas
Town Meeting of the Air" which is
beamed nationally over the Amer
lean Broadcasting Company's coast
forecast network and is one of the
most listened-to programs on the
air.
Simultaneous symposium meet
ings also will be held by United
Negro College Fund committees in
Boston, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis,
Chicago, and other cities, where in
gatherings similar to New York S
Hunter College convocation, au-
diences will listen to the broadcast
portion and follow with discussion
periods.
Speakers at Hunter College will
include Edward Weeks, editor of
The Atlantic Monthly; Mrs. Sadie
t. M. Alexander, the first Negro
woman to earn a Ph.D. degree and
the first to be admitted to the bar
in the state of Pennsylvania; DR..
F. D. Patterson, president of Ala
bama's Tuskegee Institute, and of
the Fund; and George S. Schuyler,
associate editor and columnist of
the Pittsburgh Courier, co-author
of What the Negro Wants, and
contributor to many national publ
cations George v. Dennl, Jr., mod
orator for sixteen years, and found
er of Americas Town Meeting of
the Air" will be chairman of the
broadcast portion of the Hunter Col
lege symposium.
In past symposiums such person
alities as General George c. Mar
shall, DR.. Benjamin Mays, John
Mason Brown, Mime. v. L. Pandit,
Mary MacAfee Horton, and others
were featured in panel discussions
which are part of the Funds
year-round program of public in
formation
Negro College Fund, of this third
annual Hunter College educational
symposium are the New York City
clubs of Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Ben
nington, Connecticut College, Mt.
Holyoke, Radcliffe, Smith, Vassar,
Wellesley, and the New York City
branch of the American Association
of University Women.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-11-24

came involved in World War l. The
lack of skilled Negroes during that
period seriously handicapped this
nations productive capacity. 1t was
then that DR.. Dubois recanted with
the frank admission that Booker T
Washington was right in his adj
vocacy of industrial training for
Negroes. Even though it took a
presidential directive in World War
1.-THE celebrated Executive Ord
er 8802-to assure employment op-
portunities for minorities in defense
plants, employable Negroes were
still largely in the unskilled class
ification.
1t has taken the better part of
three generations for Negroes to
learn that their best chances for
economic security in America must
be in the skilled trades. The domi-
nant group has realized that ever
since this natio nbecame an indust-
rial giant. AS matter of fact, ii
was because Of chronological pro-
gress, streamlined. mass produc-
ton and specialized know-how
that has given the United States
its pre-eminent position, and result
ed in such high standard of living
for its citizens.
Soviet communism cannot match
American democracy in an about
effort to capture the soul and mind
of man. There can be no liberty
without freedom, and freedom does
not exist in Russia. 1t is unthink-
able and unbelievable for a man
like Dubois, to embrace Goddess
Russia and to become its tool while
exposing lost cause.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-11-24

Also in the beginning of the four
year high school level, pupils living
in the Separate District as well as
in the County in order to complete
high school had to come in, and
board in homes in the community,
or pay part of their transportation.
This condition existed until four
years ago, when through the present
superintendent, Mr.. V. L. Bigham,
and the school board, parents were
relieved of this uncertainty of a
high school education for their chill
dren, and full transportation was
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-11-24
Taborians Elect
Smith and Staff

VICKSBURG, Miss.-P. M. Smith
OF Mound Bayou, was reelected
Chief Grand Mentor for 1852
knights and Daughters of Tabor, al
the organizations 62nd grand ses-
sion, held here Nov. SO.
More than 500 delegates TANNED
Pleasant Green Baptist church here
for the convention. The annual ser.
mon was delivered by Rev. He
Cherry, chief grand orator. Mrs
Rosa B. Strawford was mistress Of
ceremonies.
Among those welcoming the dele.
gates were: Mrs. Jessie Moore, Rev
Brown and DR.. Dillon. Willie JET.
ferson introduced the speakers.
Other officers reelected were,
M. B. Filyowr, grand high priest
Darlove; jamie Stringer, vice grand
high priest, Columbus; c. A. John
son, chief grand scribe, Shelby; Lee
Harris, chief grand treasurer
Mound Bayou; P. H. w. Harris
grand queen mother, Clarksdale; L.
A. Penn, grand presiding Prince
Hollandale; Betty Hancock Wat
son, chief grand PS, H. C. Cherry
chief grand orator and L. L. Daugh-
trey, grand inner sentinel.
Martha Skinner, of Leland, was
elected to fill the vacancy left by
the death of E. v. Robinson. J.
W. Chambers, of Arcola, was elect
ed vice grand mentor. The 63rd
grand session will be held in Clarks-
dale, Miss, in November of next
year.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-11-24
Eyes Of the World Focused on Trial
In u. S. District Court Involving
World Traveller, Dr.. W. E. B. Dubois

The eyes of the world are focused
on the proceedings, now unfolding
in the United States District Court
in Washington, D. c., involving the
eminent scholar, writer and world
traveller, DR.. w. E. B. Dubois.
The point at issue seems to be
this: the Government it attempting
to prove that the Peace Informa-
ton Center, located in New York
City, spread propaganda based ON
Soviet idealogies in behalf of the
World Congress of the Defenders
of Peace which sponsored the
Stockholm Peace Appeal calling for
ban on the atomic bomb DR.. w.
E. B. Dubois, along with other form
er officers of the Peace Information
Center are charged with failing
to register the Center as foreign
agent.
a PPul NiAtly SlAC VI ldl Ol OuUOlS
will not determine whether he is
or is not a Communist. The big
question is: Was the Peace Infor-
nation Center acting in the inter-
est of a foreign government. and
if so why did it not register as a
foreign agent?
All of this is of no particular
concern to us except that Dubois
current predicament recalls his cell
ebrated fracas with Booker T. Wash
ington over the education of Ne
groes.
The differences of opinion express
sed by these two men were resell
we'd with the passage of time. For
tunately, the theory of Washington
was proved beyond the slightest
doubt when the United States be-
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-11-24
GRAIN ELEVATOR OPENS
IN ADAMS COUNTY

The firm of Cargill incorporated,
one of the largest grain elevator
operators in the South, has estab-
llshed a large grain elevator in
Adams County. This, the first ele-
vator of its kind in the section,
is expected to help develop mar
ket for soybeans in Southwest Mis-
sissippi which heretofore has not
been large producer of this crop.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-11-24
Fla, County Gets
Negro Deputy

MINIS, Fla.-Following the trend
toward more Negro peace officers
in the South, Brevard county, Fla.
will soon have a Negro deputy sher-
if. He is Rhodell Murray, native
of Titusville and a graduate of Tit
usvllle high school, A veteran of
World War II, he is now senior
at Florida A. and M. college, where
he is majoring in physical educa-
ton.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-11-24
LOOK! LOOK!
Jimmy Tear Drops Liggin' 5 0rk To
Play for Bargain Night Dance AT
Stevens Monday. December 3

Again, promoter Willie j. Miller
is offering to Jackson's music and
dance lovers a Bargain Night Dance
with music to be played by the
Jimmy Liggin's Orchestra at Stew
ems Rose Room, Monday night,
December 3. Dance to start 9 pm.
Admission to this Bargain Night
Dance will be advance tickets, SIZE
and at door, $3.50, Student tickets
$1.Oe. Tables may be reserved by
calling S. M Harvey, 5-4287 or
5-4384.
Jimmy Liggins now has one of
the best jump bands on the road
and this effort of promoter Miller
to make this one of the largest
attended dances of the season is
two-fold; first to present this fine
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-11-24
Distinguished Citizens and Educators
10 Gather at Tuskegee Institute for
MD Educational Conference Nov. 26-27

Distinguished colored citizens and
educators from the southeastern
states will gather at Tuskegee In
stitute, Tuskegee, Alabama. next
Monday and Tuesday, November
18th and 9th, for a March of Dimes
Educational Conference.
Ten leading Mississippians are
scheduled to leave Sunday for the
two-day conference where they will
be briefed on their participation
in the January, 1852 March of
Dimes (MOD) Campaign.
Among the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis officials
slated to appear on the two-day
program are: Mr.. Charles Bynum
colored, of New York City, Direc-
tor of Inter-Racial Activities, Mr.
Warren D. Coss, of New York City
Director of Fund-Raising; and Mr..
V. T. Anthony of Jackson, Missis-
sippi. Representative for the Nation
al Foundation
The Conference this year, accord
ing to V. T. Anthony, has a special
urgency due to the tragic toll polio
has taken among the colored peo-
pie. I'VE must insure the March
of Dimes overtaking the March
of Polio in Mississippi" he con-
Guided.
1t has only been generally rec
ognized in the last year or two,
according to the National Founda-
ton for Infantile Paralysis reports,
that colored people are as suscep-
tible to polio as the white people.
This year almost half the polio
amongcases in Mississippi have
been among the negroes, with the
disease stricking hard among the
children. The total polio cases in
67O, almost double the number in
any previous year.
Mississippians attending the Tus-
kegee meet will be: Mrs Ruth
Moore, of Cleveland; Mr.. A. P.
johnson, School Principal of Lex
ington; Mr. o. M McNair, of Bel
zoni, President of the Colored Den
tai Health Council; Mrs. Velma w.
Jackson, school teacher of Canton;
Mr.. James Smith of Indianola; Miss
Amanda Ellzy, school teacher from
Greenwood; Ann Jarratt Britton
of Greenville; Miss Emma Hines
Thornton of Meridian; Mrs. H. l..
Knaive of Laurel; and Delegate
from the state-at-large, James C.
Gillian of Clarksdale, Grand Mas
ter of the M w. Stringer Grand
Lodge F. & R. M
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-11-24
UNC Funds 3rd Annual Educational
Symposium To Be Held Nov. 9th

An audience of more than thir-
teen million will hear the United
Negro College Funds third annual
educational symposium .entitled
Are We Close to Solving Our Race
Problem" which will be held in
Hunter College Auditorium, New
York, Tuesday, November 9th, at
$3.50 p. m. This year, for the first
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-11-24
DR.. HOWARD Calls FOR "EQUAL
PARTNERSHIP" FOR NEGROES IN
SOLVING RACIAL PROBLEMS

MOUND BA YOU, MISS. - LIT. i.
r. M. Howard, Surgeon-in-chief of
Friendship Clinic at the all-Negro
town of Mound Bayou in an adj
dress at the fourth annual conven-
ton of the United Order of Friend
ship of America held in Mound
Bayou, blamed the states loss OF
nearly $4,000 in Negro population
during the past 10 years to lack
of opportunities"
The Mississippi Delta leader also
called for equal partnership" for
Negroes in solving the states racial
problems and proposed a council of
Negro leadership to represent Ne
groes in the work.
The doctor said:
The white man is definitely not
responsible for all the wrong with
in the Negro race" the 43-year- old
Kentucky born surgeon said. But
it takes more than having a black
nanny or being raised with Ne
groes to understand the Negro.
"Yoh have got to be a black man
In Mississippi at least "a hours to
understand what it means to be a
Negro in Mississippi"
He listed three reasons for the
races dissatisfaction and proposed
three point solution. The critic
isns:
!. Inadequate school and educa-
tional facilities;
2. Poor living conditions and lack
of economic security;
3. Lack of democracy and inse-
curity of life.
DR.. Towards solution:
l. Support of all agencies seeking
to make the race strong financially:
2. An about fight for unrestrict-
ed voting rights;
3. A continued fight for better
educational opportunities and long
er school terms.
He criticized lack of voting op-
portunities for Negroes and said
BLACK soldiers from Mississippi are
fighting and dying for democracy
they don't know one single thing
about back home on the plagtations
of the Mississippi Delta.'-
The Negro, he said, is denied the
right to cast an unrestricted ballot
or to be recognized member of
the Democratic or Republican par
ties in the state.
The Negro, DR.. Howard said.
wants the right of representation
on the Mississippi Economic Coun-
Gil in all matters pertaining to the
future of the Negro in Mississippi.
the right of representation at the
council table of the Mississippi
Farm Bureau and the right of
local, state and federal government
representation"
DR.. Howard blamed Mississipui
courts for many evils.
The greatest danger to Negro
life IN Mississippi is not what white
people do but what the courts let
Negroes do to each other" he charg-
ed.
Regardless of the motive of the
killing, rarely does a Mississippi
judge give the Negro killer of an
other Negro a life sentence or the
electric chair.
If the killer is a good worker
and especially if he is liked by
white people, the chances are that
he will come clear of his crime"
DR.. Howard warned that changes
will not come overnight. But 1 can
see the pattern gradually changing"
he said.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-11-24

/. E. T. Hawkins, principal of Scott
County Training School holds the
A. B. degree in the liberal Arts &
Sciences and the B. S. degree in
Agricultural Education and is work
ing toward the Masters degree in
Administrative Education.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-11-24

The hare-nct the rabbit-takes
readily to water and one instance
is recorded of an animal swimming
mile in salt water.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-11-24
War Scribe Chats
With Son OF
State Marion

JACKSON, Miss. = Pvt. William
A. Buchanan, one of several soldiers
seen in Korea recently by Ralph
Matthews, (AFRO writer) is the 23-
year-old son of Mrs. Amanda Buch-
anan of this city.
He has ben in the Army since
last January and in Korea for the
past five months Two sisters, Mrs.
Mary E. Vance and Miss Annie B.
Buchanan; and a brother, Richard,
a World War II veteran, are among
his relatives here.
The game of handball originated
in Ireland some thousand years
ago.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1951-08-30

mann of Billings were week,
end guests of MIR. and Mrs. Dale
Davis at the Elder cabin In the
Big Horn canyon.
Mrs. S. T. Meeke and daugh-
| ter. Mary Lou, of Fa1rmont,
MINI. arrived in Hardin Tues
day EVENING: Mrs. Meeke is a
guest at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Ruby and Mary
Lou will live at the home of
Mary Sweet Cool and enroll as
a senior at the Hardin high
school. .
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Davis and
daughter, Ginny, who have
spent the past several days at
the Elder cabin in Big Horn
canyon, visited at the Elder
home Monday enroute to their
home in Billings.
TICKETS for the cedar
chest to be given away at the
Fair Grounds Monday, Sept. 8,
may be secured at Vaughn
Ragsdale or at the Hardin
Bakery. Sponsored by st. Jo-
seph's Altar Society.-Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. w. Berns
spent Sunday visiting in Round
up and HarloWtoWn.
Dinner guests at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Ruby Fri
day evening were Miss Pam
Gotham, Miss Gretchen SWindle,
MIR. and Mrs. John Butorac, MI.
and Mrs. Hugh C. Gotham, MI.
and Mrs. Darr Kicker, John
SWindle adm Don Hammer.
John Butorac and sons, Jack
and Jimmy, transacted business
in Newcastle, Wyo., Tuesday.
Jack Butorac was a business
caller in Billings Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Wombolt,
Terryand Judy of Kellogg, Ida
no, Mrs. George Wombolt, Jr.,
and daughter, Pearl, and Diana
Adams of Laurel were Tuesday
guests at the home of MI. and
Mrs. Adolph JabS.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. J. Wallace
motored to Joliet Saturday to
visit with their daughter and
family. Saturday evening they
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1951-08-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Ruby
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ken Fox
drove to Miles City Wednesday
eeVn1ng to met Bobby Ruby
and Pat Fox who have returned
from a six week tour to Aus
una and other foreign coun-
tries with the Boy Scouts of
America.
MIR. and Mrs. Clarence Emer-
son, Miss Maxine Emerson and
Jack Colstad left by car We'd
nesday morning for Grand
Forks, N. D. Miss Emerson. who
has spent the past month Wis
lting in Hardin, will remain in
Grand Forks. i.
OPENING of piano classes
September 8. Lillian Franklin.
ADV.
DR.. and Mrs. Edward sHag-
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1951-08-30

hints for the New Home Sew
ing Machine. Bring your prob
lens. She will help you-Adv.
Jake JabS of Hardin returned
last Thursday from a tour of
the southwestern states. Some
points of interest were Yellow
stone and Grand Teton Ma
tional parks in wyoming, Salt
Lake City, Utah, Reno and Las
Vegas, New, Hollywood, San
francisco and Los Angeles and.
Yosemite National park in Cal
sifornia, Hoover and Grand Can
yon in Arizona. He also visited