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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-28

The Amelia Golf Club sponsor
ed waffle supper at the club
house Sunday night.
Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs
Thomas Stark Saturday night
were DR.. r. G. Garrett. r. G.
Garrett Jr. Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan
Garrett, Mr.. and Mrs Arthur
Hardy and Mrs. Thonlpkins, OF
Blackstone, and Miss Nancy
Stark, of Longwood College who
spent the week end with h e r
parents.
! "A funeral service for Mrs. John
B. Lewis, of Blackstone, was held
in Lawrenceville Tuesday. Mr..
and and Mrs. Lewis made their
home in Amelia for number Of
years while Mr.. Lewis was county
agent.
Mrs Wheeler, of Petersburg, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. E. H.
Burke.
The Reverend Carlos Loop, rec
tor of Christ Episcopal Church
was ordained at Emanuel Church
in POWhatan Wednesday, A num-
Der of Amelia people attended the
services which took pl a c at
e. even o'clock, after which lunch
was served at the PoWhatan
Community house. Mr.. and Mrs.
Loop and son, Carlos, Jr., have
just returned from a two months
tour of the Holy Land
Mrs. G.. S. Hall played in the
Country Club o1 Virginia tour
nament in Richmond last week.
Mrs. ]. w. Southall Of Jeters-
Vile, has been visiting Mr.. and
Mrs S. j. Townes.
Mr.. and Mrs. T E. wilkins, Of
South Boston, and Mr.. and Mrs.
w. B. wilkins OF Richmond were
week end guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
F.. w wilkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Luckado
have returned from visit to Mr.
and Mrs. Lunsford Luckado, in
Washington.
Mr., and Mrs. Mortimer and
children, Preston and Nancy,
spent the week end in SAKE with
Mr.. Mortimers mother.
Recent guests OF MIR. and Mrs.
L. F., Rodes were Mr.. and Mrs.
Kessel and Mrs. James H, Martin
OF Bluefield, w. Va.
Circles l and 2, of the Amelia
Presbyterian Women Of the
Church, at. the home of Mrs. T.
P. Calbreath Monday night A
silver bread tray was presented
by Mrs Rosa Courier as a going
away gift to Mrs Wilkinson
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert S. Wat
ties. of Falls Church, spent Sat
urday With Mrs. Wattles' mother,
Mrs. Joseph McConnaughey Mi.
and Mrs. Wattles and children,
Jean and Rob viii leave for Jap
an the first Of June Mr. Wattles
IS with the government and they
expect to make Japan their home
or the next three years
Mls. Charles Goodman, who
las been visiting relatives in
Cumberland for the past two
weeks, has returned home
Christening Service
Mrs. w G. Grigg spent last
week in Richmond with MI. and
Mrs. Stuart Profit Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Boykin and son, Vincent
# Falls Church, who spent the
week end in Amelia, went to
Richmond Sunday for the chris
ening Of MI, and Mrs. Profits
on.
At the meeting of the Village
Garden Club, held last week in
he home Of Mrs. G.. 0. Hardy,
II. Mrs. w. c. McConnau4hey
Won first place for the best flow
II arrangement, Mrs w E Hon.
on, second; and Mrs. H. A.
Holmes, third Miss Mary Shep-
3ard spoke on Growing ANIMALS
or Summer Gardens"
Mrs Blair Parsons of Brookneal
vas a recent guest Of Mrs. D. H.
7lippin
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-07-02
The Negro Privote College
LOOKING Ahead

years distinguished
college America today gis itself
Recognizing the challenge the United States
knocked the beneath the
Of racial which helped H. the Negro college
feels have OF the
made the
training OF Negro youth During the
through continued social political and
qualified
a thousand fold
1888. revealed that professional field
compared quaf
and available il shocking
OF the 1888 there available 900 qualified Negro
10000
where 10000 needed 800 dentists 1000
the OF Negroes
all institutions higher learning
colleges diminishing
skilled
stil be assumed by the Negro college
The challenge being The college adjusting
Recognizing proud
heritage II realizes that continually 1Ghuy
the stewardship OF the tradition which
autss the college
ed the OF national Advancement Pittsburgh Courier
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-07-02
No Minnesota Negroes"

There Minnesota NeEr" ~" welcoming delegation
Minneapolis
page pat glazing oversight
AISLE ~
altogether prahahtr
n charge Ia Negro
would have representation the welcoming deIeEa
erqu-nty
Minnesota
welcoming drrgatioH"
There the make cApts % this
mentioned referred editorial
compliment.
the outstanding
distinction
welcoming scarvry
% WruknoWn oNand II rrgre;tAels incten;
thouEhesnrss sincerely hope repeated
Nnnr lab Rs,te~
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-07-02
Will mccarthy Tok?
lEdltoriaI In June u. MInncapous starr

Mccarthy and then investigating senator de-
veoped habit asking Of demanding
satisfactory
TO questions put to him.
In 1882 senate subcommittee investigating charges made
Mccarthy William Benton former Connect
number of Mccarthy
o
subcommittee could finally
Mccarthy Flanders
Vermont asked that Mccarthy be held contempt and removed
investigating
about the charges
In his alteration the other with Sen Stuart
Mccarthy testify the
him the president appoints committee the
charges.
TO be hoped he a
Mccarthy good question asking them
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-07-02
Who Is To Blome?

DtxieCrat bigwgs who Richmond week
and School blamed
their plight the Democrats
Debbls Roosevelt and Truman who the
whole they complained They pointed that the
Court that undd them Roosevelt Truman court with
Roosevelt three Truman and only
Eisenhower appontee Chief Justice Warren
There merit the and must have something
shock Republicans claiming the decision
Republican Chief
auhored the The COP cdge
credit
Negro but hasn't honswoggd the Dxecas who
correctly.
racket California U0s Angces EAGLE
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-07-02

those who wish TO exploit Red hunting and
political will keep
pointed
and urged These very
hearings very
ndoChna
harvesting hunt raded chicken
determine danger
niue /
should himself whether guled
unhnkng support dishonest
fighting should whether chiefly
personal political power Those justify
any hunting Refs should millions equally
Will accept
No possible Science
Nsnito
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-07-02

large cities and states. They have
their eyes on New York. Illinois
Pennsylvania. Ohio. California and
the border states where tho Negro
voters hold a certain balance OF
power By throwing their weight
around Negro voters can decide
whether Congress In going 10 be
boased by the Republicans or the
Democrats In tho next two years.
The shape OF the Republican
campaign To get tho Negro vote II
pretty plainly marked right now
The cor Is going 10 claim
credit for every advance In civil
rights that has been made since
1882,
Primarily that claim will center
around Supreme Court decisions
In tho District OF Columbia civil
rights cases. the School Scgrrga-
ton decision and two decisions in
the field OF housing
The fact that Chief Justice Earl
Warren authorcd the School Seq.
regation decision viii be trumpet
ID far and wide.
The fact that Attorney General
Herbert Bruwnell appeared a. n
friend Of the court In the School
Segregation and District OF Cot
umbla cases will he banded about
wherever two or three Of the Re
publican faithful gather together
just to keep the record straight
I think some facts should be noted
here and now
I The Supreme Court which
handed down the District ~ COT
umhis decision was composed en-
tlreiy ot Democratic apPointees
Five OF them Justices Jackson
FrsnkfHrter, Douglas. BLACK and
Reed were Roosevelt appotntces
Four of them Chirt Justices Vim.
son and Justices Minton. Burton
and Clark were Truman ap-
poirtces
2 Fight % the ninc justices
whs delivered the District %
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-07-02

dollars ahead DR. Charles
supporters had needed the
he did not neglect to tell the
firm that he their ad in this paper
Another toprigh citizen worthy
paper continues til this day TO
preference possible This papers advertising
grateful Williams and Mr. Smith who
realize that chief from combination Of alert
readers and well patronzed advertisers
Shepard personals
that only in ten will
a will vigorous
complaint smallest
wedding stories Often we've been
of their length yet
difficult for editor find word paragraph TO delete
lengthy the accounts often
enhraed with the we'd
ding be death"
learned the hard that
wanted segment of readersso it's
After all OF the
principal a that
reflects what its people doing at all levels of living
We covering Sunday at Theo
Wrth Polarod
fishing worked all
day OF enjoyed folsmost Of them
probably couldn't living taking
did the could
who Poaroid When snapped a
shot pulled fully couple
the number
Photographic enthusiasts in towns who have Polarods
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-07-02
NAACP. Minnesota Open Controversy

II IL hoped tina, the promoters Negro Open
with the NAAcP and work out
View by tho tins next
gorng time rolls around again,
Certainly IN. MACE wa" within It's rights In ctieixng
obvious though
public did with
yos verbal made the tournament sponsors long
allowed participate in public
right to discriminate against
other Americans
This Newspaper odioray
problem Minnesota Open prior occasions
therefore the situation necanariy
paper
NAACP the NAACP alone without
guon paper
This guilty Of
lacking discrimination other and has succeeded
the MACE through s elected officials regards
the Minnesota Negro Open
Promoter. Of fe-it they have doing a
providing rrcrratonai spectacle for the
years. Twin
Their
for making exclusively Negro affair Is that In"
pcrienocd " would the prizes
excuse. ~ !. tenabie Ju.irabI"
WI great cry
barred participation
Keller that the OF the
Open
the H Paul Junior Chamber OF Commerce. sponsors OF The Keller
Therefore III behooes including the Of
Open" the NAACP the
that AnNegro public from which whites
barred not consistent with sound community conduct
coumn'"tS pointed weeks II Negroe"
Negro affair ought to be private affair such
Golf Sterling club
called should not he sold
business the false that project Of tho Negro
community actually making affair
quarrel individual
individuals
public whether be hall long
clearly indicated that the promotion the
community effort Neither do have criticism Of private
making money
sponsoring 10 u
planning
and doubt they profit the
Certainly group realize
should
will NAACP
relations drive
all % community nte Tor coorcd citizens
We n our two
70
Of prscs
ALL WHITE PEOPLES OPEN
Quoted . municipality owned
While this nothing the NAACP
boards principles
NAAcP that should
tory practices Of which u complains other states
The NAACP cfncia
probably
. position NAACr
che.tnus OF the nrr We don't recall
MACE history where Individual = newspaper hecu
abb tn tho NAACP o program,
This all Negro
ment providing golfer
ngon allowed Il II believes that the NAACP
that this
talk the matter
Just emphasis
absolutely tho position
matter We
boards who
public responsibility the
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-07-02

Columbia decisions were Demo
Gratis. burton was the only ex-
ception and hr was named by
u Democratic presiient.
4. The same Justices we're on
the Court when II handed down
the 1888 housing decision holding
that courts cant entertain dam
age suits for sale OF race restrict
ed property to Negroes
Z. The Supr-m, Court which
handed down the school SeErr.
cation d"ciSlon contained only
one Eisenhower appointec. Chief
Justice Warren. The other eight
as noted above. wrre Roosevelt
or Truman appolntceA. The de-.
cision was unanimous.
3 The Supreme Court which
let the California decision stand
holding that racial segregation in
public housing violates the Con
stitutton was the same court
which handed down the School de,
cision.
q. In both the school Cases
and the District % Columbia
Case. Democratic attorneys gen
erRl first wrote briefs urging
the end % racial segregation,
BrowneII simply followed
policy first set nv Tom Clark
(now a supreme Court Justice
In the Race Restriction cases
u know. Z WAS therr.l
: Rruwnell DID NOT file a
brief in either OF the housing
cases, although he was urged 10 DO
so In the 1913 cases II know that
too because I was chief counsel in
both cascsl
Just thought you ought 70
have there facts in mind when the
political winds start blowing I
thought | ought Ia set them dow n
now because II ~ hard Ia get a
hearing In the midst ~ political
talk and double talk. And that's
what were In for
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-07-02
NO SUCH THING a. a

Editor II has always amazed sclrn Of grade school
applied birth de-humanzs and
makes lifelong pervsncstors. -
the June Path Chicago Daily tn &c column banner
Startling Toed By Doctor
reported the finding Goodrich schaufn the American
Association births wedloCk United States
rocketed $1,000 1888 $4,000 1850
again 1lsgtimste Of the
papers In America headined its page.
didn't enough higher branches Of learning
Maybe pure part view
birth Iegtmate boogcsly And I'm not alone in
support earth
the human
family iegimate boogcsly In that mentally rich land OF
Vikings the word has ignorance
ouawed manknd obscene
cant be used to stigmatEe a mother.
birth, mothers into the
the holy
holes; the miracle supreme
bestaly which its value and
befous miracle Merlng,
strom, June2
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-07-02
ORVILLE FREEMAN

on your election TO the Urban
show. and ! know that this is
70 this community. and l know
service viii continue to dictate
yours, OrVille l.. Freeman, 10
49, /"
CaroliI
mer schC
enough ere .
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-07-02

Hope the darn clock gets fixed by AquatennA time.
Tho College currently
money help Negro private colleges
the south fairly good mail
The
tuay problems Negroes going
higher education these schools
going students
ciai problems
ester. Carleton and others
This Thomas Tallcy fellow secretary Paul Urban
League slow burning but when
football player.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-07-02
FROM STATE NAAcp PRESIDENT

As president OF
NAACP congratulate election to the Board
National Urban treless
NAACP
10 benefit greatly from and labor
NAACP throughout
me on congratlla
Denzi A. President Minnesota State
NAACP.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-07-02
Republicans To Play For
Keeps Need Negro Vote
To Win Key Congress Posts

Sherman Adams hint that President Eisenhower may
1856 unless he gets Republican Congress this fall points
the facts that the COP getting ready play for keeps
November
The Republicans know that they cant get a Republican
Congress unless they make Negro
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-07-02
Letters TO The Editor
FROM DFI STALx q

Editor: warnest c1ngraDlis La,
Leagues national board. Merto tn
another richly deserved honofourni.
You've made a fine contrf
your devotion TO the ideals ohg star
your conduct in the future Cities
south Third street, Mlnneapo every
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-07-02
TO KNOW HIM Is To DISLIKE HIM

know lot OF individuals, ministers who sympathetic
Senator Mccarthy the public
hearings began You Mccarthy dislike hmThe
Rev DR. Abbott Book. Northern California Nevada Council
Evening star., 1954-10-16

Francis G. Quinn, 27l3 Nlchol-
son street, Hyattsville. owner;
dwelling on Bornedale drive,
College Park; cost, $4,000; ar
chitect, Samuel Paul.
A. j. Ellis Construction Co.,
$50 Hamilton street NV. Wash
ington, owners: garage and Office
building on Old Branchville
road, Berwyn Heights; cost $780,
600: architect. John S. Camper
ton. @
Delwood Homes. Inc. 1925
Connecticut avenue NV, Wash
ington, owners; 10 dwellings on
Boone's lane, North Forestville:
cost. $4,000 each; architect, J.
A. Epagnier.
Thomas j. Ashe, 5904 Lock-
wood road, Cheverly, owner: two
dwellings on Hawthorne street
and Belleview street, Cheverly;
cost. $4,000 each.
D. p. Caldwell, Greenbelt
owner; dwelling on Usage street
Berwyn Heights; cost $4,000;
architect, r. F. Burnette.
John j. Srnka, jr., ColmaI
Manor, owner; dwelling on Hick-
ory Hill avenue, Lanham: cost
$12.50O.
Straw Corp, 1858 Wilson
boulevard, Arlington, Va, owner
five dwellings on Roanne street
three on Sherwood street. four
on Carson avenue. five on Dudley
avenue, % on Crawford street
six on Furness avenue and two
on Elkhart street, Axen Hill,
cost $4,000 each: architect, H. E
OrmSton.
Margaret and Harvey Irwin
6331 Oakland road, owners: two
apartment dwelling Oh Oakland
road, Camp Springs; cost, $10,'
900; Jerold E. Irwin, architect.
Clarence A. Hall, Upper Marl'
boro, owner; tobacco storage
warehouse on State Route 301
near Upper Marlboro; cost
$4,000.
Evening star., 1954-10-16

James p. Chapman, Upper
Marlboro, owner; dwelling on
Marlboro pike, Upper Marlboro;
cost. $1,000; Raymond r. Kei-
fin, architect.
w. D. Garvey, 7400 Fort Foote
road, owner; dwelling on River
view road, Swans, Creek Club
subdivision: cost, $4,000; j. N.
Bossermand, architect.
Henry F.. and Vida N. PyleS,
Evening star., 1954-10-16
Recent Building Permits Listed by Prince Georges

319 Main street, Laurel, owners;
dwelling on Branch avenue near
Clinton: cost. $4,000.
Peter F. Hicks. Hyattsville.
owner: dwelling on Marlboro
Largo road near Upper Marl-
boro; cost, $4,000.
Thomas A., jr., and Edna M.
Hall. 703 Maple avenue, Bowie.
owners; dwelling on Eighth
street, Bowie; cost, 1880.
Evening star., 1954-10-16

Recent building permits issued
by Prince Georges County fol-
low:
j. w. Rogers. 5012 Fifty-sixth
place. Hyattsville. owner: two
dwellings on Taussig road. Blad-
ensburrg; cost. $4,000 each.
! John T. Newman, 1900 st.
Barnabus road. Temple Hills.
owner; two dwellings on Gull
road and Cedar lane. Temple
Hills: cost. $4,000 each.
Lacy A. Farley, 1904 Annapolis
road, Lanham, owner; two dwell
ings on Van Buren street and
Sheridan street, Lanham; cost.
$1,000 each: architect, Paul Far
ley.
University Forest Inc. 6035
Baltimore avenue, Riverdale,
owners; two dwellings on Gum
wood drive, University Hills:
cost. $4,000: architect, John
Samperton.
David Kay and Clara B. Doll.
1925 Nineteenth street Sc,
Washington, owners: dwelling on
Wood road. Woodlane; cost, $10,-
900.
B. p. and Velma M. Cook. 6210
Riverdale road, Riverdale, own
ers; dwelling on the LAUREL
Bowie road; cost, $4,000; archi-
tect, B. p. Cook.
William p. Martin, 20 Black
Hawk drive, Forest Heights,
owner; two dwellings on Cree
drive, Forest Heights; cost,
$500 each.
William and Bertha Samuel,
1904 Fifth street NE, Washing
ton, owner; dwelling on Balti-
more street, Lincoln; cost, $10,-
600.
r. E. Puglese, 4321 Rowlt drive.
. College Park, owner; dwelling in
Adelphi; cost. $4,000.
T. D. and Mildred A. Burgess.
24O Swami drive Sc, Washing
ton, owners: dwelling on Halleck
street, District Heights; cost,
! $4,000.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-13
Field Crandchild
Will Be Reared
In This Country

NEW YORK R-The parents OF
Bettine Goodall. 9-year-old grand
daughter of millionaire Marshall
Field, have decided she will stay
in the United States with ner ia
Their rather than live in England
with her mother and Negro step
father.
The divorced parents filed an
"amicable agreement" to this eff
feet in court Thursday, ending a
legal battle started by the mother,
Mrs. Bettine Field Bruce, "a.
Mrs. Bruce, whose present hus-
band, Eldridge Bruce, 81, is a psy-
chology student at the University
of London. sought to take the child
to her new home in a "non-segre-
gated community" near London.
The father, Dr.. McChesney
Goodall Jr., fought the move on
grounds that 1947 divorce terms
giving the mother custody Of
Bettine specifically barred taking
her abroad.
The new agreement said the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-13

that?" In fact this individual would
actually lie awake at night com.
posing a list of faults which were
paraded among members and
neighborS next day. II was like a
sting of a hornet poisoning the
whole community, man, woman
and child, until they were unable
to see any good at all.
DR.. J. Edward CarotherS says
that the man died and his soul
was opened to see if there was
anything worth taking to the hea-
venly places. They found little
worth taking for his soul had been
filled with the very faults he found
in others. The Eternal closed again
the opening in his soul and cast it
upon the great heap beyond the
Pleiades where the Kingdom Of
the Dark is found" If we actually
know the Father we can find Him
in the Christ for he said, Il am
in the Father and the Father in
me-" (John 14:10)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-13
Christian Science Topic For
Sunday Is Entitled Soul"

That permanent peace and har'
mony are within reach of man
kind through the spiritual growth
that reveals the true, spiritual ma
ture of man in Gods likeness will
be emphasized in the LeSSOn-Ser-
mon entitled Soul which will be
read at Christian Science services
tomorrow.
Selections from the King James
Version of the Bible include this
citation from Luke: And John
calling unto him two of his dis
cipleS sent them to Jesus, saying,
Art thou he that should come? or
look we for another. And in that
same hour he cured many of their
infirmities and plaques, and of evil
spirits; and unto many that were
blind he gave sight" (7:l9-12).
The following passage will be
among those read from Science
and Health with Key to the Scrip.
lures" by Mary Baker Eddy.
KNOWING that Soul and its at.
tributes were forever manifested
through man, the Master healed
the sick. gave sight to the blind,
hearing to the deaf. feet TO the
lame, thus bringing to light the sci
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-13

Rep. Bernie Papy has released
the list of bridges where conStruc
ton will start. Boca Chica anC
Harris Gap Channels are included
on these preliminary survey. These
are both good fishing spots anC
fairly close to Key West.
This Rock" is sorry, Bernie
to think that Marathon and TIKI
Overseas Road and Toll Bridge
District might gobble up all of The
catwalks for their own area. 1t i,
bad habit, l guess, but I've al
ways figured it was better to vel
before you got hurt than after
wards when it might be too late
to do anything about the situation
Churches
On Saturdays, this column us
ually tries to give Key West chur
ches a play. Barring that, we at
tempt to start a philosophical -
preferably metaphysical dis
cusSion. BY gosh, this is one Sat
urday when there is no news oil
stimulating thoughts of this nature
Key West has more than thirty
churches enough so that there
shouldn't be any sinners on the Is
land. The trouble is, according tC
the pastors of these various chur
Iches, the people that ought to be
in church seldom attend. Wher
these men of God make comments
like this, | sort Of look the other
way in order to hide a teensy
weenSy speck of guilt that might
betray my own negligence. How
about you? Could you do any bet
ter and do you intend to 90 tc
go to church this weekend?
Two Of the newest churches ir
Key West are the Seventh Day Ad
ventiSt, elder r. o. Mathew 5. pas
tori, and the Church of the Rock
independent Presbyterian. Rev
Ralph Rogers, PASTOR. Both O
these organizations have done won
derful work in the past year ant
they are building up a stable con
gregation.
The Seventh Day Adventists art
erecting their own building with la
Dor from amongst church mem
berS. 1t is huge undertaking blu
Faith and hard work are bringin:
results.