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The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-12-17
BIuefieId To Be
Testing Center
For Teachers

Bluefield, w. Va. - Blue
field State College here has
been designated a testing CEN
ter for the 1856 nationwide
National Teacher Examina-
tions which will be conducted
un der the supervision of
Princeton University mex t
February, DR.. j. Lee Irving of
the BSC department of educa-
ton announced last week.
College seniors preparing
to teach and teachers apply
ing for positions in school
81 stems which encourage or
require applicants to submit
their scores on the national
examinations are eligible to
take the tests.
Applications for the tests
and bulletin of information
describing registration proce-
dures and other data may be
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-12-17
Pres. Eisenhower
Liqhts Trees 18Th

Gettysburg, Pa. - Presi-
dent Eisenhower will give a
short talk to the nation Dec.
18 on | / g h t g Christmas
trees.
Mr.. Eisenhower will press a
button at Gettysburg to illu-
inmate the trees, symbolizing
Christmas tree-lighting all
over the world, in Washing
tons Pageant of Peace"
The ceremony takes place
in the ellipse b e h in d the
White House. The trees are
provided by foreign embassies
and are representative Of
countries all over the world.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-12-17
NAACP Unit
President Found
Murdered

The body of ano t n e T
NAACP official, H e + b ert
Johnson, 60, was found this
week on his farm in Schulen-
burg, Texas, badly beaten and
severely burned. No details
have been obtained as to how
long he has been dead nor
who his assailants were. His
home was also burned. John
son was president of the local
chapter Of NAACP. The
sheriff of the county has been
unable to establish a motive
in the Staying. Observers,
however. believe that this
Staying is another in the pat
tern of the deep south pro-
segregationists who plan to
kill the effectiveness of the
NAACP, by making Negroes
fearful of joining the organi-
cation.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-12-17
Turns Back On
$4,000 Taking
Religious Path

New York = Joyce Bryant
will lose $4,000 in her cur
rent bookings for making
that momentous decision to
return to her early religious
teachings the 7th Day Adven-
fist. Joyce will do missionary
work after she prepares her
self at the Oaksville College
in II u n t sville, Ala. the
church's school for Negro
disciples.
The volatile singer has been
averaging about $4,000 week.
ly. To clear the deck so to
speak and report to Alabama
as quickly as possible, Joyce
is canceling out eight weeks
at Las Vegas-four each at
the New Frontiers and the Ri
viera at S6,250, plus two
weeks at the Sans Souci, Mi
ami Beach.
CONTINUES on page 81
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-12-17
Seven Negro
Choirs To Sing
Christmas Day

Seven of the nations out
standing college choirs Will be
featured on the Christmas
Day program of Sunday Sc
ries Negro college ,choirs over
the ABC Radio network from
1926 to IL am, EST.
The choirs to be heard on
the special Dec. 25, program
are: LIE Moyne College, Texas
College, S p e m a n College,
MorfissBrowna College, Living
stone College, Lane College
and Johnson c.. Smith Univer-
sity.
Other choirs to be heard on
this Sunday series during the
month of December are: Dec.
II, Johnson C. Smith Univer-
sity, and Dec. Is, Huston
Tillotson college with Christ
mas music from many differ
ent countries.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-12-17

which almost inevitably ac-
company segregation eve
though the rail carriers, as
most of the defendants have
done here, sincerely try to
provide both races with equal
convenient and comfortable
cars and waiting rooms"
Things Different Now
The ICC noted that "pre-
sent circumstances are far
different" from those prevail
ing when it's separate but
equal" policy was first voiced
6S years ago.
The railroad case was mi
tiated by the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement
of Colored People. 1t affects
Continued on page 81
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-12-17
Former Ro0noker
Now Teaching
At Turkish School

Mrs. HazeItyne Holland Lee,
daughter of MIR. and Mrs. C.. r.
Holland Of Roanoke County, is
teaching at Ataturk Kis Liseisi, q
girls college in Istanbul, Turkey.
She is a graduate of Lucy Addi-
son High school and Bluefield
State College. Mrs. Lee received
her masters degree in business
education from the teachers coll
lege of Columbia University last
June.
She was initiated into the Tau
chapter of Delta Pi Epsilon, hon.
orary fraternity of business edu-
cation, at Columbia last March.
For the past three years Mrs.
Lee resided in The Bronx, New
York City and was employed as
secretary Of the American Bible
Society.
Mrs. Lee taught at A. T
Johnson High School, Temple
man, Va, and Carver High
School, Salem, following hel
graduation from Bluefielt
State College. She later be
came secretary to DIR. Edn.
Colson of Virginia State Col
lege before going to New
York.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-12-17
Segregated Travel Separate Waiting
Rooms Illegal After January 10

Washington = The Inter
state Commerce Commission
Friday, Nov. Is, ordered racial
segregation ended on trains
and buses which cross state
lines and outlawed separate
waiting rooms for white and
Negro travellers.
A precedent dating back in
1887 was scrapped in the far
reaching order, which reflect
ed recent Supreme Court de-
cisions banning segregation
in schools, public parks and
recreational facilities.
Only one of the nine COM
missioners participating dis
scented from the majority
ruling that segregation in
flicts unlawful "annoyances,
some petty and some SUBJ
stantial," on interstate ira
velers.
The dissenter, j. Monroe
Johnson, challenged the COM
missions right fto anticipate
the court and itself become a
pioneer in the sociological
field"
Rules in Two Cases
The ICC order resulted
from two separate cases, one
involving IL railroad and a
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-12-17
Catholic School Reopened- Inteqrated

Rath, La. Negro and
white Roman Catholic chill
dren returned to integrated
catechism classrooms at Our
Lady of Lourdes Church Mon
day, despite discomfort from
some citizens here over the
accommodation of two wom-
EN- who, attacked a teacher
two weeks ago.
The Rev. Emory Labbo,
who halted catechism lessons
in non-segregated classrooms
following the violence, vowed
that his integreted classes
"will continue as in the past. !"
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-12-17
ceeded Rev. Lee as leader of
the Negro community in that
town.
Wilkins Asks FIJI
Intervention

Previously, Roy Wilkins,
executive secretary, NAACP,
received assurance from Gov.
Hugh White that he had
"called on the sheriff and the
district attorney to do every
thing possible to find parties
guilty of shooting Gus Courts
and to prosecute vigorously"
wilkins in an earlier telegram
to the governor said: 'In view
of recent events, failure to
take positive action in this
case will reflect further up
on Mississippi and add to the
international embarrassment
of the United States"
The NAACP leader also
wired Attorney General Her
bert Brownell urging federal
intervention in this case
which, he charged, Gifts the
pattern of violence and muir
der in Mississippi openly de-
signed to deprive. Negro citi-
zens of their civil rights"
To ound ayou, the
NAACP leader sent a tele-
gram assuring the wounded
man that "all Of us at the ma
Continued On page 81
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-12-17
Wilkins Asks FBI Intervention In Council Of BeIzon
TerrOrists Fail to Daunt
NAACP Activities

New York = Upon his re-
turn from Mississippi where
he visited Gus Courts in the
hospital at Mound Bayou,
Gloster B. Current, director
of the National Association
for the Advancement of Col
ored People, Friday charged
that "this latest attack upon
an NAACP leader is a result
of efforts of the White Citi-
zens Council of Belzoni to de-
prive all Negroes in that area
of their voting rights"
Together with M d g a r
Evers, NAACP field secre-
tary for Miss, Current visit
ed Courts in the hospital room
to which he had been remov-
ed from Belzoni after he had
been shot and critical y
wounded while working in his
store on November rs. A
leader of the Belzoni branch
of the NAACP, Courts refus-
ed to remove his name from
the voting list despite threats
and the assassination, last
May 7, of the Rev. George w.
Lee. The clergyman w S
killed not far from the store
W h ere political gangsters
shot through a window in an
effort to kill Courts who sue
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-12-17
School Integratien Leads To
Relaxation Of Other Barriers

Washington. Pu b j c
school Indignation leads "au-
tomatically" to a relaxation
of racial barriers in other
public, institutions, a member
Of the Washington school
board said here last week.
DR.. Margaret Just Butcher,
associate professor of English
at Howard University, said
restaurants, theaters IN d
other public places in the
South will open their door to
Negroes after schools are in
tegrated.
The remarks came during
an address at a dinner meet
ing of area branches Of the
American Association of Uni
versity Women.
DR.. Butcher recently re-
turned to Washington from a
tour of West Virginia with
Thurgood Marshall, chie f
counsel of the NAACP. She
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-12-17
SPECIAL TO TRIBUNE
5 Gilmer Ave-, N. W.,
Roanoke, Va.

DIR. F. ID. Patterson,
president United Negro
College Fund, hailed
Ford Foundation grants
to private, accredited col
leges, including those in
the United Negro College
Fund, as an "epic cOntri-
button to the future of
American higher educa-
ton. The generous
grants received by the
funds colleges will go far
tow ard strengthening
them for increasing serv-
ice to all qualified Amer
lean youth, and will be a
stimulus to others to
give greater support to.
these 81 important insti-
tutiOns which are an in
tegral part of this ma
TONS network of first
CT $ S Independent COL
ieges and universities"
United Negro College
Fund, % East 81 Street,
New York ~, ". Y, per
Margaret E. Carroll, pub
licity director.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-12-17

Bishop Jules B. Jeanmard.
head of the diocese of Lafay-
cite, communicated Mrs.
Eta B. Remere and Mrs. Lota
B. Menard for beating Mrs.
Lula B. Ortomond, who was
on her way to say a rosary
Nov. 10.
Father Liable said a third
woman, whom he did not iden-
tify, had stopped Mrs. Orte-
mond, but "she did not touch
the steacher." He said the
wonian'is not affected by the
accommodation decree.
An ex-communicated per-
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-12-17

railroad terminal, the other
stemming from a North Caro-
lima bus drivers demand that
a Negro WAC take a seat in
the rear section of his vehicle.
Adherence to the so-called
separate but equal" principle
which had been followed by
the ICC in similar cases since
1887 was abandoned in the
ruling, which is expected to
apply not only to the carriers
named but to all interstate
transportation.
The ICC held that Negro
passengers are subjected to
gu n due and unreasonable
prejudice and disadvantage"
when they are placed in sepa-
rate cars, sections, or waiting
rooms.
The commission declared
"The disadvantage to a ira
Weller who is assigned accom-
modations of facilities so de-
signated as to imply his in
herent inferiority solely be-
cause of his race must be re-
garded under present condi-
tons as unreasonable.
1Alsc, he is entitled to be
free of annoyances, some
petty and some substantial,
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-12-17
Roanoker Joins
Philadelphia Choir

A well known and popular
matron of Roanoke, Mrs. NJ.
H. Guerrant of 719 Loudon
Ave-, N. w. has been accepted
as a member, of the 100 voice
Fellowship Choir of Philadel-
phia.
Mrs. Guerrant is a student
at Philadelphia Conservatory
Of Music. The choir includes
students from a number of
colleges in that area.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-12-17

said the tour was a beautiful
lesson in democracy"
She said she found that
m any communities which
have started indignation of
their public schools are begin
ming automatically to relax
other race barriers in public
places.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-12-17
More Than Fifty Pastors
Oppose Calling Constitutional
Convention In Virginia

The Unprecedented action of the Baptist Pastors Con-
ference of Roanoke Vinton, Salem vicinity which
took action last week to launch educational campaign
against calling Constitutional Convention the purpose
OF changing Section 141 Of the Constitution Virginia
Joined this week by pastors of all other denominations
IN this city and vicinity Encouraged by the rapid grow
ing opposition among white citizens the wisdom of
hastily calling convention to deal with changing the
Constitution of State which many of regousy
sacred the ministers have pledged to leave
turned in their effort to inform the public of the great
and lrreparable harm which would likely result from
hastily cooked-up convention During these times when
racal tension is unquestionaby high the need of
sober and intelligent thinking and action never been
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-12-17

son can not receive confess
sion, Holy Communion or last
rites.
Our Lady of Lourdes have
been unsegregated. At the
time Father Liable suspended
classes, there were $50 whites
and rs Negroes in attendance.
The Negroes usually sat in
the back of the room.
Bishop Jeanmard has warn
ed that anyone who threatens
any further violence will au-
tomatically be ex-communi-
Gated.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-12-17


The ministers take the position that they are not
playing politics in the stand they taking The State
confronted with the challenge of survival OF
humanitarian Therefore ministers of the Gospel
of Jesus Christ (the light of the word) ilafford
to keep quiet at such time this.
Heading mammoth committee on ways and means
of conducting this educational campaign which
get under way and continue through the January 9th ref
erendum are the Rev E. Alexander pastor First Bap
fist Church, Buchanan and editor and publisher of the
Tribune The secretary to the committee the Rev Fred
erick c. Sampson pastor High Street Baptist Church.
noke. The campaign will get underway Immediately.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-12-17
CONVICTED IN RAPE
OF WOMAN, "a

Crowley, La. - A 34-year-
old white man, convicted of
attempting rape of a 74-year-
old Negro woman, has been
sentenced to four years in the
Louisiana penitentiary.
An all-white jury convicted
Sterling Trahan Nov. 81.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-12-17

obtained from DR.. Irving or
from National Teacher Ex-
aminations, Educational Test
ing Service, 20 Nassau Street,
Princeton, N. j.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-12-17

Thanked by pretty models Patricia Acey
and Mary Cowser is the W. A. Scott, H.
Memorial Trophy on which Grambling
State College of louisiana won leg upon
beating Florida A. and M. University at
recent Orange Blossom Classic in Miami.
Grambling's 2S-21 win over Florida netted
the visitors ten-game undefeated season
and the mythical intercollegiate football
championship for 1865.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-12-17

Continued on page 81
The frontiersman., 1955-02-10
BOY SCOUT RALLY, COURT OF HONOR SET FOR FEB. IS

A Boy Scout rally, the first one attempted in Palmer, will be held at the Central School gymnasium on Wednesday, February l6, fol- lowing a Court of Honor which will begin at 7:30 pm.
 Boy Scout Troops from Pal mer and Wasilla will be partici- pating in the rally. A merchan- disc certificate for $500 will be awarded to the Troop winning the greatest number of points during the rally. The certificate is a gift of the Koslosky Department Store.
 Contests and events planned for the rally include ice rescue, first aid, compass relay, fire by flint and steel, bridge building, signal ing, and Paul Revere race.
 The signaling and first aid con test rules will not be known by the contestants until the signal to begin is given, according to Geor- ge Allen, Scout commissioner in the Palmer Wasilla area. The problems will be handed to con- testants in sealed envelopes and will come as complete surprises to those participating, he said.
 All parents and others interest ed in Scouting are urged to at- tend the Court of Honor cere- monies and the rally, in observ- ance of Boy Scout Week which is being observed nationwide thr- oughout this week.
The frontiersman., 1955-02-10
Many Valley Residents Complete Red Cross First Aid Courses

During a recent Civil Defense Meeting Florence Sandel, RN, presented report on first aid classes which she has conducted throughout the Valley.
 The first class was begun in July of last year. Two Standard first aid courses have been con- ducted by Mrs. Sandel in Palmer and one in Wasilla. Advance first aid courses have been con- ducted in both Palmer and Wasil- la. In March another Advance class will be started if enough in- terest is shown, Mrs. Sandel stat ed.
 Of the IS persons who began the Standard first aid class in Palmer, eight individuals complet- ed the course and received Ameri- can Red Cross first aid cards. Tn the second class held in Palmer II out of 20 beginners completed the course and are now card hold CTS. Running higher, percentage wise, 20 first aid students in the Wasilla area (out of 30 who be- gan the course) completed their requirements and hold standard first aid cards
 The Red Cross Advance course in Wasilla saw 100% completion, with Is beginning the course, and the same number completing the requirements. Tn Palmer five be- gan the course and five complet- ed.
 Mrs. Sandel pointed out that at the present time Mrs. Priscilla Bacon, RN, is instructing a course in home nursing. Mrs. Sandel an nounced that if group showed interest in course for Volunteer Nurses Aides she would organize a class. Anyone interested is ask ed to contact Mrs. Sandel at the Valley Presbyterian Hospital.
The frontiersman., 1955-02-10
BOX SOCIAL PLANNED AT ST. MTCHAELfS

An old fashioned Valentine box social will be held in the basement of St. Michael's Catholic Church for all adult couples of the parish, and their guests on Sunday eve- ming, February 13. The party will begin at 8 pm. with several games which will be followed by an auc- ton of the decorated box lunches which the women have prepared.
 Coffee, silver, and cups will be furnished for the social. Women planning to attend are asked not to identify their Valentine boxes ahead of the social.
The frontiersman., 1955-02-10
FEBRUARY

The trees stand wistful in the
 square,
 Wearing a half-expectant air; The sky is slender silver bell, That waits to sound the knell Of winter.
 Anne Mary Lawler
 Tn the United States February is the month of famous birthday anniversaries, and is the last solid stand of Winter in most parts of the country. The word February derives it's name from the Latin verb "februare," which means to purify.
 The two Americans who are probably recognized throughout the world more than any thers, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, were born in February Other famous birthday anniver- saries which occur during the month are those of Aaron Burr, which occurred on the 9th, Char les Dickens on February 7th, Wil. liam Henry Harrison on February 9th, that. of James Russell Lowell on the 22nd, William F. Cody (better known as Buffalo BilD or February 26th, and Henry Wads- worth Longfellow on February 27th.
 February is also the anniver! sary month of the Battle of Buena Vista, which occurred February 22rd and 23rd, 1847, of the dedi. cation of the Washington Monu. ment, which occurred February 21st, 1885, of the inauguration o1 Jefferson Davis, which occurred February 18th, 1861, of the des- truction of the Maine" in the harbor at Havana, which occurred on February 18th, 1898, of the chartering of the Boy Scouts o1 America, on February 9th, 1910 and many others.
 It is the month of Valentines Day, of the Mardi Gras celebra ton in New Orleans, and of the Gasparilla Carnival in Florida Tn this month also come Georgi; Day and Groundhog Day. But generally speaking, this is the birthday month for great Ameri cans. Are you among them?
The frontiersman., 1955-02-10

IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALAS KA, THIRD DIVISION, PAL MFR PRECINCT
 In the Matter of the Estate FRED H. GITCHELL, ]
 Deceased. ] No. 134 '
 Notice 10 Creditors
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, JAMES HURLEY, was on the 30th day of November, 1854, by Order of the above-entitled Court appointed Administrator of the Estate of FRED H. GITCHELL, deceased; :; and that he thereupon qualified as such Administrator and all creditors of, and persons having claims against said decedent are hereby required to present their claims with the necessary vouch- CTS, within six months from the date hereof, to the undersigned Administrator, at the law offices of JOHN c. DUNN at Apartment ', First National Bank Building, or Box 399, Anchorage, Alaska, which office the undersigned hereby designates as his place of business in all matters connected with the said Estate.
 DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 26th day of January, 1855.
 JAMES HURLEY,
 Administrator of the Estate of FRED H. GITCHELL deceased Published January 27, Feb. 3, 10,
 IT, 1855
The frontiersman., 1955-02-10
UNITED STATES DEPART MENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF LAND MANAGE MENT, LAND OFFICE, ANCH- nRAGE Al CK
Notice For Puhlication

Notice is hereby given that Copy Junior Harnel entryman, to- gether with his witnesses Ruby Lee Gray ard Philip Serrell, all of Wasi1la Alaska, has submitted final proof on his homestead orig inal entry, Anchorage Serial No. 025632 for the SW14 SEE A SEC. B, NV A SE4 Sec. "A W12NEM Sec. 2A.
 Sec. Y3 and A T. 18 N. R. 1 w. Seward M., containing 160 acres, and it is now in the files of the Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska, and if no protest is filed in the Land Office within the period of publication or thirty days there after, said final proof will be ac- cepted and final certificate issued.
 VIRGIL o. SEISER, Manager Published Feb. 3, 10, F, 24 and
 Mar 3, 1855
 Date first published: Feb. 3, 1855 Date Last Published, Mar 3, 1855
The frontiersman., 1955-02-10
NEW BABIES
Braeutioan

MT. and Mrs. Arthur c. Braeu- tigam of Star Route Palmer are receiving congratulations on the birth of their first daughter and fourth child. They have named her Sonia Bertha. She was born at Valley Presbyterian Hospital on February 8 and weighed five pounds, two ounces. MT. Braeuti- gam is truck driver.
The frontiersman., 1955-02-10

KA, THIRD DIVISION, PAL MFR PRECINCT
 In the Matter of the Estate of ) Julius Bradley Edmunson, )
 Deceased ) No. 122
 Notice 10 Creditors
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, CLARE MAY EDMUNSON, was on the 18th day of May, 1854, by an or der of the above entitled Court appointed executrix of the es- tate of JULIUS BRADLEY ED MUNSON, deceased; and that she thereupon qualified as such ex- ecutrix in the manner required by law, and all creditors of, and persons having claims against said decedant are hereby required to present their claims, with the necessary vouchers, within six months from the date hereof, to the undersigned executrix at the offices of JOHN D. SHAW, At torney at Law, located in the City of Palmer, Alaska, which office the undersigned hereby de- signates as her place of business in all matters connected with the said estate.
 DATED at Palmer, Alaska, this 11th day of January, 1855.
 CLARE MAY EDMUNSON !. Executrix of the Estate of i Julius Bradley Edmunson,
 deceased. Published January 13, 20, 27 and February 3, 10, 1855
The frontiersman., 1955-02-10

Maxine Holtzclaw, physical therapist with the Department of Health, was in Palmer on Mon day. seeing patients that had been referred to her department. Her present routine calls for Palmer visits once every two weeks.