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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-09-28

The Reverend Mr.. w. Davis
Cause would be quick to deny
being a preacher, or a minister.
But that depends on what defini-
ton of these terms is accepted.
Though he has neber been for
mally ordained or classified as a
preacher, or authorized to write
Rev" with a capital r. before
his name, there are many of his
friends who will agree that he
has done a lot of good preaching
as a layman.
Maybe he should be called Dea-
Arizona sun., 1955-01-07
Thomas Road Bridge
Bid Gets Approved

Acceptance Of the low bid of
S19,974 for construction of wider
bridge at Thomas Road and the
Grand Canal near Oath Street was
recommended by the Arizona
Highway Department and con-
Cured in by the city council. Roy
den Construction Company was the
successful bidder. Widening of the
bridge to GA feet lpus five-foot
sidewalks on each side is being
made in conjunction with the
scheduled paving and widening of
Thomas Road between 18th and
Oath Streets as part of the Federal
urban aid street improvement pro-
gram. The bridge contract is be-
ing awarded now to take advan-
tage of the annual drying of the
Grand Canal for maintenance and
repairs. The State Highway De-
partment acts as agent for the city
on all such projects.
Arizona sun., 1955-01-07
Hold Her Down

Speed is the great killer yet any
experienced driver knows how fast
is too fast"
A speed that's safe en- the high
way at noon on a dry day will
at dusk, on a busy street covered
with rain-be just plain murder.
SAFE SPEED means less speed
at curves and intersections, en-
sand, gravel or wet roads, when it
is raining or when you are close
behind another car.
SAFE SP E ED means slow
enough to stop in range of the
slight distance of your headlights
and slow enough to protect your
self against the unreliable driver.
SAFE SPEED? That's easy. Safe
speed is just slow enough so you
have control of your Oar, no mat
ter what turns up,
Arizona sun., 1955-01-07

salaries of as much as S4,-
200 a year instead of $4,000.
The contribution rate will
remain at 2per cent. , @ =.
Among those who will be ir-
cluded under the Old Age and Sur
yivors Insurance program when
the amended law. BECOMES, fully
effective at the start of 1855 are
farmers, architects, engineers and
accountants. :,
Retired workers will be permit
ted to earn $1,000 a. year without
losing any benefits. For each $50
of earnings in excess. of $1,000
they will lose one months bene-
fit. No limitation applies to those
above u years of age. There will
be no limit, regardless of the bene-
ficiary's age, on income from pen
sions, investments, insurance pol
icies and other nonwork sources.
But work income must be counted
regardless of whether the job is
covered by Social Security insur-
ance
Those retiring after Jan. l will
be eligible for higher benefits. In
Arizona sun., 1955-01-07

creases for more than 6.3 million
persons already on the benefit
rolls averaged So a month, effect
i've last September. Primary bene-
fits-the amount. due each worker
himself f-had ranged from S25 to
S85 "a month The: new range lis
$50 to S98.50. -'..:r~.
/ For those retiring after last
Sept 1, the new law provides fur.
ther increases. In most instances
Jan. L is the earliest that these
will have been covered for six CALI
endar quarters since June, 1858,
unless he reached the age of 65
after last Sept, 1.
A retired worker whose wife is
also IS and whose average month
ly earnings We're $3.50 will be paid
S162.80 a month compared with
$127.5O under the old law and
$147.80 if he was already on the
retirement role last September
His primary benefit - the maxi
mum-will be S103.50.
Maximum family benefits are
now 5000 a month compared with
S16S.5O under the old law
Arizona sun., 1955-01-07

A dcuble-edge Safety-raZor blade
makes a good stencil to add a
unique decorative touch to a
small box, plaque, or other item.
The various blades on the market
have differently-shaped openings,
which allows you a choice of de-
signs, and the blade affords you a
flexible, easily cleaned stencil.
Stick piece of tape to one edge
of the blade to protect your fin
gers, and use stiff-bristled brush
with a minimum amount of paint
or ink.
Arizona sun., 1955-01-07

Claus suits.
l can't help feeling they are
around to enjoy watching the won.
der in the children's eyes, to fee.
the beauty and excitement of the
season, and to sense the deeply
spiritual meaning of the holiday.
But they are on hand, too, to-
share the pangs of parents. who
cannot make. Christmas for their
children as memorable as it was
for us, and they must feel the
keen disappointment of any child
who may have been forgotten. 1
am sure this is SO, because they
never failed to spread their Christ
mas cheer beyond the confines of
their own home. Their contribu..
tions to the less fortunate were
generous and cheerfully given,
and the Christmas never came
when they did not find way to
make the season happier for some
one else.
Arizona sun., 1955-01-07

Hills Cemetery where lie the earth
ly remains of my parents.
Each year, 1 have had placed on
the spot, lovely Christmas plants
an flowers, feeling that by this act
l was expressing my respect for
their memory. But it has occurred
to me that in doing so, have been
accepting the belief that that plot
is their final resting place. know
that it is not.
For, particularly at this happy
season, they are part of all of
the preparations for the holiday
they love so we'll, and made so
hapy for us. Their hearts are to be
found wherever mothers are busy
shopping, making Christmas candy,
sewing doll clothes, or fitting halos
and wings on fidgety young angels
in preparation for the Church
Christmas ageant. Their spirits are
wherever fathers are working
overtime, stretching budgets, hid
ing packages, and trying on Santa
Arizona sun., 1955-01-07
STRAIGHT AHEAD.
By OLIVE A. ADAMS

NEW YORK, (GlobaD Just about this time every
year, l find in my mail - among the CHEEKY Christmas
greetings and department store form letters exong my
virtues as a credit risk "a sombre reminder from
Brooklyn florist order wreath for the spot in Cypress
Arizona sun., 1955-01-07
Changes In Social
Security Payments
Started This Week

Higher benefits to workers covered by the So~
cal Security system will begin JAM 1. At the time
application of Social Security taxes to the first $4,000
of annual earnings will immediate increase of
$12 year for employees and employers wages and
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09
Ettu Moten
On Air

CHICAGO - Eta Moten
presented the first installment
Of her new radio program over
MICS Station WNMAQ from
Chicago Monday night. 1t will
be heard three times a week,
Monday, Wednesday and FRI
day evenings from 9:15-9:30
PM. (CDT).
Featuring both song and
commentary, the program
/ sparkled, Miss Moten sang
I beautifully. Her rich speaking
voice gave lustre, significance
and depth to the sometimes
whimsical patter with which
she described her musical of
ferings. Varied, they ranged
from the classical to the pop
ular, with a spiritual sung as
only Eta Moten can.
Monday night, she sang
''Mr. Banjo" by Camille Nick
erSon; Make Believe" from
Show Boat; "The City Call
ed Heaven" America The
Beautiful" and her theme
number, That's What A Song
Can Do" by Harvey Brooks.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09
Need For Blood In
Mass. Is TripIed

The demand of human
blood for treatment purposes
of hospitals for freshly drawn
tense and the specific needs
in Massachusetts, has nearly
tripled in inc past seven
years and the burden of COL
Letting some $4,000 pints for
use in 1854 was shared almost
equally by the hospital blood
banks and the Red Cross, &C
cording to DrS. Mark F. Les
ses and Huston j. Banton of
considered desirable in view
Of the necessities of civil de-
centralized blood service is not
Boston.
Reporting on a statewide
survey of blood usage in 1854
published in the July issue
of The New England Journal
OF Medicine, official weekly OF
the Massachusetts Medical
Society, the physicians state
that in the years time the
hospitals reported that they
drew SO,784 pints in their own
blood banks and that the Red
Gross furnished them with
1885. For the blood drawn
in hospitals, more than 1000
donors were recruited by the
Red Cross.
DrS. Lesses and Banton also
point out that a completely
blood, plasma or platelets.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09
Desegregation Of
Public Schools Assured

lega talents aSsertiyely on
basic principles of racial equal
ity. This phase of future de-
cisionS that will be handed
down would be dramatic, but
not feasible as an open con-
certed effort for public demon
Stration that foster black
nanny mothers would be
brought into the picture as
a distinct reason to curb ra-
cial segregation. This premise
could be well fenced in a
background, whereby public
opinion could not in any way
challenge by a provoking tir-
AIDE of solid south unrecon-
structed zealots. In all
branches of Federal and state
government in America, the
Judiciay plays a leading role
of Interpretation that Legis-
lative and Executive functions
must not conflict.
The Constitutional checks
and balances also must always
be effective. The desegrega-
ton of publci schools by the
U. S. Supreme Court caught
the solid south and border
states off guard. 1t shattered
the Shiboleth of White Supre-
macy after decades of I'M
broken trends after the Civil
War, also during the bloody
Reconstruction era up and
until the historic decree, May
II, 1874, supplemented May 81,
1855.
The following is submitted,
not on any premise of fos-
ter black nanny theory.
However, there is a strong link
that has some connection with
the issue.
Continued On Page -Four
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09
AmVeis POSI- 1913
Win Stale Dept. Offices

The state convention, June
18th to goth in Holyoke, Mass,
OF the American Veterans of
World War Two, brought
much elation to the members
of the 366 Infantry Amvet
Post No. 1913. They succeeded
in placing two of their mem
berS, Petrow Frierson and Jo-
seph Williams ST., in depart
mental offices of the State
Amvet Organization.
Mr.. Frierson a government
employee won the nomination
for the Office of State Adju-
tant, the same position that
he held for the past year in
Post 1913.
Mr.. Joseph Williams ST., af-
ter a very hard fight won the
post of Fourth Vice Com
mander of the State. An en-
ployee of the City, he is at
tached to Police Division No.
g., and is a well known and
liked officer. He held the Of
flee of Commander of Post 1913
for the past two years.
Here at the local Post, Mr..
Alfred Brothers ST., was elect
ed the new Commander, He
and the other officers elect
were formally installed Sun
day, July 3rd during the three
day celebration at 331 Walnut
| Ave, RoXbury.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09

Elwood S. McKenney of BoS-
ton, recently appointed Exc
cutive Director of the World
Veterans Fund, visited the
White House on June % to
confer with Maxwell Rabb,
Secretary to the Cabinet. Val
]. Washington, Director of
Minorities of the Republican
National Committee, accom-
panied McKenney on his trip
to the White House and sat
in on the Conference.
The World Veterans Fund
supports the World Veterans
Federation, which consists of
6 United States veterans Or
CARNATIONS and 121 veterans
organizations in % countries
throughout the world with 49,
100000 members. Mr.. Alfred
Gwynn Vanderbilt is President
Of the Fund.
Mr.. Rabb has known Mr..
McKenney for a number of
years. Both are from Boston.
During the conference Mr.,
Rabb expressed confidence in
the efforts of the World Vet
Grams Federation in uniting
the declarations of the world
in a program for peace. He
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09
81. Mark First Church
NAACP Life Member

The st. Mark Congregation
al Church of Boston, Rev. S.
L. Laviscount, Pastor, recent
ly paid its first annual install
ment on its NAACP Life Mem
bership, announced in the
papers, and from the pulpit,
Sunday, Feb. 27, 1855, a few
days after the coming to Bos-
ton of DR.. Mays, and on &C
count of his inspiring address
at the City Club on Feb. Is.
A group called the N.A.A.C.P.
Club was then organized in
st. Mark with Mrs. Cornelia
Jones as President.
st. Marks interests are
many and far-reaching. It's
activities in Social and Mis-
sionary work (home and
abroad are chiefly due to the
broad-mindedness, world-vieW
and energy of many Of its
dynamic Pastor.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09
N. Eastern Federation
OF Wnmen's Clubs
Convene Here

Among the numerous note
worthy organizations which
will enjoy proper Bostonion"
hospitality in Convention dur
ing the summer of 1865 is the
distinguished, historic North
eastern Federation of Women's
Clubs, organized at Boston in
1896 with such New England
stalwarts in Clubdom as the
late and beloved Elizabeth
Carter Brooks. Minnie T
Wright, M. Cravath Simpson,
Mary Dunton Gardner, Rosa
Cass Brown, Fannie Lonon,
Sarah Pritchett-Jones and a
host of others. The Fedora
ton comprises the New Eng
land States and down the At
lantic Seaboard to Washing
Continued on Page Four
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09
Greater Boston Feis July 10

The sixth Annual Greater
Boston FeiS will be held on
Sunday, July 10, at Alumni
Field, Boston College. This
presentation of Gaelic dane
ing, singing, music, and games
is under the sponsorship of
the Central Council of Irish
County Clubs of Boston.
First introduced in Greater
Boston in 1850, the Feis (pro-
nounced Fesh) has been a
success since the beginning
and each year sees additional
entries for the more than one
hundred competitions, some
coming from as far away as
Chicago and Kansas City. New
York and Boston of course
being more local, produce the
bulk Of the participants.
Valuable prizes are present.
ed to the winners and run
ners-up in all the competi-
tons. The age range runs
from the Juniors under eight
to the Seniors of any age
over sixteen.
A comparatively recent in
novation in Greater Boston
the Feis is as old as ole
Ireland. History tells us thai
in 1000 BIC. these festival
or conventions were held an
nuaIly at the palace of thu
Ard-Ri at Tara. There, on the
palace grounds each year, war
riors, athletes, bands, and
singers gathered from all over
Ireland to match their skills
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09
NAACP, Labor
Act Together
3y Alfred Baker LelUis

1t has been a significant and
important feature of the re-
cent Conventions of the Ma
tional Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People,
including the latest one just
held in Atlantic City, that
there is a growing similarity
between the program of orga-
nized labor and of the NAACP.
On both the national and
state levels the NAACP and
organizezzd labor are natural
allies, and have been acting
as such, more and more, in
the states of the North, North
east, the West Coast, and in
Washington, D. G. For eX-
ample, organized labor has
supported such demands OF
the NAACP as the abolition
of the poll tax as a require
ment for voting, a fedora
anti-lynching law, and a fail
employment practice law witt
| enforcement pow rs. In nearl,
all the states which have pas
sed fair employment practict
Legislation, organized labor has
given it's support. I know il
was true in Connecticut
where 1 live, that without
such support the law would
not have been adopted. And
this past year organized labor
in Connecticut and in New
York gave help, either at the
hearing or in the promotional
work, for measures against
discrimination in housing or
to provide more funds for
non-segregated housing prof.
ectS.
The NAACP is opposed to
the McCarren- Walter Anti
immigration Law because its
national origin quota system
is a clear expression of racial
Continued On Page Four
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09

If a man still calls it the
Literary Digest when he means
the Readers Diget, you can
accurately guess his age.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09

in competitions. To the vic
tors in these trials of skill
went many honorS and posi-
tions in high places.
These festivals continued
unbroken until the death of
Brian Boru in 1914 AID.
Though there were lapSes fol-
lowing his death, the Feis
never really became extinct
Different kings and chieftains
still continued the custom in
their own territories. With
the passing of the feudal
chiefs and the kings however
the Feis fell into decay and in
the later centuries was almost
a thing of the past.
With the establishment of
the government of Ireland
the Feis with its ancient Pa
geanJfy was revived ana now
has become once more a SYM
Dol of Ireland'S culture and
prowess. Here in Boston the
Council has followed closely
the pattern set in ireland
and the Greater Boston FeiS
is in every sense as Irish al
County Cork.
Several events of Scottish
/ origin are open for competi
tion too.
The committee is headed b.
William F. Ryan, President o
the Central Council. He is as
sisted by the officers anc
members of the affiliated Or
CARNATIONS.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09
BY Monroe Mason

Solid south desegregation of
public schools will become a
reality without any anticipated
delay. Thousands of anti-se-
gregationiStS have in past de-
cades in order to preserve
their health during infancy
were breast fed by black man.
mics. From babyhood to
adolescence they remember
this coincidence as a reminder
of affection and gratitude.
Scores of these unrecon-
Structed men and women now
dead and those living did re-
we're and yet remember those
foster and black nanny mo-
theirs. In making this sum-
mary, it is probable that some
of the lower court Federal
Justices, whom the U. S. Sup
RENE Court designated as ar
biters of augmentation, will
be found in the black man.
my breast-fed category of in
fancy.
These leaders, it is believed,
will tranSmute their memories
to a farback era when they
ascertain the truth that black
mammies nurtured them dur
ing infancy and racial bar
rierS cannot taunt them in
this late period of their lives.
Solid south leaders outside
of the Federal judicial scope
also may strongly yield to the
unconstitutional balance that
racial segregation hasn't a
place in any section of Am
erica!
The above unique compare
son may not appear on the
surface as assured reasoning
that men will conStrue their
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09
BOSTON
BAKED
BY MABE KoUNTZE

"MOst SOutherners cherish
the illusion that they know
what their Negro neighbOrs
are thinking"
william Atwood
THE AMERICAN SCENE has
changed a lot even between
the time of the 1854 and 1855
school graduation. The aver
age reader as well as the
scholar looking for a 1856
thesis, will enjoy a cool re-
freshingly well written story
entitled "A Look At Ameri-
cans, now appearing in the
July 18th issue of LOOK MA
GAZINE. A sizeable part of
this article deals with Color
ed Americans. This is a factuaI
report you will not want to
miss.
LOOK MAGAZINE has been
presenting some excellent art
icles on inter-racial goodwill
an dprogresS. Some of the
features have been mentioned
here in the past. Although
we buy Look often, we are
constantly alerted to outStand-
ing editions by the live-wire
Look magazine publicist, Jason
Baker of Brockton. This lat
est July gem is by the vet
eran Bill Atwood, home after
nine years abroad as a foreign
correspondent. So Bill really
can compare.
THE TAN YANK subject
takes up approximately three
full Look magazine pages.
Back after nearly a. decade
abroad, Bill and Mrs. Atwood
tell us some troubles we are
familiar with and throws in
some gains and assets some
of us may have overlooked.
The article is one to be read
at your leisure. Take a LOOK
mag along with you to the
cool of a shaded porch breezy
backyard, in your car beside
a lake, or to that reStful spot
down by the sea.
SOME PEOPLE (like the
Dixiecrats) who think they
know the COlOred American
and his philosophy, hopes and
ambitions, are~certainly going
to have their ego debated by
the July 18th LOOK magazine
feature, "A Look At Ameri-
cans" by Bill Atwood. Concern
Continued On Page Four
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09
CIVIC. Sarah Stratmon
Honored On Birthday

under the auspices of The
Past Worthy Counsellors Coun-
Gil, Mrs. Lugenia Austin, Pre-
sident.
A beautiful floral piece de-
corated the center of the guest
table and on all the other
tables were a vase with a rose
for each guest also candies,
nuts and potatoe chips. Seated
at the Guest table with Mrs.
Stratmon were DR.. w. o. Tay-
lor, Grand Chancellor K. of
P, New England Jurisdiction;
Mrs. Winifred Williams, widow
of the late George w. Will
liams, Past Grand Chancellor,
Mrs. Ann Bobbitt Gardner,
Academy of Music Studio,
Claremont Park, Mrs. Ada Ec-
cles and Mrs. Eva Williams,
tenants of Mrs. Stratmon.
Any affair given for Mrs.
Stratmon always draws
large crowd, and, as usual, all
tables were filled to their ca
pacity with Sir Knights, Ca
lanthes and their guests and
more tables had to be added.
The Guests were served turkey
or tuna salad on lettuce,
pickles, crackers, potato chips
and soft drinks. A birthday
cake was presented by Mrs.
Austin and the committee. It
was a very pretty sight to be-
hold the cake aglow with
lighted candles and the COM
! Continued On Page Four.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09

expressed the hope that Mr..
McKenney'S outstanding ex-
perience as a member of the
Massachusetts Commission
against Discrimination in
which he did such an excel
lent job in administering the
anti-discrimination laws of the
state, will serve him in good
stead in his efforts to cement
the friendship of all peoples.
The 20 countries involved are
in Europe, Asia, and North
America.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09
MIA Seeks
Fare Hike

An increase of &c in the
token and local fares on the
MIA was sought yesterday in
a petition filed with the De-
partment of Public Utilities
by the Board of Trustees.
The system fare of zoe with
full transfer privileges would
remain the same except that
the present sale 5 tokens for
90c would be abolished.
All local fares, without
transfer privileges, would be
15c, instead of the present
13c.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-07-09
By LILLIAN NJ. BECKETT

Mrs. Sarah A. Stratmon,
Grand Worthy Counsellor for
the New England Jurisdiction
for fifteen years and a mem
Der of the Order of Calanthe
for thirty years was honored
with a belated birthday party
Thurs. eve, June % at the
Ritz Plaza, Huntington Ave,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-21

the breaking point-by the use Of this artificial
stimulaat wittom realizing III
You, doctor coud be the first to tell you that, for
some ,noen, one Of the tnorst offenders against the
delicate nervous system Is cafein.
The use Of this strong stimulant day after day.
week after week, may make you jumpy, nervous,
irritable, hard to live with.
However, If you are addicted to this habit,
there's hope:
There's no reason in the ao0rld acly y0u can't get
yourself in tune again, begin to feel you'd like
10. You replace a bad habit pitk a good one.