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The Detroit tribune., 1957-03-23
Social e. Civic Round M

Other speakers present were
Mrs. B. Fleming Jackson OF
Fleming School of Cosmetology,
and Mrs. Sallie Mccoy.
Atty Albert E. Nance, pinch
hitting for Rev. Calvin DeBar-
deleben, who was unable to fill
the engagement due to illness,
acted as POSTMASTER.
The menu consisted of entree
catnup, roast turkey with dress
ing, peas and carrots, noodle
puddin, wild rice. pickle snake,
stuffed eggs with anchovy. hot
rolls, cranberry sauce, punch
and coffee.
Your choice was placed on a
side table of various cakes. fruit
tarts, ETC., with whipped cream.
This was one of the greatest af-
fairs held at the church this
year, and the idea originated
with Mrs. Nova Davis McNairy
who was chairman of the affair
and an outstanding caterer. She
received much prise from her
pastor, Rev. T. S. Boone. and
others, who have witnessed few
Z any affairs of this nature
locally.
Mr.. c. G.. Smith is president
OF the choir.
The Detroit tribune., 1957-03-23
Ministers Are
r. E. w. Speakers

MARSHALL, Texas - Two
dynamic ministers led the OBJ
servance Of Religious Emphasis
Week at Bishop College last
week.
They were DR.. D. E. King.
pastor of Zion Baptist Church.
Louisville. KY. and the Rev
c. w. Black. pastor of Fi-sf
Baptist Church. San Antonio.
Texas. Both clergYmen are
forceful speakers.
Evening sessions during Re-
ligious Emphasis Week at Bis
hop were open to the public.
The leaders for Religious En-
phasis Week are no strangers to
Bishop College and the CON-
munity, since both have spoken
there no previous occasions,
Both have rich backgrounds in
their professions and are out
standing civic leaders.
The Detroit tribune., 1957-03-23
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program, making this something
special for the little tots to look
forward to annually.
King Solomon Baptist Chsrch,
6l25 l4th street at Marquette,
was the scene of a Presidential
Inauguration" banquet Sunday,
March 10th.
The banquet, sponsored by the
Senior Choir Of the church. was
an exact copy of the menu
served at President Eisenhower's
inaugural banquet recently.
The dining room was beauti-
fully decorated with red white
and blue flags on display. The
banquet tables, around which
were seeated approximately $50
persons, had as centerpieces a
bouquet of red roses and white
carnations.
When the congregation sang
the "Star Spangled Banner y
little Miss Bonita Davis, a
Brownie Scout, pledged allie
glance to the u. S. flag. while
her brother, Master Lee Nelson
Davis, held the flag. and two
Boy Scouts, two Cub Scouts
stood at attention. Judge Victor
j. Baum was key speaker.
The Detroit tribune., 1957-03-23
Man0 Native
Addresses (cnfab

JEFFERSON CITY, NO.
A convocation program hon.
oring the independence of t..
new state, Ghana, as an indie.
pendent member Of the British
Commonwealth was held las,
week at Lincoln University by
foreign students studying a,
Lincoln and at the University
of Missouri.
The historical background
of Ghana's successful struggle
for independence was supplied
by Lloyd Quashie. a native oi
Ghana. He is currently a senior
student majoring in geology al
the University of Missouri.
Mr.. Quashie pointed out that
Ghana had made proper pre-
parations long ago for the re-
sponsibilities that would be
involved in her independent
status. The government had
underway an extensive educa-
tional program which was not
only operating at home, but
and the United States where
hundreds of students were be-
ing trained for the assumption
of roles of leadership in the
newly independent state.
Mr.. Quashie emphasized that
a blak man no reason to be
ashamed of the color of his
skin.
IF you are ashamed of your
color. then I am ashamed oi
YOU" said Ouashie. TN spite
of the myths concerning Afri.
can backwardness. am not
wearing a bone in my nose
nor am barefoot" he said.
Mr.. Quashie further pointed
cut that the exaggerated con-
cept of African backwardness
which still fingered in the
minds of those who, as he put
it, had undergone the ordeal
of mis-education" was largely
responsible for the attitudes
of certain colonial powers
which tended to postpone in
of their territories.
The Detroit tribune., 1957-03-23
CHURCH NEWS

Prayer. Others who appeared
included Miss Lefha Walker.
Mrs. Katherine Purgear. Mrs.
Charles Isaacs.
The Senior Choir. Mrs. Willie
Thomas, president, the Pastors
Chorus. ID. L. Ragsdale, presi-
dent, the Male Chorus. Charlie
Isaac, president, and the Young
Peoples Choir, Mrs Georgia
Reed. president.
The Reverend T. c. Simmons
Is pastor of the church.
The Detroit tribune., 1957-03-23

IL Agriculture, given by q
Norfolk, Va. plant food manu-.
facturer. available to high
school eniors, members of the
New Farmers of America or.
ganization; Eight-Sears Roe.
buck Scholarships of 500, foi
study in Agriculture; two-Kro-
gen Foundation Scholarships
Of S200-each for study in Agri-
culture or Home Economics
and several other SIN Her
being given by the college for
study in any field offered
here.
The test, sponsored jointly,
by the college and its alumni
group, will be administered by
members of the faculty of the
colleges Graduate School. DR..
+. A. Williams. dean of the
Graduate School. Is in charge
Of its supervision.
The Detroit tribune., 1957-03-23
$4,000 In Scholarships
To BE Given By Colleges

GREENS ORC, N. c.
Statewide tests to determine
winners of more than $1,000
in scholarships, available TO
freshman students TO enter A
T &College this afll, will be
given at twenty-one locations
later this month.
Leading tho list of grants
are four-sl.00o scholarships,
ic be used over q four-Year
period. being given by the a
& + College Alumni Associa-
tion- Available for study in
any field offered ef the coll
lsse. they will 60 TO the four
students who make the highest
scores on the standard college
entrance test.
Other scholarships 10 be Of
fered on the basis of high
scores on the test includes;
Ihree-Smith Douglas Scholar
ships Of $500 each. for study
The Detroit tribune., 1957-03-23
COMMENTATOR

competitive basis to selected
students who wish to enter the
College of Nursing in Septem-
Der, 1857.
Applicants face no age, sex.
race or creed restriction when
applying for the scholarships.
For information write Dean
Katharine Faville. College of
Nursing, Wayne State Univer-
sity. Deadline for applications
is March 25, 1857.
The Detroit tribune., 1957-03-23
Modern Poetry
Week

One of Britain's most hon
ored poets, Dame Edith Sit
well, will visit Wayne State
University during the llth an.
nual Modern Poetry Week, Mar
1920.
Miss Sfiwell is the first wo-
man writer to be honored
with the title Dame of the
British Empire. She has re-
ceived many honors for her
poetry and her work with
young poets. including Dylan
Thomas. Miss Siiwell will
read and discuss her poetry
in the Rackham Building audi
frium at $50 pm. on Tues
day. March rs.
The Detroit tribune., 1957-03-23
FRIENDS NIGHT
SCHEDULED

Wayne State University's
College of Education will hold
its annual Friends Night" on
Friday evening. March % in
the University Student Center.
This event offers parents and
friends of pre-teachers a chance
to tour the campus, meet ia
Guilty, see new teaching films
and listen to student-faculty dis
cussions Of College of Educa-
ton plans and problems.
For information call Profes-
sor Lewis Larkin, TE. l-l450.
Ext. 536.
The Detroit tribune., 1957-03-23
Top Scientist At
Wayne State

One Of the nations foremost
scientists will give the annual
lecture of Wayne State Univer-
sity's chapter of Sigma XII, ma
tional scientific honorary So
ciety, on Thursday, March 81
Harrington Daniels. Ph.D.
chairman of chemistry at the
University of Wisconsin will
talk on the area which has
brought him recognition, "ThC
Utilization of Solor Energy"
The lecture Will be held as
joint meeting with the De.
troit section of the American
Chemical Society at 8 pm. in
room l01, Science Hall.
The Detroit tribune., 1957-03-23
choir Sets
Program Sunday

The Messiah Baptist Church
presented a program at the
church, 1897 Humboldt, on last
Sunday, March 10.
Those who participated were:
The Reverend Conyes read
the scripture; Mrs. Joyce Ford
Williams repeated THE Lords
The Detroit tribune., 1957-03-23
Here And There

Also for Mrs. Elveta McGhee,
ardent worker and publicity
chairman of Gospel Temple
Baptist Church who is in Har-
per.
An organizational meeting of
the st. Antoine Branch (YMCA)
Youth Division will be held
Tuesday night, March 26, at 7:l5.
Plans are to be completed for
The Detroit tribune., 1957-03-23

the annual conference of boys
and girls which will be held
Friday and Saturday, May II
and l8.
The committee is asking all
churches, clubs or groups who
work with young people to
please join them
This is the 25th annual af-
fair.
The Detroit tribune., 1957-03-23

When II is easier to support
the club, lodge, ETC., than the
church :.
When il is easier to grumble
than to praise 49,.
These are few marked needs
for revival.
THE Link" Kenmore, NY.
The Detroit tribune., 1957-03-23
Teen Age Talk

"Blue Moon Kentucky back to
back.
The night the record was to
be played over Memphis station
WHQB, Elvis slipped off to
movie house and hid himself He
was afraid his friends would
laugh at him. But while he shy
4 ly watched a movie, destiny was
sitting on his shoulders.
Fourteen kilograms and Al
phone calls hit the station during
the three hour broadcast of Disc
Jockey Dewey Phillips who had
to play the same record seven
times.
Durino the week that fol-
lowed. 1000 of presley's first
records were sold in Memphis
alone.
From then on things moved
fast; personal appearances, more
recordings, stacks Of fan mail.
TV guest spots, theatre dates
and now the movies.
His recordings of Mystery
Train II Forgot To Forget"
"Heartbreak Hotel and II Was
One are just a few of his first
sensational record hits.
Always devoted to his parents,
he missed them so much he
has had them come to Holly
wood TO be with him while he
worked on his latest picture at
Paramount Studios.
MY home base will always
be Memphis" says Elvis. But
with his acting career all set.
he will naturally have TO spend
a good deal of his fine in our
time.
Stunning the easy route Of
celebrities who sign up for a
guest star Just for the box office
purposes, Presley chose to start
his film career as a full-fledged
actor. In 1856 he tested for
dramatic scene from The Rain
Producer Hal Wallis doing
maker" and singing his famous
Blue Suede Shoes
He was Immediately signed
to a term contract by Wallis.
His first Wallis film for Para
mount release is Loving YOU"
&c be followed by Sing You
Sinners" which will go into
production in the early fall. Be-
fore these he made his screen
debut in Love Me Tender" for
goth Century-Fox.
Although he is a prize catch
for any young lady, he has man.
aged to remain fancy free and
has no serious romantic attach
ments.
This six foot, blue eyed kid
has his brown hair cut in a
style that is his trade mark
a heavy mop over his forehead,
ducktail in the back. and
sideburns. His nose is straight,
a set jaw and has a strong
mouth. Yes Madam, he is brut-
ish and handsome.
When ! asked Elvis just what
he is thinking about when he
drops his head and comes up
with that childish smile. he just
smiles, and said l am thinking
how wonderfully blessed / am,
and that I'm so grateful to all
of my fans all over the world,
for this expression of their joy
with my singing.
II love to hear them yell. I
enjoy every minute of il, when
I'm out there. I'm so happy with
it all. That is such an inspira-
ton
The Detroit tribune., 1957-03-23
By ROBBIE cRuMp

l
New Era District Association
held its annual influence day
at the Ephesian Baptist Church
Riopelle at Leland, on Wednes
day, March Is.
AS worship leaders, the fol
lowing spoke on To Eat of the
Tree of Life" Mrs. Dezonia Pol
lard, "Not to be Hurt of the
Second Death,' Mrs. Louise
Madison, ITO Eat of the Hidden
Manner Mrs. Myrtle Sattie'
white, "Have Power Over the
Nation" Mrs. Eula Holloway.
Invocation, Mrs. c harlottt
White, Mrs. Marsetta Wells
chairman of the educationa'
period presented Mrs. Sattiwhite
and Mrs. Holloway who gave
an interesting book review or
"That the World May Know" by
DR.. Rimson.
After which the introduction
of visitors by Mrs. Anna Kava'
naugh. Mrs. Della Lee was pro
gram chairman; Mrs. ]. H
White, president, Rev. c. H
Williams, moderator.
The Red Circle department o
the Prospect District Associa
tion held its annual affair a
the True Love Baptist Church
Maybury Grand at Poplar Sun
day. March IT, at 8 pm. Th'
highlight of this program wa
the contest between the churche
to which receives a trophy fo
the highest financial report.
True Love kept the trophy
for the second year but wa!
warned by other Red Circle
groups (this group is composed
of children up to l4) TO watcf
out in SO.
Officers are Alma Jean Har
ris, president; adult officers ar,
Mrs. Eunice Fayson. Mrs. Ma
rion Staple. Mrs. Martha Coz
and Mrs. Anderson.
Rev. E. N. Cox is moderator
of Prospect and and pastor o.
True Love.
The Matron department of
the Baptist Missionary and
Educational Convention of
Michigan observed their an
nual affair with a banquet in
the annex Of the New MI.
Zion Church. $500 Chene on
Friday night. March 9. at 8
pm.
Theme for the occasion wa:
"Integration VS.. Segregation"
After the mass group sang the
Negro National Anthem, Mrs
Lula M. Sirls welcomed guests
Mrs. Arthalee Mackey sang "The
Lords Prayer" reading "The
Masters VISIT Mrs. Mildred
Bradley
Mrs. Dorothy Robinson. for
mer president. introduced the
speaker. Rev. Lonnie Cash.
Rev. Cash. who Is a graduate
of Arkansas A. M. and (. Col
lege spoke on the theme men,
toned above. He Is secretary
of the Board of Education in
Royal Oak Township where
he resides and associate min
lister OF the New MI. Vernon
Baptist Church.
Mrs. Carrie Anderson was
oast mistress. Mrs. Mary Brown
president, Mrs. Sarah Barthwell
director. Rev. w. r. Matthews
Sr., President of the Convention,
The TrCO Saving Club will
hold It's annual social at the
Ferry Center on Saturday, Mar
%, beginning about $3.50 pm
Toe Battle, president, Melvin
Larkins, vice president EVELYN
Parker, secretary, Frederick
Finney, business manager, and
Dudley Webb, Jr., treasurer.
We are praying for a speedy
recovery of Rev. J. II. Johnson,
pastor OF Friendship Baptist
Church who Is confined to Har-
Der Hospital.
Rev. johnson has pastored the
above named church for more
than forty years.
The Detroit tribune., 1957-03-23
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National Council of Negro
Women
Proclaim Mary McCloud
Week

WASHINGTON, DC
Executive Committee of the
National Council of Negro
Women in quarterly meet
ing recently proclaimed
MARY Mcleod Bethune
Commemoration Week" to
be observed from April 49,
&c. Mrs. Henrine Ward
Banks, Dean of Women
at Bethune-Cookman Col
lege and National Chair
man of the observance an
nounced a series of events
marking the anniversary of
the death of Mrs. Bethune.
Newspapers will be ask
cd to devote a special page
to the life and works of the
great educator and organi-
ger of women. Governors
to issue proclamations ack.
ing schools, librari les,
churches, civic groups and
others to learn more a
bout the eventful life Of
Mrs. Bethune and to embla-
zon the facts so that Amer
lea will remember with ap-
probation the distinguish
ed contributions which she
made to her times.
Local Councils and ma
tional affiliates will con-
duct special grams.
Ministers. librarians, prin-
cipals of public schools
and college presidents are
asked to promote obser-
vances-all to commemor-
ate the life of Mrs. Bethune.
Nursing Scholarships Are i.
Offered For Fall Semester.
The College of Nursing at
Wayne State University recent
ly announced that six scholar
ships for student nurses are
again available for the 1957-58
academic year.
Five Helen Newberry Joy
Scholarships are available TO
students in the Metropolitan
Detroit area and an alumni
grant Is available TO etudents
throughout Michigan.
These scholarships offer $3.50
to cover the major part of tut
ton costs for the eight semes-
ters and one summer session of
the basic professional program.
The grants are offered on a
The Detroit tribune., 1957-03-23

program, making this something
special for the little tots to look
forward to annually.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-04-19
THE LONELY LIFE :
ABOARD LIGHTSHIP
HAS SOME PERlLS
One Of Those Most Famed is
Anchored II Miles at Sea
OFF Cape Hatteras

WASHINGTON-A transatlan-
tic ships first. contact with Amer
lea often is a high-pitched radio
direction signal, a thrice-flashing
light on the horizon, and finally
the silhouette of little vessel bob
bling in open ocean off Massachu-
sets.
This is the world-famed Nam
tucket Shoals lightship, one of 81
such floating light stations man
ned by Coast Guardsmen in
United States waters, the Nation
al Geographic Society says. For
102 years navigators have looked
for this light due south of Nam
tuck Island on the eastern ap-
preach to New York.
Time and tedium frame the
lives Of the lightship's men; their
chief job is to go nowhere. A huge
anchor buried in, the sea floor
tethers the ship to an exact chart
ed station. The crew keeps the
light, blaring foghorn, radio beam
and other navigational aids operat-
ing.
When fog shrouds the ocean.
they know that blinded ships are
groping straight toward them.
Being the bull's-eye gives them
an uneasy feeling, punctuated by
the booming "Beeeeee-ohhhhhh"
of the horn. All too often a steers
mans aim has been too good.
On May Is, 1884, the British
liner Olympic rammed the Nan
tucket and sank it with seven
crewmen. Similar collisions have
damaged lightships severely, and
there have been near-misses be-
yond count.
Lightships likewise must stay
out when storm warnings fly and
other ships scurry for port or the
open sea. In 1905 the Nantucket
foundered and went down in gale.
Another storm broke its mooring
and blew the ightship nearly to
Bermuda. Hurricane Edna in 1854
left it without steering gear.
Through all such travail these
odd-loOking little ships, their
names in big white letters across
red hulls, keep some of the seas
most vital lights burning bright.
Diamond Shoals lightship off Cape
Hatteras, for example, guards the
stormy Graveyard of the Allan
tic"
Americas first lightship, sta
toned off Norfolk in 1920, was a
craft "of seventy tons burthen,
copper fastened and coppered."
Her light burned fish oil, and
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-04-19

for road work in Pitt, Greene, Will
son and part of Edgecombe Coun-
ties.
In 1887, Spruill was promoted to
Assistant Second Division Engi-
neer under S. M. Gibbs. Upon the
death of Gibbs, Spruill was pro-
NOTED to Second Division Engineer.
In 1919, he was transferred to the
First Highway Division as Divi-
sion Engineer.
Today, he is directly responsible
for the maintenance and construc-
ton of all State roads and high
ways in Camden, Currituck, Dare,
Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans,
BERTHE, Hartford, Northampton.
Chowan, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell
and Washington Counties. His AS
sistant Division Engineer is j. J.
Gilbert. For efficiency in road
maintenance, the First is subdivded
into three districts. George K.
Mack is District Engineer at Eliz-
abeth City for Camden, Currituck,
Dare, Gates, Pasquotank, and Per-
quimans Counties. T. C. Liverman
is District Engineer at Ahoskie for
BERTHE, Hartford and Northampton
Counties. W. F. Seasons is Dis
trict Engineer at Plymouth for
Chowan, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell and
Washington Counties.
Spruill is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. H. Spruill. He was born
April IL, 1899, in Tyrrell County.
He attended NC. State College for
year and a half. January IL,
1921, he was married to Anna May
McRae. They have one daughter,
Betty Lee Speight.
Spruill is an elder in the Presby-
terrain Church. Rotarian, and a
member of the N. C. Society of
Engineers.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-04-19

First Highway Division Engi-
neer w. N. Spruill Of Ahoskie
dates his highway career from
1921 when he started out as rod
man on construction of US 301 be-
tween Rocky Mount and Whitak-
ers.
The next year, he was reclassi-
fled as an inspector and inspected
the paving of US "a between Roc
ky Mount and Tarboro. The follow
ing year, he became an instru-
mentman and worked on the paw
ing US "a between Nashville and
the Franklin County line.
In 1924, he was promoted to Res
ident Engineer and assigned a
grading project between Nashville
and Castalia. He subsequently
worked on various grading, paving
and structure projects in Perqui-
mans, Nash, Edgecombe and Hall
fax Counties till 1881 when he was
promoted to District Engineer. In
this position, he was responsible
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-04-19

winds blew it out regularly.
Roman galleys carried blazing
fires. in baskets at their mastheads,
but more as weapon against
pirates than as signal lights. An
diversified rowboat with two crude
lanterns marking the More Sands
in the Thames Estuary in 1892
gives England credit for the first
real lightship.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-04-19

The legs of the penguins are en-
closed in the skin of the body thus
making their walk slow and clum-
sy.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-04-05
Church OiUned
BY Milan Bank

MILAN - CNC) - The little
church of st. Joseph. which
stands near the famous La Scala
opera house here, is probably the
only church in the world legally
owned by a bank.
This strange situation resulted
from Napoleon's invasion of
Northern Italy. At that time the
church had been turned into a
bread store to supply the French
armies. The rector of St. Joseph's,
making use of the fact that Ma
poleon's wife was called Jose
phine, later appealed to the EN-.
peror, asking that his church be
restored to religious usage.
Napoleon agreed, but appropri-
ated all the church'S revenues. To
offset the church'S extreme pow
erty, the rector had to sell the
parish house. Later on he was
compelled to sell the church itself
to a savings bank.
To this day the bank has never
exercised right of ownership ex-
cept to finance restoration work
on the church.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-04-05

is apto to be hailed by the new
Christians with the customary Ca
tholic greeting: Praised be
Jesusl"
A new cry is being heard in
the mountains of Formosa.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-04-05
Missioner Out-Talks
Native Witch Doctor

TAIPEI, Formosa, Witch-doctors are stifl active
among the aborigines of eastern Formosa
Their influence is declining and there hardly
any young sorcerers but hard continues practice
magic.
Recently Father John Poupon priest of the Paris
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-04-05
Pope's Intention
For Schools
In elgium Congo

Our Holy Fathers mission in
tention for April is Catholic
schools in the Belgian Congo and
Ruanda- a-Urundi."
The Congo is a colony of Bel
GUM. Ruanda-Urundi is a United
Nations Trust Territory admins
tered by Belgium.
Belgium has given the Congo
one of the best school systems i'm
Africa. Seven percent of the Con-
60 people are in schools, as com
pared with only nine percent in
the Belgian homeland.
This fine record has been eStab-
lished by giving government help
to schools staffed by mission
aries. Recently, there has been ia
tendency in Belgium to hamper
the work of Catholic schools by
entanglements of 'red tape"
Officials say there is no oppo-
sition, but the Liberal and Social
list parties, which came to power
in 1854, are known to be un-
friendly TO religious education.
Missionary observers fear the pol
icies of the homeland will be ap-
piled to the Congo.
While there would be less dan
ger in Ruanda, since the latter
is not a colony but a UN trustee
ship, unfriendly officials might
hamper the Catholic schools
there. too.
The April mission intention is
that the Belgian government may
follow the course of wisdom and
continue to give the schools in
Africa the support they have de-
served by their fine work in the
past.