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The Phoenix Jewish news., 1957-07-26
Sisterhood Sets
Saturday Party

Beth Hebrew Congregation Sis
terhood will hold a card party at
g pm. Saturday at congregation
quarters, 333 E. Portland. Games,
refreshments, and prizes are
planned.
Tickets and arrangements chair
men are Mrs. Edward Dock and
Mrs. David KaleSh. Tickets will
be sold at the door.
Proceeds will go for altar redec-
grafton. The public is welcome.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1957-07-26

New.
THE NEW Mrs. Edberg is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Irving
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1957-07-26
x. L. Lerner
Takes Bride

Richard L. Lerner, of Phoenix
and Belleville, NJ, took Miss Joan
Goodman as his bride in a June
wedding ceremony at Roslyn
Heights, NY.
Mr.. Lerner, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Lerner of 1923 E. Monte
cito, is a University of Arizona
graduate. The bride, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Goodman of
Rego Park, NY, attended the
UofA and Queens College at Flush
ing, NY.
The couple established a home
at Belleville following a wedding
trip to Virginia Beach, Va.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1957-07-26
Jean Kudish Voted
HMeI President

Jean KadiSh has been elected
president of Hillel for the first Sc
mester of the 1957-58 year at Ari-
zona State at Tempe.
Other officers include Rita Plot
kin, membership vice-president;
Saralyn Stein, social vice-president;
Ted Lorber, recording secretary,
and Mort Rudin, treasurer.
Representative to the Student Re
ligious Council is Mike Multer; his
torian is Toby Schleifer, and Phoe-
nix College representative is How
ard Polk.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1957-07-26
SOCIETY & PERSONALS
SANDRA SHAW BRIDE
OF MELVIN HOGAN

Miss Sandra Shaw, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Shaw of 1923
w. College Dr., became the bride
of Melvin Hogan, son of Mrs. Rose
Hogan, in June 8 ceremony at
Las Vegas, New.
A reception was held at the home
of the brides parents.
The couple is residing at 80 w.
Culver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-24

the pressures Of the weekday rush,
grace gradually came to be a part
only of Sundays, holidays and other
special occasions. Now. as grand
mother visiting my children's homes,
l am invited to ask the blessing.
With today's appreciation of spir-
itual values, grace at meals should
take the old place as part Of our daily
experience in each family. Perhaps it
will. But it cannot be the blessing"
we ask unless it reflects faith, hope
and love.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-24

fathers custom to let the youngest
say the grace. For the child it was
an unforeettable experience.
My father also said grace in his
home and it was the more formal:
Heavenly Father. bless this food to
Thy glory and our good. Amen" We
children were expected to be on time
and we were expected to be respectful
to our parents and courteous to one
another. Grace was an important fac
tor in setting this atmosphere.
In my own home, however, due to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-24
Reverence. Warmth, Even 4umor

Whas We are abOEi 10 receive, may
tie Trinity and Unity bless, Amen.
For thy benefits, o Lord, We give
Thee thanks.
But there is no need to fall back
upon history for evidence of mans
devotion TO the custom. Grace is still
very much alive in our instincts and
growing in our observance. Ii is faS-
cinating to find so many persons who
do not profess to be religious at all,
but who have fond memories Of
grace. Quite the incest we know about
comes from a little old Vermont lady
who remembers her family's Grace
Before Grace"
when was very small girl, - she
says, the great thing ] loved about
Thanksgiving was the moment just
before the turkey was taken from the
oven. Father would round us all up
and say, Are you ready now? and
then he would lead the way from the
kitchen to the barn, and we children
would gather up the newest kittens
and puppies and cart them out after
him. Mother would follow, wiping
her hands on her apron. And when we
got out there, we'd give our dear old
mare hug and pat our brown COWS,
and then wait for Father to begin.
He stood tall as an apostle, with
fine shafts of light shining down on
him from the chinks in the loft. And
he stood patient until the last small
thing was caught safe in our arms.
Then he folded his hands and bent
his head with a smile. 1t seemed that
our brown cows stopped chomping
and the silliest puppy left off its
wrigeling as he spoke:
"Fafker in Heayen, We thank thee
for oar good beasts, which are dear
to rs next our kin. And on This
Thanksgiving day, We ask Thy fond
Messing spos them. for they cannon
ask fhegsseipes. AMeN. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-24

A naive Scotch grace, common in
earlier days, makes US smile today
because il got so closely down to
brass tacks.
Praise 10 God who givesk Hsedf,
CoRvenienf unto all 10 eaf;
Praise for tea and bsffeved toast,
Father, Sos and Holy Ghosf.
There IS mischievous grace attrib-
uted to Dean Swift, who undoubtedly
suffered from an endless round Of
luncheons in his honor. just as today's
celebrities do.
But whereas the modern complaint
is Of too much creamed chicken,
Swift had different lament:
For rabbits young and rabbits old,
For rabbits hot, and rabbits cold,
For rabbits tender, rabbits tough,
We thank Thee, Lord,
we've had enough!
There is even a downright ungra-
cious grace that has survived, known
as ''Wessex Prayer" II was presum-
ably said both at bedtime and meal
time, but by whom it is difficult to
imagine:
God Bless me asd me wife,
Me sos yOks and his wife
Us (oHy.
No more.
The fact that such a parody existed
at all suggests to us how very COM
mon the custom Of grace must have
always been.
Another curious, more reverent
relic is the Musical Knife" a rare
treasure today. One side Of the blade
was engraved with the words and
music Of Grace Before Meat; the
other side had the Grace After Meat.
The words, done in Latin, translate
thus:
Arizona sun., 1957-06-06

MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich
The grandson of Mahatma
Gandhi, Rajmohan Gandhi, de-
clared last Thursday at the
opening session of the Moral
Re-Armament Assembly of Ma
tionS that, "Only with MIRA can
we the Asian countries unite
amongst ourselves. When we
Asian countries unite on the
basis of absolute moral stand
ards and Moral Re-Armament
that unity will not be in oppoSi-
ton to the rest of the world,
but will be to serve the rest Of
the world" he said.
Gathered in the huge assem-
bly, hall were bitter enemies of
the Pacific japanese, Koreans,
Australians and FilipinoS. From
the Asian Assembly for MIRA
held in the Philippines in April,
Gandhi cited evidence of the
reconciliation between national
leaders from Japan and the
Philippines, and Japan and Ko-
rea. He quoted the former Prime
Minister of Nationalist China,
General Ho Yingchin, who said
that more was achieved in ten
days at this Assembly than in
ten years of postwar diplomatic
negotiations.
Arizona sun., 1957-06-06
Nixon Asks Leaders In South
Ia Settle Race Problem

Vice President Nixon, in an
address to the annual conven-
ton of the General Federation
of Women's Clubs in AShvill, N.
C. this week, urged white and
Negro community leaders in the
South to "asumme personal res
possibility for removing the
causes Of racial prejudice. We
must not leave this field to the
extremists, he. said.
Nixon endorsed the Presi-
dents four-point civil rights
program on which the house is
scheduled to begin formal debate
in Washington today, but he
added:
cit may take decades to
achieve equality of opportunity
for our Negro citizens If we rely
on law alone. And that type of
struggle in turn could leave a
legacy of bitterness which would
poison our nation and hurt our
prestige abroad"
The vice president, who toured
the newly-independent nations
of Africa in March, added that
the future of the world will be
decided by how the TOO million
non-whiteS of the neutral ma
tions of Africa and Asia line up
in the cold war.
Arizona sun., 1957-06-06
Grandson Of Muhutl,,u
Cal1dIhi, MIRA Speaker

Gandhi said his grandfather,
the Mahatma, fought for the
freedom of my country, but he
also fought the real enemies
of hate, lust, fear and pride in
his own person and in his ma
ton. Moral Re-Armament chal-
lenged me to apply to my own
life the standards my grand
father applied to his.
II have decided to give all I
have to Moral Re-Armament be-
cause I am convinced it is the
one answer on which the East
ern and Western countries can
unite. Only when we are equip
ped with this theology of MIRA
can we conquer the materialiSt
forces or our age"
Five plane loads of national
leaders from Japan, Korea, the
Philippines, Indonesia, India,
Ceylon, Burma and Wet Nam
arrived today for the opening.
On hand to meet them were
Negro leaders from Detroit and
the deep South, from TuSkegee
Institute and Bethune- Goodman
College.
The purpose of the Assembly
is to equip all nations with the
ultimate weapon, an idea which
Continued on page 81
Arizona sun., 1957-06-06
Man Sentenced To Prison For
Registration freud

Willie A. Rivers, 81, was SEN
fenced "wednesday to IL to Is
months in prison for attempting
to falsely register voters.
Superior Judge Henry s. Stew
ems imposed concurrent terms
on each of two counts after
rejecting pleas for probation by
both Rivers and his attorney,
Harold Whitney.
Rivers was convicted by a jury
last month of causing two Avon
dale area women to sign their
husbands names to voter affi-
davits during a recall election
attempt in 1855.
Judge Stevens told Rivers ''if
we cannot trust our voting lists
we cannot trust a basic aspect
of our way of life" He added
that HE felt Rivers crime was
a serious one.
Rivers wife collapsed in tears
when she heard the sentence
and was led from the courtroom.
The piano-player and former
minor political figure could have
received five years on each
count.
Arizona sun., 1957-06-06
BAHA1S TO OBSERVE
RACE AMITY DAY

Sunday, June 8, will be ma
tionally observed by members Of
the Bahai Faith as Race Amity
Day. Object of the occasion is
to reflect the fundamental Ba-
hai teachings on the oneness
of mankind. Members of the
Bahai Faith in Phoenix are
planning family outing in hon.
or of the occasion beginning at
1:30 Sunday afternoon in En-
canto Park at 18th Avenue and
Holly. Families are to bring their
own picnic lunch, with coffee
and iced drinks to be furnished
by the hosts. Luncheon will be
followed by games planned for
guests of all ages. Table decor
ationS are being arranged by
members of the local Bahai
Junior Youth group.
Interested families of all races
are invited to share in the fol-
lowship of the occasion, it has
been announced by Mrs, Ken
meth Myers, 2029 West Keim
Drive, chairman of the planning
committee. 1T is just one more
opportunity, she has stated,
"for members of all races to en-
Joy the friendly association that
follows naturally when we
cleanse our hearts of racial pre-
judice, which is so contrary to
the will of GOd".
Arizona sun., 1957-06-06
ColdWater Out
On a Limb

Senators Goldwater and Stiles
Bridges (R-NH) termed the prac-
tice of labor unions making pO-
itical contributions "a serious
threat to our two-party system
and our existing laws, and call
ed for a complete" investiga-
ton. This statement was made
as supplement to the report
of a special Senate subcommittee
investigating lobbying and cam
paign contributions. The other
six members of the committee
composed of four Democrats and
four Republicans, DID NOT
CONCUR WITH THE GOLD
WATERBRIDGES STATEMENT.
Arizona sun., 1957-06-06
REV. KING NAMED 42nd.
SPINCARN lMEDALIST

NEW YORK = Martin Luther
King, Jr., the young clergyman
who headed the dramatic and
successful Montgomery, Ala, bus
protest movement of 1955-56, has
been chosen as the And Spin
garn Medalist, Roy Wilkins, ex-
ecutive secretary of the National
Association for the Advance
ment of Coloied People, an
nounced here Monday.
The medal, awarded annually
to a Negro American for distin-
guished achievement, will be
presented to the Rev. DR.. King
at the Associations 48th an
nual convention in Detroit, June
$3.50. The presentation is sched-
uled for the night of June %.
At %, DR.. King is the young
est person and the first active
clergyman to be awarded the
medal. Described as dedicated
and selflesS," he is cited for "his
creative contributions to the
Fight for Freedom and his out
standing leadership role in the
successful Montgomery bus pro-
test movement"
Arizona sun., 1957-06-06
BRIEFS IN
THE NEWS
LIBERIA GETS LOAN

The Liberian Government an
nounced recently the negotia-
tion of a SIS million loan with
the Vianini Limited, a Liberian-
Italian corporation, for a Swear
road building program. The loan
is repayable at S percente inter?
est over a 16 year period. Strets
in principal Liberian cities will
be paved and miles of roadways
into the interior will be cor
Structed.
Arizona sun., 1957-06-06
NEW AFRICAN
BISHOP YOUNGEST

The youngest Roman Catholic
Bishop in the world is the son
of an eastern Africa Chief. He
is 3O-year old Auxiliary Bishop
Maurice Otunga Of Kisumu,
Kenya. He is the son of the late
Chief Babukusu. Named to sue
ceed his father, he renounced
the tribal office in order to be-
come a priest.
Arizona sun., 1957-06-06
MASONS AND LABOR CON-
TRIBUTE TO COLLEGE FUND

The New York State Prince
Hall Grand Lodge gave $500 to
the United Negro College Fund.
Local No. 3 of the international
Brotherhood of Electrical Work
ers gave the fund a check for
$1,000. Labor is usually to be
counted on in good causes and
liberal causes.
Arizona sun., 1957-06-06
KU KLUX KLANS-
MEN ROUTED

An eyewitness said that autos
filled with KKK's arrived at the
demonstration spot in Knoxville
for a demonstration against tr<
trial of the 16 persons who al
legedly took part in the Clinton
School disturbances, only to find
that several cars filled with
police officers were waiting
there to greet them and stop
the demonstration.
Arizona sun., 1957-06-06
ELEANOR r.. SNUBS
SEGREGATIONISTS

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, who
spoke at a Bonds of Israel"
rally in Houston, Texas, ignored
the pro-segregationiSts picketing
the place. In a news conference
she told newsmen that, in re-
gard to civil rights, President
Eisenhower had been "abOut as
aggressive as a little meek rab-
bit" That is about what Howard
Pyle told the the Virginia news
men at election time that they
could count on if they voted
for the Republican candidate.
Arizona sun., 1957-06-06
ASc Graduates

Among the graduating class,
last week, of Arizona State Col
lege at Tempe were the Misses
Barbara Williams, Hattie Will
liamS. Alice Barnes, Paula Gray,
and Mrs. Virgie Woods.
Arizona sun., 1957-06-06
NEW BOOK ON
NTEGRATION

children Together" just pub
Continued on page 81
Arizona sun., 1957-06-06
MISSISSIPPI NEGRO LEGION.
MARES THREATENED

Jack Pace of Magee, MiSSiS-
Sippi, the states American Le-
gion Commander, threatened
Negro Legionnaires with expul-
sion from the organization un-
less they rid their posts of racial
agitatorS. The warning came as
a result of charge made by Ne
gro Legion Post Commander in
Jackson that jackson police were
taking liquor pay-offs" and
were committing brutalitieS
against Negroes.
Arizona sun., 1957-06-06

FUTURE PRESS CIUBER MEETS VEEP-Alan HENDRIX, the
attending annual dinner OF Capital
Washington enthusiastically meets PreS
dent Richard Nixon After receiving the Vice Presidents
people" Nixon the recipient of Clubs In-
ternatonal Relations Award while Mr. Nixon of the
willard Hotel affair." is the
of Moss H. Hendrix, Washington Mr.. HENDRIX
heads Moss H. Hendrix Organization national public
relations representatives for The CocaCoa Company and
Carnaton Company.
Arizona sun., 1957-06-06
VOTING No. /.
GOAL IN MISS.

us. Congressman DiggS, Cd
Mich.) addressing a meeting in
Jackson sponsored by the Miss.
State NAACP, urged Mississippi
Negroes to set the right to vote
as their No. /. target. The meet
ing was sponsored by the NAA-
CP as an observance of the 3rd
anniversary of the May II, 1854,
Supreme Court Decision.
Arizona sun., 1957-06-06
PRIVATE RENTAL
BIAS HIT

61AO Exx
If a bill introduced into the
New York City Council should
pass, it would make it a mis-
demeanor, punishable by a fine
up to $500 to refuse to rent or
sell housing because of race, col
or, religion, or national origin
or ancestry. Exempted are one
and two family housing rentals,
and sale of private homes built
in developments of less than ten
units, and housing in religious
institutions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-28
School Addition
Bids Approved

The Arlington School Board
yesterday approved bids totaling
$3.50 900 for additions to the Lee
a n d Woodmont elementary
schools.
Earl K. Rosti, the contractor
will add three rooms to the Lee
and Woodmont schools.
Additions at each school will
consist of two classrooms and
one multi-purpose room to be
ready for use by January 1858.
School Supt. T. Edward Rutter
said halliday sessions at the
schools will continue until the
construction is finished.
The School Board also APP
proved spending $4,000 for
school lunch supplies. music
equipment, industrial arts and
paint supplies and magazine SUBJ
scriptions.
Paul Stone, builder Of the
Arna Valley apartments. asked
the school board to sell back to
him an acre Of land he gave the
board for school site in l94l.
Harlan Freeman. lawyer for
Mr.. Stone. asked the board to
sci 1.-The Arna Valley property
back to Mr.. Stone for $2,7O0 so
Mr.. Stone can put up an apart
ment.
School board member James
g. Stockard proposed that Mr.
Stone trade another acre in
North Arlington to the School
Board to get the Arna Valley
acre. which is now considered
unsuitable as q school site.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-28
WOMAN DRIVER
IN 9-cAR HIT OF
TRAIN CLEARED

An Alexandria woman.
whose car struck nine NOV
ing boxcars June 4, was
freed of traffic charges in
court yesterday.
Miss jeanne Little, rs. of
TIA Queen street, had been
accused Of hit-and-run and
reckless driving after her
car collided with the moving
freight train at a crossing in
the 400 block of South Pa
trick street, Alexandria.
Testim ony yesterday
brought out that the train
was unchanged, although
the front end of Miss Titles
car received considerable"
damage. her attorney, Henry
Crockett, declared.
"She couldn't be accused
OF hit-and-run driving be-
cause the train went on for
two blocks and the car was
struck repeatedly because
she was too frightened to
back up." observed Martin
v. B. Bostetter, jr.. assistant
city attorney. No one was
injured in the accident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-28

in 1852. Whitley openly consorted
with the woman he married later
The ex-wife. clutching her
daughter, was the only person,
including the defendant, who
showed any emotion. She burst
into tears when the verdict was
announced.
Judge Digges who pronounced
sentence asked Whitley If he had
anything to say. Whitley hest
tated and replied:
II don't understand exactly
what I'm supposed to say.
There are q lot of things
could say about this woman in
my defense. but ! don't want
them said.
Reluctant to Criticize
She was a good woman when
she was sober. When she was
drinking there wasn't anything
she wouldn't do.
Il loved that woman"
Judge Digges said the only
reason he wasn't pronouncing
sentence Of 10 years was be-
cause Of Whitley's good prior
police record.
Judge Digges told Whitley
there were some rather grue-
some aspects to the case, repre-
hensible as any set of circum-
stances we can imagine"
After killing her. you weren't
even concerned in seeing that she
got a decent burial. You spirited
her away in a car in the hope
that you wouldn't be discovered, !"
he added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-28

Commission members said they
would close up sewer taps and
arrest violators. but that the
storm drainage problem was out
of their hands.
Commissioner Frank L. Hewitt
said the Veterans Administra-
ton and Federal Housing Ad-
ministration. which repeatedly Is
financing many Of the homes,
has strict regulations about
drainage and draining that can
be enforced on the builder.
Asked by residents what ac-
ton they should take, T. Earle
Bourne, commission chairman,
suggested they descend in num-
bers on the VA and FILA, like
you did here"
Emerson Burke of 1908 Keith
street said the VA told him he
could write them but not to ex-
pecC results Tor six months or
a year.
The illegal taps, Mr.. Stanley
said. are costing taxpayers
money since the District charges
the WSSC for sewage treatment
by the quantity that flows from
Maryland into the Blue Plains
plant.
Stanley Glassman, owner of
the construction company, said
plumbing corrections requested
by the WSSC were to have been
completed yesterday. He added
he has never received any COM
plants of stagnant sewage or
storm drain water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-28
Whitley Gets II Years
In SIoying Of Wife

A three-judge panel in Prince
Georges County Circuit Court
yesterday found Joseph o. Whit
ley, 81, a Riverdale mechanic,
guilty of second-degree murder
and sentenced him to IL years
in the Maryland House Of Cor
rections for choking his wife to
death.
whitley, also oueensbury
road, killed Edith Worley Lewis
Whitley, 46, a Naval Gun Fac
tory clerk. during a fight in
their home last November 10.
Maximum sentence for the crime
is Is years.
The mechanic stuffed his
wife's body in his auto trunk.
drove to Richmond and dumped
the corpse in a ditch beside a
lonely dirt road. Partially clad,
the body had been stripped of
all identification.
Pleaded Self-DefenSe
Originally charged with first
degree murder when trial began
last wednesday, Whitley pleaded
self defense. He said his wife, en-
ragged by the false belief that
he was consorting with other
women, attacked him with a
butcher knife.
The panel hearing the case
without a jury included Judges
j. Dudley Digges. John r.
Fletcher and Philip H. Dorsey.
They threw out the hrst-degree
count. leaving second-degree
murder and manSlaughter
charges outstanding.
Whitley. through his counsel,
Carlyle j. Lancaster and George
Burroughs, pinned hopes Of ac-
quittal on q elf-defense plea.
The mechanic and part-time
fuel oil truck driver did not take
the stand. Little evidence to re-
but that presented by States At
torney Blair H. Smith was Of
fered.
Aided by Ex-Wife
Only one witness did her ut
most to help Whitley. Ironically,
she was Mrs. Olive p. whitley
Is and matronly-the woman
Whitley left to marry his oft
wed victim.
The ex-wife, mother of the
defendants attractive 11-year-
old daughter, said Whitley was
an exemplary husband until Mrs.
Alice Whitley broke up the
home in l949.
She said they married in 1910
but from 1919 until their divorce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-28
Montgomery Manager
In Race for Florida Job

Melvin L. Reese. Montgomery
County manager, is one of the
leading contenders for the newly
created post Of county manager
in Dade County. Florida. The
Star learned today.
The 49-year-old administrator
confirmed reports he had been
invited to vie for the SIS, 0O0-a-
year post by the Dade County
commissioners. His present SAL
AIRY is $4,000. On Monday, his
salary will jump to $4,000 for
the 1888 fiscal year.
Voters Of Dade County, which
includes the city of Miami. last
month approved a city-county
consolidation under a new char
ter form Of government to be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-28

come effective in October. The
county managers post is sched-
uled to be filled by August /.
Mr.. Reese said he will go to
Miami in the next few weeks to
be interviewed by the county
commissioners.
I'm always interested in chal-
longing jobs" he said today.
The invitation gained added
significance by its timing. A
month ago. the commissioners
extended invitations to IL city
and county managers through
out the Nation, including Ira
Willard of Coral Gables, Fla,
formerly Of Alexandria, Va.
Several were eliminated from
consideration. and Mr.. Reese's
name added to the list.