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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1958-01-25
CONCORDIA
CLUB MEETS

The Concordia club met in
the home of Mrs. Edna Cooper
last Sunday, January Is. The
meeting opened with the group
singing the club song. The
president presided over the
business session.
One of the highlights of the
meeting was the planning of
the Spaghetti Dinner which
the members will have Satur-
day, February /. A new mem
Der, Mrs. A. Moore, was added
to the club roster.
During the social hour some
useful gifts were presented to
the hostess who served a de-
licious plate lunch. The next
meeting will be held in the
home of Mrs. G.. Hayes, 1888
Pocahontas avenue.
Mrs. Elizabeth White is the
reporter.
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GO AND COME TEA
BIG SUCCESS

The 1858 Come and Go Tea
sponsored by the Sumner Hill
Home Demonstration club was
a successful as well as enjoy
able affair. The tea was held
in the home of Mrs. Jean P.
Wilkinson. Those appearing on
the program which featured an
Evening With Famous Poets"
along with mixed games were
Mrs. Rosa Robinson, principal
of Smith school, Mrs. Doris
Smith, teacher at Edwards Jr.
High school, Mrs. Dorothy Will
liamS, teacher at Brinkley
school and Mrs. Freida r. Pow
ell, teacher at Smith school.
Miss Margaret Jointer, Asst.
H. d. Agent, presided over the
tea table while Miss Vivian
Howard also a school marin
registered the guests.
Those signing the guest reg
lister were Mrs. Ethel w.
Moore, Mrs. Helen Williams,
Mrs. Hazel Bass, Mrs. Mary
Helen Keinebrew, Mrs. Fun
ice MCGEE, Mrs. Geneva Chris
man, Mrs. Pearl Latham, Mrs.
Cecilia Carr, Miss Mary Thomp-
son, Mrs. Rosie Mitchell, Mrs.
Esther D. Lindsay, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifton Hill, Mr.. and Mrs.
John B. Powell, Mrs. M. M. HUI
bert, Mrs. Roxie Walker, Mrs.
Marie Thomas, Mrs. Alean
Russell, Miss Wilma Geeston,
Miss Margaret Guice and Mrs.
Marguerite Younger, along
with the above mentioned.
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MRS. r. Nj. STEVENS is
HOSTESS FOR AME
MINISTER'S WIVES
ALLIANCE IN JANUARY

The monthly meeting of the
AME Ministers Wives ALI
ance of Jackson was held in
the beautiful home of Rev. and
Mrs. R. N. Stevens, 1852 Ala
mo Avenue. This was the
January meeting and Mrs. Ste
vens was the hostess. In spite
of inclement weather, illnesses
and other reasons for alb
sences, this meeting was ex-
tremely well attended. The
meeting was opened by the
President.
Following the devotional pc
Rod, members answered the
roll call with their dues and a
New Years resolution. The
minutes of the last meeting
were adopted.
The President brought a
very Informative discussion
before the members on "The
New Year." which made the
discussion period very inter-
esting evening for them.
After committee reports
were made the years program
for 1858 was discussed at
length. From all evidences,
this will be a year of progress
and outstanding events for the
AME Wives.
The members had a double
treat in store for them at this
meeting when they were serv-
ed with an elaborate plate
luncheon and had their hus-
bands as their special guest for
the occasion. Mrs. Nettie Mae
Harris assisted Mrs. Stevens
in serving this delicious lunch
con which consisted of baked
chicken and dressing, potato
salad, green peas, hot home
baked rolls, butter, hot spiced
tea or coffee and for dessert
pineapple mousse and plain
cake prepared by the hands of
the hostess.
Members enjoying this most
enjoyable occasion for a New
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Jackson State College, whose
topic was: Meeting Today's
Challenge in Homemaking;
presentation of gift, Mrs. Ben
Meta Curry; special announ-
cement, President Jean P. Will
kinson; introduction of visitors.
Agent, Sadie c. Hill; financial
recapitulation: 1st place, Mrs.
Jean P. Wilkinson; End, Mrs.
Bennetta Curry; 3rd, Mrs. Ma
RE Williams. Remarks and
browning of the most popular
homemaker of Clinton by Mrs.
Hill. Response to program,
Mrs. M. M. Hubert, extension
secretary; Coke sip, Sumner
Hill Home Demonstration So
cial Committee in charge. The
cluD women are indeed CRATE
full to the public for their un-
stinting financial and moral
support. Roster: Mrs. Jean p.
Wilkinson, president; Mrs. Ada
Dawson, vice; Mrs. Marie Will
liams, secretary treasurer;
Mrs. Annie Laura Robinson,
asst. secretary; Mrs. Alean
Russell, chaplain; Mrs. Mil
dred w. Williams, All Club adj
visor; Mrs. Thelma Peterson,
recreational leader, pianist;
Mrs. Mettazee Harris, reporter
and chairman of exhibits; Mrs.
Bennetta Curry, home i'm
provement chairman; Mrs.
Lynder Porter, clothing chair
man; Mrs. Marie Thomas, flow
er garden chairman; Mrs. Rox-
lie Walker poultry chairman;
Mrs. Zadie Gilchrist, foods
chairman; Mrs. June Hulitt,
chairman of socials; Members,
Mesdames Jimmy Campbell,
Thomizene Gray, Matte Rob-
inson, Annie B. Steele, Bette
Turner, Irene Kelly, Lula B.
McElroy.
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THE LANGSTONS HAVE
HOLIDAY VISITORS

MIR. and Mrs. Henry Lang
ston, East Bell Street, were
happy to have as their house
guests during the recent holt
days, their two uncles, MIR. Ma
thaniel Frelix of Mesa, Arizona
and George Frelix, New Or
leans, La; cousins, Mrs. Hen
rietta Thomas, Charles Ere
Tx, Jr., and Larry Hemphill,
Mesa, Arizona; nephew, Sol
oman Frelix, a graduate of
Jackson State College, now tea
ching in the Phoenix Elemen-
tary schools of Poenix, Ariz.
A family reunion was held
Christmas day in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Afford
and Mrs. Mamie Oats, Column
bia, Miss.
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LES BELLIES CHARMANT
ENTERTAINED BY
BELLE MITCHELL

AT the recent meeting of Les
Bellies Charmant Club which
was entertained by Belle jim
mic Neal Mitchell in her love-
ly home, Belle Jean P. Wilk-
inson was installed as presi-
dent. Belle Wilkinson begins
her third year of presidency
with the following other Off
GERS: Belle Ethel Rae Davis,
vice-president; Belle Argie
Shannon Wells, secretary;
Belle Helen Hill, asst. secre-
tary; Belle Dorcas Miller, trea-
surer; Belle Jimmie Neal Nit
chell, business manager; Belle
Artimissie Nicely, courtesy
chairman; Belle Mavle j. Lind
say, welfare chairman; Belle
Naomi Sans, courtesy CHAIR
man, and Belle Edna Gran
vile, keeper of scrapbook and
Belle Pearlean d. Harper, hon.
orary member. Guests of the
hostess were Mrs. Virginia
Hep Gloson and Caesar Mans
field. Members enjoyed games
and a tasty barbecue supper.
The next meeting of the
group will be held in the home
of Belle Argyle Shannon Wells,
1857 Bailey Ave. Ext, on Fri
day night, Jan. "a at 1880 p. m.
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WALKER-DYSON vows TO
TO BE SAID SUNDAY

OF interest to their many
friends is the announcement
made by Rev. and Mrs. d. L.
Dyson of the approaching we'd
ding of their daughter, Erma
Jean to Mr.. John Walker, Sun
day evening, January %, 1858
at three o'clock in Third Tenn
pie Church of Christ Holiness
U. 5. A. Following the cere-
mony a reception will be held
at College Park Clubhouse.
The bride-elect is the sister of
the popular orchestra leader,
Mr.. Joe Dyson.
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ERIN ROGERS WESLEYAN
SERVICE GUILD MEET
WITH MRS. DAVENPORT

W - a - ~tAAsAOs X n 4ANA ~
The Erin Rogers Wesleyan
Guild of Central Methodist
Church met recently in the
home Of Mrs. Elmetta Daven-
port. A menu of tasty boiled
ham, salad, hot tea and brown
les was served by the hostess.
After the devotional and a gen
eral discussion of coming ac-
tivities for the New Year, Mrs.
Marie A. Carter, president,
read an interesting letter from
the conference guild secretary.
Fiighlight of this letter was the
suggestion Of an appropriate
place to hold the Guild Clinic.
The members suggested the
Rural Life Center at Hampton,
Miss, on or about the Bird Sun
day in April. Rev. S. l.. Webb
gave timely remarks to the
group. Miss O'Byrne Price
gave a full report of the nap
kins sold. Mrs. Sarah Harvey
and Mr.. Cecil Walton, photo
grapher, made pictures of the
group. Members were: Mes
DANES Marie r. Carter, Mar
garet Thomas, Lula Roseby,
Ella M. WHITEHEAD, Nettye
Spence, Eva Woodward, E. l..
Christian, Hattie Dawson, SUI
sic Walker, Miss O'Byrne
Price, Mrs. Florence Hender-
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CHARMING CALIFORNIA
GUESTS ENTERTAINED BY
MRS. HENRIETTA STEVENS

The spacious, well appointed
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Willie
Stevens, Woodrow Wilson
Drive, was the scene of a most
enjoyable evening of good
times and good eats when on
Thursday, January Is, Mrs.
Stevens entertained, honOring
Mrs. Burbee Jones and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Mary Cheeks of
Compton, California, and Mrs.
Lue Emma Ketchings Lowing
of Los Angeles. The informal
get-together was highlighted
by a tour of the beautiful Ste
venS home that from the arts
tic hand painted walls to the
exquisitively carpeted floors,
so well reflected the interior
decorating ability of the hos
tess. Turnout the evening the
guests enjoyed iced beverages
while reminiscing of the days
when all three of the visitors
had lived in Jackson. Climax
ing the evening the hostess, as
sisted by Miss Melvina Phil
lips, caterer at the Stevens
Restaurant, served, on indivi-
dual trays, a tasty repass of
shrimp cocktails, baked ham,
potato salad on lettuce, other
delicacies and coffee. Mes
DANES Jones and Cheeks were
in the city to attend funeral
service for their mother and
grandmother. Mrs. Lowing, sis
ter of the we'll known Joe Ket-
chings, made the trip from the
west coast with Mrs. Jones.
Among the others sharing the
hospitality of the Stevens on
this occasion, were: Mesdames
Thelma Jefferson, Sarah M.
Harvey and Miss Laura Bell
Singleton.
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THE SUMNER HILL HOME
DEMONSTRATION CLUB
SPONSORS PROGRAM

The Sumner Hill Home Dem
Onstration Club sponsored an
entertaining program, Sunday,
June Is, at the Federated Wo-
mans Clubhouse in Clinton,
Miss, on which appeared the
Clinton Choral Group, prayer
by Chaplain Alean Russell;
welcome by Mrs. Marie Tho
mas; presentation of guest
speaker, Asst. III. d. Agent,
Miss Margafet Jointer; guest
speaker. Miss Maggie Little of
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for the entertaining of the
State Pre-School Association
to be held in March. During
the social hour a delicious
Turkey Dinner was served to
the following members: Miss
Aletha James, Mesdames Ma
ME Jordan, Laura Mcdowell,
Virgins, Hawkins, G.. r. Hau-
ghton, Cornelius Youngblood,
Parker, d. d. Owens, Lewis
and Francis r. Greene.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1958-01-25
JACKSON SOCIAL
NEWS
By SARAH McNEAMER HARVEY
BY SARAH McNEAMER HARVEY

COLLEGE and to see and hear
the famed BILL DOGGETT
ORCHESTRA, playing for the
entertainment of students and
the general public in that Sec
ton.
REMEMBER, PAY YOUR
POLL TAX BEFORE FSB. 1.
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PRE-SCHOOL TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION MEET

The Pre-School Teachers
Association held its first meet
ing of the year, Saturday,
January IL, 1858 at the Chill
dren's Nook on Fertilization
with the president, Miss Ger
trude Hart, presiding. During
the business session, plans
were made for the Annual
Roundup to be held at Ro-
wan School, February Is and
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son and Rev. Webb. The next
meeting will be on the End
Wednesday in February in the
home of Miss Price, 121 w.
Oakley Street.
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PREPARATION FOR First
Class Citizenship. /. Important
indeed as we prepare ouISel-
YES for better and fuller life
Is that we ASSUME our COM
PLETE POLITICAL RESPON-
SIBILITIES that we REG
lister and VOTE in all cleo
tons -. that we will learn not
to vote for candidates on per-
sonal basis, but that we judge
each candidate for local, state,
or federal office on the basis
of his EXPERIENCE, his abil-
tiles, his integrity of charac-
ter and most of all we
must learn to judge each on
his stand on basic issues af-
fecting the WELFARE AND
FUTURE of ALL PEOPLE :.
To assume our complete polti-
cal responsibilities, we MUST
Register, we MUST PAY OUR
POLL TAX, we must see that
our families and our friends
are properly registered i. we
must see that our youth, on
reaching the proper age re-
quirement, REGISTER AND
PAY THEIR POLL TAX. Go
Today, Register and Pay Your
Poll Tax Before February 1.
MEMORIAL SERVICES for
REV. A. L. RICE has been
announced for Sunday, Janu-
airy 26, at MT. HELM Baptist
Church, II a. m, with the eu-
logy being given by Dean Gill
of Jackson State College =. a
similar service will be- held
Sunday, February 2, at 4 p. m.
in Dansby Hall auditorium
REV. RICE, former pastor of
Mt. Helm Baptist Church and
Chaplain at Jackson State Col
lege, died in Dayton, Ohio, on
Friday, January 10. =. He came
to Jackson in the early twen-
ties to accept the deanship of
the Theological Department at
the college and to being his
pastorate of historic Mt. Helm.
In order to get Rev. Rice to re-
lihquish his position as Assist
ant Pastor of Pilgrim Baptist
Church in Chicago, the College
Administration and the church
agreed to bring him to Jack
son Jointly. :. During the 1925
26 school year he served as
Dean of the College prior to
accepting the pastorate of the
Flowery Baptist Church in Nc
Comb :. in 1916, he returned
to Jackson State College to
serve as Chaplain, a position
he held until illness forced him
to go on sick leave.
THE 39th SCOUT COUNCIL
Meeting and Recognition Din
ner, planned Monday, January
q, at Jackson State College
dining hall, will have as speak
er, ELMAR H. BAKKEN, Di-
rector of Relationship, Boy
Scouts of America, who has
had a long and varied exper-
fence in scouting. This affair
is scheduled to be high in in
terest and entertainment. i.
Persons wishing to attend are
asked to make reservations
early with the division chair
man of district executive. /.
Tickets are only SIPS each.
THIS WEEK WE SALUTE a
Holy Ghost high school senior,
Miss r MON A GLYNITH
JACKSON who won the high
est score in written examina-
ton on homemaking knowl-
edge and attitudes Miss
Jackson's paper will be enter
ed along with other competi-
tors seeking title of Allan
erican Homemaker of Tomor-
row in the State, General Mills
sponsored contest. The winner
is the daughter of Mrs. Ruth
P. Hobbs, teacher in the Brink
ley elementary-junior high
school.
WE WOULD LIKE TO GO
ON but are coming out
early this week so as to make
a trip up to Clarksdale for a
visit at COAHOMA JUNIOR
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YACHT CLUB TO MEET

The Yacht Club will hold it's
regular meeting Sunday, JAN
uary 26, at College Inn at 5 p.
m. All members are urged to
be present.
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This N Thot
By SARAH Nj. HARVEY

THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY:
Associate with men of good
quality if you esteem your
own reputation; for it is bet
ter to be alone than in bad
company"
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1958-01-25
THE BAILEY AVENUE
GARDEN CLUB NEWS

We hate to start the New
Year without letting our read
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This Week Food Editor

fire, this summer day. Deep lounges,
wall-to-wall carpeting. Farm living
as knew it in Kansas was never like
this. Giddy gay kitchen in canary
yellow with rust brown touches, a
fireplace in the wall to use for barbe-
cuing, a small army of helpers, all
the mechanical kind.
Mrs. Staples uses apples the year
round, keeping them fresh as fresh
in the farms cold-Storage plant. She
is an inventor of recipes. Il merely
add apples to our favorite Dishes
she explained. Il often add half cup
of grated apples to chocolate cake
batter and the cake keeps moist
longer. If the apples are on the tart
side then a little more sugar."
Mrs. Staples does much entertain
ing and for parties likes her apple
roll, especially as luncheon dessert.
At Christmas her raw apple cake is
served with an orange hard sauce.
The unbaked apple cooky
recipe is - Continued on page 81
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WENATCHEE, WASH.
10 the heart of apple land. to
Wenatchee, WASH. go to visit Mrs.
George Staples. Marie Staples is an
apple growers wife with an apple
recipe collection large enough to fill
a book. Hers are unusual recipes, not
the "A is for apple" kind, but "A for
adventure"
Young Marie came from Mankato.
MIMI, 70 years ago to teach school
in the west. There she met her George,
son of pioneer apple grower William
Staples. Father had bought his first
20 acres of orchard land in 1909.
Today the home place has 90 acres of
Red and Yellow Delicious, some
WineSaps and a very few Staymans.
Five years ago the old farmhouse
had its face lifted. Except for those
rows Of apple trees marching up to
the front door would think myself
in smart suburbia. Through the wall
wide picture window of the living
room ! can view Badger Mountain
over tree tops. A fireplace, but no
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How A@,~ev;eA. \ eAts-
EYES
Favorite Fruit

AppIesl Try them with cake, cookies brownies =
in special recipes from orchard country
BY cLEMENTINE PADDLEFoRD
Week
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THIS WEEK Mouo.ins /Mereh 2. 1853
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their heads back and make further
shaving quite unnecessary.
Boards achieved a genuine come
back "a final ''hay-day," as it were
in Victorian England, where gal
lants were so afraid Of disarranging
their precious whiskers they encaSed
them in jeweled protective" Sheaths
before vaultine into their four-posterS
for a nights sleep.
The doom Of the beard can be laid
to adequate razorS. Best Of the early
ones were made by the Chinese, pre-
Sumably searching for something
deadlier than gunpowder. One man
DARN slit the threats Of three off,
spring with his newly perfected razor
"a plain case Of heir removal.
F00ERUNNER Of the electric razor
Of 1858 was a contraption patented
in London in 1890. Il looked like an
overgrown Swiss cheese. The shaver
ventured into a circular room which
was surrounded by a moat-like corri-
dor. In this corridor. by putting his
face to any one Of 80 portfolios, he
would be shaved - and how! - by
razors attached to big wheel which
was activated by a melancholy DON
key.
With this elaborate set-up, in
other words, there was m ass at each
end. The game finally was called on
account Of blood.
TINE LAST STRAW. A story cal
culated to razor eyebrows a notch or
two concerns a wife who poked her
head into the bathroom where her
husband was shaving.
81 want to try out the new color
film In my camera" she announced.
"Cut yourselfr'
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Once Over Lightly
You've heard Of shaggy-dog stories.
Well, here are some shaggy people stories

ARE you one Of those unfortunate
males who have to shave off a tough
beard every morning? You'll notice
Shakespeare never bothered with
nonsense like that. That's why they
called him the Beard Of Avon.
a SHAVER MUSEUM has been
opened in Bridgeport. Conn.,, by
Remington Rand, whose interest in
boards conceded with the introduc-
ton of an electric razor The museum
is a formidable collection Of blades,
pincers, gougeS, bones, sharks teeth.
and clam shells. Whisker-removing
obviously was one Of the greatest
punishmentS our ancestors ever in
flicted on themselves. The little shaver
Of 1888 doesn't know how good he
has Il!
EVEN PEACHES and clothes
brushes are shaved daily Ton TVD
these days, and face foliage is an
unusual sight. Back in the days Of
Babylon, however, men held their
boards in such high esteem that no
oath was considered binding unless
sworn on the chin whiskers. And the
Pharaohs. when too busy Pyramid
ing their prophets to grow boards,
strapped on false ones, made Of gold
and silver wire, to insure the respect
of the populace.
Soap never was a problem to the
ancients. The Gauls concocted soap
from tallow and wood ashes. A soap
factory over 2,O00 years old was dis
covered in the excavations Of Pom
pei.
ALEXANDER TINE GREAT was
the first leader to order his Iegions
into battle clean-shaven. He had a
good reason. He was afraid the
enemy might grab their boards, tilt
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