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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-14
MRS. HUNT REFLECTED
PRESIDENT ST. ANTHONY
HILL GARDEN CLUE

Mrs. MELVILLE Hunt was reel
ected for the second term presi-
dent Of the st. Anthony Hill Gar
den Club at its regular election
Of officers held at the home Of
Mrs. Bertha Berry ss1 Fuller Av.,
81. Paul.
Other officers elected are Mines.
Ann Blair, vice president; Luella
Brown, secretary; Mary Green,
treasurer and Nina Baines, sun
shine treasurer
Officers appointed are: Mines
Teretha Bledsoe, program chair
man and Hazel Clark, publicity
chairman.
The club viii have its closing
party Sunday evening November
10. at 8 pm. at the home Of Mrs.
Berry, 991 Fuller Av.
Mrs. Mary Green, 725 Iglehart
Av. will be hostess at the next
regular meeting on November IT
at 8 pm. Business Of Importance
on the agenda will include annual
reports Of officers, installation Of
new officers and acceptance of the
1859 schedule.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-14

slider practical, down to earth,
plans for the promotion of under
standing, goodwill and Christian
cooperation through a nationwide
plan or program" Plans for this
conference are already under way.
The Retreat" where the lun-
cheon was held is a modern man
sion purchased in 1858 by the
women's Convention Auxiliary, of
the National Baptist Convention,
U.SA., at the cost Of 100000 1t
serves as a headquarters for For
eign Missionaries who come to
America on furlough, for study,
or on business incident to their
work. The women have paid all
except S35, 900 for the building and
hope to complete the payments by
convention time in 1859.
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ptIlou VI NlaAlsAAAuAAs
The Negro pulpit and press, she
said, have the destiny of II mill
lion Negroes in their hands. The
masses must have leadership in
this midnight of the century"
We must organize the mental,
moral and spiritual side Of the
people so that we might be a part
Of this civilization which lis on
its way" We must know what to
do in a crisis and we must accept
no substitute for anything.
She urged the pulpit and the
press to take the lead in helping
to solve current problems with
confidence. faith and rugged de-
termination so that this Govern
ment for the people, Of the people,
and by the people shall not and
will not pass away"
These off-the-cuff remarks were
made at a luncheon, Thursday,
which Miss Burroughs gave at the
Retreat" in honor Of the Capital
Press Club.
Miss Burroughs said the wom-
ems Baptist Convention has al
ready begun work on the l2-point
program which it has set for its
goal in 1859,
One Of the projects is the calling
together OF a national interraeial
closed door conference with about
so white and so Negro women Of
superior cahbre who are leaders
in state and national organiza-
tons. The purpose Of this con-
ference. she said. will be to con
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-14
Timmaleah Riess
Named President
Golfers Auxiliary

When the Women's Auxiliary "a
the Twin City Golf Association
met Sunday evening November o
at the home OF Mrs Ruth Landry
$3.50 Portland Av., the important
business on the agenda was cleo
ton Of officers for the ensuing
year
Officers elected were Mrs. Tim
maieah RieSs, president; Mrs Ruth
Landry vice president; Mrs Erma
Bowles, recording secretary; Miss
Catherine Norman. assistant re-
oording secretary; Mrs, Maxine
Jones, financial secretary; Mrs.
Elva Jones. treasurer: Mrs. Bea
slemmons, sergeant-at-arms, Miss
Catherine Norman. parliamentar-
ian; Mrs, Loretta Ellis reporter for
Minneapolis and Mrs. Nilee Lewis
for st. Paul
The auxiliary sponsored its an
nuai card party at Phyllis Wheat
ley House, Minneapolis, on Friday
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-14

attendants dresses Of petal pink
lace were identicaiiy styled with
shirred bodies, three-quarter
length sleeves and fun gathered
skirts, ballerina length They wore
pink feather hats and pearl neck
lace and earrings, a gift from the
bride. They carried colonial bou-
quets Of white pom -poms and pink
rosebuds.
Earl Thompson attended the
groom an best man Ushers were
Martin HIN. Archie Anderson, VIII
liam Gardner and Fred Ellis.
Mrs. Montgomery, mother OF the
bride, was lovely In frock Of
royal blue lace acoessorized with
pearl jewelry and a white feather
half hat. Mrs. Mills, mother Of
the groom was stunning In a pow
der blue dress with which she
wore a matching hat and rhine
stone iewelry.
Immediately following the cere-
mony a breakfast was held In the
undercroft Of the church given by
the brides parents at which the
bridal party. members Of the inn
mediate families and close rela-
tives were feted.
The young couple was congratul-
ated by relatives and friends at
lovely reception given at the home
Of the brides parents from 9 10 8
pm. the same evening The bridal
motif was repeated in the decora-
lions with white chrysanthemuma
forming the background for the
beautifully appointed reception
table. which was spread with q
white lace cloth. The three TERED
cake, a snow white mass
with the traditional bride and |
groom ornament at the peak cent
cred the table and was encircied |
with red roses, On either side |
crystal candlesticks with burning /
white tapera shed a soft glow.
Hostesses assisting at the re-
coption were the Misses Joetta
Kemp. who registered the guests,
Tavern Napue who was IN charge
OF the large array Of gifts on dis
play, Mines Frank Brown, Ed
ward Hanford, Joseph Camp Rob
ert Montgomery and william Say
lea Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs, Mills are at home
for the present at 500 Fuller Av.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-14

night November 7, with a goodiy
number In attendance.
Capturing prizes for whist were
the Messrs NJ L. Harvey first
@. w. Ross second and Hard
white, third. Mr.. Leroy Landers
won the BOBBY prize. For bridge
prizes we're awarded Mrs. Flossie
Harris, first; Mr.. CozeH Breed
love, second and Mrs. Harold Walk
er third. Mrs Cecil w. schofield
was awarded the consolation prize.
a large array Of door prizes
were given out 10 those holding
the lucky names for the drawings
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-14
John Maxwell
Attends 50fh Reunion
Of Tuskeqee Gloss

| His subject was The Kingdom
Gods Gift"
Sunday afternoon we were taker
on a tour Of the campus and the
Veterans hospital Promptly al q
pm, members Of both classes as
sembled at Logan Hall for seat
ing arrangements on the stage for
the alumni chapel service honoring
members Of both classes The main
address was given by James Stay
ton Gibson an attorney OF Toledo,
an alumnus OF the 1918 class. His
subject was. Education For Cit
izenship"
Aside from the many social func-
lions 10 which all guests were in
vited after the evening service,
our visit was at an end. Our
friends the Baileys. were On hand
10 take US back 10 Montgomery,
where we spent the night with
them. The next day we visited DR..
Martin l.. Kings church and we're
shown through II. II Is the oldest
church In Montgomery and is To-
Gated in the heart Of the city. Just
across the street Is the Capitol
building and another building OF
IN front, which prob
ably accounts for the fact that
the building was not bombed. Mrs.
Bailey Is a member OF this church.
DIR. King was on vacation in
Texas, since he Is unable TO preach.
or use his voice for some time. We
were happy to bring home one Of
his church bulletins. II was dis
covered that the woman who tried
to kill him was from Montgomery.
Preceding the homecoming
football game Tuskegee vs. ~,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-14

these gains will accelerate the
move to more progress.
Here, in 1883" he continues,
I'VE are seeing the beginning Of
the end for the hate mongers. One
simple and persuasive reason is
that prejudice has become bad
politics. While bigotry and hate
may have paid off a hundred
years ago, today they are a serious
political liability"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-14
Record Turnout In Virgin Islands
NEW YORK BANKS

ENDING JOB BIAS
Albany-Banks in New York
State. which never discriminate
against depositors' money, may
now be treating job applicants sim
ilarly, thanks TO New York's Fair
Employment Practices Law,
Striking gains have been made,
claims the State Commission
Against Discrimination. in its first
report On the impact Of the law
In the banking field. Banks which
never employed Negroes, Jews or
other minorities in ls45. when the
Commission was established, now
employ them Fin substantial num-
bers and In a variety Of positions 4"
According to Commissioned
Charles Abrams, this Is a marvel
Gus tribute 20 the effect OF law In
curbing discriminatory policies"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-14
TRUTH OR POETRY?

Rock-a-bye, baby, why do you
fret?
Are you aware Of the national
debt?
Father has gone round the cor
ner to vote
Millions in bonds for his snook-
ums to tote.
Are you suspicious? Sleep while
you can;
You can squirm later, dear, when
you're a man.
Highways Of Happiness
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-14
Good Examples
Letter In The Christian Science
Monitor:

Letter In The Christian scieno,
Monitor:
As a Southern born and reared
individual from a community 90
per cent colored, cannot but fee
keen interest in the Indignation
issue.
II seems TO me that we can do
no other than gladly share the
blessings Of this beautiful free
country with our colored citizens.
II the Negro were a vicious. bel
ligerent, stupid race one might,
with some justification, feel diff
ferently but he has inherent gentle
ness. kindliness. cheerfulness; and
-ofttimes without much encour-
agement-ambition. His loyalty to
the United States has ben attested
Numbers Of them are Of outstand-
ing ability and many have at
tanned high position nationally and
internationally.
As TO school Indignation -- n
white children are given loving
homes and religious training. par
ents have nothing to fear: and
the same applies TO the colored. II
some white students consider
themselves a superior race" then
presumably they are In position
10 contribute much, by their own
exemplary conduct, TO their young
colored contemporaries.
II Is unfortunate that the Little
Rock situation was mishandled. If
the law could have been quietly
complied with as inevitable evolu-
ton, Indignation would have moved
along normally and with friendlier
consideration for the feelings Of
both white and colored-as dem.
by many Of the more
adaptable, forward-looking South
ern communities.
Whether II Is now recognized or
not, the American Negro Is one
Of our strongest national assets
Mary NJ. Moore, White Plains, N,
Y.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-14
Double Ring Vows
Unite St. Poul
Couple In MARRIAGE

Doupie-rtng nuptial vows were
exchanged Saturday November 8
at eight o'clock IN the morning al
st. Peter Claver Catholic Church
uniting In marriage Miss Ia Vonns
Montgomery and Mr.. woodford
Mills Jr. The Rev. FIR. John With
officiated at the nuptial mass
against a background Of white
chrysanthemuma and two sets Of
brass candiesticks holding burn
ing white cathedral tapers.
Prior 20 the ceremony, a pro-
gram OF nuptial music was rem
dered by Mrs. D'Jalma Garnler at
the organ. She also accompanied
the Junior Choir who sang the
wedding mass
The bride IL the daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. william Montgomery Of
500 Fuller Az. and the groom IL
the son OF Mr.. and Mrs. woodford
Mills ST. Of 915 st. Anthony Az,
81. Paul.
Tho bride escorted by her father
who saye her In marriage. was
picture OF lovelineas IN a bridal
gown Of white lace over net and
taffeta The shirred bodice was
designed with a rounded neckllne,
threo-quarter length sleeves and
the full bouffant skirt was baller-
ina length.
Her fingertip veil OF Illusion was
held IN place by a crown omboll-
ished with seed pearls and spark
led with twtnkling irridescents.
White pumps, a single strand pearl
necklace with matching earrings
completed her ensemble. She car
ried a colonial bouquet Of red tea
roses and white pom-poms.
Miss Jacquelyn Moffatt was
maid Of honor and bridesmaids
were the Misses Irene Davis, Carol
Mills, sister OF the groom. Kathleen
Montgomery, sister OF the bride
and Mrs. Gilbert Maxwell. The
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-14

Senator Javits expresses the be-
lief that once the fight has won
for Negroes in the South their
Constitutional right to vote and
once they learn to take the fun
responsibility of voting, this count
ny may well yitness a ballot-box
revolution in many Southern
states.
Equal educational opportunities,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-14

Valley, Georgia, held in the alumni
bowl, we enjoyed wonderful par
ade with floats, beautiful queens
and housekeeping majorettes in
GLIDING floats displaying all the
wonderful trades and educational
features Of the school.
All in all, II was momentous
occasion and a wonderful trip, but
we are glad TO be home.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-14
U. S. Negro Voters
Remain With Demos

QsAtdt VI MS opponents within
the Tammany machine.
COP Candidates MAKE Good
showing
other Negroes in the Manhattan
and Brooklyn areas for the offices
Of State Assemblyman and Sen
ator, but on the Republican ticket
and making good" showings were
Lamar Perkins, Alexander z. Har-
ris, B. Zuber, and Jack Harris.
Two Negroes were elected State
Representatives from the Boston
area-Rep. Lincoln G. Pope Of
Ward o (reelected) and Oswald L.
Jordan from Ward IL. Both are
[ Democrats.
Three Negroes who ran on the
Republican ticket were defeated:
I former State Representative Laur-
ence II. Banks from Ward 8; AL
fred s. Brothers, Sr. and Mrs. Lii
Ian 3. Robinson from Ward ~.
Party-wise, the electorate in the
predominantly Negro districts Of
Boston, Wards o and IL, stayed
in the Democratic column, giving
the Democratic winners a plurality
Of 6.O35.
Gov. Foster F'urcolo, reelected
to office, polled some 10000 votes
in the Negro districts. He had
particularly good record for hiring
qualified Negroes and II was
known in the Boston community.
Although Negroes elected At
torney Jordan as Representative
TO the state legislature from Ward
u, the first time in history, they
also played a strong role in elect
ing a white Democratic Party
member, Richard r. Caples, to the
State Senate. Senator Caples took
a fortnight stand on civil rights
at a press conference and pledged
support on the ticklish housing
situation. His opponent, defeated
In the Democratic landslide, had
gained the reputation among some
Negroes as not caring" too much
about Negroes and their problems.
Pledges Interracial Staff
During his campaign Attorney
General Edward ]. Mccormack,
Jr., nephew Of Congressman John
w. Mccormack, Majority Leader
Of the us. House of Representa-
tives, pledged that he would have
an interracial staff. He has a civil
rights division within his office,
but has not appointed any Negro
TO that particular staff.
In Manhattan, commenting on
the Democratic landslide, Roy VIII
kins, executive secretary Of the
NAACP, stated:
The results Of the elections,
viewed as a whole, are encourag-
ing to the advocates Of civil rights
and may enhance the possibility Of
securing an effective anti-filibust-
err rule in the Senate at the open
ing of the seth Congress.
ALSO the chances of rejecting
proposals to curb the Supreme
Court may have been improved as
a result Of the election inasmuch
as some Of the strongest advo-
Gates Of such legislation win not
be returning to Congress.
Record Turnout In Virgin Islands
In Charlotte Amalie, st. Thorn
as, V. l., OF 7,T45 registered voters
in the Virgin Islands, 1859 went
TO the polls Tuesday TO elect IL
senators for the Virgin Islands
Legislature.
With the exception Of Candide
Guadalupe, who replaced Ann Abb
rahamson. who refused to run, and
John Maduro. who resigned from
Legislature, the same senators
have been rejected.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-14

CoNnNG!u Ruth Brown and
Paul Williams Orchestra ON sun
day Nov. so. Matinee dance 4 TO
s. MarIgOld Ballroom. Mpls--Advt.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-14
SENATOR PREDICTS NEGRO PRESIDENT
TN so YEARS IN UNITED STATES

New York. NYA Negro could be President of the United
States by the year 200 according u Jacob Javs
the issue of Esquire magazine the New York Republican
bases his conclusions Every practical considerations
Writes Senator Javs: The solid progress have made
achieving civil rights gives every anticipate
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-14
MAMIE BURROUGHS URGES JOINT
EFFORT BY PRESS AND PULPIT
IN FIGHT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
BY ALICE DUNNIGAN

Washington (ANP)-MsS Mamie Burroughs founder and
president of the National Trade and Professional School for
Women and Girls and president Of the Women Convention
auxiliary, of the National Baptist Convention last week cha
lenged the Negro press and the pulpit with the responsibility of
honestly nstrucng and correctly directing people in this
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-14

population shifts of minority
groups to urban centers, increased
voting power and stronger civil
rights legislation are points high
lighted in evidence that the tide is
changing and viii continue to do
so in the future.
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REAI IsIATI FoR sAlI

625 MARSHALL Stone building
Good income. Building viii pay for
itself plus free rent for owner.
81, 900 down. VIII finance balance.
CA. T-4544. R-16
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-14

Preceding the Homecoming
football game Tuskegee vs. TT,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-11-14

His subject was The Kingdom,
Gods Gift".
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-12
Continued From Preceding Page

and force the pace Of competition They proved
that neither nays nor neighs could stop the TIDE
Of mechanization
AFTER the turn Of the century. it seemed as If
every knowledgeable mechanic who could put to-
gether an internal combustion engine and mount
1t on a chassis went into the ALTERNATING business
Steam and electric types added to the variety Out
of this multiplicity of models in 1908 emerged
General Motors. the giant of the field which this
year is celebrating its golden anniversary. Organ
lied by william Durant and Incorporated in New
Jersey on September It, 1903, G. M pioneered
the idea that several models could live better under
one corporate roof Into the amalgam Of formerly
competing firms soon went Durant's own Buick
company, followed within year by Oldsmobile.
Cadillac and Oakland Cchanged TO Pontiac in 1926
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-12


basic lineup.
OF all the other cars on the road when @ M
was organized only the Ford, the Packard and the
Studebaker will be found in the current Automobile
Show. and Of these only the Ford has remained
under the same aegls.
While g. M was waxing great. the Ford Motor
Co was doing likewise. though with fewer models.
For a long time, the line consisted Of only the
Ford and the Lincoln. later the Mercury was
added and just recently. the Edse
The other member of the Big Three" the
Chrysler Corp, though much younger than the
Others has waxed great Also and now has as many
models as G. M Imperial. Chrysler Dodge. De Solo,
Plymouth
Hazards Of Motoring
From the 1905, horseleSs carriages with snort
ing engines betokened a revolution in manners and
morals. communications and transportation. com
merce and family living patterns. Farsighted auto
mobile makers of 1908 might have projected world
on wheels but few would have dared to imagine
the extent to which the car now rules daily life
For motorists and motoring. the conditions Of SO
years ago might have caused many to look forward
with as much anxiety anticipation. In a land
In which horse and buggy were the everyday mode
OF transportation roads scarcely adequate for
trotting. drivers we're indeed asking for trouble
Add TO this the crude state OF auto engineering
and 1t took brave well a rich man to venture
very far in his chariot When the inevitable
happened-a punctured tire. broken steering gear
dislocated transmission shaft or failing brake
repair shops were few and far between
LIKE II or not. the auto buyer became
mechanic Often he spent much time under
the hood as at the steering wheel Tools. tinkering
and tetale grease spots became the mark of the
gentleman He'd Hare to Get Under-Gef Out and
Get Under became the Nations theme song Speed
itself problem since many cars wouldn't
do much more than 30 on straightaway but even
this pace was too much like a runaway horse TO be
comfortable The popular caricature of the motorist
Of the time depicted a mailman scattering pigs
chickens and people in his wake with indiscrminate
unconcern.
The danger was not all external Given rutted,
narrow and curving dirt roads, abutted by walls
and hemmed In by fences the motorist lucky
TO drive through country stretch and come out
unscathed
CLANCY as conditions we're motorists saw them
selves as the wave of the future So did farsighted
backsmiths who converted from bellows to gasoline
pumps Legislatures and municipalities grudgingly
began to recognize their responsibilities Paved
roads and highways replaced corduroy, shingles
and mud The benefits OF improved transportation
stimulated the business community to add its voice
to the clamor for more improvement. As result,
paved highways began TO sprout like weeds in the
countryside
Advent Of Auto Races
The serious business of producing cars was
aided in small measure by treating motoring
as a sport Soon after the turn OF the century,
auto races were capturing headlines and bringing
nfS of the
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1958-09-11
Delaware's Dave
Nelson Appointed
Pop Warner Head

Delaware football coach Dave
Nelson has been appointed ma
tional commissioner of Pop
Warner Awards for the Univer-
sity of Delaware, it was an
nounced this week by Jordan
Oliver, national football com
missioner of 100000 Pop Warn
er Midget League gridders and
head football coach at Yale Uni
versity.
Nelson joins the ranks of
leading college sports figures
who have been given the role of
national commissioners of Pop
Warner Awards for the purpose
of picking an individual men,
Der of the faculty, student body,
alumni or benefactor ranks at
their respective universities who
have done an outstanding job in
service of youth in recent years.
The awards can be given for
any field of activity, such as
sports, scholarship or service to
the community.
Local commissioners will sub
NIT nominations to the national
Pop Warner headquarters in
Philadelphia. The purpose of
the award is to encourage more
adults to take interest in youth
activities and programs.
The National Pop Warner
Conference, named for the late
Glen S. Pop) Warner, who
coached the Carlisle Indians,
Iowa State, Georgia, Cornell,
Pittsburgh and Stanford, was
started in 1880 by Joe Tomlin
of Philadelphia. Today the con-
ference has $4,000 alumni, head
ed by William A. Gillen, the
president of Insurance Workers
of America and former man.
aging director of the conference,
and Lloyd E. Yoder, vice pres
ident of the National Broadcast
ing Company. This year approx
imately 266 cities are engaged
in Pop Warner football.
Olivar is currently the top
national commissioner of the
program. Charles A. Barsuglia
of Philadelphia Electric Com
pany is the United States Sec
rotary for the committee.