Arkansas State press., 1959-01-09
AROUND PINE BLUFF

The Pine Bluff Social club held their 47th Annual
Sunday, at the residence OF Professor ana MIS- W. /
Clancy, 1917 Indiana ST.
home after visiting relatives and friends IN Cleveland
Mr. and Mrs M c. Dedriek 1905 Louisiana ST. VINO
have been vaeationng with relatives IN California
have returned to the city.
Misses Rutha Mae spriggs and Willie Mae Oats both OF
Chicago and Mrs Taylor of Clarendon were weekend
visitors in Pine Miss Spggs is recent graduate OF AM
N college, Miss Oates the University of Chicago
We wish to greatfuly, acknowledge the wonderful conr
button of Christmas with old Santas gifts of candies
nuts fruit toys plus general shopping tour for approx
matey forty needy Negro children sponsored by Radio KPBA
Besides this Radio personnel extremely gracious
Three cheers Peters and his staff Mrs Geraldine Bull
ard Mrs Nellie GIBSON Mrs Lille " Hayes, Mrs A. A. Nc
Keel rendered use of their land Mrs. Brown
Mrs Ruby Mrs Nettie Green and Everett Iooes
assisted in the escort shopping tour" Miss Myrtle
Jones the recipients and supervised the distribution
The Pine Branch NAACP and the INSTRUMENTATION
Ministerial Alliance jointly sponsored the Annual Eman
cpation Proclamation Celebration jan lst Rev o. wynn
of Monticello the guest speaker Dr. d. T. Parker Is Pes
dent of the Alliance
ST. John AME church in the process of building
church Education Building will have it's formal ground
breaking ceremony Sunday, Jan. 11th
Place Your Ads In The Arkansas STATE PRESS, Every
body Reads 1t;
The Pine Bluff Branch NAACP meets Sunday II,
3 p. ST. John AN1E church. The public is invited
PINE BLUFF MoURNs SUBSTANTIAL CITIZENS
January 1st 1959Takng retrospective view of the COM
muniy find that during recent months we have lost con-
siderable number of substantial citizens
Among these mention Evangelist L. R. Toler, who
organized founded the Toer Commissioning Home $500 w
Sixth Ave- It's the only institution of its kind for Negroes
in the state of Arkansas.
Dr. T. NJ Mazque gentlemanly and we'll beloved practc
ing physician half-century in this community Of the
three children who survived him, daughter Mrs Lillian NJ
Johnson member of the faculty of AMIN college,
Dr. Daniel w Young druggist and outstanding chemist,
of perhaps the largest NegrooWned drugstore In
widow, Mrs Georgia Young and operates
the Deux Beauty and Barber College.
Mrs. Lillian Freeman Johnson, beauty operator,
mong first open beauty shop for Negroes here
Willie Williams, veteran of WW1 and former Chef at
MIN college, recently passed at Fort Root Hospital North Lit
tie His wife, Mrs E. A. Williams (sister of Dr. T. W.
Coggs, Sr.) teacher Carver Elementary school,
Each of these persons had spent 40 years in this
community
Last but not least by any MEANS many of old timers
recall the Chidress clan who lived South Hickory the
and eleven hundred block There five boys bu
grs) in the family Thomas john Rufus Homer Wer
One of these stalwarts the late Prof Rufus c. Child
the pass Besides his immediate family
his brother Tom in his late nntes survives in Chicago
Tom worked in the Department of Interior Washington c.
for than forty years We in Arkansas know about Prof
Rufus and his eess energy His outstanding service
thy of emulation.
We could close this retrospect without mentioning
G. Dalton IT, who worthy followed in the footsteps of that
great ANE layman u c. Dalton the First u Dalton the
second leaves survivors, wife Mrs Alma Dalton teach
three daughters and son, u. G. Dalton ILL., instructor
at AM&N College. All the girls teachers too.
Mrs Lena B. Jones JE 4-2227
Mr.. and Mrs Charlie Miller of Chicago returned
their home after being called here death
of Mrs Mer brother Frank White who passed Phoenix,
Arz and remains brought here burial Mrs Jewel
ms and of Gary Indiana called
of his DEATH
Mr. and Mrs John Price of St Louis have returned to
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