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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1959-02-14
SOCIAL
NEWS
By SARAH McNEAMER HARVEY

about the happenings around
our fair city -.
THE MAYOR OF BRONZE
VILE Contest is well under
way Candidates are: the
present mayor, HENRY E.
BRIGGS, Director of Public
Relations, Tougaloo College;
w. ]. THOMPSON, outstand-
ing realtor of Jackson: Mrs.
LULA BELLE FORTE, and
Mrs. YRTIS GREGORY,
both outstanding in business,
civic, social and club affairs of
Jackson ). Proceeds from the
MAYOR OF BONNEVILLE
CONTEST will go this year to
benefit the Branch YMCA
LES ROYALES SOCIAL &
CIVIC CLUB, sponSorer of the
contest, propose to equip the
kitchen at the new YMCA
Each Candidate is being man.
aged in the campaign by mem
bers of Les RoyaleS Each
Group has its own method of
raising funds The candi-
date having the largest amount
of MONEY at the end of the
candidate will be LES ROY
ALES 1859 MAYOR OF
BONNEVILLE ON SUN
DAY, FEBRUARY Is, 4: to
g., Campaign Managers, MAG
GLE LEE, HELEN GRIFFIN
and others, for Candidate LU-
LA BELLE FORTE will pre-
sent a TEEN-AGE FASHION
SHOW at Stevens Rose Room.
Admission is only SOC ;. THE
GENERAL PUBLIC is IN
VITED Managers for
MYRTIS GREGORY will spon-
sor a POKENA PARTY at
THE HEAT WAVE, Tuesday
night, February II The
Public is invited :. They also
plan a HAT EXTRAGANZA
AND TEA at Stevens Rose
Room, Sunday, March Is d.
PRIZES WILL BE GIVEN for:
1. Prettiest Hat. 2. Most Arts
tic Hat and the Crazziest Hat
a. Managers for MYRTIS
GREGORY ARE: Sarah Har-
vey, Margaret Baker and Min
ME Parish i. Other managers
are sponsoring Dinners and
other Money-raising events f. .
they are: jennie Thompson,
Margaret Brumfield, Stevella
Adams, Mary Bell Laws, Gla-
dys King, Margaret Johnson,
Mary Emanuel, Ellen Wilson,
Ernestine Pippins THEY
ALL ASK YOUR SUPPORT
OF THEIR CANDIDATE /.
REMEMBER, the glamours
DOROTHEA TOWLES will
display her $4,000 wardrobe
at the Masonic Temple. Satur-
day night, March 7, 8: P. NJ,
when she will be featured in
this years AKA. FASH
IONETTA :.
Could go on and on but
gotta stop HAVE YOU
REGISTERED ARE YOU
A QUALIFIED VOTER? +.
If not, go to the Court House
today and assume your re-
sponsibility as a citizen f.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1959-02-14
HILL PTA DISCUSS
DELINQUENT HOMES,
SEE FILM

The P. T. A. of Hill High
School held its regular meet
ing on Wednesday night at 7:
p. m. il the auditorium. A
Film entitled, mo Delinquent
Children; Delinquent Homes"
formed the basis for a discus
sion that was followed by a
question and answer period.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1959-02-14

ed Problems of Teenagers."
Mrs. Anne r. Braxton, one of
the school counselors, was the
leader of group two, who dis
cussed Parents Problems i'm
U n d r S t a n d ing Teen
ayers" 1.-THE Effects of Mass
Media on Teenagers" was dis
cussed by group three under
the leadership of Reverend
Gipson. With Principal Buck
ley serving as leader, group
four attacked the subject,
"What Do Teenagers Expect of
Paretns," and Mrs. Esther
Sampson directed group five
in their discussion of what
Parents Expect of Teenagers."
So interested were the par
Elephants in their topics that
it was necessary to allot Is
extra minutes to the time al
lowed for group discussions.
Re-assemble For Evaluation
To give the audience the
benefits of the conclusions
reached in the group discus
sions, everybody re-assembled
in a general session to hear
the summaries. Principal Buck
ley served as chairman and
expressed delighte for the in
terest shown and the results
obtained.
Mr.. Walter E. Carr, a La
nier science instructor, re-
ported the findings of group
one. They concluded that par
ents should show more inter-
est in all problems - includ-
ing even those pertaining to
sex-of their children.
Group two summarized that
parents should be living ex-
amples of the kind of adults
they would have their children
become and should be both
tolerant and firm. A senior
high student, Bobbie Currie,
made the report for the group.
Agreeing taht television and
radio programs, movies, and
literature all have decided eff
fects upon the lives of teen
ayers, group three concluded
that parents should exercise
censorship over these media
early in the lives of their
youngsters. The reporter for
the group was Mae Gloria
Funchess, a member of the Sc
nior class.
Acting as secretary for
group four, Helen Younger, a
Lanier sophomore, reported
the groups concluding that
children have rights, which
should be respected by par
ents, and that a sense of ''be-
long" is the right of every
child.
The essence of the conclu-
sions reached by group five
was that parents should expect
their children to be both ap-
preciative and cooperative.
Stella Young, a senior, report
ed for the group.
Credit for the success of
the program must 60 to the
schools guidance department,
the personnel of which is Mrs.
Ernestine P. Gipson, Mrs. An
ne T, Braxton, and Mrs. Bes-
sic Johnson.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1959-02-14
BIRTHDAY SOIREE TO
BE HELD SUNDAY. FEB. 1!

The Birthday Soiree and
Talent Revue, sponsored by
Circle No. 2, formerly the
Circle of Central Metho-
dist Church, will be held Sun
day, February 10, 5: to 7: P. M.
at the Branch YMCA, North
Parish Street. The general
public is invited.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1959-02-14
FIDELIS SOCIAL & CIVIC
CLUB TO HAVE EASTER
MORNING BREAKFAST

Fidelis Social & Civic Club
invites you and your friends
to eat your Eastern Morning,
March 81, Breakfast with them
at Bethlehem Center, N. Blair
Street. See a member about
tickets.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1959-02-14
This N Thot
BY Sarah M. Harvey

THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
"The Negro who is educated
must be practical and jealous
in getting to work to show that
thinking and doing go togeth-
err"
PREPARATIONS FOR
FIRST CLASS CITIZENSHIP
H.. This week, as our contri-
button to Negro History Week,
we offer the following, 81 AM
A NEGRO" by Mavis B. Nixon,
with the hope that in reading
it, we will be helped much
along the way as we prepare
ourselves for a better and full
er life 81 AM A NEGRO"
l offer no apologies for
my color, l am proud of my
people now, in the past, for
the future | am proud of
my SLAVE HERITAGE, for
that has made my people
strong. 1t has made them
strong enough to endure any
hardship, and survive 1t
has made them strong enough
to survive, and advance 1t
has made them strong enough
to advance and conquer. Slave
ry destroyed the weaklings of
my race. The struggle to exist
as freed men, developed the
virility of our strain, so that
no pressure the Negro has to
endure can equal the pressure
he has encountered, and over
which he has risen
81 AM PROUD of our con-
tributiOns to music, to the
t h e a tr e, to literature, to
science, to the world of sports
The Folklore of America
is stamped with the PERSONAL
ty of the Negro. Our dialect
has made new literature. Our
spirituals h ave enriched the
music of the world Our
syncopated rhythms have CIV
en- new impetus to musical
composition :. Our feet have
created new dances In a
sports-minded nation, my peo-
pie have reached the acme of
physical achievement
'MY RACE! Betrayed by the
Fifth Column" coast native of
Africa, brought by slave trad
ers, packed into the holds of
foul ships, sold on the block,
scourged by the western mans
diseases, chained, beaten starv-
ed-yet SURVIVING Each
year adds new names to the
roster of GREAT NEGROES
in every field of human en-
deavor. ! AM PR OUD OF
EVERY SINGLE ACCOMP-
LISHMENT OF EVERY SIN
GLE NEGRO They are
legion w h at we are,
America has made us She
need not be ashamed of the
product What we produce
will be hers in its entirety.
Escape it, she cannot |
AM A NEGRO l AM
THE PRESENT AND THE
P A ST .. / M A K E MY
FUTURE :"
WE JOIN PEOPLE EVERY
WHERE in expressing our
grief and sorrow over the
deaths and injuries that result.
ed from the ST. LOUIS TOR.
NADO and we humbly say an
extra prayer that our son, DR.
Daddy-O, as well as other Jack
sonians whom we know and
love, came thru wit h out q
scratch +. Naturally we were
mighty concerned all day Tues
day, when we were unable to
get a telephone call thru and
were mighty. mighty happy on
Wednesday morning when our
pride and joy told us he had
slept thru the storm S. This
is just another one of the mil.
lion things for which we can
give THANKS to God Almigh.
ty -.
DUE TO THE FACT that
we are taking the weekends
to visit our Dentists our Sun.
days have been spent at home
for the past weeks and we
have been unable to honor q
number of invitations to Teas
Programs, etc. but we've
been with you in spirit and we
hope to soon be back on the
job to keep you infor m G {
Evening star., 1959-11-02
GiIIiIIund
Gets Denny
CAB Post
BY the Associated Press

HARMAR D. Denny resigned
today from the Civil Aeronau-
tics Board, effective November
IS. President Eisenhower chose
Whitney Gillilland, now chair
man Of the Foreign Claims
Commission. to succeed Mr..
Denny.
Mr.. Denny wrote Mr.. Eisen-
hover that he had signified his
intention some time ago to leave
the CAB. Mr.. Eisenhower
thanked him for a valuable
contribution.
Mr.. Gillilland, chosen for the
remainder of a term expiring
December 81, was given a recess
appointment. A formal nomina-
ton subject to Senate confir-
nation will go to Congress
when it reconvenes in January.
Mr.. Eisenhower also gave a
recess appointment to Thomas
w. S. Davis, a Democrat from
Warrenton, Va, as successor to
Mr.. Gillilland on the Foreign
Claims Commission. Mr.. Davis
served in 1949-53 as an Assist
ant Secretary of Commerce.
From 1854 until last June he
was with the Virginia State
Ports Authority.
Evening star., 1959-11-02
BY the Associated Press


The Federal Trade Commits
sion has opened battle on tele.
vision commercials. 1t said the
public is complaining that they
"exaggerate, irritate and naus-
cate"
In a special statement yester-
day. FTC Chairman Earl w
Kintner announced plans fol
q sharp stepup in the agency;
policing of false and mislead.
ing TV advertising. ~.
Moreover. he said the broad.
casting industry had better CO.
operate. He promised that the
FTC will "strike fast and hard
at any who fail or refuse tc
police themselves"
Mr.. Kintner said the FTC
has received many letters from
the public since Congress began
investigating TV quiz shows. He
said many Of these attacked
television commercials. \
Mr.. Kintner said some COM
mercials stay within the law
even though they are in bad
taste.
While the FTC cannot act
in these cases. he said the
broadcasting industry should
itself screen out the offensive
advertising that manages to
skirt the law"
bad taste cannot be con-
fined to the products so ad-
vertised." he said. 1T rubs OF
on the media that permit IL.
"Just as it is the commits
sion's mandate to halt illegal
huckstering by the irrespon-
sible few, so must 1t be the
Evening star., 1959-11-02
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INVISIBLE EAR" OPENS
WORLD OF SOUND

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so unique this remarkable in
vention has been granted a
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Target Hearing" does not
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hard-of-hearing person him.
self, can be the only one who
knows, unless he tells people
he is wearing it, because there
are no cords or buttons to
cause embarrassment. There's
nothing to wear behind the
ear, in the hair or in the
clothing; a tiny, almost in
visible tube leads to the ear.
You owe it. to yourself to get
full, free information on
Target Hearing" To obtain
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Evening star., 1959-11-02
HEADLINE PERSONALITY ,..
Scholarly Van Doren
Always q Gambler

versity, which promoted him to
assistant professor Of English
at 33. He became a father
and life, indeed. was good.
There had been one diSquiet-
ing incident, however. In the
summer of 1858, the New York
District Attorneys office, hear
ing reports that some TV shows
were rugged. launched an in
vestigation.
Mr.. Van Doren publicly de-
MED being involved in any
Twenty-One trickery. The re-
suits of the probe never were
made public and the affair
seemed closed, As
Did Mr.. Van Doren have a
presentiment of trouble sew
eral months ago when he told
an interviewer that he loved
his life but it seemed too good
to be true?" go:
He added: .. s
II woke up yesterday and
thought: %, Lord, it can't
last"
And it didn't. @
Changes in Testimony
The quiz show inquiry shifted
from New York to Washington
last month and Mr.. Van Doren
again was front stage center
this time In a national scandal.
House investigators heard
testimony that some TV quiz
Evening star., 1959-11-02
FTC to Strike Hard
AT Misleading TV Ads

responsibility of the broadcast
ing industry to clamp down on
advertising excesses that dance
on the edges Of the law" he
said.
The FTC chief said the
agency's small TV monitoring
stan here is being more than
doubled and will henceforth
keep a continuous watch over
all network programs.
In the past. the FTC has
monitored commercials only on
a selective basis.
Mr.. Kintner said the agency
also is demanding the scripts
for all national TV advertising
to be shown between November
is and December is.
He said these pre- Christmas
commercials will be studied in
tensively.
The chairman said the FTC
will turn of the spigot of
chicanery at its source with
the handiest wrench that will
fit the task"
Any advertising of doubtful
integrity will be investigated
on a priority basis to see II
false advertising charges are
warranted, Mr.. Kintner said.
He said these investigations
will reach all those responsible
for the deception"
This seemed to suggest that
networks and individual TV,
stations might be affected, in
addition to advertisers and ad-
vertising agencies. In the past,
false advertising charges usu-
ally have been aimed only at
thair cnonc0rc
Evening star., 1959-11-02
Van Doren Job
Leave Reported

NEW YORK, Nov. 2 (AP).-
Charles Van Doren is taking a
leave Of absence from teaching
at Columbia University, the
New York Journal-American
said today.
The newspaper said he made
the disclosure before going to
Washington to testify about the
Twenty-One TV quiz.
The university declined COM
ment.
Mr.. Van Doren has been an
assistant professor of English
at Columbia.
A new magazine, Leisure.
announced that Mr.. Var
Doren is to be an associate
editor and will prepare a de-
partment called "The Intellect
at Leisure"
Evening star., 1959-11-02

FULL NAME - chorIes Van
DoreH.
CLAIM TO FAME-$l2s, 900 quiz
winner testified on " quizes
today.
HoME-New York City.
BlRTHDATE-Februury II, 1926.
BlRTHPLAcE-New York City.
EDUCATION - Monhotton High
School Of Music and Art; St.
Johns College, ls47; coIumbio
University.
JoBS-Instructos in English. Co.
Iumbio University; commento-
tor for NBC; author.
FAMILY-Fother, Mark vdn Dor
EN-. Pulitzer prize winning poet;
mother, Dorothy Won Doren.
one-t time editor on The No-
tion";; moried, one son.
HoBblES-Squosh, tennis.
shows--ifcluding Twenty On
-1ad fed contestants answers
or questions, in advance.
Mr.. Van Doren again denies
Evening star., 1959-11-02

tray that faith: and hope.
| felt that anything that might
happen to me was preferable
to betraying them
He first denied knowing o.
any improper activities or
Twenty One in an interview
with the New York District At
torney's ONCE.
Before his January, 1859, ap
pearance before the grand jury
Mr.. Van Doren said, he. hat
lunch with Mr.. Freedman.
"He asked me not to revea
the facts, since he had alread!
appeared and denied any in
volvement on his part" he said
II told him I would not, be-
cause I could not bear to havt
tmy family, my friends and th'
general public, know I had de-
ceived them"
He said Mr.. Enright alst
came to see him. in his New
York apartment, before hi
grand jury appearance.
"He wass greatly upset. bu
he assured me again that
had nothing to fear, for, HI
said, everyone in his organiza'
ton would die for him." Mr.
Van Doren said.
He, did not; know until JUS
before the congressional hear
ings began last month, MIR. VaI
Doren said, that Mr.. Freedman
had altered his earlier story II
the grand jury. In a seconc
appearance before the granc
jury the producer had impli.
cated Mr.. Van Doren. But tht
full extent of that implication
had not been known unit
today.
Lived in Dread
II had been living in dread
for nearly three years; now
became almost panic stricken
but I still denied to the (com.
mittee) investigators that I hac
been involved MIR. Van Dorer
said
When the public hearings be.
gan October 6. he was told BY
NBC that he would be suspend.
ed if he did not Immediately
send the committee a telegram
demanding the right to bt
heard.
1t now appeared that his life
and career were being "swept
away in a food" Mr.. Var
Doren said, but he still tried tC
save whatever could be saved
II just was unable to wall
out and slam the door on {
$50, ,000-a-year job" he said.
He asked NBC to Withdraw
Evening star., 1959-11-02

! more shows, but when he ap
peared for the next program
on March II, was informed
that he was to lose that night
Mr.. Van Doren said. .t.
He related: y =
II said: Thank yGod!'"
He was defeated by Mrs
Nearing in the first game
played that night.
He was paid $124,000 after
his defeat, Mr.. Van Doren said
With the $4,000 advance paic
him against his guarantee be.
fore Christmas, 1856, this
brought his total winnings tt
$130, 900.
Enright Resents Check
The check was presented tC
him by Daniel Enright. one o.
the producers of Twenty-One
who wished him Merry
Christmas" as he handed ovel
the winnings, Mr.. Van Dorer
said. . H
As a result of his appearance.
on Twenty One Mr.. Van Doren
by then a national celebrity
was given an NBC contract.
II never wanted to see an.
other quiz show" he declared
Assigned to the Dave Caro-
way program. he talked for five
minutes every morning during
the show about subjects rang
ing from science and history te
poetry.
With a trace of bitterness ir
his voice, Mr.. Van Doren said;
II think ! may be the only
person who ever read 18th Gen.
tury poetry on a network tele-
vision program-a far cry from
the usual diet of mayhem, mur-
der and rape"
He said he hoped televisior
viewers would judge him by
what he did on the Garroway
show and forget his role or
Twenty-One. -.--
Horror Struck"
He was horror struck" when
Herbert Stempel fired the first
charges in August, 1858, that
Twenty-One had been rigged
Mr.. Van Doren said. Mr.. Stem
pei had been a contestant or
the show.
He received thousands of let
ters, many from students ano
school children. expressing
their faith in him, Mr.. Var
Doren said.
"These letters and all they
stood for were like a vast
weight. I could not bear to be-
Evening star., 1959-11-02

very plain CnaC CnlS SupcOInLnlI-
tee did not seek you out from
q number of contestants. But in
view of the fact that we had
other witnesses and conflicting
statements we had an obliga-
ton to try to unravel the facts.
So your decision to tell us the
facts today is tremendously i'm
portant.
"You are a young man. ]
think you have a great future
You have been led into certain
situations which at your age
you should not have been. But
still think that anyone has
done as you did here today in
the public interest is to be
commended"
In an appearance before tele-
vision cameras in the House
Office Building, Mr.. Van Doren
was asked what became Of the
$129, 900 he won on the quiz
program. He explained that the
Government took a lot of it in
taxes and that he spent a lot
and that II still owe some
thing"
He declared that he hopes
to continue teaching.
II think I am a better teacher
today as a result of this ex-
perience," he said. II made a
big mistake but I learned a lot
from it. I learned a lot about
people and the responsibility
that man owes to man."
Asked whether TV quiz shows
should be continued despite the
disclosures Of rigged programs,
Mr.. Van Doren said he saw no
reason why honest. programs
should not be presented. He
remarked that they are bet
ter than some things on tele-
vision" Then he added: "But
I don't think I will watch one
O gain I"
Evening star., 1959-11-02

Charles Van Doren is fond
of saying II have always been
a gambler"
1t was true, too.
AS a poker-playing pre-
aviation cadet in World War II
he and a buddy once ran up
$4,000 in winnings by figuring
betting percentages to the last
decimal.
Later, as a modestly paid
$4,000 a year-college instruc-
tor he gambled that he could
earn some extra money on a
then fast-rising television show
Twenty One.
The gamble paid of hand
somely.
In IA weeks of isolation
booth, cliff-hanging drama, he
became a national figure. His
boyish good looks and engaging
smile, plus a seemingly mex
haustible stock of answers tc
tough questions, won him
thousands of admirers-and
S129,000.
Evening star., 1959-11-02
Lost Veteran of IS
Wenkens After RuIIY

HOUSTON. Tex. Nov.
(AP).-Walter Williams, ll6
last surviving veteran of the
Civil War, was extremely weak
again today after showing a
slight rally yesterday in his
latest battle with pneumonia
The 116-year-old Confed-
crate veteran remained under
an oxygen tent at the home of
a daughter, Mrs. Willie Mae
Bowles. His doctor said today
he is worse"
Evening star., 1959-11-02


completely and offered to go to
Washington to testify. Was it
a poker bluff? Investigators
thought so after he failed to
answer their invitation. They
then subpoenaed him to testify
today.
NBC suspended Mr.. Van
Doren and even loyal sup
porters cried: Say it isn't so
Charlie" But Mr.. Van Doren
didn't do any talking-at least
publicly-until today.
On October % he showed ur
at the Office of New York Dis
trict Attorney Frank S. Hogan
He was pale and near tears
Mr.. Hogan said Mr.. Van Doren
had made some changes in his
1858 testimony before a New
York grand jury.
HOnOred Literary Name
"He's been through q har-
rowing experience" said Mr..
Hogan.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Van Doren's
family patiently waited for him
to clear his name. The Van
Doren name is one Of the most
honored in American literature.
Charles father, Mark Van
Doren, is a Pulitzer Prize win
ming poet and author.
His uncle, the late Carl Van
Doren, also was a Pulitzer Prize
winning biographer and critic.
Mr.. Van Doren's mother was
a newSpaperwoman.
Were q family Of words, -
said Mark Van Doren.
And words-the right ones
we're what investigators wanted
to hear most from Charles Van
Doren.