St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-12-30
FEBRUARY, 1860

+. henneLn peterson, MlnneapO-
lis mayor announced his candidacy
for the Republican nomination for
senator A Negro history
program was held at St. Peter
AME church Ghanians crit
icise Billy Graham position on
French Sahara desert atom tests
. DFL st. Paul Congressman
Joseph Karth, twits COP House
members for failure to sign civil
rights discharge petition :.
Council Of Clubs names Matthew
Little, president and Wendell C.
Jones is elected president of the
Phyllis Wheatley settlement house
board of directors.
The Oxford Playground BOOs-
tiers Club elected Johnny Petit
ford, president . . John Battles
former MinnesOtan, was traffic
victime in Kansas City, Mo. E.
The Associated Negro Credit
Union reported an increase Of
$4,000 In assets.
Mrs. Isaac Blakey Sr., South
Dakota pioneer died in Yankton.
Judson Bemis member of the
Minnesota F'EP commission and
active supporter of the United Ne
gro College Fund was elected pres
ident of the Bemis Bros. Bag, the
nations largest bag manufacturer.
The months biggest social event
was the Credjafawn Clubs in
formal dancing party at the Prom's
Arizona Room E. State Treasurer
Val Bjornson announced he will
actively campaign for the Repub-
lican nomination for governor.
Allen Clark was named Snow
King at st. Paul Central High
school. . A 76 year old st. Paul
man, George Parker fatally shot
Dave Williams in the first Sanity
City homicide of the year The
Young Bros, BARRIERS broke ground
for new building in north Min
neapolis . Sabathani Baptist
church held appreciation day for
its pastor, the Rev Stanley r. King.
Guests at the 18th birthday
party Of Joy Ellis got n plane
ride to Rochester, Mimi, and
return as part Of the fete given
by Miss Ellis parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Carter Ellis.
Announcement was made that
NAACP secretary Roy wilkins
would be honored by his alma
mater the University Of Minnesota
in June A national organiza-
ton representing almost 2 million
women Methodists voted against
the continuance of Jim Crow con-
gregations Mittie B. Cannon,
mother Of well known Minnesota
family dies at age SO Marie
Oden, mother Of well known st
Paul family dies at age 81. Eleven
children survive her.
Carol Mason was selected by
Minneapolis Central hi classmates
as one of the ten students as Rep
resentative Centralites" The
Field-Schlick company has prom
oted Mrs. Lamar Smith from sales.
woman to assistant buyer
Althea Gibson appeared here In
exhibition match. Billy Eckstine
packed them In at the Key Club.
Joyce Taylor was crowned Miss
Halle Q. Brown Twin brothers
Donald and Ronald O'Neal were
promoted by the Toni Co. Donald
was named chief chemist analyst
of the Chemical Control Depart.
ment and Ronald was named a re
search chemist in the Manufactur.
ing Chemical Control department
=. Lunch counter sit-ins by Negro
students in the south in protest
against discrimination In national
variety and department stores be-
gan Feb. 2. Demonstrations began
in IL southern cities spanked by
CORE national passive resistance
group. Seventy-five students were
arrested as hundreds Of collegians,
male and female, brave arrests
brutal physical attacks. Time Mag
azine reports US. Negroes show
largest gains In Education.
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