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GOVERNOR

GOVELlINOR
in the Government. This
amendment is urgently need
ed, it is stated, to carry out
the Administration policy Of
placing as many positions as
possible within the classified
service and drastically reduc-
ing the number Of unclassified
jobs.
The third proposal was a
schedule Of fees for payment
Of Foster Care of Children
which raises the allotment
given to children livinp in the
Queen Louise Home from $58
to $68 per month.
A fourth bill would amend
the operating appropriation
bill for the current fiscal year.
This wocld provide appropria-
tons of the Department of
Commerce for ADVERTISING.
Promotion, Publicity, Publ
city, Public Relations and
Operations of officials outside
the Virbin Islands may be OBJ
liyated in accordance with
generally accepted business
procedures and rebclations to
be established by the Cover
nor.
The Fifth bill provides that
the Commissioner of Finance
may designate an officer or
employee Of the Virgin Is
lands Employment Security
Agency as the Discussing Of
ficer for payment Of benefits
from the Unemployment In
surance Fund. Benefits will be
payable to eligible cases for
the first time commencing
January !, 1854
The Sixth and last piece Of
legislation proposed by the
Chief Executive would revise
and extend the town limits Of
Frederiksted. This action, the
report continues, is needed to
bring the New Post Office at
Fisher Street and Centerline
Road within the Town limits
and facilitate establishment
Of a Mail Carrier service for
Frederiksted. The bill also
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PROGRAM SCHEDULE

500 AM. Sign On-Morning
Singspiratoin
600 Back To The Bible
6:45 Musical Clock
TOO Rise and Shine
7:45 Mystery Tune
8:15 Rise and Shine
9:o5 Caribbean Holiday
Burtons of Banner
Street
1905 Daily Devotions
1920 Comedy Time
lI.05 Tops in Pops
g1:35 Broadway Parade
1910 PM, Suddenly It's Swing
LOS Music forDaydreams
lis Weather Report
100 Music forDaydreams
ZOO Spanish Request
Program
- 5fU hequeSt PT0grm
SEQ Island Bulletin
Board
SIS Personality Time
6s31 Calypso Tent
6:45 Danish Tunes
7:O5 Waltz Time
M4#w~MN
1880 Music Box
7:45 Stocks & Music
Tao WIvI Sports Scope
8:05 Comedy Spot
$50 Tin Pan Alley
9:15 Melody Magic
$3.50 Music for the Nostal
gic Traveller
1915 PS Shows
1890 Down Memory Lane
ll:15- 1900 Music from the
Lighthouse-Sign off
News on the Hour
RWM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13

OARS consideration Of seven
resolutions.
Passed the previous day
were resolutions urging OAR
response to the Presidents
proclamation Of the period
between September II. 1862
and July 4, 1868 marking
the 175th anniversary Of the
signing of the Constitution:
citizen support Of traffic
safety; appointment Of the
director Of the Federal Bu-
reau Of Investigation be made
subject to congressional APP
proval and that the function
Of the Bureau be defined by
law; and commended the Post
Office Department for Its &C.
celebrated program to prevent
distribution Of obscene ma
terial through the mail, and
the Bureau Of Indian Affairs
for its work In furnishing
technical guidance and aiding
Indians to develop their abil-
tiles.
Mrs. Dorothy w. 9. Raglan,
District OAR State regent,
presided at yesterdays ses-
sion, which featured an SAC
cent on Youth" luncheon
sponsored by the OAR School
Committee. and q closing
banquet last night.
The luncheon featured
presentation Of the first
Miss Junior OAR" from the
District In o contest in
augurated by Mrs. Robert ".
H. Duncan. OAR president
general.
A national Miss Junior
OAR" will be chosen at the
OARS annual Continental
Congress IN April. Miss Eliz-
abeth Prince Bennett Is the
Miss Junior DAIs" from the
District.
The accent also was on
youth when Miss Mona Eliz-
abeth Brahler. this years
-DAR Good Citizen" at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13

Schools in Mount Berry. Ca.
also part Of the OAR APP
proved Schools program.
DR.. Henry. who was a pro-
tege Of the schools founder.
Miss Martha Berry, described
the schools growth from q
log cabin 10 the worlds
largest campus 10000 acres
Martha Berry believed in
work. study and worship as q
basis Of education" she de-
clared. "She felt education
was q way OF life"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13

So +- stF -
men," He expressed the opin-
ion that the American pri-
vate school educational sys-
tenn lis largely ignoring the
average student" and that
Blue Ridge. a preparatory
boys school, Is striving to fill
this gap. He was introduced
by Mrs. BENJAMIN Y. Martin.
Approved Schools Committee
chairman.
Last nights banquet
speaker was Or. Inez Henry,
assistant TO DR.. John Bert
rand. president Of the Berry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13

woodrow Wilson High
School. was introduced.
Chaplain Speaks
The Rev. Courtney Carpen-
ter, chaplain at the OAR
supported Blue Ridge School.
20 miles from Charlottesville
Va, was luncheon speaker.
Declaring that I'VE are not
In the reform school BUSH
ness" Mr.. Carpenter said:
I'VE find 1t more profitable
to build boys than to mend
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-13
Police lnvestigotive Powers
Supported by DistrictDAR
BY RUTH DEAN
Star STAFF Writer

the American Revolution yes
terday asked that Congress
"be urged TO enact legislation
that win provide the Police
Department OF the District
with investigative powers"
"a bill was introduced
earlier In this session Of Con-
gress by Representative John
L. Mcmillan, chairman OF the
House District Committee,
and aimed at giving District
police authority to detain
suspects and question them
for Q period not exceeding
six hours)
The Daughters action.
taken In the final session Of
its SAD State Conference In
the international Inn, fol-
lowed the lines Of q similar
appeal made yesterday when
the Citizens Crime Commits
sion asked the District
Commissioners TO delay their
ban on investigative arrests
by police until Congress has
had q chance TO enact legis-
lation.
The Daughters resolution
merely referred to the pro-
posed ban, but said that II
carried through, at will
greatly hamper the ability Of
the police to combat crime"
The resolution maintained
that congressional legislation
giving District police inves-
tigative powers would enable
police Ito more effectively
combat crime"
Urges support By Courts
It also recommended that
"the courts be urged to sup
port the police by imposing
maximum penalties under the
law"
Crime in the District con-
tinues to increase" the res
olution stated in introduce
ton, causing grave concern,
and no person is safe either
on the streets or In his own
home in the Nations Capt.
tai"
The resolution was q revi-
sion Of q previous one con-
sidered on Monday. by the
Daughters but sent back to
the Resolutions COMMITTEES.
headed by Mrs. John J.. VIZ
SOP, "for stronger wording"
The revision centered on the
proposed commissioner ban
and the Daughters. request
for the needed congressional
legislation.
At the same time, the
Daughters passed . resolu-
ton entitled Prayer In Pub
lie, Schools" in which It
stated: 1T is consistent for
the public schools to petition
Almighty God for his provi-
Dental guidance and direc-
ton Of the lifeof this Nation
and the life Of the individuals
thereof with thanksgiving
and, that the Congress Of
these United States Of Amer
lea be requested to pass any
legislation needed 70 accom-
plish these ends"
The resolution cited as
precedents the words under
God" in the Pledge Of Al
legiance to the Flag, and
the inscription Sin God we
trust" on the coins Of the
Nation.
Seven Resolutions Acted On
Action on the two resolu-
tons concluded the District
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
ARTHUR LYONS HELD
TUESDAY,, JULY 4

Funeral services for Arthur
Lyons, age 80, 1923 Emerson Av
N, were held Tuesday, July %,
pm. at Zion Baptist Church, Rev
J. r. Holloway, officiating.
Mr.. Lyons had been a resident
Of Minneapolis for over 55 years
and a member Of Ames Lodge 106
IBPOEW, Of long standing. He
died Saturday, July 20 in the Mn
neapolis General Hospital.
Survivors are his wife Mrs
Elmira Lyons, a brother William
Lyons Of Topeka, Kansas, who
came to Minneapolis to attend the
funeral.
Interment was in Crystal Lake
Cemetery. dard's Funeral
Home was in charge Of arrange
ments and burial.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
HighwaY Chief SaYs
Pickering Protests
Get NeoFo Nofhino

According to the White Bear
Press, Minnesota Highway Com
missioner General James Marshall
doesn't think the nationwide pro-
tests and demonstrations by Negro
citizens is getting them anywhere.
A group Of White Bear Lake
mothers who live in the vicinity of
Buffalo St., and highway called on
Marshall and asked that a stop
and go semaphore be placed at
that intersection. A petition with
$50 signatures was pooh poohed'
by Marshall.
When Marshall and Traffic
Engineer j. e. p. Darrell threw
cold water on the idea, the COM
mittee said they would go to
Governor ROlvaag.
This repeatedly irked Marshall
who said they were wasting their
time and that he runs the highway
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
Search On For
Body King And
Queen At PILGRIM

Pilgrim Baptist church is having
a King and Queen contest with a
different touch to it. The king and
queen this year are going to be
babies. The two lucky babies to
win will be crowned at the
Women's Day program July %.
The babies competing for the
titles are: Beverly Dianne Brewer,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Brewer; Raymond Charles Ed
wards, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Edwards; Allen Todd Grant, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Grant,
Jr.; Anthony Demetrous Johnson,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Wofford John
son; Shari LaVerne Pinnix, daught-
er of Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Pinnis;
Antoinette Frelix, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Willie Frelix; and
Michael Donald Knott, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Knott.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
Supennorkef Chain
. Hires Negro AS
Personnel Aide

Detroit CAMP - Allied Super
markets, Inc, has appointed Ed
ward M. Swan as employee and
community relations manager of
its Mlchigan-Ohio Division.
The appointment of Swan, a
Negro, was announced by I. r.
Moore, executive vice president OF
Allied which operates the Wrigley,
Big Value and Packer super mar
kets In Michigan and Ohio, in ad-
dttion to other retail divisions in
Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas and
Texas.
Swan, who joined the Allied
organization in 1857 as a manage
ment trainee, is being assigned to
develop and coordinate employee
and community relations programs
for the grocery chain in Michigan
and Ohio.
A native Of Detroit and a gard
uate Of Northwestern High School,
Swan earned his college degree at
E a stern Michigan University,
where he started in several sports.
He also attended Wayne State
University and studied graduate
courses at the University Of Mich
igan.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25

department and the Governor
doesn't tell him what to do.
According to the paper Mar
shall told the women flag wav-
ing and picketing will get you
no place. He said the cOlOred
people have been trying it re-
Gently and it has awaited them
nothing.
Editors Note: The General
probably is too busy to read the
newspapers or listen to the radio
or else he would not have made
such a statement.
Traffic Engineer Darrell report
edly told the committee that the
people least able to talk intelh-
gently about traffic safety were
the residents of the immediate
area in which they lived and that
highway safety was for highway
people to judge.
The mothers efforts to get a
semaphore have been endorsed by
the Ramsey county board. Recently
a seven year old boy was killed
when struck by a truck at the in.
tersection.
After their cold reception the
mothers committee has decided to
picket the highway department
and the highway commissioner.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
First US. Negro
Jesuit Priest
In MINNEAPOLIS

The first American-born Negro
to be ordained a Jesuit priest Is
serving this summer as a member
of a team of priests conducting a
drive for the Jesuit Foreign Mis-
sion Service.
He Is Father Theodore Cunning
ham, 35, native Of Omaha, Neb.,
who conducted his first mass June
16, at st. Cecelia's Cathedral In
the Nebraska metropolis.
Father Cunningham Is a grad
uate Of Creighton University. He
studied at st. Louis University. He
spent two years as a noviate at
Florfssant, Mo. There he studied
spiritual values, prayer, the rules
Of the Jesuit order and a year OF
classical training in Latin and
Greek. At st. Louis 'U" he had
two, years Of philosophy.
He returned to Creighton to
teach European history and Eng
fish at the university prep school.
In 1860 he received his masters
degree in European history at St.
Louis University. Since 1860 he
studied theology at st. Mary's Col
lege in st. Mary's, Kansas.
He was ordained in Milwaukee
in June Of this year at st. Bonifac-
ious church.
Father Cunningham, a person
able young priest was accompan.
led to the Spokesman and Re.
corder offices by James Neal, the
electrician who knew him as a boy
in his former home in Nebraska.
Father Cunningham whose photo
appeared IN the July IL, edition Oh
this paper received national atten.
ton because he is the first Amer.
lean Of Negro descent to ordained
priest in the Jesuit order.
The Jesuit order has the wides,
reputation in the us. among
Catholic orders for the interest its
priests take in the civil rights
movement. One Of the priests
Father John LaFarge is a noted
advocate Of justice for the Negro
and the American Indians.
The Jesuits were established In
1884 by st. Ignatious.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
WORLD WAR
VET, WAYLoN TISDALE
RuRIEn LILLY %

Funeral services for Waylon
Tisdale, $40 Iglehart Av., were
held Monday, July %, 10 am. at
Pilgrim Baptist Church, with Rev.
Joseph jackson, officiating in the
absence Of Rev. Floyd Massey,
who is i'll. Mrs. Ermine Allen was
soloist.
Mr.. Tisdale a World War I Vet
eran died in his home Wednesday,
July IT.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Elizabeth Tisdale, two sons, Her
man Tisdale and Roy Tucker, a
daughter, Mrs. Bryce Mitchell, two
brothers, Babe Tisdale, Omaha,
Nebraska and Baline TIsdale, Kan
sas CITY, Mo, a nephew Reuben
Tisdale, Chicago, III, all Of whom
attended the funeral services
Interment was In Fort Smelling
National Cemetery. Brooks Fmer-
al Homo In charge Of arrange
ments.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
White House Studies
No-BidS Orders

For Federal Agencies
Washington (ANP)-The White
House is Analysing a proposal that
the Federal Communications Com
mission order an end to racial dis
elimination in all radio and tele-
vision employment The proposal
is another part of the Presidents
avowed intent to expand Negro
rights.
Government lawyers believe that
the FEC has the power to require
new Job opportunities for Negroes
in all fields Of broadcasting.
Also under study are steps 10
be taken in all federal regulatory
agencies including the Civil Aero
nautics Board, the Interstate Com
merce Commission, the Federal
Power Commission, the Securities
and Exchange Commission and the
Federal Trade Commission.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
Twin CifionS Attend
Missionary Society
In ST. Louis, Mo,

Mrs. Harriet 9. Jones, president
Of the Missionary Society, St.
Peters ANfE Church and Area
Chairman Of the Northwest Area,
Chicago Conference Branch Miss
ionary Society, Mrs. Caressa May,
st. James ANIE Church, Mime
apohs, Mrs Mary Parks Lynn, St.
James AME Church, st. Paul, sec
ond vice president of the Chicago
Conference Branch Missionary
Society and Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Foster, st. James ANE Church,
st. Paul all attended the fifth
Quadrennial Of the Women's Miss
ionary Convention of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church, which
convened in st. Louis, Mo, July
1919.
Delegates were present from At
states, Bermuda and West Africa.
Thirteen Bishops from the 19
Episcopal Districts were also pre-
sent with their first Ladies. A
new outreach in missions was the
theme and a closer understanding
of various countries and their
needs was the aim.
Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Lynn whose
attendance at the convention was
as observers attended all meetings
which were Of concern to the
Northwest Area and were called
on to make suggestions to the
delegates.
Mrs. Jones also served as secre-
tary to the caucus Of the Chicago
district in the evaluation meeting
proceeding the election and the
suggestions of recommendations to
be submitted at the General Con-
ference of the ANfE Churches
which will convene in 1864.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
FATHER FIRED FOR
VOTING EFFORTS

Selma, Ala. (ANP) - A 30-year
old father Of seven who lost his
job because Of his participation in
a voter registration drive here
said last week II am going to keep
it up because I feel that my people
must become registered voters in
order to become citizens of this
state and country"
The Rev. Sheron Powell, who
has been working In GRANVILLE, Ala,
on a vote drive sponsored by the
Atlanta-based Student Non-violent
Coordinating Committee, lost his
job with the Cleveland Table COM
pany in Selma. Powell said Charles
White, the company manager told
him in a written note "circumstan-
ces beyond our control" made his
firing necessary.
Rev. Bernard Lafayette, director
Of the SNCC project In Dallas and
Wilcox counties, said that "at
least six other Negroes active in
the vote drive have lost their
JOBS"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
IN MEMORIAM

In loving memory of Mrs. Eliz-
abeth A. Davis, wife, mother and
grandmother, who passed away,
July rs, 1858, just five years ago.
What would we give If we
could say, Hello Mom!, in the
same old way. To hear her
voice, see her smile. To sit
with her and chat awhile. If
you have a mother so dear,
cherish her with loving care,
For you'H never know the
heartache, TIL you see her
vacant chair.
Sadly missed by Lee Davis, hIHs-
band and children, Leland c. and
Harry Davis, Minneapolis, Char
lotte Rooney, Geraldine Smith,
Eva Tell, and Joyce Barnes, Stock
ton, Calf.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
PILGRIM BAPTIST

Worshippers at Pilgrim Baptist
Church Sunday, July 21st heard
the Rev. B. J. Hord preach from
the subject: mo Fear For The
Future. The text was taken from
I Samuel IT Chapter. e
The minister told the worship
pers that there are three basic
principles needed to overcome fear.
() An enlightened minority can
save nation history has re-
peatedly shown this to be true.
~ Man can learn with God. 81
The human spirit is supreme.
People have believed that material
things and power are the way to
security but it has been proven
that the Christian soul with Christ
has the power alone to conquer
fear. Man cannot live by bread
alone but must have. belief in the
dignity of man through Christ.
Music was provided by the Cos
pei Chorus and a visiting group;
the Chariotetts In addition Mr.,
Kenneth Minor, a visitor from De-
troit, Michigan offered a solo.
Registered guest included: Miss
Toicene Zimmerman, Mrs. leila
Ford and Mrs. Ellie Colbert,
Brooklyn, NY; Mabel Farmer,
Los Angeles, California; Mr.. Ken
meth Minor, Detroit, Mich, Mrs.
Harold c. Brown, Los Angeles,
California, Mr.. and Mrs. W. P.
Johnson, FIT. Worth, Texas, Miss
Jamie Haynes, Milligan, Tenn,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Morgan, Kan
sas City, Kansas, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. L. Patterson, Houston, Texas,
M. H. Bohena, st. Louis, Mo-, Mrs.
C. J. Brown and Roger e. Mitchell,
Louisville, Kentucky, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Gary, Montgomery, Ala
bama and Mr.. and Mrs. Harris and
family, st. Charles, Illinois.
Next Sunday at 10 am. Wom-
ems Day Annual Program. Miss
Joyce Hughes Of Minneapolis will
deliver the message. Music will
be provided by the Youth Chorus.
Many Pilgrfmites continue sick
and shut-in and should be remem-
bered in prayer and visitation.
Visitors are always welcome at
Pilgrim THE Church of Lofty
Friendship"
James R. Brown, reporter.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
IN MEMORIAM

In loving memory Of Voneida q.
Rooney, who passed away II years
ago, July 5, 1851.
It's only a grave but it still
needs care, for the one we
loved 50 dear is sleeping there.
God give us the strength to
bear it and courage to meet
the blow. But what 1t means
to lose her no one win ever
know.
Sadly missed by parents, sisters,
grandmother and other relatives,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cle1non Rooney, par
ents, Mines. Arlene Taylor, st.
Paul, Mrs. Frances M. Frazier and
Muriel Anderson, Minneapolis, SIS
tiers and Mrs. Georgia Jones,
grandmother, Des Moines, Iowa.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
ment in Mobile.

ment in Mobile.
Topics likely to come up at fu-
ture meetings Of the two groups
include more white collar jobs for
Negroes in local businesses; a plan
for desegregated seating in the
new 50 million municipal conven-
ton hall and theater now being
built; and acceptance Of Negro
interns at the new Mobile General
Hospital.
Birningham-style race-baiting
has no role in local politics here
Veteran Commissioner Joseph N
Langan, long an advocate of Negro
rights, has assured ABLE leaders
that the three commissioners are
behind their efforts. I'VE certain.
ly aren't going 10 permit any
trouble here when the court order
comes" Mr.. Langan recently de-
clared.
For their part, Negro leaders
have held back would-be demon
strators. We've had high school
students volunteering as they did
in Birmingham and Jackson" says
Negro religious leader here, Bis
hop w. M. Smith Of the African
Methodist Episcopal Zion Church,
But we've told them that's not
necessary. We're pressing at the
conference table"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
MOTHER OF MILL
CITY WOMEN IS
BURIED IN LA,

| SSNh6D uEN EskAs
Los Angeles.-Mrs. Erna Wool
ridge, IT, mother Of two Mime
apolis women was buried here Sat-
urday, July 10. Mrs. Woodbridge
died on July 8, after an illness Of
four months.
She was the mother of Mrs.
Harvey Moss, ST., of Fridley and
Mrs. Roy Bowles Of 3912 Oakland
Av., Minneapolis.
Funeral services were at the
Metropolitan Mortuary with Rev.
Father Randolph Moore, pastor Of
St Phillips Episcopal church Of
ficiating.
The deceased was well known In
Minneapolis where she had visited
her daughters several times up un-
til 1851.
Other surviving relatives are a
daughter Mrs. Ray Estes of Bax-
ter Springs, Kansas; two sons,
Garland C. Woodbridge ( Los An
geles and Sherman Woodbridge Of
Galena, Kansas.
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NoShViIIe'S Rev.
Kelly Miller Smith
GOING To Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio CAMP - An
tioch Baptist Church, one Of Cleve-
lands largest and most prominent
Negro churches, last week named
the Rev. Kelly Miller Smith Of
Nashville, Tenn, its new pastor.
He will come here in the fall as
successor to DR.. Wade Hampton
Mckinney, who died Jan. 10 after
a long illness.
The Rev. Mr.. Smith, who Is AZ,
has been very much involved" in
desegregation efforts in Nashville.
He Is head Of the Nashville Christ
ian Leadership Council, an affili-
ate of the Southern Leadership
Conference directed by DR.. Martin
Luther King.
The clergyman Is a former
president of the interracial Nash
vile Ministerial Association.
The Rev. Mr.. Smith has been
pastor for IL years Of First Bap-
fist Church, Nashville. It is the
only church in Tennessee affili-
ated with the American Baptist
Convention and, like Antioch
Church, is affiliated with the Ma
tional Baptist Convention, Inc. He
said his resignation from the
Nashville church would be submit
ted shortly.
Born in Mound Bayou, Miss, he
was graduated from Morehouse
College, Atlanta, Ca, in 1912 and
from the seminary Of Howard
University, Washington, in 1915.
He held a pastorate in Vicl1sburg,
Miss, for five years before going
to Nashville.
The minister and his wife, Alice,
have four children, ranging in age
from six to IL.
Rev. Smith Is a nephew of c. s.
Anderson Of st. Paul.