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Evening star., 1963-02-03

Of common speech. Mr.. Up
dixie is such q master that
he doesn't require New Or
leans or New York for ro-
nance, he can make do with
even Trenton, N. j.:
MY father was. for all his
talk. at heart a man Of silence.
He walked through the events
of that night in a mood that
has become in my memory
silence. Once outside, his
mouth made a firm line and
his heels gathered in the
pavement with a kind of
aloof greed. I wonder If any
man ever enjoyed walking in
the small ugly cities Of the
East as much as my father.
Trenton, Bridgeport, Bing-
hamton. Johnstown, Elmira,
Altoona: These we're the
cities where his work as cable
splicer for the telephone COM
pany had taken him in the
years before and the years
just after he married my
mother. the years before my
birth and Hoover's Depres-
sion stalled him in the
sticks. He feared Firetown
and felt uneasy in Olinger
but adored Alton; its asphalt
and streetlights and tangent
facades spoke to him of the
great Middle Atlantic civiliza-
ton, bounded by New Haven
in the north and Hagerstown
in the south and Wheeling in
the west, which was his home
in eternal space. To walk
beside my father down Sixth
street was to hear the asphalt
sing"
-
Mr.. Updike has designed
his book as an allegory based
on the Greek myth of Ciron,
the centaur who, inadvert-
emily wounded, longed for
death. and traded his i'm
mortality for oblivion. Sew
eral of the chapters are writ
ten with George a centaur.
For me. the allegory does not
fit too well; unlike that of
Ulysses" obviously in Mr..
Updike's mind. at least now
and then, it seems unneces-
sary and extraneous. At any
rate, 1t is there for those to
whom it appeals, and it does
no damage to the book for
those to whom it does not.
Evening star., 1963-02-03
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Books Recall q Rich
Historical Heritooe
BY BARBARA NOLEN
Star Staff Writer

The shortest month Of the year has big burden Of
history to Tradtionaly in the eyes the Daughters
OF the American Revolution 1t is American History month
For equally good others celebrate February
as National Negro History Week. Still others have desig
mated February l724 National Brotherhood Week In
addition to the birthdays Of two Presidents those who wish
celebrate in February the birthday of Charles Dickens
Thomas Edison Laura Ingalls, Wilder and Copernicus No
doubt there are Others and for each there
Evening star., 1963-02-03
GENERAL

The Spotted
Horse In Art and History.
Text by Francis Haines.
university OF Texas: 500
A book which should appeal
70 both horse fanciers and
art lovers, II is being pub
Evening star., 1963-02-03
Knowing Your Mind
PSYCHOLOGY. The ScIenn,

PSYCHOLOGY. The Science
Of Mental Life. BY George
A. Miller. Harper & Row:
$6.95) Latest addition To
THE Harper Modern
Science" series, this volume
is an explanation OF the
science OF psychology,
emitting the more tech
nological and applied
aspects and concentrating
on key topics In the his
torical order In which psy-
biologists developed them.
DR.. Miller also includes
biographical essays OF the
important men In the field
and describes their con-
tributions.
Evening star., 1963-02-03

ings based on detailed In
quiry at 36 universities and
colleges.
THE GRARIAN MOVE
MENT IN ILLINOIS, 1880
1896. BY Roy v. Scott.
University Of Illinois
Press; 50 Volume So in
the illinois Studies In the
Social Sciences" this mon-
ograph is a survey OF the
five agrarian organizations
which constituted the alli-
ance uprising In Illinois.
Evening star., 1963-02-03

or an appropriate story, all
calculated to make February
a month OF brave men and
gallant deeds.
One good thing about these
reminders Of our rich histor-
ical heritage is to emphasize
that the Civil War is not
the only interesting chapter.
There are others just as
bloody or romantic. In fact,
American history has been
one continuous adventure,
with many heroes and hero
ines, many moments of
humor and hatred, many ed
dies and tornadoes of thought
and action.
Liberty
MEET MISS LIBERTY. by
Lille Patterson Macmillan;
So sheds new light on a popu-
lar landmark. Each year,
thousands Of children climb
the Statue Of Liberty and
google. wide-eyed, at her
torch. To make this possible,
thousands Of dollars were col
lected from men. women and
school children. Lille Patter-
son tells about this exciting
crusade and why 1t seemed
worthwhile. Then engineering
details are interesting. too, the
kind that will engage the full
attention Of young readers.
The author should know. Once
she lived in the shadow Of
the Statue Of Liberty. Now
she is a school library spe-
cialist in Baltimore. She is
also co-ordinator Of a radio
TV program. Poetry Parade.
The struggle for religious
liberty is emphasized by two
other Baltimore authors, Nan
Hayden Agile and Frances
Atchinson Bacon in THE
LORDS BALTIMORE holt,
Rinehart & Winston; $500
This is intended for readers
Of ten and up who are curious
about the seesaw struggle for
power in the Maryland colony.
Dorothy Sterling sees his
tory In terms of human be-
ings and human rights. She
has written about the United
Nations. about polio pioneers,
and about famous Negroes.
IN FOREVER FREE Double
day: $685. she has written an
analysis Of the Emancipation
Proclamation. 1t is more than
a legal and political story.
Frankly. without anger. she
tells how the proclamation
came about and why. She re-
captures the anxiety OF the
Government and the others
who were concerned. This
book should be valuable for
the new unit on Negro his
Evening star., 1963-02-03

tory now being prepared for
the D. c. school system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16
800 81 DONNA REED SHOW.

Comedy. Donna rebels when she is typed
as typical American housewife" IRE
peat.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16
THURSDAY ~
Evening. Cont.
! FAIR EXCHANGE.

Comedy A two-part story about Patty
coming down with tonsilitis in London.
tRepeat) Part II will be shown next
week.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14
AIo. MdSonS Have
$4,000 Members
Almost $4,000, 900

Birmingham (ANP) - Assets of
$4,S19,992 together with a men,
bership of 28,25O was reported by
Atty. Charles " Hendley grand
veaster at the mid-winter meeting
of trustees, district deputies and
grand lodge officers, Of Prince
Hall Masons of Alabama.
Atty. Hendley also reported that
the organizations endowment de-
partment is 80 per cent solvent.
Additionally, it was announced
that the 1868 Grand Lodge will
be held in Tuskegee, Ala, July %.
The announcement added:
The reappointment of William H.
Carter as grand auditor was unani-
mously confirmed. He has held this
office since 1917.
1t was unanimously voted to in
crease the endowment participa-
ton by members 20 per cent, when
assets of Endowment Department
reach, $5,OOO,OOO.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14
Another Atlanta
Bakery Agrees To
UPGRADE Negroes

Atlanta (ANP) - 400 Negro
ministers behind Atlanta's "Oper-
alton Breadbasket" told their con-
gregations Sunday that Southern
Bakery company has met all en-
ployment requests. This cancelled
plans for a selective buying cam
paign.
The promotion Of Is Southern
employees into jobs not previously
held by Negroes marked the Sec
ond time a company has met all Of
Operation Breadbasket's requests.
Colonial Bakeries earlier up
graded 1S employees into new posi-
tons with combined total salaries
Of $4,000.
Southern Bakeries has promoted
Is employees into jobs with yearly
salaries ranging from $500 to
Sc, 200. Their total incomes will
add $4,000 to the Negro COM
munities' buying power.
A spokesman for the ministers
reported that 80 Negro employees
in five bakeries have been up
graded so far. Through these cam
paigns, Operation Breadbasket has
been able to add approximately
$1S2,642.57 to the income of At
lanta Negroes.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14

Doris, 10, a student at Mary
grove college.
"Al Pelham" says the Mayor,
'is one of those rare individuals,
full Of the wisdom and ability so
sought after in a public official.
He has been a tower Of strength
to this administration"
Since acceding to Mayor Cav
anaugh's request that he become
comptroller. Pelham has toiled
nightly on a ceaseless barrage Of
weighty problems. Often his ef-
forts have drained his strength
and left him exhausted. But he
finds refrigeration in the victor
les Of these efforts.
First, there was the problem Of
the City budget, how to upright it
into balance when money coming
into the Treasury fell millions
short Of what was needed for fis-
cal stability.
There was agreement between
Pelham and Cavanaugh that the
need for a new source Of revenue
was urgent, and out Of their delib-
erations came the revolution City
income tax.
Then 1t fell upon Pelham's
office to establish the machinery
to administer the tax.
Pelham and Cavanaugh were
shaken recently to learn that a
New York Notwithstanding
firm had downgraded Detroit's
credit rating, a move which could
cost the City millions of dollars in
selling municipal bonds.
Pelham reacted quickly by lead
ing a delegation of Detroit fiscal
experts to New York for talks
with financiers.
Among the Detroit group was
Fred Murphy, head of the Comp
troller's Office Bond division.
"Mr. Pelham talked for hours
at three different meetings." Muir
ply says, and one of the New
Workers. said it was the best pre-
sentation he had heard in 27 years
in the bond business"
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14
Admits Cousin.
Not WHITES Shot
& Wounded Him

charleston, >. =. lamp - A
22-year-old man who told police
he had been shot by a group Of
white men from a passing car has
retracted his story and confessed
he had been accidentally wounded
by a cousin.
Cleveland Roper Of Wadmalaw
Island gave Charleston county po-
lice a signed statement in which
he said he had been talked into
giving the story about a pistol as
sault by white men by his cousin,
William Simmons, "a.
In his original account to police,
Roper said he was struck by a
pistol bullet fired from a slow
moving automobile carrying three
white occupants.
The car was described as a 1859
Ford, and at the time was believed
to be the same one involved in two
other incidents of whites shooting
at Negroes, County Police Capt.
Silas B. Welch said.
After the confession, Welch said
Rper told police that his car had
broken down. Roper told police
that Simmons was extracting the
clip from a % caliber pistol when
the gun accidentally discharged
and struck him.
His statement went on to say:
He (Simmons) was worried about
shooting me and took me to the
county hospital emergency room.
It was Simmons idea to tell the
story about a car with white males
in it shooting at me. 1t is not the
truth and it was his idea to tell it
to lay the blame on someone else
and not himself"
Roper's statement went on to
explain that the shooting was ac-
cidental.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14
Man Picked On"
SIdSheS Another

Fred Mathews, 81, 445 Wacouta
was charged with aggravated as
sault on February 7, after Isaac
Davis, 4s, 445 Wacouta told police
that Mathews had cut him.
The incident occurred at the
Pair-a-Dice Tavern, 37s Jackson.
Mathews admitted the cutting
which resulted in a 2Ia inch slash
on the left side Of Davis neck.
Mathews stated that he had cut
Davis because Davis picked on
him.
Davis was treated at Ancker
Hospital and then was taken to
police headquarters where he was
charged with being drunk. Mat
hews was charged with suspicion
Of aggravated assault.
st. Paul, MINI.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14
Rev. w. L. BdffIeS
RefireS From
Rarberinq Feb. Ib

A Minneapolis pastor also owner
manager Of a barber shop has re-
tired from the tonsorial (barber-
ing) business to devote full time
to his religious profession.
Rev. w. l. Battles, owner Of
Battles Barber Shop has sold the
establishment to Warren Watson
formerly Of Milwaukee, Wise. ef-
fective Feb. 16, 1868.
The pastor, master barber for
over 20 years first operated shops
on Olson Memorial Highway and
Colfax Av. NJ, and 539 Lyndale
Av. NJ, before coming to the south
side.
In 1856 after the death of Mrs.
Alice (Brownie) Forte owner of
Brownies he purchased this es-
tablishment.
During his 16 years of barber
ing in Minnesota Rev. Battles has
furnished early employment for
many Of the areas present sue
cessful BARRIERS. Among them Syl-
vester Chubby" Young, George
Mace, Eddie Withers, John Webb,
and Willie Pearson. Rube Warren
was once an employer Of Battles
and later worked with him at the
southside shop.
The pastor in a statement
thanked his many patrons, en-
ployes and friends for their con-
tinual support through the years,
saying he was retiring with
mixed emotions" but felt his min
isterial duties demand my COM
plete attention"
Rev. Battles Is presently pastor
OF two churches, st. Paul and Min
neapolis Gospel Temple Houses Of
Refuge.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14

romantic atmosphere.
Of course, Americas beloved
humorist couldn't know that jet
age changes would make this
Atlantic coral isle even more
like paradise. A short jet hop
from all East Coast cities, mod
ern Bermuda is a luxury resort
playground with particular ap-
peal for honeymooners travel
ing on a budget.
Popular hotels like the Elbow
Beach Surf Club in Paget Par
ish feature facilities for the
young adult set. A weekly hon.
eymooners' champagne break
fast at the pool swimming at
the private beach. ..al fresco
dining E. and romantic strolls
under the new Moongate all
help to make a stay at Elbow
Beach = memorable one. And
through mid-March special
package rates are offered.
From the resort located near
Hamilton, Bermuda'S capital,
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14
CONVERTIBLE TOP CUT;
THIEF GETS WHSKEY

Charles Cox, 673 w. Central re-
ported to st. Paul police a theft
from his 1852 Cadillac convertible
while it was parked at 129 Arch
on Feb. 5.
The top of the auto had been cut
and a black portable liquor case
containing a fifth Of brandy and a
fifth Of gin was stolen.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14

Wilt (The Stilt) Chamberlain of
the San Francisco Warriors won
the National Basketball individual
scoring title for the second straight
year in 1862, netting 4,O29 in 80
games on 1897 field goals and 1876
free throws.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14
St. Paul Man jailed
In Assault Of Woman

Robert Lee Williams, "a, $50
Ig1ehart was arrested on Febru-
ary 9, after Florence Pope, A,
also of $50 Iglehart complained to
police that she had been assaulted
by Williams.
Florence showed st. Paul police
officer Albert Pariana a bruise on
her right arm and abrasions on her
legs which were allegedly inflicted
by Williams when he kicked and
struck her. 1t was necessary for
the officer to radio for assistance
in effecting the arrest of Williams.
At police headquarters he was
charged with assault.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14
Ringing The
BELL
BY Jesse Bell

United States track prestige re-
ceived a terrific jolt last week
when Gabriel Korobkov, coach of
the Russian track team unleashed
three of his super stars against
three of our best.
The 10000 indoor fans at the
Millrose Games in New York were
treated to magnificent perform
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14

ances by high
j u m per Valeri
Brunei, bro ad
jumper Igor Ter
Ovanesyan, and
Middle distance
r er Valeri
Bulyshev.
Ter Ovenes-
yam, a physical
education student
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14
Stabbed BY Wife, Spouse

A family argument resulted In
the stabbing of l. C. Crenshaw,
375 Iglehart by his wife, Corrine,
on February 10, at their home.
Crenshaw, treated at Ancker Hos
pital for the wound in his left
shoulder, did not appear to be in
serious condition.
He stated he did not wish to
prosecute his wife.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14

Tan outfielder Tommy Davis of
the Los Angeles Dodgers won the
National batting title in 1862 with
an average of .346 for 665 times
at-bat. He was also champion in
runs-batted-in, with a total of 1853.
He scored 120 runs and hit 27
homers.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14

Uganda, which has one of the
largest freshwater fisheries in the
world, produced $4,000 tons of fish
during 1861, with a landed value
of IS million and a retail value in
excess of So million.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14
'KISS-AND-RUN
BANDIT GETS SIS

Atlanta (ANP) - bandit with
an usual modus operandi broke
into an Atlanta apartment and
stole three pocketbooks, $15-and
a kiss.
Detective ]. c. Smith said the
man held a knife to a young
woman's throat and demanded a
kiss. When she refused, the bandit
kissed her anyway, then fled.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14
Negro Is Detroit CompfroIIer
Directs Expenditure Of Millions
Of Dollars For Motor Cify

Detroit (ANP)Deroit Americas fifth largest city spends
about $250OOO0O annually which is only few millions dollars
than it takes into its Golfers.
The who supervises this expenditure-greater
than that of many naons-is Negro Alfred Pelham the
Motor Cty's comptroller, fiscal boss.
lifelong Detroiter Pelham happened" to be born in
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14

Sandwich, Ont, on June 10, 1900,
while his parents were spending
the summer at the home Of his
maternal grandmother.
His father, the late Benjamin
B. Pelham, needs no introduction
to longtime Detroiters.
For decades he was the con-
trolling force of Wayne County
government.
Ben Pelham never had the lofty
titles acquired by his son. But as
accountant to the Board of Audi
tors and clerk to the Board Of
Supervisors, he welded power far
beyond his positions.
This is because Ben Pelham,
after entering County service in
1895, acquired a mastery Of the
intricacies Of county government
that was to make him titular head
OF the county before his retirement
At years later.
It was he who said what the
County was to do, usually un-
questioned by the elective officials
who were his superiors. It was
See Ben Pelham" whenever some
one had important business with
the County.
Ben Pelham, wanted his chill
dren TO have the best possible
education. Besides Al, there was
a daughter, Frances, dead since
1929, who became a Detroit
school teacher.
Al Pelham was an ALA stu
dent at old Central High School,
a serious boy intent on bringing
home superior grades. Once he got
a mid-term "B" in Latin and al
most died" before he brought it
up to an "a" before the end of the
term.
Outstanding grades followed at
the University of Michigan, where
Pelham majored in business ad-
ministration, and at the Harvard
Graduate School of Business Ad-
ministration.
During summers while in college,
Pelham worked in a clerks Job in
the County Bureau of Taxation,
joined the county fulltime as an
accountant in the Board Of Audi
tors after Harvard
In 1888, four years before his
father retired from government,
Pelham was made county budget
director. This post he held until his
retirement in 1857, when he Joined
Wayne State university as a pol
itical science professor the next
year to become the university's
budget officer.
He was serving cOntentedly In
this capacity when Jerome Cav
Anaugh was elected mayor Of
Detroit and before Pelham's
phone rang with an invitation
for a conference with the then
Mayor-elect.
I'VE, Of course, hated to lose
Mr.. Pelham" says Wayne State
President DR.. Clarence B. Hill
berry. He Is a thoroughly ex-
traordinary person who performed
invaluable service to the universi-
ty.
But when he told us about the
Mayors invitation, we felt the city
should be allowed to have his serv-
ices"
AS much as Pelham's life is
wrapped up in service to his city,
he Is also utterly devoted to his
family. He says Of his wife, the
former Doris Brooks, whom he
married in 1941: "If I had to write
specifications for a perfect wife,
I would choose my wife as the
model"
He idOIiZed his children, Alfred
Jr., 20, Junior studying bus
mess administration at the Univ
erslty Of Michigan, and Frances
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14
THEFT OF SOCKS
RESULTS IN ARREST

RESULTS IN ARREST
Robert ]. Bell, 36, 230h w. Kel-
logg was arrested on February 6,
for the theft of three pairs of
socks from the Sunrise Market,
665 Selby.
Bell was apprehended as he left
the market with the three pairs of
socks under his jacket. The socks
were valued at $2.37.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14
Not The Do-Is-YoUrseIf Type

Rabat, Morocco (ANP) - A
Moroccan peasant has won his
second new car in two years at
the annual police lottery.
He had to get a friend to drive
it home - he still can't drive.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14
ST.. PouI
APARTMENTS FoR RENT

CAT AURORA. Apartment for rent.
MI. 4-7404.
1922 AURORA - New double
bungalow. MI. 4-7404. R-30
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14

who had never before beaten Ralph
Boston, defeated the top American
broad jumper by one foot, setting
a world indoor record Of 26 feet
10 inches. 1t was the Russians
first victory over any American
opponent in nine tries.
Valeri Brunei scared feet 2
to register his seventh consectu-
tive victory over John Thomas but
on Saturday, Feb. 8 at the Los An
geles indoor relays Thomas defeat
ed Valeri for the first time.
Bulyshev ran the fifth fastest
$50 ever run indoors.
Ralph Boston reported from Los
Angeles, where he Is a research
technician in metabolic medicine.
I've been doing sprints and light
technique work, but I haven't
jumped for distance in two months.
I've been aiming for the Pan-Am
Games in April"
The Russian trio will be COM
peting in the United States until
February %, and may give Boston
and Thomas several more restless
nights.
Wake Forest College of Winston
Salem, North Carolina has offered
a full football scholarship" to
Bennie Blocker. Bennie has re-
ceived offers of scholarships from
colleges all over the country. He
stands 6 feet inches tall and
weighs 215 pounds. Roosevelt Gil
Ian, Bennie's High school coach
mentioned that Blocker will con-
slider the Wake Forest offer the
same as any other he might re-
ceive. 1t will be May before Bennie
decides what school he will at
tend"
The first An-Negro team ever
to enter the Classic Division of the
American Bowling Congress Tourn-
ament will bowl out of Cleveland,
Ohio.
All members of the squad, wh1cG
has a 200 average, bowl in the ALI
Stars single and double Classic
league in Cleveland.
Heavyweight contender Eddie
Machen is shopping for a new
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14

A total of 1920 pupils were en-
rolled in primary schools in Sierra
Leone for the 1960-e1 school year.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14

couples have a choice of trans
portation in and around the is
land. Some sail, others pedal
bicycles, putt-putt on motor
bikes or take touring cars, while
still others prefer the privacy
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14
4743 cIRARD NORTH
2E.H.A. pEpossEssIoNs
$500 DOWN

915 VINCENT AVE. NORTH
3 BEDROOMS-11s BATHS
DELUX RAMBLER
Immaculate home. Large kitchen
with disposal. Carpeting in living
room and all bedrooms, new drapes.
Beautiful landscapping. Move right
in.
HARRY BADER-WA. 2-2S75
BADER & ROSEN-WA. 7-s6I7
$50
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14
OPEN I-3 SUNDAY

923 Thomas North. Luxurious two
b droo IN expansion breezeway,
garage, fireplace, carpeted and
draped. 5000 down FILA. Trades
accepted.
HoMEWooD REALTY
IA. I-4755
$40
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14

The incompatible Bill Russell
became pro basketballs all time
rebounder last Saturday night as
Boston beat San Francisco.
Big Bill grabbed the ball %
times off the boards, to bring his
career total to 11,O22 in less than
seven full seasons. He passed
Dolph Schayes, who was reaching
II, ,002 in his 14th season in the
NBA-
St. Paul recorder., 1963-02-14
1924 THIRD AVE. SOUTH

LOW DOWN
Large four bedroom family home
in good condition. Gas heat, full
basement, garage. Low down to
sincere buyer. Payments like rent.
Vacant. Gittleman, ia. 3-5294.
$50