Memphis World
Memphis World Publishing Co.
1951-05-22
Lewis O. Swingler

MEMPHIS WORLD
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Another Rail Suit
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad laces a $15,000 damage 
suit, brought by two complainants, Paul Walker of Boston, 
Mass. and his daughter, who claim that on their journey
South in 1949, they were forced to move out into a filthy
jim crow coach at Jacksonville, Florida. And that on their
return home they were forced to undergo similar "humiliation 
and public embarrassment and physical discomforts."
The only answer the railroad has for the suit is that it,
being in Boston, is without the jurisdiction and therefore a
lack of proper venue. The case is quite similar to that of
Mrs. Lillie Be Perez, a fifty year-old New York widow, who
on April 5, 1948, purchased a seat on the "reserved coaches"
of the "Silver Meteor," a through train from New York to
Tampa, Florida. This train travels over the tracks of the
Pennsylvania railroad from New York to Richmond and then
over the Seaboard's tracks, changing crews at Richmond.
After the train left Richmond, Mrs. Perez despite her
protests, was forced to move from her reserved seat to a
Jim Crow coach. And, to add insult to injury, when Mrs.
Perez's train reached Wildwood, Fla., she was transferred
to a local train "marked for colored only".
On her return to New York in June, she sued the two
railroads for $100,000 and filed a complaint with the Interstate 
Commerce Commission, which she withdrew after her
suit was settled. Her case against the Pennsylvania Railroad
was dismissed. Mrs. Perez was able to collect damages
to $1,500 because the United States Supreme Court ruled
more than once against Jim Crow practices in Interstate
travel.
One by one, Negroes who face such humiliating experiences 
are going into court for relief. And despite that, certain 
roads persist in violating the ruling. Since the United
States Supreme Court ruled out segregation in Interstate accommodation 
last June in the Elmer Henderson case, the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
announces the it has received more than 50 complaints by
Negroes, claiming discrimination in train and bus travel.

3-Aalrm Fire

the Armed Forces Parade to join
his men in the fight on the fire.
He said that it was the fastest
Spreading fire he had ever witnessed. 

It was in he rear of the Henry

Whifields house at 243 Ivory that
the flame originated from a train a burning 
trash pile, igniting a nearby
woodshed The blaze was suddenly
swept by a brisk 15-mile and hour
wind and the wooden frames were
licked up as so much dry kindling
Most of the houses were single and
double rental units owned by H.
W. Bickford realtor who estimat
ed 
damage to be approximately
$25,000. They were only partially
insured, the realtor stated.
Only one home occupied by nearby 
white residents suffered severe
damage. That was the home of
Tony Casaretto located at 1120
North Sixth Street.
"Our mid-summer weather dried
these frame Negro homes out completely 
and it was like touching a
match to a pile of dry straw. "Commissioner 
Armour commented.
For hundreds of yards the entire
area was obscured by the pall of
black smoke that shot as high as
250 feet into the sky.

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MEALTIME MELODIES!
BY HELL BLAND
"Oh, for the good ole summertime." 
Do you suppose, some homemaker 
like you made up the words
to that song? It's understandable
that you plan to stay out of the
kitchen as much as possible. You
like to get up early when It's cool
and while cooking breakfast, prepare 
some of the foods for lunchand 
dinner. Most all homemakers
are familiar with at least one problem 
of summer diet — loss of appetite. 
As you already know, an
adequate diet even for the hottest
days cannot always be served from
the refrigerator. For in summer, as
in winter the day's diet should center 
on a hot, well-cooked, appetizing 
meal. Something hot cheers up
the whole digestive system. So it's
not possible to shun the stove completely 
and keep a good appetite.
As you know,
your appetite can
become frustrated!
by unwisely chosen 
or poorly prepared 
food. It becomes 
a poor
guide in eating
the essentials your
body needs the
year round for
proper health
tone in work and
PLAY.
Try making the
cooked foods simple. Usually, you
want lighter meals, salads, often
plain cooked green vegetables, fruit,
gelatin, butter, milk and buttermilk.
Your need for protein is no less
in summer than in winter. The old
belief that protein foods are "heating" 
is not true. Foods containing a
lot of protein are milk, meat, eggs,
cheese and soybeans. Other dairy
products, fish and dried beans and
peas help fill the gap for other proteins 
and ease the strain on the
family budget.
Right, there are both animal and
vegetable proteins. Use a variety of
them. Two eggs, two cups of milk, or
half a cup of dried beans or peas
will give about the same value of
protein as the average serving of
meat.
Experiments show that the heat
yield of protein is actually lower
than that of starches (carbohydrates), 
when it is combined with
other foods in any ordinary diet.
Protein is needed at all times of
the year for growth, for replacing
worn our muscles and for resistance
to infection
As to carbohydrate sources, you
should include vegetables such as
beets, potatoes, peas and beans —
also fruits, cereals, flour breads (pre
ferable whole wheat or enriched
white bread), spaghetti, macaroni,
sugar, honey and Jam. Bread is an
important food and when supplemented 
by milk, means a lot of food
value at little cost. Carbohydrates,
with fat, provide the body's' fuel
energy.
It is commonly believed that fat
is more necessary in cold weather
than in hot weather. There are good
reasons why some fat from various
sources, such as butter, cream and
cheese, should be supplied in the
daily diet. First, fat gives you "staying 
power." Without it, the stomach
empties quickly and hunger pangs
return. Your skin becomes scaly
and inflamed. Growth is slowed up
and other body functions are im
paired 
if you leave fat out of the
summer diet.
Summer makes no difference in
the need for the protective foods,
vitamins and minerals. Vitamins
and minerals help you to combat
loss of appetite. You get these from
eating a variety of foods prepared
in a variety of ways. Foods, indeed,
are the thriftiest sources of the
necessary vitamins too.
Too often, when a homemaker
loses her appetite, or seems nervous
and irritable, she may merely take
vitamins. Extra vitamins or vitamin
pills should be prescribed by a doctor 
like any other drug. Most investigators 
agree that the need for
vitamins as found in food are as
great in summer as in winter.
Minerals are no less important,
You must have, iron in the blood to
get oxygen from the air. You must
have calcium and phosphorous to
build strong bones, to build, muscles
arid to prevent rickets. Calcium is
also necessary to maintain nervous
stability.
You get iron when you eat molasses, 
whole grain or enriched breakfast 
foods, prunes, spinach, egg
yolk, and liver, to mention a few.
Calcium, of course, makes you think
of milk, cheese, egg yolk, turnip
greens and such foods.
It is true when you are working
hard in hot weather, you lose lots
of water through perspiration.
Thirst is the best guide. A suitable
allowance of water for a day is
about 2 1-2 quarts. Almost everyone
gets a considerable amount of water 
in the form of milk, fruit, vegetable 
juices and other liquids.
According to studies at a fatigue
laboratory, you may lose as much
as a quart of water an hour when
doing heavy work in hot weather.
Then it's advisable that you drink
water often, not too cold, nor too
fast, and not in too large amounts.
You already know the first requirement 
of a balanced diet is energy 
food for work and play and
normal body functions. The amount
of food needed varies with age, sex,
and physical activity. Scientifically,
the average person uses about 3,300
calories (heat units) each day. If
counting the calories seems too
much for you use your weight as
a yardstick.
You should maintain proper
weight because you do better work
longer without becoming tired. When
you eat more than you need, you
are likely to have indigestion and
become overweight. Overweight is
not only an unlovely state, but a
definite health hazard.
Your summer diet should include
about two-thirds of the required energy 
foods as found in some vegetables 
and fruits, cereals and breads.
One-sixth of the diet should contain 
milk and milk products, fish,
eggs and meat. The other sixth of
your diet should come from fats,
butter and other substitutes.
By all means, take special care to
guard food from becoming contaminated. 
Foods that spoil rapidly
should be kept in the refrigerator
all the time and not just most of
the time.
Evidently, It's easy for you to keep
the summer diet simple, appetizing
and tasty, with much variety. It
agrees with the summer appetite
and summer digestion, as well as
your desire to stay out of the kitchen
as much as possible.

MART OF THOUGHT
To D. A. M. for being such a great
person:

25 Graduate From

schools.
Members of the graduating class
were Louise Abridge, Sammie Bates,

School Board; Honorable W. B.
Nicholson. Supt. of schools; Miss
Winnie V. Turner, supervisor of
Loretha Blackburn, Virece Gant
Garvin Garrett, Annie M. Glass,
Arvie Lee Haley. Ella Hall, Dorothy 
Hampton, Theophis, Johnnie
Hoshell, Andrew Jackson, Jewel
Lyles, Jeam - McClodden, LaVerne
Morton, Bernice Murphy. Luvina
Owens, Nathaniel Richardson. Lee
Grant Ridgnal, Mildred Rollins.
Carl Tate, Jessie Turner, Jeff
Walls. Willie Washington, and
Athea Weeden.

Tennessee School

versity.
Attorneys for the NAACP contend
in their petition that the order of
Judge Taylor, issued on April 20,
was meaningless because he would
be without power, to issue a decree
ordering the applicants admission to
the University of Tennessee without 
declaring the segregation statutes 
of the state unconstitutional.
Therefore, the decree would have
no effect unless the University decided 
to admit them voluntarily
to the schools since they were under 
no legal compulsion to do so
It was in order to get this produral 
question straightened out that
the NAACP decided to take on appeal 
to the United States Supreme
Court.
NAACP attorneys representing
the students are Carl Cowan arid
Avon Williams of Knoxville; Z
Alexander Looby of Nashville; and
Special Counsel Thurgood Marshall
and Assistant Special Counsel Robert 
L. Carter of New York

MOMENTS OF
REFLECTION
A. L. GUERARD
Soon, the corridors of our high
schools and colleges will be echoing
the footsteps of many of our boys
and girls, men and women who are
leaving behind their books and desks
as for them, it is graduation! What
a great day it is for them as we
see their eager faces, and see them
give vent to their emotions Which
seems to express, "I'm glad to be
alive feeling."
There is something fascinating
and intriguing about the word
"graduation." Let us examine this
word, if you please. According to
The Winston Dictionary: Graduation, 
a noun, the ceremony at which
diplomas or degrees are given or received; 
school or college commencement 
exercises, etc. The word gradu
ation seems to carry the idea of moving 
out and on as this word is a
derivative of the word graduate,
which means to change gradually
from one degree to another, in one
sense of the word. In other words,
a going out from.
Now, I'm made to wonder, as
these boys and girls, men and women 
pour out of our schools throughout 
the country, if they are vividly
aware of the kind of world into
which they are being projected? I
khow for some, their hopes are
high; their ambitions are strong,
and they are full of energy, ready to
grapple with life, so they think.
Well, I'm not one to dim their hopes
nor to mar their ambitions. But the
important question that comes to
my mind: "Are they really prepared
to cope with life, to meet life's many
disappointments, heartaches, sorrows 
and a hundred or more problems 
for which their diplomas or
degrees do not qualify them?"
Please do not think for one moment 
that I am trying to be rude
or reflect upon our graduates. That
is not the intention of this article
If you think that I am trying to be
any other way than helpful, you
have sadly missed the purpose for
which this article is written. I mean
to be as helpful and encouraging
as my being will permit. What I am
trying to say is this: Our graduates, 
to succeed in life, need our
help, guidance arid prayers.
A word of warning just here to
our graduates. Please don't ever
entertain the idea since you have
your diploma or degree, that folk
must look up to you as some great
hero to be worshipped. On the contrary, 
you should entertain a deep
sense of respect for people, especially 
your parents, teachers and friends
who have been partly responsible
for your having graduated.
You owe them something in return 
for what they have done for
you. The least you could do, is to
work hard to be somebody and contribute 
to the advancement of your
race and world. So please don't
boast about your learning. Do something 
with it to help yourself and
those about you. It is then that you
will prove to the ones, who sent
you to school that their labors, time
and money was not spent in vain.
The world is still in need of those
who are willing to work hard to
make it a better place in which to
live. Never once give away to the
mercenary spirit on a basis for your
getting an education. You will be
richly rewarded from your work for
the good of society. Don't worry
about making money. Your greatest
concern should be in "making a
life!" We need those, who will put
self in the background, and labor
for the good of others.
Search, if you will the pages of
history and there you will find men
who thought not of themselves, but
of others, and motivated by such

thinking, gave their lives!
You might have noticed that up
to now I have said nothing about
education as a means for success.
"Do you wonder why?"
Let us define the word education:
According to the Winston Dictionary; 
Education, a noun, the training 
of the mental and moral powers, 
as by a system of study and
discipline, also, the system Itself;
the knowledge and abilities gained
by such training.
I think this writer has a very fine
knowledge concerning the purposes
of one getting an education, etc. He
says "For the successful conduct of
life, mere learning Is not enough.
We do not undervalue learning. All
knowledge has a certain value. Prob
ably the danger that least threatens 
your life is the danger of knowing 
top much! But it is possible to
be very learned, and yet to be
singularly destitute of the ability
to make learning of any use to one's
self, to one's friends, or to the world
at large.
Learning is not wisdom. In order
that learning may be intelligently
acquired, even, there must be a wise
appreciation of the ends for which
it is to be attained, of the relations
which the knowledge you are acquiring 
bears to other departments
of knowledge to the conduct of
your own life, to the thought and
the life of your fellow man.
It is not merely a question of what
you know. To what purpose do you
know? How much do you see in it?
To what use will you put it, for
others or for yourself?
If you can comply with the above
statements, you are truly "educated." 
You are now ready to meet
life. You will be able to take whatever 
life might have to offer!
I pray that I may have the power
to educate my people in terms of
nobility and genuineness.
To elevate, inspire, christianize
and educate the masses should be
the end to which we most fervently 
commit ourselves.
Prayer has its value We can do
little without it. But there is too
much praying and too little doing.
As ministers, let us watch our department 
it's our best sermon.
That this world would be by far
a better one in which to live cannot
be doubted if those of us who
preach good will to mankind will
practice the same.
The ministry is by far toe selfish
in its administration to bring about
complete unselfishness among its
members.
Would you be recognized as a
man? Then treat everyone as such.
Be Jealous of no one, and you will
portray the true character of manhood. 


GRADUATION
A. L. GUERARD
Soon, the corridors of our high
schools and colleges will be echoing
the footsteps of many of our boys
and girls, men and women who are
leaving behind their books and desks
as for them, it is graduation! What
a great day it is for them as we
see their eager faces, and see them
give vent to their emotions Which
seems to express, "I'm glad to be
alive feeling."
There is something fascinating
and intriguing about the word
"graduation." Let us examine this
word, if you please. According to
The Winston Dictionary: Graduation, 
a noun, the ceremony at which
diplomas or degrees are given or received; 
school or college commencement 
exercises, etc. The word gradu
ation seems to carry the idea of moving 
out and on as this word is a
derivative of the word graduate,
which means to change gradually
from one degree to another, in one
sense of the word. In other words,
a going out from.
Now, I'm made to wonder, as
these boys and girls, men and women 
pour out of our schools throughout 
the country, if they are vividly
aware of the kind of world into
which they are being projected? I
khow for some, their hopes are
high; their ambitions are strong,
and they are full of energy, ready to
grapple with life, so they think.
Well, I'm not one to dim their hopes
nor to mar their ambitions. But the
important question that comes to
my mind: "Are they really prepared
to cope with life, to meet life's many
disappointments, heartaches, sorrows 
and a hundred or more problems 
for which their diplomas or
degrees do not qualify them?"
Please do not think for one moment 
that I am trying to be rude
or reflect upon our graduates. That
is not the intention of this article
If you think that I am trying to be
any other way than helpful, you
have sadly missed the purpose for
which this article is written. I mean
to be as helpful and encouraging
as my being will permit. What I am
trying to say is this: Our graduates, 
to succeed in life, need our
help, guidance arid prayers.
A word of warning just here to
our graduates. Please don't ever
entertain the idea since you have
your diploma or degree, that folk
must look up to you as some great
hero to be worshipped. On the contrary, 
you should entertain a deep
sense of respect for people, especially 
your parents, teachers and friends
who have been partly responsible
for your having graduated.
You owe them something in return 
for what they have done for
you. The least you could do, is to
work hard to be somebody and contribute 
to the advancement of your
race and world. So please don't
boast about your learning. Do something 
with it to help yourself and
those about you. It is then that you
will prove to the ones, who sent
you to school that their labors, time
and money was not spent in vain.
The world is still in need of those
who are willing to work hard to
make it a better place in which to
live. Never once give away to the
mercenary spirit on a basis for your
getting an education. You will be
richly rewarded from your work for
the good of society. Don't worry
about making money. Your greatest
concern should be in "making a
life!" We need those, who will put
self in the background, and labor
for the good of others.
Search, if you will the pages of
history and there you will find men
who thought not of themselves, but
of others, and motivated by such

thinking, gave their lives!
You might have noticed that up
to now I have said nothing about
education as a means for success.
"Do you wonder why?"
Let us define the word education:
According to the Winston Dictionary; 
Education, a noun, the training 
of the mental and moral powers, 
as by a system of study and
discipline, also, the system Itself;
the knowledge and abilities gained
by such training.
I think this writer has a very fine
knowledge concerning the purposes
of one getting an education, etc. He
says "For the successful conduct of
life, mere learning Is not enough.
We do not undervalue learning. All
knowledge has a certain value. Prob
ably the danger that least threatens 
your life is the danger of knowing 
top much! But it is possible to
be very learned, and yet to be
singularly destitute of the ability
to make learning of any use to one's
self, to one's friends, or to the world
at large.
Learning is not wisdom. In order
that learning may be intelligently
acquired, even, there must be a wise
appreciation of the ends for which
it is to be attained, of the relations
which the knowledge you are acquiring 
bears to other departments
of knowledge to the conduct of
your own life, to the thought and
the life of your fellow man.
It is not merely a question of what
you know. To what purpose do you
know? How much do you see in it?
To what use will you put it, for
others or for yourself?
If you can comply with the above
statements, you are truly "educated." 
You are now ready to meet
life. You will be able to take whatever 
life might have to offer!
I pray that I may have the power
to educate my people in terms of
nobility and genuineness.
To elevate, inspire, christianize
and educate the masses should be
the end to which we most fervently 
commit ourselves.
Prayer has its value We can do
little without it. But there is too
much praying and too little doing.
As ministers, let us watch our department 
it's our best sermon.
That this world would be by far
a better one in which to live cannot
be doubted if those of us who
preach good will to mankind will
practice the same.
The ministry is by far toe selfish
in its administration to bring about
complete unselfishness among its
members.
Would you be recognized as a
man? Then treat everyone as such.
Be Jealous of no one, and you will
portray the true character of manhood. 


THOUGHTS FOR REFLECTION
A. L. GUERARD
Soon, the corridors of our high
schools and colleges will be echoing
the footsteps of many of our boys
and girls, men and women who are
leaving behind their books and desks
as for them, it is graduation! What
a great day it is for them as we
see their eager faces, and see them
give vent to their emotions Which
seems to express, "I'm glad to be
alive feeling."
There is something fascinating
and intriguing about the word
"graduation." Let us examine this
word, if you please. According to
The Winston Dictionary: Graduation, 
a noun, the ceremony at which
diplomas or degrees are given or received; 
school or college commencement 
exercises, etc. The word gradu
ation seems to carry the idea of moving 
out and on as this word is a
derivative of the word graduate,
which means to change gradually
from one degree to another, in one
sense of the word. In other words,
a going out from.
Now, I'm made to wonder, as
these boys and girls, men and women 
pour out of our schools throughout 
the country, if they are vividly
aware of the kind of world into
which they are being projected? I
khow for some, their hopes are
high; their ambitions are strong,
and they are full of energy, ready to
grapple with life, so they think.
Well, I'm not one to dim their hopes
nor to mar their ambitions. But the
important question that comes to
my mind: "Are they really prepared
to cope with life, to meet life's many
disappointments, heartaches, sorrows 
and a hundred or more problems 
for which their diplomas or
degrees do not qualify them?"
Please do not think for one moment 
that I am trying to be rude
or reflect upon our graduates. That
is not the intention of this article
If you think that I am trying to be
any other way than helpful, you
have sadly missed the purpose for
which this article is written. I mean
to be as helpful and encouraging
as my being will permit. What I am
trying to say is this: Our graduates, 
to succeed in life, need our
help, guidance arid prayers.
A word of warning just here to
our graduates. Please don't ever
entertain the idea since you have
your diploma or degree, that folk
must look up to you as some great
hero to be worshipped. On the contrary, 
you should entertain a deep
sense of respect for people, especially 
your parents, teachers and friends
who have been partly responsible
for your having graduated.
You owe them something in return 
for what they have done for
you. The least you could do, is to
work hard to be somebody and contribute 
to the advancement of your
race and world. So please don't
boast about your learning. Do something 
with it to help yourself and
those about you. It is then that you
will prove to the ones, who sent
you to school that their labors, time
and money was not spent in vain.
The world is still in need of those
who are willing to work hard to
make it a better place in which to
live. Never once give away to the
mercenary spirit on a basis for your
getting an education. You will be
richly rewarded from your work for
the good of society. Don't worry
about making money. Your greatest
concern should be in "making a
life!" We need those, who will put
self in the background, and labor
for the good of others.
Search, if you will the pages of
history and there you will find men
who thought not of themselves, but
of others, and motivated by such

thinking, gave their lives!
You might have noticed that up
to now I have said nothing about
education as a means for success.
"Do you wonder why?"
Let us define the word education:
According to the Winston Dictionary; 
Education, a noun, the training 
of the mental and moral powers, 
as by a system of study and
discipline, also, the system Itself;
the knowledge and abilities gained
by such training.
I think this writer has a very fine
knowledge concerning the purposes
of one getting an education, etc. He
says "For the successful conduct of
life, mere learning Is not enough.
We do not undervalue learning. All
knowledge has a certain value. Prob
ably the danger that least threatens 
your life is the danger of knowing 
top much! But it is possible to
be very learned, and yet to be
singularly destitute of the ability
to make learning of any use to one's
self, to one's friends, or to the world
at large.
Learning is not wisdom. In order
that learning may be intelligently
acquired, even, there must be a wise
appreciation of the ends for which
it is to be attained, of the relations
which the knowledge you are acquiring 
bears to other departments
of knowledge to the conduct of
your own life, to the thought and
the life of your fellow man.
It is not merely a question of what
you know. To what purpose do you
know? How much do you see in it?
To what use will you put it, for
others or for yourself?
If you can comply with the above
statements, you are truly "educated." 
You are now ready to meet
life. You will be able to take whatever 
life might have to offer!
I pray that I may have the power
to educate my people in terms of
nobility and genuineness.
To elevate, inspire, christianize
and educate the masses should be
the end to which we most fervently 
commit ourselves.
Prayer has its value We can do
little without it. But there is too
much praying and too little doing.
As ministers, let us watch our department 
it's our best sermon.
That this world would be by far
a better one in which to live cannot
be doubted if those of us who
preach good will to mankind will
practice the same.
The ministry is by far toe selfish
in its administration to bring about
complete unselfishness among its
members.
Would you be recognized as a
man? Then treat everyone as such.
Be Jealous of no one, and you will
portray the true character of manhood. 


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Mr. A. W. Willis, Chairman of
the Publicity Committee started our
ticket sales off with his check for
$100.00 when his tickets were delivered 
to him, April 12th. That's
a fine example: of leadership.
Mrs. Lela Walter, Mrs. Edward
Kirk and Mrs. Ann were the first
ladies to make cash reports. Mrs.
Florida Cochran and Mrs. LaBlanche 
Jackson followed with Dr.
J. E. Walker and Mr. Melin Robinson 
following Dr. Walker as
usual, reported a hundred dollar
check from Mr. Edmund Orgill.
That bring up the idea that there
may be others with good connections. 
This is benefit effort and
any one you are spending money
with is A prosper for ticket sales.
We Must Clear More Than
$2000.00 On This Effort To Prevent 
The Necessity of Another
Campaign For Money.
Our next reporting day (Thursday, 
May 3rd) is Director Colorado
Johnson's birthday He is furnishing 
the menu. Let's make Mr.
Johnson happy with a great report.
Lauderdale Branch YMCA.

THREE ACT COMEDY
TENNESSEE STATE COLLEGE
PLAYERS'S GUILD BENEFIT OF
THE LAUDERDALE BRANCH
YMCA


Mr. A. W. Willis, Chairman of
the Publicity Committee started our
ticket sales off with his check for
$100.00 when his tickets were delivered 
to him, April 12th. That's
a fine example: of leadership.
Mrs. Lela Walter, Mrs. Edward
Kirk and Mrs. Ann were the first
ladies to make cash reports. Mrs.
Florida Cochran and Mrs. LaBlanche 
Jackson followed with Dr.
J. E. Walker and Mr. Melin Robinson 
following Dr. Walker as
usual, reported a hundred dollar
check from Mr. Edmund Orgill.
That bring up the idea that there
may be others with good connections. 
This is benefit effort and
any one you are spending money
with is A prosper for ticket sales.
We Must Clear More Than
$2000.00 On This Effort To Prevent 
The Necessity of Another
Campaign For Money.
Our next reporting day (Thursday, 
May 3rd) is Director Colorado
Johnson's birthday He is furnishing 
the menu. Let's make Mr.
Johnson happy with a great report.
Lauderdale Branch YMCA.

"HIGHLIGHTS"


Mr. A. W. Willis, Chairman of
the Publicity Committee started our
ticket sales off with his check for
$100.00 when his tickets were delivered 
to him, April 12th. That's
a fine example: of leadership.
Mrs. Lela Walter, Mrs. Edward
Kirk and Mrs. Ann were the first
ladies to make cash reports. Mrs.
Florida Cochran and Mrs. LaBlanche 
Jackson followed with Dr.
J. E. Walker and Mr. Melin Robinson 
following Dr. Walker as
usual, reported a hundred dollar
check from Mr. Edmund Orgill.
That bring up the idea that there
may be others with good connections. 
This is benefit effort and
any one you are spending money
with is A prosper for ticket sales.
We Must Clear More Than
$2000.00 On This Effort To Prevent 
The Necessity of Another
Campaign For Money.
Our next reporting day (Thursday, 
May 3rd) is Director Colorado
Johnson's birthday He is furnishing 
the menu. Let's make Mr.
Johnson happy with a great report.
Lauderdale Branch YMCA.

600 ELKS ATTEND
STATE CONVENTION
Approximately 600 visiting "Bills"
and "Daughter Elks" poured into
Memphis recently fee their 6th Annual 
State Convention, and went on
record for an all-out campaign to
get Negroes to register for the com
ing 
local, state, and national elections 
The Elks, meeting as guests
of Bluff City Lodge Number 96; also 
endorsed Lt. G. W. Lee, past
Exalted Ruler of the local lodge
'Beale Street Elks) for the position
of Grand Secretary to succeed the
Late Secretary, of Birmingham. Mr.
Lee who has been closely associated 
with Grand Exalted Ruler J.
Finley Wilson, and the "moving influence" 
behind the Beale StreetElks 
since the Honorable R. R.
Church left Memphis about twelve
years ago, initiated the how nationally 
famous "Blues Bowl" Game
and the "Jug-o-Dime" as an organized 
Charity effort fostered by
Negroes in their own behalf. The
football classic has featured almost
every year since 1939 the personal
appearance of William C. Handy,
Daddy of the Blues.
"One of the greatest things that
could have happened was the removal 
of the Poll tax as a requirement 
for voting in Tennessee, "Mr.
Sengstacke stated. "Surely you
citizens will not now pass up the
golden opportunity to exercise the
franchise as your surest means to
gain first class citizenship."
State and local officials with their
special guests. Publisher Sengstacke.
of Chicago, and Mrs. B. V. Kelley 
Perry, of Birmingham. Ala.,
watch colorful "Elks Parade from reviewing 
stand as smart-stepping
units and motorcade of cars move
eastward on Beale Street. The parade 
was one of the highlights of
the convention.

Shelby County's
First Draftee
Killed In Korea
Private Alexander Williams, 24, is
the first Shelby County draftee to
lose his life in the Korean War. He
was killed in action April 23; although 
his wife, Mrs. Lula Williams,
499 Pontotoc had never known he
was in the war zone.
In previous letters to his wife,
Pvt. Williams had written that he
was in Japan and in the Army
Quartermaster Corps, helping Issue
food to various units. He said he
was getting along all right. His
last two letters were dated April 22
and 27, before and after his reported 
death.
Pvt. Williams was born in Greenville, 
Miss., and attended school
there; having moved to Memphis
four years ago. Before being drafted, 
he was working for the Third
Street Auto Co., 161 South Third.
After being inducted September 20,
he trained at Camp Pickett, Va.,
and came home on furlough in February. 
He landed in Japan on
March 28.
He leaves his parents. Mr. Sylvester 
Williams, Greenville; Mrs.
Minnie Williams, New Orleans; three
sisters, Mrs. Roxle Luckey and Mrs.
Minnie Lee Taylor. Memphis; and
Miss Ethel May Williams, Greenville; 
Five brothers, Sylvester Williams 
and Joseph Williams, Greenville; 
Isaac Williams and L. C. Williams 
of Memphis, and Otis Williams, 
in the Army in California.

Private C. C. Grant
To Graduate—Brooke
Army Medical Center
Private Calvin C. Grant, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Erskine Grant, of 1340
Airway Blvd., will graduate from
the Medical Replacement Training
Center, Brooke Army Medical Center, 
Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He
has completed eight weeks of training 
in medical subjects and will now
be assigned to advanced study in
another Army school or to duty in a
hospital or field medical unit.
The Medical Replacement Training 
Center is one of the Army's
basic training schools for the medical 
service enlisted man. Here the
soldier learns the fundamentals of
medical support of patients in hospitals 
and troops in the field.

High School
Closing Dates
Announced
High, school commencements for
city, county, and parochial schools
have ben announced as follows;
Melrose—Class of 70, at the school
campus June 1.
Hamilton — Class of 47, on the
school campus June 4.
Douglas — Class of 21, at the
school, June 5.
Washington—Class of 357 at Ellis 
Auditorium, June 5.
Manassas—Class of 169 on the
school campus, June 6.
Geeter—Class of 52, May 29.
Woodstock—Class of 52, May 31.
Barrett's Chapel—Class of 40, May
31.
St. Anthony — Class of 7, at St.
Anthony's Church 8 p. m. June 1.
St. Augustine—Class of 23, at St.
Augustine Church May 27.

SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOLS
High, school commencements for
city, county, and parochial schools
have ben announced as follows;
Melrose—Class of 70, at the school
campus June 1.
Hamilton — Class of 47, on the
school campus June 4.
Douglas — Class of 21, at the
school, June 5.
Washington—Class of 357 at Ellis 
Auditorium, June 5.
Manassas—Class of 169 on the
school campus, June 6.
Geeter—Class of 52, May 29.
Woodstock—Class of 52, May 31.
Barrett's Chapel—Class of 40, May
31.
St. Anthony — Class of 7, at St.
Anthony's Church 8 p. m. June 1.
St. Augustine—Class of 23, at St.
Augustine Church May 27.

PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS
High, school commencements for
city, county, and parochial schools
have ben announced as follows;
Melrose—Class of 70, at the school
campus June 1.
Hamilton — Class of 47, on the
school campus June 4.
Douglas — Class of 21, at the
school, June 5.
Washington—Class of 357 at Ellis 
Auditorium, June 5.
Manassas—Class of 169 on the
school campus, June 6.
Geeter—Class of 52, May 29.
Woodstock—Class of 52, May 31.
Barrett's Chapel—Class of 40, May
31.
St. Anthony — Class of 7, at St.
Anthony's Church 8 p. m. June 1.
St. Augustine—Class of 23, at St.
Augustine Church May 27.

Harlem Buzzing

ing in one of his buildings when
arrested. This did not deter the
court from fixing his ball at
$25,000 which was promptly raised
and Bumpy released.

Fine Arts Club

present as an out-of-town guest.
She is a niece of Mrs. E. V.
Sparks, editor of the Whole Truth.
The club takes this means to express 
thanks to the many friends
and patrons for their response and
support during the year.
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