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The True Story About Easter
of the Easter egg may toe traced back to the ancient Persians and
Egyptians, who regarded it as an emblem of “new life.” You see, after
the fowl lays her egg, and after the egg is hatched, a new life arises
which sympolizes the Resurrection or a new birth.
THE TRADITIONAL BUNNY la related to Eaater In several re
spect*—including the following two. Legend has It that the Bunny
lays the egg on the Baturday night before Easter, and from the egg
a new life appears. Further,the rabbit Is a nocturnal animal who re
sponds to the seasonal moonlight, and Easter Day Is determined by
a full moon. Hence, the Bunny’s appearance and the appearance of
Easter depend upon a corporate full moon. Now, you kiddles know
why we have Easter-egg-rolling time. Devout observers of Lent do
not eat eggs—because of its sacred relationship—during the Lenten
season. They begin on Easter morn.
The Arrington Fallacy
SO THEY RAKED our Negro assistant state attorney over the
coals and sent him to the showers! Be it as it may, I’ll never be able
to understand the reasoning of some Negroes on the matter. Henry
Arrington is a Negro attorney and a good one, but he is also a human
being. And, whether or not others think so, he is a gentleman. Poli
tics is a dangerous thing and the state attorney’s office proved this
point. There’s no doubt that Arrington was a political target, and it
the gunsights had missed him anent the infamous radio broadcast,
he most certainly would have been ambushed by a political sniper
sometime later. I David Hawthorne, avowed foe of all that’s good and
wholesome between the races, spearhaded this filthy mess. It was
his “sneak preview” in the form of a tape recording that produced
the political fodder.
ABOUT HAWTHORNE, we give not a tinker’* damn, but for the
broadcast, it’ll continue to be “the voice of the people.” Rev. John E.
Culmer, the program’s moderator, has been accused, by some, for
permitting Arrington to expose himself publicly. Why so? Other pro
fessionals —political and otherwise —and from both races, have like
wise been exposed publicly via this program. The program Is de
signed for everybody and it’s left to the speaker to rqake the best of
his deliberations. The speaker should, however, alert himself as prize
fighters do and protect himself at all times. Arrington’s suspension
could sum up to be a blessing in disguise, for while the young attor
ney might have lost his job, he gained national recognition through
the publicity received therefrom.
Omega Boat Cruise Monday Moonlight
THE OMEGA PSI PHI fraternity’s celebrated moonlight boat
cruise becomes a reality Monday night. As I told you in a previous
paragraph the local Sigma Alpha chapter of “Greeks” is fast pedd
ling ducats for their Biscayne Bay outing. The boat’s capacity of 300
is nearly exhausted and if you are smart you’d hurry and contact
members of the frat or North’s Travel Bureau and latch on to the few
that are left. The ride is a 3-hour hop around beautiful Biscayne Buy
and music with dancing will be the order of the night. The triple
decker ferry “Seven Seas Dreamboat,” is one of the largest and finest
to sail the Miami waters, and the sight-seeing tour of Miami and
Miami Beach’s skylines are all yours for the moderate fee of two
dollars. Don’t look for the boat at Pier 10 in the City Yacht Basin
as I formerly misinformed you, instead, you’ll find it anchored near
the Goodyear blimp base on the western bend of MacArthur’s Cause-
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‘Tho They be Blind, Yet See
I’VE BEEN WANTING to get this off my chest for a long time,
and I find no better time to do it than now. It’s a word for Joseph
Walker, the gospel blind boy of radio station WMBM. Joe, as he is
affectionately called, is heard daily via “The Gospel Caravan,” by
thousands of listeners in Florida and the Bahamas. His ability to
deliver the program-supporting commercials is without a rival. This
ability is based upon the uncanny memory that Joe possesses—you
see, Joe’s blind. You cannot really appreciate the blind lad’s work
from the other end of a radio. You have to see him operate to fully
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YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD about the Easter
story, and you have been told about the Resur
rection. In fact, you have had characterized to you
more phases than one aibout the various Easter
festivities. But what your Sunday School teacher
probably hasn’t told you, is the story behind the
relationship of the Easter egg and Bunny to the
Feast of the Resurrection. Do you happen to know
the significance of just why the egg and rabbit
are symbolic of Easter? Well, here goes: The use
THE MIAMI TIMES—Th. PeopW New.p.per
SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1956
understand. Every manusvsr In the control room Is executed by
Joe; every record, every title, every announcement, every detail—
from memory. He’s a wizard with the Braille board, but dooa not use
It in the control room. His only Inspiration Is his dutiful wife, De
lores, who leads him to the studio. Joe knows more about baseball
and baseball players than some of the players themselves. He’s a
prolific writer of baseball news, and you wont believe this, but Joe
Walker is an expert in the knowledge of sports. What about Gospel
music? Ohl That’s a sideline.
Gloria Gifts Grandma
ARRIVING IN MIAMI last Saturday night from New York
were Mrs. Gloria Edden-Roberts, KN., daughter of Saul and Juanita
Edden, and baby son, Joey, who flew down via Eastern Air Lines.
Mrs. Roberts and 18-month-old Joey are visiting friends and rela
tives for four weeks. Mrs. Roberts, sister of Mrs. James (Vernon)
Lindsey, is an employee at New York’s Sydenham Hospital and is
the houseguest of her aunt and grandmother, Mrs. Amet Love and
Mrs. Lucia Edden, 320 N.W. 15th St.
MSOUT SOCIAL SECURITY . . •
WEAVER SAYS - -
I have observed over a period
of some 18 years here in the Mi
ami Social Security office some
thing that is important yet diffi
cult to write about. Maybe you
have read some of my articles
encourageing people to “get their
house in order” before deciding
to retire.
One of the many questions I
ask them is, “What are you going
to do if you do decide to quit
working?” If a man tells me he’s
going to spend his time fishing,
loafing, or twiddling his thumbs
I check him off my list as a poor
risk. On the other hand if he
tells me he’s never had time to
do something he’s always wanted
to do I figure him a good risk.
This is particularly true of per
sons with imagination or incen
tive traits.
Why do I ask these questions?
Well, I guess it’s because I love
people! I want them to be happy!
I want them to get the most out
of life!
A man I classify as a poor risk
is the one who is going to have
a lot of trouble passing time. He
can’t fish every day. He can’t
twiddle his thumbs every day. He’s
going to be just plain miserable
and probably won’t live too long.
The man who tells me he’s al
ways wanted to write a book,
complete some invention he’s had
in mind for a long time but never
had the time, or plans on build
ing something —a boat maybe—
well, he is going to be with us for
a long, long time.
Yes there’s nothing so dif
ficult to pass as time! Better
hinks it over before you decide
to retire.
I cleared my desk, cleaned my
specks, got out my magnifying
<?lass, a computing machine, some
paper and pencils and went to
work. I didn’t really have any
one thing in mind but you can
frequently learn some suprising
things about your business if you
study the figures closely enough.
One of the interesting facts
that I developed was that One
out of every 200 Old-age and
Survivors Insurance monthly
checks, issued to persons in the
entire U. S., Alaska, Hawaii,
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
is payable to a resident of Dade
County. Therefore, about
$2,100,000 monthly or over
$25,000,000 a year is landing
right back here. And another
thing that should be borne in
mind is that these checks are
cashed and largely spent as soon
as received. They’re certainly ot
hoarded!
Beneficiaries in Dade County
by groups are:
Retired workers 65 or over 22,475
Wives of above 5,975
Children of above 610
Children of deceased workers 5,800
Mothers of above 1,465
Widow, dependent widowers
and parents 3,675
Total Beneficiaries 40,000
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Anther interesting comment is
that the Miami District Office is
now and has been for over a
year, the largest district office
south of Baltimore.
The above article was written
by Wi}liam B. Weaver, Manager,
Social Security Administration,
34 S. W. First St., Miami 32,
Florida—Phone 9-8461. This is
one of a series of articles appear
ing in thes columns weekly.
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Two dozen Negro civic and social
organizations here have organiz
ed to get playground facilties for
youth “and other things that need
to toe done,” an official of the
United Youth Foundation said
last week.
Gonoa Sortin Jr., vice president,
said the foundation began “four
or five months ago and we’re de
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“We have a lot of ideas,” he
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