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Vol. 1. No. 27.
WHEATLEY ANNUAL
DINNER MEETING
TUESDAY, FEB. 12
The Phyllis Wheatley Settle
ment House will gather with its
friends Tuesday, February 12, in
its annual dinner and present a
program, which this year will em
phasize the work of the settle
ment more fully than has been
done in previous years.
In other years Minneapolis has
looked forward with high expec
tations to this gathering that
brought together several hundred
friends of the institution to dine
and enjoy a program of music and
speaking as well as to mingle and
talk with many who had not been
met since the last annual dinner.
The meeting of Tuesday will not
differ radically from those of the
past. Indeed, there will be but one
marked departure from the custom
of former gatherings, and that
will be in the matter of speech
making. There will be no out of
town speaker and such talks as are
made will be short, pithy and
pointed.
Program Varied
The program will illustrate the
value of the artistic and the physi
cal developments encouraged by
the house and do it in a way to
please and justify its existence.
In the volunteer aid given by citi-
zens to have this meeting the
equal of all that have gone before
it is very satisfying to record that
the Twentieth Century Club, a
cosmopolitan group of young men,
are going to serve at table, thus
the appetizing food will take on
a new flavor by reason of the
skilful service of these young men.
Arnold Walker is president and
George James secretary of the
Century.
Former presidents of the auxil
iary, Mrs. Elizabeth Van Hook and
Mrs. Eva Abbey, together with the
former treasurers, Mrs. Lottie
Hyde and Mrs. Anna Lacey, will
be the hostesses for the evening,
greeting the guests as they enter
the lobby. The setting up of the
tables and their decoration will
be in charge of Mrs. Dora Pipkin
and a group who have helped so
greatly in making these dinners
delightful through the years.
The assembly hall will be hung
with the artistic creations of the
women who have produced them
in past months and there will be
on exhibition many delightful ex
amples of the handicraft of those
who paint, sew, cook and em
broider that could not find a place
in the program to be given fol
lowing the dinner.
Community Sing
The program will present first
a community sing, one of the en
joyable features of many Phyllis
gatherings; this will be led by
Mrs. Blanche O. Mason of the
Music Department; a synopsis of
the work undertaken during the
past year, and, though brief, the
talk of Miss W. Gertrude Brown,
head resident of the house, should
be of particular moment as she
delves into the practical methods
through which the Phyllis Wheat
ley House has met the problems
of this distressful year; a Russian
dance by the Midget girls, then
a puppet show by the junior girls,
both groups having received their
training and inspiration through
studies carried on by the Phyllis
classes; a one-act play, “Polly’s
Hero,” in which the dramatic
abilities of a dozen young people
will show the fine development
made available through the courses
furnished by this department The
information necessary for its
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complete understanding and en
joyment will be given by Donald
Scofield just before the rise of the
curtain and the players who will
unfold the plot are: Kermit
Ketchen, Mildred Green, Donald
Brady, Donald Sessions, Harvey
Pittman, Aneita Mason, Ida Wade,
Selah Fulsom, Eula Wyche, Don
ald Strawder and Lawrence Brown.
Reservations Should Be Made
Careful planning by Miss W.
Gertrude Brown, Mrs. Frances
Duncan, chairman of the auxiliary,
Mrs. Katherine Mitchell, chairman
of program, and members of the
executive committee will carry to
all the people of the Twin Cities
an invitation to join in this fes
tive occasion. Many notices have
been sent to residents and tickets
have been placed on sale through
committees in the several churches;
purchases of these will assure a
reservation, or reservations may
be made by mail or over the tele
phone.
Founders’ Day
Observance By
Sorority Sunday
MISS CLEVENGER TO MAKE
ADDRESS
Miss Louise Clevenger, Associ
ate Director of the St. Paul Com
munity Chest, will be the speaker,
Sunday, Feb. 10, at 4:00 P. M.,
when Eta Chapter, Alpha Kappa
Alpha, will celebrate Founders’
Day at the Hallie Q. Brown House.
Miss Clevenger is an unusually
witty and interesting speaker. Eta
Chapter is inviting the public to
join with them in celebrating
Founders’ Day and in enjoying tea
which will be served following
Miss Clevengers talk.
Indian Missionary
To Preach At
St. Peter Sunday
RETURNED CHRISTIAN
WORKER TO TELL OF
BRITISH INDIA
Rev. Bernard Helland recently
returned from India, where he and
his wife were missionaries in
Northeast India among the Santal
peoples, a tribe numbering around
10,000,000 folk, primitive in
thought and habit. Rev. Helland
and wife were the only white peo
ple in that section and, besides
preaching, conducted a school with
a faculty of 15 native teachers.
The Hellands are in the United
States on furlough, and will re
turn to India in September. Rev.
Helland is a graduate of Augsburg
College and Seminary, and post
graduate of the University of Min
nesota. He has a message that is
extremely interesting and stirring.
He will preach at St. Peter’s A. M.
E. church, 912 E. 22nd St., Sunday
morning, February 10, at 10:45, on,
the subject: “The Gospel in India.”
SPECIAL NOTICE
The Social Twelve wish to cor
rect the error of last week’s issue
as to the place and date of their
dance. This dance has not been an
nounced in any former issue.
You and your friends are cor
dially invited to attend The Social
Twelve’s first dance of the year at
the Eagles’ Ballroom, 12th and
Wabasha, in the St. Paul loop. To
our Minneapolis friends that are
not driving, the Como-Harriet and
the Minneapolis-St. Paul cars stop
at the door.
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Saint Paul, Minnesota, Friday, February 8, 1935.
Chilton and Thomas Win Suit for Pay
New York —(ANP) —Chilton and
Thomas, dancers, won their salary
suit against the Lafayette theatre
here last week. They played the
theatre last May, under contract
Committee: C. D. Jackson, Dr. E.
S. Weber, H. W. Shuck, J. I. Grice,
Rufus Dodd, Charles Graham, D. J.
Payne, Earl Cannon, R. Busby, Roy
Walker, J. Jackson, and O. Wy
cough.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1935
Good Music As Usual
Dancing from 9 until ?
Tickets, 35c each
U. S. Survey Of
Twin Qty Negro
Families Begins
SURVEY UNDER URBAN
LEAGUE SUPERVISION
The Urban League office in Min
neapolis this week is busily en
gaged in preparing for a survey
authorized by the Federal Emer
gency Relief Association from the
nation’s capital. This survey is to
be carried on in ninety key cities of
the U. S. The National Urban
League is authorized to make, in
certain specified areas, an inquiry
to find the number of unemployed
Negroes, their qualifications for
skilled or unskilled work, and other
data to be used in an effort to
place them where they may become
self supporting.
Minneapolis and St Paul have
been designated among the cities
chosen. Seven workers and a su
pervisor have been employed in
Minneapolis, and a like number
will be secured in St. Paul to carry
forward the investigation. After
a day or two of preliminary school
ing, this group began Tuesday to
interview all the Negro families
in the city. St. Paul will follow
suit shortly. The work will contin
ue for a period of eight or ten
weeks. Under the direction of C.
W. Washington, league secretary,
the following men and women com
prise the Minneapolis force of in
vestigators: Earl E. Shamwell, su
pervisor; Calhoun O. Payne; Mrs.
Julia E. Grimes; Hiram P. Kelly;
Mrs. R. Z. Taylor; Mrs. R. S.
Starks; Joe T. Harpole; Mrs.
Blanche W. Brisco.
K U ■ U B Hear Miss Clevenger
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for SI,OOO. At the end of the
week, they were given $65. The
court ordered the theatre manage
ment to pay the additional $935.
Bell’s Recreation
To Move To New
Quarters March 1
POPULAR BUSINESS TO MOVE
TO NEW QUARTERS
Announcement was made Tues
day of the removal by March 1
of the C. W. Bell Recreation Par
lor to 207 South Third Street
from its present address at 250
Third Ave. So.
This business operated by Clar
ence W. Bell has been at its pres
ent location for 20 years. The
fact that the building in which it
is presently housed is being torn
down and that the addition sev
eral months ago of a restaurant
has increased business has made
the move to more modern quarters
imperative.
When Bell’s Recreation moves
into the building being remodeled
for it at 207 Third street south,
the fine equipment enlarged and
brought to date goes with him.
The luncheon will develop into a
dining room. Many ladies have
become patrons of the lunch, pre
pared under the personal super
vision of Mrs. Bell, and in the
new home special preparations
will be made for the convenience
of this trade. Mr. Bell hopes to
occupy his new quarters by
March 1.
Watch paper for announcements.
St. Paul Elks are presenting
again the Rook Ganz Cotton Club
orchestra at a Sunday afternoon
matinee dance. The affair will be
held at the Elks Rest, 207 West
Central avenue.
At the last dance given two
weeks ago the people packed and
jammed the Rest to hear and
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dance to the music of the popular
aggregation of musicians headed
by the genial “Rook.”
Chairman of social sessions E.
O. Pearce and his accomodating
committee make every one who at
tends these affairs feel perfectly
at home. The public is cordially
invited to come out Feb. 10.
Write or Call
WCCO
WAGNER TO DISCUSS ANTI
LYNCH BILL OVER RADIO
On Tuesday night, February 12,
Senator Edward P. Costigan, co
author with Senator Robert F.
Wagner of the federal anti-lynch
ing bill, will speak over a nation
wide radio network of the Colum
bia Broadcasting System. The
subject of the talk will be “A
Federal Anti-Lynching Law.”
The time of the broadcast is
9:15-9:30 P. M., Central Standard
Time.
Citizens, both colored and white,
are urged to telephone WCCO
asking them if they intend to carry
the speech of Senator Costigan on
Feb. 12th, and expressing their de
sire to have this address broadcast.
It is imperative that interested
citizens do this because, if this sta
tion feels there is a sufficient
audience, this speech will not be
cut out that evening.
CONDITION OF M. O. CANNON
SLIGHTLY IMPROVED
Mr. M. O. Cannon of 3400 Oak
land Ave. for the past three weeks
has been a patient at the New
Swedish Hospital where he under
went two serious operations. At
present, only members of the fam
ily are permitted to see him. His
condition is slightly improved.
Bethesda Soul
Saving Campaign
In Final Stages
CLIMAX SUNDAY NIGHT
The revival services conducted
by the Bethesda church under the
pastorate of the Rev. A. W. Ross
of Jefferson City, Mo., will reach
its climax Sunday with three
great gatherings, continuing thru
the entire day. So great has been
the interest aroused that the
church authorities are considering
carrying the revival for a further
period. Increasing numbers have
attended the weekly meetings, and
the several churches of the Twin
Cities have vied with each other
in the amount and kind of support
given the effort. Each night a
different group has been in charge
of the devotional hour, and the
choirs of Bethesda, augmented by
singers from other congregations,
have given a ringing support to
the stirring messages of the
evangelist.
Young people of the Twin Cities
have shown a very remarkable in
terest, singing in the choir and by
a nightly attendance. Friday, the
young people of St Paul, led by
John R. Lawrence, Jr., and the
young people of Minneapolis, fol
lowing Miss Kate Thomas of Beth
esda, joined in a contest to see
which group could enroll the larg
er number. On Sunday afternoon,
a similar contest between these
groups will be held, and the fight
for supremacy continued. Several
other special features will be added
by the evangelist to make the Sun
day services unusual and attrac
tive; among these, a vocal solo by
Elder A. Gaynes Thompson of the
Adventist church.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Weldon Johnson
Urges Minnesota
Anti-Lynch Law
By Thelma Rea Thurston
“Although the state of Minne
sota may have no particular need
for an anti-lynching law, it is a
measure whose adoption by the
legislature of the state of Minne
sota would serve as an outstand
ing example to states in which the
need of such legislation is inex
pressibly greater.”
Dr. James Weldon Johnson, who
delivered the convocation address
at the University, Thursday, Jan
uary 31, spoke with intense feel
ing before the state legislature.
Speaking in behalf of the Minne
sota anti-lynching bill, he contin
ued: “The anti-lynching issue is a
vital one—one that concerns every
man, woman, and child in the coun
try. And if you are not interested
in this issue from the standpoint of
the Negro, you ought to be inter
ested in it for the sake of the
nation.”
Describing a lynching which oc
curred near Nashville, Tenn., Dr.
Johnson said: “Such occurrences
are not only a blot against the na
tional prestige of America; they
are truly a blot on the escutcheon
of the whole United States, for we
stand, the only civilized nation in
the world, the only spot on earth,
where such outrages take place!”
“We Have No Democracy”
Dr. Johnson, who formerly held
diplomatic posts in Venezuela and
Nicaragua, added that the role of
the Negro in this issue was the
test of American democracy. “We
have no democracy,” he said, “un
less it is wide enough and far
reaching enough to cover every
man under the flag, to accord all
men the same rights of life and
liberty. The Negro is the pro
tagonist of fair play, good will, and
justice. Whether or not he gets
it will determine whether or not
we have a democracy.”
“U” Convocation Speaker
Previous to his appearance be
fore the legislature, Dr. Johnson
spoke at the all-University convo
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COLORED CATHOLICS TO
MEET IN D. C.
Washington—(ANP)—The Ex
ecutive Committee of the Feder
ated Colored Catholics of the
United States met in Washington
to routine business. The Commit
tee accepted the invitation of the
Washington chapter to have the
1935 convention in Washington,
August 31, September 1 and 2.
The executive secretary was di
rected to communicate with the six
recently ordained colored priests to
the effect that, if possible, they at
tend this convention.
The Voice, the official journal of
the Federation, was changed from
a quarterly publication to a month
ly, and the size of the paper was
doubled.
MILL CITY ELKS AND
DAUGHTERS TO GIVE
VALENTINE PARTY
Next Thursday night the Min
neapolis Elks are giving a Valen
tine party to which the whole of
the two towns are invited to at
tend. Music will be supplied by
Duncan’s Harmony Five. Of course
the affair will be held at the Elks
Rest, 148 Hyland Ave. Chairman
Clint Davis and his gang of hard
workers will leave nothing undone
to see that everybody has a good
time.