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A Minneapolis woman, for 2</ 2 years a Department of the Army
civilian employe was awarded a certificate and cash award of SIOO In
Sept. In recognition of superior service in her job. She is Mrs. Patricia
J. Ingram, 4528 Fifth Av. S., who is shown above receiving the award
from Major General F. H. Britton commander 14th Army Corps. The
award was for sustained superior performance in operating key punch
machines from June 19, 1960 thru June 19, 1961.
Mrs. Ingram is married to Grover Ingram, Sr., and has two chil
dren Grover, Jr., nine and Nancy, four.
To Celebrate Debt Payment:
Pilgrim Baptist To Burn
Mortgage Sunday, Oct 8
In Special Ceremony
Pilgrim Baptist Church, 732 West Central Avenue at Grotto,
St. Paul, Minnesota, burns the Mortgage on its Educational
Building on Sunday, October 8, 1961 at 5 p.m. Pilgrim Church,
organized in 1863, Minnesota’s oldest and largest predominantly
Negro Church, now becomes the first church of this group with
complete facilities and out of debt.
In 1949, the three story Educational Building was erected.
It has individual classrooms, par
lor, rest rooms, jiursery, pastor's
study, Director of Christian Educa
tion Office, and church office.
Since then, the building was
furnished, the church kitchen re
modeled, the sanctuary redecorated
three times, and new hymnals, new
pews, new pianos, and a new pipe
organ were installed. Total cost
was $150,000.
The mortgage was liquidated af
ter the congregation raised more
than SIO,OOO in a sacrifical rally
on Sunday, May 21, 1961. The debt
was retired three years ahead of
time. Dr. Floyd Massey, Jr., pas
tor, stated, “We are very happy
about this achievement. Now we
are free to do the mission of the
church without the problem of
Potential Unlimited, Little Says:
Club Council President
Discusses Long Range
Plans For Organization
In previous installments of this series we have traced the
growth and development of the Twin City Council of Clubs,
with emphasis on the major undertakirfgs leading up to its pres
ent position in the community.
This has been done by direct consultation with people from
the various clubs who have borne the brunt of the burden—the
officers and working committee workers of the Council of
Clubs.
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Now we should like to explore
the Immediate planning and long
range hopes of the Twin City Coun
cil of Clubs.
To get the best view of this, we
went straight to “the horse’s
mouth," so to speak. We called
upon Matthew Little, President of
the Council to give us a resume
of the group’s Immediate and long
range goals.
Little, serving his second term
as president, has almost worship
ful dedication to the potential of
the council as an instrument of
community unity and progress.
Here Is what he had to say about
the Council’s program: “We are
keenly aware that we cannot for
a minute rest on our laurels; the
surface has barely been dented.
The activities of the last few
years, being outlined in the series
of articles on the council has simp
ly brought to a clearer focus the
need and potential of such a com
munity group. And, perhaps, even
more important, we have seen in
dicated a sign of community ac
ceptance the number of clubs
affiliated, willing assistance of es
tablished community groups, etc.
These positive signs, we feel, pre
sent to us a challenge to develope.
"With 46 clubs in affiliation, we
will concentrate no longer on mem
bership, but instead will build our
programs around our present
affiliation, molding it into a
more unified coalition. This we
hope to accomplish by a three-point
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Wins Citation And Cash Award
paying for buildings.”
At the Mortgage Burning Serv
ice at 5 p.m. on Sunday, October
8, 1961, Dr. Clifford Perron, Exec
utive Secretary, Minnesota Con
vention of American Baptist
Churches, will preach; Dr. Alton
Snyder, pastor, First Baptist
Church, Rev. James Holloway, pas
tor, Zion Baptist Church will par
ticipate. Governor Elmer L. An
dersen and Mr. A. G. Bush, prom
inent Industrialist, will receive cit
ations. Pilgrim’s five choirs will
sing.
A reception follows in Fellow
ship Hall. The Deaconess Board
will be in charge of refreshments.
The public is invited.
(Fifth In Series)
BY STAFF WRITER
Seattle Engineer
Brother Of Local
Woman Here
In Minneapolis on a field trip this
week was Sidney Tullis, Jr., elec
tronics engineer with the Seattle,
Wash., Minneapolis-Honeywell div
ision.
Mr. Tullis Is the brother of Mrs.
Anne C. Browne, 3338 Fourth Av.
S., Minneapolis with whom he vis
ited during his stay in Minneapolis.
GOPHER FULL-BACK
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Judge Dickson, said to be an
“A” student seems to have the
first string full-back position
cinched. An excellent place kicker,
the Clairton, Pa., lad did most of
the kicking off for the Gophers
in 1960. He has been shifted from
left half to fullback this year and
showed up very well in last Sat
urday’s game.
TA. 7-4021
HIGH
And Low
DOWH
BY BAILIE THOMAS
The State Medical board made
a proper decision when it reprim
anded the St. Paul physician who
refused to treat a Negro woman.
Now the State Dental Board
ought to crack down on the wide
spread discrimination practiced by
the dental profession in the Twin
Cities as a whole. Discrimination
against prospective non-white pa
tients by some Twin City dentists
has been in vogue for a number of
years. Many reputable dentists are
ashamed of it but none have dared
challenge the practice.
St. Paul residents looking for
relief from the crowded Rondo-
Dale district ought to apply for
residence in the new apartment
buildings going up in the district
near lower Rondo and St. Anthony
Av.
The United Fund solicitors are
coming calling. Be sure you do
your bit. The entire community
which means you too, profits from
the agencies supported by the
United Fund.
Police and parents of teen-agers
in both cities are concerned over
the use of certain cough medicines
containing codeine by youngsters.
The medicines usually cost about
a dollar and are widely used by
youngsters seeking a cheap “jag.”
In one instance a druggist who
refused to sell the cough medicine
to youngsters was threatened. To
reduce chances of trouble with the
young thrill seekers the druggist
in question has decided not to
stock any of the medicine, which
is a good cough remedy.
The Mill City police department
is sponsoring an ordinance which
will tighten up regulations for the
selling of certain cough medicines
which contain codeins. This they
hope will stop the flow of the
“jag” syrup to youngsters.
News that the sniffing of glue
will cause great physical damage
has just about slowed up this new
"thrill gag,” among the young
sters.
On the credit side the Prince
Hall Masonic Grand Lodge has
authorized the formation of
Knights of Pythogaras lodges In
all of the Masonic districts. These
lodges will be open to the youth
in the community regardless of the
fraternal affiliation of parents.
Plans call for the formation of a
Minneapolis group are in the mak
ing.
Athletic teams in football,
baseball and basketball are part
of the recreational program
which is planned.
An educational program in com
munity living is planned and a
scholarship program is to be pro
moted. A board of regents has
been set up in Minneapolis which
will include two physcians, two
publishers, a real estate broker, a
lodge master and the treasurer of
one of the subordinate lodges.
Kathryn Chivers Witcher
Receives B.A. From
"U" Of San Francisco
Mrs. Kathym Chivers Witcher
of San Francisco, Calif., received
her B.A. degree at the University
of San Francisco August 25.
Mrs. Witcher, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis C. Chivers
formerly attended the University
of Minnesota and Augsburg Col
lege in Minneapolis.
ST. PAUL NAACP MEETS
SUNDAY AT 4 PJH.
St. Paul branch NAACP general
meeting Sunday, Oct. 8 at Sterl
ing Club, Dale and Rondo at 4
p.m. Speaker will be Franklin Wil
liams, assistant in the U.N. div
ision of the Peace Corps.
OPEN HOUSE AT
WARRINGTON SCHOOL
Open house at Warrington school
Oct. 10 7:30-9:30 p.m. for parents
to visit their childrens’ classroom
and teacher reception to introduce
the new principal Mr. John Ott who
will speak on "General Alms and
Objectives for Warrington school."
R/.-freshments will be served in
the lunchroom.
NEW BUS DRIVER
Francis N. Speese, 2597 Upper
Afton Road, St. Paul former Great
Northern R.R. employe is a new
Twin City Rapid Transit bus
driver. He started work on a reg
ular line late in Sept.
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1961
Church Progress Day:
Newman Speaker
At Gospel Temple
Progress Program
Gospel Temple Church House of
Refuge at Grotto and Marshall,
St. Paul is presenting another of
its series of programs celebrating
the congregation’s 12th anniversary
a Sunday afternoon
’oct. 8, at 3:30
p.m.
I Cecil Newman,
editor - publisher
of the St. Paul
Recorder and
M inneapolis
Spokesman news
papers will speak
Cecil Newman at the meeting.
Newman and the 27 year old
weekly papers he publishes are
nationally known. The editor has
been active in the civic welfare and
political life of the area for over
35 years. He founded the two
papers in 1934 and prior to that
was editor of the TWIN CfTY
HERALD and publisher of TIME
LY DIGEST magazine.
A member of two national organ
ization boards and eleven local
boards, he has had a busy schedule
of activity for years.
In 1949 in a statewide poll he
was named as one of "the One
Hundred Living Great of Minne
sota.”
In 1957 board of curators of
Lincoln University of Jefferson
City, Mo., awarded Newman a
citation for Outstanding Perform
ance in Journalism. This is an an
nual award which has been pre
sented 12 other Negro journalists
including John Sengstacke of the
Chicago DEFENDER and John H.
Johnson of EBONY magazine.
Sunday’s speaker attracted na
tional attention during the 1940's
when he supervised recruitment
and integration ot Negro workers
at the Federal Cartridge Corpora
tion r, Derated Twin Cities Ordn
ance p. int.
The plant's racial integration
policy attracted President Roose
velt approbation and reacted fav
orably on the employment oppor
tunities of Negro workers duHpg
the py«t-Ww period. ■
Newman is the first and sole
Minnesota Negro listed in “Who’s
Who In America.”
St. Paul Gospel Temple, House
of Refuge is considered the fastest
growing congregation in the Twin
Cities. Its pastor and co-pastor,
Rev. and Mrs. W. L. Battle have
set a record of accomplishment
in developing a store front church
founded in 1951 with no members
to a congregation serving member
ship of 500 persons and a Sunday
school with an average attendance
of 200 children.
In 1956 the church was the first
Negro congregation to purchase a
school bus to serve the needs of its
Sunday school children. This year
the church erected a educational
building, enlarging the older struc
ture. The church property value
is now estimated at SIOO,OOO.
Two years ago another Gospel
Temple House of Refuge was es
tablished in Minneapolis when the
church purchased the old Chateau
Theatre at 1908 Fourth Av. S.
This congregation has a member
ship of 125 persons. Rev. and Mrs.
Battle take turns officiating at
services at the two congregations.
Despite the pastorlng of two
churches and activity in civic and
community efforts the Battles have
found time to travel to Haiti, twice
to Europe and the Holy Land once.
At the Sunday afternoon meet
ing whose theme is "Progress” in
addition to Mr. Newman as the
speaker a music number will be
offered by Mrs. Robert Lyle, Min
neapolis Central high school teach
er who will sing and play the
piano.
Mrs. Thelma Buckner who has
made many TV and radio appear
ances will offer vocal selections
also and will be accompanied by
Mr. Ralph Primm.
WINS PRAISE
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Bill Munsey, 196 pound, 5 ft. 11 I
inch, 20 year old University of 11
Minnesota left half back won i
praise for his play in the first, 1
Minnesota game Saturday. Bill i
hails from Uniontown, Pa.
Bell Touted As All-American Choice
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BOBBY BELL
Football writers in pre-season forecasts have generally credited
Bobby Bell, 6 ft. four Junior, tackle on the 1961 Gophers as All-
American timber. Despite Minnesota’s 6 to 0 defeat by Missouri last
Saturday Bell satisfied local sports writers by his sterling play that he
is All-American calibre. Bell, playing his second year on the Minnesota
squad weighs 217'/j pounds, and is fast for his weight. His home is
Shelby, N.C.
National Hysteria Over
Affects U.S.
By Thom;
San Francisco.—The mere t'
has created a form of national
people that defies imagination
elements of the population.
Not so long ago wire serv
: had reached sue!) a stage ajnon
State of Nevada, that the people
matlum to the people of California
that they would not be welcome
to the sagebrush state In the event
of a nuclear attack.
This was an astounding an
nouncement when one views in
retrospect the numerous ads in all
California papers telling of the
luxuries offered to California suck
ers by the Nevada casinos in order
to get them to come to Nevada to
lose their money at gambling.
A later dispatch told residents
of Southern California that the cit
izens of Bakersfield would herd
all of them into the wastelands of
the Mojave Desert if they came
northward in the event that some
nervous individual in the Kremlin
would release a bomb from Russia
toward the general area of Los
Angeles.
In other words, no one wants
the probable refugees. The wonder
of it all increases when one reads
of the large area which would fall
within the perimeter of a fallout.
The distance of the perimeter of
fall-out created by an explosion of
the type of bombs which are now
in the hands of our cold-war an
tagonist would cover an area of
more than 200 square miles.
Manufacturers of fall-out shelt
ers are now advertising that they
are willing and able to build shelt
ers in sizes ranging from those
which can shelter several hundred
people, to those of family size
which can be constructed in a
backyard.
The builders of such structures
seem determined to convert the
people into a nation of burrowers
who would be no different than
the rodents who find the deeper
portions of the earth a safe place
in which to dwell.
This national hysteria is play
ing hob with only one segment of
the people. There is another seg
ment of the population who have
always been treated as pariahs
who do not share this fear of des
truction from the bomb.
Negroes feel that the problems
of segregation, unemployment are
far more Important than are the
possibilities of destruction by the
Bomb.
They know that none of the
bombs are marked with the des
ignations of bombs for Negroes or
bombs for Whites. These bombs,
if exploded in the United States
will destroy everyone within their
perimeters.
Such a moment of doom would
equalize all of the people. This
is a most disastrous price to pay
for according to the Negro his just
equality; but it seems that it is
the only price which the tormentors
I of Negroes will pay.
Negroes feel that they want to
Nuclear Bomb Threat
Negro Less Than Others
j Fleming
bought of a possible nuclear war
I hysteria among the American
among the more sober minded
'ices reported that this hysteria
ig the residents of the sovereign
e of that state had given an ulti-
enjoy all the privileges and glories
of the United States before the
day of Shiloh.
They realize that if there were
areas in the country where refu
gees would be welcomed, those
areas would surely bear a "White
Only” sign.
The destruction which the Bomb
would inflict on any given city
could not be any worse than the
vermin-infested ghettoes which are
especially reserved as dwelling
places for Negroes.
The national unemployment av
erage, according to the Depart
ment of Labor, ranges around
seven per cent. The national aver
age for Negroes is five times this
figure. Negroes know that the ma
jority of them who are jobless
want work. But despite this desire
there are some officials, such as
those in Newburgh, New York and
in some areas of California, who
take the attitude that Negroes
who are on welfare are happy
with their lot and would not work
if offered a job.
Once again in a period of crisis
in the Nation Negroes are being
Ignored by the great majority.
There are no shelter builders solic
iting business from them, be
cause the builders know that few
of them have the money for such
purposes.
Negroes want to be a part of
the Nation without this type of
hysteria. Perhaps the hysterical
members of our society should
talk with them. It might help to
allay their fears when they learn
that Negroes are people too and
only ask for simple human dignity.
PROMISING TACKLE
Carl Lee Eller, 238 pound tackle
Is a new face on the Gopher var
sity this year. The 19 year old,
6 ft., s</ 2 Inch home is in Winston-
Salem, N. C. He is expected to
sec service in future Gopher
games.
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Bell Rated All-American Prospect:
Eight Negroes Expected
To Play Big Roles
On “61” Gopher Team
Eight Negro football players are playing big roles for Coach
Murray Warmath as he attempts to reshape his defending na
tional champion University of Minnesota football team into a
winner in 1961.
The talented octet ineludes
Sandy Stephens, right half Bill
son, left halfbacks Earl Roles ai
Mudd and tackle Carl Eller.
Bell, Stephens and Munsey are
first stringers and key men In
their positions. Dickson is alter
nating with Jerry Jones for the
first string fullback berth. Another
likely prospect for the first team
before the end of the season is
Carl Eller. Roles, Smith and Mudd
appear likely to continue in re
serve roles.
Bell All-American Prospect
Rated a possible All-American
prospect, Bell, a junior from Shel
by, North Carolina, is another in
a long line of outstanding Minne
sota tackles. He does not have the
usual heft which has been a trade
mark of Gopher tackles for so
long however. Not that he is a
midget, at 6-1, 200 pounds, but he
does rely more on speed and agility
than brute force.
Bell broke into the starting line
up in the first game as a sopho
more and quickly gained rave
notices from reporters throughout
the midwest. His great speed and
instantaneous reactions made him
a feared red dog specialist and
many an opposing back felt the
lash of his smashing tackles. If
he continues the Improvement ex
hibited as a first year man, he
could be one of the all-time great
linemen at a school noted for its
linemen.
Stephens Called Team's
“Indispensable”
Stephens has been descirbed as
"the Indispensable man" on the
Gopher team this year. He is the
only experienced signal caller and
one of the nation's few remaining
triple threat backs. He is not a
great passer but runs and kicks
with the best. He is expected to
carry the greater part of the
quarterbacking chores unless one
of his inexperienced understudies
can improve rapidly enough to
spell him consistently.
Stephens Led ’6O Scoring
Leading scorer on the 1960
Gophers, Stephens chalked up 54
points on nine touchdowns. He car
ried the ball 57 times for 164 net
yards. His yardage often was made
down close to the goal where the
going was tough and a few yards
were as hard to get as 10 or 20 in
midfield. He completed 20 of 52
passes for a 38 per cent record
and punted 55 times for 1,946
yards, an average of 35.3 per boot.
The 6-0, 205-pound senior from
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, also re
turned 16 punts for 111 yards and
returned nine kickoffs for 230
yards. He was a tough man on
pass defense, too, intercepting four
aerials and carrying them back 114
yard.
Munsey Was “60” Surprise
Munsey was another sophomore
Sandy Stephens Directs Minn. Team
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SANDY STEPHENS
Sandy Stephens, a triple threat man is playing his third season at
quarterback. Despite a bad day on the muddy terrain and passes which
did not click, Stephens is expected to emerge before the season is over
as one of the country's outstanding players. Stephens is a senior,
weighs 205 pounds, Is 6 ft. tall and 20 years old. He halls from Union
town, Pa. Stephens Is said to be the second Negro in Big Ten history
to win the starting spot as quarterback, and signa] caller.
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To A Stranger
What thou givest after thy death, re
member that thou givest to a stranger, and
most times to an enemy: for he that shall
marry thy wife will despise thee, thy mem
ory and thine, and shall possess the quiet
of thy labors, the fpult which thou has
planted, enjoy thy love, and spend with joy
and ease what thou has spared and gotten
with care and travail.— Sir Walter Raleigh.
$5 PER YEAR; 15 CENTS PER COPY
tackle Bobby Bell, quarterback
Munsey, fullback Judge Dick
nd Charlie Smith, guard Roland
who made the grade in a big way
last year. He and Bell were called
the "sophomore surprises” who
helped transform Minnesota from
an also-ran into a power. Munsey
won his starting assignment in the
first game and was an important
asset on both offense and defense.
The 5-11’
195-pound junior
from the same hometown as Steph
ens carried the ball 51 times in
1961 for a net of 225 yards and a
4.4 average. He scored two touch
downs during the regular so*son
and added the only Minnesota
touchdown in the Rose Bowl game.
His prowness was probably great
est as a defensive back,, however,
as he led the team in pass inter
ceptions with five and a total of
135 yards. He was also effective
on punt returns with seven for 62
yards and ran back one kickoff for
26 yeads.
Dickson Switched To Fullback
Dickson, a senior from Clairton,
Pennsylvania, was switched to
fullback this year after earning
two letters at left half. He is bet
ter suited to the linesmashing role
and helped plug the gap left by
graduation of the top two 1960
fullbacks. A fine defensive player
from his linebacking spot, Dickson
"leaves ’em for dead when he hits
'em," Warmath’s words.
Used sparingly as a ball carrier
last year, he amassed 142 yards in
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MAXFIELD PTA MEETS
MONDAY NIGHT, OCT. 9
Maxfield School PTA will meet
Monday, Oct. 9, at 8 p.m. The
meeting will be in the form of an
Open House where new teachers
will be introduced.
Officers of the PTA this year
are: Mrs. Dorothea Burns, presi
dent; Mrs. John Collins, vice
president; Mrs. Junauld Braddock,
secretary; Mrs. S. Bagen, corres
ponding secretary; Mrs. Joan
Thompson, treasurer and Mrs.
Rosalee Terry, council delegate.
Committee chairmen are: Mrs.
Betty Ann Willis, membership;
Mrs. Laura Mae Robbins, program;
Mrs. Dorothy Clark, roundup; Mrs.
Connie Walker, hospitality and
Mmes. Evelyn Lewis and Nokomis
Swan, publicity. /'
THREE NAMED TO
MAYORS COUNCIL
Mayor Arthur
week appointed three new mem
bers to the Minneapolis Mayor’s
Commission on Human Relations.
Nabtalin this
Named to four year terms were:
Joel S. Toratenson, 4036 Standish
Av.; Harry C. Benson, Jr., 5708
Dupont Av. S. and Mrs. Charles
H. Foster, 2216 Newton Av. S.