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P.2 ARIZONA TRIBUNE, March 27, 1959 ARIZONA TRIBUNE EDVWRO BANKS, Publisher ELOISE BANKS, Assistant Editor 2137 & BROADWAY BR S-230 I EDITORIAL BIRDS IN THE HAND Headlines told the citizens of the Copper State that a school aid bill had passed both houses of the legislature. Governor PaulJ. Fannin signed the bill which becomes a law. School leaders and legislative leaders didn't get exactly what they desired but some prog ress was made to give some relief to the poor er schooj, districts. Before you criticize the members of Ari zona's twenty-fourth legislature , keep in mind that this school aid bill was passed through the diligent work of two men , Senator Harold Giss and Representative Prochnow. They spent many hours conferring and compromising dis senters and the bills were passed by the house and the senate in record time after the tenta tive deadline expired. Both of these legisla tors and the other members of the Arizona Legislature deserve a pat on the back for act ing wisely at the closing hours . * Many problems have not been solved by this legislature but they have brightened the hori zon by giving some measure of alleviation to the overcrowded school districts. No one is absolutely satisfied with the school aid law but no one can refute that it is better than previous statutes. Everyone will not ben efit directly bu t many tax burdens will be lightened. A GIANT STEP The barometer of human relations raised with the spring temperatures in central Ari zona last week as the news of the election of Lincoln Ragsdale , local business and civic leader spread. For the first time a Negro will serve as one of the directors of one of the leading financial concerns in the state. Lincoln Ragsdale has been on the early scene of Negro business for more than a decade. He has successfully established a mortuary and an insurance company in the city. Few business houses can equal his ser vices and equipment. Latest techniques and materials have kept his interests stable. His youth and aggressiveness are a powerful com bination. Lee Ackerman , president of the board of directors of Southwest Savings and Loan Asso ciation withstood bigoted pressures and he actively supported Ragsdale's election. Two members declined to serve with a Negro and tendered their resignation. The road ahead seems smoother as long as we can point with pride to the giant step made by the election of one of our leading Negro executives. I Complete line of name-brand j ! cosmetics ; il PHARMACY PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS j Drug Store Needs ■ißKfl IE FAY STONE, Pharmacist {•cosmetics mmmm s- . . [•cameras =T Sixteen years’ serving! • fountain tfl |=l Phoenix and the [•gifts Wgm IE Valley Os The Sun j * s s \ff P ?? E O s M gT FREE PRESCRIPTION DELIVERY BB| g We Give Gold Bond Stamps I jgm IT BROADWAY SHOPPING CENTER MBaf 4327 South Central Avenue SIGHTS AND SOUNDS by Eloise Banks You awaken one morning to hear the wingbeats of a few feathered friends on the window screens. The sun seems to shine a little more golden and the grass tries to shed that rusty look. Skies seem to blue a shade clear er and the air whisks a trifle warmer. Suddenly—it’s spring. In the Valley of the Sun, the time of ther nernal equinox comes with the speed of lightning. No time for a smooth calm drifting into the season's change. Spring really springs here. One day you are grumbling about the March wind and the crispness in the desert breeze. Before you Gan grumble another day--the weather has reached an all time high./ Red lines on the thermo meters inch upward and my meta bolism inches downward. Fever sets in—with a lizily effect. It takes twice as much energy to arise and greet the morning. It takes one half less the effort to drowse around and procrastinate. Kitchen cupboards, weedy yards, dingy windows, and unstarched cottons will not get ship shape without a small amount of will power and work power. Too bad mechanization hasn’t overcome the drudgeries of spring. Igor Stravinsky wrote a great orchestral piece entitled *The Rites of Spring.’ Wonder what he had in mind. Everyone has some particular rites of spring. In the midwest, my family is figuring away to beat the mounting fuel bill as the snow continues to fall. In the Valley the cooler servicemen are urging you to prepare for that long hot summer which will sure ly follow in a few weeks. At the Bureau of Internal or In fernal Revenue, courteous tax collectors appear sympathetic as you try to explain your return. No longer do we have to worry about the Ides of March, the fed eral government extended the time of torture until mid-April in order to disrupt the fresh ness of spring. Who can sing a humn to a daffodil or chant about the woodchucks when that horrible rite of spring—income tax remains uncompleted? KRIZ KIDS pres# at I jim Tin s j j JAY ADAMS I The Call Letters of The Stars! KRIZ f 1 Dial 1230 24 Horn's i: a Day I :j, Views,Previews & Reviews Numerically speaking Negroes are about ten per cent of the pop ulation in the United States. They live in all states but are con centrated in the South and indus trial centers of the North. Some of the Far Western States are now feeling the rise of Negro migrations. Cities offering little for the Negro migrants are hope lessly overcrowded before this recent exodus began. New York, Chicago, Los An geles and St. Louis appear heaven on earth to the poor landless farmer from the deepest South. They work for months to save fare to these faraway places. They arrive in the cities home less, jobless and ambitionless. Just to be away from the dirty shacks and cropless farms is satisfaction for the thousands who pour weekly from Dixie to points north, east and west. A cold water flat is better than dirt floors and wells. Shar ing an apartment with ten per sons is not too discouraging when one has shared one room with the same number. Forty dollars pay makes a sharecropper feel like a mil lionaire. Cash comes hard in COMING AND GOING Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Green field followed the crowds to Cal ifornia during the Rodeo Week. Mrs. Dorothy Crowley and son motored to the Golden Bear State, too. Others westward bound were Barbara Moore and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Johnson. Woodrow Crain came from Flagstaff to see how the sun feels. Carl Sims planed to the coast and returned in record time. Lincoln Ragsdale mixed busi ness with pleasure on a short hop to California. Mr. and Mrs. A. Roberts, Chi cago are the house guests of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Phillips. They have been to California, too. Henry Lee has been to Utah i and California during the last | few weeks. [ O. Henry and his wife, Eloise \ are packing for the return trip » to Portland, Oregon. i I WEBBER’S I I Eastlake Plan f ;! I rmmrmiix ii| ; | Good Anywhere In The World I \I By Selective Life Insurance Co. $ || John H. Webber, Mgr. Rose E. Webber, Asst. Mgr, | | RADIO BARATTA Sales and Service 2:| > m MS ft Si M m ‘ i |:« Don't forgot oor Record Dept. i|;2 $4.00 Alboms for $2.40 . !>' ■ mniiimiiimmiinmiHn u ,;| t* Guaranteed like new 3 >1 ;aj 17" TV...$ 75.00 21’TV...590.00 J: ■NO DOWN PAYMENT *":; ; Reason able terms for TV Repair L 4426 S. CENTRAL BR 6-6292 J by EDWARD BANKS the deep .South and wages are often paid in goods. The owner provides coupons for the hired hands to trade at his general store. Schools for Negroes and poor white sharecroppers are unknown in many areas and a newspaper is useful for several weeks. A literate person is regarded as something special and a high school diploma rates one the title of ‘professor’. When these illiterate people migrate to the crowded areas they are willing to accept the lowest level of houses and jobs. They tend to create greater prob lems in the cities through ina bility to find employment and other, possible increase in crim inal activities, and general ig norance of urban life. It is useless for city officials and other inhabitants to shake their heads and point a finger at the terrible conditions of these unfortunate individuals. Plans must be made to provide jobs and housing for the thousands of men, women and children who flock to the cities looking for a better life. Many respected leaders today are the descendants of Im migrants or farm migrants. Duchess Beauts Shop 2351 E. Broadway Phone BR 6-0849 Specialties: Lustra Silk, Ultra Sheen, and Satin Tress Manicures and Facials. Olivia Bryant - prop. 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