The echo., March 20, 1942, Image 1

About The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960

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THE HAVEN-RUST CLUB SPRING CALENDAR
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A Home Paper With A Home Mississippi. Standard Negro
newspaper of character, circu
Editor, That Tells The State lation and opinion, with mor«
News Weekly than 10,000 readers
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volume xvm BoniDt/oi~BBBs Friday March 20, 1942 " ” ~ Number 30*
Celebrating
The 75th
anniversary
Of Reverend
E F. Young
We note from reading last week’s i
issue of the Echo that membership
drive is being sponsored by the Gener
al Secretary of the H. B. A., Revet
y end R. L. Young, honoring the seven
ty-fifth Anniversary of his father,
Rev. E. F. Young. He is not asking
for personal tokens, but in keeping '
with the idea o. his father, he is ask :
ing fox- the cooperation o th entire
membership to r p la ;
organization.
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meet the app! ... o '1
Oficers, pit den , : it and mem
hers, will be mou ; e . 1 ■
than all the rr
wise give.
his race at heart and proves it by hi ;
labors to build in a substantial wav !
such as lm. been done by th: worth-/ j
servant, can easily h- thought of as a J
blessing to his race. No uoubt h • |
could have made a living fo ■ himself I
and family and had an easier life.
The many sleoph - nig .its that he has
perhaps had trying to solve the prob
lems of the H. 1!. A. could have been
spent in almost perfect peace and
tranquility. But he chose to build a
bridge for others. This poem, the
MR. FRANK JOHNSON ~
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Mr. Frank Johnson of Lodge No.
468, who is the proud father of Mr.
A. C. Johnson, who was stationed at
Pearl Harbor when the Japs attacked
that island. A. C. sent his father
$85.00 for Easter.
We congratulate you, Frank.
NEGRO PILOTS ARE GRADUATED
author of whit., i d > mu now, [ •
think will expi. w .at I wr.r. t . j
say
“An old man traveling a Ion high- j
way
Came at evening cold am: /rav
To a chasm vast and deep and wide*
The old man cross. I in th. twilight
dim
The sullen stream nau no fear of
him,
But he turned when safe on the
other side,
And built a bridge to span the tide.
“Old man, said a fellow pilgrim
near,
You are wasting time by building
here,
^ ou have crossed the chasm vast
And deep and wide,
You never again will pass this way
Why build ye this bridge at even
tide?
Tlie old gray man lifted his head
and said,
“Kind friend, there followeth after
me a youth
Whose feet must pass this way.
He too, must cross in the twilight
dim.
rI his chasm has been naught to me,
May to that fiar youth a pit-fall
be.
Kind friend, I’m building this
bridge for him.”
Life is so shurt that very wtt of us
ever live to see maturity and realiza
tion of our dreams. Therefore we
must build well so that those who
come after us will have somewhere
to place their feet, steady themselves i
Continued on page 2 j
First Class Of Negro
Fi. . is Gr aduate From
'i u kegee Flving
C ■ •/ o
School
pie, Ciirsoii, Mississippi, the 5th Sun
dry, March 20. Rev. C. T. Thomp
son, host pastor. All pastors and
their missionary workers are expected
to be present at 10:00 O’clock to make
a round report from senior and junior
societies. $1.00 for seniors, and 50c
for juniors. Rev. M. J. Jones, pas
tor of Holly Springs C. M. E. Church,
Bassfield, Miss., will preach the ser
mon. A program will be rendered
by the representatives and others.
The public is invited.
Mrs. G. E. Easterling, Chairman
Succumbs
During the session of our Boards
or thereabout, Brother C. L. Hall no
| tified us that Brother James Fairley,
NEGRO PILOTS ARE GRADUATED
The first class of Negro pilots in
the history of the U. S. Army Air
Corps was graduated at the Advanced
Flying School, Tuskegee, Ala., March
7, when “wings” and commissions as
second lieutenants in the Air Corps
were presented by Major General
George E. Stratemeyer, commanding
the Southeast Air Corps Training
Center.
Among the members of the class
shown here listening t<> one of their
instructors, Lieut. R. M. Long, left,
are: G. S. Roberts, of London, W. Va.,
(’apt. II. O. Davis of Washington, C.
H. DeBow of Indianapolis, Ind., Mac
Ross .of Dayton, Ohio, and L. R. Cur-^
tis of New Rochelle, N. Y. It is ex
pected that they will be assigned to
the 99th Pursuit Squadron. Other
Negro aviation cadets now in training
are expected to be commissioned in
the near future.
MERIDIAN DISTRICT NORTH
ZONE TO MEET
The Meridian District North Zone
will meet Sunday, March 29, 1942 at
Good Hope C. M. E. Church, Reverend
Z. D. Brent, pastor in charge. All
mebers and friends are urged to be
present. The Missionary Societies
will be expected to make a round re
port and those that failed to report
in the last zone will please come pre
pared to take care of same. The pre
sidents will see to it that some one be
prepared to take a part on the pro
gram.
Reverend R. L. Young has been
scheduled to deliver the sermon for
the zone. We are looking forward
to one of the biggest and best meet
ing since the organization of the zone.
Mrs. L. Wilson, President
ZONE TO MEET
The South Zona of the Meridian
District will meet at Blackmans’ Tern
Haven-Rust
Club Spring
CALENDAR
HAVEN RUST SPRING CALENDAR
The Haven-Rust Club is announcing
its events for the Spring Calendar.
In the dramatic field the club will
bring to its vast play-going public, a
sequel to the two other plays, here
tofore presented, “The New' Minister”
and “The Minister’s Wife.” This
time it will be “The Minister’s Honey
moon.” Look for this rollicking,
hilarious, side-splitting Comedy, chuck
and crammed with the enjoyment you
have «o long awaited.
Ydd d t ) 11.■ humor an v repartee,
h brimming eolor
-f tin future.
V\' h for ! e d- of these two
' ■ * put them u your
• .-it List.”
fmmir ru-i'sident of Lodge No. 174
! had p. a.-i-d. Brother Fairley was a
: dthl'ul member of the Methodist
Church, Had been a faithful member
of the H. B. A. for a number of years.
He served at one time as one of our
local presidents. He was a construc
tive leader, a loving husband arid fa
ther and one who could be depended
upon.
We extend to the family and lodge
our sympathy in the passing of this,
splendid character.
Dear Secretary:
My wife and I have read of the 75th
celebration honoring your father who
is General President of the H. B. A.
You can depend upon us for good
healthful members who are not too
old.
Brother James Howard
Lodge No. 95, Crandall.
WEEKLY DEVOTION
STATION WCOC, MERIDIAN
Saturday Morning 9:35
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Mar, 7 Rev, A R Clayton
Mar, 21 Evag, J W Golden
Mar, 28 Rev, E A Mays
I Mar, 14 Rev, Witherspoon