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VOLUME X—NUMBER 43
The TRIBUNE
__ROANOKE VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1951
Mr Jack Dalton
f Chelsia Drive ■'
THE ONLY
Negro lisiioger e
PUBLISHED IN S.W. VIRGINIA j
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SINGLE COPY TEN CENTS
Tribune Launches
Inter-City Big Four
Baby Contest
Monday, November 19, The TRIBUNE
launched the first inter-city, big four ba
by contest, ever witnessed in Southwest
\ irginia. The contestants represent one
b. by from Christiansburg, one from Sa
lem, one from Roanoke and one from Hol
1 ns. These contestants represent veteran
workers of each city.
he Christiansburg contestant is the
cnly daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
Robinson. Mr. Robinson .s a sergeant fight
h the American soldiers in Korea.
Mrs. Robinson is the former M ss Cather
ine Bonn ster. Everybody knows that the
( °mb nation of Bann sters is hard to beat
in °ny contest. They declare “Christians
burg shall win.” We will all wait and see.
xhe Salem contestant .s the baby of Mr.
\nd Mrs. Robert R. Boyden, Sr. This is
f ist cli Id after being marr.ed more
<-ii ^ears. This is the first contest
*e ten-months-old gent.eman has
ever entered. His parents, relatives and
many friends declare “he musi; not lose.”
Mr. and Mrs. Boyden are most active
church workers and have every reason to
expect the loyal support of co-workers in'
B.g H. 1, Kingstown and EllistonJ
They also have many relatives and friends
in the city of Roanoke. Well, it looks like
the Boyden baby will have to be reconed
with before the grand prize i* awarded.'
In Roanoke, the contestant is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Ford. Mrs.
1 ord is the most popular and efficient
stenographer at the William A. Hunton
Branch YMCA, a member of the Mt. Zion
* l’t st Church and very prominent among
the young married women of the city,
vlrs. Ford in her usual modest manner,
s-Imply says, “I’ll do the best I can.”
The Hollins baby is the beautiful daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Johnson. Mrs.
Johnson is a member of the recently or
g.nized club of that town known as The
•lolly Seventeen.” This club has pledged
Us enthusiastic support of the Hollins ba
by. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson aro a very
young couple, but a more popular couple
’s not to be found in Hollnis. Though Hol-j
lins is a small town, the community pride
nspries them to win over Christiansburg,
S^lem and Roanoke. It can be done and
,t may be done. The sixty-four dollar ques
tion is, ‘will it be done?’
Not only will the winner be declared
the most popular baby in Southwest Vir
ginia, but The TRIBUNE will award the
winner a new crisp One Hundred Dollar
Bill. There will also be other handsome j
awards to each contestant.
As an added feature to the contest,
every person who contributes as much as
$2.50 to the candidacy of either baby will
be g i v e n a year’s subscription to The*
TRIBUNE. This is a splendid time to get’
The TRIBUNE for on© year for the small (
sum of $2.50. A subscription to The TRIB-1
NE is an ideal and practilal Christmas'
gift to a friend in the city, out of the city
or to a relative or friend in the Armed
services, wherever he may be. So help
your favorite baby win in this most sen
sational contest. This offer is good through
Friday, December 21, 1951.
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Ministers’ Wives News
Mr*. M. E. DunnaviPe, reporter
Mrs. R. J. Smith and Mrs. S. T. Stone,
were co-hostefcses to the Minsiters Wives
Alliance at the home of Mrs. Smith, 907
Staunton Ave., N. W., Thursday, Novem
ber 15 at 8:00 p.m. The busines ssession
was presided over by Mrs. A. L. James,
at which time plans for the annual Christ
mas party were completed. An Apron
Praty followed and many dainty and use
ful aprons were modeled by members of
the aliance with their pockets full of mon
ey. The first prize fQ» having the highest
i GOOD NEWS I
By Alicia W. Flynn
(From Time, August 27, 1951)
HELPING HAND
In Effingham, 111., (Pop. 8,000), they
will never forget the fire that, one April
night in 1949, burned St. Anthony’s Hos
pital to the ground, and took 75 lives.
Last week they were reminded of the tra
gedy by a fact as hopeful as a phoenix.
The day after the fire, a .Protestant oil
man named J. William Everhart, went to
see the town’s Roman Catholic priest, the
Rev. John Goff. Everhart told Father Goff
that he wanted to help rebuild the Cath
olic hospital.
Oilman Everhart began by organizing a
' .i-man committee, none of them Catholics.
nil the help of such groups as Rotary,
Kiwan.s, Lions and the American Legion,
hey launched an appeal for funds that
t ji ed all over the U.S. They mined every
- bo source for prospects; anybody
■ signed the register at Effing
..otel for the past five or six years
letter. More than 100,000 letters went
out, •
Last week at Effingham ground was
-noken for a new six-story, 150-bed St.
n h ny’s Memorial Hopsital. During the
remonies, the results of Protestant Ev
erhart’s helping hand were announced:
more than $550,000 from over 35,000 peo
ole—some of Ahem from as far away as the]
Philippines and England. When the new
building is finished, Effingham will have
” hospital that is also a symbol of human
brotherhood.
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Albemarle County
Blood Program To
Start November 26
Austin D. Kilham, general chairman of
the Albemarl County Chapter Blood Pro
gram announced this week that the Blood
Program will be started with University of
Virginia students donating their blood at
the University Hospital. The students will
be filling all the appoitojtfnents until De
cember 11. On Decem'fc(^U2 the regular
schedule wili go into effect.
Mrs. Demas T. Craw, recruitment chair
man, has arranged a schedule by which
Monday will be Church Day. This means|
that the churches will fill the quota for
that day. Tuesday is Industrial; Wednes
day, Civic organization; Thursday, Indus
trial; Friday, University personnel and
Saturday, County.
There will be certain hours every, day
Monday through Saturday which will be
available for appointments for persons
who are not affiliated with clubs, com
mercial, industrial or church groups.
Mr. Kilham urges that persons please
have an appointment, before presenting
themselves at the University Hospital. Ap
pointments can be made by contacting the
Blood Chairman with any group with
which one is affiliated, or calling the Red
Cross Chapter at 2-9118. The local quota
is 8,000 pints a year. After this program
goes into effect everyone will recieve blood
free of charge.
amount of money went to Mrs. W. J. Sim
mons. Second prize for the nert highest
amount went to Mrs. H. H. Waid, who
also won third prize for modeling the
prettiest apron. Judges were Rev. Wm.
M. Scott, Rev. W. J. Majors and Miss
Coles.
A tasty and lovely repast in keeping
with the Thanksgiving season, was served.
Members attending wer'e Mesdames A.
L* James, R. C. Pasley, O. N. Carter, W.
M. Scott, L. C. Coles, H. H. Waid, W.
N. Hunter, W. J. Simmons, W. J. Majors ;
D. W. Heath, M. E. Dunnaville, A. B. Par
dons, J. W. Caldwell, S. T. Stone and R.
.1. Smith. Visitors present were: Rev. W.
J. Simmons, Rev. W. J. Majors, Rev. Wm.
M. vScott, Rev. R. J. Smith and Miss Coles ]
Rev. T. E. Parker Called To
Church In North Carolina
REV. T. E. PARKER
Iiev. T. E. Parker, pastor,
Shiloh Baptist Church, Sa-J
lcm, has announced that he
has recieved a call to a
church in North Carolina.'
Rev. Parker made his call
known to his congregation
last Sunday morning blit did
not say that he had accept
ed the call.
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REV. M. T. COGER
Rev. M. T. Coger, of Ches
ter, S. C., who has accepted
the call to the Mt. Zion
Baptist Church will be here
to take over his pastorate
on the first Sunday in De
cember.
Rev. Coger, before accept
ing the call, was pastor of
the First Baptist Church in
Chester, S. C. He is a grad
uate of Benedict College, a
trustee of the Friendship
College, Rock Hill, S. C.,
president of the Baptist Min
isters Union of Chester, sec
retary of the Sandy River
Baptist Association and a'
member of the executive
board of the State Educa
tional and Missionary Con
vention of South Carolina.
Rev. Coger and his wife,
M r s. Loyce Harris Coger,
will make their home in the
church parsonage on Gilmei
Ave., N. E.
REV. J. G. HARRIS
Rev. J. G. Harris was re
cently called to the pastor
ate of Reed Street Baptist
Church, Vinton. Rev. Harris
resides at 520 Gilmer Ave.,
N. W. His phone number is
4 2644.
rom Behind
The Curtain
By A V' ;ite Southerner
i
sm m —a—
Segregation i: America’s iron curtain,
xts greatest eul has been that it prevents
i:s from understanding each other and
from being conscious of others’ growth.
On both sides of the curtain we are about
lifty years behind in our interpretations
>f the other. Write in questions conccrn
ig racial attitudes of the educated white
Southerner of today. Names will be" with
held. Here is one question:
Dear YV bite Southerner: How can white
ooople reconcile their feeling that it’s all
rght to have us come into their homes
and take care of their children with their
feel ng that we would contaminate them if
we sat beside them on a bus?
Dark and Puzzled
Answer: This is like replying to the j
question, 1 When did you stop beating
ycur wife?” I have never known anyone
who felt ‘contaminated’ by sitting be
tide Negroes. Undoubtedly there are
cases cf th s feeling, just as, despite vac
cine, there are cases of smallpox. But it
t is a mistake to figure these into your
everyday thinking.
With 1 - w exceptions, we avoid sitting
beside Negroes because to sit with one1
would make us conspicuous. The very same
people who in the South stand, rather than
sit beside a Negro, are perfectly happy
seated beside one in Washington and
points north. Since mixing up the races is:
contrary both to law and cutoms in the*
South, only a potential crusader will be a
party to it. The rest of the white popula
tion would as leave board a bus in a
bathing suit, and for approximately the
same reason.
The answer to your question, ‘Dark and
Puzzled.' is that CUSTOM is the common
denominator between these two apparent
ly irreconcilable attitudes. We are used
to having Negroes nurse our children; i
we are used to having them sit separately]
on busses. It’s as simple and a3 stupid as
1hat. The NAACP has the right idea. Get'
the law changed. Then we will all work I
together, more happily than you think, on]
changing the custom.
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In And Out At
Gainsboro library
The celebration of National Book Week,
November 11-18 at the Gainsboro Branch
Library culminated on Saturday, Novem
her 17 with the regular Story Hour and
the presentation of a playlet. Miss Juanita
Clark served as Narrator, and Miss Max
o*ne Kyle directed the playlet. The cele
bration was marked throughout the week
with appropriate exhibits, lectures, plays,
story-telling contests and dramatizations.
The week’s activities were as follows:
Monday, November 12: Mrs. Leonard
Key served as guest speaker for the Gains
boro Branch Library Heading Club. The
topic discussed was, "F a t h er Joseph
\bram Ryan—Poet Laureate of the South.”
Several books from the old Terry home,
f.ow the site of the Roanoke Public Libra
iy, were exhibited by the speaker.
Tuesday, November 13, fhe library had
on display some of the works o; Mr. H. L.
Fulford, Art Instructor of the Lucy Addi
son High School, also the Newbery Award
Books and Out-of-Print publications.
Wednesday, November 14, a story-tell
ing contest and Quiz Program were pre
sented and directed by Mrs. Virginia Y.
Lee. Contestants were fifth grade pupils
from the elementary schools. Rev. Mr. W.
J. Simmons, pastor. Fifth Avenue Pre3by
frian Church, Mrs. Gertrude \^est, super
visor of Elementary Education, and Miss'
Zelma Clark, instructor at Gainsboro!
School, served as judges. Students were
rated on memory, delivery, pronunciation
r,nd enunciation and voice level. The con
testants were given the following ratings:
Jacquelyn Birkes-Harrison School, 98; Bas |
il Martin of Gainsboro School, 88; Sher
dena Wormack of Gilmer School, 91 ; and
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It Zion Pastor To
Leave Charlottesville
Rev. Herman Hayes Watts of the Mt.
Zion Baptist Church of Charlottesville, an
nounced his resignation at the morning
service on Sunday, November 11. Rev.
Watts has had a short but fruitful min
istry in our city. Many people have joined
the church under his leadership, huge
throngs have attended his services and
great material prosperity has been en
joyed by the church.
Rev. Watts has enjoyed heights of suc
cess not usually enjoyed by a young min
ster, not yet 80 He has been called to
three outstanding churches already. lie
'"on several str'o and local oratorical c.on
,csts as a high school student and betan
serving rural churches soon after entering
college. He holds an A B degree in Philos
ophy and Religion from Virginia Union
University and has completed residence
requirements for the B I) degree.
Rev. V atts leaves now to enter the pas
torate of the Kaighn Avenue Baptist
( hurch >n ( amden, N. J. This is the larg
est church in all of South Jersey and the
Mother Church' of South Jersey. In spite
of the age of the church it has had few
ministers. The last minister, Rev. Charles
Lee is the only minister to ever leave the
church. He left only to return to his home
church in Philadelphia.
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Negro Democrats
In Petersburg Win
Eleven Seats
PETERSBURG—Negroes made sharp
inroads into membership on the city cen
tral Democratic committee here this week
in the biennial ward meetings.
Eleven of the 32 seats'decided went to
Negroes as white voters turned out only
in small numbers in most wards in the city.
In two wards meetings were not officially
held, although in one more than 50 Ne
groes vyere present with just a handful of
white voters.
Negroes reside in only seven of the ten
precincts. Until two years ago there had
been no Negroes on the committee for a
number of years. At that time two were
elected.
In several wards last night, Negroes
could have elected a full slate but in two
instances a Negro stepped down to per
mit election of a white member.
The ward meetings are held biennially
to elect members of the committee and
are open to all qualified Democratic vot
ers.
In the city’s fourth ward, E. Thomas Mc
Guire, a Republican, claimed he could
■ a':- been elected t<> the committee but
declined. This week be issued statement
in which he criticized the method of elect
ing committee members as being “entirely
| too open.”
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A great revival service is on at Mt. Si
nai True Church of God, 915 Norfolk
Ave., S.W. “Come let us reason together,
saith the Lord, and have our spiritual
strength renewed.”
Elder A. B. Newsome of Chicago, 111, is
preaching each night through November
30. The public is invited. Bishop E. B.
Ph a nelson, pastor.
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Revival at Butler’s Temple
A grand revival is also being held at
Butler’s Temple. Evangelist J. E. Bould
vare, of Chicago, 111, one of America’s
most noted musicians and gospel ministers,
will be in charge of the services.
Mr. Bouldware can master most any
type of instrument of music and is out
standing when it comes to a piano. The
meeting will begin Friday, November 23,
at 8:00 p.m. If you miss hearing this great
servant of God, you will miss the treat
f f your life. C. II. Butler, minister.