Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 June 1954 — Page 9

Toledo Parolee Held at Muncie on Rape Charge

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MUNCIE

By MRS. WILLA L. HUNT

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THE

Fifty-ninft Year

Indianapolis, Indiana, June 5, 1954

Number 22

MRS. HUNT

MUNCIE—The marriage of Miss Mattie Wilcox, oldest daughter of Mrs. Louise Wilcox, 1005 Center, and Frank Vance, 131] E. Hines, took place recently at the home of Mr. and Mrs Samuel Hunt, 904 S. Grant, with Mrs. Willa L. Hunt reading the cerem o n y in the p r esence of a few relatices and

friends.

Mrs. Vance, a senior at Muncie | Central high p c Ji o o 1, will graduate early in 1955. She is a member of the Sundae school of Emmanuel Pentecostal Church.

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Mrs. Jackson Pearson and children. Mahlial and Michelle, of Anchorage. Alaska, are visiting her mother, Mrs. A. D. Cunningham. Mrs. Pearson, the former Miss Addie Wiley, is the great niece of Bishop Ovcar Sanders. She has been living in Anchorage since graduating from Muncie Central high school in 1951.

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Rev. G. Russell Mallory, pastor of Union Baptist Church, and Rev. I. P. Broaddus, pastor of Antioch. Baptist Church, were recent guest speakers for a series of one-week sermons at Antioch Baptist Church, Kansas City, Kan., of which Rev. C. H. Chambers is pastor.

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THE NAACP FREEDOM FUND committee held a special meeting last Friday night at the Madison Street YMCA. Accomplishments of the NAACP on a national and local scale were reviewed. Rev. G. R. Mallory, local president, has made oulstanding achievements here with the work of his co-workers. On the Freedom Fund committee are Mrs Ruth Jackson, Mrs. Mario Davis and Fred Bass.

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Rev. F. W. Weathers Richmond, moderator of the Northeastern Disihict Baptist Association, will be rucst speaker Sunday for the allJay men’s meeting of Antioch Baptist Church. Each male member of the church is to bring another man as guest.

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Men’s Day will he observed June 20 at Union Baptist Church. Men of the Brotherhood will serve breakfast in the morning in the church dining room. Rev. H. A.

Alexander, Anderson, will be afternocoi speaker. James Holland is program chairman. Women’s Day will be observed June 27. Mrs. Hubert Garrett is president of the women of the church, and Mrs. Ophelia Evans is chairman of the program committee. * * * JAMES TINSLEY, president of the CIO local of the Ball Brothers Glass Department No. 97, was guest speaker last Sunday night at P a r amoun Community Gospel Church, talking on “Relationships Between Christianity and Labor.” Mrs. D. M. Russell Levi is pastor. * * * The junior missionary of Calvary Baptist Church was entertained last week by Mrs. Lonnie Motley. Members present were Mesdames Vincent Board. Hope Brown, Harvey Scott, Francis Jones, William Davis, Edward Johnson, Adam Grimes, Arthur Duersom Roger Edwards, Warren Levi, Leslie Bryars. Harry Chitwood, Charles Davis and Thomas Shelton. ** * Mrs. Frances Redd entertained the Friendship Bible class last week. After the business session refreshments were served to Mesdames Nannie Shoecraft, McCaine Swain. Laura Manning, Della Young, Minnie Russell, Elsie Wolfe, Leona Caldwell. Leah Gill. Flossie Johnson and Eula Turnipseed. * * * The Wo-He-Ix) League met with Mrs. Robert Davis. Games were played, and prizes were awarded. Attending were Mesdames Alice Brown, Viola Thompson, Alonzo Holland. William Anderson, Maggie Cokolow, Alex Goodall. William Turner, Hattie Fields. William Jackson and Margaret Curl. * * * MRS. McCLEMON FRIERSON was hostess to the Four Leaf Clover club. The usual educational program was omitted, and a social hour was enjoyed by Mesdames Ralph E. Pettiford, A. W, Brooks, Richard Evans, Rose Ashley. Lela Board, Cleotha Allredd, Edna Ha/rd in, Lewas Mullen. Andrew Stockard, Richard Davis. G. L. Rifle and Ben Shobe. * * * Mrs. Smith Thompson was hostess to the Conversation club. Members prosent were Mesdames Roger Edwards, Lewis Lee, Howard Grimms, John Brown, Vincent Continued on Page 14

National Businessmen Accept Six-Point Expanded Program

CHICAGO—The board of di rc.ors of the National Negro Business League announced a new v six-point program for expanded services to its membership throughout the United States during its annual spring meeting last week at ■ he Sutherland Hotel here. The league’s new and accelerated program Was announced by Horace Sudduth, Cincinnati businessman. who is president of the business interest o r g a n i z at ion founded by Booker T. Washington more than 50 years ago. The program was embrace - in Sudduth’s annual message to the league. Pointing out that the NNBL is primarily “interested in jiarticipating memberships, not gifts,’’ Sudduth declared the fir#t need of the league was to educate and alert the “minds of our business and professional men and women to the urgent need for organizing our economic power.” QUOTING FROM A SURVEY made by Morgan State College, Baltimore, the league president | told his fellow members that m Baltimore, a city of 949,209 people, 225,000 of whom are Negroes, the Negro owns only 224 of 4,377 businesses dealing in major con-

sumer products.

The Cincinnati business leader stressed the need of such surveys in almost 200 other cities and noted that since the U. S. Department of Commerce has dropped this type of function, the league

must undertake it as its second

poin.' of interest.

Other projects announced included professional assistance to local leagues and chambers of commerce, study of their programs, assistance to businesses operated by Negroes and support of the program of the National HoCisewives League at both local and

national levels.

The 1954 annual convention, of ■the NNBL will be held here with, the Chicago Negro Chamber of Commerce serving as host.

State Deaths MUNCIE—William Ernest Ifaywood, one of Muncie’s oldest residents. died May 23 at the home his sister-in-law, Mrs. Ruth Jackson. 607 S. Pershing drive. He had lived here for more than 60 years and was a retired farmer, haying owned a farm near Inlow Spring

road.

Funeral services were held May 26 at the Faulkner Mortuary, with Rev. Hillard Saunders, Fort V/ayne ofliciaiing. Burial was in Beech Grove cemetery. Surviving are the widow,, Mrs. Isabelle Haywood; five sisters, Mesdames Eva Ware and Agnes Foreman. Youngstown, O.. and Jessie Burt. Esther Blair and Lela Adams of Indianapolis, and several nieces

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by MILDRED L. IRVIN

HOPKINSVILLE. Ky. — The Community nursery school held its commencement exercises May 27 at Freeman Chapel CME Church. Guest speaker was Mrs. Clifford Parish of the Mental Health Association, who spoke on “Mental Health and your Child.” Mrs. L. L. Duncan is guidance teacher, and Mrs. Clyde Norfleet is assistant. * * * Bishop Luther Stewart, former resident bishop here, was assigned presiding bishop of Kentucky and Mbf-issippi at the General Conference held recently in Memphis. Bishop Stewart is widely known and highly respected not only in the C. M. E. Conference, but in many other civic and religious activities. + * * The Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity held its formal breakfast dance at the Brooks Palladium, May 31 Guests attended from Tennessee, Indiana. Illinois and Kentucky. Music was furnished by Chick Chavez orchdMra of Nashville. * * * ATTUCKS HIGH SCHOOL graduates receiving awards were Miss Betty J. Armstrong, valedictorian, scholastic ability; Luther Burse, salutatorian, s e h o l a s tic ability Miss Mattie M. Herring, oratorical; Mamcn Lander, Jr., Attucks good citizenship; Miss Dorothy E. Knight, Kiwanis club good citizenship; Mi^s Lillian Haskins, Hobbyist Club and Future Homemakers of America, and Willie T. Caruth and the Misses Gwendolyn Hunt and Nina G. Rascoe, perfect attendance. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Ixiuis L. Duncan entertained on Sunday with a confirmation breakfast, honoring their daughter Cecelia George, who was confirmed at the Chapel of the Good Shepperd Episcopal Church on May 23. Attending were the Misses Doris J. Reeves, Bernice E.

Brooks and Mary L. Williams and Messrs. Howard E. and Marvin Falls, Garland Brooks, Jr., and Louis L. Duncan. III. * * * MRS. OLIVET LANDER a n d Mrs. Alice Berry left Saturday for Midland, Pa., to attend the funeral of Mrs. Lander’s brother, Douglas Tillitson. * * * The missionary chorus of Metropolitan Baptist Church. Indianapolis, appeared in musical programs at Main Street Baptist Church. First Street Baptist Church and Younglove Street Holiness Church on Saturday and Sunday. * * + Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cavanaugh. Indianapolis, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Edward Malone. Mr. Cavanaugh is the brother of Mrs. Malone. * + * Messrs, and Mesdames Sherman Brewer and Robert Jerry, Miss Bettye Dunning and Wash Morris worshipped with the Clarksville Jehovah’s Witnesses on Sunday. * * * MRS. JACK MORGAN, Evansville, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Ella Murrell. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Edward Levey. St. Louis, and Evangelist E. D. Harvey and John Mosely, Evansville, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Smith. * * * William C. Knight. Washington, D. C , Is visiting his father, William Knight, and sister and broth-er-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John W Baker. * * * Mrs. Ruth A. Hunter died May 19 in Detroit after an illness of several weeks, and the funeral was conducted at the Virginia Street Baptist Church May 22, with Rev. A. R. Lasley delivering the eulogy. Continued on Page 14

Spirited Away To Reformatory For Safekeeping MUNCIE — William Best Wadford of Toledo, charged with the rape of a young local housewife, was returned here May 27 from the state reformatory for arraignment in circuit court when ordered the -preceding day by Judge Paul E. Lefller. Wadford was spirited away from Muncie for safe keeping after he was arrested early May 23 at 18th and S. Blaine by Deputy Sheriff John A. Shultz a few mini uUs after ihe alleged rape. He was identified by a young | housewife on S. Penn as the man who raped her while her husband I slept nearby. | He was also suspected of break- ; i n g into three other Southside hemes about an hour earlier. A call came to police sta non at 3:09 a. m. from E. 12th that a man had broken in but was chased away by the husband. At 3:14 a call came that a window peeper was looking into a small girl’s bedroom at a newly painted house, but was frightened away by the child’s screams, j At 3:28 police heard from an- ■ other resident that a man had [ been cornered in his basement, , hut Ihe man fled before police

arrived.

THE NEXT CALL was from the husband of the woman who had been raped. Schultz was cruising in his patrol car when the 4:13 call came in. He joined the squad cars which were rushed to the scene after the report of the first

break-in.

Wadford was taken back to the I raped woman, who immediately

identified him.

During one of the break-ins the man had crawled into the bed and

PLAINFIELD—Two Indianapolis attempted to rape the woman there, groups were heard at the musical but fled when the woman, awakened

presented at Bethel AME Church and screamed.

recently. The Young Adult Choir ! At the S. Penn address the rap-

„ ,, .. ... Allen Chapel AME Church. In- 1st told his victim while holding O ? ^ Bt ' u PO ° a T ,ha ' ,he fl ? ht an<l " ,ls lak< ' aml Uin ‘ l>ln . ba<t as wo^end guests' dia lls and lhe Collcw Aircs a knifc a( her , hroat that if shc EVANSVILLE- tev. Carotene o her women all over the country more money. Let u:, not sit on the their daughter, Mrs, Margaret E.| ot , hat dty rendered the music, made a sound, he would kill her N. Bell, prominent local minister who made the same pledge. sidelines tree from the struggle. Brooks, Chicago, and their twin The God’s Sunbeams girls had i and her husband, and civic leader, is currently so- Reminding local citizens of the waiting for someone else to do nephews, Donald and Daniel Hop- charge of the program. Miss Kath-! It was learned that Wadford liciting contributions for the na- objective of the NAACP, “com- for us what we can do for ous- son. and niece Miss Bettye Hopson, ryn Cullins president was master was on parole from Toledo authoritional “Crusade for Freedom” be- plete emancipation by 1963,” Rev. selves.” , Tu-kegce, Ala. The Hopson broth- of cerern i n i’es ’ I ties after serving three years of ing conducted by the NAACP. for that complete freedom is ex- Contributions from Evtmsvillc ers were accompanied by their, Tho God’s Sunbeams group pro- a 25-year term in the Ohio State At the national meeting of the ptnsi\e. may bo sort to Rev. Caiolene N. brides Erma and Julia. sented a beautiful new pulpit to prison for armed robbery. NAACP in St. Louis last year. Rev. “The U. S. Supreme Court Jias Bell 627 Chestnu*. or contribu- Mbs Uojascu lias just completed c hurch A KNIFE WAS FOUND on his Bell pledged to report $100 from rendered its decision in our fa- tors may call 2-5674. a very successful school year as vacation Bible school began at person when he was* searched. Evansville for the Fight for Free- vor.” Rev. Bell said. “Now tho * * * physical education director at An- the church Mav 34 land $7 also found was claimed to dom fund, in common with many fight in the courts must continue, Mr. and Mrs, W. L. George, 816 niston. Ala. Donald is a typist at; Mrs Emma' Lou Phillips was!belong to the rape victim’s hus-

the Veteians Administration : recent hostess to the Home Craft 1 band.

fice Tu'-kegee, and Daniel is an Ecnnomics club. He was identified by the paint aulo mechanic, au o body repair-1 anc j ]y| rs j-p g. Swarn are on his face whic h the woman says ing being his specialty. i pprerts of a girl, born May 22. sb*' saw when ho raped her.

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Frederick L. Jackson, social stud- ; ies teacher at Lincoln school, remains very ill in St. Mary’s Hos- j

LAFAYETTE — Bethel AME home. cent guest of his mother, Mrs. P Ld- His niece, Mrs. Ruth John-, Church will observe its 88th anni- THE MARY L. CLUB met Fri- Marie Giles. son of St. I^ouis. and aunt, Mrs. i ersary Sunday, when the annual day night with Mrs. William Ed- ABOUT 50 GUESTS, including Drucilla Porter of rauucah. Ky., rally wdll close with a special pro- wards and Mrs. Elmo Boone as four IndianapnHs minislert. at- «>nd brother-in-law, Wilbur Faunt- 1 gram. Many visiting ministers will co-hostesses. Mrs. Letitia Mitchell tended the Youth Day program at leroy. and Mrs. raunUcroy are vis- , he present. had charge of the program. Second Baptist Church oh May 23. ding the Jacksons 1163 E. Indiana. Mrs. Willa Crooni is spending The Amanda Smith club of Beth- Two choirs from Indianapolis fur- * * * the week at Champaign, 111., with cl AME Church met at the parson- nished music, and Rev. L. Wil- M*-s. Bertha Bell, who recently friends. She was accompanied age with Rev. and Mrs. Lewis l.ams was guest, speaker. Harold moved tn Santa Barbara,. Calif., is; here by Mr. and Mrs. R. Fulton Carter as hosts. The Gertrude B. Robert Harris was master ot cere- Continued on Page 14 Johnson and two sons, who re- Hill Missionary Society of the monies, and Miss Mary Jo Amos urned Sunday. church met Tuesday night wuh gave the welcome address. of Childhood Education at a meetMr. and Mrs. David Hubbard Mrs - Ethelyne Bass. Hubert Hall, who has been a ing last week at the Tippecanoe •nd Mitchelle and Cecelia Fergu- Mrs. William G. Williams left patient at Ross Sanatorium, is a school for 25 years of service. , son, small daughters of Mr. and EHday for Indianapolis to visit surgical patient at St. Elizabeth’s Miss Hoffman has been elected his-; Mrs. Collin-s Ferguson, spent Sun- relatives. • Hospital. He is the husband of lorian of the American Associa- I lay in Indianapolis. Mrs. Sylvia Johnson, Mrs. Fran- Mrs. Elizabeth Hall. tion of University Women, LafayMr. and Mrs. Otto Masse have ces Wharton and Coy Monroe left The Misses Millie I). Hoffman ctle chapter, returned from Ithaca. N. Y., where Friday to spend the holiday week- and Arietta Winrow were among The L. B. L. club of BethH hey were guests of their daugh- end at Providence, Ky. Ihe 30 city school teachers who AME Church met Thursday- night er and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. William Giles, Chicago, was re- were honored by the Association with Mrs. Ethelyne Bass.

$75,000 FOR NAACP — Arthur B. Spingarn, NAACP president (left), accepts $75,000 check from

FhiMp Murray Memorial foundation presentrd ify CIO president Walter Reuther (center) as Roy Wilkins, NAACP administrator looks on. Ceremonies took place in New York recently, and spear'

headed the drive for funds to finance the Legal Defense fund. (Ncwsoress Photo)

Evansville Woman Minister Seeks Contributions M^^olhcL,, For NAACP 7954 "Crusade for Freedom" Fund

Lafyayette Church to Mark 88th Anniversary Sunday

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Gilbert Langford, and two chil-

dren.

Miss Margaret Hall, accompar.ied by her brother, Earl Henry, t ended a club dance at Bloomngton last Saturday night. Mrs. Earl Henry Hall accompanied them

Alleged Chicken Thief, 73, Killed In Scuffle on Farm Near Muncie

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FREEDOM NIGHT’—Bandlead- g er Lionel Hampton (second from right), originator of the idea, discusses the plan whereby the entertainment world will donate one night’s services each year to aid the NAACP’s Fight for Freedom White, Billy Shaw and ex-Amhas-sador Dudley at the NAACP’s New York offices. Far left is judge Theodore Spaulding of Philadelphia. (Newspress Photo)

M U N C1E — An alleged chicken thief was killed instantly during a scuffle which ensued when he was caught, May 27. Jes O’Gecse, age 73, 717 S. Pershing drive, died immediately after being shot while tangling with Leonard Slusher, a farmer living near Stony Creek rchool, about six miles from Farmland. Sheriff Cliff Hines and Deputy Leo Hubbard, who investigated the shooting, said O’Geese was carrying a burlap sack full of chickens wheh the farmer’s wife looked out a window' in. time to see the lights go off on a car stopping down the road. SHE CALLED HER HUSBAND. who got his gun and hurried ou ! lo see what was going on. He rounded the brooder house jusl as O’Geese came out and accosted him. Slusher said there was an exchange of words, and the alleged chicken thief attempted to distract his attention by saying, “I guess you got me” and pointing beyond him to say, “My buddies are right down there.” As Slusher half turned, O’Geese reportedly made a grab for the gun, and a brief scuffle between the two followed over the weapon.

CONGREGATIONAL!STS’ CHOICE —The first Negro moderator in th*» 166-vear history of the Massachusetts Congregational Confer- . .. j-, steele (left), was ushered into office last week in Q n u '^; ,U MTs, The pr«m'n'n<: layman and West Newbury Mwa mnderatoVV, Hbown with Rev. Albert B. Coe. Conference head. (New*press Photo)

The Randolph County farmer Winchester Mortuary and later claims he turned the gun toward brought here to the Taylor Mor3’Geese and pulled the trigger, | tuary for funeral arrangements, .ullirng the 73-year-old man instant-1 Surviving are the widow, Mrs. ly. i Hazel O’Geese; three stepdaugh-

POLICE SAID O’Geese had been supplying chickens for so-call-ed “chicken shacks” for a number of years and had been picked upon en larceny charges in many Indiana and Ohio cities. By trade a paperhanger, he had lived here more than 30 years. The body was first taken to

ters, Henrietta and Nellie Warner and Stella Mae Speaks, and two nieces, Lena and Thelma Jones, Cincinnati.

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