Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 April 1959 — Page 2
2—The Indianapolis Recorder, April 4,1959
UNCF Drive
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PLAN UNCF LUNCHEON: Mr. and Mrs. Eli Lilly will be hosts at a United Negro College Fund luncheon Sunday, April 12, at the Hotel Continental. Honored guests will be presidents of the 33 member colleges and Sen. and Mrs. John Kennedy of Massachusetts. Members of the planning committee include Mesdames Alfred Stokely, 5727 Cental, chairman; Robert L. Brokenburr, 518 W. 41st, and Frank C. Springer Jr., 4420 N. Pennsylvania. Some 300 guests have been invited to the luncheon which will highlight convocation activities.
eluding Harpers’, Saturday Evening Post, Saturday Review, The New Republic and others. Moxley said numerous college presidents throughout Central Indiana have been invited to the luncheon. All 33 presidents of the UNCF member colleges will be in attendance. ELI LILLY, chairman of t h e board ot Eli Lilly and Company and national campaign vice-chair-man, is honorary chairman of the convocation. Indianapolis Atty. Merle Miller will chair the conference. Miss Jennie Moton, teacher at Tech high school and an alumna of Hampton Institute, is associate chairman. UNCF’s national campaign chairman, Bruce Barton, chairman of the board of Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn, will participate in the conference meetings. The annual campaign raises some 10 percent of the yearly operating costs of the member colleges and universities. Thirty-two of the 33 institutions are located in the South, Lincoln (Pa.) University being the sole exception. The combined student enrollment is more than 24,000. All member schools are privately supported, accredited four-year colleges.
AME District Conference Set at Wallace Community
PAL CLUB EGG HUNT: Sporting the "loot" they recovered at Saturday's pre-Easter egg hunt at Northwestern Community Center are Robert A., Rita K. and Rhoda M. Smith, Mrs. Charles Stewart, park sup-
ervisor; William Ross, Frances Powell and Janet Boxer. The hunt was sponsored by the center's PAL club. (Recorder photo by Jim Burres)
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Joseph £. Matthews Retires after 46 Years at Block's Joseph E. Matthews, 2939 Indianapolis, will have plenty of time to devote to his favorite hobbies, raveling and attending sports events. The 70-year-oid Northsider retired this week after 46 years’ employment at the Wm. H. Block department s or. A reception for Matthews, housekeeping supervisor for the | downtown firm, was held Tuesday in Block’s Terrace tearoom. He started wi h the company in 1913 as an elevator operator and was later promoted to the rank of assistant receiving clerk which posi.ion he held until his assignment as supervisor of housekeeping 15 years ago.
Lockefield
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comes under that committee’s
jurisdiction.
“Today (March 26) I had a very interesting discussion with Mr. John Barriere, who is chief clerk of the housing subcommittee,” he wrote. “I told him that this was of the utmost importance to me and to the City of Indianapolis, and I asked him to check with ftie pub-
Wallace Community AME | p Church will entertain tne South-1 western District Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal church Thursday and Friday, April
16-17.
Rt. Rev. Joseph Gomez is the presiding bishop: Rev. William F. Rice, Indianapolis, presiding elder, and Rev. Ford Gibson, pasor of the host congregation. “Do All Things Without Murmuring” is conference theme. Regis ration, organization and committee announcements will comprise the bulk of Thursday morning activity. Rev. J. S. Bonn will bring the morning message. Beginning at 2:30 Thursday, the conference will hear commit.ge reports, including one on the financial ability of the peop’e of the dislrict by Revs. W. T. Alexander, H. E. Edmonds. H. T. Johnson, C. D. Fausha and Earl Nolcox. An evaluation of missionary support will be brough' by Revs.
A. L. Jelks, Daniel Mitchell, U.S. I 0 f the White, Cecil Smith and C. E. | Board. Roberts. amL^all missionary)
workers. f
The first oft three discussions will follow on tphristian Fellowship and r.s Effect in Our Local Churches.” The topic will be discussed by delega es and laymen. “Raising Christian Standards Throughout the Church” will be discussed by the evangelists. A discussion on methods for raising budget money will climax Thursday afternoon activity, ;he conference resuming at 7:30 for the. welcome program of the host
church.
Revs. Louis Carter, Cecil Smith and Alexander will lead devotions for the Friday morning session,
beginning at 9.
A lecture on church administration will be brought by Dr.
C. T. H. Watkins.
Following a 10-minute recess, delegates will hear a panel dis-
mm
denomination’s General
lie housing authorities to find if ^
there is any legislation which might cussion on “Our Christian Witness endanger the present status of ! —About the Church, About Race
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LUCKY EGG HUNTER: Borry Young's reward for finding the golden egg during Sunday's Easter egg hunt at Douglass Park was a gift certificate redeemable at the Armin Graul department store. Looking on as Barry receives his prize from Mrs. Lena Wellington, member of the Douglass Mothers club, are Billy Echols and Lawrence Civington, captains of the park's junior supervisors. (Recorder photo
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and World Problems and About Youth and Christian Education.” Panelists will include Miss Anna P. Stout and Revs. David Perry, Gibson, Robert Kirk, C. A. Lig-
gins and W. H. Weaver.
Commit ee reports and. closing remarks will end conference ac-
tivity.
Disrict officers include Miss Anna P. Stout, Indiana Conference superintendent of Sunday schools; Miss E. J. Woodcock, 4th District executive secretary of Christian education; Mrs. Minnie W. Baiiey, supervisor of missionary society, and Mrs. Sadie Swanigan, Indiana Conference mission-
ary society president.
Rev. W. H. Weaver is director of the Indiana Conference Chris-
. , .. ... .. .. tian education program; Mrs.
in his home, 724 Blak« Apt. 93. 1 , 1 , wl11 foll °w thi-v situation as , Flo „ a c Bates, conneciional as-
Funeral services were held Marcb |iK.
Ben Smith
Lockefield Gardens.”
Writing again on March 30, Rep. Barr informed The Recorder that Barriere told him the Senate version oi he Housing Act does contain a provision which might very possibly force the sale of Lockefield Gardens. The House version contains no such provision. BARR PROMISED to do all in his power to assure that the House version stay as it is and also is taking steps to make certain the Senate provision is stricken in
conference.
He pointed out that Indiana Republican Sen. Homer E. Capehart is on the Banking and Currency Committee for the Senate, “and he can be very helpful in striking this
Ben Smith, 64, died March 24 ! provision from the Senate bill.
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Member: Audit Bureau Born at Norfolk, Va.. Mr. Smith early in 1957, when the federal A^Utfon. 1, Hoo8l 6 eTX P u P?e£ l4S*^5 »ved in Indianapolis 36 years j government offered to turn t h e
and worked as a janitor. He was a housing project over to the City of veteran of World War II. Indianapolis or sell it to the high-
He is survived by the widow, ost private bidder.
Mrs. Mary Smith; a daugh’er, Mrs. , a large number of civic leaders SaHie Williams, Dud a son, Wil- i urged then Mayor Phillip Bayt to
- I aCcvent Lockefield. as did also a
“and I shall certainly keep report-
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Home, with burial in the National ) developg.”
cemetery at New Albany. The Lockefield dilemma started
Dr. C. T. H. Watkins, member
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i accept Lockefield, as did also a ! special study group he set up. May- ; or Bayt rejected the offer, however, 1 saying he was opposed to public housing and pointing out that the U. S. Public Housing Administra- ! tion, under existing law, could not sell the project to any but a public
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(Continued from Page i) ; Mrs. Minett said she asked, unaware that the victim was probably dead already. “It looked to me as if her head was moving,” she said, “but the police officers told me (he water was probably making her head move.” Mrs. Minett said slip screamed for help and two men came running. One of them, Gllie Feaster, 2614 Rader, pulled Iho body to the hank, bul attempts at revival proved vain. THE BODY was identified by a sister. Mrs. Fannie Bunch, 25, 713 Locke, Apt. 413. Although preliminary investigation revealed no signs of foul play in Mrs. Merritt’s death, Deputy Coroner Daniel D. Gleich said an autopsy would be performed. The Easter card reportedly was found on the bank near Roache. Services were held Wednesday at First Baptist Church, North ndianapolis, with burial In New Crown. Born at Cedar Hill, Tenn., Mrs. Merritt had lived here 26 years and was a member at First Baptist. Survivors include her husband, Everett Merritt; four other sisters, Mrs. Helen Oliver, New York City; rMs. Gloria Brishur and the Misses Mila and Willa Ford, all of Indianapolis, and a brother, William Ford, also of Indianapolis.
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