Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 April 1960 — Page 9

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HOPKINSVILLE. Ky.—The Attacks Arrow was recently awarded a certificate of honor in the annual TB school press project sponsored by the National Tuberculosis Association and the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. An article, “Why I Think We Should Keep Up The Fight Against Tuberculosis” was written by Miss Delois Tyler, a sophomore, and won a national honor. The Attacks award will be presented to Mrs. Bettye Y. Quarles and P. C. Brooks Jr., faculty advisors. Miss Raymona Radford is editor. William Torian and Lincoln Jones, associate editors: Hugh Evans and Earlee Acree, circulation managers; the Misses Mae Biown, Lurlene Rogers and Carolyn Thomas and Walter Tuck, reporters, and Billy Sharber, art edi-

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THE CANTON HEIGHTS PTA held its April meeting last week in the school auditorium. A number of members volunteered to assist with the spring registration of first grade students, Mesdames Juanita Kendrick, president, Aleeze Davis, reporter, and H. M. Henry and M, E. Buckner, instructors. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL departpartment of Main Street Baptist Church sponsored an Easter pageant “The Cross of Life”, held in the Attucks High School auditorium. Mrs. Sallie C. Talbott, well known in religious activities, directed the play. Mrs. M. W. Crump is superintendent of the sponsoring group and Rev. J. R. Hunt is their oastor. THE PIONEERS INC., last week entertained 156 persons in the Attucks cafeteria honoring the basketball team, the coaches and cheerleaders. William Goodwin, Kentucky State College, was the principal speaker and T. A. West served as toastmaster The basketball team was runner-up in the district, first place in the regional and fourth in the state. Dr. J. H. Young is president of the Pioneers. THE MID-AGE SOCIAL CLUB, a recently organized group, met this week in the home of Mrs. Pauline Jackson of Pembroke. Officers elected were Mesdames Virginia Harris, president; Pauline ■jackson, vice-presidents: Roberta McCauley, treasurer; Sarah Faulkter, chairman of the sick compittee: Annie M. Hopson, reporter, md Miss Louise Richardson, secretary. The next meeting was to be /.eld in the home of Mrs. McCauley. MRS. LOIS SMITH recently entertained the Royalite Social Club in her home. Plans were made lor a baby shower for Mrs. Frances Boyd. A lovely buffet luncheon was served and members enjoyed a Canasta game. Mrs Cora Farrow is president. MISS CLARA ANN QUISENBERRY, daughter of Mr. and Mrs» David Pucker, made the dean’s list at A and I State University in Nashville with a straight “A” average for the first semester. MRS. PAULINE SARGENT hosted the Jolly Glee Club in her home last week. Fifteen mem-

bers and one visitor. Miss Lillian Mayes, attended. Miss Mayes read a poem she had written and dedicated to the president. Mesdames Nannie Blakley, Linnie Buckner and Iona Quarles were the recipients of handkerchiefs, all having had birthdays during March. Mirs. M. B. Fleming will be the next hostess. Mrs Olive Lynch is president and Mrs. Erma Williams is reporter. MRS. LENA B. KING has returned to her home in Indianapolis, following a weekend visit with her mother-in-law. Mrs. Emma Clardy. Also making the trip was Mrs. Willa B. Mitchell, who visited her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Ross White of LaFayette. FUNERAL SERVICES for Steve Stiger, one of the oldest members of Spring Hill Baptist Church, were held April 11 at the Virginia Street Baptist Church with Rev. Milton Hunt officiating. Rev. Hunt was assisted by Rev. A. R. Lasley and Rev. J. R. Hunt. Mr. Stinger died April 8 at his home. Mr. Stiger had served as a deacon of his church for more than 40 years. Survivors: Mrs Alice Stiger, wife, two sisters, Mrs. Lula Ferguson and Miss Janie Stiger; two brothers, Robert Stiger, this city, and Clarence Stiger. SERVICES FOR James Osborne, who died April 7, were held April 10 at Adams Funeral Home, with Rev. L. W. Wimberly officiating. Burial was in Cave Spring Cemetery, Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Goldie Osborne; one daughter, Mrs. Mary Love Coleman; one sister. Mrs. Rosabell Newell and two brothers, Edward and Lee Os-

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Second Baptist Members Burn Mortage By BENNIE PECK KOKOMO—Members and friends ot Second Baptist Church, climaxing week-long services, recently burned the church mortgage. The ceremony was held in the afternoon with Rev. F. Weathers in charge Rev. Noel Hord spoke at the morning worship. Surrounding the pastor, Rev. J. W. Carr at the services were Revs. Hord, L. J. Jackson and JJasiel Tyler and John Thompson who preached his trial sermon last week. | tr All are members of Second Baptist Church. Another member, Rev. H. B. Washington of Akron, O , was unable to attend. Visiting ministers including Revs. Weathers of Richmond, H. Thurman, M. Bellamy, O. Dupree of Peru and Paul Kay. AN OLD FASHIONED basket dinner was served after services which were conducted under standing room only conditions with guests from Anderson, Indianapolis, Richmond, Lawrenceburg, Terre Haute, Peru and Gary in attendance. THE KOKOMO TRAVELERS were dedicated Sunday night during a program which included members from the Travelers and the Heavenly Voices. Rev. H. Thurman delivered the dedication prayer and Rev. J. W. Carr gave the exaltation. The program was held at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church. Manager of the group is Rev. Paul Kay. *W. C.. LLOYD. WILFRED and Laura Stitts were called home recently due to the death of their mother, Mrs. Dan Stitts. IRA HIZER was notified recently of the death of his sister, Mrs Doris Young of Indianapolis. OTHER DEATHS: William Brown and Mrs. Clayton Weaver.

SIT-IN UPHEAVAL: Negro resistance to Southern segregation continued to increase as an estimated 5,000 Southern University students (upper photo) thronged up the Louisiana state capitol steps in Baton Rouge in protest of segregated lunch count- -

ers. In Marshall, Tex., (lower photo) some 200 sit-in demonstrators are escorted to joil under arrest. Later, 400 more swarmed to the courthouse to protest, firemen finally using hoses to quell the demonstration.

Standards Higher Since School Integration WASHINGTON (ANP)—Integration of the public schools in the nation’s capital has raised academic standards and created no social or behavior problems, Carl F. Hansen, schools superintendent declared last week. “The imp’ovement of academic standards over the last five years has been . . .' dramatic,” Hansen said. At the same time, he added, “serious incidents of behavior that seem to be primarily racial in origin are relatively infrequent.” Hansen’s report was published by the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, the Jewish service organization. Considerable attention has been focused here because Washington was among the first big cities with segredated schools to comply with the Supreme Court’s 1954 integration ruling. Also, for the last ten years a majority of the school-age population has been Negro. Hansen pointed out that in 1654 Negroes in Washington made up about 61 percent, of the enrollment. Last October this had risen to more than 76 percent. He added that i wotfld be a mistaken analysis to attribute the larger Negro school population to integration. Hansen said Washington, similar to most big cities, has become “a mecca for the economically and socially handicapped” while the more affluent families move to the suburbs.

The Indianapolis Recorder, Apr. 23, I960—9 Teacher Is Queen of Freedom Fund; NAACP Drive Opens

America's Problem Child

By J. C. H. One of our recent Presidents said the South is America’s No 2 problem. What he really wanted to say was that the South is America’s No 1 problem, but being the potential leader of the party in power ytd looking foi“ward to possible re-election, he was forced to make an obvious understatement to as not to offend the voting public. In any case, on the record and as far as the present attitude of the South is concerned on civil rights and any of the many racial problems we are facing, this section of our country is making itself a prob'em out of all proportion to what it should be in these matters. IT IS JUST a hundred years qow’ since the South argued as vehemently in defense of their “peculiar institution” as they do today for the necessity of “keeping the Negro in his place” In 1860 such a backward country as Russia was taking all necessary steps to free their slaves, but the South was drawing up a constitution for the Confederacy that made Slavery the very foundation of their organization of good government. So today, while all the rest of the world is trying its best to find some new and better solution to the problems of race relations, the South creates the impression that everybody 1 else is wrong. “We alone know how to handle these problems.” As far as world opinions is concerned, a hundred years ago the South did not seem to know there was any such thing as world politics. They did not walk into Buckingham Palace dragging their slaves behind them, but they thought it would be quite simple for them to secure recognition of a government based on Slavery by a government that was opposed to Slavery. To them this was a mere bagatelle, but other civilized countries felt differently about these basic errors in judgment that another country might make. Is it any wonder that in this late day the South has no respect for world opinion and goes on blindly to determine its own destiny'. A principle of force seems to dominate the South in its thinking on these matters. Slavery itself is based on force. Even in elections today in most Southern states this principle applies and they usually know who is going to be elected before they go to the polls. They want things fixed their way. With this basic principle established in their way of life is it any wonder that they find it quite easy to justify themselves in the present effort to fight any constitutional provision that may cause them to relax their efforts to keep the Negro in a subservient position in their social and economic life? THIS UNDEMOCRATIC principle of the use of force in all political and social life really knows no bounds in the South. In the hills of East Tennessee where I went to school in my earl-

ier years, it was a common experience for the students to report that someone threw stones at them on the way home on Sunday night Someone in Atlanta recently suggested that a house be bought next to Vice-President Nixon so that he presumably would be forced to move or have a Negro family live next to him. One must not try to fathom the meaning of those who are activated by such involutional psychology. Eleanor Roosevelt was forced to go into hiding recently in Florida because of threatening telephone calls. A low spite and a feeling of having to get even with esomeone lies back of this basically evil attitude. Witness the bombing of desegregated schools. Before and during the Civil War the leaders of the South often expressed themselves as being in fa* vor of abolishing Slavery if they would only be given more time. In fact it must be said that the best opinion in the South before the Civil War was that Slavery was wrong and should be abolished. Even Jitough they knew thus to be true, the contention was that they needed more time. A bright young lawyer from the Corolinas made this appeal before the Supreme Court recently on the problem of desegregation in the thools. He was asked by The Court, “If we gave you until the year 2200, do you think that would be enought time?” In a bit of Socratic irony, the court was trying to suggest that in actual fact time has nothing to do with this problem. THAT THE SOUTH has been fundamentally unfair to the Negro all during its history is clearly evident to anyone who has read only a modicum of what the records clearly show. From slavery lo “keeping the Negro in his place,” as they say today, is only a step. Wholesale lynching and then laws against lynching which they never enforce come all in the same category. Ku Klux Klanism of the Covil War period and after is being paralleled today by police brutality in all its various forms. If a Negro speaks to or even looks at a white woman in a familiar way, he can be accused of rape and has been known to die for it by lynching. You can hardly imagine any form of inhuman or savage treatment that has not been used against the Negro in the South. It is almost pathetic to learn of the various ways in which those who perpetrate such acts Iry to cover them up. Even the courts in the South will go to any limit to keep the facts from being brought to light. A very thin covering of shame, if any, is used to hide their mounting guilt over their unfair treatment of the Negro in the South The South often speaks of its fear of mongrelization. Over half the Negroes are partwhite. Does the South wish to say that this process of mongrelfzation was caused by the

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Negro? This cannot be true for, as is shown above, if the Negro so much as looks at a white woman in a familiar way his life is in danger. The blame for this rests on the white man As one of the first ladies of Virginia said before the Civil War, “We do not live in homes. We live in seraglios.” One wonders if this situation has changed a great deal. But, even today, the fear of mongrelization in the South is something that is blamed almost entirely on the Negro. Should there be more and more inter-marriage, which is not likely, the rate of mongrelization should not increase any more than it has in the past. The recent experience of John Griffin, who traveled through the South as a Negro who was actually white, is enlightening. He had darkened his skin by pills, ultraviolet treatment and vegetable dye so that no one recognized his ae white: In catching a ride through Alabama, the driver of a car asked him if any white man had ever slept with his wife, informing him that “W’e’re doing your race a favor to get some white blood into your kids.”

Fannie Jefferson Services for Mrs. Fannie Jefferson, 50, 1501 S. Rural, who died April 10 in General Hospital, were held April 15 at Rayville, La, Mrs. Jefferson was born at Ruston. La., and lived in Indianapolis nine years. She worked as a restaurant waitress and was a. member of Mt. Paran Baptist Church. Survivors include the husband, Sam Jefferson; a son, Clarence Jefferson, and two brothers.

Mattie Jeter Services for Mrs. Mattie Jeter, 79, 1119 N. Belmont, who died April 7 in General Hospital, were held April 11 in the Jacobs Brothers Westside Chapel with burial in Floral Park Cemetery. Born in Rome, Ga, she had lived in Indianapolis 43 years and was a member of St. Paul Baptist Church. Surviving are tne husband, James Jeter; four stepsons, Cecil, James, Robert and Henry Jeter; two stepdaughters, Mrs Charlotte Campton and Mrs Nanfcy Thomas. Tives N. Love Services for Tives N. Love, 75, who died April 14 in his home, 836 W. 26th, were held April 18 in Stuart Mortuary with burial in Now Crown Cemetery. Born at Frankfort, Ky., Mr. Love had been a resident of Indianapolis 35 years and was a retired hod carrier. Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Eva Love, and two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Wiggins and Mrs Thelma Burch, all of Indianapolfls.

EVANSVILLE — The 1960 NA ACP Membership Drive opened here April 11 at Cleaves Ijfethodist Church at the close of a freedom project which raised $500. Mrs. Alberta Anderson, second grade teacher at Chestnut-Walnut School, was crowned queen of the fund raising contest after she turned in $171.06, one third of the amount raised. Mrs. Anderson is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs A. W. Settles of Louisville and a graduate of Kentucky State College. She studied at Indiana University and is a member of Alexander Chapel AMK Church. A talented musician, she lives at 951 Independence. The adult and youth councils of the NAACP announced the opening of the drive last week and Mrs. Fannie Crawley was. appointed cochairman in the absence of Mass W. E. Thomas, chairman, who was

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A program under the direction of Mrs. Thelma Johnson, outstanding nationally known evangelist, took place at the church prior to the opening of the drive. Chairmen for the fund project were Mrs. O. E. Childers and M r s. Lillian Washington. Second place winner in the fund raising project was Mrs. Crawley, who has served as secretary of the adult NAACP council and is a member of New Hope Baptist Church. Mrs Irene Saucer, girts worker at Carver Center and a member of Liberty Baptist Church, won third place. Report meetings for the drive will be each Monday night at 737 Bellemeade. A special membership committee Is sending out letters to all churches and civic organizations. Mrs. Willeen Fly is chairman of this committee, assisted by Mesdames Ethel West, Wy-

Wanted -100,000 Youth Members For NAACP NEW YORK (ANP)—Spurred by the student sit-in demonstrations throughout the South, the NAACP has launched a drive for 100,000 new youth members, Herbert L Wright, the association’s youth secretary! announced this week. In a special appeal addressed to the nation’s youth, Wright noted that “the sit-in demonstrations led by Negro youth in the South have aroused America’s young people has. “He reported that campus has. “He reported that campus memberehip has climbed steadily since the demonstrations began.

THIS WOULD SEEM to settle the problem of mongrelization in the South and place the responsibility where it really belongs—on the shoulders of the white man. At bottom, what does the South really mean by “keeping the Negro in his place? In the days of Slavery that was quite simple. He had to work for the white man for practically nothing. Certainly it was a plan for paying low wages, and so low that they could not be considered as wages. Today this whole program of “keeping the Negro in his place” smacks of this same sort of thing. The only explanation that really holds together is that the South today is still trying to get something for nothing as it did in Slavery. It did not work then and is working very badly now. Any growing industrial community has learned the lesson of paying good wages. In the South today there is almost general opposition to all labor unions. Organizers are usually run 1 out of town or threatened by every means at the disposal of the employer. Wage scales are generally lower in the South . . . even in organized communities. Many Southern state advertise the fact of low wages and a cheap labor supply as an inducement to have industries move into their section of the Country. “Keeping the Negro in his place,” then, means down South that he is also kept uneducatecL or educated as little as possible. It means discriminating against him in every other way. As the South learned all too slowly that Slavery was wrong so today it is hoped that it will learn that the above attitude is also wrong. Let us hope that they will not be as long learning this lesson as they were learning what to do about Slavery. Is wisdom ever the better part of valor in the South? At any rate, this would be a good time for them to try it. IN THE SOUTH the Bible and religion is used justify discrimination and hatred of the Negro. As Shakespeare says, . . “With devotion’s visage And pious action they do sugar

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The Devil himself” in this matter of race relations. So . . . “greater then their sins are the means by which they try to excuse them” by making God and His Word particeps criminis in their efforts to make right what they know is wrong. There may be some hope here as real Christian leadership is showing itself in the South and light may spring from God’s Word to help them.

George Mitchell Rites for George Mitchell, 77, who died April 12 in his home, 1534 Columbia, were held April 18 in King and King Funeral home with burial in New Crown Ceme-

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Born at Columbia. Tenn., Mr. Mitchell had lived in Indianapolis 15 years. Surviving are three sons, Robert and Horance Mitchell, Indianapolis, and Willie Mitchell, Detroit; a daughter, Mrs. Anna Fitzpatrick, Cleveland, O.; three stepsons, French Edins, Cleveland, and Jimmie Lee and Allen Edins, Nashville, and a sister, Jennie Landers. Indianapolis.

lene Movse and Rheba Dudley. THE THIRD ANNUAL awards night of the Community •Couneil will be held Monday, April 25 at 8 at Carver Community Center. Included on the program will h* a piano selection by Mrs. Thelma Laffone; inspirational remarks by Joseph Dunnigan, executive secretory of the community council; installation of officers and presentation of awards by John Cable, and the Charity Ball Queen Contest awards by John Levels Following the program a social hour will be held consisting of refreshments, card playing .apd dancing. All members of affiliated clubs are urged to attend and bring a guest. John Cable, president and Mrs. Flora Triggs, secretary. DEDICATION SERVICES will be held May 1 at Eastview Missionary Baptist Church. 619 Olive. Rev. J. W. Hover, pastor of Memorial Baptist Church, will preach, Rev. J. D. Garrett is pastor of the Eastview church. REV. H. W. WALKER of Calvary Baptist Church of Henderson, Ky., will preach for the Mothers' Board of Memorial Baptist Church at 3 April 24 NINE-YEAR-OLD Jackie Clark and choir of Little Valley Baptist Church will render a program at 3 April 24 at the church.

Carrie Harvison Mrs. Carrie Harvison, 65, died April 16 in her home, 214 W. 26th. Funeral services were held April 18 at the Beulah Baptist Church with burial in Floral Park Cemetery. Survivors included the husband, Mr. Buel Harvison.

Gertrude Smith Rites for Mrs. Gertrude Smith, 63. who died April 18 in her home, 145 S. Arlington, were held April 21 at the Irvington First Baptist Church, where she was a member, with burial in New Crown Cemetery. Mrs. Smith was born at Hopkinsville, Ky., and had lived in Indianapolis 60 years. She was a former Sunday School superintendent, president of the Baptist Training Union, a choir member and president of the Elizabeth Missionary Society at Irvington First Baptist. Survivors include the husband, Carl Smith; a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Compton and a sister, Mrs. Minnie Highball, all of Indianapolis.

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