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HOPKINSVILLE. Ky. — The state Musical Convention met July 13-15 at Virginia Street Baptist Church. Reports of progress in organizing musical groups throughout the state were made, amd they pledged to have more and better informed musical grups in every community. The Jefferson County Chorus of more than 50 voices and the youth groups of the city and from throughout the state furnished music f the occasion. The local chorus was under the direction of MVs. Laura S. Campbell and Rev. B F. Green. Mrs Penelope Fisher is state president and Rev. A. R Lasley is pastor of the host church. MRS. LUTHER J. BUCKNER, an instructor at the Rosenwald School of Trenton, Ky.. was guest speaker for the Women’s Day program held recently at Moores Mission Baptist Church. Several women’s singing groups of the city also appeared on the program. THE GORDONVILLE Baptist Church congregation recently observed the 2nd anniversary of their pastor, Rev. Collins Henry, with an interesting program at the church. Rev. R. A. Hunt, pastor of Moores Mission Baptist Church, delivered the anniversary sermon. T. H. MASON was guest speaker for the Laymen’s League of Paducah, Ky., last Sunday afternoon. The program was held at Harrison Street Baptist Church. Mr. Mason spoke on the subject "What Is Man That God Is Mindful of Him?’’ Mr. Mason is president emeritus of the Baptist Laymen’s League of Kentucky, and teacher of the Ladies Bible Sunday School Class of Virginia Street Baotist Church. MISS ELIZABETH Taylor and Mrs. La 11a Crosby, and son of Cleve'and have returned to their home after visiting their mother, Mrs. Ida Taylor, and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Osborne and other relatives. )+' MR. AND MRS. Julian Jackson of Indianapolis recently spent several days in the city visiting his mother, Mrs. Bell Jackscni Before their departure the couple were served breakfast in the home of
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Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Quarlfcs. MRS. MARY BELL Moss attended the funeral of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Mary B. Wright last week in Dayton. O. Oh^r local persons attending were William Wright, Mrs. Myrtle Osborne, Mr. .and Mi's. Joe Wright and Mr. and Mrs. Trov Hopson, MRS. ROSA BOYD is visiting her sisier and brother-in-law, Mr and Mrs. Eugene Davenport, and other relatives and friends in St. Louis. THE MISSES Shirley Ann and Vicky Elaine Bacon, daughters of Mrs. Esther Bacon of Gracey have returned to the city after visiting Messrs, and Mesdames C. Roosevelt and George T. Bacon and Robert Summers in Chicago. Enroute home they visited Mrs. Julia Allen rnd Messrs, and Mesdames Waiter Dickinson and Henry Stone in Gary. MISS KAY FRANCES Berry of Philadelphia recently spent tw r o weeks as the guest of her parents. Mr. and Mrs Milton Berry, and family. THE AMIGAS CLUB held its annual picnic on the lawn of Mrs. P. T. Frazier recently. After making plans for the summer recreation, a delicious luncheon of baked ham was served. The next meeting will be held in the home of Miss Corine Grimes. Mrs. Mary F. Ross, president and Mrs. Emma J. Smith is reporter. FOUR GENERATIONS of the Glass family attended a reunion held recently in the home of the oldest sister, Mrs. Minnie Glass Kay One hundred relatives and friends gathered for a period of recreation and enjoyed a barbecue in the afternoon. Those coming f-om a long distance included Mrs. Mary Clemons of Kansas City, whom the Glass children saw for the first time: Mrs. Velma C. Williams and Mrs. Audia Clemons also of Kansas City; Mrsi Evelyn Jordan and Pau'ine Jackson of Jacksonville, 111., and Mrs. Anna Clemons of Madisonville, Ky. Other guests included Mr. and Mrs. Edward Glass, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Moore and son; James Glass, Mrs. Norma Beasley, Mr and Mrs. Prentice Moore and children and Floyd Moore, all of Indianapolis; Rev. Thomas Glass, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Spiller and children of Louisville; Sgt. John Howard, Ft Knox, and Reginald Torian of Chicago. Altogether 10 sisters and brothers were present lor the reunion. MR. AND MRS. Myles Martin of Indianapolis were the recent weekend guests of her sister, Mrs. Pauline Sargent and other relatives. Aleo making the trip was Mrs Juanita Livingston, whet Was tiie house guest of her sister, Mrs. Cecil Knott
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The Indianapolis Recorder, July 23,1960-9
Islam and Africa
By ISA S. WALI Part Two of a five-part ANP series
Ramadan, which is the ninth tice), but a "loan made to Allah, month in the lunar year. For the which He will repay manyfold.’’ whole of that month, every Mus- The rates are fixed as follows: lim, wherever he may be, is re- Onc-tenth of the product of the quired to abstain from any food land if it is watered by rain, and
or drink and from certain other one-twentieth if it is irrigated by
inHnfuIur nnk ™i S0M,> tnd its capacity for The fifth duty is the Hajj — or trines but a wider s£!L“ £liuS Ks rS ^ir a t n o C ke™ U aws trengthenJ ^ PUgrimage to Mecca in Saudl
and economic system a political obvious and obscure.
PLAN FOR ALPHA MEET: Officials of Alpha Phi Alpha, the oldest Negro Greek Letter fraternity, are shown completing plans for their annual meeting to be held Aug. 20-24 at Washington, D. C/s Shero-ton-Park Hotel. Business of the convention will center around the establishement of undergraduate fraternity houses on college campuses and group life insurance. Shown here are (standing left to right) Kermit
Hall, general convention advisor; Belford V. Lawson, local convention chairman; Myles A. Page, general president; Edward J. Asutin, president, Mu Lambda Chapter, and (standing left to* right) Milliard A. Dean, director of public relations; Newman C. Taylor, president. Beta-Mu-Lambda Corp. and C. C. House, local convention co-chairman.
philosophy and a way of iffe which regulates and provides guidance to an individual, right from his cradle to the grave, for the discharge of his responsibilities to his family, his neighbours, his so-
ciety and his country.
The religious doctrines are, however, the basis of the whole structure, and the Din (or religion) is divided ipto Iman (Faith) and
Ainal (Practice).
The faith consists in the acceptance of five articles of belief THESE ARE one, the existence and oneness of Allah(or God), as the only creator and disposer of the universe, who has no partner and no comparable being, and
The sampling enough of starvation is also expected to make him warm-hearted, hospitable and sympathetic to the poor who are in constant want. The end oF the fasting is usually marked by alms in food given to the poor. Those Who are exempted from fasting are the sick, the old, children, travelers. expectant and breastfeeding mothers. But they must make compensation by fasting an equal number of days later, or giving out certain measures of food in alms
away from sins Arabia, at least once in a lifetime
This takes place within the second week of the month of Zui HaJJ (the twelfth month in the lunar year) ynd consists of certain religious rites and traditions in the
1'joly places of Mecca.
LIKE the Friday prayer when all the people in the town are required to congregate, this institUrtion also affords an opportunity for all the Muslims from every corner of the globe to congregate every year and fraternise in full equality, and with one cpmmon
objective.
These are the basic articles of faith and practice which constitute Islam — the religion which, of all
Out of
The Woods
By RON WOODS
Calypsos Club Collapse Coming? THE BIG STORY: Oalypsos CHARLOTTE BAILEY, this writPresident PRISCILLA MILES is er’s dear friend and South Bend a rarity—a modest girl. She told grade school and high school chum, this writer she became president v.ho exploded on the Naptown of the popular club too soon. She scene about the same time as I immediately cited the Fifth A- will be one of the ^ye-opening mendment in refusing to tell who, contestants in the "Miss Chaim’’
if anyone, is category. Others will include Anns directly respon- Cowherd, Marsha Emerson, Pasible for the tricia Ransom and BiPie Joyce pfresent status Short. “Mr. Esquire” hopefuls are of the club (on William Barnett, Michael Ellis, the verge of John Lewis, Ronald Tavlor and breaking up), yours truly. NORMA CHEATHAM
VEL PHILLIPS, DEMO COMMITTEEWOMAN HURT. IN LOS ANGELES CAR CRASH LOS ANGELES (ANP) — Mrs. Vel Phillips, 36, a Democratic committeewoman from Wisconsin, suffered leg injuries last week when the car in which she was riding collided with another vehicle Police said Mrs. Phillips was treated and released at Central Receiving Hospital for a leg contusion. The accident occurred shortly after Mrs Phillips left the opening session of the Democratic Convention at the Sports Arena. Booked an suspicion of drunken driving was the driver of the other car, Earche Banks, 32, Chicago, police said.
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tion of racial segregation.
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extent on how music by DAVE IfARDIMAN. Inthe seemingly cidentally, Priscilla Miles is not
^ > ^Popular po expected to remain in the club. / { sitlon became (Should have mentioned it earlier, f hers. huh?) . . . Reason: Returning io
Prisicilla Miles THIS PRIS- school full time. M,LES PRESIDENT (?) Frank R. Beck-
° TE ^ } with ’ s accurate size-up of the », 0f . presid ^ nt °f the youth of today: "Those who have , C ♦ b ,/ 5l u P T y no the obligation of seeing that othes e l c ,^fJ d o ed ' t ‘ L ? ck °* make use of the opportunity to ' 0 i, 1 vf*5P ^ nd advance have fallen down on the
thl* iS? of ll / in Job” • • • BARBARA CROWDUS'
members excitement over her coming mar-
d ^ H " e about the same riage to laboratory technician time some of the members quit. WILLIAM dailfy An®- an- “it
^rz v f;« w „ he " rf B0 . N , NI ^ HU , R r S J 'ome, A ”d
T preside "^ (and 9mt the The couple will reside two blocks club, I was coaxed into taking from this writer. . .
her place. At that time I informed
the members that I didn’t feel •
capable of leading the club, but HAVE ANOTHER SKFWP: because no one else would accept Naotown’s No. 1 Jazzer DAVE the responsibility, I decided to BAKER will head a quintet in a give it a try. And I did try." preview of material that he and “The suggestion of ‘no leader- GEORGE RUSSELL have corn-
ship” made by this alleged tipster P osed a 0 " arranged for a
is as inaccurate as it is Idiotic. If S? m . ln ? engagement at the Fiv« the blame lies anywhere it lies n S ?, ( ? t ’V Ne ^ York The session us all." This girl should be com- 'Y U1 pl « ce at ® s u?<iay a t plimented for declaring her posi- 1444 Gal le r y. 1444 N. Penn, tion in the first place, all club rs of the group are members should make a note of YOUNG, sax. ALLEN KIthis in fairness to her , Those mem- BUNT, drums bers who hid behind their riLken f nd TED SNYDER, bass . . Porpurses and refused to accept the A melodrama about * espcAisihility of leaderdhMp are a docto 1, w ho breaks his medical now using that “no leadership” ? ath , b^ committing murder, and as a cover-up, which is hardly breaks his neck trying to commitfair to anyone. another (How zany can you get?)
. The Oscar "Baby” Jones Com-
• bo (featuring this writer’s dear
NAPTOWN SOCIALITE Rosie bro Lonnie Woods, former Butler Cheatham (first Calypsos president student on the organ, are comand undoubtedly the best they’ve pletely capturing the sazzle dazzle had) is one of the devoted mem- of audiences at America’s distincbers who is trying desperately to live resort in Idlewild, Mich. . . save the club from collapse*. The group, playing a seven-night-At a conference recently the a-week three month engagement club treasurer told this writer, at the summer resort, have invited "Naturally I would hate very much this writer and friends down for to see the club break up. We’ve a visit. Would anyone like to go
come a long way and it has been to Idlewild? . . .
a hard climb. My only hope now is
that we will profit enough Troon our ‘Mr. Esquire’—‘Miss Charm’ drnce in order for everyone to get what’s coming to them. "If the dance is a success, perhaps the life of the Calypsos Club wifi be extended. This, at least, is what I am hoping for.” ... Naptown can’t recall any club president who has gained as much personal respect and admiration as that administered to Miss Cheatham by the public during her term of office. An
exciting person.
•
PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT: A young Northside lass who plastered GEORGE PIPES’ picture all over Naptown hailing the young alleged rapist as a he r o and the long arm of the law as a villiun . . . "How,” I asked, "can von feel this way after what he’s done?” . . . “Why not,” was the reply, “everybody makes a mistake.” . . . George Pipes is now No. 1 maker of mistakes . . . LANA TURNER *(of Tennessee) departing for home. Chums LYNN RIDLEY, INA, THELMA and
KATHLYN JAMES giving her a s et TH 'Mj 0 Cta™” M,N ®Mr g U a
set. Miss Charm — Mr. be- t „ v „ pinminir *•»<!
V hv head MARGIE WEEKS who is nw
♦ W ri ,vf sexier loking as a brunette . . .
Playboy BOBBY WOMACK frankc&tcSy of course, tuist club members
can reform The odds: 8 to 5 that £ .E&. P ‘ it will be a success. Set for Sat- * dnes’s “ Pr '“ y 5lck ‘ ‘ '
urday night at the IBEW Hall, the 8 • • • delux affair has almost got to earn • fabulous profits or the Calypsos OF WISDOM
may never stage another affair HAPPINESS is a butterfly, again, and those fearful of this which, when pursued, is always will be there to witness the dying beyond our grasp, but which, if breath of a once vigorous club. y« u wil1 slt d oun qirietly, may
# alight upon you. HAWTHORNE CAST OF CHARACTERS: Like, BOOM!
MISS. GIVES FINANCIAL AID TO RACE BAITING WHITE CITIZENS GROUP
Franklin Ind.
to the poor.
^ The fourth duty is the payment the great religions of the world (at none but Him is worthy of worship Zahat — or legal alms — an- least prior to the expansion of “He begotteth not, nor was be- nuall y- This is a fiscal worship by Christian Missionary activity in gotten;” which the well-to-do are equired the 19th century) embraced the Two (he existence of Aneels as care for the needs of the P 001 *’ widest variety of peoples, the Ambassadors of the revriati?A by pa y in S annual subsidies with It embraces the Semitic peoples Lorn ^bah to His a^sH^ and which to rnainUxin religious and as well as the Caucasians, the through them of His messages to publlc benefits like mosques, hos- Slavs as well as the Turks, the hiimaSitv” ’ * m messages to pitals educational institutions and Chinese as well as the Indians and a y ’ . a defense force. Indonesians, the Bantus as well Three, belief in the inspired This is not to be regarded as a as West Africans, books or scriptures which have tax (whatever it may be in prac- -fTo be Continued Next Week)
heeu revealed through the apostles, such as Abraham’s Books. Moses’ Bible, Jesus’ Gospel, and
Muhammad’s Quran.
Four, belief in tne inspired prophets from Noah to Muhammad as ordinary human beings, but selected by Allah and authorized to receive His revelations through His Angels and to proclaim them to
mankind;
Five, belief in the Day of Resurrection, the Judgment Day, in the life hereafter as, the only eternal life, and as the life of reward and
punishment.
The practical side of the religion consists in the observance of five practical duties. Fi'rs.t, the recital of the creed: "There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad Is the Messenger of Allah.” Secomd, the observance of five daily prayers (or physical services' at their specified times 'these are in the morning, or sunrise: in the midday, in the afternoon, in the early evening, or sunset, and in the late evening). These prayers or services) can be performed anywhere—at the mosque, at home, in the field, at the factory, in the office—wherever one happens to
be at the time.
Except that on Fridays the mid-
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to be said in a congregation in one central mosque which aU the people in the town within three miles radius sfiould attend. This is to afford an opportunity for all people in the area to congregate together and fraternize at least
orce every week.
Third, is the annual fasting of the thirty days of the month of
FRANKLIN—A large number of relatives and friends attended the silver wedding anniversary and open house of Mr. and Mrs. Carey Hunter last week. In the receiving line with the honored couple were Mrs. John Carter, daughter of Mrs. Hunter; Mr. and Mrs. Otto Carter, a sister and brother-in-law; Miss Gladys Churchwell, a niece, all of Nashville, and Mrs. Percy Hunter and
Mrs. Harrison Whitfield.
Miss Connie Hunter presided at the guest book. The couple were married in Franklin on July 12, 1935, and have resided here ever since. Mrs. Hunter is a native of Jamaica. The serving table was attractively decorated with a lace cloth and silver appointments. The center piece was white chrysanthemums and silvered philodendron leaves. Lighting the table were four white tapers in silver candle-
stick holders.
Mrs. Hunter wore a beautiful gown of pink lace and a pink and white corsage of chrysanthemums, carrying out the color scheme. Presiding at the table were Mrs. Webster Montgomery, Mrs. Henrietta Gaines and Mrs. Carrie Grice. The couple received many lovely gifts. MR. AND MRS. Jesse Perkins and family spent Sunday in Richmond with Mr. and Mrs. David
Winburn and family.
MRS. RITA PERKINS is spending several weeks with Mr. and
Mrs. David Winburn.
JERRY BROADDUS is spending his vacation in Milwaukee with Mr. and Mrs. David Ford. THE CHANTICLEERS, a choral group from Indianapolis, rendered a very inspiring program before a large audience Sunday at Bethel
AME Church.
MRS. R. L. GRICE has returned home from a vacation in Newark,
N.J.
MR. AND MRS. PERCY Hunter and daughter, Connie, and Miss Rita Perkins recently attended the Day-Best wedding in Connersville. MR. AND MRS. Otto Carter and Miss Gladys Church of Nashville are the house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carey Hunter. MISS JOYCE MONTGOMERY and Mrs. James White are recuperating at their respective homes after spending several days in Memorial Hospital. MR. AND MRS. Merwin Greene and family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sims and family, Mr. and Mrs. David Fori qjad family, Mrs. Russell Crowe and family and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Wales and family recently spent a day at the Zoo in Cincinnati. MR. AND MRS. David Ford of Milwaukee are spending their vacation with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sims. Mrs. Sims and Mrs. Ford are sisters.
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