Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 September 1960 — Page 9

Tuning in on ANDERSON By MADELYNE IRVIN Graham, a classmate of Mrs. Lackey

Ph. 5179 ANDERSON — William B. Harper, executive director of the Anderson Urban League, and Rev. Ray Birchfield, a board member and chairman of the League’s Student Loan Fund Committee, attended the Golden Anniversary Conference of the National Urban League in New York, Sept. 2-8. The two local residents joined league executives and board members from 62 other cities throughout the country attending the meetings. TWO HUNDRED young girls and boys of he AME churches have been invited to take part in the religious education program at the AME Conference Sept. 23 in Ft. Wa>ne, according to Rev. F. B. Jones, pastor of Allen Chapel AME Church. THE SACRED-AIRS gospel singers of Muncie were to present a full program of songs Sept. 9 at Allen Chapel AME Church. THE 20TH Annual Session of the Women’s Society of Christian Service and Wesleyan Service Guilds of the Indiana District was held Aug. 26-27 at Second Methodist Church, with Rev. James Davis as host pastor. Bishop M. W. Clair is resident bishop and Mrs. Odessa Boone is district president. MR. AND MRS. ULYSSES COOK SR. were host and hostess for a pre-wedding dinner in honor of their son, A/lc Richard Lee and his bride-to-be. Miss Sally Anne Page. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. George Page, parents of Miss Page, Mr. and Mrs. David Streaty, Ulysses R. Cook Jr., Sullivan E. Cook, Miss Dianne Cook, Miss Carolyn Taylor, Bobbie Page and Stephen Page. MR. AND MRS. AMOS JACKSON and daughter Ruthie and grandchildren, Lynn and Stephen Johnson and Miss Clarice Christian recently spent several days in Selma, Ala., visiting with Dr. and Mrs. Sullivan Jackson. Dr. Jackson, a graduate of Anderson High School, Is the son of Amos Jackson. VISITING Dr. and Mrs. Sullivan during the week of Aug. 22 were Mrs. Norma Jean Cook and children, Dianne and Sullivan, Mrs. Cook’s mother, Mrs. Irea? Broadnax, and Joyce Minnifield. They also visited an aunt avid uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis House, in Pensacola, Fla. THE GOSPEL CHORUS of Allen Chapel AME Church has been invited to give a full program in songs Sept. 11 at 3:30 at Allen Temple AME Church in Marion. Mrs. Pauline Sanders is organist and director of the chorus. MR. AND MRS. Quentin Hill, their three children and five grandchildren, all of Indianapolis, were the recent weekend puests of Mr. and Mrs. L. Carbon, 1715 Sherman. DR. AND MRS. Cardinal Casey of Indianapolis were the recent weekend guests of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Lackey, 719 W. 12th. Mrs. Casey was formerly Miss Sophie

at Indiana University. ANDREW GRAY of MadLson was a recent weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sanders. MRS. W. GRAY of Dayton, O., spent a week in Anderson visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sanders and family. Mrs. Gray is the sister of Mrs. Sanders and Mrs. Florence Cox. MR. AND MRS. Sullie Wilkins and children, Mary, Pauleft and Patricia, and their grandchildren, Carla and Issiah Jackson, recently visited Mr. Wilkins’ brother who is ill in Newport, Ark. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins also attended a birthday party of Mr. Wilkins’ cousin in Muncie. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Wilkins were host and hostess for the affair. MISS JERZETTA LAKE of Newport, Ark., is the house guest of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. S Wilkins. Miss Lake plans to attend Anderson College this fall. THADEUS SMITH of Marion was the recent dinner guest of Mrs. Madelyne Irvin, 1934 Lincoln. MRS. BESSIE EDLIN, 85, 1416 W. 16th, died Aug. 30 at her home. She was a member of Second Methodist Church for 55 years and a member of the Household of Ruth. SERVICES for Mrs. Sara Ellen Medley, 78, 1227 W. 13th, who died Aug. 26, wen? held Aug. 29 at St. Marys Catholic Church, with the Rt. Rev. Francis KlerUy officiating. Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery Out-of-town relatives attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Spaulding of Loretta, Ky., Mrs. Sylvester Rhodes of Pittsburgh, Arthur Medley of Louisville, Mrs. Ralph Kiser and daughters, Lois and Betty Jane of Indianapolis, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Cooper and Ray Bradford of Cincinnati, James Crawford and family of Nashville, Mr. and Mrs. Fonzie Poeter of St. Francis, Ky., and Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Hickman of Bardstown, Ky — REGISTER TO VOTE— James Johnson Services for James Johnson, 42, who died Sept. 2 in West 10th Street Veterans Hospital, were held Sept. 6 in Terre Haute, with burial in Highland Cemetery. Born in Terre Haute, Mr. Johnson, 3518 Prospect, had lived most of his life in Indianapolis. He was a postal clerk in the Illinois St. postal station, a veteran of World War II and a member of St. John AME Church. Survivors include six sisters, Mrs. Hattie Houchins and Mrs. Marguerite Allen, Indianapolis, Mrs. Anita Ford, Mrs. Drucilla Samuel and Mrs. Mary A. Hurt, all of Terre Haute, and Mrs. Elnora Barquis, Louisville; two brothers, Arthur Johnson, Indianapolis, and Clifford Johnson, Terre Haute; and two half-broth-ers, Charles Ford and Delbert Ford, both of Indianapolis.

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Man Faces Life In Prison; How Did He Become A Killer? By WILLIAM ALEXANDER and RON WOODS

John L. Warren, 36. was found guilty by a jury of his peers of committing a crime against society and according to the law must pay the mandatory penalty for that crime. The sentence handed down by Criminal Court 2 Judge (Pro Tem) Arthur L. Payne, in the case last week was life — not in society — but behind prison walls. Although God has given each of his creatures but one life, the honorable court decreed that John should dedicate his to the society from which he cam*?. Thus at 36 years of age, John L. Warren has but one other important date in his life. That’s the date wh in he will come out of the state prison at Michigan City a free man. The day and hour are far away, but according to John "Faith can keep a man going for years and years.” John is guilty, according to the court, of a hideous crime. He admitted shooting his wife to death while three of his nine children stood helplessly by. He said that “everything went black” when his wife ran in the kitchen and grabbed a butcher knife off the table in the course of their bitter argument, reaching its climax after two whole days. Obviously to John Warren, having a job, having money and having the respect of his wife and children were important. Taking part in an argument that had a fatal ending wasn’t. BUT WHAT made John Warren this way? Was he as callous as pictured in prensentenee reports that termed him a killer familiar with a gun? Or was he the other person, one who could regress morally, ethically and socially in the company of repulsive individuals, drinking gin, planning crimes. The real John Warren Ls known to many, possibly not in the person of the man who now faces life in prison, but in the person of others who bear the same mark that John L. Warren bears. THE STATEMENT was made by Judge Arthur L. Payne: “I have considered the case from every angle since the jury’s verdict, and I have no alternative but to send you to orison for life.” Is John L. Warren responsible for his fate? THESE ARE THE facts: From the day that he sucked in his first lungful of air and let out a lusty yell, John L. Warren was a marked person. He was marked by a society that relegated him to a subordinate place. He knew that wherever he went outside the narrow sphere of his race fingers of scorn would be pointed his way. He knew that at every comer and in the middle of every block he would encounter a “superior.” Even when he quit school in the 8th grade at 17 years of age. he knew that the mark he had borne from birth was still upon him. He didn’t have to imagine or suppose — he was positive of the opposition he would encounter in. trying to receive an education, to secure employment. HE WAS BORN June 24, 1924 in Humboldt. Tenn. Following the death of his parents in 1938 he worked for a time on a farm doing odd jobs. Later, he tried to enlist into the service but was deferred due to a physical handicap. “I knew I was going to have an awfully hard time making a living after being refdsed in the service,” John recollected, “but you know, I nev?r gave i p looking.” AND HE KNEW which doors were closed to him; knew which parks he could not enter; knew which fountains he could not drink from and knew where he could and could not sit, where he could and could not stand. It is strange that such conditions would warp some personalities. BEING CONFINED to doing odd jobs on various farms John later met and married a local girl. The newly begun life of John L. Warren and Mrs. Alven Lee Warren promised to have fatherly overtones in many ways. The tall dark-haired* man rose from a stool in his cell and walked over to the window to watch a small group of visitors passing through the inner gate at the Marion County Jail. T hough he’d been in the jail since August of 1959, he acted like a newcomer as he paused for wajfs in which to recount the early details of his married life. “You know, looking at something from a human standpoint is vastly different from looking at it from a criminal standpoint,” he said. “You can put this in your paper: No one individual can judge another individual bv what he does or is.” C LUTCHING a Bible that he had tucked away in his pocket, he continued: “Being confined gives a man a chance to read

and understand the things that he has believed all his years. I never had a chance to read the Bible much, but now I read it every night before going to bed.’ “My wife and I were very happy during most of our marriage and I don’t know exactly how we got off on the # wrong track. My basic desire \vas to make her happy and my kids happy. We never had a chance to attend church regularly, but I saw tu it that the children went every Sunday.” “It was in 1958 when all the trouble started, soon after we came to Indianapolis and I began work at Monarch Buick. I don’t know what change came over my wife, but all of a sudden she lost interest in her home, in raising the children, and in being a wife.” “I had to come home from my job, dress the children and feed them. She had always been a good mother and perfect wife, and when she was happy, I was happy, too.” THE BASIC philosophy on which a happy home and family is operated depends upon the wife, said John. His philosophy is heavy on parenthood. “We were getting set to purchase a little house on the Eastside of town. It was just a little place, he said, but it was very comfortable — and reasonable.” "I would bring my check home and give it to my wife and she would purchase the groceries and whatever else was needed. It was when the kids would complain of being hungry did I suspect that something was wrong. I checked with the bank and found that a large sum of the money that we had been saving to buy the house had been drawn out.” “And when 1 confronted my wife with my discovery she seemed totally unconcerned and at ease. ’ "My theory on this — ann of course up to this time it was only a theory — was that she had found another interest. She later admitted that she had and I told her that I would never condone the way she was treating the children or spending our money.” JOHN SAID it was very difficult to get fully acclimated to the fact that his wife had found another man. “I don’t have a temper,” he gestured, “You could walk over me all day and all I would do is roll over.” “But I guess I blew up when I came home the next day and found this man in my house. I ran him out and reminded my wife again that she had nine children to consider. At one time she hinted that two of the children might not be mine, and T guess this is what ignited the disastrous argument that followed.” “When she went into the kitchen everything went black, and when I came to my senses a voice was asking me, “Why did you kill your wife?” SOCIETY in condemning John L. Warren to life in prison, exacts almost its full measure. The same society that fails to understand the reasons why a responsible well-adjusted man suddenly turns into a “killer.” The same society, in his early childhood, that forced him to be a combatant because he was brown of skin, curly of hair — “colored’ in a dual society. He was taught that he was in a fight — a lifetime fight not initiated by himself, but one in which, nevertheless, he had to become the victor. SOCIETY ‘dffli^haye attempted to re-adjust the man after he had lost his parents. Those things which he now read from the Bible could have bepn instilled Within him long, long ago. Society could have taught him that "Thou Shalt Not Kill” is a compulsory command that we all must adhere to. But society evidently cared tu do none of these things. AND ON THE other side of the slate is a man whose mind, which he could not control, snapped away from all form of reason and sell-control to blindly lead him into taking the life of his beloved wife. Was John L. Warren capable of reason or self-control? Typical of society’s views of John Warren is the judge’s statement of the disposition of his cas*?: "... I have no alternative but to send you to prison for life.” Thus we have a 36-year-old father of nine thildien facing prison for life. His crime. Murder Is John L. Warren a killer? Does he belong in prison or in a hospital? Did the society from which John Warren came doom him? why*

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Walhalla, S, C.; Mrs. Blanche Lewis and Mrs. Julia Colera of Winchester, Ky., and Mrs. Mary B Jones, Lexington, Ky. ELIZABETH Washington Hill has returned to her home in Chicago after spending her vacation with her sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Briggs and daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Russell and children REV. AND MRS, Marvin B. Edmonds and family of Indianapolis recently spent two weeks with Rev. Edmonds’ mother and other relatives in Elkton, Ky. REV. AND MRS. B. F. Green have moved into the brick parsonage of First Baptist Church The attractive one story structure, which has three bedrooms and a carport, is the first parsonage ever owened by the church. The church is also sponsoring its first nursery school, which opened Sept. 6, with ^Irs. Lottie Moss as supervisor. Rev. Green was called to the pastorate of First Baptist in the early spring of this year. WILLIAM REEVES, son of Mrs. Lewis Ella Reeves, was presented in an organ recital Sunday afternoon at Lane Ta bernacle CME Church as a feature of Founder’s Day observances. Mr. Reeves is a senior at Attucks High Shool where he is a member of the basketball team The Gordopvllle Baptist Church worshipped with the church in the afternoon, with its pastor. Rev Collins Henry, delivering the message Rev R. C. Mason is pastor of Lane Tabernacle. “OFF TO COLLEGE DAY” was

Congo Crisis Not Symptomatic of Africa, Chief Says GARY <ANP)—A Nigerian who is eagery looking forward to Oct. 1, when his nation become independent, told a group of Americans why he believes his nation will escape the turmoil which was visited upon the recently liberated Congo. Speaking of the racial situation in Africa Chief S. O. Adebo laid the problems in the Congo to aniagonism against the Belgians . not other Europeans and Amerians. He said that 20 years ago there was similar antagonism against the English in Nigeria, but that conditions have been cleared up and almost all racial antagonism erased. ANOTHER REASON for the Congo difficulty, he stated, is that the Congolese were not given responsibility before they were given independence. This, he inferred, caused a lack of readiness for such a large step. “The world ‘must draw the right inference from the Congo,” cautioned Adebo, “because the Congo situation is not symptomatic of Africa.” He noted that Nigerians have had a background of responsibility with government. The new government of an independent Nigeria will be federal, like the Uited States, but patterned after the British. Chief Adebo and his wife were guests here of wealthy building contractor, Andrew Means. Earlier, the African visitors were entertained in nearby Chicago by Joseph Semper, an insurance broker and his wife Adebo is permanent secretary to the ministry of finance of western Nigeria and official head of the fvif v*v He is visiting the United States to discuss the future of cocoa industries with American companies, und to seek audience with the UN, U. S. government and private agencies for financial assistance in the progress of the economic development of Nigeria. The Adebos met the Means upon their return from Europe aboard the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth — REGISTER TO VOTE — Californians Feted During Evansville Stay With Parents EVANSVILLE—Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Barnett and daughters, Phyllis and Judy Ann of Pasadena, Calif., were the recent quests of Mr. Barnett’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Barnett of Newburgh, and Mrs. Barnett’s mother, Miss Lakewell Buckman. Mrs. Barnett also visited an aunt, Mrs. Marion Buckman of Evansville. Mr. Barnett is employed as a machinist at the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in California. While visiting Evansville the Barnetts were guests at several social functions. MISTER WEST and his wife, Mrs. Ethel M. West, had as 'their recent guests Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Crump of Anderson, Mrs. E. H. Pritchard of Chicago, their grandson, Mrs. Florence Coffee of Owensboro, Ky., and Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Barnett of Pasadena. __ — REGISTER TO VOTE— Robert Lee Cannon Robert Lee cannon, 48, 322 Minerva, died Sept. 30 in General Hospital. Services were held Sept. 3 in Boatright Funeral Home, with burial in New Crown Cemetery. Mr. Cannon was born at Louisville, and had lived in Indianapolis 29 vears. He worked at Goodwill Industries. Survivors include two sons, John and Robert Lee Cannon; a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Gibbs, Indianapolis; a brother, James Cannon, Louisville, and five grandchildren. — REGISTER TO VOTE—

observed at Virginia Street Baptist Church Sunday. A special program was rendered by college students of the church, with 10 or more of the student members receiving scholarships following the program. A number of college students from other churches also attended the services. Musial selection were rendered by the junor choir and the pastor directed his message to the students. MR. AND MRS. Charles Hutchinson of Louisville spent several days in Gracey visiting her aunt, Mrs. Sarah Arbuckle. They also visited relatives and friends in Hopkinsville. II. C. TAYLOR of Indianapolis, employed as manager of the Hawkins Hardware store, is visiting his mother, Mrs. Mattie Glass. RECENT GUESTS of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Buckner were Mr. and Mrs. James Smith and Mrs. Sarah Campbell of Indianapolis; Mrs. Clara Scott of Los Angeles; Mrs. Ann Tucked of Louisville, and Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Long of Cleveland MR. AND MRS. J. W. Greenwade’s aunt, Mrs Annie McReycent weekend guests of Mr. Greenwade’s aunt, Mrs AnnieMcReyi;olds. While in the city they were the house guests of his brother and family, Rev. and Mrs. Fred Greenwade. MRS. TISHIE SMITH of Nashville and Mrs. Ethel Winlock of Indianapolis were recent weekend guests in the home of Mrs Annie Taylor. MISS ARTIE BACON of the Gracey community recently visited her brother and his family in Louisville. Her nephews, Donald, Perry and Bradley accompanied her home and will visit their grandmothers, Mrs. Ida Baker and Mrs Vannie Bacon. -r REGISTER TO VOTE —

The Indianapolis Recorder, Sept 10,1960—9

Out of

The Woods

By RON WOODS

IT’S SEPTEMBER (So What?) Someone using my name is phoning people for information. If you don’t know me, it’s not me. I never talk to strangers. I’m too shy . . . Now let’s see. Any time I politely crash rny way into a party, and in the last months it seems as though I do this every other week, there is one moment I

dread.

It is the instant in which the host or hostess suddenly recognizes me as the man , who writes that most hated gossip column, “Out Of The

this writing CAROLE BALTIMORE and Tennessee State grad HAROLD WEST are definitely headed for wedlock (A December Bride) . . . The combination to end all combos (And don’t discount it) is DAVE SCRUGGS and Butler University. The old pro will be starting his eighth year at the school if and when he registers this fall . . . MEL JETER going to Butler?

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WHO SAID THAT? (What?) We may as well face it, maa That hip gig blasted on by INA, KATHLYN pnd THELMA JAMES and Larry Ridley’s kid sister (Now I’ve had it!) LYNNE RIDLEY, at the “Y” the other night was the roast; I mean, the most. Nearly everyone in Naptown that matters enjoyed the ring-ding-a*dinging.

CAROLE

BALTIMORE

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In that split second before the . A n£ *’ ^ >ac ^> vou didn’t dig smile returns to his or her face, oat heat, you are the least. I was you can almost see the thoughts rea i*y p UZze( ^ w 'ith that attractive lacing through his or her mind. § u ® s t list the gals put on. Sharing “Here he is. The guy who started “cream on the rocks” with this the who*le mess. He who thinks he “stem” over in a corner I was has the eyes of Argus, and has all schooled in that the hop was a kick the blindness of a bat. What can I ^°r < ? em t>oing back to do to eet even’” school . . The many friends of • 8 Ina James and Thad Stark will be I’m happy to say, however, that unhappy to learn that the intimate on the whole the people I have couple (after years of courtship) met have been very nice about, it have decided to go their separate —even though they haven’t hesi- ways. But chums think they’ll be tated to tell me what they think flble to convince them that their about my “snooping” around. As a devotion and love for each other matter of fact, with the exception will overshadow their tarnished of one or two girls who bluntly egos . . . Anyway, attending the declared they think my column set were the Misses Betty Collins slinks, some folks’ reaction to the (back from Mexico), Anna Watts, gossip bits in my “Out Of The Pearl Crowe, Audrey Thomas, RoWoods” column have helped make berta Carmon, Clarice McClure, my newshawking a lot of fun, One Charlene Cox, Pat Wilson, Bonita lass, learning 1 was hard up for Buell, Carolyn Amos, Anne Lane, news, even called to tell me that Barbara McClure, Vicki Porter, she was creeping on her boyfriend. Brenda and Carol Kelly, Betty After she had filled me in on the Terry, Gwendolyn Woodruff, Cadetails she told me to be sure and rolyn Brewer, Norma Cheatham, put the names in bold caps so that Audrey Perry, Bertie Wilson, Anneher truluv could see them. (Is she jo Twines, Elsie Gordy, Anita Desick?) bow, Gail Malone, Rosemary Rhodes, Jackie Watts and Marin another case, one girl asked guerite McDonald and Messrs. “Bo” if 1 would like to make the an- Crain, Mike Smith, Frank. Minton, nouncement in the paper that she Gus Kyser, Marcus Phelps Anton was looking for a handsome, intel- Neisler, Joe McNeil (sit-in leader ligent, conservative young man of North Carolina) Ronnie Webb, with plenty of money. After she Gene Dixon, Dave Scruggs, Jerome had given me all these qualifica- Perry, Elwood Black, Bill Brown, Lons she added: “Oh yes, he must Red Buttons, Paul Davis Fry Bryiave a genuine interest in birds, an( j Ronnie Cushenberry, Roger loo." Burk, George Williams, Ernie ButThis was a challenge I couldn't ler, Thad Stark, Gilbert Taylor, '•esist and within three minutes I Ronnie Taylor, Leo Grissom Orlanhad called up a dozen fellas I knew 'do Rodman Rodney Ridley, Richthat fit at least three of the four ard Brand, Willie Burnley, and requirements But the girl was in Phillip Patton jii uproar when I informed her • dial they were all brd-haters. RO SIE CHEATHAM phoned to In still another case I was star- sa y the Calypsos ance coming tied to hear a voice announce, up this month will be tagged the “Why don’t you go ‘back to the ( , 3rd Annual September Dance,” woods’ and leave the writing to the instead of the planned Bohemian Mood.” The hop’s set for Sept. 24

wirters?”

I thought it a funny gag—being possessing'^some ^writing talentf — The Monograms will make with until I noticed a typographical er- tlie sounds. ^ ror on the paper proof, pore Tickets may be purchased from enough, the heading said Back To ^ c | u j ) mera &ers. The Woods.”

JOE LEWIS (The comic at the Topper) submitted several routines at the jazz snot the other night that he should never omit. All funny. The combo behind Joe is headed by an expert musician WALT DICKERSON (One of the best vibe players in the business) ... As of

WOODS OF W ISDOM MEN ARE not to be judged by what they do not know, But by what they know, And by the manner in which they know itti— Vauvenargues . . . Like, BOOM! — REGISTER TO VOTE —

INDIANA LAWYER FINDS NEW USE FOR SIT-INS; HOPES TO SPUR NEGLIGENT VOTERS EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (ANP) —A new version of the sit-ins, used in the South to achieve racial integration, will be introduced in Indiana to increase voter registration. This unique application of the sit-ins was put into effect by an East Chicago attorney. W. Henry Walker, said the drive originally was aimed to correct lagging Negro registration. But because of the response from all quarters, it is now a groupwide as well as a statewide operation, he said. East Chicago will be the testing ground for the sit-ins. Success is anticipated, said Walker, and the approach will be used thereafter in South Bend, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Gary and the rest of Indiana’s major cities. Some 80 hign schools and college studqjits of both races have been split into 10 squads. They will sit down on the doorsteps of unregistered voters. Although the purpose of the demonstration is to shame the unregistered into registering, Walker doesn’t think anyone will object to the pressure. “All they have to do is register, and they won’t see the sit-in squad anyomer,” he said. The demonstrators will carry placards urging immediate registration. One such sign will read: “Have not, must register.” Two-Thirds Unregistered Walker, himself a Negro, said the extreme measure was evolved because of the fact that two-thirds of East Chicago’s eligible Negro voters have not registered. When word of the energetic program went around, labor groups, civic groups and private citizens—both Negro and white— volunteered their services. As a result the demonstrators, dubbed “symbolic sitdown sympathizer squads” by Walker, will appear in both white and Negro

neighborhoods. Registration in East Chicago ends Oct. 10. Walker plans to use the sit-in squads up until that time,, calling upon the high school students when the collegians return to school. The demonstrators will offer to baby-sit and provide transportation for persons who heed the plea to register. — REGISTER TO VOTE— Purdy Chisley Funeral services for Purdy Purdy Chisley, 3017 N. Arsenal, were held Sept. 8 at St John AME Church, with burial in New Crown Cemetery. He died Sept. 6 in Methodist Hospital. Born at Bloomfield Ky\ he had been a resident here for 45 years. Mr. Chisley was employed as a janitor for the Indianapolis School Board for 15 years, a member of the St. John Church, the Barracca Bible Class and chorus of the church., Surviving are the wife, Mrs. Bertha M. Chisley: two sons, Leon T. and Robert M. Chisley; two brothers, Robert and Herman Fields of Terre Haute: a sister, Miss Mamie Fields of Bloomfield and four grandchildren, — REGISTER TO VOTE — William R. Anderson Funeral services for William Rollie Anderson, 86, Oblong, 111, were held Sept. 3 at Mound M. E. Church near Oblong. Mr. Anderson had been an active member of the church for over 60 years Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Marie Nolcox and a son Mlerle Anderson both of Indianapolis. — REGISTER TO VOTE —

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