Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 September 1964 — Page 3

SEPTEMBER 26, 1964

THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER

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John A. Baker, ex-local teacher, dies in California

PLAN FAIR AND FISH FRY: Parents of members of Cub Scout Pack 102, sponsored by the PTA of School 43, are shown planning a fair and fish fry, scheduled for Sept. 26 beginning at 3 p.m., at the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity House, 320 W. 42nd. Members of the planning committee are (left to right, seated) Mrs. Howard Johnson, den mother; Richard Miller, cub scout master; and Mrs. Jewell Wilkins, den mother. Cn the second row are Melvin Chestnut, committee chairman, and Ernest Wil-

kins, committee member.

IN LAST-MINUTE VOTE DRIVE: Officials of the local chapter of the NAACP met at the Barrington Day Nursery, 1502 Renton, Saturday to map plans for a last minute nonpartisan voter registration drive. The drive is to be city wide, but special emphasis will be placed on the Barrington and Lockefield areas. In photo are (left to right) Mrs. Virgia G.

Davis, president of the local chapter; Mrs. Lilia Adams, NAACP treasurer and chairman of the Voter Registration Committee; Ishom G. Benton, owner of the nursery; Mrs. Charles B. Crenshaw, a vice-precinct committeeman; and D. W. D. Hector, coordinator of voter registration and chairman of the Fund Raising Committee.

Libbie H. Price, school 26 pupil, buried Tuesday Lihbic Henderson Price, eipht-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Price, died of a ruptured appendix Sept. 12 at her home. 1610 Alvord. Rites for the School 26 pupil were conducted Sept. 15 at Kintr & Kimr Funeral Chapel with Rev. William D. Edwards officiating. She attended Mt. Helm Baptist Church. Survivors, besides the parents, include four sisters, the Misses Mildred, Betty, and Helen Henderson and Spring Price, and three brothers. Craig Henderson ai'd Jesse. Jr., and Vincent Price.

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sponsoring fair, fish fry Saturday The parents of Cub Scout

Pack 102 are closing the scouts’ summer activities with a fair and fish fry Saturday on the grounds of the Alumni Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity at ;12U \V. 12nd,

from 3 until 7 p.m.

march; Robert Williams, chairman of the housing committee, and Dr. Donald Robinson, of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. fur their interest in scout-

ing.

A. Thomas Jobe

gets diploma from LaSalle

Location mistake;

of 1-65 unfair to

is a major whole city

DR. FERN IE KING ruption. Also, they find no neighborhoods of

JOHN A. BAKER . . . Dies in California John A. Baker, a former resident of Indianapolis, died at West Cavena, Calif.. Saturday, Sept. H>. while enroute to a hospital. i Services are scheduled for Friday, Sept. 25, at Freedman’s Chapel in Hopkinsville, Ky. Mr. Baker had lived in Hopkinsville. his native home, for 1 the past 15 years. He received < his early education there and in Honolulu. Hawaii, where he lived 12 years and worked in a business after leaving the

armed services.

He taught 11 years vocational education and industrial arts 11 years in the Indianap-

low priced °I> S Public School System.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is consideration has been given priced housing.’’ B e had been affiliated wite the second in a series of arti- to the obliteration of their rec- And they also learned that business, civic and political accles covering the problems of reational areas at Riverside the chairman of the Indiana tivities many years both in InIndianapolis families and indi- Park and Sullivan Lake. Highway Commission, in a let- dianapolis ar.d Hopkinsville, viduals living with the path The resentment of Negroes ter to the Governor of the Survivors include his wife,

., mi.H i i..iu. A. Thomas Jobe. 4202 N. of proposed 1-65. Dr. King is who live within the proposed state of Indiana, said. “It is Airs. Devilla Baker of IndianPack 102 i- sponsored bv the Capitol, has been awarded a a member of the Board of Di- route of 1-65 from West 36th the very nature of things, that a P°li s ; two sens. Arthur Baker jij ^ G f s c h 0 ol 4;$ a nd is com- Lpl° ma alter successfully com- rectors of the Indianapolis Tax- and White River to West 12th if arterial roads are to he con- Honolulu, and First Lieu-I prised of 81 bov>. pleting a sales training course payers Association. Inc.) is easy to understand. And, it structed through the city, they tenant Clarence Baker of (Juan- 1 p . . . ‘ , . : from LaSalle Extension Uni- * * is not a problem for them alone should be, if at all possible, so l*co, \a.; and a sister. Miss . c ai 1 , el '. | U) r l ° sersity, Chicago. in this and future articles to worry about and do some- located as to traverse the low- Dorothy Baker of this city.

Joue b pmem.y e,n P ,.yed as "and CThS

house'yi-ounds^ind hi the ’house ,1/S lenhuur Realt'v Company! * h f 1 .'!«?“v "''thJ’i'Jhtf i«5i *?“” ° f 1,,dia "“ | - as Iona: as the naht. lowest itself duiina the summer sons tthose m the path of 1-66) ol.s. east residential area is chosen. months. LaSalle Extension University —as well as the fact that now, p art 0 f t j u . problem is an no matter what the race or The continued usage of the is a member of the National for t ‘ l e first time, leading Ne- un f a j r demand being made economic status of people livfacilities, which the fathers of Home Study Council, Washing- «t° and non-Negro citizens are u|)on those who must move and ing within that area.

'he boys a-v renovating de- ton. DC., and is one of the lar- discovering that locating I-bo those who nu , st be left. Anoth- But. many leading citizens particular problem, if you will pend< on the decision of the gest correspondence schools in "here plannee, appears to be a el . part is an unfairness to ail feel very stiongly that this is have faih and .trust in me. Alumni Chapter of the frater- the world. ma - ,or because it will c j t j zens G f the entire city be- not the right area. Write me today, strictly confi-

nity at their fu -t fall meeting Since 1908 LaSalle has en- not serve the best needs of the cause the originally-planned lo- Add that to the fact that the dential. Miller -aid the pack wa- rolled over one million stu- vity as a wnole. ( . ation of i_,;5 no w is not ade- type of (.instruction planned ANNETTE’S PERSONAL

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The families and individuals plan is the fact that these . . ii ,> <■ , .i . totiil approximately 3.000 per- foIka hl . hl |)lat . cd in a And add the fact that per- **»*• xitiotl where they will have to *** and fami lex left remautTP ■ i i , .. . . ,. spend money opt of their own "»• !>a>t'cu!arly those on the These include folks who have » •. , westside of Pans and thc east-! lived in this area for many ° . e h , 1 ^ ^ side of Shriver, will sit facing years, call it “home.’ - own their spat. ^ dirt embankment with its own dwellings or are buying' The homes in the highway s an( j muss, and with trucks them. Others are some of the b a th are being taken because . tnt j traffic racing by on top finest young Negroes in the they are .ow priced which qf practically "at their nose

city, future citizens who will means it costs less for the Lvels.”

participate increasingly in the highway planners to get thi.-> Then ad(1 thc a forementioned betterment of thc Negro and of land - k’ ss } ha " lt out of the pocket costs to disthe entire city, and who now for other land. But, foi the p , aced fami ] icS) their higher need, in their formative year*, families being displaced, it wi.l taxt , s and the ] owered p,opcrthe security of their present more to get othei lam. ty va | ucs of persons remain-

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1 whole.

But—many leaders feel It is a most satisfying feelstrongly that this is not iicces- ing also for these families to sary in this case. Many lead- find that they do not stand ing Negro and non-Negro citi- alone in their fight to keep zens very strongly feel this is their homes from wrongly and not the location for 1-65 which unnecessarily being bulldozed best serves the needs of the into oblivion, city as a whole. In fact, these These Negroes now find that, leaders now think this location in serving their own interests will hurt the city as a whole— they will actually be servingjust as it will hurt thc families the entire eity. Their victory now living within its nath. will be a victory for all the

leople who believe the eitv of

Another unfairness -.0 these Indianapolis deserves the best families is this. It is under- designed interstate highway lostood that business places dis- cated in the right location to , placed will receive full value serve not only the suburban for their property, will be paid areas but the whole eitv and for their cost ot moving plus a ll its people as well, other expenses, and in many (Next week’s article will diseases will benefit through get- cuss in further detail the right ting new places without tak- location for 1-65. and reasons , ing any money out of their own whv strong positive action must pockets. And yet. the individu- be taken now, before it is too als and families displaced are late to change the plans and not being treated the same. avoid this major mistake.) Another unfair, and heart-

sore, point is made very plainly by Mr. Bishop Owsley, of 2701 Paris, when he says, "Naturally, my roots are here ami if I’m dragged from this piece of soil I’ve worked so hard to own. the years I’ve looked forward to will be shortened. My zest for living will be gone." All the above personal points arc extremely important, of course. But of equal impor- ! tance, perhaps even more imi portant, is the fact that now j leading Negro and non-Negro 1 citizens feel this is not the lo- ] cation for 1-65 which best 1 serves the eity as a whole. That subject will be discussed in detail in future articles in | this series. Its discovery resulted from thc following series of

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