Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1973 — Page 14

PAPF U THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER . SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17. 1973

Evansville News

By CLEONA SCOTT

EVANSVILLE —- The Lydia Circle and Senior Usher Board of Liberty Baptist Church will present the Mt. Olive Sanctuary Choir and congregation of Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Cfarksville, Tenn., in a full musical program, Sunday. Feb. 25 at 3 p.m. The pastor, Rev. J.F. Cunningham, will be the featured speaker. The general chairman Mrs. George Fredrick, and her committee are working hard to make this program a success; The public is cordially invited. You’ll miss a treat if you donot attend this spiritual service and har this dynamic speaker of the gospel, Dr. J.F. Cunningham. The theme is “Church Working For Christ." Hjst pastor is Dr. Robert L. Saunders.

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Alpha Eta Chapter of the National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa met at the home of Soror Myra Taylor, 629 Bayard Park Drive the past Sunday. The highlight of the meeting was a talk by Carl Lyles on Outstanding Contributions of Black Women of America. The talk was quite interesting and enlightening. Other sorors present were Ethel West, Jacqueline Benbow, .^Marjorie Armsteax Ernestine Claybourne, Johnnie Ruth Brown, Christine Bowling and Delores Kelley, president. On Sunday, Feb. Ifi, Alpha Eta Chapter will sponsor its third y o u t h program at Alexander AME Church on Walnut Street. The title is “Accent on Youth." The time of the program is 3 p.m. The public is invited.

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Nieva Pontaoe, a sophomore at_Harrison. High School, captured first place in the Vanderburgh County. American Legion OratoricalContest held recently. Her winning presentation was an original speech en-

title^ “The Bill fRitrhts—Temple of Freedom.” Nieva A*>mpetea against stuuents x r o m North, Rietz and Memorial High Schools in the contest. She will compete in the Eighth Congressional District speech contest at Dale on Saturday. A pen and gold medal was awarded to Nieva for her winning enry. She was also presented with a 26-inch trophy for the school by Harrison Principal William Pritchett during an all-school assembly.

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Dallas Sprinkles the Evansville writer-publisher, was the featured speaker at the major kick-off event for Evansville's Black History Week. The event incluufu taixs oy Lancuin School Principal Anthony Brooks and Mr§. Beverly Hogans. a college student. The event was held at the Community Center. Sprinkles is author of a forthcoming book on black history in Evansville and has published numerous articles and The American Way magazine. He operates Mid - American Publishing Company here. There were many events conducted during the Black History Week and the public and the Evansville community was invited to attend all events. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People coordinated the week-long celebration. They gave cash awards at the University of E - vansville. , ** * Charlie Basket, 79, died the past week at Turtle Creek Convalescent Center.He was a native of Evansville and a member of the Oregon Street Church of Christ. There were no known survivors. F u n e r a 1 arrangements are incomplete at this writing. Gaines Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Handy-cap Horizons planning Hawaii and Holy Land tours

Handy-Cap.Horizons, Inc.,an Indianapolis - based (Indiana chartered.) non-profit club for handicapped with international membership announces its next two people-to-people tours. . . March 22-April 7 Holy Land tour, 'and a sixteen-day Hawaii visit, June 14-30, 1973. The 17 day Holy Land tour ($899 from New York) will include visits to Rome, Cairo, Athens and Corinth, Beirut an 1 other Lebanese areas, Damascus, Tel 'Aviv and Jerusalem along with most of the Biblical shrines in Israel, ending with a day and night in Copehhagen where they will be greeted by still more officials. In each country, the handicapped and their helpers (from 30-40) will visit with both U. S. officials and .government officials of the country being visited. Also scheduled are home visits, participating in some off4cial ceremonies, visits to rehabilitation centers, etc., in addition to full sightseeing. The tour has been planned and will be conducted by Mrs. Dorothy S. Axsom-,-3250 East Loretta Drive, Indianapolis, president of the organization, with the help of her husband, Hezzie Axsom. The second scheduled tour--Hawii—will be made up of from 150-200 members from throughout the U.S. A., Great Britain, and Australia. Highlights of the Hawaiian adventure include a get -acquainted banquet attended also by Hawaiian members and Hawaii’s dignitaries on arrival...the 1973 Annual Meeting (and banquet) on June 20 at the headquarters hotel—The Ilikai--with still more Hawaiians attend-ing--from health agencies, rehabilitation centers, and city and state officials. Another highlight is a two-day seminar including subjects of interest SMART - STYLISH RINGS YV* trtlmM tr»«ie rtf'9$ *r<t really saying tmnf. If you don’t agr«*. s«na ■am oao for a full rafund. No du*»tlont aikad

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to handicapped and those working' with the disabled, also featuring a style show, a luncheon and a brunch. And, just before ending the first 10 days of the tour, the 1973-74 HandyCap Horizons Queen will be named at the Queen’s Reception. The last six days of the outing will be spent on Maui and the Big Island--Hawaii--r9turning home from Hilo. Both at Honolulu and Kula, Maui, arrivals elaborate welcoming ceremonies are being plumed by the Hawaiian people. Members living in the East and Midwest who have been members prior to December, 1972, will be flown non-stop from Chicago to Honolulu in a specially-chartered United Airlines Jet. Those not eligible for affinity rates will be flown .to Hawaii on the best obtainable, air rates. Tnose living as far west as Denver to the West Coast will be routed through Los Angeles and Seattle. A large number of Hoosiers are included! Land rate for the 16-days o? sightseeing, inter-island airfare, transfers, several meals, seminar, and rm ay other activities, is $299 per person sharing twin room; cost for sharing triple throughtout the tour is $35.00 less. Sharing a quad room in Honolulu and twin an outer islands is $45.00 less. (All rooms deluxe or superior.) Honolulu activities are cosponsored by James Sweet, chairman, and members fof the . chairman, and members of the (Honolulu) Mayor’sCommtttee tar Handicapped. (Mr. Sweet is a member of Handy-Cap Horizons Board of Directors.) Mrs. Mary Kaonohi, executive secretary, and members of the Governor’s Committee (State of Hawaii) also are sponsors. Another member, formerly from the Mainland, now residing in Maui and in charge of occupational therapy at Kula Hospital, Nelda Lukins, is inchcrge of Maui hospitality and entertainment. Handicapped of the area, and those interested in assisting handicapped on their travels, are invited to Join either of these highly educational, yet “dream- - come-true’ tours.

HOOSIER IS TOP CADET: Air Force Academy Cadet First Class Orderia F. (Big O) Mitchell (right) of Elkhart, lad., talks with classmate Kees W. Rietsema of Avon, Conn., as a formation of cadets march pass. Rietsema and Mitchell are commander and deputy commander respectively of the Cadet Wing, the Academy’s stu-

dent body, and have the rank of cadet colonel. Mitchell is one of the eight black cadets who have assumed leadership roles with the Wing, reflecting an attitude of black cadets that they are qualified for such jobs and should actively seek them. (USAF Academy Photo).

PBS’ CMtrMKsial ‘Black Journal soiies hHmmM alter protests

WASHINTON--(NBNS) - “Black Journal,’ the public affairs program which has featured such controversial persons as Angela Davis, has been refunded for hext season, it. was reported here this week. Last December, there had been speculation that the blackoriented program would not receive funding this year after the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) had omitted it from its “tentative’ list of national programming. At that time, Tony Brown, dean of Howard University’s School of Communications and producer of the show, lambasted CPB President Henry Loomis and Board Chairman Thomas B. Curtis as “the new right wingers" who think the program “separates the races." Brown attributed the cancellation to Loomis’ “Negro friends in Miami (who) say the program is too militant.’' However, Loomis said he wanted to consider “additional points of view’’ about black programming before a decision on whether or not to drop the program was made. Brown, who made no secret of his wrath, threatened to “go for their jiigular" in order to keep the. program on the air. He said he would enlist the aid of the Congressional Black Caucus, the National Urban League, and other national civil rights groups to support the “Friends

of Black Journal.’ In addition, Brown said he was considering possible legal redress since public broadcasting is financed bv tax monies. According to some sources, the * Friends" conducted a mass write-in and other supporters picketed Curtis’ Law offices. As the board met here last Wednesday, a group of about 12 persons marched outside the CPB offices to protest the cancellation of “Black Journal." Following the board meeting, the CPB announced that ‘ Black Journal’ would receive a $350,000 budget next season— the same amount it now receives. In addition, the board said it had. budgeted $300,000 for “additional black programming,’ but did not go into specifics. (“Soul," the only other black public television program now being aired, has not been refunded to date.) The CPB said ‘.‘Black Journal" was renewed “on the basis of the show’s popularity', mail from viewers and the recognition of a need for minority programing." However, it is believed that Brown’s energetic campaign served as considerable encouragement in the board able encouragement in the board’s decision. Brown could not be reached for comment.

Story tells how drug addict became a dynamic preacher

What kind of future i there for a black boy who is a member of a notorious street gang and deliberately chops off the arm of a rival with an ax... who gets started on drugs with pot ar.d pills and ends up a herion addict. . .who supports his expensive herion habit by becoming a pimp for prostitutes. . .who eventually gets involved with a drug syndicate, constantly side-stepping the police to make pick-ups and de'liveries of the precious white powder, the be all and end all of his existence? For Aaron “Youngblood’ Johnson it seemed that there would be no future at all. Like many others with a “dealer's habit’ he required so much heroin to create a really sensational high that he was finally driven to taking an overdose. Miraculously, he didn’t die. He felt an inexplicable presence surround him which stayed with him even after he was gunned down by the police and jailed. In jail he waited for the usual violent withdrawal symptoms, but they never canrn. Neither did his trial, for though he was brought into court three times, Somehow the evidence needed to convict him was always missing and he was freed. From that point on the course of Youngblood Johnson’s future was changed. AUhough he re* turned to his nlush Harlem

apar* ent, an ir. persuaded him not to enter. Instead, he went to the home of close, family, friends and there, in a small, bare rbom, he read from the. Bible they gave him and made the most important decision of his life to let Jesus Christ take over. Today, Aaron Johnson is a dynamic preacher, speaking in store-front churches, bowling alleys, high schools and youth rallies. He is heard on several radio stations and his powerful record albums “Latest Dope on Dope" and “Drugs Is a Drag" influence young people who are hooked on drugs to try again to kick the habit and begin new, worthwhile lives. Through the Aaron Johnson Foundation based in Portland Oregon,. Aaron Johnson is effectively helping young people, especially his black brothers, to overcome the same desperate problems he once had. THE END OF YOUNGBLOOD JOHNSON (Reveil, $4.95) is the candid^ nothing-held-back story of this remarkable young man. H4s shocking past,dramatically climaxed by his unexpected conversion provides fascinating change to even the most hopeless of addicts.

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PX^IN FIELD ‘O That Men Would Praise The Lord" was the subject discussed by Rev. S. D. Hardrick during quarterly meeting services Sunday morning, February 11, at Bethel CME Church. Quarterly conference was held Following morning worsmpwun Rev. Hardrick also presiding. * * * * Mrs. Mary Watkins was to host the Home Craft Ec. Club Friday, February 16. ***** Among Monday, February 12 birthday celebrants was Mrs. Cassie Swam. A special talk on ’Richard Allen'was given during Sunday school by David Swarn In observance of Founder’s Day. .*•***« Worship hour visitors wee Mr. and Mrs. Higgins of Alien Chapel,.Indianapolis.

Proclamation cites future business heads MUlJCIE--Indiana Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda W'eek (February 11 - February 17) was made a statewide observance this year though a proclamation by Governor Otis R. Bowen. Youth leadership organizations function at 31 Indiana high schools including Crispus Attacks, Pike, Ben Davis and South port of Indianapolis. The govenor’s proclamation said, “Whereas, Future Business Leaders of America is an organization established nationally in the state of Indiana and in local high schools of Indiana for the purpose of providing opportunity to high school students for leadership and development. . .1. . .recommenu that during said week the citizens of the State of Indiana, in appropriate ways, give recognition to the schools and their students who made their contributions to effective citizenship through the various chapters of Future Business Leaders of America and Phi Beta Lambda.’’. Dr. Florence B. Grunkmeyer of Bali State’s College of Business faculty is the State FBL\ adviser. Sponsors are George DeCoursey and Mrs. Harold Clark, Attucks; Mrs. Jane Atwood and Mrs. Robbie Jenkins, Ben Davis; Mrs. Altha Sullivan, Pike, and Robert Kennedy and Mrs.' Sue Myers, Southport. Rites held iwe for pastor of Mt. Vernon Bethel AME Rev. Joseph R. Brown, pastor of Bethel AME Church in Mount Vernon, died at Mount Vernon Feb. 8. Funeral services were held Feb. 13 in Capitol Avenue Seventh Day Adventist Church. The Rev..Mr. Brown, 56, 555 Massachusetts, was a Boy Scout leader and a member of Masonic Lodge 555 at Mount Vernon. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Alice Brown, and mother, Mrs. uuia t>rown. “GREEN P O W E R’’ counts when you buy from RECORDER ADVERTISERS.

(mnrs late Dr. Wm. Fort CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The Graduate School at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has established a graduate fellowship in honor of the late Dr. Marron William Fort, a distinguished chemist who was the first blaCk American to receive a doctor’s degree from M.I.T. The Fort Fellowships, the first of which will be awarded for the 1973-74 academic year, will provide full tuition and living expenses for one academic year for an outstanding minority senior who will pursue full-time graduate study atM.I. T. “The purpose of the award is to encourage M.I. T. minority students with high scholarly qualities to consider.carefully the possiblity of graduate study at M.I. T.,’’ according to Dr. Clarence G. Williams, assistant dean of the M.I. T. Graduate School. ‘ It is also designed to encourage undergraduate minority students to perforin with distinction in their disciplines in order to be in a position to compete for awards of this type in the future." There are nearly 250 minority students among M.I.T.’s 4,200 under graduate men and women. ^r. Fort was a native of Cambridge, Mass., and prepared at the Cambridge High and Latin School. He entered M. I. T. in 1922, received the S. B. degree in 1926 and the S. M. degree in 1927, both in electrochemical engineering, and the Ph. D. degree in 1933 in chemistry. In 1954, Dr. Fort joined the chemical industries staff of the Advisory Bureau for Commerce of the U. S. Department of Commerce, serving with the U. S. Operations Mission in Tel Aviv, Israel. In 1957, he joined the International Cooperation Administration, an agency of the U. S. Department of State, and served as deputy chief of the Industrial and Transportation Division with the U. S. Operations Mission at Ankora, Turkey, until 1959, then was chief of the same division in Pakistan until 1961 when he returned to Washington, D. C., with the Department of State. Dr. Fort died in Washington Sept. 18, 1961. Following a funeral at the National Cathedral, he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. ESTELLE PLEAS Last rites for Mrs. Estelle Pleas, 68, who died Feb. 4 in General Hospital, were held Feb. 8 in New Bethel Baptist Church. Born inWilsonCounty,Tenn., Mrs. Pleas, 1417 E. 16th, had been an ludianapolis resident 48 years and was a retired hotel maid. Survivors include her mother, Mrs. Katie McClain.

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HOPKINSVILLE —- The Sunday School of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church sponsored a “Cook Out" in the church dining room Saturday night, one of the many events climaxed by special services observing the pastor’s anniversary. Charles Merriweather is superintendent , and Rev. R.L. White is pastor. *** Durrett Avenue Baptst Church was host for the Missionary Circle No. 3, Wednesday. Rev. B. Franklin Green, pastor of First Street Baptist Church was guest speaker for the group’s February meeting. Mrs. Margaret Brown is president and Rev. D.W. Roberts, host pastor. *** The Junior Missionary Society of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church held its February meeting Saturday at the church. Following an interesting mission lesson refreshments were served in the church dinijig room. Miss Bettye A. Radford is president and Rev. A.D. Radford is pastor. Black insurance exec appointed to RCA’s board ol directors The president of one of the nation’s largest black managed insurance companies has been named to RCA Corporation’s board of directors. He is William J. Kennedy III, head of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, Durham, N. C. The 74-year-old company has insurance in force of more than $1 billion. Kennedy has served as director of the Durham Chamber of Commerce and currently serves as * chairman of its Human Relations Committee. He also serves on the boards of directors of the Mechanics& Farmers Bank of Durham, United Durham, Inc., Urban National Corporation, Boston, and ■ Galaxy Fund, Inc., New. An NAACP member, he is also active with the North Carolina Society of Financial Analysts.

Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Easterly and children of Louisville spent the week end in this city as the guests of her mother. Mrs. Mamie GHrner. They also visited Mr. and Mrs. O.D. Gilmer and family, other relatives and friends. ***,. S/Sgt- and Mrs. George C. Stafford of Oklahoma visited several friends last week. While here they were guests at Iv’ry Tower !tfotel. They were enroute f r o rn Indianapolis, St. Louis and Philadelphia where they visited relatives. *** Mr. and Mrs. Ray Babb, Jr., Robert A. Smith. Austin Smith and brother, W.N. Smith attended the funeral of Brother Ellis H. Kellv which were held at the Lime Street Church of Christ at Evansville Saturday. A minister for the Church of Christ, Brother Kelly had many friends in Kentucky *** Funeral serf ices were held for Marshall J-ago Monday at Adams Funeral Home with Rev. W.B. Kirby officiating.. Burial was in the Crofton Cemetery. Mr. Jago is survived by hiswidow, Mrs. Beulah Johnson Jago; three sisters; one brother; one daughter. Mrs. L.C. Cabel, several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

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