2A THE CAROLINA TIMES Sat., March 3, 1373
EDITORIALS
nierracial
Love
Information from the U.S. Census
Bureau for 1970 disclosed a significant
shin in interracial marriages in the
United States during the 1960s The
record shows a greater proportion of
marriages between black men and
Mte women. Until i960 the reverse
.Hi the case a larger ratio of white
men marrying black women.
The Census Bureau reported more
Hjfn twice as many marriages be
tpften black men and white women
J . iLx Ut A&kiiJa at holniaan
uurillg l lie id a i ucvavK as
white men and black women. The trend
has attracted the attention of census
watchers before, but that trend has
gathered momentum in recent years.
The 1960 census disclosed close to
an equal number of interracial
marriages of both types. The census
showed 25,496 marriages of black men
and white women and 25,913 white men
and black women. - -
in.. ..,, far lQ7n chnwwi a
marked increase of the black men
white women marriages. The record
was 41,223 marriages of black men to
white women in comparison to 23,566
marriages of white men to black
women. This was a decrease of 2,347
marriages between white men and
black women since the 1960 census.
In Virginia a long and strenuous
effort was made to preserve the
11 :-1 inlr;i ,,i U uttiit-a mm"
while racial mixing continued. In 1923
the movement for "racial integrity"
reached such momentum that the
General Assembly enacted the "racial
integrity" law which became effective
in 1924.
All of the efforts in Virginia and the
South to prevent interracial marriages
died with the Supreme Court's ruling in
the Loving Case on June 12, 1967
....It.-.. i.tntn 1 ntirf IllfaiViel UfllitA-
UUUt willg aiaic laws agauui. !-
black marriages. The ruling was the
result of an appeal in the case of
RICHARD BERRY LOVING, a white
man, who was convicted in 1959 in
Virginia for marrying a Negro woman
and living in the state. A native of
Carolina county, LOVING, a building
construction worker, at first resided
outside the state with his Negro wife,
but got caught in the clutches of
ViMmia'o "foxial intaoritv" Iniv vuhpn
be returned to the Old Dominion to live
with MRS. MILDRED LOVING.
Hie us Census report J; in
terracial marriages not only shows a
significant trend in interracial
marriages but the end of an old scocio
psychological theory that the women of
the so-called inferior race will marry,
the men of the so-called superior race,
but the women of the superior race will
not marry the men ot me lnienor race.
You have here two questionable
theories in one: Inferior races ana
what women will do in quest for a
mate. It's better, we think, to let the
women, decide what they want to do.
Now the scientists are trying to
figure out why the trend has shifted in
interracial marriages. The natural
thing to do in these cases is to look for
I it atllfflMltf. ft"ii ttm MMt.Mitttf0 fas
me au vantage: ui iiuacu mat iaf, "
Mack men and white women. The
sociologists Claim mere are ceriam
class advantages for the black man
who marries a white woman. He has a
good salary or good position and his
white wife married him because of his
financial status.
But DR. HYMAN RODMAN, a
Brookings Institution, says "there's no
easy explanation because if you ask
them why they married they would say
'for love' just like any any otner
couple." He claims, however, if you
look behind these marriages "there is
a kind of exchange. The black man is of
a lower racial status and he could gain
ku mavrvintv a whitp ivnman "
ERNEST PORTERFIELD. a
sociologist at the University of
Alabama in Birmingham, thinks
because of the black man's increasing
income in recent years he has more
appeal for white women. "Because ne
has a higher status now," DR. POR
TERFIELD says, ".... he becomes
more desirable as an object for
marriage.."
Interracial marriage is not a new
phenomenon. The opposite sex of the
opposite race has always been an at
traction. While the unknown is often
avoided, it is sometimes enticing. For
246 years white American men had a
Held day with their one-way wniie
man-black woman thoroughfare. MR.
AND MRS. RICHARD PERRY
LOVING broke up that one-way
custom - and interracial com
munications haveng saw
Man's Continuing Inhumanity to Man
Each day more and more reports
of man's continuing inhumanity to
man crop up in our many areas of the
world.
After the apparent and deliberate
drownings of 4 children aged 9 days
to 3 years recently by cruel gunmen
in Washington, D. C. one wonders
what will happen next.
Even within our own immediate
community several acts of violence
have occurred which have left some
10 persons either dead or seriously
wounded within a 3 day period. And
still it continues. ,
We recognize that today's world is
truly in a serious dilemma and as
yet no apparent remedies for the
many ills seem in sight. Could this
be the grim harvest that our coun
try as well as other countries are
reaping because of the generations
of persons who have known nothing
but violence at home and abroad.
Maybe we should take stock of our
selves and let it begin with each one
or within himself or her self that
something can and will happen to
stop the festering and constant vio
lence that must be overcome if we
are to live in this troubled world of
ours.
Campus Incident
The swift action of neighbors in
assisting police officers 1o catch the
t'utivea who had ransacked a neigh
bors home is to be commended.
Quite often we do not want to be
come involved in the problems of our
feltowmen and this is one reason that
contributes to so much crime in most
areas.
The quick thinking in especially
blocking the escape avenues of the
ransackers was especially important
for many times they are allowed ...
escape and it is difficult to catch the
culprits.
We hope that many more citizens
and neighbors will continue to be on
the alert.
With this type of neighbor involve
ment, most of oui- communities would
then be rid of those individuals who
constantly seek to vandalize and en
gage in many other such crimes.
Citizens on the Alert
We deplore the behavior of those
individuals who would seek to com
mit any crime anywhere.
However, the alertness of two
young men who are students in the
NCCU Law School surely helped to
prevent more serious injuries to a
young woman on the campus.
Reports are that they rescued her
from more serious injuries by over
powering her attacker and taking
the weapon from him. They then
held 'him until, officers could be sum
moned. One remembers only too well, the
ignoring of cries for help by another
student, who was eventually beaten
to death near the football field, early
hint year.
Such involvement when one ob
serves any act of violence is to be
commended
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Tho quaint FUtmixh town of Brum's derive its moaning of
"bridjt'ii" from lh- SO bricltfCK thai open in the trnlor to
permit paKMW of boats along Uw? c-anals. ; tfa,.mfr.
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ABE THEY TO BE SACRTFH
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IN REDUCING THE AID TO THE NEEkW,
TOAPPM&THeHWnAJMTY
THE PRESIDENT MAY BE MREAWN6
s THE ELECTION RETURNS.
-J'5c
-BRIEFS
Continued from Front Page
SUPREME COURT KNOCKS
DOWN ALABAMA'S ANTI
BUSING LAW
WASHINGTON - The Su
preme Court last week let
stand a lower court decision
which struck down Alabama's
anti-busing law as unconstitu
tional. Rejecting a move to full
arguments on the matter, the
high court upheld a lower
court decision knocking down
the law, passed .by the 1971
Alabama Legisla ture, prohibit
ing the denial of admission
of any child to any public
school in the state if the child's
parents or guardian felt the
time or distance of travel to
another school "is so great as
to risk the health or safety of
the child, or significantly pro
cess."
NBNS
FREPAKEI,
, i , 'MY
BARTON ROUGE
'&h. .M.tlAf
run nvouun inuw
BARTON ROUGE, LA - The
city-parish council passed last
week an emergency allocation
of $70,000 to provide security .
for next month's trial of 12
Black Muslims accused of kill
ing two sherrif's deputies.
-NBNS
NEW RULES SET FOR
SUMMER FEEDING PROGRAM
WASHINGTON - The Ag
ricultu Department last week
proposed new regulations to
correct "widespread abuse" in
its summer-feeding program for
needy children, while expand
ing it by $20 million this year.
The new rules will require that
in selection" food service Sites,
local authorities must consider
"controlling access to meals so
that only eligible children con
sume meals on site."
State authorities, also will
be responsible for using school
facilities to the "maximum ex
tent possible" instead of patees
like parks and for setting stan
dards to determine jf local a
gencies and groups sponsoring
meal programs have enough
personnel and the capacity
for handling the administration
of large-scale food service.
Recalling that he had fished
and waded in the Neuse River ,
and of the many stories that
his grandfather told of earlier
days in! the area, it is impossi
ble he could forsee the changes
that would soon come into
being.
The Ebenezer native spoke
of the many problems now
found in meet of the urban
areas. Problems such as air
pollution, crowded living spa
ces, neighborhood crimes and
other problems as well as the
terrific task just to make a liv
ing without begging for it, kept
repeating itself.
It would be difficult to i
magine this very friendly fami
ly speaking about the diffi
culty of really getting to know
the persons around whom they
lived. But that is quite the way
in most laree urban areas.
He spoke about the relaxed
foelino found in the N.C. com
munity and did not hesitate to
moot frionris there But his
big problem gwfjs that the
Folic None Rhcoifonir will II-'
swoot him again and he does
mam 1... Ma Id not the
6C1U IW 1 M ...... w
needed help to solve the new
found problem of keeping the
purchased land,
B would appear that surely
someone would know about
the problems involved in the
particular area. If help can be
secured, The Andrew Fisher
Family would be most grateful.
kf "Washington. D.C. mean Washington Demands Cash." (Jack Herbert)
.... .. r. , u ., i,,,,i,,,, rwtanrfc Cash." ( Jack Herbert) rrtt
-ADDRESS
Continued from Front Page
estic and foreign travel grants
which provide enrichment ex
periences for high school and
college young women. Special
service emphasis is placed on
assisting less advantaged per
sons in whatever capacity is
needed. Such services may be
long tutorial services, enrich
ment activities for all youth
and similar programs to be of
greater service to all mankind.
Following a worship service
on Sunday morning eUSt. Ja
mes Baptist Church, thtunem
bers journeyed out to th Unity
Cemetery in RockyJlMount
where a beautiful wreath was
plac ed at the gravtfgag Anna
Easter Brown, a founder, who
has been known fo
eational and civi wo
communities
-FISHER
Continued from Front Page
faces, Fisher decided to move
his family back to the area
where he was born. This had
been more than 20 years ago.
WW
flyman
IETIER TO THE
EDITOR
To The Editor
Dear Editor:
I am seeking help from any
and all sources. Will you help
me by publicizing my plight?
The Falls of the Neuse Pro
ject is depriving me of life,
liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness an in spite of all the
appeals I have made to every
one I know to appeal to, I
have had no success. If the
government can take away our
land without us having any
say so on the matter, it is like
being tried in court without
being there. We pay taxes with
out having any sayso. We work
very hard. We worked very
hard for this land. Now we are
told to move. Where are our
rights in this matter. Is it right
for the government to deprive
us of our land and to destroy
our lives and the lives and fut
ures of our children? What
are we fighting for in other
lands, when there seems to be
no rights, no liberty and no
jsutice, and no happiness. - j...
I ha ve held up peace as long
as I can. I have questions
everywhere I know to ask ques
tions and have got no answers.
It seems as if those in authority
feel that if they ignore this
fool, maybe he will go away.
But if I have to move, where
will I go? it seems that no one
is concerned with what hap
pens to me and my family.
When my country needed me,
I served. But now that I need
lay country, it seems that it is
saying to me I have used you,
now get lost, I don't need you,
anymore. If this is the case,
.than I have served a fla g that
is false which means that every
GI that died in any war has
died for nothing.
" Our ennstution refuses to
answer, it seems. Our leaders
refuse to answer our pleas. We
are supposed to be free, but I
am beg inning to wonder just
how free we are if citizens of
this country cannot get answers
to questions which affect their
lives and their persuit of hap
piness. I have had promises
from my senator, from my
congressman and my governor
that they would answer and
help. So far, 'no" answers, no
'help. Why take a man's home
away from him and remove
cemetery s for. a playground? If
this can happen, is it because
I don't matter?
I appeal for help to anyone
who will give me some con
sideration as a human being
with feelings, hopes, desires for
my children. I have been and
still am a good citizen of the
ILEA. Is there any hope for
me in my country?
Sincerely,
Andrew Fisher
-REPORT
Continued from Front Pafe.
tnrough the ranks and basi
cally "ineffective."
Hoping against hope, the
Commission - as part of its
manifold tasks - released its
findings in a detailed report
some 425 pages long -- think
ing, ' periiaps, that it would
come to the attention of "the
President, his agency heads,
the Congress, and the American
people and that strong reme
dial action will be promptly
undertaken."
We are certain, though, that
few, if nay, Commission re
ports, hearings, or actions ex
cape the attention of President
Nixon. (Witness the speedy
aecentiinee of the forced re
signation of the Rev. Theo
dore Hesburgh, the outspoken
former chairman of the Com
mission who knocked Mr. Nix
on's commitment to equality
once too often.)
Thus, it is difficult for us
to imagine that President Nixon
is not already cognizant of the
poor track record of his Ad
ministration in the area of c ivil
rights. What is diffucult for us
to imagine is when, if ever, is
he going to do something con
structive? According to the rights com
mission, there has been little or
no progress and its findings in
the la test report clearly point
out this standstill. Enforce
ment of civil rights mandates
by the executive branch, it
said, are so "inadequate as to
render the laws pBctically
mea ningless.
In aAAltinn i tu nnmmltfltnn
AM ........ ''' -
said some tilings that many of
us already know but either
utter iu hushed voices or not
at all. That is:
"Many agency officials gen
uinely believed they would in
cur the wrathe of powerful Mem
bers of Cong ress or lobbyists -and
thereby jeopardize their
other programs -- if they ac
tively attended to civil rights
concerns. Moreover, since non
enforcement was an accepted
mode of behavior, any official
who sought to enforce civil
rights laws with the same zeal
applied to other statutes ran
the risk of being branded as an
activist, a visionary, or a trou
blemaker. Reg ret tab ly, there
were few countervailing pres
sures: Minorities still lacked
the economic and political po
wer to influence or motivate
a reticent officialdom."
However, the commission
and its members have been a
round for a while. And, to
counteract these "Inherent dif
ficulties," the commission map
ped out a strategy which puts
the responsibility squarely
where it belongs.
The report was submitted
to the White Housn Office of
Management and Budget last
September, but was held up
for release until after the No
vember election. The force
fulness of it! language, its al
legations, and its implications
could, possibly, explain why
Fa the r Ted is no longer head
of the Commission.
-STEWART
Continued from Front Page
their respective community.
. The chief purpose to "Oper
ation Help" in the Central
North Carolina Conference
is to help AME Zion Missions
of St. Croix, GEorgetown, Bar
badoes, and Antigua to become
self-reliant and self-sufficient.
This is the kind of investment
we now make in Christain Edu
cation, but aimed specifically
towards people who are now
economically deprived in their
respective community.
-LUCAS
Continued from Front Page
and others.
Much recognition has come
to John H. Lucas. Outstanding
among them listed may be Fa
ther of the Year (Durham)
1972; Man of the Year Award;
by Citizens Welfare League of
Kinston and Lenoir County,
Who's Who in American Edu
cation, Member of White House
Conference on Children and
Human Relations Commission
(appointed by Durham City
Council), and Member of
Board of Directors of Learning
Institute of North Carolina.
Othe r related expereinces in
elude services as president or
several teacher's associations'
Member of Advisory Commit
tee to the Governor's Com-
UllMUU VU IW BIHUjr ui UUUV
N.C. National Education Asso
ciation, Member of Liason
Committee, NCTANCEA and
UJ5. Delegate to the World
Assembly of the World Con
federation of Organizations of
the Teaching profession in Af
rica, Asia, British Columbia and
Ireland.
Lucas is marrie d to the for
mer Miss Hlondola O. Powell
Charlotte, N.C. and they are
Grocery Price
Surwy MeM
In Durham
For the past two weeks a
grocery survey has been con
ducted throughout tn Durham
area. It was derived and con
ducted by the North Carolina
Public Interest Research Group
whose membership in this area
is composed of students from
TV.Iro ITnluoralV The nMMli.
zation is relatively new, having
v Uan I'm owicfnno fttfMkm
late fall of 1972. Its ma in ob
jectives are centered around
Consumer and Environmental
concerns.
This is the second survey
conducted by PIRG. It held
a Toy Research Survey center
ing around the removal of toys
deemed unsafe by the Federal
government from the shelves
of stores.
Twenty-five citizens from
the Durham community -housewives,
teachers, students, pro
fessional and retired c onduct
ed the survey. These people
were supplied with a list of 58
erocerv hems based on the
needs of the average family of
four (meats, produce, dairy
products; etc.) to be purchased
at the 5 leading cha in stores in
Durham - A & P, Winn-Dixie,
Big Star, Kroger and Colonial,
There are a total of 21 stores
in the area.
The results of the first Dur
ham grocery survey are in and
tabulated. These results reflect
the differences in food prices
at these various chain stores.
the parents of two children,
Mrs. Cheryl L. Taylor, Adminis
trative Asst. National NEA,
Washington, and John Harding
Lucas, Jr., Freshman, Univer
sity of Maryland, College Park,
Maryland.
He is a member of White
Rock Baptist Chur ch where he
serves as Deacon and Trustee.
TO BE EQUAL
By VERNON JORDAN
Executive Director, National Urban League
Schools Under fire
1 Does schooling matter-? -A team of researcher from Harvdrd
headed by author Christopher Jencks answers "no." In a study
called Inequality: A Reassessment of the Effect of Family ami
Schooling in America, they claim that schools are "'marginal in
stitutions" that have little measurable effect on student's future
incomes or on equality in our society.
Despite tables of statistics and page after page of analyses of
previous studies, their work is flawed and their conclusion about
the value of education is wrong.
Although the study's authors deplore it, their work is being used
as an excuse to cut money for education, end desegregation and
generally downgrade the schools. What their study has done is
provide an excuse for people to act against education and an in
tegrated society. People who may not have had the courage to
come into the opeh'before now do so, pointing to this academic
study to give their claims respectability.
SOCIAL SCIENTISTS HAVE ALREADY pointed out many of the
technical flaws in Inequality. It uses a variety of studies but ignores
others; it relies heavily on previous studies whose methodology
have been proven faulty; it bases sweeping claims on schools'
effectiveness on existing inferior school situations, and it uses
tentative data on reform programs still in progress or never
adequately implemented.
The thesis that educational reform cannot bring about economic
or social equality is a challenging one, but the case is not proven. In
fact, there is no need for a bundle of statistics to prove that the
more schooling a person has, the better off he will be.
THE CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS that a man who completed
less than eight years of school will make $189,000 over the course of
a working lifetime, but a college graduate will make $587,000.
The use to which his study has been put by anti-education
propagandists has alarmed even the report's authors. In a New
York Times' article, Jencks recently wrote:
"Some people are now using our conclusions to justify limiting
education expenditures and abandoning efforts at desegregation.
.they have seized on our report to justify what they wanted to do
anyway." And he asserts: "But the fact remains that American
schools badly need improvement and this effort ought to continue.
IN THE STUDY ITSELF, Jencks claims that while
desegregation makes no impact on equality of income or education,
a claim that can't be supported by existing data, it is important if
our society is to reduce the extent of inequality. So it is tragic that
this very work is being used to retard desegregation.
Jencks and his colleagues rightly call for deep changes in our
economic structures to bring about economic equality, but few
people will be pushing this. In fact, the very interests thai reject
this conclusion are the ones who will demand school cul hacks based
on the rest of his book.
BY CONSTRUCTING A HOUSE of cards that deals with the role
of schools as they were and not as they could be in their potential
role as a corrective to the malfunctioning of other institutions, the
study deals a particularly heavy blow to black children. It totally
refuses to recognize that for blacks, education is indispensable to
success in life. Black children simply do not have the same options
as 'hite kids, and anything that weakens public schools sets back
Mac. people, too. .'
Editor-Publisher 1927-1971
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' ! Bjy' E. L. KEARNEY
HOW YOU CAN HELP
MB
t L. KEARNEY
The pcCbneechee Council
of the Boy Scouts of America
has a budget this year of
$430,000.00. Roughly 60 of
this will come from the Unit
ed Fund 'of Darham and Ral
eigh. ;' '
The Council is composed of
9 Districts covering 12 coun
ties. Each district has been
asked to raise its fair share
of this amount.
Beginning this week we
are launching our family
membership campaign, which
gives everyone a chance to
participate.
The question or the first
question usually raised is
hat does the money go for?
The" Occoneechee Council
operates camps, mountains
staff the year round for
Scouts and Explorers, covers
through its budget such costs
as repairs, replacement,
maintance and insurance not
paid by Scout fees.
The council also employes
Camp Rangers for the pro
tection of camp and conve
nience of units using camp
facilities throughout the
year, provides troop leaders
manual, camp slides, folders
and other aids.
In addition the council
provides a service center
With Clerical Staff to . eep
leaders informed of state,
local and national events and
program ideas. To assist
leaders, the Council employes
a trained, full time staff of
professional men who coun
cil and trains volunteers, and
maintain lasion with groups
sponsoring Scouting. The lo
cal council held responsible
by the Boy Scouts of America
for the administration of
Scoutine in its entire terri-
tnn' for adherence to basis
-- ,
noliev.
A number of our readers
are already registered in
Cnni.tins s cubmaster. as-
AVUMU,
sistant cub master, den moth
pr asst. den mother, Scout
master, asst. Scoutmaster,
Exnlorer advisor, associate
advisor, committee members
and members of the commis
sioner staff or district com
mittee members. These peo
ple have not only giveh their
tim and talents to tins com
mnnitv effort but are also
1UUI1IVJ - -
paying as sustaining mem
bers to the financial efforts.
Some of these people will be
calling on you in a few days.
Your supporting will bring
more Scouting to more boys.
Can boys count on you?
M "is I singing
r " - . : I
m ' 4
self so much, Miss Madie, you
might have, a heart attack.''
Miss Madie shrugged or tne
intended balm and pointed a
palsied index finger at the wo
man wedged between the doors.
Her rasping voice chopped her
words; "You had better make
peace with God Almighty and
leave off trying to be something
you ain't. I work with Ben
Pratt e veryday 'n I know, fust
hand, that you can't afford to
play footsie with the grand
folks."
The door behind Emma Lou
opened and she disappeared
suddenly.
Miss Madie stood nuffing
'n puffing n generally put
out by the unforeseen chain
of events that had come like
a snake in the grass to ruin her
entire day. What was a poor
soul like herself to do? She
could not possibly withstand
another attack of anger. At
the moment her legs were as
seak as dish rags.
Writer
By GEORGE B. RUSS
bssasassoaa'
One cannot refrain from
marveling at the enthusiasm;
the stick-togetherivness; the
solendid performances of the
Tiny Tots Choir at Union
Baptist Church. And, if one's
curiousity prompts one to in
quire of Mrs. Viola Thomp
son as to what makes her
group click, she will turn on
a sunny smile and answer
with a show of extreme mod
esty: "I don't know I am
just fortunate to have a won
derful choir group."
The reply is truthful, but
inadequate. A great deal of
other s upporting reasons are
left to the imagination. First
t, ,
of all, Mrs. Thompson has the
interest, talent and assistance
of severely comely ladies:
limes Margaret Reaves anl
femel Gratfon; Misses Bever
ely and Jean Kee, and Ava
D. Best. Secondly, the Tiny
Tots are ove r protected by
admiring parents. Lastly,
Mrs V. B. T. never breaks a
promise she makes to her
Chirpers." However, one
promise, a carry over from
last, summer's Anniversary
Celebation, nearly back fired.
At the mention of party in
recent months, Mrs. Thomp
son observed aero gaiory
mirks on the faces of her
storming, the
angels. So,
HV if'
much lull
context of her
folded before her eyes- she
had not kept her promise to
give tire "tiny-tots" a din
ner party. Alas! she bad die
covered the reason for. the
crooked smiles she had been
the recipient of. Before jump
ing to a negative conclusion,
Mrs. Thompson doesn't think
thai promises are like pie
crusts made to be broken;
she takes her promise-making
seriously. Therefore, she
quickly called a "business of
importance" meeting to set
up plans for a dinner party
for the Tiny-Tots, parents and
friends a Christmas Val
entine Thank Yon Party.
Sunday, February 18th was
a biting cold day and the
church's furnace was on the
blink or the limp; neverthe
less, the party idea perked
up the atmosphere. Immedi
ately after the 11 o'clock
worship service, the Tiny
Tots Choir parents, friends
a, it73
from
Young People's eM
lismiiiiisfpjpp
ieBsffsnt down to a wmmm
guifl of fried chicken, baked
ham, green peas, potato salad.
Harvard beets, hot rolls, cof
fee, pink lemonade, cake 'B
pie. I '
One of the highlights of
this festive, surprise "Bread
Baskct" affair was giving
recognition to persons
birthdays falling February
18. Mrs. Thompson was one
of the recipients of gifts and
special greetings. Grover
Wilson, J the poular cbnrch
organist, was lauded, how
ever, Monday 19th was bis
birthday date.
Another notable aspect of
the Tiny-Tots' party was the
spirit of family togetherness:
three generations of Kees;
the Junior choir, the Junior
Male Chores; Mrs. Jake Sow
ell, Rev. Hamilton, Miss Ros
tra .Johnson, Mrs. Margaret
Weathers. Das Thompson,
PMa njsueas), ampsipsjp
Mrs. Naomi Vfefsv asaf
Russ.,
the
t 'he party waa
Mrs. Itaapi M
huee sift box. stood
flfct children waving ;ood
did she manage to d
many tilings so well. Mi a
few seconds, she
impression that i
beard; then, she began
ing slowly, softly, dramatic
ally: There are loyal hearts, there
arc spirits brave
There are souls that are
pare and true;
Then give to the world the
you have,
And the beat wffl cease
back to yon.
Give love, and love to your
heart will flow,
A strength in your utmost
Continued on Page 7A
smirks on the faces of her I Tots Choir parents, friends I Weathers. Pas Thompson. 1 Continued on Page 7A
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Miss Madie framed the door
way of her obsolete abode
clutching the scaly-bark music
stead. There was no earthly
reason, that is, one she could
put her finger on, why she
should not be in a happy mood
therefore, she greeted her sister-in-law
with genuine sparkle in
her voice; "Well! How-do-you-do
Misses Perkins. As the
spider said to the fly, Come in
to my house."' Suddenly, the
groad grin sttetthiiig her-wWe-mouth
' frbhr-ear to teav fWBe'
in the meddle of her face. Em
ma Lou's luminous brown eyes
had narrowed to glossy slits
and her lips oozed with sar
casm; "Please! Miss Madie, stop
gla otlng. It is too early in the
day for one to be so jolly. I
came out her to tell you fahat
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Miss Madie snapped out of
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rom
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brusquerie manner;
"I'll sashay right over and re
move the good sister off your
phone, honey."
"Please, do just that. And
while we are talking about
what's her name -- why are
you so friendly with a person
like her?"
Miss Madie did with the iron
music stand just what she want
ed to do with Emma Lou, she
threw the contraption across
the room and listened to it
crush against the wall. Then
she returned her attention to
Curt's wifie; and said through
clenched teeth; "Miss Mattie
Beamon is a friend of mine. I
need her the way a thirsty per
son needs a cool drink of
water." Miss Madie disliked
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ly, folk who were suppose to
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Questions."
"I meant no offense, Miss
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vou should begin snapping a
round for new friends. Your
present social set will be un
comfortable here in your new
home."
Miss Madie gasped from the
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furv in abevance. She wanted
W
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fui moon on a cold night. Her
lips parted and she startled
her own ears with a vague re
tort; "Hold it sweet potatah,
I'll have to dig you much latah.'
Mrs. Perkins ignored the
slurred words of the older wo
man and continued her investi
oation: she asked. "Why don't
vou ioirt First Baptist Church?"
Miss Madie clicked her plates
together while resetting them;
"I have hp bone to pick with
the membe rs of First Baptist;
they come before me like a
goatd vine runnid and stinking.
I gd to church where I can
pod and be thankful
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that my soul is happy at
ease. I don't recollect reading
in my Bible where it is written
that fish-guts airs 'n glad rags
ever gotah-soul saved."
Emma Lou knew when she
had a bear by the tail, therefore
she quickly sought a way out
of her predicame nt. Humble
Die wasn't her favorite dessert
K
and she was at a lost as to how
she was eoing to explain her
wa y out of this pampero wind.
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'ttrdiabuisinesthfe'ljuieki-
est possible way. So, she said,
"Forget I mentioned moving
your membership. If you want
to be with a lot of little people
tha t's your cross to bear.
Then she clasped her pudgy
hands togethe r in a gesture of
triumphant, turned and walded
away from a pardocical hang
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"Hold it! Lady-bug. Just
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I mean people who have
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ies to yours." Mrs. Perkins'
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between the doors, using the
storm door as a shield. In a
quivering voice, she tried to a
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