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nii eAaflUMA ruoa lATOftAV, imi; m m Zetas Observe Womanhood Week In Raleigh RALEIGH — FoUowin* t h • etvtcruinraflRt of th« Vyasfiingrton High School Senior (irk and Ihek moth«n »t «n i.iicrniAl tpring aocial 4t the "'compiclion of fch# "CHARM W£EK” activities, the Omicron Ztt* Chapter of the Zet* Phi B«t« Sorority enJojed » bu«y wceS tf msjur even’ts. The chapter met at the home of. Mra. F. J. Carnage for the rtguiat monthly meeting with MiBs Louise l^u.vliai4, Miaa M. Lhiie and Mrs. CarnAge acting ai Joint hastcfeses. Inspite of the many ^Jttivilie* of the ci»apter durii^ the prcM'nt year, future plans Consist of the following: Sponsoring the city-wide R e d- Croas Campaign in the Negro Division; Sponsoring spring d.icce in honor of the under- “gradu^.e chapter and the award ing of the annual scholarship of $32.50 to Shaw University for a yumc wooum student . in{T up to certain qualifications. The Finer-Wowanliood Week ctlebr*itin marks the completioil of the service of tJie chpJpter otficrs, and at the March regu ar meeting it is customary for new officers to be elected. They were as follows: Mrs. Louise F. Perrin, President;' Miss Mae Ligon, Vice President; Miss H. Nor^ Evans Secretary; Mrs. Elwina Haywood Holt, Assistant Secretary; Miss Ida Evans Trea surer, Und Mrs. Marjorie H. Sills, Reporter; — •• The second interesting feature of the week was the Zet« bre«k- ffcst given at the home of Mra. F- J. CariyAge in honoor of the visiting attending the National Association of College Women in Kaleigh. Visiting pre sent were: .... Mts. Robert4 Henderson, Baltimore; Miss Alice Taylor, tiiiltimore; Miss iiosalie Keid, VViashington; Mrs. diaggw Dan iel, Greenaboro; Mrs. M^ r y RtW, Washington; Miss Ray Saxon, Cioiumbia, Suuth Caro lina and Miss Smith, Newat'k, N. J. ' The third and most eventful fenture was the visit with the Grand Basileus, Mis» £ditb Lyons, W^ington, D. G. While the Omicron and Omicron Zeta Chapt'ers sipped tea and niM>led cookies ait an informal hour in the Estey Hj^lll Living room at Shaw University^ Soror Lyons brought a pleaaaxut and in- t'^esting message jllnd news of progress and plana since her instaliation in Deeember. In her vtry charming wav she presented the new region^jfl directress, M'iss Louise Maywood Latham of the Omicron Zeta Chapter who will serve as directress of the ^ouih central region conaprising Nonth QaDX>lina, South Carolina and West Virginia. Miss Lyons is receiving the ardent support in her new ndeavors for Zeta. WIIL ntAVtL TOOSTHER this YEA* To Employ Race Men On N. Y. Transit Line NEW YORK — The right of Negro workers to employm^t on the Brooklyn Maahattaji Tran sit system, is assured, when the City of New York takes over the line, eagetber with Inter- borough Rapid Tr,ausit lioie in a unification program, the Nation al Association . for the Advajjce- nitnt ^ 'of Ooloed People^ fm- nounced today. .. The announcement was made following the settlement of differences between the New York Board o fTransportatioji,, the M^or and the Transport Workers Union, the Brother hood of Locomotive E,ngineersi, and the Brotherhood ofRailway Signalmen, over assumption pi existing union (jpntracts, wheoi unification becomes effective M^iy 16. B’ull assurance of the integratian of Negro workera in the transit systems^ was given to the NAACP by Mayor La- Guardia. At |l hearing before the board of transpcrtatiun, prior to the settlement, the NAACP express- fd its determination to fight against ft, co,ntract agr-eement with the brotherhood unio®8, which comprise 1,400 sutoway employees on the B. M. T., on the gioiNnd that the unions have specific cljlises in their conatitu tions barring Negro worked The Association made it plain that it stood for orgialniMd labor, that it intended to take no action ^ai,nst the TWU w^iose leaders have always stood for full integr^aon of Negro workers in the uifion, but did stand out squarely in opposition to the union, but did stand otrt squarely in opposition to the of tfie brotherhoods to receive the benefit of a closed shop ^fereement with the^>City, which would forever close out Negro- e' from employnvent. At the conclusion of the hear ing, John 11. Delaney, chairman of the board, gpive th« NAACP full assurance that no discri mination against the employ ment of Negroes in any category would be tolerated. This assertion w^as given add ed strength when the Mayor phoned the NAACP in response to an NAAOP telegram, stating that he would permit no dis crimination in the employment of Negroes, when the city takes over the li,nes. The A and T College coneert bam] begins its tenth annual tohr April 9. This year the A fkid T Collegian* college or- eheistra, wiU "travel with the band. Bernard Le« Mason is con ductor. The A and T concert band h«a been ^ed by critics one of the two beat Negro College bands in the country. It boasts a total f S'S pieces and its members have maintained of excellence inspite of* the *£Jljt that college muMcal organisation must of necesaity undergo rather frequent p»- sonnel changes. The concert rcnarkable progress in the laat Kx years under the direction of Beriykrd Lee Umod. Although a coaeart violiaist of tk« first rank, Mr. Maaon haa developed a college musical unU of wltich any college would be proud. charlotte Social&Notes SY MRS. BESSIE HARDY HELEPHONE i-l«M Announees Speaker For Finals Hot Spots Open In Charlotte DURH^ — Student apeak-’ ers to take part in the commence ment exercises of Hillside Park high school were selected Mon- dh^ on the basis, of their scho larship averages and their gen eral speaking aibility. The main student spe^er on the June 3rd cc^imencement program will be Dfcisy Walston. The welcome will be given by Minnie Taylor, salua- atorian, ,dind Warren Strud- wick was chosen for the Valodic tt'ry, or farewell address. The alternates will be Leo Tof»ne- send, Willie Lee Gfatloway, and L llie Dickerson. The subject f the main speech will ber “Youth and the Working World.” Faculty advisors for tiiese students are J. M. Schooler, Miss R B. Pratt, W. A. Tuck, Mia. K C. Thomas, Mrs. M. P Turner, Misses N. L. Long, D. V (iroom, and M. L. Fi^er. Stamps OVER 200,000 B. T. WASHINGTON STAMPS SOLD TUSKEXJEiE H®TITUTE, Ala. —More than '200,000 Booker T. Washihgrbon stamps were sold from the institute’s postoffice Sunday to set A new recojd on first day’s sale of a special issue it wa disclosed Sunday night by Richard A. H«litris, acting post master of the local poatoffice. More than 17|5,D00 of the special commemorative eenvelop- es by the institute were alao sold, it was revevllled. Bennett Singers At HHS DURHAM — The Bennett Singers of Greensboro, under the direction of Dr. R. Nathaniel Dett, ^R)|)eared on a program at the Hillside Park High achojol Monday morning as a part off their State tour which is now in progress. The program which featured the well tinned singers wt."* prooeded By remarks from Kifes Norman, field representa tive of the college who brought gieetfngs from the Durhamitea who ^ttend Bennett College and introduced Dr. Dett. After Dr. Dett bad explained the nature background of the spirituals that his silvers would interpret, he directed the renditioii of “No More Auction, Block,” foUowing by “I’m ao C!ad.” The veraatility of the CHARLOTTE —■ The opening of the Spring Season is bringing about ^ great revival of social and amusement activity ii^> tha Friendly City. New business are Opening, old ones are renovat ing, and all types of pr^afation are being made for the best sea son in recent years. Typical of the increased acti vity is the recently reopened Log CABIN, 4 mijes o«t on the Wil- kerson Boulv^rd by Wayne Broadwcy and Uie Missus. The Log Cabin is doing a swell busi ness under their genial mai^er- ship. Wayne whispers to your correspondent that a|R Sunday he will have a special home cooked chicken dinner with all the trimmings, be^^nning at 1 p m. Give Hia a play. Another new spot, or rather ^ addition, is the private din ing room in FRED KEMP’S CAFE. ^i« itlace has plenty of room for the Jitterbugs to swing their legs, in addition to seats for those who wish to sit and watch. Fred assesses a small cjver charge, but it is worth it ito get out of the Milling throng cn Second ^Street. This spot is located ai 414 E. 2ftd Street. I BANNY DANIELS and hia jHOT PEiPPERS, as fine ^ small combo these ears have witnaas I ed recently, have the town talk- ii>g, Danny lias a fine bunch of cats, and when they start awiog^ ing, they would make old man Mcse wish to cut a rug. Dabny and the boys have many engage ments, one of which is at the Athenium Ballroom every Mon- di>y night, but their service may be secured on certain nites. And don’t forget to hear them at the Athenium on Monday night. 25 years ANHOUNCIS SILVER ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Tuck of Eli2|aheth Street will observe the twenty fifth anniversary of their marriage on Sunday, Ai»il 14, by spending the day at.Abe home of Mrs. Tuck’s mother at Youngs ville. They pl^ to attend ser- VM;es at Ae same church where tfcfr wedding ceremony took place 25 years ago. — — Largest single purchase of the stamp was made by Dr. C. C. Sraulding, president of the North Caroling! Mutual Life Inaurance Company, who carried |SOO worth back to Durham. SYES KKAMIIfBD «LAS«Ef FITTKO Dr. iibrej L, Pilner optometist 317-A N. TRYO'N ST. (•ppaslu PMbUc Ubrary Wa maintain a oemplataly equipped office far tha exclusive canvenianca of the calared peaple. gfj.up was shown next in their excelent interpretation of an opeiatic number . and a Handel oratorio. The program was clos ed with two request numbers: "Hew the Tree.” anothw q>irit- ual, and -Ijsten to the Lambs. SCHOOL CHARLOTTE — According to an announcement from W. C. Donnell, Director the 194f0 Summer Session of Johnson C Smith University will open on June 13 and will be through August SO. There will be two sessions, the first closing on July 25 and the second beginn ing the next d^. Many advantages are offered by tiie Johnson C. Smith Summ- e> Sessi .ns, including a Library of over 20,900 volumes /and facilities for the Study of Public School Music. EfigilBIe Tor ad mission axe high school graduatea holders of all lypes of H o r t h Carolinai Certificates, teachera desir^g elementary princrpala* certificate and others. A complete lyceunSTcourse will be offered all stiMents. Group Quits Radio aHARLOTHl _ Tha Swanea Harmony Singers who hava for tlta ppist tiirea montha broad cast a Negro Crime Pravention program over Radio StaUon WBT under the name, tha Community Cruaaden, quit the progiydai after a disagreement wit^ Henry Houaton, president of the Crusaders, it was learned from K. H. Diamond, director of the sini^ng group. Diamond states that this ^tion was taken beeiuse the singing group waa forbidden to do fiay- thing witbout the express con sent of Houston, while the^ re ceived no renumaration what ever. The bitterness, which has for aome time been smoldering, flared out when the singing group wished'to present two ar tists in a voejil recital. Hovaton turned hands down on fha pro ject, and told the group in. no uncertain terms that t^ey could not present that or any other progiyikn that did not have his approval. The program, which is broad cast Saturday nights, mph not interrupted, as last Saturday’a night a group of students of West Charlotte High School fill ed in. It is not known at this writing whether or not this‘group will sing permanently. Scarborongli S flargett FUNERAL DIRECTORS AMBULANCE SERVICE PHONES DAY J-3721 Stt E«PaTTI«REW ST. NIGHT J-3722 DURHAM, N. G. UNCLE NED S A Y Si 630"(ia the beak)-78S 963—420—720 392—324—83S The Mecklenburg County Teachers Association met in the Auditorium of Second Ward High School Saturday at 9:30 A. M. C. £. Morel4nd, praaided. Professor A* P. t^rlty was elected Chaplain. Ha ia an O'ut- standing Presbyterian miniater. Notice was gtven for 7th grade eliminiU.ion8 April 16th. All 7th grade teachers and principals met the Superintendent £. L. Best, at the Court House Mon day, April l5th fair final inatruc- tiona. ^ . i The State PTA will meet ’^for il one day session at Plato Price 3cturday April 20, Dr. A. O. Steels of J. C. Smith University will ha ona of the main speak- etd. Mrs. Nellifl B. Dykes, Mack- knhurg County Supervisor, £. S. Potts, chairman, Publicity Committee. Members of the Pick Wick Bridge club met with T. B. Haynea at his home on £^»t 9th Street. Four tablea of Bridge were played; L. D. Grier, and Ernest Friday received The Myrtle-Forget-Me-N o t club met in « business meeting at the home of Mrs. Nfikinie Cowans on Beatties Ford Road, Friday. After the buaineas |>art of the meeting waa over, special guests were invited in to enloy the evening. Those th^t were present were; Mesdames Aaron ^sh, Rosa Menninghall, L. 'L. Little and Johnsie Foster. Excellent, double plus, w a ■ the rating given Second Widrd Chorua by C. McDonald of David son College, judge in the district high school music contest held in Charlotte April 6th at Falr- view and Second Ward Schools. West' Clyal'lotte High School was host to the contest. Second Ward High School won first prize for its Soprano Soloist, fedna Dren- ncn, who sang “Bird Songs at Eventide" by Coates, and for ita outstanding mixtd chorus which e^?.tag Ryder’s “Sunrise” a-capella. The music department of Second Ward is directed t>y Mrs. Mar- givet DeMond-Beclowith, Bacjhe- lor of Music of the University of Rocheaterv Mrs. Beckwith’a sl.’illfol accompaniment of the soloist and her fine musici,tlft- ship and choral directing were praised by the Judges, Messrs Louis Finley Jr. of Benedict College, David Carrol of John son C. Smith University, and C. McDonald of Df.kridson Coll ege. Other schools contesting were West Charlotte High School (winning more first places than any other school), Belmont, Kings Mt., Lincolnton, Rutheor- fcidton, Shelby, Monroe, Cherry viila, and Beaaemitf City. TIm first and second prise winnan ^Wa el^ibla io taka pat in (li% State festival l^at will itm hali in Greensboro, April 2f. Mrs. Elisabeth Murphy of Crockett Street is confina4 to h«-r home with an attack of la* fluen^ Mira. Bqaulah Hun^pJiery of Frisiar Avenue is a patient at Good Samaritan Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. B«fi^\rd Sim mons of Washington, D. C. formerly of Charlotte laetorad to Charlotte last week to viaH Ute pare^. of Mrs. Simmona, Mr. and Mrs. Gsorga Nocria ob North Davidaon Street. Itr. Simmona left tha citjr Moa^pqr fb«- Wwahington. Mra. Simmona will remain in the cHy indafift itcly. Mrs. Simmons ia tha fom* er Mildred Morris of thia city^ Miss Sarah Scott entartainad members of the Nina O'Cloclt Bridge club Thursday evening Hi her home on Jefferson Avenae. I'wo tablea of bridge ware pla|^>i ed, of which Maadaaiaa Cora Dlaniondl and Frances Hinton won prisea Tha hostasa serva>i n delicious iced coniaa. Missionary circle No. 2, « Little Rock church mat w i k b Mrs. Bessie .^imlson at h a r home on East Fitat Street hurt Sunday. A program was praamt* ed of which Jlrs. Ctua Croc kett was in clylrga. fS.OO waa raised. , . ^, |j Attorneys L. P. Hairia and J. S. Bowser attended t a funeral services of •£. W. Sc^ea of Greensboro, Grand saaratary of District Grand Lodge No. 7. Mr. Scales was furneralisad Greensboro Tuesdajr. 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