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Jehovoh’s But Bring Witnesses Jam No Business Hariem Boom NEW YORK Hotels,' rooming bouses, and private homes in Harlem absor bed their share ol the 125,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses who came here from all parts ol the world to attend the eight-day Interna tional Convention of l,be religi ous sect. Meetings were held at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. Months ago, members of local congregations canvassed their neighborhoods in an effort to find lodgings for some at the expected visitors. In addition to the thousands quartered within the city, many thousands more were housed in trailer camps in New Market, New Jersey. The visitors attending the world assembly represented 96 foreign countries, and came from all over the United States. Included In this num ber were 6,000 foreign mis sionaries. Since the sect is well Integrated, it was hardly pouible to obtain figures as to 'the number of Negroes here for the meetings, or to deter mine how many Negroes are members of the sect. In visit ing the Yankee Stadium, it was obvious .that the vast ma jority oL the visitors were white, but in the throngs of Witnesses that jammed the Harlem streets, the vast ma jority were Negroes. These throngs of people meant very little in terms of increased bitsiness in the Harlem area, however. Unlike'fraternal and «ocial organizations, and even other religious conventions, the Witnesses maintain a strict sche dule of attendance at meetings, or canvassing and missionary work in the community. Del egates have been housed as in expensively as possible, and the Witnesses themselves cooperated in cooking and serving thousands of mrals every day right in the Yankee Stadium grounds. Consequently, places of a- musement, taverns and rest aurants have not'felt the up surge In business usually felt when sueh conventions come to town. Even slgbt-seeing and visits to educational institu tions and points of historical interest, are kept to a mini mum. The Jehovah's Witnesses re port that the movement of the Watchtower Bible and Tract So ciety is steadily expanding all over the world. One of the most interesting revelations was that the movement is being carried on underground in Siberia de spite Communist persecution. The story of the underground movement was told Konstantl Swirid of Cleveland) who is of Bussian origin. He said that a former military secretary of the Soviet government favor ed the'jehovah movement, and when Russian members of the religions sect refused to salute the Communist flag or serve in the Russian army, he put them to work on railroads in Siberia, rather than send them into Siberian mines. This lead er eventually l/ist favor with the Communists, and he, too, was sent to Siberia where he joihed the underground Je hovah movement. While Yankee Stadium was filled each day to its capacity of approximately 80,000, the other faithful members of the sect participated in the day’s events by direct telephone line to their New Jersey trailer camp. Elks Plan (^y Festivities For 1953 Convention At Atlanta, Ga. ATLANTA, GA. Destination'.Atlanta, Elkdom. Signposts point to the gayest, largest and most fun-filled con vention in history during Aug. 23-28. Celebrities, name bands, sports events ,ana a brilliant array of summer social functions have been planned to entertain visit ors to the 54th national meet of the I. B. P. O. E. W. Highlights of the Elks caval cade of entertainment will be a gospel singing festival, a giant outdoor jazz concert in Morris Wednesday night, August 26th at the City Auditorium with the Elks Sport Night Show. Four nationally - famous wrestlers. Babe Wingo, Kathleen Wimber ly, Louise Green, and Katherine Johnsoni will appear. There will also be 36 rounds of boxing and other sports offerings. A mammoth barbecue is sche duled for the New Lincoln Coun try Club, Thursday afternoon, August 27th. Thiursday night, the formal Grand Ball will be held at the BXQWa’a Hpmdnn .Stadium. 8x4^*^ T wm furnish Ihe musk a%star boxing and westllng card, two formal balls, and a giveaway of a $17,000 house. Bolstering this lineup of en tertainment will be imported Broadway shows which have been booked for the Gate City’s Royal Peacock and Poinciana night clubs. Lesser 'clubs that abound around Metropolitan At lanta will feature name bands and top-starring vocalists. Visiting Bills vrtU start the baU rolling Saturday night, August 22, with a Cabaret dance, fashion review, and bathing beauty contest at the City Audi torium. Oratorical contests, bathing baauty pageants, caba rets and assorted merriment will prevail' throughout the conven tion. Rhythm and song will be on a 24-hour schedule. On the Elks convention entertainment cal endar will be a gospel singing show Sunday, August 23, featur ing the Ward Singers, Angelic Gospel Singers, The Dixie Hiun- mingbirds, and the Atlanta Aires. B. B. Beamon, Atlanta dance impressario, is staging the big gest show in history Tuesday night, August 25th at 7:00 P. M. Morris Browi’s Herndon Stad ium with the Big' Rhythm and Blues Show including Ruth Brown, the Clovers, Dusty Fletcher, the Edwards Sisters, Lester Young, Stuffy Bryant, Nolan Lewis, Ella Johnson, Bud dy Johnson and his famous or chestra. On the same night at 10 P. M., Hillman Hanley is in charge of staging the Antlered Guard BaU at the City Auditorium. A famous band has been signed for this event. Festivities continue SPECIAL: Grave Momnuenta. 245 pounds) 155.00. Markers and footstones also reduced. AWNINGS & TBDCK COV ERS MADE TO FIT. YOST'S SHOP — 3006 Boxboro Bead. Open >tll 9 P. M. — Call 9-4562 or 4-4543. WANTED: HIGH CALIBRE SALESMAN. PermaneBt Po sition. Top Eanmgs. Car Es sential. Inquire at Ml Snow Bnllding, Mondaj or Wednes day between It-lS a. m. and 1-4 p. m. along with a galaxy of Atlanta acts. Prior to this. Judge Wil liam C. Hueston will be honored at a testimonial at Big Bethel A. M. E. Church. Grand Daughter Ruler, Nettie Carter Jackson, I. B. P. O. E. W., will have a big hand in the en tertainment doings. Her organi zation will make a big contribu tion to the sixteen social events planned for the visiting Bills. Grand Exalted Ruler Robert Johnson will lead the expected tournout of 30,000 Elks into At lanta. DR. MADDEN DIRECTORS ARE NAMED AT VSC — Appointment of three members of the Virginia State College faculty as Di rectors of Schools and Divis ions was announced recently by Dr. Robert P. Daniel, Presi dent of the College. The new DR. McDANIEL area heads are pictured above. From left to right they are. Dr. Samnel A. Madden, form erly Director of the Andlo- Visual Center, who becomes Director of the Division of Field Services; Dr. Reuben B. McDaniel, former Head of the HARRIS Department of Mathematics, who was appointed Director of the School of Arts and Sci ences; and Dr. Albert T. Har ris, previously Director of Field Services, who becomes Director of the School of Edu cation. SATTOPAY. APQTT8T U 1983 THE CABOtnrA TIMB8 TAOm Siiaw University To Enlarge its Opportunities For Ministers Connectional Council And Board Of Bisitops To Meet. At St. Paul Church In tieveland August I NEW YORK Two Bishops of the A. M. E. Zion Church, well versed in world affairs and dedicated to a wholly ‘Christian approach to the solution of world problems, will deliver keynote speeches at the, Connectional Council and Board of Bishops meeting sched uled for July 28 to August 1 at St. Paul’s A. M. E. Zion Church, Cleveland, Ohio. They are Bishop William Jacob Walls of Chicago, mem ber of the Central Committee of t^e World Council of Churches, and Bishop Daniel Carltoii P)>pe, resident bishop of AfriM. Bishop Walls will speak on "A Christian View of the -World Situation” and Bi shop Pope, who will return to Africa In September, will speak on “Our Opportunity and Challenge in Africa.” Highlighting the opening night of the conference will be an ad dress of welcome, “The Best Lo cation in the Nation” by Cleve land’s mayor, Thomas A. Burke, and a greeting from Judge Per ry B. Jackson, one of the first Negroes to be elected to a judge ship in Cleveland. Dr. Albert L. Fuller, putor of Saint Paul’s Church,'will preside. There will be mess ages of welcome from the con gregation of St. Paul’s, the 'YoutB'H {he church, the lii- terdenominational Ministerial Alliance, the Business and Professional Men and Women, and remarks by the host Bi shop, John W. Martin of Chi cago. A reception by the pas tor and members of St. Paul’s will follow. A parade of more than 40,000 persons will march down Peach tree Street, Tuesday, August 25th headed by Georgia Governor, Herman Talmadge and Mayor William B. Hartsfield. Rev. C. W. Peters is general chairman of the convention. A BARGAIN SALE Want to: 1. BUILD A HOME? 2. BUY SMALL STORE? Good Investment In Walltown 1407-1411 Knox St. and 924 Fourth St. ’This valuable propeAy 100x140 ft. must be sold now. One small store now being rented, a spacious comer lot with shrubbery and shade trees and 924 Foorth Street adjoining can be repaired for renting. Has running wa ter, etc. Near school, churches and bos stops. |2,975. 1117 BOXBOBO STREET Five room home in good neighborhood with bath and new hot water heater. Recently painted Inside and out. Newly underpinned with new screens, large front and back porches. Near churches, schools, and three bus lines. Pay |S,200 and take np payments of $35.00 per month. Now being rented for $48.00 per month. Good investment. * For Infornuaion Call: EUREKA REALTY CO. “TOUR FASTEST SELLING BEAL ESTATE PUBLICIST’' CaU Today ... Mutt Sdl PHONE: 9-5682 or 5-0671 UNCF Awards Fellowships NEW YORK W. J. Trent, Jr., executive director of the United Negro College Fund, announced to day that the 1953 Fiorina Laj^- ker Fellowships for Negro wo men were awarded to an honor graduate of each of the two women’s colleges associated in the Fund. The winners are Miss Bettye Jean Washington, valedictor ian of this year’s graduating class of Bennett College in Greensboro, N. C., and Miss LaJnne McDonald, who grad uated with honors from Spel- RALXIGH President Strassner announced that Shaw Vniversity will en large its opportimities for min isterial training offered to in- service ministers during the en suing school term, 1993-1054, through the organization of two night classes. The first class will be organ ized for ministers who are col lege graduates (Working toward the Bachelor of Divinity degree. A course will be offered dealing with some phase of pastoral leadership. The class will meet on Tuesday and Thxirsday eve nings from 7:30 to 9:00 o'clock and will yield 3 semester hours of credit. Three ministers have already pre-enrolled. Others de siring to attend should file ap plication in the Office of The President. These students should report for registration on Tues day, September 22. The first class will be Thursday evening, September 24. The second class will be or ganized for ministers who may or may not be high school grad uates. There will be no academic qualifcations for admission. The course offered will be one in the series of “Biblical Studies” and will not yield college credit. However, the course will be creditable toward the Shaw Uni versity Certificate of Award from the Department of Reli gious Promotion. Ten ministers have already pre-enrolled. Oth er ministers who plan to attend should file a written statement in the Office of The President. The class will begin on Tuesday evening, October 6, at 7:30 o’clock, and will meet regularly at that time on Tuesdays of each week during the Ursi semester. N. C. Families Have Large Buying Income NEW YORK North Carolina’s 1,025,100 familie^— with an average an- nif&l buying income of $4,200— own 920,200 automobiles and trucks, more than 678,400 re frigerators, all own radios, 479,- 900 television sets and over 826,- 200 vacuum cleaners, according to a special study just completed. North Carolina’s high stand ard of living, like that of every other state, has been made pos sible to a large extent by the sound use of consumer instal ment credit, the study indicated. Taking automobiles as an ex ample, the study shows that 98 out of 100 Tar Heels are excel lent credit risks, making their payments on time and complet ing obligations on their con- tnctf frampOf. The study wm c4ndurt«d l$r C. I. T. flMMtW tiospareti*. the nation’s larfMt indepeiidant financing institution. C. I, T.’s principal subsidiaries in tlM fields of automotive and indoS' trial financing have several of fices and representatives serving North Carolina. “This study showing the mass ownership of expensive durable goods,” said Arthur O. Diets, president of C. I. T. FtoiandaS Corporation, "emphasizes the fact that mass financing is the fundamental support of the American system of mass pro duction and mass distribution. "Booker T." At Elks Confab PHILADELPHIA, PA. ' The new “Booker T.” cigar, which is daily gaining a stronger foothold in the to bacco market, looms to be one of the most popular brands to be smoked at the Elks Con vention in Atlanta daring the week of August. Plans have already been made for the Atlanta Cigar Company, ■ ezeinsive distri butor of the “Booker T.” in that metropolis, to have boxes of the new cigar prominently displayed on every refresh ment stand and concession where tobacco products are sold. man College, Atlanta, Ga., this June. M&J FINANCE CORP 0 AUTO LOANS* ^ PHONE 3-5271 420 NOBTH MANGUM ALTERING • TAILORING • DRY CLEANING • DYEING CLOTHES TAllORED FOR YOV UNION TAILORING SHOP Stop By To See Vg At 418 Doted Street Telephone Vs At 4-6491 K ITSTOASVW Qlean.ei'' gmoo' Nothing - to, notliing - beats better taste! Never before have so many smokers been bombarded with so many reasons for smoking so many brands of cigarettes! But actually, there’s only one good reason for smoking a cigarette—enjoymenf. And you get enjoyment from only one thing—the taste of a cigarette. MAO Luckies taste better .. . for two reasons. They’re made of fine tobacco—fine, light, mild tobacco—and they’re made better. It’s as simple as that. 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