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VOLUME HI. NUMBER 34
I ORD Color
Guard
H /' Tlie color Kusird proudly marchinjf
by with flogH unfurled h&ils
from AAF overseas replacement
I depot here hi Greensboro of
M'hich Col. C. IL Lewi* Ls comI
Iliaildilii' nffioiiP
! In co-operation with present I
state-wide plans to prevent the
possible spread -of polio, Col.
Converse It. Lewis, commanding
officer, announced yesterday that
plans for a July 4 open house and
celebration oil the post next Tuesday
have keen canceled.
The announcement was made
after consultation with the i>ost
surgeon and the North Carolina |
state health authorities. At pres'
cut there are reported to he cases
of poll oin the state.
I Hie spread of the disease, it
I was pointed out, has not reached
alarming proportions, hut all precautionary
measures will also be
1 taken by military authorities to
avoidavoid an epidemic. The original
July 4 plans called for the j
ilisuei'lliui nt 4 "
?. Huiucimig 111 it-resting
I pdst installations by the public
and the assemblage of large
crowds to witness training activities.
The commanding officer said
the open house had been planned
hi a desire for "reciprocating in
some measure the cordial and
wholesome hospitality which has
been so generously extended to the
officer, enlisted and civilian per*
sonnel of this post by the people
of Greensboro and of the state of
North Carolina at large."
Colonel Lewis expressed his regret
at the cancellation but said i
there was no latornative' in the
interest of the public health. -. I
Morale Program
At Providence
Baptist Church
J. A {spiritual morale program was
I.- given at the Providence Baptist
if /r.r church under the auspices of the
Junior Alert club. Soldiers of
*?" ORD participated jointly with the
ZV/V girls. Each member of the club
gfe'V1 dressed In white, carried white
EE;: candles and Miss Thompson wus
ft&Vcrowned "Miss Junior Alert" for
: Jhg largest sum of money brought
ito the club for the benefit of-the
Speclul numbers on the progrum.
itemi.rka by Rev. Iteld, assistant
chaplain ot ORD. A group of
j wRftniritiiHls by the Junior choir and
[^SSJoldlers under the direction of
J$jjMral88 Marian Thacker. Solo by
^j^Mpvt. J?bn H. Banks, solo by Pvt.
frwra&endt Hedgoinen who played and
Bmjukanglsorae soul stirring spirituals. |
fT-A delicious repast was served In
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William H. Eberhardt, Negro y
formerly of 4;MJ Kuat Washing- 4
ton street, Greensboro, has ur* |
riveil in Italy to serve the armed |
forces a? an American lied Cross \
program director. Until Ids Hed
Cross appointment, Kberliardt
was with the federal works
agency, Washington, 1). CM ftnd
previously was a Juvenile court
worker in Greensboro, principal
| of high school and principal of
Oerro Gordo elementary school.
He 1m a graduate of A. and T.
college, Greensboro and attended
Howard university, Washington,
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Windsor Center
To Be Host To
Picnic Groups
.The playground at Price, Dunned,
Lutheran and Nocho are lie
villus llie families of all the children
Willi are registered with them
to bring plcnTr Timclics to the
grounds of the Nm'lio park for a
Fourth of July outing. A war
stump selling contest is also li?ii.g
Two reprcsentatives
froin each playground will serve
in I lie stamp Ihm?i|i at alternate periods
during 1l?? iluy and the individual
selling the greatest mine
her of stamps will lie crowned the
"Vlrtory tlirl" of 11)44 In a ceremony
at 8 p. in.
The Nih'Iiu playground was host
to tin* Lutheran group on Friday,
June lit i. A soft hall game was
played between the two teams.
The playground to open Monday
thru Friday from 9 a. m. to p
p. in.
WW3 SCHOLARSHIP
TO RED CROSS
AQUATIC SCHOOL
Curl Evans, senior life saver at. .
Windsor Community Center has
I teen awarded a scholarship to
attend the lied Cross aquatic
school front June 19-29. School is
bring held at North Carolina college
for Negroes, Durham. Tills Is
the sixth annual leadership school
for Negroes conducted by the
American Red Cross. Those
schools are short-term trulnlng
centers at which selected students
are trained as instructors In water
safety, first aid and accident
prevention. Evans has been selected
by the recreation department
and the local lted Cross
chapter, and will major in the water
safety training program. This
? i -r.. .-"tin diving.
functional, canoeing, boating, life
saving and first aid.
The faculty at. the aquatic
school Is made up of professional
personnel from national, area anil
chapter staffs and selected aqua
tic ami other experts cluwn from
their outstanding knowledge nnu
skill in some particular phase of
training given in these schools.
Since the Negro training schools
were inaugurated the Greensboro
chapter of the American lted
Cross and the recreation department^
the city have worked together
in having some person
from Greensboro attend the**
GOSPEL oivrjEItS
Tim Grnco Soul .v-ring f;OH.
pel Singers will render a pro*-^,,,
at llonae of Prayer Wednesday
night, July H at 8 o'clock, assisted
by the Sllvertone Quintette. Tbo
public is Invited. Bishop ('. M.
Grace, founder; Elsie James
Dowdy, director, froui WinstonSalem
; Mr. Preston Klttrell, sponsor.