The Oklahoma Eagle (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 27, 1944 Page: 2 of 8
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Automobiles
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part'd Io serve you.
—The Douse of Depen; ability—
ly appreiating and impic i.ig up n
ti;r t which has b<-cn won
In ci rtain large cities success-
ful fights have b<en wages to get
us a staggering toll in lo
ddis.
Descriptive leaflet mailed upon
request.
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Mrs. Missouria Barker
gram was rendered. Collection $13.
Mrs. Ned Elliott and daugh-ter,
Eliza Mae of Muskogee and Capt.
Ned Elliott, Jr., of Ft. Huachuca,
and Mrs. H. H. Hutton of Sapulpa,
were visiting Dr. and Mrs. G. H.
Banks Monday .
Children Rayon Panties
With Elastic All Round
Top Sizes 2 to 12 59c
Ladies Fabric Purses
$2.98-$3.98
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Dresses $1.98-$2.98
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Ladies 2 Peice Alpaca Suits
Pastel & Navy's $5.98
Children Polo Shirts
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ual leadership of which we are so
In this wise, the
dural inclination is to look to the
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When vour doctor prescribes
his work is useless unless re-
liable DRUGS and CHEMI-
CALS are used in your pre-
scriptions. When you bring
prescriptions here for fill-
ing, you get both safety and
FAIR PRICES.
Scott.
Mr. and Mrs. Comer Milton are
proud parents of another baby girl
Mother anti baby doing fine.
Sick list: Mrs. M. E. Byers,
Mrs, K. C. Turner. Mrs. Anna Per-
kins.
Mr. Tommie Thomas and Miss
Ollie Mae Pqole are visiting among
friends in Clarksville for two weeks.
Odessa Erisco, reporter
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• New Modern Plant
• Sanitary Process
• Dry & Steam Cleaning
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Finis Abernathy, reporter.
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the spending a few’ days in the home o.l
I old friends, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Lindner 153-AK West 33 St.,
New York 1, N. Y.
Pfc. Johnnie Alien and Pfc. Er-
nest Clara were visiting in
community this week.
Mis. Dili; Mot.'-y of Rocky Hil!
US- Marines
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Randles, after visit of ten days,
left this week. Mrs. Randles is im-
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of being carried away by the gran-
diose achievements of smashing
through to obtain the goal, and the:
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Supt. D. C. Cobbs w as in charge
of the Sunday school. Rev. W. E.
McGill brought the morning mes-
sage. Collection $15. Visitors arc
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a visitoi in the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Myrtle Haynes. All the
former guests were from Tulsa.
Mr. Geo. Scott of Parsons, Kan-
sas was a Mother's Day visitor of
lor the sick of Haynes community, his mother. Mrs. Sarah Scott.
Mr. Please Logan, Muskogee.
NA ACT' Should Follow Thtough
In light of these things. jt does
seem strange indeed that an or-
ganization of the scope, power and
influence of the NAACP hasn't
stopped to consider the tackling of
this problem which is just as im-
portant. if not more sc, than the
concentrated business of
more and more "rights".
Mrs. Annie Ferguson of Beggs,
Oklahoma is the guest here ot sister
in law, Mrs. Hattie Walkc of Tal-
ladega street.
Pie. Avon Ratliff is home on
furlough. Mrs. Ratliff is the for-
mer Mackey Lee. The membership
at Behtel is happy indeed to have
the paster and wife home again.
Thev spent 10 days at the General
Conference in Philadelphia. He re-
ports the “church is safe".
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Pastor, Rev. C. W. Montgomery
was in charge of the morning wor-
ship.
Tne young people are busy get-
ting ready for the young people's
association which w^il convene at
the Ebvnezer Church at Melvin on
the 5th of June.
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bers runner seems too much for
Im cituren and it is. sad to say,
slowly losing ground in the figr.t
I io control tne motels ot out peo-
ple. Wether the tnim.aers are de-
voting too much ti mete so called
"worldly affairs' 'is not tile ques-
tion. The tact is. the almost rigid
coi.irol ov«r his flock exercised by
tl < old t'me gospel dispenser uf the n
early 1900s has practically vanish-
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Sunday school at «the various
churches was well attended. The
missionary sisters rendered a won-
derful Mother's Day service.
The Senior Vesper sevice was
held in the Moton high school at 3
p. m.. Rev. Cooksey, Jr., delivered
the sermon.
The Misses Bessie B Dinwiddie,
Olive B. Campbell. Marla and Em-
ma Morgan, seniors of Moton high
spent a night with their classmate.
Miss Esthcrean Hutchins in Mus-
kogee this week.
The senior class of 1944 gave
their last remarks and praises to
Moton high school May 15th in the
school auditorium. Miss Estherean
Hutchins our salutatorian. acted as
mistress of ceremony and Emma V
Morgan, the valedictorian, delivered
her oration. “Is America A Demo-
cratic Nation?”
The other members had the his-
tory and ether activities of
class.
Cpl. John II. Paschall, Jr., who
is stationed at Ft. Jackson. S. Caro-
lina. is home visiting relatives and
frit nds.
S S. at the various churches
was well attended last Sunday.
At the AME Church
Campbell was at his post.
Mrs. Congress Dunevant accom-
panied by Miss Lorane Durley. vi-
sited Mr. end Mrs. Thomas Dune-
vant of Oktaha last week-end.
Miss Wynetta Dunevant is visit-
ing in the village this week.
Prof, and Mrs. Booker McHcn-
■ ry have opened an ice cream, bar-
becue and cold pop stand in front
■ T their residence. Remeber Prof,
'and Mrs. R. D. F. Hill reside at the
I same old stand with fancy groceries
' and ice cold drinks.
I Several people attended the
] spooky tavern at Lincoln high in
>ner last Friday night.
Mrs. Lorenc Carriange of St.
Paul.'Minn., visiting relatives: Mrs.
Sarah Wortham of Petersburg, Va.,
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Mrs. G. C. Perry of the Wheat- j
• Red Cross services in far distant points of the globe are discussed by Jesse O. Thomas, assistant
to the administrator of Red Cross, General Services, and four Red Cross overseas workers home or
leave George Goodman (center) served 16 months as director of the Great George Street Red Cross
Club in Bristol, England, while Raymond Miller (right) has been on duty with troops in North Africa
as program director of a Red Cross club there. Delow, Sylvester Reeder, for 18 months a Red Cross
field director in the South Pacific, examines pictures showing Red Cross operations in Great Britain
■with Mrs. Dorothy Hamilton, who served 8 months in the British Isles. The Red Cross has 139 N'egrc
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I opened at usual hour. Supt. Mr'. J.
Harcrick and staff of teachers
most powerful organization j
Fostci, Mr. Will Ousley, Mrs Sallie
Parks. M. Allen Carter, Mr. Harry
Randall.
Mrs. Fannie Carter was called
to Tulsa Friday due to the illness
of her daughter. She returned Sun-
day and reported her doing fine.
Mrs. Marrnda Lee, reporter
MARINE ACE AWARDED
CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
MAJOR GREGORY BOYINGTON.USMC, OFFICIALLY CREDITED
WITH 26 JAP PLANES... ACCOUNTED FOR SIX OF THESE
WHILE A MEMBER OF THE "FLYING TIGERS"... WAS CITED BY
THE PRESIDENT FOR “EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM ABOVE
AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY." „
AFFECTIONATELY CALLED PAPPY BY HIS MEN,THE MAJOR
IS l ISTED AS MISSING IN ACTION.
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Inundations.
The constant reiteration of the
> -I from idea that while people hate Negroes.
,»iorship that all uf them are out to exploit
i * a .. the black man. that the Negro, be-
cause uf his long period in Ameri-
S. S. at Pleasant Grove was well
attended. Supt. P. E. Grayson on
duty. After S. S. Bro. John F.d-
Wonderful Mother's Day pro- ' ward led devotional service. Pastor
’ • - - ■■ W. R. Pefccll delivered a sermon.
The mission sisters rendered a
wonderful program.
Mrs. Oliver Hawkins reporter
An opporhinily lo pay
homage lo those deal' to
j you who have passed on.
i and lo onr nalional heroes.
Whether your ehoiee be t
filling wreath or an ar
rangcnienl of fresh I low-
'ns in (.enielery vase, yon
will find Boston's well pre-
The National Assoeialion lor Ad>ancemenl of Colored
People and other race rights organizations haw si, perfect-
ed die art of protest that today the Negro's cause is known
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the part of the workers has < <;use 1 I
several stores to r> scin:l their lib- I
era) policies in this respect and
writing off the experience as bad
judgment. Rtstaunmts and night-
| clubs, hotels and exclusive
have adn
long an5
Ly our race itgh
ctfuit has burn
’ cns. s beumst- th,
The persons t'at attended
vices at Cherryville church
Sunday wer, not disappointe: the | peatrjce Cobbs, O'Gvnn, Gcorgetta i
papers read were indeed a '‘ 'bi't" i p;i.lers01L Mrs Jcssk, TatCi M[. wi;1
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at their posts.
Sunday school was well attend-
ed by groups of young and elderly
folk. Total offering lor Sunday was
$2.41.
BTU was well attended after
vv!’ich the classes were entertained
by a banquet. Total offering $2.75.
Evening services, Rev. W. L.
Gilmroe preached the sermon. To-
tal collection $36.00.
Pvt. Howard Thomas and Pvt
W. L. Morgan, formerly of Vinita I
arc back visiting relatives and
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friends. They are stationed at Fort
Lawton, Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Presley Huff are
back visiting relatives and friends w
—Mr. Huff is also in the armed for-
ces He is stationed at Ft. Lewis,
Washington. *
Sgt. Jack Masters, stationed at
Ft. Huachuca, Ariz., is visiting with
his family.
Dr. G. T. Sharpe was entertain-
ed by a birthday party in her hon-
or. Mrs. Ethel King of St. Louis,
Mo., daughter of Mrs. Sharpe, at-
tended the party.
Oakly Hardrick. reporter
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Rev. Price bought the. message.
Collection $14.25 $2.05 was raised
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was visiting her mother, Mrs. Eth-
el Moss this week. Mr. Curtis Paige
ot Kansas City was visiting his mo-
ther, Mrs. Mollie Paige, other rela-
tives and friends this week.
Miss Hattie Bell Gordon of Tul-
sa spent tne week-end with her mo-
the, Mrs M. E. Gordon.
Mr and Mrs. Leon Shannon of
Rev. J P. Smith and Rev. Graves Chicago, 111., were visiting their
of Taft. Several members attend- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Jones
ed the baccalaureate sermon at Tait and Mr. and Mrs. Perry L. Jones
and Boynton.
The Mission showered the Glad-' ,„lo. lo
n< y family of Muskogee with, can-■ several nights in Muskogee recenily.
ned vegetables, milk, butter and'
eggs after which a church full pro-
gram of song and prayer was car-
ried out. Those who donated were
Mcsdaines Lovetta Myers, Nannie
Collins. Minnie Charles, Maranda
Lee. Beatrice Hilburn. Sallie Parks.
Fly your kites far away from the powei lines.
They are important just now — they are carry-
ing electric power to industries that make guns,
ammunition, bombers — all kinds o' materials
for the men in the armed forces. Never, never ,
use a metal string to fly your kite.
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From this it would seem that
some kind of organization or acti-
vity would long ago have been set
failing to consolidate these gains
before pushing ahead for the next sorely"in “need.
objective, we have the aishearicn-
s"«na"to'the puli'Tfor the I
moral guidance we so badly need {
in these days. Bui the competition I
of the barroom, the dancehall the
winning
. It doesn't i
nean a thing if the Negro is allow-
ed to vote in the Texas white dern-
cciatic primary if he desn't know
how to vete or what he is voting
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rights ease involving a restaurant or ,
department store and thi n allow the
effort to be torn by ignorant, un-
taught the elements of comrrYn dc-
yncy and courtesy.
Are the thousands of Negro
masses ,n the South who arc forc-
ed to ride Jim Crow on the various
trains operating in Dixie prepared
to go into the parlor car, lounge,
etc..’ It's all well and goo:! to ad-
vance the eld argument that their
money is as good as anyone else's.
but it's another thing to soberly
analyze the problem and come to
the conclusion that this method of
th, oriztng many times plays right
into the hands of the Bilbos and
the Rankins.
Our i
to: ay is the NAACP. It is dealing yAHOLA, OKLAHOMA
with cv< ry day problems confront-
ing the Negro. It is close to the
people, to the situation affecting
them. Upon it should fall the re-
sponsibility of broad education in
the right way to appreciate what
it is doing to win better things for
us all. But this is the emo problem
they havt-n't touched There isn't
as much in telling a man what is
wrong with hi mas there is in tell- 1
ing him what the other is doing to
him.
ley high school gave an address that I
was a masterpiece. The Negro race (
needs more talks as Mrs. Pc’vr 1
brought to us Sunday. Another
gathering was a high time for us,
Rev. Washington, pastor of New-
Zion Baptist church. Muskogee,
spoke to nn.i for the graduates. Miss
Jeweline Nadine Jackson. Miss Jew-
ell Mae Pouncil. Miss Lucile Evans.
I Miss Nellie Mae Haywood. Miss
Gustava Adkins. Miss Ruby J. Ly-
I ons. Miss Vivian Grayson. If these
young ladies will accept and put
into practice only one-half of the
good things said to them by this
learned and experienced minister
we will be very proud to have
, konw n them.
See Junior Griffin for the In-
dependent. ,
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persons. The effort has been sty
rniec in the results that which tin
s eo.ly conduct, lack ui training a id
lack id appreciation ot th< jeb cn I‘.‘•“.■.nd'm its place has come cyni-
“ ' ’ " ’ " ’ ' c.'.-m, disbelief and confusion.
Man? Big Issues On Agenda
'lhe situation is -’angerous. /»;,
lit- when .'iich momentous is-1. J\,
-ms as the poll tax. the white dem-
ocratic primary, the question of'
. Nesro patrons . ft- r j 1.[1„al|,y ,,re Hmeljghlcd before the ^e'^ugiuer^n-W of^Mrs' Lizz’ie
jiif.be and kept then through the
1 i ■:ci:-ilied lobbying of our national
leader, led by the NAACP. the
whole tight stems in danger of o'is-
bccatise of its shaky
The Community Center Club was
very successful in their progam and
annual sermon Mother's Daj. The
program was wonderful with Rev.
J. W. Phillips, pastor of the First
Baptist church delivering the scr-
n.on. Collection $6.45.
A lovely plate lunch was served
by the club to the visitors.
Mrs. Lula Lane ot Tulsa was a
week t nd visitor of her mother,
Mrs. Sallie Scott. Ms. Sudduth was
a guest in the home of her daugh-
ter. Mrs Juanita Johnson.
Mrs. Pauline Simmons and Mrs.
Griffins were over-night visitors of
Fountain Baptist Sunday school1 lit the former's mother, Mrs. Sam-
at usual hour, Supt. A. L. Barnett at1 uel. j
his post. Sister Annie McCornell I Miss Ctnnie Ste jle was a week-
reau the General Introduction. Rev. | end guest of her mother, Mrs. Lc-
Rcbinson addressed the school, col-| onia Steele, Mrs. Daisy Walker was
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Mother's Day program was ren-
ered in morning service.
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can slavery, is entitled to every ad-
vantage on the scene today, wheth
er or not he is prepared to receive
such advantages, is having harmful
effete everywhere.
In New York Negroes are so
tensed on the question that every
little act of a white perosn is liable
to he interpreted as a gesture of
prejudice o rof carrying the impli-
cation of white superiority. Negro
children are influenced by the pro-
1 paganda to the point where many
| of them quit school, refuse to apply
fot jobs they can have at the ask-
ing because of a belief that the
whole world is against them be-
cause they are colored.
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low, boisleroils I'l'iactvi .
Lack of Cintrol of the
of Ncgrot \i j- of i,
fur tin type ot
that is tulis
and lack
in the four corners of the world Negroes jobs in big downtown de
So intense is the barrage of jjroi jiurtment stores as clerks and sal.-,
laid down at c cry angle on the
problems and situations confront-
ing the race that little more can
be asked in this respect .
The role played by th. Nesro
Press is carrying this protest tnes-
sage to the world has been dually
important with the work of th<‘
NAACP, the National Negro Con-
gress and other groups engaged in
the same struggle. In the thorough
job thus carried out ii .wevti. ii
the basis tor alarm. b<. . e m ; -
pagandizinc the Negro's c ;
proper ch. cks and i
vent unhcaltl.y react ■ •t
great masse, of Ncjp • ha- i
been provided. That is w. ■ v<
have the sordi and un-t ndy jtic-
ture of the Negro witli m.ir 'i ■. 1; ,
than he can digest, suffcrin tr .
the bellyache from those he hi al-
ready been given.
Should Consolidate Gains
Constructive advancement should |
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