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leathqrcraft,- 10 a, in.: pottery, it, p£ni.: August 28, bird study, ,1:30Father A'nthony o£ Our Ltidy Help at Christ1 church.• f-lt; 4i*, r •r,-* *ACTIVITIE SAMONG NEGROES■ BY .DELILAH L. BEASLEY?•-rbne’of the outstanding posts ot^of having: the highest percentager W V x I • ' ? ' ' * ^ 1 . . v , ,the ^American Legion's convention'Jitit; .closed in./thf* ^ity, fwas that^ of ft tho« Bentainhn* J, ttowi© Post*U^,2ZSt 'tiom' Los 'Angeles 'This;pjwt;wa0 named after the first col-, jfrfeft1:enlisted man from CaliforniartSy.ihakG the supreme sacrifice* inwar. The Benjamin© .1.Bowie, post took an active part in•' - ajl’the convention’s proceeditigs. No~luii-active was £heir auxiliary; Dur-•.teg the official reception held Sunday'evening in Veteran's Memorial s biilldIng the Unit lt;3lee club rendered r*in enjoyable musical program. The.most heariiJy encorcd numbers were ,“Go Down I*iost*a,,r “Little David Play on Your Jfiirp*' and '.'“Hair to American Legions.” At ”.th«'close of the program their di-rector, Mrs. Fay Beal, was presented -an immense bouquet, f ,*vj-The following arc the names of * Ihej.members^ and officials ot tho . \CH^Vclub and the Unit: Mr». Vny lt;BeaV, chaplain and musical direc-* 'tdr;v\Mrs. Cullle Huberl, president unit, and pianist fm* the (3left club, she hold* tlig dinUnc*■ -,tlon' of betng official pJanJat tor tth« entire Bcventecnt.fi district of ' 'American Leion posts or. Califor-. tifo:; She is a graduate uC Fisk unt-/verniiyf and holds tho degree B, 3. from tile University of California .in' Los Angeles Wr«. JtfelHo Cur-. lisle;* another member of the Glee 1 club* ia 'junior past president of the Benjamine J, Bowio Unit, No, 228. Mrs, Pauline Lewis in aecre-‘iary’to the director* Mrs, Fay ?eahr The »ololal« were: MeadameE' Cruezot, McS wayne, and Smith.Other member* of ilio club were .lt; Mi cad a ni e« Graves, McCoJohan, ^JackBOn, Cp Id Wall. Muni gum Houk-ton, and Mrs, Victoria MUchell, color bearer, -who presented the , color* in convention at their flrsd rewdon held Monday in Oakland Municipal auditorium.This unit Iasi winter voted to preaent aa a gift Lo tho Gold Star 'Mother, Mr«. Annfo Bowfc, a mem* lundhip in the unit, hi new who way the only Gold Star colored mother . from California to make tho pilgrimage to graves of tho fathm heroes Jn France- But Mrs. Bowie after a very «hort JllnesH died be-i for* they could bestow this honor, wag however, a charter member Of the Angelins chaptcr, Arnerl-;'©*R War Mulhurci.: OFFICIALS OF THE POST. j_ ‘J- The drum corps and buKlors or ?v .ilfi^xBenj^niine J. Bowlo lvo*stT No221,‘.made a splendid showing ir the colorful parade helil Monday \}aft*rnoon., The drum cort« woro 'blue Bw'ealers, trimmcfl In gold. ‘ with vi*hite flannel trousers, blult; atriped, blnck shoes, wlille snin*i *nA blacK tien. The drill team wm-e Mu« uniforms trimmed in S«htr white and blue special regulation American Legion caps. This post ' hu m their commander Alva Gar-, rott Drum Major, Lieut. Jessie ^ _Kimbrough; president, Jfarry Be.nl;^ tjnrt vice-president, Woody Lewis; : instructor. Manual Bray; bugleiA V \ A. Amett, G. Bradford, Maour! ■ Bfir J. Clesby, Arthur Cole, Jlt;, f-Hmtik, H. Graham,*A. lllnds, A. C. mHebeil, Jf, C. Powell, A. B. Kemy, ti. Ii Scott; drummers, Harry Baei, Bdwird Carlisle (formfirly supplyv ►,kr. • t1.JLlt; ■■f,!■2lt;Sv»•gained Jn membership ■ for 032, over last year,Tho Fred Whitaker XJnil, No373p of South Lob Angeles, won asilver cup for the hlg-host numberreporting for Btnto mobilizationtest. They v;ero represented hy’Mrs. Rose King, their president and tho wlfo of Dr. Curtis JCing- of Watts, California, , ,coh. ciianhm toung vost.Tho CoL Charies \;ouu^ Po^t, Anicrfcan Legion of' Oakland, participated in tho convention, and tho parade with Commander Ltout. Leonard Richardson (W. W, Vj I They vrovt} dark blue sack coats, white flannel, trousers, regulation dark blue caps, arching with tlil^j Pont wn« CL S. PJnkard, a mem her ol! tho Wallace Slmp»oJi Po^t, No, 2J7f*o£ Jenverr Colorodo. lie is, en route to the national American Legion convention to bo held in Portland* lid was for a long time secretary 1\«M. C, A, fttoflworks in Pueblo, Colo., and holds a similar position now in Denver, Colo, JIESCU12 OONOGirr.XVri«H JMa,ry JJJ.xon Norriw, ufBork^lcy, Ih making «n urgent np* petti to tho public lo help her ralso Hiifficlent fun da whereby «he can a« tho (ruwteo of funds for Jarnea Noel IJrown, a blind musical student of her race, bo enabled lo pay hl« upkeep, Avhilo ,studying mu-«ic in Boston, Num. Tho boy was educated In tho blind school in Berkeley a a a ward of the a I silo. Through Mi«« Norris, and a grouu of her mimical friend# of the othet rac^, they intorc^Lcd Jtohtnd making seven such lnlcntolt;l Ncpro boy a be I,*? educating- In mu«let with the underKt and In ^ they pay their own upkeep. But JnmcH Noel Riknwn, liefn^r blind and remind from a family of twelve ehihlron of which he is the youngest, the family^ poverty innkinfi; it impoB-jdhle to help him. Ifaye? appointed Miss Mnry Dix^n Nervis n» trustee of funds and for the past two years «ho ht\n been successful in nil«ln^lt;hc j*ei[UlJod sum of ruuney Bui this year tho doprosHion hn« made it difficult to receive aasi«t-anco.At her own expense had the hoy return iu California and has nr-ranged t(^ have him give two oon-cert« ah w musical HLudcnt, hoping that a sympathetic, nppreciaUvc, a rut Kefier(iu« pnhUo will ivc^m/r hks talent and holp him prepare hhnsolf to oarn his own living uol-withstanding bin hnndioap lt;( being blind, poor arid a Noffnv. Tho firal cunrfirt will be li^’td c»n tli^ evening of A us; n Hi *10 at X\\$ in Travis tho-at^r, Kafrmminf fndof, *San Kvari-cisro, Thnro n I rs riwihl bos/'s ?i I a pi^c^. nnd olhor seats at tl.lt, and eenis, j\ grf»uj of vonii|r wo^iea of 7UNorrfs* racc have volunteered their services as iKshers? pramoly Virginia Stephens, Mva Clark, Florida Monroe TBarancn, and LuJn Chapman,QV A RT KU r, V XM NCI I ICC \,Tho qunrtcrlvr luncheon of the O^LKJ/iriu Council ui ijhurch VVumen will be held Friday, August 2U at 12:lfi ia Central y, w. C. A. honoring pionrer women hi W, C, T. TJ. Polfowln^ the luncheon there will begin a three day oshihjt and pro* sponsored by the Kasthnv
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Oakland Tribune
Oakland, California, US
Sun, Aug 21, 1932
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