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2-C Sunday, March 3, 1957 The Shreveport Times Service. He spent five yean as EX-AIR FORCE SECRETARY DEATHS Maroid E. Talbott Dies On Fla. Vacation at 69 Force at Ft. Bragg, N.C.; his mother, Mrs.

Elizabeth Barrett, of Marshall; a brother. Jack Barrett, of Ore City, one sister, Mrs. Era Puranell, of Marshall; and one grandchild. T. L.

OUZTS ARCADIA March 2 (SpeciaD T. L. Ouzts died today at his home in the Oak Grove community near Gibsland. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Gibsland Methodist Church with the Rev.

Don Perry-man and the Rev. Joe Robinson officiating. He is survived by his widow; one son, T. L. Ouzts of Shreveport; three daughters, Mrs.

John Colvert of Gibsland, Mrs. Joe Chandler of Vivian and Mrs. Austin Mays of Shreveport; 12 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; four brothers, J. M. Ouzts of Min-den, W.

D. Ouzts of Arcadia, Ed Ouzts of Texas, and W. S. Ouzts president of the Dayton-Wright a reorganization of the Orville Wright and in 1925 became a director of the Chrysler Corp. He was board chairman of North American Aviation Co.

in 1931-32. Durinz World War 2. he was di rector of aircraft production and the war production board. NSC Team To Parade in New Orleans NATCHITOCHES. March 2 (Spe- cial Northwestern State's crack ROTC drQJ team, commanded by Cadet Capt Joseph Francis of Alexandria, left here ioday for New Orleans, where they will march in the big Mardi Gras parade in the Crescent City on Sunday.

This marks one of several appearances the marching group has made this year. They will also march in the Bienville Parish Fes-tivel in Arcadia Friday, along with "Miss America. Besides Francis, members of the drill team include Richard Barnes, Shreveport; William Brundage, Sulphur; Roger Christian, Sulphur; Billy Cone, Shreveport; Charles Fulco, Shreveport; James Ham-mons, Winnfield: Gary Hardwick. Slagle; Roland Harlan, Montgomery; Malcolm Havard, Harrisonburg; Danny Higdon, Alexandria; Robert Hooker. Hamer, S.C.; Frank Hudson.

Natchitoches; Gerald Jordan, Florien; Roger Johnson. Leesville; Henry McDowell, Shreveport. C. L. Miner.

Pineville; William Parsons, Shreveport; Hugh Phillips, Shreveport; James Plumb, Shreveport; Robert Riser, Many; Jerry Roy, Alexandia: Gerald Schorr, New Orleans; Robert Scriber. Bossier City; John Skid-more, Midland, Frank Stewart, Colfax; William Taylor, Bossier City; Jim Tuma, Alexandria: David Ward, Montgomery, and Norbert Vincent, Sulphur. 'SI- Cempare) Values No Carrying Charge SEE SPECIALS IN OUt WINDOWS n4, JT c-ev 'sr 111. PALM BEACH, March 2 UFi. Harold E.

Talbott, 69-year-old aviation pioneer and former secretary of the Air Force, died suddenly early today, only a few hours after he arrived in Florida for a vacation. His death in bed at 3:30 a.m. was attributed by his nephew. Dr. George E.

Talbott of Dayton, Ohio, to a stroke. Talbott was a house guest in the Palm Beach home of Mrs. Harry Payne Bingham. Her late husband, a pioneer Florida real estate man, was a long-time friend of the Tal-botts. After cremation in Miami, memorial services will be held for Talbott in the St.

James Episcopal church in New York at 4 p.m. (EST) Monday. Other services are planned for Tuesday in Dayton, Ohio. A probe into Talbott's connection with a New York business en gineering firm ued to his resignation from his Air Force post in August, 1955. A Senate subcommittee reported-this connection brough him $132,032 in his 2V4 years as secretary.

RESIGNS POST His offer to "resign rather than "embarrass" the administration was accepted promptly by President Eisenhower, who told Talbott "your decision was the right one." During tha 1956 election campaign, thj Democrats referred to the Talbott case as, one of several "conflict of interest" cases in the Eisenhower administration. Mrs. Talbott was with her husband when he died. She had come to Florida a week ahead of him. A daughter, Mrs.

Blancke Noyes of Darien, and her husbano. were visiting in nearby Lantana, with his parents, 31r. an Mrs. Jansen Noyes. Members of.

the family planned to return to New York today by private plane. Secretary of Defense Wilson com mented that Talbott was "a great secretary of the Air Force and I have always had the highest regard for him." When Talbott left the defense department, Wilson gave him the Medal of Freedom, a top reward for civilians who help the defensj effort. Under Secretary of Air James H. Douglas, expressed "deep regret at Talbott's death, recalling "the devotion Mr. Talbott had for the THE LADIES HAVE A STAKE in the future of Shreveport baseball, too, and the pair pictured above are doing something about it.

Mrs. Louis Currie (seated) is shown carrying out her part in a concentrated telephone campaign which has been inaugurated by the "Let's Go to Bat for the Sports" ticket drive. Ready with the ducats is Mrs. E. E.

"Colonel" of the Women's Division and one of the campaign's hardest workers. Mrs. Currie, of 1618 Vivian, is one of the city's most dedicated baseball fans despite the fact that she is 69 years old and confined to a wheelchair. The picture" was snapped at the Headquarters trailer on Courthouse Square. (Times photo by Langston McEachern) ZVLV SPOTLIGHTED HAROLD E.

TALBOTT Air Force, during his tour as secretary and afterward." ACTIVITIES QUESTIONED The Senate subcommittee re ported that Talbott, while serving as Air Force secretary, had sougnt business for Paul B. Mulligan and in which he was a partner. Government contracts were held by some of the firm's clients. Talbott offered to sever his con nection with Mulligan. Some of his activities, he told the senators, had been mistakes such as writing to potential clients on Air Force stationary.

Do right and don write, he told a group who attended a farewell luncheoi. for rum at the Pentagon. A native of Dayton, Ohio, Tal bott served during World War I as a major in the Signal Corps Air N.O. Negroes Divided On Mardi Gras Festival PERFECT DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT RING 5 GENUINE $flOf DIAMONDS U2) $3.75 Down $3.00 Weekly Perfect Urge center diemond with foix genuine tide diemonds. Greet value end great beauty.

18-k. white or 14-k. natural gold. No. 931.

HOME OF THE PERFECT DIAMOND iuschs0dft GROWTH STABILITY INTEGRITY GULF INSURANCE COMPANY DALLAS MRS. JO ANNA HINSON MAGNOLIA, March 2 (Special) Mrs. Jo Anna Hinson, 85, died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Pete Killion, after a long illness. She is survived by four other daughters, Mrs.

W. L. Darby of Dallas, Mrs. W. Fallin of El Dorado, Mrs.

G. M. Hembree of West Palm Beach, and Mrs. Bill Burrow of El Dorado; a brother, M. Lambert of El Dorado; 13 grandchildren and 30 greatgrandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Second Bap-Lst Church of El Dorado and bur-ia will be in Old Parker's Chapel cemetery. The Rev. Jesse Reed and the Rev. J.

C. Crabbe will conduct the rites. BENJAMIN COCKRELL CARTHAGE, March 2 (Special) Benjamin Lewis Cockrell, 56, city nightwatchman, died here Thursday as the result of a heart attack. Funeral services are pending the arrival of a son who is in the Navy. Burial will be in the Reeves Cemetery.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Naruiie Cockrell; thre sons, Franklin and John Cockrell of Carthage, and David Cockrell, stationed in California wiht the Navy; a brother, Wesley Cockrell of Carthage, and four sisters, Mrs. Mattie Lind-sey, Chickasha, Mrs. Jewel Litton, Shreveport; Mrs. Mollie Barnett, Galloway, and Mrs.

Omah Gentry of Carthage. MRS. GRACE FERNBAUGH NATCHITOCHES, March 2 (Special Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. today at the chapel cf Blanchard's Funeral Home here for Mrs. Grace R.

Fernbaugh, who died on Feb. 23 at her home in Los Altos, Calif. Burial was in the Memory Lawn Cemetery here. She is survived by two sons, Carrol R. Fernbaugh of Natchitoches and Ralph E.

Fernbaugh of Los Altos; one daughter, Mrs. Gene McGinnis of Freedonia, her mother, Mrs. Emma Rumsey; and two sisters, Mrs. Lena Anderson and Mrs. Margaret Montgomery, both of' Riverside, ana eight grandchildren.

MISS DORA FREY RUSTON. March (SpeicaD Miss Dora Frey, 69. a "lifelong resident of Saline, died yesterday in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at p.m. Sunday at the Magnolia Baptist Church of Saline with the Rev.

Joel Hilburn and the Rev. W. C. Toms officiating. Burial will be in the Friendship Cemeterv near Saline under direction of the Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Rus- ton.

She is survived by two sisters. Mrs. A. D. Smith of Saline and Mrs.

George Eastin ol St. Martinsville; three brothers, L. D. Frey Jr. of Saline and Lloyd Frey of uernice and Ben Frey of Chicaka-saw, Ala.

MRS. CASSIE MAE WILLIAMS NATCHITOCHES, March 2 (Spe cial) Mrs. Cassie Mae Williams. 67, of Ajax, died yesterday in a Coushatta hospital. Funeral services were held at the Jordan Ferry Baptist Church at 10 a.m.

Saturday with the Rev. Dave Hughes officiating. Burial was in the Ajax Cemetery under direction of the First National Funeral Home of Natchitoches. She is survived by her husband. John Williams; three sons, James and Leo Williams, both of Ajax, and Ralph Williams of Seminole, two daughters, Mrs.

C. R. Ott of Mitchell and Mrs. E. R.

Walker of Coushatta; two sisters, Miss Nanny Robinette and Mrs. Linda Bearden, both of Ajax; and three grandchildren. C. R. YOUNG CAMDEN, March 2 (Spe cial) C.

R. Young, 76, a life-long resident of Holly Springs, died in the Camden hospital Saturday. He was a member of the Mt. Olivet Methodist Church where he served as superintendent for 48 years. tie is survived dv two sons.

Claude of Holly Springs, and Charles of Camden; five daughters. Mrs. Ira Looney, Mrs. Herman Taylor, and Mrs. Ora Mae Nutt, all of Camden.

Mrs. Harry Stone, and Mrs. Hugh Roach, of Holly bprmgs; and 16 grandchildren. Fu neral services will be at the Mt Olivet Methodist Church tomor row afternoon at 3 p.m. Benton Funeral Home of Fordyce is in charge of arrangements.

WILLIE RIGDON HAYNESVILLE, March 2 (Spe cial) Willie Monroe Rigdon, 64, retired oil company employe, died late today in a local hospital. Fu neral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday at the Haynesville Pentecostal Church with the Rev. L. B.

McDaniel and the Rev. E. G. Deluish Burial will be in the Shady Grove cemetery. He is survived by his widow; five sons, Alton, Audie and Ray mond, all of Haynesville; Odell Rigdon of Winnfield, and Ray Rigdon of East Liverpool, Ohio; five sisters, Mrs.

Lydia Foster of Ashland, Mrs. Dellie Martin of Ashland, Mrs. Lilly Mae Nelson of Cotton Valley, Mrs. Ellen Bates and Mrs. Ordenia Glover, both of Coushatta; two brothers, Charlie of Cotton Valley and Corbe Rigdon of Natchitoches; and 11 grandchildren.

EARL BARRET MARSHALL, March 2 (Special) Earl Barret, 48, died at a Houston hospital early today, following a long illness. Funeral services probably will be held Monday, at a time and place to be announced by Sullivan Funeral Home of Marshall. Mr. Barrett was born at Mt. Pleasant.

He came to Marshall 31 years ago, and has operated several grocery stores and automobile service stations. He was a member of the second Baptist Church of Marshall. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Gladys Barrett, of Marshall; three sons, Don Earl and Dannie Barrett, both of Marshall, and Jerrv I Wayne Barrett, with the U.S. Air MISS FANCES TAGLIAVORE Mardi Gras Ball Queen Is Crowned Miss Frances Tagliavore, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Pete Tagliavore was crowned queen of the Mardi Gras Ball held last night by the Junior Altar Society of St. John's Grade School. Her escort for the ball, held at the Knights of Columbus Hall, was Carl Costanze, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Anthony J. Cosanza. She was crowned by the Rev. A. B.

Kearns, S.J. Other members of the court were: Martha Mabry, escorted by Richard Akin; Ladies in waiting, Lynda Ackman, with Mills McCawley, Maureen Moran, with Paul Mayeux, Sharon Johns, with Walter Wise, Christine Hengy, with Robert Tarpy, and Natalie Follain, with Frank Sullivan. Train bearers were Anthony Cor-daro and Michael Case. The crown bearer was Neyland Basco. Miss Sara Giglio served as captain of the ball and Mrs.

H. J. Wolcott was master of ceremonies. Winterrowd Rites to Be Held Monday Mrs. Anna C.

Winterrowd, 75, died yesterday at her home at 2426 Virginia Ave. A native of Martinsville, 111., she had lived in Shreveport for the past 36 years. She was the widow of Dallas H. Winterrowd. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs.

Florence Bowie of Natchitoches, Mrs. Roy C. Bradley of Shreveport and Mrs. Francis Guidry of Alexandria; three sons, William Hubert E. and Otho Winterrowd, all of Shreveport; one sister, Mrs.

Cora Johns of Enfield, 111. Three half brothers, Earl Deahl of Terre Haute, Maurice Deahl of Enfield and Rex Deahl of Boise, Idaho, 17 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. tomorrow in St. Matthias Episcopal Church, with the Rev.

Bradley Trimble, pastor, officiating. Interment will be in Forest Park Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Charles Bradley, Eugene Winterrowd, Donald Winterrowd, William Winterrowd, Jerry Winterrowd and Kenneth Winterrowd Jr. Mrs. Ruby Allar Funeral Today Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m.

today for Mrs. Ruby Spear Allar, 75, of 419 Colquit Bossier City. Mrs. Allar died at a local hospital at 6 a.m. yesterday after a long illness.

The rites will be conducted by the Rev. W. L. Sewell, pastor in the First Baptist Church of Bossier City. Burial will follow in Hill-crest Cemetery under the direction of the Brunson Funeral Home.

The body will remain at the Brunson Chapel in Bossier City until time of services. Mrs. Allar had resided in Bossier City for the past eight years, coming there from Bastrop. Survivors in addition to her husband, A. B.

Allar, include one daughter, Mrs. Emmett Harper, Bossier City, two sisters, Mrs. E. E. Gibson of Shreveport, and Mrs.

Ernestine Todd of Bastrop, and two grandchildren. The Alborz well, neor Qum, Iran, discovered last year, is producing 60,000 to 80,000 barrels of oil a day, Tehran reports. It may be the largest in the Middle East. FOR SALE NEW PRIME MILD STRUCTURAL STEEL Ton i 10 l'VxHVxx20 AngL 40 Angt 40 2-kT'kV A lVx40- Angl. 40 A' x40' Angl.

35 VxT'xVS' W40-M' Angle Angl 30 Angl 55 AngU 35 Chonnat 55 Chonnal 35 Chonn.l 10 Fiat Bar 200 "x40' kV Bar 20 Vi" Smooth Round Bar Complete Rang of Beams Standard and Wide Flange Send Your Jteguifemenfs WRITE WIRE PHONE SOHKEN-GALAMDA COnFORATIOH 2nd Kivorvww (X-327) Kanai City 18. Karwa ATpt. 1-9305 STRONG in of Marksville. GEORGE GILBERT MARSHALL, March 2 (Special) Funeral services for George Alexander Gilbert, 86, were held at Rains and Talley Chapel at 2 p.m. today.

The Rev. Steve Rice of Emanuel Baptist Church officiated, and burial was in Greenwood Cemetery. Mr. Gilbert died at a1 local hos pital at 1:30 p.m. Friday.

He was born in Alabama on Dec. 5, 1870, and was a sawmill worker: Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Bibbie Morris, of Galveston, and Mrs. Josephine Smith, of Dallas; five sons, Milford Gilbert, of Tulsa, and Virgil, Jess, Amos and Jim Gilbert, all of Mar shall; eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. JASPER METCALF MARSHALL, March 2 (Spical) Jasper Langley Met- calf, 77, of Deberry, died at Panola General Hospital here at 11:40 p.m.

Friday. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Golden Rule Presbyterian Church in Elysian Fields, Tex. Rains and Talley Funeral Home of Marshall will be in charge of burial in Elysian Fieldes Cemetery. Mr.

Metcalf, a farmer, is sur vived by his widow, Mrs. Fannie Metcalf, of Deberry; three daughters, Mrs. H. G. Lawrence, of Deberry, Mrs.

A. C. Copeland, of Carthage, and Mrs. J. W.

Tiller, of Elysian Fields; two sons, Fed Metcalf, of Elysian Fields, and Harold Metcalf, of Terrell, one sister, Mrs. Lon Sharp, of Beckville; and 10 grandchildren. MRS. J. P.

FULLER Funeral services for Mrs. J. P. Fuller, 79, will be held today in the Osborn Funeral Home Chapel at 4 p.m. with Thomas D.

Rose, pas tor of the Southern Avenue Church of Christ officiating. Mrs. Fuller died Thursday in Great Falls, after a long illness. Interment will be in Forest Park Cemetery. MRS.

C. J. SLEDGE Funeral services will be held at the Conger Funeral Home in Ringgold Monday for Mrs. C. J.

Sledge, 73, a ligelong resident of the Springhill community, who died Friday in a local hospital. Brother Sylvest, pastor of the Springhill Baptist Church, assisted by Rev. Don Giddings, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Arcadia, will officiate. Burial will be in the Springhill cemetery. Survivors include the husband; a daughter, Mrs.

Vera Breedlove of Shreveport; a son, J. C. Sledge of Shreveport; two grandsons, Jimmy L. Sledge of Shreveport, and Sgt. E.

D. Breedlove of Sacramento, Calif. a great-granddaughter, Seba Ann Breedlove of Sacramento, two brothers, Y. A. Cowart of Shreveport and -J.

G. McGinty of Ringgold; two sisters, Mrs. O. E. Due of Bossier City and Mrs.

I. E. Giddings of Vivian. MISS NEVA W. TAYLOR Miss Neva VV.

Taylor, 83, died at 12:30 p.m. yesterday at her residence, 814 Travis St. Born in Como, Miss Taylor resided in Shreveport for the past 51 years and had been employed by the U.S. Post Office here for about 30 years. At one time she was assistant to the postmaster.

She was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow in the Rose-Neath Chapel with the Rev. J.

Lawrence Plumley, pastor of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, officiating. Following the rites, the body will be sent to Dallas. Survivors include four nephews, all residing in California. BYRON E.

SIGHTLER Funeral services for. Byron E. Sightler, 47, disabled war veteran, of 3030 Haynes who died yes terday after a long illness, will be held at 2 p.m. today in Rose-Neath Chapel. Pallbearers will be G.

E. McKin-ley, Herbert Craig, Archie Cox, J. T. Walker, Willie Hunter and Troy Huhn. hild Is Killed In Auto Wreck DERIDDER, March 2 (SpeciaD Frankie Darlene Barrett, 22-month-old daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Earl Barrett of Dry Creek near here, was killed today in an automobile accident nuear Kinder. Details on the wreck were not available here. Funeral services will be held Sunday at Dry Creek Congregational Methodist Church at 2 p.m. with the Rev.

Preston Simmons officiating. Burial will be in the Hopewell cemetery under direction of the Hixson Funeral Home. Survivors are her parents; two brothers, William and Jerry Barret; a sister, Lynelle; her paternal grandfather, W. R. Barrett, all of Dry Creek; her maternal grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. Otis Moses of DeRidder. So that logging would not be delayed when rain washed out roads leading -to a sawmill near Wellington, Hew Zealand, fuel for the mill was dropped by parachute. Gulf Insurance Company was organized in 1925 and has operated continuously under the same management during these 32 years. In 1930 Gulf appointed J.

D. Parkerson of Lafayette as general agent for Louisiana. Mr. Parkerson and his associates have ably represented Gulf continuously through these 27 years. and the Great Southwest their dances.

In a sense, the success of United Clubs have been overwhelming, But one failure must rankle Dr. Burns. The symbol of Negro Mardi Gras Zulu won't go along. "Yeah, they asked us to give up Carnival and the parade, but that stuff is for those big aristo cratic clubs that put on the big balls," says Baker, the Zulu president. CONSOLATION Dr.

Burns, however, keeps calm with one consolation. "We couldn't help them anyway because we don't have money," adds Baker. "The white people give us the money." White merchants, who put most of the $1,600 it takes to outfit the five-float Zulu parade, want to keep alive a tradition that started in 1910. Zulu has become a burlesque of Rex, the Mardi Gras parade that exhibits the white king of Carnival. Rex dresses in regal splendor; Zulu dons a grass skirt over black tights.

Rex helpers toss out beads and favors; the Zulu warriors hand out coconuts. Rex marches to the swinging of the nation's top high school bands; Zulu hops to the rhythms of a jazz brass band. But these Zulu antics, which tickle many whites, brings scowls to some Negroes. "There is a wide feeling that the parade degrades and ridicules the Negro race. said Clarence Laws, field secretary of the National Assn.

for the Advancement of Colored People last year. 'They criticize us a lot, even some of our own people don't like it," answered Baker, "but I don't see it. I say we're not out to belittle anyone, we're just out to have a good time. That's our way. But Baker also must answer criticism from whites.

Some feel the Zulus have been leaving their funny bones at home during recent parades. CONTRAST One contrast between Zulu and United Clubs may be the lack of vitality in the former. The Zulus are getting old. Their membership, once over 100, has dwindled to 30. More significantly, the tremen dous issue that effects all Negroes today finds United Clubs and Zulu divided.

"I'll tell you about segrega tion," says Baker. "People got to come around to thinking right. that everybody is entitled to a right education and all that, but it 11 take time. I say it took us 100 years to get this far so it got to take this amount of time to get to the next place. Dr.

Burns has less paience: "I'm sick of being told that my grandchildren will be better off, I want a little bit of this first class citizenship right here and now. Out of this ruckus could come the eventua' end of all Negro Mar di Gras in New Orleans. P-TA Notes FAIR PARK The Fair Park P-TA Executive meeting will be held at 9:30 a m. tomorrow in the principal's of fice. The group plans to observe Founders Day with a special pro gram at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday in the school auditorium when all past presidents will be honored. LAKESIIORE JUNIOR The Lakeshore Junior High School P-TA will host the fourth district of the P-TA Thursday. Registration begins at 9 a.m., followed by a business session at 9:30 a The conference concludes at 12:45 p.m. Reservations must be made for lunch. M.

J. Leahy, pioneer New Guinea farmer, is suing the administration for "negligence" in permitting cat tle-ticks to be introduced to larm in me Highlands. MEW ORLEANS. March 2 VP Huge Harrison Baker, a 67-year-old Negro who runs a dingy bar in the cracking, peeling part of town, cherishes three things most. "First, I got to put my church, and then my Masonic order and third.

Zulu." On March 5, this year's Mardi Gras, Eaker will waddle along in the coconut stuffed jazz toned, grass-skirted parade of his Zulu Pleasure and Aid Society. But Dr. Leonard Burns, a 35-year-old Negro chiropodist with a small office and home in a trim part of town, cherishes just one goal: "I've seen first class citizenship. I want it." Throughout the New Orleans Mardi Gras season. Dr.

Burns is rushing from club to club, asking one vital favor: "don't dance." NEGRO MARDI GRAS Baker is president of Zulu, an organization that has become the symbol of Negro Mardi Gras. Dr. Burns is president of United Clubs, an organization that wants to wipe out Carnival for Negroes this year and spend the unused money fighting segregation. Young Dr. Burns and aging Baker represent the two elements in Negro carnival, a phenomenon never understood by the 150,000 visitors who stream into New Orleans each year.

Tourists always take in the Zulu parade. But. like the massive bottom of an iceberg, the rest of Negro Carnival, with its fabulous costumed balls, maze of cocktail parties and hushed presentation of debutantes, has remained hidden. This year New Orleans again will have Zulu. But the rest of the iceberg has been blasted away.

Although he could not convince Baker, Dr. Burns succeeded with 70 per cent of the other Carnival clubs. Over 100 groups have given up their .1957 festivities. UNITED CLUBS United Clubs, which does not expect every group to donate all unused carnival money, hopes to receive $100,000 or about half the money Negroes annually spend curing Mardi Gras for dance halls, costumes, formals, bands, invita tions, gifts and liquor. Like white society; Negroes normally start holding dances three to four months before Mardi Gras.

Most of the 150 clubs usually put on small affairs, although 10 ap proach white balls in splendor, dig nity and taste. These 10 have quit 1957 Carni val. They include the one that staged the $1,500 Go to Hades af fair last year, featuring about 400 guests, each costumed like a devil. This club's 24 members denied dance admittance to anyone without a costume, which cost about $30 to make. For their trouble, guests received a fancy invitation a favor at the door, plenty of drinks, music from a 16-man jazz band and a chance to stare at the zanier, more expensive costumes of their hosts.

Unlike guests at white balls, who sometimes receive only spec tator invitations, all devils could wiggle as well as goggle at Go to Hades until three in the morning. INTEGRATION None of this will happen in 1957 as the club hands over at least $1,000 for Integration. Clothing merchants, hall renters, musicians, liquor stores and printers will be hurt. Most merchants who sell to Negro Carnival are white, but all the musicians are Negro. Although some musicians grumbled at first, few sounds have come since.

United Clubs says musicians have been convinced they must make a greater sacrifice than most. Many Negroes have found it difficult to resist these twin arguments about money and sacrifice. Even those clubs that do resist, however, often find that few other Negroes will accept invitations to Claims Paid In Louisiana Since 1930 $2,278,033 Claims Paid In Louisiana In 1956 $249,868 FINANCIAL POSITION AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1956 i ASSETS $42,340,752 SURPLUS TO POLICYHOLDERS COMPLETE FINANCIAL STATEMENT. INCLUDING DETAILED LIST OF SECURITIES OWNED. GLADLY MAILED UPON REQUEST.

GULF INSURANCE COMPANY PARXERSON INSURANCE CORP. GENERAL AGENTS LAFAYETTE, LA. DALLAS Represented in Shreveport Jinks Insurance Agency 300 Ockley Drive Telephone No. 3-1613 PARXERSON BARNES GENERAL AGENTS NEW ORLEANS, LA. by Maynard and Clark P.

0. Box 1315 Telephone No. 20644 Douglass Insurance Agency, Inc. Commercial tuHdimj Telephone No. 3-6874.

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