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Cites Catholic Stand Vs. Racial Desegrega tion In an exlcusive interview for its April issue VIEW, national Catholic monthly of news comment, asked Judge Harold A. Stevens of the New York Court of General Sessions what he thinks of the opposition to desegregation in the South. Judge Stevens is the highest paid Negro judge in the country. He is a convert to Catholicism and has twice been president of the Catholic Interracial Council.

Not long ago he received the Papal award pro Ecclesia et Pontifice. Judge Stevens gave the special interview to one of the editors in his chamber in New York City. VIEW was interested in Judge's opinion regarding current communist propaganda that the "Negro problem" is intrinsic to the American system. Judge Stevens' repl'was that there is "no Negro problem, only an American problem, and America is gradually licking it." A 'FIRST i VIEW points out that the Judge's own career is proof that America is making real strides toward cor recting injustices to its Negro citizens. Judge Stevens was first Negro ever to be elected state representative from New York City's 13th district, a predominantly white neighborhood.

He is also the first Negro to be elected to New York's Court of General Sessions. The interviewer asked the Judge about the attitude of the average Negro toward the Church. According to the VIEW article the Judge said: "The reason why there are not more Negro a 1 i in America today is twofold. First, the great body of Negroes lives and has lived in the South. There were comparatively few' Catholic churches in the South, and of these few not all were available to Negroes.

As a result, the Negro had very little chance to learn anything at all about the church. "The second reason is that for many years none of the churches, Protestant or took a forthright stand against racial in justice. This was naturally very important to the Negro, and for many years nothing was done by Catholics to focus the attention of Negroes on Catholic principles in this matter. "However," the Judge goes on to say, "In the past two decades not only has the Negro had much I CHURCH GOERS Stand ing outside St. James Presby JUDGE HAROLD A.

STEVENS Catholics and the church, but the Catholic church has moved so tre mendously against racial injustice that it has made a very great impression on the Negro." Judge Stevens' opinion regarding the fight against racial desegregation is summed up in his final words to the VIEW editor: "If a thing is basically right and basically sound, it will prevail in the end." The interview is featured as VIEW'S cover story for April, and a special portrait of Judge Stevens wa drawn by Mr. John J. Jewell for VIEW'i cover. Siloam Concert Set For Sunday The New Member Fellowship of 206 Jefferson at 5 p. m.

on Sunday, April 17. Artists to be presented are Al phone Powe, baritone, a soloist with Siloam's choir, and Miss Judith Mcintosh, pianist. Powe will be remembered as one of the artists presented in recital at Boys High School by the Stuyvesant Community cen ter. Misi Mcintosh, also a cellist, is studying Miss Daisy Medford, well known pianist and organist. Rev.

Milton A. Galamlson is pastor of suo am. Mrs. Catherine Alexander is more opportunity for contact with president of the Fellowship. terian church following Palm Sunday services are (left to TICKETS NOW ON For the N.

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and McDonough st. The choir is di rected by Samuel W. Hill, former choirmaster of Concord Baptist church. The singers will present works of Wiilliam Schuman, John Work, Tschiachowsky, Ell Seig meister and other famous com nnsers. The concert is sponsored oy we Powell Crusaders club of Concord.

nl. rnMcVinrnneh ill club Siloam Presbyterian church will 7Mma Gihson give its annual spring musicale if. 1 norBm nr of the Dr. in the concert hall of the church, I is charman program. Gardner C.

Taylor is pastor of Concord. It will be the sixth consecu tive year that the crusaders have presented their former churcn music director and nis outstanding college musical aggregation. Last year they attracted a sellout attendance. A product of Talladega college and Columbia university, Mr, Hill has conducted choirs at Palmer institute, Alabama. State A and college and in nationwide broadcasts.

About 12,000 ships use the Suez canal in an average year. mmmmmmmmma mm nil mm llllBli. right) Misses Christina Irons, Carol Staggs, Gaye LaRoche, Kathy Moses and Jean Wright. Town And Country By VERA SHORTER The office was torn up, boxes on top of one another, when the man who delivers clean towels walked in. He said to the girl sitting at a littered desk, "Watsa matta you renovating?" She curtly nodded assent.

Then he pointed in the direction of the painter, "He likes those smells." The painter replied "Yeah well, when I don't smell paint I don't eat." The man walked around the office collecting towels shaking his head and laughing, "boy whatta junk shop, he'd make a better living being a tight rope walker." He laughed out loud at his joke. The girl raised her eyebrows and shrugged her shoulders. When the "towel man" left, the painter turned to the girl "So that's a job picking up towels a big strong man running around picking up towels it's a funny world." This reminds one of Edwin Ber gler's book Analyzing Authors, and to paraphrase a bit it summed up his opinion of authors as a rather repressed lot. Well, we feel like the painter it's a funny world and it matters not whether Mr. Bergler is right or wrong a good laugh makes an equation that anyone can solve.

Our Easter Lily bouquet goes to Mrs. Muriel Wainwright, leader of Brownie Troop No. 4 587 of St. Albans, for the excellent job she is doing in that area. Her assistants, Mrs.

Gladys Ross and Mrs. Mabel Burn, have planned an interesting arts and craft program combined with outings which are a source of delight to the young ones. Tell me mirror on the wall who is the fairest of them all. It's "these grandmothers." Tell you to mention a few let's start with about Mrs. Anna Coleman looking so chic at the Que Ivcs planning committee meeting.

She stated the Baptist church at the Hotel Theresa are, left to right, James Langford, Mesdames Gertrude Robinson, Helen Max well Susie Cunningham, Julia B. Robinson, Bernice Epps, El inora Huff, Rosa Langford, the Rev, and Mrs. W. H. Booker, Step Up Baptist Congress Plans Preparations have been stepped up for entertaining the National Sunday School and Baptist Training Union Congress in Atlantic City, June 27 through July 3.

Rehearsals were begun in four sections of the state for the 1,000 voice pre convention musical to be staged in Convention hall, Side View Monday night, June 27. The committee chairmen are Charles Hill and Christopher Payne, Camden; Mrs. McCloud, North Jersey; Mrs. Erlene Jones and Prof. Charles Higgins.

Middlesex. Mrs. Marie Fowler is directress of youth activities which will be centered in Shiloh Baptist church, Ohio, and Catherine Alexander, Ardent Civic Worker By BUDDY FRANKLIN she attended school in Ohio. How ever, her worn witn ine coara Catherine Alexander, a Brooklyn 0f Education and her many other woman who has been in the New York education system for many years, and with the Bureau of Attendance since 1929, has recently been appointed District Supervising Attendance officer In the Bureau of Attendance of the Board of Education. This marked another first for Negroes since Mrs.

Alexander is one of the two first Negro supervisors in the long history of the Bureau. The new appointee saw the first light of day in Cadiz, Ohio, the daughter of French D. and Annie E. Thompson. She attended the public schools in Cadiz and then to Columbia where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Social Service from the School of Social Administration at Ohio State university.

She then came to New York where she attended New York university, earning her Master's in education. While in Cleveland, Mrs. Alexander had been a senior case worker with Geveland's As sociated Charities, After leaving NYU, the eom munity minded Hoosier entered the New York city school system as a substitute teacher in our elementary schools and served as a pianist and assistant kindergarten teacher in the summer playgrounds. In March, 1929, Mrs. Alexander joined the Bureau of Attendance as an assistant attendance officer and two years later, in 1931, was appointed attendance officer.

During her career as an attendance officer she held several special assignments with the case work division of the bureau and for four years was Brooklyn consultant wth the School Part of the Children's court, since its incep. tion. She also served as an acting district supervisor for three years before her recent appointment. Mrs. Alexander is married to Earl D.

Alexander, who is a teacher at Seward High school. The couple have one son, Earl 18, who attends high school, majoring in music, piano and violin. Mrs. Alexander is active in numerous community organizations. She serves as vice chairman of both the Brooklyn Urban league and Stuyvesant Community center boards.

She is an ardent worker in the YWCA and a member of Delta Sigma sorority and the Brooklyn chapter of the National Business and Professional Women's clubs. She attends church at Siloam Presbyterian church, where she is very active, serving as president of the New Member Fellowship of the church. The civic minded community worker is an avid sports enthusiast, having played tennis while tickets are now being sold for their May 7th Luncheon at the Elegante. Another lovely grandmother who's apparel and charm makes many a young girl envious Mrs. Rosa Holla way.

The "smart set" is getting off to an early start this year. Sag Harbor will be gay when the Duck ett and Logue families roll in for their Easter vacation. Speaking of "social register" events the Brooklyn Omega's are having their spring formal April 22, Chairman Edward Taylor and co chairman, Hewitt Bourne. Pursuing the subject further, the Ladies guild of the Queens Athletic association will present a handsome contribution to the the Queen Youth center with funds roised from their recent dance. 1 our own Mrs.

Richardson and how Neither rain nor sleet, nor dark of night ty'ill stay is courier from her weekly rounds; Goodbye til then. voluntary civic and community ac tivities leave her little time for hobbies. Mrs. Alexander has become an integral part of the civic, social and community life of our borough, never refusing a can to serve her neighbors in any capacity for any worthwhile community proj ect. iLt MRS.

C. T. ALEXANDER I 1 Mrs. Alma V. John, Mrs.

Louise Morris, Leroy Epps, and Mrs. Elizabeth Sledge. Artie aves. Station WLDB of Atlantic City began a weekly panel discussion to be known as "Congress last Friday, and it is aired each Friday between 8:05 and 8:15 p. The Rev.

M. E. McNeil, co man and chairman of housing has sent out an appeal for all those planning to attend the Golden Ju bilee to make reservation for rooms early. 0 i i 4 if it 15 FIRST CHURCH OF COD IN CHRIST 1745 PACIFIC ST. Rv.

Frank Cltment. Pastor Sunday Strvicti: Church 1 2 Neon Strmon, By Faitar Sunday School 10 A.M. Y.P.W.W. 8 P.M Friday Evangelistic Services i. A.

HQ UNITED APPROACH A few of the community leaders who O. D. Dempsey in the Juvenile Delinquency campaign commit tee of Bedford Stuyvesant. Left to right, Mrs. Crmel Car rlngton Marr, UN advisor; Mrs.

Hallle Watklns, sec'y. Washington Temple Church of Cod In Christ 1372 Bedford Brooklyn Bishop P. D. Washington. Pastor Sunday School A.

M. Morning Worship 11 A. M. Special Program 3:00 P. M.

Y. P. 6:30 Radio Broadcast Evening Service 8 P.M. Ebencitr Baptist Church RJEV. A.

B. WILSON 1110 Herkimer Street, Brooklyn. N. T. Sunday Worship 11:00 AM.

(J 6 00 Kvenlng Worship 7 30 P.M. THE CHRISTIAN UNION BAPTIST CHURCH 401 Atlantic Avenue, iroohlyn, N. V. REV. S.

S. BESSY Sunday School 10:00 Morning Servlc A.M. BTO 6 30 M. Evenlnt Bervlcea 8:00 M. Dear Miss Ball: Sometimes I wonder if it pays to do right.

I have been married 12 years and have children 11, 8 and 6 years old. I had never worked after my first year of marriage because of the children, and so things became rather tight for us. One child was sick for long periods of time and we had to treat him at home. I tried to be a good wife, but at times my patience wore thin and we'd quarrel when Ted came home. I guess he was tired, too.

Any way he left one day and never came back. I had a few days of work, but with the baby sick again I can't work. What can 1 do? It all seems so hopeless. Esther Youngstown, Ohio Dear Esther: Never entertain the idea that it does not pay to do right but rather that it pays off in every way. Have faith, say a prayer and things will work out.

Let's try to help you by first suggesting that you ask your local welfare agency for tempor ary help which will relieve your financial situation and give you a little peace of mind. Next, seek information about a Visiting Nurses' service in your town. Usual Sunday School 4S A. M. Evening Service 8:00 P.

M. Fountain Christian Church Rev. 1. Rice 897 Gates Ave. B'klya N.

AGE DEFENDER Sat, April 16, 1955 The Family ROUNDTABLE ly Public Health Nurses will give daily or weekly treatment as needed without charge or at cost. That will take care of the second big worry. Next, study yourself and see if you have some hidden talent. Maybe you can sew at home for others or create some type of home business to give you an income and still allow you to give your children proper care. Desertion is on the rise in the U.

S. In fact, Charles I. Schoth' land, Commissioner of Social Security in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, told an audience that the problem of deserting husbands is "growing by leaps and Fathers desert for several reasons: Too much quarreling and tension at home; unpleasant home conditions; to seek better jobs in distant places; heavy debts and responsibility. Whatever the causes, if others are aware of them, they can do a great deal to prevent the disruption of their marriages, and the resultant harm to their children. Best of luck to you.

E. B. vf'vr itfvv 1 1 Brooklyn N.A.A.C.P.; Mrs. Dolly L. Robinson, Democrat ic co leader; Mrs.

Irene Wilson, of Mt Lebanon Baptist church; Albert Edwards, executive director of the Stuyvesant Community Center, pas Rer. John M. Coleman, pas tor, St. Philip's P. E.

church and a member of the Board of Education; Lt Lloyd Seal ey, Juvenile Aid bureau, Police department; and Rer. Dempsey, campaign chairman and assistant pastor of Mt jgQ IN THE CHURCHES St. Peters Holy Church Home 344 RM Avenu Elder J. II. McMHHn Presiding Bishop M.

Fuller Bundtj Berrien luBdty School 50 A llorntar Service 11:00 A.M. Brenlnt Reprice k. 100 P.M. Tueid7 Prarer Senrlc 1:00 P.M. Bible Stud 100 P.M.

JAl Pisgah Baptist Church Quinoy Iraeklyn. N. V. lev. t.

A. Perry. O.O. Potter Sunday School 1 30 A.M. Mornlnr Service 11:30 AM.

Eyrnlni Service 30 P.M. Prayer Meetlnt Friday 8 30 PM Bible Class Tuetday 8 00 P.M. Second Calvary Baptist Church 338 Lewis Avenu Rev. J. W.

Weston Sunday School A Prayer Service 1130 A.M. Preaching Bervlct A.M. Evening Service Pram Meeting Prldai P.M. Union Baptist Church 461 Decatur St. Rev.

A. A. Wood! Sunday School 10:00 A Rftular Service OO A Evening Service 1:30 P.MT. 120 22 4th Place. B'klra.

Rev. B. B. Scott, Pastor or IROOKLYN stuyvesant height christun church 69 Mcdonough st. rev.

r. l. saunders il A. Church School 10:00 A. Adult Bible CUM 11 00 A.

Mornlnr Wonblp 7 45 A. Evening Worth! Wed. Zve. 7:43 P. il Prtrer and Bible Service ST.

PAUL COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH 1926 PROSPECT PLACE REV. ADOLPHCS SMITH, PASTOR Sunday School 43 A.M. Morning Worship 11:00 A.M. Baptist Tranlng Union 6 00 P.M. Evening Worship 7:30 P.M.

Prayer Meetlnt. Wed 8:00 P.M. Lord's Supper, 2nd Sunday Morning Js Hliht Triumph The Church Of The New Age 411 Throop Ave. B'klya. Bishop Q.

B. Williams :30 A. II. Sunday School 11:00 A. M.

PreaehlM 6 30 M. 8:00 P. M. Evening Service Calvary Baptist Church Of Red Hook Sunday Service 11 0 A. M.

Communloo 3rd Sua. 11:00 A. M. 9 45 A. M.

Sunday School 11:00 A. M. Regular Worahla 3 30 P. M. Afternoon Worshla 6:00 P.

M. Evening Worship Concord Baptist Church of Christ 170 Adelphl St. Brooklyn Rev. Oardner Taylor, Pastor Sunday Services Church School 9 00 A. M.

Morning Service 10 30 A M. Morning tervlce 12:18 PM. B. T. P.

0 6:00 M. Vespers 1:30 PM Tabernacle Baptist Church 141 Watklns St. Brooklyn Rev. H. H.

Parker, Pastor Sunday Services 10 A. Suiday Sake) 11:30 A. Regular Btrvle 3 30 P. Alternooa Servlc MORNING DEW BAPTIST CHURCH 265 NOSTRAND AVE. REV.

H. B. WOMACK, PASTOR 9 30 AM Sunday School 10:30 A. Prayer and Praise Service 11:00 A. Morning Worshla 6 00 A Baptist Training Union 6:00 Ivenlng Worship Cornerstone Baptist Church Rev.

Sandy F. Ray, Pastor 362 72 Madison Street unday Vhcol Uornlng Worship BTU Evening Worhlo Prayer Meetlng rlday 9 00 A 11 00 A. el. 6 Ofl M. 7 30 P.

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