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TEN MEDrORD (OTtEGOW) MAIL TRIBUNE ' Thursday, February 2, 1956 t-h m is i i- w mm rs nrra ec im ur- mm u mn m nigrKiranii kwwBMB iiivvqi uuvn ngi&ei vbii. vastau bsv Slowest Moves Toward Al KueffnerSees Color Barrier in Many Places Solid By AL KUETTNER - United Press Correspondent Atlanta (U.R) One of the slowest moves of all toward ra cial integration is apparent in the Protestant churches of the South. . Even in states where communi ties are falling in line with court orders 1 to desegregate schools, the color barrier still is up solidly in many churches. A number of large Protestant church bodies have expressed opposition ; to the principle of segregation". So has the National Council of Churches, which is sues a new call on member churches this Sunday to open their membership rolls to per sons of all races and color. No Effect The appeals have had almost no effect on individual Protes tant churches in the South,, al though Negroes are being ac cepted now at certain church conferences and conventions.' The general conference of the Methodist church will vote in April whether to appoint a com mittee "to study the relation ship of the races with full con sideration to the elimination of segregation within the church." The Catholic and Unitarian churches have taken the longest steps toward integration. - Negroes are welcomed at all Catholic masses, although inte grated parish membership still is rated . in Dixie. Parochial schools have none of the seggre gation restrictions that Southern states impose on public schools. No Incidents . Unitarian' churches in Atlanta, Charleston and Richmond have taken in several Negro members without incident. One of the main factors in continued church segregation, even in sections outside the South, appears to be the reluc tance of Negroes to join non Negro churches. Several white Presbyterian churches in Arkansas and Meth odist churches in Kentucky voted to lift color bars but only one Negro was reported inter ested in membership. Of the 660 non-Catho'lic churches in metropolitan Kansas City, Mo., only two both basic ally Negro have integration. In west Virginia, school integration was described as "far ahead" of that in churches, although a few Negroes were being in vited to join white churches in' that state. The National Council of High School Students Slate Discussion of Employee Problems About 175 junior and senior students from seven county high schools are expected to convene in Medford -Monday, Feb. 6,, to hear business men discuss traits they desire in bus iness employees. The "Career Day" activities for business and commercial students will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the First Meth- Churches recently made a study of three big denominations, United Lutheran, Congregational-Christian and " the northern branch of the Presbyterian church. It , found that 9.8 per ! cent of the 13,597 churches had some form of bi-racial m'ember sbrip. ' Outside the South, integration of churches, where it exists, has not been .accomplished without incident. In Chicago, Rev. Philip John son of Salem . Lutheran had a 24-hour police guard for several months when his church was integrated along with the move ment : of , Negroes into" a pre viously all-white neighborhood. Strong Objection . On Chicago's south 'side. Rev. ! .Tpttv Wslkpr is riftstor of the city's only really- integrated Methodist church,.' St. James Methodist. ' The color bar was lifted in 1953 over strong objec tions of the membership. "We had to either sell out to the new neighbors or take them m, Johnson said. "We chose to- take them in." - In New ; York City, most de nominations now favor integra tion. .There ; are : few Negro pastors but a number of church es have Negro assistants. The children of one suburban church were credited with " bringing about integration. , It started among youngsters " and ' their elders finally went along. In Washington, D. C, Dr. Frederick E. Weissig, executive secretary of the Washington Federation of Churches, said that probably 75 per cent of the churches there would accept Negroes into full membership. A number of large churches in the nation's capital have em barked on a quiet campaign of building up interracial congre gations, and . have a substantial number of " Negro .' worshipers every week. - They include f Na tional Presbyterian, President Eisenhower's church. odist church, 607 West Main st. Students from Ashland, Pros pect, Eagle Point, Jacksonville, Phoenix, Butte Falls; and Rogue River high school commercial classes will attend the meeting in' an attempt to answer the question of what businessmen expect of high school graduate employees. ' : About 50 businessmen will take part in panel discussions of stenography, typing, bookkeep ing, general business and bus iness machines. Each panel will be held three' times during the day to give all students an op portunity, to attend. Businessmen serving on the panels will be selected from all types of local industry. Special Skills The panels will, attempt to answer questions about what is required of employees in the different types of jobs and in different industries. Special skills required : of - employees will be considered, such as the speed of stenographers, special education required, and effic iency. .. Personality , and work "traits will be considered. An attempt will be made to determine how much emphasis employers actu ally place on neatness, loyalty, courtesy, initiative, promptness, and what the employer's atti tude is .toward 'office manners, rest periods, and smoking on the job. What employers expect to pay in salary 'and how ; much value they , place . on accuracy will be considered, as well as opportunities for positions. The different panels will deal with the particular problems of that phase of employment. Organizations who are partic ipating, in career day, other than the class room teachers, are the First Methodist church, which has donated building space; Ser vices Unlimited enralovment agency, Southern Oregon col lege, the Jackson County Cham ber of Commerce, and the Na tional Office Management association. Plead Innocent To Courthouse Holdup 'Albany, Ore. (U.PJ Harvey Roberts and Ernest Gibson have pleaded innocent in".-. Circuit Court here to Charges of assault and robbery, in connection with the holdup last month ': of the Linn county courthouse in which 8001 was taken. ... , A trial; date will be set next week. In the i robbery, Linn County Treasurer Raymond Tomlinsori, was slugged. Earthquake Turns Out To Be Gas Cylinders Miami (U.R) Police calmed anxious North Miami -residents who telephoned reports of 'an "earthquake" Wednesday; ' 7 : The "deep rumblings" they heard, police said, were caused by heavy gas cylinders rolling down the street after they were spilled from a truck involved in a collision. . - ; ' . There are five times more men alcoholics , than women alcoholics. SWEETENER Dee Hill provides the sweetener for all that grapefruit as she faUg attention to the 54th annual Citrus Fair at Cloverdale, CaL, Feb. 16-19, which ushers in 1956 celebrations of the Redwood Empire. Cloverdale is noted for . oranges, lemons and grapefruits. Grange Roxy Ann Grange Roxy Ann Grange held ..its regular meeting Friday, Jan. 20, with a good attendance. Master and Mrs. Kamping, Mr. and Mrs. Densmore and Mrs. Merriman from Gold Hill and Mr. and Mrs. Taylor from Central Point were guests for the evening. - It was with regret that de mits were voted to Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hoover. They have been members for many years and recently moved from our dis trict. - The program at the lecturer's hour consisted of a debate by Charlie Hoover and Glen Rader on the pros and cons ai the state sales tax. . Ice cream and birthday cakes were served during the refresh ment hour.. Next regular meeting will be Friday, Feb. 3, at 8:30 p.m. at which time the Southern Oregon Optical society will show a film. Serving committee will be the Harold Ellises, the Paul Daltons and the Grebs. 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