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Picturing Our Pastby Pat Sides,Archivist at Willard LibraryGulf Oil StationThis 1958 photo reveals how much time has changedordinary activities in American life. The era of full-servicegas stations vanished decades ago, and alongwith them the opportunity for drivers to pull intostations and say “fill‘er up” to a uniformedattendant, who oftenchecked tire pressurelevels, added oil, orcleaned windshieldsas well. Many gas stationsalso employedskilled mechanicswho could provide tune-ups or more complex enginework. The first known self-service station appearedin California in 1947, but by the 1970s, they wereon the decline, partly because of gas shortages duringthat decade that caused many to close. In this photo,an attendant chats with a customer as he pumps gas ata Gulf Oil station on Covert Avenue. MJMaturity JournalThe doctors and nurses of the Red Cross who came tocare for the injured and dying didn’t have a hospital touse. It, too, was gone.Naturally the nation’s newspapers voiced their opinionson the causes and possible remedies for what happened.The Literary Digest of June 18, 1921 summarizedthe opinions in what we call “soundbites” today. If youreplaced “negro” with “Black” you’d swear the opinionswere written in, say, 2021.The Oklahoma City Leader newspaper, for example:“Mob violence has become common, and if the tendencyis not checked, one may not measure the depths of sorrowto come.”The Dallas News reflected a surprisingly liberal viewpoint,that the guilt from the Tulsa tragedy “attaches itselfmostly to the white race.”The Emporia Gazette, Emporia, Kansas: “Of course, itwas not the best of the white race that created the hellishsituation in Tulsa. But none the less, the best of the whiterace is responsible. The leadership of a community is responsiblefor the deeds of the community.”A Black newspaper, the Kansas City Call: “No matterwho kills the most, mobs are an indictment of all thecitizens and of the best citizens more than any of the others.We maintain that white civilization is on trial whennegroes are persecuted, for it is the law as created by theAnglo-Saxon which is treated with contempt when ourrights are overridden.”The Oklahoma (City) Black Dispatch: “Whateverthe issue, the fact remains undisputed that in Tulsa, in awhite-man’s country, the negroes were attempting to upholdthe law and white men were attempting to destroyit.”Other newspapers suggested unemployment, disrespectfor the law, “Eastern propagandists” (also called“professional agitators”) stirring discontent among theBlack people, and the increase in gun purchasing by Blackpeople and whites alike.James Weldon Johnson, at that time the secretary ofthe NAACP, was quoted in Literary Digest: “One incidentnever causes a race riot; the causes accumulate forweeks and months before the outbreak. If the stories toldby refugees from Oklahoma are true, conditions virtuallyof slavery, similar to those laid bare recently by GovernorDorsey in Georgia, prevail in Oklahoma. Robbery of negrotenants, brutalities of every description, burning ofhomes, and enforced labor for a mere subsistence wagewill inevitably bring about trouble.”Wilmington (Delaware) Every Evening: “This is notthe first race riot within recent years to occur outside ofthe Mason-Dixon line. In East St. Louis, Ill., which is distinctlya Northern city, 125 persons were killed on July7, 1917. In Washington, D.C., seven persons were killedand scores injured in riots which began July 19, 1919. Afew days later, beginning July 26, in Chicago, which iscertainly not a Southern city, 38 persons were killed and500 wounded. On October 2, the same year, in Elaine,Ark. — which calls itself Midwestern — 30 persons werekilled and hundreds were wounded in the street-fighting.God gave you a giftof 84,600 secondstoday. Have youused one of them to say thank you?~William Arthur WardPage 10 June 2021
Maturity JournalThree days before that, in Omaha, Neb., which is certainlyWestern, three persons were killed in race riots and manywounded. The mayor of the city was hanged by rioters, butcut down in time to save his life.”The kkk, dormant since Reconstruction, was in rebirth,attributed to the motion picture Birth of a Nationwith its racist portrayal of Black people and glorification ofthe klan (which I refuse to capitalize). The sitting presidentat the time, Woodrow Wilson, was said to have remarked,“It's like writing history with lightning. My only regret isthat it is all so terribly true.”To understand what happened, why the Tulsa Massacrewas invisible for nearly a century, and why it’s importanttoday, we need to go back to life in Greenwood beforethe massacre, and to a nineteen-year-old man namedDick Rowland and a seventeen-year-old elevator operatornamed Sarah Page. MJIt’s a WonderfulWorldBuyer of costume jewelry, Fenton, dolls, glassware, old stuff, etc.812.483.9561 www.reddogantiques.com(812) 474.0470903 South Kenmore Dr.Evansville, IN 47714atccare.comIn-Home Non-Medical Care Services:• In-Home Companionship Care• Alzheimer’s In-Home Care• In-Home Personal Services Care• Dementia In-Home Care• Respite CareScheduleYour FREEIn-HomeConsultationToday!This statue created by Bruno Catalano,is located in FranceThe New FuneralCelebration of LifeCelebrating with Joy & HappinessA beautiful & intimate private setting in the heart of Downtown NewburghOutdoor Courtyard • Music • BarTwinkling Lights • Coordination ServicesCall 812-573-9011for more informationCelebration of Life is our Specialty!Reservations RecommendedPresent Coupon when ordering.Good Sun. thru Thurs. 4-5:30 p.m.Not good on holidays with any otheroffer or discount.Offer Good Month of June Only.EARLY BIRD SPECIALS$4 00 off2 Early Bird Entrees Only650 S. HebronLocated one block from Green River Rd.Between Bellemeade & Lincoln812-479-6974June 2021 Page 11
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