Brownsville Weekly News

The Flint Recreation Counell is the total for boys to five. This

Promoting its fifth Annual Nation~al Health ~Week features beginning
April 5-12, inclusive. The Genesee
County Tuberculosis Assodiation,
Visiting Nurses,- Great Lakes Ins.. Co., Supreme y Life Ins. Co.,
Elks Lodge and our local doctors
are cooperating _beautifuily to
make this an inforgettable week
of achievement in health edycation
for~ our people. The Progressive
Ministeria}~ Alliencé is doing its
bit by publicing and encouraging
public participation, An unlimited
amount of health literatuure will
4 available to sae ghe desiring
i

Since ~the chiidren in public
schools are-very carefully examined
free, our éffort- will be ~among the
pre-school children including. ba
dies, We are stressing the tubercuolsis examination with the complete follow-up so that each parent, will receive 5 complete report
fram the examining physician.
Though we have eighty-five ~ (85)
registered in our three (3) ~preschool classes, we are urging all
parents to bring their children to
the clinics, The Doctors and
nugses are preparing.to care for
every child present. - All of this
service is absolutely free, thus we
are expecting a large attendance
to all programs. In addition to the
health movies we are also showing several interesting war films
including the Pearl Harbor attack.
So we know you will be highly entertained as well as enlightened.
This is our program:

Tuesday~April lith, 8 P.M.

Metropolitan Baptist. Church
Music by the Girls Glee club,
St. John Center, directed by
Mrs, Enos.

Moving pictures, Mr. Layton
Thompson, Genesee TB As
sociation.
Health Lecture, Dr. J. W.
Moore.

Wednesday, April 8th, 11 to 1,

noon~
CLINICS for the younger
children, Clifford St. Center,
Dr. A. H. Jonhson.~
St. John St. Center, Dr.
H. Hawkins.

Thursday, April $th, 8 P. M~

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Clifford St. Center. Community singing and music, Miss
Dorothy Greene. Health

pictures along with others

of interest,~ Mr. Layton
Thompson, TB.

Health lecture, Dr. J. W.
Moore.

Sunday, April 12th, 3:30 P. M.~
Clifford St. Center.
Cooperating with the Elks

Bis eae ery, ~

e by Girls Giee Club, ~ |

of Clifford St. Center.
Health lecture, ~ Dr. A. H
-- Johnson,
SCOUTING
_ The Six (6) weeks course in
Scouting for adult. men will begin
Maia April 6th, 7:30 p. m. at
the Berston- Field House Gym.
This program resulted from the
Mass Rally held at the Canaan
Baptist Church March 24th. The
object is to further acquaint these
men with the program of scouting
by the practical methods of participation. At the end of this course
those men who are-interested wili
be organized into Torop Committees, Scoutmasters and assistants.
Then at least. three (3) additional

course is open to any male person
who. is 18-years old or more. Ed
the Local Local Council..

We are also promoting ~ similar
program for women which will begin very. soon. Two. or three additional troops for girls will follow.
We have three registered troope |
now. |

PRE-SCHOOL GROUPS|

~Ones or rather the. two classes
at the Clifford St. Cénter held
their Easter party ~Good Friday~
with a large attendance of little
People. Easter baskets with both
candy and real eggs were given
each child. The Community Aidettes, a club of young matrons who
work with the pre-school groups,
furnished the candy eggs for the
children. Thanks, and our hearty
appreciation to these young women.

The group to the St. John St.
Center had their party Monday,
April 6th. These children also enjoyed themselves and. baskets 9f
Easter eggs were given them. Miss
Ruby Williams, a recent addition to
Mazella Enos. Both of these
our staff, is working. with Mrs

Annual Pancrama which will be
held April 21 at the Berston Field
House.

OTHER EASTER PARTIES

The Jolly Trojans club with sixteen (16) present and plenty of refreshments. The Girl ~Scout Troop
No. 117 indulged in easter festivities with a party Thursday. Prizes
were given: for activity in games
and merits. Each girl left. feeling
that she didn~t need any dinner
that evening. The Handicnafi,
classes were feted by their instructor, Miss. Georgia: Lowery. Easter
baskets were the items of the day.

CLUB NEWS.

THE ROSE BUD SEWING CLUB

FLINT, Michigan~The Rose Bud
Sewing club met at the home of
Mrs. Willie ElZy 4110 Andrews St.,
Thursday March 26. All members
were present. The members~ are
doing fine making new things in
the sewing classes. Besides
social benefit which accures from
the getting together, some real
progress is made in home making.

The palatable luncheon served by

the amiable hostess was heartily enjoyed. Some of the members are
beginning to be bothéred by the
prospect of relatives~ getting off to
war,. ~bhe..next.nveeting~ will be hela
with D. L. Green 110 Wellington,
April 2nd. Mabel Hill, reporter;
Mrs. Ernestine Van; Hurley.

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The Rose Bud club met Thursday
evening at the home of Mrs. G. L.
Green, 119 Wellington with all
mémbers present. A swell report.
was made off the duck and noadle
and bake chicken dinner. It was
given at the home of Mrs. M. L.
Green Saturday March 28. Remuneration was satisfactory. The club
presented the president a lovely
silk gown for her birthday. The
hostess, served a very - palatable
chicken dinner; and say, did we
enjoy it. Mrs. M. L. Hill will) Be

tine Van Hurley, Pres.. Mabel Hill,

Troops will be organized bringing

reporter..

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Georgia peach blossom pictures.

Here is another in the usual spring procession of

Fort Valley State College and displays a sample of.
the kind of future sehen! marms Dr, Bonds is turn
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ing out,

aldine Ware, junior, Macon.

Members of the Ivy-Ette club, they are 1
This one is from | to r, Misses Evelyn Perdue, sophomore, Milledgeville;
sOlive Williams, junior, Macon; N
Griffin; Lucile Collins, sophomore, Tifton, and Ger
Nettie Calhoun, senior,

By EMORY 0. JACKSON

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.~(SNS)~
y The voluntary salary-equalizaton proposal publicized by the
tion.
As published in the daily press

Metropolitan
Baptist News
FLINT, Mich. ~ Members and
friends of the Metropolitan Baptist
Tiabernacle enjoyed a soul stirsing sermon Sunday morning,
March 29, Palm Sunday, by the
pastor, Rev. T. L. Ballou. His text
was as follows: The Estimated
worth of the Soul.~ Dr. Ballou. was
at his best. Music was rendered by
both the Senior and Junior choirs
and the Glee Club. The well
rounded program made the effect
harmonizing and beautij%uj. You
will be happy to be in such a service. Won't you.come out some
time? -
The Sunday School rally
amounted to $29.86.xThe organized
Prayer meeting at this church is
heart reaching. Come out and
witness the works of God.:
Richard Rivers, ~~.

Announcements

The Funeral Parlors of Your
Editor, the Reynolds Funeral Service will be opening Flint~s finest
Funeral Parlors soo nat 3550 St.
John St., in the Paradox Club
Rooms, in the James Elder Buildoe Watch for the Open House
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The staff of the Flint-Brownies
News is pleased with the cooperation you people are giving this
Newspaper now. But remember, the
paper is only a hobby for~ the Funeral Director. It is not a paying
business. The staff donates this
service to the community as a
voluntary contribution to society

maine G. Reynolds; Editor.

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Salary-Equalization
Proposal Misleading

Birmingham Board of Education is
extremely misleading, and offers
No through-and-through salary
equalizations for Negro teachers in
accordance with the plan of the
Alabama State Teachers AssociaSaturday, April 4, the City Board
of Education has modeled ~ an

lar t6é the deceptive state minimum

-| Salary schedule,

As explained in the daily press
~a Negro teacher making a minimpm salary of $600 per year
would be ~raised over a three-year
period to the white minimum
Salary of $900 a year.~

~When equalization is reached,~
the explanation Says, ~pay of both
Negro and white teachers. will be
judged by individual qualifications
and experienice.~~

Note, the Negro teachers over a
period cf three years will reach the
hew minimum. By time they reach
that minimum, the salary of the
White teacher will have moved up.
Nothing is in the published explanation of the proposal showing
that any schedule is draw except
for the minimum,

What will the Negro~ salary
scheduled, or equal salary schedule
show between the minimum and
the maximum? What will it show
at~the maximum? The interim and
maximum salaries, the proposal as
explained says, ~will be judged by
individual qualifications and experience.~

That is'a faulty salary schedule,
for it provides for equal salaries
only at the bottom, and from
thereon leaves the salaries to be
determined not by a schedule, but
by personal judgment, as is presently the case.

The proposal of the City Board
of Education must be viewed as a
whole, as it is, not as it is explained, before one can _ properly
evaluate it. It will be necessary to
see how it operates. Its fairness,
or equalization merit must be
weighed in terms of pay, not the
schedule,

Test the pian this way. Will a
Negro teacher holding a B certificate and possessing five years of
experience, after three years, get.the same amount of pay as: a
white teacher with a similar
status?

Greater dangers than aforementioned exist in the equal-salary
proposal advanced. by the City
Board. There is nothing compulsory about it. Should they decide
to scrap. the proposal after, say
five years, they could do it, with
the Negro teachers helpless "to do
anything about it. It guarantees
nothing that will hold in court.
The determination of salaries be
yond. the ~equal minimum~ is bas.
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CUT RATE DRUGS ~

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You cannot. pe Prec poe cdtprcee of oo in Flint~

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~essary shipbuilding crafts.

Opportunities
Open To Race
In 3 States

Workers Needed
In California,
N. Y., New Jersey

NEW YORK--(S N 8S)~Three
types of job opporturities ef spece
ial interest to Negroes were announced by the NAACP this week.

From Salinas, California, has
come a request througn the local
branch of the NAACP from _ the
United States Empioyment Service for that district to obtain
two thousand Negroes to work at
the cullivation of lettuce in that
area which is one of the largest
lettuce-producing regions in the
country. Those interested should
write directly to William Greenwell, president, Salinas NAACP,
232 Front Street, Salinas, Calif.

Men must be single draft deferred and of good report. Wages
are 45 cents an hour. Board and
room will be furnished for 75 to
85 cents per day during the harvest. season which lasts unti! December 15 to 20.

From the New York State
Council of the Committee on Discrimination in Employment comes
the announcement that the Bethlehem Steel Company is in dire
need of ship-fitters, electricians,
welders, steel-workers, sheet-metal
workers, coppersmiths, riverters,
Tiverter-heaters and all other necThe

ed upor a vague, indefinite, eqivocal, and loose consideration ~judged by individual qualifications and.
experience.~ What qualifications?
What experience? Here it is said
~individual~ but not ~equal~ qualifications and experience. Individual is su#stituted for equal.

A voluntary move by the city
to equalize the salaries of Negro
teachers to those of white with
substantially the-same training and
experience will be examined in
the light of the three significant
incidents. |

Teachers beginning at the minimum. salary usually remain there,
The State Board of Education ap-.
Propriated $20,556 to the City
Board to use this term for improving~ the salaries of Ne
teachers, but it was not put to
use. Notwithstanding that the

Board reported a surplus of $20,000 a few days ago.

The AEA~s Education ~Bulletin
for March, 1942, indicates that
under the state salary plan, from
which principle the City Board is}

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of giving 8
per child a hammer and a watch
to play with at the same time; yet
thousands of youngsters play with
'sharp pointed scissors and other
~dangerous toys,~ just as desthuctive to the eye as a hammer would
be to a watch. =

Ignorance is -usually the underlying reason for loss of sight,
whether it be the result of disease
or accident, Prompt attention by
an eye physician is frequently
neglected. In the event of an injury to the eyes, it is well t bear
in mind these simple rules: First,
cleanliness; next, rest for the eyes;
and finally, prompt medical attention by a competent physician.

Govd eyesight for all the people
of the United States was never so
| vital as it is today when each one
of us is eager to contribute his

| Share toward the national detense

program. The nation is exerting

4 every effort to win the war and
| the protection of eyesight is now
| a matter,~
nomics and humanitarianism, but
not only of good ecopatriotism as bobers

|HEALTH AND.
WEALTH

By R. EARL BLAND, M. D.

Special Consultant U. S. Public
Health Service.

Originally the term influenza
was used to denote the rapidly
spreading epidemic disease char
acterized by a sudden onset inval
vement of the upper respiratory
tract and generalized body aches
and pains.

za seca or in
ue us occurred
ae ~at. 877

to 1481 A. D. and
perhaps even in
the time of Heppocrates. The
most recent made
Tecord occurred in
1918 and 1919 with the development
of epi pendemus.

~There is division of opinion as to
whether influenza per se can cause
death. Many believe that if death
occurs it is invariably due to res~piratory or heart complications, Although individuals of any age may
be affected, the age period between
15 and 35 years appears to be the
period of great susceptibility.

TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH:
It is your first wealth.

In The Harem:
With The Sultans

DETROIT, Mich~(SNS)~

~The Sultan~s basketball team
suffered a great loss when Henry
(Feet) Logan, ~the spot shot wonder boy, received a sprained ankle
in the battle against'the ~Y~ Juniors~ fighting five. Although
handicapped, he led his teammates
in scoring ~ Aiken's Omega
Bears.

Joe (Black) Berry is considered
most dangerous man on the Sultan
five. Joe is left-handed and very
hard to stop, and is also good on
crip shots. {

William Kite Cliette is the pivot
man. Cliette is ~o-captain. ~

Addison (Lip) Lipson is a neweomer to the team and also a
great asset. Lipson has an endless
supply of energy. He holds the
center for the Sultans. |

Ralph (Rag) Riley is captain of
the team, and @ hard fighting man
for the team.

William (Mite). Crowder is a
substitute and an excellent player.

Jing to the church as never before

the club last December 13, has
created a seven day week program
for colored troops. _

Typical of the activities ~
way at the club are those
nounced for this week is the mim.
eographed bulletin prepared and
distributed by Mrs. Blackshear.
Wednesday night the wey
dance was conducted,
Thursday is ~bingo night~ and -

day the troops will participate in a a
quiz contest. A small game tournament was planned for Saturday
night with competition in dominoes,
checkers.and ping pong. ~Easter
Sunday saw an egg hunt and on

Monday night another unique stunt }

since aie was engaged ~ leutem of t

known as a ~gab-fest~ was staged.
A whist SS Teeny. night

East For

NEW YORK CITY~(SNS)~
Bishop W. J. Walls of the A. M. E.
Zaon Church has announeed his
itinerary for his Eastemm Conferences for Passion Week and Base
ter. The bishop has recently visited in the Western~ end of his District in the Allegheny Conference~
Western Pennsylvania area, the
Indiana and Kentucky Conference,
and says that the people are turn--

in his experience.

~There is,~ he says, ~much confusion in the contemporary scene
concerning religion and where te
find God, and his will for the people in the midst of the conflicting idioiogies and theologies, out
of which this Titanic struggle hae
emerged. The colored race has an
added problem of mastering race
prejudice and cruélty at home,
while he maintains loyalty for the

Bishop Walls C Go ae

Easter | |

ter week follows: -
~ Thursday, 8:00 p. ri, Walter'r:
Memorial, Bridgeport, ~Conn., Rev.
R. B. Hurt, paster.
Good Friday 8:00. p. m., Bete~
chester, N. ~., Rev. / iW. P. Douge
las, pastor. Ae
Easter Sunday, 11:00. a,
Mother A. M. Ee Zion, Chante,

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}Vernon, Dr. P. K.- Fonville,

nation in the tight with the ~~~
henies ctl r ahi
~Bishop ~Watls ~bas ~haa: a
unique invitation toa preach in St.
Cyprian~s Church in
Boston, by Rector i Leroy Ferguson, who is an ardent friend ot
the Bishop. He will spend ~Palm
Sunday in that city.

He makes his first visit Easter
Sunday to preach at-the Mother
Zion in New York since he was
assigned to the New York Conference to succeed the late Bishop L.

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