Bronze Reporter [Volume: 1, Issue: 9]

Oe Bronze

~A Reflection Of Negro Thought~ -

JAN 16 1964

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eporter vow

Vol I~No. 9

Flint, deri ove Saturday, January 16, 1954

15c Per Copy

Otis Smith argues against Re-sening of the C3lony House Site.

Dr. Rufus E. Clement To Speak
At Annual Urban League Meet

Dr. Rufus E. Clement, Presi
dent of Atlanta University, Atlan- |,

ta, Georgia. will be principal
speaker at the Eleventh Annual

Meeting of the Urban League of|.

br. Rufus Clement

Flint. This public meeting will be
held in the Central High School
Auditortim on Thufsday. Jan.
21, at &:00 p.m. There will ~be no
charge for admission.

@Vhile Dr. Clement has received nationwide recognition for his
many outstanding ~contributions
to the fields of. education and
race relations,.perhaps his~ most
widespread acclaim resulted from
his election to the Atlanta Board
of Edueation in May. of 1953.
Not since Reconstruction Days
had a Negro ever held such an
elective position in the South.. When Atlanta. examined the vote
tabulations, it~s wonder grew. Dr.
Clement had carried 40 of the 58
precincts He won a majority of
the ~white~ wards. And, of. the
18 he lost, he failed to carry
nine by margins of 22 or less. Dr.
Clement had won the most impressive victory of all candidates,
And, even more important, Atlanta seemed proud, if surprised,

at having done the job.
Recognized as one of America~s
leading educators, Dr. Clement
~received his undergraduate training at Livingstone College, Salisbury, North Carolina. He received
his masters and doctorate degrees

from Northwestern University. In|

-1948 he was recipient of the
Northwestern University Alumni
Award of Merit for outstanding

service. He also holds a B D de.
gree from the Garrett Biblical
Institute in Illinois.

In addition to his responsibilities at- Atlanta University. Dr.
Clement iz active in such national educational organizations as
Advisory Committee, U.S. Office
of Education; Director Ameri
-} can Edueation Fellowship; Direc
tor and member: of executive
committee of the Southern Regional Council; member,.Commit
tee on International Relations,
National Education Association;
Member, American Association

of Adult Education and the American Association~.of School Administrators. He is active in sev
eral other national and local edu- |

cational organizations. He is former president of the National
ssociation of. Collegiate Deans
and Registrars.
Dr. Clement has made very sig(Continued on page 6)

Something New
For Flint

Scores of lovers of good music
responded to the record and live
music session given at the ~Town
Club~ in the Durant Hotel last
Saturday, Jan. 9.

The session was opened to the
public ~ free of. charge.

Jim. Rockwell,
station WKMF and his colleagues

-are ~to be congratulated for tak
ing the initiative in rendering this
fine service to the music loving

puble.

Among those in attendance
were Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt
Walker, Mr: Chester Simmons,

Miss Freddie Mae Simpson: and
Mr. Robert Campbell.

_D. J. for Radio| ~

Gains Seen In
1954 By NAACP

By ETHEL -L.PA~NE ~

(Defender Washington Bureau)

WASHINGTON ~ The end. of
segregation in veterans~ administration hospitals by March of this
year an@ the total integration of
schools on military posts sometime im 1954 was forecast ina
summary report for ~1955 last
week by the Washington Bureau
of the NAACP.

In the report which was signed by Clarence Mitchell, director
of the Bureau, the highlights of
the first year under the Republican administration were listed

along with the major ~issues fac
ing the executive and legislative
atms of government with the
(Continued on ~Page 6)

Candidate. bis @
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Miss Nancy Monroe

NORTHERN HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENT RUNS FOR |
~MISS BRONZE REPORTER~

Miss Nancy Monroe, | 742 E.
Jamiesoi,. asks support of her
friends in this contest. She at
tends the

Church.

Metropolitan Baptist

FIGHT AGAINST REZONING WON

Organized Profest Respected By
Cily Planning Commission

Last Tuesday night, Jan. 12,
1954, the City Planning Commission convened. - When action on
the proposed re-zoning of the site
where the Hill-Top Colony, House
located became the order of the
~evening, Carl W. Bonbright, the
chairman, called for any opposition to the proposal. The Property Protective Association, thru

Jits. attorney, presented their rea
sons for objecting to the proposition. The group was fearful
that (1)-the change would make
the neighborhood undesirable for

| FHA financing, (2) their origin
al investment in their homes
would ibe jeopardized since the
neighborhood would loose its attractiveness as a residential section, (3) their efforts to maintain high neighborhood standafds
would have been in vain.

John T. Damm~ represented his
partner and himself.

He pointeca.out that the: pro
posed use of the property would
actually add to the neighborhood
and community in general. The
re-zoning would also benefit those
who travel thru on their way to
points like Idlewild.

overflow.

FHA. financing were unfounded
as he read communications from
the local and regional offices of
the FHA.
from the. Ninth Ward,
Childress, Mrs. Wendell Owens.
Mr. Owens, Mrs. ~Wilbert Johnson, Samuel Williams, James E.

--Todd, and W. C. Ross were among

those who added their pleas to
that of Otis Smith who was
spokesman.

Before the motion to reject ihe

Girls Basketball
Team Off To
Geed Start

- The Elzy Domderettes Baskct-|
ball Team, composed of Race
witls. is fiving a good account of
themselves |
sion of the Women~s
Basketbal! Tournament. Marion
Broady and Frankie~ Gwinn.co-captains. Their record so far
is 2:wins against 1 loss.

PAYOFF
UNITY ~ Perseverance, and

mutual trust are the ingredients that make up the neighbor
ganized in the manner of the
old western vigilante groups;
organized to face a mutual
threat, and this i
paid dividends. The improvement association won the first
round of a fight against~ two
important and influential men
in Flint.

This should be an inspiration
~to the Negro in Flint! This
fight proves that people on all
levels can work together successfully for the mutual benefit of all. Yes, we can, we
should, and we will stick together in the future.

He reminded everyone of the crowded con-|ditions that: exist in the down-|*
town hotels, adding that this project would help accommodate the} ~ -

Damm reassured the property
owners that the fears regarding

proposal was made, Bonbright expressed hope that the two groups
would get together and work out
a solution which was mutually
acceptable. The Property Protective Association indicated that
there was no objection to a decent
boarding house and to a restaurant serving the residents of the
boarding house.

Thus ~for. the time being, the
property owners in the immediate
vicinity can arrest their fears
concerning the proposed re-zoning of the site of the Hill Top
Colony House.

Flint Soldier
"Presumed Dead~
By Government

J. D. Shook, County Supervisor |
Connie |

in the Class A. divi-|
League |

are |

heod protective association. Or- |

organization |
1 Leora, 3 years of age;

Pvt- James J. Hood, Jr.

Pvt. James J. Hood Jr.,
among servicemen added to

was
~Pres

sumed Dead~ list, according to
Mrs. J. J, Hood, 329534 St- John
St., who ~was interviewed Dy a
staff member of the BRONZE
REPORTER, Pvt. Hood was expected to return home. on. or
about October 22, 1952. His 'ast

Ictter stated that it was difficalt
to obtain writing paper up on the

front lines. He had asked fox tie
prayers of all for his safe return to his wife and_ childyen.
Mrs. Hood. continued. by telling
jof her. husband~s partiality for
basketba!! and. football. He was

a hard worker and well liked by
many:

earned a Purple

Pvt. Hood
Heart Medal, wore 3 combat
stars ard an infantry combat
badge. |~.A sister and his~ father ave re

siding in*Saginaw, Michigan. Mes.
Hood proved herself very couraveous as - she: talked ehbout
~James.~ - She was left. with 3
small children. All. are girls,
Shirley
Ann, 26,months; and little Jacqueline (whom her father never
saw) is 14 months old.. With her
inceme ~sharply curtailed she lad
to scttle for a more modest living
quarters. Yet.in her sorrow, she
realizes that life~ has issued a
~challenge to her to be mothey and

| father to her chidren who are so

very young. She prays that she
will be able to meet the task ag

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