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Vol. I~No. 11 Flint, Michigan, Seton, January 30, 1954 <1 | cahasy PUY~ 15~ Per Copy

NHAT NOW? FLINT TROLLEY (

~UAW-CIO Sends |
Delegates To D. C.

~The Flint CIO workers have|
'started their 1954 program to}

fight |discrimination: The first
step in this fight is the delegation sent to Washington, D-C., to
attend the NAACP Youth confer:
ence that will be held:in that city
~next week.

While in " Washington, they will
be briefed on the attitude of the
Michigan Congressmen toward
fair employment, and they will
-personally contact our Congressmen, and let them know that we
are concerned with Fair- Employment.

Mr. John Wiglitower is chairman of this delegation and Bill
Williams is Vice Chairman. Leo
Keating is secretary. The entire

~group are jmembérs of Buick
Local 599.

Qualifying
Petition Blanks
Now Ready

George G. Dunn, County Clerk,
announced Thursday. Jan 28,
1954, that _prdspective primary
candidates can obtain their qualifying petition blanks.

Mrs. Katie Harper
To Represent Flint
In Contest

Mrs. Katie Harper

The Royal Star Chapter No- 27
of the Orde: of the Eastern Star
affiliated with Prince Hall Eureka
Lodge No. 16. of the Masonic
Order is sponsoring Mrs. Katie
Harper in ~the annual state-wide

contest for the title ~Queen of
~Michigan.~
Mrs. ~Harper. resides at 818

Taylor Street, and she is a member of Bethel Methodist Church.

The. Queen~s Representative
_Committee is composed of the
following members:

Mrs: Sarah Penton, ph. 55898

Mrs. Gladys Johnson ph. 5-9882

Mrs: Mardean Brackins, 5-2990

Mrs. Lillie Logan, ph. 9-7892

Mrs. Mildred Chilton, 8-6621

Mrs. Katie Harper. (Queen
Candidate.

The object of this contest is te,
raise money for the scholarship
fund. Tickets will bé sold to
~finance~ Flint~s candidate. The
above mentioned committee is in
charge of ~the sale of tickets.

Mrs: Sarah Penton, Worthy
~Matron; Mr. John Bs Worthy Patroii.

-|senee of Margaret Brown,

~Geraldine~

ee TO WASHINGTON ~

Left to Right:
Hightower, and Leo H. Keating are shown just before they boarded
a bus on the first lap of their trip to Washington, D. Cc. |

Bill Williams, Floyd McCree, Carl Hunt, John

Founder's Day
Program Well
Attended =

The members of the Zeta Beta
Omega Chapter of. the Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority. wish to
thank the many persons who helped them celebrate the 46th Anni
vergary of their Sorority last
Sunday, Jan. 24, at ~Mt. Olive
Baptist Church.

The program began. with the
audience singing ~Lift Every
Voice~ And Sing~. Invecation was
offered by Rev: R. R. ~
Pastor of Mt. Olive.

Marie W. Claytor,
extended the
Sorority.:

Nancy F. Cobb, accompanied
by.Evelyn Thomas sang~ very
beautifully the Lord~s Prayer,
Marian C. Williams, in the~ abacted
as mistress of cerémonies and explained the occasion, by pointing
out that the local chapter was
also observing an Anniversary~
its first. Another ~vocal selection
was rendered by Nancy Cobb.

Bertha W- Simms, ~ Basileus,
Zeta Beta Omega introduced the
guest speaker. The guest speaker,
Bledsoe of. Detroit.
WUichigan, spoke on the contributions the, AKA Sorority has made
to the country She pointed out
the several fields in which the
Sorority has been active. Scholarship funds, housing,. and lobbying in the interest of. all minorjties, are indicative of community
interest. Many express surprise in
learning of the activity of the
ALPHA KAPPA a Sorority.

Events Scheduled
By Flint Board
Of Education

of Bilietiian:
greetings of the

-General Bulletin, Vol. VIII,~No. 19

January 21, 1954

Flint Public Schools ~
Office of the Superintendent
EVENTS:

Sunday, January 31, at.3:30
p.m. Vocal Music on Parade,
i. M.A,

Wednesday, ~February 3;. at
7:30 p. m.. Public dedication of
Merrill Community School.

Saturday, February 6, Detroit
Social Studies Club. Park Shelton

Hotel, Detroit.
Cag

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MARCH OF DIMES

January 2 40

Eleventh Annual
Meeting Of The

Urban League

The Urban Ic cague of Flint
held its Eleventh Annual mect
ing Thursday, Jan.: 21, at Central High School~s Auditotium.

Rev. Lloyd V. Channels,
ident, Board of Directors.
sided.:

The program got undetway as
Rev. Theodore Edquist, Assistant
Pastor, First Baptist Church, offered ~ Invoeation- illiam ~SS.
Price, III, Chairman oi the Committee on Nomination made his
report. Reports indicate that each
candidate was successful jon the
ballot. Arthur J. Edmunds, Executive Secretary, delivered the
~Annual Report. |

The guest speaker introduced~ by George V~. Gundry,
President, Flint. Board of | Isducation.

Guest speaker, Dr.
Clement. President of
University, member 0
of Education, ~Atlanta, Georgia,
and recognized as one of, Amer
ica~s leading educators, spoke on
the subject, ~Design For Livitig~.
Dr. Clement spoke very fluently
and powerfully from three nperatives, namely: |

1.. Get the! facts. |

2; Take a.stand. |
Racial actions on) thy
of your position.

Those in attendance
meeting were hignly imp

The meeting was. adjou
Rev. R. R- Turpin, Pastor,
Olive Baptist Church) (sa
Benediction.

The Urban Idaouel de
recommended for its
staff, and the effective
they are doing toward! b
better race relation in. our
munity.

Prespre
wa $

Rufus E.
Atlanta
the Board

3 e facts
of this
~essed.
~red as

Entertainment
Committee Of
NAACP Meets

Members of the entertainment
committee of the NAACP met at
the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Willis
1407 Broad St., Sunday evening.
Jan- 27; Plans for the year were
made and will be | ontlined to
members at a later date, Those
in attendance were: Mrs. ~Morten
Leitsen, Mrs. J. P.~ Bryant, Mrs.
Janie Nelson, Miss Elizabeth Perkins, Mr. R. H. Qunnig, Mr- James
W.: Crichton an get ls

Mr. Earl Crompton reported to
the Bronze Reporter, that the
~Greater ~Flint Industrial Council
has asked, through a resolution.

that the president of the Transit

The. Flint Youth |

The Flint Ski Club will spon+
sor a trip for 30 Youth Bureau
boys Saturday, Jan. 30, 1954.

Dr. Morris L. Sovkin and Richard J. Darnton will be in charge
of the outing.. Reservations are
being held for the first 30 boys
who call the Bureau office. Transportation will be provided: at the

| St. John Community Center and

the Oak Grove Campus at. 8:30
a.m,

Pre-Valentine~s -
Party At Clifford
Street Center = |

A Pre-Valentine~s Day Tea
Party will be given at the Clifford Street Center, Sunday, Feb.
7, 1954 by the Royal Star Chapter No. 27 of the Order of Eastern Star. The time is
4:00 p. m. until 6:00 p. m. There
will ~be a musical program and
many out-of-town guests will be
in attendance. The public is invited.

-sent working -with Negroes.

set for

OACH

Union Places Responsibility
i\Upon Bus Company

workers include in the contiact
that he is, negotiating with the
company, a Fair Employment
Clause.

We have;not seen a colored

bus driver, and the company, up
till now, has advanced the theory
tha t the white drivers may reThis
is apparently, not true. The crivers) want only to work and earn
a decent living, and according to
Crompton, will-work with any

man to attain that end. |

At press time, we have been
unable to reach the president of
the Transit Company, so we ask
these questions publicly:

Why ~do ~you feel Negroes
should work: into drivet~s} positions- through the wash rack?

Do you have a dual. set of
qualifications for driver positions,
one for white, and the other for
Negro?

We want to be given an opportunity to do a job. and we
want that opportunity now
Queoite!l!

~She is not a brill iant. woman;
she is not~ even an _ intelleciual
one; but there is such a thing as
a denius for affection and she
has it. It has been good for her
husband that he married: her.~
Helen Hunt.. Flint Board of Education,
teachers and Administrative staff
invite parents and other citizens
to inspect a new school unit on
Mackin.Rd., near ~Ballenger.

It was noted that this new
primary school unit is highly -sig~nificant because it is an answer
to school housing where there are

Mt.

Flint J
efficient.

work |
uilding |
com- |

Boys ef the Month

Circulation ~ reports Indicate
that these boys top the record of
all other paper boys for this
month. Richard and David. sons
of Mr. and. Mrs. Richard Simpson, 726 F- McClellan, received
Complementary ring-side tickets

from~ the BRONZE REPORTER

Parents And Children Invited
Te Inspect New School Unit

not! enough children for a large
school in a particular vicinity.
Fl Paso, Texas, -is the jonly
ether city employing this plan at
the | present.
Remember, Open House Fiiday

30 to

February 5, 1954,
9:00 p-m.

from 3:

Richard and David Simpson, Top BRONZE REPORTER Salesboys for the month of January, 1954.

Bronze Reporter's |

to the Golden~! Gloves Ecxing
tournament Thursday night, Jan.
28.

The | BRONZE REPORTER
Staff is~ proud of all our paper

boys and they are doing a fine
job in distributing our papers.
We are asking that you cocerat with them as they call at your

doors.
We have other recreational ac
tivities in store for our hoys,

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