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sted ~ HISTORY OF QUINN CHAPEL

Brouze, R

~A Bathecsudt er | Negro Thought~

Vol. I~No. 29

Flint, Michigan, Saturday, June 5, 1954

15~ Per Copy

NAACP

"FIGHT FOR FREEDOM FUND~

QUINN CHAPEL CHOIR OF 1912

The Quinn. Chapel Story
As Told By Mrs. Sarah Enos~

It is a great pleasure for me,
Mrs. Sarah. Enos, to write a_historical sketch of ~Quinn Chapel
church.

Since there were only four
Negro families living in Flint at
that time, the Munsons, Jenkins,
Hams and Hills, no church was
established for us..We had services at the Court St. Methodist
church. The Negro population
grew rapidly and we sought.other
places for holding services. We
bought land and began to build a
church, In the meantime, we held
church in Mrs. ~A. West~s home,
where the parsonage for Quinn
Chapel AME now stands. A frame
building was soon erected and
the first parsonage for the Qlinn
Chapel church was located on
Eighth St. across from the Board
of.Edueation building. As a result from the remodeling and decorating by the: various pastor, we
have our present Quinn Chapel
AME church edifice.

The Hghting for the first church
was by lamp light. The lamps
were placed in holders with reflectors in the back to thréw out
more light. ~The heating system
consisted af two wood burners

on each side of the building. I

must say that the church then

Three Injured. In
Crash On Dert
Highway

Nadine Starling, Willie Keels
and Freddie Keels were injured
Memorial Day as the results of
The accident
occurred on Dort Highway, %
mile north of Coldwater,road
when a car driven by '
Keels, 24, of 729 Evergreen ~ollided into the rear of a car driven by Frank Clayton of 833 Park-: land.

Taken ta Huley Hospital were:
Nadine Starling, 18, of 1415
Park St., possible internal injuries, Willie Keels, 25, 811 Belmont, lacerations of upper lip
and face with possible. fracture
of left leg. Freddie Keels was

/ given First Aid and arrested by
State Police and charged
/reckless driving,
~ the driver\ of the car was appar
with
Frank ~Clayton,

en 6 un-injured.

>

Freddie |
inhabitants.

~was always warm,

The head of each family had
to sé~cure. permanent seating for
his family in the church pews.
No one could sit in another fam
Otis M. Smith

Elected To Red

Cross Board

Attorney Otis M.. Smith
elected to the Board of the Geneseé Red Cross Chapter May 27
at the 37th Annual meeting ~ at
the Hotel Durant.

The Genesee Red Cross Chapter volunteers were given recognition for their work at this
n:eeting. -.The 1953 report was
given to more than 150~ persons
who attended.

Others elected to the- Board for
three-year terms were: Gordon
tockwell, Mt. Morris; Dr. Robert F. Hague, (Harding Mott,
Frederick B.. Miner, the Rev.
Henry M. Mayotte, Mrs. John
Sarnis, Mrs. Kamol C.. Hamady,
Mrs. Allen. T. Smith, and Mrs.

~M. L. Davis.
Edward J. Neithereut was the

chairman and. Robert
Campen was in charge
meeting.

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Fire Damages
Fiome On Black

fivenue
The home of Mr... and Mrs.
Felix Rencher was. damaged by

fire Memorial Day.

Mr. M. Roy Page, 1301 Lapeer
St., noticed smoke coming from
the window vents,
the alarm.
Fireman
the

Howard Warner fought
intense smoke to. search for
He assisted Mr. W.
H. Carter~ in escaping from the

The Fire Department reported

that the fire was- caused by a
burning cigarette.:

basement window. Carter stated
that he was asleep and. was

aroused by the smoke.He suffered minor injuries
coming out of the basement.

The owners, Mr. and Mrs, Felix
Rencher,. stated that they were
out enjoying an auto ridé, when
they noticed. smoke coming up
from their home,:802 Black Ave.

Was |

IG leavers

the standards of

and sounded |

later

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~ly~s pew unless a member of the
family was absent.

The superintendent of the San:
day Schoo] was Mr. Parker. Mrs.
Rulinson, Mrs. Perry, Misses
Rhodes, Johnson, and Wood were
teachers. Mrs.. Rose Wright was
the only Negro teacher, The jan~tor was Mr, Chase.

The -pastors of Quinn -Chapel
vere: Reverends Shaffer, Parker
Graham, ~Clark, S. Simmons, G.
Brown, C..Hill, C.J. Wil, Beck;
Tones, Roberts, Wm. Sininson,
Williams, Monley, Dean, Ries, G.
Baker, Charleston, W. b.. Nore,
Crider, Peterson and Bishop Rev.
Rouee. I cannot remember when
br how long each minister. |paspored. Mrs. ~Sarah: Enos- was) arganist under all the pastors,

The | Mr.
~amb, Mr.
arris, Mr.
Garves.
pray with you
each class. |

On the Friday night before
Communion Sunday -we- would
jave a mecting ~alled Love Feast
where w> would /break bread with

class leaders,
Mr. Fields, Mr.
Mr. Lawrence

| were
Jones,
and

before leaving

one another 2 nd talk with one
another.
A group: of shirts called | the

bought the~
where we kicel and pray.

The Communion Set was given
to Mrs.~ Toyereby.Mrs. Wreill as
a present to the (church. |The
silver tray was furnished by the
Old Ladies Aid. |

Mrs, Enos remembers when
neople joined the church on a sixnonths~ ~basis. If they lived up to
the church and
God, during this period, they
were then accepted as members.

The first Negro ~child bon in
Fiint was Miss: Uelen Hill, who
became Mrs. Helen Owens.
Her parents were offiliated | with
Quinn chapel. Smith Bridgman
store now stands where | Mrs.
Owens was born.

The church was: erected around
and the last. cornerstone
was laid in 1912.|. Mrs. | Enos~

railing

~name jis among the names in the
inflicted while}

cornerstone Quinn
AME church,
Quinn. Chapel is

of, Chapel

now under

ithe excellent leadership of } Rev.

IF. B. Jones. May. God bless him
and his congregation as we con~tinue to serve. "|

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Theze class leaders would |.

(Special to the BRONZE
REPORTER)

The ~NAACP at its 44th Annual
Convention in|} St. Louis, June,
19:3, voted to launch a campaign
to raise: a+Fight for Freedom
Fund of a Million Dollars a year
for the next ten years. Edward
R, Dudley was appointed director
for the Fight for Freedom Chmpaign. |

The -| slogan | ~We~re vin ithe
FIGHT for FREEDOM~ was (endorsed by such notables as Mrs.
Mary McLeod Bethune; Qhio
State Senator Harry E. Davis;
Raymond E. | Jackson,, AFAON,
Mystic Shrine; Hugo Ernest; U.S.
Serators ~Hubert H. Humphrey
and Herbert H. Lehman; David J.
\MieDonald, United. Steelworkers
of America; Waltey P. Reuther,

|\Du Pre Victorian
Choir Here
Sunday, June 6

~The DuPre Victorian Choir of
kK Detroit will be presented: in con
cert at the |. Canaan Baptist
Church, 910 Gillespie Street, pn
Sunday, Junes6, at 3:30 p.m. THis
presontation is under the sponsorship of the ZAGS, and marks
the eighth in the group~s annual
Musical ~Moments programs.
The DuPre Victorian Choir is
renown in the) Detroit. area j|and
throughout the midwest for its
excellence in the ~ rendition | of
Negro spirituals, Marvin DePre.
conductor, is a former member of
the famed Fisk Jubilee Singers
and has established quite a reputation) for himself as an arranger of |Negro spirituals and satred
nusicy We are certain that by
uteliding -this, ~onecrt you jwill
enioy a very delightful afternoon
of some of America~s favorite
music,
There is no admission charge
for this concert. and you are \also
free to invite your friends to) the
~program,
Mrs.
Mrs.

Spcheelt Trhse, Chiinndn
Frances Norman, Co-chrm

No Quektion |
About Loyaliy Of
Dr. Ralnh Bunche

NEW YORK ~ Dr. Ralph J.
Bunche was cleared by a:/U.S.
Loyalty Board May 28. The Loyalty Board~s check on Mr. Bunche
resulted in a unanimous decision

be made public by the
Board.

Loyalty

Exfension Of GI
Bill Approved

permitted two) extra years to beein their training and nine |years
to complete. training from! date
of discharge from service. |
Previousiy a Korean

had |to begin his treining within
two |years and complete within
seven years: after discharge from
service,

veteran

that there was no doubt as to Mr.
Runche~s loyalty to the United
States Government. The yerdict!.
on Mr. Bunche was the ~ first to}:

WASHINGTON ~ Vet@ran>
secking education under the Ko-|
/rean| GI Bill of Rights. will be!

|Campaign Backed By
Many Civic Organizations |

AME ~

~tO. and D.
Church.
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~The N
most widels

Ward Nichols,

release pointed out
is stil! the American
and. easily deprived
of his rights. He is the most freguent and hapless | victim of
police brutality. Denied freedom
of residence, he too often is restricted to ancient dwellings in
over-congested ghettos regardless of his. ability to pay for deeent housing in better) neighborhoods. |

Daily; the Negro meets humiliation and insult ~ at work or
at play, in the pursuit) of necessities or of pleasure, in his home
aity or traveling afield, in sickness as in~ health.

Because of unfinished tasks of
Emancipation, the NAACP has
dedicated the ~remaining years pf
the first century of freedom to
the fulfillment of Lincoln~s Prvelamation. ~On January 1, 1963,
the nation will celebrate the
100th anniversary of the Proclamation.~

Meanwhile the NAACP interids
to clean up the remnants of the
heritage of slavery, and to achieve
fall and unqualified citizenship
for the 15,000,000 native American gwho ~compose the Negro
group in this;country.

~As a Nation, we have come a
long way since January 1, 1863,
when Abraham Ling~in issued the
ismancipation Peale tinn, - We
have made stibstantial prog:éss
toward the goal of equality,
pledged by our national Constitution. Beeause we have not yet
attained that goal, I propose that
this 44th Anhnual NAACP Convention formulate. a program /6f
nitvusitied effort to complete the
job of emancipat-on so that on
the centennial~ of the Proclamation we can truthfully say, ~The
job is done~.~

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We have been amazed and @Gelighted by the prompt, and favorable responsé to the creation | of
the light for Freedom Fund.) It

indicates maturity of thought on~

this basic. issue anda} willingiess

Americans of every ~race,;
tgion, economic clags
cal party tu help
job.

We need
American: ita
ald the ~Fie:
enthusiastie~
will

recomplete the

and ask every
our

ioyal
ive;
~ht| for,
support.
be. working for
America for all of us~
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CP Boatd

Fieedom (his
By so doing
a better

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