Bronze Reporter [Volume: 1, Issue: 37]

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Flint, /Michigan, Saturday, July 3h,

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Gang

Federal Seurity Agency has the
following to say on the subject;
oF neighborhood gangs: ~Neigh~porhood gangs fall into hoodlumism only when their natural desire for joint activity has nothing. Wholesome to feed on.~* This is

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~true of children in New York,
Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit
and Flint. Please note the cause
given by. the Federal Security
Agency. Ta put it another way,
the kids just don~t have snything
else to do. |

In a city|such as ours, the children are nat wholly to blame. We
offer them|few wholesome means
of recreation, so they get rid of
their unbounding | energy in manners unapproved by society. Flint
is an industrial town and as such

oe little e for such frills and
ads as extensive Youth Programs, Cjvic sponsored square

dancing and social dancing, outdoor concerts during warm weather, a. Young People~s Center
(differing from a community
eentzr) where they can dress up

and go out, buy cokes, malteds,
ete., dance |to juke box music and
have clean} wholesome fun under.
the supervision of competent~

chaperones

We have|the Tot Lots, our com-|

munity centers, the Stepping
Stone program,.and various other
projects. They are a beginning
but we have only begun to iseratch
the surface. It seems to me that
school buildings. could be
put to ora this purpose. Except for A meeting anid Mott
Foundation classes, many of them
Ne closed for a good part! of. the
ore. iid. we not utilize our
chool gymnasiums for square and
hee dan@ing jin the evenings?
This could
tery labor |

be done with volunon the part. of many
adults I am sure. Inexpensive
phonogravh music could! easily
furnish the music. I am sure that
mary of the teen-agers would be
willing to} furnish the ~records
themselves,

Religioug organizations | could
alsa do mtich_ to alleviate our
problem. To délevate even more
of: the church | affairs to our
young people would be a great
service tojall, Many churches in

~it maintain a

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Flint Airman
Returns

Anman First Class Robert A.
Carroll arsaved iin Flint after two
years of foreign service. He scrv
ed in Germany, France, England,
end Greenjand. He willl. leave
August Ist) for Pensicola, Florida.

He is tie son of Mrs, Emma
Carrcl of 761 | Newall St.,. Flint,
and expects to be discharged in
epproximately nine months; after
which, he |will return to ~

[Youth

In it, young people are given opportunities to*handle évery aspect
of ehurch affairs. What bette
training could we give them fo)
the day when they will have tc
fill our shoes as religious leaders?
A young people~s choir, ~ushey
board, deacon board, and even a
young minister (perhaps a rcligious student) would take up: the
spare time of many of our youth:
Many of the programs already
in existence take up a good part
of their day, but we must vic witli
the corner record shop. and bar
and grill for much of their time
after sundown. In other words
we must conduct a 24 HOUR
~ampaign for the time of ou
young people on all fronts ~
~ivic, social, religious, education!
al. Only by channeling their: en+
ergy ~in * constructive-~aetivities
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can we hope to make their future
owe of great promise. They ar~
nur future leaders in.all.the walks |
of life, They are the FUTURE of
America and of our race and thcit
future is in our hands. We mus
make the best of it. We cannot
afford to fumble! Precious lives
hang in~sthe balance!

*~Your Child -From Six.. to
Twelve~ Children~s Bureau
Publication No. 324, page 27. |

The~ Gleaner Circle of the
X<ing~s Daughters has chartered a
5us to Canada for ~Emancipation
Day,~ on August 1. Mrs. James
Elder~ of 1337. Alabama is the|*
club president.. si

Republicans To
Hold Picnic At
Potters Lake

The Republican Counei] of Flint
held a ~Meet the Candid:te)~
Picnic on. Friday, July 30, at
7:00 p.m. The event was held at
the Potter~s Lake IMA Lodge.
State and county republican candidates were invited to speak. |

Hot dogs and other picnic fare
were served,~ A charge of \75r
wes mede. to cover the cost oF
the refreshments. Téeni~ chetd
man was Mis. James Clerk. M?
and Mrs. Bruee Wright were '
charge of distribution. cf tickcti.
Publicity was taken care of by
Mr. Robert;W. Bund. Arrange
ments weie handled by Mv. Jac
~E. Evans, president of: the Re, v/
lican Council. Mr. Glen W. Cl ni
took care of the refreshments.

The Republican Council, 1] cated in th:
was headquarteis for the sale a
tickets and alz:o mead: ar:anzements for transportation to ang
from the picnic. During the past.
similar picnics have been a 1egww tar part of Republican campaigning activities duiing the a

e~ection period,

|+three brothers.

Genesee Bank Bldgi,|

Clark School Ice Cream Social

Clark School held an i~e eran

social Monday, July 26, {yom 7 11:50 |
to 8:30. Cbmmittee membe:s i:
charge of arrangements werd:

Mrs. Geraldine Matthews, Mau.
Albext Vaughn, Mrs. Exnest | Al
len, and Mrs. Ruby Martin. M:.
Charles Williams was committee
chairman.

The attendance off and on
during the evering was betwee a|
63 and 86 persons. The event |
was cons:deileéd a success on the
basis of the attendance,

The program consisted of:

~An instrumental #olo by. Linda;
Davis.

Vocal selection by Leola Vaughn

Group singing by tie Clark
School Singers.

Prizes for ~the greatest: number
of tickets sold were given to the
following: ~ -

Marsha Allen, sold 71 tickets;
Beverly Vaughn sold 40 tickets;| ~
and | Wittred | Martin sold 25 tic-!|
kets.)

Lee Morgan...
A Typical
American Boy

Lee Morgan, 13 years old, is

student at Whittier Junior High
School. Lee has three sisters and
His oldest brothc1, Dale Movgan, is in the Army
and jis stationed at Foit Riley,
Kansas.

Some of America~s most successful ~men were newsboys during jtheir teens. The experience
with people jand in business administration gained as a newsboy is of inestimable value as a
base y future reference. Lee
Morn is a/newboy which THE
BRONZE REPORTER igs proud to
have as a member of its carrier
farce,

LA VERN BAKER
Appearing Sunday, August 8 at

the IMA Anditorium. Latest hit,

~1 Can~t Hold On Much Longer.~

~the O~Rourke for Presec -utor Club |

}erland;

~Newblatt.

O'Rourke For:
Prosecutor Club.
Organized

' At a meettiig held last night |

was formally organized and election of officers he-d. The officcrs; elected are o: {.ows: Chairman.
Ira D. Bare, Clio attorney; Financial Secretary, Alice D. SuthOrganization Chairman,
Andrew J. Transue; Recording
Secretary, ~ Georgia, Hyche; -Pub-+
licity Chairman, Tom Kirk; Po?i.
tical Activity Chairman, Stewart

The purpose of the club is te
support and solicit support fcr
the political campaign of Jcrome
F. O~Rourke, Flint Attorney secking the Democratic nomination
~or the office of Prosecuting At|torney. O~Rourke was nominated
by the Demecrats in 1951 for that

office. Mr. Bare stated that ihe
members of the elub- feel th.~
O~Rourke ~s ~bezt qualified for

the office and will do the p2cp-c
of the county a thorough and c~ficient job if elected and theiefore they have organized to pro
mote his candidacy.

Wew F.C. Nears
Ceompletien |

Students who plan. to enter
Flint Junior College in September are urged. ta file their applications for admission now. An
increased enrollment is expected
next fall due to the greater facilities which will.be provided by
the new buildings now nearing
completion and the general increase in college ~ enrollment
throughout the country. It is expected that the entire college
will be moved to the three build~nes making up the new campus
yefore the end of the 1954-55
~chool yrar. The Ballenver Field
~Touse was completed last year.
the | Warlew H. Curtis Pvildine
which will house ~the genere)
ecm}; and administrative
~s expected to he resdy in the
all and the. CG. S. Mott T-aildins
f Anplicd Seience and Avis
~heduled for occupancy jin
yring semester.

A. ser: of testing and counel''ng ~linies are heinz conduet~1 by the College Guidance Dex22tment this summer in-order to
~ely rceent high schoe] graduates
decide if they should gv to colleges and what courses:

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~ PRIMARY. ELECTION EDITION

u Hensley Extradition Denied

Spirit Can Be Put To
Construdive Use

The Children~s Bureau | lof the} Church~ or a ~Young People~s
Church~ for that very purpose

Hensley Escapes
Extradition

On April 23, 1954, the State

of Arkansas sent two: shirii's
to Michigan to pick, up Esan
Hensley of 1225 Marengo &t.

Hensley was charged with leaving the:>state of Arkansas before
completing payment for a sewing
macMine which he had purecha--d
for his wife.

Council for Hensley argued,
the hearing before the Govirne~s
Staff, that the state of Arkansis
was attempting to extradite ihe
man on.a eriminal warrant and
that the case is one for the civil
court, Hensley had<made repeat
ed attempts to pay the balance~
of the debt, but the store owner.
refused to accept the money.
The final questions before the
Governor~s Staff were: Weuld&
Esau Hensley receive a fair tiial
in the state of Arkansas? Also
does the charge merit extraditic:;?
On Saturday, Apyil 24, 1954,
Governor Williams assured the
Editor of The Bronze Reporter

that Esau Hensley~s case wovld:

be given due consideration. The
Governor also promised to wite
Mr. Caldwell a letter when }reached a decision stating the
reasons he made his decision. At
press time, the Governor~s Icitcr
had not arrived. However, Gevernor Williams has
state of Arkansas~ request to ~xtraditg Hensley.

G.M. Maintains
40 Hour Week

DETROIT ~ An average
546,898 men and wemen wre
working for Genera] Motors in
149 plants of its worldwide cperations during the second quavier

of

of 1954 and payrolls totaled $645.
million, Harlow H. Curtice, Pirs-*

Alfred P.

Sloan, Ji,
Board, diselos=

ident, and
Chairman lof the
sdstoday in a statement
inary to their) rzport

quarter.:

Averavye employment was- 557,249 for the first six}: months off
1954 when payrol~s ameunted io
$1,301 million. In the first six
months last year avera::c = yment was 560,392 and pay:
totaled $1,371 million.

These figures exclude the c+ployes of two foreign car ~od
truck manufacturing subsidia: ics
in England and Germany whicn
are not consolidated,
~Motors Limited and Adam
A.G.

In GM~s United States plonis,
oth cutometive and non-autojec~ve, average haurly-rate employs
4+ nt. the <cecnd quait:?. 1964 was- $75,113. Fo the
~1st six months this year it. was
H,059;

Hevrs
ou Ty-rete
19.1 for the fiyst six) menth~

~34 and av-rage weekly
ings wee $89.81. In the firsi
menths of 1953, an average
397,210 employes in GM~s United

yp} clisne

fer ike

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during

week hy
averaged
of

worked per
employes

ab 4

totes niants worked an avereve
of (43.7 hou:s per) weet aed
aveyzee. weekly earnings 216
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