Bronze Reporter [Volume: 2, Issue: 10]

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THE asta REPORTER

Saturday, November 19, 1955

Dhi Alpha [paternity [Raises Conmal
Ball 3 tandards This Season

By Mrs. Terrie Van Hurley
The first formal ball given by the Flint Chapter of the Alpha Phi

~Alpha Fraternity was a merry success, and strictly a formal ball. The

ball, held in Flint~s Armoy, was well attended by at least 500 people
according to a conservative estimate. Guests from six cities were in

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attendance, as Detroit, Bay City, Saginaw, Pontiac, Lansing and Grand

Rapid. In addition to coverage by our local newspaper,

The Mich
igan Chronicle was on hand to cover Alphas first annual ball.

~Formal attire was the order o
the day. The women were charringly ~vogue~ and the men were
thandsomely ~esquire~ as merry
couples. danced to the enchanting
musical notes of Bob Alexander's
orchestra.

The guests list included many
well-known Michigan personalities.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F., Williams, Mr.
and Mrs. Grady Truss, Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur J. Edmunds, Atty.
and Mrs. Georg: Stevens, Mr. and
Mrs. Ted Roman, Mr. and Mrs.
Vincent Vah Huvey, Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Bannis ~ter, Dr. and Mrs.
Delos Raymond, of Inkster, Mr.
and Mrs. Billy Raymond of Dettoit, Mr. and Mrs. Booker Barton,
ir. and Mrs. Wendall Galloway,~
Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt Ridgway,
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Campbell,
and Mrs. Marian Bark~dale,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Eagle, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Cobie, Atty and
Mrs. Elisha Scott, Jr. Dr. and Mrs.
J. Leonidas Leach, Dr. and Mts.

Clarence Kimbrough, Mr. and Mrs.!

George R, Frile,y Miss Ruth Van
Zandt, Mr. and Mrs. Tyree Nelson
Mr. James Wilson, Jr., Mr. an:
Mrs. Wendell Owens, M:, and Mrs
John Tyiska, Mr. and Mrs. Connie
Childress, Dr, and Mrs. W. A.
Simms, Mr. and Mrs. Johp Russell,
Dr. and Més. Henry McNeal of
Pontiac,. Dr. and Mrs. Charles

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Turpin of Saginaw, Attys Oscar
and James Baker of Bay City, Mr.
and Mrs. George Hayes of Detroit,
Dr. and Mrs. Claytor of Saginaw,
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Turpin of
Pontiac, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Hackett, Miss Emma Truss Mrs. Marion Garrett were some of those in
attendance..

The Flint Chapter of the Alpha
Phi Apha Fraternity consists of
twenty-one members. The officers
of the group are: president, Mr.
M. A. Wright vice-president, Dr.
Leroy Barnes (Saginaw); treasurer, Dr.'J.D. Wilson; secretary,
Dr. Wendell Harris; correspond
jing secretary, Mr. Frederick Waljler; chaplain, Mr. R. H. Dunning;

parliamentarian, Dr. Clarence _B.
Kimbrough; and sergeant-at-arms,
Atty. Ralph I. Selby.

The Alpha Program Committee
headed by Mr. James R. Johnson,
chairman is to be commended for
a job well done.

New Orleans Hire

Negro Policewoman

New Orleans, La. - Miss Leatrict
Jones Becomes New Orlean~s first
appointed Negro policewomen, She
previously won honors as a soloist
as a student of Clark high school,
Miss Jones was appointed as a result of civil service examination.

Mrs. John R. ~Caldwell Annoandes Urban

League 9nd Annual Harvest Ball

Bon Ami Bridge
Club Meet At.
Mrs.\Willis Home

Mrs. Alverta Willis, 906 Myrtle,
was hostess to the Bon Ami Bridge
Club last Wednesday night, November 9.

Lovely bouquets of chrysanthemum added to the charm of her
home as club members enjoyed her
appetizing refyeshments. Following the business meeting the ladies
played bridge rounding out an enjoyable evening,

The George Stevens
sive Pre-Formal Party

_ Atty and Mrs. George Stevens
intertained guests in their home
last Saturday, November 13, before the Alpha Phi Alpha formal.

Mrs. Stevens, in her beautiful
gown of white and gold, made a
charming. hostess.

Among those present were: Atty
Joseph N. Birch II, in from.Washington, D.C., Dr and. Mrs. Wrex
Weaver, Miss Beatrice Johnson, a
rewcomer to Flint, Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Edmunds, Mr. and Mrs.
Connie Childress and Mr. and Mrs.

Vincent Van Hurley.

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According to Mrs. John R. Caldwell, chairman of Harvest Ball
Committee, the second annual

~HARVEST BALL will be held

Wednesday November 23, in th
Durant Hotel Ballroom, The music
will be furnished Bob Alexander~
fine 12-piece orchestra.

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While it is planned for the enjoyment and entertainment of Urban
primary purpose is to benefit a
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Members and friends are urged to
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the second annual~ HARVEST
BALL a gala affair. Ed. Note: The ~
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