Bronze Reporter [Volume: 2, Issue: 10]

Splecday, Nowleber 19, 1955.

THE BRONZE REPORTEK

Page Five.

J. Merrill Spencer Heads New Funeral Home

Attorney & Mrs. J. H. Thomas and
Son John lll To Make Home In Flint

Atty. John H. Thomas, who has. been working in his Dortor of
Judicial Science degree at the University of Michigan, has returned
to Fiint..

He is a graduate of Flin~
Northern (1941), and has earned
his A.B., and L.L.B. degrees from
- Howard. University, Washington,
D.~. (1951). Thomas has practice:

VESELSK~.
MODERN
SHOE REPAIR

NEW FALL SHOE
~|, | STYLES:
Complete Service For

~The Shoe.

1617 S. SAGINAW STREET

law in Washington, D.C. and Detroit, Mich.

He is sharing an affice suite
with Attorney Eliza Scott, Jr. at
2803 Industrial Ave.

Thomas claims Canaan Baptist
Church membership and he is:
NAACP supporter.

Mrs. Gwennola Smith
Hostess To Card Party

Last Tuesday evening, November 8, Mrs. Gwennola Smith chose
to entertain her bridge club at the
home of her daughter, Mr. Mavis
Baker, 1807 Park St. Her guests
were Mrs. Francis Leach, Mrs. E.
C, Robinson, Mrs. Lillian Newman
and Mrs. Mavis Baker. The members and guests enjoyed the evening playing pinochle and canasta,

jof Detroit,

The Clarenc Campebells
Entertain After The Ball
Was Over

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Campbell, 2034 Maybury, were responsibe for the continued jovial mood
of their guests long after the Alpha Phi Alpha Formal Ball was
over. Mr. and Mrs~ Vincent Van
Hurley, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ward
Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Waller, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Ennis, Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette Ken
jdall, Mr. and Mrs. Grady Truss

and Attorney and Mrs. Herman
Gibson were among the mierrymakers who enjoyed the Campbell~s hospitality. Dancing and},
general merriment prevealed. The}.
breakfast treat was appreciated
by all.

R. H. Dunning~s Sister
Passes

Mr. R.H. Dunning, manager of
the Great Lakes Mutual Insurance
Company, left~ for Alabama Monday night. He returned for a sad
occaision, his sister died. Friends
offer Mr. Dunning and his family
their sympathy.

The House of Spencer Mortuary, Inc., a new business, has been
opened at 1204 Lappeer St. it was
announced by J. Merrill Spencer,
president.

A two-story. brick house has
been remodeled and redecorated
for use as the funeral home. The
structure has almost 1,000 square
feet of floor space and the chapel
has a seating capacity for 75 persons, Spencer said.

The house, remodeling and
equipment costs amounted to $35,000, Spencer said.:

Spencer attended Zhe Atlapta
College of Mortuary Science r
recei de a bachelor~g degree f
Moorekouse College,~ tain, Be
in 1948. He has a master~s degree
in sociology from Atlanta Univer-|.

Becomes First Negro

To Win City Council
Post In Alexander, Ark.
Memphis, Tenn., A.C. Wallace, Sr.
has become the first Negro to be
elected to the City Council of
Alexander, Ark., in the town~s history. There were no racia] issues
in volved in the election ~_!,
sity.

He has been employed in mortuary service on a part-time basic
1951 and has worked as a surgical
orderly and practical nurse aft
Hurley Hospital and as a clerk in
the Flint Post Office.

~He has served the Flint Youth
Bureau and is a member of the
Chamber of Commerce

~Many times in the hour of
bereavement a family can appreciate a greater degree of privacy.
We, of the. House of Spencer Mortuary, Inc., have sought to~ meet
this need by providing a private:
f y. room with a separate gn-. We have tried to make gur
estab! mt 3 real home, cofplete with{all the conveniences gnd_
facilities of a drivate home, sgiacious enough tofaccommodate many
guests without confusion or

-|-)a second home - where the be
crowding, We want it to be a place
reaved family can meet their. friends or, of they desire, to have
complete privacy during one of
the most trying times of their lives
We have replaced gloom with
brightness; formality with comfort.~ The president and funeral
director, said.

Mr. J. Merrill Spencer, president and Funeral director

ANNOUNCING

THE OPENING

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Flint~s Newest Funeral
HOME

THE

HOUSE OF SPENCER
MORTUARY, INC.
~WE CARE - DO YOU?~

* Private Family Room
* Chapel. with seating capacity of 75
* Spacious parking lot in rear with exits to Sth

and 6th Streets. Conveniently, Located on Lapeer St.
Just North of 8th Street.

1204 LAPEER ST.

Telephone
Office CEdar 8-7684
Res. CEdar 9-8064

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