Bronze Reporter

. Real-Kill insecticide. The pyrethrum contains an ingredient deadly

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q Cite of ature~ least frickaty
plants, poison ivy, is now being
pombatted on a ~fight fire with fire~
basis. An extract of the poison ivy
plant itself, injected in the skin, has
proven 92 per cent effective in immunizing: ivy-sensitive individuals.
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a Psychologists report that the
raccoon is one of the brightest of
all animals. A professor matched
wits with one recently by construct
ing a box from which a raccoon |

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~ould escape only by operating
preven different devices. The psyechologist was taken aback to find
thet the Houdini raccoon escape
i 8 seconds flat!

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The poor insect just can~t win!
ow that he~s built up an immunity
o DDT, along comes a new odoress, stainless chemical, ~die!drin,~
sed in Real-Kill insecticide. Formng an invisible fil. where sprayed,
nd much more ef. ive than DD
o insect yet expor. to this clon
al has been able ~to survive it.
ethal power.
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er draft horse, in a ~Tecert tre +,
xerted a pull registering 17 hers ses
wer. Previous tests have regis
tered as high as 15. Actunclly,
horse boasting only one he'rsenovet. would si a feeble quadruped indecd.

~@ prefcabional gambler in Detroit cova that nature is his chief
ally. He simply secures expert

WE APOLOGIZE

ee week we ran ~an. ~open letter
to Officer Norman Myers. It
~should have been officer Robert
~Myers. We are sorry for the error
and apolegize-for any embarrass~~
ment caused ~him.; a9.

2% Gideon, Jr.
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PTA To Meet

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Clark Community School
will mect on Tuesday,,March 20, 1956. A Parent-Teacher
iCanference is scheduled to be held
~from 7:15 to 8:15. p.m. After th2
conference, a business meeting
will convene in the Community
Room at 8:15. The program chairman, Mrs. Henry A. Lewis urges

~home of~ Mrs.

| CHURCH NEWS.

~Wn Janvary*23; 1056,

Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa
Alpha Soroity gathered at _Bishop

of their ~annual Founder's~ Day.
Mrs.;.Earl ~Robinson, Kounder's
Day Chairman, along~ with a <comwuittee composed of Miss Clara
McCain, Mrs. Charles Pritchett,
Mrs. Henry Scott, Mrs.: William
Simms~and Mrs. Ivory Thomas provided a pleasant evening enjoyed
by all.

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Zeta Beta Omega Chapter of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority met
Saturday, March 38, 1956 at the
A.A. -Claytor in
Saginaw, Mighigan. Mrs. J.~ Merrill Spencer, Anti-Basileus. presid:d over the meeting and will
eontinue to act in this official
capacity until until the next -elec
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all interested adults te join the},

~adult square dancing class which

Mrs. Charles Turpin has resign
nt and
Saginaw ~ ~Sor6rs. of eta~ Beta ho

Airport for dinne= in sobservanee.

~is conducted in the aiid Ee eae |

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"LANSING - The Michigan State
Liquor Control Commission has ordered all bars closed and the sale

2ny of alcholic beverages stopped on social hour
Good. Friday~ between the- hours Claytor, joined by co-hostess. Mrs.

of 12:00 noon and 3:00 p.m.

~Holds Meeting

Clint Bransh of NAACP | will
hold a regular membership -meeting on Sunday, March 18 at Ver
~Lmont Christian Church, 1261. LipMf i pincgtt Blvd., at 3:30 p.m. A first
~hand account will be given of the

Civil Rights Delegation meeting |
in Washington D.C.;.March 4-6th.,weather predictions on all major
~contests several days in advance.
He then places a bet on the underdog team in each locality where rain
or snow has been predicted, knowing
that weather is a great equalizer.

sh6Utm~lCUWB ~, BM
@ Scientific investigation backs up
what circus animal handlers have.
always known: that the elephant~s
memory has been greatly overrated.
Elephants can remember their circus routines from year to year only
if they are strenuously rehearsed |.
~between seasons.

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@~ Man~s employment of one rorm
of nature to fight another form is
illustrated by the Cook Chemical
Co., which has imported millions of
~pounds of a daisy-like flower, the
African pyrethrum, for use in its

to insects but harmless to wdérmblooded animals.

Plans will be layed for holding,
a public meeting to hear an eyewitness from Montgomery, Ala-!
hama. to describe the. situation
~there involving the refusal of Negroes to use Jim Crow. buses. This
will given the Flint public an op
iant struggle taking place in that
of the country, both by morals
support and by money contributions.

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@ The. latest efforts to unlock nature~s richest treasure chest, the
ocean, has proven just as futile as
all earlier attempts. Cost of extractine precious metal from the sea is

~ still hundreds of times the value of

the metal i itself.

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portunity to participate in the val
~ed her position as. Basileus of the
Chapter, effective in January,
1956. She-is no longer a resident
of Saginaw due to the fact that
her husband, Dr. Charles Turpin
hes been called to serve in the
United States Armed Forces.

| Following a business meeting,
the Sorors enjoyed +a pleasant
~during which Mrs.

~John Carter, served refreshments.

Sorors who have recently transiferred to Zeta Beta Omega Chapiter are, Miss Norma Johnson from
lZeta Chapter, Wilberforce, Ohio,
-Miss Hazel W. Mann from_ the
| Boule, Mrg. Samuel McClaren
from ~Tau Omega Chapter, New
Mork: New York. |

Flint Sorors attending the meeting included, Mrs. Everett Beans,
|Mrs. Dennis Brown, Mrs. Boyce
Paapaiene Miss Ernestine Collins,
Mrs: Thomas Courts, Miss Clara
|McCain, Mrs. Samuel McClaren
Mrs. Charles Pritchett, Mrs. Henry
Scott, Mrs. -William Simms, Mrs.
J. Merrill Spencer, Miss ~Evelyn
Thomas Mrs. Ivory Thomas, Mrs.
Robert Ubanks, Mrs? Wrex Weaver Jr., Mrs. Wendall Williams.

Saginaw Sorors present at the
meeting. included, Mrs. Henry~
Brown, Mrs. Vernal Cambridge,
Mrs. John Carter, Mrs. A.A. Claytor Mrs. Alvin Johnson, Mrs.
James Shelby, and Mrs.: John McAfee.

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To fests this week~s outed we should like to plug
The Flint Youth Bureau~s Annual Meeting; which is
to be held ~April 16, at the First Presbyterian Church,
6:30. p.m. The hosts this year will again be the ishop
Sunday School Class - the class will serve the dinner
at $1.50. A good speaker is promised. The FYB would
appreciate eariy reservations s they must guarantee
500 persons. Wives are most Wetont Let~s reserve
the evening of Monday, Apa 16, for the FYB Sepia es
Meeting.

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The Flint Osteopathic Hospi al has an intern by the |

jname of Williams Anderson. He is a native of Atlanta

Georgia, and is majoring in osteopathy and surgery
at Des Moine Still College, Des ae Iowa..

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Mrs. Charies Bailey of Leith St., has returned from
a week~s visit in Cleveland. She had a very enjoyable
stay as guest of friends and relatives. Mrs. Bailey returned to Flint last Sunday morning,

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~Mrs. Thaddeus Riggs returned from a brief stay in
Chicago last Wedz.esday. She motored to the Windy
City to visit an aunt who was ill. |

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Master Ronald P. Roland, 10, son of Mr: and Mrs.
Isiah Roland of Maine St., was ~treated to a birthday
party Sunday, Mar. 11, Mrs. Eluline Stills assisted
Mrs. Roland with the youthful celebrants. Verlee and
Robert Mary, Isiah and Oliver Roland, Jr., Dennis
Jackson, DeLain Brandon, LaMont Brandon, Robert
and Bever ly Roland were among those who played
games and enjoyed refreshments at Ronald~s party.
Young Ronald received many gifts and a ores forward to his nex: milestone.

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All Greek letter organizations are invited to contact Mrs. Edith Spencer, secretary of the Interfrater
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{nal Council. The Council is anxious to have all Greek

letter organizations represen ed. Mrs. Spencer can be
contacted at CEDAR 8-7684. |

Mrs. Catherine Sadie popular policewoman
with the Flint Police Department, has an~enviable
background, which indi~ates that she likes to work

with people. She is a former school teacher and a
nurse. at Hurley eae |

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LAST MILESTONE } statthen | I\Hendricks, Sr.,
812 EK. Fifth St., age 48 - passed: Saturday, March 10,
1956 - Survived by: 2 daughters, Mrs. Doris Daggs,

~Mrs. Milma Ragland; son, Stephen,-Jr; mother, Mrs.

Irene Adams: sister, Mrs. Lillian Jackson; brother,
Emerson Hendricks, all of St. Louis; y Mo. - Espie Roberts, 1247 State. St., age 66 - passed: Tuesday, March
13, 1956, at Hurley Hosp ital - a member of Macedonia
Bap~ist Chureh - F Noyd Rihgleton 380814 St. John; age
27 - died Wednesday, March 14, 1956 - Survived by:
Flint! Dorothy; son, Gregory: ~daughter, Wande in
int eet

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Mrs. Thotiad Edwards, Social Group Worker; Bus
rett Beane, Case Supervisor, D.W.H.'.and Edgar Holt
Social Case Worker are amon ene instructors who

Machinery

Nl when

ij will conduct classes to. Pre] Bic Botte to do an
effective job working with Wie Fa PQYP. cotard
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Joe Childress, must bd enjeyingo himself in Hot.
Springs, Arkansas. He ig extending Wavecations J
en are you coming home?