Bronze Reporter

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THE BRONZE REPORTER

_ Saturday, March 17, 1956

500 Attend Hichtower Party.

JOHN HIGHTOWER BEING REASSURED BY CO-WORKERS.

Lt. - Rt. AL CHRISTNER, H. SPARLING,

and ALBERT GOLDEN.

Almost 500 of John Hightower~s
friends and union brothers came
out to hfs benefit party which was
held Saturday, March 10 at the
Buick Local 599 Union Hall. /The
party was termed ~ a whopping

* success~ by an enthused commit
feeman. Music was furnished by)
Evans Bradshaw and his band.
There were refreshments of several. varieties.

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Edgar Holt did a/splendid job
of introducing Mr. and Mrs. John
Hightower and the otner speakers.
The speeches were not lengthy
and not one tried to steal the spotlight.

Mr. and Mrs. Hightower led the
speeches by thanking everyone for
their support and praised the aud
~ience for taking a stand in his be
half,

Al Christner, chairman of |
the eleven man grievance board, is
heading the fight.to have Mr.
Hightower reinstated. He also
spoke briefly in Hightower~s behalf.

fhe affair was an example of]
Democracy in action. Both white
and: colored brethren were on
hand. They pledged unity in the

~fight against any form of. racial

discrimination.
Christner, in an _ interview
with this reporter, said, ~I do believe he (Hightower) will be reinstateéd. Never has Management
lost such a case invoiving an employee versus a forman, however
management has realized that the
forman involved with Mr. High
- tower is not a leader in the true

sense of the word. He has been
transferred and now only have two
men ufder his jurisdiction. His
next step will be a demotion unless he ~can see the light and realize that all men are human and
are to be treated as such. I am
sure the referee.will have John
Hightower reinstated.~

The general spirit that préVvail
JOHNNY MECHURA,

ed at the benefit party was that
John Hightower is a right~guy who
was given a wrong deal, but they

The F ormer F rances
Bradford Feted To A
Farewell Party

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Fellow employees of the McClaren General Hospital entertained Mrs. Gilbert Johnson, nee
Frances Bradford, |at a_ party

| Thursday, March 8, at the home

of Mrs. 2014 Gilmartin.

A tasty dinner was served and
Mrs. Johnson received several
gifts. During the evening pictures
were shown by Mrs. Opal Jones.
An-enjoyable evening was had by
all. present.
| Mrs. Johnson was recently married to the socially prominent Gilbert H. Johnson of Coraopolis, Pa.

~Those who were present at the
farewell party were; Mrs. Clara
Wildfong, Mrs. Shirley Rock,-Mrs.
Leona Wright, Mrs. - Virginia
Shelby, Mrs.| Ruth Smeltzer, Mrs.
Opal Jones, Mrs. Dorothy Bersinger, Mrs. Audrey Kramer, Mrs. Vivien Ressique, Mrs. K. Peterson,
Miss Frances Sminitch, Miss Marjories. Green, Miss Frances Price,
Mrs. Zella Bell, Miss Ann Kahlert,

Bill O~Conner,

WHEN COMMUNICATIONS broke down between com-~
munities in flood-stricken northern California during Western
States Floods, Red Cross set up a ~ham~ short wave radio:
network to get vital messages through to workers in field.
Here, Arthur Childs, one of many operators who manned staneg tings nag ~~ ara ad ea ue ee acne icra

were very confident that manage-|Mrs. Lillian Ezell,
ment would reinstate him. Michael,

~Mrs. Ellen Ban Francisco office.
Miss Pauline -Wildfong. ~lt

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