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FLINT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY. MAY 12, 1956:

_(Phrophet Green
-To Conduct A
Revival Meeting

Big Business.
Put Pressure
On South

Time Magazine Article Stat

Opie D. Shelton, executive vice
president of the Baton Rouge
Chamber of Commerce warns
Southern Chamber of Commerce
executives, ~The bright future of
the South is being dimmed by racial terisions: Boycotts, economic,
reprisals, incidents of violence~
these are new factors which will
now be given.consideration by industry and business when they
consider a Southern location. The
South faces a.crisis such as it

Chorus At
Shilo Sunday

Mt. Olive Baptist Church~The
Red Circle Chorus of The Mt. Olive Baptist Church will be one
of the groups presented at the
First Anniversary of the Junior
Usher Board and Sunday School
Chorus to be held at Shilo Baptist Church Sunday, May 13.
Mrs. Jetty Mae Chick, director;
Mrs. Pearl Davis, assistant di
Race woman will

rector, Mrs. Betty Ward, pianist.
and Miss Bessie Hill, teacher,

are the officers of the Red Circle

The Red Circle Two Flint |

omen

Selected Dignitaries

Ladies To Visit Holland, Sweden:
Montrose Man Chosen as Alternate. The Flint Junior Chamber of Commerce has named
Mrs. Herman Gibson and Mrs. Edsel Moore to represent

Genesee County as

~Ambassadors~

this summer. The

women will visit Holland and Sweden as a part of an International Living Program sponsored by the JCC.

Robert Green, presid

ent of
ior Chamber of Commerce congratulates
Genesee County~s two ~Ambassadors~ to

ao

Europe for 1956. Mrs: Herman Gibson

New Attack on

NAACP Campaiga,

Nixon In Call =o

ixon, ad

has not met in its lifetime.~ The announcement was made by the JCC president, aoe ~
ahuat tive ul te ae ee ~ Robert Green, at a luncheon given at the El Rancho Wed- Negro Troops by In High Gear _~ End ~Jim Crow
i job-equality in the South. Many \-nesday. Richard H: Kraft, JCC program chairman, said
' longtime Southern industries the North have integrated work- the two were selected from a field of 12 applicants. The Gen. Mark Clark ims N.A.A.CP. Membetship BB ton - Vice a

~g growi n-: MOTHER'S DAY TEA TO: euuia sd a re amee be re sey odist Church has taken an im- old. She lived there for 9 years. lins, Chief of Staff, that ~I had

' BE GIVEN AT CLIFFORD ae SUNDAY: MAY 20 portant step toward ending all Upon returning to Boston with three years experience with

iF CENTER SUNDAY Rev. L. W._ Porter, Willie 9:30 a. mi: SCtuirch | ~Sebeool. racial discrimination in its her parents in 1940, she attend- fighting qualities of Negro! Mobbs, Minnie Williams, SusieH. = 47.9984. m. Re lar Order of churches. _~.. ed Girls~ Latin School, graduat- troops.~ ~éL ARK COMMUNITY $
4 At the General Conference in ing in 1947, Mrs. Gibson (then

have _ resisted integration are

ers without any disturbance.

applicants were required to write a 500-word letter and_

mpaign is well underway. The
comhiniteess anticipate a succes
nation-wide. television.

meeting now opening up skilled jobs for P

Steet May: 18. The prophet is ~Negroes. The Negro worker once.. The South~s critical shorjage they were interviewed by a five-man committee, headed by -; eo cage Te 1g sful drive of renewal and new before and after a otion,
reported to have begun preach- TeBulated to menial jobs and jim of labor can only be met by Attorney Robert Benton.. Willing Blasted ~two. rethed See adic sy Raieie ere cine a an uc oe
crow unions, is moving steadily Mrs. Gibson is scheduled to go to Sweden and Mrs. civic groups a

ing at the age of three and has
been healing since he ~was, 4
yéars old.

Green is appearing daily at

the Pioneer Hall, 3801 North St.

He -talks.with people after

~each service concerning their

quest.

wo

A Mothers Day tea will be
given Sunday, 4-6 at the Clifford
St. Center. The oldest mother

across the: color bar into skilled
jobs.

~In Memphis, the International
Harvester Co.,| has had ~no
trouble, though. it has been promoting Negroes to skilled foun
training and promoting workers
on the capability, not color. Desegregation of industry remains
one of the most powerful liberating forces in the South today.

Antioch M. B. Church To Dedicate

great job in providing the leadership to keep Antioch~s edifice

Cox, Millie Webb. Susie B. Ray,
Juanita Smith, Gussie Butler,

Inez French, Jodie Millender,

Message~Senior Choir.
Selection~Senior Choir.

Service.
Message~Rev. Culp, Muskegon, Michigan. *

Moore is slated to visit Holland. games R. Cole of Montrose was selected as alternate in the event either of the

women is unable to make the ip.

Minneapolis-(INS).The Meth
Minneapolis last week, delegates
voted overwhelmingly to abolish, the all-Negro Central Jurisdic
%

her family moved to Jamaica, B.
W.I. when she was but 11 months

Lola Gordon) entered Boston University the same year.

In her second year, she re
Southern generals of the United
States Army for asserting that
Negro troops were cowardly and
unreliable,

General Mark W. Clark, (USA
Ret), and now president of the

division. Clark said his opinion; aticie Mrs. Alberta Ryals; is mae
Ww nce as Com-.. prs.. ander af the OS. Fifth Army ~Yoh

Pace, Truman~s Secretary of the
Army, and Gen. J. Lawton Col
Almond recalled that Pace
and Lawton ignored his advice.
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enthusiastic in supporting the
campaign. The campaign in the
churches and _ their. Rapecties
committees include:. Canaan
Baptist. Church, Mrs. ~DaHas. Taylor; Antioch Baptist Church,
Rey. L.W; Pryor; New Zion Bap
000 2 om end: 8:00. a He. dry and machine jobs. a a oe oe ee ae CONGRATULATIONS Citadel historic South Carolina ist Church, Mrs, ~Pat Watkins+
| - dose. not claim to have Mipeens~ _Lotiibend Aircraft Corts, Geo- | tetes are less contesened with em ~All Tevying To MRS. HERMAN GIBSON Military Institute told an audien- Shiloh Baptist Church, Mrs, _, The Cm ital eating of the
| tural powers goo ee reia's eet peg tod has oa otional considerations than hard ~ ~; ce attending a meeting of the Mary Turell; Mt. Calvary School P.T-A,.. but: says, ~Prayer Changes cently hired its trst Negro engi-. | economic fact. ' By I..J.. REID Southern Regional Conference of Church, Mr. Earnest Johnson; Tuesday May 15th, i
things.~ neer. Dozens of industries from rite ~Soapy ee State Gavertabenith. that~ ~the St, paul Baptist, Churels Jos
ene Mrs. Herman Gibson, wife of worst division I had was 4 Negro Smith; Galilee Baptist Cimpa. fliowing pr ogram will be; "

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COMMUNITY SCHOOL ACTIVITY

MAY 11
Fun Club

MAY 14

ligi6us bias -in private enterprises as ~good business, o
citizenship gra plain gi

sense.~ Sey Sag

Clark School ss

i personal problems.. _ 2 ' | Be by
| according~ tothe prophet the sion to Governor. Williams fas~ Ored to represent~ Genesee coun- ~in Italy during World War II. K- ~
|} pcmetieah-cetetacet New Building on E. Stewart Avenue ~mics sce center vgs omen a Bisgedonie Baptist | hare Sena weg e: ~ the third week of May. The heal- discrimination had been received: _ ~Mts. Gibson admitted that she ~I looked at it not from a so- Mr. Sam Williams, Sr.; Pilgrim >\tion:
* ing limes are formed after each Antioch Wil Che ae tion~Choir No. 3 by that was somewhat nervous but she iological standpoint~, Clark Temple, Mrs.Elma Washington; ~The Golden Whistle~ be,
~e } for, those seeking Divine d oe hers _~ oe tioch pyr otee: 7 towel Gov. termed the maintained her composure said. ~Negro troops were not re- Mt: Olive Baptist Church, Mrs. RR. Forman. _
io 2 te oe te od Commission~s first a the luncheon and for- liable and they bolted from the Vasalonyer Baxter; Golden Leaf _ met:; he invites er oe in Missionary Baptist Church have Selection~Choir No. 3. ~very encouraging~ and declared malities. She wore a lovely pink enemy,~ Clark told his audience. Baptist Church, Rev. Norton; Beffo, Harold Coston;
a. = to ~ share ro: out a big ~E = Phi: Scripture Lesson~Rev. S. Wil- that~ ~everybody seems to hat trimmed with small pink ~I wanted the best fighting unit ~ ica Church, Mrs. Wesley, little old women;
4 eran b torn fom May itth || * Siliok ~Septet~ Church~ and. dmesg work~ flowers and it had a neat vell to possible, politics or no politics.~ Methodist Churen, Mr. Win, Franke ~ ti
' Oddities of the revival include fhrough May 27th, 1956, at 1083 Choir e, ion rhembers, he hang just sbove her eyebrow. 1+ Gen. Edward M. Almond Weatherford:~ Vernon Chapel queen; Charles
gE the singing of the Psalms rather E. Stewart ~Avenue Flint. Message~Rev. C. R, Neal said, are getting a lot of good She had on a darling pink and (USA-Ret.) of Anniston, Ala., en-- Methodist Church, Mrs. Flora Sherrod, cardinal. Elvet: Canin
i ~ the ee nel pe- Rev. L. E. Morris, Evangelist ___ Offering~Junior Deacons voumeaty pote goal pearl-ere Bom ~ aa dorsed Clark~s statement ~100 \Tyrner; James Chapel Method-~
j chad in Shack and gold he of Greenville, Texas, will be here Friday night, May 18~ mF gen were oer Soueeitig BB sy her cue vol Yl om ge MR oe ates iy sg ist Church, Mrs. Earlene Barbee; Reb fate, Tetris sik ig tno.. ast dangling earring has stirred for the revival. Ch sponsored by the up their own fair employment tegt~ She said, ~I have always oration of white troops ~and Ne. Vermont Christian Chureh, Mr. ~ ~- Gloria Seitz, Donald wie
4 ~gouls on the west coast. The There will be a special ~cor- pea at Large. - codes in line with ort wanted to travel, and here was gro troops. Almond said when the Cephie Wooten. n, Biches *Petross.
* young minister is said to be able nerstone laying~ ceremony con- Selection. recmenetion, Se te an opportunity to do- Sel ghar Government ordered intergration With continued support of
} to call out conditions effecting qucted by the Master Masons, Suybject: ~The Growth of the expenses paid. I also could do oF the troops in.1950, I did not h h "Barbera hin Barbara ~~
j people without knowing their pose of Sharon Lodge No. 4, A. Church Spiritually Financially Se ~ H ] i my part to dispel many ugly TU- fee] that we should intergrate these churches and other groups
4 F.&A.M., to culminate the $34, - and Materially in Four Years,~ gregation a: mors that I understand is being then, and I don~t~ think so now.~ ~ the local NAACP Branch should; we vi a oe of the Sie 000 extended building. ~Rev. L. Rev. A. Aldridge.: this forte praguased fety was ~Abroed Gd Geter thatin ee ter, | Dolores ray Joyce
i ess % 4; s fo a hs *y |
~ and W. Pryor, pastor, has done = Scripture~Rev. N. Steele. Called Big Step born ih Boston, ~Massachusetts. the spring of 1951, he told Frank _!~S citizens can be justly proud. ~Carter, and Paticia Raglon. |

in attendance. will be crowned Bobettea Hinds, Vessie Rowland, bi |

a queen. Gifts from the young Robert Bell, Thomas Lightfoot, Sunilay. Svening | Program tion of the ori It also oer ~ eeived a NAACP Youth Council action 3:00 to 4: Fun jem be EL incatn: me odl

oe women of Quinn. will be pre- Phillip Strozier and Rev. Seldon 2:3 ted a general policy resolution Scholarship. In 1948, she | met. Stan High P-TA ~

i ~sented to the Queen and the old- Williams constitute the programs uy vied oF thay anid urging ee of serve.. Herman Gibson, who was attend- Man is born for action; he Dance ~8:00.to 11:00 Sr. Teen Club
y tion within the church and cal~-- ing Harvard Law School. They ought to do something. Work, MAY 15 8:00 to 10:00

es og present.

committee.

let us go into the house of the

ed on all pastors to admit mem
were married in 1950. The cou
at each step, awakens a sleep-: Mamie McCoy and Mrs.:

| Minit eaee ie caetive- in | CENTRAL PROGRAM. wiltin Gy gates, O Sdutian~ cabot en a | BK moved fo Dewalt wire abe ina force end roots cut error |) MAN 1D) Ot ot Me's Gus |

$ ee ace hoping for a Program sponsored,by the Devotion~Conducted by Dea-~. _ The Central Jurisdiction em- earned her bachelor~s Pe: cha aa Rise! ' to work! If thy Square Dancing Adult Square 7:00 to 8:00

- ~ large patronage. Proceeds will Young Peoples~ Department. cons. braces Negro congregations from habe aa Poin gs Seal knowledge ~is real, employ it; 8:00 to 11:00, cin Young Adults
Seleceion~All Choirs of Anti- | through out the nation, in con- She graduat wrestle with nature: test the 8:00 to 10:00 8:00 to 10:00

~.. go to Quinn Chapel Building
~ Fund.

Devotion ~ Conducted by the

trast with the five geographic

Mrs. Gibson is a member of

toon of thy theories; see if

Junior Deacons.: and has
Scripture and Prayer. jurisdiction~ in. which white the A.K.A. Sorority th u rt the trial;
F =, Ci hi Me ee mien Choirs of Anti- congregations are grouped. | = act _ ~ NACE ir be cet. will guppo = se Mrs. Bessie Lewis. |
ar he.:: The action of the conferetice Utb@ a, County PBarreadcs ee |
acinator u m rs Dey uses Address~Margie All-;, not considered an order but. member reine ates a:
i: rather a recommendation from eer was thrilled at being chos-. a

perenne Songer geo Flint.

the General Conference to the

troduction ~of Speaker ~
Pastor Pryor., more than 100 Methodist Con- 34 the JCC. I will endeavor to haa)
_ Dedicatory Message~Rev. Ira oO - ~ live up to the responsibility of Rath:
Watkins. ~ However, its stand on the the assignment. The fact thatI - j= $= Sitti sjsgg Risse. Presenta~ ofthe Church racial issue in the church is ex- have been chosen to represent
Building and All Interior. pected to lead to the abolition of Flint will be a telling demoni _ Particials~Fred Parks, chair- the Central Jurisdiction and stration of American democracy.
man of Tris. Board. make possible the eventual Jt may in some measure counteri Ee ae Peta i. ~ee Thay Ad bi ate gp ie ~ some of the opinions held in
l eW. Preyer:; other countries as to how Amerte se phical jurisdictions of the church. ~ SemOET ACY. works,~ Mrs.
ig The fect, rejected Gibson sai
uf = _Sunday Night, 7:00 p. m. onion ae toe She added, ~We hope we will
He =; Regular Order of Evening gj] of Bishops that a four-year live up to the fine example set |
he Message~Rev. L. E. Morris, in thé general direction of ip- last year~s ~ambassador~.~~j - Greenville, Texas. tegration. Atty. and Mrs. Gibson are the |
iy parents of two lovely daughters,
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