Bronze Reporter [Volume: 4, Issue: 44]

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VOLUME 4~NUMBER 44

3,000
In Racial
Flare-Up

CHICAGO. ~ Police are
still mobilized to prevent any
further violence which has
reached alarming proportions
in the Chicago area. As temperatures rose so did tempers: and incidents.

There have been autos
stoned and overturned,
name calling and individual
injuries as crowds as high
as. 3,000 milled about certain areas of the city.

Police riot squads comprised
of white and Negro officers have
been put on emergency call, all
leaves and off days for officers
have been canceled as tension
sparked by a park picnic goes
into its fifth day.

NEGROES STONED

A Negro club; the Bodine Social.and Civic Club, were hold
a ~group Of 50 to 60 whites began
throwing stones at the group.
Police arriving on the scene
found the groups battling with
sticks, stones, bottles and
planks, Over 100 officers answered the first call,

DETROIT MOTHER HURT

Mrs. Dorothy Fike, 35, ang
her two daughters, 12 and 13,
of 3425 Beatrice street, were injured as their auto was stoned
while driving through the city.
They were returning to-Detroit
after a visit.

Police took them to a hospital
for treatment and later escorted
them to the city limits.

A white girl was accidentally
shot by a Negro policeman as
persons in a large crowd jostled
and mauled him, causing his
gun to fire.

WHITE GIRL SHOT

Negro policemen reportéd
being stoned in and out of their
scout cars.

Negro bus drivers were provided with police escoris as
they drove their busses
throughout the city, Motorists
~were provided with police protection while driving.

City officials stated that this
is the worst outbreak of racial
tensions in Pend ox te last 15 years.

State Fair Taking
Children~s Entries.

Now ~is the time fcr. alt ~chil

dren to enter the contests to be| f

held on-Children~s Day, Fuesday,

| Farmer

ing their annual cco on,
at La - Park,_las' as a

FBI Probes
Beating Of

LITTLE ROCK~FBI agerits
have investigated ~the _ brutal
beating of Eddie Mayberry, -28 -year-old _Arkansas. farmhand,
Mrs, L. C. Bates, president of
the Arkansas State~ Conference
of NAACP branches, reported
here today, As: yet; Mrs. Bates
said, no- action has been taken
to present the findings to a
grand jury.

In a sworn statement, Mr.
Mayberry alleges that- early in} 5
June he was beaten unmercifully|
over the heéd.with a plow
handle and later: with a rope};
by a white ~planter for whom
he. worked. Pictures taken: of
the victims bare hack ~reveal,
fiendish lacerations.

Defying an order of his. employer, Mayberry fled from the
plantation with his. wife, six
children and two grandchildren.
In Little Rock he sought. the

officials secured medical treat
the ~family, reported the. case
to the FBI,and. got a:

aid of the NAACP. Association] present,
ment for him, found a home for:
~job. for: 3 dv 3. JOIN us AIR FORCE_Miss.
| A, Rosélyn Martin, daughter ~ot
Mr. and srs.~ Orrin. P~ Butler,
was honored with a going away
party last Saturday evening;
Mr. and. Mrs. Henry D. Allen
of Brookside Drive were hosts
to the party. Wor many of Miss
Martin~s friends the. announcement that she had joined the
U. S. Air Force was: a surprise,

has lived in Adrian, Michigan
= the past éight 7years:- She is
graduate of Adrian~ Senior~

to Flint- recently
Friends from Adrian Colleg

versity and Fint. Junior C
were en eo
tion room, es
and uncle), Miss Martin~
Miss J, Maeda
Marian E
sod Mise!

WE 5 2:;
rine of 9 i 3 Lois

Dr. Lewis L. Lawrence, pastor
of Vernon Chapel AME Church
on Addison St., was paid a
week~s tribute July 14 to 19 by
members of his own congregation: and many of. the local
churches,

The initial tribute authored
by Mrs. Lila Hodges, began the
series of special services read
as follows:

~The standard of greatness
is the standard of service, It
was set in the beginning of
things. The men who serve
most, who render most cheerfully and~ efficiently the largest and most helpful service
to humanity are the greatest,

~Service is, to. our pastor, a
dream and anything that may
come to him that cannot be
turned...into service has ~no
chatm. He is. concerned about
sefving, not shining; he is. concerned about helping the people,
not being: praised; he is concerned about rendering the
greatest service, not being called
greatest. Of course this makes
our minister great, noble and

Gets 15 Yrs.

||Friday" to 10 to 15. years in

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water heaters it our peniiediieie
on Northand Addison St., purchased: and ~ for kneeling
pads for the church, brought our
land contract up to date which
was $4,700 in arrears on his arrival. In addition to this, all
local operating expenses * afe
paid to date.

~With reference to the spiritual
growth of the church, there has
~been more than 130 members
added to our church roster.
Many of them converts.

Additional ~clubs and choirs
have been organized under his
most -capable guidance. The latest of these ~the Angelic Choir
and the Usher Board No. 2.

The curriculum of the Summer Vacation Bible School has
also been completely _ transformed and the teaching staff
increased; The attendance in
the Young People~s Department
has increased: The overall program of the ~church, both ma~terially and spiritually, has been
one of constant growth.

The tribute would not be complete without the mention of
Mrs. Wertia Lawrence, wife of
Dr. L. ~L. Lawrence. She is an
active worker in all departments
of the church, She is loved and
respected si the entire congregation.

Pork Slayer

Rayford ~Butler was sentenced

EI, yt OD

DR. L. L.~ LAWRENCE

superior but it is not. the object P

Miss Martin, # native of Flint,|~

High School and: attended the|.
Adrian College until -her. ~
returned

Hillsdale Colleges. Univefsity of}:
Michiggn, Michigan State 1 few!.

Dennis. Gr
jogs aottell si ant
),, Lom Harper (Detroit) -

in the Teahes Fat
ie i

ee Adrian Detroit last. Monday.

~ROSALYN MARTIN

< Dinworth Mrs. ~college. Footbal ~teana~ ~ont Lee
Miller, ~and Bill: Moton,- Jones,

ind-three ép)- ie slays wl wi

~stars, Henry Hughes footbull team:

Bai ~Northern. star,

Miss Martin reported td. the

~The Boy F rend~
Next At Musical Tent |

the manner of the 1920s, ~The

~Boy Friend,~ has been chosen

as the next attraction at the
Musical Tent on U. S. 10, between Flint and Saginaw, to be
presented the week beginning: Monday, Aug. 5.

This is the revue that so hilariously Jampooneg the era of
speakeasies, cloth hats, dresses
with. no waistlines and hems at
the knee, that it ran for well
over three and a half years in
London, where it was born.

New Yorkers thronged delightly to it for over 60 weeks
after its thunderous gpenee in
September of 1954.

That ~The Boy -Friend~ was
no-mere Broadway success, but |
a national one, was proved by
the hit the show scored on some:

35 other ~cities that it visited|
during an 18. months~ tour~ and
also by. -a phenomenal sale of
its record album.

Elders in search of their lost
youth and lost youths in search
of their. elders~ backgrounds,
made ~The _ Boy end~.

into}.;
one of the biggest hits of its} <&
time.

phone, drum sticks, cymbals and
a banjo.:

Sally Knapp will. have the
role of the show~s heroine, Polly,
in which: Julie Andrews made
her American debut in the New
York production and Phil
Green will be seen as-the object
of her affection.

Tony, the socialite in modest
disguise; Greta. Aldene, Judy

Guyll, Gloria Michaels and De
borah Harris will be her gushing schoolmates.

Ruth Webb. will be the droll
character, the headmistress~ off
the French school:

Hillsdale College }.

Will Seek

owner last Wednesday.

Philadelphia.

Rev. King
Blames Ike.

_ \WASHINGTON~ The ~weak-}""
ness of the Civil Rights Bill is} -
-}yeing blamed on. Pres. Eisenhow-jer~s weak stand, according to

Rev. Martin Luther King, ~If
Eisenhower had taken a stronger stand on the bill) no matter
how sincere his doubts, the bill
would have had a good chance.to..pass ~without change, If we
|don~t get a strong positive stand
|from him on the jury trial. a
mendment, this fight will be

| lost too,~ said King in deter
tions - endl cissnageatane. siiuet
be right for. d boycott: to succeed.~

A. ~ Choral Clab
~Set For New York

~The A. C. Choral, Club of
Flint,. Mich... under sponsorship
of General ~Motors Corp. are
completing plans for their an~nual vacation trip to New York
City.

In August, the A,,C, Choral
Club will fly to appear on
program at the Convent Baptist Church in that city. While~
in the they will. sight-see
and take in many of the big
town~s places of interest.

The choral club will. reside~ at
the Lexington Hotel at the expense of the Corporation.

The club was organized: in
October: of 3944 with a. membership of 15. At ~present the
group has grown to 52 members.

Officers of the club. are: president, Lorenzo Renfro; vice, Linda Roberts; secretary, Floyd
Jennings, treasurer, Bessie Merriman, and other selected officers, including Dave Lambert,
Jessie Nelson, Alonzo Gordon

and Aaron Renfro.

- de tin

To Try

-| Them As Adults

DETROIT, Michigan~(Spetial)~
Two teetage boys confessed this week~ to the senseless.
robbery-shooting. of a Woodward avenue~ tobacco store

Being held after confessing the shooting is Alvin Shaw;
16, of 621 E. Euclid, and Curtis Corley, 16, off 82 Ee.

Cues: ~stated to police that
he stole the wéapon used in the
hold-up from.a roomer at the
Philadelphia address,

Eugene W. Jones, 35, a con
~struction worker, reported. to

GIRL FIGURES

A~ 15-year-old girl, Nadine
Allen, of 655 Melbourne, is. also
being held after~ police ~found
out that she knew of the robbery

shooting but remained silent

until her arrest,

~The three juveniles ~admitted
ness they were part of a teen~ gang which had been: con
Beg tech hrougho. ~the

ae thts. bors ~backed ~out vat
the last minute...

Shaw. and Curley decided to
go it alone on Wednesday. According to police, Shaw told the
youths, ~If Fox resisted, I'll~
have to~ shoot him:~e. ~

~Charles -W. Fox, 62, store
owner, was found lyihg in a
pool of blood after being struck
by several shots.. The youth ~did

not -obtain any acai in _

establishment.

1 Wey SAAR? g Suter 08
$335 the day following the
shooting,

Parents~ of the -girl; Nadine
Allen expressed shock and bewilderment at~ her implication.
They were nét aware of her association with the Meee hoodlums.

Her father, Henry J.. Allen, a
railroad repairman, said:
~She wanted for nothing:
she just got into the wrong
~ We don't~ understand

According to her parents she -

had been keeping company with
Curley. She had encouraged him
to go to summer school. with her
to ~improve -his. marks. -Curley

had dropped out of Northern
High last year. -

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