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Detroit Seminary

PONTIAC~In an article appearing in a Detroit Ne
gro newspaper, this week, Milton R. Henry, well-known

Pontiac attorney made public this plans to give up the
practice of law for a ministerial calling.
_ Henry, well liked among Pontiac~s Negro population
has a large interracial clientele. His firm of Henry,
Traylor and Cleague is located in the ~Oakland Theatre
building on S. Saginaw.

The Detroit article quotes Henry as saying;

\~I want to do God~s work. It won~t do me any good
to make all the money in the world if I have to suffer
as I have under the pressure of wanting to work for
God and not doing it.~

~My conscience simply will not let me ignore it any

longer.~~

He will attend a newly formed. religious seminary

which has its offices in the Tobin Building. Dean of

the schoo] is Rev. George
Henry has not decided
choose. |:

Hill.
what denomination he will

Hie was a former pilot in WW. II. He obtained his
law degree from Yale University and has been in prac
tice for five years.

Henry lives with his wife

and one child at 192 Basset.

ANOTHER $500 NAACP
MEMBERSHIP~While Augustus Turnipseed accepts the
check, Ernest S. Taylor accepts
the congratulations from Flint
NAACP President.Herman
Gibson (left), Mrs. John H.
Thomas, chairman of NAACP
Program Committee, stands in
for Georgé Johnson, chairman
of the Membership Committee. Tayler of Taylor and Sons
Grocery, said: ~The NAACP
~is one of the greatest organizations in the world, and its.

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the salvation of the Negro.~
He urges all Negro business
and professionals to support
the NAACP by taking out life
memberships.~ The NAACP
needs our financial help now,
he declared, ~And it gives me
a pleasure to take out this
membership through the present local NAACP adiinisiration.~ Gibson, lauded Taylor
for his sense of responsibility
and duty to the NAACP~s pro-.gtam,

Bon-Ton Cleaners Now
Has New Management

25To Vie ~
For City Chess.
Championship,

Aproximately 25 chess enthusjasts will vie for the championship of the Annual Chess Tournament. The tourney will be
held at the St. John St. Community Center, Sunday, Aug.
18. A tourney official stated
that the contests will begin at
1:00 sharp.

Each~ player will engage. in
two rounds of chess competition Sunday and the final
two rounds will be played the
following Sunday. There will
be an entry fee of $2.50 per
person, payable before the
tourney begins.

The tourney will attract such
stellar players as. Laverne Morgan, 1956 City Chess Champion;
Lindell Brady, three > times
Checkmaters Champion! Carl

- Page, who holds a berth on the

~U. of M. chess team; Jim Hoff,

who placed third in last year~s}

competition; and other strong
contenders such as Lapeer~s Higley, Horace Piersoll of Chicago,
~. C. Ferguson, Dr. Herman
Curtis, Horace Henderson:and

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known throughout the city, is

now ~ operating the Bon -Ton
Cleaners at 1801 Clifford St.

Miss Wilson has been in the
cleaning business for 18 years,
working in several cleaning establishments in the city. She
has won many loyal customers
during these years. Miss Wilson
is pledged to render the very
best in cleaning service for her
many friends and customers.

While she has been in the
cleaning business, she has also
been active in her church and
the community. She is an active
member of the Blackwell A. M.
E. Zion Church where she serves
as secretary of the church.

Miss Wilson is treasurer of
the Usher Board and sings in
the choir, and yet she finds time
to serve on othér.committees.
~See her ad on page 4)

Jackie Greatest

NEW YORK Following the

Dodgers when they won ~three~

Stoneham said: ~Jackie, Robin
"There's ng doubt in ~my mind

Miss Eunice Wilson, widelyT

clobbering his: Giants gave the|*

out of four from last year~s}.
champs, Giant owner Horace}

son is the greatest competitor |

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Rev. A. J.
Speaks To

Rev. Archibald J. Carey Jr.,

breaking down a barrier.~

i. Speeking at a public meeting
at the -Detroit. Leland Hoiel,
Sunday efternoon, Rev. Carey
comp!imented the brokers ~for
rooting out segregation but urged them to ~arry on. He said,
*~It is evidenced that housing

fexenes: where Mr, Harris was
guest speaker, ~

NEW HAVEN ~The improve
yinent ~of ~. relations, is: ae f

The plan oNeediaes for: ~.. The appointment of 4 full-.
~time roving consultant to work
with churches and church organizations in ironing out
racial and ethnic tensions in
their areas.

The inauguration of full scale
studies into the biblical and theological bases of proper racial
relationships set forth in christian teachings.
The program wds presented
by the Reverend Dr. J. Oscat
Lee, a New York specialist on
the subject, who recently completed a world wide survey on
racial conditions for the council.
It characterized raeial tensions
as ~one of the most serious
problems in the life of the
churches thmselves and in the
societies to which the churches
must render their christian witness.~

ik special phase of the
problem has been brought up
- by the Right Reverend Ambrose Reeves of Johannesburg, South Africa. He asked
the council for a\ judgment on
whether that country~s | apartheid policy of segregatién was
or was not morally. defensible.
The council~s policy:making
meeting also heard a: report
from Francis P. Miller of Charlottesville, Vir inia, tracing farflung activities in ~ecumenical
education.~
This involves training. institutes; youth camps and various
other educational activities on
the christian sickness 6 movement.

MSU Gets 235
Million $ Grant

WASHINGTON ~ A $235,000
federal grarit for construction
of Experimental Biology Research Center at Michigen State
University has been awarded
by the Department of | eHal
Education and eWlfare, accor
ing to Congressman Charles E
Chamberlain, Sixth District,
The total ~cost of the new

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Target of World (

Number fer exceeds expectations

The Flint A. A: U, Junior
Olympic Program, sponsored by
the Mott Foundation, held Aug.
12-15 at Wildanger Field House,
in Flint had an-official entry |
list of over one thousand persons as of deadline time, Aug.
6th. Individuals have entered an
average of a little over two
events a piece, so thet the total
number of entries in events is
slightly over 2,600.

Officials of the Mott Founda-,

tion Program state that this
number is quite in excess of
the number they had expected,
However, they were equippd
and ready to handle the Genesee
County children and adults who
completed~: in over 200 events
during the four day event.

The games got off to a banner start with an 80-mile relay
run that brought the Olympic
torch -from..the.Blue..Water
Bridge at Port Huron to the
site of the games, Wildanger
Field House, The run began from
the center of the bridge. at
11:00~ a.m., Monday, ~and arrived at Wildanger at. 7:55 p.m.,
during the ~ official opening
ceremonies.

Some 89; runners, boys and
men. ranging -in age from 14
to 65, cafried the torch in

| one mile relays for the. distance.~

Sixty-five year-old Roy Hager
man of Flint carried the torch.
for the last lap, lighting the ~
Official Oympic Torch with the:

portable relay torch,

The Official Torch, which
burned the games, is the same
torch carried _in telay from ~
Athens,
in 1952 for the International~
Olymyics*there. The same torch
also burned during the Winter
Olympics at Cortina,.Italy in
+1952 and during the Canadian
-; Olympic Tryouts last year, -

The. opening night ceremon~jies began..at 7:30 p.m,,; ~Monday
at Wildanger- Field House,
| Northern High School. An all~star array of sports celebratiess

= hm fs 2,000

Greece to * Helsinski _

pic pate Ed Gagnier and
| Saeeane Russell. Immediately
| attex the ceremonies a diving

exhibition was hid in _ the
|Frank Maney pool adjoining;the. Wildanger Field House.
Diving was Fletcher Gilders,
three-time All-American Diver
and a member of the Pan-American Olympic team. George
Eyster, of Flint, three-time All
American diver, performed also.

Mayor George-M. Agoe, who
will have lit the~ relay. torch

in the day, officially~ proclaimed
the opening ~of the games. during the opening night ceremonies.

The A, A. U, Jr. Olympic program sponsored in lint for
the first time this yearn by the
Mott Foundation Program. It
constitutes the~. Mott Foundation~s answer to the need for
some. concrete action about the
state of physical fitness of the
nation~s youth. It is hoped that
othér cities in the state and
the nation may make adaptations of the program.

on Monday. August 12, is
~Takashi -Kubota, 16 year-old -

meer aig some een have stood

at the Bue Water, Bridge earier'|
segregation is the cause of more!
source, Segregation in schools
social evils: than any other
and jobs ell follow from s@gregation in housing,~

ev,
chairman ~

Carey. was appointed
of the President~s

| committee on Government Em
ployment Policy last week. He
had served on the committee for
two years as vice chairman. He
is also. pastor of Quinn Chapel
Church in Chicago and former
United Nations alternate delegate.

He said: ~Modern techniques

+of. transportation have ~made

the 500,000 000. whites of this
world aware of the. 150,000,000
colored. ~This may not make
them brothers but they will be
neighbors,

~The world is getting better

Carey, Jr.
Nat~) Group

-..) Detroit, M- ~chigan
The Tenth National Association of Real Estate Brokers
Convention received a rousing opening Sunday by vibrant

who told a gathering of 500

that. ~~Negro real estate brokers have made a contribution
to the advancement of freedom by making a dollar and

tion for the. Advancement of
Colored People: the National
Urban League and the National
Association of Real Estate Brokers. The world is getting better
because some people are living
through an age of terror.~ Rev,
Carey mentioned the slaying of
two Negroes in the South who
sought. to exercise their rights
to vote as examples of this terror, ~

He pointed out the accomplishments of several Negroes
who were given a chance. ~It is
important we give a good account of oufselves wherever the
opportunity presents itself. We
have got to make an appearance and conduct ourselves in
public right. We must let the
quality of excellence characterize what we do.~

Referring to President Eisenhower and civil rights, Rev.
Carey said he didn~t think the
Pres, was as deeply anchored in
the race problems as he. ~The

| President hasn~t lived with the

problem, so~he doesn~t know as
much about them as ~I do. But:

there.is no doubt in~ my mind

Sear Dems For

Civil Rights~Hart

~Even~ with a prograin, it~s.
hard to tell where most. politicians stand on.civil rights issues these days,~ said Lt, Gov.
Philip A. Hart yesterday.

~Some long-time Senate opponents of civil rights legislation now bill fhemselves as its

champions, and some iraditionally liberal Senators were
counted among supporters of
crippling amendments to the
civil rights. bill,

~We can be proud, though,
that there was no confusion or
compromise on the part of the
Michigan Democratic Congressional delegation.

~Senator McNamara and all
six of our state~s Democrats in
the House of Representatives
have voted 100 per cent for civil
rights.~

~Here in Lansing,~ said Hart,
~Governor Williams called a
conference of ~state department
heads last week to see if-every
possible step is being taken to
implement, in state government

es

-Romaine Raymond, Sr.,

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hiring policies, the spirit and.
letter of Michigan~s Fair Employment Practices law.

\ ~The answer we got was good,
but we~re determined to make it
better, Michigan should continue to lead the way toward
full equality of opportunity for
all Americans.~ ~

Former Flintite
To Celebrate.
90th Birthday

William Raymond, Sr., a former Flint resident, now living
in Karas City, Kansas, will
celebrate his 90th birthday with
a reunion of relatives and
friends.

A host of Flint residents plan
to join Raymond during the
weekend. The celebration,.and
reunion will be held at the
heme of his daughter, Mrs. Alma
Alexander of 340. Quindaro.
~Bivd., Kansas City, Kansas, Aug.
17 and 18.

Raymond~s birthday ~was Aug..
9, and many of his relatives and
friends have already. atrived in

~ | Kansas for the two-day celebra| tion, '

Those from Flint who plan to
attend the affair are:. William

Gioria Whittaker and children,

| ~arl Raymond, ~ Dr: and Mrs.

Delos Raymond and son, Mr. and
'Mrs. Robert Powell and sons,

fer (Mr. anid Mrs, William R. Ray
y" d, i, Mr..and Mrs. George

[Re and ~a he t of other
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Flin: Foursome ~Men's Nofth

> ~ Golf ~Club Club entertained

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