Bronze Reporter [Volume: 5, Issue: 1]

VOLUME 5~NUMBER 1

FLINT Bi

Didenptiatic

~ Holds Kick
Genesse County Democratic -

Women held.a Kick-off meeting last Saturday at the Women~s League Headquarters. The
kick-off was in the nature of <z
tea. Mrs. Verna Brakley was
fhairman of the affair.

Cadillac Salesman
Moves Forward

As the result of his outstanding sales record, Arthur Brown.
automobile salesman has been
offered the privilege of using
a company car for business use.

He had received praise for
his. aggressiveness, and buyers
have stated their satisfaction

Women

Off Meet

The meeting attracted many
outstanding.State figures, Mrs~
Neal Stabler, See Chairman of
the Michigan Democraic Women, spoke on the subject, ~Women Need Politics and Politics
Needs Women.~ Mrs. Adelaide
Hart, wife of (Lt. Governor,
Phil A. Hart, ~and Mrs. Irene,
Murphy, State Regeant to U..
M., also spoke to the group.
They urged women to begin to
take interest in politics now.

Funds were raised by having
jhe. ladies bid on merchandise
coniributed by merchants.

Among those attending were:
Mrs. Georgia Hyche, Mrs. Ruby

Deals. Mrs. Wendell Owens, Mrs.|

John F. Young, Mrs. Alvin Loving, Mrs. Robert Sanders, Mrs.
Arlene R. Butler and Miss Ro
with the services. received.

byn Owens, Mrs. Blanche Brown.

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~The school situation in the Bout is adhe ce

if Little Rock, Ark., hada

ence the tempers could be persuaded to cool off'a bit.
It has eome'to light htat our own Circuit Court Judge
Phillip Elliott had a great grandfather who filled such
a role almost 10 Oyears ago.

His name was Alexander
Campbell ~Elliott. The story
was related to Judge Elliott by
his father, Charles Elliott, who.
now is deceased,

The letter, in part, reads as
follows:

~A little colored boy named
Eddy Royce came sobbing to the
door with a tale that. must have
been highly tragical to him ai
his people.

~It appears that two other
trustees without consulting their
associates on the, Board had
promulgated an order that all
Negroes living in Newark snould
leave inside of 24 hours.

~I am unable to say how the
trustees could have reached such
a decision to be enforced in a
day when a Negro had no right
that a white man was bourd to
respect under Judge Tany~s decision.

~Grandfather Elliott at once
responded to the colored boy~s
plea to go with him to the
place where the iwo trustees
were already ~n session. My
father, Alexander Campbell
Elliott, with a natura] desire
to see what was going on,
accompanied him to the meeting. to swing the verdict from
one of banishment to at least
a temporary respect for such
action,

~When they reach the place
they found not only the two

trustees. and a large number of
white people, but also about 40
to 50 Negroes~men, women and
children.

~The entire colored population

man of stature and. influ
JUDGE ELLIOTT

of Newark were weeping,
ing and pleading that
should not be driven from their
homes, or at least they should
| be allowed more time to find
| homes elsewhere. \

wailthey

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~Great hardships to the people. effected by the order. His
protest was finally effective to
the extent thatthe trustee
board agreed on postponement
of the proposed action until
more time had been given its
consideration. This indefin:te
postponement proved to be permanent, for the matter was
never brought to the town board
meeting. ~ |

~As they started for home, Ed
INTER -CLUB COUNCIL
SOCIAL KALENDAR.

Al Garner, president; Frank Jones, 1st vice president; Irene
Wooley, 2d vice president; Anna Mae Coleman, rec, sec.; \Idell
Jackson, corr. sec.; John Davis, fin, sec.; Lillian Harringicn,
treas.: Rev. J: W. Jones, sr oul ie a sgLat-arms.

Clubs are requested bs reieilk. social agenda to office of
B. R. Monday of each week. Your cooperation will be appre
OCTOBER ~ 1957

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4~Party, Monarch Clubs ual Foss St, 9: 00 until.
12~Party, Barons Club, 1237 Rhode isan, 6:00 until.

Dinners Seyved.

19~Custom Ball,
until.

~" Social Bridge

Hi-Fi Club, Pioneer Hall 8: 00,;

26~PreHalloweea. Mesioiside Ball,

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Chat 800i

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you can goto Liber:a where

its guide. This law, enacted jin

~end equal use of all inns, ho

motels,

~ Tt will make recommendations

aie se dleyee trotted dine ty their
side. no ~longer: sobbing but
beaming with happiness and
poss:bly with a justifiable feel- |
ing that it was he who had won
the victory for his people by
| bringing Judge Elliott~s. great
grandfather to the meeting to
swing the verdict from one of
banishment to at least a temporary respect for such action.
~When they eame to the corner where their ways parted,
Grandfather iliott put his hand
on the colored boy~s head and
said, ~Eddie, earn all you can
and save as much as possible so
that when you are a little older

they will let you, be a man. You
can never have ~the right kind
of chance here~,

-(Continued Next Week)

Citizens Group
to Study Bias
In Detroit

The- Detroit Commission on
Community Relations today announced the formation of a citizons~ committee on equal public accommodations.

The committee will determine
the extent to which racial restrictions limit the) use of services or facilities in| restaurants,
hotels, and other public places,
and make recommendations to
encourage their full use.

Rev. Jewell Smoot of Strath
moor Methodist Church has
been eppointed chairman of |
the 22 member commiti
which is made up of Detroit
church, business, ~labor and
community leaders,

The commiitee wilt use
Michigan Civil Rights Law jas

1948, provides that all pe

restaurants, theat
and ~all other places of pu
accommodation, amusement
recreation.~
In. a statemenf: announci
the formation of the com
tee, Richard Marks,
of Commission on
munity Relations, ~exp!
that the committee
serve in an advisory capaci:
to the Commission;.

to insure that.all of the resources of the community shall | be
|available to all who come
as convention -

in

\Activities

st
Mrs,
Glenora,, Roland.. *

MligiEfauge masts locel Indies st, Be R. difice. Lt. to 2
Mrs. Blandie Brown, Mrs. Ailene R. Butler: and
~deals, ~Sitting: Miss Efange and BR Editor, Mrs.

Three months of great. anticipation, Gxotteniint and
suspense was climaxed: with a message to make preparations to leave immediately: for the United States

from United States Bureau; Sepe

the Cameroons cone Suh via
Royal Dutch Air Lines in New
York, five weeks ago. After a
short time sightseeing in New
York the Group of twenty-two
young people ~representing Africa, Indonesia, Guatemala, Iran,
Jordan, Phillipines, Nigeria and
Asia ~were escorted to New
Brunswick, New Jersey, where
they. were orientated.

She is a teacher in a convent
school which: is equivalent to
our Senior High schools but is
not evaluatied by grades. Her
personality is most pleasant and
sh possesses all Ithe qualities
of* culfure and dignity.

~Her activity here with - the
Girl Scout Program, has been
an interesting and informative
one,~ she said. ~I hope to learn
all that is possible about the
extensive program here.~ Sheis
also associated with the Girl
Guides in Africa and Plans to
continue with. new idea and}
program upon her return,

As a whole Miss Efange said,
~The people of this country
are very congenial; I thought
we, who had, become so attached to each other during orientation, would be very lonesome
and unhappy when seperated,
but I wrote a friend today and
informed her thet I am _ the
happiest person in Flint~.

She is 23 years old and is
engaged to be married in the
near future to Michael Ena
in her native homeland.

Flint Big
Brothers

BIG BROTHER~S JOB ~ To
furnish a fatherless boy with a
male relationship thet is friendly, enjoyable and constructive.
This relationship shouid) be regular, planned, and enriched by
mafry and variéd resources and
activities, both of your own design and that of the Bureau..

The activity is to be but a ve
hicle to a meaningful relationship, We hope~that the Big
Bro her can handie. his Little

Brother in such a way that the|'

boy will identify with his Big
Bro~her, and literally absorb
from this experiesce those things
he would.like in his own life.

~Clothing Drive~October 7-12
~Dick Bluhm. chairman, and
Ken Shafe, president of In~erClub Council, have arfanged to
solicit all service clubs fo take
part. Clo~hes can be dropped
at our office, or at. club meet
aced
mother, Mrs, Johnson.

of information. A dream
hopefully, but skeptically
igen in: she ee

ee ee es:

Candidate List Grows

10 Agree To Run in Election

Lacina Bros. P New
DeSoto Station Wagons
To Contest

The staff of the Bronze Reporter announces tke sponsorship cH its first ~Mayor~ of
Bronzeville Election. Recently
at the Til-Morocco Club, Publisher John Gibson,: Jr., met
with representatives of the Inter
Club Council and explained the
two-fold purpose of. an ~election~ in conjunction with~ the
BR~s annual subscription cam
paign. ~

The Inter Club Council which
represents 33 social clubs, voted
the support of both the ~election~
and the subscription rive.

Why a ~Mayor~

Gibson told, the group, ~Many
other cities throughout the nation have an. unofficial community within a community
based on color of the skin, It
has been proven time and time
again that the colored population gets better consideration
and more respect. when they
prove that they are together.

~One of the best devices

ship is by. electing an unof
alk alieseat

~ke ficial

ne civic: and social aftgirs.

Federal Troops Ordered

To Remain In Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK~A proposal
for the early ~~ withdrawal of
Federal troops from Little collapsed,. Tuesday~ night when
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus failed to meet President
Eisenhower~s specifications for
schoo] integration guarantees.

In a statement issued Tuesday the President stated: ~Under the ~circumstances the
President of the United States

' has no recourse at the present
time except to maintain Federal surveillance of the situation.~

This statement was issued
after Faubus failed to give: his

~assurances in a public statement
that he would maintain law and
order and keep Federal Court
orders from being obstructed.
Faubus failed to satisfy the
White House in his released
statement.

One of the Southern Governors who drew up the settlement said privately that
the Faubus statement violated an understanding that
the governors had reached
with him and that, in the
circumstances, the President
could not be blamed for rejecting it..

JA Desire Fulfilled

Mrs. Vernetta Thomas of 1462
Florida Ave., has fulfilled a long
desire to tour the West. She
visited many places in California
on her vacation.

August 31, Mrs. Thomas took
off.on Flight. 37 from Willow
Run airport. Her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Fields, of 3682 Burns
St., of Inkster, saw her off.

Her first stop was in Eureka,
Calif. There she visited an aunt,
M:s. Mabel Daughtery, formerly
o* Detroit, who lives at 1838
5th St.

While in Eureka, Mrs, Thomas
vis'ted the First Baptist Church,
participated in a_ style show
sponsored bv the NAACP, modéling two after five ensembles
with fur capes, was guest of
Mts. Clara Simms and her

Two. delightful weeks were
spent in Eureka and the hospitality. shall never be forgotten.

_ Mrs,, Thomas journeyed: on

In Los Angeles, Mrs. Vernetta
Thomas visited < friends, Mrs:
Parlee McIntosh, ~ Miss ~ Dessie
Crum and Mrs._.Lavada Loving.
Miss Crum has two brothers
here, Wallace and Bill, of 723
Addison.

While in Los Angeles. Mrs.
Thomas went to tte beaches,
parks and took pictures. of Nat
King Cole~s home: She spen! a
month on her vacat-on, ful illing
a desire to tour the scenic state.

Mrs. Vernetta Thomas__ has
been a- resident of Flint for
many years and lived on Spericer street for about 16 years.
es et counted employed at.. where she

used in indicate Negro leader- -
Maver to to sarees vik

wi

~Being the ~Mayor~ is not all
pomp and ceremony,~ Gi
continued,
td the colored population when
it comes to voicing the sentiments: of the group. In many
cities his advice and opinion is
sought by city and state officials, He has been appointed
to important. positions because
of his stature:

~Flint needs such a person tod
represent the colored population.~

' Hats In The Ring

The B. R~s forthcoming
~Mayor~ of Bronzeville election
has attracted the iollowing persons as candidates:

Mrs, Ailene R. Butler of the
Butler Funeral Home (the lone
woman at this time); Leo A.

Greene of Green Home for
Funerals; J. Merrill Spencer
of the House of Spencer Mortuary;: Oliver J. Roland of the
Maine St. Block Unit: Floyd
J, McCree. County Supervisor;
William Hoskins of Fuller Products; Harold Johnson of
Harold's Steak House; Samuel
Carpenter, former vice presi_dent of Chevrolet, Local 659;

Alphuis R. Nichols of the Flint

Conservation Club, and neg

Jghnson, wy See Me

Mayor's
The win ~candidate. will

mame ti own ~eabinet, Wich

~of the~ iifiowiig ~departments:
Education, Employment, Recreation, Safety, Health, Chaplain
and ~Legal Advisor.

- The vice-mayor will be elected from the Board of Commissioners and the B. R. Editor will
serve as executive secretary.

5.000. Subscription Goal]

Ike Stein and Lacina Bros.,
DeSoto-Plymouth dealer, have
pledged:two 1958 DeSoto Station
Wagons to the campaign as an
added incentive for all to help
push the total paid subscriptions
over the 5,000 mark in one year
subs or its.equivalent in six

months subscriptions.

One automobile will go to the
~Mayor~ and the other will go
to the subscriber who comes
closest to guessing the number
of votes the winning candidate
will receive.

In event of a tie, the person
holding the receipt bearing._ the lowest number will receive

free of ~ the station
wagon,

Merchants are invited to_offer
any other prizes to the ~Mayor~,
solicifor or subscriber as a Jackpot inducement, ~

~Mayor~ of Bronzeville ~

ELECTION RULES ~

1~The election shal] be
conducted under the auspices
of the Election Committee of
the Inter:Club Council. This
committee will make the
count of the valid votes and
submit an off:cial report to
the editor of The B. R.;
2.~The primary election will
begin October 5, and close November 2. The final election
begins November 3d and closes
midnight, November 16th.
_ 3~Each

=

1.120 votes ducing thé pri
mary. A year~s subscription to
the B. R. ig worth 12 votes

and six month~s subscription
~is worth five votes.

5.~All. election subscription

a the = binge
~Churches and clubs ~can.
Participate on a liberal commis
a|SOn Or persons as so The
for all subscr'p~ions sold by their
representative. Call Miss I-ene
inkrion SU 9-2831 for f-~ther
i. a ar and election kits..

~He can be useful~

and ballot forms éan be obtained ~

crganization wil! be given credit _

fe

sion plan by designating a per