Bronze Reporter [Volume: 5, Issue: 11]
e ~gowns they wore at~-the~ 1 Weré-out of this world. Tho Aristocrats of Clubdom, the Bake?~s Dozen Social Club, held. their fifth annual Mardi Gras Ball jast Saturday night at oxo ) Hall on 6th at Wesking For five years this fabulous group. has set aside February to ut its ~welcome mat~ for riends and husbands with this $s celébrants, totaling over 4~U, ~amidst pomp and dignity, wit merriment thrown in for good~ measure. Gaests were entertained ty the rvil hut band of Henry Clark. ~This ub officers were on hand to see that everyone Was made #6.feel comfortable. President of this wonderful group, Mrs. John H. Kemper, vice President, Mrs. Reuben Daniels, tecordinZ secretary, Mrs. Charles Davis, cofresponding ~secretary, Mrs. Carl Stround. Other members are Mrs. Chas. Ramscy, Mrs. Ulice Union, Mrs. James D. Martin, Mrs. Carl C. - Poston, Mrs. Samuel Burton, Mrs. Holden Shivers, Mrs. Robert Shelby. Mrs. William P. Wilson and the ~Cinderella~. of the Mardi ~Gras, Mrs. Harry W. Browne, treasurer. Highlight of the affair was the: crowning of the king and queen. is year~s contestants were Mrs. James S. Daniels, Mrs. Elsie A. Collier, Mrs. Charlene H. Cost, Mrs. Garvin L. Saunders, Mrs. Morris F.- Richardson and Miss Alda L. Barnes. ALTAR SOCIETY PARTY. SUCCESSFUL According to. Mrs. Harriet Walker and Mrs. Gladys Gaines, the dance and card party sponsored by.Christ the King Altar Society last Saturday was successful.~ They wish to thank all of the. people who attended and supported the program. Mrs.. Lula Palms is president of the society. BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR MRS. RUBY HARDEN, cc sehr Mrs. Ruby Harden, 217 E. birthday party Mon., Feb. 17 celebrating ~her 66th birthday. } Among well-wishers presenf were Mrs. Kathilene Adams, Miss Jessie Parker, Mrs. Thelma Hall, Mrs. Vinton Neely, Mrs. John F., Young, Mrs. Ailene R. Butler, Mrs.. Bea Owens, Mrs. Mary Jackson and many others. Mrs. Harden _received- many lovely gifts including a steam irom; potted plants and towels. Refreshments were served from a buffet table. AMffair; I | ct | children, Mn Wellington, was honored at a { The winner, Mrs. James S. Daniels, was crowned by Mrs. Vernal W. Cambridge, last year~s queen.. Dr. Cambridge crowned Mr. Daniels as king. The couple will reign until next year~s ball when a hew king and queen will be crowned,~ -; Proceeds from the ball will go to the club~s charity fund. Out. of: town guesi included Mr. arid Mrs, Charles Ellis, Mr. Jim Ellis and Mr. Rey Belle from the Windy City (Chicago, II1.), Mrs. Helén DeGroat, from Flint; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Donzier, Mrs. Mary~ Coleman. and Miss Ruth Warner from the Motor City (Detroit). Other guest recognized were Mr. and Mrs. Walier Simmons, Miss Gwen Matthews. The grand march was led by the kifig arid queen. Wm. P. Wilson, prominent reaitor and contractor, was master of ceremonies. Committee for the affair was: Mrs, Otis Ramsey, chairman; Mfrs. Ruben. Daniels, Mrs. _ Holden Shivers and Mrs. Harry Browne, They are to be congratulated. YOUNG MATRON 10. HOLD FASHION SHOW The Young Matrons of Canaan Baptist Church: are ~sponsoring a Style Show, Sunday, February 23rd. The show will consist of Spring Fashions for.men, women and There will, be a Rainbow Tea in the basement immediately. fol-|" lowing the style show. The: president is Yvonne Cox and Publicity Chairman is Emma Chilton: VALENTINE PARTY HELD The Unitarian Church of Flint Id a Valentine Party, Sat. Feb. 17th at the International ~Insstitute, 514 Liberty. Mrs. John~ Bugbee was chairman of the affair which gave an opportunity for. hurch members ~to get Lome an informal way. { Pastor Named Council Prexy NEW YORK CITY (Special)~ The: Protestant Council of the City of New York Monday night elected the Rev, Dr. Gardner Calvin Taylor as its president. He is the first Baptist, the first Negro and the youngest man to Whe Universal-Inter Capitol Theatre, Detroit, on McIntyre and Eartha A self-taught scholar who be-: lieves that the world is bigs 08 ing a sécond Renaissance, Hernandez has held a directorate and Professorship at the Univ ae of Puerto Ricd, now oper: where young actors learn cipally through ~the mind~.and never see a stage until they reach the eighteenth lesson. Yet his muscular frame packs a physical punch as alert and effective as his. mental gymnastics ~the legacy of over twelve years as an acrobat, rodeo rider and circus entertainer, and of nearly two years as a professional boxer. Philosopher Hernandez is) no shadow-boxer in the dim world of egg-head platitudes. Life for him is life to be lived in the measure that it has been earned, As a boy hé was abandoned by relatives when his seaman father was killed and money for | his keep ceased to arrive..-From the tender age of fiveund-a-half Hernandez has had to make his way as best he could~ ind a lifetime of experience in every South American country, in the United States~ and Europe, has taught him that the world is very much a reality. But he has also discovered that there is a iaw of compensation... a hard life may prove better than one of ease and security; that metaphysics has just as much practical importance to a man as his meal-ticket. ~~Man~s greatest debt to netite.* says Hernandez, ~is to applaud it. to joy in its very existence to give it its full due. | ~Tn this second Renaissance of ours, more and more people are ~eoming to realize this. It is the real meaning of those who) say there is a religious ~revival in America today. ~Men have always been seeking for better means of communication with his God and in~ these days of technical achievement he is able to do it-on a scale that surpasses all the dreams of |previous: years.~ - On the subject of communica Hernandez. considers, that.,. a great contribution. ~When an audience applauds the work. of an actor, they; are not merely applauding. the | talents of one man. They are) applauding the rest of the world~ for man is a measure of all things. ~In my school of drama {, advocate a great deal of study. My course embodies the teachings of philosophy, psychology and physiology. We work principally with the mind, and an actor does not hold the office. even see a stage before the of the Hawk~ begins its Midwest Premi its outstanding players, co-starring with ~will be Juano: gentle philosopher who packs a po ~p highly successful dramatic schodt: % Pe j| ligious aptly ~tion~not with God, but of Gor z=} i realm of entertainment, can make} Tuesday, with entities lee himself, Th my school does. not, profel still in the actor his chooses to recognize Him,~ Acrobat;. ~rodeo-rider, S ~si playwright; boxer, top. tor, university professor 4 tosopher, Juano dieves, ~as: ~... a stage, and all the men and women ~merely: aah ~! plank A Ags a scribed and 1 eats lez fitmly a EARTHA ATT AND AND: JUAND HERNANDEZ Slate Breakfast The Men~s Club- of Congregation Beth Israel will hold a Sunday Breakfast on February. 23~rd at 10:00 ~A.M. at the Synagogue, with.Norman Perlstein Director of Information of the Detroit Jewish Community Council speaking on ~Recent.Proposed Church-~-State Legislation in Lansing.~ Jack Sarver, President ~of the Men~s Club, atinounced that wives of:members will also be invited to this breakfast, together: with children~with the men serving as cooks and waiters. Perlstein will make his presentation on proposals to make Bible Reading compulsory in an amendment to the State Constitution, and on the bill for Sunday closing of certain businesses. Questions ~4nd | dlectisalbtt will follew his o { Student Wins. Boy of ae student, of Russell! School. Cornell was ~selected: after a poll of the school::-by ~the: citizenship committee Headed by Mrs. Eugene Lester. Cornell will receive a citation, and special esentations from ~the Russell School and St. Antoine 'Y~s Men. | The public is cordially invited to this ~program which is.a part of the Sunday Forum Series of eight. mission ise om ~ Hi jie se il il ROEBUCK AND co. Sivas Over %! Regular 39~ ~WE if | HAIL il l} Hil HA ~<3 "YOUR DOLLARS BUY MORE AT SEARS Hi ui t {i HET Hit HI Hitt Mut 1 HHP iy TT ALU Tots~ Underwear Vests! Shirts! Shorts! Pants! * Training Pants! ~1 No matter what you need for your chil, Sears offers ib at Nylon Pants! drastic ptice reductions! Boys~ shirts and shorts, girls~ vests und panties or nylon panties. Training pants for toddlers. Sizes 2 te Gx. Proot peitive you save 7 agl i. uf UHH Lh AN " | il i i i ha nt hii nt lil Hk TITTLE TET LTTTELATTULT LEE TRETTT ET AU ALE CL nn | I ~him F ii Halil _ il Hill! {}] cn iW A mn nit nyndreds'of at sv sg ices ~~ CT ett || I rete erp Michigan public schools. through. Lftom motel-to hotel is -|the room alone. ~ ~SEEING STARS.. with DELORES CALVIN NEW YORK CITY~(CNS) ~ With 30 degree weather in Florida, and. no heating system, this usually sunny land is suffering its greatest blow ~ a bad season all around for everyone... Show business, hotels and other places and people~who. solely depend on tourists for trade are hit hardest. Many of the winter vacationists are heading~ atross the way to; Havana where it~s a bit warmer: (at least you can go without overcoats) and spending their dough over there. The recent 3 inch snowfall really finished the future outlook... and though it was fine and dandy for the kiddies, most of whom had never seen snow, it was a horror for businessmen. Nevertheless ~ Erskine Hawkins~ band began its two weeks of one nighters in cold Orlando and Louis Jordan opened for a week at the new Corillon Hotel in Miami Beach... and Cab Calloway jost closed an 8-week run at the Cotton Club at Miami Beach. Believe me, they were all freezing. ~ Thus, the winter season is a total loss, and every. resort place operatin in the red: In ~some places; nies |~ are being served. for the price Of. Even if the weather breaks at once, this season cannot be saved. Rochester, who so looked forward to being with Jack Benny on his ~40th Birthday Anniversary~ actually fainted at the rehearsal the day before ~ plain pooped after all the excited happenings. He wanted to go on, but Jack insisted he take it easy for St. Antoine ~Y~. There is. no ad-|@ few days in the hospital.. Rochester may now be laid up for a week as his physician says he is ~exhaust~ed~. Trying to sub for Rochester was a hard thing~ to do, but Andy Devine, who has a matching voice, managed it and got many laughs... Somehow it seemed a cruel blow for fate to play that his faithful valet miss his most rasa ric aet show of fhe~ year. * & & Speaking of charities, we'd like. to say that Martha Raye did a one-woman job on her telethon which is to be admired. Raising money for mentally retarded children was the cause~and there are quite a few among our stars in showbusiness..Martha over for hiding these children. away~but we must ~Jet them be treated by ~xperts se they may jead almost-formal lives. She interviewed a Negro lad from Brooklyn it the audience whose father said he is now wa to attend public stfidel... and that pernorn, tick, ~ A Freedom oe Rally to commemPatriots of the stressed the point that the day is | it has been a long, hard struggle for th pearents of these children without help and understanding from the public. \ ~ * % ~ While in town, director Reu 'hen Mamoulian was flooded with actors, trying for.a part in the coming ~Porgy and Bess~ film starring Sidney Poitier. Mamoulian then spent a weekend in Washington, still with an eye out for casting~and returned to Hollywood to begin actual work. Sammy Davis Jr. brings his bride, Loray,-east, when he plays the Chez Paree in Chicago March Ist... and we~re happy to note that one of our favorite singers, Johnny Hartman, gets a good{ break at last~he'll play the Town and Country, Brooklyn~t fabulous nightspot, Feb. 18th... Storyville, that neat little spot up New England way, is excited over its new feature: Abbey Lincoin and Bobby Hackett. Producer Dore Schary probably expected to raise some eyebrows on TV. the other evening when he revealed that he had to fight 8 | to get ~Blackboard Jungle~ made but Wingate, come?~ His~ interviewer, John. ~never did ask ~how~ - | Baptist Head Still Faces WASHINGTON~The suit chal lenging the righ Joseph H.. Jack of -the - Rev. m of ~Chicago to hold office as President. of the National Baptist Convention which was scheduled for argument in the U. S. District Court Thursday, was. postponed until February 24. Charges that Dr. Jackson is holding his position unlawfully were brought by 10 outstanding ~members of the Association. The ministers who are ~asking the ~ouster and exclude~ court to Rev. Jackson from the presidency of the Convention are the Revs. W. H. Borders of Atlanta; Los Angeles; J. M. Chambers, he F. Green, Detroit; E. E. Hollins, Bastrop, La:; L. K. Jackson, Gary, Ind.; J. C. Mitchell Huntington, W. Va.; A. Owen Memphis; M. L. Shepard,. Philadelphia; E. C. Smith, Washington and Roland Smith of Little Rock. The ministers group is represented by Attorneys James M. Nabrit, Frank D. Reeves and George E. C. Haynes, all of Wash ington. Jackson is | iby At.. tys. Belford and meee stl Law: son, also of Washington. '|BRONZE REPORTER, SATURDAY, FEB, 22, 1958 3. INDUSTRIAL HARDWARE BOYDELL PROVEN QUALITY PAINTS PRODUCTS @ BOYDELL PAINTS.@ PORTER CABLE @ MACHINERY @ \SPORTING GOODS @ KITCHEN WARE @ SMALL ELECTRIC APPLIANCES 4026 Industrial Ave. FLINT: 5, MICHIGAN ' Ph. SU. 7-6421 \FOR... SPOTLESS CLEANING ne ry Service PANTS - SHIRTS ~ > SWEATERS Monday and Tuesday _ CASH and CARRY ~ 3-8595 DRIVE IN OR PICK UP AND DELIVERY FREE ~Spot Cleaners - 801 E. Newall at North St. 1311 Industria, Avenue
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