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ba aay 31,

1958

New Trio Seeks
Election To Comm.

Herman Curtis

Herman Curtis, 37, announced

this week his candidacy for 3rd
Ward Commissioner.
In announcing Mr. Curtis said
_ that he is sounding the- clarion
eall ~To make~ the 3rd Ward
First.~ First in respect; first in
representation and first in the
rights that are inherent to American citizenship.
Mr. Curtis pointed out that his
background and qualifications are

~HERMAN CURTIS
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such that his election will insure
the 3rd ~Ward residents that they
well have all proper municipal
services at the proper time and
with the proper attitude.:
His presence on the commission will be a guarantee that representation~ for citizens, not
special. interests, will be given.

He shall stand with all organi-~

~zations and individuals who are
*dedicated to the proposition that
all men are created equal and
will move forward vigorously and
forcefully until this goal has been
attained.

Mr. -Curtis worked his way
through Illinois College of Chiro-pody by holding Civil Service
posts in the U. S. Treasury Department and the Veterans Administration. He received his
Doctor~s- degree in 1949 and
opened his Flint, office where
he practiced four years.

Mr, Curtis is presently employed at Fisher Body where
he is very active in Local 58].. affairs. He is Recording Secretary, District Committeeman,
Chairman of Fair Practices
Committee, Executive Board
member and a delegate to the
Greater Flint Council.

Mr. Curtis~ community activities include membership in the
NAACP, Urban League and
Dewey PTA. He is a member of
Metropolitan Baptist Church and
teaches a teen-age
School class.

Mr. Curtis is a World War I
veteran. He is married to the
former Leslie Lewis of Grand
Rapids, Michigan. They have four
children, Lindsey, Christopher,
Cydney and Herman III.

DONATE $500
TO. N.A.A.CP.

DETROIT, MICH. (special) ~
At its May meeting the Detroit Presbytery approved a contribution of $500 to the Detroit
~Branch NAACP. The contribution
j is equivalent to the amount of a
* Life Membership in the National
Association for the Advancement
-ef Colored People. This support

of the NAACP program is the)

first such action to be taken by
~a major lay ~body of any of the
~ denominations in Michigan.

~ The DETROIT PRESBYTERY |:
| Rg sinetanthma spRgos |

one elder from each of the 88
~churches in the Detroit jurisdic
ie ch nc tee

Mike Fuller

Mike Fulleer has announceed
his candidacy for City Commissioner of the 1st Ward. Mr. Fuller is 38 years old and married,
the father of two sons, Pat and
Kelly. He resides at 633 W. Pierson Road. Mr. Fuller is the owner
1Company and has lived in Flint
and the ist~ Ward for the last
nine years. He is a vererne of
World War Il.

~Mr. Fuller states. that he sincerely feels that a change.is absolutely necessary -if we are~

of the Fuller Distributing;

ing to ~havea good sensible City}
Government. More and more ~peo-}~
ple are concerned he ~Says, over |.
the failure to get action of Street |
improvements, recréatign,, safety.

and general ~welfare of our Com-. F
-{munity,
~| Mike Fullet pore to. give}

pve.

| ~His Affiliations include: Mem
Sunday:

a~ food ui ading |
bes Conaiaalie rpnas d:

~unemployed: and will.

to alleviate~ their problems by
proposing and fighting for Publie Works grams.

He is a member of the St.
Agnes Catholic Church, it~s Holy
Name Sotiety, Ushers Club and
is a charter member of the Ath
letie Association. He is a 3rd De-}
Flint Students Told

gree (charter member) Knights
cf Columbus, Mt.. Morris Council, and is their Lecturer. Publisher of the Knight~s Comment.
4th Degree, K of C, Flint Chapter. President of the ist Ward
Democrat Club and former 2nd
Vice Chairman of the Young.
Democrats of Genesee County.:
~President of the~ Columbia Credit
Union. Member of the NAACP
and- the Dom Polski Club. Memher~ of the North Flint Civitan
Club and a former member of
Local 50 CIO, Yysilanti.

Marcus Woodson

Marcus &. Woodson, 755 Leith
Street, a lifelong resident of the
Third Ward, announced his candidacy for Third Ward Commissioner. Woodson is in the Real
Estate and General Insurance
Business. He was formerly Executive Manager of Great Lakes
M@&tual Life Insurance Company.

bership at Metropolitan Baptist
Ckurch,. where he is Committee
Chairman on the Board of Christian Education. He has served
on the Mayor~s Housing Study
Committee, Past President and
Director National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People, Past Vice President Frontiers Club of America, Member
Flint Real Estate Board, Associated Real Estate Brokers of Flint,
and The Old Timers Club.

His Educational Background
includes: Attendance at. Flint
Northern ~High, Flint Junior College, and Wayne University. He
has also studied at the University
of Michigan and Michigan State
University. While a student at
Flint Junior College, he served
as assistant Basketball Coach,
from 1946 to 1948. ~~

He is married and has three
children: In announcing his Candidacy, Woodson Said: ~The people of the Third Ward are facing
their most crucial hour. It is | Were

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Educational

Junior and senior high school
students attending the Urban
League~s Annual Vocational Career Clinic, Saturday, May 24, at
Quinn Chapel Church and Metropolitan Baptist Church, were told
~it~s never too early to start planning for their future life work.

-In. workshops covering the
field of nursing, teaching, law,
beauty culture, secretarial. training, business-insurance, engineering and skilled trades, students
were given a realistic understanding of the basic~ academic |
~requirements necessary to prepare for the work of their choice.

Trained and employed personnel. engaged in the varied voca>
tions served as discussion ~leaders
it. the werkshops., Among those
participatinig were? Mrs. Juanita
Henderson, Mrs. Edwin Wilson,
and Miss Eleanor Dickson~Nursing; Mrs. Odell Broadway, Miss
Willa Jean Junior and Miss Gwendolyn. Elliott ~ Teaching; Mrs,
Mary Carter and Miss Robin
Owens, ~ Secretarial training;
Mrs. Elizabeth Searcy and Mrs.
Maudine Fuigham, ~ Beauty Culture; Taty. Glenn Epps ~ Law;
Marcus Woedson and Clifton
Jones ~ Business and Insurance.

Dr. S. D.. Edwards served as
host and resource leader for the
workshops at Metropolitan. Mrs.
John R. Caldwell was program
chairman at Quinn Chapel where
the Rev. James S. A. Mitcham
was the host. pastor.

Dr. Alvin D. Loving, Associate
Professor of. Education, University of Michigan, Flint ~Branch,
and Mr, James Randall, Socioljaan Instructor, Flint Jr. College,

_ speakers: at the
session~ at Metropolitan and
asc Chapel ree

~joined forces to bri

et a

A~ geneeral assembly discussion
period followed the workshop
séssions.

On Sunday, hay 25,a message | ~
relating~ to vocational aims. of
youth were heard in a number
of Flint churches:

Harlem Backs.
\Cong. Powell.

New York City ~(CNS)~Even
as Adam ~Powell walked free from
the Federal Courthouse; after
pleading innocent to tax evasion~
charges, plans were being made
here to oust the debonaire Congressman;from renomination ~

Tammany Leader Carmine DeSapio stated that Powell: will definitely NOT run fof reelection
on the Democratic ticket ~because he is not a Demmocret.~ On
hearing their. decisien, Powell
stated ~Thank Ged ~ got rid of
Tammany. Hajii~ Then he: added
~lm going to fight them as a
Democrat. I~m going to run candidates in every area where
there -is: a concentration of Negroes and Puerte Ricans in allfive boroughs.~ \

The people, of..Harlem are
staunchly behirid Powell and his
m trusted followers. have
in more
sympathizers. They i to win
for Powell the next election by a
landslide. They also intend to
stick. with hint ~through thick

and thin~ in his effort to clear | rin

his name in the -tax-evasion

joe;: 3 ee

victory ~ Powel freedom s
allowed 30: days for

q Detroit Pastor Referred |
To Boarding House

It was a beautiful May 26th and the Rev. A. A: ~Banks
was looking forward to the day ahead in Flint, arriving here
from Detroit where he is pastor of the. Second Baptist

4 Church, he planned.to: attend the Baptist Training Union

- Rev. Banks related the fol-{
lowing incident regarding his

~Treception in Flint; he drove into

the Autorama Motel on _ Dort
Highway.and asked for accom-, |modations. The clerk replied that

she would have to ~check with
the manager~ as to whether or
not there were any vacancies.

George Turner, manager stated
to Rev. Banks that he was filled
up and would be for several
fays to come. He then directed
the minister to Hilltop House, a

~Negro boarding house on Lapeer

Street.
As Rev. Banks prepared to

_|leave a_white man entered and
asked if there were any yacan
cies. The clerk told him yes,
and as the manager spoke to her
in an undertone she mentioned
something about his reservation.
The man made no reply.

Rev. Banks }left the Autorama: and Ab con received by

Conference being held at Antioch Baptist Church,.

the Dort motel where he found
excellent accommodations. ~
Thirty minutes after being refused at Autorama he went to a
public telephone and called to

ask if there were any vancanciés.

~Yes, several~ ~was the clerk~s
reply.

The Detroit minister reported
the incident! to the AAA service
since Autorama is listed in Travel
guide. They promised a complete
investigation. by.the week-end.

He also reported the incident
to the Flint Branch of ~NAACP
where ~it is under investigation.

The Bronze Reporter calldt
Autorama for a statement. We

were told ~that ~perhaps~ there.

had been several cancellations
after Rev. Banks had been refused which. might have been
why they later had ~vancancies.

He disclaimed any aniti-Negro pol
icy and. said ~he was aware of
pol ot speonummoratsons Law.

versity~s Institute of Race Rela
tions; ~Human Relations and
Moral Challenge.~ (see editorial)

|FLINT NEWS.

IN BRIEF

CUT FOR NO REASON ~
Raymond Pierce, 37, 1112 Leith
St., reported that he would sign
a coniplaint against his common
law wife. Last Saturday. while
in a northend bar, Pierce confends she came into the. bar,
walked up behind him and w~ihout any argument takiny p*1-9.:| started cutting him on te arms

with a small paring knife.

He was taken to Hurley,H*spital in a private car and treatc4
for a cut on the left arm and
several cuts on the right arm.
A number of stitches were re:
quired to close the wounds. He
states his left arm is paralyzed
and he is unable to use it.

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ATTACKS OFFICER WITH
BOTTLE

While Officer Hugo Von Brockderff was arresting a 24-year old
man for breach of peace at 2:19
a.m. Sunday, a struggle ensued.
Robert Basham, 29, who. came
from a darkened <itchen. attacked and struck the officer
with a beer bottle. Basham was
arrested for interfering with an
officer, in the line of duty.

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4 USE CITY CABLES
FOR FIRE

~ Huge black smoke coming from
the railroad tressell at Flint River
off of W. Kearsley, alerted patroling officers to investicate.
Upon checking the area, Officers
Kern and Matuzek gm
coated. cables burning c
ing tucthien sae discovered
the cable belonged: ~to the Cit

~Traffic~ Dividion

_Damage to. the \ wire was estimated at $100. Four~ prneone
were arrested~ at~ the ~seene.

* it 2. 5

BOY'S. Lip aa ot:
IN

Endorses: Prexy Action
At a meeting Sunday, ~May 18, at the Pioneer Hall,
the Membership of the Flint Branch of the NAACP passed

the following~ resolution:

case at eve
WHEREAS: The NAACP has

attention and adequate
family, and

and

this regularly scheduled:

and

its membership.

WHEREAS: The membership of the NAACP has been kept
fully informed on the developments in the Richards
membership meeting, and

gained further confidence of

the Negro citizens of Flint by its uncompromising position on this case, and its endeavors to get public

protection for the Richards

WHEREAS: The nature of the violence in such cases presupposes at all times emergency action ffust be taken,

WHEREAS: Between the hours of 11 p.m. on~ April 29
and 10 a.m. on April 30 emergency action was needed
to bring this matter before the County Board of Supervisors ~ or otherwise postponed for a full month.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: that the membership, in

business meeting, go*on rec
ord commending its President, Herman Gibson, its |
Legal Redress Committee Chairman, Herman Hamilton, and Co-Chairman Marshall Burns, George Johnson, Co-Chairman of the Educational Committee, and
Edgar B. Holt of the Membership Committee, for taking the necessary steps they should have taken on behalf of our organization in this case, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: that we express our gratitude to these people for not hesitating in their duty,

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED: that- we also express our
gratitude to Mr. Nate Walker, Mr. Floyd McCree and
Mr. Jethro Walton of the County Board of Supervisors for their excellent cooperation and help:-These
are the actions that will build the NAACP to fhe size
it should be in this city of 22,000 Negro citizens.
In other action; the branch voted to extend the mem
bership drive two more weeks. The branch has been, nomi
nated for an award at the National Convention for doubling

With glamorous women and
exciting playboys enjoying the
sun and the. beach and_ other fa
cilities, Shay Lake is fast becom
ing.one of the most popular
resorts in Michigan.
Swimming, fishing, boating,

water me: picnicking and dan
SHAY LAKE~ RESORT
ATTRACTS MANY

time. browsing about the resort,
could ~understand why so many