Bronze Reporter [Volume: 8, Issue: 11]

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FLINT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 2, ee: 2

The Crisis At
Canaan Baptist

On Friday, August 18, 1961 a
special business meeting of the
Canaan Baptist Church was held
for the express purpose of adopting a new consitution and_ bylaws for the Church. Prior to
the holding of this important
meeting, the church had secur
ed the services of a local: attor-|

ney to guide this committee in its
writing. Yet, in spite of all this
able help the constitution and
by-laws presented for adoption.
leaves one wondering. -There apparently was only one document
written. with no copies at all
available for the members of the
committee or any one else to
follow the secretary as she read.
About half of this document had

waste f

longhand as first written. The
ink appeared to have still been
wet on part of this ddcument.

he constitution provides that
fifteen deacons and fifteen trustees be elected. It further provides that the pastor shall appoint both the chairman of the
deacon board and the chairman of
the trustee board, which means
that no meeting of these important church boards can be held
without the express consent of
the pastor regardless of the condition or urgent needs of the
church. So we will elect these
officers then tie their hands and
feet by letting the pastor appoint
their chaimen.

Realizing that appointed offi
cers must obey the-person who
appointed them. The constitution
further states that the pastor
shall Appoint a fifteen-person supervisory committee whose duty.
it shall be to supervise the whole
membership. Just what does this
mean? We all know that 15 people just cannot supervise seventeen hundred people. But this
appointed committee can be used
to, in effect, replace both deacons
and trustees of the church. So
these officers are tied both
hands and feet again.
- How to calla pastor? The constitution appears to be blank on
how to cali a pastor? Well, that
is something else.

To discharge a pastor charges
must be presented against him
in a regular or special business
meeting of the church. It further
provides that regular business
meetings will be held quarterly
and that special meeting will be
called by the pastor. He (the pastor).wul serve as chairman of
both meetings.

Under these conditions charges
must be presented, and a threefouth majority vote secured
against him. If the church is
successful. The constitution provides that a council of ordained

High Schools
Officers Open
-for Registration

Offices of Flint~s public senier and junior high schools will
be open all of this week for
pupils who haven't - registered
and for those wishing to change
their registration. Office hours

-are from 8 am. to 4:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday.
School will start September
6 for all pupils except kindergartners, who will report
September 7
~The orientation meeting for
new teachers in the school system will be Thursday and Friday, August 31 and September,
1, at ~Southwestern: community |
i ~ school.

minister will then decide whether
the pastor shall stay or go.
constitution does not say who
these ministers shall be, or how
they shall be obtained, so the
hands of both the officers and the
members are tied together here
and both are helpless.

The constitution further states
| that a finance committee shall
be appointed to work with the
treasurer. Their dut&es were
not written out in the constitution. This committee could be
very dangerous, they are an appointed committee with constutional rights. Why have this committee any. way? ~ The: financial

bt vy ti

~peared to be so ae until
the secretary passed over it while
reading. Then the pastor and at- torney held a whispering conversation, after which the attorney
whispered something to the secretary. The secretary read the section dealing with what each member will be required to pay into
the church. The reaction from
the members present was not
good.

Some of the members fail to
fear what the secretary had to
read. those who heard it didn~t
like it. The Rev. Robbs spoke up

article. But no vote was taken
to de-tect it. It. therefore was
passed because the whole constitution was adopted by sections.
So the membership of Canaan
Baptist is at a complete lose to
know just what they are required
to pay remain in good financial
standing at their church.

An attorney was brought in for
the sole purpose of putting their
minds at ease, which did not
serve its intended purpose. Many
of the members present knew the
whole thing was wrong, andea few
of them had the courage to say
so. But some of them didn~t
know just what could be done
about it. Other knew it was
' wrong but were afraid to stand
up and speak against it, because
they knew all the power and authority that had been given the
preacher. Shame and disgrace
could come to them just as it has
to others. But all is not lost.
There may be another chance.

Kids Abused In
Backyard Brawl

FLINT ~ Last Tuesday an
argument between two northside women erupted into battle
when one of the victims alleges
a hammer was. thrown at her}.
children.

Chariean Ellison, of 1332 Nevada was hanging out the week~s
wash when an argument developed between a Helen Jenkins,
of 1328 -Nevada. After. a storm
of name calling and swearing
Mrs. Ellison Alleges that Helen
Jenkins threatened ~to beat her.
At this time Mrs. Ellison, not

separating the two yeards. Mrs.
Jenkins, not known to bluff,

The | the Commission on Community

4 Mewes On

15-Member _
Race Board

Mayor Miriani appointed 15
members ~ 4 of them colored ~
to make-up the reorganized
Commission on Community Relations to combat discrimination
in Detroit. Nine are new members
of the commission.

Negroes appointed to the body
are:
Edward Davis, Mrs. Lillian Hatcher, thé Rev. Nicholas Hood
and Dr. Alfred Thomas who is
a new member.

~The City Council~s amend-|:
ment gave the Mayor the authority to appoint 15 citizens to

Relations.
This amendment dropped
from the commission seven city} -
department heads ~ representing
the police, housing, health, DSR,

| and recreation divisions.

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quickly and said we de-leat that:

welfare public schools and parks|

Reappointed were Chairmen
Richard B. Cross an attorney;
Edward Davis, automobile dealer;}
the Rev. Nicholas Hood, pastor) *
of Plymouth Congregational).
Church; Mrs. Lillian Hatcher,
former UAW-CIO international
representative; the Rev. Father) -
Robert /. Allen, social - action}
~ for the Catholic pinonte

b of Detroit; and | Mrs. Golda,
"ee members are <i
Thomas, head of Hovis " Memor-{ eeeer
ial and Thomas Memorial Hospi-| ing. contri
tals; Mrs. Myra Wolfgang, secty.treas. of Local 705, Hotel and
Restaurant Employes~ Union, and
regional vice president of the
Hotel, Restaurant and Bartenders

eget Sah

RSMEN, ~~~~ ee all

~HONOR (CHIEVERS~The ~Frorttier~ Of America ~cited ~persotis making ~outstandbutions ~to apects of their program ducing recent 25th annual convention at Akron,
Ohio. In: upper photo, R.C. Morgan, Gary, Ind., Frontiersmen~s national president, at-left, gives
citation to Emmer Lancaster, Washington, D.C., director of the service organization~s Vitiligo
Foundation for his; devoted service to that area of the Frontiers work. Inserted is Harold L. Pilgrim, Philadelphia, who is executive secretary of the organization. (See other photo on page 7)

who has been active in youth
organizations; Wallace Witkowski,
an. attorney; Mrs. James. B.
Cronyn,. member of. the Catholic
Archdiocese Committee on Human Relations; Alfred Mc Kenna,
a school teacher and assistant
vice president of the Northeast
Civic Federation; Syd Levison,
owner of the Michigan Type
Setting Co.; the Rev. Theodore
Daniel, pastor of Outer Drive
Faith Lutheran Church; and
Daniel Draper, president of Lambert Kelly Co., realtors.

School Report
Presented At
Board Meeting

What has: evolved into a fullscale! vocational educational or

Lexington, Ky.
Hires ist Negro
Bus Operator

LEXINGTON, KY., ~ Frank
Johnson, 28-year-old Negro was
hired ~as a bus driver by the
Lexington Transit Company after
a one month effort by Lexington
CORE~s employment committee.

Clayton Jones, chairman of the
CORE committee, wrote General
Manager LaTonye of the Company late in July. Jones asked
for a reply within two weeks
and the hiring of the first Negro
driver by August 28.

CORE received no answer. On
August 11, members of the employment committee dropped by
La'lonye~s office and discussed
the situation with him.

~world of work~ study of the
Detroit Public Schools began in
1958 with a survey of the future

| of Cass Technical High School. Dr.

Samuel M. Brownelk superintendent of schools, that year charged
a committee of Detroit educators

LaTonye said that he had for
office in St. Louis, that the Company did not discriminate but
that no Negroes had applied, and
that he might sue CORE for
falsely _charging discrimination.

warded the request to the main:

~Dr. Carl Byerly, district admin
easily bluffed went to the fence

pear dented by the knife handle -
and zeroed in on Helen with
ball ~

On August 16, Mr. Kelsner
arrived in Lexington from St.

with the task of conducting a
~constructively critical~ study of
the schools~ vocational offerings. | Louis. He met with CORE chair:

Presented for the first time} man Julia Lewis and Rev. W. A.
at a meeting of the.Detroit Board | Jones. Mr Kelsner said that he
of Education today, the report! saw no reason why Lexington

will.be studied by the Board should not have Negro bus drivers

is acted upon, said Dr. Brownell.| give him until September Ist.

Johnson was hired on August
strator of the system~s South 23. He has since been assigned
~District, served as chairman of runs in every section of the comthe final phase of this study, munity. At the end of his 12-day
reported to the Board today. ' training period the company will

(continued on Page 2) * hire William Emerson..

Indianapolis Man Slays
Woman Whe Saved Life

INDIANAPOLIS, ~Ind. ~ An and left leg. She was dead when
attractive young mother, who (police arrived.,once risked her own life to save! Miss Grace Payne, sister of
the life of her lover, was slain the victim, said Leeper last Octoby the lover Saturday night in ber hit a man over the head
a heated argument over another with a bottle and the man went |
woman. | home and returned with a shot-|
A first degree murder charge gun and shot Leeper in the leg:
has been filed ~against Arthur as he tried to flee.
| Leeper, 31, in the fatal shooting |

is| Miss Payne said Leeper fell
and hid under a truck.

and the school staff before it but asked that the CORE group)

Leadership Conference

On Job Bias Set

Five hundred and_ sixty-six to combat and eliminate the
leadership individuals in Detroit~s economic concern of racial job
Negro community representing bias.~
church, trade union, neighbor-;
hood, fraternal, business and iio-| Among the major groups to

jage in. Sunday
tand Wilfiams

fessional organizations have been
called to a leadership conference

on job discrimination by the.

Detroit Branch National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People. The conference

will be held on Thursday evening

at 8 p.m. in the Veterans Memorial Building. It will be closed to
the press.

|

be represented in the conference
are: The Trade Union Leadership
Council, the Detroit Interdenominational Ministerial
Booker. T. Washington Trade
Association, the Cotillion Club,
the Detroit Medical Society and
the Wolverine Bar Association.

Edward M. Turner, President
of NAACP and Dr. DeWitt T.

Citing the ~strangling grip of Burton, Chairman of the NAACP~s

widespread

job discrimination Community Coordination Commit
Alliance,!

and the increasing effect of auto- tee, who signed the conference
mation in permanently displacing cail.on behalf of the NAACP,
thousands of Negro workers,~ the said that the conference is not
NAACP call said that the econo- a mass meeting. ~It is a leadermic position and outlook of Ne- ship working conference, and
groes in Detroit as in other parts we will be considering the proof the nation grows more critical blem of job discrimination in all
everyday. It said that there is of the major industries and busiurgent need for an ~intensive, ness concerns in Detroit. Attenmilitant and sustained campaign tion will be given to the develop
ment of a possible selective buying or witnholding of trade proUS. Court. Bans gram as has been initiated by
State Funds For
Private School
rivate Schools

SINGLE COPY, TEN CENTS; PER YEAR, $4.50

Courthouse
36 Arrested
In Picketing

MONROE, N. C. ~ Violence
was set off here Sunday when
a policeman tried to keep a 23 -year-old white woman integrationist from entering a taxi with a
group of Negro. pickets. The
policeman was shot in the leg.

The woman, Constance Lever,
of Durham, England, and other

whites were members of anti
segregationists picketing around
the courthouse last week.

Negro leader Robert Williams
said he invited pickets to parade
around the county courthouse to

cies ~as a test of the passive resistance method.~ Williams, ousted from the NAACP in 1959 after
advocating that Negroes meet
force with force,~ did not participate in the picketing.

Police arrested more than 50
persons, colored and white, on
charges of inciting a riot, and
charged a Negro youth with intent
to kill the wounded policeman.

Monday law officers holding
shetguns and tear gas guns descended on the headquarters of
Williams, which police had
charged with kidnapping a white
couple and holding them hostee rioting.
ottiears. Jeund _ beth eet

State~ police + ked the FBI to
issue an alarm for Williams. The
FBI dragnet which was sought
charged Williams with unlawful
flight to avoid prosecution, a Federal charge.

Free~ Chest
X-Ray Schedule

Once it was assumed that when
a. person contracted TB he was
almost sure to die. And not so
long ago that was ~true of most
persons with advanced diséase.
Today, the chances. of recovering from the disease are excellent and gétting better. They are
particularly good when the disease is caught early. Tuberculosis can be found early by getting
a chest X-ray.

Why not get your ~Free~
Chest X-Ray ~today! The Chest
X-Ray Unit of the Genesee County Tuberculosis Association will
be located at Sears Parking Lot,
corner of N. Saginaw~ & 5th Avenue, September 6, 7,.& 8, 1961.
Why not take advantage of this
Christmas Seal Service,

SEARS PARKING LOT
N. Sag. & 5th Ave.

September 6, 1961 - Wednesday - 9 to 12 & 1 to 5pm

September 7, 1961 - Thursday
day - 9 to'12 & 1,to 5 pm

September 8, 1961 - Friday -
10 to 1 & 2 to 6 pm

Columbus Group Moves

COLUMBUS, O. ~ The Junior ~

Chamber of Commerce was
commended by the NAACP
here this week for changing
its meeting~ place to a location
where all~ are welcome, despite race or color.

the NAACP in other communiRICHMOND, Va. ~ The so-|

ties.~
A special consultant to the concalled private schools for white
children,of Prince - Edward

ference will be Herbert Hill,
National Labor Secretary to the
pins
County, Va., will be deprived of.
all state and county financial
assistance under an order to be
issued by Judge Oren R. tet
of the United States District |
Court for the Eastern District Charging that schoobdistrict
of Virginia. ~ boundaries laid out in July re-;
In a- memorandum of opinion flect a, policy of segregating Nehanded down on August 23, Judge gro children at Thompson School,
Lewis said he would enter an parents of 145 pupils sought a
order banning further payment Federal Court suit. against the
of tuition grants either by the Highland Park Board of Educacounty or the state to students tion this week.
attending the exclusively white,
schools sponsored by the Prince~ ~Monday Luther J. Flanagan,
Edward School Foundation. The of 117 Massachisetts Ave., presimemorandum also said he would dent of the Massachusetts Ave.
enjoin the Prince Edward County improvement Association,
treasurer from granting tax some 130 parents and children~
credits to persons making conil. gathered in the office of High
the

Highland Park Parents
Charge School Bias

built between the World wars,
it has no swimming pool auditorium, shop facilities, homeeconomics class, and its library
is inadequate.

~We feel that the Thompson
School does not offer educational
facilities equal to these in other
~ Park schools,~ Flanagan
Sai

Flanagan said the Federal
Court will be asked to issue an

amd order directing the board to

show cause why requests for

transfer of. pupils should not

be honored.;

Ernest Goodman, attorney for
parents, has been retained

to the file suit in Federal Court

nee ie

protest the city~s segregation poli-.