Bronze Reporter [Volume: 8, Issue: 32]

Social
Whirl

HARRIETTE WALKER

Mr. Carl Glenn, 727 E. 5th St., euldiaud i his birthday
Saturday by having a few friends drop in. They played
cards and listened to records. Mrs. Glenn. had some tasty
dishes.

Some of those who attended were: Mr. and Mrs. Luther
McCloud, Jeggy J. and James McCloud, Mildred Lyles,
Iienry Thomason, Sherman Johnson, Mr. Winchester and
Mr. S. Simmons. Mrs. Iva Glenn~s birthday was January
22nd. Everybody had an enjoyable time.

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The Women~s Club of Walker~s School visited the Women~s Club of Dort School on Jan. 17th and they played
_ Volleyball. Dort School won. Some of those attending were:
Edith Pruitt, Nora Brock, Marjorie Dohn, Lena Countryman, Lomma Jones, Lois Brock, Verella Hays, Clarice DeLoach, Sylvia Saunders, Roberta Rouse and Nora Sykes.

Husbands attending were: Delmar Rouse, Joe Brock,
'~. B. Countryman and Bill Jones. Visiting Walker~s Women
were: Vickie Dohn and Flora Roberson from Muskegon,
Michigan.

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Ricky Grigsby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Grigsby, of
1420 Broad St., ceiebrated his 11th Birthday January 20th
with a Party. They had plenty~of refreshments and played
different types of games.

His friends attending were: Earl and Vvonne Reed,
Larry Johnson, Rick, Charles Bailey, Bro. Clarence Gale,
Donald Grigsby, Cousin, Bonnie Rockmore, Ruthie Walton,
Patricia and Hattie Butier, Brenda Williams, Delaine and
- Tony Hamm, Dennis and Kennie Grigsby, Derothy and
George Benton, Charles McClinton, Carl Bratcher, Gwen
Vaughn and Howard Grigsby.

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Flint Acrolympian Club sponsors one Senior gymnastic
Champion that is open to-any amateur athlete in the U. S.
This will be January 27, 1962. Each parent is requested to
accompany their children to this season~s Olympic Revue.
The reason a parent is requested to accompany each child
is that the ~~Final Competition~ is a serious event and each
Competitor needs a quiet atmosphere of concentration to
insure~ his best performance.

Outstanding teams entered, Men and Women: University

of Southern Illinois, Chicago Turners, Ohio State Univer~

sity, MSU, U 6f\M, SarniagOntario, Windsor, Ontario-and
many others. Outstanding individuals, Joe Kotus, Bill Buch,
Doris Fuch, and many others.

We hope you wiil take this opportunity to the ~STAR~

that goal which your child might one day attain
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On January 25 Flint Beauty Cadets held their election
and installation of officers at the Community Center, 3420
St. John St. State organizer Mrs. ~ Young of Detroit,
Michigan Presiding.

Officers are: President, Mrs. Blanche Brown, re-elected;
Vice President, Mrs. Lorraine Finch; Treasurer, Helen
Hill; Financial Secy., James Ola Hill; Recording Secy.,
Thelma Jones; Chaplain, Elizabeth Roberts; Historian, wary
en Baxter; Parliamentarian, Sster Houston.

Other members were: Mrs. Jessie D. Morrison, Mrs.
Elizabeth Searcy, Mrs. Louis Thomas, Mrs, Margaret Hurd,
Mrs. James Lewis, Mrs. Beatrice Barker and Mrs. Rosie
_ Jenkins.

All officers will assume their positions February 18,
1962. The meeting was very nice.

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ANNUAL NAACP DANCE Saturday, February 3rd_ at

the National Guard Armory from 9:30 Until 2. Cabaret

Style. Music Eston Broome and The Sweepers. The most |
Popular interracial Dance. Get your tickets in advance

$1.50.

FLINT~S HOUSE OF JAZZ

THE MINOR KEY

712 W. Kearsley

JOHN COLTRANE

- EVERYBODY WELCOME
NO AGE LIMIT
Every week the biggest names
in the Field of Entértainment

MATINEE
SUNDAY
2.00p.m. - 5:00p.m

Plus Evening Show

$450 per person cover charge
NO EXTRA CHARGES

NO LIQUOR SERVED

STARTING TUESDAY, JANUARY 30th |

JUNIOR MANCE

DOWNBEAT JAZZ POLL WINNER

| leaders~in the anual Reli

éfo actor shéuld ask himself be
the past can be: co inhdicative of the faturé, theti the
pictufe is both: gadtiening and
encouraging. ~{

it is ad bechged of th cheap
tricks played om the Negro by
representing him ~és the stereo
~teetti showing clown that became
6 popular

eo Hope that this era~ i~. dad
ae oe Nee aes Ae eee
of pride Will.
to rise éut: of its.gtive.

relatives. 6f- actors: p
tectors, étc.,~ are b
portunities to}
many cases they don't: Care Or
are not qualified, ~This: polliting
and crowding of the field is
denying. mahy ~talented actors,
Negro. and: ~white, the opportunity
to display: worthwhile talent.
It - there -is any - -e~vidence of
token integration, it is in -the
person: of Sidney Poitier. He is
probably the only. Negro dtamatic actor who~ cap command. a salary comparable: to. large: salaries
commanded by.the many white
actors. In addition, he. can he
selective: about his roles. He also
has the authority: to help rewrite
any role -that does. nat! Suit his
fancy. a

And for Mr. paige titis - is
good, should anyoné: ~complain
about the omission: of ~highly. paid
Negro. actors; the _ studio~: éxecutives at the~ mahogany: esks,
smoking the experisive cigar~s can
always point to Mr. Poitier. And
at this rate we. will have one
highly recognized cdlored actor
every twenty yeat's.
But before we feel too inclih:
ed to. criticize others for not giv=
ing, let be become _Antrospective

Tulse Pastor To.
Speak At: shee.:

The Revereiid. Dr.: -~hlvin. K,
Stalnaker, a: veteran of fotty -
four yéars in the pastorate way
public life, is to.be one of! the
ous
at

Emphasis Week Observen

during the week of February 1
16, 1982.20" 3

Dr. Stalnaker; ~has ~Servet~ rour
churches and Was a. social~ servite~. executive~ in the ~fields~ ~df
public relations and! eoriniunity
services for thirteen:, ~year's: He
hds held pastorates in Augusta,
Georgia; Oxford,~ Ohio; Toledo,
Ohio; and: for thé~ past. 15 years
prior to: ariguncing ~his ~retire
ment he hasbeen minister in the
First Baptist Church, North: Tulsa Oklahoma~

He has served as Physival Dit
réctor with the Army-Navy~ Department National Coeuricil: of- the
YMCA; as Exectutiv~ Director~of |
the Booker T. ~Wasifingtin Community Center Hamilton, Ohio;
The Sylvania Williams CommunW Center, Toledo, Ohio,

ant poche jntts aspiring es
foré venturing into the Melt. If |

typed eye rolling,. "ghost: ~fearing, |:
in. the cinema, bet!

atiow the ~Worpse} v
| emcee.
It is- aiso sad because many|

Bishop ~ Collégé, -Dalias, Texas,}

Theatre D etr ~ oi 5 Elect
F etiticize:

Fr. in dramatic taste;
~filed to develop our

"adverfiding exetu
' ate pleased and

tiey fone gf per represen-: not

Write - tie. ~studios and put, di-| sots, let them know your dissat-OP:| faction: Make the strerigth of
| the mass: be félt.. And if a par
ticular movie, play or television
shew is satisfying; let it be
~known. Encourage a sponsor in
continue to show ae repreésentation, |
But. even in view of the matiy
discouraging aspects; there ~still
appears to be 4 few penetrating
rays of Hope, Playwrights sich~
as Jean Genet atid Jack Gelbert
~are writing the kind of plays
that. are prtviding better parts
for the Negro; the kind of plays
which do not indicate a specifie
race so that the. cast might be
|integrated and, the playwright~s
theme not damaged.

The recent success of play
the moderate succésses of Langs:
ton Hughes, Ossie Davis and
Leuis Peterson possibly will provide greater incentive on the
part of new Negro playwrights.

At preserit efforts are being
made by the NAACP to obtain
better roles for Negroés in the

| techflical atid acting fields of the

motion ~picture industry. Thus 1
hope these things wilt encourage the sérious minded Negro to
continue to study and~ prepare
himself.

The play to read ALL MY SON
by Arthur Miller.

Citizens
Honored Here

Detroit~s outstanding young cit-~
izéns weré honored by Mayor Jerome~ P. Cavanagh, Police Supertittefidént Louis J. Berg, and
waked eeahud-a ~Presidént
Lynn A. Townsetid ata Wedriesday dinner inthe ballfoom of the
Sheritati-Cadillac Hotel.

Many other education and civic
leadtrs joitted in: paying tribute
to the 88 Detroit public and~ pardchial school seniors who were

teachers. as outstanding. citizens.

They were the latest of a total
of. 889~ students in 84 participating schools who have received
the Detroit Police Department
Youth Award since the program
was started by the Police Department and Chrysler Corpération
in May, 1957. The event marked

semi-annual awards.

"This historic: 1908". Locomho.
bile; known. affectionatel
~Old 16~ and one of Amer car s
most f@mous racing cars, highlights the nation's largest

sports car show at Henry Ford
Museum near Detroit, ch.
A four-cylindér be it
wort tHe~ Bite geen Teena oe Race
in e first
Ame f bo successfully
challenge st |! a vet

ra~ a
n

more thd 30 sp0 Pom (3

~ ONCE AMERICA~S CHAMPION

petretonr~ cars, with several
S| making national or midwestern débtits. Vintage models
contrast ~with~ the latest ~
rforifiance cars from
nited States, sciea thi feral
and South Afri e Ford

for the peth
ing~

[wit

ra ~ tourgee

JUANITA~

GRAND OPENING -Jan. 31, 1962|
LOUNGE

~ THURS. 12-8
paige 10- to
SUN. 1-7

SPECIAL BARGAIN ON Atl RECORDS
Indosiiet Avenue Between~ Stewart & Mew St

S RECORD}

wiedge of what is| Int.

Wright Eorrainé Hansberry and |

selected. by their classmates and
the tenth presentation of the| -

4 C.
me Nabrit is Pi. of Howaré y in hington,

School, and a WéllKiiown. civil
rights attorney Who Has argued
many NAACP casés. Dr. Nabrit isadmitted to practice law befdte
the Téxas Supreme Court dnd
the United: States Supreme Court.

a ae gt og

Plow Mid-Year:

Twenty - one Détroit Public
High Schools havé afinouhced
plans for mid-yent commencement é~ercises which aré séhed:

uled: frorii Jan. 28 thfough Feb:
6 this year.

- Br, Charles J, Wolfe, Assistant
Superintendent in charge of elethelitary arid~ High schools, said
that 3,504 seniors. will receive
~diptomas with the boys edging
the girls out of top total by six.;There are 1,755 boys and 1,749
girls graduating ir the mid-year.

_ Aero Mechanics High School
~will ~present its~ Jan. graduates
with its July 1962 class this year,
and the new Finney High School
will not hold its first graduation
until its top grade - 10A - completes its high school.work in
June of 1964,

Twelve White
Youths Arrested

Twelve white Northwest De:
troit~ youths: were~ arrested this
week ~and charged with conspiracy to disturb the peate as a
result of an alleged ~gang fight~
in the Vicinity of the Tappan
School.

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six high school; students, aiid two;
non-school. youths.

atid -20 ydars' of age~ respectively,
wére placed: on $500 bonds. ~

The other six youths were re~
leased on $500 personal bonds;:
agreed to by Recorder~s Court
Jtidge Arthur Kos~itski.

The eight youths and four juveniles aré charged with~ skitmishing with a group of Tappaf
Schoo! students.

Négro' juveniles at the Tappan
School told 10th, precinct policé,
~the gang of white youffis, attacked one~ of their group last
week.~

ATTEND |
CHURCH |

Of the 12,-fouf aré juvenilds;.}

Charles and James Rtish, 19}

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od 715- Detroit St.
~ ~ 4273 Corunna Rd.; ~e 3102 N. Franklin

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By Warren Buchanan

I knoW that everfbody that

missed~ last week~s set with ~Can
nonball~~ ~ is trying to forget th=

redt they missed, I know that
~you won~t let that happen: again,

because the ~No. 1. Jazz~ Saxman

in 1961- will be in town~ to let his}

mellow. sounds go around. John

Goltrane is the man that will

pack thé place. Hé has been here

~sifice Tuesday, January. 23: -

If you don~t Know it by now
jazz is here to stay. The Minor
Kéy at 712 Kearsley St. is the
busiest spot in town. Oh~ yés

céme early because late is too

late. I met some: very nice people
from out of town-and they réally
enjoyed it the most. The service
there~ is. so great theré is ho
mate: This action is real satisfaction. Coltrané is a well known
performer. that has. played~. with

~Miles Davis in thé past, but at

the present has~ ae own switiging
quartet,

~How about Usseff Lateft 7? The
flute, oboe and tenor sax Shapes
that was featured with ~Cannonball~ he is out-of-site. He is a
Detroiter flat can really show.

Larty~s Reéord Shop cah bé
your best: friend in records of all
sort. As you welf know he has
sold and served Flint for quite
sometime now. He always will
have some charming lady to
serve you wher you artive at 815

Walker, Harlem Bros.,

aid Roger Fliker and many

that have not made the Idlewild

~| scene, I tell you that this action

will speak louder than words.
~This is action that I come Back
every summer talking about. So
_slidé down to the Michigan scene
and. dig the set. Crazy!!!

Did I ever tell you about the
time Mrs. Willidtis was sitting in
thé docto?~s officé, and she spoke
to him, and said the doctor, og
that you~?

Harrison, is a teal friendly and
enjoyed place of many patrons.
~ Please drive safely; because
the lifé you save my be mine.
FELLOWSHIP

The midwestern region of the
Soroptomist. Federation of the
Americas has annéunced the of~fering of its annual $1,500 fellowship: to woman in the midwest.

Candidates must be attending
a university or working in a
field of major interest and want

to. pursue doctoral work in a
~rdré atid distirictive field. +

The fellowship is intended for
those womeri who do not hold
any other major income-producing commitment that interferes
with full-time graduate study and
research.

Applications can be obtained in
the office of the Assistant Dean
Graduate Division. Wayne State
University, Detroit 2. Applications can also be obtained fram
Miss Vesta Hubbell, Carr School,
~3901 Ferris, Lincoin Park.

SATURDAY, ables 27, 1962

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