Bronze Reporter [Volume: 8, Issue: 35]

be presented. in front er the gi-!: i fashion~
Mill; note:is. the sixiocial. qilendex: for

gantic staircase, with a drawing with John Bankston, John Barron

room setting, complete with flor-;
al decors and objects dé art from

foreign lands whieh will irterpret the theme for 1962, ig ee

World of Fashion in Focus.~ 1
ning the event is I

Taylor, Fashion xt eee:

and Mrs. Juanita Chapman, ma

Chairman.
Thirty beautiful models ~ will
present the outstanding Spring
cellections from the DuPont ~
New York Coutour Group, and
the Hawkifis Apparel Shop. The
designs of Oleg Casini, Maurice
Rentner,._Ceil Chapman _ and

other wéll known artists will be

complemented with furs from
Cartledge Fur Salon.

A new feature is the showing
of Preteen fashions from:
Wright~s Children~s Center. with

and Randall Pearson as models.

nimentery~ ~by. Mrs. Gladys
ta and Miss Gabrielle Bradwill be quite different, with
and descriptions att
Seas rams Pease iedet

gans, Patricia Terry, Geraldine
Williams, Delores Cannon. Karlotta Nelson, Rose Baker,
sery, Lagretta Grove; Mattie-Wal
~Jace. Mae Singleton, and other

models tothe stage.

Assisting with the arfanger- aps
are: Mrs. Yvonne Catchings, Mrs
Otivetta: Hickman, Mrs. - Frances
Baber, Mrs. Anne Evans, M-3

Leona King and Mes. Evelyn

Strong.

General chairman of thé matnthoth event is Mrs. Junetta Waitt,
with Mrs. Trudy Haynes and Mrs.
Edith Gamble as. eee.

2 Integration
Released From

ALLENWOOD, Pa. ~ Carl Bra
den and Frank Wilkinson were}.

released~ last week from the Fed
eral Prison Camp here, after ser: | his

ving nine months of one-year
sentences for contempt of the
House Un-American Activities
Committee.

Braden is field secretary for
the Southern Conference Educational Fund and: a leader in the
Southern integration movement.
Wilkinson is field secretary for
the National Committee to Abolish the Un-American Activities
Committee. f

Their release was under Prison Bureau regulations which
automatically aHows a*certain
amount of time off prison séntences for ~good behavior.~

During _their s#mprisonmeént,
hundreds of thousands of Americans signed clemency petitions
for them, asking President Kennedy to free them by executive
action. The petitions were initiated by national leaders in the
fields of religion, academic ite,
human relations, ete.

Petitions also as
group of Fren pean
from British;
members of Parliament and the
chairman of the British Trades
Union Congress.

separate petition for Bradén
was initiated by. Negro and white
integration leaders in the South.

Alaska Evangelists 2

NASHVILLE, Tenn. =< Three
Negro ministers will be among
the 29 Methodist leaders from
14 states who. will conduct an
evangelistic mission in the 49th
state, Alaska, Feb. 25-March 4.
They are Rev. Dr. Robert F. Harrington, New Orleans, La.;- Rev.
Dr. Henry Nichols, Philadelphia,
Pa. and Rev. Charles Carrington,
Jamaica, N. Y~.

The mission is sponsored by
the beneral board of evangelism
and missions of The Methodist
Chureh.
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~They maintained: Braden was

Upon their jelesen, the two men
issued a joint statement saying:
~This time in prison has probably
made us better equipped to work,
for imtegration,- the abolition of
the House Un-American Activities
Committee, and world peace.

useful. We shall return fo work
as soon as possible.~

The Boys~ Club

Symbol of Service. Over thirteen thousand differ
ent: boys have been members of
the Boy~s Clubs of Detroit ~1245

W. Philadelphia since -it was esf#ablished- in 1949. oe present

boys: enrolled. Carl + rect~or of the Boys~ Club states~~The
important ~thing is that alt ~of
to develop skills and at the same
our youngsters lave some place
to-go; something to do, a chance
time, have fun.~

The Boys~ Club conducts activities in all major sports with
basketball, floor hockey, softball
and volteyhall being the most
popular. There are twenty special
interest and hobby group clubs
organized. Major arts and craft
classes are held regularly. The
library is the center of educational activities. Table games, billiards, educational movies and television are also includéd in the
program.

Recently, at an idissenies ceremoriy, the- Philadelphia Avenue
~Building was re-named. It is now
the Henry E. Wegner Building.
Mr. Wegner, a prominent Detroit

~Itime -theré are 1,

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gentlemen from Billy~s Clothing! _:

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ived by President Kennedy here
~this week.

~National Spelling Bee.

newspapers.

However, the business of render
Get
their:

_ ly and regully cen takes
strategy. Théré are a few; sim- | ri
ple devices that. take sothe of of. peace
the drudgery out of it. favor ~Get three | acon
it seentlike fun, | tainers with screw

First, get~ a regular child~s
toothbrush; It~s smaller -than
the adult model and the bris- |
tles..aré. considerably | softer.
Some. have little cowboy or:
clown figures on,.the é&
poten a s two. or three

ih ~the
there's a diferent charac for
_ Another~. dodge. s- to. let}
youngsters be do-it-yourselfers
and manufacture ~their own |
dentifrice. - All that~s, need

1gsters to brush |
ly, thorough | Spices

baked apple and
ike the

Pi

to each pour'a ha und =
baking soda and a teaspoon of one of the pin 4
Shake-well to mix.-Paste a -
decal~on the side of each cori
JFK To

WASHINGTON, BD. C. ~ ~Tl am
a 13-year-old colored boy, and |!
like to spéll,~ read a letter rece
It came from George F. Jackson, Jr., one of the Negro youngsters denied entrance to the
Lynchburg, Va., run-off of the

Other Negro children also
wrote Mr. Kennedy.

Only. white children are allowéd to participate in the Lyuchburg: contest, sponsored by a local newspaper, through the facilities of the local Board of Edueation.

The National Spelling Bee is
sponsored _nationally _by _18
Scripps-Howard and 54 other
The NAACP~s
Lynchburg unit recently brought
the maffer to public attention.

No one accepts blame in Lynchburg: |

-Carter Glass, Il, general man
ager of the Lynchburg News,|.

said the competition ~has been
sponsored ~ within white schools,

public and private~since the ac-!.

ademic year 1947

~ Mr. Glass addéd, ~We have no
intention of changing this policy.
We most certainly would _ not

Humanitarian gnd Philanthropist,
Was present.

The Henry E. Wegner Building
has experienced great success
since it was dedicated in 1949.

ing service to boys is a continuing one. Hundreds of youngsters
in the community are still in
need of guidance ~ The Wegner
Boys~ Club welcomes them.

BROTHER JUNIPER AND THE oeME AGE

ase a8 sf shniesig See oe

eget ne ree

Wants ute ~Spl, A sks

change it under preieiie of the

NAACP or any other ee |
tion.

Lynchburg School Deniieiaikiuli
ent M. L. Casper. said the Lynchburg ~News controls the contest
(although it is heldin the schools
with: teachers supervising).

Lynchbyrg NAACP President
W. TF: iehea, Jr., said ~It could
not have, been held if the school
beard disapptoved. wit

Meanwhile, young George Jack.
son toldv President Kennedy that,
~the finals are held in Washingten in June and I would like so
much to. have a chance to visit
the White House and the Caj

tél.~.;: a ~ at 1

~Do you think you could help |
me and gét the Lynchburg con:

Pa

test opened to kien he
asked.

~}employed 50c.

-: Nashville, staff
~at Board: of Evatigelism, In ~ad-}

~dition, several thousand mga). Methindists are members
| churches in other jusisdietions ot]

the denomination.:
~The Methodist Chiirch in. fhe

United~ States is divided into six | 40
- iurisdictions~the ~racial Central}. Jurisdiction and five geographic-|

al iurisdictions. The total U. S.
membership of the denomination, |

is more than 10, 000, 000, includ
ing the central jurisdiction. ~
This: will be the second such
crusadé for the Central Jurisdic
~tion. One in 1959 increased the

membership ~of its churches by

_ +}40-667, according to Dr. Lester,
| who was the executive. director
~| of tha 1959 etusade and will di
rect the coming oné.

' Aniong~ other things to be emphasized during the simultaneous
endeavor by the Central Jurisdic
| tion churehes will be -visitation

evangelism, preaching, and prayer. ss:
In: addition to the goal of ten

~es ~percent net increase in church
~membership on profession. of

faith, it is hoped that at least
_| 25 new congregations and 50 new}
| church ~schools | will: renate: ~from |:

the crusade.

~Negro Progress
Is Forum Topic

Three speakers will review re-|
cent pro ~of their race in a
symposium by the Global Forum|
for Friday evening, February 23.:
The meeting~ will be held in Central Congregational Church,
northwest. ~orner, of Linwood and
Hogarth,.: four. blocks north of
W. Grand Bivd., at 8 P.M.

Speakers will be Vice President
Horace Sheffield~ of the Trade:
Union Leadership Council, Cole
i-| man. Young, delegate to the Mich
igan Constitutional Convention;

}and the Rey. Albert B. Cleagé;

~Jr., of the church. A donation ~of
$1 is findicated, students ~~ tin:

Organist Dillcehia Wilson will.|is to benefit the educational build
fi at a: i am aie

x Fienk! i. M Ministerial. Allian ae
Methodist: Getier: | OF ~Detroit at St. - Paul: sere

~Church. Chene and Hunt, Feb, 16
at 7730. p.m. ~
A rééeption honoring Bishop
|. and Mrs: Gomez will be held i
~the social~ hall of the: church folAswing the* address. The bishop
end his. wife have covered ~OVER.
miles this-year. Their trips."
~Inetude continental Europe, the:
~Grient, Africa and the many |
lends in thé Pacific. of

+ 8.3%.? tabnard D. Smith was the guést:
speaker~ at, the Board of Chris-:
tian Education Negro ~ History
Week Sunday afternoon at St.)
James Baptist Church. A choit af
250 voices representing 22 churches furnished the music. The Rev.
W. C. verge ry -is pastor.

/& gh. Chapel on Baptist Church,
| Maybury Grand at Hudson opened its annual institute last Monday. The institute provides~
coursés covering all phases of the
church program. ~ - ~

- Some of the staff~ members
aré the Rev. James Lockwood;

~Emory Radford, C. H. -: Holt,
~Odell. Fountain, Royal Carter,~
~Sarah Bailey, Justine Barner;
Earnestine Robinson and. Christine Simuel: The Rev. Roy A
Allen is eam =

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~be featured Big a:recital planned;;
~for March 2 py. the members: of.

~Bethel AME Church. Lawrence L: |
Stewart is president of the club
~and Mrs. -Sarah Fields is secre- |
tary.;

The affair, ~which will be held j in
the.sanctuary of~ the church,

~ing fund.
WDE _ J. Taireitee Roberta~ is
pastor of Bethel Baptist.

The men of bier Baptist
Church celebrated their annual
day Sunday with the Rev. R. W.

| ~/} delivering. the morning message.

~Wright, paster, Mt. Zion Baptist, +e

ibiiag'~ ot

director; John ~Wills, Willie Sim- Df APs
uel, Susie Harris, Cassel Hoye,~ dent eae

paerter.
the September Birthday Club. of.~

aL E. E: af oe: TE aie 6!
~The ~Sisterhood: of ~Second ion
fist ~ Church,~ 441. Monroe, gave
its. acura $0-Vilontine Musical
Sunday afternoon: ~The Love éf

God. for Maz~. Was the service's
~theme.~ Mg. f May. was. program~ chairmafiy Mrs: Viola Jones
and~ ~Mrs.~Panni * Byram were
social chairme +~ Mrs. Charlotte

~Maev, - prograto.: narrator;
Rhona M. ~Williams, presi
bless Rev. A % Banks Jr., pastér.

~The Rev. iddditone Scott,
ngstor: Friendship: Baptist
~Ghorch, - Lansing: ~will take up
~fastorage Of ~ the-? ma Harmony
Baptist ~Chairch,- Mt ~Elliott ~at
7 New Harmony

gd. ty vhs ~ieath * the late

v. AWG, Wright.;

ahh ee Te,

> The, Pastor's: ~Chorus of First

| | Baptist, Ecorse, will- present its
~pnnual. Se A Tea~ on Sun
May, Feb. 25. Huby. Harris is res Sas ie is
San ~Byening. ~with~ Erima Brown~

was presented Sunday ~afternoon
at Warren: Avenue Chureh.

Annual en 8, Dey will be held
at Pilgrim Baptist ~Church, Grixdale. at. Binder, Sunday, Feb. 25.
The Rev. W.. ie nn is pastor.. 283, ect *

Mrs, ~Bertha. oe ~Marion, general
chairman; announced - speakers
for the seventh annual~ ~Women
in Action~ ~program: scheduted
for Sunday,.. Feb. -25. at Third

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