Bronze Reporter [Volume: 8, Issue: 35]

in all its: spi
February 1%, iy
the Latin Quarter. The i

be presented. in front of the gi-' gentlemen from Billy~s Clothing
gantic staircase, with a drawing. with John Bankston, John Barron
room setting, complete with flor-; and Randall a ~as models.

al decors and objects dé art from
foreign lands. whieh will inter.
pret the theme fdr 1962, ~Phe
- World of Fashion in Focus: ~ Plan- '
ning the event is Mrs. Lynette
Taylor, Fashion ee dee:
and Mrs. Juanita Chapman, CoChairman.

Thirty beautiful models will
present the outstanding Spring

ccllections from the DuPont ~'

New York Coutour. Group,. and
the Hawkifis Apparel Shop.. The
designs of Oleg Casini, Maurice
Rentner, _Ceil Chapman ~ and

other well known artists will be
complemented. with furs front

Cartledge Fur Salon.
A new feature is the showing

of Preteen fashions from:

Wright~s Children~s Center vies

* Conimentery~ by. Mrs. Gladys
idlge-| Yeknson and Miss Gabrielle Brad-|
_ by will be quite different, with
S ahpoet pec ~They wil art
y sumdk. frome Meat dade,
gans, Patricia pol facile
Williams, Delores Cannon: Karlotta Nelson, Rose Baker, Jo
sery, Lagretta Grove, Mattie-WalJace. Mae Singleton, and other
models to the stagé.

Assisting with the arranger aps,
are: Mrs. Yvonne Catchings, Mrs.
Olivetta Hickman, Mrs. - Frances
Baber, Mrs. Anne Evans, '-3

Leona King and Mts. Evelyn:

Strong.

General chairman of~ the iiaththoth event is Mrs. Junetta Watt,
with Mrs. Trudy Haynes and Mrs.
Edith Gamble as. eee ree.

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: | hi:
_ving nine months of one-year} S
sentences for contempt of the)

House Un-American Activities

By 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. j

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

During (their sprisonmeént,
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 lite,
human relations, etc.

Petitions also from a
group of Fren als dnd
from British cluding

members of Parliament and the
chairman of the British Trades
Union Congress.

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

Alaska Evangelists

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 misdion is sponsored by
the beneral board of evangelism
and missions of The Methodist
Chureh.
2

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Symbol of Service

ent: boys have been members of

soitleiecent vc 3h FEBRUARY 17, 1962 -

~They maintained ~ Billion was
the ~Un-American

Upon their release, the two men
issuéd @ joint statement saying:
~This time in prison has probably
madé us better equipped to work.
for integration,-the abolition of
the Howse Un-American Activities
Committee, and world peace.

~lt gave us a charice fo study
and plan how we can be most
useful. We shall return to work
as soon as possible.~

The Boys~ Club

Over thirteen thousand differ
the Boy~s Clubs of Detroit ~-1245
W. Philadelphia since -it was es
tablished. in 1949. Atsthe present
~time -thete are i, pees t
boys. enrolled. Carl ect
~or of the Boys~ Club ee so

important thing is that alf ~of;

to develop skills and at the same
our youngsters have some: place

to: go, something to do, 2 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 sbicselties ceremony, the Philadelphia Avenue
~Building was.rée-namied. It is now
the Henry E. Wegner Building.
Mr. Wegner, a prominent Detroit

y Us|.

Getti
their teeth willi
- ly ~and regularh
strategy. Théré are a few sim
ple devices that. take some of.
the drudgery out of it. + Sake
if seentlike fun...

First, get~ a regular child~s
toothbrush; dts smaller -than
the adult model and the bris- |
tles..aré. considerably | softer.
Some: have little te ot
clown. figures: on.the handle.
collection of two or three of
these in the: ~bathroom,

pote ra

there's a different character for |
every

" ~baking yt cinna-: -_ wigsic and cloves. are Den

rice pud
apple- pete
flavors: Get three soa rae
tainers with PNT go Into each Daur a sae if pound of:
baking soda alf teaspoon ~of one a ~the spices.

Shake..well to mix.--Paste: a

esta on Poole side a fang ors ~

JFK To

WASHINGTON, D. Cc. ~

~| am
a 13-year-old colored boy, and |!
like to spell,~ read a letter rece-ived by: President Kennedy here
~this week.

It came from George F. Jackson, Jr., one of the Negro youngsters denied entrance to the
Lynchburg, Va., run-off of the
~National Spelling Bee.

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 Education.

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

No one accepts blame in Lynchburg:

Carter Glass, Til, general manager of the Lynckburg News,
said the competition ~has ~been
sponsored ~ within white schools,

ademic year 1947-48.~ -

~ Mr. Glass added, ~We have no
intention of changing this policy.
We most certainly - would | not

Humanitarian and eda Fite
Was present.

The Henry E. Wegner Building
has experienced great success
since it was dedicated in 1949.
However,.the business of rendering 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 ae ELECTRONIC AGE

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public and private~sirice the ac-|.

~Contest

change it under ~pressure of the
NAACP or any other ~*,
tion. r

Lynchburg School Sapocinieeis
ent M. L. Casper. said the Lynch
burg News ~controls the coritest
(although it.is held in the schools
with: teachers supervising).

Lynchbyrg NAACP President
W. F: Johnson, Jr., said ~It could
not have been held if the school
beard disapproved. oh

Meanwhile, young George Jack.
son told President Kennedy that.
~the finals are held in Washington in June and I would~ like so
much to. have a chance to visit.
the White House. and the _ Cane
10h 3

~Do you think you cecil help
me and gét the Lynchburg cori |
pot -opened to alti gphaorets be

ed.

Methindists -are members.:of.
churches in other jusisdietjons of}
the denomination.:| membership ~of its churches by|
-| 40-667, according to Dr. Lester,
| who was the executive. director
~| of the 1959 crusade and will di
| phasized during the simultaneous
| endeavor by the Central Jurisdic
#1} er.

~percent net ~increase in church

~we D.. estes Nashville. poser
~|i: Board: of~ Evatigelism, In fad-|

several thousand Negro}

~The Methodist Chiirch in: ~fhe | 9"
United States is divided into six
iurisdictions~the ~racial- Central. Jurisdiction and five Seographic- |
~al _iurisdictions. The total U. S.
membership of the denomination.|
is more than 10, 000, 000, including the central jurisdiction: ~

This: will be the second lacks
_ crusade for the Central Jurisdiction. One in 1959 increased the

rect the. coming one.
' Aniong other things to be em
tion churehes will be -visitation
evangelism, preaching, and pray
In- addition to the goal of ten

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 progress of their race in a
symposium by the Global Forum|
for Friday evening, February 23.
The meeting~ will be held in Cén-'
tral Congregational Church,
northwest. ~corner, of Linwood and
Hogarti.~four blocks north of
W. Grand Blvd, at 8 P.M...

Speakers will be Vice President
Horace Sheffield~ of the Tradé:
Union Leadership Council, Coleman. Young, delegate to the Michjigan Constitutional Convention;
~and. the Rey. Albert B. Cleagé;
Jr., of the church. A donation: of
~$1. is findicated, students a -

|

at "7:30. p.m. 7
A reception honoring aed

and Mrs. ~Gomez will be held in

he social hall of the- church fol
eins the address. The bishop ~ *

4 _ his. wife have covered ~over -
Include continental Europe, the =

~Grient, Africa and the many is] mH

lends in thé Pacific.

+ 8.

ee

~ncaker at, the ee of Chris- ~thenn: Sin fax

miles this year. Their trips. ti

the Lore

tian Education Negro ~ History; grant chai ~m: 2

Week Stinday afternoon at St.:

James Baptist Church. A choir af -godial chairmen}

and Mrs." ie
3 Mrs.. Charlotte

250 voices representing 22 church- Mev. cen: > narrator;
es furnished the music. The Rev. Rhona M ~Williams, presi

sh C. Barnett -is pastor.,

es ok gk. Chapel ~Hill Baptist Church,

bess Rev. bal ~A; Banks Jr., pastdr.

ie Be Ve

~the. Rev: Be ~Ghadstone Scott,

~Maybury Grand at Hudson open- rast or: Friendship: Baptist.

ed its annual institute last Monday. The institute
courses covering all phases of the
church program.

| Hendricks, fay
a ey

~Ghurch, - Lansing} will take wp

provides ~ nasthrage- Of. the- New Harmony

Mt. Elliott ~at

Baptist Chu: New Harmony

Some of. the staff~ members was-- "pastored ~by the
are the Rev. Jamies Lockwood, late~ Rev: AG. Wright. ~~
director; John Wills, Willie Sim- Di 37 i ison, presiuel, Susie Harris, Cassel Hoye,~ dent ~Baptist 'StateC nvention

Emory Radford,
Odell. Fountain, Royal Carter, -
Sarah Bailey, Justine Bammer,
Earnestine Robinson and Christine Simuel. The Rev. Roy A.
~Allen is pag ~

C. H. -Holt,

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Hee Ae

~| Baptist, Ecorse, will

IMinois was~ Ranied to the Bo

of - Directors~ to: fill the vacancy
ereated: by. ~the: death of the late

ee

f ate om,

* "The. ~Pastor's Baris of First
- present its

~ Organist Dallcehia Wilson wilk~ ~bnnual. ~Green Leaf: Tea~ on Sun
~be featured Afi a:recital. planned;
~for March 2 by. the members of.

+

the September* ~Birthday Club. of: eae

~Bethel AME Church. Lawrence L.
Stewart is president of the club
~and Mrs. -Sarah Fields is secretary.:

The affair, ~which will be held j in
the.sanctuary - of * the | church,
is to benefit the ediicational build~ing ~fund.

DE _ J. aiienie Moberta~ is
pastor of Bethel Baptist.

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

May, Feb. 25.. Paiste~ seca is re| Morter. ~ae

sae ce Ket Ye eas
AR ~Evening with~ Emima Brown~
Was presented Sunday ~afternoon

at Warren Avenue Church.

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~RinGal eae ~s Day will be held
at Pilgrim Baptist Church, Grixdale at. Bindet,~ Sunday, Feb. 25.
The Rev. W.. B

Mrs, ~ps thee i ~Marion, general
chairman; announced - speakers
for the seventh annual ~Women

~Wright, paster, Mt. Zion Baptist, Ba

~Femployed 50c.

at { / ~) @elivering. the morning message.

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