Flint Spokesman [Volume: 1, Issue: 7]

PAGE EIGHT

~ * THE FLINT SPOKESMAN

SATURDAY. MAY, 4, 1848

Make This
Your Business 7

By Voncile Woods

Knowledge, is the root to suc~~ess in any, business, Thousa:ds
of dollars | ~are wasted by our
people each. year on investments
they thought, would bring them
profit.

To buy ~into or start 4 busihess, just because one~ happens
~o like the particular venture,
does not mean that he. car
uuandle the project as it. should
ve. | |
~Ii isn~t education alone thai
mates a man succesSful in the
business world, It~s sound ~veasoning and ability to cope with
any obstacle that may come before him in any way.

He must first be in the know
about what business would be
gooi for the community
which he lives, After having

ecided this, material should

Elm Park an
Matron Opens
Beauty Salon.

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be looked up. In this way, you
will know about how much money'-and what. steps. one must
take in order to operate.

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Such material can be found

in| the Flint Public Library, It |
to take into considera- |

| 1201 Winans, Elm~ Park. Mrs.

is wise
tion, your own personality, because
isnot an easy matier.
ness, friendliness, cleanliness,
honesty, and alertness, are listed as being the foundation of |
any. buSiness.
Remember
money wisely,
failure, there
ity;. Make
open your

to invest: your
and: ~in; place. of

it your
business right.

to deal with the public |
Polite- |

will be prosper- |,
business to

Mrs. Haroid Mitchell, the
former Mrs. Velma Barksdale,
~as opened a beauty salon at

Mitchell. will operate her shcp
under the name of Barksdale,
the name that everyone, know,
her by. The opening of this
salon is an answer to @ great
reed to the wem:n of Elm
Park. Mrs. Barksdale jis prepared to do all kinds of wor
in the beauticjan trade,.tronage.

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She

is very solicitous of your pa
| ~SNOOPIE

its bad
Bi sad to
What happened
the Greek had?

you lost your
Somebody. else.
to talent Nick
It seems that a
certain waitress at a certain
club broke up ja ~lovely marrfiage. Some of the playboys of
our city should learn to take
their hats~ off at fights. G. A,
still has his talent, it must be
love, M. K, really has her sports
with young talent, R. J, have
you been fenced
D. what~s the matter, you don~t
come and see your old friends
like you used too? Who did L
E, meet at the Y. P. A, Friday night? Who was the Great

Playboy that bought a certain
young lady some shoes when he
took her to Detroit? Who | is

Nick the Greek carrying the
torch for? B. R. why don~t you
listen sometimes inStead of talking, and maybe you won't get
slapped ~so much. W., who was
the young talent you had out
Wednesday night? R, W. what is
the matter play boy, can~t you

\The Problem

in again?. J. |

Corner |
By Voncile Woods

Dear Miss Woods:
I belong to a very nice club
that has. eight girls in it, be-.
tween the ages of sixteen and
twenty. We have lots of fun togetnoer, Lately, we have tired
of cards and dances and would
ike to do-something different.
We read the article in-the last
weeks Spokesman -and we are
interested in doing something to
make our city.a better place in
which to live, _
Can you. suggest anything
that girls our ages can do?>
The Haneydrippers Club,

Dear Honeydrippers:
I~m proud to know that there

~that will never be normal again! Butts. These ladies seemed to

| entertain this conference. If old of this church.~

Highlights from The A.M. E. Confab

By Frank L. Gillespie were those that were a riot of
The AME District Confer white flowers. _
ence is over. The delegates Vernon Chapel
have gone heme. F'int znd Personalities
Vernon Chapel, the site of |= Mrs-._ Timmons, looking like
the conference have ~settled a sweet girl graduate; Mrs.
back to normal,. but some- Verna Elder, Maggie West
thing has been started in Flint brook, Mrs. Warren and Mrs.

The yearning of Flintites for. have been living replicas of
the return of the fine people sartorial perfection. Mrs. Gamwho came to the conference ble, set a style note alk of
will ever remain. This stems her own. Mrs. Packer had had
from a genuine desire of some distinguished guests and came
very grand people to know in a little late. She was the
other grand people better.! very essence of a breath of
Never. before has such a thing Spring. A lady sitting by me
and never before has Vernon gave a tug at my arm, and askChapel had the opportunity to ed, ~Is that lady a member
Where | was
Flint had disorders, then this sitting I could only see a corconference was a panacea for ner of the church. On looking
what was ailing Flint. If Flint back I could see the ushers.
>had something wrong with its Miss Ruby. Maxine Turner

is a club of young girls whose |
interest turns to the welfare of
our city. Flint can be made a
beautiful place to live by. the
people whe house it making it

| handle one of} your playgirls?
|B the exhibitio
the YPA Sund
is doubtful! W
car be parked

ay night snoopic
hy does C. B,~s
on St. John St.
J. R. you should stop sending
Baster greetings, because thoy
will not help you, send money~
that~s what makes the world zo
round,

P, J., A. H
dinner ~Sunday
B, and M, B.~s
but they didn~t

andj) W..H. had
afteynoon at A.
ith talents,
let the Snoopie
in on it. But never the less I
found out about it.
Why does M,

PE, stay on

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MIDNIGHT DANCE
Sat. (Midnight) May 4, 1946
I. M. A. Aud., Flint, Mich.
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the Southside
was a certain

so much? There
young lady that
wanted to know what was B. S.,
J. R. and M. E. putting down,
the same thing you were putting
dewn B, R, What happened to
one of the bosses at the YPA?
Wonder what happened M. M.
What has Nick| the Greek done
with his young talent? Seems
that one of Detroit~s great play
boys stole her, E. M, really
seems to be in love with W.
M, S,.

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Announcement

The A, C.~ Choral Club appeared at the Millington Church

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gram was rendered which was
received by an} appreciative audience. The Rev. Milton L, Bunker is the Pastor of the Milling
| ton Church of Nazarene, Mr.
| Otis Stafford. and Mr. Wayne
Whipple are the\ directors, and

Mrs. Marie Nouman is.the pianist,

WANTED: Two tags for Mr.
Ruben Moore and his-son, Mr,
W. B. Moore, Believe it or not,

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but Mr. Ruben Moore and _ his
son, Mr. W, B, Moore, got lost
at the game Sunday in Detroit,
The two Mr, Moores were arguing. Mr, Ruben said: ~We
bought peanuts here.~ W. B.
said: ~We bought them there.~
After arguing for an hour where
~peanutS were bought, Mr, Maceo Lewis came to their rescue
and said: ~You didn~t buy peanuts here, and you didn~t buy
them there, you bought them
over yonder,~ |
DEATH

Mr. Joseph Smith was laid to
| rest on Saturday, April 27, 1946.
He had long been active in Flint
Civic. and political - service,

puty Sheriff, Mr. Smith rendered much valuable sevice to the
citizens of Flint, and we all
st.

FOOT NOTES

Help a vet jin business. We
promised him everything before
he was inducted ~ what now?
Seek a vet in business and patronize him,

Are we going to forget
easily ~ Patronize a _ vet.

People who advertise with us
deserve your patronize!

The Easter

Fashion

Ai Easter. Fas
given at the Do
ity Center, Mo
1946 by the Is
vancement Club

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ion Parade was
uglass Communnday, April 23,
real Youth Adof the House of
Israel Church of which Dr.;
James Robinson) is Pastor,

Mrs._Mary Lou, Robinson. di
tected the style! show,
Many beautiful clothes ~were
~worn and the shaw was a poe.

nN you put on at |

of the Nazarene, Millington,
Mich.,. Sunday, April 28, 1946.
at 3:00 p. m. in ~Songs We Love
to Sing.~ An) inspiring pro
A a
former Welfare Investigator, De-}

success.

so,
| Your club, though small in
number, can be. very ~helpful.
Theve ~are. more important things
in life beside just having a good
time, An old saying is: all work~
and no play makes Jack a dull
boy. The same. holds. true that
all play.and no. work. makes
Jack a very dull boy, Ta ac
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ry and have homes of their own.
Some will look for work, and
some will continue with a bet
ter education. Whatever road
you take, there will be. problems,

A decent place to live, a good
paying job, a place near home
to continue the education,

We, as a race, face many,
many, problems, and if we unite
>ourselves we can Solve them in
time, You ask what things you
can do to help. As a group, go

in touch with your school PTA,
and each: girl take a guest.
Watch. your daily papérs for
| educational meetings, and go fo

them, We have occasionally well |

known race speakers from out
of town, who would be proud
to See us.turn out.

| Even though the war is over,
we still have boys in the. different army camps and overseas
that would welcome letters and
Mittle necessities. Get in touch
with other groups.and suggest
these things to them, These are

ized group can do, I hope I have
been of some help and_ will get
in touch with you in ie near
future.
- Anyone twine | any problem

to solve address your problem
to the Flint Spokesman, and let
us help you if we can.

Flavors Sauce
_Diced onion adds character
éream sa@vce for peas, or to the
sauce in casseroie mixtyres

to your NAACP meetings, keep;

few of many things an organ- |

a

~blood it is an axiomatical fa-t looked like a statue of beautithat the conference ~was an ful brown marble standing by
elixir ifo Flint's blood stream. the door. All Vernon Chapel
|The conference is overas_be- men did their part to make the]

Jones.
most for the conference was
Brother Rawls. Brother Raw!s
began his work before anyone
else and worked longer. It
was his contribution that made

They came, men and women
boys and girls, iriinisters~ ard
laymen alike and all dressed to
act the part that they were: to
play. We noted that he promnent suit, colar: ofthe ladie
i eS - bwere ~the ~bedutifal - as it possible for the culinary d--'}
ia den eye Beha browns: ~blues. and a.few| Partment of si cmeee. to said be |
schools, where. ever a problem blacks: We saw one eevee ty _ the hig gest alt | | |
is presented. You girls will soon checkered topcoat proficiency that characterize | |
be out of school. Some. will mar- Motherly ladies in their their work.

cur BY HUSBAND;

WON'T PROSECUTE
_ COLUMBUS,
Laura Bush, 334 1-2 E, Mound.
Street, reports that about 5:10
April 25 she gof into an ~argument with--her vhusband John
Bush andzhe cut her.. He took
her to Grant. Hospital where she
was attended for laceration of
the left breast and released from
the hospital, She refuses~ to~
ween 4

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STONE THROWERS.

CAPTURED

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hee Russell, 1668 Grdenway
lavictnid ~reports: that.about 9:45,
Avril 25th, several boys~ threw
a stone thu the front window
at 1668 Greenway Avenue, Mr,
Russell caught two of the boys,
Frank Sunderland, 14 years, of
Rear 470 Hanley Street, and

Clifford George, 13 years of 1647

~Ohio~(APNS~ |

STRUCK ON HEAD WITH
CHAIR IN BURKE~S GRILL
~COLUMBUS, Ohid~ +APNS~.._Eva Gordon, 4v, and married,
of 195 Detroit Avenue, while in
Burkes Grill at 1057, N. 4th St.
about 3:00 p, m, April 27, was
~struck over the head with a
chair ~by a woman, She was
taken to~ University Hospital by
Sim -Gorden where~ she: was attended for lacerations on the
head, She will fle an ~*.

face of the paint in a partially
cami, which is being set aside for reg
a few days, will generally prevent
r@ ~skin~ from on the paint.
In~ addition, the Jid. of the, paint can
should be handled carefully to avoid
shaking. It should~ be borne in
mind that this is merely a ge te
rary procedure.

Gulis Opes Clams
Herring gulls open clams by dropi ping them from a height onto the

fore stated but the memories conference a success. Among
linger on. those who worked tirelessly;
Style Trends. At The were: Brother Cooke, Messrs.
Conference ~ Martin, Packer, Clemons and

The man who did the}.

It was good to see so many| |

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COLUMBUS, Ohio ~APNS~

Lorrine Vinson, 492 Lehman
Street, 10-years; of age, 25 April, },.~
while in front of 512 Lehman}
St. was bitten on the right leg
by a dog owned by Johnny Long
of-501 Lehman Street, The child }
was~ taken to Children~s Hospiint

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chu.ich ~in respjender|t | white.
The ministers were dressed in
vestments. of their. calling;
their wives were the very em
bodiment of simple elezance,
the keynote. of all ~good taste.
And there were hats, and hats,
that were merely excuses for
hats. We marvel. at how they
could enhance a beautiful and
charming face, We take sperial cognance of the blue
straws, that seemed to predominate, combination of ~ black
and whites; cartwhec's, concave and inverted and there

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familiar faces back in Flint. |,
The Revs. M. R. Rhonenese, |
J. A. Dean, J. A. Aiken, A. W. |)
Peterson and: W. F. Rice, Presiding Ekder* and Mrs:
A. Blake.

Zot to know our presiding elder better. Mrs. Blake added
much energizing charm to the
conference.
~(mons whose husband pastors
both Idlewild and Thompsonville, was noticed for her
forthright interest and- atten
tion to everything. There were
those of whom we did not get
to meet. The fine young lady
from Mt. Clemens and one
from Benton. Harbor: It' warefreshing to~ meet the Rev.
S. S. Harris, of St, Paul, De:
troit.
you could never forget, keen,
alert, analytical mind. He was
very scrupulous in keeping his
young people in line. The
Rev. Joseph Brockington was
of like character.

~Rev. A. Wayman Peterson

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who make it a pastime running
down ~the youth, would have
had to adopt a different line
thad they been at the conference. The Bobby | Sockers,

turned out in full force; only

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oc, rolled their stockings high
and had on heels.
for the most part as dignified
as their mothers.

Two of the most impressive

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in its entirety, was the most
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Board delivered by Mr. W. F.
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welcome addressc3. The other
instance was the illustriius and
illuminating paper on ~~The
Use of Appropriate Musi: for
the Church and _ Its - Youth~

written by Mrs. Alice Stewart.

by her husband, Dr.
Stewart, pastor bf Ebeneze..
Detroit. It waz very well re|ceived and we wished that ev

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One person can see only so
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is much of transcendant importance that our weak eyes
did not see or that we could
not possibly have heard, but
taking the words of some veterans of the conference ~It

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Industrial Ni? the best that was ever
held.~

TIRE SERVICE Too much praise cannot be

LUBRICATION given the Rev. and Mrs. J. W.

Walker and the fine committees that worked with them.
That kind of cocperaiton _ is
what makes church work so

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We are always giad! |
to see them. We feel that we|

Mrs, M. L. Sim- |

There was a man whota ||

seem) like home folks as thi-|

CALL first charge and while here the

Rev. and Mrs. Peterson so en-. deared themselves to Flint
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they did not wear their bobby |.

They were |

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and very effectively delivered | |

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