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Visits Kin

S-SGT. ARNETTE JEFFERSON
AND WIFE ~ Pictured above is

former S-Sgt. Arnette Jefferson
and wife after a -rief stay in
our fair city, has returned to
Artesia, Miss., while here the

Jcfferson~s visited with his | sister and brethcr-n-law, Mr, and
Mrs, Alfred Tolbert of 1220 Dakotu Avenue, also his brothe:s:
William and Luke Jefferson, al
so of Dakota Avenue. Mrs. Tolbert is one of the Blue Star
Mothers.

Drops Dead

W. Adams, Supreme
of the Knights of
Pythias for more than 5 years,
dropped dead in Birmingham,
Alabama May 14th,

His funeral will be held May
21, at the Metropolitan AME
Zion church of Birmingham,

Mr. Adams was formerly editor of the Birmingham Reporter and at the time of his death,
a General officer of the AME
Zion Church, a position which
he has held for many years, An
educator and civic leader, Mr.
Adams was much sought as a

Oscar
Chancellor

~speaker for public occasions. His

untimely death is mourned not
only by the Pythians of which
he was the National head but
by te entire country at large.; ~: @
Orchids to Miss

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Peggy H

eggy Marris

We should like to inform our
many readers who have expressed so much gratefulncss over

the fine coverage of the recent
AME District -Conference that

the highlights of the conferc\ce |

were covered by.Miss ~Peggy
Harris of E, Wellington Avenue.
This fine~ young lady -is still in
schocl. She is the clerk for the
Quin Chapel Church, One of
Flint~s larger churches; she
_works part time) at the post
office and still had time to give
us pYactically all the details of
the conference,:

WELFARE AGENCIES
ACCEPTING NEGRO
CHILDREN

_ New York, N. Y. ~ CNS ~
Three welfare agencies, Protestant which formerly had refused
Negro children ~from their institutions for foster care are
now accepting children regard~less of race, creed or color, so
they have informed Welfare
Commissioner Phatigan,

They are the Brooklyn Home
for Children, the Lakeside

- Schogh and the Industrial School

ment
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~the.two belonging to the Ed-win Gould Foundation.

Statement from

George Friley

FLINT, Mich. ~ A resident of
Flint for 18 yea.s, A member
of the police force six years,

organized the PAL Club after~

making a study of similar organizations in Pittsburgh, Philadzlphia, New York City, Boston
and Washington, D.C. -

Member of the Chamber of
Commerce and Board of Directors of the Urban League = of
Flint. ai

If I am elecicd, I shall first
ot all become the public. servant
of all the people in the Third
Ward and will work for the betterment of the city as a whole.
I will support the Krapohl Improvement Plan to provide Flint
and my Ward with badly needed street repairs. and adequate
sewer facilities. I will urge the
continued
and School Board to _ provide
better education to Flint~s children.~

Flint sorely needs: more recreation and play area to combat
juvenile crime and the third
ward is worse off than any other
part of the city, I am committed to full development of a
more attequate city _Tecreation

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sf ote

a I will ~strive to.

make the Third Ward a ~decent.

and safe place for its citizen to
live ~in, equal in ~social respects

| to other parts of the city,

JIM CROW

Alabama Civitan
Club Rebuff.
Negro Parents

MONTGOMERY ~ ANP. ~
An invitation was extended to

Mr. and Mrs. S, W. White of
this city recently, - requesting
them to attend ~the Civilian

club sponsored World. War II
memorial to Montgomery~s war
dead. Members, apparently,
hadn~t reckoned that a _ hero~s
parents might: be colored. Resetve seats, held for. invited
families of solditrs who had
died to maintain the four freedoms, were not available for
Negroes.

Mr, White, who was. selected
to attend the memorial because

| kis~ son had paid the supreme

sacrifice as a member of the
99th Pursuit squadron, was. reiusSed a seat upon presentation.
of his invitation, In a letter to

the. Montgomery Advertiser
last week, Mr. White wrote;
~I was surprised to know

that the invitation did not include familics of Negro citizens

~who had lost sons in the war

and was depressed to meet such
unusual and.. unnecessary discrimination in a great democracy as the. United States
claims to be,~

The Advertiser~s editor, too,
was chargrined after the paper
had carried an advertisement
saying that reserved seats
would be given to families of
Monigomery~s soldier - heroes.
He veplied: _

~The experience of these Negro parents of a dead American
soldier is an unhappy~ commentary upon democracy. And
woist of all, it was an affront
so entirely unnecessary. Even
in slavery days, white owners
gave their Negroes seats in
church, In the effort to prevent
a possible explanation of the
incident, the Civitan club was
offered the privilege of present
cooperation of City.

r the

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ing ~ statement. None was forth
coming.~.ward commissionez,

Comish Candidate
Seen as Third
Ward Savior

Tne -Veteran~s * busirress men
council met last Wednesday nite
in the luxurious dining room of
Perrin~s- Mangus Barbecue
for its bi-monthly round table
discussion of the needs of the
community and the agenda were
Vet~s Housing, G. I. Loans for
Vets in business, Vocational
Guidanc2, Prospective business
men~s advice, Fraternal Spirit
among vets, tHe public~s shortmincednes of. the promises
made to him when he was in
F iley Files
riley Files

FLINT, Mich. ~ George Friley, the people~s candidate for
commissioner from the third
ward was the first candidate out
of over 37 to file petitions at
the city hall, Mr, Frileys petitions bore over one thousand

nanics. Only one hundred were |

required fcz nomination. The
daily as~ well as the bi-weekly
press gave Mr. Friley a very
creditable write-up,

Mr, Friley~s statement in filing comes as.an answer to. the

up Endorse Geo. Frile

~praytors of anxidus
{fi An this ward.-It ~shows: his depth.

a, desire to serv
of the pepple of the Third
Ward.

ducied: Resolutions were to be
sent to all Vets organizations on
these matters, The biggest surprise of the meeting was a

spontaneous discussion of the
coming election, although the
council is ~a non-political or
ganization.and composed of men
from. all wards, the committce
as a whole endorsed George
Friley for the candidate for tHird
Mr.. E,.C.
Robinson hit the keynote when
he seid ~Every Negro in Flint
has a stake in this man.~ _

The next meeting of the council is to be held next Wednesday, place is to be announced
later and all veterans in business or those anticipating on
going into business, are urged
to attend,.

Dorothy Maynor
To Sing at
Auto Jubilee:

When the Automotive Rally
holds forth at Briggs Stadium,
Detroit,. home of the World
Chempion Detroit Tigers, on
June 9th, Dorothy Maynor, soprano, will be guest soloist. Ar-}
rangements are almost completed for the celebration, which
will alSo have as a featured ar- |
tist, Lauritz Melchoir, star of
the Metropolitan Overa.

An inter-racial chorus, numbering into the thousands, will
greet the great multitude, anticipated to fill the huge stadium for the grand occasion.

Like Marian Anderson, who
was. guest artist in New York

City, at the celebration commemorating the first anniversary of - the late President

Roosevelt~s death, and the turning over the huge Hyde Park
estate as a national shrine, Dorothy Maynor, soprano, has been
Selected as gue8t artist for this
mammoth affair, Citizens of both
races are urged to turn-out in
large numbers and witness this

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jastic award,

great event, -

Outstanding Scholar

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vecords was Miss Eloise Mitchell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Claybourne -Mitchell,,Sr., of 706
E, Wellington Avenue. On May
9 at the Flint Junior College
Honols Assembly, Miss Mitchell
was admitted to the Pi Alpha
Henor Society, having maintained u ~A-B~ average during her
two years at the college.
~Miss Mitchell graduated from
Central High School in 1944
with ~high distinction~ in recognition for her high ~A.B~
scholastic record and also received an Urban League scholIn her Freshman
year at Junior College she was
admitted to the Beta. Honor Society, which admits those members of the freshman class who
attain an average of a superior
degree, Miss Mitchell has twice

Uninvited pty
Gets 60 Days

Ecorse-River Rouge, Mich.

Mrs, Connie Sabbath of 386
Beechwcod, had an_ uninvited
guest after hours on May 11.
The guest came a little bit late
and to his surprise no one was
there, so he had no alternative
but to break in. So, the police
had no alternative but. to put
him in the hcuse of correction
for 60 days, Name of the guest
is withheld because of his extreme youth. Mrs, Sabbath owns
a beauty parlor on Eden Street

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' heuring

or is not elected by the citizens
under our form: of government,
Th: citizens elect the commis~sioners and th2 commissioners
elect: the maycr. It is possible
thay had a. Negro ~been on ~the
City Commission the results
would have been the same, We
feel however that we should
have had a jhhearing and that

1... Jadward. Rodgers..: spois ~ehurch stood. awé.stricken

at Holford.

Housing Moguls
Pass Up Negro

FLINT, Mich. ~ We are sorry
to report that the Mayor failed
to include the name of a Negro~.on the newly appointed
committee, This is a
tragic situation, as it is a foregone conclusion that the Negroes
of Flint are the wrost housed of
all Flint citizens.

This is just another oxample

why we should have an aggressive and alert cclored man on

the City Commission. The may
justice would have been served.

Bethel A. M. E.
Pastor Suspends
Trustee

Held Position
~Twenty-Five Years

Phe. ~Congregation _ of Bethel

when, its pastor, the Rev. Jonathan A. Dames, at the final
~vent of morning services, Sunday, May 12, called Edward S,
Rodgers, Bethel AME trusiee,
for more than 25 years, to the
stand, and there read a Suspension order to him, it is reported,

It is further reported that the

Rev. Mr. Dames, read from the
church discipline, a _ portion
of which dealt with the

power of the minister to suspend trustees between quarterly meetings, especially when
they are interfering with regular religious activities of the
church.

The pastor then announced
the suspension of Mr. Rodgers
until.the next quarterly meet-.

See~Bethel A, M. E.~Page 3

Veterans Business Men~s Council

VETERANS BUSINESS MEN~S
COUNCIL ~ Sitting from left
to right:- Wrex Weaver, Siz, H.

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Taylor, E, T. Gantt, Wm. Hay
den, Jr.,

Wm. Hayden, Sr:;
standing from left to right:

C.

W. James, T. Terry, J, Governor, E. C. Robinson, P. Perrin,

~is understood

Minister Claims
Legion, Whites
Drafted Him

FLINT, Mich. May 13, 1946~
Special to APNS ~ An official
of the Community Civics League, the organization that is
unanimously supporting the candidacy of Mr. George Friley for
commissioner from the third
ward informed a Spokesman representative that the Rev, W. A,
Vaughn is still in the 3rd Ward
Commission race, This s one
of tiie worst double crosses that
was ever perpetrated in this
community, The Rev. Mr.
Vaughn ~was glowing in praise
of Mr, Friley when he express
~ed himeclf as being willing to

withdraw from the race in favor
of the Committee~s candidate.

A DIFFERENT STORY
NOW

The Rev. Mr. Vaughn alleges
that he is being drafved by the
Aracrican Legion and _ white
frietids. H~ was not willing to
name any of -his white friends
and since many veterans ate
members of the Community civ
ics league it is wondered how

he can make a decent showing
against: the entire Third Ward.
-Mr. Vaughn stated that he was
being sponsored by -the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, Ths proved to be: erreneows; atthe Rev..is not even
a member of the Alliance. ~~

A TOOL

The whole story is that Mr.
Vaughn is being used as a tool
by cxafty persons who do not
have the interest of the community at heart. We. shall make
every effort to find out who the
white people are who are supporting his candidacy. We will
send their names to Ripley ~Believe. It or Not,~ for it is incredible that any white people
would look to a man for leadership who has not shown any
vestige of leadership, After more
than 25 years the Rev,. Mr.
Vaughn has not been able to
establish a church capable of
taking care of himself or its
program,

It is time for the citizenry of
Flint and the ethical ministers
to repudiate Vauhn and everything that he stands: for, There
was a time fifty years ago in
the South when this type of
leadership would have been.
hailed by the white people as
the real thing. But this is a difverent age, a dfferent time and
a vastly different siiuation, This
t3 an age when all men should
stand fcr the manliness that
the age demands. Everyone
should have some investments
in real character and that includes the Rev, Mr. Vaughn,

Montreal~ Signs
Another Negro
Ball Player

Roy Partlow, Colored pitcher,
who hails from Philodelphio,
was signed Tuesday by Montreal of the International. League. While no terms of the contract has yét been announced, it
that the Colored
fire-ball ace, will get a handsome salary. +

Partlow, who is 30 years old,
is well known throughout Colored baseball -circles, Colored
managers of the all-colored leagues, are beginning to worry,
as leading Colored baseball stars
are rapidly being inducted in

Dr. W. Wrex, Jr,

professional major leagues.

First Negro ~
Priest Speaks
At Southern Univ.

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see Dentin ot

BATON ROUGE, La. May-=
Southern university baccalaureate speaker, Father Austin

native of Opelousas,

Chachere,
the fixst Negro priest ordained
in the Missionary Servants.;
bof the Most Holy Trinity. Hac~ -
calaureate services begin at 3:00
p. m., May 19, 1946,

He. was ordained to the priest
hood on February 3, 1945, at
the: National-Shrine of the Im
~| maculate Conception, Wasnitig~. an,

ton, D.. C;: and-has done graduate ~work in sociology ~at Catholic. tiniversity, While in Washington Father Chachere was engaged in juvenile work.

The priest is managing editor. of the ~Missionary Servant~,
monthly publication of a missionary congregation doing work
largely in the South, ~

Father Chachere is brother to
the late Fathér Carmen Cachere
who died in Opelousas six
months after his ordination in
Rome.

101 Seniors are listed to receive degrees.

Cong. Powell
Speaks on
Negro Hour

Congressman Adam Clayton -
Powell will speak over. radio
station WJBK on the Live Wire
Program and also at 11:45 p,
m. on the Negro Artists Hour.

Memphis NAACP
Seeks New

Members

MEMPHIS ANP A
membership drive by the docal
branch of the NAACP. added
3,703. members and $4,234 in
funds, according to an official
announcement last week ~ by
NAACP officials; who termed
the drive the most -successful
in~ the history of the local
NAACP.

In Hospital

Ecors2-River Roug2, Mich.

Mrs, Tommie Lewis has entered Henry Ford Hospital to
unlergo an operation, We do
wisa her a speedy recovery so
that sle~ll soon be home again
with her husband, children,and
her mother, Mrs. Mary Jane
Tomas, who has come ~from
Camphill, Alabama to be~-with

Mrs Lewis during her illness.