Flint Spokesman [Volume: 1, Issue: 14]

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Gene Boland

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Having only four losses charged
to. him in 35 professional fights,
Ryan, who is half. Irish~ and
Polish, has: beaten such out_ Standing middleweights as Joe
Curcia, Jimmy McDaniels, Cat
Robinson, Pat Giordano, Johnny.Taylor and Joe Blackwood, _

~Cussens switch to the middle~ weights may hold real significance for Flint fans as it has
been known for some time he
has been seriously considering
using- Benny McCombs on an
eafly card. It is quite possible
Cussans may attempt to bring

Cazes Reject |
Plan for.
New School

ECORSE, Mich. ~ The Tenant~s. Association, headed by
-Mrs, Donna Kolb and other cit_izens.rejected. plans ssubmitted
by the Superintendent of 5
Ecorse wmuitrs system.

It was cited to the Suberin.
tenient that there was 10 necessit: ~of extra. expensé-to the faxpayer's of Ecorse for a new
School if the present - space - in
the Ecorse High School was

the winner of this fight ~agains!
Flint~s~ hard hitting Benny on
a later card.

As yet, Cussans has not completed his supporting ~card fo:
the show, It is known he is
looking with. favor on two o1
~three local boys who have been
winning regularly.

Oue of the boys who has gain.
ed much favor with local fans
is Johnny Ross, A cut lip forc-.:
ed Johnny to withdraw - from
the June 14 card after he had
been elevated td the smi-fiinal

Position against Joey Fox of Detroit,

~I certainly was sorry to sec

Johnay forced off the card thru
-a cut suffered in training, John-|

ny is a fine fellow and a fighte
I expect to see go a long ways.

As soon as he is ready to fight
again you~can be certain I will
have a place on the card for

him.

Another boy, tnd has been
"roepoegocroeseeloeee too tent Mein sPefoegoe cen~ et
Phone 5. 3082, Res. Sores

THOMAS W.
RUSSELL

properly used by placing 7th
and 8th grade students at Mille
school in the High School,
where they belonged, The CIO
and government officials of the
housing project agreed with Mr.

knewn to the group. that this situation. needed a rigid investigation before. any. ~further progress was made on building a
dew school ~or using the units in
the Hycinthe Court Project,.'

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- save one extra pig per litter: and
give an earlier. pig crop, especially
in the colder sections. The broo jer
provides a warm hover for the pigs
vhen not nursing, 4

weight, who packs ~a

out Johnny Stemple,
Johnny Pugh, making his first

Flint appearance, showed prom
ise as did Henry Gilkes, Each

Oliver and others who made this.

doing exceedingly well on lo~al
cards is O, W. Branch | welterterrific
~punch, Branch made it cour | iin
a row last Friday by knocking

won their fights in four rounds.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1946

All City

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cago, Il.

~As a preacher, evangelist in
cheracter and preparation of ihe
message of salvation, Dr. Ballou.-has but few equals,~ J, M.
Nebritt, Atlanta, Ga.

~In my opinion, Dr, T. L. Ballou is the greatest evangelist in
this age, end one of the greaiest. ofall. times.~ J, H, May,
Shrveport, La. We ave sorry
that space will not permit us to
quote all of the testimonials to
Dr, Ballou, We must say, however, that since he has been in
Fint. he has literally moved
mountains, Everything that he
has put his hands to as _ succeeded. He aroused a greater
business conscious upon our people. His was the most prog:2ssive way and the one of the
most eloquent things about his
whole life was the way that
he. made peopl2 love him. One
of the best examples of this is
the almost unprecedented step
~that his parishioners took in
retiring him.~ They provided him
a Salary for life, Which could b>
ascribed vas ithe sweetest flower
that ~grows in the Garden of
Life. _ The Flower - of Appreciation.~ cde

~Funeral services will be conducted from the Quinn Chapel
AME Church on east Seventh
Street, Monday, June 24th, 1946
at 1 o~clock with the Rev. Todd,
President. of the Michigan Stais
Convention officiating,

DR, JOHN W. MOORE

' Without a: doubt, Dr. Moore
was the first Negro to engage
in the practice of medicine in
Flint. He came here during the
~Flu~ epidemic in 1918, He
made a very creditable record
during those trying days, If we
were to try to give a history of
Dr. Moore~s professional life we

Negro practicioners effort every~where, in his endeavor to advance his people, Fight down
superstitions and.phobias. As a
civic leader he materially raised
the standards of his people. The
eulture of the community was
greatly enhanced by his efforts,

Mason, member of~ the Negro
Resreational Board Sportsman~s
Club, Vehicle Lodge No. 1056
IBPOE of W., Genesee County
Medical Aséociation, vice président and founder of the Urban
League of Flint and a form2r
member of its Board. One of the
organizers and toucders of the
Hackley Dunbar Fine Arts Club
and in connection with the masons, Dr, Moore is ~the Pasi
Granc: Master for the State of
Michigan. The Spokesman joins

with the family in mourning his
loss.
Dr, Moore is sutvivéd by ~his
Mrs, Mable Moore Mr.
Wesely Moore, sons, Miss Elizabeth Moore, daughter, Richard
A, Moore, brother, and Mr, Joseph Pelham, nephew. Al] of
Flint, Mrs. Beatrice Williams,
sister, of Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs,
Fanny Rastas ~ Sister of Baltimore, Md. The funeral ites
were handled by Robinson and
Chandler which were held
Thursday at Quinn Chapel AME
Church with Rev, Crider offi.
ciating.

| James~ Bacon,

~Detroit Citizen,

Dies Suddenly

Mr, James B, Bacon, y 6021
Hazlett Street,. passed away
Monday, June 17. His death was
a shock, to the cntire commun.
ity and to his. many friends,
relatives, and business associ
Leaving home ior work Mon
best of health Mr, Bacon was
suddenly strickened at about
6:00 p. m, and was. rushed te
the Receiving hospital, where he
~succumbed from his illness at
11.20 p. m.

Mr, Bacon had been a resident

Since taking up
residence here, Mr. Bacop, to-.

would liken it to the life of the

Dr, Moore was a 33rd degree:

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Painters and Paperhangers
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of is business transactions | has
become a substantial citizen of
~the Motor C: Ly,

Both Mr, and Mrs, hicin in.
vested heavily in the Atlas Pow-|
er Co-Operative, a growing con| eet, Mrs. Bacon having lead in|

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whole mezeting was the Ac<sociation~s Oratorical~ Contest, which
was held at the Canaan Baptis
Church. Taere were five coniestants, who really brought laurels
to their lodges and temples
Their subject was: ~The Negro
and the Constitution.~ They d
ehiess eloquence. Their thmes
were developed to both educational and instructive. This

program was witnessed by the
very cream of the Antled Herd
as well as Flint~s intelligensia,
~Too much praiSe cannot be given to the fine local committee
who worked so~hard and. faiihful to make this the best con.
vention held thus far, The.comMiitee that worked so faithful
to make this ~ contest such- a
grand success was composed of:
Bro. ~Benjamin. ~F: James,
Chairman; Dt, Era Bibbs_ Vice
Chmn., Emma, Woodson, Secre~~
tary, Odell Wilson, Treas,.Di,
Gussie Palmer and Bro. Charles
Carmicheal.. Thre parade on Sunday was
the very heighth. of pageantry
and originality. Graceful ~weav| ing drum majorettes | staid dig
ing, spirited horses, lustily playing bands, good music and the
warm vuverflowing cordiality of
the grandest people in the world.
~We saw the local as well as the
state great and the near grea~s,
marching together this is what
the parade was all about only
we do not have the words to
express it as it was. The state
officers were loud in their praise
of host lodge and temple, They
are looking forward ~o some future date when they can come
back to Flint, We will give you
the names of the winners of the
Oratorical Contest,

for the business concern.

Poth Mr. and Mrs, Bacon vacationed in Florida recently, returning looking the piciure. ef
health, and the sudden death of
Mr, Bacon was indeed a shock

to his many friends, Mr. Bacon
was big-hearted, amiable, and a
likeable fellow, and will be
greatly missed among Atlas
Power members and others of
his friends. i;

Hi was a netnbes of. New
-Light Baptist church, the Rev:
A. M, Martin, pesto: Funeral

arra go'nenis in era:ive of James

Flint Elks ~ |

livered themselves~with a mat-|. nified matronly elegance, pranc
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ies~ -Union and taught in the
Surday School; she headed ~the
Young People~s groups in the
Second Baptist Church in Leroy, N. Y., where her husband,
the Rev, R. R, Turpin was pastor for more than. 13 years,
Mrs. ~Turpin will speak on the
subject, ~Its Up to the Women.~
The 3:00 speaker will be Mrs,
Rosa L, Kimp a member of the
church. Mrs, Kimp is a graduate of the. National Trades. College in Washington, D, C. and
completed her missionary training at. the Missionary Training
School of Chicago. Before coming to Flint she was a member
of ihe Hartford Baptist Chuzch
in Detroit whére she was the
sunderintendent of the Sunday
School, for seven years, and
served as church stenographer
and director of dramatics of the
-church, Mrs,.-R. L. Kimp: is
president of the Baptist Missionary Terriorial Union. of Flint,
the former secretary of the Wolverine State Convention. She is
Lvic2 president of the senior
chuir of Mt.
Kimp will speak from: the subject, ~These Changing Hours
When All Women Should Aid
the Cause of Our God,~~

The evening service at 7:30
p. m,; has scheduled a chorus of
women.of the..che'r to appear
in a fest of gospel songs. under
the direction of the organist
Mrs, E. C. Tobinson, W. C.
Ross is leader of the women.
You are cordially invited to attend the services

Supreme Court

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Actually, the, court will hear
arguments in the new term next
October on the plea of Francis
that he should not be placed in
jeopardy of his life a second
time for the second. offense,

The plea said this would be
cruel and unusual punishment.
The supreme court has issued.a
stay of execution which will remain in effect until it rules final.
lv on the case.

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RIVER ROUGE, Mich.~APNS.
River Rouge was seized by a
twisting, suckled phenomena,
fiction-like in style, which hurled
disastrously every living and
material obstacle found in its
way, Starting south-west of Detrot near Fort Street in River
Rouge, hundreds were injured,
and fifteen or more persons killd; as'the voltiae; traveling at the
rate of more than ten miles a
minute left a trail long to be
remembered.

More than a million dollar
property damage has been reported, Homes were shackled beyond repair | trecs were uprooted,
and floods threatened afver more
than a month~s quota of rain fell
in-the vicinity of Detroit and
sudurban Windsor, Canada.

A campaign to -aise funds for
relief of tornado victims has
been reported completed, The
Red Cross will provide new
homes whereever there is a definite need. Although te:ephone
cables were destroyed and light
power disrupted, today it has
been restored to almost normal,
U, S. Weather Bureau officials

Tornado Strikes River
Rouge; Many Dead

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will be hostess tothe Women~s
| Progressive Club on Wednesday.

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The. Civic Club will-hold its

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aid to -Windsor,. Canada,

Mrs. Idella Thomas is Konid
from ~the hospital with her twoweek- old baby.
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Romulus High School students enjoyed their. -ypicnic at
|Walled Lake fast ~ Tuesday.
There were thrilling rides and
plenty of excitement.

where the tornady climaxed, has
been establisaed and dvnations
have been pcuring im, An_appeal by Windsm: Mayor Arthur
J. Reaume for funds brought an
immediate~ response of ~ more
than $4,000 already,

Reports. of looting in the Riv
er area

stated the tornado was the wolst
to hit Michigan in- decade,
and believed it wis generated
_by the surface heat and unstabl.
ed air movemerits ~caused by
thurder storms and ~certain
moistures,~ A Texan, piloting his
plane, received: a bird~s eye view
of the funnel-like shaped whirl.
wind and described~ it as being
the worst tornedo he had ever
seen. He further stated his remembering numerous _ tornados
hit~ing Texas throughout his
years but could not remember
on quite as ~bad as the tornado
that swept its form into shape in
south-west Detroit and raveled
notth to Windsor,

The relief work in River
Rouge,was being co-ordinated
under the direction of Kirby
Wilson Jr., Chairmen of the
| River Rouge branch of the Detro~ Chapte- of the Fed Cross,
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Champion
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stead of the 13th,
BOTH FIGHTERS
CAUTIOUS ~
In the first round, both fight
struck a solid blow. But in the
second, when the champion
came boring in, Billy Conn took
to his well-oiled bicycle, and
whet a race, But Champion
Joz kept coming in, with his
trusty right always cocked, and
ready to land the ~knockout

Conn twice slipped to* the can.
vass, but Gentleman Joe would
step back and allow the challenger to rise on both occaSions, as is always the custom
of the champ,

Rouse kep. Michigan
State Troops at the scene continuously, and to dite no ar
rests have been made. The total of injured in the st.ver Rouge
area was placed at 5, several of
whom aré stilt in tie~ hospitals:

News Out
Romulus Way _

Gerald Vaughn and Vieuten:~
ant Campbell are graduates of
the Romulus High School -this
year.

of luck along life's journey.
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Miss: Madeline Bell has returned -home for the summer.
Miss Bell is a student at Wilberforce Unibersity. Miss Hill,
a fellow student and a native
of West~ Virginia, -is ~visiting
with Miss Bell..
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_Miss Harriet Hood~ of Romulus will soon complete her
course as a hat stylist. We
wish her lots of luck m this interesting profession and we
hope that the local folk wiil

We're wishing them lots |.

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Mr.~ Sewell and~ family will

spend their vacation in Missou
ri. They will have 2 a wonder
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On the fifth ~Saday the
Mother's Boatd of the ~First
Baptist Church, Romulus, will
sponsor a musical program.
which is to be rendered by the
Inkster Harmonizers. Th ~

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{public is. invited to attend this

great event. Mother Brown is
president of the board.

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without any metal equipment except
the cutting edge of a drill. They are
using and have used; for. h

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