Flint Spokesman [Volume: 1, Issue: 44]

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~Hitting The O55 Spots With The Count - ae

~~> Let the good times roll would be a good starting for this
week~ s column and this week we find the Royal Gardens heading the nite life for Flint with the starting of weekly week-end
dances at popular prices, allowing for the many activities hap- |
pening last week-end, the Royal Gardens played host to a 100
or-more dancers out for a good time, which j am sure every one
_ had dancing to the swaying rhythm of the ever-popular band
of Clifford Dent's ~~Sinatra~~ John Williams as guest vocalist.

The affair was a sweater and skirt swirl with many girls,
loa@king very chic and spry in their appropriate attire, outstanding wkirt and sweaters were worn by petite Dorothy Williams,
lovely Sarah Jackson, charming Evelyn White, Spokesman secretary, and many other debs and playgirls from ial] parts of
the city. Celebrities were too many to mention but to name
a few of the business men and playboys present, we find Mr.
Wesley ~~Baby~~ Fields of the ever-growing famous Fields BarB-Que Palace out keeping some of the many dollars he has, in
cireulation; also we saw two of Flint's outstanding barbers,
l~attles and Mack of Mack~s Barber Shop, and of course there
wére plenty of playboys present. To name a few, there was
Paxton Davis. blinding the. patrons with his flashy diamonds;
Jimjmy Conner, playing hard to get; Leroy McMillan, playing
cool; end many others.

~ This week the Royal Gardens is having a Sadie Hawkins
~Day Dance at which time.the girls are to escort the boys to the
dance and also ask them to dance instead of the boys asking
them to dance. So don~t miss the treat of the week, and of
course the first ten ladies both Saturday and Sunday, will be
admitted free of charge.

" Shering equal honors in the leading of the night spots in
our city is the ever-famous Flora Lee Lounge who is now fea-. turing the popular bard of Eddie Woods 4nd his swing trio,

~whom played to a packed house both Saturday and: Sunday!

evening. Seen dancing were Estelle Hill, Jerry Jackson, Rob-|
~ett Robbins, Bill Dones, Virginia Todd, Sammy Williams,
_,Georgia Wickware, Julia Todd, Peggy Hobson. Jean Adams,
Eilen Jane Williams, Maureen Campbell, Mamie T. Wright,
Righard Harris. Quinbe Rosemond, Jerry Howard and Robert
Campbell. who are both home on furlough from the army.
Weldon Caldwell from Lansing, Hilton and Anita Thompson, Pete Johnson, Betty Lou end Jessie Thomas, James Buck
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ner, Buster Garland ahd many, many others.

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about ~ ~Mardi Gras~~ which will be held February 8. For more
th~s affair watch your Flint Spokesman each week
Fitkets are on sale now at $1.00 and only 100 tickets will be
sold. Get yours now and at the same time reserve your table
for the affair at the lounge. *~You won't want to miss the
~Mardi Gras~ the first ever in Flint.
Harold~~s Grill, widely known throughout the city for its
excellent food is still doing. a rush business every night with
celebrities by the hundreds, crowding and ~anxiously awaiting
their turns and the tasty dishes and efficient service of Harold's
genial courteous staff.
It seems tah everyone here of lately: that likes Bar-B-Que
and want nothing but the best will eventually wind up at the
Fields Bar-B-Que Palace for at all hours of the night you will
find more and more Bar-B-Que lovers i at this popular
eatery.
The M & B Confectionary is enjoying ~a rush season on
their complete lines of cosmetics and patent medicines at popular prices, and of course a most complete dairy bar excelling
in malts and sundaes ~and those much talked about super-duper
banana splits.
~Hey~ Mister, do you want a shine? Well. now, if you do,
i know the place to go and that is the Esquire Shine Parlor ~and
Branches Shine Parlor for the best in town, see you there old
man,
Attention, all you business men, Do you have bookkeeping
troubles? Why not give all your grief to the Russell's Bookkeeping Agency, located in the CIO Building.
Attention all ladies and gentlemen, ~STOP and THINK
~ btfore you buy that birthday or wedding gift, or for any other
occasion for that matter. The Deluxe Gift and Record Shoppe

is equ~pped to handle all of your gift problems, with expert
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~We Are in Majority,~ Rev. Marshall
Shepard Tells Audience

By Conra Clark bia lodge of Elks. AccompanyWASEINGTON ~ ANP stg his was his deputy recorder
More than 300 Elks and their }of deeds, Oliver Thornton, a
guests heard the Rev. Dr. Mar-| past exalted ruler of~ Elks in
shall L. Shepard, recorder of St. Louis.
iat oe grieegnse = gene Dr. Shepard told his listeners
such things-as a master white that we are now living in a
race today, as the majority of great age, an age~ of great rethe people in today~s world are sponsibilities and tasks, and that
Gélored pecple; aud we're mem: this was not 1947, but instead,
- bers of a*great majority.~~ a in BPE Tet Beet tere:
shima.

The recorder was the princi-:
~pal speaker at the.semi-annual He further ae that~ re
installation. oi officers of Colum- were only two ~great: trations; the
nae). United States and Russia, and
that during the past. war, colored people saw white people run
and die, and the white people
are not in the majority, ~~they
are just running around ir other people~s shoes.~~

Continuing he said that the
United States was No. 1,. while
Russia was No. 2, and that he
hoped his nation would always
be No. 1, but he was not so
sure, me me

~The leading nation will be
the one that will get the.allegiance of the majority of the people, here in America and. elsewhere and strange as it may
seem, Russia is being looked to
by the vast majority of people
~that has been disfranchised, for
leadership,~ he further states.

Teicher Weds
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RICHMOND:~ ANP --- Miss

The Flora Lea Lounge will feature every week-end dances| turned to Monroe and were
and the most promising affair for the future is the much talked |closing the government's case

pians. Joining the marirfes, he

MONROE, GA. LYNCH
WITNESS BEATING

~MONROE, Ga. ~ANP~ Jam- Monroe Recorder~s court was
es and Tom Vernor, white broth. | the first definite move by city,
ers accused of the January 1,,county or state. Officials on
beating of Golden Lamar How- | 'charges following the mass
ard in an attempt. to knock out | lynchings on the barks of the
of him what he told ~the Athens | Oconee river July 25, 1946.
federal grand jury probing the | According to FBi agents who
Walton county lynchimgs, last made the arrest. James Verner
week. were bound over to bt Raia admitted beating Howard
Walton grand jury under $500 | but claimed he did it to settle
bonds., ~an old personal grudge. This

The Verners, who the week; was seen as an attempt to espreviously were placed under|cape the severe penalty which
$10,000 bonds growing out.of| would be applicable to the
Howard's charges, were bound | case.:
over from Monroe City court on The Georgia Citizens~ commitan accusation of assault and bat-| tee, evidencing concern over the

tery. Recorder Jerry Fields held| Howard beating, held a mass
the hearing and ordered the men, meeting last week, authorizing

bound over. The beating is al-| the sending of telegrams to U.
leged to have taken place at!S. Attorney General Tom Clark,
the Monroe municipal ice plant/urging that the Vetners be
on New Year's day. brought to a speedy trial..

The Waltor grand jury meet The message to Mr. Clark

~true~~ bills of indictment,
term of the circuit court. telegram was as follows:
Federal Breau of Investiga- |

ee hee eres tion by FBI in arresting Jame.

against the Vernor brothers.
Young Howsrd continued to
show improvement at: an Atlarfta hospital where he was
rushed by the Georgia Citizens
Defense committee January 2.
The Verners had been _~ar
by Dist. Atty. Cowart.

Golderr Lamar Howard because! of the court.~

to injure him.
Last week~s action by the | tion.

~We commend swiftness of ac
and Tom.,Verner. for _ brutal
beating ~of Lamar Howard in
connection with testimony latter gave, relative to last July
quadruple Monroe lynching. We
also commend vigorous action

~However, considering gravity
rigned. before U. S. Commission- | of charges and welfare of other
er Jake P. Middlebrooks, in| colored witnesses, we _ respectAthens. Arrested at the direc-| fully urge ordering of immediate
tion of U. S. Atty. John P.| grand jury action on the charges
Cowart, of the Middle Georgia | against Verners. We also sugdistrict, the Verners are alleged| gest the possibility of transferto have unlawfully injured| ring the case to arfother division

of his having testified before ~a Contributions to the commitfederal jury and of conspiring tee from every section of the
state and many parts of the na
Harold Dade Beats Ortiz

The new world~s bantamweight | last January.

Manuel Ortiz of El Centro,!out of 22 bouts.

here last Monday night.

imous decision of the judges and | pionship."~
Referee Billie Burke. The fight
drew 10,000 spectators and had

a Ete gate of $21,051.20. ambitious boy: Graduating from
The new champ~s career be-| Wendell Phillips high school,
gan when he was 14 years old.|Chicago, she said he peddled
The son of Mr. and Mrs? Rob- | papers to earn his own spending
ert A. Dade of Chicago, he | money.
joined the CYO health club,
and two years later began his
amateur career as or the Corpus Christi Parish team.
According to Lou Radzienda
CYO athletic director, Dade lost ~
his first siy bouts, but is 1939 Swsien of Lavcate.
took the CYO flyweight cham-| ne swarm of locusts, seen cross
pionship, successfully defended | ing the Red sea in 1889, was so large
it in ~40 and also copped Gold-| that it covered an area of 2,000
den Gloves championship. square miles. Another huge locust
War interrupted his boxing | ~~4~~ is reported to have traveled

all the way from the west coast of
Africa to England.

Dade has nevr appeared professionally in Chicago. Ortiz will
get a return match within 90
days.

served three years in the Paci
Virginia Union university, and Wis., invented the first > practical

erars Administration facility,| Carlos Glidden and Samuel W.

Invented Typewriter
World War II, is a graduate of| _ Three residents of Milwaukee,

typewriter in 1867. The inventors

currently employed at the Vet-| were Christopher Latham Sholes,

McGuire~s Va. Soulé.

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Something New and Different in Flint
J. Raymond, Prop.

Lillian Constance Sully, a teach
= ~~

er in Douglass High ~ school,
Leesburg, Va., became the wife
~of Charles D. Branch, Jr., in a
double-ring Christmas holiday
wedding here last Sunday. The
Rev. W. L. Ransom, pastor of::.: -. First Baptist church, South
David and Harry Rott dba Richmond, conducted the cere
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-~Becomes New Bantamweight Champ

SAN FRANCISCO ~ANP ~'tic theatre, and was discharged

boxing champion is Harold Turning professional. he came
Dade, 23-year-old former CYO|to the west coast, where banboxer of Chicago, who success-|tamweights are popular, and
fully wrested the decisiorr from | chalked up a record of 21 wins

Cal., in a 15-round title match! His parents, four sisters and
two brothers are elated over his
Dade. entered the ring as~ an j|success. Said Mrs, Dade, ~We
8 to 1 unde:dog, put by steal-|are very happy arfd proud that
ing Ortiz~ infighting thunder, | Harold has realize his ambition
came out or top with the~ unan- | to win the bantamweight cham
Briefly she recalled that he
had always been a good and

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MINEOLA, N. Y. ~ ANP ~
Negroes have not served on a
~| Nassau County Grand jury m
approximately 10 years, but
Judge L. Barren Hill dces not
scem to think that is proof of
ciscrimination.

The inagistrate came out ~ ao
tris opinion in county court here
recenliv upor explaining his ral
~mg to deny a motion to disniiss

a second-degree aqssault indictment ~gainst a lay preacher accused of assaulting two policvmen in Rockville Centre last
June. The. preacher was Wi'liom J. Dessaure, of Fre2port.
L:. i}:

Dessaure~s atterney, Starily
Faulkner of Great. Neck, L. I.
had moved for a dismissal of the
indictment on the grounds thai
Negroes were ~systematically ani

| excluded~~ from the jury which

had returned the true bill.
He contended that no Negroes have ever served on. grand

Lack of Niseabs on s Candies haies
Not Proof of Bias, Says Judge

juries, while Assistant D: strict
Attorrey Philip Huntington argued that none had served in
that capacity since 1938, but
that they had served as trial
jurors.

Settling the ~dispute, Judge
Hill ~said, ~Certainly it could
not be said to be a systematic
and intentional exclusion of
blacks where there is nothing to
show ary discrimination except
the fact that over a pericd of
10 years ~or so, no Negro has
been selected for a grand jury,
particularly in light of the t*s
od of preparation of the grcna
jury list, which is selected by
the commissioner and the five
judges.~~

An appeal of this ruling will
be carried ~if mecessary to the
supreme court~~ said Atty. Faulk

ner.

next on the third Monday in| commended the swift arrest of | Two Fold Party
February according to Sheriff | the Verner brothrs and was
Gordon. Trial of the brothers;signed by Dr. William Holmes
should the grand jury muon es wamnereiin pastor of Wheat ~Street

| Baptist church and chairman of
would come in the subsequent | the Citizens committee. The

~At FICC

The FICC was the scene of a

elaborate two fold party given
by the Metropolitan Sr. Choir.
The party was the choir~s annual Christmas party and also
a kitchen shower given in hono? of Mr. and Mrs. Roscie Hill
~recent newly weds. The group
exchanged gifts among théir
secret pals within the choir, and
the Hills were the recipients of
many lovely and usefully gifts
with everyorre having a lovely
time. Among those present were
Mrs. F. McGee, Mrs. G. Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Banks,
Mr. and Mrs L. Fleming, Mrs.
E Dorn. Mrs C -Allen,. Mr. H.
Roberts, Mr. Wm. Hoskins, Mr.
and Mrs. M. Haywoods, Mrs. -T.
Williams, Mr D Bell, Mr R.
Scott, Mrs. Clack, Mrs. C. Harris, Rev. and Mrs. E. J. Timmons, Mr and Mrs A. Fleming,
Mrs Mary Rivers, Mrs. V. Martin, Mrs. O. Broadway, Mrs.
Turner, Mrs. Canary Jackson,
Mrs. D. McBride, Mrs. G. Washington, Mrs A. McNeal, Miss R.

-Proctor, Mr. and Mrs O. Staf
ford, Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Hill,
Mr. R. Coney, Mr. F. Clayton,
Mr M. Harper. Refreshmests
were served and an enjoyable
time was had by all,

The Just Us Bridge Club held
their initial meeting for the ~47
year at which time the re-election of officers who were as
follows: Mrs. E, Coleman, Pres.;
Mrs. G. Lott, Vice President;
Mrs. R. Hill. Sec~y.; Mrs. M.
Barton, Treas, and Mrs. Ola
Hughes Smith, Floral Treas.
Many plans were made for the
coming year. The meeting was
held at the home of Mrs. Ola
Hughes of Kennelworth St.

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~Wings Over Jordan~
To Give
Monthly Scholarships

NEW YORK ~ ANP~"~Wings
Over Jordan~~ inaugurated a series of monthly _ scholarship
awards when the program started its 10th year on CBS, Sunday morrting, January 12, Rev.
Glynn T..Settle, founder and
director of the group, presented
the award. Succeeding -winners
will be announced each month.

The purpose of the a~vard is
to foster interest in preservirtg

is also carried out with spectacular success by the ~~Wings~~
choral group. High school students in principal cities will
compete on a local basis, writing essays on the subject, ~~~Why
the Negro Spirituals Should Be
Preserved."* A committee of religious, civil and educational
leaders will choose the monthly
wirners from among the best
essays forwarded from each city.

Winners - will be allowed to
apply their scholarships to any
school they choose.

The ~Wings Over Jordan~

CBS. The choir now spends the
greater part of its time touring
the country and last year completed~ an extended USO tour
overseas. James Lewis. Elkins
directs and the program is un
the Rev. Glynn T. Settle.

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DE JAN. 17. I | N ES

Death in~ the -

timony of. the commission of |
jurors giving in detail the meth- |,

highest court
was made ~here last ween by ad th ~and thorough investigathe lawyer for Chatles Trudell/tion arid.consideration of this
the convicted |-ease Trudel land Lewis are not,
youths, following a refusal by|in my opimion, Sia to sagt
Gov. Fielding L. Wright. ta! er. clemengy.~,.

commute their death sentences
to life imprisonment, Z i toutes ib ie Feo

Beside expressing the ~hope~ ~frome @erBain fs in*th

of such a legal maneuver may
save the lives of the teenage, Atty. Walter D. Coleman,
| their lawyet,. Sapeceied Jdropigale ~ff

and James Lewis,

Sqn Zbaoks. in the ~electrie |, é
chair, like children at a dimmer
table, so that their Heads might Prosecu ut ane a 8
reach the lethal cap ~~and pro- ELIZABET

pised that the books include the} One"of tre tivo, men. 4p

Bible and the constitution so probatiorral appointmen ts as
that. with one current of elec-| Special! investigatérs~ 46~ Bhionof Mississippi County Prosecuior Edward

ine Mien re hnis~s ~Staff Le John
an destro qagencousy i S ~thé sRev.
Meuenitas ia * |S Tata) of Plaintifid] N. 3, it
JUDGE NEGROES

Remarks msde by Governor
visiting Trudell | Baltimore,
called | Baptist. minister, af; 19233. Ha i3~

2" 'attitudé| well~ known among,,. Negra aesior the case has been:~iticized in} dents throughout the co

the basis of his anti-Negro pre~

Negro spirituals, a function that |
Mississippi~ $ courts

trated hatred ~between
males~ and Negro~ males:.

Not until Negroes have equal WE. SPECIALIZE. IN: FRESH
represcntation in the courts and
enforcement
can Negroes here expect
ty before the courts and fair
treatment by police authorities, Bus. Ph. 9-1021.~. Delivery
they contend.

The boys ~talked freely con
choir. has~ become one of the]
most outstanding singing groups
in America in the nine years. all
since it began broadcasting over

SUPREME COU

INTERVENES

JACKSON, Miss. ~ANP: 10) beitniig their Vitious @ eine,~ rechai? | ported Governor Wright?!Which
awaits two 15-year old Negro | they) canningly planned and de-:
boys,convicted for the slaying | liberately meer ge with;

of a Wilkinson county white man | as fully evelsped

last February on January J Sie belies agit phar

unless the U.~S: oe cour

and mature as

b * Phair convi ~ sentence.

Was: sgevieweds ~ mn ed by

A threat to tatie; nd ~case to o supreme cour ississipland "Wright continued. ~After a

tric cair ~on January 17, Atty.
~Coleman said.

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~Saturday.

Rev. Tate, a graduate of Northern Theological seminary, of
was ordained as a

ntry.
The appointment is for three

many consider | months jon a pala of $2,500
rénders, him and - other. unt yearly?

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