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THE FLINT

~We Tell the Truth~

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FLINT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1947:

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| STATE. CONFERENCE

Mr. Prince Drewry, President
of the Mt. Clemens Branch of
the NAACP and the host for

| the mid-session of the Michigan

State Conference of Branches,
LA in a conference with
Dr. J. L. Leach of Flint, Michigan, President of the Michigan
State Conference of Branches,
announced that the plans are
completed for one of the grea~est sessions
the Michigan State Conference

+. of Branches.

The Executive Board which
consists of all local branch
Presidents will convene at 9.00
a. m. at Mt. Clemens, Michig in,
Saturday, June 2], 1947, and
will continue in session: until
be served
from 12:00 to 12:30 and the duly elected delegates will convene at 2:00 p. m. sharp: to dispose of the vital business of tke
warded ni 1947 to the Branch

| State Conference.;

President Leach ~ announces

' his plan for a trophy to be a
making the greatest increase in
membership and the greatest
contribution to the State Corference..Also plans will be

perfected for conducting a Popularity Contest for the remaining part of the year among ithe
teen-agers. This contest is to te
state-wide and the winner will
receive a valuable prize at the
Annual a in peniember.

throughout the pe Hie An official pieture will be made cn
the State Officers and Delegates
on Saturday, and another picture: of the mass rio on
Sunday.

~Special emphasis will be placed on Youth Activities with Mr:
Ernest Waits and Miss Bettie
Stephens of Cincinnati, Ohio,
outstanding young ~ people of
- the Ohio Conference, address_ing the~ ~Youth Councik They
will also speak at the ~Sunday
~mass meeting | which will kesin at ~2:00.. ~p. jm. sharp.

Strong resolutions: regarding
the. ~pending ~ Anti-Lynch Bill

~ sill, be presented to the House

| Admission $1.00

of Delegates on Saturday and
to the muss meeting on Sunday. Senator ~Homer. Ferguson
Gs the Chairman of the Jud:ciary Committee in charge
~of the Anti-Lynch bill in the
~Senate and Congressman Earl
Michener of the Second Listrict is in charge of the House
bill in the house of~ Representatives.~ ~Every effort~ will ~be
amade to induce these officials

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~Comimunity~ Aidettes

Presents Flint~s
te Greatest
Minot Show

SUNDAY, JUNE 15th
Royal Garden Club
Eddie Woods & ~Band

at ey
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in the history of}

conduct hearings on these bills
before the adjournment of Com
gress.

President, Dr. J. L. Leach,
promises to reply to the charge
of communism on the part of
the Michigan NAACP and to
answer the critics of the N. A.
A. ~. PB. program.

Dr. R. C. Riddle, Director
of the Michigan drive for her
quota of 35,000 members,. will
be present and address the conference.

Since the adoption. of the
Constitution, local Branches are}
directed to forward to the Natonal Offices $.55 per member
instead of the former $.50 per

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Bike Parade

and Safety
rogram June 20

Under the auspices of the ~
John St. Center a Grand ae
parade and safety program is
to take place on the 20th June
at 7:00 o~clock. The youngster
selling the largest amount of
tickets gets a~free bike. Many
other prizes will be given away.. Proceeds from the event
will be used to purchase playground equipment. The public
is cordially invited to attend.

Si hicks ae ~

Leading the baby contest this
week we find Gilda Stalworth
in the lead, followed by Billy
Ray Blair, Michael Pea, Luella
Bell, Leola Kilge, Gwendelyn
Massty, Raymond M. Robinson.
Help the baby of your choice
to win. Contest closes on the

lith of July.

HONORED NATIONALLY
Wilbert Bailey, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin.. Green,.. 822
Parkland St., was selected from
3000 students comprised of 34
States. and -several.. Canadian
provinces to win one of the
first three awards for her excellence in bookkeeping and accounting. Miss Bailey is a graduate of Northern High School
and plans to attend college in
the fall. As yet Miss Bailey is
undecided as to which college
she will attend to further her
knowledge in her chosen pro
fession of bookkeeping ani ac- |

counting.

Special Announcement
To Art Cleaners

Customers

Notice to all customers of the |

Se Reet

~ments that are from. Thirty.
Days: to- One year old. Please
come in and call for them at
once, or they will be sold for
cleaning charges beginning
Monday, June 16, 1947. Lack of
storage space has forced us to
take this action. Thanking you
in advance forsyour cooperateh: =;

THE ART CLEANERS.

NOTED DRAMATIST leaves,
for vacation ~ Mrs. Rosa L. }
Kimp, talented and accomplisned dramatist departed from our
midst this week for a three
week vacation at which she

will trave] to many states thru
out the he west, visiting in Juarze

le tee ee ee RR SNR sentietcy upiemnmnmtiings ne

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0. Mexico, Los Angeles, Oakland and via plane te Pasadena, California, on her return
She will visit in Alaska, Nova
Scotia and Colorado Springs.
Colorado. We feel sure that
Mrs. Kimp will have a delightful trip.

~Cleaners. ~whe shave gare

A minimum of 600 blood donors in Genesee County is being)
recruited this week by the
Genesee Red Cross Chapter for
participation in the local civilian blood donor collection to ke
held in Flint, June 16 to 21.

All donated blood will he
processed into plasma -by laboratories of the Michigan Department of Health. Plasma
will be distributed through hospitais and local physicians for
the treatment of burns, accidents, and post-childbirth or
post surgical shock.

All Genesee County men and

BEAUTY CONTESTANT~Ann
Pratt, pretty petite daughter of

contest sponsored by the A. V.
C. ~(American Veterans Committee along with 32 other contestants in an interracial beauty contest of all races represented, Miss Pratt was among
the final ten in the contest of
which a Negro girl from Chicago was chosen queen. The a
| bove picture of Miss Pratt is
| scheduled to appear

onthe
front cover of the September
issue of the Negro Readers Digest. Miss Prat is now employed
as a secretary for the Supreme
Liberty Life Insurance Co........

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Presents Dance

The Reserve Teenage Marching Unit under the supervision
of Mrs. Dorothy Talbert are
sponsoring a Hanky and Tie
Dance at the FICC on the ~8th
of June~ from 7:30 p. m, to 11
o~clock p. m. Adm. 40c. Everyone cordially invited to attend.

Srackins Opens
"xclusive Eatery

A newcomer into our busines
world is the modern newly

4 opened eatery named Cafe Te

Grenada, located at 4211 Selby
St.,. which celebrated their official grand opening last Friday.
The Eatery will feature delicious home cooked meals and
-complete. fountain. service and
hamburgers and hotdogs. Hours
for business will be from 9:C0
a. m. til 12:00 p. m. Lovely
Miss Jewell Brackins is the
Manager of this new eatery and
her father Cornelius Brackins
is the proprietor. Drop.out and
pass your approval on the newest addition to the ~ business
world of our fair city. Flint
Spokesman ~ congratulate the
Cafe De Granada and wishes
them much success in their un
| dertaking.

600 BLOOD
DONORS NEEDED

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Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland ~Pratt
~, formerly | of Flint,
cently competed in a beauty

women between the ages of 18
and 50 who are in good health
are being urged to register immediately to obtain appointments at the time most convenient to them. ~~_:

Dr. J. E. Livesay, Flint,
Chairman of the civilian blocd
donor committee, pointed out
today that the civilian clinic to
be held here is. ~a logical. outgrowth~ of the Red Cross experience in collecting 13,250,000: pints of civilian blood for
-lasma. during the war.

~It is keeping with the human~taridn~ ideals by which the
Red Cross lives~ and flourishe:
for us to carry over into: ~ivilian~ life the knowledge that sa~*ed so many~ thousands of lives
during the war,~ the chairman
pointed out. ~The most mod?irn
medical ~knowledge, learned in
the hard school of war necesiity, is now available through the
use of plasma to ~ civilians,
many of whom contributed pint
after pint~ of blood to the war
effort.~ a

Dr. LiveSay said that donors
at the clinic here will spend
less than one-half hour at the
clinic and will: suffer no pa~n
nor harmful | after-effects.

Clubs and organizations can
make. group registrations for
the clinic, according. to Mrs. L.
O. Shantz, chairman. - of the
Registration.. Committee. - The
registrations can be.made by
telephoning Flint 4-3611 or

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Vernon Chapel
Observes

Children~s Day

The children of Vernon Cha
~pel AME Church presented a

very fine program on Sunday.
After the program awards in
the form of very. attractive pin
was given to all of those who
took part in rendering the program. Rev. J. W. Walker, Mrs.
Alice Hicks,, Mrs. J. W. Walker and Mr. Isom Martin, were
presented beautiful pins by the
children, as tokens for their
leadership.:

One of the highlights of the
program, Miss Vivian Gillesp~e,
was brought before the audience in her own. way. She gave
u very engrossing picture of the
conditions that affect the child

today.
Mrs. J. W. Walker, wife of
the pastor, Mrs. Alice Hicks,

Mr. Isom Martin and Rev. J. W.
Walker, worked zealously with
he children in preparation for
~his program. Their efforts bere
ruit, as this was acclaimed the

yest ehildren~s day in the life]

of Vernon Chapel,

~oller Skating
Acclaimed ~

The Flint Rollerdrone lo-ated on Louisa St., under the
~upervision of Mr. Godfrey, kas
become the number one rzcreational~ center for young ard
old, patronized by 300 or more
local and out of town patrons
from: Lansing, Port Huron, De~yoit, Saginaw and as far as
Canada. Plan a party~ of friends
and join the gang at the Rol~erdrone Roller Rink every
Sunday night, for clean and
wholesome. night of _ thrills,
make it a date to be at the

Rollerdrone every Sunday nite.

THE BANNER
~LINE

By MEL BANNER

your: Jocal: Red. Cross,; represen- |

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To THE Grapuates OF

FLINT.

You're. now out of schagis

You have followed all their
rules.

Just between. you and me ~

You'll have to decide. now

What you are going.to dco:
and_ be.

BANNER.

tt is with sadness and pleasure that I have watched. many
of: you grow up and graduate.
Sad in one respect, because of
the multiplicity of problems
which confront you as you step
into this ~Maelstrom~ called
life.

Pleasure in a different sense
of thé word. The satisfaction of
knowing that for the high
school graduates, you. have
been. provided with the barest
essentials to make a living. A
Jewish boy or girl has 29 chan
ces of success. If you~ do not,

know. it now, you. will s-:on
find out that you will have to
make your ewn- success as best
you can with unsurmountable
odds against you. As you go
out to find employment, look

the ' future possibilities of the
job you desire and make any
employment serve aS a means
to an end. Do not try to escape~ ~from reality. Your grasp
for. the economic levels thit
others are enjoying, should exceed your. reach, bear in mind
always. that. ideas. have legs and
Opportunities for exinlaviriedt

~| exist.in- Flint in large numbers.

You will be wise in accepting
positions - you desire, stich as are
open. ~to you. It can,serve as a
stepping. - stone to. something [
better.. Arid above all be pre(Continued on page 8) -

Coniniunity Aidettes

Express Thanks

The. Community Aijdettes
wish to ~thank every one who
helped: to make the raffle a
grand sutcess. They also offer
congratulations to Mrs. Campbell who held the lucky ticket and received the lovely mix
master. The Aidettes invite you
each and every one to attend
the gala minstrel show they!
are sponsoring on the June 15th

at the Royal ~~

MARRIED IN CANADA
Mrs. Jennie Travis, Liberty St.
announce the marriage of her
daughter, Maizie M. to J. W-:
Lott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lott
of E, Wellington St. The wefding took place on the 28th of
May in.Chatham, Ontario, Canada~ and unites two of Flirts
most popular socialites.

The. bridegroom served five
years in the service, ~serving 3
years overseas in the Eurozeap

theatre.

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~When you are better organized, prepare to speak, and to
speak loud, your piece for your
homes, schools, and. your health
department: services and then
whatever needs to be done, do
it.~ Those of you forming this
organization work at your job.
People will join when they find
you are really doing things.

So spoke Dr. George Hays,
City Health Officer of the City
of Flint before a crowd of a
bout 100 members and guests
of the Business and Professional League.- The dinner meeting

was held in the Elks Rest, 2901

St. John St. I. D. Shook opened
the meeting.

Rev. Arnold led the invocation. After which.he introduced
R. C. Chandler, who in turn, introduced Mr. Kowolk, assistant
to Dr.. Hays in the Health Department. *. Mr. Chandler is
treasurer of the league.

In Sunday Church |

Ina ea air ~wedding -Sunday, June Ist, at the Church of
God in Christ, Mary Blanche
Smith, became the bride of
George Wesely Bell, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bell of Bradley,
Miss. The Rev. Felix Early officiated in ~the presence of 2(0
guests. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Smith
of Philadelphia Ave.

The bride~s gown wes ol
white satin with a princes:
style sweelheart neck with a
long circle train. Her. fingertip veil of illusion was held in
place by a pearl crown. She
carried pink and white carnations centered with roses.

Dorothy McNeil, maid oi
honor wore white lace styled
Pwith a sweetheart~ neckline,
carrying pink and wbkite c3.nations. Bridesmaids were Ernestine Smith, sister of the
brid2, Mae Walker, Vercie
Wright, Lee Berta Townser,

Urban League
| Creates Industrial
Relations Department

Everett Beane, former Industrial Relations Secretary of the
Washington, D. C. Urban League, has been selecied to. head
the newly created departmcn~
of ~ndustrial Relations of Flint,
Michigan. Urban League.

Mr. Beane, a native of New
York City, is a graduate <i

ican University, in Washingtor
D. C. He received his M. A. in
Economics from the lat~er in
June, 1947. A former govern.
ment research economist, Mr.
Beané served with the Washington Urban League for a period of four years..

In announcing the appointment of Mr. Beane, The Flint
Urban League begins a new
service. That of Industrial Relations. Establishment of the
'department was made possible by the realization of the
need of such services in Flint.
Mr. Beane will begin his duties
June 15th.

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Howard University and Ame: /

Mary Blanche Smith Bi Bride os oe

~Stella epee cack.

maids were attired in pink and

blue formals. King David Har
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Richard Theatre

Runs Away
With Columbia

Sunday night at 7:00 p. m..
at the IMA Park, 6000 or more
softball fans gathered to wit.
ness a very exciting game bee.
tween Richard: Theatre, popue
lar northside Theatre and Columbia. In a game that started.
off looking very dark for the
R chard Theatre team with the

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Rev. Timmons
Returns to City

Rev. E. J. Timmons, the popular pastor of the Metropolitan
Bapt'st Tabernacie, returned to
the city after wn extended vdcation at Hot Springs, Ark.
VERY POPUL IN FLINT -

Rev. Timmons. who is very
popular in Flint anc surrounding territory was given this

trip by the Jovai members of |

the church and the meny well
wishers who aprreciate the fire
work tha~ bss been done ky

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Flint Mourns

Passing of

Dr. CE. Walden=

Dr. C. E. Walden was born
at Orlean, Virginia, October 28,
1901 and died at Hurley Hospital, May 21, 1947.

His first few years were ckah
in Nashville, Tenn., Marshall ~

Texas and in Kansas City, Mo..
He graduated from the high
school there, an honor student,
in 1918. In the fall of that year

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