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Saturday, April 12,1952.

~and Mrs. E. ~Broadnax of Fay St. and Mrs. and Mrs. J. Broadnax: and Gladys Hodgas.

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~Dances and Easter Parades
Traditienal To Eastertide

Easter marks a turn in the Spring social calendar, a promising F

schedule of festivities to follow the Lenten season. The you
many at home from college for vacations, are ~anticipating ap as
time with friends at the several dancing parties this weekend. Three
of them: to take place Sunday. The Flint Amateur Golf Club~s Cocktail party from 4:30 p.m. till 8:30 p.m. at Club 21. The affair will
be cabaret style and music will be furnished by the William George
a. The Popular Foxes Club will hold their third annual
aster Parade Matinee at the Unique Club, a floorshow will be the

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a attraction for this gala affair. The Mordernettes: Club will
ho their Easter Frolic and Show at the Royal Club from 9 til
a~ -m. with the music being supplied by the William George Orc a. -

Hat Party Held.

~The home of Mrs. Beatrice Owens, 2023 Ferris St.. ritas the

scene recently for one of Flint~s unusual and most entertaining par-:

ties, in which several of Flirt~s sécialites proved to be masters in
the art of improvisation of designing novelty hats. The hats were
made from several food products, such as vegetables, breads, desserts and candy. ~

_ Mrs. Helen Lanier, whose hat was made of rye bread, won first
prize; Mrs. Gladys Smith, whose Hat was made of shredded wheat
won the prize for the most unusual desigm. There was a tie bctween
Mrs. Rovenia Williams and Mrs. Mary L. Lee for the most beautiful
hat of the evening. Following the warding of the prizes, the ladies
drew names and exchanged hats. Several games were played and the
evening was topped by the serving of delicious refreshments.

Coler movies. of. the party were taken by Ples Swan. Those at- |.

~tending ~the party were Mrs. Violet Scott, Mrs. Doris James, Mrs.
Bertha Simms, Mrs. Mary L. Lee, Miss Barbara Hobson, Mrs. Edith

Swan, Mrs. Juana Long, Mrs. Helen Lanier, Mrs. Gladys Smith, Mrs. |

Eula Wilder, Mrs. Rovenia Williams, and Mrs. Beulah Roman. Mrs.
Beatrice Qwens once again has proved to be one of Flint~s outstanding hostesses on such occasions.

Baby Shower Held |

Mrs. Alice Renfro, 1621 Liberty St. was hostegs at a baby shower

Tor.Mrs, Agnes Ross Jarrett, games were played and prizes won by
Nellie Carpenter and Jackie Molay.

New Arrivals _.

Mr. and Mrs. William Denes of ~. Kennelworth St. are the proud
parents of a baby Girl.

Its a boy for the ~Charles Wilson~s of~1126% Park St. The happy.
couple have named the baby Charles Steven Wilson. Mrs. Wilson is
the formerly known Doris Urquhart.

A girl for Mr, and Mrs. Robert Johnson of 1955 Howard Ave.

DIVQRCE PETITIONS FILED

Eljeah vs. Jay Watkins, Clara vs. Isadore Cook. |
Mrs. Maggie Taylor of 1420 Mass. Ave. recently returned
week~s visit in South Bend, Ind. visiting friends.

Gala Birthday Party Held

The Flint Sportsmen Club was the scene of a gala affair. Mr.

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of &. Kenneiworth St, were host at a birthday party given in honor
of their niece, Miss Winona Artis. The affair was attended by 100
invited guests and turned out to be an outstanding event.

Mrs. E. c. Robinson of 1351 Everett St. was honored by a birth-'
day party giyen by her husband. There were 25 guests present and
the. evening jentertainment included card playing. Delicious ~refreshments were served and an enjoyable time was had by all atiending.

Small dinner was held in honor of Miss Erma Johnson and Miss
Marion Buford on their birthdays April 5th.

~The Girls at the Genesee Bank celebrated Janice Williams birthday. Canasta was played with prizes were won by Jessica Reynolds

SOPHISTICATES had a very successful Second Anniversary
Ball at the R. G. Club recently,
~~ The CLIFFORD ST. CENTER WOMEN~S GLEE CLUB were
guest aftist at the grand opening of the Metropolitan Church last
Sunday. The group is under the direction of Mrs. E. C. Robinson.

~ CPL. MELVIN LORICK received his honorable discharge from

the Air Corps this week. He is the husband of yours truly Dere Lee

Lorick, Society Editor for the Flint Spokesman.

Cpl. Pauline A. Rushing former secretary to the Flint Spekes- | fa

man, now stationed in Fort Custer, at Battlé Breek, Michigan is expected home for the holidays.

Pete Hartfield popular member of the Four Kings quartet was
home on pass last week end. ~

Mr. J. D. Shook of Southside Confectionsry and Mrs.. Ernest
S. Taylor of Taylor~s\Grocery made a visit i Cincinnati, Ohio last
week.

Among the attendance to the Banking & Finance Sessions at
the Durant Hotel last week were Mrs. Millie Taylor, Mrs. Louise
Wilson, Mrs. Bertha Simms and Mrs. Helen Sefernick.* -

Flintites Participate In as

Lansing Style Show

The LANSING SOCIALITES sponsored their 9th annual style
show in Lansing, Michigan last Sunday. Many of our prominent Flint
Sodialites were participants in this fashion display, among them were
Mrs., Beatrice @wens and daughters Robyn and.Jo An, Mrs, Evelyn
Eason, amd Mrs. Jacquline Weaver and daughter Lyn. There were
30% or more im attendance for this affair and baby orchids were
given to all ladies present. Other guests from Flint were Mr. Wendall Owens, Dr. Wrex Weaver, Jr., and Charles Hason.

Home For Holidays From College

_. Betty Gorden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Gordon. 2032
Clifford St., home from Michigan Normal at Ypsilanti, Michigan,
alse Mary Lee Walker, daughter of Mrs. Ernest Walker of New
Jewey Ave. wnd Alien Peterson, son of Rev. and Mrs. A. W. Peterson
of 1827 Liberty St. Home from Michigan State College at Lansing,
Mi~higan, are Joan Johnson, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur J ohnson of, Kennelworth, and Arthur Ingram of E. Wellington Bt.

- The Riggs, Billops families will entertain their children totaling

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a and prizes will be distributed among the children and re
freshments will be served. ee

$ LADIES GET YOUR NOTES TOGETHER, AND KEEP
ME POSTED TO JUST WHAT YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS ARE
DOING, Call 404332, Dere Bee Lorick after 5:30 p.m.

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THE FLINT SPOKESMAN

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@ Arrests In ~St

Michigan State Police made

11 percent increase over 76,981
the previeus year, according to
the department~s annual activity
~ 1 sammary.
|. Of the total, 76,597 were for
traffic offenses, an increase of
| 12 per cent over 68,290 in 1950.
Not included in the arrest figure
were 4,962 juvenile offenders in.

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for good family living.

$10.001 from

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attractive two bedroom "eokeer 3 with dimimgell is of
moderate cost and at the same time a.very livable home. lt boasts
a large size basement for plenty of functional storage space.

| This home features complete sound
living areas ky the stairway, sleetuth
| Adtheugh the rooms are not extra large they are very ade
he outside is ccvered with cedar shakes and verticle pareling. The roof is 216 Ib. 3 in 1 asphalt shingles over 15 th. felt.
This is plan no. 136 avaiable

1951 and 3,974 the pervious year.
Complaints received in all ~mat# | ters, ranging from requwests.for
_ |lassistance to faba 1 shootings,
jnumbered 72,382. This was a two
_) per~ went increase over 71,088
handled during 1950..
| The troopers also made 175,102 property inspections and 40,494 liquor inspections.
Officers traveled 4,691,939
miles on patrol and an additional
3,570,568 miles handling com- | plaints. Total mileage for depart*|ment vehicles in all activities was
9,910,208 miles..
The identification bureau at
Eest Lansing headquarters received 115,043 sets of fingerprints, bringing the total number
ton file to 3,503,081. There were
| 1,811,811 sets in the criminal
rection and 1,691,270 in the non|criminal section.

division of sleeping and
grown fam Deer Play Tag
Flying over a Mackinac beaver
pond near Millecoquin lake, conservation department pilot John
for $5.00 or three sete for Rossi noted five deer on the icy
5 cover. a
Cleser observation revealed
the deer were playing a sort of

WES FRITCHER,

n Tax

Program Favors
'Big Business

Michigan Republica@is want

get out of the red. They are: proa number of bills which
we increase state. taxes by
80 million dollars a year. The
bills came outeof the senate taxation committee, which is ruled
by senator George Higgins, Ferndale Republican. i

Higgins has dictatorial control
ever the committee so that only
x bills he approves ever get
out on the floor of the senate.
The latest batch of Republican
t: bills has the support of a
o rporation~dominated study committee hand-picked by Higgins.
Tht bills were railroaded thru
the committee and the senate
without the benefit of public
hearings: Opponents of the tax
proposals were denied an opportunity to protest.

bottled up the plan proposed by
governor Williams to balance the
state budget. Williams would
raise the needed revenue by placimg a small tax on. corporation
profits. Since the profits tax
cannot be passed on to consumers it has been fought by big
business and Higgins has blocked

~it in the senate.

The type of taxes that the Republicans are ~pushing... which

plugging... will be paid by the
consumers and will mean higher
property taxes.in Michigan communities. One bill increases the
state~s franchise tax by 10. million dollars. It would extend the

telephone utilities. Since these

gins proposal would take mney
away from the schools. A ~om
-~panion proposal would cut 3 mil
a

tag. One deer would run up and

lioag dollars from the rebate now
made to local government units
from the intangibles tax. These
funds are..yow footing the bill
for vital services so that their
loss would have to be made up

nudge another with its head...
and then scamper. The other deer
would chase the first and continue
the frolic. All five took part in
the game which Rossi watched
from the air.

|Blwe Gross insurance ~~is nothing
everyone except the big business~

| firms to help pull the state bud
At the same time Higgins has.

the total number~ en file to 3,
they are disguising as loophole

franchise tax to railroads and |

two groups now pay taxes into
the primary school fund the Hig-|

by higher property taxes.
Higgins also wants to place a
tax on Blue Cross hospitalization
and medical insurance. Democratic senator Charles Blondy of Detroit~ charged~ that the tax on

but a Republican attempt to tax
the sick and dying.~~ He said it
would hit hard at workingmen
who take out health insurance as
a. protection against ilimess and _
costly medical bills.!

State Police
#@rest 7,220 in Feb.|

Michigan State Police made
7,220 arrests in February,. inchidfng 6,641 for traffic offenses,

aceording to the monthly activity
report compiled by the departma 8S

How to Replace Chair Seat
Q SALVAGE a chair whose bottom

the wernout portien with apiece of
Masonite tempered hardboard, an allwood panel which won~t splinter or
crack.

Trace a puttern en a panel %~ thick
and cut out the shape with a -coping

sandblock or plane, At intervals of 4 to 6
inches, drill holes and cowntersink them

In addition, there were 408
juvenile offenders, including
juveniles involved in traffic law
violations and wayward and delinguent minors.

The department handled 4,894
complaints in ell matters ~and
made 26,529 property inspections
and 3,840 liquor inspections.
Total travel in all activities was
814,478 miles.

The East Lansing headquarters
identification bureau, received 6,439 sets of fingerprints, bringing

516,334, of which 1,820,385 are
in the criminal section and 1,695,949 in the non-criminal section.

for abies which will.be used-to fasten

Through finger 13 per-| the hardboard.seat into the wooden
sons wanted as fugitives from| framework. Use decorative tacks over
justice. were identified. In hamdl-| ~Mc screw heads. |. se ~ e new*ehair bottom may be varing 483 sets of fimgerprinis in| pished, stained, waxed, painted, lacconnection with application: fer! quered or enameled.
licenses t~ ~carry concealed wea-| Instead of using the ~ -surfaced
pons, 56 applicants were found to| tempered hardboard, t effects

General Eisenhower has started
a ~get acquainted~ tour of~
Greece and Turkey. How many
delegates have they got in the
Republican, convention? - '

Tempriile,

to use the screen or back ~side of the

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85,349 arrests during 1951, an~

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