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SOCIAL & PERSONAL
| _ * ST. PAUL •
The St Anthony Hill Garden Club will meet Monday, Ocl
at D t “ e home oi Mre - Eva Neal, 531 St. Anthony Ave. Mrs
ru* 14 flpeak on “Names and Care of Snapdragons.’
Fhere will also be speakers on “Flowers for Background am
How to Arrange Them in Your Garden,” and a paper on “Smal
I’tpas in Vnnv >»
mr. ana mn. Samuel Rom, 458
St. Anthony Ave., will observe
their 13th wedding anniversary
Thursday, October 13.
Prentis J. Hoffman of Kansas
City, Mo, left the city Friday,
Sept. 30, for his home after visit
ing with his cousin, Mrs. Urlin
Clark and her family, 779 St. An
thony Ave. Mrs. Clark’s son,
Brewer Lee, left Friday morning
for Washington, D. C., where he
is attending Howard University.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Wiglngton,
1007 W. Central Ave., will leave
in the near future for California,
where they will spend the winter.
Mrs. R. S. Harris was re-elected
president of the Women's Auxi
liary of the Sterling Club at its
recent elections held at the club
Sunday, Sept. 28. Other officers
elected were Mrs. Edward Tous
saint, vice president; Mrs. Blanche
Dawkins. re-elected secretary;
Mrs. William England, re-elected
treasurer; Mrs. Ralph Ward, re
elected chairman of the entertain
ment committee. Mrs 8. E. Hall
was elected permanent delegate
to the inter-club council. The club
meets each fourth Wednesday in
the month at the Club. At the last
meeting. Mrs. Harris and Mrs.
James Lee furnished refreshments.
Mr. and Mm. Eugene Lewis of
944 Iglehart Ave., entertained
Thursday. Sept. 29, in honor of
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Mrs. Anna Rivera ot Alton, 111.
and Mrs. Mellaa Holloman of
Washington, D. C. Other guests
present at ths affair were Mr.
and Mrs Clarence Arbuckle of
Hudson, Wis., daughter and son
in-law of Mrs. Rivers; Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Wood, daughter and
son-in-law of Mrs. Holloman; and
Mr and Mrs Bruce Bibbs. Gifts
were presented to all present.
The Matinee Bridge club met
Wednesday. Sept. 28, at the home
of Mrs. Alonzo Cotton, 953 St.
Anthony Ave. Winning prizes
were Mrs. Cotton, Mrs. William
Walker and Mrs. Manley Rhodes,
first, second and third prizes re
spectively. The next meeting of
the club will be at the home of
Mrs. William Cassius, 816 W.
Central Ave.
Mr. and Mrs. Wllburt Burks,
491 St. Anthony Ave., will observe
their eighth wedding anniversary
Sunday. Oct. 16.
The E. Q. V. club met Sunday,
Oct. 2, at the home of Miss Wan
da Owens, 627 Selby Ave. A new
program for the year was dis
cussed.
Mr and Mrs. Richard Mom, 536
Rondo Ave., left Friday, Sept 30,
for Winnipeg, Canada, where they
will visit Mrs. Mom' sister and
friends. They will be gone for
about a week.
Mrs. Louise Atkins of Detroit
left Friday. Sept. 30, after spend
ing a week visiting Mrs. Jose
phine Todd, 659 Rondo Ave.
Mrs. Harold Brown, 405 St. An
thony Ave., returned home Fri
day. Sept. 30, from St. Joseph's
hospital where she underwent a
minor operation. She is doing fine.
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The Mr. Way
Billy Ecketine, who is being
groomed for an LP diac on Na
tional label —bls and National's
first in the 33 field—hits the
MGM deck with his own great
vrsion of BODY AND SOUL, that
perennial torch item performed
ao mightily by such luminaries as
Coleman Hawkins, Bilbo Holiday,
etc. Mr. "B’s" treatment of this
aide, backed by the Buddy Baker
orchestra, is a jewel to bear. His
vocal effects are almost instru
mental; his control is—well, lot's
not go into that; it's Billy, the
Mr. “B." That's recommendation
enough.
Oh yes, the mate to IF LOVE
IS TROUBLE, one ef the sea
son's new ballads, done la med
ium tempo with a faint trace of
the blues. ExoeUeat support
comes from the smooth Hugo
Winterhalter background.
Speaking of Mr. "B," listen to
MGM-er BUI Farrell on the torch
ie, YOU'VE CHANGED. FarreU,
who has an excellent voice, gives
almost a perfect example of how
Eckstlne would do the number.
He's backed by Ruas Case's crew
on this. Mate, with Earle Hagen's
ork, is the current top plugger —
AND STILL IT GOES, with BIU
reverting to his own virile and
impressive style.
Lady Day—Mies Billie Holiday
to you —is my girl and always
wiU be, but I don’t think her lat
ent Decca twosome measures up
to her stature as "tops" on the
list. She does a provocatively
AIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS IF
I DO with foxily groovey assist
from the band; and BABY GET
LOST, medium-speed.
My other girl, Queen Ella Fitz
top-notches a pair of torchlea on
Decca: A NEW SHADE OF BLUE
and CRYING. The Sonny Burke
crew open "Blue" with a horn
wail which almost sounds like a
high-pitched scream and drops
off into a medium tempo jaunt to
background Ella's bluish voice.
Ditto "Crying,"
The "Pop" Mood
Victor’s Perry Como, as usual
with his superbly melodic way
with a tune, is lazily philosophical
on A DREAMER'S HOLIDAY,
aided by the Fontane Sisters and
the leisurely bounce beat of Mitch
ell Ayres and his group. Mate is
THE MEADOWS OF HEAVEN,
beautifully handled both by Como
and Ayres, who adds a subtle
string cloak over the tune.. .Ri
valling the Como "Meadows of
Heaven," is the Bob Houston
touch with Russ Case ork on an
MGM. Bob paints a vocal picture
of the land where dreamers roam.
Mate is his idea of the simple but
unusual tune THAT LUCKY OLD
SUN.
Bing Crosby, with splendid sup
port from the Jeffry Alexander
chorus find Victor Young aggre
gation, takes the rollicking Irish
tune. TOP O’ THE MORNING on
Decca, and flips to an expertly
done job on the sweetly romantic
item YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH
SOMEONE.... Noro Morales and
his orchestra, with the Heather
tones on vocal, make with two
foxy items RUM AND SODA, a
Morales original; and DON'T
SLAM THE DOOR. Both are com
edy-flavored tunes based on the
Morales' Latin rhythms.
People are getting wise to the
bargains, values and opportunities
offered by this paper’s Want-Ad
tlon.
Ist1 st
NEW YORK CITY
With Louis Da Rocbemont's "Lost Boundaries" in Ito 14th weak
at the Astor theatre on Broadway and 45th, Pinky," Twentieth-Cen
tury Fox' film on "passing" opened last Thursday at ths Rivoli. 49th
and the Main Stem.
I saw it on Saturday afternoon, and the customers were going
past the turnstiles at a merry cbp. “Pinky" to the
■ story of a white-looking Negro girt who crossed
the Groat Divide
UaMtos Loot Boundaries," there to Bo attempt
to portray the events leading up to Pinky's to
ctotoa to pass for white. The story begtae, takas
place sad ends to a small southern town. "Flaky”
cooflneo itself almost exclusively to ths dramatic
format, taking very Ultle time for preaching.
There to no need to go into a detailed synopsis
of "Pinky." Jeanne Crain does an excellent job as
"Pinky." Fred O'Neal proves that the honors he
NELL RUSSELL »***' ' An “ Lucas ta," will stick
with him. He comes near to stealing the show in
the small part of the conniving Jake. You’ll probably be seeing more
of him in the films. Ethel Waters does a wonderfully sympathetic
portrayal of Pinky's grandmother. Ethel Barrymore to superb as Miss
Em. Nina Mae McKinney has a bit role as Jake's wits but she makes
the most of IL William Lundigan will win you as the doctor who loves
Pinky. Kenny Washington has a few lines as a young Negro physician.
Negroes familiar with the peculiar brand of justice typical of
the South wiU be overwhelmed hy seeing a fair-minded southern
Judge, plus a jusUoe loving lawyer pleading a case for Pinky in a
court-room filled with blood-thirsty citizens ot the cracker type.
However, a good deal at dramatic Urease han to bo expected in a
Aim that wiU probably be barred by southern exhibitors as "daiim
yankee" or "communistic" pre pegs mis
Southern gentlemen, suh, wiU not Uke the scenes in which two
jerky-looking Dixie gendarmes approach a skirmish between O'Neal,
Nina Mae and Crain and try to "protect" Crain after slapping Mc-
Kinney around. When Crain teßs them she's one of ua-all, too, the
cops turn on her Uke a pair of hungry mongrels pouncing on a bone.
Another little scene shows Crain walking down a road when she
to approached by two whiskey-drinking southern gentlemen in a jalo
py. They anxiously offer to give her a lift because she to passing thru
"the nigger section." Crain tells them she lives in the section and they
get hep she's cuUud. After which they attempt to raps her.
Congressman Rankin ain’t gonna' Uke that, snhl
Factually, in spite of the straight-out-of Hollywood conclusion,
"Pinky" comes closer to getting at a few basic facts than either "Lost
Boundaries" or "Home of the Brave."
The rumor to around that the CBB-TV aU-Negre video show I
told you about tost week has been cancelled. This to being written
on Saturday and there is no way to check the story, so you wiU
have to wait until next week for verification.
From this paper's faithful reader and subscriber, W. E. LaPlante
tn Grafton, N. D, comes a letter of interest
Mr. LaPlante writes: "Performers on NBC and CBS, for example,
seem to be doubling in TV and radio. The Arthur Godfrey show to the
worst offender. Day after day, I tune in on my home or car radio, and
hear screams of laughter coming from the studio audience but nothing
comes over the airwaves to make me even chuckle. This puzzled me
for a time, but I now conclude that the performers are "beaming”
their show to TV by making funny faces, wearing funny costumes,
making tunny gestures, etc., etc.—which seems to amuse those who
can SEE what to going on, but makes me think “what the heck are
they laughing at?
"Since you are obvlouxly interacted la TV, you might keep In'
mind the fact that at present, and for probably a long time, TV
only reaches a small part of the public, and urge your TV friends
to skip such comic gestures and situations, and beam their com
edy to RADIO. The sponsors of these shows wiU suffer a bod re
action if this thing gets worse. Try tuning Into one of the major
networks some day, without benefit ot TV, aad see what I am
driving at.”
Mr. La Plante, aa aoon aa this letter geta into print, a copy of it
will be sent to TV executives at both NBC and CBS here.
You are not the only one who baa been annoyed by the riotous
cackles and howto coming from studio audiences while millions in
the listening audience wonder what to so all-fired hilarious.
One of the most common faults of television now is that television
la still suffering from a radio hang-over. There are still too many
smart boys who consider television merely an off-shoot of radio and
are treating It aa such.
You have been a regular reader of thia column, so you’ll know
that I was walling thia lament long before moat of the present critics
and experts who have just recently become aware of wa' hoppen.
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MANHATTAN MEMO: A bar and grill at Eighth avenue and
Mth street, named the Horse's Tail. The proprietor must have thought
this up while under the influence of a Moscow Mule, the new drink
.... Eighth avenue and <9 th street looking like the plains of Texas.
Performers from the rodeo at Madison Square Garden standing around
outside the bars in ten-gallon hats, spurs and bow-legs... .Very young
teen-age "pick-up" girls strolling along with soldiers so young they
barely have fuzx on their cheeks. The "New Look" in the peace-time
army... .The Joumal-American printing a nice, comfy little item in a
recent edition warning New Yorkers not to become victims of panic
If an A-bomb should lower the boom on us suddenly... .The grim ca
dence of communist marchers parading towards a rally at the Golden
Gate in Harlem, carrying torchlights and shouting "Must go-jlmcro.
Must go-jlmcro.’' This was prior to the Peekskill rioting. Also prior
to Peekskill, Paul Robeson standing in shirt-sleeves In front of the
Ritz restaurant on 138th St. and Seventh Avenue after midnight, talk
ing to a small group of hangers-on in a low Intense voice. Keeping his
eyes fastened on one man directly in front of him. ...The sassy service
of a handful of bus drivers on the Eighth and Lenox Avenues lines...
A sure sign of autumn: Silver fox jackets all over town. Some expen
sive fur, some fur, and some ur-fur....Former star tap dancer Bill
Bailey drawing more crowds on his appearances as a minister of the
gospel, than his former fellow performers can bring in on an 8. R. O.
week. Not only that, his audiences filled with show people. The big
"hustle" boys in the preaching racket watching him, and no like atah.
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Since most women choose the
clothes of their men folks, here are
a few suggestions to the ladies;
U the man in your life to of av
erage hsighL he can wear either
a single or double-breasted sulL
If he to stout, a three-button, sin
gle breasted jacket to most slen
derizing. If he to short, choose a
two-button, single-breasted jacket
to make him look taller. And U
ho to tall, a double-breasted Jack
et with broad lapels to flattering.
So far as color to concerned,
every man looks well in blue, and
a blue suit to right for almost
every business and social occasion.
Dark gray to also safe and a con
servative choice. If your man
likes colors, let him have them in
slacks and extra jackets.
Remember, no matter how
much you like a suit, unless your
husband likes it too, don’t urge
him to buy it But if ho wants a
suit you can't stand, by all means
discourage him from getting IL
If there's any doubt in your mind
as to which suit to the right one,
suggest that your husband try Oh
the doubtful one first, then the
one you prefer. The contrast will
quickly show him which one is
best.
Mis. I. J. Beouford just re
turned from Omaha, Neb. While
there she attended the wedding
of her daughter, Miss VertreuU
Beauford, a technician at Creigh
ton University Medical School, to
Mr. Andrew Johnson, a prominent
young man in Omaha The couple
are at home at 2407 H Parker
Ave., Omaha, Neb.
Mr. and Mrs. Tslsredgs Carey
Jr., 3704 Fifth Ave. So., enter
tained In honor of Mrs. Turner
Anderson, formerly Betty Anno
Carmichael, 3755 Fifth Ave. 80.,
at a pow-wow at Minnehaha Park
last Saturday evening, Oct. L
Those who attended were Mr. and
Mrs. Gabriel Boudreaux, Mr. aad
Mrs. Arthur Harness, Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Wade, Mr. and Mis.
Junius (Bubs) Powell, Mr. and
Mrs. George Shannon, Mr. and
Mrs. Cleveland Ray, Mra. Crystal
Mormon. Mrs. Charlene Hall, Miss
Batty Jane Harris and Manley
Rhodes.
Mr. aad Mra. George Adams left
Monday, Oct. 3, for their home in
Duluth, Minn. They have been vis
iting their daughter, Mrs. Johnnie
Atkina, 1141 Lyndale Ave. No.
They also attended the O. E. 8.
grand communications held here
Sept. 22 and 23.
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SOCIAL & PERSONAL
r * MINNIAFOUE •
Mr. aad Mn. WUHa D. Gates Br, formerly of 902 Bryant
&ve. No. are now residing in their new home at 3947 Second
ire. So.
OpL Olantalto Jaokaon, son of Mn. Bore Dealabay, nephew
if Mre. Juanita Cuff, left by plane to return to hie base at Ft
Henning, Go. after a fifteen day leave in thia city. He was given
which included supper at the Nan
kin and cocktails at CasstiW new
Bamboo room.
Mrs. Theresa Warren, 506 Fre
mont Ave. No, and her guests,
Anna May Allen and Baby Ed
ward Alton, motored to Rochester
on Bunday. Oct. 3. They wsss ths
guests of Mr. and Mra Vers Man
ning of Hotel Avalon end Mr. aad
Mra George Jones of Hotel Gate
wood. A very pleasant day was
spent by all.
Mra. Otto Johns of BL Joseph,
Mo, who was the house guest of
Mr. and Mra. W n H. Richardson,
left October 3 fogthoma She has
been visiting her husband aad son,
Richard Johns. Mr. Johns is aa
employee of the Great Northern
railroad. Their son, Richard, to
employed here at ths HoneyweU
Co. and to making future plans
to attend the University to study
commercial art. They hope to re
side la MlnneapoU*
Mr. and Mrs WRlto D. Gates
were dinner guests ot Mr. and
Mra. A. J. Wilkerson, 608 Fremont
Ave. No, on Sunday, Oct 3.
Mrs. Votes Dated. 633 Fremont
Ave. No, entertained a group of
friends in her home on Snuday,
Oct 3, in honor ot Mrs. Hester
Wheeler, whose birthday was
Sept 30, and Mrs. Minnie Hudley
who just recently returned front
California from a month's vaca
tion. Those included in the group
were: Mra. Grace Judy, Mre. Eli
sabeth Moore, Mrs. BUI Hollings
worth, aad Miss Lots La Man of
South Bend, lad, who has just
recently made her home here. The
guests enjoyed themselves playtag
tonk find pokeno. Tb* host***
served a light lunch.
R3,s>
Sept 27 from an extended vaca
tion during which she attended
ths wedding of her -niece, Mrs.
Frederick Knox, formerly Miss
Gladys Yates, which took place
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She also
spent a few weeks in Chicago
wheer she was the guest of Mtos
Marienne Jeffrey.
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ST. PAUL RECORDER
CMar MRS MMwey MMB
Mr. aad Mrs. Oates L. Atazaa
der returned to the city Sept 38
after spending three weeks sat
ing interettag paspte aad ptaoes.
Their tour Included Chicago,
Cleveland and New York City.
NBm Awh* Mm EQmdfMde MMB
Portland Ave, and Mra Dorothy
Stanley, 3733 Fourth Ave So,
spent the wook in Milwaukee as
the guests of Mr. aad Mre. Robert
L. Roots.
Mre. Alfred (Pansy) Rons'*.
3849 Fourth Ave 8, to bsgtantag
to receive ths gifts she won in a
telephone-quis radio program.
Mr. B. A. Sktaner, local attor
ney, aad Mre. Barbara Cany will
leave Friday, Oct 6, to attend the
Ninth Provincial Convention ot
the Third Order of St Francis
which wiU be held at St. Louis,
Mo, on Oct 7,9, 9 and 10 inclu
sive. They are the rtprssmieUvos
of the Church of St Leonard ot
Port Maurice, 4000 CMatan Ave
So.
Mr. sad Mre. Jssgh Danforth
and Mre. Jane Mom Brown re
turned recently from Dee Moines,
lowa
The Banter Ohste ot St Fo6sr*»
A.MJL Church will have its first
meeting of the year Oct 9 at 730
p. m. The director, Mre. Haßto
Ewing, would Uke to ase an mem
bers present
Mr. aad Mn L Harrta, 3600
Fourth An So, have bought a
new home at 3436 Fifth An So.
and wiU occupy it very soon.
Mr. and Mn Mn N. htenia
are the proud parents st a baby
girl bom to them on Sept 96 at
General Hospital. Mn Estelle
Johnson, 961 Aldrich An No, to
Baby Estelle Vivian's maternal
grandmother.
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