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Friday, February 24, 1950, St. Paul RECORDER, Page 3 SOCIAL & PERSONAL • ST. PAUL * The Sterling Club is making plans for its annual dinner meeting to be held at the club Tuesday, Feb. 28. Mr. J. W. Lee is president of the club. The Self Culture club held its last meeting Saturday, Feb. 11 at the home of Mrs. Roberta Davis, 299 N. Avon St. At this meeting, Mrs. Emma Hood and Mrs. Elizabeth Hall were given birthday honors in the form of presents. The next meeting of the club will be at the home of Mrs. Hood, 325 N. Chastworth On Wi-dnesday, March 1, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Salter, 1013 W. Central Ave., will observe their 38th wedding anniversary. The Anna Jackson Past Daugh ter Rulers Council will hold its next meeting Friday, March 3. The Grand Slam club will meet Friday, Feb. 24 at the Sterling club. Mr. O. D. Charleston Is president of the club. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Brown 11, 441 St. Anthony Ave., will ob serve their second wedding anni versary, Sunday. March 5. Mrs. Orton Shelton and Mrs. James Robinson, 657 Iglehart Ave., gave a Coney Island lunch eon Saturday evening, Feb. 18. Present at the affair were the Messrs. Orton Shelton, James Robinson, the Misses Noveta and Annie Dee Garrett. Games were played after the luncheon. Mrs. Edna B. IJndsay, worthy grand matron and Mrs. Mayme K. McCoy, grand lecturer of the Min nesota Grand chapter, OES. pre sided at the school ot instruction st sum ro cau - - - PAUL COUMAN ehonsi DAI* 4756 OWkei Cider AU for Your Television Sot CALHOUN SAINT CO. When Your lyes Tire Easily you probably need naw glaaaaa. Don't wait. See your eye doctor nt unco. Then lot ua make your claoooo. inian DISV»K*fING OPTICUMI 20 WMT Sth ST. Cedar OTOT XwES y-, “ijj ■ • V'. “7! 'i: 3 ntiPKT-i; * Pt Good Swing Shift Soldiers brat the lie II and know where homeftdks always tell what they want to find, trade or sell. AOS IN OUR CIASSIFISO SfCTION On MSULTSI St. Paul RECORDER awu- No . - ' ”w J {4ioH ... it Jb<6 otL 'huj. Z*X " Yss’e* mo h/m bou much time ss</ uorA my WW \j£z Automata Vasber mwi SW firry week. Tbint a) rt... 1 umph pul m the clothes ... push a button WnK .. . tbe Automatic Tubtr washes the clothes, C& rinses them tborougbh, and then damp-dnes them ready joe the dryer." That’s what an Automatic Washer will do for you. No more wringing. No more rinsing. No more putting your hands in hot water. A small down payment will end your washday drudgery forever. See the new models at your Electric Appliance Dealer. NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY of the organization held Sunday, Feb. 17, at 744 St. Anthony Ave. The Just-l's club met Thursday night, Feb. 16 at the home of Mrs. Fred P. Schuck, 711 St. Anthony Ave. Members drew names at this meeting and were given handker chiefs and valentines. Cards were the entertainment for the evening. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. J. O. Stubbs, 693 Carroll Ave. Mr. and Mrs. James Kirk, Jr., 57 W. Jessamine St., were host and hostess to the Friday, Feb. 17 meeting of the Duke 'n Duchess' club. Perfect Ashlar Lodge No. 4, F and AM will meet Tuesday, Feb. 28 at the Perfect Ashlar Hall, 774 St. Anthony Ave. Mr. Percy Green is worshipful master of the or ganization and Mr. James R. Lynn is secretary. The Future Builders club met Wednesday, Feb. 15, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Robbins, 984 Iglehart Ave. The group made tentative plans for a fund raising campaign. Two new members, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Jordan, were present. The next meeting will be at the home of the president, Mr. Alfred Stewart. Guest at the Saturday Night Bonanzo club Saturday night, Feb. 18, was Mrs. Frank Gambol. The meeting was held at the home of Mra. J. O. Stubbs, 693 Carroll Ave. Mrs. Chester Green, member of the club, is at home recuperating from an illness. Mrs. George Berry, 8r„ 634 St. Anthony Ave., will be hostess at the next meet ing. Mrs. Catherine Bryant, 551 Car roll Ave., left Sunday, Feb. 19, for her home in Jackson, Miss., where she will spend three weeks visit ing relatives and friends. Delta Phi Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority ob served the Founder's Day of the sorority Friday, Feb. 17, at the home of Mrs. Emma L. Lyght, 661 W. Central Ave. Miss Ruby Pur nell, of the sociology department of the University of Minnesota, spoke on “Group Cooperation.” Members of the Eta chapter of the organization were invited. Mrs. Hazel Mann was co-hosteas at the meeting. Book Lovers club No. II met Thursday night, Feb. 16 at the home of Mrs. Beatrice Reed, 243 St. Anthony Ave. Mrs. Reed gave a lecture on Intercultural Books for Children. The next meeting of the club will be at the home of Mrs. Louis Moore, 694 Iglehart Ave. The Guild uf HL Monica of St. Philips Episcopal church met Fri day night, Feb. 17 at the home of Mrs. Juanita Goodloe, 1036 Car roll Ave. ELECTRIC & HAND HAIR CLIPPERS 479 St. Peter CE. 6743 Hand Decoration for Luncheon Cloth COLORFUL tablecloths always add cheer to a meal Here's one way of decorating checked fabric to make an attractively bright cloth at a small coat. Appliqui circles of scarlet cotton at each comer for cher ries and finish with green appliqued leaves snd embroidery. These little hand touchea, so easy to do, make a vast difference in your table linen. If you would like decorations for making thia CHERRY APPLIQUE LUNCHEON SET. send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to the Home Sewing Department of this newspaper and aak for Leaflet No. E-1372. cMr+JcMcMcaJc+JcMcMcOrf 2 RATING THE t I RECORDS I By J. Henry Randall £ Queen [lla on Top With Decca Ella Fitzgerald literally bomb shelled the public with her original composition of “A-Tisket A-Tas ket” during those early days when she was making her bid for same under the guidance of the late Chick Webb, drummer-extraordin aire. Her rise to popularity was meteoric, but unlike most meteors, she has not begun the descent back to the oblivion from which she sprang. Rather she has re mained on top of the heap, consis tently turning out better perfor mances. Compare her Decca sides of "A- Tisket A-Tasket" and “Undecid ed'' with her recent "Ella Fitz gerald Souvenir Album'' on long playing microgroove record, which contained eight of her best sides. There is a marked dif ference even though the earlier aides are still in demand aa col lector's items. The LP disc (DL 5084) boasts the unforgettable Fitz treatment of I'm the l.onesomest Gal In Town, The One I Love, Baby Won't You Please Come Home, I Can't Believe That You’re In Love With Me, I Got It Bad, Cabin in the Sky, I must Have That Man, and Can’t Help Lovin* Dat Man. Incidentally, there's another Ella disc to watch. With Sy Oliver and crew giving the kind of in strumentation that dovetails ex cellently, Ella lets go with a bouncey novelty, "I'm Waiting For the Junkman and flips to a real bluesy vocal on Basin Street Blues. On the latter, she handles the lyrics in her own manner and then does an excellent portrayal of Louis Armstrong singing the oldie. She does so well a la “Satchmo" that the label reads "Ella 'Satch mo' Fitzgerald." Hot Sauto Mrs. Jordan's boy, Louis, had time to get off another one of those punchy hits for which he is famous before taking that much needed rest. It's a Calypso bebop, with Louis handling the verses and the men ot the Tympany Five joining in the chorus. Item is tabled Push Ka Pee Shee Pie, or "Saga of Saga Boy," and is a natural successor to “His Feet Too Big For De Bed" and “Run Joe.” Paired is the Bobby Troup authored Hungre Man, done in at a tempo which is the delight of the "off-boppers.” Great stuff on both sides. In Th* Mood Gay Crosse and is Good Humor Six are aptly named for they have a good time on the novelty Jump Swallow Dollow (swallow as in drinking and dollow as in dollar) on Victor. Mate is the crying blues vocal of Gay on It Ain’t Gonna Be That Way. Mr. Piano Erroll Gamer —is the No. 1 man on 3 Deuces label, with four more sides destined to go like hot cakes. With his usual rhythm group behind him. he slows down almost to a halt the familiar tempo identified with the Ellington opus I Det A Song Go Out of My Heart and disguises melody so heavily that a listener might think the side is a read gut ty blues item. Mate is the Gamer interpretation of the late Fats Waller’s Jitterbug Walts. The other disc pairs the Peter Deßose Deep Purple with the bouncey Scatterbrain. The latter boasts the tempo and rhythm used by the group in ’’The Way You Look To night’’ and "Skylark.” Who teamed with whom Nat ROBERT STREET MARKET Fresh Fruits « V«9*tabl«s - Groceries Quality Moats and Poultry Wf RATUM YOU* rAVO*m MAND of winm A UQUOftS 450 Robert St. CEdar 6881 with Nellie or vice versa? Doesn’t matter really for the Nellie Lut cher-King Cole duet on Capitol is a great combination. Best side is the novelty with a subtle off-bop beat. Can I Come In For A Sec ond, with each taking tuAns on the vocal and ad-libbing. Mate is their version of the Paul Gayten, For You My Love. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS . aw.—. .w. - ST. PAUL BIRTHDAYS March I—William J. Gardner, 2840 Hazelwood Ave.; Paul H. Jackson, 828 St. Anthony Ave.; Betty Cunningham, 422 St. An thony Ave.; Emily Clark, 615 W. Central Ave.; John Culver, Jr. 1489 N. Western Ave.; Annie Har vey, 31 Tilton Ave.; Joseph Fink, 75 W. Magnolia. March 2 S. L. Hopkins, 545 Aurora Ave.; George Manning 943 St. Anthony Ave.; Mrs O. Wooten. 673 W. Central Ave.; Mrs. Ruth Benner, 672 St. Anthony Ave.; Georgia H. Hisbon, 353 N. Chatsworth; Mrs. Edmund Jackson, 486 Carroll Ave.; Byron Riffe, 571 W. Central Ave.; Ho ward Dodd, 895 Carroll Ave. March 3—Mrs. Mattie Goins, 410 Carroll Ave.; Ethel Car ter, 447 St. Anthony Ave.; Ed ward Morris, Sr., 305 N. Chats worth. March 4 Mrs. Florence Logan, 825 St. Anthony Ave.; Es sie Laury, 725 Sherburne Ave.; Dorothy Brown Cozine, 448 St. Anthony Ave. March 5 Frank Brown. 405 St. Anthony Ave.; Lily Preston, 273 St. Anthony Ave.; Mr. A. Hedge, 878 St. An thony Ave.; Leonard Davis, 954 Carroll Ave.; Gloria Parker, 490 W. Central Ave. March 6 Mrs. Lorainne Tabor, 699 Rondo Ave. March 7 Edward Stone, 492 W. Central Ave.; W. W. Wimberly, 485 Rondo Ave.; Ted J. Harris, Jr., 57 W. Jessamine; Robert N. Harris. 878 Marion St.; Mr. R. Benner, 672 St. Anthony Ave,; Mrs. Nelson Martin, 972 St. Anthony Ave. OUT-OF-TOWN GREETINGS March 2 Eugene Hilyard, Los Angeles, Calif. March 3 Brewer Lee Clark, Howard University, Washington, D. C. MINNEAPOLIS BIRTHDAYS March 3 Lorraine Lewis. 1959 Humboldt Ave. No.; Charles Fo rce. 3728 Minnehaha Ave.; Curtis Chivers, 4017 Clinton Ave. So. March 4—B. D. Greer, 307 Du pont Ave. No.; Mrs. B. A. Bufkins, 1318 Fourth St. So.; Mrs. John Bohn, 330 E. 38th St.; Mary Ami Brown, 2900 Portland Ave. So. March 5 Mrs. Hugh B. Wilcox, 24 S E. Melburne. March 0 C. L. Horn. 2300 Foshay Tower; Mrs. Mattie Prince, 2429 Fourth Ave. So.. E. S Boswell. 3650 Fourth Ave. So.; A J. Clark, 3804 Fifth Ave. So., Mrs. Shirni Mayes, 704 Humboldt Ave. No.; Mollie B. Rowe. 246'1 Fourth Ave. So. March 7 - Tom Ward. 4833 Vincent Ave. So.; Grace Colden, 3615 Chicago Ave.; Connie B. Landers, 1051 Bryant Ave. No. March 8 Charles Glenn. 3640 Fourth Ave. So.; Mrs. J. C. Wig gins. 2431 Fourth Ave. So.; Jack Jones. 1210 Eighth Ave. No.; Syl vester A. Young, 1051 Bryant Ave. No. March 9 Mrs. Willard (Alice) Jones. 2817 Chicago Ave. So. March 10 Ida M. Harvey, 907 Washington Ave. So.; Christine Lewis. 4959 Humboldt Ave. No.; Henry Lacey. 512 Colfax Ave. No.; Vivian Wright. 605 Olson Blvd.; Harold McDuffie, 900 Bryant Ave. No. OUT-OF-TOWN GREETINGS March 3 Guischard Parris. New York City; James Bennett, Little Rock, Ark March 4 R. W. Cowie. Rothsay. Minn. March 6 Mrs. E. R. Parks. Evanston, Hl. March 7 Pvt. Leonard E. Young, Scottsfield, Ill.; J. E Hall. Jr., Des Moines, la.; Atherton Hughes, Des Moines. la. March 9 Louis Ma son, Jr., Pittsburgh. Pa. 4-H Club There were 53,370 Illinois boy* and girls enrolled in 4-H Chib project* during 1949 WAY I SEE IT STROM BOLT’ Is the picture of a dissatisfied wife. The film gets off to a weak start, dawdles along to an anemic climax, comes to a shaky conclusion. I left the theatre feeling as if I should at least get back the twenty per cent federal nuisance tax I'd paid on my ticket. "Stromboli” has none of the artistic merits of "Open City” or "Pasian,” both Rossellini pictures. In spite of the advance newspaper ballyhoo which bills it as a story of "raging passions,’’ there is not a smack or smooch in the picture. When Berg man announces suddenly that she is three month's pregnant, one can't help but wonder if the feat were accomplished through mental telepathy. The night I saw the film, this scene was greeted with NELL RUSSELL an outburßt ot knowing snickers from the less in- hibited members of the audience. The Bergman performance in the picture is more convincing than those she has turned in for Hollywood, with the possible ex ception of “Intermezzo.” The freshly-scrubbed Bergman look fits in far better with the volcanic wastes of Stromboh than with the Max Factor gook and the overdone ' artistry” of American movies. However, the combination of Miss Bergman looking freshly-scrubbed and alternately morose and frustrated, can't keep “Stromboli" from being a try that failed. The Criterion theatre on Broadway here withdrew “Strom'ooli" last week to substitute the Ida Lupino-Howard Duff suspense thriller, “Woman In Hiding." The day "Stromboli" premiered at theatres in this vicinity, the Daily News carried on its inside pages the story of an eighteen-year old unwed mother in Brooklyn who gave birth to her illegitimate child in the bathroom of her parent's home and accidently dropped it, killing the infant. The young father, also eighteen, managed to get into the house, take the body away and dispose of it. The body was discovered, and the whole tragic story came out. I wonder if those who have elevated the relationship of Berg man and Rossellini to the status of "sacred love” would apply the same term to the relationship of the two, miserable, trapped youngsters in Brooklyn? From now on, is all illegitimacy to be "sacred" or is it only to be “sacred” of a certain privileged few? Is a “shotgun marriage” still to remain the subject for blue Jokes or can we now call it "premature birth” and let it go at that, as was the case in another publicized case involving a Hollywood star? Bergman isn't the first married woman to be caught with her morals down, and she won't be the last. Unfortunately, the publicity associated with the case and the zeal with which certain radio com mentators and newspaper people have plugged the cause of "He Who Is Without Sin, etc." has made it more than Just another case of Hollywood shinanegans away from home base. If a married Hollywood star can engage in adultery and be publicly excused, why not the rest of us? it we are to use the biblical “He Who Is Without Sin” to con done Bergman, we must use It to condone transgression In every other case. Any married woman who tires of her matrimonial bonds can pick up with the first likely looking gentleman of romantic demeanor who crosses her path, come by him with child, and then sass the world with the “He Who Is Without Sin” business. The fall of every great civilization has been preceded by moral decadence. U we're all to get on the "lets live our lives” band wagon, then let's live Individually as we please while western civilization crumbles about us. The NAACP national board of directors on February 14, voted its confidence in Roy Wilkins, acting secretary of the organization. This was the first stand of the NAACP to fight back against the commies. The communists tried to wreck or take over the civil rights conference in Washington, D. C., January 15-17. The New York City and Jamaica, Long Island branches reportedly attempted to pass out membership cards to pro-commie and commie sympathizers on the train to Washington. We are now reaping the whirlwind of a decade of muddle-brained liberalism. The American communists, as shrewd a bunch of operators as you'd ever want to come up against, must have been laughing at American liberals all of these years. The communists have rooked, cajoled, flattered, enticed, manipulated the liberal movement in this country. They were ready years before the issue of communism became a major factor. In the early and mid-1930's the young communists in vaded our college campuses. When Dwight Reed was benched for the Tulane game in his sophomore year, the Minnesota campus got one of its first organized demonstrations of a pattern that was to become familiar in the following years. Then came the fashionable "pink” years of liberalism. The social inter-racial gatherings were the mode of the day. These were the days when Negroes and whites began to mingle in an atmosphere of bottles, bourbon and brotherhood, or scotch, sex and social consciousness. During these years, the American communists had their master plan working. Liberals in this country stumbled into the maze with naive zeal. Then came the war years. At first, the commie tub-thumping against the "imperialistic” capitalistic-inspired war. Then, when the Soviet got into difficulties, the tub-thumping to "rid the world of fascism." The war ended. The Iron Curtain slammed down. Quickly followed the last few years when anyone who spoke out against the Soviet was a "red baiter,” a "fascist,” a befuddled foot Meanwhile, a few of us who had seen the pattern in its making tried to speak out. I remember that one of the Twin City NAACP officials accused me of using red-baiting tactics when I attempted to point out where Mr. Henry Wallace and his party were heading. It was ironic that at the same time. NAACP branches were being subjected to an over-dose of infiltration by the communist comrade*. There have been some disturbing, startling facts brought out about the extent to which communists have Infiltrated our security program. The entire truth is just too much for complacent Americans to take in at one time. But it will come out within the next six or eight months. So effective has been communistic infiltration, that many of those in radio, motion pictures, and public places who have tried to point out the truth, have found themselves cut off from a livelihood. While the American people have been weakly and blindly talking about "democracy," the communists have been strongly and far sightedly undermining the same vague thing which this country tsuists to lx' founded upon. Either we secure and bring about real democracy in this country speedily, or we'll lose what we have. FOR THAT GLORIOUS GOLDEN BROWN COMPLEXION ffiCl *** * Hl«hli<bt tbe <v4den arnoothneaa your akin with anper-flne D' Patch Nut Brawn Fare Po- Tberea nona better at any Wan «aa fcMpa Mr MMS* mM SnirMi At >mt tmrita J M II mA *< n* ianmb co. • now AVMM • wnv NEW YORK CITY Dorothy McDavid Braadford Model z g—' Dixie - &jMO ( , V JPdUO MUM* »IXI lIWI* __ . ▼O*< * SOCIAL & PERSONA • MINNEAPOLIS * The Birthday club will meet at the home of Mrs. Albert Allen, Jr., 3904 Fifth Ave. So., Sunday, Feb. 26. Mr. Shelman Roberts, 3944 Clinton Ave. So., returned Sat urday, Feb. 18, from New Orleans, La., where he had been vis iting friends and relatives. Guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Walker, 3603 Elliot Ave. So., Friday and Satur day, Feb. 17-18, were their niece and nephew, Mattie Luverne and James Edward McGee. Mrs. Clarence Beck, 3705 Fourth Ave. So., who has been ill with flu since Thursday, Feb. 16, is still convalescing, but is feeling much better. Dr. C. Allen, Veterans Adminis tration Hospital, Tuskegee, Ala., who has been visiting with Mr. and Mrs. John Cook, 3617 Chicago Ave., for the past week, left the city Sunday, Feb. 19, for Tuske gee, Ala. Joel Polk, 1051 Bryant Ave. No., who has been in the hospital with pneumonia, was brought home Wednesday, Feb. 15, by his mother, Mrs. Myrtle Banks. He is doing nicely now. Mrs. Alice Brown, 3740 Fourth Ave. So., is slowly improving from an attack of the flu, which she suffered two weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCad den and infant son, William Allen of Tuskegee, Ala., returned to their home Sunday Morning, Feb. 19. They were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lee, of 3528 Clinton Ave. So., while in the city. A double celebration was held at the Wendell Miller home, 522 Em erson Ave. No. Saturday, Feb. 18. It was the 19th wedding anniver sary of Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Mil ler and also it was the birthday of Mrs. Wendell Miller. Mrs. Miller celebrated the affair by cooking a six course dinner, including a birthday cake decorated with candy hearts and kisses. The Miller’s received many lovely con- Spiritual singer. Sister Wynona Carr, Is due In Hollywood this month for a recording session with Specialty Records. Her first re lease entitled “Each Day,*' backed by “Lord Jesus” established her as an up and coming star in the Spiritual Field. Irscisiinns BIFOCALS TRIFOCALS W; * CONSVLT Dr- Robt. Liudon X OptomctrTut—o*4ll Opep Mon Eve. ■hMaKfl Treated at Gerber a • M. J. Caulfield Orthopadic Shoemaker Shoes Made to Order for Deformed Feet GENERAL REPAJR WORK •77 Selby (cor. Chatsworth) DAle W 74 Day and Night School all year 63 E. sth Street fU i a »9»YFTfj Radio City Florists FLOWERS ... o/fts 1200 La Sall* Av*. Lincoln 7881 Open Banda, -sW'* | Reasons Why y°° s^ finance your new car the "AMERICAN WAY" 1. Low Kates ... no hidden "extra" charges. 2. Tou know the cost in advance. 3. 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