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CLUBS
FRATERNITIES
GADDIIIGS
By GLADYS MILLS
By GLADYS MILLS
Verna Parker Greene of Cincinnati, manager of "Laurel
Homes.” government housing project, was a guest the past
week-end of our worthy c lleague. Myrtle "Moitle” (Jaskil!
of Hast Palmer avenue. "Moit” showed her a goodly portion
of Detroit in three brief days.
Carolyn Cole and Waldo Dec k stole a march on us and
Mrs. Evelyn Ch.- k 1.. u :N. w York who has b.-en here
a. r a guest of hersister. Mrs. Leroy Smith of St. (. lair avenue,
for the past three weeks, has returned to her home. More
than seventeen parties were given for her during her stay.
The last of which was a cocktail party following the Jabber
wock given by Mr. and Mrs. John Smith of J2do Lt*mav
avenue.
Parker Penlck says, not tc\ play his "jallopy" cheap. The
rumor got'out that Parker flew over for the "Liberty Hall,
as a matter of fact Hen Webster and he struggled over here
from "CHl”.in his somewhat dilapidated bus and are they
proud of it They are even willing to pass up the idea of
folk thinking they could afford to fly.
Gertrude Andrews and Edward Duncan will be married
on March 4. Many showers are being given for the bride
elect. One of the nicest was last Saturday evening. It was
given bv Mrs. R. J. Jeffries and Mrs L. C. Thompson. The
hmse was decorated with sweetheart roses. They played
games. "Dodv" Cole won the first prize in the Professor Quiz
-pw Mrs— »bu making the most
words out of the bride-to-be’s name. Sunday afternoon.
Victoria and Margaret McCall gave her a stocking shower.
Father Edward Daniels, who has been ill for the past
•month, is recuperating at French Lick. Ind He will re
main there for about two“ffeeks.
Mrs. Marian McDuffy. sister of Mrs. Myrtle Soabroqks.
of Josephine avenue, has returned to her home after a period
of recuperation, spent with her sister.
Joseph Huekner, best known as the father of Theodore
Buckner, pianist of note. Marguerite and Kloise. two married
daughters, was buried from Second Baptist church. Inter
ment was at Roselawn cemetery.. He leaves a widow to
mourn his loss in addition to his children.... Mr. Buckner
was very well known in the community and will be much
mourned by his many friends. A
John Sengstacke. youthful executive of the Chicago De
fender was in town for a hot minute over the week-end.
Vivian Smith of Cleveland, sister of Ann Smith of Windsor,
was married this past week to (Jus Parker, also of Cleveland.
They spent their honeymoon witli friends here. Mr.
Barker is connected with Lawrence Payne, lawyer, and fre
ouent vis‘ : to Detroit. - -
Tin- Sophist b ates girls’ club of long standing, were host
esses at a pre-stork shower for Mrs. Elmer Johnson, Sunday
afternoon, at the Progs Cluh.... More than forty matrons
attended, bringing all manner of pretty things for the baby
that is soon to put In its appearance.
The Junior Players down at the Y.W.C.A. are going to
parade their talents before the public in two short playlets. ..
"The Fifteenth Candle” and "Alice's Blue Gown Miss
Edith Muslim is directing the plays.
The "Clique” met with Mrs. Isaac White, last Thursday,
at her home on Alger avenue. Bridge was the feature and a
verv tasty luncheon was served. Members and guests present
■wore. . . .Susie Mills. .. .Dorothy Botnar. . ; Marie Jones...
Joyce White Margaret Smith Myrtle Gaskill....
Green of Cincinnati.. . .Nellie Morris. .. .Maribodine
Robinson . . . Matrvce Cole . . .Evelyn Byrd. . . .Edna Ton
dee. . Eleanor Osborne. . . Becky Thomas.. Bonnie Smith
...Rachael Strong.... Mary Taliaferro. Prizes went to
Nellie Morris of the guests. Margaret Smith, and Maribodine .
Robinson.... Club prizes went to Eleanor Osborne, Becky
Thomas and Bonnie Smith.
A committee of about twenty-five met at St. Cyprians
parish house to formulate plans for their coming Charity
Kali, early in April ■, . . This umup wilLXuiudiun- aa a perma-.
nent organization. . . .and the Charity Ball will be an annual
feature of the group.
The late Ida H. Wells Barnett of Chicago, known tip to
the time of h» r death as the "Mother of Colored Women’s
Clubs” in the F.S.A., was the aunr of our Jack Wells, and is
alone responsible Tor his opportunity to pursm* higher, lcaru
-Ing
Mrs. Ada Finley, of Scotten avenue, mother of the popular
Mary Jane Varner, is spending the rest of the winter -in
Wichita, Kans., as house guest of her daughter Helen Ander
son. recently married and making her home In that city.
The latest of the "flu” victims is Myrtle Seabrooks. who
has been confined to her home for the past week. ...Myrt. 1
old pal. you really missed a grand affair, and we missed jolly
old Hen.
Edna Tondee really broke it tip with those "Hird of Para
dise" feathers which perched so jauntily on the crown of her
smart-hat... Edna, you proceeded to spoil most of niv view.
bur what we h'-nrd told us it was O.K and if was a VPr X
luscious chapeau.
Susie Mill* and Marie Jones should be crowned queens
of the May or something, . so ambitious are they. . . .open
ing a cotton dress shop in the project . \V<* hope every one
w ill ankle xinduwu there and give them a break.... They
really do deserve it.
N/nypst among the stores in the project is a Harthwoll
Drug Sum r • ‘ the one on Oakland and
Hague. . look out everybody else.
The National Alliance of Post Office Employees, in co
operation with the N. \ A.C.P. and other sympathetic organi
zations. is preparing an Anti-Lynch Henefit Dance to be
given on March lb. at the Finnish Hall. Fourteenth and Mc-
Graw street* from nine until.
'The Lita Caritas club met at the home of the Hutchinsons
of-OS E. Canfield. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Lundy were host
and hostess for iil£_evf■ rTtng... .Dr. Thomas M. Malone was
elected president.... Mrs. Eula Carter, vice president....
Mrs. Wilia M. Lundy. Secretary. . . .Mrs. Velma Malone, critic.
.During the business Mrs. Nora D. Hutchinson was up
fixing a lunch, cocktails and highballs.. . .Then the gang
played about four changes of contract bridge. .. ITizes wen'
to Irene Graves.... Mrs. James Henderson won the guest
prize.
Rehearsals are fast and furious these days for the “Chil
dren’s Hour”. . . .No fooling . No one can afford to miss
being in the Art Institute. .. .on April L’l. . . .Thus play, deal
ing as it does with a daring theme, is so cleverly written that
contrary to there being any offense about it. actually, some
folk whom 1 know saw the professional play, missed the
point entirely ..It Is a great vehicle.... reaching untold
dramatic heights. . and the cast we have chosen are doing
a fine job of living l».
Saturday. Feb 25 Mr. and Mr*
Ernest Swwju > ' Park a\«-\
had a f* • ■
Mattie VihcV with a buffi t d.r.-
ner card* followed Present
were ...Mr. and Mr. Ike Osborne
....Archie Lindsay Grai t fir.en
....Clifton guisltn Mr.- Carr e
Ha ns.
A Marl
the Me harry Auxiliary wav given
>. .
22... All of the Meharry.te* wore
Tv «• attending w. u D r and Mrs
S W. Jenkins Dr and Mrs. J. C
Ira..'. Dr and Mr«. D. J Gra
am Dr. and Mrs Rushing
Dr arid Mr.,. J P. Watkins ...Dr
and Mrs. C. C Strickland . Dr.
and Mrs. F Dawson.. Mrs Joa r a
i:-
Senator and Mr* Chari*-* Digg«
Dr. and Mrs. Joe Thomas.... Dr.
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SOCIETY
BaSv 'M <1
Mt. Tabor
Baptist
j Sunday morning at Mt. Tabor
church was an interesting day. Sun
day school vnas well attended jmd
rihe superintendent Eugene J nes.
reported an unusually large num
. ber ts children in attendance.
At 11 o'clock services the pastor. 1
.Rev C. L. Wafford spoke from* the
j subject ‘ They Cry Unto the Lord."
Lovely vocal selections were ren
dered by Mrs. Catherine Mayor and
the King Solomon Harmony Five.,
A musical program at 3:30 in the
' afternoon featured the same quar
i tet. At the evening service the
I Golden Leaf quartet of Mt. Tabor
[presented several numbers
■ 35.000 feet «r.d landed safely.
YOUTH LEADER
p*" 7 : ;
Group Holds
First Party
The La-Mong-Sha Lang club gave '
: ts first cabaret party of the season
Friday. Feb 17 at the Owl club,
with another'record-breaking crowd
[eluding the Cavaliers, the Cupids.,
| Khe-Dives-La -Fcielis Girls, and the 1
Members w-ere quite attractive
The officers are: Miss F. Tuggle.
[ president; Miss M. Jefferson, vice
I president; Miss O. Hughes, secre
! tary; Miss 0. Knight Corres. assist
-1 ant secretary: Miss n. Culp, re-
and McK.y, treas
' ton, Miss G. Anderson and Miss G.
Haynes.
We are all v ry thankful and
ippreciative of the splended co
operation shown us by the man
, agers anc * fl° or men during our
| and Mrs. Lawson of Canada . Mrs.
j Pearl Penick and daughter .. and
The Executive Board of the Asso
ciation for the Study of Negro His
tory and Life entertained Mrs Lucy
NACIREMA’S FORMAL DINNER A GAY AFFAIR
With I-croy Smith *iul his orch
estra furnishing the dinner music
the members and a select group of
friends of the Nacirema club
gathered for a formal dinner at
the < lub house, Thirtieth and Mil
ford avenues. Photo 1 shows a
partial view of the diners mid
Ames Temple
No. 17 Meets
With Mrs. Bessie Andrews of
Elmwood avenue'acting as hostess,
the Florence Ames Temple No. 17
Riding club met Wednesday with
the president presiding.
‘ Ow ing to the Illness of our secre
tary, Miss Maude Christmas was
appointed to act as secretary. The
minutes of the meeting were read
and approved.
Those a;pearing on the sick list
are Mrs. D. Turner and Mrs. An-
Reports were heard from various
committees. Complete arrangements
. - j so our rt isical
t King S
Baptist church. Thursday evening.
Feb. 23. It proved to be quite a
success with some of Detroit's most ,
talented people appearing.
A.K.A.’S. In Gay Sat.
Afternoon Revelry
By GLADYS MILLS
The A. K. A's pay their debts, and
in no meagre fashion. All those
matrons, some 50 or 60, who made
up the citizens' tommlttee at boulc i
time, were entertained in grand
' style at the Frogs club last Saturday
[afternoon. Yotr wouldn't have
i known the place, fairly bulging
with smartly clad. chattering
; femmes. Those A's don't fool, no
j expense nor trouble had been
I spared. Ye Olde Frogge was a ver
itable bower of palms, ferns and
gladiola in profusion", like walking
■ into fairyland after the bleak.
| slushy outdoors. Just the largest
j bowl ever of specially brewed cock- j
| tail, was there for the taking, and !
I we took 'til we tingled inside, then I
sat us down to the best old turkey |
! We went to work tooth and nail
ithen," at contract, for a chance at [
one' of those promising, white,
wrapped packages, piled on the;
edge of the bar. Were we morti
fied when we weren't even in the
running anywhere and the prizes
turned out to be just exquisite. A
too, too. something or other fuschia
bag. Ann Roane, went and won
it; Helen Clarke marched off with
those white satin undies, we just
a; t.,-. small. Mrs.
S.mms got the beautiful
sheer hose, and old pretty Marie
Scruggs would win the set of dish
es. Aw, heck! Lyda, can we join
the next beginners' class?
The A's were cordial hostess and
had planned a most charming after
noon. Melissabel Grant was ac
tually cute', with that hair-do; Ha
■ zel Lyman was the epitome of
[smartness in her man-tailofed suit'
j and chic chapeau: Angel Lambert j
i who is Das ileus, thanked us all so ‘
sweetly and put us in just the mood
to have fun; Beulah Whitby said i
she felt so conspicuous in her white |
turban, but she needn't have, cause j
it took the rag off the bush.
Everyone looked" gorgeous and I
party-ish. We will work twice as
hard next time for such a reward,
The A's pay dividends and how! i
The guests were: Evelyn Cofer. j
Myrtle Gaskill, Verna Parker i
| Greene of Cincinnati. Dorothy Per- '
| kins, Mrs. Eliza Foster, Valerie Wal
lace. Tennc Johnson, Edith White,
• Lillian Gaines. Leona I.ange, Mary
; Jane Varner. Betty Cain. Ada-John-
I son, Katie Lopmis, Adclc Wayner,
.Mrs H. Dunbar. Miss Harriett •'Bar
rier. Mrs Ctrl Smtth, Marie
' Scruggs,. Maude Russian. F.thel Car
VIRGINIA LONG
June. 1937 graduate of Cass Tech
nical high school. She is an organ
izer and trader of the newly
formed Brewster N. A. A. C. P.
Youlli Council At present she is
heading the council’s membership
drive for 100 or mare members.
ELECT
EDWARD T. MEEHAN
(DEMOCRAT)
COUNTY AUDITOR Primary Election March 6th
ANNOUNCING—
THE OPENINC OF THE
OPEN FACE MARKET
Located at 3464 Hastings Street
Anew and up-to-date grocery and meat market is
now at your disposal. Strictly fresh vegetables choice
cuts of meat sold at the very minimum of profit. This
store is here to serve the public efficiently and economi
cally PATRONIZE US.
As an opening offer we are giving with each purchase
of a T can of MARIGOLD Syrup at the reguluar
price of 43 cents
ABSOLUTELY FREE
One Full Quart of Marigold Syrup
The Open Face Market 3464 Hastings St.
CALENDAR EVENTS
WOMANS INTERESTS
m - ,: W ”
|f M mIBh
if 4 JkMBF
gay decortilions and tasty food,
and (2) Walter White, who ap
peared as the N. A. A. P. mass
meeting speaker at the Y. M. C.
A., earlier in the day. shakes
hands with the association's local
president. I)r. J. J. McClendon, as
Mrs. McClendon looks on.—James
photo by Eddie Richardson.
Bon Voyage
Tea Held For
Mrs. C. Smith
Y. W. C. A. Scene Os
Swank Fete
By GLADYS MILLS
The Lucy Thurman branch Y. W
, C. A. was the scene of a very swank
tea last Thursday afternoon. It was
yi gesture of bon voyage to Mrs. C.
*S. Smith who leaves on March 3
. from New York city aboard the
Normandie for ’England: she .will
remain there until the 15th at which
time she will leave for West Africa.
Mrs. Smith will study Y. W. C. A
| conditions there particularly con-j
cerning the women and children.
Miss Mina Soga was guest seak
er. She is a native of Cape Provi- !
j dence. South Africa. She is mak- '
1 ing a lecture tour of America study- ;
| ing particularly conditions sur-;
rounding the Negro. Her subject :
. was' Persecution in South Africa,"
which she handled with great fin- j
esse, especially in the face of her
frank admission that she had no or- ]
I ganized training as a lecturer.
The WPA orchestra, under the
direction of Mr. Mclntyre, played
(inichucl, Julia Parker. Sally Ellison,
Alixe O'Dell, Rachael Strong,
|ti Clements, Mrs. Mamie Simms'S
Louise Simms,
i Kathleen Black;
Mrs. Mary Jeffries. Ruth Jack
; son. Norcne Thompson, Helen [
•Clarke. Ann Roane, Phyllis Colden.
Gladys Cuzzens, Monwclla Wil
: liams. Mrs. Rowena Watkins. Mrs.
Blanche Bowles. Agnes Swan. Pearl
Penick, Lil Cassey, Mrs. Eva Greene. |
Portia and Fannie Bethel, Nellie!
Watts, Geraldine Bledsoe, Beulah
' Whitby, Helen - —Gntheart, Ashley J
i Cain, Margaret Bennett. Cornell!
I Tondee. Agnes Lewis. Jennie Page,
[Angel Lambert, Melissabel • Grant j
j and Hazel Lyman.
Slip On Ice Results
In Cracked Ankle
Mis W. L, Gardner of 5463 Twen
ceivlng hospital Tuesday of last
week after slipping on the ice. It
was revealed that she received a
cracked ankle. She is reported to
be resting fine. ■
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Pocahontas Wash Nut $6.50
Kentucky Lump 1.00
Kentucky Egg 6.75
West Virginia Lump 6.75
West Virginia Egg 6 50
Hocking Lump 6 25
Hocking Egg 6.00
Ohio Lump 6.00
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SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1939
Mrs. Loomis poured the tea Mrs.
appropriate selections at intervals.
WilliHw Starks made a very dig
nified presiding officer.
Those present were: Mrs. Anne
* Greene. Mr.«. T Sparks. Mrs. A. L.
Turner, Mrs. Hill. Mrs. W.
A Thompson. Mrs.T.dna Shaw. Mrs.
Jean Walker. Mrs. Rose Hill. Miss
; Maxine Broyles, Mrs. Meta Pelham,
Mrs. M. Gamble. Mrs. C. S. Smith,
Mrs M. Fowler. Mrs. Mary Bell,
i Mrs. Rosa Gregg. Mrs. Mildred
I Croft, Mrs. J. A. Moore. Mrs. F.
j Dawson. Mrs. C. Osby. Mrs. Frank
j Fitts, president of the Metropolitan
board;
Mrs. Gates, secretary; Mrs. Sea
berry. Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. Millie
: Connelly Lee. Mrs. Maribodine Rob
inson, Helene Westbrook. Mrs. A.
Wurthon. Mrs. Burrell Carter, Mrs.
William Peck. Mrs. Frazier. Mrs.
Young. Mrs Ethel Massenburg,
FI Tene McKinney. Mrs. Nora D.
Charleston. Mrs. B. Whitby. Mia*
j Louise Blackman. Mrs. Edward Mc
j Call. Mrs. Lcnnra Carruthers.
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