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FRATERNITIES
Popular Couple Wed Among Friends With Simple Rites
GfIDDinGS
By GLADYS MILLS
Carol Chilton and Maceo Thomas . . . internationally
known dance team . . . Mr. and Mrs. Thomas in every
day life . . . are resting a bit. between engagements. . .
At present they may be found cooling their heels, so to
apeak, at the home of their dad. ,Dr. Joe Thomas Sr., on
Josephine avenue. . . . Later they will open their beau
tiful home in Idlewild. Mich. . . . and browse around
those parts for a while . . . perhaps, rehearsing anew
routine or two in the meantime. . . . The Thomases are
perhaps our very best threat in the theatre, having a long
line of successful appearances to their credit. . . . They
have made movies . . . appeared on Broadway in A1
Jolson's Wonder Bar” . . . and stopped shows consistently
at all the first rate vaudeville houses. . . . Maceo and our
Alf Jr. . . . are limbs off the same tree . . . Dr. Alf Thomas
Sr., and Dr. Joe Thomas Sr., are brothers.
Eddie Lou Robinson was so tuckered out. from her so
journ tn New Orleans at the Mardi Gras, tha* she was a
perfect target for “Old Man Flu” who has certainly taken
possession of Detroit, since she went south ... so now
poor Eddie sniffles, prettily, with a case.
The beauteous Naoja Ntit tall was among those who went
to the Mardi Gras . . . taking time out from her apprentice
ship as an undertaker ... to view the glories of the old
southland. . . . Naola might easily have gotten so mixed
up with the rest of the Creoles that we couldn’t have found
her again . . . she has that Spanish-Mexican look, but
definitely.
The Thomas Hammonds of Alger avenue . . . are still
in Hot Springs. Ark. . . . They will remain until April 1 . . .
taking the baths and otherwise relaxing . . . lucky them,
the rest of us must stay home and fight these March winds.
Teddy Wilson will organize his own unit, so we are told.
also lovely to look at. . . . We recommended Eunice Greer
. . . who is certainly long on the latter, if a little short
on the first count. . . . Teddy was so impressed with her
that he had a recording made of her voice, the outcome
of which will decide whether our little protege is to tackle
New York. . . . We just sort of can’t get used to the idea
of Benny Goodman without Teddy Wilson AND Lionel
Hampton. . . Lionel will carry on with the Goodman
band alone. Teddy Wilson was the house guest of the
George Carmichaels of Fischer avenue, during the latter
part of his stay in Detroit.
Dr. E. A. Carter’s condition was still grave at this writ
ing. ... He is at Edythe K. Thomas hospital . . . fighting
a serious siege of pneumonia. . . . His recently acquired
fiance, well known Chicagoan, has been at his bedside
constantly
Cornelius L. Colightly, brother of Atty. R. M. Golightly,
has been recently made reading assistant to one of the
professors in the department of philosophy, at the University
of Michigan. Mr. Golightly was graduated with honors
from Talladega college in June, 1938 with a major in phil
osophy. . . . This background and his unusually high marks
at the* 17. of M„ the first semester, on his master's degree,
were the contributing factors in Mr. Golightly’s election to
this position.
Dinners, by the various ladies organizationaof St. Mathews
church, are being served every Thursday from 11:00 a. m.
to p. m.. in the parish house.
The “info” about Bill Terrell came from what should
have been an unimpeachable source, which shows that we
can all be wrong. ... In this instance we are glad that
the rumor is untrue . . . any way, our nice remarks still go.
-Susio-Mills and .Mari- nqtey the
business world . . their little shop will open For active
business . .’. so they tell me ... at the middle of the
month. . . . They will carry . . . cute cottons of all kinds
. . . purses . . . hats and underwear, or should we say
lingerie?
Cadence Hines spent last week end in “Chi” ;r . . . which
.....
Little Jean Waundless, daughter of the Andrew Waund
lesses of Bewick avenue ... is preparing a piano recital
for early in May . . . to be at the Plymouth Congregational
church . . . watch for the date.
Former members of the now extinct Idle Hour club,
entertained for Mrs. Mattie Viney, former Detroiter, now
living in Philadelphia . . . on last Tuesday evening . . .
nt ttin hfinip of Mrs Cora Seymour. . . . Whist, bridge
and pokeno were the means of diversion. . . . Those pres
ent were . . . Mr. and Mrs. Grant Green . . v Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Seymour . . . Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stewart
. . . Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Russian . . . Mrr'bnd Mrs.
Louis Goff . . . Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Sweeney . . . Mr.
and Mts. Archie Lindsay . . . Mrs. Hattie Patterson . . .
Mrs. Manning . . . Mrs. Hattie Jackson . . . and Mrs.
Anna M. Blackburn.
Well, if Bonnie Smith didn’t go and "take the rag off
the bush.” . . . She presented' her Homer with not one,
but two bouncing baby girls. . . . The new arrivals came
last Friday, which brings the Smith progeny up to four.
Paul Hargrove, undiscovered song writer, will not be
that, for long, if any of the biggies ever hear his stuff, be
will be on his way. ... Os course it is no easy matter
getting one’s self heard, but we are surely going to do
our feeble best to help him . . . ’cause we think he has
something to offer.
Mrs. Corilla Anderson is on the sick list: also Mrs. Mable
Stowers, the latter being at this writing in Grace hospital
for surgery.
Eugene Smith was being his very special best . . . while
squiring that charming visitor about, the other morning
when we bumped into him. . . . She was Lucretia Byers,
of Dayton, Ohio . . . one of the visiting nurses. *
Speaking of the nurses . . . they had quite a confab
here last week. . . . ’Twas the graduate regional convention
of Colored Graduate Nurses. Delegates from other cities
were . . . Mabel K. Staupers, New York City . . . Phyllis i
Hammonds, Celeveland, Ohio. . . . Fannye Helvey, Cin
cinnati . . . Mary E. Sales, Indianapolis . . . Myrtes
Ragland. Chicago . . . Lucretia Byers, Dayton . . . Essia
Spiliars. Cincinnati . . . Florence Hargett. St. Louis . . .
Lucille Lacey, St. Louis . . . J. A. Belt, Chicago . ....
Laura Thurman, Chicago . . . Violetta Wilkins, Chicago
. . . V. Johnson, Dayton . . . Maxine Prear, Dayton . .
Ophelia Clark, St. Louis . . . Estell M. Riddell. Akron . . .
W. E. Carey, Chicago . . . Joella P. Starnes, Chicago . . .
Lillian Wills. St.. Louis . . . Frances Gaines, Chicago . . .
and Louise E. Simms. Louisville.
“Great Women of the Bible” will live again in a musical
pageant, to be given on March 19 at Plymouth church,
sponsored by the Crusaders club . . . and directed by
Leon Patterson.
Wendell Smith and his recent bride will be home soon.
* . . Wendell will catch the “Fight” . . . and his bride,
Sara, will get a little more acquainted with the homo folk
~ . . We know- a secret that will make the two of them
▼ery. very happy . . and why not? . . . Mother and
dad will give them a brand new. shiny automobile to drive
back to Pittsburgh. ... Wendell is making rapid strides
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| Langford P. James. In the above
! photo ran be seen Edith Watson.
| Katie Fuller. Hazel Lyman. Ber-
I nardine Jordan. Bertha Lantion,
I Lucy Jones. Tina Johnson. Thel-
In the midst of their revelry last
Friday night at the Pythian hall.
Brush and Adam* avenues, the
Gogginettes, a bridge club, took
time out to pose for rapieraman
in the field of journalism . w . the kid writes his sports
with a flourish.
What will folk do with those sharp riding habits? . . .
The Riding Academy at Utica burned down, this past week
. . . tough luck . . . and it almost riding time, too.
Joe “Ziggie" Johnson really
“knocks himself some killing jive"
as he so aptly puts it, in those
matched ensembles he wears . . .
for example ... he wears a dark
plum-colored draped tuxedo, and
plum-colored suede shoes ... or
a shade of blue akin to that known
as teal and matching blue kid
shoes . . . and so it goes with
that lad . . . be it black, brown,
green or gray ... the kicks
Sam Thomas tells me that his
recently demolished chariot will
live again, and within a few days.
... If you recall, it was a gray
LaSalle coupe, lined inside witli
rod 1 athcr. with gleaming, white
wall tires. ... The new one will
be an exact replica. Incidentally,
while at our job of Gadding over
the week end, we noticed Sam
squiring the decorative Naola Nut
tall. an easy task to say the least.
Ruth Elizabeth Webb and Rachael
Strong were joint hostesses to the
Detroiters Bridge club Saturday
night at Ruth's on Bewick avenue.
Katie Loomis won first prize, and
Marian Green, second. Lucille Lee
was the only non-member pres
ent. she substituted for Pearl
Penick. ill.
Gxeeii Davi*_ i& -imxui.i -the -Vfcrr
ill, and Ersie ar.d Earl Foley were
up from Columbus for the week
end to see about him. . . . He is
Ersie's big brother.
Members of the Ytirahc club (the
name is only Charity spelled back
those who so kindly donated them
things with which to carry on their
bingo party, out at the Moses
Walkers' last Friday night and
they want all you charitable-minded
folk to keep in mind the cause for
which they are working and come
to.their third annual spring luneh
eon on Anril IS . . . don't fret
if you haven't heard about it, be
cause you will, and how.
We were just worried sick Sun
day afternoon at the Blue Hour
for fear Anna Lee Stimpson's cute
hr dab onto the floor at any mo-
Heads Sorority
Charming Mrs. Thelma Parker,
one of those efficient Detroit
school “marms," is basileus qf Chi j
chapter of the national sorority j
of Phi Delta Kappa. Chi chapter
■ wa* fctit-ap. in Detroit in January. .
and they've planned a great future
for the local group under the able '
leadership of Mrs. Parker. Chi's
program is educational in scope,
in keeping with the standards and
Ideals of the national organiza
tion. Mrs. Parker Is also a very
active member of the Girl Reserve
committee of the Lucy Thurman ,
branch Y. W. C. A.
A rubber suit and a light weight
metal helmet have been invented
in France for persons forced to leap
from airplanes while in the strato
spTi'cre, oxygen being suppiiofl-byr
two tanks.
Pettiford . . . Mrs. Joe Star.ton
. . . Lillian Brooks.
ment. ... No fooling, she wore ;
suspect a bit of glue was hanging
around somewhere, or ’twould never
have stayed put.
Was our facetted though, when
Bob Bradley said ours looked like
an old fashioned toaster that you
sit on top of the stove . . and
here we had waded through six
basements and five French rooms
to get it, and thought we were
docking most glamorous.
Lillian Brown should wear those
oxfords all the time . . . they
do things for her. . . . We think
she is a cutle . . . and the only
thiig that has ever spoiled her was
the.fact that she had to wear glass
es. .. . The oxfords give her a
little dash . . . keep them on
Lilly.
Margaret Hubbard Smith was just
actually ashamed of herself, about
going to so many of the '•Clique"
j meetings so she ups and entertains
the gals herself last Thursday . . .
j not a bad idea, some folk will
agree. . . . Maggie outdid a lot
of folk . . . giving such . . . be
you-ti-ful prizes . . . such as for
instance . . . the huge glass hors
d'oeuvres tray that Rachael Strong
got. and the oddest, cutest little
pencil and paper affair, just the
thing we need, can we borrow :t
Eleanor . . . Katie Loomis wo
the bread warmer. All you members
\fcho were unable to be there . .
k«“w here and now that you really
did miss It . . . Just watch your
mouths water ... at this menu
. . . oyster croquets . . . baked
macaroni au gratin . . . slaw . .
peas . . . hot rolls . . . coffee
. . . and cnarlotte russe. Those
present were . . . Georgette White
. . . Eleanor Osborne . . . Rachael
Strong . . . Katie Loorois . .
Phyllis Colden . . . Mamie Alex
: ander . . . Maribodine Robinson
l • • . Myrtle Gaskill . . . Helen
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Dinner At'YW 7
Girl Scouts No. 27 were the guests
I last meek at a lofely dinner spon
sored for them on their eleventh
birthday by Mrs. Robert Jamieson,
field representative of the south
| eastern,district, in the dining room
of the Lucy Thurman branch Young
Women's Christian Association.
Amid the pleasant green and gold
color combination a huge birthday
cake was one of the main dinner at-
Over Africa." a travel
thriller and a moving picture de
picting Girl Scout actifities at Camp
Green Pastures were shown follow
ing dinner.
Presiding was Mrs. A. N. Lake,
leader of Troop No. 27. Mrs. Lake
was assisted with dinner arrange
ments by Mrs. Harriet Wesley, Mrs.
j Gertrude Frohman, Mrs. Rannie
Grubbs, and Miss Willie Ellett,
members of the Scout committee.
Scouts _ present included Nellie
Floyd. Rebecca Jackson. Willie Cun- I
I ningham. Vivian Buchanan, Mary
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Celebration
The “Y” celebration of its 15th :
anniversary began with Edgar A.
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gram Sunday, March 5, and will be
followed by Professor Y. Z. Chang
and Judge Myles A. Page. This .
series of programs will be climaxed
by the annual "Y" dinner on Thurs
day, March 30. Dr. J. J. McClendon, !
chairman of the membership com- 1
mittec, announces that the general j
public is invited and that it will
be well for anyone expecting to at
tend to make their reservation j
early as attendance will be limited
to two hundred-fifty. The speaker
and the program will be announced
in a later issue.
The Lindsays
Enterta in
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Mr. and Mrs. Archie Lindsay of
4852 Parker avenue, entertained for I
Mrs. Mattie Biney of Philadelphia. 1
who has been here for the past two
months visiting her daughter, Mrs. !
Clifton Russian of McClellan ave
nue. Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay had din- :
ner and cards for Mrs. Viney, who
will return to her home in Pennsyl- j
vania on Wednesday of this week.
For many years a resident of De- 1
troit, Mrs. Viney has many friends
here, and all of them have helped J
make her stay here a pleasant one.
Other guests at the Lindsay's were: I
Dr. and Mrs. William Postles, Mr. !
and Mrs. Sam Kendricks, Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Green, Mr. and Mrs. I
William Blackburn, Mr. and Mrs. '
Clifton Russian. Miss Willa Mae ,
Moody. Mrs. Beauty Plummer and
i Charles Fisher.
Birdhurst In
History Program
In keeping with the educational j
program of the N A. A C. P., the 1
Birdhurst Youth Council of the N. i
A. A. C—F. will present a Negro j
History program at Mt. Beulah
Baptist church Sunday, March 12.
The Birdhurst Councilers will
present this program under the
auspices of the Eastern Star fra
ternity. Eddie Swan will be the
principal speaker on this program.
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March Nuptials
By GLADYS MILLS
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Andrews at 562 East Canfield, was
the scene of a pretty wedding, when
their daughter, Gertrude, was mar
ried to Edward Duncan, on Satur
day evening, March 4.
The happy young couple were
united in matrimony by the Rev.
Horace White, pastor of Plymouth
Cos are Rational church. He read
them their vows, before an impro
vised altar, erected in the living
room of the bride's home. A select
group of close friends and relatives
witnessed the Impressive ceremony:
typical of this dynamic young
minister, was his dramatic pause,
midway the ceremony, to recite a
<nnnpt written by Robert Brown
ing on the third day of his marriage
to Elizabeth Barrett It began: "I
wrap my cloak about you," and
continued in words which left no
doubt as to the solemnity of love
and marriage.
As tradition demands, the bride
came in on the arm of her father,
to the strains of the familiar Lohen
grin Wedding March, wearing the
usual virgin white. Gertrude had
chosen filmy net for her gown,
with a short jacket of silk lace. She
wore a short veil, which was pleat
ed on to a fitted cap and carried
a huge bouquet of white roses. The
groom's sister, Mildred Duncan, an
attractive lass in pale pink chif
fon, was an attendant. Gladys An
drews, the bride's sister was maid
of honor: she wore pale green lace
and carried a bouquet of roses and
iris. Josephine Gaines, the matron
of honor, wore blue lace and car
ried a bouquet of iris. Oswald
Webster was best man; other male
attendants were Charles Nye and
Leonard Andrews, the bride's
brother.
The young couple will be at
home to friends at 603 Josephine
avenue. The groom is employed
by the State Liquor Commission.
Co-eds Plan Debate
The Birdhurst Intermediate Co
eds are planning to debate a sub
ject of Rational importance at the
Birdhurst Center soon. The question.
Resolved: That the United States
Should Increase its National De
fense.
The group is headed by Doris
Carter. Meetings are held every
Friday at the Birdhurst Center.
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MRS. ONEIDA COCKRELL
Os Chicago.-national baiilen* of
the Phi Delta Kappa sorority was
guest of Chi chapter at a luncheon,
while she was in the Motor City
attending the Progressive Educa
tion association conference. Mrs.
Cockrell also visited here a month
ago to help set up Chi chapter of
this national organization of
school teachers. Mrs. Cockrell
represented her school in the field
of special education at the national
conferenre. She opened a discus
sion on "Democracy in Education"
at the luncheon.
Progressive Ministers
Association To Meet
A mammoth mass meeting at the
j New Mt. Zion Baptist church will
j be held by the Ministers Progressive
association on Wednesday, March
j 15 at 8 p. m. This meeting is in
the interest of Negro welfare in
the city of Detroit and the necessity
for organized action on the part of
the group will be stressed by the
speaker, who has not yet been an-
Atty. Smith Praises
Youth Association
) The Detroit Youth association,
I headed by Francis Jordan last re
ceived the. indorsement of Attor
ney Smith, member of the staff of
Lewis and Rowlette, prominent law
firm. Mr. Smith is reported as hav
ing approved the methods and
achievements of the Youth group
during the short time it has been
organized.
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