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Mrs. Peck, Mrs. Lampkin To Officiate At Exhibit Opening
Trade Association To
Put On Show June 12
of* the American Legion. Fannie B
1 Peck as members of the crack
Charles Young pos. drill pv-.st stand
at attention will raise the Ameri
can flag to the top ot the club ■
at the conclusion ot which cere
monies Mrs. Daisy Lampkin. field
i secretary ot the MA.A.CJ*. will cut
the blue ribbon which act will t.lim
Amatrur Show Highlight
According to Edgar J. Pitts, di-,
rector- of one of the most outitand
ng features of the show will be
which will be sponsored nightly in '
the mam ballroom ->f-*tre chib along
from the local hot spots.
The amateur show will begin each
night at 9:30 p.m . and contestants
will compete lor three cash prizes
; mgntlr •vrmrtcrs of which ■wtH eom- •
pete Sunday night. June 18. for
grand cash prizes of $25, $lO. and
$5 each
A small admission fee of 15c for
adults and 10c tor children under
twelve years of age will prevail!
throughout the week.
Week or Varied Activities
Program for the week will in
clude the following daily program-
Color, drama, music and dignity
will comb.ne Monday June 12 at
•30 p.m.. to open officially the
ninth annual exhibit ol the Booker
T. Washington Trade Association
and the Detroit House's ives league
To the martial strains ot music,
furnished by the drum md bugle
corpa ol the Charles Young post
Convicted —
Continued from Page 1)
G. -y jumped on Wan? and stomped
ground where he had .fallen after
being struck by Elisha Gaty with
the knife. She told Mrs Gary to
leave Watts alone that he was dy
tnjrrrow: Mrs. MncnctrsTaTefr rr. the
stand Then Caroline Gary jumped
on her. the witness disclosed.
On the .stand Elish stated Watts
had borrowed at least half a ton
of coal from h:m on many occa
sions and hart failed to return it
On the date of the fatal fijfht, he
had asked Watts to return his coal'
and a heated, word-slinging bat
_t’e started between the two men
fare kitchen in the old Detroit
House of Correction. Finally the
kitchen manager. Tom Johnson, put
Witnesses for the state disclosed
that the Gary a left the dining room
about 10 minutes ahead if the
Watts family who were charged by
the prosecution with lying in wait
outside for the appearance of the
ment started over coal borrowed by
Wife's Story
*• gumert-started after she had re
turned home from work and had
bought several gills of "lightning'
a* a bl:nd*pig. Both the Watts and
the Garys were on their way' to
the soup line to get food, she dis
closed telling her side of the fatal
quarrel and fight
"Didn't Give Hubby Knife
Sh’ didn't have any knife Didn't
fciv? her husband one. Didn't stomp
©n- Watts while he was on the
(ground. Carolii.e Gary stated n a
pathetic, crude manner to the jury.
"He had a knife about as long a'
his longest finger, and struck Watts
a'ter he had been hit on tne head
and back with a piece of pipe
Watts carried-'in his pocke' " the
defendant stated. "Watts didn't
run and was not knocked down."
"He had kicked my wife and said
he was going to do the same to me.
is pari of .the story Elisha Gary told
tne jury.
Changed Their Names
TClisha and Caroline Gary changed
their names to Gray antT have"
lived in Detroit since the time of
the alleged murder of Watts, they
disclosed Elisha came from Mem
phis and has lived in Detroit for
34 years He never has been ar
rested. w i-uie Caroline revealed *he
fiari been married to her husband.
v rked for a f m 3009 M r.t
©rey. Her husband had worked at
~F. HTi f. : r ■- >PM? '.vr.?'krd MM- '
the WPA now
The Garys were arrested on Apr !
7 19.19 a‘tr: a to the de
ceased William Watts nad seen and
identified the Garys and reported
the.r address to police After
Elisha and Caroline ac:c held and
charged with murder.ng Watts - x
years ago Watts died from knife
thrusts to the forehead and back
of the neck
A report reveal that Wafts had
been admitted t<» Receiving hospi
tal and given first aid then sent
he went into a coma when a city
physician, a Dr Edward Carter.
Peceiving.hosp.tiil Wat'.- was then
C ‘■’d ' " Marc • *•
In i.^.fti ft.*ir>er,t~a. —tne yury- Mi*i •
lin Paulsrr.o. th- prosecuting attor
r.r v. neged for a "prdrrr of frrsr de
gree murder while Herbert L Kar4
©f :> 7 to It years on th*> verdict
Watts on Mar-h 4 1933.
Y.WX.A. To Hold
Spring Conference
At: members of t e Lucy Thur
m be held this year at Hubbard
av enue residence < n Wednesday.
the fall activities program of the
association ,n a.I its branchr* Mrs
Erie. Layton Ga-qs w. I preside.
PROGRAM
MONDAY. JUNE 12TII
5 30 P M.—Flag Raising Ceremon-'
. tV-uff-P—M—Format Openmg -of ■ ex- -
h. bi ts
7:30 P M —All-Star Stage Show
830 P. M. Announcements and
9:30 P M—Amateur Show Cash
Prizes
10:30 P. M. Announcements and
Music
1100 P. M Prizes awarded in ball-
TUESDAY. JUNE 13TH
Beauticians Night
8 nn p M —Doors Open
:.m P M —All Star Stage Show
8:30 PM— Announcements and
9:30 P M Amateur Show Cash
Prizes
10:30 P M Announcements and
Music
11 00 P M —Prizes awarded in ball-
WEDNF.SDAY. JUNE 14TH
Brewster C ity Merchants Night
8:00 P M Doors Open
7:30 P M AI! Star Stage Show
8:30 P. M. Announcements and
9.30 P M.-Amateur show Cash
10:30 P. M —Music
11 00 P. M —Prizes awarded in ball- I
THURSDAY. JUNE ISTH
Home Furnisher's Night
8 00 P. M—Doors Open
7 30 P M —All Star Stage Show
8.30 P M Announcements and
Music
9:30 P M —Amateur Show Cash
prizes
’ 30 P M.-Music
11 00 P M —Prizes awarded in ba!l=~
FRIDAY. Jl NF. 18TH
"Cleveland Night”
8 00 P M —Doors Open
7 00 r M - Welcome to Cleveland •
Delegation
7 30 P M--All Star S'age Snow
. fi.3o F .Mi Announcements and
-9 30 P M - Amateur Show Cash
prizes
10 30 P M —Music
11.00 P M Prizes awarded in ball-
's \TURD\Y. JUNE 17TH
All School* Day"
2 00 P. M.—Juniors on Parade
6.00 P M Evening Program be
-730 P M —Ail Star Stage Show
8 30 P M. - - Announcements and
930 P M - Amateur show Cash
prizes
10:30 PM—Music
SUNDAY. JUNE 18TH
C losing Program
5 00 P. M —Doors Open
8.00 P M —Special musical pro
-7 30 P M.—A Cavalcade of Song
and Dar or fe;,.P.i'ir.2 ‘hr
Fa m o * ' Ford Dixie
E ight,"
8 30 T M -Music and Announcc
-9 30 P M—Amateur Show finals—
• Grand pr.zes of $25. $lO
and $5» .L
11:00 P. M —Awarding of Grahd
Door prizes
12 00 P. M—Farewell to the Ninth
annual exhibit
"MEET BROTHER MARTIN’
Write for Pamphlet, Cd.
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N.A.A.C.P. YOUTH MAP DRIVE PLANS
2. at the St. Antoine Y.M.CfA.
Pictured here are the individual
council membership chairmen and
Mrs. Daisy E. Lampkin and Ed
ward Swan. Left to right, Mr. E.
The Youth Couneils of the N. A.
A. (’. P.. promoting their member
ship campaign roncurrently with '
the local senior branch, held l
first report meeting Friday, June 1
NYA Heads At
Camp Cassidy
Mr. Kinsey, district represenfa- 1
’live Tor NYA. took his stand fori
| the National Youth Administration j
last Friday evening at a luncheon '
jat Cassidy Lake camp while in
; specting the camp on the days:
‘outing.
| During the dinner. Mr. Kaye.
1 state director, gave a short interest
ing talk. After the repast, a gen
| eral inspection of the camp was l
| made and the visitors were favored j
I with a baseball game between the
, Cassidy I*ake team and the Detroit .
NYA team. The latter team has
to Karp Coal, winner of
Class B team title last year.
Those included in the group visit-1
-trig the--ramp- were: Emmadean.
Belle. Mary Ann Coleman, Sybil i
Hall. Joe Neil. Ruth Johnson, James 1
McCrary. Bernice Payne,...Edward
Swan and Eddie Tolan.
Pequoid Club In
Outdoor Picnic
Pequod Fishing and Hunting club
held its first outdoor picnic of the
season last week at Elizabeth Park.
Arriving early enough for break
fast and spending the entire day.
the group participated in many in
| Mr. and Mrs. Fred A Anderson
were the latest additions to the club.
Mrs Berthena Meedrom is presi
dent; and Mildred Johnson, club
Send Greetings To
King And Queen
The Williams Ex-Slave Bonus
PJan Sponsoring committee, who
are making a heroic effort to have
ex-slave now alive a bonus of $5,000.
sent a telegram to King George VI
and Queen Elizabeth of England
■ k. enn\eying the greetings '
of the ex-slaves tovtheir Majesties.
Professor S. R. Williams is chair-
Molnl clamps hive been invented
to make eaw horses from pieces of
lumber.
RUBY BEAUTY
GRADS HEAR
REV. PECK
57 Beauticians To End
Course Os Study On
June 6
"We need to find anew racial
consciousness— anew racial pride,"
challenged the Rev. W. H. Peck at
Bethel A M E. church last Sunday
morning r. his ovmrtnl g> sermon
to the graduating class of Ruby s
Beauty university.
The fifty-seven graduates were
clad in white academic caps and
gowns and worshipped as a body
in the middle section of Bethel
church thus inaugurating the first
such exercise in. the history of
beauty school graduating classes.
In his address the Rev. Peck
dei.nealed at length on the peed of
rourage in the business world and
the difficulties encountered in try
ing "to keep faith in the same God
that our oppressors serve." "We
must create for ourselves a spiritual
ideal.'' charged the speaker, "build
up in our own minds the kind of
Negro we* would like to see and
work to approach that ideal our-
Rev. t’eck commended Miss Ruby
Trimble, president of the univer
sity. for her fine work in the estab
lishment and management of the
school and the setting of so signifi
cant a precedent for other graduat
ing classes of other schools to fol-
At the close of the services Miss
Trimble stated that "the officers, fa
culty. and class members are very
mii'h p tea red with The- welcome ex- ■
tended and the reception given us
by Dr. W H. Peck, officers and
i lunch The aer—
-ronn delivered hy. Dr. Peck was (
very befitting the occasion and
made a lasting impression on all
concerned."
CET THE HABIT OF
EATING AT
FERGUSON’S
IN DETROIT
Raped —
(Continued from Page 1)
• oned ,n the case. A ch and was
1 born to the girl on February 7, 1038
and died sometime later.
William Frederick, the father of
five children, a WPA worker, was
Vuximatcly five years. He has
fvo boys and three girls. It was
stated that four children sleep in
one bed while the father and his'
■ 12-year-old daughter occupy the
■ < er
been inMmatc with her twice a
: wECk-for.several months and told
her to blame her condition on any
i body except himself.
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MAX YERGAN IS
RADIO SPEAKER
MON., JUNE 12
Max Yergan internationally!
1 known social workei and chairman
j of the International Committee of
: African Affairs w.H >pcak Friday.!
June 12. ever radio station CKLW
in Windsor. Ontario at 7-30 p.m
I Mr Yergan it Doing presented in
! the radio address by the American
j League for Peace and Democracy i
on the program known as "Demo- "
cracy Speaks ' The speaker
alao a member of the executive com-
I mittee of the league
A heavy, resilient rubber bumper
to completely surround an automo
j bile has won a patent for its inven-
Swan. Louise Street, Mary Teaae
ly. .Mrs. Lampkin. Lincoln Gor
don. city wide chairman, Annette
Ford. Dorothy Hubert, and Louise
Leonard.
BUYER'S GUIDE
and SERVICE DIRECTORY
BAPTISTS SEEK
NEW TRAINING
SCHOOL BLDG.
$3,000 Set As The Goal
For Building
Fund
AM church's ard organizations
affiliated with the Wolverine Mis
sionary Baptist State Convention
i and the Committee of Friends of
; Ihe Baptist Training school are ex
-1 peeled to send representatives and
to report substantial donations
toward the building fund of the
Baptist Training school, on Monday.
June 12. at the regular meeting of
the Detroit Baptist Ministers’ Al
liance. The Alliance meets at
10 a m. in the Mount Olive Baptist
church, corner Canfield and Russell,
Rev. H. E. Owens, pastor.
The sermon will be delivered by
the Rev. H. H. Coleman, pastor of
the Macedonia Baptist church, on
St. Aubin and Mullett. and also a
trustee of the Baptist Training
Dr. S D Ross, pastor of the
Shiloh Baptist church, on Benton
and Beaubien. announces that
$555.05 was reported by th? Educa
tional committee of the Wolverine
Convention at the first report meet
ing held May 23. Dr. O. H. Sweet.
M.D., chairman of the Committee of
Friends, also reported $122. Both
chairmen have set out to raise to
gether the sum of $3,000 for the
maintenance and operation of a
new building for the Baptist Train
ing school. They are hoping to have
at least half of this amount by
June 12.
Other members on the State Edu
cational committee are a? follows:
Mrs. Ida Pope. Mrs M O Ross, Mrs.
Mary Cole. Mrs. Ella Brown. Mrs.
Lula Devens. Rev. E. L Todd. Rev.
R H Pittman and Dean A. F.
Other members of the Committee
of Friends are as follows: Fred
Allen, Dr. Joseph Tandy, John
Dancy. Dr. James McClendon, Carl
ton Gaines, W. C- Woodson, Mr*.
Madeline Fowler. Snow F. Grigsby.
E McCall. I, E Martin. H, S.
Dunbar. Rev'. G. W. Baber, Rev.
W. H. Peck. Rev J. D Howell. Russ
Cowan. Peter Craig, Edward Swint.
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7—Expert Operators—7
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FUNERAL HOMES
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Michigan Chronicle
SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1939
Speedometers showing operators
! of motor boat* their speed in knots
1 have been invented.
Three Suspected
In Murder Case
Wesley Knox, aljar Kid.”
22. of 224 Owen street. *va* one ot
several men held by police pend
ng a thorough investigation into
| the fatal shooting of a white grocer
lon St. Antoine street last Thurs-
I day.
Henry Morgan of 2318 St. An
| toine and Robert Johnson, alias Bob.
[27. of 685 Wauoii street, are two
, others suspected by police with
knowing someting of the Margoli*!
slaying of last week after the white 1
grocer had closed his store for the J
nißht when he was shot and killed
1 by an umdentifed bandit.
William Holland of 2330 St An
[tome street was released after
questioning by police in their es
-1 fort to clear up the Margolis mur
| der. Holland convinced police he
was innocent of the crime and was
1 given a release by police officers.
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Sunday School 9 A. M.
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Message Circle and Healing
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