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PAGE TEN
CLUBS
FRA TERNITIES
Great Lakes
Center For
Celebrities
Sunday was a brilliant day at the
Great Lakes Country club. There
were lots of birthdays last week
. • . ‘ • • " ■ ~ and
at the Country club.
One of the nicest parties was the
doifbte celebrat.on of the Walter
Turner.' of WhfteWiYdiJ The occa
sion was the birthday of Walter
Turner Sr., and the birthday of Mrs.
Ruby Turner, wife t*f Clay well •
The Turners are members of the
Country club and very popular
there. Only membersNpf the fam
ilv attended the partv Sunday. Some
of the guests registered were: Mr.
and Mrs. Matthew Allen. Mr and
Mrs. Arthur Terry Mr and Mrs.
Paul Olden: lot owning members of
, the Country club. Mr. and M.s.
. Th..mas Scott. Mrs K Blackwell -
i and daughter. James LaFleurs.
Bertha Mae Bush. Mr. and Mrs. :
Osborne. Mr. and Mrs Nathaniel
i Lipscomb. Mr. and Mrs. H. McKay.
lot owning members. Mr. and Mrs.
' DaYlffSoh. Mr. SITU Mr?! Ramond"
Ro»s. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Taylor.
• Miss Ann Ward. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd i
: Tyur. bn tmrrrg member?.' Mrs. Atr- :
. T C Cartel Vernon
Mrs Bertha Peden. Mr. and
Mrs. C. A Lowe. Mr. and Mrs. Al
) bert Sanders, lot owning members.
Out-of-town guests registered:
Mrs. Dazzcrin Sutton of Saginaw.
Mr and Mrs. William Porterfield of
Saginaw. Mrs. M. A. Edwards of
Atlantic City. N. J.. Mrs. Naomi
Young of N. J.. Mrs. Ellen B Still
of Wynnewood, Pa Mr. and Mrs.
T D Wilkerson of Washington. D
C Mr. and Mr-. Henry Strickland
of Texas; Mrs. Joseph W Grider of
W Va. Mis Virginia Warren. Sa
ginaw. Ally. R M. Van Dyne of
Flint, lot owning member Ally J j
Birch of Flint. Mr* Clara Allen .
of Chicago. Mrs Isabel Lowe of
Ch.cago Mr. and M:s J E Emmons
of Chicago. Mr and Mrs Curry of
Ch.cago
There seem* to be a rush and
scurry to the Country club to get in
just one last picnic or sandwich ir.
a last swim with the approach of
:he new season But don't be apinin'
for the lost summer. Indian sum
mer and fall just bring new fun j
for Great Lakes Country Club
members and guests.
Back To School
*
With summer and its fun over
and school on the minds of the
youthful intelligentsia. Bernice
Elizabeth Miller who graduated
from McMichael Junior high
a< h«m|, will enter Northwestern
a*- a freshman. Miss Miller is in
terested in dramatics, interpretive
d.u l ing nuisic and athletics. Who
wouldn't like tn play the lead
opposite Bernice?
Les Soers In
A Brilliant
Dinner Party
Am.d a 1 ve!v sett.r.g suggestive
a
X
l
Promptly a; the given hour the
fuesj* gan to arrive a-d were
greeted by ’he charming hostess.
M - He ■ Cn Id- Much of the eve-
T
" \
celec'able buffet supper was enj yed
|
] v.ng room were they danced to i
the ohie and sent.mental strains of
Duke Ellington and others.
Among those ha\ Inga grand time
v cre Juanita C.llon attired tn |
S A irhna s’op red taffeta: B. 1 Are-i
c:*.e. Walter Walker. Luburmce
Pr.ce clad in brl.o.w net with a|
demure bow n her curls: Ben Mai-'
: \ ; : bn -
C. I a':r; D. kcis petite in white i
c :d red net and 2<rdenias. Sally !
P • -Irek wh.te satin Topped l
v.th a e'cralle jacket: A1 Northern.]
A>x Child? Chfrhne Barney ehtc j
r
M- : ' Van T pt m. Thelma Me- :
G: gorgeous black net. and'
J-.T ? 'Ceasur' Lira renfe.
D
•
V • i-.nd El.-:e G.l an Trudie
D B vn r.a. rm ne in man
e 1 Hag . Q iker who w:*
Open House At
Local YWC A
O- -r. -•.use w !1 be observed in -
*»' f • n vwca
T Septembc 21
the Lucy Thur-1
* K. E. nos
p ? P !
h
At 4 pm there wil! be a junior
and : ner reservation! by Wedn ta
dav noon, September 20 at Cherry
0710).
At '3O pm Health Education
r
■Vi member* and friends are in-
Regal Club
In Meet
The Regal club met last Thursday
iat the home of James Theriot of
Maple street, in their last weekly i
Business was disposed of r. the
I usual manner and the members I
. enjoyed a light of ping pong, j
; The next meeting will be held at
the home of Jones Foster of Mad- j
Nathaniel Wicks, president, and j
James Theriot, club scribe
mfk.
LITTLE JOSEPH GARRISON
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
Garrison of Rioprlle street and
grandson of Rev. and Mrs. E. 1,.
Garrison, serins to he working up
an enthusiasm for the approach
ing Joe Louis-Bob Pastor bout.
■ ±2 .
THIS CARE WORKS ; '
wonders;
VOTE FOR ... .
William L. Sherrill
COUNCILMAN
WEBBER’S
QUALITY
SWEATERS
For all the Family
A
Russell & Gratiot
Streets
■t'' -
THE mKHTRAN CHRONICLE - - A RELIABLE INnEPENOENT WEEKi.I*
-:- SOCIETY -:-
The—f**fderr ©f-Mr. and Mrsr jv~Cyril CrawforJ, Knowlton avenue,
Cleveland. Ohio, was the scene last week of a festive affair in honor of
a group of Springfield, While in Cleveland the Spring-
Newlywed
LI
MRS. NORA WALLACE CAVE
Former nurse at Provident hos
pital who was married secretly
to Dr. Claude Cave, also of the
hospital. They are making their
home at 46J-A Hancock street,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. W. Heard
Club Hostess
] In the lovely home of Mrs Willo ;
j Hoard of Colfax street last Wed- j
nesday evening the Be:a Greta club '
I resumed iLs activities after a two I
j Discuss.ons of the evening cen-
I tered around stories of interesting 1
I points visited by each member !
* rturm- —the- stimmri Plans wprtrr
some tunc during October. i
i Thg ho.vtess served a very deli-j
of the evening was spent in playing
bridge. Prizes were awarded Edna
Ernest and Olivia Craig.
T —Mr.- Mattie Rivers w,.* guert «r
J The meeting was adjourned to
m ■ ' -' tin h ' Mrs K In. ’
Ernest of Tireman avenue. Wed
nesday. Sept. 13.
Popular Tuskegsean
| Announces .Marriage
: TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE. A:j
Sept 13—Announcement of the
mar .age of Mi * Rancna Chamo
ll Champ:,. > .f M„i *g. im . > \la .
to Andrew Ruben Aiba has been '
—uiccivcd at Tuskogee nMitute i
Mr. Alba was graduated from '
Tuskeg e institute in August. 193ft'
I Mr Alba has joined the faculty of
the Snow Hill institute at Snow Hill.'
' Atm a* Instructor oragriculture arid - *
I coach He and Mrs. Alba will reside
on the Snow Hill institute campus
Infant Fan
P ***§
iH -i
SPRINGFIELDANS ARE ENTERTAINED AT CLEVELAND
Many Gather At
Club Sunday
! A galaxy <:f brilliant personalities
gathered at Great Lakes Country
! club Sunday afternoon w ith Mrs.
Agnes Bristol, prominent business
and club woman of Detroit as host
: ess and one of the most brilliant.
Henry Strickland,- president and
, vice president respectively, of the
I Excelsior Insurance company of
iTexas: T. D. Wilkerson. registrar of
' Howard university and Mrs. Wilker
: son and son. T D Wilkerson Jr ;
V' A Bristol, mortician of Detroit;
Mrs. Adelaide Valentine. Mr. and
Mrs Will.am Summers, members of
the Great Lakes Country club: L. C.
Blount, vice president of the Great
j Lakes Mutual Insurance company
and Mrs. Blount; Mrs. Charles Ma-
I honey, w ife of Arty. Charles Ma
] honey, president of the Great Lakes
Mutual. Insurance company and
j labor commissioner; Dr. Robert
jGreenidce. medical director of the
I Great Lakes Mutual Insurance com-
I Mrs. Bristol is the only Woman
on the board of directors of the
Great Lakes Mutual Insurance com-
Ipany and Great LaHes Land and In
vestment company and lot owner
: in the Great Lakes Country club,
and of course entertains and is en-
I tcrlained there often, and aside from
, her many other accomplishments is
a perfect hostess.
NEW WII.BERFORCE TRUSTEE
! CINCINNATI. Ohio. Sept 15—
J Rev. Wilbur A. Page, pastor of
■ Union Baptist church, was ap
] pointed by Governor Harold Brick
! or of Ohio, to the board of trustees
4
Visits Aunt
1 1
v.i 4,
** W #***»
M'' ' <
Young Paul R Mumford of Evan
ston. 111., is the nephew of Mr*
Mattie MacDonald of Garfield
street. Aged three and one-half,
he is visiting his aunt.
FOR SK N TROUBLED
BY PIMPLES W
• Regular care can make a won
derful difference in the “feel’ and
comfort of a skin bothered with
the pimply trouble mentioned
above. Proper cleansing with
Black and White Skin Soap is
highly recommended. And then
i*ub 0! Black and White Ointment.
The Ointment acts as an antisep
tic, germicidal dressing which rocs
right to work on the itching, sore
ness and burning of these exter
nally-caused pimples.
When these discomforts become
BLACKHWHITE
OINTMENT AND SKIN SOAP
fieldians were lavishly entertained with breakfast, dinner and dancing
parties.—Photo by Cole.
Sees Fair
1. 1
House Guest At
Country Club
I Mrs. Johnnie Mae Sinclair Ken
drick and daughter, Mae, spent two
: weeks as house guests at the sum
mer home of Mrs. Clennie Mae
Yeagins Smedley in Woodland Park,
i Mich. They were joined by Walter
Kendrick and Atty. and Mrs Ernest
j Cabule of Detroit, in whose honor
I a lovely turkey dinner was given.
The table was a masterpiece of
i decoration, the centerpiece was " The
j Judge's Court” and the place cards
i were miniature commercial law
Among the guests present were
! George E. Smedley. Clarence Yea-
Vsins of Detroit: Mr. and Mrs. L. C. I
! Underwood, prominent mortician of!
Youngstown, Ohio. To enliven the ]
trip a visit was made to Idlewild
J and Paradise Gardens which pro-1
| vided some interesting sidelights on !
the development by the pioneers of j
our group.
Ministers'Wives
In Weekly Meet
I Mrs. Neva Griffin was hostess to |
' the Local Ministers club last Hours-!
day evening at her home on Water-)
100 street.
| After a brief business discussion,
| the hostess served a delightful re- 1
pan.
j Mrs. Mary J. Kennedy, president;
, Mrs. Mattie Lou Ray. Mrs. Hattie
I Ford and Mrs. Griffin, hostess were
among those present.
V [ ■ •i 1 A:• kt it -i mi mber of
; hc club will not bo in attendance
! until October, it was announced, as
; she is visiting friends and relatives t
;in Chicago. St. Paul, Minn., and ;
Milwaukee, Wis.
Rev. Powell Speaks
FLINT, Mich., Sept. 15.—Dr. L. j
P. Powell, presiding elder of the I
Detroit district__wiil preside over |
the Sunday services at Blackwell ]
A.M E. church. Flint, Mich. The j
j public is invited to come and hear I
thus wonderful speaker,
j A large congregation was present |
last Suday when Dr. Powell so ably I
brought his sermon from the sub
j ject. "Wake Up and Get Up.”
j Upon request. Dr. Powell will be I
| in charge of services for several
MISS MATTIE BATTLE
Cleveland, Ohio, designer, is in
New York Cky, where she i*
visiting the popular Aurora
Greely. stage star and mother
Mrs Mayne Davis of 48 Edge
combe avenue. While in New
York, Miss Battle is studying the
latest creations being exhibited
at the World's Fair which she
hopes to use in her own work.—
Woodard photo.
Mrs. Smedley
Cottage Hostess
| During her siay at her summer
] home at Woodland Park. Mich., Mrs.
IC. M. Smedley was hostess to some
| of the summer vacationers at a
Present were: Mrs. Emadora
I Stringer of Detroit. Mrs. Sadie Lind
i say of Detroit. Mrs. Johnnie Mae
! Kendrick and daughter. Mrs. Bur
die L. Glenn of Dettroit. Mr. and
Mrs. G. Ficldings of Detroit, Mrs.
| Isabel Clark. R. Goodgamc. Miss
j Louise Breaux. Mrs. Anna Fowler.
Miss Josephine Tillman. Mrs. Thel
j rna G. dark, Fred Hutchins. M.rs.
i Madge Flanigan. Mrs. Josephine
I Warren of Chicago.
less and less noticeable, you feel
different about your skin. You
face the world with a different
feeling. You get a chance to for
get those embarrassing, disfigur
ing blemishes when the discom
fort is relieved.
The 50c size of Black and White
Ointment contains more than
twice as much as the 25c size.
Large bar of Black and White Skin
Soap, 25c. Trial sizes both Oint
ment and Skin Soap, 10c. At five
and ten cent stores everywhere.
CALENDAR EVENTS
WOMANS INTERESTS
Midway In
Big Newest
Attractions
The new show at the Midway
club. Tony Westchester's Scandals
1 of 1939. is making some hit these :
' days to the enthusiastic crowds'
who are filling the place nightly. |
Dixie Brown, the Dark Angel of i
Swing, who stole the show doing]
:hc jitterbug with Tony's brother
Raymond, is still living up to her
reputation of being one of the lead
• mg musical? dancers in the mid- ■
Prince Spencer, formerly of Major
Bowes' World's Fair unit, known as
I Prince of Taps, is a real hit and '
; one of the best box office attractions
of the West.
Alta Hines, "personality girl, is a
very clever flash dancer and really
lives up to all flash dancer implies. .
Tony and Rosita, sensational and i
clever ball room dancers, the ex
ponents of four distinct styles of j
• dancing. the Westchester. the,
Rumba. Sophisticated Lady and that
outstanding number, the Paradise
; Waltz, is really some team
1 Tony Arrington, the versatile M
| C.. keeps this fast moving show on '
: the hop.
I Lucky Hill, leader of his aggre
gation, familiarly known as "Lucky
Hill and his Lads of Joy." Is still
going strong nightly at the Midway
; club. This swing band is one of the
leading bands in Detroit, as many
night clubers will testify, as Lucky
and his Lads have really packed
; them in at the Midway.
Gayateens Hold
Weekly Meeting
i The Gayateens met last Friday |
I at the home of Mildred Thomas of j
| Lesser Estelle, president, called J
i the meeting to order and roll call i
j was answered with miscellaneous i
! quotations.
Anew fall program, consisting of ]
J hobby scrapboods and discussion. ]
! began at this meeting. Each mem-
I ber will keep a scrapbook of her !
I hobby
! Some of the books will be on in- ;
terior decoration, styles, cooking I
| recipes, orchestras, photographs, j
j Negro history, etc.
j The next meeting will be at the I
home of Mary Brown on Alger,
Miss Nesbitt Is
Visitor In Toledo
1 The charming Mrs. Viola Nesbit ;
jof Elizabeth street spent a very I
| enjoyable week end in Toledo as |
I the guests of Mrs. Green of 336
I Tecumesel street.
j While there Mrs. Nesbit visited
' many places of interests and made
j many friends during the evening
i social hours at the home of her,
hostess, Mrs. Green.
visit rut*
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GRAYCE RI'TII WHITE
Popular ro-eds at Ohio State uni
versity at Columbus, wax the. re
cent week end guest of her cousin
and his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Leßoy
G. White at their summer home In
Idlewild. Mich. Included also in
the week end party at Idlewild
were Misses Helen and Barbara
Imes of Detroit.
Mrs. Hughes
Club Hostess
j Mrs. O. Hughes, secretary, was
j hostess to the La-Nong-Sha-Lang
.club last Friday evening. Plans were
' made for a fall party to be spon
sored by the club at the Lark club,
October 14.
1 Mrs. J. Fuggle, president, has re-
I turned home after spending her va
j cation in New York City. •*
| Miss D Knight has completely re
j covered from her illness and is with
jus again. Mrs. L. Houston is eon
j valescing in her home after a major
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