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PAGE TWELVE Members Honored At Lodge Dinner Sunday FLINT. Mich—More than 25 offi cer* and members of Detroit Elk dorr participated in a testimonial banquet in honor of. the extraordi nary achievement of the Vehicle City lodge. No 1036. I. B P. O. E of W. and paid tribute to distingu ished members for the efforts they made in the building of the institu tion on solid and sound ground Sunday at their regular meeting at which several were initiated into honor was -due —H. G Wisfnii wm- ■ t..-I ohmd aith the h ' Ail; ti .cl deputy of the Northern district of Michigan, while Ira Crawley was g.vcn thu distinguished honor of captain of the antlered unit of the District oi Northern Michigan. The power to be was bestowed by Hon orable Bazil Bryant, grand trus tee of the Order of I B P.O E. of W Many speeches were made and brief discourses commemorating the achievement of I 8.P.0.E. of W. as exemplified in the progress of the less than three month old Vehicle City lodge 1036 of Flint. Among those out of town brqth e> of Elkdom who attended the tes terminal banquet were: Hon. Ban! J. Bryant, grand trustee of IBPO E of W.; Lieut. Wallace S. Williams, grand traveling deputy and exalted ruler of Motor City lodge N- 962, and Attorney Lawrence F. Hayes, legal advisor; L. L. McKissack. es quire; Ernest Johnson. Wm. Bell. Thos. E. Moore, Chester Hill. Fred Barker. Henry Wilson, Maceo Col lier. financial secretary; Hosea Hul bert. exalted ruler, all of the Heart o' Detroit. No. 1014 and McKinley r . ker.v .1 .11.. s H.i:i.s.i> ;>r.CV...: !• Snuhz all of Pride of Detroit. 875. j Wcily Jones. Gerald Jones of Motor C :y lodge No 962, also Nathan E. Hold Funeral For Cleveland Woman CLEVELAND. Ohio. Nov. 17—Im pressive funeral services were held Saturday, at Angelus funeral home f r Miss Laura Garvin. 54. sister of Dr Charles H. Garvin, well-1 known member of the public library board and trustee of Howard uni- Miss Garvin was an active worker in the civic and political life of Cleveland since coming to the city -18 years ago from Jacksonville. Fla. with her parents, and sister. Mrs Mabel Clark and husband, the late W : am T Clark Being a Republican in politics s c was employed in the headquar ters of Councilman Harold T. Gassa v. ay during His campaign for re election. It was in his office that Miss Garvin was taken suddenly ! ill with a stroke from which she j failed to rally. Death came to her j a: her home. Dr. Grant Reynolds, pastor of Mt. j 7..0n Congregational Temple, offi- ; ciated, special music being ren dered by the church choir with Mrs. Ruth McFarland Taylor as the solo ist Besides her sister, Mrs. Clark, and brother. Dr. Charles H. Gar- j vin. another brother survives, Dr Walter Garvin, professor of opera- j live chemistry at Howard univer sity. Interment at Lakeview ceme-, Free Man Who Killed Employee By Accident JACKSON. Miss.. Nov. 17—After a hearing Wednesday. Nov. 8. in the justice-of-the-peace court. Felix tourist camp, near Jackson, was freed of a charge of killing Davis Whitlock, and wounding Stanberry Douglass, employees, on October 10. The hearing was delayed pending the outcome of Douglass' injuries. a ! an 5Rt r HS !e man wi re inves t.gating noises they heard during the night at the camp. Hughes which had awakened his niece, and mistaking the three for burglars. The other man was not injured. Umted State l - comes from Brazil, last year « import reaching 158 150 pounds. FISHING and HUNTING Seventy per cent of the 171 cock ; pheasants shot on the 2.000-acre Rose Lake wildlife experiment sta ■ tn»tt m ■ the first week of- The hunt ing season were found to have been feeding on wild fruits and seeds, examination of crops has revealed The other 30 per cent were found to have been feeding on corn. Thirty per cent of the 458 hunt ers on the experimental area in 1 this period succeeded in bagging game. The pheasant kill averaged one bird to each 12 acres for the week. Hunters expressed approval of the system, somewhat like the Williamston plan, under which hunting was permitted. The experi ment station is operated by the de partment of conservation with fed eral assistance under the Pittman- One bird to every six and one- 1 half, acres, or one bird to every four hunters, was the cock pheas ant harvest for 8.500 acres of Prairie farm. south of here. A total of, 5.052 hunters killed 1.2 97 ringnocks in the 22-day season ended Sun day Prairie faryi is managed by the j Federal Farm Security administra ' lion. Hunting was conducted under an arrangement in which the Michi j gan department of conservation co !operated. All hunters"were required j !to register on entering and leav-1 ! mg. but no limit was imposed on j their number. * Calif. Dentist Shows How To Cure Pyorrhea | LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Nov. 17 The forty - second annual conven tion of the Southern California State Dental association recently held here j i which brought together dental- J authorities of national and interna-j ■ tional fame as well as state prom inence saw a'young dentist, Dr. J. J. K.mbrough of San Diego in a clini | ca! demonstration. | The demonstration was given in j the Los Angeles Ambassador hotel and concerned te "Newer Surgical Method of Pyorrhea Treatment" as ! devised by Dr. A. Ward of inter i national fame. Dr. Kimbrough is the lone Race member of the dental association | and the only Race dentist ever to appear on its educational programs. He has also conducted clinics for the alumnae of the U. S. C. dental i college and other county dental as j sociations. He is a graduate of the Univer sity of California from which he 1 holds the D D. S. and B. S. degrees, has done much to simplify the treat i ment and cure of pyorrhea so that ! the work can be done by the general , practitioner in his own office. Be j cause of is outstanding work, he was invited to demonstrate to the New York Evangelist Spends Month In Detroit j DETROIT, Mich.. Nov. 17—Rev. | R. Anderson, evangelist for the ; Church of God in Christ, of New j York Cjty, spent 30 days here as the guest of his brother and fam -1 ily, Rev. C. L. Anderson, overseer ■ Church of God in Christ n Michigan. While here Reverend Anderson consulted with Rev. S. Young, evangelist of Cleveland. Rev. C. H. Mason, senior bishop of tho Church of God in Christ, is .also in the city. glass ca--c has been run from nine . !igh: battery IMA AUDITORIUM FLINT Friday, Nov. 17, at 8:30 P.M. LIONS CLUB Presents SEATS NOW ON SALE AT SOUTHSIDE CONFECTIONERY DOLL'S BEAUTY SALON 3500 Seats -50 c. sl. $1.50 - Plus Tax SOME RESERVED /HE MICHIGAN CHRONICLE - - A RELIABLE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY Flint’s New Pastor FLINT, MICHIGAN fv . ’ : "MIKADO IN SWING’* I FLINT. Mich —Seven months after 1 Gilbert and Sullivan wrote their ! most popular musical "Mikado." 117 ! different companies, authorized and J unauthorized, were playing it in the United States, a record never equ aled before or since. This is only one of the numerous world marks established by the "Mikado." It has played 550 weeks on Broadway in 54 years. No year has passed with out a performance somewhere in America. Over a million copies of the score have been sold. And now records are being es tablished as the "Mikado in Swing" colored cast is on tour. The mam moth musical production opens'at the I. M A. auditorium Friday, November 17. NEWS IN BRIEF IN THE SOUTHLAND FLINT—Mrs. George Lucas of Grant is in Memphis. Tenrf visiting ; her brother. Nelson Sangstcr, whom ,she has not seen in 13 years and other relatives. AND THE BABY MAKES SIX i FLINT Eighteen days old this | week Willie, Jr. is making known i 'to the neighborhood that he is a ! boy and is leaving no stones un turned to see everybody who comes j around the premises. This 8 lb ! Boz. baby boy is the son of the very ! | proud Mr. and Mrs. Willie Talley; of 1322 State street. The other chil- J dren of the family which go to i make up their Blue Heaven are Eu-! i gene who is five years old, Betty Jean, 2 years and Esther Jean, sis : teen months. The Tallys are na ! tives of Birnjtfegharn, Ala. TODDS TO ENTERTAIN A buffet luncheon, cards includ ing bridge, and good music from the ozone or ether waves is scheduled to be the order of the evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. Todd of 754 Damon next Saturday eve ning. Nov. 18. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Dent. Mrs. Minnie Strong and Miss Ruby Moore was the scene of a similar occasion last Saturday even ing. Among those who attended and expressed themselves as having a lovely time socially were Mrs. Mayola Wainwright, Mrs. Elizabeth Todd. Mrs. Bessie Ann Reynolds. Miss Vitulla Brown, Miss Ruby Moore, Mrs. Georgia Johnson. DETROITERS VISIT FRIENDS FLINT—Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Wash ington, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Mason, all of Detroit spent last Sunday here visiting several groups of friends. Among the friends here were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mabry and family on Alabama avenue and Charles Adams. Mrs. Odessa Allen of Parkland. They were the dinner guests of the Mabrys and also a surprise party was held at the Parkland street address for the NEW SHOW AT GOLDEN LEAF FLINT At the Golden Leaf club Sunday night there was not standing room throughout the latter part of the evening for everybody was out to see the new sensation which Maestro Marcellus Wilson had brought to town. VISITS MOTHER FLINT Mrs. Bennie Gales of Detroit spent two delightful week ends visiting her mother Mrs. Aaron Ellis of Stanford and sister Mrs. P. Hill of Howard university. DR. LEACH ATTENDS CLEVELAND CLINIC FLINT—Dr. J. L. Leach of Flint and Dr. Howard McNeil of Pontiac. Mich, are in Cleveland Ohio, attend ing the Frank E. Burts Institute general clinic. Many of the na •: in's leading surgeons and clinic ians arc scheduled to appear on pro gram this week. Doctors Paul Moore, E. W. Nather ton, H. G. Gardner and George Crile arc among the distinguished medical ?n attending tfye clinic which l> n Monday, 13 and closed Wednesday 15. Both Doctor's Leach and McNeil visited several of the local clinics in and near Cleveland. ‘ The doc tors motored to Cleveland. REV. R. S. PERKINS New pastor of Antioch Baptist church, comes to Flint from Bethel Baptist church in Albion. Mich. Harlem Gets New Centers For Adults NEW YORK. Nov. 17—The Board of Education of the city of New York, through the WPA Adult Ed ucation program, is constantly ex needs of the community by adding j new centers and new classes. The latest additions to the Harlem list of centers are Public Schools 136 I and 139, located at 136th and St. j Nicholas and 139th and Seventh I avenues, respectively, j The larger Adult Education Cen i ters, including the New York Vo cational high school. 21 West 138th stree*, Union Baptist church, 240 West 145th street. St. Ambrose church. 9 West 130th street; Salem Parish house, 209 West 129th street, and the Y.M.C.A., 180 West 135th street, have a total registration ex ceeding 4,000 as of November 9th, 1939. Courses now available include trade and technical subjects as well as the so-called "hobby" or cul tural courses, with emphasis on the former. This is attributed to the increasing demand for trained workers in almost every field, in cluding Civil Service, and the in tense competition for the jobs of fered. $25,000 Slander Suit Is Answered WASHINGTON. D. C., Nov 17- Answers were filed last week to the unusual $25,000 damage suit issued against two women here for persecution and slander. ! The petition was filed by Mrs. ‘William F. Nelson, wife of a well known physician and member of Freedmen’s hospital staff, against her neighbors, Mrs. Barbara Tap lett and Miss Inez Harris. She alleged that the two women had her arrested without grounds, mimicked her in lOwd voices and did other things to cause her to lose respect of her other neighbors. Mrs. Nelson is the mother of five children. In her answer. Mrs. Taplett de nies the charges alleged by the plaintiff, saying that if she per secuted the defendant she probably had cause for doing so. Miss Harris admits in her an swer that the two defendants ob tained a warrant for Mrs. Nelson’s arrest, but denied that their actions were based on malice, stating that there had probably been cause for this action. They deny that Mrs Nelson has suffered any damages i due to their action. BIG BROTHERS HOLD LUNCHEON The Big Brothers organization held its monthly luncheon Sat. Nov. 11, noon at the White Elephant club room. Harvard Finch, director of labor relations of the UAWA was guest speaker. Finch gave a very interesting talk on “Human Engineering" a very appropriate discourse shedding light on the social rehabilitation work of the Big Brothers. C. W. James, Who has charge of Research Marks Start Os Ga. College Journal FORT VALLEY, Ga.. Nov. 17— The November issue of Science Edu- I cation, noted journal devoted to the I interests of scientific education in colleges and universities through out the country, contains an article by W. E. E. Blanchet, admiristra tive dean of the Fort Valley State college. SCENE FROM ‘MIKADO IN SWING’ . £29| A 1 j The article contains the results of research in science education in I Race colleges, and marks the be j ginning of a program of publica- I tion by faculty members at the i Georgia institution that is in line with its development as an out standing institution for the youth of the Race in the state. Mr. Blanchet is a graduate of Talladega college, with advanced degrees from the Atlanta university and from University of Michigan. Memphis Loses Chance For Title Os ‘Safest City’ MEMPHIS, Trim . Nov. 17 Mcm- I phis lost its chance to claim the title of the safest city when the ; twenty-first traffic death for the * ! year was recorded. Darting from behind a parked car little Hallle ! Mac Wright. 4, was fatally injured by a Memphis street railway truck i driven by Will Alexander 43. Thurs- j -day The rear wheels of the truck’ ran over little Hallie Mac . The J i driver was exonerated See “MIKADO IN SWING” In Person AT I. M. A. AUDITORIUM—FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17-8 P. M. FLINT, MICHICAN Comely Clerk Q \ I the recreation program of the Big | Brothers, gave a report of the or- | | ganizations recreation program: an {outline of the program for the next ! six months. He reported the club would provide active participation for sixty boys in the coming ama teur tournament for bokfrs. Ralph Thomas outlined a com- ’ ! prehensive program for the group: j 1, Christmas baskets for the needy; [ 2, better co-operation with other so i cial agencies; 3 more supervised re j creation for the unattached youths: j 4. greater effort in helping the han [dicapped blind and orphans; 5. and an enlarged roster to handle the ju- I The following members re sponded: Ralph Thomas, president; ] Johnson Buchanan, treasurer; Chas. I W. Lowery, secretary; John Moore. I Joe Smith. Sr . A. C. Bibbs, John Caldwell, Edward Ayers, Lee Jones. |C. Elders. John T. Moore, Rev. J. IW. Sharpe. Joe Smith. Jr., C. W. i j James, Jr. and Jack Doyle. The! j guests were: Sidney Davidson, W. | 11. Mitchell. Ralph Walters. Willis ! Lowe and Harvard Finch. ' WHITE ELEPHANTS COCKTAIL PARTY The White Elephant club is sched uled to give a cocktail party Sun- Iday, Nov. 19 starting at 3 p. m i Members are expected to entertain 1 their guests at the affair. Maceo Jarrett has been selected as the] j club's host of the evening, while! Charles Dyer is chairman of the en | tertainment and Willis Lowe in { charge of refreshments. Club lo cated at Michigan on Leith. ARMISTICE DAY PARTY FLlNT—Members and guests of the White Elephant club celebrated {Armistice day with a huge party Siturday evening at their clubhouse on Leith at Michigan. Detroit was well represented. * * * SERIOUSLY ILL Mrs. Ruby Hardin of East Welling ton, the mother of Mrs. Beatrice Owens and Mrs. Johnelle Kersley of Flint, has been seriously ill at her home. She is still confined to her Bed but much improved. * * * The Scholarship committee of the Negro Educational forum has plans almost complete for a bridge and whist tournament Saturday, Dec. 9, at the Center. Buy a ticket and help some wor thy student get a scholarship to | jFli.-t Junior college. * * * I The Jolly 12 club met last week :at the home of Y Z. Hamilton of i Shelby street, with president. Joe, J Parks, presiding. A brief business meeting was held. I Refreshments were passed. Joe' ' Parks is president; B. F. James, sec- i Iretary, and J Buchanan is reporter of this progressive club. * * * THE NANNIE BURROUGHS ART CLUB’S PARTY The treasure hunt which the Nan nie Burroughs club presented last Thu sday evening was a tremen dous success. The treasure hunt ers stopped in China, France, Italy. Mexico and America. Foods and refreshments served in those coun tries were served. It was all very unique. * * * THANKSGIVING MATINEE PARTY The Smart Set Bridge club is making plans to entertain guests with a matinee cocktail party Thanksgiving. This affair will be at the Golden Leaf club. Metropolitan Rev. A. C. Williams, pastor of Hastings, preached Sunday morn- { ing from the subject "Jesus Only."; The pastor stated "today as we are brought face to face with realities of time and as we inquire of eter nity wc see no one save Jesus only, who averred that ‘I am the way. the truth and the li'tht.’ wc can find the way to the life abundant." Sunday school was presided over by the superintendent, L. E. Darden. Vernon Chapel Singing the processional at 11 a.m. sharp, the choir of Vernon Chapel church opened the morning services with the hymn, "Holy. Holy, Holy.” attired in its new fall outfit. The group is under the di rection of Tolbert Collins, Mrs. lola Powell, president. Services at Vernon Chapel are daily improving and under the leadership of Rev. L. B. Johnson, pastor, great hopes for the future are held. p MISS EARLA O’DOM Popular young Detroiter and graduate of Northern high school, who is a clerk in the Renties Esquire Shoppe, 1902 St. Antoine street. Called To Flint Church FLINT, Mich.—Rev. R. S Perkins, youthful minister, resigned his pas torate at the Bethel Baptist church in Albion, Mich., where he had been | pastor for more than five years, to the pastorate of the Antioch Baptist church here. Only 26 years old. he served for 12 years as evangelist - under tttr ’ evangelistic staff of the home mis sion board of the National Baptist Convention, Inc., and as a board member of the Chain Lake Baptist Sunday School B.Y.P.U. Congress. Rev. Perkins has been preaching since three and one-half years old and held his first revival at the age I of seven at the Calvary Baptist chur •. at lwaukee, Wic., under Rev. S. W. Russell. The pastor is married and has two daughters. Mrs. Perkins is an outstanding church worker and is well qualified in religious education. She is musi ; cal directress ot the Chain Lake dis trict and assistant directress of the I Wclverine Sunday School and B.Y. | P.U. Congress. They are residing lat 1219 Vermont street. East Chicagoan Is Laid To Rest I CHICAGO. Illinois. Nov 17- Grant Bell, age 36 of 3734 Block avenue died at his home last Sun day. He had been ill for two months. Mr. Bell was born in Hawkinsville. Ky.. and had been a ! resident of East Chicago for five He was employed at Hubbard Sell Foundry. He was married and the father of eight children. He is survived by his widow. Mittice, four girls and three boys. The funeral was held at the Church of God last Friday. J. H. Nicholson, officiating. He was buried at Oak Hill cemetery, Gary, Ind. 200 Landlords To Stand Trial In N.Y. Vote Cases NEW YORK, Nov, 17—Twenty four landlords were paroled for: trial in Special sessions Friday, on charges of failure to list their room ers with the board of election. The j law requires that all operators of l | rooming houses must list their room- | ! ers who are to vote with the elec tion board at least 29 days before] election with penalty for those fail- j ing to do so. I Hit by the law were some 200 persons, twenty-four of whom are | Harlemites who must stand trial i I next week. The list of those picked j !up includes some of the leading 1 operators of hotels and rooming | houses in the 19th and 21st Assem- I bly districts. SOMETHING NEW ON THE HORIZON WHICH MAY BENEFIT YOU INFORMATION WITHOUT OBLIGATION . . . Sec THF MARVFL OF'rwv AGE MADAME FUTURA .tSATUKUAY. NUVEMBISK 18, J»d9 Kelly Released Following Arrest CHICAGO. Illinois, Nov. 17— j J. Livert Kelly, president of local 444. Cooks. W&iteors and Bartenders union, was released from po<ice cus tody Sunday morning following his arrest Saturday on an assault charge Kelly was arrested at his offices. 4654 South"' Parkway, by Officers Sylvester Washington and Edward I Stewart. Fifth district, on a warrant ] sworn out by Mrs. Macedonia Lamb, mother of a clerk whom Kelly is said to have beaten in his headquarters last Tuesday afternoon. The victim, Alvin Lamb 22 nf 4250 Indiana avenue, said he was beaten after being summoned to the union offices to explain his failure to dis pose of tickets which the local had distributed among its memoers to Preliminary hearing in the charge! has been scheduled for Nov. 21 be- i fore Judge Stephen Adamowski in; branch 34. municipal court. Forty- j eighth street and Wabash avenue : Kelly, contacted at his offices, Thursday, refused to comment on the incident. Coodwill Baptist Rev. Perdue preached Sunday morning from Jhe subject "Watch fulness.” taken from I Cor. 16:13. The usual Second Sunday Young People’s program was sponsored at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Nov. 19. the Missionary Society, will present a delightful program. j Everyone is invited to attend | services at Goodwill Baptist church. 1 6016 Beaubien street. Representative Kfi *fj MKS. ARCHIL BIBBS Is the new member of the Wat kins’ Funeral Home. Inc., 775 E. Jameson at North street, of whi th Mrs. Lorraine Watkins Is the pres ident. James S. Williams Jr., li censed embalmer and director, wishes to assure the citizens of Flint of courteous and dignified Israel Baptist Services at Israel Baptist church) last Sunday morning were well at tended and Rev. E. M. G .rrison preached, taking his text from I Peter: 5-8. and using a6 a subject, "The Devil Walks About.” Mrs. Laura Robinson of Living stone street returned from Birming ham. Ala., where she spent two weeks visiting relatives and friends. Beautiful music was rendered by the choir under the direction of Mrs. Williams. Miss M. 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