Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 January 1948 — Page 7
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DIXIE JIMCROW IN BUS TRAVEL
RULED LEGAL UOANOKl'], Va. (NNPA (
THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER, Jan. 10. 1048—Pase 7
Inside Anderson
By HERBERT CAMERON
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THE WALKER BUILDING, IN DLAN APOLIS
in the rear of buses.
.ludsie Jt/hn Paul of the United State-; District Court for the west ‘rn district of Virginia, .uled (hat i nnblic carrier has the right to '-stablish its own rules providing 1 ;oi the segregation of colored and
t('rested Parties have heretofore w, iite passengers where such seg ! eeu i:» Jgre-Vnient inclu.'irg Mr. » , cgatio« is iti keeping with local
Ferry. 1 ’ j custom.
-aid .Mr. Prokonburr: “There | Ills decision makes it possible
life to her adopted daughter. !\lae : has nevei? been any secrecy sur- for bus companies to circumvent
DISPUTE ARISES
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previous rlrrasions and that all in
. ANDhFtSON—On New Year’s fef‘ the oflice at 4 :22 wit h only one
compani's may do by regulation d a y an j,] manc jp H ^j on |> rot .| an ,. t (j on tel. g. ain the one addressed to what the Unite ! States Supreme j program' Wa s presented to the pub- me. Dietzen is .'upposed to have i;e- ( ourt has said a state may not ji c 0 f Anderson under the auspices turned to the office and made a lo by statute- require colored pas j of , b( . progressive Civic League of Latement that no one was at: home sengers traveling interstate to sit I Anderson. ' tnd tha 4 ho left a notice. That in
1 ii . ’tsetf is a deli hereto falsehood. Dr. Joseph Carroll. Indiana}.- Deenuse the children and Mrs. olis, nationally known author, lee- Cameron were home nursing a turor, historian and educator, was ; severe cold or flu. They were unscheduled to have been the guest a b]e* to attend the program because speaker for this momentous occa- .,f this fact. Oh, yes, DietzerLis non but was unable t o appear be- . , U p poS{ t o have returned to Uie muse ojf • sickness. All Anderson j .ffice at 5:20 p. m. '
wishes him a speedy recovery. We do hope, however, to have him ^peak for us at a later date.
Walker Ferry, wife of Perry., and i rounding the disposition of propth < other half for life to the lat.e J < rty. rcaj and personal of the U. M. Ransom, general manager 1 Walker estate. The i.uhlic as well
ai d arrrrney 'for the company np-
the decision of the Supreme Ccoirt in the ease of Mrs. Irene Morgan in which the Supreme Court on
Decision to have Netrrn troops constituted a part of the 82nd “All-American Airborne Division” was made by the army in HM7.
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j poirted by the founder. Upon the death of Mrs. Perry who lied without a will her intert st went to her daughter. Miss t A'f.elia Perry, now a stud“nt at ( Ilowaid university. > Ransom’s inl terest u] on his death August <!. pi 17. went to l^is daugliter. A'Lelia Ransom. Mrs. Perry died intestrte Doeembor 5. UHR. Under terms of tiie founder’s v.ill the eompany operates under a trust, with rive trustees who are: R L. Uroke^burr. who succeeded Kan-om as general manager;* Mrs. Vi< Vt D. Reynolds. s(>cretary of i life company and assistant to the • netal manager; Faburn K. DeFrantz. ex(*eutive secretary of The r- 'i’ate Avenue VM(’A ; Willard It. 1 Ransom, son of rile late F. R. Rah 1 >m and. now assistant manager of iIn 1 company and Mr. Perry.rdistiiet manager for the company and
! an attorney.
The members of the boarl of the eompany are at present Mr. I Riokenburr, Mrs. Reynolds and
i Mr. Perry.
relating
will.
“Mine. A ter knew
as those diieetly interested' have June :>i, struck a Virginia been informed of all of the facts statute ’ requiring Segregation of to Mine. C. J. Walker’s white and colored passengers on
I buses traveling interstate.
L"li;: Walker, her daugb- After the decision in the Morgan , ' la * *"‘ r n, °lher did not case, the bus companies hit upon intend lo leave her any interest tlu . ruH( . ()1 - adopting rules giving iii the iwo-thirds of capital stock iheir drivers the right to order - in iho (sijnpany. passengers to change their seats. “I am the attorney who drew (T pon }a 'ih,re to do so. the driver t k* articles of incorporation for swears out a warrant charging the
the company and have given a large juirt of my life to! help develop and preserve this business and carry out the will of Madam
C. J. Walker.
“The business lias continued its steady grbwth since her meteoric rise and today is enjoying a high lev<>l of sales and prosperity and is planning a widely enhanced program for tlif future. Any legal steps that might be taken now to recoils) rue Mine. Walker’s will.
Dr. Carroll s'*nt mb a telegram notifying me of his illness and can--ellation of appearance on our urogram. It was sent through th< facilities of Western Union. 1W telegram was received at the An derson branch office on January 1. 1948, at 4 p. m. but was v not delivered to my residence until thi next day between the hours of 1 and 2 p. m. That’s the lousiest service Western Union or any other kind of a union can give
anybody. A plain three cent postage stamp can beat that kind of
passenger with disorderly conduct. I service or better still, the Pony So venal such cases are pending ■ Express could deliver messages in the courts, (yie or more of faster than that. Why the message which is expected to reach the was held up for more than 21 Supreme Court. hours before delivery to me, is
{ something somebody is going tc
In a written opinion Judge Paul explain. ** lo
held that neither Congress nor its ]
agent, tin* Interstate Commerce 'We know New Year’s Day was Commission, had ever ' attempted a bad day; it rained all day heia to regulate or control a carrier’s ; in Anderson. A lot of us thought right to seat passengers as it sees j Dr. Carroll had met with an
...iiiT-, waiivci wm. i f »t. He noted that Congress had fortunate accident on the icy hernwill in Hn way affect or diminish j consistently refused to enact legis- ! ways. Frankly, I was frantic with the steady progress of the busi-! h.tion which would ban race . seg-j concern and all i the time kept
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legation in interstate travel.
The Walker company is in tie' soundest position of its long, dis-
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Perrv contends that the , wo . 1 linguished care r. The bonded inthirds'stock in the company. m) t ,‘^btediiesMn the celebrated landhaving been disposed of by thi- mm... t he v\ all.ei building lias been founder’s will rightfully belonged 1 st Educed and payments are
to her daughter apd upon her denth , ( A ,M ' ‘ n advance as far , r — -
io the latter’s heirs in accordance nhead as Ihh-.. It has i eeouped ;
with her will. This would entitle impressively from the crises fen*" attorneys contend that the his dauehter for* whom he was depression and is rated indictment is not sufficiently clear appointed guardian, a substantia! a ‘»(mg .Ho mo,; successful Negro to show their clien\ guilty. They increase in her interest in the businesses tihaiu b.ilg and other-: asserted the confessions were not
wise, in ilie world
thinking of a telegram or a phone call to Second Methodist church to explain the eaitse of absence when all the time Western Union had this vital message of explanation and delayed delivering it to me until the next day. It was only the Anderson branch of Western Union who ptalled this slow motion delivery act on me._ All Western Union branches cannot be accused of such downright carelessness,
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Our observance of the eighty-
coni nany. ".■ *> ■“ f , ( ;,),i ! inP(1 Ltirly in that Watts was fifth anniversary of the signing of 'I"! : SSSlKSig, ^.i. ^ ^
Other national figures are on Schedule to appear in Anderson ihder the auspices of th6 League • represent and they might send me i telegram and I would like to reeive it (»n time with the speed that has made Western Union famous. I don’t ever want another trick like that pulled on me. The local
can do what they want to ibout it. 1 have had my say.
Mrs. Robert Wynn, 1010 West 14th street, who suffered a fracuredi cheek bone in a nasty fall pn he ice, is improving at home.. The 'all Occurred on the steps of the Second Methodist church,, where her, husband is pastor and where hey live. I noticed that ice on the v tep< and on the walkway after limbing the steps.. In fact, I nearv slipped myself. Maybe, the next ime it snows someorie will see to ^ t that all of the snow and ice is
•1 eared away. *•
Robert Miller. . 1424 Locust treetj, who has been a patient at It. John’s hospital for the past nonth, suffering with a back ailment. is expected to be released
within a week.
♦Mrs. Lillie White,"1414 Forkner treet, who underwent an emergency appendectomy last week at. St. John’s hospital, is expected to he returned home next.week. Rev. and Mrs. A. C. Fait, of W allace Temple A.M.E. Zion church, have been confined to -their resi-
lence with the flu.
Staff Sergeant Fredericks C. Fatilk^s. stationed at Fort Bending. Georgia, army, base, spent rhe Christmas week at home with his wife, G^ayce, who is thp cashier \t t*he‘Accord food market, one of our fine grocery stores here in
town. They recently purchased a
home at 1423 Cedar street. Maurice LaMar, a student at
I m, basis for Perry’s contention, will be liicl. they s.iid. as soon as
h" was .promised a life sentence, held at Second Methodist church. j ie j s ma j 0 ring in industrial en-
'1 roops being t;.light to swim part of their training in an
European area.
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Teen Talk Continued
. They Dorothy Patricia
pointing out that the matter has the necelarv locumerrts can In- bad no legal representative at the | 1010 West 14th street, at 3 P-. J- peering, and his sister. Miss been determined in the courts on drawn, probe |v this spring.! * x "'"\ und was P«’<>mised by the Thope who participated in fhe Imolene LaMar, who is employed ! Marion county prosecutor a life ,^*^1 portion of the celebration i n the general offices of the Mont-
Professor Robert Rogers and e-omery W’ard company in Chicago,
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‘KILLER BILLER ’ NEW I0VIE, IS STUDDED MH TOP STARS
1 do know its memlrei’s j are Myrtle .1 ohyson, I Brown, Delores Hood
i Morton, and Connie Boyd. . Ruth
been sporting the black Buick. . . 1 present, and 1 don't care to go in- ! noiloway quit because she nk.eu VVe hop.' Grace Richey doesn’t get to it . Norma Lowis had a tine par- , imvothys flame. •Chick' Miller, /n option on a block Buick, be- ty at her iinuse Saturday night. . . | )Ul . jf that is the cas ■, and all cause she is quite a nii-e chick. . . Tiie food was us nice as iwusual [ tno other chicks are William Pope and Russell "Cnuit” iy is at her parties. . Just to men- | mi, the club shouldn’t last long: as Miller were about all that West tion a few of the guests, there ; to statistics, it's t ine has been up Virginia state had to ciTer the were Evelyn Weyden. Dorothy Tan ; p cause all the clin ks are inter-
gullible chicks around hero. >. . ner. Janies Bushrod. Jack Force, ( tSU >d in someone eise's man. . All fVX „ . v .i/.^ 1IIW .11, Since ••(’rout” h*i return; d to the : Howard League, Barbara Taylor. , i )Ut one, anyway... Coirnie would | Flet Vh'. r 'of'^CIpen thV Vhmr‘Rb-h- ! "We spa cd neither expense nor campus ll.'bm Sawyer Ins become C hristina Cork, and too many oth- not be included m that bun- i, e ] ar{ j.. f a p ie - Andy Kirk and h s pains, li’s like going to a glorified sorta lone-omTT . We didn t heai ers to name. . After leaving the , c a use she's never Intel est( t 11 l } )an( j. Butterfly McQueen who at- valid'villje show with nothing, hut much of “Bill’ when he was home. { party, lb. if. Snyder, Upton Stout. ! „ne guy. . . She* changes them ev- j tra( . fe(1 attention in -Duel in the ' top taleu;.“ Now. let me tell Miss Hose- ; Howard ,League, and the Snooper, eYy week. . Myrtle seems to have | rtiary -I. U, Beauty Queen’’ An- ! .jui'npcd in a ca-i». aijd we went to become gone on - Wa Wa Allen, Jnen They tell me Billy Sulli- I t bony something. - It's being said the Ritz. wh re we spent an hour but he’s one of those things money yan has ' been pullinK sne aks oqt to Tetl(Wt& ffODcful that you a. claim yourself as beau- or .m>. . . Then vvi dropped in at j can’t buy. and lies des < utie Mar i enp Brooks’s pad. . Thomas I 4 . . . ty queen of th 'IT class of At- the Imperial cafe for a snack, and I Harvey has option's on all «.l him. | j JawS()n s6e , ns t() 1)r pi ay ; n g quite A hVlCtlOtl tucks t(. your associates down on from there to-the Sky club to take | . . Delores Hood is stirctly for Jim-b S(>ne ro j e in ,j ie j t( . ul - vurelia * *
NEW YORK (ANP) The new Sua’’: Jqckie Mabley. Patterson moving picture. ■ Killer Diller’’ just and Jackjson. The Four Congaroos. (‘ompleted at ill ■ RKO studios here Clark Uholhi rs. C. orge Wiltshire.
' i ’ tt'' 1 >ht- All-American Pictures ebr- • Freddie Robinson. Nellie Hill and
ihal * 1( ' u - 1 porations, has a scintillating roster j Beverly White. of stars playing in it. > “We really think-it is one of the Among those featured in the lies’ filnifs of its type; cvet* turned film are: lout.” sad E. M (Ihicksinui. ;>res“Tbe King Cole Trio”.; Dusty j idem of Ali-.Vnierican pictures
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campus (Those who don’t know in the stfow. . . I forgot lo mention my Miller, auu i'Ut Morion is era- ^]j] lon l.ouise Loo-per and bet-
better. or course), but the tellas j that League 1< :t us at the R.tz. zy over. ’Atariy Muitin, but both ^ f>r vvatch George W'arreii. now that ,, , ■ I . i i c i i in the class r ’47 and the Attuctea j Wu h- really niisseq the fun. . . thbse fellas’ lines stay im.-y .. h(> , ives on the west gi de , H e’s ... .V', 1 ’ r* V-n tV*!
students now attending L U. are Now that ah this ta;k about pur* , So wijat is there for the girls to not as straig Kt as s-he thinks, but , Gaiden.*.jieiunt- R" 1 K f ‘ v 10 "
thoroughly ashamed of you. so ties is over, wha'tcha say we gos-| do? Find new iiuerests, necause maybe she has llim tooled, too. . . ^ k< " i pi a nta u n e
why*don’t yon straight n youfselt sip awhile- . Lots of chicks would the pr sent ones are uninterested p ranc j s smith is home from the ( h:n , T <)n 0 UH : up. and stop saying these things, ] like to know just what tiie deal | .. Gabra Gascimw has been seeing army noWt and jg Bett y Shields I' 1 ?'. ‘v'Ti ia , S ‘ , W « , f”/-. .T',,
becau-e you're so wrong. . Now [is bet we n Setli Smitii and Mar- lots of Jeanette Dawson lately. . gj a{ j She’s as crazy as ever i Jt a . *'! ^ '! ( , ^ Lj^d' e n e -u '‘Aide »
The ciitiil ereiice with the legis-
that that s all over, maybe we can tiua Gillenwater. . They are won- They should do n:ceiy tog cier, if ab( , ut b i in Myrtle Montgomery
dering if Seth is really on the a certain southside chick doesn't , is sli ]j clinging‘t () Clarence Dih-
to get better acquainted will Mr. (Jaschavv . . .Lewis Haynes was one of the many soldiers at me for (’iirislmas, but ne spent his boll-’
discuss some of the most fine par ties g'ven over the holidays. . . A fairly nice "one was Barbara Johnson’s formal party. . To mention a few of the guests, there were Jimmy McCombs wtih the usual chick.' Maxine Turner, Sylvia Wright, and Booker Hollis, and, of course, that good looking deuce of Clyde Richardson and Betty Griffon. TTTTPs^stags w* re there, as be usually \the cast at formal parties. . Jack Koree was there without a (hick, as were ail the “Betty Boys’’ except Jinimy. . . That number one puzzle which hJs a lot of people wondering is the fact that Sally and Betty Valentine generally manage to go to fortnals without escorts. Girls, can’t you get escorts or don't you like boy|? Don't, take It too hard, because you weren’t the only girls without escorts — Mattie Clifford and Ramona Garrett were all alone, too -. . Ramona should get
a tlescort sontetilfies. too, . While I that nature, or are we just hear-j moved on out . . Vivia Allen in
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ally 0 playing it cool. . .
square as he seldom is. or if Martina is just another victim of his impressionable charms. . They further think he should stop playing the field, and give the chicks at bat. a ohance to knock Pi a home run.ti but The fellows Cel that he should kc, p right on pitching, be-
cause if be allows bile home run, ! fellas. . . He passed his time with that might begin a rally. Careful, I Joan Allen and a few other chicks,-j
Dad! . . The affair between- June i but mainly Joan. . Everyone was ,1 “‘ . ,u - vv |* oard ot Pu,)hc Safety Watson and Donald “Red ’ Thom- surprised, Chough, because Joan appointed by Mayor A1 Feeney was as is as unpredietabl" as the fel- iiad been so busy entertaining a 1 t le lssuan ce ol twenty taxicab lila f’onnie Boyd will be playing host of other guys before and a -; censes authorized by the city csninnext week. . . I wonder what. Hen- j round the hoi.days. . Spruce Cole ( " Slx months^ago. The council
Safety Board Issues Taxicab Licenses One of the first official acts of
GroVes said tlu* tenants put the whole mailer before Congressman Wilson, and lu* declared that in vi<*\v (if the high erst of living and the local housing .shortage.
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ry Johnson lias to say, or should ' has be n anxious to take the deal inf, a-sute was inTro^uced ami passI say, does ho nave anything to over for a long time, but Allen p [ ,|! ' ( PI ’-ponsorshiii ot tormer. say to June? June says he's com-i Trabue has been beating IPs H in e, ' OUIU 1 nuin , Lucian B. Meriwether pletely out of the picture, but ; taking her to see L.o el Hampton, w'.o ictned tiom office* the first
she might be trying to fool the among other things. . ’ Putt’’. Tol-.j of tms year.
public. . . It's being said that Dor- I live-keeps trying to force himself j . * ,u ‘ " ta xi Bcenses have bemi
othy Tanner is trying to play the j into Valeria Crenyhaw s life, but** 4° the following:
eastside, the hill, you know, and j Donald Graves seems to have ^ 1 SO *V 4 .P^?f/. , o1 ,lu ‘iin the home of Rev. Skaggs, 3038 th*- northside, too. . . Is she real-; things pretty well under control. 4n,lsluo ' al) c<, ;• - 14 - HiHstue uve- j Martindale avenue with Rev. Uoyd
ployment fqr the day and .wa* far Anderson can really the “V my
honft'. An acquaintance of
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sentence if he signed. All of this. tw^***'* -c, „ „ . , -v - - they* con ten 1 amounts to denial i^ rs Alberta Tucker, our own lo-j spent the Christmas holiday with of Watts’ constitutional rights. cal and talented radio ar’ists. T'ney their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert ..... . •, rendered beautiful interpretations U a Mar, 1407 Sheridan street "i addition, counsel said. Watts lpna After all, it is I had iust left my place of. cm- '“«'“*•• •>«»«•«•« nr rUtlit. | Atot.-hil broaiht
1 rtccause no colored person ,was l ^ - - o—
drawn as member r/f the grand jury which returned the indict-
ment.
In seeking to have all evidence suppressed, tiie attorneys argued that the so-called confessions were not vo!nntary v bnt obtained by tin eats in which Watts was told that a mob was forming outside Hie Marion county jail where he was held and that the mob planned violence against him, his jfamily and three-months-old child unless he confessed. The attorneys declared the prisoner had been subjected to. merciless and gruelling continuous questioning over a long 'period almost without rest and on a scanty diet of a few crusts of bread and
water.
Judge Bdrger granted an order Tuesday returning Watts here from the State Reformatory at Pendle ton where he had been held for safe-keeping since the case came here on a change of venue from
th Marion Criminal court. .
Prosecutor Stark will be assisted by seven attorneys including several from this county. Defense counsel include besides Warren and Perry. Emerson J. Brunner and Robert D. Ellison, all' appointed by the court. Watts having declared himself unable to pay the
cost of bis own defense.
the evictions should be halted. He t ncm-cv*. M , v .. v , . . ._ reportedly promised to tak^ the Cognizant of the bitter feeling League will be held on Race Rela questi ci up with file Indiana Con- that lias followed the case, the Hons Day, Sunday, February 8, at
county sheriff and other officials Second Baptist church, at 3 p. m have taken precautions against any W'atch this column for furthei
attempts to thwart the orderly pro- announcements,
cesses of the law. The trial is I have just returned from th( expected to attract a large num- local office of Western l nion. Toiler of new^ reporters, photogra- day is Monday, January 5. Thi?
thus . ,
boast with pride at the mention ot
Professor Rogers and Mrs. Tucker, j mine hailed me and I stormed to They are really top performers. exchange a few words with him. Rev. John Clark., chaplain, of the : H,e wanted t 0 talk tn nv> ao<*u‘ my league and pastor of Sherman [new job. “Say. Herb. I heard you Street Church of God. opened the : are working at Murphy s boat club
meeting with prayer. now,” he said. • One of the heights of pro- ••Tha,- S nghC I told h,m.
gram was the reading of the Eman-
cipation Proclamation in its entirety by ^Villiam B. Harper, executive secretary of the Anderson Urban League. Later on in the program lie was asked to make a few remarks about the program. It was my pleasure to act as master of cert morris for,fhe occasion Rev. J. E Reddick, pastor of Allen Chapel A M.E. church, made a few enlightening remarks. Rt*v. J. H. Crawley, pastor of Second Baptist church, pronounced
benediction.
The small crowd who braved the foul weather appeared to be wel' •(leased with the program. It was the first observance of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation over held in the city of Anderson* A Mr. .Moody, educational director of Delco* Remy local No. fiffi UAW-CIO, attended the meetmj as an interested person. He wa more than welcome and so is everyone of goodwill. The meeting was
open to the public. ■*
The next * program to bo presented by the Progressive Civic
gressional delegation and housing officials in Washington, and to re-
ply within ii days
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ON EAST SIDE
Children and adults of the Eastside are invited to attend a Community Sunday School which will he opened January 11 at 3 p. m.
nue, fouf licenses:
ly trying to promote something of i . . So “Putt” would be wiser if he , , “ th^if T191 n I'fr* in* rt. u.- c, inut ‘ infiv*t.fl fil. mlr V*i\*iil \ 1 i - 1 Tl i Tl - * tl (, av S, 8.5 \\ .
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pliers and curious spectators.
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column was purposely delayed tc inform you of the facts of this particular telegram aforementioned. The manager informed me that s messenger named Robert Dietzen
Boy, that’s just where I ought to he working so l could carry out a half pint of whiskey everv time I left the place. I sure would stick up and on Sundays when the liquor stoics are closed Fd clean up by bootlegging it for double
money,” he exclaimed.
When he said ‘carry out’ I knew mly too w *11 just what the brother meant, f stood and looked at him md in, that moment l could sec nothing Hut a cheapness of moral principles in his being. Somehow : had to sav something to him. Like a flash 'of lightning it came o me and I told him “THAT’S IUST THE REASON YOU’RE
NOT WORKING THERE.”
Don’t forget ’he Infantile Partlysis March of Dimes. Let’s help hose who are afflicted learn to
valk again.
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29th street, owner
tjari for the sake of .my own wife nd cbiidren. I have let it be known that I am teaching my’stulents to break the waste system
.vberever it exists.”
‘I would suggest that YMCA’s thd YWCA's set up classes to study the cultures and religions of arious peoples, in ‘ordvr to progress toward world understanding.”
El-Amigos Sponsor A
r The Monster Meeting Was To* ponsored by the El-Amigo Glub. vVilliam H. Edwards, parliam.entaian of the club, introduced Dr.
charge by Capt. Tooley that Dur- Eubanks as a •’prophet.” F. E. De-
> iicavui i | - " w | - - - f , , I Baptist church conducting. * peaking of formals The T A i ing things? If it’s really on the [ sists that her acquaintance with rne Knoaus Lao co. mree li- Thtl n( | w school was organized
S. formal turned out to* be a jn-et- level, What has Sum Davis to say, ty gone success. . Everyone was ! or shyuld he say.’ anything? . . . there looking as sharp as ever. . i From what we hera, she doesn’t Ronald Miller was ^een sporting . have anything to say to him. . . a ohick, and it wasn't Emnllene j H seems that lx* has pulled out Coffey. . Earl Tolliver pulled in , too many sneaks or did something in his usual cool stride with Peggy for which she can’t forgive him. . . Miller. . Rosemarie Wilson was i Things look pretty great for Patthere with Cornelius Coward. . . ty Page uhd Donald Simon. . . . And. oh! there was practically I They’re really playing the role someone wdrh everyone so let*.-. ) nicely together. . . James Rose, the skip it. . . Barbara Bridwell gave pride of Fayette st.. is up and coma gone party one night during the j in# once again. . There’s no doubt season. . . Mistletoe was hanging [ about his being the s/hapest guy everywhere ou know there was; his age around this thriving metlots of kissnig. . Lorenzo Hum- J ropolis commonly called Naptown. plirey, Cajidis Driver, Louis | • • And. to top it off. he has quite Haynes Wiley Parrish, Marion a few gone chicks giving him the Orowdus, Reginald Cross. Barbara ! chase of his career. . Sharon
JIM STEELE
David Snyder is onIV a casual one, censes; Harry Bowles, 2510 North- to tbe need for re iigious in hut from where I sit things look wes ^[ 1M avenu ®’ OWI ? ei ' ()t Hie Roy- strU( . t j on } )y people in the'vicinity, sorta intimate. .. How about you? aI r llce ”Jf s: /eU) .there being no such otherTfnsti- . . Lindsey Crow e and Ruth Tay- Mashingtom 4! i VU -5th street, j,tuticn nearby at present, leaders lor are together, as always, ’hut <> wmn * ct Civic Service < al) c *^;* ; declare. Services will be held regfor how much longer 1 don't know ‘ < ’ u, n lle ®^‘ s ’ a ., yulliam 'v- , g U l ar ly each Sunday/afternoon.
There's a nice deal after Lind-! Anikei, _< 8 Noi thwestern avenue. * sey, and I do mean after hint, but ow ’ nei , t * ie Safety ( ah co. Crowe hasn’t noticed her yet. . . j Dr. Meriwethor disclosed, that the j He probably will, though .... city oidinance he sponsored sue- • Scruno" Hardy lias nnaily snared ‘ esstully alter *a bitter fight of tour^ Barbara Waters. . They’ve been 3 cars, was signed by the late May-, going out together a lots lately, 01 c n ^y after five additional 1tto the center on Friday night, the ^ enses whie included to he issued Casino on Saturday nights, and 1 ’ JMaroney, independent taxi |
various other i)luces on Sunday j °I )eiator -
nights. . . Yes, they really look nice4together. . . There are quite a few clticks jealous, probably be-
Tubhs. pastor of the St. Mission ; charge of insuboraination grew ham had failed to remove his hat Frantz presided, and Cary I). Ja-
out of a heated exchange between j during the period in which both are cobs took the collection.' Durham and Capt. Tooley in which i sail to have admitted losing their j Andrew W. Ramsey read a letthe latter charged Durham with tempers, was dismissed by the trial ter from tiie White House, in reaccusing Capt. A^ibuiil of trying ! board. » 1 spouse to a communication urging to "frame” him. He was complete- j Durham was represented at the President Truman to sponsor civilly exonerated of the charges of hearing by Henry R. Wilson, Jr., rights legislation, drinking and waving a gun and Henry J. Richardson. Jr., attorneys, i Music was provided by the Secdisorderly conduct. A further j and Rev. VernoTi Anderson. ond Christian Choir.
By MELVIN TAPLEY
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Alexander. Albert King, Gaines j Faulk and Charlotte Rodgers are j cause ‘‘Scruno’’ put them all-down
for Barbara. . . Say. rk Eddy Mass Continued from ’age 1
Johnson. Dorothy Jenkins, and the ; just a couple I can mention. ’’Big Six’’ were just a few cf the Did you know that Bobby Dudley guests present. . The Jolly Social- ; tried to join the army, hut couldites gave what was probably the t n t because with his ignofynce he greatest party of the season, and I couldn’t compete with the mind of possibly the greatest of the year The average • junior high school last Sunday night at club home, when only in tiie seventn grade, . . It was strictly an invitational af- after all. .. Some of Die Lockefair. very exclusive, c ouldndnT j field chicks, h^ve got together and begin to toll you how great it was | organjjfai-..ji club for a purpose
really trying to play jam up these i ze d for his“milham uumiue m
days? . . Things are really pop- the public welfare,
ping between Bertha Holliday and The question cf Redevelopment Charles Cooper these days. . They Commission operations, which are spend most of their evenings in opposed by some West Side home- ( The weatther, you know) . . Del- owners, w r as referred to the lious-
ores Anderson was balling hack ing committee.
with all the Haughville fellas Sat- \Y. T/Ray, branch president \\*ho ui'day night, so you chicks out that was recently elected chairman ot
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