Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 December 1957 — Page 13

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The Indianapolis Recorder, Dec. 14,1957—13

Stars Galore On Midnite Benefit Show Sa Local Stars Head Bill At Walker Theater Sat

Nite

DUD STORMS And Hoosler Dance Band

THE TITAHTICS Rockin’ In Rhythm

Former Indiana Woman Recounts Spiritual Experience in New Book

Mrs. Anna Goons, former Hoobier, tells of her experiences as a lay leader in Chicago's Greater St. John AME Church and as a crusader for religious betterment in her book recently published by Exposition Press, Ne,w York. The book titled "How God Became Real in Four Years" and dedlca''ed “to the glory of God." recounts the author's work as a class leader at tire Chicago church. Iter efforts in bringing spiritual comfort to the sick and in spearheading a campaign to have religious instruction restored in public schools. A woman of deep faith and boundless energy. Mrs. Goens believes her race is sufft^ring from a lack of spiritual leadership. “What we need as a race/’ she feels, “is a black Billy Graham. Our own leaders have let us down. “We have become educated, .and the world is full of malcontents, parlor communists and so-

cial theorists who, because they will not change themscjves. talk about changing God’s plan for

us.”

Her credo may be summarized in her own words: “Christ Jesus not only is our high priest in Heaven. but He also takes an active pail in our struggles here on earth. When we are bowed down with sorrows and worries, He comforts and encourages us. “Therefore, it is well for us not to shut Christ out from what we do. but to take Him into our confidence.” ; Born in 1904 at Central City, Ky.. Mrs. Goens attended high school in Evansville and Indiana State Teachei*s College in Terre Haute before moving to Chicago, where she currently lives at 5955 Elizabeth. She has w orked as a maker of lampshades and currently is employed as a baby-sitler. She and her husband, Fred Goens. a clerk in Chicago’s Traffic

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Continued from Page 1 There will be several new faces on the stage this year for your pleasurable enjoyment plus more •than 30 ads and five swinging combos in the 3V2 hours of preholiday enjoyment. Headliners will include Leonard and Leonard, former stars of Larry Steele’s “Smart Affairs”; Milt Nixon, WGEE disc jockey; Dud Storms and his Hooser dance band; Specs Maynard and his Club Udell combo; Wdllis “Mr. Hammond ’ Dyer and combo; Jimmy Coe’s sensational recording combo. Doris Stokes and Bobby Campbell. NOT FORGETTING “Mrs. Blues" herself. Ophelia Hoy: the little Bombshell of Song, the lovely Tiny Brown, Capitol Recording star: the Lockettes- popular girls singing group; the Imperials featuring Sanda Williams. Delores White. Burney Green, Laverne Ferrell, and Beatrice Davis; Mladison Sisters, vocal group: Preston Johnson, vocalist; Gene “Sox” Pope, tenor sax. FEMALE IMPERSONATOR. Tenia: Charles Peoples, blues singer; the Crowns, six young flashy singers including Ray Tisebner, James Tischner, Anthony Jenkins. Samuel Foster. Manuel Foster and Ralph Alexander; The Montclairs (G in group): Charles Wright, vocalist; Melvin Gleaves, singerf; Melvin Bell and his Be-Boppers; Nat Marshall, vocalist; Geraldine Polin. blues stylist: Jimmy LaG41. dance artist hailing from New York’s finest nite clubs. HOUSEBAND will be the 7 BobCats All-Stars’ combo featuring Roger Jones, trumpet formerly of Cab Calloway. Don Redimon and Earl Bostic fame: James E. Cbaxrchwell. up and coming singing artist; the Teen- Tones consisting of William Southern. Jerry Turner, Butch Lyles, James Readus, George Black and Norland Hawkins; Harry Blackwell, vocalist; Glennis Crutchfield, teenagersinger; Pierson- Pierson, blues singers.

Slim Reed and his Shining Boys from the Shoe Shining Parlor located at 18 S. Illinois will also appear, tap sensations; the famous shake dancer, Brenda Ganiels will be there too; McCarley Spaulding, comic-dancer; Tommy Shannon and his Titanics (5 singers); Etta Mae Williams, singer and the lovely Ronella Sands, popular Midwestern dancer-singer. ALL PARTICIPANTS should make the FINAL REHEARSAL THIS FRIDAY NITE, DEC. 13, at the Wialker Casino Ballroom-Hours 6.30 p. m. till 8:30 p. m. Please be on time so that you can leave early. Incidentally James E. Church well, vocalist will b cbacked by the Four Fortunes, popular singing teen-age group around the city. Thomas Banks,and the Fortunes will also appear on the bill.

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SPECS MAYNARD From Club Udell

GENE POPE The Sax King

CLARENCE PIERSON The Mall With A Son,

Lionel Hampton Leaves This Month

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THE THRILLS Ernest Haley, Warren Hurley, Richard Pierson, Robert Hurd, Reginald Grammand.

MOVIE LOTS By HARRY LEVETTE HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — RANDOM SHOTS:—Hobday the lanky, skinny, and aged ofay who was chas«d out of Pasadena by J. Robert Smith’s Crown City Press, while making illegal dough exploiting the name of the late great scientist George Washington Carver, lo5t the support and name of ‘he mother of the groat Jackie Robinson. So much of the exposures slanted by Smith appeared in the ANP papers that the family realized she was unknowingly supporting a fake cause. Hobday who had a big check bounce last week has as his usual boast: “I hlavti always tried to help colored people, but they don’t seem to be willing to help themselves, except to buy big Cadillacs, and make a splurge.” NAT “KING” COLE who announced here last week that he was going to Australia for concerts instead of continuing his show on the NBC network, drew a capacity housq at the Shrine Auditorium, in a benefit with Nelson Riddle’s orchestra, for the youth movement, sponsored by the Episcopal church. WOODROW “WOODY" STRODE, former UCLA Bruin All-American and since then wrestler and movie actor, was badly burned last week during a terrific battle scene, on the Paramount lot in the new Cecil B. De Mille thriller “The Buccaneer.” Woody is a star under top star. Yul Brynner, who pirate chieftain La Fitte. Read in another complete story how r Strode cominued his act. after being patched up in the first-aid luuspital.

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WASHINGTON <ANP> — Lionci Hampton and his famous orchestra j wdll leave America this month tor an extensive “Good Will’' tom of many foreign countries. His travels will cover 11 European countries, Israel and Ghana. While this will be an ordinary commercial tour. Hampton is going with the blessings of the State Depart mem and

the Voice of America.

Realizing that America lias suffered a “black-eye” becaus • of the Little Rock s'ituation. Hampton has expressed his desire to inform tha people on foreign shores that 1 ittle Rock is not ali America and that the United Stat is is sti ! I

a wonderful country.

He spent two days in Wasliinylon, Thursday and Friday, conferring with Whi’e House officials and top leaders in the Department of State. He was also gue.-t of the Ghana Embassy while in the city. The trip will keep him and his band abroad for the remainder of the winter. He expects to wind up his travels in Africa in the spring.

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THANKS TO A GOOD MUSICIAN TIIANKS-A-MILLJON to personable Willis (Mr. Hammond Organ) Dyer for the nice plug over the (mike) at the Cactus Club last Sattiday for The Recorder Christmas Benefit Midnite Show ... It was a good deal and w ? e really appreciated it . . . The Fantabulous Bill will be held this Sattiday MIDNITE at the Walker theater . . . And Willis and his organ plus Hal Gooch on bass, Henry Gooch on guitar and the wddely known Earl (Fox) Walker on drums . . . Make a date NOW to attend this grand affair . . . It’ll be ENTERTAINMENT at its MERRY best . . . (w'hatchabet) * * * % ENTERTAINERS COMING IN NICELY WE HAVE BEEN LITERALLY swamped with calls from persons desiring to perform on the big charity show this SATTIDAY NITE . . . It’s a good healthy sign, and it means that our local ENTERTAINERS, both amateur and professional are willing to give a few minutes of their time in order to help hundreds of NEEDY FAMILIES at Christmas time . . . and also show their talents before a large audience of Naptown pleasure lovers . . . Who knows? This might be the break they have been waiting for to put them on BIG TIME! * * * * HATS OFF TO JERRY HICKS JERRY HICKS OF THE Sumner League Club. 318‘ y Indiana Are., is sending his entire show to the Walker theater for the big benefit bill this Sattiday nite and incurring all expense in transferring the group back and forth along the main stem . . . Jerry is that sort of fella . . He always wants to COOPERATE with worthy projects . . . Give Jerry a great BIG hand by visiting his enjoyable club this weekend. REHEARSAL FRI. NITE: 6:30 TO 8:30 WALKER CASINO BE SURE AND BE PRESENT for the hie REHEARSAL in the newly-remodeled Walker Casino Friday nite. December 13. Hours are from 6:30 till 8:30. Be sure and be there to REHEARSE your NUMBERS. + + * * NOTICE TO ALL PERFORMERS AND MUSICIANS ALL PERFORMERS AND MUSICIANS appearing on The Recorder 10th Annual Christmas Show at the Walker theater Sattiday nite. Dec. 14 will please use STAGE DOOR ENTRANCE on N. WEST ST. THANK YOU! SIDELIGHTS ON NAT KING COLE DIGGIN’ CASEY’S COLUM in Sunday's Times, we dug this interesting piece on Nat Cole: “An interesting sidelight has come up on Nat (King' Cole’s experience in playing the life of W. C. Handy, father of the blues, in the upcoming jazz epic. “The St. Louis Blues.” NAT FOUND it an “eerie” experience. He said. “It felt sort of like I was living my own life over again, my own childhood.” LIKE HANDY. Cole is the son of a minister and the parallel in their early life is ironic, as Nat tells it: “Handy’s father hated jazz, called it devil music. They had terrible rows about it. When Handy was blind, his father said*it was God’s punishment on him for writing songs like ‘St. Louis Blues,’ ’Beale Street Blues.’ and ‘Yellow Dog Blues.* “IT WAS THAT way with my father, too. He believed jazz was sinful. We had our row's and I ran away from home to play the kind of music I believe in. Ofcourse. that’s long behind me now; I’m long since over it. But making the picture, I had the old feeling of those days and the fights with my lather.” ik * £ * BILLY DANIELS NIXED FROM N. Y. NITE CLUBS NEW YORK — The well known Billy Daniels. 42, was fined $2U0 and given a four-month suspended jail sentence as a result of a Harlem Bottle club shooting nearly tw o years ago, by General Sessions Judge George M. Carney. Daniels also lost his New York City cabaret entertainer’s license as the result of the shooting. Deputy Police Commissioner James Me-

Elroy, in charge of cabaret licenses, issued the following statement: .. “Daniels can never work in a night club here again even though he pleaded guilty to only a misdemeanor, illegal possession of a gun.” McElroy said Daniels had the right to apply for renewal of his license, but predicted the move would be futile. The singer pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor last Oct. 21.

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