Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 May 1961 — Page 12

12—The Indianapolis Recorder, May 6,1961

* National Tavern Month Starts This Week *

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THIS IS TAVERN MONTH... the time of the year when we salute—the neighborhood tavern, “The Friendliest Place in Town” . . . and right now local drinkeries are sprucing up for the monthlong celebration and are hoping that you—the general public— will visit their enjoyment spots more often during the month. We wouldn’t try naming ’em all in this allotted space—but you will find a complete list of the taverns in the first column on the opposite page. CONTRARY to what some people say or think . . . there are any number of local taverns oflering good, wholesome entertainment . . . and the Topper Lounge, and Pink Poodle are bringing to Naptown all big time acts . . . the kind and variety you’ll see when you travel to New York, Chicago or Detroit. Shirley Scott and her trio are currently swinging at the Topper, and the Poodle is featuring the Hollywood Sandman . . . (ieorge’s Bar is featuring a snappy show and band . . . The new and smart Delta Lounge is jumpin’ nitely to the swingy tunes of the Johnny Harris-Willis Dyer < 'ombo . . . while Donnie Eubanks and his wailing combo offer the music that jumps at the Place to Play . . . Anderson’s tavern, Michigan at Agnes also features a combo nitely . . Arthur Van Dyke and his combo, featuring Cy (Saxman) Jones, is still blowin’ like mad at the Cactus Club . . . The Hub-Bub features the 3 Souls nitely with Earl Van Riper trio playing Saturday matinee when all musicians are invited to come out and join in the jam session ... El Diablo and his combo beatin’ out a fast rhythm at the Clowns Playhouse over the weekends . . . Ike and the Famous Blue Notes are wailing every Friday and Saturday at the Boulevard Tap Room . . . while Rudy and his House Rockers are doin’ it up nitely at the Northwestern

Tavern . . . Good old Duke Hampton and his Jazz Men are really clickin’ at 40th St. Why not visit all of these places this month? The Sunset dancery also swings on the weekend. Over $20,000,000,000 (20 billion) in SPENDING POWER ... and that’s alotta moola in any language . . . But that’s the buying power of the more than 18,000,000 Negroes in America . . . whether you believe it or not. And right here. Naptown’s almost 100,000 Negroes earn approximately $75 million a year . . . and spend about 00 percent of this for food, clothing, furnishings, tobacco, parties, and ^general good-timing ... A good part of this money is in savings accounts at local banks and building and loan associations. Now, just suppose some of this money was invested in a savings and loan association or an insurance company .... to the extent of a $ million dollars or more . . . this money could be loaned to people who want to build a new home and in time this same money could help to build hundreds of new homes and employ hundreds of Negro carpenters, laborers, plumbers and whatnot. This is something to think about when you are shopping in areas where very few of your people are working and very little business is being conducted by Negroes. ' , Just think what a good strong loan association or insurance company would mean to the 98,000 Negroes in this city. All that is needed is about a half-dozen energetic young men to start such a project. We have some names in mind . . . men who could put over such a pi'oject ... A good public relations man ... a topnotch certified accountant ... a top real estate man ... a top lawyer . . . dentist . . . physician (one or more . . . three top preachers ... a mortician ... a business man (two or Continued on Page 14

7th Anniversary Celebration . For the Seventh successive year, members of the National Licensed Beverage Association—and .taverns from coast to coast—will celebrate NATIONAL TAVERN MONTH 4n May. Organized by the NLBA in cooperation with taverns, brewers, distillers and bottlers. National Tavern Month is an industry-wide campaign to build good will and prestige for “The Friendliest Place in Town”, the American tavern. Since the days of our forefathers, when it was the penter of community activity, the tavern has been the symbol of good fellowship and hospitality. In addition, tavern owners, along with their suppliers in the allied beverage and food production and distribution fields, are proud of their contribution to the history and economic life of our country. The alcoholic beverage industry, alone, nrovides a rich source of revenue for our people and our government. It employs one out of every sixty Americans and spends close to a billion dollars a year on materials and services. Last year approximately 4c of every dollar collected in federal taxes came from the sale of alcoholic beverages. Special promotion kits with materials for carrying on a complete advertising and publicity campaign have been supplied to participating members. According to Paul Jorgensen, NLBA Coordinator, the potential goes far beyond the association’s membership of 37,000, for the campaign is designed to benefit all the nation’s 250,000 on-premise food and beverage establishments many of whom are expected to cooperate with local promotions correlated i with the national program.

EL-AMIGO CLUB INC.

Presents Its

2nd Annual Pre-"500 // Mile Dance FEATURING THE FABULOUS

Ruth

'So Long'

Brown

Song Stylist Supreme Plus Danny Moore AND HIS ORCHESTRA Indiana Roof Ballroom MON. NITE MAY 29 HOURS: 9 TO 1

RUTH BROWN

'Mama/' "Teardrops From My Eyes/ 'So Long/' "I Don't Know/' Etc.

ADMISSION $2.20 Tax Included RUTH BROWN Returns to Naptown By Public Demand . . . and She's Grand ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS SOLD On Sale at WA. 3-5573, C. L. Jones; WA. 5-0983, Wm. Sargent; Smitty’s Package Store, 327 Indiana Ave., ME. 5-0590; Indianapolis Recorder and Foster Hotels.

Little Willie John At Walker Casino

LITTLE WILLIE JOHN, recording artist and Milton Hopkins and his Upsetters orchestra, formerly Little Richard's band, co-starring the Lyrics, sensational singing group, will play a show and dance Sunday nite, May 21, at the Walker Casino. Will will chirp such numbers as "Talk to Me," "Tell It Like It Is," "Leave My Kidney Alone," "Sleep" and many others. Advance tickets are now on sale at The Indianapolis Recorder and other stores in your neighborhood. The dance and show is being presented by Griffin's Enterprise.

KADDILLAC CLUB Presents Their ANNUAL Smorgasbord Ball • BENEFIT UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILD • Music By BILL STAFFORD DINE AND DANCE — 8 P M.-1 A. M. SATURDAY, MAY 6 I. B. E. W. HALL - «S „ Admission $2.50 Per Person

CALL JAMES MOORE — ME. 1-6300 - FOR TICKETS OR INFORMATION -

— THE — 40

TH ST.

— Presents The — Soft, Smooth Rhythms OP DUKE HAMPTON AND HIS JAZZ MEN Every Friday and Saturday 40th St. at Boulevard Place

NOW PLAYING At The SUNSET LITTLE RAY FREEMAN AND HIS BAND Direct from St. Louis

The Greatest Rock and Roll Group to Hit This Town in Many Years

FRI. AND SAT. 10 P. M. TILL 5 A. M. SUN. STILL? ADM. 60c Till 12 Then 90c

RUTH "So Long" Brown and Danny Moore and his orchestra will furnish the music for the El Amigo Club's 2nd annual Pre-500-Mile Dance Monday nite, May 29, at the Indiana Roof Ballroom. (See advertisement for ticket sales).

Hospitality Keynotes Celebration of National Tavern Month Restaurants, bars and lounges, hailed as “The Friendliest Place in Town”, are planning special events during the month of May in celebration of the sixth annual National Tavern Month. Old and new customers will be invited to stop in at their favorite rendezvous for pleasant evenings of fun, neighborhood “club” events, and to enjoy special menus and beverages in honor of the event which is sponsored by the National Licensed Beverage Association in cooperation with brewers, distillers and bottlers. “National Tavern Month” is a coast-to-coast toast to taverns, for more than 300 years the centers of good fellowship in American community life, and to the millions of patrons who help make the tavern “The Friendliest Place in Town”, says Paul Jorgensen, NLBA Coordinator.

Ruth 'So Long' Brown Booked For El-Amigo Dance at Roof

Ruth “So Long” Brown, rated one of the nation’s top song stylists, and Danny Moore and his orchestra return to Naptown by public demand as the featured attractions at the El Amigo Club’s 2nd annual pre-“500” mile dance Monday nite. May 29, at the Indiana Roof ballroom. Hours are from 9 till 1. Ruth Brown convinced Atlantic executives when she first made “So Long” that she had the ability of a potential star. Since then she’s turned out “Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean” and "Teardrops From My Eyes,” both hitting the 750,000 sales mark, and many others that get attention

from the nation’s disc jockeys. Crediting her gospel background when she sang in church as a teenager with giving her a style that is much imitated, Ruth has a unique sensitivity to beat, timing, voice control and tonal shading. Her blues style has earned her the title “Miss Rhythm” and you can readily understand why that’s so after seeing her in action. Make a date now to attend this gala “500” dance affair being sponsored by the popular El Amigo Club at the Indiana Roof Monday nite, May 29. Only a limited number of tickets will be sold.

The Hollywood Sandman Now Playing Pink Poodle

The original, one and only Hollywood Sandman, called the funniest man in the world, is currently wowin’ patrons at the Pink Poodle on the Southside. The Sandman—and what a man —was formerly featured with the Goose Tatum troupe and had appeared in several Hollywood pictures. Everywhere this funny man has played in the West, East, North and South, people went wild over his clever antics. Already people are talking about

the funny man at the Poodle, one of Naptown’s gayest spots. Appearing on the bill with the Sandman are the fabulous Four Sounds of TV, radio and nite club fame; delovely and shapely Doris Smart, exotic dancer, and Sonnv Johnson and his swinging Hoosier Combo. ’Remember, first Show starts at 9:30 Friday and Saturday nites, with a matinee Saturday from 4 to 7.

GRIFFIN'S ENTERPRISE PRESENTS Little Willie John RECORDING ARTIST — IN PERSON MILTON HOPKINS and His Upsetters Orchestra (Formerly LITTLE RICHARD’S BAND) Co-starring THE LYRICS, Sensational Singing Group SHOW AND DANCE SUNDAY NITE, MAY 21 WALKER CASINO—9-2 A. M. ADVANCE $1.85 DOOR $2.25 Tickets on Sale: 799 Indiana Ave., Perkins’ Grill, Arlene’s House of Music, Indianapolis Recorder, Edwards Record Shop. For Reservations — Call ME. 6-7473.

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Victor Mature Stars in ''Hannibal" Sunday at the Walker for 4 Days

Sunday (June 12) an elephant named Hannibal will take off from Carthage, N. Y., in a race against time to Rome, N. Y., a distance of some 60 miles. Patently it is a promotion stunt on the part of Warner Bros. Pictures to call attention to their release of the film “Hannibal,” a story of the famed Carthaginian general who once crossed the Alps with a pack of pachyderms. The picture opens Sunday at the Walker Theatre. Tied in with the event is a nationwide contest to estimate the day, hour, minute and second Hannibal will arrive at the Rome finish line after traversing the Carthage-Rome closed course. A 1960 Triumph TR-3 convertible will be awarded to the national winner. Normally, with all conditions favorable, an elephant can comfortably cover an approximate 10 miles a day. On the face of this estimate, with a high noon start on Sunday, arrival time at the end of the race course would appear to be predictable. There are, however, certain exigencies which may or may not affect the contestant who relies on the slide-rule for his entry in the contest. For example: An unforeseen rain squall would bring about slick highways and highway shoulders and elephants, African or Indian, are notoriously careful of their underfooting. The animals, despite their huge bulk, ore surprisingly skittish about unexpected movements and noise. The passage of a jet plane or the backfire of a truck could well send Hannibal on a cross country detour of several miles that would lose precious time in the carefully timed trek.

THE THRILLING adventures of Hannibal, mighty Carthaginian hero who led an elephant army over the Alps to battle half the world, ore shown in this artist's conception and brought to life on the screen in Warner Bros.' "Hannibal," in color and SuperCinescope, coming Sunday to the Walker theater Sunday. Victor Mature plays the title role, with Rita Gam as the Roman beauty who foils in love with him.

You’ll Find A Jolly Gang At the NEW BLUE EAGLE TAVERN BEERS — WHISKEY — WIN! 701 Indiana Avenue

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NOW PLAYING

PINK POODLE LOUNGE

2501 East Minnesota

ST. 7-1771

The Original — One and Only • HOLLYWOOD SANDMAN FUNNIEST MAN IN THE WORLD (Formerly with Goose Tatum's Troupe) • FABULOUS FOUR SOUNDS • DORIS SMART, Exotic Dancer • SONNY JOHNSON'S Combo First Show Friday and Saturday Nite 9:30 Big Matinee Every Saturday — 4 to 7 P. M.

Thurs., Fri., Sat. HIT NO. 1 SAYONARA HIT NO. 2 HONDO Sun., Mon... Tues., Wed. •VICIDR MATURE

•SuperCinescope-Technicolor* h,. Warner Bros.

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