The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-18
By Sylvia Penn


however, are holding delightful
meetings every week, OF which we
shall tell you in other columns of
tho Tribune.
We have a few items to reflect
to you in our mirror this week,
and shall begin by calling atten-
ton to some of the affairs to be
held in the very near future. On
January 23, the annual meeting of
the Y. NJ. G.. A. will be held
at which time Mrs. Jessie Heslip,
of Toledo, Ohio, will be the guest
speaker. Also in January. the
meeting of the Michigan branch of
the National Negro Congress will
convene in Detroit. furthermore,
the play which is scheduled to be
presented by the A. X. A. Sorority,
will be staged at the Lucy Thur
man Y. w. O. A., during the later
part of this month. On February
%, the elaborate winter indoor
fair will be held at Forest Club,
under auspices of the Michigan AS
sociation of Colored Brothers. Also
in February, during National Ne
gro History Week, DR.. Carter G..
Woodson, noted writer and lectur-
err, will be presented here, by the
Civic Rights Committee, of which
S. F. Grigsby is chairman. All of
these events promise to prove of
unusual interest to the citizens Of
Detroit.
We regret to inform you that
Mrs. Mary Minor Roberts is still
i'll at her home on Lawton street.
Another friend on the sick list is
Paul Smith, who is convalescing
at Bethesda Hospital on Garfield
street. Mrs. Archie Lindsay, of
Parker avenue, has been on the
sick list for the past few weeks.
Her mother-in-law, Mrs. Webb, of
Cleveland, is with her and will re-
main until spring.
One of the recent visitors in the
city is Mrs. Dorothy William Ste
ger, formerly of Detroit, but now
of New York City. She is we'll
known musician. Mrs. Steger and
her son have been visiting her
mother in Battle Creek and her
husband, Gordon Steger of this
city. 1t will be remembered that
while Mrs. Steger was living in
'e5nnsit, she graduated from the
2 Conservatory as contralto
3, uS~aSerS sklNiSt but her
has raised her voice to that of a
lyric soprano. Mrs. Steger has
been employed in New York for
the past few years, as teacher or
voice and piano and a worker In
the Heckscher Foundation. She is
now employed at the Utopia Chill
dren's House and social worker
for the Congregational Church, In
New York City, as we'll as teach
ing private pupils and doing radio
work. She reports she has studied
and mastered several languages
to assist her in her work.
We extend sympathy to Mrs.
Fannie B. Peck, wife Of Rev. w.
H. Peck, of Bethel A. M. e. Church,
who was recently called out ofthe
city to Kansas City, Kan. on ac-
count of the death Of her father.
She is still detained there, because
of the illness of her mother.
E. T. Stewart, 1884 Hastings street
one Of Detroits most successful
business men, is spending few
weeks. vacation with relatives and
friends in Georgia and Florida. He
is at present enjoying the pleasure
of visiting his mother, who resides
at Jasper, Florida.
We are inreceipt of a notice
stating that divorce was grant,
ed Roselyn Lindsay from Kathleen
Lindsay, by Judge Arthur Webster's
CCircuit Court in Chancery. The
couple were married in Chicago,
Ill, June, 1884 and separated June,
1885. Mrs. Lindsay is the daughter
of Percival Simms, of BirminghanL
Ala.
Just a little late, but since it was
so delightful, we must tell you of
a party that was given at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. e. r. Per-
kins, 1864 w. Hancock, Friday,
Dec. o. 1t was in honor of out-of-
town relatives, including a niece,
Miss Cassie Berry, of Norfolk, Va,
and her nephews, Cecil Sanderlin,
and Robert Sanderlin and wife,
also Arthur Hall, all of Baltimore,
Nd. Excellent refreshments were
served and all present enjoyed the
evening dancing to the strains OF
latest song hits and participating
in other amusements. Among those
enjoying the affair were: Misses
Alice Gage, w. NJ Sullerinn, A
Wellington, Il. Morris, " Law
renee, K. Wilmington, Crane Dot
son, Louise Dotson, e. M. Honey
buss, Jean Bazzemore, and Pauline
Dotson, also Messrs. Alfred and
Council Gage, w. Harrison, G.
Lucius, DR.. s. Maxwell, ]. Martin,
]. Sanders, S. Tyler, F. Tyler, G.
Gray, Audrey Sanderlin, Quid