The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-08-08

Inc west Slue IeOple Niuo
will open their new club room, at
399 Visger Road, Saturday even
ing, August s, with a banquet and
dance, under the direction Of Miss
Johnnie Mae McConico, chairman
of the social committee, and the
board of directors.
We are glad to note that Alex
BOLTON has returned from a very
extensive tour in the Southland.
We hear that his trip was full of
interesting experiences.
Citizens of Ecorse are grieved
by the death of Mrs. Vernon Sim
mons, who passed away last week.
She was the wife of Nose Simmons
of River Rouge. Mrs. Simmons I'M
derwent a recent operation in a
hospital in ST. Louis, Mo. Her sis
ter, Mrs. Shirley Jackson; and
daughter, Miss Daisy Jackson, of
1917 Tenth street, Ecorse, accom-
panied Mr.. Simmons and Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Coats, of River
Rouge, to st. Louis, to attend the
funeral. Mr.. Simmons who is very
active in civic and religious cir
Giles in River Rouge, has the heart
felt sympathy of Ecorse citizens
in his bereavement.
Mrs. Ada Scott, 1929 Tenth
street, and a group of friends,
journeyed to the city last Friday
night, to hear the popular singers
at New Mt. Zion, Mack and Chene
streets, Detroit. We wonder if the
trip included some of the Motor
City's up-to-date amusement re-
sorts. The members of the group
were an unusually happy mood,
when they returned.
Someone told me that someone
told them that they heard that
Marcel Crittendon an Ecorse citi-
zen recently said that Buffalo told
Bonnie Gordan that James Monroe
1905 e. 9th street and Miss
Beatrice Washington, 1898 E. 9th
Street, were happily married last
Saturday evening. Tell us, James,
is it true?
Miss Ernestine oliver, of Cleve-
land, Ohio, spent the weekend with
her father, Clarence oliver, 1929
Tenth street. She had been va
cationing at that lovely summer re-
sort, Idlewild, Mich. Miss Oliver
was accompanied by her two
younger sisters, Annie Myrtle, and
Ella Barbara, back to Cleveland,
on the new stream line, Mercury,
a new train, on which Miss oliver
was the first girl of her race to
ride.
Mrs. Willie Mae Burns and An
ME MacAllen, of Detroit, spent Sun
day with their sister and mother,
Mrs. Avis Armstrong, 1872 Four
teenth street.
Mrs. w. Fl. Bealeson, Mrs. Ruth
Brown, Mrs. Minerva Johnson, and
other members of First Baptist
Church. put on a very successful
drive last week, to raise funds for
their church, of which Rev. Joseph
Davis is pastor. We are glad to
know the affair was a success, for
since Rev. Davis connected himself
with the church, he has been an as
set both to First Baptist Church
and the community.
Many local politicians have en-
tered into the race for both state
and county jobs. The writer hopes
the Negro leaders will forget whe-
Their a candidate is a Republican
or a Democrat, and give their sup
port to those who are best fitted
for the offices they are seeking.
Be sure the candidates are willing
to serve the people-all of the peo-
ple-regardless of race, color, or
creed.
The writer also urges all voters
to unite with the Catholic, the Jews
and all other good American citi-
zens and fight that terrible plague,
The Black Legion, which is so pre-
valent in the state of Michigan.
Help put men in office who are
tolerant, an dwho when elected,