Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-12-23

ing Peoples Council Of st. James
many a lively discussiOn-thanks to
to ask the boys for a dance, no.
body was a bit bashfuI.
Margaret McAfee of Chicago
was the hOuseguest of the Earl
Harris. Adelaide Sykes and
Adele Graham, Dorothy Gardner
and Meredith Sizer Howell tripped
the light fantastic in sister acts.
F.. Alpha Phi Alpha's first schol-
arship was won by John Robert
Lawrence, Jr., the second award
going to Betty johnson. Z. Alpha
Wives and Sweethearts awarded
its first scholarship to Aretas Blai-
ney, a student at Hamline. ..
Billee Griffin inaugurated the Stu
do Formals at the Halle Q. Brown
House.
A. Philip Randolph visited the
Twin Cities for the first time. 4.
Marian Anderson thrilled music
lovers of the Twin towns lean
hardly wait for January 10, when
we will have the opportunity to
hear her AGAIN.. E. Miss l. Myrtle
Garden took her post as director of
the Halle @. Brown Community
House (swell job you've done, Lady
Carden).
The w. A. YOungs, James LO-
gans and F. L. c. Browns built
lovely homes on st. Anthony bOuIe-
ward. LangstOn Hughes visit
to the University of Minnesota.
While sOjOurning in the Twin
Cities, he was the hOuseguest of
the Paul Prince BOswells.
Mrs. ID. M. (Sarah) Johnson be-
came matrOn of the Crispus At
tucks Home. The Adelphai
Club established its Alice GOOden
Student Loan Fund and later cele-
brated its thirty-seventh anniver-
sary. Mary Sue Johnson said
yes" to Jimmy Combs "a swell
person.. :. NOlle Smith from Ha-
wall was the hOuseguest of the DIR.
J. w. Crumps. Myrtle Estes
personality plus) was here from
Atlanta. Then, this summer
we had the pleasure of meeting
Edythe Wimbish from the same
city who has almost an identical
personality. With her mother and
other relatives, she was the house.
guest for a month of Mrs. Rose l..
Davis. ;.
That ne'er to be forgotten Cameo
Formal of 1880 at the Halle, with
the after party at the swank
Jerry's Mite Club on Smelling Ave.
was given. =. . MOnjOy Jones' ultra
smart formal at the Deutsche Haus
made party history. :. DIR. Earl S.
Weber was married to Lucille Eli
OFT in a brilliant wedding at Pill
grim Baptist Church June 8, 1922.
Psi chapter, Kappa Alpha Psi
fraternity, entertained at Mime
haha Temple. (ReRember the
water fOuntain?) -. The sensa-
ton Eldridge Faulkner created
when he cruised up and down st.
Anthony Ave. in his then new 1881
Auburn, causing extra heart beats
from the attached femmes. -.
The Sterling Club Banquet in
1885 with Villa Wilson at the helm.
Audrey Mccullough was made
one of the district secretaries of
the Minneapolis Board of Public
Welfare (about 1871. :. The out
of-town College Boys had a "Ram-
BILE" at the Community House in
1881. The Art Exhibit at the
Community House was such a sue
cess. Outstanding among the con-
tributions were the works of Paul
Crump, Harriet Maybe, Gordon
Parks and Viola. We witnessed
the University of Minnesota con-
ferring a Ph.D. degree on Vernon
Wilkerson in biochemistry. He now
heads that department at Howard
University.
Ethel Maxwell was made first
cOIOred supervisor Of the Ramsey
County Board of Public Welfare in
1884. James Weldon JOhnsOn's
lecture at the "Y" in 1885. .
And more recent. the impressive
program held at the "Y" on De-
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