Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-06-24
Social and Personal
. ST. PAUL .

church, read the service. A recep-
ton followed the ceremony at the
home of the brides aunt, Mrs. Oh
lie House of TAT w. Central Ave.
Mr.. and Mrs. Slemmons are resid-
ing at 962 st. Anthony Ave.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie Nichols of
Duluth were in the Cities to at
tend the Kappa Spring Prom and
the Twin City Forty Club party.
Mr.. Jimmie Griffin surprised his
friends by announcing his marriage
to Miss Edna Smart, student at
West Virginia State College. Miss
Smart is an A. K. A. soror. Jim
mic is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Emerson Harris of Kalamazoo,
Michigan, and is a junior at West
Virginia State College.
Mr.. Walter Ridley of Virginia
State College is in the Cities and
is registered in the Graduate
School at the University of Min
nesota. While here, he is the house
guest of Mrs. G. w. Camp at $50
Carroll Avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Hedley
lucille Shannon) of New York
City are spending their vacation
as the house guests of Mrs. He'd
ley's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Shannon of 693 Carroll Avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hedley will leave
Tuesday, June 2, to return to their
positions. Mr.. Hedley is a bust
ness man, and Mrs. Hedley is a
graduate nurse working at Harlem
Hospital. They were among the
out-of-town guests at the Forty
Club party.
Mr.. Ollie Granthom of New York
City is spending his vacation here
as the house guest of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Downey of
578 st. Anthony Avenue. Mr..
Granthom is a government veteri-
marian stationed in New York City.
He was one of the out-of-town
guests at the Twin City Forty Club
party Tuesday evening.
Mr.. Samuel Kent Mathews, Jr.,
of Evanston, Illinois, and Grand
Haven, Michigan, motored to St.
Paul to attend the N. G. A. A.
Track and Field meet. While in
the city he was the house guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. S. P. Harris, and
daughters. Mr.. Matthews is a jun
ior at Ferris Pharmacy Institute
at Big Rapids, Michigan, and a
member of Alpha Phi Alpha fra
tcrnity.
Miss Shirlee Harris of 687 st.
Anthony avenue invited a few of
! her friends in for cocktails preced-
ing the Kappa Prom to present her
house guest, Mr.. Samuel Mathews,
Jr., of Michigan, and Mr.. Ben John
son and Mr.. Jimmy Herbert of
New York City. Miss Harris was
assisted by the Misses Audrey
Beatrice, Dorothea Harris, Thelma
Sayles, and Florence Ward.
Mr.. Samuel Kent Mathews, Jr.,
left for Grand Haven, Michigan,
via Chicago, Illinois, Sunday, June
10. Messrs. Mack Robinson, Tom
Nelson, and Tom Berkeley accom-
panied him as far as Chicago where
they will participate in the Big Ten
and Pacific Coast Track Meet.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Jackson, of 400
N. Western Avenue, left by motor
for Memphis, Tennessee, to attend
the funeral of Mrs. Jackson's
mother who passed away Saturday
June 10. They expect to be out OF
the city for about fifteen days.
Mrs. Virginia Vassar Cooper OF
Chicago is in the city visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Vassar of
491 st. Anthony Avenue. Mrs.
Cooper was among the out-of-town
guests at the Kappa Prom.
Miss Lucille Bellamy will be
guest of honor at a shower to be
given in her honor by the Misses
Dorothea Harris, Adele Graham,
and Mrs. Arthur Herring, Tuesday,
June %, at the home of Mrs. Her
ring, sos Carroll Avenue. Miss
Bellamy will be married on Satur-
day, July 2, in Pilgrim Baptist
Church to Mr.. Elmer R. Graham.
Mrs. Jessie Beard White was in
the city for several days last week
for the wedding of her daughter,
Miss Margaret Slaughter.
Miss Evalyn Austin was hostess
Friday, June II, at the home of
Mrs. Ollie House of TAT w. Central
Avenue at a miscellaneous shower
honoring Mrs. Freddie Slemmons.
First prize at bridge was won by
Mrs. Dwight T. Reed, Jr., and the
BOBBY by Miss Devonia Coleman.
Other guests included Mesdames
Caoroa Holland Woodford Mills