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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-12-09
Florence Ames
Names Officers

The Abbie NJ. johnson Goodwill
Circle of Florence Ames Temple
held its annual election Wednesday.
Nov. 90 Names of the officers
elected were as follows: Lucille
Hubert, honorary president and d.
rector; May E johnson, president;
Ethel Goings, vice presiden'; Nellie
Hobbs, treasurer; Fannie Colbert. re-
cording secretary and reporter; Lula
Wilson. chaplain; Leola HuntcN
chairman of sick committee: Maggie
Simmons, chairman of flowers and
coincidence committee; Grace Bry-
ant, chairman ana budget director;
Marie Cobbs and Martha George
custodians.
The motto Of this circle is Char
fly" as this is the time Of the year
that we are NEST needed We find
ourselves qaite=b6sy administering
clothing and food to needy.
The circle will hold a bazaar and
resale at 84l3 Oakland avenue on
Friday and Saturday, Dec. and 9.
Large variety of clothing will be OBJ
tainable for every member of the
family. Come early for best selec-
tons
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-12-09
Contributions
FOR CLUB XMAS
FUND INCREASE

Contributions 10 the Christmas
Aid Food and Clothing campaign
being sponsored by the America
Beauty Social and Art club were
made last week by the Douglas,
Cleaning and Pressing company.
Brush Palmer Market, Seymour
Smith, Dr. Robert Greenidge, DR.
r. c. L. Msrkoe. Mrs. W Black
burn, Mrs, E. T Stewart Members
OF this group contributed cash sums
Of 81 and up
Other contributions came from
Mrs, Thelma Chance. Mr.. and Mrs
A Watkins, Leader Drugs, John D.
Ellis, James Butler, Charles Smith
Miss Wattye Ogletree, Thomas Col
Inns, Miss Ruby McGhee, Mrs. Iyoue
Webb, Newton Frazier, Gragg
1'ailors and Cleaners. Wesley's
Pharmacy, Mrs, Juanita Randall,
Mrs. Eva Williams. Mrs. Golden.
Mrs. Bledsoe Mrs. McMorris, Mrs.
Clara Barbour, Miss Oneida Far
ley, Mrs. Ida Bunch Mrs Mary
Hunter, Miss Gladys Field, Mrs
Josephine Roy, Miss B. Cole, Mrs.
L. Mitchell, Mr.. Warren, G. JOY,
f. Cuspart, Miss Ruth Fuller.
Others desiring to do their share
toward making this Christmas a
very merry one for someone else
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-12-09
=ChaKlesLane Guilty
OF Statutory Rape

As a climax to a party at Belle
Isle, on October 20. 17-year-old
Charles Lane Of 2ll3 Lafayette
street was found guilty by a jury
of statutory rape Of 14-year-old
girl, whose name is withheld due
to the nature Of the case
Lane is charged with being in
the company Of four other persons
at Belle Isle on the day in ques-
ton and OF having been caught hav-
ing relations with the gin in a car,
by police
Recorders Judge George Murphy
heard the jury trial Tuesday morn
ing, at which time the accused
youth was found guilty.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-12-09
Lillian Mathews
On Lecture Tour

The citizens of Michigan will have
presented to them this winter, one
Of the outstanding women historians
Of the Race. Lillian Wheeler Ma
thews.
This public speaker is recognized
in some of the metropolitan cities
of the country, and by critics Of
Negro life as being a scholar who
has spent years Of research in the
archives Of the country pursuing the
forgotten and little known history OF
the submerged tenth.
The speaker and orator Lillian
Mathews. will present seventy-five
years Of American Negro History a.
the Shiloh Baptist church Flint
Mich. on Friday. Dec. IS at p. m,
and the Trinity Baptist church al
Pontiac Mich. Sunday. Dec "a al
p. m. Advance reports are that a
capacity house is expected to greet
the speaker.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-12-09

be 10 produce a decrease in the
population Of persons in the prime of
life and an increase in the proper
ton Of old persons, and that the
crude death rate may show a grad
uaI increase in spite Of the very best
public health efforts.
Figures for the first nine months
of 1889 for Detroit show death
rate Of 83 and a birth rate Of IT'S.
The infant mortality rate for this
period is 378 as against 4l.2 for
the same period in 1888. The birth
rate dropped nearly appoint during
this period
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-12-09

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla Dec 8
Of the Race are conduct
ing a Christmas seal drive. A com
mittee, headed by Dr. J D. Nelson.
has been appointed by Arthur Ger
man of the tuberculosis Society.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-12-09

Truth.-Paul Kirk, Local 1855.
Other expressions OF the same
opinion will be found under the
caption OF Letters TO the Editor.
elsewhere in this issue. More opin-
IONS will be continued next week.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-12-09

CLEVELAND, Ohio Dec. g.
Jailed at the Central Police station
Thursday was 2l-year-oid youth
who attacked two police officers
after being ordered by the officers
10 stop molesting two girls.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-12-09

Richard R Bright, sign painter,
says emphaucally:
Dear Sir.
reply TO your request for opin-
ion as 10 whether Negroes should
be used as strike breakers. My reply
is definitely NO.
That old trick OF using the Ne
gro as a club against labor and
against himself We thought was
outlived; but it is still being used,
The vast majority Of Negroes are
workers; his destiny as such is
tied up with that of labor, There
fore. if he ever hopes to achieve
the things that are due the work
ers, he must join their ranks.
Inc wage scale in America is
what it is today because organized
labor exists Blot out organized
labor and your wage scale w.ll
buckle. The Negro has received
some Of that benefit We realize that
all is not well within the unions,
we also know all is not well with
out Therefore he should go whole
heartedly into the labor movement
and wage a fight within for equality
of opportunity
Whenever a strike is in process,
Of settlement all bargaining is done
between the owners and leaders o
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-12-09
Negro

NSOhlhueo from rage II
that would have taken d possible
Is TO so years to overcome, because
OF one minor error.
We think ii is high time that all
leading Negroes should take a
definite stand in regards to organ
lied labor.
We cannot express too much
gratitude and appreciation TO these
persons for expressions of coopera-
ton with organized labor at such
a crucial tipe as this.
tSignedj
Luke NJ. Fennell. Local 3O6,
Wayne County CLIO Ind.
Council
Hodges Mason, Local 208, Wayne
County C.OI@IHd Council
Frank McDonold, Local 208,
Wayne County Labor's Nom
Partisan League
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-12-09

Paul Kirk OF Local 1855 sent the
following telegram expressing his
appreciation to the members Of the
Evening star., 1939-02-11

the Church of st. Mary the Virgin,
New York City. The festival serv-
ice will be held Monday morning
and the delegation will return Mon
day evening. The rector will preach
at II am. tomorrow. At 8 pm. the
sermon will be given by the Rev.
Gordon eraser of Anacostia.
The young people will meet for
corporate communion at 7 am. At
the breakfast following. the speaker
will be Miss Galene Philadelpheus.
Lutheran
St. Stephens Evangelical.
At II am. the Rev. S. H. Korn-
mann will have for his subject THE
Responsibility of Hearing"
A council meeting will be held at
the home of j. E. Donaldson. 3509
Seventeenth street NE, on Tues
day at 8 pm.
Evening star., 1939-02-11
Pageant at Sherwood
To Mark Anniversary

80 A pageant, Faith of Our Found
: ers,' to be presented at 9:45 am.
tomorrow, will mark the 3Oth an
f1iversary of the Sunday school OF
the Sherwood Presbyterian Church.
-' Fifty people, under the direction of
Mrs. A. T. Drummer, author of the
pageant, will portray the growth of
- the Sunday school from an enroll
ment of 27 members on the date OF
"tts founding, February 7, 1909, to
- ! ,OO7 members in 1899. Homer H.
= Cummings, superintendent OF the
RS Sunday school, will preside.
Useful Failures" will be the sub
- feet of the Rev. Thomas Law Coyle
a tomorrow at the $50 and II am.
services. At pm. he will preach
Zone Twisted Talk"
The Womens Missionary Society
will hold its annual dinner Tuesday
for the men. Attorney Wilbur La
Roe, Washington, will be the prin-
cipal speaker.
se'The Rev. DR.. Oscar F. Blackwelder,
i s,pastor of the Church of the Reforma-
rtion, will be the guest speaker at
1.-the annual mems banquet on Thurs
y day at GAS pm. w. B. Putnam,
= president of the Brotherhood class,
3 which is sponsoring the event, will
preside as toastmaster.
Evening star., 1939-02-11
Card Party, Tea Monday
For St. Thomas Church

A card party and tea to obtain
funds for new kneeling cushions in
st. Thomas Church will be held at
the Shoreham Hotel at 2 o'clock
Monday with Mrs. Lewis Sidney
Morey in charge.
Announcement is made of visiting
preachers at st. Thomas Church
in Lent as follows: Ash Wednesday,
pm, the Rev. Clyde Brown; Tues
days, at pm, Dean Noble c..
Powell, The Rev. Robert C. Master
ton, DR.. 2 B Phillips, the Rev. Edward
Gable, the Rev. Reno S. Harp, the
Rev. William r. Moody. Thursday
mornings, at II, the Rev. DR.. Will
liam S. Bishop Fridays, March 3,
II and 81, the Rev. Paul D. Wilbur,
the Rev. Charles w. Lowry, Canon
E. S. Dunlap. On the alternate Fri
days, March 10, "a, and April 10,
constate, "Athalie,' a setting by Men,
delssohn, of Racine's poem of that
name; March "a a program of 18th
century sacred works; Good Friday
april y Stainers "Crucifixion." :"
On Good Friday for the three-hour
service, the rector will exchange
with the Rev. A. j. Dubois, rector of
st. Agnes Church.
The Young Peoples Society is
preparing a play to be given Febru-
ary 20 and 2l.
Evening star., 1939-02-11
Youth Conference
AT St. Puul's

At St. Faul's Episcopal Church, on
y Twenty-third street near Washing
ton Circle, tomorrow evening there
will be held conference for
Youth" A selected group has been
invited for supper at 6 o'clock in the
parish hall. This will be followed at
Z o'clock by conference" led by
H. l.. Varian, a member of Grace
and st. Peters Church, Baltimore,
Md. There will be opportunities for
discussion of the subject What I, as
Young Member of the Parish, May
Do for the Furtherance of Christs
4 Work in st. Paul's." Evensong and
alteration at pm.
: Holy communion at 7:30 and
! Eucharist and sermon at ii am
The celebrant will be the Rev.
George D. Kinkead and the preacher
will be the Rev Arlington A. Mccall
lum, rector of the parish.
On week days the holy communion
Is celebrated on Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Friday at 7:30 and on
;, Thursday at II o'clock.
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Services Announced
Al Tdkoma Lutheran

"The Sower Looks to the Harvest
is the topic tomorrow OF the Rev. j.
Adrian Pfeiffer in the Takoma
Lutheran Church.
The senior catechetical class will
meet on Monday and wednesday at
pm. On Tuesday at 4:3O O'Clock
the Junior Luther League will con-
yene in the church rooms.
The Mems Club of the Trinity
Episcopal Church will be host to the
men of the Takoma Lutheran con-
gregation Monday evening. on
Wednesday evening the Sunday
Board will meet. The following new
members, representing the congre-
cation and appointed by the vestry,
will attend: Mrs. Howard Caole'
Mrs. Richard Whiting and John
Hay
A church dinner, presented by the
Ladies Society, will be held on
THURSDAY. The society and the
brotherhood, along with their IN
yited guests. will be addressed on
Friday evening by Miss Emma ia
cobs, who will speak on her recent
trip to the Holy Land.
On Ash Wednesday evening the
first of the midweek Lenten serV-
ices will be held.
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calvary Methodist
o..
:~,,Topics Announced

: The Rev. Orris Gravenor Robin
son, minister of the Calvary M. E.
Church, will preach tomorrow at II
am. on LET Us Pray" and at pm.
on "Criticism-HoW to Take It."
Raymond Swan will be in charge
: of a panel discussion at the Young
Peoples League at 7 pm.
The last session of the Pre-Lenten
Institute will be held on Thursday
at Ills pm. Judge Thompson will
speak on an Old Testament charac-
ter. and Mrs. Luther Neff. DR.. H. M,
Dudley and the pastor will conduct
classes. During the Thursday eve
nings OF Lent special services will
be held each week, with outstanding
guest preachers.
On Monday evening the Calvary
Mems Glass will conduct the service
at the Central Union Mission, under
the direction of Henry Rhodes. The
Rev. E. c. Lindsey will speak, and
Alton Carly, w. j. Hodges, S. How
ard johnson and L. A. Bageant,
president of the class, will partici-
pate in the service.
Evening star., 1939-02-11

uttered the tremendously significant
declaration, "Silver and gold have I
none; but what I have, that give I
thee. In the name of Jesus Christ
of Nazareth, walk. And he took him
by the right hand, and raised him
up, and Immediately his feet and
ankle bones received strength" 1--WE
glimpse DR.. Luke's professional
touch in this phrasing)
Then followed an Oriental scene.
The excitable, once-lame man leaped
and walked. cavorted and shouted,
praising God Instantly he became
the center of crowd. A miracle
indubitable. indeed. which set the
multitude to wondering in amaze
ment, and to telling the story to
every listener.
A Mill Village Incident.
DR.. Walter l.. Lingle told in re-
cent Christian Observer a story out
Of his own experience that illumi-
mates this lesson. A mill village
near his church was smitten by a
plague of measles and pneumonia,
piled upon the prevalent poverty.
DR.. Lingle spoke to a cultured, pros
porous woman of his parish about
the need. She sighed and said, Il
wish I had million dollars, so that
I could help relieve some of the
poverty and suffering in the world"
But she never went near the village,
where nurses and other helpers were
sorely required.
Another incident in that same
situation is added by DR.. Lingle. An
elderly man, homely, poor, and with
only one eye, a devout Methodist,
was in evidence whenever the chair
man of the Relief Committee visited
the mill village. Always he carried
a covered tin pail. Investigation
showed that the old man was in the
habit of visiting the well-to-do, and
getting his pail filled with milk.
This he would dispense where most
needed. Tirelessly he repeated this
process. Brother Lingle," he once
said, "as I move among these peo-
pie always try to have bucket
of milk in one hand and bucket
of sunshine in the other" Where
upon the narrator comments, HE
radiated more good cheer-more of
the spirit of Christ-in those af-
f1icted homes than all the rest Of
us combined
who gives himself with his aims
feeds three
Himself. his hungering neighbor,
and Me-"
Everywhere the poor are the best
helpers of the poor. None of their
Evening star., 1939-02-11
Series Will Continue
AT Calvary Baptist

The Rev. w. S. Abernethy, pastor
Of Calvary Baptist Church. will
preach the fourth in the series on
the theme From Bethlehem to CAL
vary" He Rests at Jacobs Well"
He begins a short series at the eve
ming hour on What Did Jesus
Mean?" /. Love Your Enemies" F."
He will be assisted in the latter
service by two young people.
At the Junior church service to-
morrow morning Miss Olive Love
will show pictures of her work in
Africa.
The Executive Committee of the
Sunday School will meet Monday
evening.
The Florence M. Brown Glass will
hold a business and social meeting
on Tuesday evening.
The Board of Trustees will meet
Wednesday evening.
The Burial Glass will hold VAL
entine party Tuesday evening.
A business meeting Of the church
will be held Thursday evening.
Evening star., 1939-02-11
Pastor Will Complete
10 Years Of Service

With the services tomorrow t
Rev. R. Paul Schearrer will hs
completed 10 years service as pastor
of Takoma Park Presbyterian
Church. He will preach at II ~.
on How My Mind Has Changed IL
the Last 10 Years" At 8 pm =
Lincoln's day service will be held.
The Boy Scouts. Troop 33; the Gil
Scouts. Troop SO; the Brownie Pac',
and the newly organized Cub Paci,
will be guests. The pastor will speak
on THE Spirit of Scouting in the
Life of Lincoln"
Aileen Carey, Barbara Magahan,
Betty Patterson. David Magathan
and Allan F. Stuart will be in charge
of the young peoples group tomor-
row evening.
A church social in honor Of Mr..
and Mrs. Schearrer will be held
Monday evening. The board OF
trustees will meet Tuesday evening.
Evening star., 1939-02-11

Miss Bertha Lawson, secretary
treasurer and representative on the
Central Committee of the Associa-
ton.
The Philathea Glass of Petworth
Baptist Church will hold business
meeting tomorrow night. Mrs. Mary
Moore, president, will preside.
The A. B. Pugh Glass of Mount
Vernon Place M. E. Church South
will hold a business meeting tomor-
row night. Plans will be made for
the annual banquet, which will be
held February 81.
Mrs. Wilson Compton, member of
the board of directors of the Y. w.
C. A., was the speaker at the annual
banquet of the Mizpah Glass of Ma
tional Baptist Memorial Church last
Tuesday evening. The subject of the
address was "Fellowship."
The Box Bible Glass of Emory
M. E. Church South will hold its
annual oyster supper at the church
on next Saturday at o'clock H. c..
McClintock, president of the Ma
tional Federation of Mems Bible
Glasses, will attend. The Rev Will
liam H. Hantzmon will teach the
lesson tomorrow morning. A large
number of the 66 Master Masons,
who are also members of the class,
attended BrightWood Lodge, F. A. A.
NJ, last Wednesday night to witness
the M. M. degree, which was con-
ferred by P. c. Cronan, senior war
den of the lodge and past president
of the class.
The Phi Gamma Kappa Glass
of Metropolitan Baptist Church has
selected August Fielder to be the
editor of Progress, the weekly pub
lication of the class. Mr.. and Mrs.
P. L. Rogers of Cherrydale, Va, en-
tertained the newly-elected officers
of the class at dinner last Tuesday.
Mrs. Ethel S. Mock, known as the
"class mother" has moved to Eagle
Rock, Calf.
Robert P. Green is again teaching
the Adult Bible Glass of Foundry
M. E. Church, after being absent for
several months. Mrs. Lillian A.
Metzgar and T. B. Jarvis, assistant
teachers, presented the lessons dur
ing the absence of Mr.. Green.
Edwin Wait is president of the class.
The Egbert Glass of National Bap-
tist Memorial Church will be taught
tomorrow morning by Miss Grace
johnson in the absence of the reg
ular teacher, Mrs. J. F. Beattie. The
class will meet Tuesday at $50 pm.
at the Baptist Home for Children,
Bethesda, Md. for supper. This
will be followed by a business meet
ing.
The Florence M. Brown Glass of
Calvary Baptist Church will hold
business meeting on Tuesday at 8
D M, in the church.
Evening star., 1939-02-11
Representative Reed
To Talk al Church on
Abraham Lincoln
Address Will Be Given
Tomorrow Night at
Foundry Church

ITO Seek and to Save" will be the
subject of DR.. Frederick Brown
Harris at II am. tomorrow in
Foundry M. E. Church.
Lincoln's birthday anniversary
will be recognized at pm. with an
address by Representative Chauncey
w. Reed of Illinois on Abraham
Lincoln, the Apostle of Human
Liberty" Robert Thomas Murray,
Sd, colored baritone who sang the
leading role in the Negro Grand
Opera, my Kentucky Home" will
sing. His accompanist is William
Sherman Smith of the Washington
Conservatory of Music.
DR.. Harris will address the Hi
League on "The World Council of
Churches at 7 pm, and Edwin
Fors will speak on Making Better
World Through Religion" before the
Foundry Forge for Christian Living
at $50 pm.
The Church School Board will
have a Valentine party in the Let's
Building Tuesday evening.
Evening star., 1939-02-11

neighborliness gets into printed re-
ports of social service. But this
individual helpfulness, born of sheer
goodness Of heart, warns and COM
forts more spirits than the millions
spent by governments. 1t is not
necessary to have money to be a
helper.
Our Rich Churches.
Ambition for ornate buildings and
endoWments animates many church
leaders today We have gone far
from the apostolic conception of the
church, which did not have any
buildings, but was brotherhood of
believers. Those Christians did not
possess money, but they did have
faith and power.
Like the rest of the world, the
churches have over-emphasized the
Importance of money. An attack of
poverty and persecution might help
them find their souls, as is the case
today in Russia, Germany and
China. The vital mission of religion
Is apart from worldly possessions.
Jail for a Good Deed.
So great was the commotion Gre
ated in old Jerusalem by Peters cure
Of the lame beggar, and by his SER
mon to the crowd which had COL
lected. that the temple police put the
apostles into Jail for the night, and
arraigned them the next morning
before the Sanhedrin. In straight
flung words, Peter had preached
Christ, the Healer and Savior,
Whom his hearers had crucified. So
affected were the hearers that the
company of disciples increased to
5000.
To the Sanhedrin in all it's dignity
the apostles, their zeal undimmed by
night in Jail. preached with vigor
the story of the Christ Whom this
same Sanhedrin had crucifled Ger
tainly return to apostolic preach
ing, which would also be return
to power, would mean that our pull
pits would ring with the Christ
filled story which alone is adequate
to change the hearts of men. Our
days thinking is engrossed with ma
terial betterment of mems condi-
ton; but, as has been well said, ut
is better to take the slum out of
men than to take men out of the
slum." The latter return, the former
quickly rise above the slum level.
The Book of Boldness.
If we were to choose one char
acteristic word of this Book of The
Acts, it would have to be boldness.
Of the Sanhedrin. as they let Peter
and John go, with futile warnings,
it is written that, when they be-
held the boldness of Peter and John
:. they took knowledge of them,
that they had been with Jesus"
Nobody is ever made to think of
Jesus by a timid, covering, unwit-
Messing Christian"
"Boldness" in this book may be
translated as free utterance" We
find it throughout the chapters. The
first recorded prayer oA the infant
church was prayer for boldness,
and the house shaking answer came
straightway: And they were all
filled with the Holy Spirit, and they
spake the word of God with bold
ness" Where Christ is, there is
courage.
+The Sunday school lesson for
February IL is: Peter Heals
Lame Man."-Acts 3:1.4: 22.
Evening star., 1939-02-11
New York Avenue
Activities Listed

"Oil for the Lamps Of God" is the
tonic of DR.. Peter Marshall, minister
of the New York Avenue Presoyte-
rian Church, tomorrow at IL am''
and "Three Steps" at 8 pm.
The Lincoln Fellowship Forum
will meet in the parish hall for tea
at 6 o'clock. At 6:45 o'clock Frank
E. Edgington will present the history
of the New York Avenue Church.
The traditional Lincoln Day din
ner of the Mems Club will be held
on Tuesday. This will also be the
second annual ladies' night. The
speaker will be Sir Willmott Lewis,
Washington correspondent OF the
London Times. The program will
include 1.-The Perfect Tribute" as
presented by Miss Mary Ellen Dash
eill, professional story teller, and the
patriotic cantata, Land OF Our
Hearts," sung by the 1nter-Hlgh
School Chorus.
On Thursday evening DR.. Mar
shall will continue his series OF
studies on the epistle of James.