The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-12-09
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Thunder ntheSocial Front

| raised cain with honor tricks In her
game room. And on Wednesday
night the Wed. Dessert Club did
the very same thing. Hey. that's
enough TO make even your great
aunt Emma pull her silver locks.
On Tuesday. my dears, the Twelve
etc. etc. arranged for some sort OF
rumpus party on the 26th TO car
ny on the holiday spirit. Plans have
not been completed but Thelma
Houston. Marion Carter. Cutie
Roxborough and Myrtle Gaskill will
arrange to have It the last word In
lifted eyebrows. After Katie Fuller
aud Katie LOOMS won the prizes
that's enough OF the Twelve etc.
etc.
At the Wednesday business there
were guests, and scads Of prizes be-
Ing won by Lucy Jones. Katie Full
Ter, sgain!!! And a tid-bit OF con-
ISOLATION 10 Margaret Piper who did
have the lousiest score. Bonnie
Smith as guest took home the
smsrtest pair of black kid gloves
with cuffs done In needle point II
you please. OF the guests who were
Mary Taliaferro, Bea Fisher. Ed
die Robinson, Lillian Givens, Bon
ME Smith and Valerie Wallace. It
seems that only the last two were
encouraged TO proceed with doubl-
ing and redoubling.
Becky Thomas had In the Thurs
day morning matrons and dined
them sufficiently. Evelyn Byrd put
down her needle work long enough
to win first prize while Georgette
White seemed quite content with
second best.
The newest brides In our midst
must like cards-for which goods. :.
because Bea Fisher Is favorite
guest at parties and just Monday
Right at the duplicate tournament
Horace Johnson's cut little love
bug walked of with the monies.
Mrs. Harold Johnson went off TO
Washington TO see Horace married
TO the lovely Peggy and had con-
temporaries laughing because
Horace was too nervous to find
! Peggy's correct ring finger at the
ceremony and excused himself for
saying well shu, never did this
before" Teen reports a gay time In
Washington and was literally
smothered in gifts Of orchids by
fond friends there.
Or. and Mrs. VIM. Howard In
East Forest were so pleased that
Charlotte's cousin, Mrs. Molly Moon
OF New York had come for a visit
that they had In a gay group of
friends for cheer and such. Mrs.
Moon who IS a social worker in
the metropolis was elegantly ar
rayed in black crepe and honest
TO goodness pearls. The guests in
cluded Bill and Ernestine Postles
who has gone and cut off that low
ely hair but II Ia that becoming:
Charlie and Lillian Brooks. Jap and
Jerry Sneed, Jerry and Odessa
Trotter. Andy and Edna Tondee,
Leona Lang. Mrs. Ezra Price. DR..
Gene Cannady. Or. Harvey Shaw,
and the Cecil Hayes.
All Is not beer and skittles here;
some do get intellectual sometimes
and 60 to hear such notables as
Elmer Carter expound on "The
Negro in World at War" He
was presented at Congregational
church as part OF those lecture
series OF which Beulah whitby is
chairman. Mistress whitby we add,
wore a black crepe number with
simulated bracelets OF sequins
embroidered on her sleeves and
topped that with a red turban
wound In the South American way.
Sir Carter charmed his audience
which included such high brows as
DR.. and Mrs. J. J. McClendon. DR..
and Mrs. II. E. Simms, John Dancy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Cooper. Mr..
and Mrs. Ramon Scruggs, Mr.. ard
Mrs. John Binford Smith. DR.. Burt
J. Johnson, Mrs. Donovan Givens,
DR.. Albert Johnson, Lloyd Bailer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie Swami. Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew Wandeless, Miss Anne
Palmer. Mr.. and Mrs. william Mat
ney, Miss Harriet Shelby, Miss
Helen Bryant. Atty. Chas. Rox-
borough, DR.. Harvey Shaw and on
and on. But we can't help think
ing how at one OF Forester wash
ington's famous salons in Atlanta
where SIR Carter was holding the
yokels spellbound. he reached In
his pocket with grand gesture for
his snow white hanky. but pulled
instead a we'll CREASED stocking
cap. You know OF course, that broke
nm the salon