Arkansas State press., 1942-03-20

eils WIN pohipAliE PAM ~ useu
u describe Pine bluffs defense
plant, off cially designated as the
pine Bluff Arsenal" We should
certainly like to ask that citizens
use the proper name = Pine
Bluff ArseUll, That is worthy Of
your consideration but up
rermost in the minds of many Of
the fair sex on East 3rd Ave -,
ttat bombing plant man. And
the oldtimers comment that
things about what they used to
be- Too much money has made
it hard for the slick haired boys
who have walked on easy street
30 long ON VACATION in
Pine Bluff and closely observing
Negro business enterprises was
Leo Gates, Gould Liquor store
proprietor and businessman. Mr..
Gates and his brother, FELTON,
Gates, are successful bus ,nessmen
at Gould. The latter operates a
grocery store, and enjoys a
splend d patronage from Gould
residents both white and bla *
Ladies Leo is a very eligible
bachelor. FELTON, Is married to
the former Miss frankie Wilson.
VETERAN CfMrchwoman Mrs.
Georgia M. Patillo is cent ned to
her bed at her Fourth Avenue
home. A member of Saint James
Methodist Church for more than
half century, Mrs. Patillo is
one of the pioneer residents Of the
community SLIGHTLY I'M
proved is the condition of Mrs.
Dossie l.. McNeel, of 507 Maple
Street. Mrs. McNeel, an act We
member Of St. John AME Church
is the wife of mail clerk. Lee Nc
Neel AT THE RACES last
week We're Al l. Pennington,
liquor store proprietor, and Ivey
Anderson filling station operator.
BUSINESS visitors from Holly
Grove were U. s. Johnson, rural
letter carrier, and Rev. J. |. Bell,
Baptist District Moderator, Fri
day While here, they conferred
with Harold Flowers, ono Sec
rotary on conditions in Eastern
Arkansas COMING to Pine
Bluff to deliver the Founders day
address at A. NJ. and N. will be
Dir. Mordecai w. Johnson, presi-
dent of Howard University. DR..
johnson is regarded by this col
umnist as the ablest platform
speaker in America. You should
not miss this opportunity to hear
the famed Howard U. prexy. i
WATSON IN CHAPEL, pardon,
we are lalking about President
J. B. Watson who is aging in
mind NJ well as in body 1t is
reported That the president lash
ed at hisI critics who have had
him undef fire about something
he said about Negroes and the
national emergency. He takes
advantage of students who pay
very little attention to what he
says, for they report, having
heard him talk about Brown U.
Morefpuse, pnd receiving his
education under hardship and dis
advantage ONCE, it is always
the same old thing over and
over. A Little Rock editor was
under the lash ,mkybe it indi-
Gates that the president is weak
weaking huh, Doctor? Yes, the
teachers have received their pay.
The folks out there say, that
teachers pay Is IA minor matter
with President Watson NO
NEWS from Dexter about the
business enterprise, and this pap
Pr Is in need of some ad copy,
Hurry gentlemen and let's see
what you have got cut at Dexter.
BUSINESS is Good Mt the Trot-
ter's Mite Club, so reports Chris
W. CLARK, the manager. Well,
We are glad to hear that, for
Chris is a lad who came here from
Warren, and he is considered a
foreigner in this circle here.
You've to be around Pine Bluff
little while before you are con-
sidered par. of the mores what
ever that means. BLACkOUT
with Irma Kimbhll, office assist
ant to DR.. George c. Taylor. We
don't know whether il was the
case of tie dancing into a post
ut Lunceford's Little Rock dance,
or whether it is just nm infection
at any rate, she's home and her
sister Verna has taken over her
office duties. IN TOWN over
the weekend was Miss Flora Max
well. Home Demonstration Agent
in Chicot County. Just here visit
ing friends and checking up on
Big Shot wish she would ask