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Social and Personal
apartment on Fifth Avenue.

apartment on Filth Avenue.
The A. B. C. Club met at the
Citizens Headquarters, 345 East
38th St., on Friday, January 9.
After the business meeting lunch
con was served by the hostess,
Mrs. Virginia Shauntee.
The MatrimOnialites held their
regular monthly meeting Saturday,
January 10th, at Mallory's Citi-
zens Headquarters. Tentative plans
were discussed for a Valentine
Party to be given at the next meet
ing which falls on February 14th.
The Fifty Fifty Friendship Club
met at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Massie, $50 Carroll Ave.,
on New Years Eve. The Club went
in a group to the Auditorium for
the New Years Eve dance.
The Humboldt Heights Civic club
will meet at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. Miller, 5016 Irving Ave.
N. on Monday, January 10, at eight
o'clock. An interesting program
has been arranged with Mr.. Carl
HIGHLANDER, secretary of the north
side Y. M. C. A., as guest speaker.
A musical program will follow. Re-
freshments will be served.
Members are urged to be present
and be on time.
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Harris-FreeZe
NuptialS

Miss Dorisella Frances Harris,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford
Harris of 2614 31st Ave. S., was
married on Christmas night, De-
cember 25, to Mr.. John K. Freeze
of Faribault and Minneapolis. The
single ring ceremony was. per-
formed by Rev. Arthur Irvine and
attended by immediate members of
the family and very close friends,
Mrs. Jose Sherwood, Mrs. Otto AL
lenson and Mrs. James Vizicky,
schoolmate-young couple.
The bride wore a pearl gray aft
ernoon dress with a corsage of gar
genias, a hat with black nose veil
and was attended by Miss Audrey
Grever, cousin of the bride, and
Mrs. Zanthia Simms, sister of the
bridegroom. Mr.. John Spriggs of
st. Paul was best man.
Mrs. Freeze was a graduate stu
dent of University High in the
class of 1910, member of the Min
neapolis Y. W. C. A., and leader in
the Girl Scout movement, and an
undergraduate student of nursing
at General hospital.
Mr.. Freeze is the grandson of
Mrs. Lucy Davis and nephew of
Mr.. Kelly Davis, owner of the
Kelly Inn of Faribault. He finished
school at Faribault High.
The couple are living in Mime
apolis and are at home in their
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plains the value of giving where
gifts are most needed.
Randolph Speaks
On freedoms
People Sunday
BROADCAST TELLS NEGRO
CONTRIBUTIONS TO AGRI-
CULTURE AND INDUSTRY

The story of a Pullman porter
who invented a device to put de-
rallied cars back on railroad tracks
will be told in "The Negro Work
err" fifth in the freedoms Peo-
pie" series to be presented over the
National Broadcasting Company's
red network from 11:30 to IL noon
E. S. T, Sunday, January 10.
The porter, William James Dix
on, was returning home to see his
daughter graduate when a car of
the train he was working on was
derailed. While Dixon watched
train crews tediously working to
replace the car on the rails, the
time for the graduation passed.
Dixon resolved to find a way to
reduce such delays. He invented a
re-railer now used by railways the
world over.
freedoms People" is sponsored
by a national advisory committee
with which the U. S. Office of Edu-
cation cooperates to tell the story
of Negro participation in all
phases of American industry,
agriculture, sports, music, public
affairs, literature, and war work.
This broadcast in the series is de-
voted to work of Negroes in such
fields as agriculture, industry, min
ing, shipping, domestic work, and
railroading.
A. Phillip Randolph, a national
labor leader who has probably done
more to solve Negro labor prob
lens than any other person, will
describe the increasingly important
role of Negroes as welders, rivet-
ers, machine operators, and other
skilled workers in war supply in
dustries. Randolph will speak
from Chicago. Following his re-
from Chicago. Following his re-
marks the broadcast will sketch
Negro participation in war work.
The Southernaires, Negro quar-
tet famous on the radio and con-
cert stage for more than Is years,
will sing several numbers. The r.
voice De Paur chorus and the
NBC staff orchestra are regular
features of the series.
Other dramatized scenes will re-
port the work of T. M. Campbell
and ]. B. Pierce, first Negro agri-
cultural extension agents appoint
ed by the Department of Agricul-
ture, and their influence on farm
ing practices in the South. Repre-
senting Negro agricultural youth
the national president of the New
Farmers of America will speak
briefly.
To make possible the freedoms
People" series, the Rosenwald
Fund and the Southern Education
Foundation have made funds avail
able. The NBC and stations of it's
red network contribute broadcast
ing facilities.
The series is under supervision
of DR.. Ambrose Caliver, specialist
in Negro education in the U. S.
Office of Education, and William
D. Boutwell,, chief of it's radio di-
vision. Scripts are written by Irve
Tunick and musical arrangements
by DR.. Charles Cooke.
VESSl FOR HIM go
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day afternoons at the Midway Y.
M. C. A. On Saturday evening of
every week mixed group of men
and women bowl at the "Y" from
seven to ten-thirty p. m. Last Sat-
urday evening Mrs. Freddie Slem-
mons held high score for the wom-
en-143, with Mrs. Leon Smith
coming in a close second with 142.
In the zoos were Mesdames Carol
Day, Ralph Gardner, Dwight T.
Reed, ST., Eli Hickman and Lawr-
ence Stewart. High scores for the
men were held by Messrs. John L.
Banks, Jr., Charles Hargrave and
George Mundell.
The Two O'Clock Club met Sat-
urday, January 10, at the home of
Mrs. Lounneer Pemberton, 679
st. Anthony Ave-, at 4 p. m. Sup
per preceded cards. Mrs. James
Griffin of Kalamazoo, Michigan,
was an out-of-town guest. First
club prize was won by Mrs. Nor
man H. Howell, second by Mrs.
Leroy Lazenberry and the third by
Mrs. Cornelius H. Mobiley. Guests
of the hostess included Mesdames
John M. Patton, George W. Brooks,
Jr., Theodore F. Allen, James Grit
fin and Miss Estyr L. Bradley.
The guest table played "Tellefun-
ken," the game that is lauded in
this months Harper's Bazaar as
the rave of Hollywood and Park
Ave. 1t is played with two decks
of cards and poker chips, and is it
fun! Each guest was given a
beautiful guest gift. The hostess
was charmingly gowned in a bur-
gundy satin hostess gown. The
next regular meeting of the club
will be on Saturday, January "a,
at the home of Mrs. G. o. Berry,
Jr., 634 st. Anthony Ave.
The Adelphai Club held it's BIZ
monthly business meeting on Tues
day, January 10, at the home of
the president, Mrs. o. W. Lindsay,
the president, MRS. ". w. Lindsay,
276 w. Central Ave. The guest
speaker was from the Women's In
stitute. A social hour followed the
business meeting. The next regu-
lar meeting of the club will be on
Tuesday, January &c, at the home
of Mrs. Cora Grissom, 1922 Rondo
Ave.
Mrs. John L. Nellie, Jr., TIA St.
Anthony Ave-, is i'll at her home
this week.
The Daughters of Isis, higher
branch of the Eastern Star, held
! its annual Christmas party on Sat-
urday, January 10, at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. William England, 474
st. Anthony Ave. About fifty peo-
pie attended. Games were played
and delicious buffet supper was
served. 1t is a party given annu-
ally for friends and relatives of the
Daughters of Isis.
The Self Culture Club held its
annual Christmas party at the
home of Mrs. William G. Hood
674 St. Anthony Ave., and, as usu-
al, it was a grand and glorious eve.
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WELCOME HALL NOTES

The Missionary Society of Cen
trail Presbyterian Church were
guests of the Stewardship group
Thursday, January 8, at the Ober
Boys Club. Mrs. H. o. Winter of
Central was the speaker. Febru-
ary IL is the date of the next meet
ing.
The Welcome Hall is fortunate
in securing Mrs. Lucille Graham
as leader of the Girl Reserves.
Having been a very active Girl Re-
serve herself, we are looking for
ward to noted advancement of the
girls under her leadership. These
girls meet on Tuesday of each
week.
The Play Center mothers, Mrs.
Dream Rawlings, president, will
hold their regular meeting We'd
nesday, January Fl, 1 p. M, at
ODER Club. Miss Lois Plat, Psy-
chiatric Case worker of the Fam
lily Service will speak.
A very fine spirit of fellowship
was enjoyed by representatives of
the Stewardship Group and the
Aeolean Singers of Welcome Hall,
at the Central Presbyterian Mis-
sionary Meeting Friday, January
9. Inspiring talks were given by
Mrs. Eva Taylor and Mrs. jose
phine Hagan. Music was fur
nished by the Aeolean Singers.
The Wide Awake Girls conducted
a service at our Junior Church,
Saturday, January 10, which takes
it's place as one of the best. The
message was brought through
story, told by Mrs. Eva Taylor.
Others who took part were: Norma
Baker, Alice Lawson and Mildred
Goode. Our service Saturday, Jan.
II, will be conducted by the Junior
Department of The First Baptist
Church; Rev. S. W. Powell, pastor.
The Scribble Club is in charge of
the meeting.
AS a new project the Scribble
Club, under the direction of VAL
arie S. Boldt, is making paper
dolls which will be sent to the chill
dren in the flood district of the
Bahama Islands.
With a very definite desire to
plan and follow a concrete program
The Cosmopolitan Girls are look
ing forward to balanced program
of work and play. The first of a
series of talks and discussions will
be led by DR.. J. w. Crump. Sub
be led by DIR. ]. W. Crump. Sub
ject: "What Effect Does Modern
Day Living Have Upon Youth ?"
Saturday, Jan. II, at ODER Club.
Hostesses will be Nadine Davis,
Doris Massie and Barbara Black
burn.
Does your child soon tire of toys
and books which you provide? The
solution to this problem is the Toy
Library at Welcome Hall, open
each Thursday at 800 p. m. Toys
or books may be borrowed for one
week by each child who brings a
signed application by parent or
guardian.
We are in receipt of a letter
from Leland College, Baker, Louisi-
ana, expressing their appreciation
for the Christmas Box sent as a
result of our White Christmas
Service. "There are children here
who had no means of knowing that
it was Christmas except by some
small gift given by a friend or
benefactor as those represented
through the gifts of the box sent
to the college," This sentence ex-
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ming of fun and good things to
eat. Bingo was played and prizes
were won by Mrs. Lillian Brown
and Mrs. Gladys Hughes. Adding
much to the success of the party
was the singing of sextette from
the Aeolian Singers, a women's
singing group. Guests attending
the party were Mesdames Anna
Wright of Minneapolis, Rosa
Moore, Birdie High, T. ]. Jackson,
George Manning, Carrie Adams,
Carrie Lindsay, Dolly Crushon,
Miss Edie Crump, Mr.. and Mrs.
Morris Brown, Messrs. W. Hughes
of Minneapolis, and William Hood
of St. Paul. Members attending
included Mesdames Gladys Hughes,
Freda Harris, Marie Brashier, Eliz-
abeth Hall, Addie Jackson, Hilda
Parker, Leantha Scott, Emma
Hood and Hazeldel Warricks.
Mrs. Hazeldel Warricks, TAI St.
Anthony Ave-, is in Chicago visit
ing her sister-in-law, Mrs. Vivian
Parker, 1904 S. Michigan Ave-,
and her daughter, Miss Hazel War
ricks. Miss Hazel Warricks has
just returned to Chicago recently
from a Christmas visit to Wash
ington, D. c., Hampton Institute,
Virginia, Philadelphia and New
York. In New York City Miss
Warricks attended the Alpha Kap-
pa Alpha Boule.
Corrections: Mr.. Owen C. How
ell won first mems prize at Mrs.
Lulu Thomas Christmas bridge
party, Mrs. o. A. Gum was chair
man of the Ladies' Auxiliary of
the Sterling Club Christmas par
ty. The Riley funeral was
preached by Rev. S. E. Ware of
Pilgrim Baptist Church, of which
the deceased was a member.
The Mr.. and Mrs. Club of St.
James A. M. e. Church held it's
Christmas party on Thursday, Jan
uary 8, at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. George w. Brooks, Jr., ITO
st. Anthony Ave. Following a
short business meeting, the men,
bers exchanged gifts. Members
present included Messrs. and Mes
DANES Art Hill, Woodford Mills,
Rufus Boyd, Emmett Galloway,
Archie Anderson, Donald Nc
Adams, Nelson Balenger, Mrs. Lii
liam Hickman and Rev. and Mrs.
B. N. Moore. Guests of the host
and hostess included Mrs. Eli Hick-
man. Mrs William Snno1ls ard-Nr
man, Mrs. William Smalls and Mr..
and Mrs. Lawrence H. Mccoy. A
tasty luncheon was served by the
hostess. A formal dinner party
will mark the end of the first year
of the Mr.. and Mrs. Club. 1t will
be held on Monday, January 26,
and visitors will be welcomed. Res
ervations can be made by calling
Mrs. Rufus Boyd, Elk. ALTO.
And for a parting shot this week
we borrow:
Doing business without adver-
Using is like winking at a girl
in the dark. You know what you
are doing, but nobody else does.
A gossip is a person with a
keen sense of rumor.
Alimony is a mans cash-sur-
render value.
From Walt Winchell we take:
A friend is one who has the
same enemies you have.
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Social and Personal
By Estyr L. Bradley
sos Carroll Avenue Dale 1925

Ivy chapter Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority,
held it's regular meeting Wednesday, January at 35
In the absence of Dean
Pledges Peggy Lazenberry Sylvia Ross baeu brought the
plans activities At the meeting
will pledge pins
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MIR. and Mrs. William Parker OF
Chicago were the house guests of
Mr.. Parker's sister, Mrs. Theodore
Hardy, 979 Charles St., during the
weekend. They were entertained
while in the Cities by their nieces,
Miss Bessie Powell, 979 Charles
St., Mrs. Wylda Beasley, APT st.
Anthony Ave-, and Mrs. Vivian
Boyce and family, 1928 St. Anthony
Ave.
It's Another Boy! Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Mcfarland, 1915 Rondo
Ave-, are receiving congratulations
on the birth of a baby boy, born
Thursday, January 8, at a. M,
at st. Joseph's Hospital, weighing
eight pounds, ten ounces. This is
the third boy in the Mcfarland
family, the other two being Walter
Donald and Roland Moncrief. The
paternal grandparents are Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Mcfarland, 493 Whiteall
st.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Guy, 4O2
st. Anthony Ave-, are receiving
congratulations on the birth of a
baby boy.
Miss Sue Edmond and her broth
er, John Arthur Edmond of Fisk
University, spent the holiday sea-
son as the house guests of Attor-
ney and Mrs. Maceo V. Littlejohn,
698 Rondo Ave.
OFF to one of the many Selec-
tive Service Camps on January "a
will be Walter Blaney, Readus
Fletcher, Robert Jones, Reginald
Harris, Tully Hickman and several
others. And are the gels ever sing
ing mournful tunes! Looks as if
all the kiddies between 10 and 20
and all the pappies over As will be
awfully popular next month.
Mrs. Carrie Lindsay, 426 Rondo
Ave-, entertained with a family
dinner on New Years Day. Mrs.
Lindsay is sales woman and care
taker in the Pet Shop in the Gold
en- Rule and is popular lodge and
nluh UrorooIa - - r~n~.... .DusS ..IIN
club woman.
Mrs. Birda Ridley, 815 St. An
thony Ave-, has returned from a
vacation trip to Fl. Worth, Texas.
Mrs. Ridley is a beauty operator
in the st. Paul Hotel Beauty Par
lor.
Mrs. Audrey Boswell Bradshaw
of Los Angeles, California, who
spent several days visiting here,
left Friday of last week for home.
Mrs. Bradshaw was the guest of
honor at a luncheon party at the
home of Mrs. Eli Hickman, 735
St. Anthony Ave-, on Thursday,
January 8. The guests PARTED I'M
til early in the evening. The host
ess served a delicious fried chick
en- dinner.
Mrs. Maude Hoage, 500 Charles
St., left Thursday, January 8, for
Oak Park, Illinois, on account of
the death of her sister, Mrs. Louise
Brown, who died on Wednesday,
January z.
The members of the Bowling
Club meet every Monday and Fri
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
Movie Clock

MICHIGAN 49, THE Major
and the Minor" 1880. 4:10,
7:35. 1855 p. M; Ely by
Night" 11:35 a. m, 2:55,
$40, GAS p. m.
UNITED ARTISTS-"Born
TO Sing" IL a. m, 2:30, g.
9:35 p. m; Somewhere I'll
Find YOU" 1920, 1856, 7:30,
II p. m.
FOX-"M Guerins of
Brooklyn" ff:33 a. m, SO,
6:13. 9;33 p. M; Tales of
Manhattan" 1922, 3:42, 1902,
1922 p. m.
PALMS STATE - Twin
Beds" 11;27 a. m. PAT, 6:07,
9:27 p. m; Wake Island"
1880, 4:1O, 1880, 1850 p. m.
MADISON - Sergeant
York" IL a. m, 2::53, 6:46,
1879 p M; Mayor of 44th
Street" 1:27, 500. 9:13 p. m.
BROADWAY CAPITOL
THE Magnificent Dope"
12:46, AIS, sos, 11:4S p. M:
Eagle Squadron" 2:35, 6:17
9:57 p. m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
In Concert

HELEN VAN LOON. lyric So
prano, will give the artist con-
cert for the Highland Park
Music Club on Tuesday evening
at McGregor Library. Accom-
PIANIST will be Florence Gala
cher.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
in AoMywool
Mile. Curie Is
Fisher Speaker

MILE. EVE CURE, distin-
guished daughter of Nine. Marie
Curie, diScoverer of radium, will
speak at the Fisher Town Hall
at the Fisher Building, Wednes-
day morning.
Noted fer the biography of her
mother, Mile. Curie is now de-
voting her energies to the cause
OF -the-Allies- aad-the- Free
French. She recently returned
from a trip around the world
visiting the battlefields of the
Far East and Europe.
In her lecture. Liberty VS..
Oppression, the Celebrated
writer will report on interna-
tional developments as she OBJ
served them first hand.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
Fails to See Color

In his pre-movie life. in efforts
10 keep body and soul together
John was a fighter. wrestler,
a male nursemaid 10 two small
children, switchboard opera
tor, a dishwasher and male
warbler in a strip-tease show
Any other actor would have
built up all this color into a
background that would sound
like something Ernest Heming-
way wrote.
But Payne says:
"They were just jObs--some
good, some bad. They didn't
seem particularly adventurous to
me when i had them and they
don't, looking back on them.
Tho salary checks were more
important to me than anything
else. I guess just haven't the
nose for excitement"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
He Just Menlt-fatk

When you examine the record
there is no reason why Payne
should be colorless copy-except
that he doesn't talk well about
himself or his private affairs.
There might have been sob
stories galore when he and Anne
Shirley broke up what Holly
wood believed TO be one of its
happiest marriages. But once
again John Tor Anne) wouldn't
give.
Recently Payne's name has
been linked with glamour girl
Jane Russell's. This alone is
enough to start some excitement
yet the minute John spots
candid camerman bearing down
on their table in night club, he
and Jane usually beat a re-
treat.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
Cass Town Hall
Has War Writer

AMERICAS FOREMOST
woman war correspondent, Helen
Kirkpatrick. is the speaker for
the Cass Town Hall, at the Cass
Theater, Friday morning at IL
o'clock.
Helen Kirkpatrick has been a
student of world affairs since
her Smith College days. she is
the author of "This Terrible
Peace" and Under the British
Umbrella" The famed White
hall News Letter, a weekly
digest which was read in chan
cellories around the world, was
founded and published by Miss
Kirkpatrick until she joined the
staff of the Chicago Daily News
Foreign Service as its only
woman foreign correspondent.
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'W9r,t Copy
War Gives
New Life
7 O Theater
Continued from First Stage Page)

CONTINUED from First Stage Page,
Elliott Nugent, Audrey Christie.
Robert Chisholm, Robert Shayne.
Tony Buckley and a big support
ing cast.
Miss Hepburn has just re-
turned from the West Coast
where she completed Keeper of
the Flame" with Spencer Tracy
and Nugent has just finished di-
recting THE Crystal Ball." for
Paulette Goddard at Paramount.
1t definitely looks like Life
of the Party" in which Dorothy
Stone and Charles Collins are
stopping the customers dead
every night at the Wilson, will
be here for quite a stay.
The Wilson, however, will not
become a one-show theater.
After Life of the Party" moves
on, Henry Duffy plans revival
of Anything Goes" details to
be announced later.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
But He Soon
VIII Be Out,
With FEers
By DOROTHY MANNERS
special Ia THE DETROIT TIMES
HOLLYWOOD. Oct. II

A GROUP Of us were talking
"A the other day about the
actors and actresses who were
swell copy in Hollywood-and
also those who were the worst.
I'm not saying who won the
bouquets as the most colorful
PLAYERS 10 get stories from. But
Irene Dunno and Ginger Rogers
were tied for first place among
the women who just won't
give" and John Payne won.
hands down. for being the worst
interview subject a m on s the
men.
Things were so dull with John
in a publicity way for awhile
that his pal. Victor Mature, al
most took over his campaign.
"You should zip things up,
he told Johnny.
why" said Payne-who is
getting along all right. That had
even Vic stopped.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
Ldnny Ross
At Institute
October %

WHEN Lanny Ross opens the
w season of grand opera in
Detroit at the Institute of Arts
on Monday, October 26, as
Rodolfo in La Boheme, he will
be supported by several we'll
known singers who appeared
here last season when the
Columbia Opera Company made
its first appearance in Detroit.
There also will be voices new TO
local audiences. =;
Among the former are Luisa
Coronina, Frank Richards, Ar
thur Anderson, Douglas Reiff,
FauSto Bozza and Costante Sor-
Xino-With Emerson Buckley
conducting.
Five of the operas on the first
weeks schedule will be repeated
the second week, the complete.
repertoire being as follows:
First week-Monday, La Bo-
heme; Tuesday, Lucia di Lam
merInoor. starring RoSemarie
Brancato; Wednesday afternoon,
Faust; Wednesday evening.
Otello; Thursday, Carmen, with
Louise Caselotti; Friday, Rigo-
letto; Saturday afternoon, La
Traviata; Saturday evening,
Aida. with Gertrude Ribla as
Aida.
Second week - Sunday eve
ming, November 1, The Barber
of Seville; Monday, II Trovatore;
Tuesday. Carmen; Wednesday
afternoon, Rigoletto; Wednesday
evening. Faust; Thursday, Aida;
Friday, Cavalleria Rusticana and
Pagliacci; Saturday afternoon,
Hansel and Gretel, in English;
Saturday evening, Samson and
Delilah; Sunday, November 8,
La Boheme. -