The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-11-28

that. Sonny Edwards stops max
ing a picture to find out what we
are talking about but ! find out
that he Is only interested in the
girl We leave the picket line
and meet Charlie SOrensOn, Meade
Bricker and a flock of Army Off
cials speeding out to the plant
Back to the office and then TO the
Twelve Horsemen's club to chin
with Pops Clements Out on
the north end bend the elbow with
Art Jones and chat my favorite
pharmacist at Barthwells, and then
home.
4 !. 4
THURSDAY: have a day off and
so | spend it with Bambino who
runs all over town giving music
lessons 10 young children We
stop at Fergusons for breakfast and
l run across to the drug. store for
my morning cigar and TO argue a
while with Charles NcTurner about
the hills Of W. We From there
to Wingert school where Bambino
wants to know about one of her
music students and where | watch
carpenters repairing damage around
doors caused by fire set by
youngsters who didr't want TO go
to school from there TO the
Sloan Bookers to find that Mary is
out and Sloan il minding the two
children who keep him so busy he
is praying for her return. Thence
10 the Fosters there | look over
the little girls scrip book while
the wife gives a lesson Over
on Stanley Their = about five lit
tie Joneses who take music on this
day l help one put a jig-saw
the boys terrifi beating at check.
puzzle together a. d then give one OF
ers although he is plenty tough -.
We get the Grand Belt car back
and by the time reach Beaubian
street | am walking see-saw be-
cause the car does so much twist
ing and turning it makes you diz.
zy To the Y.W.C.A. and the
Booker t Washington Trade as
ISOLATION banquet where we partake
Of a nice chicken dinner although
we could have enjoyed it much bet
ter if the mattresses had acted as
if they knew romeone was trying to
talk. l consider writing piece on
better service at such banquets but
change my mind, but l still want to
know why there should be so many
bosses and nobody working as II
they knew what they were doing
. AT the banquet l am wonder
inr why some of the women must
parade up and down the aisles, then
all at once it comes to me that they
are merely showing off their eve
mig clothes and themselves Carl
ton Gaines is the POSTMASTER and
he introduces L, C. Blount who
tells the most lbsurd story Of how
he accepted a S. membership from
4 Jewish merchant to the N.A.A.C.P
but refused to let the same -mer-
chant take out membership with
the BTWTA c. c: Spaulding is
introduced and he makes a very
corney talk, but then he never was
much Of talker, being the kind
of a person that actr- lily does most
Of the things other people talk about
Looking over the personaIi-
ties at the speakers table l decide
that about the grandest man in the
building, the man who has done as
much for Negroes as anyone else.
without fanfare, is Rev. William H
Peck Down in the lobby Ray
mond Scruggs comments upon Mr.
Standings effort while Turner Mat
chett and wife listen.
X x X
FRIDAY: get a letter stating
that the reason for the high prices
in the cocktail lounge and dining
room of the new Paradise bowl is
to keep out all the sO-called riff
raff' and the writer says its a darn
shame that Negroes will take money
from these "undesirables" on the
bowling alley and try to hold the
other part Of the business for the
high muckty-mucks. especially
when they all belong in the muck
division A call to Jessie Car
rington and ! learn that the Navy
band will not appear in a benefit
concert as planned. and that II is up
to the patriotic citizens to send
those gifts for 5000 soldiers in this
area. Gifts should be sent 10 the
John X. Adelaide USO center
where they will be forwarded to
the various camps In the Michigan
area At the secretary Of states
office many citizens are making a
last-minute rush Tor strips for their
license plates -. Over TO the hos
pital to settle with young DR..
Franklin and | am almost ready TO
be put to bed when I get the bill
Bambino and take In the
Paradise show where we enjoy the
applause given movie short Farm
er Brown" when the young Negro
flyer takes to the air in a modern
pursuit plane. and I make a note
to urge all citizens TO see this play
Arriving at home we find a
card from my best looking sister-in-
law who wants TO know whether
we are coming home for Thanks
giving or should she arrange for
two other turkies We get in
just in time To get the last part Of
Arthur Bowman's broadcast