Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-03-05

musician who is appearing at the
Flame Club, is really an expert at
reading handwriting. He's been
doing this for the past eight or nine
years just as hobby and truthfully
I've never met anyone before who
could really hit the nail on the head
so we'll and give you your char
acteristics just by looking at a few
lines of your handwriting. :. That
dashing, heart smashing, o. DON
AID SMITH of Great Lakes Naval
Training Station, Illinois, is in st.
Paul this week enjoying a weeks
furlough. Donald plans to hurry
back to Chicago, Ill, for a few days
before going back to his training
station. SGT. ERNIE
CHARLESTON is in St. Paul on a
furlough from FIT. Riley, Kan. e.
By the way, who is the fellow who
sends DOROTHY HALL those
roses quite regularly? e. My vote
of the week goes to MRS. PEARL
MCKINNEY, who is one of Mime
apohs' most attractive young mat
rons. For neatness, and style just
take a gander at Pearl any time,
any day. She's always right up to
par. Hubby Forrest thinks so,
too.) . SGT. JOE DANFORTH,
who is on furlough from the Pan
ANA Canal Zone, married ERNES-
TINE THOMPSON of Minneapolis
on Wednesday morning of this
week.
Phyllis Wheatley House Annual
Meeting a Success:
The Phyllis Wheatley House held
it's 18th Annual Meeting last
Thursday at 8 p. m. A large and
appreciative audience turned out to
hear the Head Resident, Mr.. Henry
R. Thomas report, the musical and
dramatic program and REV. NJ. K.
HOGARTH's dynamic and force
full talk on The Community and
Its Social Obligation" Each pOr-
ton of the program, which was in
troduced by MRS. MARGUERITE
COMBS, mistress of ceremony,
proved to be of intense interest to
the audience. Of especial interest
was the splendid choralOgue pre-
scented by the Dramatic Department
which stressed the artistic con-
tributions of many of our Negro
artists. The choralogue, which was
under the direction Of that charm
ing Girls Worker, at Wheatley
House, MISS GRACE WALKER,
brought out the talents of many of
our local people namely, REV.
ROBERT KELLY, MRS. CORA
MOORE and MISS EUNICE
BROWN. The musical accompani
ments and selections were under
the direction of MISS JEAN
NETTE DORSEY, Head of the
Music Department at Wheatley
House. The gracious MRS. ALEX
HELMICK, new President of the
Wheatley House Board Of Direc-
tors, was introduced and she in
turn gave a short talk. Some of
the prominent folk seen in the au
dience were: Mr.. and MRS. WEN
DELL c. JONES, MRS. JOSE
PINE CHAMBERS, MRS. ADA
GIBBS, DR.. and MRS. W. D.
BROWN, Mr.. and MRS. C. W.
WASHINGTON, Mr.. LEO BO-
HANON, Mr.. and MRS. tai
MADGE CAREY, MRS. ADA
FRANKLIN, MRS. CHARLES
BEASLEH, MRS. MAE MAX
SHALL, MRS. MARGUERITE
COMBS, Mr.. and MRS. JOHN NJ.
PATTON, MISS I. MYRTLE CAR
DEN, J. W. PATE, CECIL E.
NEWMAN and Mr.. and MRS.
Enroll FASSETT. -.
LAUGH OF THE WEEK:
A certain st. Paul lad is really
getting the hee-haw this week
when his bevy of girl friends all
caught up with him. 1t seems as
if our Romeo had a number of rec
ords made with his own voice speel-
ing off declarations of love and
raving about his love, supposedly
for one girl. He passed these rec
ords out to his ladv loves (three in