Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-09-24
VOL. 10, NO.
Tickets for Newman Banquet Sell
Rapidly, Chairmen Predict Many
Will Not Be Able to Get Them

11ChCIS, tkChSISS WHO ROL
a couple of extra tickets !" was
the cry of General Chairman
Talmage B. Carey and his
ticket chairman, John Patton,
of the Cecil Newman Testi-
monial Banquet committee this
week as demand for tickets to the
affair at the Nicollet Hotel on Oct.
A grew beyond expectations.
So far, Mr.. Patton said, he has
not been able to supply the demand
in st. Paul. Members Of his COM
mittee who report Friday may have
tickets left which may be pur-
chased over the weekend by those
unable to purchase tickets before,
Mr.. Patton said. The ticket sale
ends officially Monday, September
81. Because of the rationing OF
food the hotel must have a report
of the number Of guests expected
on September %.
Mitchell To Speak
The testimonial promises to be
one of the biggest affairs if not the
biggest in the history OF the Twin
Cities. Many of the most prominent
people from all walks of life in
both communities will attend the
banquet. Dinner will be served
promptly at $3.50 p. m. Principal
speaker of the evening will be
Clarence M. Mitchell Jr, OF the
FEPC who will come from Wash
ington to address the banquet.
On Program
Prominent local citizens includ-
ing Mayor John. McDonough of st.
Paul and Mayor Marvin Kline OF
Minneapolis will speak. Others on
the program will be Charles L.
Horn, president of Federal Cart
ridge Corp, Rev. A. F. Martin,
Bethesda Baptist Church; o. c.
Hall, Ramsey County deputy audi
tor; Louise Hargraves, Credjafawn
Club; Isaac L. Moore, active vet
eran, Charles W. Washington, Min
neapolis Urban League; I. Myrtle
Garden, Halle @. Brown House;
George Barton, Minneapolis Morn
ing Tribune; Rev. B. N. Moore, pas
tor ofsSt. James AME church; S.
Vincent Owens, executive secretary
st. Paul Urban League.
Clarence Russell To Sing
Clarence H. Russell, well known
tenor and director of the Twin
Cities Ordnance Chorus, will sing
a group of numbers accompanied
by Olive Nelson Russell, jeanette
Dorsey, musical director of Phyllis
Wheatley, will give piano solo.
Mrs. Cora Moore will lead the au-
dience in "The Star Spangled Ban
ner" and Jas. Weldon Johnson's
lift Every Voice and Sing" with
Gladys Lewis Harris at the piano.
Harold Booker, well known pianist,
will provide dinner music.
The program will be run off on
a radio style timetable with each
participant limited to a certain
number of minutes since many &C"
shift war workers will have to
leave the hotel for work in war
industry.
1t is expected that every ticket
of the 500 available, will be sold
by Monday, September 81. We'd
nesday of this week tickets were
as "scarce as hens teeth" in Min
neapolis, an official of the Asso-
ciated Negro Credit Union, chief
sponsoring organization, said.
Cooperating Groups
M. Leo Bohanon, chairman of the
committee on cooperating organiza-
tions, reported that the majority of
the leading group contacted plan
to participate.
Serving on the program commit
tee are, Mrs, Eva Neal, chairman;
Rev. B. N. Moore, Mrs. Josephine
Mccoy, Mrs. Gladys Harris, Mrs.
Alberta Coram, Mrs. Josephine
Chambers, s. Vincent Owens, W.
B. Walker. On the reception COM
mittee with Mrs. J. M. Patton,
chairman, are, Mines. Estella Sims,
Wayne Burrell, Pearl Mckinney,
C. w. Washington, Mildred Boz
hanon, Nellie Wright, Merydith
Howell, Earl s. Weber, Mary
Combs, VIM. Patillo, Marguerite
Combs, Edna Russell, the Misses
Villa Booker, Evelyn Kelly, Eunice
Brown, Messrs. Harry Jackson,
Wilmoth Bowen, Harold Wright,
Clarence Smith, R. A. Skinner,
George Brooks, Norman Howell, J.
C. Hargrave, Isaac Moore, James
Slemmons, and Charles Miller.