St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-07-07
MINNESOTA. WOMEN
MAKING GOOD

porter for another N. 7. paper told
us that Nell was ga crack news
paper woman" Yes, we believe she
still has the well known Nellie
Dodson temperament - at least
that's what we heard!
June Hawkins of magic voice
whom we did not get to see is still
going great guns in Carmen
Jones'" June was nice enough to
phone US about coming to see the
show, but we never seemed to con-
meet with her by phone. We ap-
preciate her thoughtfulness!
Hilda (Moses) Sims is the cur
rent rave of dramatic critics of
New York. If you read the June
% issue of this paper you will
what we mean. Hilda,
star of the new play, Gamma Lu-
casta" produced by a Negro theatre
group garnered unusual praise for
her beauty and acting ability
from daily theatrical critics on
most N. Y. papers. The June 26
issue of TIME carried her photo
which is, we believe, the first time
a Minnesota Negro has been
pictured in that magazine.
Anne (Arnold) Hedgeman, a
former Anoka girl, is the sparkplug
and active brains of the Commit
tee for a Permanent F. E. P. c.,
the headquarters of which is in N.
Y. She has received much credit for
the material submitted to the labor
committee of the House of Con-
gress which has been holding hear
ings on a bill to make F. E. P. C.
a permanent commission.
Olive (Arnold) Adams, sister of
Mrs. Hedgeman, is the wife of
julius Adams, crack associate edi-
tor of the New York Amsterdam
News. She works in the circulation
department of that paper.
We saw and chatted with attrac-
tive chic Charlotte (Crump) Poole,
DR.. and Mrs. J. W. Crumps' child.
She is making quite a name for
herself on the public relations staff
of o. P. A. in Washington. She
came down to N. Y. to sell the
publishers and editors on the idea
of continued and additional sup
port to the o. P. A. program. She
sold them!
Marles Griffin, accomplished
pianist and daughter of the Law
renee Griffins of Minneapolis, is
active in the USO program in the
big city. We did not get to see
Marles though she was kind enough
to give US a ring. We understand
she is doing a splendid job in
New York.
From what you have read before
you might think that the women
are the only Minnesota representa-
tives making names for themselves
out east. This is not wholly true
for there is Roy Wilkins, St. Paul
boy, who has made very good. He
is, as you probably already know,
the editor of the CRISIS MAGA-
ZINE and assistant secretary of
the N. A. A. C. P. Roy also finds
time to write a weekly column
for the AMSTERDAM NEWS and
the MICHIGAN CHRONICLE, po-
tent Detroit newspaper.
Then there is the topfight photog-
rapher Gordon Parks, our former
staff photographer and circulation
man, who is now on the Standard
Oil photograph staff. Gordon and
his Missus, who have two lovely
children, were kind enough to in
vite US to dinner but again we
couldn't make it. Imagine US not
being able to partake of some good
Minnesota cooking way out in Har-
lem! Gordon is rated among the
outstanding all around camera art
lists, black or white, of the entire
country.
Saw 1t. John F. Thomas of Camp
Lee, Va. He brought Corporal
Barney Ewell and a couple of other
army track men up to N. Y. for
the national AAU meets. John is
looking fine, army-hardened and
happy. Mrs. Thomas, his better
half, is in government employ in
nearby Washington which makes
it nice for a good soldier serving
his country. Our scouts say John
is doing a bangup job at Camp Lee.
They also tell me that Sergeant
Sam Reed of St. Paul, struck a
blow for fair treatment for the
Negro soldiers in Camp Lee that
has helped make it one of the best
camps in the country for inter-
racial goodwill.
We ran across 1t. Orrington
Hall, Jr., and his charming wife in
the lobby of the Hotel Theresa,
Hall is doing an outstanding job
as personnel officer at the camp
where he is stationed.
Well try to finish the story of
our jaunt east next week by tell
ing of our impressions of various
convention and public figures we
met.