The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-25
! COVE
THE
TOWN
By
RUSS COwANs

An executive of one Of the large
Negro organizations is slated for
an appointment to the once OF
Brig. Gen. Frank 7. Hines, ao-
ministrator of Veterans AnaiIS
Grayce L. Sadler is seriously
considering moving her personal
shopping business TO New YORK. >.
She has been made several attrac-
tive offers. Mrs. Ola Christine
Collins. wife of Prof. Richard b.
Collins. member of the Tuskegee
faculty. made futile efforts to have
Eunice Cowen Sweet, estranged
wife OF DR.. Otis Sweet, meet her
in Daytot Ohio, early SUNDAY
morning y but failed. MRS
Collins, advertising representative
of the Service Magazine, published
in Tuskegee, was in Detroit LOT
short visit before going on 10
Louisville.
For three years. Henry Paige,
automobile mechanic for the city,
has been using . special stump In
the woods near Gaylord to wayiay
his deer. He got ls5- pound
buck In 1912, but missed In l943.
This year he was again successiui
In his search for venison. Luke
Humphrey. who has been hunting
with Paige for the past nine years,
shot his buck just an hour before
Paige felled his with . bullet. :.
When Dave Wilborn. emcee at
the Three Skies. is awaiting long
distance telephone call, he wants
no interference. Icky Peeks
and Sealah Beasley, two pretty
little chorines at Three Skies,
realize this now. Inc tnree
of them were sitting near the booth
the other evening, after each had
put in a long distance call. =.
when the telephone rang. Dave
moved the gals down as he barsed
his two hundred pounds through
the narrow opening, leaving the
gals gasping for breath. -.
DR.. Alphonse Heningberg. diree-
tir Of public education for the Ma
tional Urban League. was telling
friends here Saturday that there
are three families now living In
Detroit who formerly lived In
Whistler. Ala. his birth place &.
but he was unable to see any OF
them during his stay. He Is
graduate of the University Of Paris.
was a member Of the faculty OF
Tours university (of course. this
was before Hitler invaded Poland
In 1881. and now Is . member OF
the faculty Of New York univer-
silly. He was In Detroit TO
speak at the three day Institute Of
Race and Minority Problems.
The little woman talking 10 Mrs.
Ola Christine Collins in the lobby
! Of the Gotham hotel Saturday was
Mrs. Evangeline Harris Merri-
weather, school teacher from Terre
! Haute. Ind. and author OF the
| book, Stories for Little Tots" .
She was here TO attend the three
day Institute on Race and Minor
| ity Problems a. Leaving the box
ing arena In Buffalo last Tuesday
evening after Sgt Joe Louis had
belted out his opponent In IS sec
onds. Hotel Owner Kirk Lewis and
Tavern Owner Roy Mapp rushed
across the street TO enter what
looked TO be a taxicab. Instead.
il was a private car and the owner.
dispenser of fred chicken sand
wiches. was sitting at the wheel
and giving of some explosive cuss
words. However. he said he
would take Lewis and Kirk 10
their hotel During the drive
ne continued 10 come on with
some profanity that would have
startled a seasoned sailor -. He
was peeved because he had just
seen Joe land one punch :. and he
had missed work 10 see the cham
pion in action. We'll, wha'
do you think about us" said Lewis
we came all the way from Detroit
10 see SO seconds of action"
Well, although | missed night:
work, ! don't think ! missed a,
much as you fellows" said the car
owner as ne broke into a big smile
Dorothy Curtis and Mary vii.
liams. two Of Columbus tOhio)
gorgeous beauties. were saying nd
TO friends requesting tickets foI
the Michigan-Ohio State game
during their short week end visi
here. Both stated that all tick
cts had been sold more than three
weeks ago and that means tina
. large slice Of the Detroit citizen
~ will remain home and sd
out the game in the Belmont club
When Jimmy Lunceford ans
his orchestra return 10 New Yorl
soon. they'll start work on . mum
Der Of records for Decca tn,
first Lunce:ord has made In three
years. Jimmy. like other or
chestra leaders, will profit by thu
agreement signed between TIT
radio stations and the musicians
I'll probably never be able Il
list the achievements OF what a!
Detroit women are doing. but on
organization. thanks 10 Ernestyn,
PoStleS, certainly shouldn't for
get and that's the Detroit Met
ropolitan Council Of the Natons
Council Of Negro Women. .. |
was this group OF women tina
sponsored Nthe appearance OF d.
MARY Mel cod Bethune a. the prin
Cipal speaker at Ebenezer A.ME
church Sunday, You'll TeaI
the account OF the meeting, writer
by Charlotte Francis. newcomC
TO the editorial staff. on anothe
page But II was Mrs. Postle
who has been clutter!ng up m
ears with accomplishments Of theS
women over the months.
don't believe that Metropolis
Council coull do better job
they hired Mrs. Postles as publicit
director. She could. and woulC
do a marvellous job.