The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-06-17

THE

by
RUSS COWANs

rooney ARCHIBALD HENDER-
SON-who used 10 be an instructor
of Vocational Training for War
Workers at Miller high school, came
back To the city last week. -.
Romey. who is teaching machine
shop practice in ST. Louis, was here.
TO attend the sessions OF the So
ciety of Automotiye Engineers NJ,
Henderson is the first and only Me-
gro member Of the society. =
Told friends that friend wife. Flora.
national Women's singles champion,
in tennis. is seriously considering
hanging up her racquets. Fran&
els Leonard left Tuesday for Chatta-
nooga and her first trip be-.
low the Mason and Dixon line
Ilene Jones and Helen Mckinney
are sisters and each has very
pleasing voice. Claude and
Vivienne Cooper had to hasten down
to the Michigan Central station
Monday night to greet their old
friends, Hugh and Marcella Peter
son. . Hugh is now serving in
the Coast Guard. DR.. Thomas
Malone was telling DR.. Powell
Johnson that now he has some sense
and not much energy and his
youthful days he had plenty Of en-
crgy and just a smattering OF sense
The boys are puzzled =. They'fe.
wondering why so many fans, ste
tempt TO settle their domestic dina
culties at a baseball game. ~
One said il is because the battlers.
like 10 have large audience watch 4
them throw punches. Well, the
city can use the money the scrap,
0ers viii put in the Golfers after thsV
Judge has levied fine against
hem Wendcll Smith. sports
editor OF the Pittsburgh Courier, is
lrooming the junior II ember OF the
Smith menage for a career on the
gridiron. He showed the results F.
of his training by tackling few
Stadium SUNDAY.
Ernest Marshali had a letter re-
Gently from Thomas solomon.
former Detroiter who Is now a
member of the faculty of a college
IN Texas. Tom. who won his
ioctorate at Michigan. Was telling
Ernest about Mexico, which nc,
Solomon. bad visited recently
and how democratic TIE people are.
Hotelman John White IS back
on the job after a tWo-month so-
journ in Arizona and California.
John claims the rest makes
him feel like a new man . . Joe
Cole. now doing little stunt for
the OPA in Cleveland. was Ginning
with old friends this week on one
Of his frequent trips TO Detroit,
Joe Little ZiGsyl Johnson, one Il
ny faVorite producers. was gwen a
royal welcome on his return 70
Detroit last Monday nigh; when hc
presented his first floor show g;
Club ZombiC Not only were
his Detroit friends out in full force
out there was large delegation
from Chicago-Charlle Glenn. Lu-
ctus Harper. ~ Monroe, Harry
Smith and Pat Brooks II was
oack in 1885 that Johnson made his
teou. here producing ono 81
the shows at the old Club Plan'a.
ton. now Club Congo Billy
Naples, currently in the show al
Three SKIES, is al talk about a new
book he wants 10 PUBLISH con-
Germs Negroes IN the fed of enter
tainnent
TAc MONDAY Luncheon club ~
The Booker T WASHINGTON Trade
association held memorial services
last week for tAosc departed mem
4 oerS. incluiing Avy W lion Nsn
/ Love Ferdinand Penn. Walter y J.
, Sa-tc, Livingstone HumcS the Rev.
W. II White; Or. II SPARKS. WI.
/ our { WoodS10 and Robcr, 5 tics
E.Ch ~ the men. played an
.mpoytan, par. IN the early dayS o.
/ the assoc alton and each &c.
voted long hours II labor IN bch /.
! % iAe association .. l. vas an
/ extremely conmcndao,c acton on
the part Of the members to rc~acul-
Der tho . en- who did 50 much g..
. thc asSncLllnn IN Is only nnhs