Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09
Social and Personal
o ST. PAUL

honor of Mrs. Sadie Robinson of
Boston, Mass.
Little Judith Jones, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Jones, TOO
West Central Avenue, won a twen-
ty-five dollar war bond and a tiny
gold cross, Sunday, November 4,
competing with fifteen other babies
in popularity contest at Camphor
A. M. E. Church.
Cpl. Alfonso P. Dunlap, son of
Mrs. Lucy E. Green, $40 West Cen
trail Avenue, arrived home Friday,
November 2, with an army dis
charge. Cpl. Dunlap has served in
Italy, England, Germany and
France. Mrs. Green also has her
grandson, Fleet Wood Smith, visit
ing her.
Miss Ellen Jackson, 252 East
Fourteenth St., recently underwent
an operation at st Joseph's hospital.
Fletcher Butler of Asheville, N. c.,
is the guest of his son and daughter
in-law, DR.. and Mrs. Manuel Butler,
All W. Central Avenue. DR.. Butler
will return to North Carolina with
his father this weekend and Mrs.
Butler will remain for an indefinite
stay with her father, R. C. Minor,
who is convalescing from an illness.
Jesse Gardner, Jr., Route Z, Haz-
elwood Avenue, is able to be up
after several months illness. 1t.
Robert Gardner is expected in the
city sometime soon to visit his
brother and parents.
S/Sgt. Adam J. Hall, Jr., received
an honorable discharge at Camp
Mccoy, Wis, from the Army Tues
day, October 80. He and his wife,
Florence, are now living at 575 W.
Central Avenue. Sgt. Hall spent
two years in the army, half of the
time was spent overseas.
Cpl. John Barker is in the city
after receiving an honorable dis
charge from the army. He is MAX
ing his home with his sister, Mrs.
Evelyn Robinson, 512 Carroll Ave.
Cpl. Barker was in the army two
years, having spent eleven months
overseas.
California Visitor Returns: Mrs.
Minnie Tucker, a prominent matron
of Los Angeles, Calf, and her sis
ter, Mrs. George L. Hoage, 500
Charles St., st. Paul, left this week
for Chicago to visit two other sis
tiers, Mrs. Pearl Stone and Mrs. Sue
Davis and other relatives. This
visit was something of family re-
union as some Of the members of
the family had not met in forty
years. Mrs. Tucker, an active church,
social and civic worker in the Angel
City, has been the recipient of many
social affairs during her stay in St.
Paul. They will return to the city
sometime next week.
Birthday Halloween Party: Mrs.
Charles H. Hale, 535 Rondo Ave-
nue., whose birthday falls on Hal
lowe'en, was hostess at a birthday
Halloween party Wednesday, Octo-
Der 81. She invited twenty-eight
friends, and received many lovely
gifts. Mrs. Hale rendered two
readings, during the evening, "Col-
ored Soldier" and "About the Par
ty," by Paul Lawrence Dunbar.
Mrs. Charles Hale had as her
house-guest, Mrs. Ellen Burnah of
Mason City, Iowa, who helped Mrs.
Hale celebrate her birthday.
Walter N. Ridley, head of the
psychology department at Virginia
State College, Petersburg, Va, re-
Gently was a speaker for the Ameri-
can Teachers, Association at Dover,
Del. Mr.. Ridley is national presi-
dent of the association, which is an
organization of 5000 Negro teach
ers. Following the meeting, he
went to Washington, D. c., for a
conference with the National Edu-