The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-05-01
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BY LYNNETTE PENN

BY LYNNETTE PENN
LUCY T II u r M A n
BRANCH YWCA is over the
TOP in the membership cam
naiQn The goal of 100
members was r ga c h e d,
thanks to the efforts of the
Industrious women assisting
chairman Harriet Wesley 80.
The winning captain was
Bertha Madison Smith, who
headed the committee of
school teachers. and turned
in more than two hundred
memberships Assisting
Mrs. Smith were Evelyn
Monioy. Frances Williams,
Dorothy Cunningham, Levi
atha Fuller, Ruth Caver,
Ruth Ewing, Laura Kate
Campbell, Betty Cole, Hell
on Toodle, Vera riffith,
Helen Harris, Ashl, Cain,
and Dorothy Mack !. These
workers Join the others and
the Lucy Thurman execu-
tiyes at a dinner celebrating
the success of the drive at
the Central Branch YWCA,
Thursday nioht, April %.
INTERESTING WOMEN -.
make news as they pursue their
duties. hobbies. and pleasures
Mrs. Edna Holcomb has
qiven up her duties as vice.
president OF the Detroit Associ-
alton Of Women's Clubs 10 de.
vote full time TO her work with
the legislative committee OF the
Group She attends impor-
iani meetings of vital issues
reporting TO the membership
and advising proper action.
MRS. HAROLD JOHN
SON is known for her Prov
esS AS a hostess. and will en-
terrain several friends on
Saturday. May /. It's the
regular meeting of the Y 8
Bridge Club j. with addi-
tional tables of guests
MRS. ETHEL WALKER is
gaining recognition because OF
her excellent collection Of CHI
ma Several pieces in her
collection are heirlooms. others
were acquired through her var
led travels She has recent
lY returned from n trip 10 New
York City. with an added jaunt
about the New England eoun-
irYside in search OF early
American objects.
MILDRED ELLIS pretty
teacher, is making plans for
her Interested class, yes. but also
for the National Pan Hellenic
Council meeting which begins in
May She is the chairman of
the Social Committee Mrs.
Beatrice Preston and other mem
bers of the local chapter of the
Auxiliary to the National Medi-
cal Association are taking stock
Of their plans for the Executive
Board Meeting of the National
group The social events in
clude the mammoth bridge par
~ scheduled for May 8 at the Luz
cy Thurcan Branch YWCA
The Zontas Fashion Show is May
) al the Latin Quarter.
THE BRIGHT LIGHTS :.
seen in the South are not al
ways the ones associated with
snaxEY nightclubs -. and dax-
fling theatriealg II was the
light from a fiery cross that
startled the students al an Al
ALBANIA College recently
lis said that II was burned In
reply 10 an interracial confer
ence on Civil Rights which the
students were holding in an
effort TO grasp the meaning OF
the Presidents report and IFS
implications Could have
been the xxx.
INTERESTING TID-BITS
LlewelYn Wilson. head of music
department of a Baltimore high
school and columnist for the
Alro-American newspaper, was
SHOWN the sights of the city by
Mrs. Ruth Penn during the music
conference The John Irvini
arc back from an interesting
motor trip following their mar
rage On last week. Mrs. Irwin
Is th' former Ethel Stephens.
Little Rudy Caldwell. son oil
the Harry Caldwells, was rushed
70 the hospital last week for a very
serious operation. Lillian Daniels
planned the Silhouette program
out couldn't wait to see il ma.
terialize, She fastened off q
me regional meeting of the AL.
pha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
Jerolean Snsed's last act be
lore attending the Mid-westerT
nneglohal meeting of Delta Sigma
meta Sorority, of which she Is
director. was 10 install the new
officers for Alpha ri Sigma
ITS CONGRATULATIONS for
mrs. Rookie Harris. teacher a
me Moore Elementary Schoo
VINO can tuck away the joyI
ana woes Of pedagogy on june
and enjoy q cruise to MackinaC