The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-09-08
BY ROBBIE cRUMp

EAST ST. LOUIS. nl.-Sum-
mer vacation ends for thousands
Of Youngsters who attend the
public schools Wednesday.
In other schools the end was
last week.
However. as one goes about
the busy streets of ST. Louis and
East ST. Louis he is constantly
reminded that school opening Is
almost here again.
II makes one feel happy to
see how the children. large and
small, respond to the generosity
of the parents in preparing them
ito return to school.
Over at the Mt. Sinai Baptist
Church. "a Highland Place. the
Sunday school sponsored
back TO school" social for it's
college students on last Friday
night.
Truly, it was a happy &C.
casion.
This church under no leader
ship of DR.. r. L. White, with
Mr.. j. B. Harris, a former Off
Ger in the National Baptist Sing
ing Convention, as superinten-
dent. and Mrs. Lucille Rayford,
local teacher, president Of the
scholarship club, really is in
terested in the youth of the
church. And may I tell you there
are ten students studying in ac-
credited colleges who are men,
bers of Mt. Sinai.
Two are studying TO become
nurses. oilers teachers and bust
nessmen. Three will be gradu-
ating in June, 1857.
Two of these are the son and
Soughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
ris.
We would like to commend
this church for the very fine
work they are doing.
The social given in honor of
the students was enjoyed by all
present, but l hink il was more
or less the detectives of the
young people which made ev-
eryone so happy.
II was the good pleasure of
this writer 10 have served as
one of the speakers.
The other speaker was the
we'll known Mrs. Mildred Louise
Thomas, president of Mildred
Louise's Business College on
Bond ave.
Mrs. Thomas who studied at
Kentucky State College and the
University of St. Louis, told the
students how urging it is for
person to prepare himself now
and that il is almost positive, a
greater demand will be in the
future.
This young lady has helped
hundreds of East St. Louis young
people and scores of adults by
striving each year to improve
her school. We truly enjoyed the
affair and want to thank those
in charge for inviting US to
serve on the program.
was a member of MI. Sinai
before going to Detroit to live
and just as they are helping
these young people they helped
me while I was studying at
Rust College.
At that time they had not
formed the scholarship club but
they did what hey could to en-
courage those in college.
1t would be wonderful if more
churches would follow in their
footsteps.
From time to time IL has been
the custom of Here and There
to salue some person OF organi-
cation for outstanding achieve
ments, and so this week we find
it very fitting to tell you about
one of East St. Louis respon'
sible leaders who has, in hi.
own quiet way, taken the spot
light and made history in the
city's daily newspaper, the Eas
ST. Louis Journal.
Although it was brought Il
light of same through the Jour
nal, il has been our views FOL
some time tina this young mar
would, some day, take lead. HI
is none other than Mr.. JOSEPH
Armistead, science teacher at TIT
Hughes Quinn Junior Higl
School.
Mr.. Armistead graduated il
1887 from the Lincoln Higi
School here and went on Il
Southern Illinois Universit,
: where he received bachelor o
education degree.
Joe" as we call him. came
back TO the city and resumed
his part time Job as q clerk sf
the Dauf Drug Store. 18th and
. Broadway. where he has
worked better than q score Of
years. while af the same time
performing his educational
!, work.
He got the name "Joe" be-
cause Of his kindness to thu
neighborhood children.
They found it easier to cal
him "Joe" no doubt because o.
their continuous patronage. ane
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