New York Amsterdam News — 1963-00-00157

> 'W- a • N. T AI,AMSTERDAM NEWS, Sat, March 9. 19«S Wedding Romance By JIMMY BOOKER Substituting for Mrs. Norford TOP DRAW GUESTS . . . Typical of the continual social integration that is going on in the New Front­ ier in Washington, D.C. these days was seen last week when five Negro couples were among some 80 persons attending the dinner Vice President and Mrs. Igwdon Johnson gave at the State Department for King Sri Savang Vatthana of Laos. They included the Urban League’s Mr. and Mrs. Whitney Young, the NAACP’s Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wilkins, Mr. and Mrs Hobart Taylor, of the Civil Rights Commission, At­ torney Belford Lawson and his wife, Judge Marjorie Lawson, and New York's State Senator and Mrs. James L. Watson, who had accompanied the Vice President to the Jamaican independence last year. NOTES HERE AND THERE . . . Last Friday’s Com­ mittee of Friends dance at the Park Terrace was his­ tory repeating itself in the form of the snow storm. Two years ago only the hardy made it to the club’s affair which benefits the Harlem YWCA and the NAACP’s Legal Redress Fund. And what makes things more disconcerting is the fact the Friends changed -their dance date to a near spring time so as td-avoid such a snow storm repeating . . . The lovely Mannequins have set May 26 for their dance at the Riviera Terrace ... Harry Novick is serving as chairman for the Ur­ ban League of Greater New York’s dinner on March 28 to honor former Parole Commissioner Samuel J. Battle, a man of many historic firsts in the city, in­ cluding being the first Negro policeman. OoronetteS f-^re Sen t Matt Of JLe 2)<M LES CORONETTES — Mem­ bers of Club Les Coronettes D’Or are shown during their “Ball of The Dolls” festival at the Carlton Terrace Ball­ room before waddle time. They are from left, Berthel H. Alexander, president; Alma G. Haynes, Marguerite G. White, Daisy M. Hayes, Bar­ bara J. Lockhart, Portia J. Marshall and band maestro Mike Hedley. Fete Miss Shaw On 10th Anniv. Masonic Dance At Audubon Others are, Masie Brodie, El lie Brahan, Adele Byeres, Pat Beckles, Elizabeth Brown, Lil­ lian Britt, Janette Broome, Ruth Boyd, Annabelle Bembery, Hel­ en Bacon, Irene Cabey, Shirley Callaway, Terry Cabey, Anne Clark, Ruby Cutting, Pearl N Culbert, Alma Carter, Thelma Carey, Mary Cannon, Sally Din­ kins, Mary Davis, Marylyn Dir- kins, Diane Elfe, Terry Elias, Belle Evans, Helen Atkins, Bet­ ty Eavans, Harriet Franks, Jan­ et Franklin, June Gordon, Le- lia Gibbs, Sharon Gordon, De- ores Gibson, Joan Gordon, Dee Howard Thelma Halley, Theresa Hamilton, Suttey Mae Jenerett, Helen Jones, Mary Johnson, Vera King, Mae Kinney, Peggy Kiel, Gail Marshburn, Laura Majors, Vickie McDowall, Theora Martin, Judy Novick, Mollie Podolsky, Doris Roberts, Louise Russell Arlene Robinson, Ruth Rucker, Lillian Steeley, Francis Simp­ son, Flo Tyler, Ruth Turner Jenkins, Marvis Williams, Mar­ guerite White Wilson, Ruth Wal­ cott, Betty Washington, Rebec ca Watson, Mildred Walters and Alberta Williams. Members of Club Les Coro- nettes D’Or entertained with their “Ball of The Dolls” dance at the Carlton Terrace Ballroom Saturday. The group is noted for its charitable and helpful community projects. Partygoers Club members are, Bertihel H. Alexander, president; Alma Haynes, Marguerite G. White, Daisy M. Hayes, Portia J. Marshall, and Barbara J. Lock­ hart. Honorary members are, Rev. Mother L. M. Stoker, Dr. L. M. Swann, James Perkins and Mike Hedley. -J Congratulations due to Mrs. Hilda Fortune, the Urban League’s hard-working staffer, who has added *Dr. in front of her name by earning her PHD from NYU in Human Relations . . . Mrs. Edna Gordon, as­ sistant principal at P.S. 101 celebrated her birthday last week at the Waldorf watching Lena Home per­ form, where the Earl Robinsons were also enjoying her at the time . . . This being Emancipation Centennial year and with So much needed to be done, we hope more groups take the idea of the Continen- tals and the Bottle and Cork Sales Club and donate a certain portion of the receipts from their social pay events to charity and toward helping the youth of the community. Let’s hear from some of the Clubs on this. A percentage of your profits to aid the youth <4 Harlem ... AMONG THE COUPLES . .. Pretty Margaret “Sissy” ^iwlins, who was one of the finalists last year in the Miss Beaux Arts contest and more recently a “Bunny” at the Playboy Club, took the vows last weekend with singer Johnny Nash and left for Boston on a singing Westchester guests included, engagement with him. She’s niece of Madison Jones, Messrs. an^ Mesdames Nat executive director of the Commission on Human Elnora Cavn^s, Lola Davis, Rights . . . Hamler and Jessie < The Randy Whites made it official by getting a Mexican divorce ... Harlem also hears that all is not too well In the home of Lena Home and Lenny Hay- ' ton ... Off on a Jamaican vacation are businessman Robert A. Bell and his wife, Marghuerite, while the ; Ken Sherwoods are returning after a month In the West Indies ... Dr. Chester Redhead sporting a heal­ thy tan from his visit to the Islands . .. Guests Included Messrs, and Mesdames: Nathaniel Bowman, Eddie Busch, Floyd Kee Jr., John Kennedy and Gerald Prat­ er. Misses & Mesdames Marj Bowman, Ethel Ball, Harriet Chestlne, Kathleen Cooke, Dor­ othy Finley, Mattie Foster, Jes­ sie Middleton, Mae Ripper and Ernestine Thompson. Also, Messrs. Ernest Beane, Carl Chestine, John Greene, Irving Helms, Lonnie Riddley, Virgie Small, Marvin Smith and John Wynn, all from New Jersey. Connecticut guests included, Ray Alston, John J. Hughes and Judy Evans. Champion. 1 Bessie The officers of the Institute of International Education, an organization in the field of edu­ cational exchange, recently hon­ ored Miss Bertha Shaw, a staff member with a reception on the occasion of her 10th anniversary with the Institute at which she received the accolades of her colleagues and an honorarium from the Institute. She is a graduate of State University of New York and The Fashion Institute of Technology. Miss Shaw is also a successful free-lance designer of textiles and women’s apparel and Is known in the world of fashion. . Guests The party was attended by the officers of the Institute In­ cluding, Donald J. Shank, execu­ tive vice president, Albert G. Sims, executive vice president Kathleen Duffield, office >f the director. David Wodlinger and director of the U.S. Student De­ partment. Miss Shaw's work with the Institute was praised Birch, Robert Beckles. Brod by her immediate supervisor. Brewer, Tony Beckles, Granville Bernard L. Meyerson and the , of. tte Instltute- Ken’ Curley, Alvan Carey, Dr. B. John Dawson, John Dennison, |ne,r? H® , Clyde Fm Kelly Forrest, Jim- nJ Foster. Kobirt Collett, Oliver Among men, were, _____ At Home ,, »' . l ‘0^ t.110 LDltCu StdtCS {JOVCTO- voi uHneon ment, foreign governments, e ° ’'foundations, universities, corp- T>'i rim u M Bil Hacher, Joe Holly, David Howell, Joe Hill, Daniel Jones, “Count” Lobo.l John Lampkins, Brocton Mills,, orations, private organizations and individuals, and acts as a Anderson Noreden, Freddie on many phases ium, Julius Pryor, Gerald Por-|o{ international education, ter, Charlie Rheingle, Ben Ran­ kins, Edward Roberts & guestsi- Theoplus Smith, Marvin Smith, jYllSSlOnCirieS lO John Wallace, Dr. W. K. Wil- liams, Charles White, Dr. Eu-|JYleet 111 JN. I. , -r WT "VZ gene Rutherford Watts, Preston White, Gene Watts and Harold I Rev. Mrs. Rosa B. Williams, president of the Missionary Pre- White. Among the clubs represented pWents’ Council of the New York were: The Noisy Bridge Gun & annual conference annouced the Rod Club. The Ritzy Ten. The 13th anniversary celebration of Lucky ’5’, The Blacks, The Sop-York <5°nf,ere“ce uBr“c,h hocates, The Revellers, The J*1”1?0®? *2 £5’ i March 10, at St. John A.M.E. Nurses and We Three 'church, 132 West 134th Street, Aurses and We Three. New York guests Included, James Barnes, Marion Bouyer, William Carney, Albert Carey, Sherman Dickson, George Dav is, William Davis, Lloyd Davis, Calvin Evans, Fred Fortune, Bernard Fried, Thomas Gour- dine, Reglnold D. Groves, Fred Hall, Edward Hanson, Charles Harris, WilHam Harris­ on, Marion Hooper, Joseph Hop­ kins, Stanley Hansen, Robert Jones, Ben Jones, Langston King, Thomas Mason, James Mattison and Charles Mason. Also, ‘Buster’ Priester, Paul Robinson, Joe Roberts, Edward Roberts, Charles Smith, A1 Shaloum, Robert Thompson, Ben Thomas, Joseph Williams and Max Wilson. Teenagers Go To YW Conference Nineteen teenagers from Upper Manhattan Branch Young Women’s Christian Asso­ ciation were delegates to the Greater New York mid-winter Conference for high school girls at Stamford, Conn, last Satur­ day and Sunday. They were plrt of a group of about a hundred girls from Manhattan, West­ chester and Connecticut who met to discuss problems facing parents and teenagers today. u ft 4~ • ABOUT PEOPLE ... Several Virgin Islanders hoping tq merge all of the various groups in New York into one, with Malcolm Jackson as their president Moving into a Bronx apartment is public relations man Fred Weaver ... Mrs. Gladys Savory, wife of Dr. PMH. Savory, co-publisher of the Amsterdam News, busy urging members of the State Legislature to support bills to give unemployment Insurance to do- msstics and for legislation to transfer enforcement of licensing regulations of employment agencies to the -. Slate Labor Department . .. She is chairman of the Advisory Committee of the New York Committee to Ajd Stranded Domestics, of which Attorney Marion Ct Jones is executive director ... t* It was a baby girl last week, at a whopping eight pounds, nine ounces, for Mel and Ida Cohn of Queens So many folks bedded in recent weeks with the fhi and other cold ailments reminds us to tell you to get plenty of rest in these days of tricky weather ... Attorney Cora Walker got up out of her sick bed last weekend to go to court to press charges against an employee who was cashing her checks while she has been home recovering from an auto accident . George Broadfield, assistant director of the Dom­ estic Peace Corps, moved into Lenox Terrace Frtends are insisting that popular Bill Brown and Pdggy Barnwell have some big pla®3 in mind soon ... Midtown society millionaire playboy Bobby Goelet and his wife Gloria, who have been having their trou­ bles as an interracial couple, welcomed the stork Wed­ nesday. It’s a 10-pound blonde haired boy, so we hear, Which is about where we sign off and turn this back over to Mrs. Norford, who is back from a Florida lec- tuTe tour. Alpha Besma Has Fashion Show TTie Alpha Besma sorority pteaented Its secoond annual fashion show at the Upper Man­ hattan Branch of the YWCA last Sunday. Miss Marieta Har- p*ff la president Idas Joy Marshall emceed the ■* which Included Misses Abrams, Theodosia Carolyn Brown, Flor- Carter, Sheryl Hansen. Carter, Cheryl Nlbtw, Rlngold, Cheryl Scott, Carrington, bhlrley Geraldine Horne, Myra , Jo Anna Phipps, Lln- i and Helen Mcnt taking part In the Aaasta Maqulshon Felicia Marilyn Daley and Pierre and Eugene Maqulshon. Beatrice Callwood styled the hats worn in the show. Samuel David, Baritois, was the artist for the affair and Carol Butler provided the background music on the piano. Other officers and members of the sorority Included Con­ stance Thompson, Eloyce Archi­ bald, Barbara Brown Faust Cdestlna Barts, Eva Best, Rita Parsons, Myschelle Grant, Gen- avia Stanfield and Elna Haynes Joy Marshall Is co-ordinator and Bernice Edwards Is founder. The Sorority Is an affiliate df the White Rose Mission and In­ dustrial Association and a mem­ ber of the New York Region 0 the Empire State Federation of Women’s Clubs. New York City. Rev. L. R. Judge pastor of the Church, will be the speaker. Mrs. George Wilbur Barber, First Episcopal district super­ visor and Mrs. M. McCoy, presi dent. New York Conference Branch will be the guests of honor. Officers of the Council are Rev. Mrs. Rosa B. Williams, presi­ dent; Mrs. Louise Williams, viqe- president; Mrs. Irene Johnson, 2nd vice-president; Mrs. Virginia Smith, recording secretary; Mrs. Sadie Johnson, corresponding sec retary; Mrs. Essie Hamilton, and treasurer and Mrs. Alice Duncan, chaplain. Kenote speaker was Dr Joyce Yerwood, a Stamford physician who serves on the local narcotics board. Open dis­ cussions were held on boy-girl relationships, Including such problems as teenage drinking, the curfew, and going steady. Delegates New Officers [ Are Inducted The new officers of the Rut- i ledge Society were Installed re­ cently by Norman Saunders at | the Municipal Building. Delegates included Misses Juanita Bryant, Corliss Graves, Gloria Halliday, Yvonne Hill, Christine Kyles, Delores Lane, Jean Lawrence, Florence Lowe Yvette Mayo, Renne Monlgoutte Gwendolyn Pride, Brenda Silva Andrea Timmons. Sylvia Way Lorraine Jarvis, Carmen Jones Jlmelane Lauderdale, Mavis Miller and Mary Patterson. Miss Epps Betrothed Mr. and Mrs. Newman L. Epps of St. Albans, N. Y. have an nounced the engagement of their daughter, Demetta Ann to John O. Williams Jr., of New York City. Mias Epps Is a senior at Hamp­ ton institute. The prospective groom studied electrical engineer ing at Tennessee State Univer stty at Nashville, Tenn. and Is the son of Mrs. Lillian Jones of NYC and John 0. Williams of Burlington, N. J, A summer wedding la planned. Commissioner huger Browne I brought greetings to the group. Officers Installed Included Mrs. I Louise G. O. Paxton, president; Edward Adamson, vice presi­ dent; Joyce Clark, treasurer; Mesdames Ellen Johnson, Sam­ uel Blount, Marie Lee and Gloria Rosario, secretaries; George Fauntelroy. business manager | and Raymond Frances, chaplain. WEDDING BELLE - The for­ mer Miss Heloise Polter, daugh­ ter of Mr. and Mrs. Osborne TreadweB Poltler of New Hav­ en, Conn, was married to Mr Edward Hubert-Lewis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert E. Lewis during rites officiated over by Rev. Aute L. Carr, Assistant Dean, Yale Divinity School. She is a graduate of Yale Medical School of Roentgen or- aphy. The groom la a student |Fete Miss Simmons at Southern Connecticut State College who served three years In the U.S. Marine Corps. The newlyweds will be at horns at 404 Newhall St., New Haven, Connecticut following an ex­ tended honeymoon. Dee Stmmona was feted with a party given by Robert Mc­ Crary at the Chateau Henry IV last Friday evening. Among the guests were, Mr and Mrs. Harold Dunbar, Mr and Mrs. James Castor, Mrs Dorothy Keene, Llzabeth Jones Mrs. Paul Haley, Venice Haley I Mrs. Gerri Major, Mrs. Ther Since the Savings Bonds pro-|eM Barco Johnson. Mrs. George gram began on May 1, 1941, the] Norford and Miss Beatrice Dans- U.S. Bonds Treasury has replaced more than well a million and a half bonds which Also Dr. Calvin Innls, Prince had been lost, stolen, mutilated.) Rogee. Lemuel Bullock and or destroyed. 1 Charles Gibbs. Through Red Cross, societies people today, regardless of pollt ics or purpose, are working for common goal. The Robert W. Allan Lodge No, 48 of the M.W. King Solomon Grand Lodge of the State of New York, Inc. had its annual dance, at the Audubon Ballroom last Saturday evening Music was furnished by Eric Henry and his Orchestra. The Jerusalem Chapter No. 99 was the Guest. Mrs. Carmen Lewis is Worthy Matron. Officers and Members Harold Pretlow is worshipful master; Alfonso Sinclair, senior warden; George Bond, Junior warden; Arthur Taylor, senior deacon; and Eric Henry, Har­ old Mason, Clarence Moore, John Wright, Alfred G'.assford, Arthur Ray Sr. Jerome Vernon, Elliott Vernon and Harry Woodson. Many Guests Among the guests were Wil­ liam R. Dames, Grand Master, M.W. King Solomon Grand Lodge and Charles Jacobs, Stanley Brown and Alfred G. Sewell. Also Messrs and Mesdames William R. Dames, Charles Ja­ cobs, James Richardson, Clar­ ence Moores, James Weeks, Ed­ ward Farrell, John Butts, James A. Stronson, James Wardlow, Calvin Burton, Ernest Moore, James Frank Williams and Wright. Lovely Ladles Also Misses and Mesdames Bulah Dye, Magnolia Sinclair, Joyce Hudson, Marjorie Hinds, Lena Sinclair, Flossie Lassiter, Tommy Lee Bostic, Laura Ma­ jors, Bea Macon, Essie Nixon, Penny Penn, Lillie Mae Bryant, Gloria Butcher and Theresa Cromwell. And Ethel Slusher, Emma B. Henderson, Carmen Lewis, Wil­ ls Mae Stronson, Mary E. Crut­ cher, Hazel Lewis, W. M. Wright, Willie Maie Davia, Christina Da­ vis, Frances Davis and Marilyn Davis. Men Attend Among the men present were Jerome Edwards, Alfred G. Sew­ ell, Arthur Ray Jr., Albert Wil­ liams, Harold Hudson, Harold A. Graham, Dillard Yrolllnger, Harry Green, W. M. Wright, James Walker, Ernest Graham, Lee Carter and Richard T. Per­ kins. Committee Of Friends Dance The Committee of Frtends met last Saturday evening at the Con­ vent Avenue home of Mrs. Jac queline Walburg to finalize plans for their 14th Annual Benefit for the Legal Defense Fund of the NAACP and the Campaign Fund of the Y.W.C.A., on Fri­ day evening, March 1, at the Park Terrace Ballroom, 900 Riv­ er Avenue, Bronx. - The exciting show, “Manhat­ tan Serenade”, featuring the Lou Parks dancers, will stress high­ lights of life and entertainment in the Village, on the fashionable East Side, and In our own Har­ lem. A host of notables are expect ed including Boro President and Mrs. Edward Dudley and Dr. Iv­ an T. Sanderson, author of the best selling “The Continent We Live On" (both the Borough Pres­ ident and Dr. Sanderson are members of the Committee of Sponsors), and M. Babatunde 01 atunji, the lternatlonally famous drummer. Mrs. Doris Hayes Is again serv tug as chairman of the Commit­ tee which Miss Viola Phoenix headed for the first twelve years. Other officers are John Banner,- vice chairman; Mrs Muriel Avery, recording secre­ tary; Mrs, Edmonla Boyd, cor responding secretary; Mrs. John nie Carey, treasurer; and Mrs Olive Suydam Felton, assistant treasurer. BRIDAL ELEGANCE — This bridal gown by Christos of Galina, shows in a profusion of pure white Swiss embroid­ ered flowers by Neaf that bloom all over the surface of a sheer white wedding gown which enfolds the bride for her triumphal appearance down the aisle. With bodice careful­ ly fitted and skirt shaped Into a bell from a gently sashed waistline, the detachable train wings into formal fullness with a cascade of ribbon down the back. In rich array the short formal veil of 6wi$ Illusion falls from a spiral tc of Swiss blossoms and in fi il lavish touches. It Is priced bout $165. Aboard Ca, USS TICONDEROGi — Mar­ ine Corporal Magel CLugo, son of Mrs. Elena Lugo |f 65 Jef­ ferson St., New, Yorll N Y-, is serving aboard the «ack air­ craft carrier USS Tnnderoga, now on her fifth West^i Pacific deployment. PEPSI-C0LA PRESENTS THE WEEK’S CALENDAR OF EVEN' Mar. 8—DANCE; Park Terrace; The Vivants. Mar. 8, 9, 10- THEATRE: Blithe Spirit; YMCA^ Y Dl Workshop. ' Mar. 8—MARDI GRAS; Manhattan Center; Omega Vsl Phi fraternity. Mar. 8—DANCE; Riverside Plaza Hotel; Club Interbkj, Inc. Mar. 8—DANCE; Club LaChose; A Groups of Guys. Mar. 8—CONCERT: Kermit Moore-Eugene Mancini; fi, Martin’s Church; Coffee Concerts, 1963. Mar. 8—DANCE; Audubon; Ladles Auxiliary, Sons of Norti Carolina. Mar. 8—DANCE; Renaissance; Hedonlcs Social Club. Mar. 8—DANCE; Savoy Manor; Vista Sopial Club. Mar. 9—MEETING; Employment and Personnel Occupa- tions; Vocational Guidance and Workshop Center. Mar. 9—MEETING: Slides and Narrative, Africa and 8. America; YWCA Upper Manhattan Branch; Harold Jackman Memorial Committee. Mar. 9—FOQD FESTIVAL; YWCA, Upper Manhattan Branch; National Council of Negro Women. Mar. 9—DANCE; Audubon; Anegada Progressive League. Mar. 9—DANCE; Frederick: Douglas Lodge #7646. Mar. 9—DANCE; Audubon; St. Luke’s Lodge #85. Mar. 9—DANCE; Hunt’s Point Palace; Carolina Pals Social Club. Mar. 9—DANCE; Rockland Palace; Monarch Lodge. Mar. 9—DANCE; Savoy Manor; The Ten Social Club. Mar. 9—DANCE; Savoy Manor; Ladles and Gents Social Club. Mar. 10—DANCE; Renaissance; South Carolina State College Club. Afar. 10—CONFERENCE; St. John AME Church; Missionary Presidents Council. Mar. 10—FASHION SHOW; Lt. J. P. Kennedy Jr. Com­ munity Center; Cosmopolitan Ladies of 69, Inc. Mar. 10—FASHION SHOW; Dawn Casino; Mt. Morris Hospital benefit. Mar. 11—DINNER-SHOW: Miss Lena Horne; Waldorf Astoria; benefit Wlltwyck School for Boys. Mar. 11—MONDAY NIGHT CAMP FUND PARTY; Le Petit Paris; N. Y. Amsterdam News. Mar. 15—DANCE; Renaissance; Eureka Temple #22. Mar. 15—DANCE; Audubon; Progressive Drill Team. Man 15—DANCE; Audubon; Gentlemen of Cutty Sark. Mar. 15—DANCE; Savoy Manor; Ways and Means Com­ mittee of M. and W. Mar. 16— DANCE; Audubon; Civil Rights Committee, Local 480. Mar. 16—DANCE; Renaissance; Sons and Daughters of Maryland League. Mar. 16—DANCE; Audubon; Metropolitan Social Club, Mar. 16—DANCE; Hunts Point Palace; Craftsmen - Social Club. Mar. 16—DANCE; Hunts Point Palace; Les Amies Social Club. Mar. 16—LUNCHEON; Concourse Plaza Hotel; Allen Unlv. Alumni Chapter of Long Island. Mar. 16—DANCE; Rockland Palace; St. Nicholas Avenue Business Men’s Club. Mar. 10—DANCE; Dawn Casino; Alpha Chi Pl Omega Sorority. Mar. 16—DANCE Savoy Manor; Bethel Club. Mar. 16—DANCE; Savoy Manor; The 17 Gentlemen. Mar. 16—Sons and Daughters of Maryland, Renaissance Ballroom. And hen’s another big event: the new tali Pepsi „ in the 16 oz. bottle Sene more, save more! 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