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18 • N. Y. AMSTERDAM NEWS, Sat, March 9, 1 BBS
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The next Monday Night Camp Fund affair will be
held at the Le Petit Paris Restaurant, between 145th
and 146th Streets on Broadway, on Monday, March 11.
Marguerite Mathis of the Baby Grand will be the hos
tess for the evening.
' This winter has been very hard on the local night
spot owners, because customers now seem to prefer
to stay home out of the bitter cold weather rather
than invade the gay places. Cheer up, folks — now
that horse racing is here again, we’ll soon be getting
spring showers and everything will be green — includ
ing yours and my tax money.
The Top Club does not have bar stools fashioned
into love seats to hold two persons, but they do have
love seats in their cocktail lounge.
If you want to eat something different, try the
California Shrimp and California chicken dinners down
at Wylie’s Restaurant, 135 West 116th Street. Mrs.
Lillian Wylie, the proprietress, has become a top
authority on these two specialties. Her ability is not
limited to knowing how to cook, but also in choosing
the quality of meats and poultry that you will find in
her kitchen. If she is on the premises, ask to meet
her; she is as charming as her food is good.
Absent in Albany
Most of the liquor industry from our city, which
included notables and some companies, sent their
sales representatives to Albany to protest the new
proposed liquor license fee increase. A source told us
that there was general surprise to learn that not one
Negro Harlem tavern owner attended.
It seems fitting at this time to make a few re
marks about certain tavern owners who have given
us considerable pleasure in just knowing them. If I
were called on to offer a nomination for the title of
‘'Mrs. (or Miss) Harlem,” I think my choice would
have to be among the following: Fannye Pierre, Dawn
Cafe; Selbra Hayes, Midway Lounge; Willette Craine,
La Famille; Linnette Phillips, Linnette’s Lounge. Per
haps there are others whom you feel I should mention,
but I simply selected these four women because I
have been around them so often, and I believe all
of them have good business know-how. We could go
on and on, but due to our space allotment, we will do
a story on each one mentioned beginning with next
week’s column.
We were very sorry to learn that Ann Lewis, the
former singing star, died last Thursday, February 28,
in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Prize Winners
Prize winners at the Dawn Cafe, where the Camp
Fund affair was held, were: 1st, Bernice Craig, Cutty
Sark Scotch; 2nd, Mary McAdoo. Ballantine Scotch;
3rd, John Cucopolos, Candian Crab Whisky; 4th, C
Kennedy, Catto’s Scotch; 5th, Sophie Bryant, Cutty
Sark; 6th, Lou Powell, Ballantine Scotch; 7th, Blanche
Pugh, Cutty Sark; 8th, F. Mien, Catto’s Scotch; 10th,
Raleigh Bell, Canadian Cl^l> glasses; 11th, Eunice
Messick, Vat 69 pitcher; 12th, Roy Miller, Vat 69
pitcher.
DOING HER JOB. AND DOING (Canadian Club), to Henderson
IT WELL — A charming hos- Hicks of the Dawn Casino
. _
who won them at a Monday
and
tess, Sophie Bi^ant, is shown NigM
presenting a set of glasses looking 011( from left; Minnie
5-Day Clay Celebration
Before Fight At Small’s
Although he doesn’t fight Doug
Jones before next Wednesday,
March 13, at Madison Square
Garden, Cassius Clay’s support
ers will start' celebrating his
predicted four round KO over
his opponent Friday night at
Big Wilt’s Smalls’ Paradise,
133th Street and Seventh
Avenue.
With a show headed by Lloyd
Price, his band, and fast-rising
young singer Erma Franklin,
the Fight Spectacular, billed as
a KO Jamboree of song and
dance, will continue un’ii fight
night when the Louisville Lip,
as Clay is becoming known as,
is expected to be on hand. Pete
McDougal, co-owner of Smalls’,
said that the pre-fight celebra
tion was decided upon when so
many supporters of Clay wanted
reservations that would stretch
out for a week.
VACATION BOUND - Selbra
Hayes, extreme right, shown
Green, Marguerite Mathis, and
Diane Boone. The affair was
at the Dawn Cafe. (Photo by
N.Y. Vacation
Book Out
Gilbert)
Small's
Manager
Buried
Funeral services were
The 1963 edition of "New York
State Vacationlands," a 192 page
illustrated guidebook to summer
holidays In the Empire State, was
issued this week by the State
Commerce Department. The book
contains information on more
than 450 tourist attractions and
v 1 d some 500 vacation communities
in the state.
Wednesday at Mickey’s Funeral
Free copies of "New York
Home for Frank E. Gibbs, mana
State Vacationlands” may be
ger at Smalls Paradise nightspot I obtaine<1 {rom the state Com
for 30 years, who died Friday1 merce Department, 112 State
at Rockland State Hospital, Or
Street, Albany 7, N.Y.
angeburg, N.Y., after being hos
pitalized for three weeks.
A native of Charleston, S.C.,
Mr. Gibbs was considered one
of- the most popular figures on
the Harlem nightlife scene from
1925 until he retired in 1955. He
had been ill for several years
at his home at 219 W. 136th St.,
before he was hospitalized last
month. He was active in the
Monarch Lodge of the Elks and
Keystone Lodge of the Masons.
lie Is survived by a sister,
Mrs. Oriel Parker, of New York,
and a brother, Clarence Gibbs,
of Cleveland, Ohio. Following
Wednesday’s services, he was
buried at St. Michaels Cemetery.
LLOYD PRICE
At Smalls’
Contacting Clay at his Miami
training camp he informed him
of the popularity he enjoyed in
New York and asked if he want
ed to have the party run for
five days after the bout. “No”,
said Clay, “because I’’U have
to depart the city the day after
so make it five days before ^celebrated Negro cellist Joins pi
anist Eugene Mancini on the sec
ond program of Coffee Concerts,
Friday, March 8, at 8:30 p.m. in
the Little Theatre of St. Mar
tin’s Episcopal Church, 230 Len
ox Avenue. This will be Moore's
first New York recital since his
debut at Time's Hall over four
teen years ago.
Asked what would happen to
the party if Jones won the tight,
McDouga’ had a reply ready.
“Oh, we’ve thought of that, too.
If that happens then we'll call
the last night a ‘Doug Jones
Victory Party’. We even have
substitute signs ready for an
emergency”.
Featured work on this program
knockout Jones in four’’.
Second Coffee Concert Sun.
Kermit Moore, Internationally- Is the Cello Suite by Negro com
poser Howard Swanson, who has
lived the past eight years in
Paris. Moore rounds out the pro
gram with selections from the
standard repertoire.
Although Coffee Concerts is a
subscription series, a limited
number of single tickets are
available for this program at the
box office on the evening of the
concert.
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SCOTLAND’S
BEST
Distilleries Produce
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The amount taken In at the
Dawn Cafe amounted to $106.00
Added to our old balance of S2,-
059.11, it makes a total of $2,
167.11. in contributions to the
Camp Fund to date.
--------- - DONORS
Fannye Pierre, Dawn Cafe
$5.00: Robert Lee Akins, Catto*
Scotch, $5.00; Monticello, $5.00
John Kritikos, Le Petit Paris
$5.00; Mike Phillips, Linnette’,
Lounge, $4.00; Natalie DeLoache
Lenox Florist, $3.50; Martin
Liss, Cutty Sark Scotch, $3.00
Al Denham, Ballantine Scotch
$3.00; Sophie Bryant, Palm Cafe
$3.00; La Famille, $3.00; Lonnie
Carter, Midway Lounge, $3.00
Ralph Bastone, Palm Cafe, $3.00
Speedy Pugh, Frank’s Restaur
ant, $3.00; Bea Jones $2.00: Tom
my Yuen, $2.00; Louise Speller,
$2.00; Frieda Harris, $2.00; Pearl
Hicks, La Famille, $2.00; Ed
ward McCloud, Frank’s Restau
rant, $2.00; Bill Herring, $2.00;
Blanche Pugh, $2.00; Patricia
Simmons, $2 00.
Also. George Brandt, Canadian
Club Whisky; Hank Bach, 7-Up
Bottling Co.; Diane Boone, Mae
Arthur, Henderson Hicks, Dawn
Casino; Elmer Cherry, Paul Pul-
11ns and A. Clyde, Palm Cafe;
Nancy Sterling, Edward Thomp
son, Jim Curry, Mr. Percy, Char
lie Bryant, Nat Robbins, Mar
guerite Mathis,Ruth Barber, Ken
neth Moses, Sylvia Powell, Julie
Gleason, Bernice Craig, Carolyn
Williams, Paula Palmer, Fritz
Niles, Eunice Messick, Raleigh
Beil, Cookie Cooke, Carl’s Cor
ner; Lottie Lewis. F. Allen Paul
Price, Frank Williams, Mary
McAdoo, Ted Rampter, Al Har
ris, George Dekeos, Richard Lee,
Harold Munger and Sammy Woods,
Lenox Lanes; C. Kennedy, W, J.
Fair, Johnny Bleach, Phil Gor
don, Roy Miller, Pedro Alvarezz,
Bill Williams, Millie Jones. Kath
leen Dade, Loda’s Caravan;
John Cucopolos, Frank’s Restau
rant; Evelyn Davis, Bill Ward,
Bermuda Bar; Mrs. Charles Psy-
ner, Bermuda Bar.
Mrs. Shaw Is A
Detective Now
Miae Elizabeth M. Shaw of 1821
Longfellow Ave., Bronx, la the
proud possessor of her Detective
Certificate, which waa preaent-
ed to her by the American De
tective Training School, recent
ly after aha completed a eixteen-
week-iong course. She is a native
of Wilmington, North Carolina.
Wells is the place where good friends meet for
the best in food and drink. So watch for the
gala opening of the latest thing in Sound, in
Food, Drink and Entertainment with person
ality and atmosphere. It will be Harlem’s one
and only.
AS
JOSEPH T. WELLS presents
WELLS GARDEN SUPER CLUB
In The Upstairs Room
Opening Soon So Don’t Miss It.
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Al B.r - NORMA ELLISON. LVCT PONTE AND REOTUP* SRAXTON
accepting a going away present
from Fannye Pierre. Selbra is
going to live it up for a while
in Acapulca, Mexico. From left:
Dorothy Bowie, Fannye, Pat
Freeman, Lois Miller, Arnie
Jones and Selbra. (Photo by
Hansen)
Television News ...
JFK’s Central American
Trip To Be Televised
A special half-hour telecast Illegal,
dealing with President Kennedy's
trip to Central America will
be presented by NBC News Tues
day, March 18.
NBC has announced the com
pletion of a long-term, multi
million dollar agreement with
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and 20th
Century-Fox for the television
premieres of 10 major motion
picture productions on NBC-TV
during the 1963-64 season.
an "NBC White
day, April 28.
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Paper”, Sun-
A first-round contest and the
championship game in the 26th
National Invitation Tournament
will be covered by NBC, March
16 and 23 from Madison Square
Garden.
The feature films, most of
Mary Pickford, Charlie Chap
lin, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Errol
Flynn, Noah Berry Sr., Rudolph
will be presented on!Valentino are among the 109
stars of Hollywood who will be
seen, Wednesday, March 13, on
ABC’s “Hollywood: The Great
Stars”, the third of David Wol-
per’s trilogy.
which
“Saturday Night at the Movies"
and “Monday Night at the Mov
ies” will feature virtually every
top Hollywood star of the past
decade.
Mike Wallace has signed with
CBS News as staff special cor
respondent and assumes his new
duties on March 25.
McLean Fan
Club Offers
Practice Time
S&H Green Stamps Is exclusive
sponsor of “The Andy Williams
Show” which Williams will host
and star in 12 full-hour musical
specials on NBC next season.
Last October, the Jackie Mc
Lean Fan Club established a
Jazz workshop In the Jamaica,
L.I. area for musicians who are
members of the club Their prim
Senator Barry Goldwater (R.
ary objective is to provide facili
Ariz.) will be a guest on the Jack
ties in which local musicians can
Paar show. Friday, March 22
on NBC, along with entertainers P[aX Practice during their
Phil Ford and Mimi Hines and
comedian Dickie Hen-
spare time.
“
English
derson.
Waiter Brennan, friend and
colleague of the late Gary Coop
er, will narrate the March 26
"Project 20” production of "The
Tall American — Gary Cooper”.
Organized gambling, legal and
The project Is In operation
every weekend at the Samuel
Huntington Community Center,
109-04 160th St. on Saturdays from
1-5 p m. and at the Merrick Com
munity Center, 110-33 Merrick
Blvd., on Sunday from 1-6 p.m.
For additional information,
write Jim Harrison, 140-54 160th
St., Jamaica 34,1 N.Y.
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