New York Amsterdam News — 1963-07-17
1963
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16 • N. Y. AMSTERDAM NEWS, Sat, July 17, 1963
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CHRISTMAS IN JULY
Isn’t it kind of early for Christmas? Not so with
Selbra Hayes of the Midway Lounge, 415 West 125th
Street. Wednesday night she had another one of those
famous cocktail parties, and she called it a Christmas
in July party—had everything including a Santa Claus.
TOP CLUB SPONSORED
The PAL youngsters from the 26th precinct “Youth
Council” will be ever grateful to all at the TOP CLUB
who sponsored a bus outing for the younsters on
July 24.
One of the newer Chinese restaurants in the Har
lem area is the Len Fong Restaurant, located at 3533
Broadway. Nelson Wong, proprietor of the restaurant
oversees the kitchen and cocktail lounge to see that
everyone gets the finest in food, drink and service.
Mr. Wong has gone to great expense to make this
a magnificently decorated dining place with nothing
to indicate their oriental background. The next time
you take the little lady out for dinner, why not drop
into a place that features the major Chinese cuisine
and have a delightful evening.
STILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS
The Club Baby Grand is still open for business as
usual. It was first thought to have been destroyed by
fire in the basement But just before press time we
learned that they are ready for business.
CRANBERRY COOLER
How to beat the heat is a worldwide preoccupation.
In America the newest in summertime cocktails is
the Cranberry Cooler. Jointly discovered by the Cran
berry Kitchen and The Bourbon Institute, this thirst
quencher combines the delightful fruity flavor of Cran
berry juice cocktail with smooth, mellow Bourbon and
dry, light-bodied rum. It’s guaranteed to send one into
orbit, but oh, what a pleasant trip!
— For One —
4 parts Cranberry juice cocktail
2 parts Bourbon
1 part lime or lemon juice
1 part light rum
Pour over ice in old-fashioned glass.
Stir but do not shake.
— For 16 —
1 pint Cranberry juice cocktail
1 cup Bourbon
W cup light rum
W cup lime or lemon juice
Stir and pour over ice in old-fashioned
glasses. , ... -
Festival Of Stars
At Downtown Church
Aa a salute to the Freedom
Movement, St. Mark's Church
in-tha -Bouwerie, at 2nd Avenue
and 10th St., becomes a show
case for the works of Negro
painters, sculptors, photo*
grapbers, poets and musicians.
The show will last for two
weeks, opening on Sunday July
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21. The festival of the arts is
being presented by UMBRA, the
new literary magazine which fo
cuses on racial awareness and
social consciousness.
Paintings are being shown by
Tom Feelings, Van Elliot,
Edward Strickland, Cannel
Collins, A1 Haynes, Bill White
and Jack Whitten; sculpture by
Arnold Prince and photography
by Leroy McLucas, Alvin Simon,
Ron Charles and Ed Bagwell.
Jazz concerts will take place
on Wedrfesday evenings, July 24
and 31 at 8:30 p.m. Archie Shepp.
Freddie Redd and other groups
will perform.
The UMBRA poets will read
heir work on Thursday, July 25
and August 1 at 8:30 p.m. Poets
reading will be: Robert Brookins
Gore, Calvin C. Hernton, David
lenderson, Tom Dent, Roland
Sellings, Norman H. Pritchard
, r., Ishmael Reed, Charles Pat-
tenon, Lorenzo Thomas, Art
rger, Joe Johnson and Lloyd
Addison.
168 Jazz
Scholarships w
Go To Kids
Dizzy Gillespie, vice-chairman
of the Board of Trustees for the
New York School of Jazz has an
nounced that 88 Jazz Scholar
ships have been awarded to
underprivileged youths in the
greater New York area.
Scholarship permits winners to
study at the New York School of
Jazz for two years, tuition free
tt also gives them free tuition
in the Nation’s first curriculum
in Jazz, in the particular instru
ment In which they play, in com
position, theory and harmony,
o and ensemble playing
under the direction of a staff of
qualified teacher - musicians and
jazz experts.
July 8 marked the beginning
of the Summer Term for the
New York School of Jazz which
is a year In existence. Total en
rollment of the free tuition school,
ling the new scholarship
I students, now number 222 youths
| ranging in age from 12 to 20.
The New York Schoolof Jazz
is located at 100 West 77th Street.
New York City in Junior High
School Bldg. No. 44 and is op-
ited by tlje Jazz Arts Society
Ir»c. « nonprofit (charitable and
educational) organization estab-
UShed to promote the understand
ing, appreciation and study of
jazs as an indigenous American
art. The Society is maintained
solely by contributions from the
general public.
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BRIDGING THE GAP — To
help our cause were members
of the Progressive Beauty Shop
Owners of Brooklyn who made
a donation of $30 to the Mon
day Night Camp Fund. Shown,
from left: Mrs. Margaret Lew
is. president; Mrs. Clarice
Palmer. Camp Fund reception
ist; Mrs. Anna Carrigan, chair
man of the group's Fund Com
mittee. and Mrs. Louise Gray,
financial secretary. (McAdams
Photo
Made Whirlwind Trip To Africa
Randy Weston, jazz pianist and
sicians before enthusiastic audi
composer, recently completed a
ences.
der the cultural exchange pro
gram of the American Society
whirlwind tour of Nigeria, where
he performed with African mu
Weston, along with visual art
ist'Elton Fax, was traveling un-
of African Culture (AMSAC) with
FROM RHEINGOLD — Wil
stance Curtis, director of
offices In New York City and in
liam E. Best, left, vice pres
Rheingoid Beer's Women’s
Lagos. Nigeria.
ident of the Amsterdam News
Bureau, donated by her com
He was one of the participants
accepts $100 check from Con
pany to the Monday Night
Camp Fund. Looking on
is James L. Hicks, executive
editor. (McAdams Photo)
in a series of programs on “The
Negro Creative Artist and His
Roots.** The series was jointly
sponsored by AMSAC and the
Nigerian Society of African Cul
ture (NIGERSAC).
In Nigeria for only one week,
Weston gave concerts nt several
cultural centers, attended a num
ber of receptions given by Ni
gerians in honor of the visiting
artists. He was the featured ar
tist on several radio shows in
cluding one program disc-jock
eyed by an American Negro.
Barbara Wilson. Miss Wilson is
AMSAC’s executive secretary in
Lagos.
Miss Anderson
Having Lawn
Party For NAACP
Razaf Likes
Columns In
Amsterdam
Andy Razaf. composer of such
hit songs as In The Mood, Ain't
Misbehavin’, Honeysuckle Rose
and Stompin' At The Savoy,
sent special praises to the Am
sterdam News and its columnists
this week.
The prolific tunesmith, now
suffering arthritis in his Los
Angeles, Cal., home, singled out
especially the column of Gert
rude Wilson entitled "The Test
of Our Text Books" (July 8).
A lawn party will be held Sun
day, July 28 a| the home of
Marian Anderson, Danbury, Con
necticut for the benefit of the
NAACP Freedom Fund.
Razaf, a columnist for the;
Amsterdam News in 1917, had
himself pointed to the distor-J
tions and omissions In the teach
ing of “the true history of ourj
Expected to attend are Con
necticut Governor John Demp
sey, Senator Abraham Ribicoff.
U N Undersecretary Ralph
Bunche, Roy Wilkins, Edward
Steichen, Frederic March, Rex
Stout, Mrs. Kyle Crichton, Jo
seph Hayes, playwright, Manfred
Lee, author, Mrs. Ella Grasso,
Secretary of State for Connecti
cut, Gerald Lamb, Connecticut
State Treasurer, Lewis Faulkner
of Washington, Connecticut and
others.
colored American citizens'* and
expressed Joy at seeing Miss
Wilson take up the cudgels In
her space.
"What a pity that so many
of our white brothers know so
little about their fellow colored
Americans and In so many
cases, the Negro knows less,”
he said.
Razaf also saluted the publish
ed comments of Jackie Robinson
and the editorial, "The Mis
guided.”
MAN-OF-THE-MONTH — Har
York—by Hiram Walker Dis
old Peterson, left, veteran liq
tributors. Inc.. Jules Ranter,
uor salesman has been selected
for the
vice-president and sales man-
"Man-of-the-Month'* ager congratulates Mr. Peter-
award —
Metropolitan New son.
CONGRATULATIONS — Odell
Clarke, chief investigator for
the House, Labor and Educa
tion Committee, is shown be
ing congratulated by Chris
Gowan, local Piels Beer Sales
man, upon receiving his
NAACP Life Membership Cer
tificate Plaque. (Photo by Gil
bert)
BIG WILTS PARADISE
PARTY TIME AT THE
prsMNts
Gala Revue
WILSON PICKETT
Sensational Song Stylist
'IF YOU NEED ME' — 'IT'S TOO LATE'
Den Gardner Bend, Carl Bell M.C.
Temmy Jehnsen's Trie
JULY 26th thru AUGUST 4th
3 Shows nightly 10:30- 12:30 and 2:30 A.M.
7th Ave. & 135th St.
for Bet. AU 6-M20-S419
IN THE HEART
OF HARLEM
209 W. 125th St.
M0 24362
VISIT OUR SPACIOUS and LUXURIOUS
RESTAURANT AND COCKTAIL LOUNGE
< DELICIOUS LUNCHEONS AND DINNERS SERVED DAILY
FEATURING NIGHTLY
FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE
CURLIE HAMNER
AND HIS ALL STAR BAND
SHOWPLACE ON THE HILL
FORMERLY "BBANKERS"
92 St. Nicholas PL at 155fh St.
Featuring Grant Green and his
Guitar and Trio
STARTING WED., JULY list
EVERY SUNDAY - MATINEE 3 TIL 8
PRIVATE ROOMS AVAILABLE for CATERED AFFAIRS A DANCES
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LEN FONG RESTAURANT
3533 BROADWAY
. NEAR WEST 145 ST.
NEW TORN 31, N. T. - AU 1-7270
authentic Cantonese Cuisine and good American Food
SPECIAL FACILITIES FOB SOCIAL OCCASIONS
BANQUETS • RECEPTIONS • DINNERS
Cocktail Lounge and Air Conditioning
Orders Prepared To Take Out
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3S4 WIST 125 STREET
BI 9-5200
"VISIT OUR COMTORTABU LOVE SEAT LOUNGE"
Haw Available Far Receptions, Cocktail Parties,
Meeting Ream, nt Attractive Rates
RESTAURANT A BAR
"INSOUCIANTLY YOURS"
Ave. at lMtb St.
WA 3-9749
MADRID BAR & GRILL
1592 7th A
114th Street
NOTED FOR OUR
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DELICIOUS STEAKS, CHOPS
CHICKEN and RICE DINNERS
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Wt'H FAMOUS FOR ABSOLUTELY NOTMNMI
Bet (till doing heeineu at the
SELBRA'S MIDWAY LOUNGE
41S W. 125th Street
UN 4.9220
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