New York Amsterdam News — 1963-00-00682
1963
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Five young women in Brook
lyn and Queens have banded
together their talents to form a
club called. Do Mode Inter
nationals. aimed primarily .at
stimulating the designing and
modeling talents of Negroes.
The five women -r- three de
signers and two cosmetologists
— are Mrs. Moselle Reid, di
rector. Miss Dolores Allen, Busi
ness Manager, Miss Esther Wil
son, Treasurer, Miss Gladys
Ross, secretary and Mrs Viola
Ervin, public relations.
ticket and music for dancing by
Buddy Tata. The “yacht", of
course, was the usual Circle Line
chartered steamer.
The main stay of the boatride
was a well arranged fashion
show which presented the work
of Gladys Ross, formerly of
Fashion Institute, Dolores Allen,
trained at Pratt Institute, and
Esther Wilson also of Pratt. Top
models of the show were Arlene
Speller and Zelly Bouie; visiting
models were Dee Simmons and
Marva Revis, Mias Beaux Arts
of 1962 and 1963 respectively.
Last Sunday. De Modes threw
what they called a “Midsum
mer's Night Dream Cruise"
aboard "a starlit yacht" up the
Hudson River, from 6 to 11 p.m.,
in formal wear. The affair af
forded cocktails and hors D'oeuv-
res to the patrons for $7.50 a
Mrs. Moselle Reid stated that
the club has taken on the inter
national title because it Intends
to broaden its activities through
out the U.S. and abroad, bring
ing the talents of designers, cos
meticians and models before the
public.
Youth Board Softball Loop
The Youth Board Softball ure and worthwhile
League of Bedford Stuyvesant, is from the activity,
entering its final stages. The The following is a
four leading teams from the two teams who have s
division leagues have terminated the survival of the
their league play and are pre- their respective coa
paring for the final playoffs.
American DI
The teams which qualified for Louis Marsh Loun
the playoff tournament have com- than Allen, coach;
peted in seven games each in Four Park, Mr. Jan
their respective divisions. Now Mr. Thurland Adan
the top four teams of each divi- p.s. Three Aces, 1
sion will be pitted against each Baxter, coach; Sum
other in a double elimination Mr. Morris Singleton
playoff for the championship. uel Williams, coach<
National Div
very pleased with the success Halfway House, Mi
of this neophyte venture, and ryt coach; Morrison
unselfish cooperation of the par- Center, Mr. Garb
ticipants. Although all particl- coach; P.S. Thirty
pants will not be able to win the James Williams A 1
championship trophy, we hope Butler, coaches; St. I
that each and every person in- Mr. Benjamin Conty
vcdved has derived some pleas- McGowan, coaches.
The participating agencies are
Council’s Youth Services
Project Gets In Motion
such a program. He further ex
tended an invitation to repre
sentatives of the committee to
meet with his designee in Wash
ington at appropriate time for
the presentation of the commit
tee’s official application for Fed
eral funds.
FASHIONS ABOARD: Model
Arlene Speller models glamor
ous silk shantung evening gown
on the deck of ship during De-
Mode International "dream
cruise" and fashion show held
last Sunday. She hails from
Brooklyn.
Rhodesian
Conducts
B'klyn Mass
The Rev. Webster Nechirooga,
of the Anglican Diocese of Masho*
naland la Salisbury. Soothers
Rhodesia, eoodoctad tha 8 Am.
communion at St Andrew’s
Church, 4917 4th Ave., Bklyn,
Sunday.
He later spoke before the 9:30
a m. service, telling the congre
gation of the work of the Church
in Africa and its problems. The
week before he preached at St.
Mark’s Church on Brooklyn Ave
at Union St.
Father Nechironga left New
York Sunday after the sermons
for Toronto, Canada, where he is
a delegate to the Anglican Cong
ress which will run through
August "I
He is a native of Southern Rho
desia and a priest at St. James
parish in Salisbury. In New York
he was the guest of the Bev.
Paul E. Bourne, rector of St. An
drew’s Church..
Astoria
Rattlers Win
I Warren Hall's Astoria Rattlers,
a team of teenagers who play
- slow pitch softball, won their 17th
18th and 19th contest ever the
weekend by winning over the
Vikings 11-3; Titans 7-3 and the
Sunnyside Bears 20-4. Ernest
Mathis, Jimmy Jones. Frank
Hoyle and Val Younger were the
hitting stars of the contests. ’
In addition to Attorney Chis
holm, council representatives con
ferring with the Attorney Gener
al were: Dr. Cecil C. Closter,
President, and Mrs. Joseph A.
Johnson, First Vice-Pres. The
Bedford - Stuyvesant commun
ity is being urged to rally around
the council’s effort to bring this
program to Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Operation "Pipeline" is designed
to serve as a channel of com
munication between the council
and the community with respect
to the community’s needs and
what should be done about them.
In order to get a feedback from
the youth of the community with
respect to their thoughts and re
commendations in regard to
needs. Pipeline gets underway
immediately at Stuyvesant Com
munity Center and at the Lewis
C. Marsh Youth Board Lounge.
FREEDOM DECALS
THIS BEAUTIFUL "EQUAL RIGHTS" EMBLEM ON YOUR AUTO
WINDOW IS PRINTED IN 4 COLORS WITH "LIBERTY" IN GOLD.
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. Inadequate educational facU- Producer Fred Wiseman has ’
s, Insufficient recreation pro- MIlounce{j that his new feature
ims and facilities and unem-
yment. It was also pointed out Rl®1- The Co°l Uorld- has
,.
it Bedford-Stuyvesant, with its been Invited to be shown in com
pulation of 262,000 inhabitants petition at the 1964 Venice Film
iks among the first 40 of cities Festival which begins on Au-
the United States in respect gust 24. This film will be the
total population.
second United States movie to
[n comparison to the Lower enter the lists, the first being
ist Side and Central Harlem the official United States entry,
vo areas that have received "Hud.”
illlons of dollars from Federal. Written and directed by Shir-;
ite and local sources) Bedford ley ciarke. "The Cool World”
uyvesant youth population is ig (he first feature film to be
,062, Central Harlem (the area ma<je completely in Harlem. Ad-
rved by HARYOU), 50,101 and apte<j (rorn Warren Miller's no-
>wer East Side (mobilization
r youth). 27,224. Bedford-Stuy-
rate
mant Juvenile
the film depicts the drama-
gnd sometjmes violent story
adolescents of a minor-
'e HmSe^area7 ^’and^MJ The invitation to "The Cool
r the mobilization for youth World" to compete in Venice
•ea. Bedford-Stuyvesant’s pub- came after Mr. Wiseman flew
t assistance rate (per 1.000 chll- to the city of canals on August
■en in cases under 18 years) 4 to show the Festival Committee
1950. The rate for Brooklyn the film which had Just been
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Boro Prexy Suggests
Garden For World's Fair
Brooklyn Borough President
Abe Stark has announced that
plans have been prepared and
are being implemented for the
.'stablishnsent of a non-sectarian
"Garden of Meditation’* in a
prime exhibit area of the 1964-
65 New York Wald’s Fair.
Mayor Hails
Freedom
Day, Aug. 21
Mayor Robert F. Wagner has
proclaimed next Wednesday, Au
He made public a pictorial
rendering and description of the
project and said it was being de
signed specifically to provide an
oasis of quiet and seclusion for
World’s Fair visitors who would
like at times to relax from the
nornr.il pattern of sight-see'ng
activities.
The annoucement by Mr. Stark
included a letter thanking Robert
Moses, World’s Fair president,
for having accepted his sugges
tion for the garden's creation
and also for giving him the
courtesy of announcing that It
would become a special feature
at the international exposition.
gust 28, as "Jobs and Freedom
Day** la New Yak City calling
upon all city residents to not
only support the March on Wash
ington, but to "lend their heart
felt rapport of the peaceful pur
poses of the March.’’
The Maya’s proclamation, is
sued Wednesday in presence of
officials of the March, called for
a “fiftlj freedom’’ to be added
to the four freedoms, that of
'‘freedom from racial discrimin
ation.”
“The denial of thia basic right
rpmataia widely prevalent result
ing ia disproportionate unem
ployment, personal and family
disadvantages and corrosive liv
ing standards among a large
sector of our nation's popula
tion," the proclamation stated.
Dudler Proclaims
"The right of every Individual
to be free of such discrimination
in nnpliijliSMit is a truly basic
right without which there is lib
tie meaning to the goal of free
dom from want," the Maya add-
Manhattan Borough President
Edward R. Dudley Joined in hail
ing tRe purposes of the March
•i ha proclaimed Sunday, Au
gust 25, as "New York State
Elks «- On to Washington Day’’
urging citizens to attend the Elks
12-homr rally at the Polo Grounds
"as a. means of helping to effec
tuate the historic and peaceful
revolution now being conducted
by 18,000,000 Negroes fa equal
ity and the right to walk in dig
nity.’"
Mr. Dudley and Deputy Bor
ough President Earl Browa an-
nouncedjthat they would fly down
next Tuesday and participate in
the March. Mr. Brown also sent
telegrams this week asking the
chairmen of the 12 Manhattan
Community Planning Boards to
Join in the demonstrations as a
unit, to show community solldsr-
y from the Borough of Man
hattan behind the President’s ci
vil rights bill and fa Jobs,
Bowe On
Manpower
Council
William Bowe, acting interne
DEN OF MEDITATION................
Photo rendering (above) shows
garden of Meditation to be es
tablished on 80,000 sq. ft. prime
exhibit site at the 1964-65 New
York World’s Fair. The idea
for the Garden originated
through a suggestion by Brook
lyn Borough President Abe
Stark to Robert Moses, World’s
Fair President.
CONCORD PREACHER -
Preaching at Concord Baptist
Church of Brooklyn, in the ab
sence of the Rev. Dr. Gardner
C. Taylor now on vacation, will
be a visiting British Congrega
tional church minister the Rev.
E. T. Donald James. He will be
heard at the 11 a.m. service
Sunday, August 25.
Youth Carnival
At Ft. Hamilton
Preparations are now under
way to make the annual Youth
Carnival the biggest and best
gain carnival to be held at Fort
Hamilton Military Reservation,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
The fun begins on Friday even
ing, Aug. 30, from 6 to 11 p.m.,
and again on Saturday. Aug. 31,
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., on the
Parade Ground.
The public la invited to attend.
Perking space la available. Ad
mission is free.
The Parade Ground will be
transferred into a colorful sight
where gaily-decorated booths will
be set up fa the various activ
ities. Barkers will be on hand
to offer their wares.
Many new features have been
added to the program which
should provide more fun for both
young and old. These include a
parachute slide, pony and amuse
ment rides, and also train rides
The booths < will contain a
"Cake Walk,” household goods,
stuffed animals, and other ar
ticles. In addition there willl be
a dart throw, and a fish pend
fa tha carnival-loving folks.
Several hultfred prizes are ex
pected to ba given away.
A Snack Bor. manned by the
Taea-Agam. will ba available for
the sale of refreshments
The carnival proceed! will sup
port oil Post Youth activities
— Boy. Girl and Cub Scouts.
Brownies, Youth Athletic League,
and the Teen-Aga (Bah.
BUBBLING OVER . . . Eliz
abeth Aviles, 9. of 390 Bush-
wick Avenue, shows the form
which won her first place bon
ers in the bubble gum cootest
sponsored by the Buahwlck-Hy-
lan Community Center day
camp, 50 Humboldt Street,
Brooklyn. Holding the prize—
a year's supply of bubble gum
— is tail Muroff, director of
the day eamp.
126 Schole St., Bklyn., N.Y
EV 4-8762
Among fine Scotches, the Martin’a label
alone bears the worda, "All Extra Quality,”
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