San Antonio Register (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, December 9, 1938 Page: 6 of 8
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JA1M iulTUNI
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Fill DAY, DECEMBER ,
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Hsr Engagement Announced
MISS 0 L LI £
VIVIAN SMITH.
charming and at-
tractive young
daughter of Mr. an J
Mre. J. C. Smith,
St Louis, Missouri,
Whose engagement
to Oscar F. Daven-
port, Jr., son of
Mrs. Ruth Brown,
ulfio of St. Louis,
and 0. P. Daven-
port, Sr., was in-
formally announced
Friday night, No-
ember IS, at her
iome. Miss Smith
i a graduate of the
.Sumner high school,
and has attended
Stowe Teachers' col-
lege and the Wash-
ington Vocational
ehool. Davenport is
i graduate of Burn-
er high school an.l
s staff protograph-
r for the St. Louis
all.
\frw Mhorfn Ferris ' club were fc°nor(,(1 c,ub ,n€in*
ivirs. Aioerca r arris,; lK>rs with fl delightful supp€r party
Arthur Chandler Wed spiked with fun, Thursday eve-
l i n„« 4. ning, December 1. Mr. Jrvin Lit-
At QlllCt Ceremony tle8, wjtticiims, toasts and brain
! twisters contributed much to the
Mr- Alberta Farris, Bee\ilie, Success of the oconfiioD.
and A: lur Chandler, were joined . vaiuaj,ie services being ren-
iu matrimony Friday evening, De- j tiie community by Dr. Chas.
cember in a quiet ceremonj . AndreWB and Mrs.* Sarah Brady,
witnessed by only the family and R through the children's clinic,
a few intimate friends ut the cannot fce 0yer emphasised.
residence of the groom's brother,
Mr. Steve L. Chandler, North San j Entertains Visitors
Jacitttu stTM-t. Rev. James Jordan . , , .. ... ,
pastor /.ion St«<r Baptist churcb I With ISrC&KlaSl
read the ceremony.
T ¥
Alamo City
s*
L U IB §
Activities
3*
ottinjs
catl
tlfl
DULLER THAN DULL!
Believe it or not (all due apologies to Ripley) b
we've searched HIGH and LOW . . . HITHER a
THITHER for just the tiniest scrap of sassiety nc
vc could bring along to you, dear readers (or am
being presumptiousf) . . . Rut not one sing
solitary thing have we been able to muster up
far . '. . NOTHING! . . . Which, whether or
you know it. puts any old pen pusher on the p
verbial SPOT . . . And we're 110 exception
It's weeks like this, my little chickadees, that
members of whnt we are pleased to call the fou
estate to pull hr.ir, throw things and scare lit
babies . . , And don't think we haven't be
TEMPTED . . . Our only consolation is in the be)
that this is just to CUSTOMARY lull that preset
the storm and that before many more days r
around there will be SO MUCH activity in
man's town we'll be crying UNCLE! ... So spei
ing, we're reminded that, while it's still in
"hearsay" stage, Dame Rumor has it that the
proaching (much too fast) Yule season will be V
VERY . . . what with all the clubs, Greeks, and wli
have vou spreading the good ole CHEER . . . HERE]
HOPING!
• • • • •
YOU CAN HELP!
. . . And now that the "giving" season is almi
upon us . . . here's a fond hope that you won
forget to buy your supply of the little Christ
seals, distributed annually by the National TuU;
culosis association in its effort to help eradicate tf®
dread plague that continues to take too many liv
. . . Your dollar, (or whatever amount) remembi
will go toward the maintenance of the Commer,
treet clinic ... If you haven't already received yo^j8
. . . the seals I mean . . . then a telephone call f'0
the downtown headquarters will bring you §)&
number desired . . . Call today! I'-.
M.P. Ladies Club
Presents "Million
Dollar Wedding*'
The Missouri lMciflc Ladle.*
Booster club presented, at Lobar
Union hall on December 2, a
"Million Dollar Wedding". Pre-
|j ceding the wedding, a short pro-
|j gram was rendered with Mrs.
Lea una Johnson, music directress,
presiding at the piano. The club
theme song was followed by tho
National Negro anthem. Readings
were given by Mrs. 0. L. nice and
Mrs. A. Mitchell, preceding n
chorus, "Are You Sure" by the
club. G. W. Reynolds, manager
of tin* Southern Life Insurance
company gave a very interesting
lecture and the Sunshine Glee
club sang two selections. The
program completed, Mrs." Ophelia
! Dickson entered, bearing placards
announcing the millionaire gne*t*.
Mrs. Myrtle Wilburn, playing the
role of Ethel Waters, sang two
lovely solos; Arthur Williams and
Mrs. Bill Martin, as President and
Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Hattie Hlco,
as Mrs. George Vanderbllt, Mrs.
K. Ilice as Mrs. McCormlek; Miss
Chick Webb, Ella
Fitzgerald Here
Thursday, Dec. 15
ANOTHER Fisher TcUse super attraction will present, noxt
' Thursday night, December 15, at the Library Auditorium,
to San Antonio's jitterbugs and swing cats, none other than
the celebrated "king of the drums". Chick Webb, and t'ie
vocalist sensation of the century, Ella Fitzgerald (who- made
history by losing a yellow basket).
The Chick Webb-Ella Fitzgerald combination has f-ky
rocketed to the top of the enter-
tainment world with breath taking
i?l>eed, tind, with each appearance,
entrenches Itself more securely.
Buck in the lute months of 19.'10,
it was said that Webb reached
the climax of his career when Ho
supplied the musical background
for the frvin S. Cobb plantation
show, which was being nlred over
a coast to-coiist network, ami fov
which Webb was chosen from a
wide selection of orchestras. That
tvas just the beginning of ills
climax. Soon was to come La
Fitzgerald who "sent the world",
Mercy Dee Odome and Misa Helen I with lier unusual voice and style,
Wills. The roynl principals in j and who was taggt d the foremost
the wedding party were James song stylist of the entertainment
• • • •
. UNTIL LATER THEN
'G BYE.
Carter, Austin Di< kson, S. Ford,
0. L. Hiee, M. White and Ruth
Moore. The chaplain, Mrs. L. A
Williams, read the "marriage
ceremony".
MEET FOB METHODIST
MERGER
1, Th. Anoct.wa Ifiiro rr.M-
NASHVILLE, Teiin.—Culminat-
ing a prolonged inter-church strife,
dignitaries of the North and South
divisions of the Methodist church,
including 30 bishops from places
as remote as Sweden and Switzer-
land, met here Inst Wednesday
for a threeday session to merge
the two branches of Methodism.
With n membership of 0,000,000,
the newly named Methodist Prot-
estant church will reportedly e
beaded by James H. Straughn, of
Baltimore, as president.
world. The world went wild over
Ella, and is still just as madly
enthused, and uncontrollable, when
she does a vocal swing-out now
as when she first came into
prominence.
Recently, Elin upset the nation
with a very serious problem—she
lost her yellow basket. She told
the world nhout it in song, th„-
quite inexplicable title of which
was, "ATisk'et, A-Tasket", and
the world went wild as she war
tiled it over radio, from the dance
floor, ami from every other place
where she could be lnvlegled Into
telling the world about thut yet
low basket
But everything is going to be
all right when Ella conies to San
Antonio next Thursday, for, re-
cently, she announced, in her
own inimitable manner, that she
had found that yellow basket, and
she is going to sing about it to
San Antonio when she sings, "I
Found My Yellow Basket". It tj
said to be a simple, rollicking
Mrs. Viola Wallace. Mr. Hoy
Wallace assisted as best man. Mr. I THIS DI!) CAS
and Mrs. Wallace are from Char-
lotte, North Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis are at home
at 207 Shenandoah Street.
San Antonio's Marian And?rson Music Club
«_ ^
series.
Following the ceremony,
licious punch and cake were sen-
« <!. The table was laid with a
bet
ding
gat in
Ilow-
th i
il lace cover and the wed-
«urrounded by whit*
centered the table.
lUe,
ibbon,
Royal Inn
New
tn
I of Erekine Hawkins, Jack Mori!-
son of New York City, Edgar
, saucier of Chicago, Illinois, and
j .Tohnie Ingram of Port Arthur,
| Texas. Others enjoying Mrs
I Iletrltty'8 warm hospitality were
1 Mr. and Mrs. William Henderson,
and Miss Lucite White.
The breakfast table was gay
with bright linen and the center-
piece was a large bowl filled with
AT on + 1 varicolored flowers. Grapefruit
Management j cocktaU fried chicken, rice, gravy,
hot buttered rolls and coffee con-
stituted the delectable menu.
Every one reported a most el.
placed at each end of
Under
Royal Inn, 002 South Olive
formerly owned and oper-
and Mrs. Felton
b; Mr
the pla
waitr
th.
pu
Hi
as ^rKenUy*been'pnrchnsKd ! jojahl* •>-.
, "r1 tflhe8' pubiie'lSat | Silver Blue
r will be operated aioiu
,. lines as by the former
The same chef cook and
;es have been retained nnd
.lie may rest assured th.v
courteous
Social Club
The club was highly entertained
Thursday night with a delicious
chicken supper at 2217 East Com-
merce Street, Mrs. Lillie Farrell
as hostess. A short business session
was held during which plans were
made for the future. The club
will meet next Thursday evening,
while | December 8 with Mrs. Gladys
orders Mackey, 229 South Walters Street
as hostess.
been completely
offers adequate
service and
highest quality foods will be theirs
at all times.
Mexican foods will be the spec
1al feature of the service,
regular meals and
moy also be had.
The place has
renovated and
omfort for patrons. Your patron- 0rganization
The organisation
short
Chauffeurs
aSe wilt be appreciated,
delivery service. Lambert
Free I
202KI.
met at the
l.ome of Mr. Pay ton Butler, W>1
Nevada Street, Friday evening.
The meeting was called to order
by President Butler. The visiting
The all-around Monday night I speaker of the evening was Mr.
gym and games ela-s offers good j Dudley Luck, representative of
Y, W. C. A.
Notes
—San Antonio Register
f many types j tj,p continental Oil company, who
ry interesting and inspir-
vigorous activity 01 - j
witha special appeal to young ftaVe -
people because of the fun to be illg lecture. The next meeting,
had while learning to improve, wi|1 t>p he|(i at the Y.W.C.A. Fri-
bodily control, increase mental .my, Decemlier 8. All chuuffeurs
alertness, and to develop new are expected to be present.
skills. A release from self eon- - —♦
scionxness and other inhibitions Bank Employees
is another objective of this pro ^ \
gram. | _Mr. James Russell, charter mom-
At a Joint meeting of member;. ^ of B.lnk Employees Aid
of the Health Education and! was ,.i0C|eJ president of the or-
Public Affairs committee llienl,)ers | K,lnization at a meeting held Sur.-
Pictured above arc the membersi Margaret Coffey, Mrs. Val<
of San Antonio's and one of Deslandes, pianist-dlrectreSB
southwest Texas' most outstanding | Zeiee Snecd^ Mrs.^ Marga:
music organizations, the Marian j fey,
Anderson Music Club
recently presented in
musical extravaganza at Library
Auditorium. Reading from left
to right, are: Mrs. Annie E.
Walker, president; Mrs. Nona
Sapenter, Mrs. Eula Charleton,
Mrs. IVuiline Montlmore,
; H.
Miss
Cof-
llv , Mrs. Alberta Lewis,R Miss
which was j Hazel Johnson and Miss Zeiperine
its second
Proceeds from the extra^iganza
will go to the club's sehcjprship
fund. Last year's scholawb%> was
awarded to the charming and
talented Miss Zeplierine B y, who
Mjrs. will also be the recipient of this
Photo.
year's award. The club commit-
tee formally presented tbe schol-
arship check, this morning, during
chapel exercises at St. Philip's
Junior college. It lwii also been
announced that S< Philip's will
award Miss ltay, at an early date,
with a letter of credit for her
outstanding contribution, to her
school nnd city, in the field of
music.
IMPROVING
Miss Cecilia Bellinger, 518 South
New Braunfels Avenue, who has
been confined to her home by ill-
ness for the past several days, is
reported to be improving nicely.
GRANDMOTHER* CHILD lU'RN
TO DEATH
By The Assorted Nfirro Pr.il.
ORANGEBURG, 8. C. — Mid.
Shellie Sweat, 60 years old, and
her four-year old grandson were
burned to death last Sunday in a
Ore of undetermined origin which
'Qyed thelStoine. Police are
>o case as an ex-
the woman's body
disclosed a /"fractured skull and
there was evidence of possible fori
play.
IRMA JOHNSON'S
Beauty Shop
221 MELROSE DRIVE
Open For Business
Round curl, inarcel, shampoo
and press
LET IS SERVE YOU
ST. CLAIR BEAUTY SHOP
030 S. I ine St. L. 20113
ST. CLAIR SCHOOL OF
REAUTY CULTURE
624 South Pine Street
FOR QUALITY SERVICE
MAGGIE JONES
BEAUTY SHOP
Curling Iron 35c
Eureka Comb — $1.60
209 N. Swiss Street
Garfield 2725
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
BLACK HAWK CAFE
Serving the best home cooked
food In the city
Only colored cafe in the down
town district
J. J. HARGROVE. Prop.
(San Antonio*, beat known chef)
209 CAMARON STREET
Un H to man*
niQ HONK V
Up to 15.00 ■
day apart tlm«, 145.1
a week full tlma Hell
Lucky lleart'a Una of 1
Kuaranta+d cosmetics, cu
rloa. medicines, flavor
Inga, Jewelry. Colo
people buy on eight. BIU
REI'RAT BUSINESS
SURE FltEE SAMPLE*
8ENT AT ONCE PREK.
fift-pngn Illustrated Beauty
Rock 19.00 worth of guaranteed
Lunky Heart producta and * Hjc.
SAMI'lJS CASE OFFER FREr
Wrlt« Lucky Heart Company
T>pt. 1-12-4?, Memphis, Tt
Two Furnished
Apartments
All Modern conveniences
Frlgldalre 'Service Included
QUIET, RKKINKD .ingle null
preferred.
BATES BEAE0NA3LE
For Information cnll J. E. Chris
tune, wrapped op in swl
served in the general
style of "A-Tlsket, A-Tosl
Lost, Found Same M
San Antonio cats nnd Jl
will really get a treat next
(lay, for Ella is going I
lose and find that me
yellow basket on the slage
Library Auditorium. Ai
'gators will really be t
death.
Webb and his famous hi
coming to Han Antonio
from a string of triumpl
have included, as their
such famous spots as the
Club, Roseland Ballroom, <
Inn, and tbe Snvoy bnllrooi
York City, and broailwistli!
a nation-wide Nltt; networ
As soon ns tbe nnnoui
was made iu Kuu Anton
Southwest Texas that Chi
Ellu would be here next Th
ante devotees were throw
'Ither, nnd out-of-town i
for 'o'-ets <ind reservation
been xteaitiiy pouring In
offices isher and Teas
A, sale tickets nu
obtain ,i at Avulon
Aycock'i Pharmacy, \y.
Leonard':. P'artnscy, an
K. I/Kinar., s Drug store,
vanee sale tickets are ol
able at 95 cents each,
mission at the door wil
$1.10.
DEPENDAB
Family Laundry, E
Cleaning, Dyei:
and Linen Snpp
TEXAS STEAN
LAUNDRY
205-215 Losoya
DIAL FANNIN 8181
"leaders For Fifty Yea
Garfield 4052
EDMEES0N
Beauty Shop
Reopened for business
kinds of hair and bi
work
207 bll'gbonnet st
f. 2719
J. A. JAMES
NOT AST PUBLIC
508 8. Olive Street
Cathedral 1721
4
DEESS UP FOE
CHEISTMAS
Clothes for the entire family
with the convenience of u
Charge Account
0
FEDERAI
Credit
Clothiers
PAV A LITTLE EACH WEI
120 WEST HOUSTON ST
W^tltKfflflay nfternoon, plans for t:
children's annual Christmas trer
were completed. The Christ nans
tree party for children of the
clinics. If fponaore.l each ye^.r
with the cooperation of members
of th<- Woman's A lxiliary of the
Medical. Dental nnd Phnrinaccnt
Ml Association.
a letter ftom OA w P
of the senior clas:? at Phil !
Junior College n^.d vice pr^ nlen'
of the Y.W.C.A - ^ ('°3
leee Girls' club, who is* a; tending
tbi <on i renee of the Tex:;< r,n,
minion on Interracial coopera
Fort Worth, tells of h
Miss Katharine Beverly to Conduct
Poetry Corner for S. A. Register
day, December 4. Mr. Russell, • j
bank employee with nine years 't JS01,K'
service, has «h->wn much interest j potential ability, Krister Is adding
iu the organization. He is a ret.l ;l feature, n l*oetry Corner,
lender and the club looks for (() ^ ,.,](,„] by Katharine
ward to much improvement jand | wh() wj|| ))c .udge (>l the
WELLS-LOUIS
Mrs. Alberta Wells became the
bride of Mr. Joe Louie of Detroit,
Michigan, on November 26, the
ceremony be1, g performed ot tbe
•nil home of the bride's mother, Mrs.
With the offices of San Antonio : degree, enm laude from TUlotson. Minenra Bate9 207 Shenandoah
mllege. and has studied at 8i"nu«-l
Huston coilefe, and the TJmvi-rslty
of Iowa.
Contributions to this :«.Iumn
should bt addressed, Poetry Corner,
San Antonio Register, Pbsf Of(lc<
Drawer 1598, Son Antonio,, Texas.
A self addressed, stamped gvelopc
should accompany all mateilal.
Ketrisler recently receiving more
and more poetry contributions
from horeful authors, and with
of the nxiterial indicating
advancement under his direction. I
Other officers elected were: Mr
.lolin itucker, vice president; Mr.
Edward ESkins, secretary; Mr.
Herbert Moutmi, treasuv-r; Mr. j
y j jjoore, Bcrseani at arms, and
Mr. Ncmcn Houston, reporter.
j Street, Rev. P. H. Wilkinson of-
ficiating. Only relatives nnd a
'lew lnllmate friends witnessed the
•eremony.
The bride's only attendant was!
BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS
ON CHI HOUSING AUTHORITY
By The Associated ICearo Frt«
I CHICAGO, 111.—Robert^ B Tay
gtu-Jlor, el vie leader and .mar.
n, af
changed
matters, i
nn' * of t
a former
and Colli
Thelm:i
marriaf
jdes on intern
result of her att<
iifer nee. Miss I1
r—dent of the Bn'l
v■" Girls' clnh, and .
.lames, wbo prior
«a« ■ecretary ol
mljl
HAYES SINGS FOR POOR
•r (i- • rinfrd ^ffro Pre§ -
BOSTON, Mass. — Inspired by
the laudable desire to provide
Christmas baskets for nce.iy Bos
ton colored families, Roland Haye«,
famed conc. rt rerttaliat, la-t Hun
to her day presented a concert to
Ued liou.>e at Symphony Hall., poet aud philosopher,
material submitted, and who will
conduct an Interesting column of
warm appeal to lov-era oT poetry.
Miss Beverly Is a life lot
dent of poetry, and a writer of
much ability, sou:.* of whose
ve;-were indeded in "Negro
Voices", an anthology of con-
temporary Negro poetry, _
bed. She holds n bachelor j w"htte" resigned, whin er-
1 pi res jnnun:y 6. 1942. Airman
-o paid tribute to his former; It. R. Jackson, through a
> aifer of the Roscnwald Apart".- >;
I .ere, lost Wednesday was apixiittl
! t il a member of the Chicago Ilonr
ing Authority by Mayor lwai<;
I Kelly. He will erve out t « re
j uialuder of the term of WJiam 1
S.TVRBS
He
. . accompanist, Per Hi
n , to Jtfmes Weldon
il
Jolmsou,
the i crottii
lotion, :
rhaui, and! asked tbe city council tor On ' nn-^
■noted!atlon of tbe Taylor appolni eat,
i which was glveu niinnlmoMlj. ^ J
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