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Page Two THE CAR(HJNE TIMES Saturday, December 4, 1943 MUMP STARTS’EM;BASCO SENDS ^ EM AT HOP ACCUND THE T€\¥N LIN — with — -HOLLYWAY REPORT HAVF i! th.it th* femnip rhanton'^ nt the Hff ia on time. Shp will bp dii*? and rnf«^ hero in thf nenr fiitur«. “A bl'DP^bellower from wnv baci’’ is the way tho di.l] desrribed by fans. That’s jns^ vhat Holloway ^-Entorprisos noeds to suppl**mc^ th’ qnoen Of son^r. HKLEX 'TAP^IRX. the Twcntjr'th Century Oabne] ] ■■ JUST TALKIN’ THF SI"T^TAXf> fSonthlniul) pitched n wow in Loiiisbiirp on Thanp'sprivinp Bay. (ireen’s Inn Hall W8S crowded to fh* raf ters, and the cats really hn>il- ed out RCime fine jive, and f ain't jivin’. . .Aecordinsr to re ports. the hop, skip and I'tnnp •t thj Angier R. fhike Xnrses home was a killer on the pns*’ Pridav. TBerr’s a ni*e crop of lorelics at the Hospital this season, nearly enonch to n'-nk" one wish to be ill. . ’^^nwkin^' (Erskine^) showed his jj wnce mort* to dra”^' ,n crowd in this vicinity by filHnff up th.i Armory in his post-Thanksijiv- ing Day dance Friday. Nearly. 2000 fans were on hand to hear the Twcntir'th Century Oabrle! eSfi his new vocalist’ Effie Smith Voice and Oladvs Smith's friCf' of the Orand Hotel in Oreens- boro. he wouldn't miss ida James so much. Effie can reallv 1>eIIoTr and latch on to jsome lyrics. She hails from the snn- kist shores of California and is a very admirable per.son. . . Prom now on the locals will hi' eallinp Thomas “Drane" Mnn- ford “the Ronthland Jiramv Mitchell.” Thomas realy .sent the fans at the Friday daiico with his rendition of Jimmy’s “Don’t Cry Baby” ...one chick said Thomas shonll really be on the air or did she say ‘'in’* in the air? ? . . . Jimmy was in Baltimore when Hawk was here, bnt he was gnpposed to mect.^th" band for the Charleston, South Carolini ensragement for the first of thi'’ Tpeek. . ."Workmen are on the job dav and nierht to have the CASINO prepared for the com ing: openinpr. We do not wi«h to open the doors to the pnbll* ‘til the place is perfect in every detail. . .The Sonthlnnd Snltans head the list for Ih^’ band to open the new palace of pleasure and Prof. .Tackson. .Teepers-Creepers nnd Rentter- brain, and many o*her Hollo way Enterprisps attractions will be on hand for the memorib’e occasion. . .Don’t forfret th'* location of the new hop-pJ-in- and-jnmp all-ont niteclnb. th' corner of Glenn and Favette- villc fitrcefs in the bnildinw fwhich was once occupied b the Hayti Becreation ccntev bowlino; alley. Clinton Ilarri.*!, who .ipjicarci in a pageiit in the .luditoritm when he was only eight-iiion ths old. THE CLOri) nrSTKHS, swiiip portion of the Xnvy Pre- Flight band stationed !it ('Impel Hill played the aftcv ganiC! dance at A nnd T Thnrsdav night. Prof. Cole, pian st wi- the go-getter for the group, and Silas James really blew hi; share of tenor, report.s have it. . .Dick .ludkins, niso of th * Naval band was featured with the Southland Sultans Thursday night in I/Ouisblirg, Dick ^play.s a mean tenoi’, and 1 ain’t fool- iiig. He once was the king oi the alto, until Un le Sam thot ho plnyed tenor best, so. sonse- quently the change. . .Geechoe Pobinson of High Point ami Winston Salrlin was the rival offerecj to the rioudbusters Thupslay night. (i^’cchee and bi,;d were also playing a dance in the Gate City. his as tho JIMMY HINSLEY and orch, who are on program the matters of music for h(Op' on the approaching >^riday lAvas dug bv ye hiimblf servant at Washington’.? (’lub Bali on tour-before-last. . . Jimmy really hands otit some mean sax smd that frail h ■ has on vocals makes the ch:uits go back and hide, make diminy -i ing TedaOr—Ta( (d must-see on your list. PRIENDS of the Homecr.m- ing Four quartet are asked tr .ioin them in a pilgrimage to Raleigh, where Durham’s r.Tdi-> four will gender a program at one of the Capital City’s larg est schools on the second Sun day ' in Decepnber. . .On the streets uptown during the week I was accosts by a friend of mine, a student at Duke Fni- veriuty, who was Inud in his praise of “Thedore ‘Duke’ Fr«’ land’s Four Internes. The Free land Ponrsome was heard re- eeutly in . a concert at P«ge 'Aaditorinm at the University aod took the entire campOB ‘by ?tirm’ . .Page Auditorium hvt been the scene of some of tb« mo>-t notable conC«‘rts pre- Id the BQUth, so the Tn- IWK^ have b^^ blowing {ji^ir topn i6 thrill the audl- flM as ikey did. An4iifiria8), |N HEADING T.-d Yale’s Ia!st week column, I see that this director of th'> one inde- pent Negro services especially advocating theatriCiil.s hands a much-needed chastening to Clarence Muse of the movies. Allow, me tocome on like Littl * Sir Echo in support of Y.stes’ hypothesis. Muse, in my esti mation is a drag to the race, and will continue to be one un til he stops accepting degradinar roles in the picture^?. The sup port of the race is the greatest thing that should be desired of all actors, but Muse is Just out of luck as far as Negro pres?; Support is concerned ;is long as he accepts these Unelo Tom roles. Hoche.'iter of the movi.->s and of the Jack Benny pro grams hands out ,i minimum of degrading chatter on the rndin and in the movies, but just can’t seein (o stop being the little dark spot. A NOVEL idea in d.^eorstioi will be evident as soon a.s TIIK CASINO is actually open. Large caricatures of the lending Scpii theatrical artists have been drawn and will adorn the vall' of the dance are.i. This decora tion is just another show of the superiority of the C.ASINO over any other local or vicinity of entertainment. Southland Sultans Send Capacity Louisburg Crowd The Southland Sultans, Hollo way Enterprises’ newest and greatest played to n capacity crowd at Louisbnrgh’ Orceji Inn Hall on Thursday, November 2'» in the tradition hofliday ball staged . at this higfi-rankin;' Old North State B^Tl-room. The Sultans drew a large crwod in this dance proniotod by Bob Harris and all the dan- cer.s were well-satisfied with the renditions so well-handled by this stellar grmn of young musicians. A special hit witjj the attenders to this danea was the excellent piano-ing of Clarence Newsome who, in ad dition to being a pre-medical student at -Durhnin’s North Carolina College for Negroes, is also the featured instru mentalist with the Sultans. His own special interpretation of Count Basie’s immortal swing-classic ‘One 0’cl(*ck Jump was encored for an uncountable number of times. Also a great hit with the Crwod at Green’■( Inn was the stellar trumpeting of James Rogers of the Sultan’-t lineup who reallv gives tho big-namers .something to aim at. Rogers was a former mem bers of the top-flight swingtec in Asheville, North Carolina which was broken up when th"! two lead players, Rogers and Ed Pearson had to leave fo'' school and the army, rc.spcctive ly. LeRoy Garaor, who is re cognized by'those in the know’ as being one of the great-st 8ef)ia ^trombinist also played a great part in making the Sul tan's first Holloway Enterprise- cshandlcd ,■ . engagement success, ijf! Even two the person ell the Ijand was greatly reduced . Popular Actress Aids Defense Hillside Hornets Claim National ! Weaver Hight School Championship With 1 Weaves Thru A & T (Jnscored On And Untied Record Triumph BY LIN HOLLOWAY SPOKTS EDITOR HLM ACTR6SS MNS FOOD CHART ON KITCHEN WALL Lmm Horn*, MHro-GofeJwyn-May«r film player, places the official Figirh lor Fraodom" pin-up chart in the kitchen of own horn* to food's importanca to the war. Retailers ar* ^tribirting tfc* dwrt, one of the several Food For Freedom Motith informaiioiMl balp>. to inform every American about food's , *1. ^Chart’s pta* is ^TO SPEED OUR BOYS importaRca to tli* war.' Chart's plea is ^ ky producing mow foa^junntigjnQrg Jpod, sharing and p«r * • *“ OWI Photo Thomas Munford Gives New Click To Famouns Tune “Don’t Cry Baby”, Friday Night At Durham Armory T 0(11 BY LIK 5PLL0WAY TlOtATBierAl. EDITOR THOMAS MUNFORD, local by a serious accident involving, musieian showed his ability t) members of the band, the l>oy? really gave the people some thing for th?ir money. T^je Sullans have been chosen out of a field of twenty bands to play the Xmas danCe for on" of Durham’s leading clwbs o^ December 27 at the nillside Bathhouse. Miss Montei! Bates, who is in charge of the acrini- sition of entortainmen* for this organization contacted a^ repre sentative of the Holloway En terprises firm and completed the negotiations recently. THE WILLIE RRRANT - headed ;all-Negro T'SO ,«ho-.v j»I|ich is appearing currentlv in the Carribejtn area is working wonders for th.'> servicewipn they are entertaining. Even tho Willie and his group are the only sepia stars who have had the onor of going overseas to continue tis vital war-tim^’ work, there is an increasing demand from the fronts for more colored artists. More than 100 white units are now in the various war theatre USO tour with ft total number of a- bout 600 people in Willie .Bry ants grosp there are only 5 or six artists, and brothers, that’s a heckuv%’a difference. Tn a letter received recently from tbe south Pacific area, .Speaking of ,',ne „f jhe soldiers who was perhaps th' .stationed at Camp Butner .e- iff gpffcur 1 lore crossing the pond stated. I ftuote: “Lin, it would do Increase In >Price Of Milk Prod'octs Pleases Kerr Scott RALEIGH — Commissioner of Agriculture W. Kerr Scott expressed pleasant surprise the other d^y when informed of the Office of Price Ad ministration’s decision to per mit an increase in the price distributors may pay milk pi'o- ducers for their products. > Raises granted by the OPA are in line with those requesi ted by State Orange, Master Harry /*CaWwell and.. Commiss ioner Scott in Atlanta and Ra leigh several months ago. me good to have a taste of Harlem here in the Pacific, then, I’d feel like going out after an order of Jap-hash.’ Let’s all write to the USO fore- ign entertainment brauehe and ask theni! to send more sepia stars abroad to play for our scrviee-men. IT’S A KOOiEB 3/AN SO HELP MK, JACK, the greatest the juke-boxes havs to offer now is Lucky Millind- er’s recording of SWEET SLUMMER. Trevor Bacons send himself on the lyrics; aijd the son of North Carolina, Tab Smith is at his best on that alto solo which follows the ▼ocal. Tib is my candidate for the All-time All-American AHo Saxophonist.. .BILL JONES has this number on his box at the College Inn, go pick it up, and revel in the sound of real music, bat definitely. PAT nr WAE BOKDff WITS WAB BOKDS fit fnto any spot once more re- centfy by giving a new click to famous tune “iDon’t Cry Baby” at the Erskine Hawkins danc^ on the past Friday night at the DarliaiM Armory. Munford, who ia BOW feafSFed with John T»ra»'s W&ndev Bar orch ser-‘ ved as drummer f^r this uni que group. His advent as vocalist was a surprise to every one. At the Bar, r about thre« months ago, Cy Wall, who was then serving on the tubs was absent, and no other drumitaer was in calling distance. Mun ford toSfe over the tubs that night and has been at the Bar ever since. He has Also played with Stuff Sharpe’s Durham High-school ofch since he dis- ebvered he could handle the skins so well. Soon after Thomas stiP'te T as ^rummer at the Bar, his bro ther Eugene, who was vocalist with Toran’s orch developed a serious throat infection and was ntiable to sing. Again Thomas came to tRe reeue, and handle the voCal thkt night and has been stnnd'-in songster since. Big Mump (ns Thomas Is c’allfd) began' his cari*i>v ps a musician with the Hillside high-school bnn(J as trombonist, and as^ strange as it seems-, he is now unable to even make a sound on this instrument. His interpretation of Jimmy Mit chell’s hit really brot the house down, and well established Thomas Mtmford as a perfect ntility man for any orch. He has been signed by HOLI/)- IWAY ENTERPRISES as arf all- ronnd side-man. : PAUL BASCO, Erskine Haw kins tenor glamor-boy reaUy added to the bringing down of the house at the Friday hop by fingering his famous ar rangement of “Swl>et Georgin Brown.” Music critics have rated Basco with Coleman Haw kins and Benny Carter since he first took off on. this new swing tenor classic. Racing a- long tf aft inirffagltiable tempo, the, fingering, to the song, "Sweet Cfeorgia Brown’* Is reSTty 'oiif ot this world.’ BaSco will long be remembered by musicians and lay-men alike for tlUs splendid Hawldoe I BAND ROUTES I □— o KINO KOLAX Dec. 3 .... Des Moines, Iowa Dec. 5 Chicago, 111. Dec. 6 Kockford, 111. Dec. 7 Quincy, Til; Dec. 8 Camp Kills, 111. CAEOLINA COTTON PICKERS Dec. 3 .. K,. Panama Clt.v, Fla. Dec. 4 Pensacola, Fla. Dec. 5 New Orleans, La. Dec. 6 Gulfport, Miss Dec. 7 Pensacola, Fla. Dec. 8 ...... Greenville, Miss. Dee. 9 .... Hattiesburg, Miss. Dec.i 10 Mobile, Ala. Undefeated, unscored upon and united for this season. Hillside High School here laying claim to national cham pionship prep school football honors, bncking up the cl.iim with a challenge to the na tion’s high schools to meet, thefn in a post-sen.son play-off. Herman H. Riddick, former North CaroliuA College grid star, who has coached the local eleven since 19.16, has compiled a record comparable to Ohi'; State’s P.iul Brown. Riddick’* Hillside elevens hare entered 8ft contests, tied seven, and lost three, in eight years of competition. Hillside ■closed its rnoit successful season here Thank3- giving Day, scoring a 4()''0 de feat of the Addison High School gridders from Roanoki*, Virginia, and running up n total season’s score of 319 points against none for its op ponents. This year’s record of 319 points, made tin eight g’mes, is the school’!^ best, being the third year its go.nl line has re mained nncroRs-'d. The Ridtlick- nien were aUo uns^ored upon in 10.37 and 193S. Coach Riddick denies any magical formula for football success. In an intei-view hero recently he attributed his teams’ success to “thaiv ab- CHRISTaINE OHAtMAN Dec. 3-7 Silver Slipper Playhouse, San Diego, Calif. Dec. 2 Dec. 3 Dec. 4 C. Dec. 5 JIMMY HINSLEY .. Burlington, N. C. .... Durham, N. C. Winston Salem, N. . High Point, N. C. JOHNNY HARRIS Dec. 3-10 Lyon’s Grill, Oklahoma City. SNOOEtJM BtJSSElJ. Dec. 3-10 .... Club Plantation, Hollywood, Chlif. EONNIE JARVIS Dec. 3-10 ... Uptown Gardens, Marlon, Indiana. Meet “Miss Washington High” sorption of precision bio kin ^ and the follows' own eageme to cooperate.” However, observ ers have noted that Kiddii-;; aggregations, sometimes two and three men deep in reserves, operating from single wing formations, which thi^ senaon utilized a modified "T” shif*:, depend largely upon sp;'ed and deception. Hillside’s teams are usually light and rtearly always out- waighed by their opponents. In their Thanksgiving Day game with Addison High, Hill side’s squad averaged 162 pounds to the visitors’ ]&4 pounds. The team’s success this ye^r has been achieved in spite of losses due to the draft and war causes. Over and above Coach Rid dick’s efficientftieaching of foot ball fundamentals, local, sports followers see in his quiet manner the confidence and de termination that is as charac teristic of his teams as their smooth functioning on tho gridiron. A striet disciplinarian and rigid enforcer of trainin'* rules, Riddick has n dry wit that at times bccomes scovch- ingly sarcastic when his play ers muddle. The Hillside team has be come a Durham institution. Its accompllishnJents are heralded widely by white and Negro sports enthflSMsts. Attendance at games is often equally divid ed between fans of the two races. The Durham 'press and r.idio have given fine coverage to the s(|nad. In pre-game interviews, WDNC the CBS station in Durham, through its Director of Negro Affairs, Norfley Whit- ted, have given extensive no tice of the teams' .activities. An 8 column pictorial spread of action photos taken Thanks giving Day of| the Addison High-Hillside contest occtipied the Durham Morning Herald for last Friday, November 27. Ed ward V. Mitchell, the Herald Sports editor, is one of the team’s stauncJiest boosters. It is understood here t'ftat interest is running high to promote post-season contests to determine the local’s eli- j:ibility for national prep s.'hool football championship honors, and judging from the senthnent around. Hillside is open to bids from all corners. BBOK THE ATTACK BY 0. A. IRVIN GKKKNSBOWO — I’iued by the toui'hiiown mnnnf.nturing of eel-bippcd (^harles Wcavor A and T (College ran roufrh shod over the Smith University Bulls from CTiarlotte lo th? tune of 47-15 on the Memorial stadium turf Thanksgiving alternoon. Victory in the nnnal Thanks giving day classic between the two elevens gave the AAggies a record of six triumphs in seven starts this scasoh. They closa the schedule at Camp Butner in a charity tussle December 4. After being tackled behind his own goal to give Smith a safety and a two-point lead ^n first quarter, Weaver dashed off scoring gallops of 30 and 45 yards in the second quarter to put the game on ice f 'o r Coach Chas DeBerry’s chargos^ His third tally came in the' fourth quarter when he raced 66 yard to paydirt. ' Chris Bryant stole the sho.v for the Aggies, however, when he intercepted a Smith pas^ two yards behind his own goal and streaked 192 yards for tho touchdown which sent tho Aggies into a 7-2 first qnarter lead. Les Wright blocked a Smi^h kick and recovered in the Smitli end zone for another Aggie score,iwhj^e Peter Woods plung ed twb yards for the final A and T touchdown in tho fourth quarter. Hubert Doub kicked five of the seven extra point tries. V. Duke Bro^^n plunged 6 yards for Smith’s first touchdown in tho third quarter and Ivory kicked the point, while Pass completed a 28-yard scoring aerial to Brown in the fourth period for Smith’s second ^ore. A and T held a 20-2 lead at intermission and never was ex tended after going ahead. A crowd of several thousand wit nessed the contest. Of all our troubles great and small, the greatest are those that never happen at all. I’ve never sees a vitimin, I ne^er hope to see one, BuCTT 1 should then sure as sin, I’d rather (T than B-1. I had no shoes and com plained, until I met a man with out legs. ANNOUNCING The Opening Of ^ Estelle’s At the recent Homecoming of Mary McGhee of the 11th the Washington High School i grade are not on the picture. Miss Azalia Rogers, a senior, was ctowncd “Miss Washing ton High.'' She is pictured here with two of her attendants reading from left to right, Miflses Beaulah . ^t’^ilspn, 8th grade f Azaliw Rogers, 12lh grade; and Ermine ('handler, lOth grade. Jaqualine Mitchell addition to the-of the 9th grade, who was the jnianer yip is tb* epntect, an4 Miss Rogers won the right to reign as “Miss Washington High” at the Homecoming af ter a much ‘heated’ Contest be tween the representatives of tho varfoiis classes mentionerJ above. Ihe \tmtt0r plans to pursue a course in interior de corating after graduation from high school, _ _ I- BEAUTY SALON Durham’s Newest Beauty Salon Operated By Experienced Cosmetol- ogfist-s. Conveniently Located To Keep |) *^auty Within Your Reach.” Mrs. E. T. Freeland MANiVGER Miss V. A. Scott Operator 410 DUNSTAN AVE. For Appointments Call N - 2313 ^