?> ;|bs!|Lifi&lJfL *ss&■*'%'■ ■ '**kJGm <% ntQuj •• I , v ;^W } s'%, f w&i <s*> \l. • * ■■ : :f' .11 - 'll "\, ■ £j| • *•£*> J| HHHIHIIiHHHfIfIHHfIIiHBLii&iiJkjL <lk m v TRAVEL TIPS Bvkrn Water*, right, NBC ropTOsenteiive who traveled with Mr* Jacqueline Kssurodyon her recent trip to India and Pakistan, brief* leaders of the forth oeminf round-the-world trip, learinf Now York July It via AIR-INDIA. Loft to right: Evelyn Cunning ham Haynes, etty editor •*■ The Now York Courier and WIP commentator; Margarita Belafonte, NAACP special projects direc tor; Jntte Johnson, travel coordinator, and Miss Waters. MASCO YOUNG’S NOTEBOOK . YVONNE FAIR, who quit tha Chsntels to join tha record-break ins Jamas Brawn show, seams to be the only one of tha pretty girls who's doing fair. Yvonne's got a good record working, * brand new recording contract, a SB,OOO ward robe, and new fan clubs in seven states. LUI'HEK DIXON, tha wealthy songwriter, publisher, recording firm, executive who penned many Roland Hayes To Be Honored On 75th Birthday NEW YORK (ANP) Exactly 7? yean to the day from hi* birth in an humble Georgia cabin on the plantation where his mother had been a slave, Roland Hayes, the legendary American tenor will be honored at Carnegie Hall June 3, when the American Missionary As sodation will present him in a re cital with Reginald Bordman at the The event will launch the cen tennial observance of the founding lag of the first Negro colleges in the .South by the American Mis sionary Association, now a part of tSe United Church of Christ _TSp colleges include Fisk Uni versity which counts Roland Hayes among Its most distinguished alum ni; Dillard in New Orleans; Hus ton-Tilloston, Austin. Texas; Le- Mejyne, Memphis; Talladega, Talla dega, Ala., and Tougaloo. Tougaloo, Mias. Howard University also was founded by the A. M. A. "*' Pablo Casals, the eminent Span ish cellistwho has been a life-long friend of Hayes, and Dr. Warner Lrwsen, dean of the school of fine arts "at Howard University served as co-chairmen of a committee of world leaders in the fields of mu sic. art literature, religion, polities and race relations sponsoring the ecoeert. 1 CAPITAL SERENADE Members of the Eureka Brass Baud of New Orleans pause in their parade down Pennsylvania Avenue last week to play an impromptu fait concert in front of the White House. At left is Duke Ellington whom the band was escorting to Constitution Hall to inaugurate the First Interna tional Jess Festval. ( [UPI TELEPHOTO'). JfICQUIN'S VODKA »O>«WT Mj Theatricals of the nation's top-selling tunes (“Soldier Boy" and “100 Pounds > of Clay” for example), is seUing out his interests in Sceptor and Wand records and will start his own recording company. HANK BALLARD, v'ho recently wound up three weeks at New York’s Roundtable, won’t discuss it but his new manager. Mrs. Carl Dinkier, a wealthy Georgian, may wind up suing Sid Nathan of King Recrods In a headline-making liti gation involving the “Twist” tune Hank wrote and a release from his recording contract so he can join another label. SHIRLEY OWENS, one of the at tractive Shirelles, had to be rushed to a hospital in New York City fpr an emergency operation and had a motorcycle escort all the way. TOMMY COOK, the new face appearing with Yvonne Mills and The Sensation* joined the group in a dual capacity as choreograph er and singer. Tommy, who once sang with a group called The Strangers, has whipped The Sensa tions into one of the most polished acts around. WHEN THE JAMES BROWN party was held at the Palm Case in New York recently, around a hundred of his teenage tans showed up shouting "Let Me In (I heap Mu sic)”, but thev weren't let In be cause of the city’s over-21 age rule for clubs and cabarets. BIGGEST SURPRISE this colum nist got in many years cam* when he recently discovered that Dee Dee Sharp, the teenager who sings "Mashed Potatoes Time”, was one of his favorite students when he was teaching school at FitzSimons Junior High in Philly three yean ago. Her name then was Dion* La rue. and tiie served as claaa secre tary, on the discipline committee, and helped grade teat papers. FAVORITE HANGOUT of east coasters who visit Los Angeles is bandleader Earl Bostic’s Flying Fox restaurant, which doesn't feature entertainment but clicks with a choice cuisine. 11 PINKNEY Roberts, popular east i coast show producer and comic who , assisted Larry Steele with the | “Smart Affairs’* revue in Atlantic City two years ago, is now fronting his own big show, headlined by a , group of chorus cuties called the , Pinkettes. HOTTEST NEW COMIC find is ■ Flip Wilson, who got a giant-size , applause from the rock and roll au , dience at Ftiilly deejay Georgia [ Wood’s recent show at the Uptown, , headlined by Chuck Jackson, the , Shirelles and Dee Dee Sharp. i Bo Brazil | Gets Top Billing i i CHICAGO (ANP) Big Bo Bo - Brazil, rugged and colorful Negro > heavyweight wrestler from Benton Harbor, Mich., will take on the o* I ther half of the invading Japanese 1 mauruders Friday night, June 6, i when he grapples with the 329- I pound Mr. Babe in the featured ' bout of an all-star card at the In ' ternational Amphitheatre. 1 According to promoter Fred Koh ler, Brazil is being given top bill ’ ing on the card because of his quick 1 and impressive defeat of Mr. Suzu -1 ki here recently. The 379-pound 1 Brazil made short work of the us ( ually rugged Suzuki in that bout, 1 giving him little chance to resort 1 to Oriental tactics. 1 That, incidentally, is exactly why ’ Brazil has asked for the bout with ' Mr. Baba, the other half of the Ja panese duo. He vows to put a stop to the brutal assaults of Baba on his American fees. Said Brazil: 1 “I don't like to see this fellow (Baba) get away with these Orien -1 tal maneuvee. The type of wrestl ing that Baba engages in is of a brutal and destructive manner, and I deem it my duty for the good of wrestling to try and stop him I would like to chase him beck to Ja- Oriental tacts are prohibited in America, but the Japanese sneak them in occasionally. Colts’ Lenny Moore To Be Honored BALTIMORE (ANP) Lenny Moore, fleet halfback of the Balti more Colts, will become the first Colts player to be honored with a “Day” here Oct 28. when a recent ly organised Citizens' Committee for Lenny MoOre Day salutes him for his contributions to the teem end the city prior to a game be tween the Colt* and the champion Green Bay Packer*. The committee announced plans tor the Lenny Moore Day after meeting at a downtown hotel Councilman Solomon Lis* wss named chairman of the committee and Judge Robert Watts and busi ness men John Kauswald. vice chairman. Serving ae honorary chairman , will be Mayer Grady, and Police Commissioner Bernard Schmidt, the honorary vteo-dhairman. Other officers of the committee are Tony Bratley. a representative of the Negro American Labor Coun cil, exceptive secretary, and Fran cis S. Filbey, president of the Bal timore A. F. Ifc-C. t O. council , treasurer. DRAMATIC aiNQBB SCORE* MINNEAPOLIS (ANP) George Shirley. Brat American Negro to | wmmiiU* lead with the Me tropolitan Optra, gev* another outstanding performance here last week In an span Mr concert at the First National Bunk Plaza before Shirtay, a toner, rang two num bers in fee concert sponsored by the Prat National Bank of Minne apolis. His voice rang out ’oud and •l«ar over the plaza, depeite a bee vy wind which swept the area The ] crowd gave him a poet ovation on 1 v .x. < . ~ < JJ I j^^j ißfcLflßMMfc 'wWBHHr •.. xbH MODELS AND DESIGNERS These your* ladies, *- mong the majors in clothing at AtsT Collage, last wreak modeled the garments which they produced this spring. The girls are, Mary Caldwrell. Greensboro; Brenda Moore, Florence, N. ]., and Patricia Farr, Union, S. C. Mise Caldwrell won first prises in two oompeht tions, out of three and the third went to Mias Farr. A&T Coeds Model Garments They Designed For Contest GREENSBORO A Greensboro girl last week wen two of three prizes in the annual Sew-a-torium, a style show, dubbed “Eye on Fash ion”, at A&T Collage. Mary Caldwell, a senior major ing in clothing, drew the Judges’ approval as she modeled a combi nation beach coat and swim trunk* copied from a design by a leading national pattern maker. In the Fun and Play clothes competition, and came back to take another first place in the After-five and evening gown section with an original pro duction. The latter was a cocktail drees In cotton chiffon, full skirted and mul ti-colored. She had entered six garment* which she produced this spring, in the competitions. First prize in the only other com peteition* garments for day-time —THE WEEK IN RECORDS— BY ALBERT ANDERSON CONGRESSMAN POWELL’S BERMONETTES ON RECORD CHICAGO (ANP) The epot light this week focuaee on two am bition works of two nationally prominent personalities, one a min ister of the Gospel and a politician, the other a popular jazz artist. They ere the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell of New Yerk and tenor sax virtuo so Stanley Turrentlne. Their works may be heard on recent LP re leases by the Roulette and Blue Note record companies. Beginning with Rev. Powell’s recording, here Is the sere; “THE GOSPEL IN WORDS AND MUSIC"; Roulette (29164). Serm on ettes by Rev. Powell; Solo* snd choruses by singer Joe William* end the choir of Abyssinian Bap tist Church (N. Y). Contents: Sid* 1: Introductory Remerks, “Whit's in Your Hand”, “Dawn of a New Day". "Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray" (Joe William*). “Peer Knocked at fee Door", "Be Your self’, “God’s Only Son", “Amszing Grace" (by the choir). Sid# T. "Sense of Sin", "Prayer". "Love Your Enemies", "Courage of Re- Negro Players Show In Tampa Net Tourney TAMPA. Fla (ANP) For the first time In history, two Negro player* competed In the Temp# Ci ty tennis tournament at the hith erto exclusive all-white Devi* Is land court*. They participated In firs tand second round matches. Scoring early tournament victo rias and winning friends among the whit* players were Kelly Best, Flo rida State Negro champion, and Cheater Mile*, former Florida AAM University star and a teacher at Blake High School her*. Beet showed dees in winning his Oral round match, but was ousted by Jim Woods, 8-1 8-3 In the see ondL Best then teamed wife Milo* in winning a first round doubles match, 8-1 8-0. but the duo was later beaten by the top seeded team of Steven Colson and Henry Wagner, 84. 8-1 Colson also won the singles championship. Later Beet who is also a kingpin at table mid be wee handi capped in the city tournament by the lack of experience against top flirfit competition. Negro players ■gainst where he played in the past did not play as stoady a game as ♦ho whites he encountered in fee Tempo tournament he explained. However, he deerrihed the ex perience he gained la the city as gratifying, and raid that with training be could bold his own with any at fee players in the dty of Tempo. Beet and Milas were also pleased by fits cordial greetings they re ceived from the whit* players in ; the tounyunenet Thef invited 1 them to come book for workout# at I fee dub. Y wear, went to Patricia Farr a so phomore in clothing from Union, S. C. Her production was a plain sheath in polished groan cotton. A total of 40-garment* all pro duced by students in tha A&T Col lege Hepic Economies Depart ment. were shown at the event held on the Quad range on May 85. At leas 10 of the production were o riginal* designed by the girl* themaelve*. Other girls who entered gar ments in the competition* includ ed; Barbara Alston, Pittebero; Bar bara Hilllan, Chartw. S. C.; Flor ence Hoyle, Dallas; Out Maultaby. Wilmington; Elisabeth Neal, Frank lin ton; Elizabeth Sander* Raleigh; Barbara Sneed. Bunn; Martha Wel lington, Summerftold and Marian White, New Bara. pentane*", “Thank You Jaeus" (by fee choir), •Power of Prayer", “Hie lye lie on the Sparrow", "Benedic tion! Amen." Those who have never heard Rev. Powell speak, either In the pulpit in public or in fee halls of Congress would, I believe, appre ciate this record. . . Wife cultured diction end an easy flow of words, fee famous Negro minister eats forth his “Credo on religion snd life” In thaea sermonettes, design ed by fee nature of their contents, to lneplre the discouraged snd op to the "CVedo” itslef. Rev Pow ell express** hie belif* in "an #- ternal life” end his felth in man kind, but refutes the theory of re incarnation. . . He criticises toa emphasis in life on material things, and speak* laudably of sea nobility of the spirit . . On a whole, fee sermonettes reflect much of Rev. Powoll’a thinking, as well a# his experiences in fee 29 years ** pas tor of the Abyssinian congregation described as on# of the largest end oldest Negro church*# in America. The music by fee congregational Is moving in the tradition of Negro spiritual, but fee singing of to prominent artist as Jo* Williams (formerly featured wife the Count Basie orchestra) is too limited . . . The “live" recording, meanwhile, is authentic to fee point where one can hear background sounds and "Amen#" as the minister expound* Me Gospel based on fee life of Christ, the dledple# and peat end contemporary leaden in life. . . THIS tB OUTSTANDING RE CORDING CONTRIBUTION. BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN EVEN BETTER HAD THE WORD* AND MUSIC BEEN MORE PROPERLY BALANCED. "DEARLY BELOVED:" Blue Not# (4081) The Stanley Turpentine trio. Tunes: “Bela”, "Wee Hour Theme". "Mb’ Shining Hour", “Troubles of fee World" Sid# 3: "Yesterday*" "Dearly Beloved”. “Nothing Ever Change# My Love Par You". This is a delightful jazz faro . . . Turrentlne big. rich sex ton* (A La Ban Webstar) adorns# e fine dene up in pleasantly attractive The session is mad* ell the more delightful by fee fin# organ —wto of "Uttt* Miss Scott", and the appropriately quiet drumming of Boy Brooke. . . The set spans wife stover treatment of “Bela" in alternating jess end Latin rhythm and ends with ■ delightful swing ing warden of "Nothing Ever Changes . .” Beyond fee pleasant entertainment foie disk provides there to spotlipitod. Intentionally or not, fee fine murielanfeip of Turrantln. who sot the tempo and mood for fee entire far*. .. TOPS. SABAH. MOMS. OPEN IN CHICAGO CHICAGO (ANP) - Stager Sa rah Vaughan teemed up with co median Jack!* (Memo) Mebley and drawer Paging Betas ao tha thru famous artist* headlined a star studded feew opening at tha Tivoli Theatre here last weekend Miae Vsugbsn. a nationally fam ous artist, is very papular wife Chicago theatre and night Mub fans GOSSIP OF THE MOVIE LOT • vT' v/ • •* .: • I AVV'. BY CALLA SCRIVNER NEW PACES IN "WISH UPON A STAR" TALENT SHOW HOLLYWOOD (ANP) - I was quite pleased with the results of my "Wish Upon a Star" talent ■how, given for the benefit of the WuapUoual Children's Opportunity ■ehoei at the WID Rogers Park Au ditorium last weak. The charming models, all novice* performed Ilk* real trooper* and the kid's "twist" oeotari was Just about the cutest thing you have every see* Dickie Barrow, emcee, is he most capable man me oould choo** to give a show fro "Oomph” Oat is needed. He is also a finished sing er. dancer, caterer and model In structor, STUDENT WINS BEAUTY CONTEST Judges were ootor-wrlter produc er Henry Scott; realtor John H Kelly, candidate for assemblyman. 58th District and Mrs. T. Garcia, designer. TUI. tan Vickie James, 18, student at Tkemont High Adult school Og business, won the beauty contest. Three year-old Andrew Starkey "twisted" ell over the place. His comic gyrations kept the Negro Singer On Russian Tour Draws Raves From Meseew Crowd MOSCOW (ANP) - Russian jazz fans, from Primler Nikita Khru ihchav on down, last week looked beyond the barrier of race to wel come with enthusiasm t Negro songstress on tour with the Benny Goodman jazs orchestra. She is Mias Joy* Sherrill, former vocalist with the Duke Ellington's band, whom Goodman borrowed for hla six-week concert tour of Russia under U. S. State Depart ment auspice*. Miss Sherrill has proven to be not only a show stop per, but a big favorite with ths Russians. Despite apparent efforts in cer tain quarters in the United States to give credit to Ooodman for the auocem of the first two jazs concerts given on Ruseien soil, the big hit Tennis, Track Show Growth In NCHSAC The Commissioner of the N. C. High School Athletic Conference stated this week that the track sea son saw an unprecedented growth In the number of schools that par ticipated* tn this activity. He stat ed that five years ago only about six schools entered in the final meet. He further pointed out that it signaled the beginning interest be cause of the showing of the high ' school track participants in the i Carolina AAU Meet. In this meet. Campbell of York Road won the 100-yard dash; Norman of York ! Road placed 3rd inthe high Jump:, i Pettis of York Road was fourth in 1 ths low hurdles; whlls Bullock of Ligon and Graham of Hillside and Fozard of Hillside also placed in the high jump 100-ysrd dash, and mile run In this meet. Tennis activities Showed a decid ed jump with a larger number of school* participating than In pre vious years. Willie White of Ligon won the State singles champion ship* while Whitley and Howard of the P. S. Jones High School of Washington won the Doubfes title. In the girls' division, Mavis Ar chie of Winston Salem's Paisley High took the girl's title and paired with Dot Kelley to win the double* title. M&chen Scores Unaminous Decision SAN PRANCTSCO 'ANPI Ed die Machen. the No 3 ranked hea vyweight contender, was extended by elusive Roger Rischer. Califor nia State champion, in a 10-round bout her* last week, but rallied In the late rounds to score a unani mous decision and avert what would have been a damaging blow to his prestige The surprising Rischer gave Machen ■ great deal of trouble un til Eddie found the range in tha ninth round. He cut Rischer over the left eye and scored heavily with combination lefts and rights to the head and continued the assault through the 10th round, to win the verdict. Machen weighed 1M pounds to Rischer - * 197 1-2 for the fight, held at the San Francisco Civic Audl >rlvn before 3,000 ringaiders. Murchinson Ties Own Meet Mark CHICAGO (ANP) - Hprinter Ira Murchison streaked to victory in :09.6 and 31.3 seconds in tha MO and 290 yard dashes to tie hie own meet records and win Individual honors in the second annual Uni versity of Chicago relays In Btsgf yield laet week. Murchison marks were Identical to those set in the relays last year He was the only double winner of the meet Saturday Way SSi. Murchison, former Western Mich igan University star, la now associ ated wUh the University of Chicago Track Club. Another winner at the meet was Charles (Deacon) Jones, formerly of ths University of lowa, who won the BjWO meter ticepieehaae a 9023. The first four months form ths most entice! time of a seer’s lacta tion. ' m CASOLDOJIN MUBGE M. ft, RATUBDAY. JUNK 8, IMS audiance amused. Naturally ht wen first place. Producer Scott wee so hslpfuL He encouraged all of the girls to continue their modeling career* i and was a genuine good follow dur i lng the whole affair. The girls war* all Invited to par ticipate in several other show* I which are being held in Los Ange ls* soon. I also presented a gift to each of the non-winners. Guest* artists from the Covan School also participated. Evelyn Burwall, Las Angelas Sentinel col umnist. furnished the music, ac companied fay Richard Aufary. Jr. on the Congo drum* JOHNNY MATHIS RINGS FOE FREEDOM BOND CAMPAIGN Hollywood celebrities and lead ing civic officials launched a Tree don Day rally on tha stops as tit* City Hall last week before an au dience of 500 person* The ceremony was sponsored by , the All-City Employee Amaclatien t and was listed as the "largest sav ings bond rally being held In the country today." Aetna* Maureen ) O'Htrer addreaood the group. Other Hollywood peraanalitiea on both shows was the comely and talented singer. Among her leading Russian Jazz converts was Primlsr Khrushchev himself, to whom she sang several meenlhgful tunas. They Included "I'm Beginning to See the Light", sn Ellington composition NlM»* liked the tun* and Miss Sherrill’s singing, in general. Because of "state business", he had to leave be fore the program was complete, but he sent word to Miss Sherrill and Goodman that h* had enjoyed it. The audience, meanwhile, found the program delightful but reacted with restraint out of reapect for the prime minister, according to ano ther high Rumlan official. However, on the second night when Khrushchev was absent the Russian audience really "cut loose" with rounds of applause, calling for encores of several tunes Her tecond-half appearance brought down the house. The show stopper was her rendition of “Katu she', a modern arrangement of a Russian folk song, which Joys sang in Russian. For encores she sang "Show Me" and "Let There Be Love.” the latter especially mean ingful In view of th« - •■will be ing sought between ■’* and Americans through In addition to r' Good man and Mix Shan > mem ber* of the band (e <1 during, the concerts included Teddy Wil son. recruited from the ranks of old Goodman alumni Zoot Rims on saxophone; Mel Lewis, drums and Jo* Newman on trumpet. Straight Bourbon jniti^&aeb imWt IIBTBCIT 8051108 'O^j MancnOlg* \ ZfljuuyAt J Gatefutify cUtJi&d aee&ufanfr rij •wnuzo * sonuo a» 'I ANCIBNT AOS OIMIUI** eo nwurnaT urnn — ga STRAIGHT KENTUCKY BOURBON WHISKEY, 86 PROOF ANCIENT AGE WSTMJNO CO. FRANKFORT. KY/ I were sinter Johnny IIMiE w&o cloned the t—rnr»y with "TftM Stars", composed fay mt writer Jack Quigley; disk jockey Jbtap Grant; "Dennis the Menace" Jay North and Mitchell Bay* Choir. Form TO GET BfUCAIi ROLE I called Daattu Culver CUy Stu dio* last weak to get In formation on "Tha Prosiest Story Ever Told" and was told thaf tiro filming win start in abeul fwo win itofktfgy Wayne the Centurion. 1h .date, there are no plana for dialogs* lor either of the ter* I asked about tit* poMdbUity of bit parts fog JfMro actor* since I was told that thfr* win be UT hit player* Thar* wfll ha many Nagro'Mtiros used, hut they art net sure wpgtfc er the script calls for Sgpt*.'Mt player* Than Is a possibility .that they will use them, hut ths publici ty department could not glve'sn af firmative answer until later. Tha film will bays on* as tiro largest casta of any recant picture made in Hollywood. —- If dairy cattle don't gat salt In their food, they can dawlop a salt deficiency. ~ MMOL*, THEATRE RALEIGH 4 DATS STARTING X SUN.. JUNE 10TH “WALK ON THE WIDE SIDE’* LAURENCE HARVEY :. capucine . v: JANE FONDA - —PIus— “TWENTY PLUS TWO” DAVID JENNSON - I DAYS STARTING THURS.. JUNE 14TH - “ANGEL BABY* GEORGE HAMILTON, 4 SALOME JENS J.. —PIus— “THE ERRAND BOY” JERRY LEWIS “ ..f* FREE MOVIE PARTY— (For Kids up to IS yr*. *f-A«e) YOU ARE ALL INVITED TO ATTEND OUR BIG • SCHOOL'S OUT rESTtYAL Remember You’ll Be Admitted Absolutely Free! - LINCOLN Theatre SAT. JUNE RTH - 18 to 8 P.M. Kentucky 13

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