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PORTLAND INQUIRER Page 6 "SOCIETY NEWS RATED "TOPS" IN SHOW WHIRL FRATERNAL HALL SCENE OF G AY LUNCHEON PARTY Monday afternoon saw a jolly group of friends gathered at the Fraternal Hall for lunch as the guests of Mrs. J. Ingersoll, Mrs. L. Blackburn, and Mrs. G. Holli day, honoring Mrs. Alice Fowl kes, the daughter of Mrs. Inger soll. Sharing honors with Mrs. Fowlkes were Mrs. Clara Graham and Mrs. Irene \^ebb of Detroit, Mich., house guests of Mrs. J. Reed. Fifty-four guests enjoyed the affair. ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL AND ENJOYABLE BIRTHDAY PARTY The Dude Ranch was the scene of a most elaborate birthday party on the night of July 20th. Is was given by Mr. Howard Payne, in honor of Mrs. Minnie Turney. The tables were unusually ar ranged with candle lights and beautiful floral center pieces adorning each table. Music was furnished by Ban jos’ Sextet. The orchestra played “Happy Birthday To You.” Miss Marie Simmins saxig, “The Man I Love” — and received much applause by the guests for her rendition. Mrs. Bessie Harris did a beautiful and enjoyable number, “More Than You Know,” » which went over big. The waitresess sang, “Em- braceable You” . The guests included: Mrs. Berry Tinsley, Mrs. Ruby Lang, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bar- no, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Denton, Mrs. Kitty Blackwell, Mr. and Mrs. F. Peck, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. F. Evans, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Wilber Mar shall, Mrs. Helen Harpole, Mrs. S Gordon, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Ruth Crane, Mrs. Este Law, Mrs. Cabell, Mr. and Mrs. H. Edwards, Mrs. Eunice Wilson, Mrs. Bernice Anderson, Mrs. Katie Blakely, Mr', and Mrs. Joe Crane, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Edwards, Mrs. Er nestine Thurman, Mrs. Viola Ir- ven, and many others whose names we were unable to secure. Mxs. Turner received many beautiful and useful presents. The guests departed, stating that they had had a most enjoy able time. GOES TO THE HOSPITAL Mrs. Lucile Morgan, wife of Mr. Charles C. Morgan, instructor of Pullman porters, of 4105 N. Commercial Ave., is in the Provi dence hospital where she went Monday evening for treatment. We wish her a speedy recovery. Mrs. C. D. Martin of N. Cot tonwood Ave., Vanport, suffered several head injuries when she had an accident last week. She is convalescing nicely at this time. FAREWEL LPARTY There was a grand farewell party given at the. home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Brown at 1122 N. E. Hancock St., honoring the Kansas City Gospel Singers. The hostess served all kinds of sandwiches and soft drinks with cake and ice cream for desert. Other than the singers were: Mrs. Lula Ford, Mrs. Marie Hey- wood, Mrs. Alma Smith, who as sisted in serving refreshments, Rev. J. F. Smith, Mr. Bass, Mr. J. H. Plummer, Mr Leo Cahn and Mrs. Manuel Washington. The Singers sang at the Zion A. M. E. Church last Sunday evening. Their songs were very spiritual and touching, to say the least. This was their fourth engage ment at Zion and each time the Watermelons will be the prizes for the shallow pool stunts. Mary Sweeney, Pearl Atkinson and Eloise MacQuillan head up the committees in charge of the events for the day. The public parks archery tour nament events begin at 10 a. m. with shooting for junior divi sions. The junior’s clout shoot is scheduled for noon, a novelty shoot for 1, and the Columbia and American rounds for women and men begin at 2 p. m. The senior’s clout shoot will begin at 4:30 and prizes will be awarded at 5:30 p. m. Sherwood field in Washington park will be setting for the day’s tournament. * By Staff Correspondent U N A M A E C A R L IS L E , a popular a rtis t here and abroad, has once again come in to th e spo tlig h t. S u rely, you m ust have heard of th is top- ra n kin g s ta r w ho is a styled p ianist and composer. She has p erform ed sp ectacu larly on the a ir, stage, screen, n ite clubs and tele visio n , ap p earing in th e S ta rlig h t Room a t the W a ld o rf-A s to ria ; th e Blue Room in th e H o te l L in c o ln ; at Radio C ity's M usic H a ll; the sw an ky Ruban Bleu, and also a t the O nyx C lub, w h e re she is rig h t now, doubling from H a rle m ’s A pollo T h e a tre . Soundies, recordings, and w ritin g h it tunes, it would seem, are Una M ae ’s hobbies. H e r m ost recen t com position, “T h a t’s T h e S tu ff You G otta W a tc h ,” is popular, along w ith tw o most recent (Joe D av is ) rec ordings, n a m e ly : “ T h e R est O f M y L ife ,” and “ You’re Gonna Change Y o u r M in d .” O th ers include, “ You And Y o u r H e a rt o f Stone,” “ W ith out You B aby,” “ ’T a in ’t Y o u rs,” and “ You G otta T a k e Y o u r T im e .” Back in 1940 M iss C a rlis le composed “ W a lk in ’ By T h e R iv e r,” w hich led the H it P arade fo r m ore than a y ea r. She’s considered the most g ifted o f m odern a rtis ts lin k e d w ith the show business w h irl. U n der personal m an ag em en t o f Joe Glaser, U na M ae was the firs t to record fo r the Joe D avis R ecording Company. * * Other tournament events on the park bureau’s recreational calendar for the next few weeks include the city-wide table ten nis tournament, July 30 at the Civic Recreation center, 1139 S. W. 13th avenue, the handball tournament, August 4 at Powell park; a croquet tournament August 13-14 at Holladay park; a horseshoe tourney in the North Park blocks, August 17, and the war stamp tennis tournament in Washington park August 27, 28, and 29. A checker tournament is being held at the Civic recreation building currently, to run for several weeks. It is open to any one interested in the game. How to Help Veterans served as soldiers, fliers, sailors. He had offered them their old jobs, but in many cases, these men were looking for something better, or something different. They felt unsettled. Some didn’t want to work indoors. Many wanted to work for themselves and yet lacked the confidence in their ability to manage a bus iness of their own—even if they could find a business for sale and could borrow enough to pay for it. Mr. London organized a corp oration to lease and operate gas stations in Los Angeles and Bev erly Hills. He called the enter prise Veterans Stations, Inc. He leased some stations, painted them red, white and blue, and staffed them with veterans who wanted to get the feel of civilian life again before striking out on their own. Since wartime regulations pre vented Mr. London from paying the boys more than a certain wage, he had to defer his plan to distribute all the profits of the station to the veterans. Instead, the profits are used to lease and equip more stations for more vet erans and to build up a reserve for later distribution. Mr. Lon don hopes that in time—possibly within a year—the reserve will be so great that each man’s share, plus what he can borrow with the assistance of the G.I. Bill of Rights, will be sufficient to set him up independently. We hope so too. And we also share Mr. London’s hope that all over the country, other ingenious and public-spirited Americans will follow the lead of Veterans Stations Inc. Helping veterans to help themselves is a hobby that deserves a sensational vogue. The intent of the veterns’ Bill of Rights is, among other things, to make it easy for the veterans to borrow money with which to set themselves up in business of their own. Nevertheless, few vet- etrans have been able to pave their way to fortune with this good intention. The reason for HAVE YOU DONATED TO the failure of the bill in this re spect are various, but principal THE UNITED NEGRO COL among them is the fact that the LEGE FUND? bill gives the veteran little as crowd was larger with standing at Sellwood park next Friday ( sistance if he needs to borrow room only. Rev. Billups preach are reminded to bring their pic- more than $4,000—and there are ed. ! nic lunches, swim suits, and | few businesses that can be bought THE The Singers left Sunday night towels, and to come in the cos-! or started at that figure. for Oakland, Calif., where they ! turne of their favorite comic Congress is well aware, by' will be at the Baptist Church 1 strip character if they choose. now, that the bill needs overhaul - 1 there, Rev. Smith, pastor. The costume is optional, but ing. In due course, its many de 2272 N. Interstate Ave. those who attend the picnic ficiencies will no doubt be cor should come dressed comfortably rected. But in the meantime, for fun. Registration at the park the veteran who wants to be his Portland's Leading will begin at 10 a. m. and events own boss needs quick help. Real Colored Hotel begin at 10:30 a. m. izing this, Howard M. (“Tony” ) There is no charge. London, a Pacific Coast dairy * * * executive, has conceived a prac MUrdock 9533 If anyone becomes impressed j The public parks archery tour tical plan. Mr. London has welcomed with the salutes being heard fre nament and a Cub Scout swima- back to his plants men who had j quently between little girls—and thon are on the park bureau’s older ones, too, these days— recreational calendar for Sun “See you in the funnies”—it day, July 29. The Scout party isn’t just breezy salutation. That is out-growth of the learn-to- is the theme around which the swim campaign sponsored by the programming for girls’ play day park bureau’s recreational divi at Sellwood park, August 3, is sion and the Scout organization being planned by the Bureau of earlier in the summer. Water Parks and Public Recreation. games and some special shallow The city-wide play days for pool stunts have been included girls and boys are happy tra in the programming for the ditions with Portland youngsters. day at the Creston pool, S. E. They bring together on these 44th and Powell boulevard.! special gala days all of the girls and boys who find their recrea f tion in Portland’s parks and LIND & POMEROY public playgrounds through the F l o w e r s summer months. The boys will “As near as your phone” have their get-together this sum mer August 8 at Grant park. 2617 NE Union Ave—GA 1181 Girls who plan to join the fun MEDLEY HOTEL PARK ACTIVITIES HELP WANTED HALE Ship Scalers. . 1.08 lo 1.21 per hr. Buffers . . . 1.20 lo 1.25 per hr. Sand Blasters. 1.20 to 1.40 per hr. (With Additional Shift Premiums) Where Cares Are Forgotten CLUB A C H E 1504 N. Williams Ave. at Cherry St. J. H. 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