Sidelights From the NACW Convention in Miami
The article profiles the NACW biennial in Miami with national president Mrs Irene McCoy Gaines arriving by special train to open events. Delegates from Florida Birmingham and beyond attend receptions, crafts displays, and performances. Notable attendees include Mrs Margaret Marlow Nottage of Berkeley and many federation officers and guests from Illinois Indiana and Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Irene McCoy Gaines
Ocala
Florida
Sir John
St. Paul Ame
Bethune-Cookman College
Miss Mendez
Ackson
Bertha Sharpe
Myrtle Davis
National Association of Colored Girls
Margaret Marlow Nottage
Berkley
Cal
James Nottage
Key West
Nottage
Mme. Sifontes
Dorothy
Detroit
Bishop School
Bea Robinson
Birmingham
Links Organization
Juanita Brown
E. Chicago
Indiana
Mesdames Belcher, Johnson
Grace Buckner
Cincinnati
Washington, D. C
Letcher
Marie E. Wilson
Marie Owens
Madison
Wisconsin
Ernestine Singleton
Emil O’ree
Breakneck Speed in Railroad Race
A sensational race between the General and the Texas from Walt Disney’s The Great Locomotive Chase stars Fess Parker and Jeffrey Hunter. CinemaScope cameras jump between racers more than thirty times. Locomotive opens Sunday at the Liberty Drive-in Theatre.
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Texas
Walt Disney
Fess Parker
Jeffrey Hunter
Liberty Drive-in
Boat Ride Announced By Greater Miami Elk Lodge
Greater Miami Elk Lodge No 1113 hosts a boat ride on Thursday evening August 9. The boat departs from the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce dock at 8 30. Committee members include Lincoln Poitier Albert McCoy Festus Miller Thomas Rivers and the exalted ruler invite members and families for a fun social outing.
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Greater Miami Elk Lodge No. 1113
Miami Beach
Joyce Daniels Girl of The Year At St. James
Joyce Daniels crowned girl of the year at St James AME Church edging out Agnes Jackson for second place with 92.00 in evening service. The winner, daughter of Yvonne Daniels, is a Northwestern St. High student and Bet uhune Cookman College junior organizer Fannie Mae Scott led the youth program. Honorable mention goes to Kenneth Curtis with 27.50. third place to Louise Rolle. Winners receive trips to the State Institute in Jacksonville August 28-30. Reverend A Joseph Reddick pastors St James AME.
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Agnes Jackson
Henry Jackson
Joyce Daniels
Yvonne Daniels
70Th St
Northwestern St. High
Joyce
Fannie Mae Scott
Bethune Cookman College
Kenneth Curtis
Pearl Smith
Kenneth
Northwestern
Louise Rolle
Ellen Grant
Rolle
Dorsey High School
Sunlight School of Beauty
State Tri Institute
Jacksonville
A. Joseph Reddick
St. James Ame
For Sale Two Story Building With Apartments and Garage
Two story building with two 2 bedroom units one upstairs and one downstairs. Adjoining garage with room suitable for a bedroom. Close to shopping center and bus line. Address 2242 NW 64th St. Information call NE 5-7690.
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64Th St
Miss Cassie Floyd Heads to Nassau for Short Stay
Miss Cassie Floyd daughter of Mrs Lillie Bell Floyd spends a few days in Nassau Bahamas as a guest at the Saxony Hotel. Oklahoma delegation to the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs in Miami this week includes Mrs Maude Brockway Mrs Genevia Weaver and Mrs Blanche McCucheon, with state officers attending. The Ragsdales of Oklahoma City host the travelers at 236 NW 67th St, while Mrs Zelma Smith arrives from Nassau for an indefinite stay.
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Cassie Floyd
Lillie Bell Floyd
North Street
Apt. No. 11
Nassau
Bahamas
Miss Floyd
Saxony Hotel
Oklahoma
National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs
Miami
Maude Brockway
Oklahoma City
Genevia Weaver
Muskogee
Blanche McCucheon
Atoka
Brockway
Weaver
O. V. Ragsdale
Jessie Hilber
H. W. Ragsdale, Sr
Ragsdale
Ragsdales
Ragsdale Funeral Home
Stirrup
67Th St
Little Dale Shaw Visits Thomasville Family
Little Dale Shaw of Liberty City is spending three weeks with his daddy and grandmother and great grandmother in Thomasville, Georgia, during the family visit.
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Little Dale Shaw
Liberty City
Thomasville
Andersons Vacationing in Salisbury and Charlottesville Visit Relatives
Mr and Mrs John Anderson and their two daughters Karen and Ivy vacation with Mrs Andersons sister and brother in law in Salisbury North Carolina where her brother in law Hodge Taylor a professor of math at Livingston College. They will also go to Charlottesville Virginia to visit Mr Andersons parents before returning.
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John Anderson
Karen
Ivy
Mrs. Anderson
Salisbury
N. C
Hodge Taylor
Livingston College
Andersons
Charlotteville
Mr. Anderson
George Hepburn Returns from Fort Pierce in Serious Condition
George Hepburn, after illness in Fort Pierce, was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital on Monday. His condition is considered serious as doctors assess his case and provide treatment.
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George Hepburn
Fort Pierce
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Green family visits ill grandmother in Georgia
Mr and Mrs Roger Green and their three children of 7127 NW 17th spent the weekend in Georgia visiting Mrs Green's ill mother. Green is manager of Liberty Plaza Apts. They returned Sunday night.
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Roger Green
Georgia
Missionary Hutcherson Heads to Nassau for Bahamas Revival
The Rev. Ernest Hutcherson Jr., district Missionary of the Atlantic Coast Baptist Association and associate at Temple Baptist Church with moderator Rev. L. A. Thompson, left for Nassau on Tuesday to conduct revival services in Nassau and Eleuthera.
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Ernest Hutcherson Jr
Atlantic Coast Baptist Association
Nassau
Temple Baptist Church
L. A. Thompson
Bahamas
Eleuthera
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THE
Miami Times
Peoples
James Busch
St. Louis
Fromer
Kitty Gordon
Omaha
Bertha Gordon
Marie Anderson
New York Federation
Illinois
Sarah Keith Evanston
Mesdames Leon Trotter Hyte
Eva Mathews
Washington
Cornelia Lasley
State Federation
Montgomery
Bertha McClain
City Federation
Alabama
Atty. Neely
Tuskegee
Albertha Barry
Alice Hillman
Louisville
Paris
Kentucky
Tinsley
Armstead
Kate Dean
Dazelle Dean Simonson
Boston
Mesdames Cassey
Goelder Smith
Frances Carson
Daisy Somerville
Kate” Prior
Alma Williams Mitchell
Alice Mickens
Fannie Ponder
Alice Moore
Arthur Livingston
N. W
62Nd Street
St. James
St. James A. M. E. Church
Margaret Reynolds
Ester Scott
Agnes
Louise
Zelma Smith
Warner Hines, Inc
59Th St
NAACP
Boswell A. Roberts
N.E
Mortgage Brokers, Inc
Franklin
Congress
Miami, Florida
Tess
ST PA
15Th Ave
N.W
Samuel P. Payne
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