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Newspaper
Miami Times
Location
Miami, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1950
Page
6
A Canadian visitor named Jack Frost arrived last Saturday, stayed seven days, and left residents using furs and overcoats. The period carried mothball scent and woolen garments as the weather man urges Jack to depart with his ice cubes.
In a climate of race tensions Miami hosts Iowa and wins as 5 Negro players play for Iowa with Bernie Bennet contributing the tone tally. The crowd of about 5000 includes few who express bigotry, while local talk centers on race progress in the South. Reporter notes subpar Dorsey Park facilities and the need for better seating as fans attend the Orange Bowl events and the Thanksgiving game between Dorsey and BTW.
Dusty throats and dusty fans describe the scene as a player breaks free, a cloud of dust rising with every end run. Fans cheer after the tackler finds him amid the particles, a dry, clever moment amid the dust and coughs.
A Thursday evening parent education play titled Fresh Variable Winds will be staged at the Board of Public Instruction Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale. Sponsored by the Mental Health Society of Southeastern Florida, it examines the home climate’s effect on children and features Arnould Heller directing with a cast led by Ivan Kivitts and Ginger Barron.
Mr and Mrs Charles Williams of Berkley California celebrate the birth of a daughter named Amanda Emile Faye.
Mr. H. D. Williams an insurance agent for the Atlanta Life Insurance Co is ill at his Liberty City home Felix ne Jr a well known figure around Washington received in the city last week
Dr. Harold Jollivette of Port Arthur Texas arrives this week from Chicago Illinois to join the staff of the Community Store, adding to local medical and community services.
Atty Maxwell Thompson of Nassau Bahamas arrived by plane on Tuesday afternoon and departed Thursday on a brief business trip. His visit was described as short and focused on work engagements.
Mrs I G Pratt, confined to her home by sickness for over two weeks, is gradually improving.
Mr Chas W Hamilton and Miss Mattie L Simmons were married at Temple Baptist Church on Wednesday evening November 22. Rev L A Thompson officiated with attendants F E Bowles and G L Major.
Miss Mary Frances Dixon announces she is back at work after several months illness and invites former and new customers to resume patronage of Modernistic 5:2.
The Eureka Club of St. James AME Church invites friends to its initial program scheduled for Sunday night December 10 at 7 50. Mrs R Wright president and Rev J B Blackwell pastor announce an excellent evening for attendees.
CHICAGO ANP reports an eight unit building at 215 E 31st Street housing 250 people in squalid kitchentte apartments. Many lack water heat or toilets. top floors 6 and 7 abandoned yet 25 residents remain. Renters face unsafe conditions with peeling plaster rats dark hallways and long stairs. Evictions issued after rent refusals.
In Kingston, Jamaica, Pastor R. C. Lawson of the Ethiopian World Federation sparked pandemonium in Duke Street Progressive Hall by declaring that Haile Selassie is not God. Rastafarians, known for long hair and unshaved beards, pressed questions and disrupted proceedings as officials tried to restore order.
A classified notice seeks a family house for rent immediately with preference for Brown Sab or Liberty City areas. Contact via phone number 201 14.
National Company offers Christmas sales on rubber dolls with hair, moving eyes and shoes in sizes 18, 21, 23 and 25 inches priced from 4.98 to 8.95. Agents wanted write National Company 254 WV 135th St NY 30.
Rooms with convenience to cook wash iron also radio fridge. Apply 321 NW 16th st call 9-3930 between 8 30 and 9 30 a m after 4 p m and anytime on Saturday or Sunday.
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