Christmas Carol Service of Bahamas Brotherhood Held in Rawson Square
The 27th annual Bahamas Brotherhood Christmas Carol Service vessels December 12 at Rawson Square with ZNS broadcast. Program includes opening remarks, hymns such as O Come Let Us Adore Him, The First Noel, Still The Night, impassioned addresses by Rev W T Makepeace Rev Father Leonard Hagarthy Very Rev Eric Jay and others, fund appeal, collection See Amid the Winter Snow, closing prayers and thanks.
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The
Bahamas Brotherhood
Rawson Square
ZNS
J. S. Cole
Talmadge Sands
Father Leonard Hagarthy
Eric Jay
Bahamian Society Beneficiary Donor Marian Carstairs
Miss Marian Carstairs has donated six thousand pounds to St John’s College in the Bahamas. Fr Henshaw announced the gift, noting the donor’s lasting influence on the colony’s development and public reception was highly favorable.
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Marian Carstairs
Bahamas
St. John’s College
Fr. Henshaw
St. Annes Church
Fox Hill
Whale Day
Local Official Faces Bribery Charge In Out Island Office
Nassau mourns longtime East Shirley Street grocer David Sands Hopey Sands dies at Prospect Hospital aged 82. He ran a grocery business on his property for over 50 years, a widely respected figure in the community. A charge of attempting to bribe deputy chief Out Island Commissioner W P Roberts is leveled at Commissioner R H Culmer of the Treasury department.
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W. P. Roberts
Out Island
R. H. Culmer
Nassau
David Sands
Hopey
Prospect Hospital
Sands
East Shirley Street
Red Cross Rep Visits Florida A. and M. College
Tallahassee December 7 Jessee O. Thomas National Representative of the American Red Cross visited Florida A and M College last week and spoke to the student body. He emphasized the great need for all people giving full support to the Red Cross and cited several important decisions made in 1948 that have affected all people.
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Tallahassee
Jessee O. Thomas
American Red Cross
Florida A. and M. College
Red Cross
Dave
Things That Interest Women by Bessie's Beauty Guide
Column offers tips for female grooming and health including breathing exercises for complexion and figure, daily baths, diet, exercise, and ventilation. Adds etiquette, fashion notes with a red beret, gray suit, and a sample price request for leaflets from Bessie F. Bell via Global News Syndicate.
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Bessie F. Bell
Global News Syndicate Inc
Manhattanville
Sta
Pee At
Lena Asks 7500 Weekly For Lena Horne Pay
New York reports salaries of Black performers lag white artists with Lena Horne demanding 7500 per week. Marian Anderson cited at 3000 per engagement, Roland Hayes tops earlier at 1500, Dorothy Maynor and others below. Horne stands alone in pay and drawing power though not taking home the full amount.
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NEW York
ANP
Lena Horne
Marian Anderson
Roland Hayes
Dorothy Maynor
Miss Horne
Polio Campaign Leaders Meet At Tuskegee
Mrs Alese Gill of Miami was among 12 Florida representatives at the Tuskegee Institute meeting of Negro leaders for the 1949 March of Dimes campaign of the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis. The conference, led by Elaine Whitelaw and others, discussed plans for the 1949 polio drive as 26 000 cases were reported in 1948. funding needs for research care and education were urged. Attendees came from Alabama Arkansas Mississippi Louisiana Texas Florida South Carolina Kentucky Virginia Tennessee and North Carolina.
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Tuskegee Institute
Ala
Alese Gill
Miami
Florida
Elaine Whitelaw
Foundation
Charles H. Bynum
E. D. Davis
Robert Dobsin
Alabama
Warren Coss
The
National Foundation
States
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
South Carolina
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
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John H. Davis
Leonard Knowles, Esq
Chas. Thompson
W. T. Makepeace
Herald Angels
J. S. K. Cole
R. E. Cooper
Cleveland H Reeves
Capt
Bernar
Lena
Tuskegee
Coss
Washington
N. W
Miami Master Singers
WQAM
Washington Park and City Loan
City Loan Service
3Rd Avenue
Ethelem
House of Fashions
Miami Ave
3Rd Ave
Miami, Florida
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