Deltas Observe Founders Day At Northwestern High
About 100 Delta Sigma Theta members gathered last Saturday for Founders Day observance. Soror Cliffonia Ross presided as mistress of ceremonies. Highlights included an original tribute by Soror Maedon Smith Bullard and a skit tracing the sorority’s history by Soror Georgene Lambert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta, Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc
Cliffonia Ross
Dorothy Sawyer
Lona Brown
Juanita
Johnny Allen
Dorotha Payne
Mary Edwards
Georgene Lambert
Ellen Tucker
Detroit
Valencia Johnson Williams
Canada
Northwestern High
Soror Augusta Colston
Beta Zeta Sigma
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc
ACE Delegates Named at Local ACE Meeting
The Association for Childhood Education held its first general meeting at R M Moton Elementary School. Mrs. Clarice R Littles opened the session, with devotional by Mrs. Lee Etta Thomas and remarks on integration by Fr Theodore Gibson. Delegates elected include Mrs Grady Ashley Dinkin as chapter delegate to the AICCE International meeting in Los Angeles, with Mrs Lorentha Peck as alternate. ACE will send Mrs Earline Cliette to Tampa for the Florida State Teachers Association. The Dramatic Festival date was set for April 11, location to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association For Childhood Education
Gibson
Elizabeth Espy
Grady Ashley Dinkin
Los Angeles
Lorentha Peck
Earline Cliette
ACE
Tampa
Florida State Teachers Association
Mrs Grady Dinkins Named Local Education Leader
Mrs Grady Ashley Dinkins a second grade teacher at Mays School has served as secretary of the local chapter for two years She hails from Lake City Florida A M University class of 1946 earned an M A in Childhood Education from New York University 1950 and has taught at Mays since 1946 She leads Girl Scout Troop No 190 chairs elementary test and PTA program and serves in St Paul AME Church Coconut Grove
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Ashley Dinkins
Association For ‘Childhood Education International
Mays School
Dinkins
Lake City
Florida A and M University
New York University
Mays
PTA
St. Paul Ame
Coconut Grove
Mrs Lorentha Peck Named Alternate Delegate Leader
Mrs Lorentha Peck a graduate of Tuskegee Institute where she has pursued graduate work is a native of Plant City and served twelve years as a Dade County teacher She represented the ACE at the 1955 Florida State Teachers Assn meeting and chairs the Holmes Faculty Study Club She is a Baptist active at Mt Tabor Baptist Church Liberty City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorentha Peck
Plant City
Tuskegee Institute
Peck
Dade County
ACE
Florida State Teachers Assn
Monroe Music House and Baptist Book Store Ad
Announcement for Monroe Music House and the Baptist Book Store located at 1234 N.W. Third Avenue offering gospel music and church related items.
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Monroe Music House
and the Baptist Book Store
N.W
Third Avenue
Parents protest education board action in Bahamas
The Parent Teacher Association denounces the board of education director for ordering all head teachers to remove children over 14 without reasonable grounds and seeks his deportation. Lawyers Randol F. Fawkes and L. O. Pindling will file charges in the Supreme Court. In separate news, Harold Morris was found guilty of attempting to murder Malachi Rolle and sentenced to ten years. Samuel Martin, 25, died when his truck crashed near Rock Sound after colliding with a parked vehicle.
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Parent-Teachers Association
Board of Education
Randol F. Fawkes
L. O. Pindling
Supreme Court
Mr. Hutchinson
Harold Morris
Malachi Rolle
Morris
Rolle
Samuel Martin
Wemyss
Bight
Eleuthera
Rock Sound
Martin
Reat Rock Sound
Lord Bishop ordains Jones as deacon in Nassau
The Lord Bishop of Nassau returned from Turks Island this week where he confirmed a large number of candidates. He ordained the Hon. Clifford S. Jones, director of education and inspector of schools, to the sacred office of deacon in the Parish of St. Thomas on the Feast of the Holy Family.
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Nassau
Turks Island
Clifford S. Jones
St. Thomas
Mrs Eliza Taylor Obituary In Miami Dies
Mrs Eliza Taylor a former St Agnes member in Miami died last week Funeral services were held at St Marys by Canon E W G Holmes, reflecting the community’s loss and mourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Taylor
St. Agnes
Miami
St. Mary’s
E. W. G. Holmes
Mrs. Cecilia Bethel Dies in Princess Margaret Hospital
Mrs. Cecilia Bethel formerly of St Aignes died at Princess Margaret Hospital on Sunday and was laid to rest in Out Island Cemetery by the Rev Canon M E Cooper. She was a native of George Town Exuma.
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Cecilia Bethel
St. Aignes
Princess Margaret Hospital
Out Island
M. E. Cooper
Bethel
George Town
Exuma
Woman given 18 months for manslaughter in Duncombe death
Thirty nine year old Helen Hepburn was sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment on January fourteen for manslaughter in the death of Josephine Duncombe an aged woman. The jury urged mercy but Hepburn had twenty prior convictions and the Chief Justice balanced justice with mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Hepburn
Josephine Duncombe
Hepburn
Pastronal Festival Kicks Off Sunday Ahead of St Agnes
On Sunday January 20 the Pastronal Festival began and will run through January 27. The celebration will climax with the Annual Parish Procession through the streets and around the parish with sister churches taking part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Agnes
Livingston Newbold Sentenced to Six Years at Nassau Prison
Livingston Newbold was sentenced to six years hard labor in Nassau prison after being convicted on five counts of burglary and stealing. The Chief Justice handed down the sentence following the trial and verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston Newbold
Nassau
Mrs Jenkins Visit To Mrs Glover Reported
Mrs Jenkins arrived by plane January 11 to visit Mrs Georgie Glover at 156 NW 15th Street and was entertained by friends. She attended races, visited Dania relatives, hosted a birthday dinner January 16, toured Jordan Marsh, enjoyed a luncheon and fishing party, toured Miami Beach, receiving many courtesies before returning non stop to Boston January 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgie Glover
15Th St
Benjamin Jenkins
Theormer Australia Hardwick
Jenkins
Dania
Jordan Marsh
Miami Beach
Shop Owners Guild Meets At Mary Wilson's Home
Shop Owners Guild president Mary Wilson met at Mrs Rudolph Symonette home 1029 NW 2nd Ave on Monday January 14 to discuss business of importance. The next meeting is set for Monday January 28 at 1 pm at Mrs Symoette home. Members urged to attend on time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guild
Mary Wilson
Rudolph Symonette
2Nd Ave
Symoette
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Ov Patten
Heaven
Hell
Robert Wagner
Richard Denning
Mrs. Jenkins
Bunche
Opa Locka
SUN
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Audie Murphy
Hell & Back
Uthe
New York Mirror
Lile Maggazine
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Oraectso
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Amazon Traders
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John Wayne
Vera Miles
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