Miami Vacation Bible School and community notes blend
Dorothy Sanford catches a Miami scene of 1950s summer camps at Mt Sinai Baptist and St Marys Wesleyan Methodist plus Day Camps by James E Scott Community Association and YMCA YWCA. She brushes locals at Dix ie Park and Sir John Hotel pool, chronicles travel from Nassau to Lucerne, and notes community events, honors, and family milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Sinai
Fletcher Paschal and
Scons
Cyrus "Jollivette
Nasau
Joseph Patterson
Winston- Salem
W. A. Patterson Sr
15Th St
Hazel McRae
Miami
Liberty City
Hazel
Midwest
Charles Higgs
Robert Burk
Betty Ingraham
Nassau
W. O. Perry
Washington
Arkansas Integration Plan Cleared For Fall Start
Fort Smith school board voted unanimously to begin desegregation in the 1957 fall term. About 12 Negro children will enter first grade with no segregation there, and as each grade advances, integration will expand through12 elementary and secondary levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Smith
Ark
ANP
Dixie Pool Offers Free Swim Classes for Children
Free swimming instruction for children seven years and older at Dixie Municipal Pool runs Monday to Friday, forty minutes daily for two weeks, across six weeks. Registration daily 8:30 am to 5:00 pm with parent accompaniment. Classes start July 8 at 8:30 am. Adults may enroll later. Thursday nights reserved for adult recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Municipal Pool
Miami Times Page 3 Brief July 6 1957
A compact July 6 1957 Miami Times items page notes local notices and society briefs. Short items highlight community happenings and quick updates to readers of The Peoples Newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
Miami Times
Peoples
Ceremonies Open Union AME Church in Little Rock
Ceremonies began for the opening of the Union AME Church in Little Rock Arkansas with talks by three former ministers. The $150000 building, started in 1954, faced a funding gap last fall. Oklahoma oilman William Broadhurst lent $50000 as a five year loan, repaid at $1000 monthly. Members donated about $15000 in labor. The church seats 400 on the main floor and 300 more in emergency seating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock, Ark
Oklahoma
William Broadhurst
Z. Z. Dryver
AME
Correction on Ft Pierce boxing show sponsor misprint
The June 29 issue corrects an error stating Sehenley Distillers staged the amateur boxing show at Ft Pierce. The event was actually sponsored by Buddy Zar, clarifying the organizer and sponsor names for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Pierce
Sehenley Distillers
Buddy Zar
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dorothy Sanford
Billy Bowen
Detroit
Sir John Pool
Pierre
Dottie Anderson
Kit Collie
Miami College
Halifax County
Sam
James Collie
Kit
Wayne State University
Johnny Burke
Mary Elizabeth Hotel
Burke
New Orleans
Julius
Sunlight School of Beauty Culture
Vera Clark
Albany
James
Palm Ridge
Jupiter
Susan
Rectivation
Dade County Lane
Florence Wilkinson
Chicago
J. R. Taylor
Three Styles
St. Augustine
Eldoris de Large
Estelle Roberts
Marie Roberts
Harold Culmer
E. A. Culmer
Booker T. Washington Student Council
New Mexico
California
Ted
Cora Culver
Evaday Curlin
Fieldstone School
Riverdale
New York
Ethical Culture League
Dade County Council On Community Relations
Cora
C. Sullivan Culvers
Mays High School
Evadny Curlin
Thena Crowder
Holmes Elementary
Fisk University
Univerity of
Havana
Chris
Marie Wareham
Jamaica
Caribbean
Marie
17Th Ave
Jessie Clark
Thomasville
O. P. Taylor
Fort Jackson
Grant
Grand Bahamas
Percy Styles
20Th St
Robbie Wrights
Brownsville
Wright
Gulf Coast Talladega
Telladega
Delta
Ireta Crosby
Martin
Sanford
Sara Joyner
Peggy
Hampton
Mollie Williams
Moultrie
Europe
Charles L. Williams
Paula Williams
Dennis Smith
North’s
Tueday
Lucerne
Switzerland
Liechtenstein
Innsbruck
Italy
Venice
Florence
Rome
Williamses
Paris
States
Mismi
Youth Congress of
Churches of God In Christ
Jehovah’s Witnese
Gulfstream Park
7Th St
Arkansas
Dixie Pool
Progressive
N.W. 15Th Street
Seving
E. Curtie
Phillip Brown
Billie Smith
Stella Brown
NAACP
South Florida
Christ Jesus
Son of
God
N.W
62Nd Street
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