Florida educator Mrs. Ora D Lee Taylor honored for meritorious service
Ora D Lee Taylor receives a certificate of merit and plaque from the Florida State Teachers Association for long service as an educator. A former Crooms Academy Sanford teacher and Tuskegee and Miami University alumna, she later became a broker with Landry Realty and owns Taylor's Service Station with Rev William E Taylor. She is a National Brokers Association board member and plans to attend the national brokers meeting in California in August. They reside at 13945 Monroe Street with contact numbers listed.
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Ora D. Lee-Taylor
Florida State Teachers’ Association
Taylor
Florida
Crooms Academy
Sanford
J. N. Grooms
Tuskegee Intitute
Alabama
Miami University Oxford
Ohio
Landry Realty Company
William E. Taylor
National Brokers Association
California
Bethune
Richmond Heights
Monroe Street
Three Tan Stars Set For Elks Bowl Game
Three Negro players named to All American teams will play as the Philadelphia Eagles meet the Detroit Lions in the Orange Bowl on August 31. Edward B. Bell of Penn, Elijah Childers of Prairie View A&M, and William G. Tex Clark of Prairie View headline the rosters. Tickets for the 1956 season opener are on sale at the University of Miami box office, sponsored by South Florida Elks Charities, Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Eagles
Detroit Lions
Eagles
Edward B. Bell
Uncle Sam
University of Pennsylvania
Penn
Bell
Notre Dame
Johnny Lattner
Irish
Elijah
Chilly) Childers
Prairie View
A and M
Abilene
Texas
William G
Tex
University of Miami
SE First St
South Florida
Elks Charities, Inc
Reopening Bowling News Opens Ladies League Meeting
The note announces the start of an all ladies bowling league open to members of all ages and invites attendance at a Tuesday 8 30 meeting. It also notes Pan American Airways Negro League versus Pan American Airways White League top teams clash on Sunday July 29 with free admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan American Airways
Letter to the Editor on slavery and Black Americans
A letter responding to Times reporting on Coronet Magazine argues that slavery persists in the world and labels American Negroes as living in voluntary slavery. It contends Negroes rely on others for needs, lack participation in production, and asks when the group will awaken to potential, signing R. H. Bennett from Miami.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coronet Magazine
R. H. Bennett
N. W
5Th Ave
Miami
56 Grad Studies in Cuba at University of Havana
Evandley Curlin, 1956 Booker T. Washington High School graduate, studies Spanish in a one hour course at the University of Havana Cuba. Veronica R. Williams won a special scholarship for a six week Spanish course and teaches Bradney who will enter Fisk University this fall. Miss Curlin was Delta Deb and American Legion Award recipient.
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Evandley Curlin
Booker T. Washington High School
Thena R. Crowder
Holmes Elementary School
Miss Curlin
American Legion
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Ware’s Shoe Clinic
Charities Ware
Sen NW 20Th St. Ph
Bowling News
Esther Pratt
Mr. Reeves
Cuba
Luten Taylor
N.W
14Th Ave
THE
NAACP
Bishop R. Hines
New York City
Brooklyn
Miami Times
Peoples
Maxine
House of Beauty
18Th Ave
B. Brooks
Vernese James
Booker Tee
South River Drive
36Th Street
N.W. 36Th ST
Fleischmann
Pleischmann Distilling Corporation
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