Arabian Night Fest Brings Opa Locka To Life
Opa Locka celebrated May 26 through 28 with an authentic Arabian atmosphere. Residents wore colorful costumes and jail beards. Arab market stalls lined Opa Locka Blvd as Bunche Park students staged Ali Cogia pageants and a large parade drew crowds. Dr Holden, Mrs McClure, and others attended as school events concluded with farewell remarks. Hazel Sanders attended Dr Mary McLeod Bethune’s funeral in Daytona Beach.
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Opa Locka
Opa Locka Blvd
Bunche Park
Ali Cogia
Holden
McClure
Charlotte F. Clark
Hazel Sanders
Daytona Beach
Mary McLeod Bethune
Bethune Cookman College
Thurman
Teachers Honor Bunche Park Staff Social Night
In the Flamingo Room of the Mary Elizabeth Hotel on Tuesday May 27 Bunche Park Elementary School staff hosted an informal social. The gathering honored colleagues leaving for positions at other county schools as the school year ended.
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Mary Elizabeth Hotel
Bunche Park
Bunche Park Faculty Picnic At Virginia Beach
Bunche Park faculty plans its annual school closing picnic at Virginia Beach on Saturday June 4. All faculty members and their immediate families are invited with games and refreshments provided.
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Bunche Park
Virginia Beach
VFW Post 5693 Elects Officers for Year
The Lt Melvin R Jackson post 5693 of the VFW held officer elections on the fourth Sunday. Commander E Brown was retained for a second year. District sisters elected new leaders with Marie Kelly Miller as president and Jerry Slaughter presiding. Buddy Poppy day followed with strong sales and the post joined the Arabian Nights parade in Opa.
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Melvin R. Jackson
VFW
E. Brown
Beulah Myles
Jerry Slaughter
Marie Kelly Miller
Jerry Singerfield
Ethel Maccox
Emma L. Brown
Buddy Poppy
Opa
Episcopal Camp Integrates Camp Wingman Near Avon Park
The Episcopal Church in the Dioceses of South Florida will open Camp Wingman near Avon Park to both Negro and White youths. The decision, made at the Fort Lauderdale diocesan convention, follows church policy and aims to provide a camp for Negroes without building a new facility. The first session starts next Friday for high school students with clergy from Miami attending.
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Episcopal Church
South Florida
Wingman
Avon Park
St. Agnes
Christ Church
Church of the Incarnation
Miami
Fort Lauderdale
Osborne R. Littleford
St. Luke’s Cathedral
Florida
Dean Littleford
VFW Launches Membership Drive with June 11 Installations
The VFW announces a membership drive with a joining fee of five dollars, two dollars due at admittance. Installation services are set for June 11. Jerry Slaughter serves as president and Marjorie Bass as secretary.
Third Negro Graduates From Naval Academy
Lucius Gregg, son of Mrs. Rachel Jackson Gregg of Chicago, is the third Black midshipman to be commissioned from the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis in the class of 1955. He joined 787 other middies, with Congressman William L. Dawson having appointed him to the academy.
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Chicago
Lucius Gregg
U. S. A. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Gregg
Rachel Jackson Gregg
William L. Dawson
ANP
Bill to bar interracial barbering killed in committee
A bill to prohibit Negro barbers from trimming White men and vice versa was killed by the house judiciary committee. Chairman Marion Knight warned Apalachicola would be without a barber, while Rep. J B Hopkins suggested including a clause to remove all Negro maids.
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Tallahassee
House
Judiciary Committee
Marion Knight
Apalachicola
J. B. Hopkins
Build to suit sale on NW 51st terrace lot
Lot 50 by 110 feet at 3363 NW 51st terrace with garage on site. D and H Construction Co offers sale or build to your plans. Call HI 8-1119.
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51St Terrace
D&h Construction Co
Furnished 1 Bedroom Apartment Near 5th Ave
One bedroom apartment at 429 NW 15th Street near 5th Avenue, furnished with stove and refrigerator. Best location. Call 9 7896.
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15Th St
5Th Ave
Call
For Rent To Reliable Couples In Biscayne Park
For rent to reliable couples two room apartments at 5.50 weekly with year round neighborhood work for men and women. Located at 120th street and NE 12th avenue on the west side of FEC Railroad in Village Biscayne Park. See Rufus Washington. Also furnishings at 4946 NW 27th Ave Brownsville or call 64 714. Furnished apartment or buyout possible, call MU 8 8106. Rooms quiet respectful home 9.00 single with hot water. 519 NW 4th Ave. Jull.
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27Th Ave
Brownsville
4Th Ave
Lot In Opa Locka for church
A parcel in Opa Locka is offered for church use. The listing provides a contact at MO 1 3888 for inquiries.
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Lot
Opa Locka
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