National Baptist Congress invites Miami delegates in June
Numerous Miamians will attend the National Baptist Sunday School and Baptist Training Union Congress in Los Angeles June 18 to 24. Delegates include Daisy Benson Lee Etta Thomas Estelle Jones and Alexander Brooks from Mt. Sinai Mt Zion and Mt Tabor leaders and C Sullivan Culver of Antioch. Briefer notes cover the travel plans and potential Miami outreach after the congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Baptist Sunday School and Baptist Training Union Congress
Los Angeles
Mesdames
Daisy Benson
Lee Etta Thomas
Mt. Sinai
Estelle Jones
Alexander Brooks
Mt. Zion
Henrietta Pearson
Edith James
St. John
J. N. Byrd
Sylvester Bruton
Mt. Tabor
C. Sullivan Culver
Antioch
C. B. Miller
District Baptist Training Union
Thomas
Benson
Jones
Culver
Mays High School
Culvers
Miami
Father's Day Speaker at Mount Zion Baptist Church
Dr. R. W. Puryear will be main speaker for the Men’s Day Father’s Day program at Mount Zion Baptist Church Sunday June 17. He will address morning and evening services. A North Carolina native and Howard and Indiana graduate, he has been YMCA worker, Butler College president, and is now president of Florida Normal Industrial and Memorial College in St Augustine. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Puryear
Florinda Normal College
St. Augustine
Florida
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
R. W. Puryear
Mount Zion Baptist
Puryear
North Carolina
Howard
Indiana
YMCA
Butler College
Tyler
Texas
Florida Normal Industrial and Memorial College
Johnson and Johnson Exchange Nuptial Vows
Bernice Helen Johnson daughter of Mrs Matilda Johnson married James Johnson Jr at Ebenezer Methodist Church. Rev Aaron Hall officiated under an arch of white flowers with organist Gladys Robinson McFord and soloist Marguerite Miller. The bride wore chantilly lace gown with pearl trim, veil, and carried a white Bible with carnations. Guests included Matilda Johnson mother of the bride. reception at the Samuel Johnsons home followed by a journey to Tallahassee for study plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Helen Johnson
Matilda Johnson
James Johnson, Jr
Ebenezer Methodist Church
Aaron Hall
Gladys Robinson McFord
Marguerite Miller
Ephraim E. Johnson
John Bullard, Jr
Johnese Bullard
Barbara Gardner
Samuel Johnson
Arthur Bulin
Eugene E. Butler
Samuel Johnsons
Edison Center
Lenora Braynon Smith
Mesdames Alethia Butler
Agnes Hezikiah
Decia Howell
Rebecca Johnson
Genesta Sweeting
Tallahassee
Poinciana Park School
Miami
Johnson
FAMU
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
Air Force
James Johnson
Liberty City
Lampados Club
American Legion School Awards Continued From Page One
An active Mt. Zion Baptist Church member and led by an American Legion sponsor, the awards honored two runner ups. Bradney Curlin served as Dade County Jr. Red Cross president and BTW Press Club reporter and held multiple youth and church roles.
Golf Suit Against City to Be Refiled
Five Miami Negroes pursue desegregation of the municipal golf course after a technical dismissal. Judge Lieb instructs to name the city and officials as defendants and specify the race claimed. The amended suit, also involving Woodrow Laughinghouse, E A Evans, and F O Roberts, will be refiled within 10 days with Negro golfers within the cities limited as petitioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph P. Lieb
G. E. Graves
Edwin L. Davis
City of
Miami
Woodrow Laughinghouse
City of Miami
Miami Springs
E. A. Evans
F. O. Roberts
United States
Honor of Youth Medal Recipients Cited by Commander Harris
Dorothy Williams and other youths are praised for leadership and service in groups like Grade V-Teens and NAACP Youth Council. The speaker emphasizes reverence for God and love of country, urging obedience to seven award objectives as life's foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Williams
TYC
Naacp Youth Council
March of Dimes
Red Cross
Community Chest
World Brotherhood Dinner of Americas
King of Clubs Forum
Greater Bethel Ame
Harris
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dorothy Sanford
Bernard Hunter
School of Music
Oberlin
John Hay Whitney
Syracuse University
Linton Berrien
Daniel Williams
University of Illinois
Williams
West Virginia State College
Illinois
BTW
Peter Bethel
Anna McPhee
Ralphetta Evans
Charles Evans
Rodney Bethel
Edward Braynon, Jr
Eleanor Braynon Gibson
Harold Braynon
Gloria Braynon
Edward Braynons
Yorick Kemps
Nolan, Felton
Thirsha
Gladston
Lula
Edison
Nathaniel Strachan
Wilhelmina Strachan Parks
Maude Strachan
Dorothy Strachan Sawyer
Nathaniel Stachan, Jr
Minerva Strachan
Eugene Strachan
Blanche Hammonds
Christian Hospital
Carmen
Howard University
Friendship Garden and Civic Club
Virginia Beach
Ann Coleman
Mary Davis
Little Folks Play School
Joseph Kershaw
MRS Club
Carl Williams
50Th Street
Cyrus Jollivette
Earl Mizell
Roger Williams
William Kimbro
George W. Styles
48Th Terrace
Arrington
District Court
Alabama
Nathaniel Colston
William Murrell
S. M. Frazier
George Kenneth Sands
Medical, Dental, and Pharmceutical Association
Jacksonville
Northwestern
Marjorie
Los Angles
California
Paul Jackson
Charlotte Dean
American Library Association
Fontainebleau Hotel
Clara M. Pearsall
Dunbar Elementary School
Mt. Carmel Church
Miami Times
Peoples
D. L. Sanford
American Legion School Awards
Fort Lauderdale
Emmett Choate
Graves
Davis
Booker Tee
N.W
South River Drive
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