Monument to J Finley Wilson Proposed by Senator OConor
Washington ANP Senator Herbert R O Conor introduced a bill authorizing the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World to erect a monument honoring the late Dr J Finley Wilson who long served as Exalted Ruler of the order in the community.
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Washington
ANP
Herbert R. O’conor
D.,md
Order of the Elks of the World
J. Finley m
Orpo
Aerri
Lift Every Voice and Sing Recorded by RCA Victor
A new RCA Victor recording of Lift Every Voice and Sing, the NAACP anthem, features Hartman with an interracial chorus conducted by Howard Biggs. The disc debuts at the NAACP convention in Oklahoma City on June 24, with distribution nationwide and a membership drive incentive. The song, written by James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson for Lincoln's birthday, has become synonymous with civil rights and NAACP events.
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Philadelphia
RCA Victor
Radio .Corporation of America
James Weldon Johnson
J. Rosamond Johnson
RCA
Victor
Menghnny Hartman
Howard Biggs
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
RCA Victory
Oklahoma City
Hartman
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
James W. Johnson
Annual Declamation Contest Held in Dade County
The 1952 Declamation Contest for Dade County elementary students was held May 15 at R. R. Moton Elementary School with Elizabeth Espy as principal. Elizabeth Mattox of Bunche Park won first prize a $25 savings bond and a floating trophy. Barbara Jean Lester of Wheatley and Beatrice Torres of Bethune placed second and third. Master of Ceremonies was Mr. Nelson Adams. Prizes were donated by Time Loan Co Active Loan Co and Food Fair Stores with cash awards for 2nd and 3rd prizes.
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Dade County Elementary Association For Childhood Education
R. R. Moton
Elizabeth Espy
Constance Sandilands
U.S
Elizabeth Mattox
Bunche Park
Opa Locka
Barbara Jean Lester
Wheatley Elementary
Beatrice Torres
Bethune Elementary
Nelson Adams
JRE Lee Elementary
The
ACE
Time Loan Co
Active Loan Co
Death of 13 year old in Bahama motor crash on West Bay Street
A 13 year old boy named Wilmore Homes died in a motor accident on West Bay Street on June 9. An inquiry into his death is being conducted at the Bahamas General Hospital. Inspector B J Nottage of the Bahamas Police Force departed for London on June 11 to attend the Detective Training School at Hendon England. Inspector Nottage hails from True Blue Crooked Island.
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Wilmore Homes
West Bay Street
Bahamas General Hospital
B. J. Nottage
Bahamas Police Force
BOAC
London
Hendon
England
Inspector Nottage
True Blue
Crooked Island
Miss Iva Butler graduation from Hampton Institute in nursing
Miss Iva Eugene Butler daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles E Butler earned a bachelor of science in nursing at Hampton Institute on June 2 She attended Western Senior School did her high school work under Mrs Cecil Bethel entered Hampton in 1947 and has worked at several hospitals now employed at Harlem Hospital New York.
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Iva Eugene Butler
Charles E. Butler
Hampton Institute
Western Senior
Cecil Bethel
Hampton
Butler
Harlem Hospital
N. Y
Robbery of paymaster on Prospect Ridge
John A. Underwood paymaster for 21st Century Corporation was robbed of about $980 at 10 a.m. on June 7 while cycling to pay laborers at Sir Oliver Simmons new houses on Prospect Ridge. A man pulled him from the bicycle, seized the pay sack, and fled into the bushes as police conduct an intensive search for the culprit.
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John A. Underwood
21St Century Corporation
Underwood
Oliver Simmons
Prospect Ridge
Adderleys Fly to New York En Route to England
On June 8 the Hon. and Mrs. A. F. Adderley flew to New York by BOAC. They travel to England to visit sons. Francis is taking his final medical exams at Edinburgh University. Paul has completed classical law at Cambridge and prepares for finals at the Middle Temple in London.
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A. F. Adderley
New York
BOAC
England
Francis
Paul
Edinburgh University
Cambridge
Middle Temple
Inns of Court
London
Bahamian honors conferred in Queen's Birthday list
Seven recipients in the Bahamas receive honors from the crown. His Excellency Governor Robert Neville is knighted while Kenneth Raymond Ingraham and the Rev C Oldendorf receive the OBE. Captain John Holmes gains the MBE and Major E D Sears gets the colonial police medal, with C R Antrobus and Mrs Nelson Granville McFarlane Major awarded the BEM.
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Bahamas
Robert Neville
Kenneth Raymond Ingraham
C. Oldendorf
John Holmes
E. D. Sears
Colonial Police
C. R. Antrobus
Nelson Granville McFarlane
Baby found wrapped in cloth in Clinic yard on Binley Lane
The body of a 24 hour old baby boy was found in the Clinic yard on Binley Lane on June 6. Nurse Maude Sands alerted Nurse Hill-Jones to the scene as police began an investigation.
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Binley Lane
Maude Sands
Hill-Jones
Death notice for Margaret Darville of Inagua
Mrs Margaret Darville 57 of Matthew Town Inagua died at Prospect Hospital May 25 She is survived by her mother Kathleen Henderson of Inagua two sisters her husband Alexander Darville two daughters Mrs Dillard Hutchin of Nassau and Mrs Samuel Wilkinson of Miami and two grandsons.
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Margaret Darville
Matthew Town
Inagua
Prospect Hospital
Kathleen Henderson
Alexander Darville
Dillard Hutchinson
Nassau
Samuel Wilkinson
Miami
Million Dollar Wedding at Sauber Chapel AME Church
A wedding event titled A Million Dollar Wedding will take place at Sauber Chapel AME Church located at 48th Street and 27th Avenue on June 23 at 8. It benefits the Women’s Trustee Board and invites public attendance. Rev. L. R. Evans is the pastor and Mrs. Corie Pierce serves as chairman.
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Sauber Chapel Ame
48Th St
27Th Ave
Women’s Trustee Board
L. R. Evans
Corie Pierce
Nursery Home Cares for Young Children
A nursery home offers care for children from two months old and up in a clean surrounding. Contact Mrs Bethel at phone 82 1560 for details.
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Bethel
First Negro Graduates From Previously All White Schools
Mrs Edith Irby Jones and Harry Alexander became the first Black graduates from formerly white institutions. Jones finishes from the University of Arkansas Medical School in Little Rock on June 16, and Alexander earns a Georgetown Law degree in Washington. Jones will be the first Negro intern at the University Hospital in Little Rock.
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Little Rock
Ark
ANP
Edith Irby Jones
University of Arkansas School of Medicine
Harry Alexander
New Orleans
Georgetown University
Washington
Jones
University Hospital
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