Five Denied Right To Enter U. of F.
Florida Supreme Court denied five Negroes admission to the University of Florida arguing no good reason supported their push for entry to courses not offered at Florida A and M College. Hawkins' case was chosen for the opinion. others’ petitions were denied. The board of control said Negro students may attend UF and FSU until A and M graduate programs are established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkins
Board of Control
University of Florida
Florida State University
A and M
Love and Charity District Grand Tabernacle Convention in Miami
Love and Charity District Grand Tabernacle No 4 Florida holds its 51st Annual Convention in Miami at the Temple on 1th st and ard ave June 25 to 27. Grand opening Monday 8 pm at Mt Olivet Baptist Church. D.G.W.S dispensation for 1.00. Tuesday tours and conclave schedule. Wednesday session at 9 am with appeal for wide officer and delegate cooperation.
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Love and Charity District
Grand Tabernacle No. 4
Florida
Miami
St. Andard Ave
Mt. Olivet Baptist Church
D.G.W.S
North Pole
Bahamian Dancer Paul Meeres in Our World feature
Paul Meeres a famed Bahamian dancer appears in Our World detailing Josephine Baker in America and Europe. Once Miss Baker’s partner in the late 1930s Follies Bergères in Paris he now runs the Four Dices Club in Nassau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Meeres
Josephine Baker
America
Europe
Mr. Meeres
Miss Baker
Paris
France
Four Dices Club
Nassau
Cornerstone laid for King Street construction by Masons
At 4 30 p m Sunday June 17 ceremonies marked the laying of the cornerstone of a building under construction by the Independent Order of Brothers and Sisters of Love and Charity in King Street Rt Worshipful W W Thompson Grand Master led the event with wide representation from other lodges and religious bodies Nas sau members conducted the ceremony
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Brothers and Sisters of Love and Charity
King Street
Prince Hall Masons of
Nassau
W. W. Thompson
Nassau Dean Accepts Senior Chaplain Post in Canterbury
The Very Rev. Dean Jay of Nassau has accepted the Senior Chaplain role to the Archbishop of Canterbury and will depart at month’s end for the new post.
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Dean Jay
Nassau
Archbishop of Canterbury
Nellie Kelly Weds Ralph Waldo Wood in June Ceremony
On June 6 Miss Nellie Kelly daughter of ex Sergeant Frank D Kelly and the late Mrs Kelly married Ralph Waldo Emerson Wood. Archdeacon D R Knowles assisted by Canon Milton Cooper conducted the rites. Bridal party included Miss May Belle Kelly Miss Mildred Wood Mrs Effie Roberts Mrs Mildred Wood Mr Cecil Godet Mr Reginald Wood and Mr Chris Cooper. Ushers were Troquil Arnett Roosevelt Godet Clifford Storr James Davis and Ormond Poitier.
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Nellie Kelly
Frank D. Kelly
Roosevelt Godet
Clifford Storr
James Davis
Ormond Poitier
First German ship enters port since World War II arrives
The 1400 ton Consul Ark of Bremmen entered the harbor on June 11 with a general cargo from New York marking the first German ship to reach the port since the war began. Joshua Lockwood Sands and Miss Effie Geral dine Bullard wed at Bain's Town Gospel Hall on Sunday, June 17, in a Savannah Sound ceremony.
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Consul Ark of
Joshua Lockwood Sands
Liza J. Sands
William Sands
Palmetto Point
Eleuthera
Effie Geraldine’ Bullard
Martin L. Bullard
Savannah Sound
Bain’s Town Gospel Hall
Obituary notices for Clarke and Johnson families
Clarke died at his home on June 10 and is survived by his widow and two sons. Johnson, age 71, died at her residence on Hospital Lane on June 6 and is survived by two sons, three daughters, one sister, six grandchildren, and many other relatives.
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Clarke
Ethel Johnson
Hospital Lane
Jack
William Johnson
Bloneva Minns
Francis Dorsett
Nassau
Olive Parks
Jamaica
Maggie Strachan
Nurse Grace Yvonne North Dies After Illness at 45
Nurse Grace Yvonne North aged 45, eldest child of the late Mr and Mrs W B North, died at her East Street home on June 14 after a period of illness. She was well known in nursing and active in community work. Survived by a daughter Sydney, two sisters Erma Stanhope in England and Beryl Smith in Nassau, and five brothers Terry in England Albert in New York Kendal Leslie and Basil in Nassau.
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Grace Yvonne North
W. B. North
East Street
Sydney
Erma Stanhope
England
Beryl Smith
Nassau
Terry North
Albert North
New York
Kendal, Leslie and
Basil North
Mrs Mary Johnson 76 Dies at Harbor Island Home
Mrs Mary Johnson a native of Harbor Island died at her son Lambert Johnsons home on Okra Hill June 7. She was 76 and survived by her husband Cur Johnson three sons and six grandchildren.
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Mary Johnson
Harbor Island
Lambert Johnson
Okra Hill
Cur J Johnson
Three Miamians Complete 14 Weeks Infantry Training
Three men from Miami completed 14 weeks of infantry training with Company G 28th Regiment of the 8th Infantry Division at Fort Jackson South Carolina. Privates Ruval A. Smith Jorge J F Arcay and Willie Lee McKeithen hailed from local families and attended George Washington Carver High School Simon Gratz High in Philadelphia and St Augustine College in Raleigh. They enlisted in Miami last February and trained together before completing the program.
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Miami
8Th Infantry Division
Fort Jackson
S. C
Ruval A. Smith
Ruval Smith
Jorge J. F. Arcay
Julius B. Arcay
Willie Lee McKeithen
Eva R. Williams
Hibiscus St
Smith
McKeithen
George Washington Carver High School
St. Augustine College
Raleigh
N.C
Armay
Simon Gratz High
Philadelphia
Commonwealth Homes Corporation
Tampa
Infantry trainees complete 14 weeks of rigorous program
During a 14 week infantry training period the men fired the majority of light infantry weapons. They engaged in practical squad and platoon problems and underwent intensive physical training in service type replacement.
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U. of F
John Burroughs, D.G.S
Benjamin OB
62Nd St
Miami, Fla
The
Bahamas
Charles Irvin
Lucky Curios
Lucky Star Supply Company
N.W. 5Th St
Carver Ranches
Royal Venetian Blind CO
N.W. 7Th Ave
Lucky John Dept
N. 7Th St
St. Louis, Mo
APT
N.W. List Terrace
T. L. Johnson
N.W
Liberty City
Brown Sub
15Th Avenue
Arnold Cambridge
Leonarida
Second Ave
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