Bethune Receives Historic Honorary Degree at Rollins
Mrs Mary McLeod Bethune head of the National Council of Negro Women was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Rollins College in Winter Park Florida the first time a white southern college has granted such a degree to a Black woman President Hamilton Holt called the honor a high privilege praising Bethune for rising from humble beginnings to influence and leadership He noted she founded Bethune Cookman College in Daytona Beach and remains its president emeritus.
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Winter Park
Fla
Mary McLeod Bethune
National Council of Negro Women
Rollins College
South
Hamilton Holt
Rollins
Founders' Day Plans For Florida A and M College
Florida A and M College marks Founders Day on March 13 with three major events led by N B Young Jr as main speaker. Alumni meet March 12 to finalize plans for the April 8 9 National Alumni Association gathering hosted by Florida A and M. Amelia Myers will perform at Vespers.
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Tallahassee
Florida A and M
General Alumni Association
National
General Alumni Association of
L. G. Coleman
Florida A and M Alumni Association
Florida College
N. B. Young Jr
Amelia Myers
Fisk University
Dunbar Teacher Named Negro Delegate to YWCA National
Gladys Robinson, president of the Murrell Branch Business and Professional Girls club of the Miami YWCA, is named as one of four delegates to the YWCA national convention in San Francisco March 7 to 14. This marks the Miami association’s second Negro delegate to a national convention. Robinson travels with other Miami delegates from Chicago aboard a special YWCA convention train, with sightseeing along the route. She's a Dunbar elementary School teacher, Girl Scout leader, Phi Delta Kappa member, active in the Seventh Day Adventist church, and the former Intereclub council president. Others from Miami include Estes Wood, Montez Poston, and Dorothy Bagley.
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Gladys Robinson
Murrell Branch Business and Professional Girls Club
Miami Ywca
The
YWCA
San Francisco
Calif
Miami Association
Miami
Estes Wood
Central Association
Montez Poston
Dorothy Bagley
Dorsey School Band Entertained in Opa Lock
The Dorsey School Band enjoyed an outdoor evening February 23 at 2123 Ali Baba Ave hosted by Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Sample. Mrs. Sample and helpers served refreshments as the band paraded and performed a concert at the Church of God in Christ. They raised 21 dollars toward uniforms for the band, presented to A. M. Everett, band committee chair.
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Dorsey
F. L. Sample
Ali Baba Ave
Sample
J. B. Campbell
B. Wimberly
Florine Devine
Mary Rudolph
Church of God In Christ
A. M. Everette
Everette
Goulds hosts Dade County Teachers English meeting
The Goulds Junior High School hosted the Dade County Council of Teachers of English on February 22, 1949. President Ava Brown of Dorsey High School presided due to the illness of her mother Mrs Ireta Crosby of Booker T. Washington High School. The panel debated Functional Grammar versus Formal Grammar with members Mrs Julius Brown Carver High School Mrs Sara Martin BTW High Mrs Mercedes Thomas Dorsey and Mrs Ida Ratcliffe BTW.
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Goulds Junior High School
Dade County Council of Teachers of English
Ava Brown
Dorsey High School
Ireta Crosby
Booker T. Washington High School
Julius Brown
Carver High School
Sara Martin
BTW High
Mercedes Thomas
Dorsey
Ida Ratcliffe
BTW
Miss Cooper
New Murrell Branch YWCA committee members named
Mrs. Juanita Kimball announces four new Murrell Branch committee of management members. The appointees are Mrs. Dorothy Sanford, Mrs. Ruth North Polite, Mrs. Etta Clark, and Mrs. Beatrice Rahmings.
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Murrell
Miami Ywca
Juanita Kimball
Dorothy Sanford
Ruth North Polite
Etta Clark
Beatrice Rahmings
Florida East Coast Baptist Association Meeting Opens
The 46th annual session convened at St. Paul Baptist Church in Homestead from February 17 to 20 with strong attendance. Delegates traveled from Coco northward to Key West, reflecting broad regional participation.
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Florida East Coast Baptist Association
St. Paul Baptist Church
Homestead
Coco North
Key West South
Association reports funds and officers re elected
The association raised 13204.42 dollars with 8539.57 donated to Florida Normal College. Officers re elected include Rev. J. W. Drake moderator Rev. J. H. Dolphus first vice Rev. L. Lawrence second vice Rev. O. W. Foster third vice Rev. W. F. Tanner fourth vice Rev. J. N. Byrd clerk Rev. R. D. Powell expositor Rev. G. M. Coleman chairman Rev. M. McKealey statistician. Next year the meeting is with Friendship Fort Pierce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Normal College
J. W. Drake
J. H. Dolphus
L. Lawrence
O. W. Foster
W. F. Tanner
J. N. Byrd
R. D. Powell
G. M. Coleman
M. McKealey
Brotherhood Week Observed at Phyllis Wheatley School
On February 18 the Phyllis Wheatley School observed Brotherhood Week with a library program led by Rev. A. M. Byrd of Mt. Tabor Baptist Church who urged love for enemies and neighbors and unity beyond race or economic status. A sixth grade skit by Mrs. DeBose students followed, MC Mrs. M. L. Nixon announced, and a Junior Red Cross program featuring Father J. E. Culmer concluded the events.
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Brotherhood
Phyllis Wheatley
Library
A. M. Byrd
Mt. Tabor Baptist Church
Genuine Inisian Head Good Luck Pennies Sale
Vendors offer Genuine Inisian Head Good Luck Pennies at 10 cents each or three for 25 cents. Buyers are instructed to send money with a 3 cent stamp to TAL NOBLE Judson in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Tal Noble Judson
Phoenix, Arizona
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Mrs Bethune
A. and M. College
Ecomony
N.W
3Rd Ave
Miami, Fla
Dunbar
Dorsey School
Opa Lock
Council of Teachers At
Goulds
Fort Pierce
237
Avane
Mason’s
Globe Mail Order Co
Powell St
Brooklyn
N. Y
Phyllis Wheatley News
E. B. DeBose
A. M. Samuels
R. King
J. L. Johnson
M. L. Nixon
E. Sands
Dade
Circus Grounds
N.W. 8Th Ave
Dade County Fair
Stex Ana Cigarettes
Ickly
Florida Motor Lines
United States
N. W
3Rd Avenue
Lincoln Fields
64Th Street
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