Mrs Garrison announces candidacy for GOP delegate
Mrs Florence L Garrison yesterday announced her candidacy for feminine delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago on July 7 from Florida's 4th Congressional District. She speaks at the Grass Roots Republicans May 10 convention in Dade County Auditorium and cites cleaning up Florida Republican politics and a shift from the carpet bag era.
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Florence L. Garrison
Chicago
Dade County Auditorium
Garrison
Tallahassee
Republican State Executive Committee
Florida
GOP
South
Florida Federation of Women’s Republican Clubs
Repub
Penny Savings Bank Limited forms in Bahamas
The People s Penny Savings Bank Limited organized recently to promote thrift among Bahamians and offer a quick safe means of saving for a rainy day. Executives include A Leon McKinney president Dr Cleland Eneas vice president Edgar R Bain treasurer Randol Fawkes secretary Percival Hanna assistant secretary Clinton Deveaux Wilfred Bowe Leroy Hanna Russell Vincent Mar
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People’s "Penny Savings Bank Limited
Colored
A. Leon McKinney
Cleveland Eneas
Edgar R. Bain
Randol F. Fawkes
Percival Hanna
Clinton H. Deveaux
Wilfred P. Bowe
Leroy Hanna
Oo Russell
Vincent Mar
Elks convention winner to enter Bethune Cookman College
Miss Elsa Ingraham won the oratorical contest at the Florida State Convention of Elks in Tampa in April, earning a scholarship for a Bethune Cookman College course. She will compete in the June regional contest aiming for the national final, daughter of Mr and Mrs Rufus Ingraham.
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Elsa Ingraham
Florida
Turnquest and Deveaux Married at St Matthew's Church
Mr. William Turnquest and Miss Thelma Deveaux wed at St Matthew's Church on April 22 in a ceremony conducted by the Venerable Archdeacon.
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William Turnquest
Thelma Deveaux
St. Matthew’s Church
Les
Printer Freddie Styles Found Dead in Canaan Lane Home
Freddie Styles aged 46 was found dead by his brother Herbert at his Canaan Lane residence on April 24. An autopsy determined the death to be natural. Styles worked as a printer.
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Freddie Styles
Canaan Lane
Herbert
Death of Mrs Barr at Deveaux Street Home
Mrs Jemima Barr aged 65 was found dead at her Moss Yard Deveaux Street South home on April 18. Post mortem at Bahamas General Hospital found heart failure as the cause of death.
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Jemima Barr
Moss Yard
Deveaux St
South
Bahamas General Hospital
Chicago Union Stock Yard reps seek Bahama pasture land
Representatives of the Union Stock Yard and Transit Co of Chicago visit the Bahamas in search of pasture suitable for beef cattle. They have already toured An Gros and Inagua.
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Union Stock Yard and Transit Co
Chicago
Bahamas
An Gres
Inagua
Doctor Rodgers Leaves Bahamas for London Heart Hospital
On April 27 Dr. K V A Rodgers departed BOAC for England to pursue a postgraduate course in heart diseases at the London Heart Hospital. He is expected to be away from the Bahamas for about four months.
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K. V. A. Rodgers
BOAC
England
London Heart Hospital
Bahamas
Government High School 27th Anniversary Service
Government High School marked its 27th anniversary with a special service at Christ Church Cathedral. The Lord Bishop of Nassau delivered the sermon and the school choir performed.
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Government High School
Christ Church Cathedral
Nassau
Stony Godet Leaves for Connecticut Ring Engagement
Stony Godet, a leading local fighter, departed April 2 on a BOAC Stratocruiser bound for Connecticut to compete in a ring engagement. An American fight manager is promoting the bout.
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Stony Godet
BOAC
Connecticut
Sunday Services Shine Across Perrine Churches
Reports from Mt Moriah Mt Sinai and Hurst Chapel describe lively worships revivals and strong Sunday School attendance. Mt Moriah notes sick members Alonzo Park John Timon and Edith Sims with arm injury from an incident involving her son. Clerks named Sister Fannie Mae Williams Levi Moss and Zack Ferguson.
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Mt. Sinai Baptist Church
J. E. Murray
Fannie Mae Williams
Hurst Chapel Ame
Everette
Levi Moss
Zack Ferguson
Alonzo Park
The
Christian Hospital
John Timon
General Hospital
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
Sons and Daughters of the Pall Bearers’ Lodge
Tee Model and Ford Joke Exchange in Perrine
A light exchange between Tee and Ford about a shared business dispute in Perrine. Tee jokes that a rival is jealous because he sells two to one. Ford explains a lack of marriage due to mismatched mutual interest and unavailable partners.
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Tee
Perrine
Ford
Old Boy
Florida GOP selects delegates for Grass Roots Convention
Delegates totaling 5090 in Florida GOP affairs, led by the Florida Federation of Women's Republican Clubs president, will contest the appointed State Committee delegates. Nineteen delegates plus alternates for the State Grass Roots Convention May 24 in Orlando will be named at the Miami convention next Saturday, with two National Convention delegates and alternates also chosen.
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Florida
Florida Federation of Women’s Republican Clubs
State Committee
Orlando
Miami
Well film at Ritz and Harlem theatres May 10
Walter White of the NAACP praises The Well as moving exciting and important. The film depicts deterioration of human brotherhood and its rehabilitation and will show at the Ritz and Harlem theatres for a midnight screening on Saturday May 10 and continue thereafter.
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Walter White
The
National Asociation For the Advancement of Colored People
Ritz
Harlem
New Providence Lodge Schedules Regular Meetings
The regular meetings of New Providence Lodge are held on the second and fourth Thursdays in each month at the hall corner 11th st and 3rd ave. Joseph Dawkins W. M. Alfred Wilson Secretary.
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New Providence Lodge
11Th St
3Rd Ave
Joseph Dawkins
W. M. Alfred Wilson
Ritz Theatre Screening Special for One Week
A limited engagement at the Ritz Theatre runs for one week starting Sunday May 11, offering patrons a special program. The event highlights a selection of showings and runs through the following weekend with daily screenings.
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Ritz Theatre
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W. C. Edgar
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Young People’s Union
H. Dean
Edith Sims
Tee Model
Naacp Exec
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Naacp—For A Free America
Homes For Veterans
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North
Dixie Highway
150Th Street
N. E. 14Th Avenue
N.E. 14Th Avenue
152Nd Terrace
14Th Court
Leonard
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