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Newspaper
Miami Times
Location
Miami, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1950
Page
5
Liberty City Elementary PTA sponsors a Spectacular Hog Killing on Monday May 15 at 8 00 p m at the Liberty City Elementary School Cafegorium. Fifteen hogs will compete for a fattest hog prize with a supplementary program planned. Admission 25 cents adults 10 cents children.
Two reporters from the Daily News, North and the author, will travel by Pontiac to Daytona Beach then Bethune-Cookman College Tuesday night for a campus visit. They aim to meet their children studying there, gather notes for their columns, and return by Thursday while hinting at personal, affectionate moments with Miss Sweeting.
Virginia Beach hosts its first Coconut Harvest Festival where Lula Gray, a BTW Hi co ed and majorette, wins the beauty contest marking her as a two time winner. The event also honors a 1948 Miss Press Photographer title holder.
The 1950 Chevry prize drawn Monday night by Wometco Theatres awarded a car to Willie Smith, a Harlem bootblack, ticket sold at the Harlem venue. A second car went to a Cameo theatre patron in Miami Beach, both gifts from Wolfson and Meyer in honor of 25 years in film.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Reese thank friends for gifts flowers and cards. Special thanks to Miss Marie White for hosting with a fine menu including turkey and baked ham. The note expresses happiness and appreciation from the Greater Miami No. 769 family.
Robert Dad Hall age 79, operator of a small store at 1150 NW Third Ave, buried Thursday from St John’s Baptist Church. He died Monday at Jackson Memorial Hospital after a February stroke and ongoing ill health.
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