Happenings In Our Schools PTA Meeting Highlights
The last 1955 56 PTA meeting in the school cafeteria drew a full crowd. Miss Helen Oliver's third graders performed a skit while Mrs Ora Lee Haywood demonstrated speech correction.
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PTA
Helen Oliver
Ora Lee Haywood
Gloria Williams
Juanita T
Herbert Day
H. Thomson
le Ward
Valdez Murray
Dorothy
Theodore Inson
Mildred Espy
Robinson
McClaflin
Dade County
Theodore Robinson
Seaquarium
India Brisbon
Opa Locka
Juanita Scott
Rosa Miller
Willye Blue
Carver Hornets clinch state title with 11 wins
George W. Carver High School’s Hornets track team closed the season at Tallahassee by winning 11 of 15 events and claiming the state championship under Coach Fannin. The Mothers Club held its annual Mother’s Day Tea in the cafetorium with speaker Mae don Bullard praising community efforts to support boys and girls and promote finer men and women.
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Carver Hornets
Tallahassee
Fannin
Mother’s Club
Maedon Bullard
Senior Educational Tour and Graduation Schedule
Principal F. S. Tucker lists a series of school events from May 18 to June 7 including Senior Educational Tour May 18 Fellowship Day May 23 Prom May 25 Memorial Day May 29 Class Reunion 1946 June 1 Baccalaureate June 3 Tea and band concert June 3 Class Night June 4 Commencement June 7 with M. S. Bullard reporting.
Northwestern High Pan American Day Celebrates Latin Themes
Northwestern High students and faculty showcased Pan American Day with a Spanish class panorama on Latin American topics. The event featured Argentine tango taught by Helen Bush, a band led by David Paschal performing Mexican Hat Dance and Caribbean Fantasie, and chaplaincy by Spanish instructor Genevieve F. Bynoe with band members in sombreros.
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Northwestern
Latin Republic
Pan American Union
Americas
Helen Bush
David Paschal
Genevieve F. Bynoe
Northwestern Juniors Launch Courtesy Week Observance
Northwestern University students initiated Courtesy Week starting May 7, with 270 juniors organizing the event. Daily announcements via the public address system shared courteous ideas, and classrooms displayed pennants. On May 11, class president Rost on Miller thanked the school for the cooperation and success of the observance.
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Northwestern
Roston Miller
Faculty Finds Fun at Virginia Beach Social
Northwestern's faculty and guests attended a Saturday night fish fry on Virginia Beach hosted by the vocational department. The informal gathering featured games, dancing, swimming, and dining. The social committee led by Douglas Davis plans May 29 as the final event.
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Northwestern
Virginia Beach
Douglas Davis
Northwestern staff learns of recovery after accident
Northwestern's family expresses thanks and prayers for the recovery of staff member Mrs. Joel Ingraham music instructor, admitted to Mt. Sinai Hospital after a serious automobile accident. Charles Gray physical education instructor returns after a brief illness.
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Northwestern
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Joel Ingraham
Charles Gray
Coming Senior Fellowship and Class Day Schedule
A campus notice lists events for May 23 and May 24. May 23 marks Senior Fellowship Day at 12 a.m. The following day May 24 features Class Day at 9:30 a.m. Key organizers include the school and student council.
Holmes Elementary Hosts Mother's Day Program and Field Trips
Holmes Elementary reports a touching Mother’s Day program with Mrs H Robinson’s third graders. Delegates to the National AME Convention from Cincinnati attended. Mrs N S Dawkins’ fifth graders then visited Tropical Panorama in Ojus to see sea life and performances. Four first grade classes toured Crandon Park Zoo on May 15 as part of Animal Friends.
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H. Robinson
Williams
Tucker
Andrews
Cincinnati
Ohio
N. S. Dawkin
Ojus
Frances Allen
Mildred Pinkney
Dawkins
I. K. Johnson
F. P. Welch
A. C. Braynon
D. C. Smith
Crandon Park Zoo
Animal Friends
Bethune Elementary Thankful for Morley's Ten Weeks
Bethune Elementary extends best wishes to Frederick Morley who completed ten weeks of work under Evelyn Williams. An elaborate farewell in the cafetorium included gifts from fifth grade teachers. The May 2 Washington trip for patrols and chaperon Z D Black accompanied by Officers Map and Guilford is noted. Booker T Washington High School won first prize in the senior drill. Messages of thanks, sympathy, and well wishes are expressed to several staff and families. Zelma D Black reporter.
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Frederick Morley
Evelyn Williams
Z. D. Black
Washington, D. C
Booker T. Washington High School
Washington
Anna B. Harris
William
Bill) Stirrup
Map
Guilford
Black
Willie Mae Brown
Brown
A L Lewis PTA Hosts Music and Oratorical Contest
The A L Lewis Elementary PTA led by Mrs Fannie Jenkins invited Homestead Adult Education to perform music and judge an oratorical contest with five contestants Mesdames Nannie Jefferson Ida Mae Robinson Cora Gene Pratt Alice Thurston and Ethel Mallet. Mrs Cora Gene Pratt won first with Ida Mae Robinson second. Edwards DeVeaux principal and Mrs Estelle Smith along with Mrs Wylie Latimore instructed the 1956 kindergarten class graduation to be held June 4 at 7 p.m. in the cafetorium. Brownies correspond with Brownie 698 East Aurora N Y.
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A .L. Lewis
Parent-Teacher’s Association
Fannie Jenkins
Homestead
Mesdames Nommie Jefferson
Ida Mae Robinson
Cora Gene Pratt
Alice Thurston
Ethel Mallet
Laura O’bryant
Dorothy Adside
Hans Christian Anderson
Anderson
Estelle Smith
Wylie Latimore
A. L. Lewis
PTA
Brownie
East Aurora
N. Y
D. Thurston
Edna M. DeVeaux
School Visit Highlights Informative Trip
Pupils and teachers report the trip was informative and enjoyable. D C Williams state supervisor of public education and Chester Seaberry principal of Douglas School Key West visited our school last week. Parents and friends are invited to visit our school at all times. Cleomie Crumpton reporter Thena C Crowder principal.
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D. C. Williams
Chester Seaberry
Douglas School
Key West
Cleomie Crumpton
Thena C. Crowder
Campus Beat Hall of Fame selections honor Miami students
The Miami campus selects 21 students for its Campus Beat Hall of Fame for 65 66. Criteria include character leadership scholarship and tangible college contributions. Recipients span FAMU Talladega Morehouse Hampton Fisk Oberlin Tuskegee Xavier and other universities.
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Hollywood
Broadway
Television
Miami Collegians
William Barber
FAMU
Gloria Braynon
Talladega
James Campbell
Eleanor Davis
Carmen Dean
Howard
Edwin Demeritt
T. Stewart Greer
Morehouse
Bernard Hunter
Oberlin
Betty Ingraham
Kenneth Johnson
Peggy Joyner
Hampton
Dorothy Kelly
Lula Kemp
Tuskegee
Dorotha Mitchell
Southern
Ernest Reeves
W. Va
Shirley Saunders
Alva Smith
Fisk
Betty Sutton
Daniel Williams
1964 55 selections initial listing names released
The list includes Roland Burroughs Ezekiel Burroughs Joseph Clark Georgia Clifton Barbara Dunn Elvin Dean Arthur Eulin James Ford Robert Ford Lalathiel Gaitor Moses Jones Georgene Lambert Pearl Lockhart Evelyn Moss Jacqueline Moss Albertha Nelson Carver Portlock Jeanette Reynolds and others.
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Roland Burroughs
Howard
Ezekiel Burroughs
FAMU
Joseph Clark
Hampton
Georgia Clifton
Barbara Dunn
Tuskegee
Elvin Dean
Arthur Eulin
BCC
James Ford
Georgene Lambert
Pearl Lockhart
Evelyn Moss
Southern
Jacqueline Moss
Albertha Nelson
Carver Portlock
Jeanette Reynolds
Clark
Van
Local Citizens Cited By Campus Beat
Local citizens honored by Miami campus beat for varied service shaping youth and community. The list includes educators, clergy, lawyers, doctors, journalists, and civic workers such as Grace Albert, Anne Coleman, John E. and Theodore Gibson, Graves, Graham, Harris, Judge John D. Johnson, Kenneth Johnson, and many others.
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Miami
Grace Albert
Anne Coleman
John E
David A. Dobbs
Theodore Gibson
Kit Recommends Movie Fair and TV Viewing Picks
A historical press note lists film titles Gaby The H a r d e r They Fall The Swan A Bill of Divorcement The Naked Night Hilda Crane Wages of Fear Make Me An Offer Madame Butterfly Mavie Stover. It also tags TV offerings The $64 000 Challenge Studio One The Cherry Show Producer's Showcase.
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Gaby
Hilda Crane
Mavie Stover
CBS
Studio One
NBC
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Rainbow Elementary
Rosa L. Fortson
George W. Carver
F. S. Tucker
M. S. Bullard
Northwestern High
Progressive Electric Service
N.W
James D. Henry
Campus Beat
Warner Hines, Inc
69Th St
J. B. Smith
Elliott J. Pieze
Castlerock
Curtis Walker
Barney Bembry
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