Leadership query stirs Miami Black community picks and local notes
A Miami column discusses black leadership, listing Rev. E. T. Graham and Dr. Elmer Ward among preferred figures, with reader suggestions growing to 13 potential leaders. The piece urges citizens to submit names with addresses, while weaving in local gossip, bar updates, moonshine warnings, and upcoming entertainment at Sir John Lounge, 99 Bar, Pee Wee’s, and Capitol shows.
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Miami
E. T. Graham
E. A. Ward
Bruce Torres
Rev
Graham
Dr. Ward
Atty. Arrington
Reddick
Neal Adams
Mayme Williams
Ida Ratcliffe
Ira P. Davis
J. O. Brown
Rev. Graham
Elmer Ward
King
Alabama
Sir John Hotel
First colored Bahamian to enter priesthood in Bahamas
In Around The Bahamas by A. H. McKinzi notes that the first colored Bahamian and Nassau native will enter the Roman Catholic priesthood on June 20 with Rev. Charles Leopold Coakley ordained. Coakley, eldest son of Granville Coakley, studied at Western Senior School and St. Augustine's College, Nassau, now at St. John's Seminary Minnesota. Also reported: Maria Hepburn, 23, found murdered on John Street with three stab wounds. Allen Brown charged May 14. Prison in Nassau moved to Fox Hill. sentences of the men commuted to life imprisonment. Zion Baptist Church marked its 122nd anniversary under Rev. Talmadge Sands, church founder of many Bahamas congregations. current pastor serves 25 years.
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Charles Leopold Coakley
Father Coakley
Granville Coakley
Coakley
Nassau
Western Senior School
St. Augustine’s College
St. John’s Seminary
Collegeville
Minnesota
Maria Hepburn
John Street
The
Criminal Investigation Department
Allen Brown
Fox Hill
Death Sentences Delayed by Legal Review
Zacharias Munroe and Bruce Evans spared execution after April murder verdict due to need for Governor in Council review before carrying out the sentence. Randol Fawkes expelled from Bahamas Federation of Labor and relinquished his pact at an executive board meeting. PLP also dropped Mr. Fawkes. May 9 graduation diplomas awarded to Mrs. Callendar Roberts, Frank Clark, and Randolph Ambrister from Bahamas Baptist Institute. Peace and Plenty Hotel designed by Godfrey Lightbourn.
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Zacharias Munroe
Bruce Evans
Supreme Court
Governor-in Council
Randol Fawkes
Bahamas Federation of Labor
PLP
Mr. Fawkes
Callendar Roberts
St. Paul’s Baptist Church
Frank Clark
Transfiguration
Randolph Ambrister
Mt. Carey
Bahamas Baptist Institute
Miss Glenn Holmes Signs Off From The Country Club
Miss Glenn Holmes concludes this week with a plainspoken sign off from the Country Club of the South at 276 NW 6th St. She emphasizes a value on caring for people and city and notes she is no professional newspaper writer.
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Country Club of the South
6Th St
Sir John Hotel
Peace
Nassau architect to build hotel at George Town Exuma
A Nassau architect plans a 20 room hostelry at George Town Exuma. The project is slated to open on January 15, 1958.
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Nassau
George Town
Exuma
Bahamas minister earns divinity degree at Colgate Rochester
Rev Randolph Thompson of Nassau received his bachelor of divinity degree on May 13 at Colgate Rochester Divinity School in Rochester New York. He already earned a B A from Shaw University and plans to return to the Bahamas to work with the Bahamas Missionary and Educational Convention.
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Randolph Thompson
Nassau
Colgate Rochester Divinity School
Rochester
New York
Mr. Thompson
Shaw University
Bahamas
Bahamas Missionary and Educational Convention
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