Bahamian Mother's Day tribute and ship disaster tale
In the Bahamas the Mother's Club honored mothers at Southern Recreation Grounds with speeches by local figures including Deacon Elden and Major Sandburg while Mrs Mary Sands, aged 94, received recognition. Separately the 60 foot mail boat Madam Elizabeth sank after hitting a reef near High Cay on May 13, with all 30 passengers saved. the vessel later refloated by salvage crews. Owned by Edgar Rolle, the boat had previously burned with 50 still missing lives aboard last July.
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Bahamas
Mother’s Club
Pninal
Ranfurly
Ary V. Sands
Sands
Atty
Orville Turnest
Deacon Elden
Agnes
Major Sandburg
Lvation Army
Orincess Margaret Hospital
H. V. Brown
Red
Ancel
Elizabeth
Andros
High Cay
Fresh Creek Harbour
Nassau
Frank
Edgar Rolle
Nine traffic accidents claim two lives in early May
A series of nine traffic accidents from May 7 to May 19 claimed two lives. Edward Murphy, knocked from a bicycle on Gulf Road, died of shock. Lewis Fernandez of Okta in was found dead under an overturned car on Windsor Field Road from a fractured skull and cerebral hemorrhage. A car opening on Meeting Time building injured elderly Mrs Marg ith, cause unknown. Mrs Smith survived with shock and bruises after being moved to her daughter Mrs Elizabeth Johnson’s home. Inspector Bernard Nottage was recently promoted to assistant superintendent. awarded Long Service and Queen Elizabeth Medals.
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Edward Murphy
Ulf Road
Lewis Fernandez
Oktain
Windsorield Road
Urphy
Ferander
Alphonso Rolle
Tme
Margith
Smith
Evere
Rs. Elizabeth Johnson
Four year old dies after fish bone incident at Harbor Island
Four year old Anthony Dorsett of Nassau died after a fish bone injury aboard a hospital flight from Harbor Island to Nassau. He was flown after being stuck by a fish bone at Princess Margarett Hospital on May 3 and died five hours after arrival. He is survived by his father George Dorsett.
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Anthony Dorsetted
Princess Margarett Hosital
Harbor Island
Nassau
George Dorsett
Rodney Minnis Dies After Car Abduction Incident
Rodney Minnis was taken from a parker car to Princess Margaret Hospital on Wednesday night May 11 and was pronounced dead on arrival. An autopsy found death from internal and external hemorrhage due to a ruptured blood vessel in the left lung.
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Rodney Minnis
Parker
Princess Margaret Hospital
Mrs. Sarah R. Moncur Dies at 88 in Abaco
Mrs. Sarah R. Moncur, 88, of Green Turtle Cay Abaco, passed away. Funeral service details will be announced by the family.
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Sarah R. Moncur
Green Turtle Cay
Abaco
Fire destroys Marilyn A crawfish boat at Marsh Harbor
The 65 foot vessel Marilyn A was completely destroyed by fire early Monday morning May 6 at Marsh Harbor Abaco. The boat was anchored about 400 feet offshore with no one aboard when the fire broke out.
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Marsh Harbor
Abaco
Robbery at Wayde Sands grocery on Montrose Avenue
Early risers found a burning mass and investigators linked it to a robbery at Wayde Sands grocery in Sears Addition on Montrose Avenue near closing time May 14. Two armed bandits stole $1,000, one firing at Sands and aiming at his father. neither shot hit. Suspects remain at large.
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Wayde Sands
Montrose Ave
Sears Addition
Mr. Sands
Merman Pyfrom M B E Dies After Short Illness
Merman Pyfrom 59 died at his Deveaux street home after a brief illness on May 19. A World War I veteran, he became a customs officer in 1919 and advanced to senior commissioner in 1943 before retiring to serve as labor officer. He received the MBE for recruiting Bahamians noted in Her Majesty's New Year honors. He is survived by his wife six sons four daughters and several grandchildren.
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Merman Pyfrom
Deveaux St
Pyfrom
Children Hurt In Grand Bahama Jeep Collision
Wilfred Bartlett and Leona Butler both fourteen were flown to Nassau by Bahamas Airways on May 12 after a traffic crash between Eight Mile Rock and Pine Ridge in Grand Bahama. They were among eight others in a jeep driven by Father Black whose car swerved off the road when blinded by headlights from another vehicle.
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Wilfred Bartlett
Leona Butler
Nassau
Bahamas Airways
Eight Mile Rock
Pine Ridge
Grand Bahama
Father Black
Bethune Hailed As Liberator From Ignorance
Summary of Mary McLeod Bethune’s life from dormancy to leadership. A founder of Bethune Cookman College and the National Council for Negro Women, she battled racial discrimination through education, speeches, and public service, leaving a lasting impact on equal opportunity despite lifelong odds.
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Mary McLeod Bethune
Florida
Bethune- Cookman College
Beauticians Close Meeting in Gainesville Florida
Delegates from Miami Units 7 42 and 55 and Gainesville Unit 27 hosted the Orange Blossom Beautician Association convention May 15 18 with Mrs A S Walden presiding. Attendees included Louise Boyer Riley Muldrow Riley Julius Wilson Hastie Collins Thompson Wareham Chambers Parker Adams Perry Henderson Starkey and Otha King.
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Miami
Orange Blossom Beautician Association
Gainesville
State of
Florida
A. S. Walden
Onac
O. B
M. Muldrow
Riley
Louise Boyer Riley
Unit 8
D. A. Julius
Billy Wilson
Hastie
C. Collins
H. Thompson
Marie Wareham
W. I. Chambers
E. Parker
Lula Adams
Bertha Perry
B. Collins
Addie Henderson
W. Starkey
Otha King
Uncommon Distinction Reflects National Loss of Great American
The tribute calls her life an example and lasting inspiration for every citizen, noting that the whole country has lost a great American as reflected by the New York Herald Tribune.
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New York Herald Tribune
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Margaret Hosal
James Gratian
Ancel and Rawson
Ulrica Holmes
Grands
Rawson Moncur
Pearline Jenkins
Gladstone Boodle
Bernard Nottage
Dr. Bethune
Beauticians
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NAACP
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Professor Homes
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62Nd Street
Stace and
Miami Times
SchoOl of
N.W
2Nd Avenue
Beatty
Miami, Florida
Robin Conservatory
18Th Ave
Cor. N.W
59Th Street
19Th Avenue
Milton Rothman
Andalusia Ave
Coral Gables
James
3Rd Ave
Charles Poultry
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