Delta Sigma Theta Awards Three Delta Scholarship Winners
Delta Scholarship Winners Again Beta Zeta Sigma Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority awards three $100 scholarships to Delores Bowe Georgene Lambert and Annie Key. Bowe attends Tennessee A and I State College, Lambert Clark College, and Key Florida A and M College School of Nursing.
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Beta Zeta Sigma Chapter
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Delores Bowe
Georgene Lambert
Annie Key
Bowe
Washington Heights
Tennessee A and I State College
Anna Johnson
Booker T. Washington High School
Miss Lambert
Liberty City
Clark College
George Lambert
Dorsey High School
Misses Lambert
Carver High School
Two Die In Auto Bus Collision In Miami
Clarence Gorom aged 39 and Herbert Gallon six were killed when a car driven by Lamar Gallon struck a Miami Transit Co bus at 10th Avenue and 36th Street. Gallon was rushing his pregnant sister-in-law to Jackson Memorial Hospital when the crash occurred around 2 a.m. The woman suffered facial cuts and the baby was born. Gorom and the infant were turned over to funeral home. other occupants were injured.
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Clarence Gorom
Herbert Gallon
63Rd St
Lamar Gallon
Miami Transit Co
10Th Ave
36Th Street
Gallon
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Goram
B. Solomon Funeral Home
Victoria Grant
12Th Court
Elizabeth Gallon
Tony Gallon
Miami Hosts 33rd Legion Meet With Diverse Delegations
The 33rd annual American Legion convention opens October 15 to 18 in Miami. Delegations from more than a dozen states attend with Key West requesting 40 seats. Negro units and delegates arrive in mixed units, staying at Miami and Miami Beach hotels. Beach events start Monday with a Calvert distiller sponsored dance and barbecue at Virginia Beach. Transportation from 909 NW 2nd Ave. runs every half hour from 1 p.m. Activities include dancing, swimming, and dining under canopies. Joseph Makell of Calvert handles Negro personnel and beach plans, with many Calvert staff present. A mammoth parade is planned for Tuesday at 4 p.m. on Biscayne Boulevard. tickets for bleacher seats at $2.50. The parade will feature 100+ musical and marching organizations and conclude with General Douglas MacArthur reviewing the procession.
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Miami
Miami Beach
Virginia Beach
Calvert’s
Joseph Makell
Calvert
Legion
Erle Cowie
Musi- Biscayne Blvd
4Th
Cal
2Nd Ave
Douglas MacArthur
Nation
Walter White Set to Address State NAACP Meeting
Florida NAACP branches plan their 11th annual state meeting in Daytona Beach from November 28 to 25 with Walter White of New York as guest speaker. White, longtime NAACP official, is credited with leading the organization to national prominence. Florida aims to boost membership and revive branches in Milton Clearwater Clearview DeFuniak Springs Chipley Tallahassee Lake City Tarpon Springs Bradenton Madison Monticello Apalachicola Wiliston Palmetto. Moore has toured West Florida and Tampa Bay area, mass meetings reported successful in Live Oak Panama City Pensacola and Tampa. two New Hope Baptist and 2nd Bethel Baptist services enrolled 29 members.
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Florida
NAACP
Daytona Beach
Walter White
New York
White
People of America
America
Harry T. Moore
West Florida
Tampa-St. Petersburg
Milton
Clearwater
Clearview
DeFuniak Springs
Chipley
Tallahassee
Lake City
Tarpon Springs
Bradenton
Madison
Monticello
Apalachicola
Williston
Palmetto
Live Oak
Panama City
Pensacola
Tampa
St. Petersburg
Moore
New Hope Baptist Church
J. L. Fennell
2Nd Bethel Baptist Church
E. D. Davis
Scouts Meet With National Director
The Interracial Committee of the South Florida Council of Boy Scouts of America and the Divisional Committee chaired by Dr. K L Pharr held a meeting Thursday to hear National Director Weaver Marr from New York on Florida scouting. The group set a 1951 goal of 1500 scouts by December 31, needing 392 new members in 60 days, and planned training courses and troop expansion across Miami.
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South Florida
Weaver Marr
New York City
Florida
Marr
Miami
Widow of Johnny Smith Wins $50,000 Damages
Mrs Pauline Smith widow of Johnny Smith awarded 50000 in a Florida court for damages after a fatal shooting by Edward Coco at Normandy Isle Miami Beach on February 1 The trial before Judge Stanley Milledge without a jury awarded 25000 compensatory and 25000 punitive damages plus 100 dollars in costs.
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Johnny Smith
Pauline Smith
Edward Coco (White
Normandy Isle
Miami Beach
Feruary 1
Stanley Milledge
Opa Locka Cops Accused in Home Assault Case
Mr and Mrs Ellis Mitchell accuse two Opa Locka patrolmen Robert Ross and Edward Bradley of entering their home and beating them after pursuing Mitchell to give a speeding ticket. Police officers charged with slugging the couple with a flashlight and a blackjack.
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Ellis Mitchell
153Rd St
Opa Locka
Robert Ross
Edward Bradley
Mitchell
Slumarea Race Mass Meeting Planned at Youth Center
The Committee for Slumeargice sponsors a Monday night mass meeting at 8 at the Youth Center, 340 NW 13th St. The group promotes a plan to erect more low rent housing units in Dade County with prominent speakers on the program.
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Committee For Slumeargice
13Th St
Dade County
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Delta
Anne Key
By Charles C. North
John Griffin
American Legion
Key West
Mary Elizabeth
Marsha Ann
Lord Calvert
T. Johnson
J. W. Drake
St. John Baptist Church
Dr. Drake
Rev. Johnson
St. John
Bere
Dr. Pharr
31St Ave
A. McParlane
E. N. Taylor
B. M. Hindman
K. L. Pharr
A Mars
A. J Candy
William McBride
H. C. Cogdell
Richard Powell
E. C. Thomas
EB. A. L
Columbia University
Phyllis Wheatley Elem
Slumig
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