Jackie Robinson Voted Ball Player Of The Year
Look magazine names Jackie Robinson as ball player of the year in a Sept 13 issue. It lauds his hitting, fielding, and base stealing, compares him to Ty Cobb, and notes public acceptance alongside lingering prejudice. Robinson is cited as a top box office attraction alongside DiMaggio Williams Kiner Musial.
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New York
Jackie Robinson
Look Magazine
Branch Rickey
Robinson
Brooklyn Dodgers
Joe Louis
Look
Joe DiMaggio
Ted Williams
Ralph Kiner
Stan Musila
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats Drill For Tough Season
DAYTONA BEACH Florida Bethune-Cookman College Wildcats champions of the Southwestern Athletic Conference for three years pursue daily practices as coach Bunky Matthews warns of a hard season. About 60 men vie for berths while key lettermen depart and potential losses loom including captain Sport Anderson Tom Collins Curtis Latimore and Big Bob Acosta. Holdovers Harris Townsel Adams and others bolster a rebuilt line as new formations shift from the short punt to the eight formation signaling a challenging year ahead.
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Daytona Beach
Florida
Bethune-Cookman College
Wildcats
Bunky” Matthews
Joseph
Anderson
Tom Collins
Curtis Latimore
Wildcat
Big Bob Acosta
Albert Morton
Leroy Simmons
Edward Jenkins
Sally Graham
Bib
Robert
Harris
Norman Townsel
Bill Adams
John Stephens
Archie Allen
Willie McCoy
Raymond Thornton
Sport Anderson
Quilly Johnson
Cecil Harris
Marion Webster
Kenneth Morrell
Kenneth Bowers
Robddsevelt Grattic
Nathaniel Jones
David Staples
Indoor Skating Begins at St Agnes Center Next Tuesday
Regular indoor skating at St Agnes Adult and Youth Center starts Tuesday September 20 from 8 p.m. to 10 30 p.m. nightly. Admission is free with skate rental at 35 cents per pair. The first five couples to arrive receive free skate use. Good order and a grand time are promised for all attendees.
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St. Agnes Adult and Youth Center
Wife of Haitian President Arrives in Miami
Mme. Lucienne Estime wife of President Dumarsasis Estime of Haiti arrives in Miami on September 8 by Pan American World Airways, en route to New York. She is joined by her son Jean Robert six daughter Marie Florence four her mother Mme. Raymond Doret and several escorts. They were set to travel to Miami on September 4 and will return to Port-au-Prince via Miami in three weeks.
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Mme
Lucienne Estime
Dumarsasis Estime
Haiti
Miami
Pan American World Airways
Port-au-Prince
New York
Estime
Jean Robert
Marie Florence
Raymond Doret
Leliot ‘Heurtelou
Fritz Wulff
Desravines Janiver
Henry Perpignan
Port au-Prince
Miamian Hostess At Unique Birthday Party
Mrs. Christine Holbert of 1958 NW 3rd Ave hosted a birthday party at her residence on Sunday evening September 11. Gifts included a diamond wrist watch engraved with her birth stone, presented by her fiancé Edward Milo. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Bernaud of Miami Beach attended among many guests. Photographs of the group were taken for publication next week.
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Christine Holbert
3Rd Ave
Edward Milo
Chril’s Bernaud
Miami Beach
Mrs. Holbert
Senior Twilight Circle Celebrates Anniversary
The Senior Twilight Sewing Circle invites friends to its 28th anniversary program on Sunday September 18 at 4 p.m. at St. Advi lor's Universal Church NW 2nd Ave and 15th St. President Mrs Rowena Adderly and reporter Mrs Lee Hamilton announce the event.
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Twilight Sewing Circle
St. Advilor’s Universal Church
2Nd Ave
15Th St
Rowena Adderly
Lee Hamilton
Liberty City PTA Plans First Meeting This Term
The Liberty City Primary School PTA calls all parents teachers and friends to attend the first meeting of the term on Tuesday September 20 at 8 p.m. M Athalie Range signs as president urging prompt attendance.
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Liberty City Primary School
PTA
M. Athalie Range
South Miami Soldier In Japan
Private First Class John W. Alexander of South Miami as of now serves with the 24th Infantry Regiment at Gifu Japan. He is a rifleman in Company 1 and was part of the Honor Guard for Lieutenant General Walton H. Walker during his Camp Gifu visit. Alexander joined the Army in July 1947 trained at Fort Dix and left for overseas duty in January 1948.
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John W. Alexander
Nathal Alexander
3Rd Ave
South Miami
24Th Infantry Regiment
Gifu
Japan
Alexander
Walton H. Walker
Camp Gifu
Army
Fort Dix
New Jersey
Mrs Rivers Returns From Extended Georgia Trip
Mrs. Rivers and Mrs. Edda Mae Jones returned this week from a long motor trip into Georgia and South Carolina. Rivers visited her sister in Savannah and her father in South Carolina.
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Hester Rivers
Edda Mae Jones
Georgia
South Carolina
Daylight Choices Guide Wisdom In Grace Meredith
A reflective piece by Grace Meredith weighing daily decisions from food and attire to walk in sun or shade. The verse seeks a steady guide to prudent thought and moral direction in everyday paths.
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St. Agnes
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Tues
Ingrid
Casablanca
Ronald Beagan
Patricia Neal
With Warren Douglas
Bob Hope Dane
Russell
Rio Grande
Batman and Robin
Stooge
Johnnie &Mack
Tares
City Loan Service
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Colored Town
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Golden Gate
Wgbs Sun
Washington
Washington Park
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Mrs. Rivers
Grace Meredith
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