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Saturday July 13, 1946THESCRIPTBrevard Caunty’s Only Colored Newspaper10cPer CopyRimer Situs, [•ubiW.KerL’OOOA. F I.OWIiADtiMhy Editor-CocoaGetsColoredColored Agent Local Girl Dies From Knife WoundAppointedGresFuelM. ProHt-fin BoScf, pregreRaiveyoung man of fchra city and re-nfljftJv returned veteran has beenappointed agent for the GreenF11 in | Aplililinre Coin pu tty, ft! Mi ofthis eity. Mr. P. Ryan, managerrf the company takes pride tnomohtfnir yeung Bolter to thLppublic and feel8 assured of hisidct'eBs.HusbandHeldCounty JailPaler is :-inlil-3tinr th pat ran ng?-if Thi* Script^ readers arid pro M-bei to serve oHigingljr. This company Is Eui advertiser in thi? paper and warrants your atien-tten.For gar eloves, water beaters*Ifci.ir fumsijce-q, etc., Mr. Eider caniflrB1 fm* May success bo yours, Mr. Bol«r.House of Hattie WadeDestroyed By FireFit It: meted oot to Mrs, Hattie Wucii? el tragic lot *trv«m! night?ago when her beautifully furnished home was demolished by fim. i t was teamed that ihc wtus visiting neighbor!' when the alarm wfiB made, She Wii fihle to rescue her infant daughter who waa jtileegj but everything else was a complete loss, ‘The fire ctoparUiment uzdvmd m the scene but wagonly able tci keep the blfliw from spreading to neighboring homes.Mil?. Wade baa the sympathy ofThe Script's renders,Sunday morning. July 7lt; about 1.2:15 trdoclE the vicinity of Willard Street, near Th« Palma Laundry, wii? the scene of much ex-flftraient when Mr, J, B. WLaniard sprang n surprise attack with u knife on hfo wife. Mrs. Vcrdic Mae Woodard* The Waodards hud lived at Lhiis lucutinn until n'mut four weeks ago, because of personal gri Gvanc®st w« learned, theywere- FepamLud and Mi. Woddair'i lived elsewhere,Lt is alleged that Mrs. Wnoditrd re turned Lo her home it the hour rhuntbued 11 hove, after leavingtulstlves Hiring about u block away, and unexpectedly foond her hnibfiid there, lie is raid to have immediately attacked her with n knife, inflicting rerioui wounds to (! Continued to page 7)Mrs. JtFsie I^e Brown Laid To RestFuneral servicers were Held June 22 fdr Mrs. Joie Lee a citizen of long standing and high respect- She was one of the L'oundofi and a faithful member of the First Methodist church hereand heir funcial was officiated by the iiev Burns, DLaLrtet Superintendent, resident of West Palm Beach,Her remains Vote taken by heattw overland to Orange Lake,F3a*f her chi 111 hood home for interment. Her sister, Mrs, Mollle Woodard and niece, Misa Jusie Lee Floyd, ether relatives and hotfte of friends mourn her passing,Central's New AjjcntJfe ,Mrs. Mary Lee Bs'lt; wpi. picturedabove,, hue been appointed the now n-f the Central Life Insmv-nr\t' CuttLpEiny In thti vicinity,eun bracing Cnccwi proper. Merritt Island and City Point, Mrs. Brown'» fha successor to Mr, J. II. fkJohiuicm who was agent here for 18 yearnt now retircA She is tho wife of Mr. Ukhanl Brown who tfi• veteran of Wgrfcj War LT. Mrs. Brown is 1 if Jiicks-onville, and a Graduate Nur?e. She is making her home hero with her hushaiad and going into the insuranee work with much vigor and onthufiiiiJSiu.The Cent.rib its -3 y^arfl ofejEistaiice, h a si to liute, -more than four uBd a half million dollarsworth nf insunLuce in force. Still under the able man a gen unit nfMr. G. D. Rogers, with Home Of-(Continaed to page 71N. W. Griffin Visiting FI or id a N A A C P B ra n citesW. Griffin, Weet Cotat r-g tonal scretftry of the NAAC1Lis visiting a number of branches la Florida during the month of July, Officer:: of the Florida Slate CojifflflDw prepared Mr. Griffin^ Itinernry during the Anri u ni Conference in Cinffinnnd, and Mr,^Continued to page 7)College Grad Employed HereMbs Doris Shopperri, ilaughter •nf Mt. am] Mrs. Chur lie Shep peri! nf College Park, this cityP who re-reatly graduttod from the De-partnvent of StenugrR|iby and Of-fi”i .VhiinigemKMit of Florida Nor-nial and IndiifitHal Iriiitituto, St. August!no,' has been appointed FPCTGtnry to ihi- Eleventh DistrictAilhjtnriI of the Florida Department of the A riser lean Legion.Her ip t rand era are proud of -Miflfl Shepperd^ aiLainrnent nmJ hnppy tn know that she h m to and nmpSnyinpnt. ruuong our own.Funeral Rites Held For Rev, Eli McGheeFun or a I; services of the late; Rev. Eli MtiGhw wero hold Thffrs-dny, .Inly 4, at Mt MUriah A.M.E,churth, the pail tor, Rev. W . B.God do y offirhiting. Rev. McGheewOf n nnajjatpr of high standinghere and bis puMvffig away takesaw ay from thi.-v public it noble cham^ter.Mowming his pas ring ut flvsrilaughternF Me^damefs Folly Black-dp, Fannie- {Stnrkoe, 03n Me-1Caster, Ruby Mitchell and Mis* i Efflitti Mo Ghee; four sons, Messrs. James, Daniel, George and Eil, tlr .the Latter in the U.S. Navy; n fc-Ost of friends.Scrip! To Appear Every Saturday Says PublisherTodfty. duly Hi, THE SCRIPT,L'ocoa'n inUch heralded coloredNevnspaper takes ith initial bow. It is with pHile and slnterlfcy that its pubiifihor, Mr, ElmerHihii-, pFentula this paper toLbe public^ Seeing- the need ofa ooliirerj neWapapBr in thi 8city, Mr. Silas ventures intothis field vvith the imiRftflee that every fcifcw-eaiisetotis man and woman in LhL; vicinity will givehis whole-hear ted cooperation both morally and financially,Mr. Silflut is a mitive of Kb.fiim-nsec, Fla,, and hne lived in Cocas since 1!?22, n respected and eon--cientluuE citizen. Has contact here with bath races is bio ml. H ij served as beliiMui for It) yeara at Lhe Cocoa Houser pi*-nrer bunlittfie es-tablkhmenl oi Brevard Ccmnty,lie wm BgiiJit fur the Ccntrni Life Irismfiinec Company tor some idrm■ nnrl fnr the Inst eight years, has aervid as Dapci tmtTit Adjutant of the Colored World WarVeterans, Departmc:nt nf Floridu.TTIE SCRIPT wsli be in ulwu-Satiun in Ccicoai, Merritt, bisiid,,and Min\p every Saturday in aiming, and in time through out Brevard County, The Fublishtj would like iOm readers thi.*! Saturday, IIo is dept*iiding on you to make that count Report all chufch, social, and newi of general interaifc to Dorothy H, Ssa'putwine, -ISO Ring St., or any of the SCRIP^I' representtetMFrefient Staff: Elmer S3 Isa t Puli-Ikher; D. IL Sw^twint, Editor and Adv.TtTsmgf Manager; Harry(Continueci to pnge y)Colored VeteransAdmitted Into LegionThe American legion, Depart-mini of Florida, ss Lu IbmL atoteconvent!on* held in West PalmBeocii May 15-ih, voted by alarge majority to accept colored viiiurans of Florida into full and uiaestrlctud membership.This Rtep If rants the roloreilvecesan.^ of Florif a a privglpjj'i.ilong fought tor and justly deserved.The present a«;t-up of coL*edWorid War vebemaa boBets mKmbership of nearly 4,000 menof World Wa hr I 1T,d O. Theirgoul tor the earning year U lD.OQO,
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The Script
Orlando, Florida, US
Sat, Jul 13, 1946
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