John Dabney the famed Richmond caterer remembered
Postwar Richmond valued John Dabney as a master caterer and julep maker. Veteran Dabney Williamson recalls Dabney’s childhood at Hanover Junction, his rise from enslaved cook to hotel head waiter and famed bartender, and the silver cup engraved Champion Juleps preserved by his family. The piece notes Dabney’s mint julep craft and a Warm Springs contest victory.
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Richmond
John Dabney
Dabney Williamson
Hanover Junction
Doswell
Cora
Eliza
DeJarnette
Sexton’s Point
London Dabney
Jane Winston
South Wales
John
William Williamson
Taylorsville
Boston
St. Charles
Ballard and Exchange Hotel
Edward VII
Prince of Wales
Milton Dabney
John Dabney, III
Newark
N. J
Warm Springs
Chemist Sutton Honors in Soviet Union Visit
New York based chemist John W. Sutton, who found opportunities in the Soviet Union denied in the United States, visited his parents and Prof. George W. Carver. Sutton recalls a six year stay where he developed a rice straw fibre binding cord, aided by a 100000 ruble state grant, and notes no race prejudice there. He reports prizes for his research, a Russian wife and a three and a half year old son, and his father Prof Samuel J. Sutton once a Richmond figure.
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New York
CNA
John W. Sutton
Soviet Union
George W. Carver
Tuskegee Institute
Sutton
Crusader
Cinema
Caucasus
San Antonio
Texas
Phyllis Wheatly
Alabama
Prairie View College
Drake University
Des Moines
Iowa
The
State College of Iowa
Samuel J. Sutton
Richmond
Virginia
Cincinnati Nursing Event Shines in City Overview
The Nurses of Ohio plan a strong session in Cincinnati June 22 23 with notable national personalities. Efforts focus on business and entertainment as the committee reports at the Friday meeting. Reservations via Mrs Ava Mae De Ramus 2988 Gilbert Avenue.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Ava Mae de Ramus
Gilbert Avenue
Scout Master 55 Wins Prize Dedication Note
Mr. Leo Hopkins has done splendid work with Troop 55 one of the largest and best in the U S The following poem has been dedicated to him by Mrs Lucille Finch Continued on Page 2
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Leo Hopkins
U. S
Lucille Finch
Washington figures in American Plants program reviewed
Washington radio feature will broadcast Sunday May 22 across 57 NBC stations. The program honors horticulturists Luther Burbank and George Washington Carver, dramatizing their legacies as gardeners and inventors with a family dinner menu from soup to nuts highlighting garden produce and peanut uses.
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Washington,d.c
America
Smithsonian Institution
National Broadcasting Company
Luther Burbank
George Washington Carver
Tuskegee Institute
Carver
Hamilton County Negro Civic and Industrial League formed
Ministers and business leaders unite to uplift Negroes through the Hamilton County Negro Civic and Industrial League. A committee was named at People’s Baptist Church to approach city authorities for a Negro Fire Company. Next meeting set for May 23 at the same church. Rev Cel lars pastor. Leaders include Rev J Franklin president and Rev Arthur D Williams secretary with a broad advisory board.
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Hamilton County
Negro Civic and Industrial League
People’s Baptist Church
People's Baptist Church
Kerper Avenue
Cellars
J. Franklin
Arthur D. Williams
Haiti success rises as WPA plans An drocles and the Lion with all Negro cast
More than 44 000 have seen Haiti at the Lafayette Theatre Harlem and advance bookings through June exceed 650 000 tickets. Rex Ingram as Henri Christophe leads the eight capacity week while social clubs and labor groups book 400 theatre parties for the entire house. W C Handy praises the show and has bought works on Toussaint L'Overture to learn more about the Negro liberator.
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Haiti
WPA
Lafayette Theatre
Harlem
Rex Ingram
de Land
Club Comus
Bethune-Cookman Scholarship Fund
International Workers Order
New York Hiking Club
Flatback
Cultural Club
Adult Educational League
W. C. Handy
Handy
Toussaint L
Toussaint L'Ouverture in Phillips Speech Heroic Negro Leader
Review of Haiti at Lafayette Theatre Harlem spurs interest in Wendell Phillips’s famous defense of Toussaint L'Ouverture. The lecture extols the African general, contrasts Cromwell Napoleon and Washington, and calls L'Ouverture a heroic figure who shaped history despite racial slander.
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Haiti
Lafayette Theatre
Harlem
Toussaint L’ouverture
Wendell Philips
Philips
William Lloyd Garrison
Anti-Slavery Society
Phocion
Brutus
Hampden
England
Fayette
France
Washington
Harlan Clarke Controversy Returns Next Week
The dispute over Anento Roose Velt's humanitarian stance resurfaces as events unfold next week, with parties aligned around principles of aid and policy.
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Harlan—Clarke
Anento Roosevelt
Rumor of a colored high school stirs Dayton area
A rumor spread about Superintendent C. V. Courter arriving to establish a Negro High School in a northern city with a Dayton educator named as principal. Citizens reject the idea, arguing segregation fuels prejudice while harmony stems from association.
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C. V. Courter
Dayton
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Richmond, Va
News Leader
Jane Taylor Duke
Citizens of Richmond
Burbank — Carver
Tuskegee
J. Franklin Walker
SEC
Androcles and the
Lion
Wendell Phillips
Napoleon
Cromwell
Europe
Jamaica
Saxon
Robert Peel
Roger Williams
St. Domingo
Empire
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