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Seryrdey, March 7, 1953 __THE Key COLORED COMMUNITY NEWS WINIFRED SANDS JOHNSON. Editor 2-2826 Honor Roll Students At Famcee Named Five students at the Florida A and M College with a three-point or “straight A’ average, and a blind student with a 2.71 or “high B” average, are among the 92 Famceans who made the first se- mester honor roll which was re- leased last week by the office of the registrar. The three-point students are Lil- lian Collins, a drama major from Tallahassee who graduated at the end of the semester; Maryland B. Sewell, English, Panama City, Fia.; Otto B. Smith, mathematics, Jacksonville; Mae I. Vesta, sec- ondary education, Tampa, and Mrs. Bertha Mangram, special student, Tallahassee. Miss Sewell and Smith are seniors. Miss Vesta is a freshman. Vernon Lee, a political science major from Ft. Pierce, Fla., is the blind student who earned the 2.71 average. Of the 92 honor roll students, the department of elementary edu- eation hae the largest repregenta- 1t—followed by the depart- of mathematics with nine. departmen: has the representation—-six. of the students are from department with eight. J sonville is represented by six a dents with Miami and Pensacola each having five students on the honor reil. SEAMAN ALLEN ON “NAVY DESTROYER aboard the destroyer The Serving USS Hailey {s David D. Aller, sea-! man, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. David PD. Allen of 209 Olivia st., Key West. Prior to entering the Navy in Dec., 1946, Allen attended Doug- lass High School. PARENTS ARE INVITED Ail parents ere urged to attend the regular meeting of the Doug- lags School PTA which wil! be held in the school auditorium on Wed- wesday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m. Matters of vital importance pertaining to the band and school bys.will be discussed. Mrs. Rowena Pinder of Emma Street continues: to be ill. Bill's Pawn Shop 76 DI'VAL STREET Unealled-For Watches Suits For Sale GLOBE OE STORE “We Pit The Hard te Fit” Sv FLEMING ST. Heydays Life Stride Buxkens FULL LINE OF MEN’S and CHILDREN’S SHOES PRICE RANGE $1.99 to $18.95 Whea in Miami Visit Our Store At 30 NE, Yat. St. . 1 $2.20. 6 KEY Wrst CATIZEN Pege? McBEES CALLED AWAY BY DEATH IN FAMILY Aaron McBee of Knoxville, Ten- nessee, father of Deacon Ee McBee of Key West, passed away at the General Hospital of Knox- ville after a short illness. Deacon and Mrs. McBee left Key West on Monday, March 2, in order to make plans for the funeral which will he held in Knox- ville, Teather At Douglass Give ift Lesso Thrift n The teachers of the Primary de- partment of Douglass School need to be complimented for the excell- ent job they are doing in cultivat- ing habits of thrift in their pupils through having them purchase De- fense Saving Stamps. Following is a list of the teach- ers along with the amount of money in their respective rooms and the pupil having the. highest tpount of money: First Grade Grade 1, division 1 — Mrs. L. Lewis, $50,000. Pupil with the high- | est amount, Irving Carey $4.10. Grade 1, division 2 — Miss Ruth Rodgers, $19.50. Pupil with high- est amount—Andrea _ Patterson, Second Grade Grade 2, division 1 — Miss E. ‘Thompson, $11.20. Pupil with high- est amount—Renaldo Clark, $4.60. Grade 2, division 2 — Mrs. M. A. Thompson, $20.00. Pupil with highest amount—Voreece Dean, $3.10. Grade 3 — Miss Watts, $20.20. Pupil with highest amount— Cheryl Pelzer, $8.20, Savings From Outsiders: James Philip Carey, son of Mr. and ‘Mrs, Irving Carey, $4.10; Ce- cil Bain, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Bain, Sr., $10.00; Marlene Chipehase,, daugnter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chipchase, $8.20; Kyles Miller, $18.75, and Mrs. Leoncia McGee $6.80, Total Amount — $120.90. New A.M. Pastor | Is Asset To Town Rev, W. N. Everett, the new pastor of Bethel A. M. E.” Chutteh, | | has had wide experience in reli-; gious work. If given the proper | support, he will prove a great as-| set to the community. He is also interested in educa- tion and shows this through the interest that he is taking in his wife, who is now in her senior year at Bethune - Cookman Col- lege, Daytona Beach, Florida. Fresh Seafood Daily Sundays Included (Till Noon) Free Delivery 801 WHITEHEAD STREET DIAL 2-2263 O'Bryant And | Rep. Papy Meet With Teachers Last week, Superintendent Ho- race O’Bryant and State. Repre- sentative Bernie C. Papy met with the faculty of Douglass High School in order to get their view- point on a pay raise for teachers and other matters pertaining to school legislation that will come up in the State Legislature in the early part of April. Superintendent Horace O’Bryant introduced Mr. Papy as one who is vitally interested in school mat- ters and the welfare of teachers and students. Mr.* Papy pledged his support in getting the highest pay possible for teachers. He also went on re- cord as being highly in favor of free textbooks, as prior to the is- suance of free texts, many pupils were without books us they did | Self. not have the means to afford them, Superintendent O’Bryant, as we all know, always does all that is possible to make his teachers happy. The teachers and prmncipal of Douglass School are very grateful to Superintendent O’Bryant and State Representaiive Bernie C. Papy for the interest shown in them. Gerald Dean Is Heard By School Group Tuesday Gerald Dean spoke to the Senior High School division of pease School on Tuesday, March 3, the topic “The 'divudual’s hey: ponsibility to the Home, School and Community.” He stressed the fact that the young person needs to be aware of the benefits of these three in- Stitutions, and from the cradle to taking part in civic activities of the community, a learning process is taking place. Dean also stressed the necessity of good citizenship. The students received Mr. Dean with enthusiasm and were very happy to hear his timely message. FOUNDERS’ “weekend” speak- er at Famcee.—The Rev. Wal- ter C. Wynn, executive direc- tor, Council for Equal Job Op- portunity, Philadelphia, will speak at the Florida A. and M. College this week. He will de- liver the Founders’ Day mes- sage on Friday, the sixth from the subject. “A Generations’ Faith and Hope,” and the Founders’ Worship message Sunday, the eighth from the subject “Sharing One’s Faith.” Market | GROCERIES & MEATS |) MANI'S BAR MAN! PEREZ — Prop. 316 Petronia Street Phone 2-9272 Our Red Goose Children’s Shoes For EASTER Have Arrived Appelrouth’s $4 DUVAL STREET AIR CONDITIONED FOR Shoe Center PHONE 2.2537 YOUR COMFORT R 801 THOMAS STREET UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Special 1-Day Service Cleaning and Pressing Dresses from $1.00, $1.25, $1.58 Suits (Special) $1.50 OVERCOATS $1.50 REG. SERVICE SUITS, COATS, DRESSES $1.00 PLAITED SKIRTS T5c to $1.00 HENRY WINDSOR, Mar Acme Package Store ‘3? PETRONIA STREET Phone 2-9400 | and Mrs. Doris Conner, reporter. ‘With Parents Here Service Center \Is Underway With Saturday Parties On Saturday, February. a a dance, the second entertainment sponsored by the Service Center was given at their hall on White- head Street. Steward 1-c Coleman wishes to state that a goodly number of “Teenagers” attended the affair. He stresses the fact that young men attending high school are es- pecially invited and will always be made welcome at any affair given at the Center. The service- men are your friends and are as eager to provide wholesome re- |: [epee for you as they are for young ladies, Coleman wishes to extend: spe- cial thanks to Steward 1-c Bolden of the U. S. S. Bushnell for his | unselfish attitude in» helping in every way to make the Center a place where one can enjoy him- On Saturday there will be a dance. Piano music and solos will be the outstanding features of the evening. Jones and Walker of the U. S. S. Bushnell will be the en- tertainers. Church Guild Has Regular Monday © 8 Night Meetings The Willing Workers Guild is a group of young ladies of St. Pe- ter’s Episcopal Church, organized on February 28, 1949. These young ladies with Earth- erbelle Robinson as their president try to live up to their’ name as willing workers by cooperating wherever they Are needed, es- pecially in chufch ‘work. They hold a meéting each Mon- day night at different homes where business is carried on and re- freshments are served. The officers. of the club are: Mrs. Eartherbélle Robinson, pre- sident; Mrs. Eugenia Hepburn vice president; Mrs. Florelle Tay- lor, secretary; Mrs. Janice Leg- gett, assistant secretary; Mrs. Elizabeth Déan, chaplain; Miss Rosalee Valdez, treasurer; Mrs. Elizabeth Stocker, sick committee; Airman Vacations Airman 1-c Floyd’ Culmer 1s’ ‘in | the city spending a short .' tion with his parents, Mr. Mrs. William Culmer.of 298 Wind- sor Lane, Culmer, a graduate of Douglass | School class of '51 has been in the ~ {Legion Auxiliary THE BOYS AND GIRLS of this group make up the Primary Thrift Club. They are, left to right, back row, Cecil Bain, Jr., Voreece Dean, Reynaldo Clark, and Cheryl Pelzer; front row, left to right, Kyles Miller, Andrea Patterson, Irving Carey, Jr., and James Philip Carey. —Citizen Staff Photo by Ellis Finch. Florida Hoboes Open Season [Founders Now At. Wickers Field Tonig A eas bus will leave the corner of Thomas and Petronia Streets at 7. 7:30 and 8 pam., to take people to the ball park to see the Ho- boes play. Also the lar scheduled buses will be able on Duval Street every 20. minutes. The, Florida Hoboes open up baseball.season tonight against the | Cleveland Indians AAA-B Farm System’ Clubs at Wicker’s Field at 8 p. m.; and tomorrow after- noon at 3 p. m. The*Hoboes, compriesd of about 25plavers, can well boast of Minor-major league talent. For| eee “past two weeks our local Ho- have gone through vigorous i under the careful and; talented guidance of Alpheus (Red) “arid promises to be a clul that “ail Key West can well boast | of. Jim Farr, owner of the Florida ht Riseeal Services For Mrs. Thomas To Be March 15 Mrs. Evelyn Woods Thomas, age 39, died at the Municipal Hospital on Wednesday, March ‘4, at 10:30 a. m. Funeral services will not be con- ducted until Sunday, March 15, be- cause of the coming of her sister, Being Honored At Fla. A&M Founders’ sswoskend” fo oma: at the Flerida A and M College gp yesterday and will end Sun- The Rev. Walter C. Wynn, = mer chaplain at the College livered the Founders’ address in Lee auditorium at twelve noon Mrs. Ruth Dunn, from San Diego, | Pian | California. The funeral procession” will move from the residence, 308 Vir- ginia Street to Cornish Poses ye A. M. E. Zion Church, where. the pastor A. Franklin Hooper will of- ficiate. Interment will be in the family plot of the City Cemetery. She is survived by her husband, Thomas; Mrs. Carrie wae |e service for a peri years, twelve months of nas" “spent | Hoboes, says that if the Fans et oe rs: Lacan in French Morocemy Africa.. Culmer will now go to Alabania | | géod.. competition, they should. all |Mrs. “Merlice Andrews, Key.,West want good baseball and! Stirrup, sister; Mrs. Merline White, sister; sister; espers. Rev. Wynn received his B. S. from Famcee; his. B. Anover Newton Theological School Newton Centre, Mass., and his M. A. from Hartford’ where he willbe ° stationed. at turn out in large numbers for the|yrs\ Ruth Dunn, sister; Maxwell| Miss Meyers finished A and M Creig Air Force Base, On Monday, March 1, Culmer | paid @ Visit to” Dowglass School, | where he lectured. to. the pupils of | the ninth ‘grade, ‘telling them of | his observations in Africa. He said that conditions there are miser-| able. Starvation and ignorance are to be seen everywhere. He told the children that they | jnight of March 17, opening games, and that every) week thereafter offers will made*to’bring top attraction clubs. At This: writing, the Hoboes have ischeduled games with the follow- ing: On March 15 - Sunday after-| noon, March 16 (night) and the | against the | ; Miami (all colored) Giants Base- ball “Club; featuring “Skinny” be aunts, one uncle, and a jand John Woods, borthers; two host of other relatives and friends, Sports Shorts By Willis Knowles Friday, February 27, the basket- should thank God for Being citi-| Barnhill formerly of the F. I. L.|ball teams of Douglass zens of the greatest country face of the earth - Mrs. Florence Jackson, assis- tant secretary of the Regular De | Luxe Club has been confined at) the Municipal Hospital since last | Tuesday. “America.” or Negro league players. This | team is definitely a threat to our Técal club. On March 29, afternoon, March 30 (night)-and March 31 (night) | against the 1952 Champs of the | Coast-Glades League tops in semi-pro baseball in the State of | High on the | and numerous ex-major and min-|School lost two heartbreaking games at Fort Pierce, Florida, scene of the “district tournament.” The boys’ game was played first against Stuart Vocational Training School of Stuart, Florida. The Lions of Stuart grabbed a |big lead in the first two quarters. | By “intermission time” the Lions Mrs. Marie Spaulding Welters is }orida. These outstanding players |led the Douglass Tigers 22-10. in Miami in order to be near her} daughter Ursula who is a patient) at Variety Children’s Hospital, | Coral Gables, Florida. Juan Sorriano 1011 Whitehead Street MEAT and GROCERIES PHONE 2.6122 Cleaners 701 Thomas Street Blanche Jones, Prop. jare the Stuart Sailfishers of Stu- art, Florida In the third quarter, Charles | Clarke, “senior center”, discover- ee ‘42 and earned the Mus, B. Fisk Univer- sty, She has studied at the Jul- oe Muste under a Gen- eral Education Board Scholarshio, and in Paris under a Fulbright Fellowship. At present Miss Mey- | ers is an instructor in piano at SICK Mrs. Bertha Bow Cash, 312 gela Street, is a patient at Municipal Hospital. Douglass High Taylor. On April 5, Sunday afternoon, |ed the basket. The Tigers then be-| Miss Edith Watts, third erate | April 6, Monday night, and April gan dumping in points. This, how-|teacher of Dougtss School, |7, Tuesday night, the Havana Cu-/jever, was short-lived because in |been indisposed for several Pony {bans are scheduled and a letter His in the mail with these,dates to Joe Cambria. secretary | Attractive offers are being made for top Cuban clubs as well as other top attractions in this coun- try. A schedule is also being ar-} Van Dyke’s Barber Shop i Specializing in LADIES WORK 10i$ Thomas Street SHOE REPAIR 70% Duvai Street Phone 2-6642 7t4 Thomas Street Key West, Fla. Hats Made end Seid PANAMAS and FELTS the middle of this quarter, Charles |fouled out. At the end of the third quarter, Stuart led 25-22. In the final stanza, the score was tied, the Tigers, however. continued to commit fouls, thus jallowing the Lions t go ahead lwith a 34-32 lead. Outstanding players for the Ti- gers were Alfred Saunders, Char- les Clarke and James Poiter. ‘ Crawfords, land the Zule Giants (21 road at- traction teams.) Support your local club and at- bought at the office of Safeway Air Travel, 606 Duval Street -— phone 25111. GROCERIES 3 SUNDRIES Oven Unt 11 Pm. Ph. Dae bristle go #11 Thomas Street, is serious! il. DEATHS ee ee ee Me "snd Mee. Flora died on Wednesday, 1953. Friday, March 6. lin Hooper of Church, officiated. ot This @id sot lest ond the core wan 3337 & fever of | Gives Book To Douglass Library The American L@gion Auxiliary, Arthur Sawyer Unit No, 28 is Placing “The Key to’ Peace’ for high schooi- and coilege students in the Douglass library. Says Mrs. Nimia Sikes, past | President of the Auxiliary, “I am indeed happy to know that the American, Legion Auxiliary is going to place copies of this won- derful book in our three ne. schools (Key West, Convent Mary Immaculate and pov olin “The youth of America must be taught the history of our country in all of its glory and romance. We must not only get Communism out of the schools, but we must emphasize Americanism. Our vigi- lance must rest upon a true and passionate- knowledge of the Am- erican creed.” Annual Banquet Of Club To Be Held Tonight The Regular De Luxe Club will hold its annual banquet on Satur- day, March 7, at the Community Center. This year they (the mem- bers) wili celebrate their fourth anniversary, Invited guests other than the members are Mr. Roy Allen, prin- cipal of Douglass High School, es- corts to the ladies and Mra, Wini- fred Sands Johnson, guest speak- er. The officers of this club which is both social and charitable in nature are: Mrs. Marie Sands, president; Miss Mervit Roberts, Jennie Moss, treasurer; Grace Butler, chaplain; Mrs. Nathalie Carey, reporter; and ual | Mrs. Leoncia Mcintosh, business manager, Names of the new offi- — will be disclosed at a later ite, “|CLUB NOTES By Florence Fry, reporter The Southernmost City Navy Wives Club No, 114 met Wednes- day night at the home of Mrs, Lillian Henderson, 806 Baptist A short business meeting was held followed by « social hour which was most graciously served by the hostess, Mrs. Henderson. Mrs. Don't forget the “membership drive on March 1) Navy wives are asked to affiliate them- selves with this club. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Lizzette James, HS, Fort Village, The date of the game is unde- E i t zs ze 3 £ fi : & r i " aur? FE D tileted

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