THE SPECTATOR
BY ELLIOTT J. PIEZE
ALL IS READY FOR COCONUT
HARVEST FESTIVAL MAY 6 A 7
All of Miami and vicinity now
await the coming of the first Coco
nut Harvest Festival to be sponsor
ed for Negroes of this community.
As announced several times before,
the dates are Saturday and Sunday
May 6 and 7, and the place is Vir
ginia Beach. The occasion is on© of
the greatest entertainment attrac
tions ever presented for the plea
sure of the people of this commun
ity. All plans for the presentation
of this attraction are now ready and
waiting.
So much and mauy are the vari
ous activities to be presented, that
two days instead of one, have been
set aside for the sponsoring of the
entire group. The many attractions
include: A mammoth bathing beau
ty contest, the winner of which will
be declared “The Queen of the Co
conut Festival,” and will receive a
long list of valuable prizes. In addi -
tion to the beauty contest there will
be a number of other contests, in
cluding athletics and recreational
activities, a series of band concerts
presenting the bands of the three
local high schools, a dance leading
up to the coronation, and finally the
coronation ball, where the winners
of the various events will be pre
sented with their prizes and the
Queen will be crowned.
There will not be a single dull
moment' on either Saturday or Sun
day, May 6 and 7, when it’s Coconut
Harvest Festival Time, at Virginia
Beach. All of the various activities
will be free of admission and every
body is invited. As announced be
fore the toll charges going over to
Virginia Beach have been reduced
50 per cent thus making it possible
for more people to come over and
enjoy the festivities.
Any young woman interested in
entering the bathing beauty contest
is asked to contact either Elliott J.
Piero. at the. office, of the. Miami
Times or Sandy Green at the Rock
land Palace.
It is going to be a great time, and
we’ll be looking ftp* all of you.
AVC TO SPONSOR SECOND
MAMMOTH HOUSING RALLY
The second in a series of housing
rallies designed to bring the Negro
veteran of this community and their
families the true facts on
vital information concerning the
veterans housing program, will be
sponsored by Miami Chapter No. 2,
American Veterans Committee, on
Sunday afternoon, May 21 at Bt.
Matthews Baptist Church, Rev. N.
F. Clark, pastor, beginning prompt
ly at 4 p.m. Two of the foremoat
authorities on veterans housing on
the staff of the Veterans Adminis-
RE-ELECT
WM. D. "Bill"
JOYCE
YOUR DADE COUNTY
PURCHASING AGENT
AND I’LL GUARD IT AS I
HAVE FOR THE PAST 14
l -dJa YEARS.”
. 1 Dade County Business
J is BIG Business. The
Expenditure of $8,000,-
000.00 a Year Demands
Experience
IS NO SUBSTITUTE
FOR EXPERIENCE
Paid for by a friend
tration will address the meeting
giving valuable information to the
veterans in the kind of language
that everybody can understand. It
is going to be a most important
meeting, and all veterans, especially
those of you who have not as yet
started buying your home, together
with your families and friends are
invited to come out and learn of
this valuable information. Admis
sion will be absolutely FREE and
a short musical program will be
presented in addition to the princi
pal speakers.
Four months ago, the Miami Chap
ter No. 2, presented the first in Mils
series, of housing, rallies, at. the
Youth Center, 340 NW 13th st.. at
I which time, Charles Cropper of the
Veterans Administration and the
late Max Goodman, of Miami-Miaiui
Beach Tenants’ League addressed
the group. The rally on May 21, will
be a follow-up to the first one.
Any veteran who is wondering
what move to take in securing his
home, is advised to put this meeting
on his “must” list. You can’t afford
to miss it. Remeber the date, time
and place, it’s Sunday, May 21 at
St. Matthews Baptist Church, NAV.
17th st., between 3rd court and 4th
ave.
IT’S BT\V ALUMNI REUNION
DAY THURSDAY, JUNE 8
Thursday, June 8, has been set
aside this year as the day of the
annual Reunion of the Alumni of
Booker T. Washington High School.
And what a day it is going to be.
As is the custom every year, the
class which has been out of the
school for ten years, will return to
hold its reunion. In this case it be
comes the class of 1940. The an
nual program will be presented on
that afternoon at 2 o’clock, at the
school's auditorium. Following the
program will come the annual Get
together Social on that afternoon
beginning immediately following the
program. And as a fitting climax to
the days activities, the Annual Re
union Ball, honoring the Class of
1940, will be held at the Rockland
Palace on that night, Thursday,
June 8. beginning at 10 p.m. This
year the reunion activities are be
ing planned 'to surpass any of the
past ones, and all Alumni, friends,
and visitors are invited to come out
and enjoy an evening of pleasure.
Funds raised from the Reunion
Ball will be used to pay the Alumni
annual scholarship award, which
goes each year to some deserving
member of the senior class. More
about the Alumni Reunion Day next
week.
$3,000 FIRE IN
BROWN SUB
An early-morning fire razed the
second story of a CBS dwelling unit
at NW 42nd st. and 27th ave., caus
ing damage estimated at SB,OO Wed
nesday.
Firemen who battled the blaze for
two hours said it apparently started
from a short circuit.
KIDNAPPED BABY
FOUND WELL
NEW YORK A tiny baby, given
up for dead after she was kidnapped
from a hospital incubator, was found
Tuesday alive and well In an impro
vised incubator in the storeroom of
a mid-Manhattan hotel.
The infant girl, who doctors fear
ed could live only a few hours de
prived of the protection of her incu
bator, had gained six ounces since
her disappearance.
An 18-year-old woman, distraught
since the death of her own prema
turely-born twins two months ago,
was charged with the kidnapping.
Police said she admitted taking the
two-pound, 11-ounce baby from the
Lincoln hospital in the Bronx on the
night of March 30.
The woman, Mrs. Evelyn Jane
Jordan, a hotel chambermaid, ap
parently had taken excellent caro
of the.abducted child. As a substi
tute for the warmth of the incuba
tor, she used hot water bags and
bought an electric heater to aug
ment the heat of the room in which
the baby was kept.
The baby’s mother, Mrs. Clifford
Holden, took one glance at her
child Tuesday morning and exclaim
ed: ”Yes( that’s her.”
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FOUR MEMORIAL
SERVICES FOR
WAR DEAD TO BE
HELD MAY 21
NEW YORK ANP) A Phil
lip Randolph, president of the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Por
ters and co-chairman of the Com
mittee Against Jim Crow in Mili
tary Service and training, announc
ed here Monday that memorial ser
vices honoring the Negro war dead
will be held simultaneously In four
cities on Sunday, May 21, The date
has been proclaimed by President
Truman as “I Am An American
Day.”
The committee is sponsoring the
ceremonies which will be held in
Washington. Phladelphia. Gettys
burg and Springfield. 111.
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