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PAGE FOUR FLORIDA’S FAVORITE COLORED WEEKLY Office et 1112 N.W. Third Avenue. Miami, Florida—Telephone 3-2236 Plant at 6740 N.W. 15th Avenue—Telephone 84-6128 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Member of the Negro Newspaper Publishers Association Member Associated Negro Press ONE YEAR $4.00 SIX MONTHS $2.50 THREE MONTHS $1.50 Entered as Becond Class Matter, August 9, 1927, at the Post Office at Miami, Florida under the act of March 3, 1876 H. E. SIGISMUND REEVES, Editor GARTH C. REEVES, Business Manager Each passing year robs us of something—Latin PHARR FUNERAL HOME DISSOLVED The well-known Pharr Funeral Home has been dis solved. Last week the Francis Funeral Home leased the building. The Pharr Funeral Home was one of the few remain ing old institutions in our section of the community. It came into being thirty-eight years ago, when Carter and Pharr purchased the undertakers business that was con ducted by M. I. Mitchell. They operated for some time successfully. In 1916 Kelsey Pharr bought out his partner. He then began to improve and enlarge the business which was conducted at the Mitchell’s property, now the Scott’s building, 1018 NW Second Avenue. Dr. Pharr purchased the present lo cation on the opposite side, of the street in 1924 and built a modern, well equipped funeral home. His personality, congeniality, efficiency and general manner of conduct ing business won for him the friendship of the community and patronage such a business deserved. His motto was, “Just Plain Nice” and he practiced it. For the past five or six years Dr. Pharr has not been in the best of health, and it is upon the advice of his phy sicians that he is giving up the funeral home. His many friends will receive this news with regret, but hope that he will enjoy his retirement for many years to come. They will also be pleased to know that after a good rest Dr. Pharr will again engage in community activities. “ HOW YOUNG ARE YOU?” In the days of Julius Caesar, 25, was a ripe old age. A Gay Nineties worker was ready for the scrap heap at 40. Today, life expectancy skyrockets. For the third time in a 77-year life span Winston Churchill thunders against the foes of freedom. Ninety-year-old Grandma Moses, who created a sprightly new career in art at 80, is really “liv ing it up.” So your best years may be ahead of you. According to Mr. George Lawton, Author and Direc tor of the Old Age Counseling Center, New York City, your mental power doesn’t reach its peak until 60. Wisdom increases constantly, while creative activity never declines. Ladies will like to know that in Europe no dramatic heroine is taken seriously unless in her 30’s, woman gains greater charm around 40 and may even be a “femme fa tale” at 50. Verdi was over 70 when he composed his supreme operas. Gladstone at 83 formed his fourth British govern ment; and Titian painted his greatest masterpieces in his 90’s. Os course, it isn’t mere longevity it’s a long, active and useful life that makes for fame, fortune and happi ness. So never mind the lies the calendar tells about your birthdays. Take the dictionary’s word for it that “young” means fresh, strong, vigorous, enthusiastic. The California Voice. Beauticians Nat’l Meet Opens Sun. Continued from page one school auditorium. Highlighting the evening will be an address by the organization’s founder. Dr. Mary M. Bethune, president emeritus of Bethune-Cookman College. Other speakers will include Mayor Chelsie Senerchia, Judge L. E. Thomas, Dr. I. P. Davis and the Rev. Edward T. Graham. The public is invited. Tuesday afternoon a sightsee ing trip will be conducted through the campus of the Uni versity of Miami. In the even ing a beach picnic will be stag ed at Virginia Key beach. Cars will leave from headquarters at Mary Elizabeth hotel. Wednesday morning will be devoted to business sessions, but the afternoon will be spent at Hialeah Park race track. In the evening the grand ball and in ternational hair styling show will, be held at Harlem Square Ball room. Thursday a large number of the group will leave for Haiti for the remaining two days of the con vention.. SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1951 Wins $3,000 Prize Arts. Inc.,' National Academy of Fine Arts, Brooklyn Museum. The Caresse Crosby’s Gallery in Washington has also displayed his works. Mr. Wilson has conducted six ane-mans exhibitions in Wash ington, New York, Kentucky and Chicago from 1944 through 1950. He is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship for creative painting. The- Urban League makes a special appeal to all social, fra ternal and civic organizations to urge their memberships to attend this great art show. It is truly great and should be seen by every art lover. Special admission slips have been available to all school principals for distribution among their students. The ex hibition hours are 1 to 11 p.m. daily including Sundays. SUSPENDED ON MORALS CHARGE Calvin R. Mapp, a member of the faculty of Booker T. Wash ington high school was suspend ed by the county school board Wednesday pending a hearing on charges of sex relations with a girl student. Mapp requested the hearing, de claring he was “accused with ma licious intent.” The board set March 12, to take testimony. JUST BROWSIN’ T 3y Pau- R. Henry Charles North and Stanley Sweeting of the North’s Travel Bureau left by Pan American Air Lines on Friday for Nassau, Ba hamas on a three-day business trip. Defective roof slabs have been discovered in the new George Washington High School and the contractors have been asked to correct the defects. The government is going to check up on outside income of senior federal officials. It might be a revelation. It will at least make interesting news. These worthless checks! Can you imagine a man purchasing a $47,500 home with one? Well, James D. Fader did and in Wash ing;on, D. C. at that. He was ar rested by FBI on Saturday. An appraisal of the estate of the late Bill (Bojangles) Robinson, famous dancer, showed that he left $24,169.43. Robinson died on November 25, 1949 at the age of 71. The home of the late Sir Harry Oakes in Ontario was given to the government in 1943 for a cul tural center, but no organization wanted it, so the 13-acre estate will be given back to Lady Oakes. Poison moonshine has found its way into Miami. Two men and a woman have felt the effects. Drinkers, if you want to live, bet ter not drink moonshine. The police with loud speakers have been sounding the warning. David Reese has spent eighteen months in the Hernando county jail at Brooksville, Fla. Reese was acquitted of a murder charge on July 20, 1950, but ordered held as an accessory'. Now Reese is about to be released. Opa Locka continues to grow. The new elementary school built to accomodate about 650 child ren is already overcrowded and two portables are being used. The school has an enrollment of near ly 800. There are 20 classrooms, a cafetoruim, a library, teachers lounge, special education room and a conference and board room. The building will be dedicated on March 23. Mrs. Alma Brooks is the principal. Friday night at the Medley stadium something new will be added, besides eight exciting races with outstanding drivers of Greater Miami Racing Associa tion. There will be a Destruction Derby. The Community Chest cam paign is over and plans are being made for the next one. Now it is Jkf Red Cross and the Cripple hildren, all worthy causes. We must do our part. The hearing of the nine per sons arrested for actively parti cipating in a drive to end racial discrimination in public schools m Cairo, Illinois comes off on March 5. on Ihe Clarendon _cuntj school case, Columbia, co j nes of / before a special three-judge federal court on Wednesday was Ash Wednes day, the first day of Lent. Ser- ? ur churc bes were well Dur?nv thi" SPite ° f COGI weat ber During this season church people or a goodly number of them give up most social activities and fol low ,he way of the Cross. Clifford Brady of Homestead was sentenced to 90 days in jail for selling bolita tickets. Cleve land Thurston presented two fed eral gambling tax licenses and tax receip.s for the 10 per cent pay ments. Judge Sylvester Adair told Thurston that possession of a fed eral tax stamp does not give you permission to violate city or state laws. North Miami News The White Azalia Saving Club will have its weekly meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. K Stockton, 1417 NE 154th terrace. North Miami Beach, March 2 at 4 p.m. The president, Mr. Bryant, is urging that all members be present. Mrs. Gladys Stockton. Rep. The Spectator By ELLIOTT J PIEZE THE LEGAL AID BUREAU Out at the University of Miami there is an organization among students in the law school known as the Legal Aid Bureau. It is sponsored" by the U. of M. Law School, Dean Russel A. Rasco. Among its advisors are profes sors from the law school, includ ing: Gerald Bloom and David S. Stern, and members of the Dade County Bar Association, includ ing Robert M. Haverfield, Thomas J. Maxey and Walter Beckham, Jr. of the Juvenile court. The Bureau has two branches: the criminal aid and the civil aid divisions. The primary purpose of the Legal Aid Bureau may be said to be two fold: first, it provides an ample opportunity for any person, who is in need of legal aid of some type, and who, be cause of conditions over which he has no control, does not have the necessary money to pay the fees charged by regular attorneys to get the same legal aid free of charge, through this bureau. Sec ondly, it provides capable law students an opportunity to do legal research for various clients, whose lawyers request the ser vice, which they are all privi leged to do at any time. The law students will, when desired, ap pear with the requesting attor neys in court, search out evi dences, take photos of the scene, get depositions and study the background ol the case. This phase will come under the criminal aid division. The Civil Aid division will work with Attorney Robert Haverfield of the Dade County Bar Association’s legal Aid So ciety. Although in its infancy, the group has already made itself felt in this community. One of its recent cases was that of Louis Sommer, the barber at Miami Beach, who was recently faced with extradition to finish serving a sentence, after more than 25 years living in this area as an honest wage earner. It is now working on the case of Henry Lar kins, a 57-year-old Negro, who is accused of second degree mur der, and who according to evi dence disclosed through investi gation, is apparently an unfor tunate victim of circumstances. Anyone desiring the assistance of this Legal Aid Bureau is in vited to write to the Bureau in care of Professor Bloom at the University of Miami Law School, Coral Gables, Fla. This Bureau can do a lot to help many Negroes in and around -his community, who do not have “wyers. ‘° hire regUlarly P aid MIAMI AWAITS “JAIL BAIT” TONIGHT (FRI.) AI J. of Miami is anxiously l 3 ,! ng , th f conning of the most alked of dramatic presentation in recent times. It’s “Jail Bait.” by Miami’s own Earl Sawyer which will be presented tonight’ n r r i da th Ecbruary 29 ■ at the Mod ern theatre. And what a time it is going to be. Tickets, now on sale at the theatre, are going fast, so patrons are urged to secure theirs «5 nn r V tS - t 0? late> Mission is SI.OO tax included. The play, the third in a series of three, is not only the greatest of the series, but is one that has been highly hailed by drama:ic critics, both local and national. Because of the nature of the play, persons under 14 years of age will not be permitted to see i. But those of you who do come out tonight are in for an evening of gi’eat pleasure. Remember i ’ s at the Modern Theatre tonight— and it’s “Jail Bait.” g NOTES FROM HERE AND THERE rJn e ? ntertain ment season is really here. This Sunday night March 2. finds Johnny Otis ana ms orchestra, featuring the sen- Redd 3 ! i Utle Esher - ai °ng with Redd Lyte and Mel Walker at .he Harlem Square Club . . Vh B°re« W Mr h >' «nds thj great Mr. B Billie Eckstine, along wi.h Count Basie and his or- 3 in the 03(16 C ° Unty Aud ’- , Ul m m a jazz concert, which On U *he a f tl iT ei 3 cap&Clty ,7° , h 8„ following Sunday nizh March 9 it’s Big J ce Turner and h L ° i r chestra at the newly re- Rockland Palace. Tur "? “Jl d £* s win be followed s - he Rockland by none other ‘G.L h6 ." d only Charles yood-Ume Charlie” Brown Q . IU orches.ra. who will pl ay the BiL Rivers’ mtery on Sunday night, March 23. These are just The Moving Finger BY L. A. THOMPSON While folk from the North are running and flying to Miami to enjov sunshine, some Miamians are still indulging in “moonshine. This week two persons, suffering from poisoned moonshine, were taken to a local hospital and it was feared that there were about 100 mild cases. This country is almost overflowing with legal liquor, and the distilleries are going day and night. Wave our folk learned anything from the slaughter around Atlanta, Ga. last Christmas when 34 persons died from “p’soned shine?” The old advice, “Touch not; taste not” may still be useful. A high moral standard should still be a part of the equipment of those who lead in any field of human endeavor. Those who help to mould the minds of young folk are especially expected to stand on a high pedestal as ex ample. Even in ancient times pub lic opinion and the law, were hard on those that “corrupted the young.” The news that one of our teachers is alleged to have ’’fallen from grace” is nauseating, to say the least. Let us pray. Race relations continue to move forward in spite of the many handicaps that just won’t down. News comes from Washington, D. C. this week that the Junior Women’s Club of Vero Beach, Fla., built in the Negro section, “a playground for smaller child ren, set up a recreational pro gram for youths, constructed a park for adults, complete with tables and benches, rest rooms and fountains; a prenatal clinic for expectant mothers, a new li brary, the public health lectures, and the bathing area on the beach where none had existed.” a few of the coming attractions which have Miamians looking for ward. The Square Circle Sportsmen Club dance at the Rockland Pal ace Thursday was a timely date for many of the patrons, who also attended the Talley Beatty Trop lcana revue at the Dade Count/ Auditorium. Both affairs were well attended and both still have the people talking . . . It’s King of Clubs’ Prom night, next Fri day, March 7 . . . Little Gerald Denard Dean, grandson of Mrs. Edith Silva Hines of 1528 NW 6th place will be christened at a ceremony to be held Sunday, March 2. A reception will follow at the home of his grandmother . . . Ernie Fields, his floor show and his orches.ra kept the gang jumping until the wee hours last Sunday night up at Case Society where there's always a great at trac.ion in store . . . Charles C. North and Stanley Sweeting are booked for a weekend engage ment over in the “land of pink pearls and pretty girls” to Nas sau, Bahamas. Plans will soon be announced for a gala air excursion .o Nassau, which many people have long been waiting for . . . And speaking of excursions, there is another one being sponsored to Havana, Cuba, on a date to be announced soon. Watch for it. Urban League Plans Clean-Up Campaign In a conference held this week with Mr. Grady Phelps and Mr. Ralph Williams of the city waste department, the Neighborhood Committee of the Greater Miami Urban League was given the go ahead signal for the promotion of a spring clean-up campaign for Washington Heights. During the conference of the committee chaired by Mrs. Eddie j. Daniels and the city officials, March 29 to April 5 was declared “Clean-up Week.” All citizens are urged to cooperate fully in this project of community pride. The city officials have assured the Neighborhood Committee that they will pick up all rubbish and trash (old springs, mattresses, ice •ox. etc.) except old lumber, Broken concrete blocks and any other building materials. It is im portant that all rubbish be put out on the streets no later than March 30. Watch this paper for more in formation.