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VOL. XXXI, NO. 40
16 Miamians To Get Degrees At FAMU
TALLAHASSEE Two hun
dred and ninety four persons are
candidates for degrees at the
June 4 commencement exercises
of Florida A and M University.
The largest number cf candi
dates l4B— are in the schoo*
of education. The second largest
number—lo2—are in the college
of arts and sciences. In othei
areas the candidates are as fol
lows: 'Agriculture and' home
economics, 18; engineering and
mechanics arts, 11; college of law,
1; school of nursing education, 6
school of pharmacy, 1; and grad
uate school, 7.
S:me 2,000 *.:erson3 are ex
pected to attend the annual bac
calaureate services Sunday after
noon, June 3 when the Rev. Ed
ward T. Graham, pastor of Mt.
ion Baptist Church delivers the
message for the occasion.
And on Monday morning, a
capacity audience Is also expect
ed to fill spacious Lee Hall aud
itorium to hear Dr. John W.
Davis, president emeritus of
West Virginia State College de
liver the commencement address.
Other activities during the
elude the reception for the grad
commencement season will in
uating seniors, their parents,
friends, the aiumryt faculty and
staff that will be given Sunday
evening at 7 by President and
Mrs. George W. Gore, Jr., at
their home. Sunshine Manor.
Miamians receiving degrees
are:
Collcre of arts and sciences:
Salathiol Gaiter, Albertha Belin
da Ne.’son, Leon Ferguson, Ed
ward Prentis Nolan, Jr.
School of education: Delores C.
Bethel, Gertrude C. M. Bush,
Jean Y. Carroll, El vm* Franklin
Dean, Allen Louis Higgs, Betty
Jean Ingraham, Roslyn Jeter,
Hazel M. P. Levan, Fredericke
Augustus Morley, Helen Y. Trot-
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George Williams, DCT coor
dinator for George Washington
Carver High School, is shown
receiving a citation from Dr.
Richard Moore, president of Be
thune-Cookman College at Day
tona Beach. The award, in rec
ognition of outstanding service in
education and civic enterprises,
was presented at the 51st college
commeencement exercises Mon
day.
Among seven others who re
ceived were Miss Zora
Neal Hurston, Eau Gallie, edu
cation and human relations; Miss
Bertha Cann, Daytona Beach, ed
.ucation and human relations; W.
Austin Smitn, Jacksonville, Bus
iness and civic enterprise; Mrs.
Minnie Niblaok, Lake City, edu
cation and civic enterprise; Mrs.
Mable Norris Reese, editor of the
Mount Dora Topic, journalism and
civic enterprise, and Clarence
Langer, Miami, music and human
relations.
Mr. Williams graduated from
Booker T. Washington in 1935.
He got his B. A. at Clark Uni
versity and his masters degree
from New York University where
he is also doing advanced study.
Mr. Williams is vice president of
the board of directors of St. Al
ban’s Day Nursery.
SIXTEEN PAGES lO CENTS
Deacon Ed Shumake
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Edward Shumake, 76, pioneer
Miamian who came to this city
in 1901 from Valdosta, Ga., died
Tuesday at his home, 1464 MW
sth avenue. He was one of the
community’s most loved and re
spected citizens. He was a fire
man for 51 years, 40 at which
he worked for the Florida East,
Coast Railroad.
Survivors include his wife,
Frankie; one daughter, Mrs.
Mamie Lou Grady of Jersey City;
two brothers, James of this city
and George of Selma, Ala., and
two sisters, Mrs. Phyllis Harold
and Mrs. Annie Ballard both of
Maccn, Ga.
Funeral services, under the
direction of Richardson Mortu
ary, will be held Saturday at 2
pm. at Mt. Zion Baptist Church,
with the Rev. Edward T. Graham
officiating.
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GLORIA SMITH
j Chosen by popular vote of the
Northwestern High senior class
: vere Ruzell Griffin and Gloria
Smith as the prettiest girls.
Company Feels Pinch Os
Tallahassee fins Boycott
TALLAHASSEE Segrega
gation hurts the White man most
M all in his pocketbook.
And cwners of the city bus
service here are beginning to feel
the pains as a Negro boycott of
the local buses spread from Fla.
\ and M University campus to
all parts of Gov. Leßoy Collins’
:apitol bailiwick.
The boycott began Monday by
students in protest against arrest
if two university students for
violating segregated bus seating
regulations.
A group of Negroes met Thurs
day night and voted to boycott
he buses until seating of White
and Negro persons on predom
inantly Negro lines is made on a
first ccme, first served basis.
They also want Negro drivers on
predominantly Negro lines and
more courtesy from White drivers.
CHARGES DROPPED
Charges against the two girls,
Wilhelmina Jakes of West Palm
Beach, and Carrie Patterson, were
dropped by police Wednesday.
Police said the city had turned
the matter over to authorities of
the university. Presient George
Gore was out of the city during
the week. •
2 Men Drown As
Fishing Boat Capsizes
MARATHON Two Goulds
men were drowned Wednesday
when their small fishing boat
capsized in heavy swells off I/mg
Key.
Ernest Washington, 35, was
found dead in the water near
Long Key Bridge Thursday.
Mack Matthews, another member
of the fishing party of three, is
still missing and believed
drowned.
Lone survivor of the holiday
tragedy is Julius Twine who clung
to his 14-foot boat for nearly 19
hours after it capsized. He is un
conscious and in critical condi
tion at Monroe General Hospital
suffering from shock and expos
ure,
The three men went fishing
early Wednesday morning. As
j they were returning to land near
I Long Key Bridge the water be
Thc girls had been charged
with putting themselves in a po
sition to incite a riot, and were
free on $25 bond.
The Rev. C. K. Steele, president
of the local chapter of the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People, said
effectiveness of the boycott was
resulting from expansion of cai
pools.
Steele, himself, was arrested
by a city piliceman cn a charge
of speeding and running a stop
light shortly after he had picked
up some passengers in frent of
the pest office.
Policeman Burl Peacock said
Steele was travelling 35 mile s an
hour in a 25 mile an hour zone.
Steele denied he was exceeding
the speed limit and said he would
fight the case. A hearing is
scheuled in city police court Mon
day.
Only a handful of Negroes rode
the buses during the early morn
ing 'rush, and none at all during
the slack mid-morning period.
Steele said 30 cars were in the
riding pool picking up passenger?
at 13 stations. He estimated tha'
1,200 passengers a day were be
ing picked up.
came choppy and swamped the
boat throwing the three into the
water. Twine said his two com
paniens disappeared immediately
Twine held desperately to the*
underside of the boat all night
When picked up by the Coas
Guard his hands, legs, arms and
-best were scraped raw and
bleeding. The Coast Guard is
still looking for the body of Mat
thews.
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MRS. CARRIE EMANUEL
MRS. VERA WILSON''
NURSE EMANUEL
IS VICTIM OF
BOAT BLAST
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* Mrs. Carrie Emanuel, pionaer
Miamian and retired nurse, died
from shook and exposure Wed*
nesday when an explosion and
Are destroyed the boat on which
she and a (party of six were go
inf fishing.
Treated at Jackson Memorial*
Hospital for shock ware Mrs.,
/era Wilson, of 1629 NW Ist ct.
jnd Mrs. Ophelia Simon of 1614
’W sth ave. Both are listed in
good condition.
The party was enjoying a Me
morial Day fishing trip in Bis
cayne Bay near Burlingame Is
land when the tragedy occurred.
The boat, the Margaret Eulie, a
33-fcot cabin cruiser, is owned
by George Dona than, of 14360
Monroe st., Richmond Heights.
It apparently exploded after
leaking gas combined with water
in the bilge and toucheed off by
a s. ark from the engine.
Dcnathan and Harry Simon
tried desperately to fight the
blaze with portable fire extin
guishers, but the terrific heat
caused them and the passengers
to abandon the boat.
Fortunately, several other fish
ing craft were in the vicinity of
the explosion and picked the
terrified victims out of the water
within minutes after the tragedy.
Hundreds of people on the shore
looked on horrified.
Alsdhon board were Wiley Rob
inson of 1564 NW 4th ave., and
A. C. Persons of 1305 NW 6ftt^
The wind blew the blazing boet
shoreward and firemen extin
guished the blaze at the dock in
the ° cean Ranch Hotel,
200 SE 12th st.
Mrs. Emanuel is survived by a
son, Edward, a public school
teacher in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Funeral services under the di
ection of Francis Funeral Home
will be held on Monday morn
ing. June 4 at 10 o’clock at her
borne 1508 NW sth court, with
he Rev. Edward T. Graham,
pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist
whurch, officiating. The body
5 o clock Sunday afternoon until
(uneral time Monday.
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