Saturday, June 27, 1953 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

COLORED COMMUNITY NEWSWINIFRED SANDS JOHNSON, Editor

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Mrs. G. H. Walton ReportsOn VFW Annual Encampment

A note of thanks by DelegateGeneva Hannibal WaltonAttending the 23rd Annual En-

campment of the Veterans of For-eign Wars of Florida in Tallahas-see would not have been possiblewere it not for the tremendoussupport and excellent co-operationof Auxiliary 6021.

To you I offer my thanks andbest regards.

I hope that each of you will de-rive an inspiration from my reportwhich will'enable you to do a bet-ter job next year and win moreawards.

Department of Florida 23rdAnnual State V. F. W. Encamp-ment June 18-21, 1953I arrived in Tallahassee Friday

morning 8:30.Registration took place from

8:30 a. m. - 9:30 a. m. at The Flor-idian Hotel.

10:30 a. m. - 12:00 a. m. TheLadies’ Auxiliary of the Veteransof Foreign Wars opened the busi-ness session Friday morning witha presentation of banners apd flags

at the Floridian Hotel.Mrs. Estelle L. Buschena of St.

Petersburg, department president

president, called the meeting to

order and presided over the V. F.W. Encampment Women’s Sessionswhich lasted three days.

Greetings were extended to thepresident and encampment attend-ants by the American Legion De-partment and local units of theDaughters of the Confederacy.

Memorial services were held inhonor of deceased members.

Delegates from Key West wereMrs. Edna Carey, president; MissMercedes Hannibal and Mrs. Gen-eva Hannibal Walton.

On Saturday, June 20, Lee Mc-Alister, senior vice commander ofWest Palm Beach presented a hos-pital service award certificate toAuxiliary 6021 ofKey West, Florida.

The chaplain of 6021 will also re-ceive a certificate for one of themost outstanding reports at thesession.

Saturday was the most signifi-cant day of the convention with amilitary parade, a talk by Nation-al Commander James W. Cothranand the presence and talk by Man-uel J. Fernandez, the Nation’s sec-ond leading jet ace-who receiveda special State of Florida citation.

Sunday - 9:00 a. m. - 11:00 a. m.Memorial services were held at theFlorida State Theater, at whichtime names of the deceased wereread. Among them was that ofGeorge C. Johnson of Key West.

11:30 a. m. - 12:30 p. m. Busi-ness Session

12:30 p. m. -1:30 p. m. Recess1:30 p. m. - 6:00 p. m. Busi-

ness Session Closing of the Auxili-ary

Mrs. Marie Gibbs gave a reportshowing that Auxiliary membershad worked a total of hourson a voluntary basis in hospitalwork during the past year. In ad-dition, this year’s pages were a-warded prizes by Mrs. Estelle Bus-chena. A quiz question programwas handled by the National Chiefof Staff who was awarded a prizeby the Past Presidents Club.

The Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Vet-erans of Foreign Wars elected thefollowing officers on the conclud-ing day of the convention:

President - Mrs. Nanneta Lowery,Vero Beach

Senior Vice President Mrs.Bernice Shuman, Miami

Junior Vice President Mrs.Ruby Hedgepeth

Secretary Mrs. Ruby McLainTreasurer Mrs. Virginia BrownConductress Mrs. Sara Jane

Cooke, TallahasseeGuard— Dean O’Keefe, MiamiLegislative Chairman— Dorothy

WimbrowChaplain Mrs. Mary Frances

Caldwell, SarasotaChief of Staff Mrs. Bertha

Kingsley, De LandOrlando Post 2093 and its auxili-

ary won both the State and Nation-al American Service Award.

Second State and National honorswent to West Palm Beach Post7672 and its auxiliary. Third andfourth place plaques went to FortPierce Post 3064 and Bay Pines9272 respectively.

The V. F. W. delegates choseLakeland as the site of the 195

annual encampment.Convention activities came to a

close Sunday afternoon with thereading of final reports and theawarding of prizes to outstandingmembers.

After the charter was draped anImpressive ceremony was givenduring which Mrs. Buschena plac-ed white flowers on the altar whilethe names of 27 deceased mem-bers of different auxiliaries wereread.

Later, past department presi-dents were escorted into the roomand introduced. They entered wear-ing red, white and blue bonnetsaccompannied by the music of“Sunbonnet Sue.”

Reports were given by Mrs. Nan-neta Lowery, senior vice president,Mrs. Bernice Shuman, junior vicepresident and Mrs. Ruby Hedge-peth, chaplain.

An instructive talk was given bythe national representative, Mrs.Mildred B. Emanuelson. nationalchief of staff. She informed thegroup that there are now 365,000auxiliary members, 13,000 of whomwere gained this year.

She reported that a great amountof work has been done in veteranhospitals, in veteran rehabilita-tion and cancer research. She saidthat volunteer workers had accum-ulated 100,000 hours with the Vet-erans Administration of VolunteerService.

Friday night the delegates enjoy-ed a fish fry and dance at the Le-gion Home, with about 15 Negrodelegates being entertained at theSneed-Franklin American LegionPost.

There were two Colored delegatesfrom West Palm Beach in the per-

sons of Miss Dorothy M. Butler,president, and Mrs. Bride, wife of

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Mrs. T. I.Lan"Is WellKnownTo Key Westers

The photo appearing on this pageshould be of particular inter-est to all former students of Flor-ida A and M College and to thecommunity in general. Photo I inwhich Mrs. T. I. Lang is picturedhas quite a bit of history behind itto Key W’esters. Mrs. Lang wasborn and reared in Key West. Shewent as far in her schooling as theschools of Monroe County wouldcarry her and then went to Flor-ida A and M College where shecompleted the course offered therein 1903. The school was then knownas the Colored Normal School.Thus, it was from a normal schooland not a college that she wasqualified to teach.'After completing this course she

returned to her native city toteach. Hundreds of boys and girlspassed through the hands of MissTeresa as she was most affection-ately known. While in Key West,she taught English, mathematicsand history in the junior highschool. Douglass was not yet asenior high school.

After a time Miss Lang marriedDr. Kershaw who also came toKey West where -he practiced med-icine for a number of years. Dur-ing the first Influenza epidemicwhich occurred after World War I,he made quite a name for himselfin the city for his advanced meth-ods in treating the patients afflict-ed with this deadly disease andsaving numerous lives.

Mrs. Lang and the late Dr. Ker-shaw are the parents of two sons,Joseph and Everett who are welleducated young men engaged inteaching in Florida. Joseph is anoutstanding athletic coach at Book-er T. Washington High School ofMiami, Florida. *

Mrs. Lang is now employed inthe academic department of Flor-ida A and M College where sheteaches history and mathematics.

The photo was made at Famceein honor of her receiving of the50 year medal, having graduatedin the class of ’O3.

Daughters Of ElksEntertain On Sat.

The Daughters of Elks of CoralCity Temple No. 400, held its An-iversary and Coronation DanceSaturday June 20, at the V. F. W.American Legion Hall.

An overflowing crowd danced to

the music of Chipchase and hisboys.

Daughter Lucille Thompson hadthe honor of being crowned “Queenof Elks” by District Deputy MaireWhite of Miami. The runner • upswere Daughter Mercedes Branch,Daughter Ethel Matthew sand Dau-ghter Alice Deveaux. All contest-ants were given cash prizes at theregular meeting Tuesday, June 23.

Several Daughters of GreaterMiami Temple accompanied theDeputy to the city.

The following officers for the en-suing year were installed by Dis-trict Deputy Marie White:

Mrs. Annie Tynes DaughterRuler

Mrs. Almenus Dean RecordingSecretary

Mrs. Tomasa Marrero Trea-surer

Mrs. Lenora Edwards Tyler

EscortMrs. Mercedes Branch Door-

keeperMiss Mary Roberts Mistress

of Social SessionMrs. Annie Tynes was elected

a delegate to the National Con-vention which wMI convene in At-lanta. Georgia, in the early partof August.

Mrs. Willie Mae Thompson ofMiami. Florida, spent the weekendwith her family at 324 Truman Ave-

Whereabouts Of DouglassTeachers For The Summer

Well, school is now closed andI’m up a tree for news as most ofthe community life is centeredaround the school. I shall be happy,however, to keep you posted on allsummer activities of the personnelof this institution which is Doug-lass.

As I walk down the streets insearch of news I am often ap-proached as to the whereabouts ofdifferent ones. In order to caseyour minds, I shall acquaint youwith facts as far as I am able todo so.

Following is a list of the teachersand their locations.

Miss Ruth Rodgers - Key WestMrs. Lorraine Lewis - Key West

Mrs. Mary Steele Thompson. KevWest for the present time. She will,

however, vacation in Tampa, Fla.,and North Carolim.

Miss Enid Thompson - CoconutGrove

Miss Edith Watts - Hampton. Va.Miss Mercedes Hannibal - Flor-

ida A and M College, Tallahassee,Florida

Mrs. Mildred Brown Harris - KeyWest. She will vacation at Rich-mond, Virginia.

Mrs. Shula Alexander - FloridaA and M College, Tallahassee,Florida

Mrs. Vandelene Edwards - KeyWest. Florida

Mrs. Harriet Chipchase - KeyWest. She bought anew home andis now located at the corner of

Thomas Street and Truman Ave-nue.

Alfredo Sands • New York CityTheodore Sands - Key West. Fla.Winifred Sands Johnson - Key

WestIsabel Sands - New York City

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Lincoln Thealei80S Emma Street

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Mrs. Mizpah S. Crutchfield - Key-West

George Dean - Key W’estDoris Miller - Key West. She will

however, vacation m North Caro-| lina.

• Carrye E. Minor - Jensen Beach,i Florida

Milton Thompson - Key W’est. Hewill, however, visit in Tampa, Flor-ida and North Caroline.

Alfred Saunders - Florida A andM College, Tallahassee, Fla.

Alphonso Dean - Key WestMrs. Evelyn Robbing -Key W’estRoy A. Allen - W’Ul Je in Key

West for a short time after whichhe will report to Sanford. Florida,where he will serve as principal ofthat high school.

The addresses of any of theteachers will be found in the princ*

j ipal’s office of Douglass High; School. Mrs. Evelyn Robbins is onduty.

Vincent Butler of New York City.Lionel Butler of Brooklyn. NewYork, and William Pittman of Fort

i Jackson, South Carolina, attendedtheir brother’s funeral m the citySunday.

Their brother was the late OliverButler whose death was the resultof a fatal plunge from a ship'smast at Albury Docks, MiamiBeach.

NOTICEInstallation services for Walter

Mickens Post 6021-Ameriean Lej gions will be held at the V. F. W.American Legion Hall on EmmaStreet. Sunday. June 27 at 1:00p. m. The public is cordially invited

) to attend.

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Famcee Commencement Scenes

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ONE OF AMERICA'S MOSTCOLORFUL commencement

seasons was just ?ecently con-cluded at The Florida A and MCollege. In Photo One is Mrs.T. I. Lang of Tailahassee. amember of the Class of ’O3,who was one of 17 Alumnihonored by Famcee. She re-ceived the 50-year gold medal.

In the second picture are someof the persons who receivedthe 25-year silver medal (theywere members of the Class of’2B). Left to right, G. W. Con-oly, Tallahassee; Miss MiriamAnderson, Tampa; St. ClairEvans. Jacksonville; Miss Mo-deste Duncan, Tallahassee; Mrs.Edna Leroy, Tallahassee, and

William Hamilton, Tampa . , ,

S. H. Jenkins, executive secre-tary, Independent Social Cen-ter, Hartford, Conn., and Dan-iel T. Rolfe, M.D., dean of theschool of medicine, MeharryMedical College, Nashville, in-picture number three, were re-cipients of meritorious achieve-ment plaques. All of the

1 awards were made by PresidentGeorge W. Gore. Jr., who Isshown in picture number fourwith Dr. Percy Julian, directorof the research for the vege-table oil and food divisions ofthe GUdden Company, Chicago,the commencement speaker. At

; the bottom right (photo six) is> Dr. Gore and the Rev. Howard

Friends ServeWedding Supper

A most sumptuous wedding sup-per was served to a number of outof town wedding guests at the homeof Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Cleare,!Wednesday, June 17.

The menu which insisted of Ibaked fish, scalloped potatoes,mix- ied vegetable salad, hot rolls, cof-fee and assorted drinks was servedto Mrs. Martha Coleman. Mrs. IAntoinette Owen, Mrs. La RenaAllen, Mrs. Florence Mayes. Mrs.Florence Crompton. Mrs. FrankaBlackman, W'arren Blackman. MissBeverly Howell, Miss Gloria DianaAllen. Miss Wanda Allen. Albee Al-len. Rodney Owen, Mrs. Corrihe !Braddock, Miss Mildred Williams. ;Marcia Coleman, and Mr. and Mrs.Donzel Leggett, Jr.

Those responsible for the supperwere Mrs. Katherine Cleare. Missldalene Cleare and Mrs. ElizabethCash. t

Mrs. Sands VisitsMrs. Ida Thomas Sands, wife of

Erskine Sands, 213 Amelia Street,is touring the north for a period ofsix weeks. Her major interest willbe in New York City where shewill take a short course m nursing

at Presbyterian Hospital. While inNew York she will be a guest ofher sister. Miss Ruth Thomas, avery popular beautician.

From New York she will go toPhiladelphia. Pennsylvania, whereshe will be the gueet of her sister,Mrs. Gloria Rose Dixon.

On the last leg of her trip shewUi visit Mrs. Gordon, a govern-ment employee, in Washington, jD. C.

DEATHSFuneral services for Mrs. Jose-

phine G. Valdez, 83, 613 ThomasStreet, who died Tuesday in Mon-roe General Hospital were conduct-ed Thursday afternoon from thePrimitive Baptist Church.

Mrs. Valdez is survived by a son,Anthony Valdez and severalgrandchildren.

Interment was in the City Ceme-tery.

David Williams, 5. 1025 White-head St., died Thursday in MonroeGeneral Hospital after a very shortillness.

David is survived by his mother.Mrs. Annie Laurie Williams andseveral sisters and brother.

Funeral services will be conduct-ed Sunday at 4 o’clock p. m.

Interment will be iri the CityCemetery.

Raymond liainsAre Visiting

Raymond Bain, son of Mr ar.dMrs. David Bain, 273 Eneas Lane,and his lovely bride, the formerMiss Rosena Lam beck of Savan-nah, Georgia, arc bonevrnoomng in

Havana. Cuba.After the honeymoon, Mr. and

Mrs. Bam will spend a short va-cation in the cry with relativesand friends. They will then go toSavannah where tnev plan makingtheir home. Mrs Bata is employedin the school system of .Savannahas a high school Engli-h teacherand Bain is an mvjr u.ee executive.

Mrs. Coritba Stallworth, a teacher of College Hill ElementarySchool. Tampa, Florida, i* VisitingMr, and Mrs. John Gates, 814Whitehead Street.

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See Plane Bate together wttfc hi*ail male cheir will render tervicaat Cernith Chapel A. M E. ItonChurch Sunday ngK, June 21, a*S e'cteck,

Chaplain Embne will be thetpeaker.

All Service man and the publicare cordially Invited fa attend.

REV. A. FRANKLIN HOOPER.Patter.

Thurman, minister of theChurch for the Fellowship ofAll Peoples. San Francisco, thebaccalaureate speaker. The tra-

ditional line of march is exem-plified at its best in photo sixas it winds from the steps ofLee Hall into the hallway of

Coleman Library.

THANKSMrs. Jessie Sawyer. 2G Fort

Village, wishes to thank her neigh-bors, friends, and church membersfor their many kind deeds duringher period of illness.

Your many gifts of groceries,flowers and other necessities willlong be remembered.

The family of laic Oliver But-ler wishes to thank their friendsfor tbeir many kind acts duringtheir period of bereavement. Theywish to extend special thanks toRev. George W Aden, pastor of thechurch and to the Francis FuneralHome of Miami, Florida.

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