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U. S. CONTRIBUTE IO CHARITY FT. LAUDERDALE SUNDAY NEWS. Dec.

2. 1956 a By Civic Group r. The bulk went to orphans and rnderprivileged children. The lii Cavalry Division alone is contributing to 21 Japanese CAMP Japan. Dec.

1 yp) ujg. soldiers have contri-j buted more than $500,000 to charities in Japan and Korea this William McDaniels has been -1 To Honor Founders Jul With JOHN HOPKINS named chairman of a seven-member board of directors of the newly organized Orange Grove Civic Club, representing Collier's Grove subdivision. Other members are Mrs: Marguerite Brenneman. vice chairman; Mrs. Joan Genevive, secretary; Algier Ervay, treasurer; B.

H. Owens, Gene Holden, and Mrs. Bettery Harris. how can you measure effort, enthusiasm, persist ence and just plain ambi tion over a period of eight years. A ratio could be established, ALL VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I Invited to attend meeting at LEGION HOME 605 S.E.

1st Street Monday, December 3rd, 1956, 8 P.M. Do you want $100.00 monthly pension! PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS perhaps by the phenomenal rise She just stood there, the Negro woman, idly watching the people pass. She was standing on a busy corner, Andrews Ave. at SE First and it was interesting to see people hurrying along. Across the street, in front of Burdine's Department Store, a Negro man was looking over a brilliant red station of the Ft.

Lauderdale Symphony THAT'S RIGHT! AT WARREN LAUNDRY Orchestra since its hesitant beginning in 1949. 3 SHIRTS LAUNDERED FREE IP BUTTON IS MiSSED Through the Initial plan JA 2-2591 wagon parked there. The woman watched the male member of her race, wondering what he was thinking about the pretty ning and foresight of Marjorie car. HerricK, Mrs. Ida Lyons scott, A man came out of the store, got In the bright red wagonjw- E- Mason, Fred Nasbe and and drove off.

Quickly, the woman noted, the Negro stooped A- R- Pagett, the orchestra REPRESENTING FT. LAUDERDALE The misses Dorothy Warren (left) and Ethel-Marie Aird, of the Gill hotels attended the recent convention of the National Association of Travel Organizations in Ellinor Village, has gained national recognition. to the sidewalk to pick op something. Then, he turned, saw Veterans af W.W.I. Barrmek N.

M4 ERIC K. ROSS. Comm. LADIES INVITED! Her staring. Directly across the street and op to her he Not only has the group's musical excellence been a came.

to tell the Ft. Lauderdale story, Out of his pocket, he pulled the wallet. Briefly, he opened the wallet, flashed two $100 bills before her widening eyes and returned the billfold to its place on his hip. II. I I I .1.

-7. irt. You saw me pick it up after the man dropped it," he source of comment, but the fact that the self-supporting orchestra operates in the black has been a source of envy. The latter is a target, which most of the nation's orchestras seem to miss. In appreciation, the 1956-57 symphony program book will said.

"You can tell the police and send me to Jail but Then, he told her there was $2,100 in the wallet. He would snare the money with her if she wouldn't turn him in. But honor the five volunteer musi cians who were the signers of the original charter, and who are still members of the pres before he could divide the spoils he had to see his boss in the Sweet Building. To make sure she wouldn't report him while he was gone and to show her "good faith" she must give him $400. He would return her $400 as soon as he got back from his boss, and they would go somewhere and divide the money In the billfold.

Blinded by the prospects, she agreed. She went to the bank across the street where she kept her money. She drew ont $400, went back and gave the man the cash. With a ent organization. FIFTY QUALIFIED jonn ciair caniieid, a music teacher at Pompano Beach High School, found 50 business promise to return shortly, he harried south toward the and professional men and wom Sweet Building.

en who were Qualified to play In the orchestra he was to di Four hours later, her eyes stinging with the strain of looking south and from salt-filled tears, she turned north rect. Miss Herrick was the toward the police station. She had been given the "pigeon first concert master. Maxwell Baxter agreed to serve as president of the newly drop" treatment. There Is never any great effort here to present statistics; organized group with its hand ful of founders, sponsors and subscribers, and played an im nor is there ever any guarantee for the accuracy of any figures presented.

There is certainly no usually reliable source to fall back on in this case, and the situation may be changing portant role in its as this is written. Other services obtained But. without any doubt, the police department is doing its share toward keeping the Ft. Lauderdale population bounding were those of Mrs. Charles ,4 along at an ever-Increasing rate.

Some information that re W. Kramer, secretary, and ft mmm 5 x. 5 suited from the approach of the Christmas season leads to Ben G. Johnson, business such a conclusion. manager.

The first president of the The Police Benevolent Association each Christmas remem Symphony Society, which acts as a supporting group for the i bers the offspring of its members. In order to do so, along about this time of each year, the FBA requests members of the force to list the names, ages and sex of their youngsters. A very Incomplete report as of this date shows the following: Only 62 families have been listed for the PBA, but those orchestra, was Mrs. Charles F. Schwarm.

During the 1951-52 season, William Reivo served as conductor, and Carleton Kau-meyer as concert master. 62 sets of parents have 124 children. That figures, even The orchestra obtained its first full-time conductor in 1952-53 when Vasilios Priakos through the most primitive arithmetical calculation, at two kids per family. But. let's go along a little further.

There are five families with four children each; 13 with three each; 21 with two each and 23 with one each. And. bear In mind, less than 52 per cent of the police personnel have listed their offspring as of this date. took over the directorship. SCOPE WIDENED There is no doubt that at present the Ft.

Lauderdale Symphony Orchestra is one of the most rapidly developing organizations in the country, both materially and musically. The scope of its program has been widened to include children's concerts, the in-school programs which benefit 15,000 children each year, and the organization of a youth orchestra. Two lieutenants, Robert T. Smith and Francis E. May, are among the five fathers with four children.

May answers when Patsy, 16; Eddie, 10; Phyllis, 7, or Nancy. 5, yells "Daddy" while Smith jumps if Jerry. Kathy, Steve, 5, or Jimmy, 2, calls for the head of the household. The other policemen with four children are Patrolmen Patrick J. Blackmore, Howard E.

Brown and Joseph H. Meltzer. The Melter children are Judy. 14; Jerry Lee, 10; Terry, 3. and Peggy Ann, six months; Brown's children are Cheryl, 12; Cindy.

10; Tommy, 9, and Cathy, 8, while MIchele. Patrick. 7: Gregory, 5. and Bernice, 4. help to make up the Blackmore family.

Of the 124 children, 67 are girls and 57 are boys. That 10 majority held by the girls may mean something to some ex jnnmmrA perts In some field, but here it's recorded only as a simple statement of fact that there are more girls than boys. Patsy May, the 16-year-old daughter of Lt. and Mrs. May, is the oldest female offspring.

Three families are tied for the oldest boy title. Blair Hanna, son of Capt. George B. Hanna; John Hackworth. son of Detective Robert H.

Hackworth, and Timmy O'Harra. son of Patrolman Carl W. O'Harra all are 13. Detective Lloyd A. Pickard ha the youngest son, one-month-old "Chuck," and Patrolman Harold V.

Hair has the youngest daughter, two-month-old Kim. That ends the accounting of police personnel children. Any complaints against the listing should be directed to the fathers since this record deals only with those families listed on the PBA sheet when the data was taken from it. ALLIED ASSOCIATES. Inc.

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