The Script, Vol. 01 No. 09, September 7, 1946

              Saturday
SEPT. 7, 1946
THE SCRIPT
Brevard County's Only Colored Newspaper
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Elmer Silas, Publisher
VOL.  1, NO. 9
COCOA,   FLORIDA
Dorothy  Sweetwine,   Editor
Labor Day Celebrated In Hilarity Here
The opening registration of
Cocoa Junior High School found
all students and teachers rested
and ready for a full day's work.
Three hundred and eighteen (318)
boys and girls started out Thursday,   September    5th.
All teachers returned to their
regular positions. A new teacher
has been added to accommodate
the tenth grade. It is expected
that she will report for work soon.
Because of a limited amount of
time, a complete report of the
opening program, faculty list, and
placements will appear in next
week's  issue of the Script.
Cocoa Jr.High School Enrolls 3181st Day
One New Teacher
Added To Staff
NAACP   Field   Secretary
Visiting   Florida   Branches
Carolinians Visit Here
Having attended the Atlantic
Synodical Missionary Conference
held at the Florida Normal and
Industrial Institute, St. Augustine, Florida, last week, a party
of six, all from the state of South
Carolina,, motored to this city
Friday, August 30th to visit Mr.
and Mrs. M. J. Monroe of this
city. They were Mr. and Mrs.
Willie Wilson of Sumpter, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Shaw of Camden. Miss
Ida Lou and Mr. Cornell Monroe
of  Lynchburg.
Mr. Wilson returns to Johnson
C. Smith University this fall to
further his education, while Mr.
Shaw is a graduate of Johnson C.
Smith. Mr. Shaw, Mr. and Miss
Monroe are nephews and niece of
Mr. M. J. Monroe here.
These very distinguished guests
were pleasant visitors here and
declared this, their first visit here
a delightful one. They spent one
day here.
:
Back To College
Already the various schools and
colleges have started opening and
this section is well represented.
Those who have already left are:
Miss Bernetha Pullins who returned to Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs.  Henry  Pullins here.
Miss Eloise Moton has also left
for Hungerford High School in
Eatonville,   Florida.
Revival In Full Swing
At Mt. Moriah
The recently launched spiritual
revival meeting at Mt. Moriah
AME Church is reported to be in
full swing. Conducting the meeting is the Rev. R. H. Mobley, Lakeland, Florida. In Lakeland, he is
pastor of Bethel AME church for
the  third consecutive  year.
Under the Rev. Mobley, this
meeting is expected to reach a
new high in both converts and
spiritual warmth. He comes here
well recommended to be a spritual
preacher of no mean ability.
The public at large is invited to
attend services at Mt. Moriah
each night until Friday, September 13, when the meeting is scheduled   to end.
Henderson To Handle
Script Agency In Daytona
Miss Bettie Henderson of this
city is back in Daytona Beach,
Florida to resume her studies at
Bethune-Cookman College and to
begin her work in the ticket booth
at the theatre there.
While in Daytona Beach, Miss
Henderson plans to handle the
Script agency and folk of that
vicinity will keep abreast with the
happenings of Brevard County
through  this  medium.
We wish for Miss Henderson
much  success in this work.
Day Nursery Nears
Opening Date
The Day Nursery to be operated
by Mrs. Ludie M. Chambers of
272 Lemon Street is fast becoming
a reality. Mrs. Chambers states
that she has set her opening date
for Monday, September 16th. She
is accepting registration daily at-
her home (address above). The
nursery will be located at the
CSC.
P'ersons who wish to donate
needy articles for this purpose will
be accepted at her home and both
the gift and donor will be acknowledged   in   this paper.
Rufus W. Smith, assistant field
secretary of the NAACP will
spend the entire month of September with the branches in Florida.
Mr. Smith will conduct intensive
membership campaigns in Jacksonville and Tampa in an effort to
help these cities to take their
rightful places as the leading
branches in Florida. He also will
fill speaking engagements with
many of the other 50-odd Florida
branches.
Mr. Smith is a native of Apa-
lachicola, Florida, and a graduate
of the Florida A & M College at
Tallahassee. He lived in Palatka
for a number of years, and part
of this time he was in charge of
the music department at Central
Academy. Mr. Smith's many
friends will be happy to greet him
as he travels over the state.
Matthews Gets
Carload Of Feeds
The Matthews Feed Store conveniently located at the foot of
the bridge has just received a
whole c&r load of various feeds
for poultry, dairy, house and many
others too numerous to mention
here. Mr. Matthews states that a
buy like this is a very rare incident and feed buyers can sanction
that, but makes possible a great
financial saving for his patrons,
about $.50 on the hundred-pound
buy.
The proprietor invited the patronage  of Script readers.
The Parkers Attend
Natl Baptist Convention
The Rev. and Mrs. H. D. Parker
pastor and his wife of the St.
Paul Missionary Baptist Church,
this city, left Monday of Atlanta,
Georgia, where they are attending the National Baptist Convention. Both Rev. and Mrs. Parker
are official representatives of the
national set-up.
On leaving the convention, the
Parkers will spend the remainder
of their month's vacation touring
the state of Alabama.
Melbourne Visitoi
Adds Excitement
Labor Day celebrations were reported to b numerous here and
highly spirited. Many public and
private parties were enjoyed on
beautiful Cocoa Beach, while others
chose favorite fresh-water fishing
spots for their picnics. A baseball
game in the afternoon and a previously announced dance for the
evening drew scores of out of
town baseball and dance fans here.
The game entertained more spectators than ever recorded in this
park, and a goodly number of
these along with many others were
disappointed when it was announced that the dance was postponed
due to conditions over which the
sponsor   had  no control.
Pepping up what was to be an
hilarious but orderly celebrated
Labor Day was a bit of uncalled
for excitement near the Silver
Dollar Drug Store in the late evening when disorderly Willie Robinson of Melbourne resisted the attempted arrest of Patrolman Geo.
Knowles. According to Officer
Knowles, Robinson went so far as
to put up a battle with him. Reinforcement from the City Police
Department immediately arrived
on the scene and Robinson was ar-
yested and placed under arrest for
disorderly conduct and resisting
arrest. The numeration of his fine
was not available at this writing.
Also placed under arrest was Henry W. Knight an onlooker of the
brawl who refused to obey orders
of a police officer. He drew a $50
fine.
The Stork Makes
A Double Play
Old man stork is up to his old
tricks again. He visited two young
ladies last week and did them both
well: a seven and a half pound
boy, to Mr. and Mrs. David Jones
(Nee Miss Frances Frazier) arrived Thursday morning, August
29th at the Wuesthoff Hospital.
Little David Louis and Mom are
doing fine. The stork's second delivery of the week was bouncing
little Robert William born to Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Brown of 506 Avocado Avenue, on Saturday, August
31st at their home. Both mother
and baby  are doing nicely.