The Script, Vol. 01 No. 27, January 25, 1947

              Saturday
JAN. 25, 1947
THE SCRIPT
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VOL. 1, NO. 27
COCOA,   FLORIDA
Dorothy  Sweetwine,   Editor
Mary L. Brown
Fractures Leg
Mrs. Mary L. Brown of 813
King street who sustained a fracture to the lower section of one
of her legs Tuesday night and was
confined to the Weusthoff hospital of this city for a few days
this week. Mrs. Brown is reported to have ben released from the
hospital Thursday evening and is
at her home at  present.
Mrs. Brown is formerly of
Jacksonville, Fla., but has made
Cocoa her home recently, joining
her husband, Mr. Richard Brown
here. Mrs. Brown, a graduate
nurse with several years' experience, is an ambitious and industrious young woman, having
served as local agent for the
Central Life Insurance Company
for several months, succeeding Mr.
J. H. C. Johnson. She is active in
the Elks' Temple and Paul Bearers' Lodge here, a prospective
member of the American Legion
Auxiliary No. 177 and a member
of Mt. Moriah A.M.E. church.
Script workers regret her illness
and wish for her a very speedy
recovery.
G. P; Hinton Auxiliary
To Meet Sunday;
Presents Quartet
The members of the George P.
Hinton Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary No. 177, will hold
their regular meeting Sunday, Jan.
26, as result of a new ruling passed at their last monthly meeting.
This ruling provides two meetings
per month, every second and fourth Sunday.
Sunday's meeting will be held at
3 p. m., to make way for the
Jolly Four Quartet, a local group
of singers to be presented by the
Auxiliary at 4 p. m., Sunday at
the C. S. C. The public is invited
to hear this group and no admission price is asked. A silver
offering will be lifted at the close
of the  program.
This effort is one of a series
of benefit programs to be sponsored by the unit.
Cash assets of American farmers
increased from less than $5,00C*,-
000,000 to more than $20,000,000,-
000 during the war period.
Archaeoligical research at Ur of
the Chaldees, birthplace of Abraham, was begun six centuries
before Christ by Nabonidus of
Babylon.
Legion Post Elects Officers Tuesday
Mrs. Frances Rowe Died At
Home Wednesday Night
L. Sheffield New
Insurance Agent
Miss Louise Sheffield, one of the
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie
Sheffield of 302 B. Main street,
has been recently appointed local
agent for the Central Life Insurance Company, succeeding Mrs"
Mary L. Brown who served in that
capacity for several  months.
Miss Sheffield is a local girl
raving attended school locally and
finishing in the class of 1946 at
Melbourne Vocational High School.
Young Miss Sheffield had attempted to enter the Florida Normal
College's Department of Beauty
Culture, but at present is on the
waiting list.
It is the wish of the Script
staff and the entire citizenry of
Cocoa that Miss Sheffield is successful in her new venture and
v e s 1 clt the patronage of all concerned.
I wo Quartets To
Sing Here Monday
Two quartet presentations will
be heard here Sunday, Jan. 26.
and the public is cordially invited to attend both, acording to
their choice.
The Jolly Four, a local group,
will appear in recital at the C.
S. C. at 4 p. m., sponsored by the
Legion Auxiliary and the admission is free, while the Sunshine
Jubilee Singers will appear at the
Zion Orthodox P. B. Church (College Park) at 3 p. m. This quartet is from Ocala, Fla., and the
admission is free.
| A spectacular weapon of World
War II—the proximity fuse, which
automatically exploded shells within deadly range of their targets—
is now helping many of the estimated 8,000,000 Americans who
have serious hearing defects. The
fuse was powered by "Mini-Max"
batteries similar to those used in
the new electronic hearing aids.
Again the grim reaper, death,
visited our community, this time
where citizens least expected.
This report refers to the sudden
passing of Mrs. Frances Rowe of
361 Magnolia street, the wife of
Mr. Arnold Rowe and the devoted
mother of   Mrs.   Mattie  Lamar.
Mrs. Rowe's sudden passing has
been attributed to her long suffering of asthma and a slight
heart condition, we learned. Mrs.
Rowe has suffered attacks of
asthma for many years, this attack being too severe to overcome and Wednesday night, Jan.
22 at 10:45 o'clock she succumbed
at her home, after Dr. B. C.
Scurry local physician, responded to the family's call and administered to his power's extent.
Dr. W. C. Page was her family
physician and had been serving
her.
Mrs. Rowe was truly a pioneer
citizen, having come here more
than 35 years ago from her home
in Monticello, Florida. It was
here she met and became the wife
of Mr. Arnold Rowe, who has
proved a faithful husband to her
and a father to her daughter, the
present Mrs. Mattie Lamar'
through the years. Mrs. Rowe's
church connection was with St.
Paul Missionary Bapist church,
this city, where she was a faith-
l.ful and active member up to the
time of her passing. Her only
fraternal connection was with the
American Woodman Lodge No. 78.
Her nearest survivors are a
devoted widower, Mr. Arnold
Rowe; one daughter (with whom
heretofore she had been inseparable) Mrs. Mattie Lamar, and
a very fond son-in-law, Mr. James
Lamar, all of whom resided at
361 Magnolia. Other relatives are
a cousin, Mrs. Janie Edwards of
Lemon street and her family and
a large family of Rowes who live
here and other points of the state,
many of whom will attend the funeral rites.
Funeral services for the deceased will be held Sunday afternoon, Jan. 26, at St. Paul Baptist
church at 12:15 o'clock. The pastor, Rev. H. D. Parker, will offi-
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Dickerson Named
New Commander
At the regular meeting of the
George P. Hinton Post No. 177
American Legion, held last Sunday, Jan. 19th, officers for 1947
were elected as follows: H. W.
Dickerson, post commander; Isaiah Graves, vice commander; Jesse
Howard, second vice commander;
William Monroe, finance officer;
Jack Potter, historian; Nick Ford,
post service officer; Wade Lester, post adjutant. Committee
chairmen were also appointed at
this meeting but names of whom
were not available at this release.
The post disposed of other bus-
ness transactions at this meeting
and it had been reported that the
members will have their Legion
caps within a fortnight. The
membership drive is still on and,
all eligible veterans of this vi-'
cinity are urged to join the Geo.
P. Hinton Post  No.  177.
Wings Over Jordan
To Be Here March 5
The "Wings Over Jordan" Choir]
the toast of America in song, will
appear in this city in person on
the evening of March 5, in a full
program, conducted and narrated
by its founder and owner, Dr
Glenn T. Settle.
Only recently this group of
singers returned to this country
frcm an extended tour abroad and
now is on its annual southern
tour. Advance tickets will be available within a few days at a cost
of $1.75 each, while the door admission will be $2. The advance
tickets will be limited, so watch
the columns of The Script for
names of ticket agents.
Baseball Club Managers
Confer With Officials
Messrs. Richard Stone and Benjamin Brady, Sr., were in Tampa
Thursday of this week attending a
meeting of the State Baseball
League, and conferring with officials of same in connection with the
local baseball club which has been
in the league for the past baseball season.
Messrs. Stone and Brady are co
be future club managers, we
learned and they are preparing
for a busy season this year.