The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-07-09
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BERGARCHA
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BERGA.RCHA

BERGARCHA
The Royal Dukes and Duchesses Complimentary
Print Dress Ball last Friday at the Harlem Square
nice affair :: Helena Knowles flew down from Famcee
over the weekend to Darvlle and the baby Edward
Bogie cards the column from Los Angeles where the
weather is cool Wanta read something that makes a
lota sense? Take gander at Sentence Sermons found
elsewhere in this paper Bonnie "Scrooge Edwards and
Bobby Staten will enter Famcee this fall How about
Robinson, Campanea, Newcombe and Dolby making the
a-Star teams They tell me Mrs. David Jenkins
tabIished another first when she recently entered Mi
ami Beach hospital for the birth of her third girl
Wonder If the Slum Clearance Committee and
the City Fathers had seen the movie KNOCK On Any
Door, would be driven to burning desire to hastily do
something tangible about slums If the rumors
about Luke Easter giant basebaer of the Cleveland In
dans farm system in CAL is to stay with the parent
club after his knee operation The huge first sacker of the
San Diego Padres has couted rs hOmers this and
is batting at hot $50 How the guy who got married
recently with big "todo felt when his lawfully wedd-
ed popped into town and raised much. CHATS right
(Note - This letter received too late for the
column last week-Hence here tbs this week But since
then young Reeves has back couple of days
and is on the job again.
Bergarcha Gets A Letter
New York City
June 80, 1949
While spending couple of weeks in the big city I've
upon coolies of New Workers who were former Mi
mians If up this way and in nostalgia mood just
take up position the of 7h at 125th ST. In
ten minutes you should at least five folk from the
Magic City
Most of the Miamians here at this time somewhat
New Workers. but the yearly throng of summer
school teachers have started to arrive Marie Rob
ers and Hazel Thompson both are studying at N1U.
They tell me that next week will bring them in by the
scores saw Clyde Kens and Verne Harris in the Hotel
Theresa last week They drove out to Detroit to the Wal
cottChares fight James Moon" Vckers also drove his
convertible "Cadde" to the Motor City for the bout
Vickers has been taking around lot. His dad has
beautiful home in Jamaica, Long Island, just As minutes
from Manhattan.
saw James Wallace and George Allen taking in the
Louis Walcott show the teevon of the Hotel
Theresa Cocktail lounge jim looks fine after 20 days in
the hospital George married again to cute beautician
stopped in at Sugar Rays bar at 124h and 7th ave- and
ran into lot of folk know. Remember Willie Mayo? AL
so saw Mavese Gibson and Bea Fisher (shes Julia Sy-
monee's baby sister, BY the way Rays wife EDNA Mae
Holly is expecting her baby in September.
pop called on Dot harrington on st. Nichalos ave
at Hath and found George Kelly and Ivan Loco Role
Kelly player with downtown CONDO and Loco does
bass ddng for the Savoy Suans He expects to tour
Europe for years with USO troupe. David 'Pana-
ma" Francis Cabs drummer, has made couple of mad
recordings with his picked outfit His Stompln With
Panama is every uke box in Harlem The turnover is
Darling Make up Your Mind and good too. But the
record that has taken this town is jumpy little dy by
Buddy Johnson called did You See Jackie Robinson Hit
That Ball. With Robbys current popularity, the record
should sell million.
Went up in the Bronx to the Cafe Casbah operated
by Eugene and Lester Kemp Lester i'll in the hospital at
present and Eugene is holding the fort Gene might come
down soon. The Alex RobinSons isabelle Ramos) had me
up to their Boston Road apartment and really turned
We went to Ebbets Field for the Dodgerlndan game