The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1957-03-30
Around Miami . .
With DAVE (Mr. Swing) BONDU


Observation-Disclosures
Jack Mitchell, who halls from Pittsburgh, and was
once the chauffeur for Miss Lucky Lips Ruth Brown
has found greener grass here in Miami same as did
Jack is the desk clerk at the Sir John Hotel during
the wee hours with Trial Burroughs.
.M@@aMzNRM At the downtown barber shop Nat and
MNM1 Sonny are still frying wigs. Nat and Sonny
MsNX are known all over the country from coast
- - to coast for their fine work professors
Msa7 IN That's the only place in town where you
NSwW B4M can get clipped and like It.
Clyde Killen had a successful night in
M Nassau affair at the Harlem Square, He
says next year he may put it in the Dinner
Bondu Key Auditorium because it that
about 800 people couldn't get in to the carrying
Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer is sponsoring platter shows
all Miami You'd be surprised how many people are
responding these platter shows Yours Truly is spinning
for Pabs Butter Ball and Caserock are spinning Tor the
teen-agers all over Florida.
Sandy Williams, that singing bombshel, is appearing
at the Rockland Palace every Friday, Saturday and Sun
day night.
AL Dunmore, Florida editor of the Pittsburgh Cour
ier is hack in town after visit Detroit bringing with
him his lovely wife, the former Josephine thompson 10
soak up little Florida Sunshine
Won 90 TO the beautiful Lounge and next time you
are n ask Mitzi to tell something She pop up and
say, "appe pie" Man dig those apple pies!
Another of regulars has left us Helen Tay-
waitress at the JOhn HOTEL she gone
back home to Sanford because of illness Helen is well
liked by everyone and hope that she RECEIVERS real
soon back to land of Paradise next season.
Speaking of mattresses, Ida Williams rushed to
Jackson Memorial for immediate surgery Ida had Deen
i'll for tme but always managed smile Tor her
friends get we'll card telegram would be nice to send
her. I'm it would cheer her up and make her feel
good to know thinking of her.
When people get angry most likely they will do any
thing in fit of anger like last Thursday night it seems
that Billy Horne got gig for his trio which was to pay
amount of dollars However, as the owner OF the SAID
gig paid off more than amount of dollars to the leader
the rest the fellows started to get hep to the former
payofs other gigs &c. bass player Bob Taylor went TO
the leaders house with pistol seems that Bob
knocked out all the windows of the leaders house lot
course he didn't his bass fdde) The leader calls the
local gesapo cops squares and then has the bass
PLAYER picked up In the time, the drummer gets
SALTY and wants pick up where the bass player lett OIL
and then another piano player Zone who use TO play a
the Sir John Lounge long, long tme) told the drummer
man to cool down. DaddyO and take the matter 70 Ie
local union The morale of this story Is: laugh anu p"S
but don't joke; don't mess with the oreao mo" "
Billy Horn gives his side of the story. he says
.nd 7 onote 'Man those cats worked for me ana al
wavs cot fair shake Regarding that last gig we
215 hours and paid them above scale SO ooh lin An
thew had any squawk coming All did was ask tne cat "
wait for his bread when he told me he couldh walt
the mess started. But aside from that m not saiy ~
all that's happened Trying to run trio neadacne ny
itself"
For the last few days. I've noticed couple OF artcie
in the Miami Herald from White Southerner tnaF says
"to hell with the race problem let lntegrauon coihe |
Colored mans money is the same as the WnNe man
money it's all green and spends the same way 1t does
not make any difference because I'm going to socla