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will be the ser, Sunda Mhernoon, Muy 2. at tho Golder Gate Ballroom, Lenox ave. and 143 | gt., when the New York Committee Bencfit will honor Mrs. Mary Mc- : Leod Bethune and her 8§ years of service to the Florida institution. Roland Hayes, internationally- famous concert tenor will share ors with Mrs. Roosevelt as gucst nee on a program that will also ude as speaker Councilman dam Clayton Powell, jr. The benefit on Sunday, the spon- soring committee of which is head- ed .by Dr. Channing H. Tobias assisted by a group of outstanding civic and social leaders, will com- memorate Mrs. Bethune’s untiring lovalty and effort on behalf of Bethune-Cookman in the past 38 tt Mrs. Bethune, almost single- nded, has guided the Daytona Beach, Florida college from its be-| §-. ginning as a tiny structure housing] S a handful of students to a modern educational institution ranking among the foremost Negro educa- The entire proceeds of Sunday's air will go to the college. Re- % red aeats are on sale at $2.20! 3 . : tie - hile general adhnission tickets can TO APPEAR HERE SUNDAY ; had at $1.10. Eleanor Roosevelt, who hes been one of Mory Sethune’s staunch M4 friends and supporters (Dies committee regordiess) will be guest speak4r & af the Bethune-Cookman College Benefit Sunday, May 2, ot the Gold = \Gete Ballroom when Mrs. Bethune’s 38 years of service to the Fioridy Mrs. Franklin Delano ea alt) . rt . PEOPLE'S VOICE Ss , May 1, 1945