Chauncey L. Cuffey is President of the new Negro Musicians Local No. 549. Samuel Davey, President of Musicians Local 63, of this city, installed officers yesterday in the clubrooms, 20 North Washington Avenue.
Other officers are Archie Cruz, Vice President; Edward Rosario, Recording Secretary; C. Raymond Ellis, corresponding secretary; Horace J. Brooks, treasurer; Harold Allen, Abraham Farrar, Ralph Congo, Fred White and Ernest Place, members of the Executive Board.
John McClure, Vice President and Business Agent of Local 63, addressed members of the new organization.
(From Bridgeport Post, November 24, 1941. "Officers Installed by Musicians."
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