Baltimore County-Baltimore City MD Archives News.....BOND LEAVES SCHOOL FUND August 28, 1955 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/mdfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jeannette L. Molson JLMolson@aol.com September 30, 2007, 1:38 pm The Sun, Baltimore August 28, 1955 BOND LEAVES SCHOOL FUND - Lawyer sets up Trust at Howard University Howard University, in Washington, will receive nearly all of the estimated $103,000 estate of Roy S. BOND, well-known Negro attorney, according to terms of the will which has been filed for probate in Orphans' Court. Mr. Bond, because of his large physique and active practice particularly in the divorce field, was well known in courthouse circles. He died July 25. The will executed in January 1954 created the Roy S. and Elvira M. Bond Fund from which needy students at Howard University will be able to borrow educational funds at low interest rates. Mr. Bond also provided that the university trustees may use the legacy for other purposes. The attorney graduated from Howard University in 1914 and began practicing law here the next year. He was active in the school's alumni association. Mr. Bond also left $1,000 to the Fairview African Methodist Church, Forest Hill, Harford county, and all the "hard-bottom chairs" in his office in the first block East Pleasant street to the trustees of Sharp Street Methodist Church to be used in the room where the board of trustees meets. He bequeathed all his books to the Washington, D. C. university and certain fraternal paraphernalia to the Monumental Lodge of Elks, No. 3. Mr. Bond remembered his "faithful and trusted" secretary Loretta Wallace, leaving her life interest in property in the 500 block Sanford place, and a similar interest in his stock in the Banneker Building Company. At her death those assets will become a part of the bequest to Howard University. Four relatives or friends were left a total of $1,000. Mr. Bond's secretary and the First National Bank were named executors of the estate. Additional Comments: Elvira Molson Bond died 29 January 1951 in Baltimore. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mdfiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb