Little Egypt A New Life For Negroes DALLAS, Tex. (AP)-The residents of Lillle Egypt, a tiny 97-1 year-old Negro community nestled in a northern Dallas arca of wellto-do homes, made their exodus from their tumbledown shacks Tuesday to modern homes and a new life, The mass move which involved 200 persons climaxed a complicaled year-long real estate deal clear the land for a new shopping center. It ended the history of the community that grew from a parcel of land given a pair of newly freed slaves. The communily's patriarch, William Hill. 87, who had lived the same spot of ground for the past 76 years. worried about his long unused sets of mule harness. But he said he wasn't worried about the future. The cash he received for his property was paying for a now, home--with inside plumbing 000 0 0 would leave him $22,000 cash. Final •services were hold in the tiny Little Egypt Baptist church Monday night. sup|
