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TEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXII
GRADUATES OF JANUARY , 1944
The senior class of
High School who has
mester to win lor their
room with .the assistance
the HB2 class, the
Teacher Association banner
two consecutive meetings
a total of 63 parents present.
Expulsion^of Negro Dining
Car Crew Being Investigated
MARINE OFFICERS AND
MILITARY POLICE
Ejected Crew From Train
In Utah
Ogden, Jtah, Jan 20 In fc s
ligation of the removal of
entire colored kitchen and
ing car crew from rhe
Pacifie s main train, 69234,
|a white marine lieutenant
MP’s at Lynndyi, Utah, on
8. is being made, according
Francis C. Franklin,
of an organization known
the Western Fair
Practice committee.
The incident which
in the removal cf all
members of dining car and
kitchen departments is said
have started after
when the tables were
and all members of the
joined in some form of
tion, this time craps, or
The white stewart,
name has not been
is reported to have
which cost him
> 45 , a sum which he did
He became angry about his
loss. Knowing that he could
not possibly whip the entire
crew, he realized at least he
could have his feelings assuag¬
ed ordering them off the train
on a charge of insubordination
failure to properly perform
their duties, or any number of
charges, Franklin contended.
One of the crew is said to have
refused to be removed and an-
grilly challenged the steward,
whereupon the stewart left
the diner and returned with a
young marine, second lieuten¬
ant and a number of white
fionnnred on page pignt
Industrial College, Ga. The
( 1
annual conference of Georgia’s
Negro agricultural OitenW;
workers was held last week at
Georgia State College. Con¬
sidering the critical food situ¬
ation. it was the most epochal!
conference workers. ever The held outstand by these)
state -1
ing week’s events were begun 1
,
with a stimulating welcome a<L
TOP RANKING BEACH STUDENTS
Eloise Philips (left) and Carrie Elizabeth West, tup ranking
students of the Beach high school graduating class, the form¬ ,
er being valedictorian and theiatter, salutatorian. [
um mil ©ibuar
Those in the picture
are re ad ino from left to
Shavers, Lois Holmes,
Ward.
Second row, Mary Jones,
lian Logan, Vernell
! Frankie Williams, Eloise
lips.
REPUBLICANS REBUK-
ED FOR SOLDIER
VOTE BILL ACTS
New York, N. Y. A
that the record of
. the
con g ressmen on
bm „ and Qn other ques
t . ons involving an
with reactionary Southern
| ters” tax members contained is clear to all
1 was :n a
Jo Minority deader Joseph
Martin iiom the NAaCI .
|
Referring to the fact
f 0ur Republicans had
) three poll tax congressmen
fo produce a
re p or t on the so-called
rlghts - So :dier Vote bill
sorec j by Representative
kin of Mississippi, the
letter, signed by Roy
assistant secretary, said:
■We do not believe the
ord will offer much
campaign material for the
publican party in the
election. Certainly, the
ed voters understand the.
ord
Georgia Ag Workers Discuss
Critical Food Situation
$1417 Raised in Contest
at Dickerson School
MONEY TO BE USED
INSTRUCTING
Training Skop and
Canning Plant
Vidalia, Ga„ Jan. 19
popularity contest staged
che Dickerson Training
for constructing a trade
and canning plant came to
successful close Monday
$1417.00 was raised. This
the largest aihount that
ever been raised at any
time during the history of
school.
A short play was
by the seventh grade,
which teachers reported
amounts to the finance
mittee. After the
made their report, came tha
crowning of Miss D. T. S. Two
prizes were awarded. The w in
»er Of the Hfgh School aw.vd
was Bernice Pearson of
eleventh gade, Ms. Lvesta P.
Rutland, sponsor. This class
reported the 'largest amount,
X250.40 The winner in the
elementary school was Jewell
Gamble, Miss A. Williams, spon
sor. The amount raised was
$200.74.
The teachers reported as fol-
Contlnued on page Five)
Recruiting
Third row, Rosalie Amerson,
Adeline Tatum, Minnie Cain,
^ M „,
Mary Wallace, Minnie Paulins
j and James Canty,
Those not shown on the pic-
ture, but who are members oi
the class, are Alma Jenkins
I and Alvin Petty.
YOUTH EDUCATIONAL
WORKER
‘
at fsttnf m ro^ERT- ______
| SON is the new educational di-j
rector of the Southern Negro j
Youth Congress. A native oi j
Birmingham and a cum laude i
graduate of Miles college, Miss)
Robertson’s editorship of duties Negro will include) Youth,!
quarterly publication of the-!
Youth Congress,n asd supervi- j
sion of all other publications
and educational material.
l
Graham W. Jackson
One of the best known War Bond workers in the South is Graham
W. Jackson, Naval Chief specialist attached to the Recruiting Office in
Atlanta. An entertainer before the war, Chief Jackson has been twice
honored by the Treasury for “distinguished services rendered in behalf
of the War Savings Program.” ^
Among his cherished possessions is an autographed photograph
of President and Mrs. Roosevelt, given him after one of his early
appearances at the White House. -f
He is shown here before his piano, “ready to go to town,” for the
Fourth War Loan. ■■■%•,.., ^ -4
dress by President B. F. Hubert
of the college with P. H.
»«”> ««• *«“ *«“>"« a,
T. ivi. Campbell
the opening sesf-on. The gen¬
theme for the entire week
the 1944 attack” it
evident that Negro farm¬
and their families in Geor¬
were being prepared to
Georgia accomplish her
for War Food Production
1944.
T. M. Campbell. Field Agent
Service United
Department of Agricul- j
(Contlnuedon page eight)
College
Special
TO TH^'F. SEEKING A
HIGHER STANDARD
The Georgia S ate College
making every effort to serve
teachers and others who arc
regularly employed on full
tTne schedule. Opportunity in
now being furnished to all tor
people who might like to raise
their standard.
On every Friday evening
fjvfn 7:30 to 10:00 a class
psychology is being taught
Prof. H D. Weaver. On Satur¬
day morning. Miss C. L.
(Contlnuedon page eight)
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1914
CUSS OF SIXTEEN TO GRADUATE
FROM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL
Prominent Important Masons Conference Hold j
i
In the United States the
colored people have thirty six
grand lodges of Masons. These'
grand lodges are in all of Uw
larger states. They have
thousands oi subordinate Jodg-,
es crease and the are interest doing much of the to in-j
der they and or-,
represent ad-<
1 1 ^ ° f ^
colored people P P I
al Last Conference summer the Grand Internation Mas- j j
ol
ters Grand Secretaries, etc., 1
'
met - m Chicag0 ; At thJS meet |
1118 ll waa declded to hold a
, conference in Hot Springs, Ark.!
i lrom Jan - 1Q t0 the 3L This
coaference convened i
| on the
**„?*“■ prescnt are John A J”°” Wesley e . th L°f“ Dobbs
grand master 01 G " orgia; Jn0 -,
L. Webb, grand master of Mis-
sissippi; C. F. Casterman,
grandmaster of Ohio. Jno. W.
Moore, grand master of Michi¬
gan; C. R. Richardson, grand
master of Indiana; Ellis U.
Reed, grand master of Arkan¬
sas; Sol. C. Johnson, grand sec
retary of Georgia; Jno. R. Lae,
i chairman oi correspondence.
Gaptists Hold
Dis. Meeting
PRESmLT LYNCH AD-
DUESSE'j BODY
The F rst District Conven¬
tion' oi the Georgia Baptist Mis
sionary and Educational Con¬
vention hrld a great session in
Savannah, Rev. George W. Car
ter being the entertaining pas
tor, with his church. Greater
Abyssinian Baptist church.
Rev. T. J. Lynch of Macon,
president ot the First District
convention, with his aides
ed the meeting to meet Janu¬
ary 18. One day’s program
(Continued on page 7)
New ber York; Virginia; Bishop £ast H. Z. Grand) Plum-j
of
Mast «‘ Jll °- w - Barnes of V H
R. W. Stewart of Ohio
and others
A blic 0penlng was he i d
Tuesd nlght Jan . n when
the visitors were made wel .
come with ad dresses by
Master Reed of Arkal , sas , Hcv .
R ' W Wood - past0r Rounok ' 3
church and Grand Mas
er Webb, who presided. Mus-
j c was rendered by a quartet
f the Roanoke Baptist church ,
0
Master- John Wesley,
Dobbs of Georgia, responded.
T he officers of the conter-
ence are John Wesley Dobbs,!
president; John L. Webb, vice|
«• * Cast.rman, |
. secretary,
A conference was held Fri-
day and others during the
week. These conferences will
Continued from Page 5
Frees Man
Extradited
NOW HELD FOR DE
PORTATLON
New York, N. Y. Word hat
been received here that George
Andrew Burrows who was ex¬
tradited from New York to Mis
sisippi in March, 1943, on a
charge of shooting a white
(Continued on page 8) er columnist of The Tribune. Continued on page Five)
SAVANNAH AREA MEN SERVING IN U. S. ARMED FORCES
CPL. ROBERT GARNER who
1ST SOT. WALTER MASSEY CLARiiNCE BCHLEK ’ son 01 is with U. S. army somewhere
who is serving in the European Mrs. Estelle Bohier of 604 Oak overseas. He is a friend ol
theater of war with the U. S. street, who is in the city on Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Guilford of
forces, writes that he is getting furlough He is stationed at 547 East Park avenue, where
the along army okey about Prior four to years entering ago ^ Lakeg IU and is attend- ^e the "'service service *approSely" approximately 3 a
he was assistant director of ing the Diesel S ervlce schooL years ago. He writes that he
the Tribune carrier force. He is seaman second class. is doing fine.
SGT. CHAS. M. GRADY, bus
band of Mrs. Maxie Grady of
614 West 31st street, after be¬
ing overseas for nine month
was home on furlough visiting
his family. He is now station
ed at Temple, Texas.
fmms. I0UEHT.V0IIR
NEW HAMPTON
PRESIDENT
_
.RALPH PARKHU'ttBT BR1DG
institute oresideiit of Kamo-
who olficially as
his duties at the 75 year
college on Tuesday, Febru-
. Forrnarly dean of stu¬
at Brooklyn IN. Y.i Col¬
he is a native of Boston,
and was educated at
V Columbia univer-
«M dhecte of the
Parents’ Council
1926 to 1931 and director
he National Council of Pa¬
Education from 1932 to
PENROSE IS MADE
CAPTAIN
First Lieut. Charles Roland
an infantry officer,
stationed here, has
promoted to the rank ot
it was announced
by the War Depart-
While in Savannah
Penrose resided at
Price street.
He is the husband of Mrs.
LEWly F’LOYD, s2c, of Jack¬
sonville. F!a., husband of Mrs.
Mary a. Floyd, of 202
Homes, who has been in the
v lor flie pa-jt live
lie is stationed at Key Was
Florida, and was recently
on furlough.
NUMBER 15
FRIDAY NIGHT AT
ST. JOHN CHURCH
Eloise Phillips and
Carrie West
ARE TOP RANKING
MEMBERS OF CLASS
Rev. A. C. Curtright To
Be Speaker
The mid-term commence-
ment exercises of Beach high
school will be held tomorrow,
Friday, Jan. 28, at 8 p. m. at
St. John Baptist church.
The Rev. A. C. Curtright, pa-
tor of the First Congre?a1 ".ri¬
al church, will deliver the ad-
to the graduates.
Musical numbers on the pro
gram wlU be fun ) shed by the
Beach chorus, under the direr
^ on P- J' Smalis, and a quar
tet from Cuyler junior high
school, under the direction of
Miss Jane Parker, heads of the
music departments at Beach
and Cuyler, respectively.
Two presentations will be
made, by Eloise Phillips, vale¬
dictorian of the class, and Car
rie West, salutatorian.
Two citizenship awards will
be made, one to Eloise Phillips
and the other to James Canty.
The complete program ar¬
ranged to last just one hour
follows:
Organ airs Miss Jane Parker
and P. J. Smalls
Processional Seniors and chor
us
Invocation Dr. E. O. S. Cleve¬
land
Invocation sentence—
The Lord's Prayer Beach Clio
rus.
Lullaby Benjamin Godard
Cuyler Junior High Qbattet
Presentation of Speaker Prin¬
cipal Haynes
Commencement ad^res^— Rev.
PVT. WILTON HINF j, tho
son. of Mr. and Mrs. & H.
Hines of 554 West Hun-'Ogdon
street, who is now som- hera
m Italy with the U. S >rces,
He entered the army in * ebru-
ary, 1942. , ~