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COMMENDABLE ACT OF STUDENTS
Last week a fire occurred in the vicinity
d Haven Home School on the Montgomery
ross road. It was threatening- The
eachers and boys being aware of the iacK
,f fire protection, went to the scene and
lid their -best in salvaging and preventing the
spread of the fire. The owner of
i residents the community
property and in students
o doubt, feel grateful to these
for what they did. It was a commendable
x t and a fine lesson for the boys who are
>eing taught to become useful and unsel¬
fish citizens- Acts of this kind do much to
eme nt Mends. In no better way can we
maintain good wlill and the racial accord
for which we are anxious.
MRS. MAE M. YATES WELCOMED
No recent visitor was more heartily wel¬
comed to the city than Mrs- Mae M. Yates
of Atlanta- She is one of the daughters of
the beloved and lamented Rev. I^eigh J».
Maxwell who pastured the First Congrega¬
tional Church. Mrs. Yates is a native of
Savannah, but left here in infancy. She
is one of the popular matrons of the state
taking an active part in public affairs of her
city. She is the daughter of Mrs. C. M.
Pitts and the wife of Clayton R. Yates, who
conducts the Yates & Milton Drug Stores in
Atlanta, and also officially connected with
the Citizens Trust Company in Atlanta, one
of our strongest financial institutions.
BROADMINDED STATESMAN NEEDED
We need in the Congress of the United
States, and not only there but in other
legislative branches of the country, broad¬
minded statesmen. When a candidate is
elected t° Congress he becomes the servant
of all the peop e and should so act for the
good of all. We find that along racial
a certain calibre of representatives never
tire ringing the racial fire alarm. They con¬
tinue crying “wolf”, when there’s none pres-
cut except in their mind, and being used
solely to arouse their constituents. Con¬
gressman Gibson of this state is trying to
arouse his voters over the FEPC, claiming
it to be Negro dominated. How can it be?
The commission has only two colored men.
Of the hundred or more boards this is the
only one with Negro members. To be fair
this should be allowed, No doubt were it not
for this being election year, the people
would not be aroused-
ANNIVERSARY a\ t NTVFR<?arv wtt'tt WITH A a HURPObE miDDAcp
forward Anniversary occasions are always looked
to with a deal 1st of hanpv exnecta-
tion, reflecting on the a an ni 1 immthm fii Pat,ng
fotin-A pvaiiu / -V OV . , T j en
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vers«ri! h-.v !l " S .™ nods ■ church , anni-
versaries av or that oi the minister, . A most
significant church anniversary was
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dav 33 nic-ht of list waaL taking t lL • in five spe-
rial occasions. This was as in in "celebration' celebration of of
“rSny h^h" 1 vartSS N No doubt there Jr ? “»
good no t onl ^reT°o°w \Z thht'ge™™ tbT general
of the cnmmimitt, (to ° f
v,uu*re>guuonai Congregational Church enurch. It was organized
Sunday, April fourth, eighteen hundred and
smy-nme, at a time when such a religious
institution was sorely needed. Its member¬
ship was extremely small, but its power for
good in the community has been greatlv felt
during all these years. It stood for an ed¬
ucated pulpit and the influencing of the
pew and community to such
DR. WRIGHT GUEST
SPEAKER FOR ALPHAS
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Beta Phi Lamba chapter of
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity
will present Dr. Milton S J
Wright. Ph. D„ as its guest-
speaker Sunday afternoon May
7, a t 4; o’clock at the First Com
gregational church.
Tht$ program will culminate
a week of activities by the fra¬
ternity promoting its Back to
High School, Back to College
Education for Citizenship
theme.
Dr. Wright is a native of Sa¬
vannah, receiving his elemen¬
tary education in the local
schools. He did his under¬
graduate work at Wilberforce
university, received his mas¬
ter’s degree from Columbia
university and attained the
degree of doctor of philosophy
at the University of Heidelbuig
in Germany. Reeognized as
an eminent authority in his
fielct Dr. Wright is at present
head of the department of so-
sity. oiology at Wilberforce univer-- j I
The public is invited to
tand this program which will ex-‘
' highlighted with some
mnoinn! myrnVmvr
ed. It was organized in the chapel of
old Beach Institute, Price and Harris
This indicate its educational bent. Regard¬
less of denomination, the leaders of church¬
es were touched and instructed in
study and proficiency in imparting the
same. This was especially popular in the
seventies when scores of religious leader s
were touched- *mong these were pastors
of several of the large churches and Sun¬
day School workers. The educational in¬
fluence of some of its members was marked,
resulting in hundreds of hoys and girls en¬
tering institutions of higher learning, even
to the extent of being financially aided in
doing so. This, the church continues to do,
for if it were not for the Congregational
church the children of the community would
not have been abl e to secure high school
training except by going away. This church
without community aid continued the high
school feature until the board of education
was induced to take it over. The full cred¬
it for this effort is not given the church
and the incident seemingly forgotten by
those who are in a position to know. Even
though we now have a high school sup¬
ported by the board of education, hut the
educational trend of the church continues.
It may not be generally known, that this
church, though small in membership, is the
only one in the city, and possibly in the
state, that maintains an educational or
scholarship fund. The invested interest
from this fund is being used to assist wor¬
thy students, who are graduates from high
school. This fund was established several
years ago. During the present term five
students are being assisted in several col¬
leges. This proves that the church is not
only vocalizing education but actually prac¬
ticing it- This church has but a small mem¬
bership but it believes fully in church sup¬
port and responding to worthy causes. It
is very seldom that the public is called upon
to assist. It believes fully in self help- It
has one of the neatest edifices in the city.
No doubt in some of the future efforts the
public may be called upon.
ARE WE CIVILIZED?
By Ruth Taylor
Did you see the very fine statement is¬
sued recently by a group of representative
citizens? They came from both sides
the fence, but in it they spoke just as Amer¬
icans, calling upon their fellow-Americans
—their friends and their neighbors—to con¬
centrate their efforts upon the war
upon the war alone. In the course of Ofe
s £ atement they milde this fine appeal: “We
k to do utmost to temper any
di te that J divide your fellow Amer-
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Notice what they said—not do away with
differences of opinion, not stop all
ments, but temper them, moderate
f a j r and gj ve the other fellow as much
right to his own ideas as you claim
yours, in short, restrain your utterances.
The savage—and here I include those
mass savages whom we fight today—suc¬
ceeds by looking after himself alone. He
grabs what he wants and fights to get
things for himself alone. If he succeeds in
getting away without being killed, he calls
it success.
When savages first grouped themselves
into tribes, they but enlarged this process.
Thp were utter]v ca ] loiH about the fate
IiTwm anvonp }, u1 themselves Thov ,* y went from Y ,n ?
the battlefields without * a backward , , , look at
‘heir slain. (Of course one could
a comparison between their actions
and the conduct of the Japanese.)
Civilization -from which our enemies
turned—is a way of' doing things, a
they than oi me wnicn is ever ever • expandii expanding, e X „a„ain, ra- ra-
merely a static formula. formula. Civil-
when WAponrtWIIty, ' oS'i^XTS for il
fee" fl al1 ^ e that I JJJK 11611 riTS l0 WOTk for'* 1 "’ «°«i o
' each mav haw a better wav of
0 t rendering 1 m “ n ' S service to other be people. but his way
Man is but tho instrument of civilization,
Ann one of tto the tools with which the Deity
works. How a man succeeds depends upon
which bis_ ability he is to but be useful to the scheme of
When a part.
each of us realizes that the nation
is essential to the individual, and that the
individual must not put his goal beyond the
best interest of the nation, we can all live
LIBERTY CO. SCHOOLS
noLD FIELD J^
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school, 330; Shiloh elementary
school, 90. Beach Hill and
Claybrook schools did not par¬
ticipate.
In the various events the
schools and individual winners
were as follows:
Group c Spelling Bee First
place, Earline Frazier. Hines-
ville school; second, Essie Mae
Golden. Holmestown school;
third. Lula Mae Gaulden, Mc¬
Intosh school.
Group B Spelling Bee-First
place. Pearl Baker, Free
Branch school; second'. Flor¬
ence Tarver, Hinesville school;
third, Albertha Golden, Holmes
town school.
“Correction Please Exercise
(7th, 8th and 9th grades > —
First Jeanette Jones, Free
Branch school; second. Rae
Anita Turner, Liberty County
Tr. school; third, Joel Dinkins,
school.
High Jump (small bcys> —
Kelsie Melds, Liberty Co.
school; second, Albert Pray,
school; third, Har-
Monroe, Seabrook school.
High Jump (large boys)—
Williom T»>nlrcnn T ihnff*;
C. school; second, Henry
ker, Hlnesville school;
Leron Fleming, New
School.
Running High Jump
girls!— First, Icelaine
bard. Free Branch school;
ond, Leila Hendry,
school; Ihird. Rosemary
ardson, Liberty Co. school.
50 Yr. Dash (small girls)
First. Alice Dix. New
school; second, Clara
Liberty Co. school; third.
gie Crawford, Seabrook
50 Yr. Dash (large girls!
1st. Katie Crawford.
school; second, Blanche
Bacon ton school; third,
Wright, Moose Hill school.
35 Yd. Dash (small
1st, Nat. Dix, New Free school;
second, R. Monroe,
school; third, Robert
Hinesville school.
Exhibits— First,
Co. Tr. school <sr. high);
ond, Hinesville Jr. high;
New Free elementary school.
Q. Prizes Jefferson were of presented tfe West by
Street. TTKf> SavaVinah
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LARGE CROWD
FUNERAL OF MRS.
SARAH EDWARDS
One of the largest crowds
seen at the First Congrega¬
tional church on a similar
occasion was that of Tuesday
afternoon when the funeral of
Mrs. Sarah L. Edwards was
held. The vast concourse of
friends and acquaintances of
Mrs. Edwards taxed the capac¬
ity of the church. The services
were conducted by Rev. A. C.
Curtrighl who delivered an im¬
pressive eulogy . The Rev. E.
Bunn, pastor of the All Peo¬
ple’s New Century Baptist
church, and the Rev. W. C. Da¬
vis, pastor of St. Philip Monu¬
mental AME church, also
spoke most touchingly on the
life of the deceased. Musical
selections were rendered by the
choir of the Monroe Funeral
Directors and by the choir of
the church.
The floral display was one
of the most elaborate
seen at a funeral here in some
time, and the cortege was un¬
usually large.
Interment was in Laurel
Grove cemetery where, among
the ceremonies was a selection,
“Steal Away,” rendered by
a sextet from the Kodeo club.
Undertaker Paul J. Steele
was in charge of the funeral.
Mrs. Edwards who died Sat¬
urday morning after an illness
| i of several months amiable was poss-es-
sed 01 a most dis P°-
sition and had a large circle of
Mends. She was a native oi
j ! Augusta, but prior lived to here going for sev
oral years
! Boston, Mass., where she lived
for many years She and
husband who died two years
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ag0 returned to Savannah
,
twelve years ago to be with
their son, the well known un¬
dertaker, Toland J. Edwards.
Besides Mr. Edwards, the de¬
ceased is survived by another
son, John H. Edwards of Bos¬
ton, Mass., and a sister, Mrs.
Maud Boone of Beverly, N. J..
both of whom were present at
the funeral.
CARD OF THANKS
Seaman lc Lamar Melvin,
Mrs. Leticia McCullough and
Mrs. Rose Ruth wish to thank
their many friends for their
kindness duung the illness of
their sister and mother, Mrs.
Roxie Melvin, who has re¬
cently been a patient at the
Georgia Infirmary but is at
home now and very much im¬
proved. They also wish to
thank the members of Prince
Hall Chapter G. E. S. for their
generosity, and beautiful flor¬
als, as well as conveyances to
and from the hospital as well
as the entire staff of the hos¬
pital who know their kindness
and patience with her will
never be forgotten. Seaman
Melvin has returned to Vallejo,
Calif, where he is with the U
S. N. Mrs. McCullough and
Mrs. Rosa Ruth are still with;
Mrs. Melvin Their stay is
indefinite.
MltS. YOUNG ENTERTAINED
Mrs. Addis Houston Young
of New York City arrived in
Savannah on Wednesday morn
ing to spend her vacation with
her Parents, Mr - and Mrs - Is "!
Houston of 1116 36th ^ '
east. Her parents on“ gave a
party in her behalf Wed-
were Mrs. Frankie
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COMMITTEE TO
ERATE WITH RECRE-
ATIONCOMMISSION
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Under the auspices of
City Council the Mayor
appointed a committee of
ored citizens to cooperate
the Recreation Commission
plans and operations for
colored recreation center
Ogeechee road.
The committee is as follows:
W. S. Scott, president of Guar¬
anty Life insurance company;
Mrs. Lucile B. Johnson, teacher
0 f podge Kindergarten and ac
tive in recreation work; Mar-
tin G. Haynes, principal of
Beach-Cuyler high school; Mrs
George _ S. Williams matron
hatham County Juvenile
tective Home.
All have accepted the ap-
pointment.
The city has arranged to put
the colored recreation center
in better condition for spring
opening. A
for this work was passed
the meeting of City Council
Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Mamie Jenkins, Mrs.
rah Pay ns, Mrs. Albertha
ton and son, Herbert Houston,
Jr. also little Jno Robinson,
I.t is Mrs. Young’s desire
meet all of her friends by call-
ing on her or dial 8470.
„ *ne church . and . pastor
ex-
tend you a hearty welcome to
attend the revival service,, at
1 the First . African _ .
church, every night at
o’clock.
IttASONIC-EASTERN STAR NOTES *
A Scottish Rite Consistory
was sat to work during this
week atColumbus^ by Illustrious
J. W. Dobbs 33rd and Sublime
Prince Joseph Crawford 32nd.
It is expected to be a flourish-
ing one.
Albany will also have a con¬
sistory.
Several candidates were
made this week in St. John
lodge at Americus.
Ezra Consistory Scottish Rite
will have its regular meeting
Sunday afternoon. All of the
sublime princes are expected
to be present.
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The candidates for the high-
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er degrees are requested to
Activities of USO and SSSS
Centers
36TH ST. USO
The program for next Sunday,
April 23rd will feature Sgt. Ted
Williams and his “Echoes” (con¬
sisting mainly of boys who have
returned from service overseas).
This interesting group will pre-
j 1 sent Echoes” a program called “Over-
seas and a treat is in
«>* Unique club.
! « h D: s™.
Wiliams’ emceeing made a
crowd in the annex very iight-
hearted last Sunday evening at
the Intermezzo Hour. Asst,
’ Director, Mrs. R. S. Jones, call-
three on, delighted the crowd with
numbers.
day Community Night last Thurs¬
the evening was conducted by
War Mothers’ Club and is
a weekly feature of the West
36th Stree 4 USO Club around
which the entire community
gravitates. The following per¬
sons took part in last Thurs¬
day night’s programme and
each gave an excellent per-
formance: Misses Johnniq M.
Lassiter, Tessie Law, Hattie
iCarter. Mesdames Mary Roberts,!
G e r t r u d e Pratt Rozena
j cied Causbv. like Mrs. E. Brown em
a veteran and genial
.Mrs. Sarah Glover accomnanifH
at the piano.
An almost capacity crowd of
j sing vo neea.job joined hearts in a
{rafters Song ig and l/o if there were
shaken they ould have been
fr;m the volume.
1 school kids.
Immediately after the pro-
I pramme Mesdames F. Seabrook
Brown, M. Mention. L. Cal-!
,aw ! av - V. Green. A. Scott, M.
Smith, L. Champers, G. Law, L.
|Best and E. C. Spikes entertain¬
ed in honor of some Savannah-
tans home on flurlough. The
:b°ys were g i- c David ilw f rham sT-c
1 phers, S. Sgt. Wesley
Julius Sevens and sac Rich
ard Worlds, 'it was a most
°WimtYY f —a hr delightfuil
Jlt,terbugging n*^fL,, grand
ar.d cordialitv ’
S dance) dance'S
a Pretty girls in
nY(Y natily y d attired ’T re '5 and really Smart kept GI’s the
variou^ ^wingsters Y busy her T 7 and ere the rizes floor for
iY v- kinds dances P
foho« follow tag couples and the
Ballroom were winners:
t.e Carter dancing, Miss Hat-
and Pvt Solomon
M-'caleV S r pvf. L M Hall Wmie
Files of The Savannah
Tribune
FIFTY YEARS AGO
APRIL 21, 1891
Dr c. McKane paw tribute
to Mrs. Margaret Hill for
fidelity in establishing home
for the poor, and commending
Major W. H. Royall for his sup
port.
Mrs. Diana Rivers an
estimable ...
lady was buried
Saturday. Funeral
by Rrv Alex. Ellis. She
an old member of First
an Baptist church but left af-
ter the death of Rev.
Rev. -t < ’street°Bap- w„iji
tist at Ru3seil
church.
Lone Star Cadets, under
command of Capt. L. Wash¬
ington, celebrated its 19th an¬
niversary last Monday.
The Supreme Court of south
Carolina decided against the
Tillman dispensary law.
The edifice of Big Bethel
churGh on Auburn avenue, At¬
lanta, condemned.
The frame work over the old
artesian well in Peachtree and
Marietta streets in Atlanta, re¬
moved.
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1944
keep in mind the meeting Sun-
day afternoon at 5 o’clock. AT
- prospective candidates are ex-
y ted t0 be pre sent.
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The brethren condole with
Past Master A. W. Cummings
because of the death of a rel¬
ative in Augusta.
! Electa chapter, O. E. S., in¬
itiated two candidates Mon¬
day afternoon. Past Patron
V Tnn"-p W** ppnforroH VV*A*V*i VM fVio l/A&V- donvone CV*J
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| Special notices will be sent
each delinquent lodge failing
to pay Grand Lodge tax.
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I The Grand Chapter tax is
being sent in. Increase in
membership is being shown.
SSSS CENTER
Attired in the attractive new
CCCC pinafores Miss Dorothy
Bostick and Miss Rosalie Fra¬
zier were in the K. P.’s for the
Sunday morning breakfast last
Sunday; Misses Bernice Carter
and Maggie Hardin served in
the same capacity the Sunday
before.
On Sunday afternoon an ov¬
erlow crowd filled the SSSS re¬
creation hall to hear the band
concert presented by the 153rd
Army band under the direction
of Mr. Edwin C. Washington,
Jr. warrant officer, j, g. Among
the selections most enjoyed were
“Begin the Beguine,” Largo
from “new world Symphony”
and “Stormy Weather.” After
the concert the members of the
band and their dates were the
guests of the SSS at a buffet
luncheon in the card rooms.
Sgt. L. Lusk and Sgt. N. Wal¬
lace presented several numbers
at intermission.
Toe-teasing tunes set, the
many Gi’s and their girls to
dancing at the SSSS Saturday
night Swing Session. Many of
the Amy wives gathered on
Friday evening and enjoyed
card games and refreshments,
Events of this week include
Junior Hostess’ meeting on
Tuesday; Game night on Wed¬
nesday; Service club dance on ’
Thursday; Men’s night at the
SSSS: Friday evening brings the
werk ‘y Army Wives Get-to
Gether; on Saturday there will
be the usual Dance amj Jam
Session.
HINESVILLE USO
The Volunteer Service Organ-
ization of the Hi)iesville USO
with Mrs. L. E. Dinkins presi-
dent, donated and served 100
potatoe pies and coffee to a
large number of soldiers on Sun
day April 16th, 1944.
The Junior combined choirs
of the Methodist and Baptist
churches of Hinesville. under
the direction of Cpl. King, ren¬
dered a splendid program at
Hinesville USO. The soldiers
appreciated the program and
requested their return at an
early date.
Mrs. Fressie B. Maxwell or¬
ganized the teen age boys of
Hinesville into a club known a3
the B-17 Flying Fortress, to as¬
sist the men in service. Joel
Dinkins, president, Robert Tay¬
lor, V. President., Charlie Mc-
Miilians, secretary Charles Mill¬
er, Asst . secretary; L. B. Har¬
groves. treasurer.
Recent volunteers of the Trav¬
elers Aid with headquarters at
lh e Hinesville Ut’O Club, a-'e do¬
ing a splendid job in giving in- ^
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LIBRARY
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of modern Courtesy: a book
manners.
Spranckling— ble. setting Your Ta
Mapes-Fun With Your Child.
Embree—13 Against the Odds
Sterner—The Negro’s Share
^ompVn-^natom, ma. o, Dra-
Quinn—History Drama. of the Ameri¬
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Kelly— Educational Psychology
Best— Easy-to-make Slip Cov¬
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Matterson— Electric Wedding
Burling— Elementary Electri-
city and Electric Wiring
FICTION
Bialik-And it Came to Pass
Bristo—■Tomorrow is Forever
Wellman— The Bowl of Brass
S 5138 Hill
Twelve. '**
Rich—We Took to the Woods #
Mason- Irish -Deadline Rivers of Glory •,
at Dawn.
Hear Dr. B. H. Whiting at
the great revival being con¬
ducted at the First African
Baptist church. Dr. Whiting
will serve this church as evan¬
gelist for the fourth consecu¬
tive season.
PROMOTED TO TECHNICAL
SERGEANT
Clarence H. Mitchell, former
Savannahian who is now serv¬
ing with the U. S. army over¬
seas, has’ recently been pro¬
moted to technical sergeant.