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INSPECT NEW EQUIPMENT TO AID POLIO CASES
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Physical therapy equipment costing more than §7,000 has been presented by the Nashville-Davidsan
Ounty Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to Hubbard Hospital, Meharry
Hledical College, in Nashville, Tenn. Shown here inspecting the equipment are (left to right) Merl R. Epps.:,
chairman of the Negro division of the chapter; Henry Miller, Hubbard Hospital superintendent; Charies
H. Bynum, director of Interracial Activities for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis; l>r.
Murray Brown, medical director of the hospital and director of medical education at Meharry; Paul E.
Johnson, Chicago manufacturer of physical therapy equipment, whose death occurred since this picture
was made.
The new infantile paralysis unit at Hubbard Hospital is used both in the treatment of polio cases and
in the training of physicians and nurses at Meharry. Funds for these and other types of aid are raised
in the March of Dimes, January 14-31, which this year is dedicated to the memory of Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, founder of the National Foundation.
New York — Negro
paralysis victims are
bitter Hiedieal care at St.
Hospital in St. Louis, at
Hospital, Meharry Medical
lege in Nashville, and at
ter Hospital in Jacksonville,
to funds contributed to these hos-
pitals by local chapters of the Na-
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis.
* These funds are raised during
the annual March of Dimes. The „
l.l-lfi March of Dimes, January 14-
JOIN THE MARCH Of DMi!
JA£. 14-31
srrtvTsrzzzi /tr.
Hi# Money for Men,
Women, Girls nnd Boys.
4 ^Hn»- Religious Wall
Cards. Every home
wants one. For infor¬
mation write
F*-ank Kean
General Delivery, Savnn-
nah,*Ga.
For The Best
PIES and PASTRY
fruit Cakes for Soldiers
Overseas
Go To
KRAFT’S BAKERY
Duffy and Jeff<-r>on Sts
Phone 5211
NEGRC ENLISTMENTS
TOP POST WAR
PERIOD
Washington, (ANP)—The cn-
listmcnt of Negroes in ths army
up |o Nov. 30 reached 37,343, the
department - disclosed list
week, That figure is more than
14 per cent of the total of 281,-
705 enlistments in the post-war
regular army.
FiRST AFRICAN BAPTIST CHURCH
FRIDAY NIGHT , JANUARY 4, 1946
ADVANCE TICKETS S1.25 AT DOOR SI.50
Tickets are now on sale at Harlem Cleaners, Yours and
Mine Confectionery. Savannah Pharmacy, Elks Rest, Rob¬
ert Sams’ Confectionery, and First A. B. Church
31, is dedicated to the memory of
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, found-
er of the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis.
In Missouri, the St. Louis- St.
Louis County Chapter has equip-
ped an isolation unit at St, Mary’s
Hospital at a eost of $10,000. The
unit has the finest type of physi-
cal therapy equipment to provide
’medical aid and after-care for vic-
tims of Poliomyelitis. If the in-
eidenCe of infantile paralysis
; . should , , , • . that ... mod- ,
increase m area,
ern facilities will be available to
j {less ail who’ve need of them, regard
of age, race, creed or color.
! In another section of Missouri
| there is still another type of aid
available to infantile paralysis
Seek To Oust
Of La. Negro
Winstonvillo, Miss., (ANP)--Six
of this city’s officials face ouster
via a vecall vote.
Charging that the six high of¬
ficial of this "city had acted
“contrary to the will of the peo-
'ple ” a group of voters request¬
ed ‘runtime ago a recall vote.
Their petition was refused by the
city government but was granted
by Judge Erl Green, of the Bol¬
ivar circuit court. *
Gov. Thomas L. Bailey was re-
rues'el to appoint an interim
government until such time as an
election could lie held but the
“cu'ted” officials asked the gov¬
ernor to take no action pending
receipt of n decision from the U.
HOLD LAST RITES
FOR THE NATION’S
OLDEST CITIZEN
Vidalia, Ga., (ANP) — Funeral
services were held here last week
fer America’s oldest known citi-
zens, the 120-year-old .Rev. James
(Uncle Jim) Walter Wilson, who
here at the home of his son, ! (
died
C’— 1- n.
Born in slavery on the Walden
plantation, Rev. Wilson's official
census record reveals May 15,
1825, as his birth date. He was
a farm hand until he was 100,
then was ordained a Baptist min-
ister and actively served several
churches until he was 117
he came here to reside with his
He read well, spoke fairly good
English and consulted the Bible
daily. His formula for longevity
was “live temperate and obey the
laws of God.” His age was dis¬
covered when he received his first
medical treatment, due to a fall,
after he industry was 117. starred The him motion in j ’ ,
picture a
newsreel for a day, in which he
hoed cotton, mended fences and
did other stunts not in' keeping
with his years.
Working since he was four
ytars of age, Rev. Wilson prob¬
ably holds a record for the most
work hours in man’s span of life.
On the basis of 13 hours a day
for 111 years, he totaled 527,000
hours of work. He toiled 44
hours one week straightening nails
after he was 120 years old.
He is survived by a son and
four grandchildren, two of whom
are war veterans.
BUY l
VICTORY BONDS
victims and their families. The
Kansas City Chapter of the Na¬
tional Foundation reimburses the
city school board for the salary
paid to the trained physical
therapist who visits the Booker T.
Washington Elementary School
and serves those who need treat¬
ment and instruction. This chap¬
ter provides the mechanical ap¬
pliances used in the muscle re¬
education of polio victims.
It is the determination of the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis and its chapters that
poliomyelitis shall be conquered.
The people of America share in
that determination when they join j
the March of Dimes, January 14- ]
31.
Six Officials
Town
S. Attorney generals c office, j I
which declined to give an opinion I
because “the matter is now in *
‘ The counsel for the six officials, i
B. A. Green of Mount Bayou. an’
other all-Negro town, said he will
attack the constitutionality of the l
Municipal Recall act of 1914. He
will file an appeal to the state
supreme court “immediately,” he
declared. His clients are Mayor
R. J. Lucas; L. G. Similton, Mrs.
Bertha Watkins and S. M. Mar-
shal, aldermen; S. M. Jones, treas- !
urer, .and Ike Powell, marshal. | |
This municipality was incor- ]
porated on Feb. 16, 1917, under'
a proclamation of the then Gov.
Bilbo.
UNION t. KERCH BOLDIN.,
COW F. N'T ION
Hv Beatrice Williamson
The U. C. B. Conve.iton clos¬
ed a successful year by conven¬
ing December 28-30 with the
Tabernacle Baptist Church, Sa¬
vannah. Rev. H. W
pastor. The convention
ea Friday morning with
president, Rev. N. C.
presiding. Rev. L. L.
{preached the introductory
mon and Friday
much business of
was transacted. Friday
Rev. J. B. Bates preached.
Saturday was woman’s
sion day with the
jl Sis. Irene McLean presiding
?v. F 1 . M. Paradise
the missionary sermon at 11
o’clock. Saturday
being the period designated for
the Junior Mission Sis. Sattie
Morgan the Junior Mission
president presided ^and Rev. F.
Behard Dekle preached.
Saturday night Rev. E. D.
Brooks preached and our hearts
was made to burn within us.
Sunday moniing the Sunday
School and mass meeting was
conducted by Rev. L. G. Gibhs
assisted by others. A libera! of-
| fering was raised and at 11 a.
j m. Rev. C. E. Young preached
from Josh. 224:14.
Sunday afternoon the memo¬
rial sermon was preached by
Rev. J. S. Murray after a short
program had been rendered In
honor of Sis. L. A. Bell one of
the beloved workers of the Cor.-, 1
vention. Visitors were Rev. E.'
Hayton of Philadelphia, Rev. E.
O. S. Cleveland, Rev. L. L. Scott
Rev. McMillan and others.
The following officers were'
elected to serve 1946 Rev. N.
C. Conner, president Dea. W.|
F. Allen, secretary; Sis. Irene
McLean, president, Sr. Mission;'
Sis. Battle Morgan, president,
Junior Mission; Sis. Minnie
Griffin, V. Pres., Sr. Mission,
Sis. Lillie Stevenson,
Jr. Mission; Sis. Hattie Craw-
ford, Badge Chairman, Sis. L.
Hunter, Asst. Badge Chairman; |
Dea. E. Freeman, Agent chair-,
man; Dea. L. Bobb. V. Chair-
man; Sis. Beatrice Williamson,'
reporter; Dea. L. Gordon, mar-1
Dea. S. E. White, chairman!
finance committee. j
The convention was Tabernacle! royally j
entertained by the
Ba P tls * ; Church and friends and
^ attendance was good de-
lte the inclement weather.
convention adjourned to
next session with
St Galllee BaPtlSt church I
March 29-31,;
1946. The sum of $2.00 was
for the pastor and church.
A-BURMA
WRITE PRES .
HELP
Birmingham. Birmingham. (ANP) (ANP)
fifty fifty men men of of the 82.>ni
Aviation battalion sta-
at Myitkina. Burma, made
through the Southern Ne-
Youth congress a letter ad¬
to President Harry S.
protesting the use of
and white troops in the far
“Mr. President,” the letter pro-
this group of American
declare it as our firm con¬
that American troops and
jfpr<jp3 in the China-Burma
nV !«nger serve a pro-
purpose, but on the con-
are being used as pawns in
dangerous game of imperialist
politics.” . . . “Yes, we are
soldiers,” the men continu-
d, “we haven’t known too much
ourselves and that’s all
more reason we don’t want
part of suppressing*the free-
of o'her peoples. Send us
Sir.”
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many
(or the kindness shown
during th? i lness and death
our dear mother, Mrs. Jo-
Manes, who entered
eternal rest Sunday morn-
ing, Dec. 23, 1945. We also
thank the Southside Social So¬
ciety for the beautiful flor¬
al designn T.te uneral was
o’clock Dec. 28, 1945, from
Baptist church.
Sermon by Rev. S, A. Baker.
Daughters,
Mrs. Viola Woods
Mrs. Larvesta Washington
Grandson,
Mr. Herman Mitchell
Sons inlaw,
Mr. Eugene Woons
Mr. Mack Washington
BUY
VICTORY BONDS
ON
FORD -Tn loving memory
dear husbani, ,
i
f:
i * 1M3
..-ELDER J. L.
who passed away one year
January 2, 1945.
A whiter soul, a fairer rnitid,
A life with a purer course,
aim.
A gentie eye, a voice more
We may not look on earth
find;
The love that lingers oveji
name
Is more than fame.
Sadly missed by
Wife,
Mrs. Rosa L. Ford
Daughter,
Mrs. Dorothy Lee Cajinon
and other re atives,
HOLMES—In loving
of our dear mother,
LURfeNA HOLMES
who departed this lile (me year
January 3, 1945.
when r think of yoUj dear mo _
ther,
heart is fju ec j p a i n>
earth would seem like
heaven
^ you back a g a j n
lips can not speak how I
miss you,
heart can not tell what to
say.
God only knows how I love
you
miss ypu since you went
awa Y-
eace f U [ b e your s ieep c ‘ ear
mother
swe et to breathe .your
name.
l 0 J ei * 0u very deariy in life,
death we do the same.
Sadly missed by
Father,
Dorchester, Ga.
Daughter
Son
Sisters
Other relatives and host of
friends
Adam and Eve thought they
could take the teeth out of God’s
law, and for that their posterity
for the most part, have to wear
Festive Dishes for Frosty Days
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BETTY BARCLAY
When the frost Is on the pump¬
kin . . . that's the time to secure
more calories. We need them for
our body engines during cold
weather.
An excellent way to accomplish
this is to eat cereal twice or three
times a day. No! I don’t mean
to repeat your breakfast dish.
Serve cereal in some other form
. . . note the following menu and
recipes. One recipe calls for our
Fall favorite, the apple, teamed up
with cereal and sausages. The
other features those juicy sweet
onions — perhaps from your Vic¬
tory garden — stuffed with crunchy
malty-rich Grape-Nuts. Both arc-
surprise dishes, unusual, healthful,
economical dishes — real festive
dishes.
V Memi
% Orapo-Nnts StufTed Onions
Tossed Green Salad garnished with
Carrot Sticks
Cider Applesauce Bran Muffins
fjfr Beverage
Sausage and Apple Pattle*
2 medium apples, pared and cored
2 teaspoons lemon juice (about)
Dash of salt •%*
1 pound sausage meat
2 tablespoons finely chopped onto®
1 cap crushed raisin bran
Cut apples Into six %-lndh sOnes
Season with lemon jnics and ewtL
CARD (IF THANKS
m ft- -;h i o tr..,r g a i of our
kind Irion Jr, and neighbors for
their many acts of kmdnc.s,
. of \ empathy and
cOiKdiltaiec and lai their beau
tifm flowers a! the 'ov, of our
j U.ear y loved one.
Wife,
.Mrs. Derrick Shaw Greene
sind
Family
CAR!) OF TF1 * ,KS
The relatives of the late Mr.
i Hampton ...... r Covena ~“ wish ------ to
) | thank th? their many slons friends of kind-
many expre
1 nesses and sympathy during
his : ong illness, and to the
neighbors, especially, w’e are
greatly appreciative of them
all. We also wish to thank
cur many friends for the love-
j ly cards and letters of eondo-
| 'enccs, expressing their sincere
■ sympathy, and for the many
beautiful floral designs. The
Monroe Funeral Mome, we also
thank you for your most
courteous service. We take
th's means of expressing our
J appreciation.
CARD OF THANKS
The family of the late Rev.
R. H. Simnfons take this meth¬
! od to express their deepest ap-
I preeiation for the kindness and
j sympathy shown them during
| the recent illness of their loved
I one. To the nurses of
Charity hosptial, to Rev. R M.
Oibert ond Sidney A. Joones for
their courteous service, the of-
ficers and members of Pilgrim,
Brampton and Clifton Baptist
churches and many friends for
their beautiful tloral designs.
Rebecca Simmons, wife
Orelia Gadson, daughter
THANKS
. I wish to thank the many
friends who honored me with
their presence in the Superior
i Court room Tuesday noon,
when the oath was admini.ster-
! ed by the Hon. David S. Atkin-
i son to me to membership of the
j Georgia bar. This position
j makes availab'e opportunities
j for greater service, a position
1 which shalll
l use as a means
of promoting the religious, cul¬
tural and economic develop¬
ment of my country and race.
We are grateful for the words
of welcome coming from Judge
David S. Atkinson and Messrs.
Jackson and Hopkins.
Lewis L. Jackson
CHARGE WOMEN
ROBBED HER
OF $80S
Louisville. (ANP)—Mrs. Lil¬
lian White. 58 told police here
Friday that five women attacked
her shortly after she alighted
from a street car at 8th and Wal¬
nut in the heart of the colored
business district here and took
$805 from her. The woman said
it represented several year’s sav¬
ings and being afraid of banks
she always carried the money
w ‘t0 her. Police took her to the
General hospital for treatment.
Combine sausage, meat, onion, and
bran and shape mixture into 12
small balls. Place balls between
two sheets of waxed paper and
flatten into patties, $4 inch thick.
Put together in pairs with an
apple slice betweaa patties. Press
edges of patties together to seal
in apple slice. Arrange in shallow
baking dish. Bake, uncovered, in
slow oven (325° F.) 40 minutes, or
until apples are tender. Baste oc¬
casionally with drippings. Makes
6 servings.
Grape-Nuts Stuffed Onions
6 large onions
% cup (>4 pound) sausage meat
cup Grape-Nuts
Ms teaspoon salt
V s teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon melted fat
1 tablespoon ketchup
Peel onions; cook 15 minutes in
large amount ot boiling salted
water. Drain, cool, and remove
centers from stem end, making
little cups. Chop centers and com
bine with sausage, Grape-Nuts,
salt, pepper, fat and ketchup. Fill
onions with mixture and place In
greased baking dish. Bake in
moderate oven (375° F.) 45 min¬
utes, or until onions are tender.
Makes 5 servings.
Note: If desired, place y 3 slice
of bacon on top of each onion
baking.
A) IFN UNIVERSITY
i
building._ said cost
000, going unimpaired.
The institution owns
worth ot ptopeity h.ti and '
the last five years an
ness of *70,000 has been
'dated, n new library has
erected and the faculty has
1 improved, The school recently
i quired a new $25,000
home. Allen university is
creriited by the state
of etlucation und was approved
the Southern southern Association Association of oi
j 0U(lary Schools and colleges
March.
ATTENDED /FTA- SIGMA
BOUI.E-CONCLAVE
Continued from page 1
returned to the city
week after attending the
Sigma boule-conclave in
Louis, Mo., December 27-30
ENTER LAWSUIT
roes are higher as a result of
exemption allowed the
and that as taxpayers they
pose the injunction.
Circuit Judge William S.
nor granted the colored
the right to intervene. The
recently included the issue
Negro exclusion in its reply
the university’s injunction
The II plaintiffs include Frank
S. Bledsoe, prominent attorney;
the Rev. Herman S. Dreer, N. A.
SweetSi e(litor S t. Louis Ameri-
can . John vv . Hughes, T. D. Mc-
Neal, ||i’ David B. Pace, Ruth W.
Wi a ms, E. Clifford Tufner,
Leyton Weston, labor leader, and
Ermine Bush. Attys. George L.
Vaughn and David Grant are rep¬
resenting the colored taxpayers.
URGES REPEAL
Continued from page 1
years.
The State constitution must be
amended, which means action by
two separate legislatures, plus
ratification by the people.
The fuct that the commission
was headed by Stuart B. Camp¬
bell of Wytheville, member of the
House of Delegates, and preemin¬
ent in the Democratic “machine”
gives especial significance to the
commission’s ’findings.
The poll tax will be retained
as a head tax for education, un¬
der the plan, but without any re¬
lationship to the franchise, as in
Massachusetts and Connecticut.
A literacy test for would-be
registrants will be retained, but!
the old local Democratic reg-1
istrars in every precinct will be i
abolished, and a central bi-parti- I
san board of registrars, named by
the Governor, will appoint simi¬
lar bi-partisan boards for each
city and county.
Annual registration is recom¬
mended, something Virginia does
not have.
Beach-Cuyler High School
WILL PRESENT
ABADATA
The Drama of the
African Dance
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1946
8-00 P. M
' AT THE
MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM
ADMISSION: ORCHESTRA, $1.00; DRESS CIRCLE.
75 CENTS; BALCONY 35 CENTS
M. G. HAYNES, Principal
We maintain an active sales force for selling houses, bun.
galows, business property, lots and investment property.
We are ready to serve you whether you wish to buy or sell.
Insurance written at a 25% saving to you.
W’e collect rents—Over 20 years experience.
A.F. KING & SON
3 BUriNO-StlUNO CNTIN 0 Realtor Jj
LOANS
INSURANCE
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Phones 6-298 3.5025
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(2,7S0.C9 FOP. COLLEGE
BENNETT
Greensboro, N. C. (ANP)—P.e-
porting $2,750.69 ministers of the
_ North Carolina conference of the
Methodist church completed their
annual food and cash rally for
Bennett college during a meeting
of the group last week at Ben¬
nett.
Outstripping the other districts
Qf the conference the Winston
district reported $1,112.25. Other
district reports were: Greensboro,
$800.39; Laurinburg, $404.30; and
Western district, $343.25.
ADMITTED TO LOCAL BAR
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faculty member. He practiced
in Tennessee prior to coming to
Georgia several years ago.
MINISTER LOSES LIFE
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Including personal belongings.
Beside his family, Rev. Smiley
is survived by his father, Lynn
Smiley, Kentucky; six sisters,
four brothers, a granddaughter
an< l one uncle. He was born in
Kentucky and came here in 1910
after being ordained at Glasgow,
Ky.
Mrs. Woods is survived by her
sister, Mrs. Smiley; three daugh¬
ters, Mrs. Edna Henderson and
Mrs. Jessie Brown of this city and
Mrs, Christine Mifflin, Shuth
Bend, Did., and five grandchil¬
dren and two great-grandchildren.
She had been a resident here for
more than 40 years.
Wimberly*s Billiard Parlet
626-928 West Broad Street
It tbe right place to spend youf
recreation hours
EAT AT THE I
Neptune
Cafe
Mrs. Orlck LaMoneda,
Proprietor
811 WEST BROAD
PHONE 9266
OPEN
ALL DAY and
NIGHT
We Specialize la
HOME COOKING
Savannah’s Most At¬
tractive Cafe
Everything Served
Yoh Like It
lal Here Every Day
and MfM