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YEARS Of,
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PUBLIC SERVICE
UIT
FREEDl-
Kidnaped five days earlier by
four white gunmen, Edward
Jones, millionaire Chicago pol¬
icy baron and business man,
was reunited with his wife
St. Benedict Valedictorian
Drowns While On Picnic
Joseph Heyward, il4-year-old
valedictorian of the graduating
class of* St. Benedict’s school,
was drowned Thursday while
on an outing of the graduat¬
ing class. He was the son of
BARON
BY ABDUCTORS
Chicago (ANP)—Edward P.
Jones, Chicago
and reputed head of one of the
largest policy combines in the
city, returned home early Fri¬
day morning after his release
from a five-day imprisonment
by kidnapers was obtained
through reported' payment of
*250,000 ransom by his family.
Midwestern police, mean¬
while, launched an intensive
search for Grover Dullard, pro¬
fessional gangster bodyguard
for such characters as the late
Jack Zuta, Bugs Moran and
Terry Duggan, and Virgil Sum-
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MOREHOUSE SPEAKER
Dr. John W. Davis, president
of West Virginia State College,
who will deliver the 79th com¬
mencement address at More¬
house College to be held in Sale
Hall chapel at 10:30 a. m. on
June 4 21 young men will re¬
ceive the degrees of bachelor of
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Lydia, shown with him in
above p'cture, around
o’clock last Friday morning.
was rumored that ransom
mands varying from *250,000
$500 000 had been made for
safe return.—(ANP photo.)
Mr. and Mr. Wm. H.
of 604 East 34th street, and
,
Survived by his parents,
brothers and sisters.
I The drowning occurred at
' Dutch island.
The lad got in¬
to a deep hole while swimming,
causing him to drown. The
j Rev. Francis Hines, assistant
j pastor of St. Benedict’s, who
was with the class, recovered
the body within five minutes
after young Heyward went
down, but efforts to revive him
proved of no avail.
A report of the drowning
was received in the city short¬
ly after noon Thursday, and
the Rev, Joseph Feeiey, pastor
of St. Benedicts; Dr. J. Reid
Broderick and County Police¬
man D. G. Brinson left for the
Thuderbolt yacht basin where
they arrived shortly after the
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Fla. Business
Man Drowns
West Palm Beach, Fla—Per¬
cy Johnson, progressive young
business man, owner of John-
I son’s Grocery,’ 1^215 Tamarind
avenue, and recently returned
from overseas duty in the arm¬
ed forces, met death at a local
beach on Wednesday, last,
where he and numerous others,
including his sons, were enjoy¬
ing the accustomed half holi¬
day. The deceased was a
ber of Payne Chapel A. M.
church and well liked. He
a native of Mississippi, and
survived by a wife, three
and a sister. The Coleman
neral home was in charge
arrangements.
YMCA AUXILIARY
ORGANIZED
Thirty-three women, repre-
sening all Protestant denomi¬
nations of the city, met at
YMCA last Tuesday evening
and organized a Woman’s Aux-
iliary to the newly
YMCA. This meeting was call-
ed by Dr. R. M. Gilbert, chair¬
man, and Dr. w. C. Davis,
chairman of the
committee. Dr. Gilbert
that it is hoped that there will
be a YWCA in the near
but until that time the YMCA
planned to have a program for
women. J. T. Ellerbee, execu¬
tive Y'MCA secretary for Sa¬
vannah, advised that the wom¬
an's auxiliary h$d been ap¬
proved by the National and
International officers of the
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CME's Elect
New
St. Louis (ANP)— Riding the
crest of the best quadrennium
of its 76 year history, the Col¬
ored Methodist Episcopal
j church ended its 21st
j after conference two weeks here of Monday interest night I
and
excitement with 452
1 delegates and the
more
3,500 visitors from all
j of the United States in
ance. Three new bishops
elected.
j There were seven active bish¬
ops at the beginning of the ses¬
sion. The reports made by the
bishops and the staff of gen
eral officers showed the church u
j in throughout the healthiest the condition nation to be
ever
reflected in a general confer¬
ence, according to the leaders.
The seven bishops reported
for their districts as follows:
Bishop C. H. Phillips, senior
bishop, showed that California,
Ohio and Kentucky reported
more than $500,000 for general
church and annual conference
purposes; B’shop Carter, area,
Texas, Southeast Missouri and
Illinois, showed 20 new church¬
es bought or built and more,
than *99,000 on hand to help!
the million dollar expansion for
Texas College, and Bishop J.
A. Hamilton reported *450,000
raised for the erection of Col¬
lins Chapel Connectional hos¬
pital at Memphis. He presides
over the tlvrd district.
The Alabama district, led by
Bishop H. P. Porter, reported
an increase of more than 5,000
members, the liquidation of the
huge debt on Miles College and
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Democratic Club To Meet
Tomorrow, (Friday)
A meeting of the Citizens’
Democratic Club which was re¬
organized on May 10, will be
held at Mt. Zion Baptist
church, West Broad and Wald-
burg lane, tomorrow, Friday
night, at 8 o’clock.
All registered voters are in¬
vited to be present as impor¬
tant business will come before
the meeting. Detailed instruc-
m
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RECEIVED CERTIFICATES IN COSMETOLOGY—The above are the members of the graduatmg class of Boyce’s School
oi Beauty Culture who received their certificates at Connor’s Temple Baptist church Sunday afternoon: Left to right
seated: Eunice I. Mrs. Simmons, Frances Miss Butler, Mary Mrs. Fanning, Judge Ann Holloway, Mrs. Hilda McFall, Mrs. Georgia Sheftal, Mme. J M Walker Mrs’
Mrs. Esther Mike, Mrs. Alberta Davis; standing, second row: Mrs. Addle Lou Kel-
Pv Mrs Laurie Bonds, Mrs. Thelma Humes, Miss Zena Mae Calves, Miss Wililie Mae Evans Miss Margarite Powell, Mrs
Joseph:ne Morgan. Mrs. Fannie Mae Cobb, Mrs. Hattie Washington, Mrs. Willie L. Williams. Mrs. Annie Mae Robinson.
Mrs. Uillard Benefield. Mrs. Queeme Brown; back row: Miss Ruth Evans, Mrs. Irene Vaughns, Miss Gloria Walker Mrs.
Eiiza Zeigier Mrs. Sylv:a Williams, Mrs. Carrie Mae Young, Miss Fannie Mae Sapp, Mrs. Alonzo Ross, Mrs. Virginia Davis.
Miss Came Mae Johnson is not shown, 'Photo by Frank.)
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1946
BEACH TO
CLASS OF 125
| Dr Charles H. Brown of Co¬
; *
lumbia, S. C„ pastor of Second
Calvary Baptist church in that
city, will be the commencement
speaker when one hundred and
twenty-five graduates of Beach
high school receive their di-
* j on on Friday, June 7, at
7- 7:45 p. m. at First African
Baptist church,
Dr. Brown, a native of Ath¬
ens, received the A. B. degree
from Morehouse College and
B. D. and S. T. M. from Ober-
lin College. At present he is
dean of the school of theology,
Benedict College, and pastor of
Second Calvary Baptist church,
Columbia, S. C., and from expe-
rience and training his mes-
sage to the graduates will be 1
timely.
The music for the occasion
promises to be the best ever,
inasmuch as Miss Parker. Mr.
Smalls and Mr. Brooks are
training their respective groups
with diligence.
CORRECTION
Mr. Flay Huff would like to
state that he knows nothing
about the announcement in
week’s Herald stating that
he became the proud father of
a daughter on May 10.
Birmingham iANPi — Fu¬
neral services were held Mon¬
day at Metropolitan AME Zion
church for Oscar }V. Adams,
supreme chancellor of the
Knights of Pythias and found¬
er of the Birmingham Reporter,
a local weekly, who died here
last' Tuesday.
The son of Frank and Tean-
na Adams, the fraternal lead¬
er and newspaper executive
was born In Gulf Crest, Ala.,
October 24, 1882. He received
his elementary education in his
native state and his higher ed¬
ucation at A. and M. College,
Normal, Ala. He founded the
Birmingham Reporter in 1906,
the same year he received his
A. and M. diploma.
On August 30, 1922, he mar¬
ried Miss Ella Eaton, who sur- •
vives him, along with their two_
(Sons, ' Oscar Williams, Jr., and] -----
lthousands j7' anlc . Eaton ^ of - H e is mourned by j
-
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tions will be given on
tion and voting and
phases of the
election will also be
An interesting program
been arranged and it is ex¬
pected that a very large crowd
will be in attendance. John W
McGlockton is president of the
club and Sidney A. Jones, re
cording secretary.
Veterans To Celebrate Me¬
morial Day With Parade
contemplated.
“As a veteran of World War
L, I have a deep interest in any
ceremony or exercises that will
attract attention to our veter¬
ans, either white or
and all honor should be paid
to those 3,50o colored veterans
who responded to their coun¬
try’s call when it needed men
to defend our Flag, and permit
me to say that this also ap¬
plies to the veterans of all
wars.
“L hope that your barbecue
and public exercises will be a
huge success and that every
member of our Board of Alder¬
men, and, I believe, our citi¬
zens generally, wish for you
and your committee every suc-
cess on National Memorial Day
this year.”
Accompanying the communi¬
cation was a check for *100.00,
donation from the city.
All veterans and others tak¬
ing part in the parade are re¬
quested to assemble at East
Broad and McDonough streets
at 9:30 a. m. automobiles and
floats reporting to M. B. Gam¬
ble at the eameBliae and place.
The v parade will flnove off
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Savannah will officially wel¬
come its nearly 4,000 Negro
veterans from the war Thurs¬
day of next week with a pa¬
rade leaving East Broad and
McDonough streets at 10 a. m.;
a barbecue and official wel¬
coming ceremonies at Cann
Park following the parade,
when, among others, Mayor
Peter Roe Nugent wiil officially
welcome the veterans back to
the city, and at 9 o’clock that
night with a dance at the
SSSS, j Ogeechee road and 37th
strec "
In commenting on the cele¬
bration, Mayor Nugent wrote
Paul J. Steele, chairman of the
arranging for this
(ivent, ,in part, as follows:
“The members of the Board I
Aldermen desire that I ex-
to you their congratula-
on promoting and carry¬
out the patriotic exercises
Rites For
K. P. Head
80 On Faculty Of A. U.
Summer School
Atlanta, May il5.—'The vis¬
iting faculty of the 1046 At-
University Summer
school was made public this
week by President Rufus E.
clement of Atlanta University,
under whose leadership
14th combined summer
“Y tpnoto by frank j
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE STARTS — The membersh.p
drive of the newly organized Y MCA, West Broad street
bianch, •>
was started last Friday night at a meeting of the
preliminary workers. In the above picture are shown Dr.
Ralph Mark Gilbert, chairman, and Dr. W. c. Davis, co-
chairman, sitting at the table, and J. T. Ellerbe, newly ap¬
pointed executive secretary of the local branch, standing.
Sitting in iront of the table, with his back showing, is T. W.
Itoher, state executive secretary of the YMCA Council.
Voters Ask Refund of Costs
Assessed Personal Prop. Tax
A petition is now pending
before the County Commission¬
ers to have refunds made to
all colored voters on the casts
which they were compelled to
pay when they paid taxes on
personal property. This peti¬
tion was fhed thru the Hub by
their attorney) Aaron Kravitch.
All persons having these re¬
ceipts in their possession arc
requested to present them Im¬
mediately to John McGlockton,
president of the Hub, or to the
office of their attorney, Mr
Kravitch, In his offices in the
Commercial building.
Favorable suit ion on the pe¬
tition is expected, and all per¬
sons depositing the slips will
,
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Fifty Rosenwald
Fellowships Awarded
■ram of the seven Atlanta Col¬
leges for Negroes will be
launched on June 10.
More than eighty educators
will serve on the faculty. On
the visiting staff are the fol¬
lowing; in drama, Dr. Anne M.
Cooke of Howard University,
and Arthur
son C. Smith University; in
languages, Dr. T. A. Daley of
Dillard University; in history
Dr. Robert L. Gilii of Morgan
College; in English, Dr. J. Wel-
fordo Holmes of Winston Salem
Teachers College; Barbara
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MILK FUND NETS
$75.00
The Mile of Dimes campaign,
under the chairmanship of,
Mrs. Alma R. Sheppard, netedj
*75.00 Saturday. from This public effort solicitation j
was in
cooperation with the Junior
Board of the Chatham-Savan-
nah Tuberculosis Association,
who sponsored the milk pro¬
gram and prov des milk for all
races and creeds.
Assisting in the drive were
Mrs. Sadie Steele, Mrs. Anita
Stripling, Miss Dorothy Gads¬
den, Edna Lee Williams, Girl
Scout Troop 65, Nathalie Wil¬
liams, Yvonne Stevenson, Jes¬
sie Collins, Louise Desoillan,
Girl Scout Troop gl, Rose Lot-
son, Girl Scout Troop 61, Wil-
helmma McPherson, Ellen Mae
McPherson, Elise Steele, Danis
Jones, Lois Bennett and Velma
Graham. vt
NUMBER 3B
Samaritans
Anniversary
The Savannah district of Im
dependent Order of Good Sa¬
maritans and Daughters of Sa¬
Inc., will observe its
anniversary May 26 at
Baptist church, Bur¬
roughs street, between 31st and
The service will begin at 3
m. and the message will be
by Rev. George Wood-
pastor.
pastor. The commit¬
has prepared a spicy pro-
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Chicago (ANP) _ Award of
50 Juiius Rosenwald fund fel¬
lowships for 1946 totaling $100,-
000 was announced Friday by
Edwin R. Embree, president.
The fellowships include 31 Ne¬
groes, 16 white southerners,
and three northern white per¬
sons in the field of race rela¬
tions.
Among this year’s grant , are
the first made since 1939 in¬
volving European travel. St.
highly successful Black Metro¬
polis, will study the impact of
Continued on page 2
Ft. VALLEYSPEAKER
FORMER CONG R EK - " iM
VALLEY COM MEN ( LA¬
SPEAKER As a climax
its 50th anniversary c< -
bration, Atty. Arthur w. J it-
chell of Petersburg, va. a
member of congress from i934
to 1942, will deliver the c m-
address at fart
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