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THURSDAY SEPT. 5. 1546
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CHURCH-PASTOR
anniversary
REV. FREDDIE BOND
The twenty-second anniver-
sary of True Love
church and the sixth anniver-
sary of the Rev. Freddie Bond
as its pastor will be celebrated
next week.
The observance will begin
Monday, September 9, an d will
end the following Sunday. A
number of churches will par¬
ticipate in these services.
ST. MATTHEWS’ AUXILIARY
The Woman’s Auxiliary of
St Matthew's Episcopal church
met Tuesday evening, August
27, at vhe rectory. This organi¬
zation consists of four guilds.
There were twenty-six mem¬
bers present.
The Social Service Commit¬
tee presented a program for
the year which was adopted
by the group and will include
services for the Chatham
County Relief Shelter, City
Jail, Chatham County Protec¬
tive Home for Girls, Mrs. Emi¬
ly Holley’s Nursery and the
M'lls Memorial Home;
The yearly budget includes
the Tuberculos's Christinas
Seal Drive, thC Cancer Drive.
Red Cross and Community
Chest.
Mrs. Geneva Gadsden, presi¬
dent of the Women’s Auxiliary,
•snail attend the Triennial Con-
vent'on. September 10-20, at
Philadelphia as the off'eial
representative of the women
of St. Matthews!; i Episcopal
church.
YOUNG PEOPLES PROGRAM
The public is invited to at¬
tend a young people’s program
at the First Congregational
church Sunday, September 8,
at 6:30 p. m. The program
will be as follows: Vocal solo.
Miss Fleanor Williams; read¬
ing, Miss Jean Warrick; ad¬
dress, Miss Oliv a Turrentine,
extension worker of Home Mis¬
sion Board; vocal solo, David
Brown; and instrumen:al solo,
Miss Paula Robeson. Miss Pa¬
tricia McIntosh will serve as
mistress of ceremonies. Rev.
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FRIENDSHIP RAPT. CHURCH.
611 West Duffy street. San-
day was a high day at Friend-
ship, beginning w th Sunday
school. At 11:30 Rev. Wrotten
had full charge of the baptism
and at 3:30 o’clock Rev. Sapp
del.vered an excellent message.
The Lord’s supper was served
and five members were added
to the fold We thank our
members and friends for their
cooperation in helping com-
plete the woik on our chuich,
which included pa'nt.ng inside
and outside laying the side-
walk and installing new lights.
At the service next Sunday
night Rev. Wrotten will
ST. PETERS BAPT. CHURCH
The baby contest was very
successful on the past fourth
® un ^ ay w,th a grand P r °8 1 ' ;im
Sunday scrvic . ' 3i werP good at ^
™ idday ’ also a ] n,gh *’ Rev -
Brown preached a soul stirring
sermon.
EVANGELK AL MIN. UNION
The Evangel'cal Ministers
Union met in its first, fall ses-
sion Tuesday noon, Rev. If W.
Murph, president, piesiding,
Rev. M Q. Griner, pastor of the
Methodist church at Waynes-
boro, was the guest speaker.
The response on behalf of the
union was given by Rev. W. O.
P. Sherman.
Rev. Griner was presen ed
by the Rev. C. W. Prothrow of
Zion and Speedwell churches,
where he is conducting revival
meetings.
Tlie current events
tee reported among other
penings the deat of Rev. N. M.
Clarke, pastor of te Beth-Eden
Baptist church, this city, where
he had pastored a number of
years and was a great asset to
his church and race and was
beloved by all. President Murph
was named to represent * the
union union a a, 4 his his funeral lunerai.
Rev. and Mrs. R J. Jefferson
were were both hoth rennrted reported ill. ill Thev They
were given assistance in the
amount of $46.17.
Rev. L. W. Strickland,
erintendent of the Savannah
District Central Jurisdictional
Me hodist church, who is
tending the Crusade meeting
at Grand Rapids, Mich., this
week, will give echoes at the
next meeting of the union.
Members at the session were
Revs. H- W. Murph, F. W. Bab-
b.v. C W. Prothrow, F. W.
Washing on, c P. Hobbs, j. L.
Butler, D. H. Hamilton, D.
,Stephens, R. Ritchie, C. ... K
Kn'ght, W. C. Davis, L C.
Jcnes, Marcus Washington, M.
Q Griner and W. O. P. Sher¬
man.
REV. RICE IN THE CTO/
Rev. J. R. Rice, pastor oi
Mt. Moriah AME church. Jes-
up, was in the c : ty last week
en rou e home from Harris-
dale, where he conducted a
ries of revival services at Wil-
liams Chapel.
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JIMCROW BARRED FROM WERTHAM’S CLINIC
B.v Sidney M. Katz
(The following art.cle ap- j
pearing in the Sep ember issue
Magazine Digest is here
published with their consent.)
Tears leuis luuru rolled uuwn down the me 16- to-
y ear _ 0 lei colored boy’s face
when he heard the j udge paS5 a|
senten ce. Three years was
long j ()ng time. A ; he stood
tbere cry ng, he looked Ike a
p tif u l waif of ten,
don t enjoy sending you
a WRy ■■ fcaid y ie judge cl the
court .. but j can’t ov-
(, be f ac t that you have
stacked an j-nacen person
W ith a knife."
Tbe boy - s mo ther sobbed bit-
rly aa pp was led away. Lat-
er she waitPd j n the judge’s'
cbamber to have a talk with
bln I
,. My p redd ; e j ias never
welJ ., she told him -Always 1
ac.in’ kinda funny. That boy
need ed a t,peeial kind of doc-
tor what could j do for him? ”
The judge shrugged his
shoulders, “I’m sorry, madam.
I sympathize with you, out,
there’s noth'ng I can do
'
it at this stage .
Th s boy was only one of a:
hong procession of Harlem
‘ people sentenced for
youn g
crjmes lhPy were doo med, by
c j r cumstances and environ-
ment to commit. For years,
Frederic Wertham, an in-
ternationally known New York
1 psychiatrist, had watched
t hem.
-what else con’d one ex-
pectr he asked Harlem’s peo-
pie were packed 1600 o the
acre : nto filthy, decaying ten-
j ements
B °y s and S rls > eager for
|better homes and decent jobs
and unable to attain them, be-
came frustrated. They formed
1 gangs to find excitement and
t° procure whenever possible
a few dollars for spending
money. All too often, they
ended up in the police station.
1 these youngsters coul
consult a psychiatrist wni c
dehnquent7 ^ey are unhappy, r ‘thought" but stall npt
J _i;____♦> f Dr TSv \ITar- Wef-
thnm tham, “thev they could could he he Kepi kent out
°f i J 3 -' 1 - families Wouldn’t be
broken up, and violence violence would w
be reduced.”
But where could a Negro
find a psychiatrist? Most in-
j stl utions w ith proper facilities a
up the “not wanted”
: when they are approached '
g gii
b y a colored man. Recently, 1
se yen private agencies refused
outright to accept a public j
gran .. if they had to treat Ne- j
i j g roe s. I
succeed in *
Negroeg who
access to the clinic of a |
large public hospital were hurt'
and fri ... ghten D , -------- , ed by the cool-
with . which , they were re-
ness _____
celved. “You’re shiftless, amount! lazy,
and you don’t want to
o anything,” was an all-too-
familiar diagnosis. seriously] ;
If something were
wrong, sometimes the recommen-i hospital a would pri- j [
vate psychiatrist. But who i
could afford one? And even if
occasional Negro d’d have
the price, which white psychi-
atrist would see him?
TUB RAT AMR All TKIVURB
“It would discourage my
wealthy white clients,” was the
familiar excuse. Once In along
while, if a white physician
paid a flat fee, he would
allow a Negro to come 4 ........... sur-
reptiously into his office
hours.
Dr. Wertham’s deep disgust
at h i heartless dlscr mina-
Con gave rise to a strong de-
term nation. He would esiab-
1! h a clinic in the heart
Harlem, he promised himself
where all (roubled people re-
gard’.ess of color, age, sex, or
political op'nion would be
treated w’. haut fear or
Money would be no considera-
tion.
One Friday even ng last
Dr. Wertham made good
that promise. In spite of a
of setbacks, the •- La-
fargue Clinic opened its doors
in the basement of S . Philip's
Ep scopal church parish house,
in the heart of Harlem.
True, its two rooms are plain,
with exposed plumbing over
But to the harassed folk
flock there two nights a
ihey mean more than ali
the glittering chrome and
of New York’s most opu-
hospital.
I visited the Lafargue Clinic
The little waiting room was
A good-look:ng ex-Gl
a cigarette nervously.
mother sat holding her 10-
daughter’s hand. Two
sat together, talking quiet-
A young lady in a white
came in. “Mr. Carson,
please,” she announced.
followed her into a large
and the y b oth sat down
small c i rcu ia.r table. She
her pen and asked him
questions. When she
trough, she led him be-
rnd one 0 f f our cubicles form-
by unpainted wooden
Here, a psychiatrist
wa jti n g to hear his trou-
j e3 and s t ar t treatment,
asked the receptionist
the box of coins on her
_
‘‘That’s That’s our our cash cash regis- regis-
she told me sm g y.
folks who can afford it
^ Jf they can>t they
£ nothing. Some of them
ake m0 ney out for carfare.)
y ou see strictly* spewing,
can operate without money
e 're all volunteers here^- No¬
b ody is paid a single cent.”
prom the cubicles came tfie
drone 0 f steady talk as Dr. •
Wert bam’s three co-workers
con sul Dr. t ed_ Hilde with Mosse, _Patiente.^They! an attnc-
tive tive woman woman attached attached to to a a New New
York^hospital^^ York hospital; trim, Uiim^au auburn- um^-
haired^ Dr. Andre Dr. Jea Tweec, nne ^mith^^ana a c ° r c
psychiatr st recently disc _ arg-
from the aimy. /ome pa
tients remain 15 minu es, o -
ers are not through i ‘‘
hour.
“I out of the navy 10R
months ago. I can se e own
t > my i ob at the airpoi . I
always worry about my iam y
and about losng my ]o ’ ’ '
“I don’t know how it happe -
ed, but when I came ,o was
lying on the My
was bleeding Tus s
ond t me.”
“They’re out to get me I tell
you! I feel sure he put poison
in my soup. I’m afraid to eat
anything.”
“Married? Of course, I want
to get married. But if he even
shakes hands with me I’m
frightened . .
“This is Harold, Doctor. He
always been a good boy up
until a month ago. Then he
started playing hookey . . .
yesterday the man at the
caught him stealing
. .
And so on, far into the night,
of words uttered by
1 ps In search of peace
mind.
When Negro friends would
to Clarence Darrow, the
famous liberal lawyer, and
that they could not
get psyelvatric treatment, he
tell them: “There is a
young assistant profes¬
at Johns Hopkins. Go and
him. He’ll make you wel¬
It was from these colored pa¬
that Dr. Fredric Wert¬
first learned about medi¬
discrimination against the
Since those days at
Hopkins, Wertham, a tall
man, has
to one of the top po-
in his profession. He
senior psychiatrist of the
of Hospitals in
Mew York.
A newspaper reporter, search-
ing for background material
about Dr. Wertham, recently
brought to Ugh; several
est’ng facts. ...... He ............ learned, —
distance. that the
had invented the Mosaic Test,
a novel me hod of determining
an individual’s normalcy. He
would give the patient a set
of colored blocks and ask him
to put them together. The fin-
shed pattern gave the doctor
ell-taie evidence as to
was going on n the patient’s
mind.
On one occasion he gave the
Mosaic Test to a Martin Lavin,
who was be.ng held by the po-
< ce. After the lest, Wertham
s ated bluntly: “If tills
ta set free, lie will
murder. — » '*”■- The authorities '*■- dis¬ j --
agreed and Lavin was given
his liberty. Three months lat¬
er, when Lavin shot a police¬
man in cold blood and then
Riled himself, the newspapers
recalled Wertham’s pred’etion.
A few years later, Dr. Wer„-
liam came back in the news
when G’no. a 17-year-old boy
who lived in an eastside tene¬
ment, stabbed his mother to
death as she slept. The sen¬
sational crime was soon for¬
gotten excep by Dr. Wert¬
ham, who headed the institu¬
tion to which Gino was com¬
mitted.
For years he sought to un¬
derstand the boy. “It was my
own defective case,” ,he told
friends. Ho finally cracked the
mystery of the boy’s behavior
and, in so doing, found hidden
facts that have long puzzled
psychiatrists. Gino is now fully
recovered and is holding down
a $75-a-wepk job. The whole
experience is recorded in Wert
ham’s exciting book, ‘‘Dark
Legend,” which was recently
discovered by the Book Find
Club.
Always seeking to help others,
the doctor even exploited to
the full a dangerous operation
that was performed on the
blood vessels of his own legs.
As the surgeon’s kn'fe cut In¬
to his flesh, he dictated to a
stenographer his reactions.
“His findings have since prov¬
en valuable in handling surgi
cal patients,” testified one sup¬
At no time in his busy ca¬
reer did Dr. Wertham forget
h s dream of a Harlem clinic.
The latest crime statistics
spurred him to action: with
, 4Qnon ,
' ’ Har °em was
responsible to 53 per cent of
all j uven ^j e delinquency in the
torough .
Afc firs t he tr’ed to sell his
j de a to a number of
p b }j an n iro p’sts. “Put,
they told him, “there is
real nepd f0f such a clin | C We
have several already.” When
asked them for the names
of th e agencies that treated
p eG pj e w ithou . discrlm' nation,
thpy were unab ] e hj answer,
Qne pight, Dr. Wertham was
having a cup of tea with two
Qf hJs friends> RiC hard
and Earl Brown> bo th
writers. He had just
tahed reviewing reviewing his failures,
and theie followed a long si¬
lence. Then suddenly he jump¬
ed up from his seat.
“Do we really need money?”
he asked. “Let’s begin without
money; we’il do our worrying
later. Let those of us who feel
the need contribute our serv¬
ices.” Extremely capable psy¬
chiatrists, social workers, psy¬
chologists and clerks, who had
studied and worked with Dr.
Wertham offered their talents.
The project was stalled tern-
porarily when a thorough
search failed to reveal a sin-
gle empty house, flat or even
a garage in all Harlem. Fi-
nally, Rev. Bishop of St. Phil-
ip’s remembered the two un-
used rooms in the basement of
the parish house.
They were dirty rooms, and
empty except for the red top-
ped table and a few discarded
church benches. Before the
place had been fixed up prop-
erly, it was filled with people j j
seeking treatment.
“Never mind the cleaning,”)
said Dr. Weriham, “let’s go to
j
No sooner had the clinic hit ,
stride than trouble develop-
The New York State Wei- |
Department refused to
a license. “They told me ]
that our staff is qualified,”.
Dr. Wertham, “but that
were not satisfied with.
our financial backing I told
them that we were balancing
our books the nickels and
dimes were going for carfare,
postage and medicines. They
won’t give us a license, but
—^ send ...... us T patients - ........ to treat.’
New York officials aren’t the
on.y ones who are impressed
by Dr. Wert ham's projec . In
one day’s ma 1, a message from
said: "You are put
ting the rest of us to shame
by .showing how simple It is
to make psychiatry the prop-
of the common man . , .
Here is a cheque for $10. I’m
young doctor jus, out of the
service."
A scented letter, neatly writ¬
ten, was postmarked Atlanta,
Ga. “New York friends have |
me about you . . . Wha |
are do ng is right, is just,
j s necessary.”
There were two parcels. One
contained a gift book, donated
b.v a publisher to amuse the
children who attended ihe
clinic, the other was a 30-
pound package of vitamins
from a manufacturer.
Many observers see Dr. Wer-
tham’s clinic as the forerun¬
ner of numerous phychiatric
stations throughout the coun¬
try, manned by qualified per¬
sonnel, dedicated to helping
people before they get into se¬
rious trouble.
“This Is not philanthropy,
not charity, not missionary
work,” was the way Dr. Wer-
than explained th<v clinic to
me. “It is merely the extension
of psychiatry to give help to
everyone, without discrimina-
{■' on - We have done much vl.th-
out money. Who can tell how
much more could be achieved
with proper funds?”
Looking down from the wall
as wa talked was a framed por
trait of Dr. Paul Lafargue, af¬
ter whom the clinic Is named.
This half-Negro physician,
who died in France inly 35
years ago, spent h/s entire life
opposing bigotry and fighting
for the right of the underdog
to enjoy the benefits of scl-
er.ee.
In the little basement clinic,
in the heart of New York’s
olaek ghetto, Lafargue mint,
sometimes, feel very much
alive.
IN MEMORY
CHARLTON—In loving mem¬
ory of
.1KTX
NETTIE LEE CHARLTON
who passed away on September
6, 1945.
The blow was hard, the shock
severe,
We little thought your death
so near,
Only those who have lost can
tell,
The pain of parting without
farewell.
To think we could not say
goodbye.
Will always bring regret,
Do not think we have forgot¬
ten,
Just because we try to smile.
The flowers we laid on your
grave,
Have withered and decayed,
But the love we have for you,
Will never fade away
Friends and Family.
LONDON—In loving remem-
branee of our darling son and
brother,
BRADY LONDON, JR.
little thought when leaving
home,
you would never return,
death so soon would part
us,
pain you bore, we’ll never
know,
have left us here to
mourn.
We did not see you die.
We only know that you have
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—
gone,
And never said goodbye.
Our lips cannot speak how
much we loved you,
Our hearts cannot tell what to
say,
But Clod only knows how We
miss your smile every day,
Friends may think we have
forgotten,
And that our hearts are healed,
But they do not know the sor¬
row
Tha, our grieving hearts can't
seal.
Your loving mother, father,
and s sters;
Nancy London, mother
Brady London, lather
r.iin Cooper Williams, stater
Mary Louise London
Carrie Parris
Martha Cooper
A host of aunts and unties
and friends.
MARTIN In sad but loving
memory of
MRS. EU-FfN BAKER MARTIN,
who died September 4 , 1945.
Do not think we have forgot¬
ten,
Just because we try to smile;
Do not say that we are heart¬
less,
Else we’d shed tears all the
while;
Love like that we bore our
loved one,
Now at rest an d peace on high,
Will outlive earth’s deepest sor-
row,
And will never, never die.
The family:
Mr. Isiah Martin, husband
Mr. Carl Martin, son,
New York
Mrs. Catherine C. Baker,
Mother.
Mr. and Mrs W. S. Glover
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Baker
Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey Miller
Sills
fAKI) OF THANKS
Mr. A. L Sampson wishes to
thunk his many friends for
their kindness during his re¬
cent illness, and also for the
beautiful flowers and cards.
CARD OF THANKS
This Is to express our sincere
appreciation for the sympathy
and kindness shown to us dur¬
ing the illness and death of
our loved one, Mrs. Mamie Da¬
vis. We are especially grateful
to the Sidney A. Jones Funer¬
al Home for the splendid ser¬
vice rendered and to their
wonderful choir for their sweet
music.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Davis and
Family.
CARD OF THANKS
Mr. John H. Lotson, of Scar¬
borough street, West Savannah,
the husband of Mrs. Bertha
Lotson, has returned home
from the Marine Hospital after
several months’ illness. His
wife, sisters, brothers and other
relatives of his family wish to
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HONORS REV, JOHNSON
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The members and friends of
Brick Baptist church, Frog-
more, S. C., will honor Rev.
J. E. Johnson, upon the com¬
pletion of his tenure of office
as pastor for the past thirteen
years. The celebration will be¬
gin September 9 and close the
Sunday. A number
ot churches of Froginore and
the adjacent territory will par-
ticlpate in the observance.
Rev. Johnson, who Is a na¬
tive of Savannah, where he is
a son of First Bryan Baptist
church, has accomplished
much during hls thirteen-year
pastorate at Brick, and he 13
one of the most influential
minis ers in, the Frogmore
area.
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DYNAMIC Aklilou Abte Wol-
de, head of the Ethiopian dele¬
gation to the peace conference,
whose address demanding the
return to Ethiopia of the colo¬
nies which Italy robbed her of,
electrified the conference. The
Big 4 tried to dampen the en-
thus'asm, but every Paris dally
featured the address on their
front pages (ANP).
Men and women who put
conscience above “Good Times”
and Worldly gain usually avoid
a whole lot of future pain.
The only real “Good Times”
is when a man (doesn’t live |
slip-shod and in all of his ac¬
tions tries to please God.