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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
Prof. Lawrence on
Staff of Pepsi-Cola Board
Scholarship
Paul F. Lawerence, who is
now receiving the degree of
Doctor of Education from Stan-
ford University, has just been
appointed to the staff of the
Pepsi-Cola Scholarship Board
in Palo Alto, California, and
he will assume his duties there
on September 1.
Chosen because of his spec-
ialized knowledge of the pro-
blems of Negre education, Dr.
Lawrence will have charge ot
that part of the Pep-i Cola
covering Negro students of un-
directly • concerned with dis¬
covering Negro studentsof un-
usual ability. He will also act
as a consultant .. . on all „ relations ...
of the Scholarship Board with
Negro high school principals
colleges, and Negro students
who receive the Pepsi-Cocla
Scholarships and College En-
trance Awards.
These Pepsi-Cola scholar-
hip awards are financed by the
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New Faculty Appointments
At Wilberforce
Edna Gray Again Head
Sorority
THORNTON SUCCEEDS
CAPT. NEWTON
As Head Colored
Advancement Club
-
Dan W. Thorn tint was elect-
ed president of the Colored Ad-
vancement Club >f Chatham
county at a meeting held last
Friday night at Steele - .-, Funer-
al Home.
Mr. Thornton, who succeeds
Capt. John H, Newton as head
of this well known organization,
is well known throughout the
city and is a retired agent of
the Atlanta Life Insurance Co.
Other of f,r ers of the club are
Alfred Johnson, secretary,
Preston Artist, treasurer, John
Capers, chairman, and David
Bass, assistant chairman,
The club is sponsoring a free
'barbecue text Monday lrom
J2m to midnight at Hunter’s
Eastside Cafe, 140 East Broad
street
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A j 1/ALHjtll n, Ali'r'UTFP LK
Mil and Mrs. Sollie Harden
of 1003 West 40th street, an-
nounce the birth of a daughter,
23 at Charity hospital
The baby has betn named Dan-
ette Elaine. Mother and baby
are progressing nicely. Mrs
Harden will be remembered
Miss Esther Bryant.
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HEALTH COUNCIL __
MEETS SEPT 8
The regular meeting of the
Health Council was postponed
last Monday night. All mem-
bers are urged to attend the
meeting this coming
evening, September 8, at the
YMCA at 7;3G o'clock.
Dr. Whittier Heads
Nat 1 ! Medical Assn.
FELLWOOD RESIDENTS
MAKING HEALTH
SURVEY
Only 27 Feliwoori families out
of the 144 families question?!-
in a recent survey use enough
milk to maintain good health,
The survey was made by a
group of Fellwood residents
cooperation with tne Health De-
partment.
While so few Demons in Fell
wood are vacinated against
sma iipox that an epedemio oj
^at disease is possible the
survey reveals that many havr
Rad recent X-ray and blood
test3 to find out if lhPy are free
from tuberculosis and syphilis
These and other idiots dis-
covered j n th e ,-urvo - were pre-
gpj-Red a t a community meeting
held last Wednesday evening ir
the Fellwood Community Cen-
i ter. The survey results
iserve as a guide for action by a
| committee comm jHee of Fellwood resi-
dents, . . - the newly , organized , _ Ne- T
S ro Health Council and .the
Health department.
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Typical long-time service by
1 workers in the cotton mills ol
America, nearly one-third of
the employees in one New Eng-
iand m jjj have been with the
i company for 25 years or more
CLEVELAND (ANP) —
light of the Friday business ses-
sion of the Alpha Kappa
l.oule which convened
August 18-23, was the
o. 'Officers with voting
chines brought to the
Uon from p rl nceton, N. J.
officers reelected for
y ear terms were Mrs. Edna O
GrCy of Baltimore,
Mrs Ze nobia Allen of Los An¬
geles, corresponding secretary;
Mrs jrma F. Clarke of
treasurer. ‘ Miss Rosetta
of Kansa s city Mo„ was
ed to a two-year term as
liamentarian, anl Miss
wooding of Philadelphia
e i ec t e l to a one-year term
28th boule for some time in
other new officers named in-
c i udes Mrs. olive Durden
of Austin, Tex., elected
central regional diie°tor ^
spring, and the following
I Deers, appointed by the
rectorate: Mrs. Caroivn s
Blanton, Louisville,
recording secretary: Mrs. B.
atrix Scott. Washington,
nancial director, and
o race Marr, Brooklyn,
j nator 0 f undergraduate
ttes
Directorate members
| terms have not expired
Mrs. Leonora Carrington
of Wilbecforce, first vice
ident; Miss C. Elizabeth
son of Louisville, recording
: retary; Mrs. Ethel H. Lyle,
Philadelphia, honorary
dent: Mrs. Sophie Fovdler
Was hington, North
R e gj Cma i director, Mrs,
K \ Djn arc i j Richmond.
At antic Regional director:
Ruth Thomas,. W r
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LOS ANGELES 1 ANP 1 Elec-1
tion of officers for 1948 by thei
National Medical Association j
held Friday, placed Dr. C. A
Whittier of San Antonio Texas,
as the new president-elect
However, under the plan follow¬
ed by the association. Dr. J
A. Lattimore, distinguished
Louisville physician, president¬
elect of last year, actively be¬
gins his duties as head of the
organization until Dr. Whittier j
takes his seat next year.
The 1948 convention was won j
by Oklahoma City over a num-
leer of other cities bidding fo
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WILBERFORCE, O. — Presi-
! dent Wesley today announced
twenty additional appointments
and 11 promotions in the facul¬
ty of the College of Education,
and Industrial Arts, effective
(
September 1.
New faculty members in¬
clude J. H. Cooper, B. S., Ken
tucky State college and M. S.,
University of Chicago, acting
chairman of the department of
biology and professor biology
ov J
to .
p R. M N. PvrHp Pyitle, B. r> S„ o syracu.e^ Syracuse
uniVersity and M. S., Ohio;
State university, professor of.
Continued on page 2
ZETA PHI BETAS IN LOS ANGELES
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A general view showing some
of the 400 delegates to the 26 th
annual boule of Zeta Phi Beta
,
SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, SEPT I, I94T
Where The Teachers
Have Keen
The following is a list ol the
of teachers in the
and Chatham counts
iCnouis, as lurnished o>
tne oli ice o. SuperunenUem
B. Strong.
Registration days in the
started today. R ;gular
work will begin Monday.
The teachers and the schools
which they have been assign¬
are:
BFACH HiGH
G. Haynes, Principal—
lie Bill. William Brooks, Wil¬
D. Donnelly, Otha
Annie Givens, Miriam
Joseph Green,
Bessie Hardwick, Na¬
Harris, Dorothy Lamp-
Ella Law, Peter Small, Jes¬
Moody, John Law.
CUYLER JR. HIGH SCHOOL,
G. Haynes, principal— John
Adams, Lydia Brown, Nellie
Arthur Dwight, Clirys-
Elierbee", Carrie Gaston
Graham, Eloise Harper
Hendrickson, Gladys
Marguerite Law, Eunice
Cornelia McDowell,
Ruth Scott,
Continued on Page Three
Liberty initial County Teachers
Hold Meeting
The Liberty County Teach-
ers’ institute was held
25, which marked the begin-
ning of the school work wnm 1<J1
the 1947-48 term. Mrs.
M. Bacon, county school
erintendent, gave some
esting hints which will be very
hillpi'ul in planning the
gram for the year.
Mrs. Lowry Anderson,
senting the Health Department
in the absence ol Mrs. Dobbins,
county health nurse,
some interesting charts
what is being done about cer-
tain problems of the teachers,
Mrs'. Frazier, visiting
was present and greeted the
teachers.
The officers for this
are the same ones who
the institute last term,
the exception of two who were
not present* during the election.
The officers are as follows:
1 1,1 ut Smith, president;
witt Morrison, vice
Mrs. Susie V. Monroe,
Mrs. Ruby Hill, treasurer;
Mrs, Mary L. Baggs,
of program committee; E.
Cooper, chairman of
committee; Mrs. Henriette
con, chairman of floral
mittee; MrS ’ Thelma B -
chairman of music
an d Mrs. Neloweze
Cooper, reporter.
Miss M. L. Turner,
sorority. Inc., held in Los
geles, Calif. The boule was de-
scribed as the most
N. B. C. LEADERS
dr. j. H. JACKSON, pastor
of Olivet Baptist church, Chi¬
cago. mentioned meminently as
the next first vice president at
large of the National Baptist
Convention, incorp mated, whic
Convention, Inc. which meets
in Kansas City nio<t week —
(ANP .
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT
Mrs. Thelma Shockley wishes
to announce the marriage of
her daughter, Virgie Lee Cal-
liehan, to Mr. Joe Troltie, Jr..
July 26, 1947.
supervisor, gave interesting
suggestions for the first week
! of school and for the whole
term. She will meet with the
1 following groups this week to
pj all further for the school
year: McIntosh, Friday; Moose
Hill, Thursday, .and Retreat on
j Friday.
E. B. Cooper, county agent,
announced the poultry show
which will be held Sept. 16 at
Liberty County Training school.
j He also told the group how well
the Liberty county boys and
girls had done in the state short
course and asked the coopera-
lion of the teachers for this
term so that they can do even
better 4-H Club work.
The Liberty County Tteach-
ers’ Institute will sponsor the
following events for tins
term: Harvest Festival,
cal Contest, Clean-up Week,
1 School nia! Community Day,
Booker T. Washington Week
and 4-H Club Rally Day.
The institute is very happy
to welcome the following new
j sier, teachers: Mrs. A. Miss C. Curtright, Verdie M. Carl- Fra-
ton Morse, who will teach at
Liberty County Training school;
Miss Christine statk, who will
teach at Hineshaw school, and
Alice Freeman who will
teach at New Free school. Mrs.
Freeman is one of the old tea-
chers of the county who is re¬
turning to work this term.
ever held by the sorority.
Insert shows Grand Basileus
Lullelia W. Harrison of Zeta
State College
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Girl Scouts Had
Fine Camp Season
SAVANNAH MEN
IN TRAINING AT
FORT DIX
FORT DIX, N. J.—The fol¬
lowing Savannah men who en¬
listed in the army this month
are stationed at Fort Dlx, wherf
they are pursuing a thirteen-
weeks’ course In army
training:
Pvt. Walter Matthews, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Marshal! Mat t -
hewis, of 521 W. Bryan street,
Conrad Duggar, son ol
Mrs. Marie Duggar of 3000 Flor¬
ence street, Savannah: Pvt
Harvey H. Ervin, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Allonso Ervin of 407 W.
48th street, Savannah; Pvt
John A. Mitchell, son of
Alice Mitchell of 642 1-2 Cohen
street, Savannah; Pvt. Pniney
Hueston, Jr., son of
lineston, Sr., of 633 W.
street. Savannah.
Claflin University
Announced
ORANGEBURG, S. C., Sept
3. On September 8, Claflin
university will open its seventy-
ninth school year. The enroll¬
ment promises to be the larg¬
est in the history of the cot-
'U*ge, ovttij one thpusand stu¬
dents having applied, but the
facilities of the college will not
accommodate more -than 600
students.
The faculty list us releas¬
ed by the president is as fol¬
lows :
Dr. J. J, Seabrook president-
philosophy, A. B., Clark col-
R.ge; B. D., ’D. D.,
Theological seminary; LLB
Howard university; LLM, Bos¬
ton university.
Ernest A. Finney, dean, regls-
trar, education, A. B.,
state College; M. S.,
university,
Joseph Southern,
manager economics: B. S.
Lincoln university (Mo,i; MBA
university of Chicago,
Mrs. Opal M. Seabrook, di-
reclor 0 f personnel and orient a-
Uon A B Samuel
coU college; H s 8 L-uigston uni-
.,
versity; B„ Langston uni
Continued on Page Two
Phi Beta sorority (right ' con-
ferring an honorary member-
t ship upon Mildred Blount, in-
MEMBER
41JDIT
gUREAU
CIRCULATIONS
The local Girl Scout office
wishes to thank Lire citizens for
their support and cooperation
in helping the Negro Girl
Scouts to have a successfu
camp this summer.
Tlie camp was filled to ca¬
pacity for the two-week camp¬
ing period. The staff for the
summer consisted of Mrs, Coun¬
tess Y, Cox, director; Mrs, Ma¬
mie G. Williams, business man¬
ager; Mrs. Nancy Walker,
Brownie unit leader; Miss Dor¬
othy Mclver, assistant unit
leader; Mrs. Anita M. Stripling,
intermediate unit leader; Mrs.
Walter Hurt and Hiss Willie
Mae Baldwin, assistants; Miss
Re!ha Mae Gibbs, senior unit
leader; Miss Dorothy Devillars,
assistant; Elite Ellis, waterfront
director; Mesdames Bessie Red¬
dick and Estelle Williams, die-
Continued on Page Two
400Sorors A (I nul/H a
Phi Bela Annual Moult J I
Iajo ANGi.iiiv> (ANP) Ex¬
pansion and significant ad¬
vances in educational and social
fields were indicated here tills
week as the Zetu Phi Beta so¬
rority brought to an end what
was described as the most suc¬
cessful national boule in its 26
year history.
Four hundred visiting sopors
from every state in the union
were registered by Beta Eta Zeta
and Xi Alpha chapters, boule
hostesses.
Highlighted by adoption of
the recommendation of the Na-
lional Pan-Hellenic council that
the sorority be co-sponsors with
other Greek letter
of the National Non-Partisan
Council of Public Affairs, the
Washington lobby project of Al-
p tia Kappa Alpha sorority tin
Zetas ma de several moves in-
dicative of growth, progress and
Continued on page 2
hat de-
igner of Los Angeles,
NUMBER 4*7
Georgia Stale College opens
its doors fo. the fall term on
September 23. Oid student*
who plan to continue their ed¬
ucation this rail must show
their intuition to return to
college by paying a $5 fee by
September 10. New students
must su bm»t application plus S3
remittance. This affects day
as well 'as boarding students
Orientation week begins Sept
23. Incoming students register
September 2'*. classes begin
September 25 /-
The college buddings and
grounds are being beautified
Meldrim hall ha« been recently
painted and is very imposing.
This hall houses the adminis¬
tration of fees, auditorium, and
classrooms. There are twenty-
nine other buildings on the
136-acre campus, surrounded by
moss-laden trees Among the
oilier attractively designed
buildings are the modernly con¬
structed Camilla Hubert Hall,
which accommodates 156 young
women, Adams dining hail
which serves 500 students in a
family atmosphere, Wilcox
gymnasium and the college post
Continued on Pape Two
GETS PH. D. DEGREE
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A doctor of phisosophy de¬
gree was recently awarded C.
V. Troup, president oi Fort
Valley State college, Fort val¬
ley. Ua., by Ohio State univer¬
sity. Dr. Troup submit. 1 e-ci the
dissertation, "A Study of the
Student Personnel Services Cof¬
fered by the Negro Colleges of
Continued on page 2
GIRL SCOUTS TO
BEGIN FALL
ACTIVITIES
Wiien the school bells ring I
1 the local Girl their Scout loaders oack| be- j
i gin lo call troops
together for fall activities
Many troops do not meet dur¬
ing the two summer months!
following the camping season |
but reorganize their troop-1
when the local school toa.soil
; begins.
All leaders are ask 1 e*:’|
their girls together and begir
their meetings. There havJ
| been many requests for new
troops in various localities ol
the city, and it is hoped to posl gel
them started as soon as
sible. Troops cannot, be or gal
nized without leaders, anj
there is a great need for ruort
'leaders. If you feel that >o|
have leadership qualities ar
would be interested in workihl
w ith girls between the a r ;cs
7 and 18, please contact WH
local Girl Scout office, 714 VI
t Broad street, telephone, 2-99m