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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LX VI
NY. UNIV. SUMMER SESSION CLUB
{ ELECTS COLSTON PRES IDENT
JAMES A- COLSTON
CHAUTAUQUA, N. Y., July 28
—James A. Colston, eminent
educator and president of
Georgia State college, Savan¬
nah, Ga., was installed last
night as president of the Uni¬
versity club of the New York
University Summer session at
Chautauqua, N. Y.
Unanimously elected last
Thursday by the 350 New York
University summer students at
Chautauqua, President Colston
becomes the first Negro to ,
g,n office in the University |
Club. He succeeds James To " 1£ ‘ : ’ A a
Vaughn, executive director of
Simmons college, Boston, Mass
Second Baptist Church
Fires Rev. L. L. Scott
Educator Sues Railroad
Making Him Take J. C.
Deltas To
Meet In
St. Louis
NEW YORK—The 20th an¬
nual convention of Delta Sig¬
ma Theta sorority will meet in
St- Louis August 24-28, Miss
Dorothy I. Height, national
president, has announced in
behalf of the national board.
The 1947 sessions were held in
San Antonio last December, but
the sorors decided they would
prefer a summer meeting. The
St. Louis affair will be their
second convention in eight
months.
Lambda Sigma, whose presi¬
dent is Mrs. Grace Wilson, and
Alpha Omega, presided over by
Mrs. Glynee Eustace, are the
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Holsum Introduces Tender-
Texed Bread in Savannah
The Derst Baking Company |
; introducing throughout their
arritnrv this W6ck the ncwly~
lakK pveloned ’prS Tender-Texed bread-
of the Holsum
kkerv- This new process has
een developed by continuous
experimentation -------- 1 ——raooaiph and reseaich
>y the Holsum bakers at their
ilant in Savannah over the last
several months.
The Holsum Tender -Texed
process has improved Holsum
uread on three vital points,
tamely, texture, flavor and ap¬
pearance. There will be no
I'irket for years
The Holsum Bakery has long
pen recoinIzed by leading ba- j
ers throughout the United
tates for the
SAVANNAHIANS AT'
Y. M. C. A. ASSEMBLY
The Third Annual Southwide
foung Men’s Assembly of the
he YMCA meeting at the Wil¬
iam A. Hunton Branch YMCA,
*<^anoke, Va., came to a close
(,’aclay afternoon, August 1.
There were delegates at yiis
inference from twenty-three
fMCA’s in the south. The West
jroad Street YMCA, Savannah,
vas represented by James Y
tilerbe, executive secretary;
3enjamin Quattlebaum, Charles
tfoultrie, John W. Levy and
William McLeMore.
’The Savannah delegates serv
r. Levy was elected treasur-
I who served as president
year.
Other officers include
liam Roberts, director of
Kilkes* Baite, Pa., vice
dent; Miss Marion
elementary school teacher,
Floral Park, Long Island, secre¬
tary; Miss Katherine Sherwood,
teacher of Nettingham
school, Syracuse, N. Y-,
prer.
The board of directors are:
Benjamin Fine, educational
New York Times; James
A Vaughn, executive
Simmons college; Mrs. Claire
Davies, assistant to the direc¬
ol the New York Summer
sossion at Chautauqua; Miss
Margaret Hutchinson, teacher.
Newark, Ohio; Arthur Nichol¬
son, director of public relations,
State Teachers college, Indiana,
Pa.; Mrs. Zelma Morrison, di¬
rector of public relations, East¬
ern Washington College of Ed¬
ucation, Cheyenne, Washington;
Dr. Alonzo F. Myers, coordina¬
tor of the New York University
Summer session at Chautauqua,
and chairman of the Depart¬
ment of Higher Education at
New York university.
This is President Colston’s
first summer at Chautauqua,
ne is enrolled in work-
s nops in public relations and
fund raising. At the beginning
Continued on Page Two
RICHMOND. Va. (ANP)
William A. Chance, principal
the Parmele high school,
mele, N. C , filed suit in
eral district court here
nesday against the
Coast Line railroad and A S
Lambeth asking $25,000
ages for alleged racial
ination on June 25. The
charges that Chance was
lawfully” requested to move
a forward coach of a
train when returning from
GOP national convention'
Philadelphia.
The “seat-changing”
occurred when the
train arrived in Richmond
Chance, who is one of
founders of Parmele High,
tablished in 1909, said he
requested to move toi a
which was “less
and had less
than other coaches, “solely
Cortinued on Page 2
quality of their bakery prod-
acts brB&cl contest In a r f^ in en competition ^ f at j ° ti ‘ on
with leading bakeries through
the country, Holsum brought
national honors home to Gem-
gia by winning first prize with
; Leir Holsum bread against
these other leading bakeries.
Savannahians have known the
outstanding quality of this
bakery for four generations.
The Holsum bakery has now
under construction on Mills B.
Lane avenue in Savannah a new
bakery that will be one of the
work is now up, and fas. pro-
gress Is being made toward
completion of this new bu ld-
big, which will cover 96,600
feet of floor space.___
Dr. LaFayette Goes To
Dentist Convention
Dr. A. S. LaFayette will leave
his week for Newark, N. J.,
where he will attend the con¬
vention of the National Dental
Association. He will be away
about ten days-
A SON
# Mr. and Mrs. W.n Smith
307 1-2 West Henrv street, an¬
nounce the birth of a son, Wil¬
liam Leonard, on July " 31,
Georgia Infirmary.
and baby are doing fine.
________
er of the assembly
the meeting. ______
Li.Tc k a<‘lit‘rs Will Equal Pay
NEW ORLEANS (ANP)—The
light for equal pay for teach¬
ers of all races in Louisiana
came to a climax this week
when the state board of edu¬
cation sent down an order di¬
recting all parishes to give
equal pay to all teachers
The education board order
directed the parishes to put in¬
to effect the minimum teach¬
er’s salary schedule enacted by
the state legislature. This scale
ranges up to $3,600 for teach
ers.
This action ended a legal bat¬
tle led by the Louisiana Color¬
ed Teachers Association, the
New Orleans Colored Teachers
Association and the New Or¬
leans Federation of Classroom
Teachers.
A Negro attorney, A. P. Tu-
reaud, fought in the ^courts, and
the NAACP had filed several
suits in various parishes seek¬
ing equalization of pay. New
Orleans was the center of this
campaign.
The teachers are still fight¬
ing here,however, for equaliza-.
tion in facilities for students
of all races. The colored stu¬
dents need better school build¬
ings and supplies as well as an
t continued on Fag# Two*
BIRMINGHAM (ANPt —“The
dentist shortage Is I
due to a number of
among them economic, educa¬
tional and color line features
of American life,” declared Dr.
E w. Taggart, president of the
National Dental Association
He made this statement in
_
announcing the 35th annual
session of the association, to
be hfld August 8-13 in Newark,
N.. J. The progress made on the
NDA program is to be discuss¬
ed at the meeting.
‘America needs 30,000 den¬
tists of which 8,000 of them arc
Negroes,” he said. “This need
is nationwide, but particularly
acute in the south. An illus¬
tration of this fact is Alabama,
with approximately 3,000,003
population and 67 counties. 18
of which are without a den-
tist. simi- |
“Throughout the south,
lar conditions prevail. There
are many factors entering into
this need and shortage of den-
tists. Normally, there never i
has been but about 70 000 den-
tists in the nation, with about |
60,000 actively engaged in
practice of the profession of this Ne- j
groes account for 1,600
number, with 65 per cent of
them being located above the
Mason and Dixon line.
He pointed out, however, that
a greater public awareness of
the importance of dental dis¬
eases to the relation of general
health has grown of an “ever-
deepening health consciousness
on the part of the public. This
was heightened by the war¬
time and post-war economy
which has enabled more people
to meet more of their health
and general social needs.
A slow but ever-increasing
blaze of dissentlon came to full
fruition Monday night at Sec¬
ond Baptist church when at its
regular monthly conference,
the Reverend Lewis L. Stott was
dismissed as pastor. dissatisfac¬
It appears that
tion over thhe manner in which
he was conducting the atfairs
if the church dates back some
time He would have complet¬
ed five years as pastor this
month.
It is said that of the fifty
persons attending the conter-
ince only one cast a dissenting
vote when the resolution was
presented asking Rev. Scott to
vacate the pastorate. confer¬
From all accounts the
ence was proceeding amicably
until the resolution to dismiss
the pastor was brought up. The
measure was offered by Mrs.
Pearl Smith and forthwith re¬
ceived the necessary seconding.
After some heated discussion
both the pastor and Deacon
Sam Roundfield, who had pre¬
sided when another controver¬
sial matter came up
sial matter was brought up,
left the meeting and then Dea¬
con J. B. Cooper was called to
preside. He put the motion
and Rev. Scott was declared
dismissed as pastor. Scott fell
It seems that Rev.
into disfavor with many mem¬
bers of the church shortly af¬
ter he accepted the advocated pastorate,
and then when he
the Bilbo Back-to-Afrlca move-
iment for Negroes several years
ago almost the entire member¬
ship of the church heaped coals
of fire upon his head and Ne¬
groes throughout the country
severely at t airs
,p 0 laved a prominent part in the
general . arr y t-hinp^ ■ which
brought about the „ Rev
i have-
Scott s dismissa .
JOHN J. BALLOU
HEADS COLLEGE
MUSIC DEPT.
John J. Ballou, former band
director at Hampton institute,
is directing music at Georgia
State college. Mr. Ballou taught
instrumental music at Virginia
State School for the Deaf and
Blind and at one time directed
the music department of Hunt¬
ington High. Newport News.
He is a graduate of Hunting-
ton high school, received h.is
B. S from Wilberforce univer¬
sity and M. A. from Hampton
institute.
He is an active member of
the Music Education National
Conference, Virginia Teachers
Association, retiring president
of the Newport News Teachers
Association, president of the -—
music division of the
Teachers Association, member
of the Alpha Phi Alpha frater-
inity and has directed numerous
j choirs for churches and com-
department. ____
SAVANNAH GEORGIA THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1948
Mobilizes for Civil Rights Action
White Candidate To Test j
Jim Crow Law
RICHMOND (ANP) Religion
and reciul segregation don't
together with senatorial
Howard H, Carwile,
white attorney, who asserted
Friday that he will test the
law of Virginia up
the U. S. Supreme Court if
necessary.
Carwile was arrested the pre¬
night at a revival at the
for refusing to move
of the section for Negroes
the section reserved for
Commenting on the arrest,
said the following day
minister’s topic lor that
Line To Blame For
Shortage
HOSTS TO THE DENTISTS—
Dental Society
N. J., whose
hosts to the National Den¬
tal Association’s 34th annua!
August 9-13, in New¬
N. J. Headquarters
convention will be the New
School of Fine and Indus-
Art, .5,.! High street, New-
N. J.
Over 700 demists are expect-
for this meeting where the
W1C
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night’s service was “Making “ AlH
KTnttneta Nations One.’ ” nDrl and Ln he SJOirl said “Mt.' My i
conscience would not permit |
me to move my seat,” adding, j
“I cannot understand how
nations will ever toe made one, |
so long as the state has the j
power to shackle human con¬
science with damnable ordi¬
nances of hatred and preju¬
dice.
“This speslfic charge agains . J
me, the .. candidate ... , continued, j
“throws In direct issue the |
constitutionality of our segre- j j
gation law There is also.in¬
volved the additional issue of
the state interfering with se-
ligious worship.”
“It is an accepted fact that
the average number of patients
dentist can serve annuallly
is about 1,400. In a population
of 140,000,000, it is obvious that
about 100.000 dentists arc need -
cd to meet the needs of the
public. If Negroes make up
about 10 per cent of the pop¬
ulation, instead of 1 ,6C0, there
would normally be about 10,-
000”
One factor which has con¬
tributed much to the present
shortage of dentists is the lim¬
ited educational facilities of¬
fered not only to Negroes, but
whites as well. This is uul-
tressed by the rising cost of
dental education and over-
rising entrance requirements,
and the inadequacy or inferior
secondary and college training
n the South,
To support this statement,
h c declared, “No Negro cun get,
dental training in the 50 -stu-
dent, one million dollar Aia-
bama Dental college, located in
n ie Birmingham Medical cen-
ter.’’
To combat the mounting
of dentist personnel,
the NDA has launched a pro-
gram of guidance and educa¬
tion which seeks to aid local
dentists to advance in their
profession- In addition, the
association will enlist the aid of
teachers, ministers and schools
to assist in the program. It
has, with the help of the ladies
auxiliary, formulated plans for
the creation of a revolving
scholarship aid fund to help
finance some students who arc
forced to withdraw from
school, particuarly in the senior
year, because of monetary
troubles.
National offirers are Dr. E
W. Taggart, Birmingham, Ala.
president; Dr. W. D. Giles of
Chilago, 111., vice president; Dr.
R. A. Dixon, Washington, D. C.,!
nretident-elect- Charlitt^vUle, Dr J A Jack- 1
| Va secre- 1
son.
i 'A rv irca.iiirf.r- nr H D. r o,“ Ed
sistant secretary and Dr W
M Springer, Cincinnati, Ohio
chairman of the
^ard.
v
NEIW YORK,- July 29.—Full
mobilization of 1,650 NAACP
branches throughout the na¬
tion was urged this week by
Walter White, secretary, in a
for enactment of civil
ri rig htg 11 us legislation leg ism i/iuu during uuimg the
session of Congress,
This session, Mr White
out In a memorandum
all the branches, “offers us
is probably the best op¬
portunity in , the history of the
association to obtain legisla¬
tion for which the NAACP has
for nearly four decades.
Both parties are committed by
their platforms to support an-
jj_jy iu ,n FEPC and anti-poll
bills. All three of Ihese
can and will be pass-
ed if the two parties are sin-
The vote for cloture will af¬
the real test, he continu¬
There are 51 Republicans
19 northern Democratic
If all of them vote
clotmrd, any and all flli-
can be stopped in
order, Mr. White pointed
Tile branches were asked to
notify their senators that
are expected to vote for
(2) organize delegations
Continued Page 2
UK. WAItU
President James A. Colston
that the 60 th com¬
of Georgia State
will commence August
and end August 19, with Dr.
C. Ward, assistant
Regents of the Uni¬
System of Georgia, de¬
the commencement ad-
at 5 p m. on Meldrim
Dr. Ralph Mark Gilbert, pas¬
of First African Baptist
will preach the bacca¬
sermon at 5 p. m ,
August 15, on Meldrim
At 7 p. m., Sunday, Aug¬
15, President and Mrs.
will be at home to the
members of the grad¬
class, their parents and
Class day exercises will be
in Meldrim auditorium 11
m., Tuesday, August 17. The
president will entertain the
at 6:30 p m- the same
on the Community House
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to right; Drs. A. L. Thompson
E. B Patterson, R. C. Proctor
R. Fitzgerald, F H. Norris
H. Jones, B. Herbert, C. L
K d ’ J 1 ‘ B h ' Parks 1 arks> and allti L F B B
row, left
ri & ht . Drs - J - c Muybcrry, C- h.
“T-W; VST” R
ns > 3rd > 0 0 Palmer > J - L
^ A B. Washington, J. J
Third “ as row, 1 left to right
Drs, Daniel Williams, F. G
MEMBER i »t
Audit Bureau Circulation
MISS LAVENDER WITH CHILD
PLACEMENT SERVICE
t,V
MISS PEARL LAVENDER
Photo By Tolbert—Tribune Stall Photog.
Miss Maude M. Butler, direc¬
tor of Child Placement Services
today announced the appoint¬
ment of Miss Pearl Lavendar,
1016 W. Victory Drive, as the
agency's first colored case
worker.
Miss Lavender, who is a na¬
Louis 15-20
BUFFALO, N. Y.—When the
representatves of the more
than 20,000 memoers of the
Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine,
gather in St. Louis, August 15-
20, for the 47th Imperial CoTm-
cil session a blueprint for com
munity-level action in the fields
of education, economic prob¬
lems, juvenile delinquency
health and housing will be ful¬
ly mapped.
A series of membership for¬
ums will take precedent in the
outlining of the program for
action. The major accomplish¬
ment of these discussions is ex¬
pected to reveal a sound policy
for community-level action In
all areas.
While the organization Is a
Continued on Page Two
Red Cross Refuses To Give
of Blood
WASHINGTON, (ANP) - Blood
and blood plamsa from the
Red Cross will no longer be ac-
cepteu iiuil used by Gallingei
Meinoral hospital, Rear Adm
P. s. Rossiter, hospital chief of
staff, ordered last week.
The order came when
Red Cross announced that
would not reveal the
origin of blood and plasma re¬
quested by the hospital. The
District Red Cross Blood cen¬
ter' said that it wa;.«following
its policy ol not giving out th(
source of blood to district in
stitutlons.
Private physicians may re¬
quest the racial origin cjj
als may net, a spokesman said
blood, but government
Dr. Alvin R. Sweeney,
inlendent of Gallinger,
that the racial question
nothing to do with the
pital decision He
.
| th ^ the hospital wan e
,Uild Up ‘ tS ° bank
i Red Cross free supplies
not always available.”
On the other hand, Dr.
pital’s w '"“ u blood " n ' ,*•** bank, said •?
the hospital’s blood bank
segregate f pplies by race
;well as by types.
j He said that “as far as
NUMBER 43
of Savannah, was gradu¬
from the Beach high
In the class of 1942. She
her A. B. degree Irom
Carolina State college
has just completed work
Continued on Page 8
Three Seek
Admission
Univ Okla.
NOTMAN. Okla, July 29.—
Challenging Oklahoma’s dis¬
criminatory policies in higher
education, three graduate stu¬
dents, represented by NAACP
attorneys, have filed suit to
compel the University of Okla¬
homa to admit them to courses
not offered by the state at any
other institution.
Rejected by the university
vhen they applied for enroll-
nent on February 2 for the
Continued on Page Two
In giving the reason for blood
egregation at Gallinger, he
;ald:
“Under order of the execu-
,ive committee of the hospital,
issued several years ago and
never rescinded, transfusions of
white blood to Negro patients
>r Negro blood to white pati¬
ents is forbidden.”
The questionable order read:
"To all chief medical officers,
esidents and interns; Until
urther policy, ijp Jplqpd, obtain-)
rd "irom the Red Cross shall be
dministered to patients in thi3
hospital.. And no additional
dood shall be obtained from
he Red Cross under any cir¬
cumstances.
“All chief medical officers
shall immediately take steps to
insure that residents and in¬
ternes on their services are
cognizant of and shall obey
these instructions. This will
require extra effort ... in se¬
curing donors to maintain the
vency of the hospital blood
bank.”
Dr. Sweeney rationalized that
“continuing extra effort” was
what .the hospital blood bank
needed before it became too de¬
pendent upon the free Red
Cross supplies. He said that
the hospital blood bank had to
be built up. Too many resi¬
dent physicians and internes
were dependent on the Red
Cross blood, he said. ^