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66 YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LX VI
THREE GET SCHOLARSHIPS
The annual presentation of
scholarships by the educational
commission of Second Baptist
church was made Sunday, Aug¬
ust 29. The commission hi s as
oi«e of its mam oojecnves trn.
encouraging of yung people in-
Boy Scout Wins $500
Scholarship For Heroism
BISHOP WRIGHT TO
BE AT ST. PHILIP
Bishop R. R. Wright, Jr., Ph.
D., D D; LL. D., will be at St-
Philip Monumental A. M. E.
church Sunday, September 12,
and will dedicate the stone tab¬
lets with a special program
during his visit.
The bishop will preach at
Taylor’s Chapel AME church,
Woodville, Monday night, Sept-
13, Rev. R. Richards, pastor.
Carolina Mutual toConduct
School of Agency Management
Ambulance Service Must
Adhere Strictly To Color
Miss Rivers Gets
Award
MISS GRACIE B. RIVERS
Word has been received in
the city that an award has
been presented Miss Gracie B.
Rivers, formerly of this city,
but now residing In St. Louis,
'Mo , where she is employed in
the Soldiers’ Deposits Branch
of the fc>t. Louis Finance office,
U. S. Army Miss Rivers is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. E.
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Missouri Gets First
Negro City
SATCHEL PAYS $500
BET TO FAN
CLEVELAND (ANP)—An alert
white baseball fan here is *500
richer because he proved to
Leroy “.Satchel” Paige that he
had pitched a professional base¬
ball game May 11. 1926
Carl Goerz of Cleveland won
*' money because he checked
^s, K,h his sister. Mrs- Ellen Cur-
in Memphis, and her hus¬
band, Bill, wTio said that he
saw Paige pitch in 1926.
Checking in the files of the
public library she found a clip¬
ping in the newspaper files
telling of Paige’s pitching in
1926, had it photostated and
sent to Cleveland.
Presenting this to Paige forc¬
ed Paige to check further- He
had said. “I’m willin' to pay
$500 to the first person who
can show a clippin’ fhat I was
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awuuoti
encouraging of young people
into higher education.
The awards were made to
Misses Dorothy Mclver and
Evelyn Smalls, who recently
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COLUMBIA, Mo- (ANP) — A
deed of bravery by William
Jackson, 17-year-old Boy Scout,
and three companions on Oct.
10, 1946, won him the $500 an¬
nual Veterans of Foreign Wars
scholarship and gold medal, it
was announced here last week
by Dr- Elbert K. Fretwell, chief
executive of the Boy Scouts of
America.
Jackson and fellow Boy
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MONTGOMERY. Ala. (ANP)
When a person is injured, no
matter what his color or race
might be, it would be thought
that ambulance service is ex¬
tended to the person immedi¬
ately and without quibbling.
However, that is not the case
in this city as in many other
community.
Last week, the Montgomery
Examiner, white local daily, ex¬
posed a “traditional’’ policy
among white and colored am¬
bulance companies not
transport to hospitals for fur¬
ther treatment persons of oth¬
er races. This policy, accord¬
ing to a representative of a
white ambulance company, has
been in effect for years
He said that a driver of his
firm is not allowed to accept
a colored patient even if the j
doctor at ( ttie scene ot the ac¬
cident recommends immediate
transportation to the hospital.
“We render first aid and
call a colored ambulance,” the
spokesman said. “Oi course, VhTs !
we receive criticism for ’
we are operating a business
and cannot afford to let criti¬
cism interfere with our busi-
n ess ”
me manager of a colored
ambulance outfit reluctantly
confirmed • this policy, saying,
“If we get a call to an accident
and find the patient is white,
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ST. LOUIS (ANP)—Having a
vision and mutual understand¬
ing, 2,500 Negroes of Kinloch,
a surburb of St. Louis, became
the first all-Negro city in Mis¬
souri last Friday, when its in¬
corporation was approved by
the county clerk.
The assessed valuation of
property in Kinloch. oi* which
a tax of up to 75 cents on each
$100 may be levied, is said to
be Willie more Head, than a 55-year-old million dollars, j
gen¬
eral foreman of a construction
company and • a resident ot
Kinloch since 1919, was swworn
jin as mayor at a ceremony at
the county court house.
Head and the other Kinloch
officials appointed by the
county court will serve until
next April, when the first elec-
tion wall take place Head and i
the other officials and em- 1
ployes will work without pay
until then.
Atkis Boyd, an undertaker,
Continued on Page 11
WHERE YOU VOTE IX PRIMARY
ELECTION SEPT. 8
The location of the
boxes to be used in the
on September 8, were
known this week by
Bridges, chairman of the
ham County Democratic
utive committee.
There are 190 election
and they are listed as
First District
First Precinct—White,
G-N, O-Z, No 2 Fire
Indian and West Broad
Colored, A-BO, BP-BZ, C-D,
F, G, H, 1-J-K, L-M, Mc-Q,
SE, SF'-SZ, T-WE. WF-Z,
Broad street school.
Second Precinct—White,
L-Z, vacant store,
and Gaston streets-
A-BO, BP-BZ, C-D, H-I,
L-MI, MJ-Q, R-SI, SJ-V,
Cuyler Street School, 618
Anderson street.
Third Precinct—White,
L-Z, 1606 West Broad
Colored, A-D, E-K, L-R,
Florence street school
Fourth Precinct—White,
L-Z, rear 420 West
eighth street. Colored. A-D,
K, rear 503 1-2 West 37th
Fodor, L-R, rear 501 West
itreet; McElveen, S-Z, rear
West 37th street.
Fifth Precinct—White,
L-Z, vacant store, 42nd
Burroughs streets. Colored,
L M-Z, 506 Amaranth
Second District
First Precinct—White
colored, A-K, L-Z, City
r i um .
Wilson Heads Elks For 27th Time
Vice-President-Agency Direc¬
tor G W. Cox announced this
week that the North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance Com¬
pany wall conduct a school lor
one week, September 6 through
11 in agency management at
the North Carolina college in
Durham. Three agency in¬
structors from the Life Insur¬
ance Agency Management As¬
sociation Of Hartford, Conn.,
will cooperate with :the agency
depaftment than 150 managers, As¬
More and
sistant managers agency
staff personnel will take part
in the school- The field per¬
sonnel will come to Durham
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1ST MT. BETHEL
CALLS REV. STEELE
The Rev. C K. Steele of Au¬
gusta has been extended a call
to the pastorate of the First
Mount Bethel Baptist church,
it was announced recently by
Deacon M. W. Washington,
chairman of the board of dea¬
cons.
Rev. Steele was baptised and
licensed to preach by Rev. Al-
exander Gregory, pastor of Mt.
Zion Baptist church, Bluefield,
W. Va. He studied at More¬
house college pastored at
Montgomery, Ala., for more
than 14 years, and is now pas-
tornig at the Springfield Bap¬
tist church, Augusta, Ga-
Rev. Steele’s recommenda¬
tion desirable ^ ^ to ^ the ____ *and"capaHe congregation __________ "minister as a
and leader, is the result of
careful and cautious study on
the part of the Board of Dea¬
cons, upon whose shoulders
rests plying the the responsibility type of leadership of sup¬
that will produce the best form
of religious, educational and
civic leadership. Rev. Steele’s
name was selected from a long of
list of applicants because
his experience and training. He
has done a remarkable job in
Augusta with the youth prob¬
lems, and if he accepts, his
coming to Savannah will be a
blessing to the First Mt. Bethel
and the community. He is a
good scholar, able and preacher,
excellent pastor public
spirited citizen. Bolden
The late Rev. M. G.
was pastor of the church-
“Y” ORGANIZES POLICE
ATHLETIC LEAGUE
The ultimate purpose of all
YMCA activities is the assur-
ance of character building and
training for citizenship. Such
assurance will guarantee com-
munity betterment and pro-
gressive achievement of all our
people.
The training of this league
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SAVANNAH GEORGIA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, I94S
i Second Precinct—White,
■ G-N, O-Z, Barnard
school. Colored, A-Z, 305 West
Gaston street.
Third Precinct—White
colored, A-F, g-N, O-Z,
Church educational
Park avenue lane and Jefferson
street-
Fourth Precinct—White
colored, A-K, L-Z, 38th
school.
Fifth Precinct—White
colored, A-K, 39th lane
Jefferson; Center, L-Z,
lane and Jefferson street.
Third District
First Precinct—White
colored, A-K, L-Z, County Court
| | House. Second Precinct—White
colored, A-K, L-Z, 12 West Lib¬
erty street. Precinct—White
'i hird
colored, A-F, G-N, O-Z,
strong Junior college,
Hall, Bull and Taylor streets.
Fourth Precinct White
colored, A-F, G-N, O-Z, No.
Fire Station, Huntingdon and
Barnard streets.
Fifth Precinct—White and
colored, A-K, L-Z, No. 5 Fire
Station, Henry and Bull streets.
Sixth Precinct, White and
colored, A-F, G-N, O-Z, Com¬
mercial high school, 35th and
Bull streets.
Seventh Precinct—White and
colored. A-F, G-N, O-Z, No. 6
Fie Station, 35th and Barnard
,
I streets and
Eighth Precinct—White
CINCINNATI (ANP(—Holding
their golden anniversary their con¬
vention at the lu»me of
founding, the Elks elected J.
Finley Wilson to his 27th term
as grand exalted ruler here last
week.
Thousands of delegates and
visitors swarmed iilto Cincin¬
nati for the joint meeting of
the grand lodge and the grand
temple.
Other highlights of the meet¬
ing included personal appear¬
ances by Henry A Wallace,
Progressive party candidate for
President, and George Vaughn
of St. Louis, representing Pres¬ had
ident Truman. The Elks
invited all to three presidential
candidates speak
The 194$ convention will b£
held ih SAn Francisco.
More than 60,090 people with¬
stood the heat for 3 1-2 hours
to see the colorful parade ex¬
hibiting gay costumes and
uniforms and colorful floats-
Winner of the oratorical con¬
A CROZIER FOR THE BISHOP
m 'wmm
—Students of. the world pre¬
sented the bishop of Sierra
Leone, British West Africa,
Bishop Percy Jones, with a cro-
zier (bishop’s staff), at a gar¬
den party 1 »»J held — at the Inter —a- -
national Languages club, Croy- j
den, London, to welcome bish-
op-, menaing t eighth Ltiu-
beth conferer.ce. The Laa beth
colored, A-F, 46tli lane and
Bull street ; G-N, O-Z, double
garage, Jasper street, north of
Central of Georgia hospital
Fourth District
First Precinct- White and
1 colored, A-L, M-Z, No. 1 Fire
station, Broughton and Hous-
ton streets.
Second Precinct—White, A-
G-N, O-Z, 504 East President
street. Colored, A-Z, 143 Hous¬
ton street.
Third Precinct—White, A-K,
L-Z, 504 East Liberty street.
Colored, A-G, H-R, S-Z, 618 E
Liberty street.
Fourth Precinct—White, A-K.
323 East Jones street; L-Z, 424
Habersham street. Colored, A-
L, rear, 405 East Charlton St.;
M-Z, rear, 401 East Charlton
street.
Fifth Precinct—White, A-K,
L-Z, rear 456 Price street. Col¬
ored, A-F, G-Mc, N-Z, East
Broad street school, 509 East
Broad street.
Sixth J’reemct—White, A-K,
L-Z, Gwinnett and Habersham
streelts. Colored, A-G, rear 422
East Gwinnett street; II-O, P-
Z, 711 East Broad street.
Seventh Precinct—White, A-
G, 1104 Habersham street; H-
P, 1106 Habersham street; Q.-Z,
1105 Habersham street. Colored,
1103 Lincoln street.
Eighth Precinct—White, A-K,
L-Z, Anderson street school.
colored, A-K, L-Z, rear Ander-
son srteet school-
test was 15 year old Mary
abeth .Gaines of East
N J., sponsored by Dr.
J. Oliver of New York,
tional director for region I.
spoke on the “ Negro and
Constitution.” Lawrence
chell of Cleveland was
up.
Dr. William H. Gray,
dent of Florida A. and M.
lege, was the featured
at the civil liberties
Magistrate Hobson Reynolds
Philadelphia, grand director
civil liberties, presided over
session.
Miss Allolevia Smith of
folk, Va-, won the beauty
test over of eight Charleston, others. Iris W.
lerman
was second and Cecelia
chell of Memphis was third.
A gift of $5,000 was
to Grand Exalted Ruler
on his 62nd birthday.
point of the Grand
meeting came when Mrs.
Contnued on Page 10
conference, which met first
1367, mshr is 6
the o, „e
i The ,«*,
vaavjuv.., < makes Right Rev.C.
N. Bardsley, the presen-
taMon to the bishop of
Leone, Bishop Percy Jones,-
(ANP).
Ninth Precinct—White, A-F,
G-N, O-Z, Romana Riley school.
Colored, A-Z, rear Romana Ri¬
ley school.
Tenth Precinct White, A-K,
L-Z, 1504 Habersham street-
colored, A-Z, 502 East 32njd St.
Eleventh Precinct—White, A-
F, G-N, O-Z, vacant store, 1403
Waters avenue. Colored, A-Z,
802 East 32nd street, rear.
Twelfth Precinct White, A-
F. G-N, O-Z, 37th street school.
Colored, A-Z, rear 37th street
school.
Thirteenth Precinct—White,
A-D, E-K, L-Q, R-Z, E'ire Sta¬
tion, Ott and 37th streets. Col¬
ored, A-Z, rear 810 East 39th
street.
Fourteenth Precinct— White
and colored, A-G, Ott and
Maupas lane; H-Q, Ott and
Maupas lane; R-Z, rear, 1001 E
41)1 rppt.
Fifteenth Precinct — White
anti colored, A-C, D-I, J-Mc, N-
S, T-Z, Charles Ellis School, 220
East 49th street.
Seventeenth Precinct —White
and colored, A-C, D-I, rear 1115
East 50th street; J-Mc, N-S, T-
Z, 720 East 52nd street.
Eighteenth Precinct White,
A-B, C-E, F-H, I-M, Mc-R, T-
Z, Moore Avenue School. Col¬
ored, A-K, L-<Z, Pennsylvania
avenue Fire Station.
Nineteenth Precinct — white,
and colored, A-F, G-N, O-Z, va-
I cant store, Bee street and Wil¬
ters avenue.
Man Fights Extradition to
Arkansas for Parole Violation
MUNCIE;, Ind. (ANP)—John
Ware, 48, and his wife are
fighting desperately to hang on
to the good life they have been
enjoying here since he was
paroled in 1945 frdm a life im¬
prisonment for the slaying of
a white man in Buena Vista,
Ark., 14 years ago- Ware is at
present in Delaware county
jail, awaiting a hearing on his
plea against extradition to Ar¬
kansas for a parole Violation-
Ware’s story of the search for
happiness began with his birth
in Buena Vista in 1900 of
emancipated slave parents. He
received no education and is
still unable to read and write.
Contnued on Page 10
ILLINOIS MEDICAL
PIONEER DIES
EVANSTON, 111. (ANP)—Dr
Isabelle Garnett Butler, dean of
Negro medics along the North
Shore here, died in a medical
institution she established over
84 years ago, last week at the
age of 76.
Along with her husband, the
late Dr. Arthur D. ButJer, a na¬
tive of Savannah, Ga., arxd
nephew of Professor Robert W-
Gadsden of that city, she es¬
tablished what is now the Com¬
munity hospital op the upper
floor of their home. This was
the first hospital for Negroes
in the North Shore area-
Native of Evanston, Dr. But-
Ier s'tudied nurse training.
While a nurse, she worked with
the great Dr. Dan Williams, J
surgeon, who inspired ter to
become a doctor. She gradu-
ated with honors from the
linois Medical school, in 1909.
During her retirement, she
Si r&&jr«£sr al
Funeral services were held at
Second Baptist church here,
and she was buried at
cemetery, Glenview, 111. She is
survived by a son, Arthur D.
Butler, Jr.; a
Mrs Florence Butler, and grand
children, brother, Arthur, John, III, and 86, Flor- Cul- j
eiyce; a j
ver, Ind; and a sister, Grace,
and others.
I j
Director of Music j j
At Hines-Shaw j
Graduating with honors from
Georgia State college on Aug¬ !
19, Mrs. Anolda Parker Mc-
organ’ist m^ente^ or’But^ I
r esb sri.s h iS;?
d
tors in Georggia and North !
Carolina, has accepted the po- j
sition as director of music at
the Hines-Shaw junior hieh high i
Hinesville, Ga-
*>**»» MEMBER
Audit Bureau Circulation
Fifth District
First Precinct—White and
colored, A-K, L-Z, Town Hall,
Tybee.
Second Precinct—White, A-C,
D-I, J-Mc, N-S, T-Z, Thunder¬
bolt school. Colored, A-Z, B. J.
James Store, entrance, Georgia
State College.
Sixth District
White, A-C, D-I, J-Mc, N-S
T-Z, Oakdale-Avalon Commu¬
nity House, Bull street entrance,
Hunter Field- Colored, A-J, K-
Z, Haven Home school.
Seventh District
White, A-K, L-Z, De Soto
Auto Court, 7 1-2 miles Ogee-
chee road. Colored, A-K, L-Z,
H and N. Garage, 1-2 mile
south df Mills B. Lane and
Ogeechee road intersection.
Eighth District
First Precinct--White, A-F, G-
N, O-Z, Pooler school. Colored,
A-Z, Pooler Town Hall.
Second Precinct White and
colored, A-K, L-Z, store on main
highway next to Stafford’s
Barber Shop, Garden City.
Third Precinct—White, A-F,
G-N, O-Z, Port Wentworth
school. Colored, A-G, H-Q, R-
Z, Woodville school, Augusta
road
A DAUGHTER
A daughter, Diane Elizabeth,
was born July 11 to Mr. and
Mrs Holland Mason of 212 Mc¬
Donough street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. Mason will be remember¬
ed as Bertha Wallace, formerly
of this city,
LOCALS
Eleven Graduates Appointed
To Staff of G. S. C.
Appointment of eleven Geor¬
gia State College graduates to
the college business and in¬
structional staff was announc¬
ed September 1 by President
James A Colston.
Six of the eleveh ard natives
of Savannah. They are: The¬
resa M. Finch, Transcript clerk;
Ann L- Eason, secretary to the
coordinator of student person¬
nel services; Johnnie Mae
Smith, clerk, office of the comp¬
troller; Ethel Jacobs, assistant
professor of English; Thelma
Perry, secretary, office of gen¬
eral Romanski, extension; Mrs. Mildred office R- of
recorder,
the registrar. Miss Perry was
“Miss Georgia State” of 6947-
48.
The others appointed are:
Ester Bush, clerk, office of the
registrar, Royston, Ga.; Gol-
phine Sanders, cost accountant,
Ellaville, Ga.; Leanna T. Craw¬
ford, critic-teacher, Powell Lab¬
oratory elementary school,
Kennesaw, Ga; Nelson F’ree-
man, veterans secretary and
Lake manager of the bookstore, of
Wales, Fla., and Gwendo-
Thompson, secretary and
veterans clerk, Douglas, Ga.
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LOCAL
Mrs. W. H. Hendrix of 1921
W Victory Drive, has returned
home after visiting relatives
and friends in Los Angeles,
California-
Virginia Cities
Negro Policemen
__.
mcHMOND 'A NP ’ - r °“
Y, 20 . l . rK Ne A nia 8 ro policemen are and find
their services satisfactory This
was revealed in a recent check j
0 ? a11 lar 8 e Virginia cities. The
* as by lc tt ® r> .i but 0Bly 1
j‘ v o cities asked replied In .. . to letter, the ques-
Richmond with six Nogro po-
lice . officers on June 28, ap¬
pointed four Negro officers on
May 1, 1946. TWo more were
added later. Colonel o D. Gar-
ton. these chief of police, thinks
men have done “very
well ”
Incidentally, Richmond plans
(o appoint two more Negro po-
lice. Negro police can’t oper¬
ate in white sections or arrest
whltes in Ne S r ° or white sec *
ti Nf S
wp or t , rai>1 * s „
s,? 1 e rsrn^i« Idulf 7 7 'note* r ’ t j J *M m I
ppach X, of vtrv savs
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Contnued on Page 10
NUMBER 45
IRA F. LEWIS — President
and general manager of the
Pittsburgh Courier, foremost
newspaper executive, who died
in New York Saturday after a
heart attack Burial was m
Pittsburg Saturday.— (ANP).
MEMORIAL SERVICES
TO DR. HARRIS
Memorial services to Dr. Wil¬
liam A Harris who died July
2l will be held Thursday, Sept.
9. at 5 30 p. m. at Charity hos¬
pital.
The program will be as fol¬
lows:
Invocation, Rev. E. N Bunn.
Selection, Charity Hospital
Chorus.
Dr. Harris as a Trustee of
Charity Hospital, Mr. E. C.
Blackshear.
Dr. Harris as a Citizen, J. S.
Delaware.
Selection, Charity Hospital
Chorus.
Dr. Harris as a Physician, Dr.
E. J Smith.
Resolutions, Miss Emma Lew¬
is.
Benediction.
Mastej of Ceremony, Mr. St,
Louis Ponder.
Cooper Gets
Master s Degree
jpww* «N» ■MU
Mrs. Catherine Mack Cooper,
graduate of Georgia State
in the class of 1936,
the master of science
in homemaki.ig educa¬
at Hampton Institute. She
requirements lor th :
on August 20.
In a letter addressed to Mr.
state supervisor of
education, the director
Continued om Page 11
With The Army
•" I- J Jupun aj %an
S -Sgt. Prince Johnson, son pi
Mrs. Henry Johnson of 449
Wilson street, Savannah
Alexander Shellman of
Mrs. Florence Alexander of
Townsend, Ga-; T-4 Walter
Johnson, son of Mrs. Paulite
Johnson of Groveland, Ga-,
and Pvt. William Davis Jr ,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilt.on
Davis, Sr-, of 210 East Broad
street, are serving with ' the U.
S Army in Japan. All are
members of the 24th Infantry.
Kindergarten Registration
September 9—‘10
Bethlehem Kindergarten will
hold registration for the fall
session on Septetmber 9-10
from 9 to 12 noon each day.
The kmdergartten will Harvard, open on
Sept. 13; Mrs. assisted Ruby by Mrs.
in charge,
Brewington.