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NOVEMBER 4, 1948
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ORED—An intensely impressive aay. A capacity audience wit- friends of long standing
exercise was occasioned by the nessed the ceremony, which present, including
presentation program honoring Iwas held in the Community
Mrs. S. M. Tompkins, principal ! House at the school- Continued on Page 12
Urges President to
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SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
NEW YORK, Nov. 4.—Calling
President Truman’s victory in
tion gram last a Tuesday’s of “mandate” progressive national for legislation a elec¬ pro¬ Pastors
on the issues re¬
jected by the 80th
the National Association
the Advancement of
people congratulated the
ident on his re-election and
newed its plea for full
istrative and legislative
for a federal civil rights
gram.
In a telegram extending
Mr. Truman the
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MR. DONNELLY HEADS
HEALTH COUNCIL
At the regular meeting
the Community Health
held at the West Broad
YMCA, W- Dickerson
was unanimously elected
ident. Mr. Donnelly will
ceed Walter Bogan, who
the organization through a
cessful year.
L. D. Law’ is vice
Mrs. Lucile Johnson,
Miss Annie M. Luten,
Mrs. Edwina Ford,
secretary.
The executive
consists of Miss Frankie
den, Mrs. James A.
Mrs. Marian Starr,
Scott, Dr. M- P. Sessoms,
ter Bogan. Mrs. Carrie
Miss Miriam Grant, and
Viola Holbrooks.
New members welcomed
the council were Mrs.
Cox, Girl Scout director;
liam Holiday, Rev.
Mrs James A. Colston,
Robert Long and Robert
thony, all from Georgia
college; Mrs. Irene Kitt of
Paulsen school PTA,
Photo By
of the Woodville school,
Form
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V Gay, president; J. E.
vice president; Beulah
secretary; Julia Tarver,
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Jt
i SPEAKS SUNDAY—Miss
dred Burch, who will
at the First
church, corner Taylor and
ersham streets, Sunday
noon at 5 o’clock.
Miss Burch is prepared
give a first hand picture
people and cities in
countries. She w^s a
of the American Red
Service personnel during
War II and has served as
retary to three college
dents in this country.
Miss Burch is at
serving as administrative
retary to President James A
Colston at Georgia State
lege.
The public is invited to
lend this which is
Stall Phoiog.
Many prominent citizens
Alumni
Graduates and former
| dents met Monday
j dents of Georgia State
met Monday night ar^d
nized the Jenkins
Alumni chapter.
Officers elected were Ellis
BISHOP PLUMMER
MINISTERS WIVES
One of the most largely
tended conventions of the
isters’ Wives’ Alliance of
Church of God and Saints
Christ was held here last
: Tbe organization is , national
scope and representatives
present from a number
states.
j Tlie closin « sesslon of
j convention was held
0< ; lob<>1 31 al the 1( ^ al
j Vlct - ory Dnve and iorence
The pimcipal event on the
K ram was lhe sermon by
H - z - Summer, executive
of the church > whlch was
j joyed by a capacity crovd.
The program was spiced
msical selections by Miss
ba Griffin and Mrs.
| Taylor of Chicago, 111.;
city Vocalaires of
N. C.; the Bellevillealres
I Belleville, Va ; the
of and
SAVANNAH GEORGIA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1948
MR. KEMP STARTS (.oral Situation
PIONEERING BUSINESS
Breaking away from the ac-
jed i | jweek shop. hereabouts, eustomed into when a pioneering lines Carl he opened Kemp of field business a launeh- paint last Strong NAACP
The new business, which is
located at 1212 1-2 West Broad
bulld'ng which has just
completed, specializes in
well known Pittsburgh
It carries a complete line
paints, varnishes, shelacs,
brushes and other
common to this kind of
ness.
Mr. Kemp, the owner,
been well known, in
circles for several years and
head of the Kemp
lion company which has
a very creditable record in
local building field.
DR. SEABROOK TO
SPEAK SUNDAY AT
STATE COLLEGE
Dr. J W. Seabrook will
the culminating speaker for
jehapter of Omega Psi Phi
! ternity’s annual
I week, Sunday, November 14,
Meldrim auditorium, of
State college at 6 p. m. He
president of Fayetteville
Teachers college.
| The local chapter of
Omega Psi Phi fraternity
I Dr. Seabrook to Savannah
1 celebration of
jweek Radio programs and
i emblies at the jun or high
sc hoo | a w “‘
eluded in ; the observance by
Phi chapter.
Press
VIDALIA, Ga., Nov.
following are the
of the Augusta Georgia
ference of the AME
held last week at St.
church, as announced by
op R. R. Wright:
Augusta district, Dr. E.
presiding elder; Bethel,
"ta, ’ Rev. G. B. Hanna;
r c v j yy. Guinn; Wrens
tj on Rev. L. D. Lincoln;
Chapel, Rev. G. L. Little;
Sunbeam unit of
Thomson, Rev. M. D. Birt; San,- Society; selection, J. T.
jjjy Grove, Rev. W. T. Jackson; ; Juveniles; greetings,
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Election
Among the many
awards were given Miss Phoe- national election, we
| be Robinson and Miss Acquilla gem and have so
j He wrote: “I am
Quattlebaum for merilonous thinking through the
services by the local church. can see the hand of
The following are officers of lieve good will come
the alliance: President, Mrs. ‘‘The Republican
Nannie Butler, Washington, D Taft-Hartley Law.
C.; vice president, Mrs. Eliza - | Robert Taft turned
beth Jones, Belleville, Va.; re¬ labor to pull the
cording secretary, Mrs. Mittie j ises to repeal that
Hall, Pittsburgh, Pa.; corres¬ is strong now.
ponding ....... secretary; ......______ Mrs. Elwe-1 “Paul Douglas, a
na McDonald, Newark, N. J.; fi nomics, who is a
'--1 nP ncrial secretary, Mrs. R L. the mouth-piece of
Dean ^ savannah; treasurer, Tribune who solidly
MfS Carrie Watkins, Provi- Humphrey, young 'M
, den R L Mayor of Minneapolis
'; | Among others present at the j Ball, reactionary.
contention were the following ) “These liberal trends
ministers of the church: Evan- > Humphrey was the
gelist C. E Taylor, Chicago, $1!., j Civil Rights Bill in
the Revs. Judah Person, Char- i causing the
'lotte, N. C.; George Butler. Har- j forces backed
Pa., Benjamin Good-j Wallace and the
win; Macon; Cecil Eaves, Jack-j “I don’t like to lose
and John F Mit- Truman has a
of
A largely attehded
1 citizens assembled at
1 rst African Baptist church
week ago this past
j_ >ht, lor the purpose of
is ously considering the status
ne Negroes of Savannah,
I mi county, and the State
l Q eor gj a) a t the present
an( j some ways to remedy
grave conditions. The
was held under the
f the Savannah branch of
! NAACP. The audience
ex-
he Simmons Singers and a clusively by its own member- Isaiah Nixon case, where
rendieion by Mrs. E. Faustine ship. father of six children was
Bignon, soprano. ! Tne speaker stated that while Hered because he dared to
Dr. Gilbert, president, out- we are seemingly blind to the tnd of D V. Carter, who
COSMOPOLITANS TO 2000 Baptists
be CELEBRATE
MONDAY NIGHT
at
is
in
T, II HAMILTON,
The sixth anniversary
bration of the
Society will be held
night, November 15, at the
Philip AME church,
and West Broad streets, at
o’clock.
This program will bring
gether some of the best
ng talent of Savannah,
senting the choirs and
es of some of the
churches as wed as other
ral groups of outstanding
utation. ■
The full program follows:
National Antl^em,
jtioij |Stripling; invocation, introduction Rev. of C.
|w. tress of ceremony by Rev.
Murph; welcome
Miss Metella Maree;
CAMPAIGN FOR
lined the situation as he saw
He told the audience that
a people find themselves now
a deplorable condition
and state-wide, with no
yidual or organization in
to represent the will
the people. He advocated
revival of a strong branch
I the NAAiCP, and pointed
that such an
would be useless without
of large numbers in its
bership, and without sound
A First at
MIAMI (ANPi The Rev
ward T. Graham, former
director here, was made
retary-treasurer of the
chapter of the
USOVETS. Rev. Graham,
Negro member of the
was elected at the
tional meeting at a dinner
downtown at the white
Towers.
The national
was launched in April after
hearty response to the idea
organizing former USO
8 ers had come from former
workers from Maine to
nia.
Purposes of the USOVETS in¬ Not every concert star
clude the forming ol “a liaison join an eight-week,
with former USO personnel radio broadcast over
which might be useful in mak¬ biggest station and then
ing available a reservoir of
trained workers in case a na¬ Contnued on Page 10
tional emergency should re¬
quire an organization similar
to the USO; to promote un¬
derstanding and amity between
ail religious groups; to combat
all intolerance, especially that
directed at minority groups; to
safeguard and transmit to pos¬
terity the principles of justice,
freedom and democracy.
Plans are being made to of-
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Reflected
reflections of the recent
have selected this as a
it to the author.
better today after
results of the election. I
in the results. I be¬
it.
swung too far right—
Farmers joined with
labor against us with the
for Truman who prom¬
etc. Organized labor
professor of Eco¬
defeated Senator Brooks
and his ( hicago
Robert Taft. Hugh
year old liberal, former
soundly defeated Senator
are indicative of
man who engineered the
Democratic Convention
to walk out. All these
to win over Dixiecrats,
I can believe now that
from the people to put
MEMBERS NOW BEING
startling situation lacing
jlhat and through our enemies, the state both
are
busy. He said, “Foi; the
lew years, we have become
excited about —— elections -------
noting, that we have all
i lected the NAACP. We
have some agenpy working
Us all the time, which
rootage on a local,
and national level, and
NAACP is the only
of that tvne that we have”
Scores
Miami
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TOUR SET FOR
MISS GA STATE
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