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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LXVII
MERCEDES REID WINS GEORGIA AME CONFERENCE ORATORICAL CONTEST
right: Miss Jor&thia
St. James AME, Sa-
, third place w nner;
Miss Sarah Thomas, Brown
Chapel AME, Homerville, Miss
Elaine Cash, Sc. Paul AME
Brunswick; Miss Weona Butler,
Glennville; Mss Alethia Wash¬
ington, Eulonia, second place
winner; Miss M3rcedes Reid,
St. Philip Monumental AME,
Savannah, first place winner;
B shop R. R. Wright; Harvey
Williams, St. Thomas AME, Sa¬
vannah; Miss Annie Ruth
Keith, Brown’s Chapel AME,
Homerville; Miss Annie Bell
Jaudon, Townsley Chapel AME,
Savannah.
A large crowd attended the
Georgia AME Conference ora¬
Over 700 Dentists to Attend
at Kansas City
Governor Warren Makes
Nat’l Guard Integration Law
PUBLIC RELATIONS DIREC¬
TOR—Charles E. Trout has
been named public relations
director of Tuskegee institute
to succeed Albon L. Holsey who
becomes assistant to the pres¬
magii# ident zpd editor of Service
e. Trout is currently
a'ttei>T ug a public relations
short bourse at Chautauqua, N.
Y„ ifcaded by Dr. Benjamin
Fine, educational editor of the
New York Times—(ANP).
NAACP Lawyer Probes
Rioting in Florida
10 Cousins Sue For Share in
Man’s $60,000 Estate
WHITE TO BROADCAST
FROM ABROAD
NEW YORK, July 28—Walter
White, NAACP secretary on j
leave, will be heard in broad¬
casts over the NBC network on j
August 6 and over ABC on
September originating 6. The programs, j
respectively in
Rome and Karachi, are two of
a series in a world tour under j
auspices of America’s Town (
Meeting of the Air.
Mr. White has also been re- !
quested to make a major ad¬
dress in Singapore, the Malay
capital. Although not on the!
scheduled tour, arrangements j
are being made to enable him
to make the stop.
<trilmiu'
torical contest Wednesday
ri ght, July 2v, at St. Ph lip
Monumental AME church, Rev.
D. T. Babcock, pastor.
The nine contestants repre¬
senting the Savannah, West
Savannah, South Savannah,
Waycross and Brunswick dis¬
tricts, were under the direction
of Rev. W. W. Stephens, pas¬
tor of St. James AME church.
Bishop R. R. Wright, Jr., of
Atlanta, the or ginator of the
idea, was present and gave a
goodwill message during the
thirty minutes broadcast over
Station WDAR preceding the
contest. Music was furnished
by a chorus of fifty voices un¬
der the direction of Mrs. Ruth
Stripling and accompanied by
SAN FRANCISCO (ANP) —
Gov. Earl Warren put his sig¬
nature to the Rumford Nation¬
al Guard measure here last
week and made into a law the
ban against discrimination on
account of race, religion or na¬
tional origin, in the state na¬
tional guard.
The bill, which passed both
houses without a dissenting
vote, was introduced by Wil¬
liam Bryon Rumford, Negro
assemblyman of Berkley. It is
reported that racial integra¬
tion in the guard has already
begun in Solthern California.
NEGRO BOY WINS N. C.
SOAP BOX DERBY
DURHAM, N. C. (ANP)—For
the third time in four years, a
Negro boy won the Durham
Soap Box derby last week when
Billy Joseph Latta, 15, came
through in 36 seconds to take
the honors from another Negro
lad, Leroy Lindsey, 12.
Billy will go to Akron, Ohio,
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WASHINGTON (ANP) — A
court will decide how eight
pieces of property valued at
$60,000 will be distributed
among 10 cousins, the last of
45 pieces of property left by
the late Richard F. Collins to
descendants in a will dated
1896.
A suit asking ior such action
was filed last week by one of
the beneficiaries, Miss Marion
E. Sabbs. She and her nine
cousins are grandchildren of
Collins widow, Mrs. Elizabeth
Collins. He originally willed
45 pieces of property to his
wife, which in turn was to go
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA THURSDAY, AUGUST 4. 1949
Mrs. Fannie Joyner.
The theme of the contest
was: “The Church in a Chang¬
ing World; Dramatizing the
work of the AME church in
Georgia. The winners were
Miss Mercedes Reid, 1st place;
Miss Alethia Washington, 2nd
place; and Miss Jorethia Wil¬
liams, 3rd place. They will go
to Atlanta to compete in a
statewide contest to be held
during the 41st session of the
Georgia Christian Education
Leadership Congress and Rural
Institute at Morris Brown col¬
lege, August 15-19. Scholarships
totalling $2,500 will be award¬
ed.
The judges of the contest
were Rev. D. V. Kyle of Atlan¬
KANSAS CITY, Mo.— This
mid western city is ready for
the invasion of the Nathnal
Dental Association which will
entertain the association’s 36th
annual convention, August 8-12.
Dr. B. J. Moore, president of
the local society and general
NDA convention chairman, has
announced that more than 700
dentists from all sections of the
country are expected to attend
this annual meeting.
Of great public concern will
be an open meeting of the con¬
vention to be held at Saint
Stephen’s Baptist church on
Tuesday evening, August 9, at
which time the city manager,
L. P. Cookingham, will welcome
the convention to Kansas City.
Dr. R. Gordon Agnew, noted
dental educator, will address
the public meeting. NDA Pres
ident, Kansas City native, Dr.
Russell A. Dixon, dean of the
college of dentiatry, Howhrd
universty, will respond to the
city manager. Dr. Moore will
preside.
Federal health leg’slation
will be dscusused at an open
meeting August 10 at Lincoln
high school, headquarters of
the association. Feature
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NEW YORK, July 28—Frank¬
lin H. Williams, NAACP assist¬
ant special counsel, is making
an on the spot investigation
of the r.oting in Groveland,
Florida, Thurgood Marshall,
head of the assoc ation’s legal
department, announced today.
In addition to investigating
the causes and course of the
rioting, Mr. Williams will in¬
terview the three young men
now being held on charges of
holding up and beating a
white man and assaulting his
wife. After consulting with
the imprisoned men and w.th
the officers and members of
NAACP branches in the area,
determination will be made as
to whether or not the associa¬
tion will undertake to defend
the accused youths.
Meanwhile, Mr. Marshall
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ta, Prof. E. E. Moore of Way-
cross and Jesse Brinson of Sa¬
vannah.
Photo by Frank Freeman
Town Turns Out To Honor
111 Yr. Old Ex-Slave
CEDARTOWN, Ga. (ANP—
The entire town turned out en
masse to greet “Aunt Nanny”
Whatley, 111-year-old former
slave, who came to town re¬
cently for her first visit in 12
years. The celebration, in
honor of her 111th birthday,
was held at a local theatre
Where she saw her first movie.
She received a wheelbarrow
full of gifts and a birthday cake
with 111. candles on it.
TO ATTEND MEETING
OF SAMARITANS
IK. J. H. BROWN
Past Grand CK ef
J. T. GREEN
Grand Chief
J. T. Green of this city, grand
chief of the Georgia Indepen¬
dent Order of Good Samaritans
and Daughters of Samaria,
will leave August 6 with the
rest of the Georgia delegation
for the sixteenth biennial ses¬
sion of the national body
which will be held in Atlantic
City, N. J., beginning August
8 .
Tne sessions will be presided
over by Dr. J. P. Patterson of
Jacksonville, Fla., national
sire.
Bunche Named UCLA
Alumnus of Year
LOS ANGELES (ANP)—At a
special luncheon in his honor,
the Alumni Association of the
University of California at Los
Angeles named Dr. Ralph J.
Bunche alumnus of the year
last week.
The alumni presented a sil¬
ver plate to Dr. Bunche for his
work as acting UN mediator in
bringing peace in Palestine.
The UN leader was graduated
from UCLA in 1927.
Beach High School to
Hold Graduation Friday
Twenty-one candidates will
be presented for the high
school diploma at exercises Fri-
day at li a. m. in the nave of
Saint Matthew’s Epscopai
church, West Broad and An¬
derson streets. Principal O. L.
Douglass of Beach high school
will be present to award the
certificates.
Candidates to be presented
are as follows: Catherine Aik-
ens, Mary Bogan, Ruby Clarke,
Clara Davis, Henrietta Elliott,
Carolyn Mack, Mary Royal,
George Dingle, Jacob Greene,
Carl Golden, William Howell,
Thomas Horne, Nathaniel
Johnson, Samuel Joyner, Eu¬
gene Johnson, Fred Jefferson,
Robert Morgan, Richard Smith,
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Sued For Putting
!2-Yr.-Old Girl Off Train
WASHINGTON (ANP) — Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Joiner, last
week filed suit against the
Southern Railroad company for
evicting their 12-year-old
daughter, Shirley Jean, from
the train at Greensboro, N. C.,
last Sunday because she was
riding a half fare ticket.
Sh rley, who lives with her
parents in Washington, was en
routs home after a visit with
her aunt in Gastonia, N. C.
She said the conductor took
her ticket and punched it
without any comment, later he
returned to ask her age. When
she informed him that she was
12, he stated that he believed
that shs was older and she
must either pay full fare or
leave the train at the next
stop, which was Greensboro.
Not having sufficient funds
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Red Cross
Starts Water
Safety Classes
J. T. Ellsrbe and H. T. Flan¬
agan, outstanding civic leaders,
have accepted co-chairman¬
ship of the Safety Servide divis¬
ion of the Negro activities for
the American Red Cross, ac¬
cording to an announcement
by Edgar C. Blackshear, chair¬
man.
The first major assignment
of th s committee is in regard
to water safety classes to be
held at the Oge:chee pool.
Special emphasis is being plac¬
ed on the class for beginners
in swimming which will be
conducted at the pool from 10
to 12 a. m., August 15 through
August 19, taught by Alex ElLs,
Jr., instructor in swimming
courses, and will be supervised
by Eugene Glaze, Jr., director
of Safety Services for the chap¬
ter. All children from s x years
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OMEGAS SET UP
INTERRACIAL CHAPTER
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.
(ANP)—Omega Psi Phi Frater¬
nity—one of the nation’s lead¬
ing Negro fraternities—has
moved to establish an interra¬
cial chapter here at Rutgers
university.
To operate on the Rutgers
campus the fraternity must
have a minimum of 20 members
and must obtain the approval
of the Rutgers trustees, the
student council, and the uni¬
versity interfratemity council.
Initiation for the new chap¬
ter has already begun. Among
the first inducted by the Upsi-
lon Phi chapter in Newark
were three white students.
Omega Psi Phi was founded
at Howard university in 1911.
Faculty Fights Removal Ur. Gregg
From Delaware State
DOVER, Del. (ANP)—A move¬
ment is on among tne members
of the faculty of Delaware
State college to protest the re¬
cent suspension of Dr. Howard
D. Gregg as president of the
college, according to reports
from the campus.
Dr. Gregg said that teachers
at the school were behind him
100 per cent, but that political
interference caused his ouster.
The political interference, he
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Louisville Dentists to Renew
Fight for Use of Golf Course
Two Thousand Attend
National Baptist Deacons
Convention
LOUISVILLE. Ky. (ANP) —
Regulations barring Negroes
from Louisville golf courses and
the Iroquoi amphitheatre are
due for another going over
when Dr. P. O. Sweeney, local
dentist, files another suit in
federal court contesting the
biased laws, it was announced
here last week. The suit, to
be filed by Atty. Benjamin F.
Shobe, is a companion to one
filed in Jefferson circuit court
in 1947.
The 1947 case was decided ih
favor of the Louisville depart¬
ment of parks and recreation—
it being ruled that the depart¬
ment had discretionary author¬
ity to impose segregation reg-
ulationsi—and upheld by the
court of appeals last February.
Dr. Sweeney had planned to
| appeal the case to the U. S.
(Supreme court, but failed to do
so before July 5.
He said he “deliberately” let
the deadline go by because of
the new case to be filed. In
the original suit, he contended
Negroes wers not provided equal
facilities guaranteed by the
constitution and that it was
the park department’s place to
provide equal and separate ia-
ciLties or admit Negroes to ex¬
isting facilities.
BALTIMORE (ANP) — More
than 2,000 church deacons at¬
tended the 15th annual session
of the National Baptist Dea¬
cons convention and its auxili¬
ary here last week. Next year’s
convention will be held in
Bac-kley, W. Va.
All officers of both groups
were reelected. James W. Ross
is president of the Deacons
group and Mrs. P. W. Ross is
president of the auxiliary. Both
are from Washington,' t>. C. The
Rev. C. H. Hamilton of Wash¬
ington installed the 1950 offi¬
cers.
Editor iH. S. Bynes of the
Sunday school Worker, Macon,
Ga., gave the feature address to
the deacons. His topic was
“The Deacons’ Task.”
Deacons, he advised, should
become important figures In
their local communities. They
should vote and encourage oth¬
ers to vote and run for public
office. He also pointed out
that they should provide spir-
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GAMMON MOVES ON—One
of the most progressive relig¬
ious schools in the sfsuth is
Gammon Theological Seminary
in Atlanta, Ga. Under the one-
year leadership of Dr. Harry V.
Richardson, who will be ior-
mally inaugurated as president
on October 3, the seminary has
Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 7c
To Start Training
In Savannah
A great opportunity is in the
for the Negro Baptist
churches of Savanpah and
county. Tire South¬
Baptist Convention is pro¬
the establishment of
Centers throughout tile
wherever the Negro
population seems to
increased the salaries of its
faculty and staff, reorganized
its curriculum, and added new
buildings.
Above is shown tfl’.e semi¬
nary’s very stately looking ad-
ministration building (upper
left); President Richardson
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justify it, the same to be op¬
erated on a cooperative basis.
These centers are usually sit¬
uated in some urban center, but
made available to the churches
in all the surrounding territo¬
ry Not only does this give an
opportunity for the Baptist
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IN RUNNING AGAIN—Ben¬
jamin J. Davis, New York
councilman, has announced he
will run for another term of
office on ths communist ticket.
Davis is one of the 11 defend¬
ants n the current trial of
Communist leaders charged
with advocating and teaching
Communist philosophy.—<ANP(
(center); a group of future re¬
ligious leaders including all of
the women students on the
campus (upper right); the usu¬
al campus life scene—students
waiting for dinner bell Flower
left), and a class of students
taking lecture notes (lower
right).—(ANP). .. v . z