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DISILLUSIONED
When we brought boledo out into the
open several weeks ago, we did not think
we were scooping the thing but we
thought we were alerting the police and
the community so that they would pounce
upon it at once and nip it in the bud,
so to speak. We based our action up¬
on our belief that boledo and other rack¬
ets were illegal and unwanted, upon our
belief that the majority of Savannah’s
citizens recognized what a plague such
rackets as boledo and pin ball nutchm. s
are upon the thoughtless portion ol
our population, including our children.
Well, boledo is having a heyday, and
the only thing to limit the placing ol
pin ball machines is lack of money with
which to pay the license fee. Boledo
tickets are being bought by anybody
who wants them, and pin ball machines
are very popular with the children. As
far as we are able to see, we have failed
to attract to our fight the support of the
people in this community who believe
that gambling rackets are wrong and
evil; that they prey upon helpless peo¬
ple who buy boledo tickets instead ot
buying bread.
We do not want to admit that thous¬
ands <>1 Christian men and women in
this city have concluded that boledo
and its attendant evils are all right. If
we must make this admission, then we
must also admit that something is
wrong with what we have been taught
are the goals of decent and Christian
living.
THE COUNCIL-MAN ACER PLAN
It is heartening that the reaction to
the council-manager plan of city govern¬
ment is favorable. Two candidates for
the State legislature have come out in
iavor of permitting the citizens to say
whether they want the plan for Savan¬
nah. With sentiment for the plan
growing daily, our hope is that eventu¬
ally Savannah will be included among
the cities that have adopted it. Of
course, this hope will only be cherished
alter the people have voted favorably
lor the plan and a suitable charter has
been secured. We must bear in mind,
also, that the council-manager plan of
government has frequently had the op¬
position of the politicians. It is alto¬
gether possible that candidates could
carry out their promise to give citizens
a chance to vote on the issue and let
their obligation to them end there.
If and when the opportunity is given
them to express their choice, we hope
Health Coun¬
cil Makes
Plans
The Community Health Coun¬
cil met on Monday night to com¬
plete plan: f;r National Negro
Health Week activities.
All of the public si rools are
cooperating in the city-wide
cleaxr-up Campaign held leading
up to and during this week. Fi»-
ers have been distributed by the
schools to all homes in t
area. rp, These flier: ... include , , the
following suggestions:
1. Clean walks, back and front
yards.
2. Have general house-cleaning
3. Clean under house, lanes
and alleys.
4. -Clean cut-door toilets.
5. Have covered garbage cans;
dispose of rubbish.
6 . Have places fiiled in where
water stands.
7. Screen, repair and paint
v.'rerever possible.
8 Have flower gardens, pot
plants or both.
9. Obey safety rules.
Persons having an accunrula-
ticn of rubbish are asked to tele-
phone 2-1517 for pick-up service.
The following instructions have
been given school : ID The
st'.rool sending in the largest
number of families who partici-
pated in the campaign will be
given a prize cn the percentage
ba is: <2i Every school report
is to be written and in the hand-
of the president. W. Dickerson
Donnelly, not later than Friday
ct National Ncaro Health Week
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April 7. K>
Tne Community Li” j!, i! Cotra*
ett has also’made a speakers bu-
Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post
Office at Savannah, Ga., under the Act of
: (h 3 1879
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our citizens will give their assent through
an overwhelmingly favorable vote. The
record of the council-manager plan of
government since Its beginning in 1908,
and the experience of 935 cities with it,
commend it to our city which has found
it necessary to borrow money with w hich
to balance its budget.
A MOST VALUABLE THING
Beginning a number of years back, va¬
rious efforts have been made to get
Negroes to register and become quali¬
fied voters. Only those who valued
their citizenship and considered the bal¬
lot as a means of expressing their right
and duty to take part in government,
took the trouble to become voters. The
only opportunity for exercising the right
to vote when to- do sc had meaning,
came when national elections were held,
or an occasional bond election. The
devotion of the Southern states tu main¬
tain their tradition of disfranchisement,
led them io illegal and extra-legal
means of acccmplisl ng it. the effect
of which was to keep Negroes inexpe¬
rienced ami in political affairs, to make belief them
afiaid. to instill in them the
that matters of government were not
their business. It is not surprising that
it has been a huge job, requiring pa¬
tience and courage, to get Negroes to
qiv'iiy as voters, even alter the Su¬
preme Court of the United States* has
decided that they are entitled to vote in
primaries, even after the poll tax w’as
at lished in this state as a requirement
for voting.
Elections to decide matters of import¬
ance to every citizen in Savannah are
coming up this year. Within the next
j ireo weeks the citizens of Chatham
county will be given the opportunity to
pass upon such matters as paved roads
and streets, expanded sewerage, and
election of the Board of Education by
the people. From the standpoint of cit¬
izenship every election is important be¬
cause it gives every citizen a chance to
exercise a right, appreciation to perform of a the duty, to
ircrease his most
valuable possession an individual has in
a democracy, it is the responsibility
of leaders of every type to drill this into
our people, whether literate or not. This
must be done in the spirit of these Old
Testament words: “These words shall
be in thine heart; and thou shalt teach
them diligently unto thy children; and
shalt talk of them when thou sittest in
thine house, and when thou walkest by
the way, and when thou best down, and
when thou risest up.’’
reau available to sehoo.s next
week. This schedule is as follows:
Dr. C. R. Jordan, 11:00 a. nr.,
Savannah State College. Mr. Al-
phonso E. Fields, 12 30 p. m.
Powell Laboratory S-'.rool, Sa-
vannah State College; Dr. M. P.
Sessoms, 7:3C p. nr., Maple Street
school; Father G. H. Caution,
10:00 a. nr., Harris St. school.
Tuesday, April 4: Wilson Hu-
bert, 10:30 a. nr., Beach high
’school; Miss G. M. Haifa, 10 30
a. m., Florence St. school.
I Wedne day, April 5: W. W.
Leftwiclr, 1.0:00 a. nr., West Sa-
>vannah school.
| Exhibits by the public schools
a nc * tv ‘ e Chatham-Savannah
Health Department will be on
■
[display in the local tore win-
Idows during National Negro
Health Week.
j
VACCINATE YOUR DOG
AGAINST RABIES
The Health Department Ur cj
operalion wilh tae lccal vetcri '
narians is ready to start tire an-
nual rabies vaccination clinics.
These clinic; will be u e 1 d
throughout the City and county
for the eonvinence of c og gw '.ers,
starting Tuesday, April 4. The
clinic schedules will be
announced in t'.re daily papers.
Dog owner are urged to com-
ply with the county and state
law by having their clog
.rated against rabies ea~h year.
It is a public healtn safeguard
and a protection to you. Rabies
has been very greatly reduced
in this area in tf.re last two years
because of many dogs being vac-
cinated each year. Do not become
careless and neglectful. Dogs
must bo vaccinated annually to
keep wbica to a minimum or frs-
' our communtt- id 'be di.» * >•
It is cheap protection. Vacau-
( aUon. tag, and certificate, costs
only $1.00.
j Any dog three .months old and
older should be vaccinated.
are thousands of new dogs each
[year, unprotected and if these animals are
by vaccination
can not hope to keep down out-
breaks of rabies among our di gs.
I This disease is of course trans-
mitted to the human by the bite
of rabid animals. Suer cases are
\ inconvenient, dangerous, and ex-
[pensive. j ,
The dog impounding force
;cannot catch all the dogs allowed
to roam the streets, sc'.rool
yards, and road - : but if these
dog: are protected against rabies
■ you certainly J have a safer corn-
imunity in wnich to dwell.
j Again, you are urged to meet
the clinics with your dog when
they are held in your locality,
lor take them to your local vet¬
erinarian’s office for vaccina¬
tion. Watch for clinic notices in
local papers starting April 4.
New Asst. Librarian
1 At Albany State
I ALBANY GT, Mar 21— Miss
; Bertha M. McAdams, native
lent air, who received the
elor of arts degree from
| College and the bachelor of sci-
jence in library science from At-
; anta university Library 'T'.re
been cmploved at Al-
| „ ^ istant
| librarian, _ Dr. Aaron Brown,
president, announce'. She
to the position at Albany good
training and a good background
[having worked in an Atlanta
| public library for four years. tha*
Dr Brown further added
; Mi. id'-.Vl.iie. ai'pointrnvn' 1 ?
111 keeping with the expansion
nr pay, r, at. tha lnstiLuUuii.
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
‘TRUE AMERICANISM WILL CONQUER!
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BETWEEN THE LINES
By DEAN GORDON B. HANCOCK for ANP
OVER BOOSTING OUR BOYS
When this writer was principal of Seneca
Institute in South Carolina, we had an an¬
nua! oratorical contest. There was a youth
who had marked oratorical gifts and who
made a yearly effort to capture a prize.
He failed three years in succession. JHe
trii 1 too hard. His parents and relatives
and friends were over-anxious for him' to
come 'trough and they usually took the
frort seat and of course their great and
grave anxiety had a depressing effect on
Ur? asp ring orator. The piessure of their
immediate presence and their vaunted eag¬
erness was too much for the lad. I sensed
the trouble and begged them to take back
seats while he made his fourth try for the
prize. It worked like a charm. That night
v.'.tlr hi.; parents and friends on back seats
th youth rose to towering heights and won
the prize by a wide margin.
In previous years he was embarrassed by
those who were too anxious for his success.
He was trying too hard. All he needed
was just a little latitude and when he got
it he made good with a rush. The fore-
gcbig illustrates some thoughts that have
been constantly turning over in my mind
with regard to our Negro big league base¬
ball players. There is a question in my
mind if we are not injuring thpnr by too
much pressure. Of course, it goes without
saying that we are all over-anxious about
them but we must not let our over-anxiety
handicap them in the great task they are
called upon to perform. Of course, as a
race we are spoiled by the phenomenal
performance cl Joe Louis whose fistic:
prowess boosted the flagging morale of a
struggling race. But fighting now and then
is nothing like being under pressure every
day.
Our baseball heroes have done a fine job
and their promise is great but there is
grave doubt as to whether we are helping
them or hindering them by our unconscious
pressure we exert by our too great boosting
and enthusiasm. A little more modesty
in our boosts and a little more veiling of
our concuming anxiety for their success
would be of great value to them in the
stress and strain of a terrific cam¬
Communicable Disease
Summary
For the current weex in the na-
reported cases of influenza in-
crea ed from 27,0.5 to 29,036
For the corresponding week .ast
year 3,780 cases were reputed
The 5-year 1 1045-49 1 median
■ i 4 , 054 .
jus The emulative total is 144 ; 13d
Isponding compared with the ccrre
total of 1946,’the 49,087 for 1949
land 169,936 for highest
year during the la t 5 years.
Relatively large increases for
(the current week over the pre-
j vious (7£8 week reported in Arkansas
to 1.465i. District of
bia i0to 3d, Indiana u to 58'.
,Kansas (71 to 316), Kentucky
j(13 to 91), Maryland (19-to 61).
New Mexico il to 58', New Jer-
! 24) York (1!)
sey (8 to and New
I to 49 )
Tre 10 highest - tates and the
[number of cases reported are;
Teas. 1C.530: Virginia, 7.859:
West Virginia, 2.654:
1654; Arkansas, 1.464: Term
864: Alabama. 816: South Caro-
liira. 4C7; Georgia, 330; and Kan-
sas, 316 The total cases reported
by tire c 10 states is 26 835
■Vncnr. ('ie otlrei 'fa. 5 rapor-
tf;rj HO and 2 irp r, rff , d 1
case each.
paign. Those boys have been marvelous
but they are human and they like others
who have gone before them will bend un¬
der too great pressure.
When we over-boost the boys they be¬
come too anxious to live up to our extra¬
vagant expectations and over-try in their
attempts to make good. The man who
tries hard has a chance but the man who
tries too hard does not have a chance,
Moreover, it is difficult for any man to
near too many good things about himself
without believing some of them. If we ex¬
pect our rookies to perform like veterans,
and measure arms with veterans, we are
expe ting too much. Just how Jackie and
Larry Doby and Don Newcombe and Sat¬
chel Paige could carry the load of their
playing and our load of rampant expecta¬
tions has been a miracle but even miracles
are not eternal. If over-boosting does not 1
turn the head of these young fellow's it
certainly predisposes them to over-doing
themselves trying to live up to advance no¬
tices and the plaudits of the crowd.
When these fellows t:y and fail they have
a sense of frustration and futility that tie
young white players do not have. We
seldom see an over-boosted white player
make good. Monte Kennedy and Cl'nt
Hartung are good examples. Tire guys up
there who are playintg the life out of the
big leagues are fellows who were not over-,
boosted but who had to fight for what
they got. At any rate the fellow who comes
too highly recommended starts under a se¬
vere handicap even like the children of
prominent parents.
This article is written in behalf of the)
fine boys we now have in the major leagues.
I would love to see them let alone and giv¬
en the lattitude they need to make good and
not overwhelmed with our deep anxietieij
for their success. Some boosting has its
place but too much boosting can be a dis-
tirre ive handicap to the boys we are depend¬
ing on to carry the race’s colors. Too much
bccsting strain. places the boys under too great {
a Let us be more restrained in our
enthusiasm lest we hinder the very thing
we try to help. The Negro press has the
answer.
For the third successive week
[total dealers reported in ma;o;
cities were slightly above norm-
, a p The mall increase in deaths
,j ! s probably due in part to the
increase in influenza and pneu-
jmoria. ‘pneumonia Reports deaths o? influenza in e.iese and cit-
are incomplete for the cur-
'rent week and the preceding
jweek, week ended but beginning March 4 with dec. the r
|^cnr these two causes increased
ty 133 >352 to 485> over the pre-
ceeding week.
Reported ca es of pneumonia
totaled 3 .C 21 for tire current
week, as compared with 2.;6i foi
previous week and 3,118 for
the week ended March 4, the
high week this year.
| Increases over the previous
week are noted in reported case
{of [are the also following above the diseases 5-year w-rich med-
ian: infectious encephalitis (9 to
[I'D. meningococcal meningitis
['ICS to 111 ), and whooping cough
<2.807 to 2.867>. One case of an-
[thax and one case of psittoco is
"ere reported in New "iork.
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There are propagandist who
ibejifrp tha' the wai to win an
iquenUy, i objective is to lie fluently, fre-
and forever.
VFW ANTI-COM¬
MUNIST FILM AWARD
NEW YORK— An official • A-
ward of Merit ’ has beer an¬
nounced by the Veterans of For-
4gn Wars of the United States, !
for the film production “Guilty
ot Treason”, the story of the
‘trial behind tire trial” of Card-
inal Mindzzenty. The award
reads:
“In commendation of ' Gu lty
of Treason”, whose poignant
portrayal of the trial of Cardinal
Mindszenty, testifies to tire high
price which free peoples of the
world must be prepared to pay to
uphold t’.re rights they cherish
and emphasizes the supreme
value " ~ of those fundamental prin-
ci e Qf ljf£ liberty, and pur¬
j suit of happiness which the men
of America's armed forces fought
to preserve, rights of human
freedom which the New World
L Qrder Qf Communism cannot
nder tand but which are the
jnalienab;c birth . right of the
American people.”
The veterans of Foreign Wars
j {made Lion Film:, the award and jointly Jack v,’rather to Eagle
id's [arid Robert .Golden, flic yioduc-
of the pieiinea. .
THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1050
HOME EDUCATION
Issued tjy the National Kindergarten Association, 8 West 10th
Street, New York City. These articles are appearing weekly in
our columns.
“THE CHILD’S FIRST SCHOOL IS THE FAMILY”—Froebel
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GETTING EVEN
Mary Starck Kerr
"I II get even with him”, said
Tommy Carro.l, showing his
mother his arithmetic book from
whitu the protecting cover had
been half torn off.
' Who did it?” questioned his
mother. "Eill Mack again?”
‘Yes’’, said Tommy. ' Bill Mack
tire big bully! But I'll get even
with lrinr.”
' How wi 1 you get even witl
( Tommy?” asked Mrs. Carr¬
oll, . o seriously that Tommy
looked at her almost startled.
"By doing something to him-
hiding his innch, maybe cr grab¬
bing his homework away from
nim and tearing it up—anything
I get a chance to do to him that
will make him sorry.”
“But, Tommy, haven’t you been
answering Bilks tricks that way
ever since school began, and dors
he behave as if me were sorry? It
seem to me all that happens i
that he becomes angry and
start; sometning that he b ank,
is getting even with you.”
. Tommy was thoughtful. “I be-
lieve he does get mad and then
to do something back
Tommy paused. ' Motuer,
how can we ever stop it?”
“Don’t you remember anythi -g
from Sunday-scnool les ons that
help?” asked Mrs. Carrol.
"Do you mean vv.rere it says to
do good to those who hate you?”
answered Tommy.
"Yes’ and there is another
lessen telling you that i. you;
enemy is hungry you should feed
him and if he is 1 rii-sty you
should give him drink.”
Soap Sculp-
•Uji Till. 1 *^v / vlddo ltiCJC xVl AT
V
Lihrary
Carnegie Library is now
Hobby wee*. A
of American scamps ana a
of sea sheas gathered
beaches in severaf . tates
on exhibit in the Main R?au-
o°m.
Display fcu letm; .... in the library
gaily and colorfully in'-He all ti
a book on such hobbies as
photog. ap.ry, sewnrg, nw.t air -
p.ane building, stamp collecting
song writing, soap carving and
many ethers.
A c’a s in soap carving is
being organized. All .ibrary pa-
from 6 to 1C6 are eligible to
join this group. Mrs. Earline
S.mmons Smith, Instructor ol
Art at Savannah S:ate col ege,
will guide the potential artists.
Proctor and Gamble is spon or-
the 23rd annual Ivory Soap
competition with
totaling $3,775.00 in cash
prizes being made in three classes
—Advanced, Senior and Junior .
is hoped that t'.re
Group will produce onre
carvings tlrat may be en-
in this national contest.
Come to the Childre i's Room
Carnegie Public
March 33 at 7:09 p.
m. for the first meeting of t'.re
Sculpture class. E nt i r e
are invited to partici-
pate. Bring with you a cake of
soap and either a pen
knife or a kitchen paring knife.
have some good clean fuv
carving soap!
Statisticians report a
drop” in the co t of living.
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TURING ART— "Learn to do by
doing" is the slogan of these
Count Horne Di_moiu.tra-
club women ua they learn
Tommy thought for a mom¬
ent. 'But Bill Mack isn't hun¬
gry or thirsty. What cou.d i. do
for .rim?”
"I don’t know', Tommy; o.'a
know one thing you shorlld not
do. Just don't try to get even
with him this time. I will irienii
the book cover and we will say
nothing about it.”
A few days later Tommy came
running in from sc.rool, saving,
“Mother, may 1 have a lew cook¬
ies? Dick Brown and BiL Mack
are outside, and we’re hungry.”
Mrs. Carroll hesitated. Taen
she went to the phone, and aft'ir
two brief calls to ascertain that;
tore boy's mothers had .ro object¬
ion to the proposed unplanned
lunch, she gave Tommy a paper* witlrA
plate of cookies to take uot
him. f
At the dinner table that even¬
ing, she asked Tommy what lad
happened to change Bi 1 Mack’s
attitude.
"Ca, I noticed he was walch-
ing out for me. I uppose he, was
me to do sznrgtjriig
to get even because re torg the
book cover but I just went abound
[with Dick Brown and didn’t pay
any attention to him, until I
heard him tell cne of the other
iboys his young brother, Henry,
[was sick. Dick and I decided to
save some of our iu.'.ch anti take
jit to little Henry on our “Way
home from school. We did that,
and I think it made Bill for? fefcl-
; ter toward all of us. Anyway, ho
i n’t bothering us any more”
Savannah Soldier
Gets Citation
Sergeant Frank Jones of the
?956.h Tenlcha .Service Unit was
1 pre ented with the Bronze Star
Medal by Brigadier CJeiieral
Frank U Cole > Letterm ™ Gen¬
Cral Hcsptial CommandiK *. ^. v
erai, at a special ceremony. ~in
j the Genera, s Office on the
morning of Martu I*,
1 The Savannah soldier, is
wno
12 years old, received the award
ifor "exemplaary conduct in the
Men terraneai Theatre of Op-
erations.”
| The full citation reads ag fol-
lows: “By direction of the presi-
[dent, jExecutive under the provi ions of
Iz, Order 9129. dated Feb.
1944 (Section II War Depar.t-
emnt Bulletin 3, 1944) you ‘.rave
|been awarded the Bronze Star
[Medal ’or examp'ary conduct in
ground combat against t h e
[armed enemy while assigned as
Technician Fourth Grade, Hist
Infantry Regiment, on or about
13 February 1045. in the Medi¬
terranean Theatre of Opera¬
tions.”
Sergeant Jones is at present
! aligned to Letterman General
1 Hospital, Custodial Service,
as a
suupervisor, but ex-
pects to leave for the Far East
'Command about March 24. T'.ris
will be the third overseas tour
| for the “ergeant, who in addition A
to his wartime service oent „J
,twenty-eight months in Korea. '
jKe j has General been stationed Hospital at Le.t-
erman in San
j | Francisco since Marc-r 1949.
sp>-£reant Jn -.es atendeci Cuy-
Jer Vocational school in Savan-
oah, and David Howard High
Thool in Atlanta.
i t - s nice to hear about, pros-
I p 8r ity but it is better to have
some of it.
intricate steps in re-upholstering
taught by County Home Denron-
rtration Agent, Mis. Ethel
Uaynes.—tANPj