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Y£i4RS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBUC SERVICE
LX VIII
State Convention of Elks meets j
hundred lere in a delegates two day sessioi. and other Five j j 1208 Enrolled
’oyal ges and Elks Daughter from the various Elks unit lod¬ jAt j Sav’h State
from all over the state will be College
guests of Pride of Brun wick | j
’odge who will serve as hosts to
the convention. Twelve hundred and eight stu¬
The festivities get under way dents are enrolled in Savanna i
SERVING ON DONOR DA 1 — services of the volunteers pie- Photo by Cecil Sunday with a street demon- State College for the spring
The first integrated Negro Vol¬ turd above was outstanding. Mrs Marzella Futch, Mrs. Mar; tration at 3 p. m. whan a gi¬ quarter, according to T. C Mey-
unteer Services group serving on Reading left to rig.it, they B. Ward, Mrs. Beatrice Rivers gantic paiade will be staged, grs the registrar
Negro Donor Day at the Red are: Mrs. Julia Brcwmee, Mrs ] Mrs. Eois Barker, Mrs. Ver. vhich promises to be one of the The breakdown follow wom¬
Cross Blood Center proves its Ella Brown, Mrs. Hattie Paulin, i Clark, Mr?. Gustave Richardson biggest street parades in t ie en, 507; men. non-vt. 278, and
worth, according to Mr?. Janet Mrs. Rosa B. Vos, Mrs. Cora- Mrs. Annie Graves, Mrs. Ozena history of this city. In addition mc'n, vet. 423. There are three
K Merman, Chief Nurse. The Rush, Mrs. Anna E. Maxwell, I Wilcox. to the marching units of the women veterans enrolled. Two
Liberty County Schools lodges there will be .special mar¬ hundred and sixty-nine non vets
ching units from various Daugh¬ are attending the college de¬
ter Elks organizations, a num¬ partment, with nine in the
ber of World War Veteran units, trade school.
and a half dozen bands from The number of vets enrolled
Hold Big Community Bay Ohio In Continued Jimcrow VA on Page Hospital Sever. (Continued Engages on page Sixt
4-H Club Awards The annual school and com¬ Policies
Are Announced munity day of Liberty county DAYTON, o.— iANPi—
was enjoyed by hundreds of en¬ Obvi-, State Sentinel gave an eyewit-
ergetic school boys and girls Fri¬ ous and segregation of Negro patient s j ness story of jimcrow practices
ADDRESSED T. B day at the Liberty Recreational white pc.„ients a; well as j after the paper had
A series of 4-H Club Clinics Center. Negro employees from white em- j complaint; about,
BOARD numerous
ASSO. were State held College, recently Albany at Savannah Col¬ The activities for the day in¬ ployees was discovered here last them, although C. W. Drehs, VA
State cluded communty singing, spel¬ week at the local Veterans Ad¬ public
lege, and Atlanta University, ac¬ ministration ‘hospital. relations director, repeat¬
cording to report of P. H. ling contest, folk dances, races, Accorlfng to reporters for edly had told fehe paper he ‘‘did
a stunts and the plaiting of the a
Stone, State Agent, Georgia Ag¬ local weekly who visited the not know” of any segregation at
riculture Exten:ion Service. May pole. Cf these the spelling, hospital the medical center.
folk dances, races and stunts to investigate persis¬ Patients are segregated at
The purpose of the clinics was competitive. tent charges of jimcrow, colored meal, emloyess.
to acquaint the agents with t'.ie were patients and employees told ery and so are
new phases of the 4-H club pro¬ The names of the schools and them, “It always has been this Although the newspaper com
gram for the year. The meeting their total number of points won way.” plained openly, it was noted
was under the direction of Alex- 4-H ] ’ Continued on Page 7 A reporter from the Chio j Continued on Page Seven
ander Hurse, Negro State
club agent, and Miss Camilla'
Weems, as istant state agent.:
The instruction was given by
members from the state office
at At’.iens and Savannah, ac-; j
cording to the report of Stone.
Tire 4-H club awards for Negro
club members for 1950 were an¬
nounced. The awards were made j
available through the efforts of ;
Wi hams the state office? in Athens and j j
Miss Charlotte Savannah. I
Miss Charlotte Williams, Pub¬ The awards are as follows. !
lic Welfare Supervisor of the Com munity Improvement— j I
ChaSjam County Department of $500.OC and Banquet. Atlanta !
Public Welfare, was the guest j Journal; Painting—.«-100.00. Atn- As- j I
speaker a* the regular monthly erican Turpentine Farmers
meeting of the Associate Board sociation; Regional CampETAO I
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Woodson I
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Carter WASHINGTON—(ANP)— Go a win Woodson, Dr. 74, i 3-Day Men’s | I
probably the w'orld’s best autho -1 Festival At i
rity on Negro history, was bur- |
icd here Saturday. Funeral • College
services were teld at the Shiloh
Baptist church. The Rev. E. L. |
Harrison officiated.
The famed historian, both ; I
self-educated and college! |
trained, died in his home Mon¬
day afternoon, apparently from 1
a heart attack. His home was lo- < |
rated above the Association and History for J
Study of Negro Life
an institution he founded ana ]
devoted his life to. He had been
in ill health and under a doc¬ !
tor’s care for two years.
Born at New Canton, Va.
Woodson grew up in Hunting-
ton. W. Va.. and worked in the
(Continued on Page Three> FUNERAL HOME NEARLY TWO YEARS OLD—The above pictures show the Wil-
j Williams Funeral Home, its choir, staff, rolling stock, and Osie H.
Dr. Fcnvielle Continues ! | Hants & co-owners.
To Improve Dean Ernest A. Finney Williams (left insert) and George C. Williams (right insert). Cecil’s Photo Studio
The Third Annual Men’s Fes¬ Cdrt7r^mT7uT7--rrrT* Will¬ ly constructed. It houses the T.ie buidling, planned by the
Word was received in the city tival will be held at Savannah
this week that Dr. J. E. Fon- iams and Williams Funeral Home very latest in equipment and senior partner, Osie H. Williams,
State college on April 14-16. A will celebrate its second anni¬ rolling stock, making it one of equipment,
vielle of the Savannah Pharm¬ film, softball games, track and houses, besides the
acy, who w r as recently operated versary. The mortuary, located the most complete and most at¬ a well-equipped oil ice and re-
at Provident hospital in Chi¬ field activities, a banquet, a soc- at 1012-14 East Gwinnett street, tractive funeral homes in this
on and convenient¬ section. (Continued on Page Three)
cago, continues to improve. Continued on Page Seven is both modern
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1950
ELKS TOTNVHIE
SKUNSWICK NEXT WEEK
TO STAGE BIG
SUNDAY
Oratorical Contest
Monday Night
BRUNSWICK. Apr. 13—Hordes
of Elk; win invade
next weew when the Georgia
Class of 21 in In* Graduated
| By largo Beauty School
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MADAME CARRIE CARGO
Head of School
A class of twenty-one will be
graduated Sunday by the Cargo
National School of Beauty Cul-
lure at exercises which will be
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Second Race Candidate
Offers for Richmond Council
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RICH MOND, Va—-<ANP> —
One ol two candidates who en-
tered the Richmond 1950 Citj
Council race last week is a Ne-
gro. He is t’.ie second member o
the race to announce hLs candi-
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582 Enrolled
Albany State
College
ALBANY, Ga., Apr. 6— Mrs.
Helen M. Mayes, Chief Record:
Clerk and Assistant Registrar oj
Albany State college, announce
that the total spring quarter en-
rollment is 582, of which 148 are
In-Service teachers. Furthei
breakdown of these figures re-
veals that the total number oi
men is 141 of which 65 are vet-
erans, and 293 women, which
brings the total number of reg-
u’.ar full-t imo st | nts to ■'’-34
Of the 148 In-Service leather
enrolled, two are men and 14
women.
The Records Department fur-
ther reports that the accumula-
five enrollment for the year is
5C2 students; that Is. accumula-
live for only regular full-time
students.
AND HOBBY
The Savannah chapter of the
Pan-Helie lie Council will spon-
or an art and hobby exhibit on
Sunday, May 14, at the West
Broad street YMCA.
Anyone wishing to place • ois
work on display should contact
any of the followin: Mrs. Anita
Stripling, phone 3-25C4; Mrs.
Berneida Darey, 8957; Miss
Gussie Petite, 3-3322, or Mrs
Rubye Gadsos, 4-3704.
Mr. Butler Improving
Friends will be plesed to know
that James F. Butler who teas
injured Monday night before
i last when knocked down by an
automobile Is much improved
and will soon be out again. He
is at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Arthur Brockington, 3515
Stevens street.
Please give freeiy to the Canf-
cer Drive. J33
Plans Are Completed For
Jabberwoek
Member Audit Bureau Circulation*
Price 7c
Betty Wrig
Wins P-TA
Scholarship
At the regular monthly meet¬
ing of the Beach PTA, Mrs.
Brinson presented Betty Wright
a *75 scholarship to Savannah
State college for having the best
essay on "Every School Needs
a Parent-Teacher Association.’'
Miss Wright is a senior stu-
dent and has been outstanding
during her entire high school
matriculation. Site will compete
on a state wide basis at a later
date.
Miss L. Cromartie, treasurer
of the PTA, submitted $41.00
which was contributed by par¬
ents to send Mrs. Sadie Brown
and Mrs. Sarah Branner to the
state PTA convention in Macon,
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Plans have been completed
for the sixth annual Jabberwoek
which will be presented by the
local chapter of the Delta Sig¬
ma Theta Sorority at the Muni¬
cipal auditorium, Friday, April
21 .
The five "Miss Jabberwoek”
contestants are selling ticket
'o fast that a packed house is
anticipated.
The theme for this year’s en¬
tertainment Is "Mid-Century
Revue.” Savannahians cannot
afford to miss this performance.
The net proceeds from the
Jabberwoek will help to provide
a scholarship for a derserving
high school senior who will en¬
ter college in t.ie fall.
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farming boosters club—
Samuel Stevens, who has form¬
ulated plans to organize a
“boosters club" for athletics at
Savanna.r State college.
NU CHAPTER PLANS
TYPING CONTEST
The monthly meeting of Nu
Chapter of Iota Phi Lambda
Sorority met Friday night at the
home of Soror Josie Sessoms,
with Soror Helen Weathers pre¬
siding.
The main feature of the meet-
ng was the plannng of a type-
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MR. WARRICK
BURIED SATURDAY
JOHN H. \t ARRICK, SR.
Funeral services for John Har-
risen Warrick, Sr., who died on
April 5 following an automobile
accident, were held Saturday,
April 8 in Meldrim auditorium
at Savannah State college. Rev.
L. L. Scott presided and dciiv-
ered the eulogy.
Music was rendered by H. It.
Hatchett, College Park Baptist
church choir. Robert C. Long.
Bet 1 .? Eden church choir, and
Savannah State College choir,
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Two Seek
Winston-Sal¬
em Offices
WINSTON-SALEM- N. C.—
iANPi— Two Negroes threw
. their hats in the ring as candi¬
dates for the coming Demo-
; c.rtiic primary here last week.
| Dr. W. H. Brucek, local physi¬
cian, seeks a seat on the For¬
syth county board of commiss¬
ioners and W. T. Garrett, tobac¬
co worker and transfer business
operator, contest for the jus¬
tice of the peace post.
Dr. Bruce, who has been prac-
[ ticing medicine here for 44 yrs.,
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NUMBER M
To Speak Here
Sunday
Dr. Thomas J. Davis, Sr., com¬
missioner of education of Morris
Brown college, Atlanta, who will
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