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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
Mrs. Right
Again Heads
State P-TA
The G eorgia Congress of Coi
ored Parent-Tea; iers held it
annual convention April 11-13
at Tremont Temple Baptis
ch'urch, Macon, as guests of tlr
Bibb Cou ity Council of Parent
Teachers.
Tue day a'tcrnoon, the pres
klents’ luncheon was held r
Stewart Chapel AME church
presided o'’er by Mrs. Pearl
Smllh of Savannah, the thir.
past pee aden\ Greeting' wor
extended by Mr. R. J. Martin,
president of G. T. E. A. Discu •
sioi centered around “Funct
ions of units”, Mrs. J. P. She
wood, Atlanta; “Function o
districts, Mrs. J. A. Brinson, Sa¬
vannah. Tuesday night a pane’
i cfecus.sion was led by Dr. C. V.
Troup of Fart Val ey, Dr. Aaron
Brnwn of A barv ttate college
ond President W. K. Payne o
Savannah State collere. T'
Continued on Page Seven
Dobbsj;Says Race Race Needs Needs
Education, Money, Ballot
AKA Southern Regional
Meet Re Held Next Week
ORANGEBURG. S. C.— Top
leaders and general officers of
the Alp.ia Phi Alpha fraternity
have accepted invitations to
participate in the Southern Reg¬
ional Conference to be held at
Claflin and South Carolina State
A and colleges April 28-30.
Preparations have been un¬
derway for several months to
entertain \V.iat promises to be
one of the most significant
meetings in the history of the
fraternity. The Southern Region
includes North Carlina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia,
RECEIVED A»NOLi.GARTEN Liai<i,ilS CL i.. iotandin; ie.ri w ..gut)—Mrs. S.
i 4 -ickson, Fi ,- s* Ongregaticnal Kindergarten, Airs. ,M. Rivers, Bethlehem Center; Mrs. Vio'a
Oliver, West S‘de Kindergarten; Dr. Henderson, Mrs. Lillian Hill, Hill Kindergarten; Mrs.
udele Black and Mrs. Clenunie Woodbridge, M runt Smyrna Kindergarten; Mrs. Lizzie Cox
Jeiusa!e>i Baptist Kindergarten; Mrs. La y B. Derrrre, Ada Bolden Kindergarten; Mrs. L. B.
Johnson, Hodge Memorial K ndergarten; .Miss L’ian Millen, Spr:iiuc Kindergarten; .Mrs. Ceola
Prooits, rtiss Charlesetta J. A. Myers Brinson, (did District not comp President, ete course) P.- T. A.; Seated: Mrs. Mrs. M. Young, Genora Betniehem Spears, Beth¬ Cen¬
lehem Center; Mrs.
ter and Mrs. Ruby Myers. —l'hoto By Freeman
Dr. c. A. Henderson, Medical
Director, Chatham-Savannah
Health Depart ment, presents
certificates to fifteen kindergar-
ten leaders who successfully
completed a ten-hour cour e in
“Hea th Education for Kinder-
garden Leader .” This course was
under the direction of Mrs. Ida
J. Gadsden. Health Educator and
Mrs. Thelma McIntosh, Public
Health Nurse.
Last year more than five hun¬
dred pre-schocl children en
tcred the kindergartens in Sa¬
vannah. The possibility of de¬
velopment at the pre-grade age
arc undoubtedly tremendous.
Not only should kindergarten
train the mental and moral na-
ture of the child, but it should
also be concerned with the phy-
sical health. The
helps promote physical effici¬
ency by offering the best of op¬
portunities for the
normal activity and growth of
the child under hygenic and
(Continued on page Six)
ATA THE HUB ANNIVERSARY—Shown in the top picture,
left, are the new officers of (he Huh, outstanding business and
professional club, being sworn into office by the Rev. P. A. Pat¬
terson last Friday night at the annual banquet of the organi¬
zation at the West Broad Street “Y.”
Bottom, left, President Bi;sh being congratulated by J. Wes¬
ley Dobbs, of Atlanta, principal speaker at the banquet. Next
to Mr. Dobbs is R. W. Gadsden, a former president of the club.
Bottom, right—A group of Charleston, S. C., business men,
members of the Charleston Democratic Progressive club, who
accompanied A. J. Clemants, formerly of Savannah, here for
the banquet. Mr. Clemants is third in line from left, shaking
hands with Pres derit Bush. Others in the group are James Ma-
conic, Gonzales Wadsley, Eugene Smith and Walter Johnson
—Photo By Freeman
Florida, Mississippi and Ala
bama.
Dr. Alonzo G. Moron, new
president of Hampton Institute
and Director of Educational Ac¬
tivities of the Alp.ia Phi Alpha
fraternity, has accepted an in-
vitalion to participate on the
program. Other college presi¬
dents who have accepted include
Dr. H. Council Trenholm, pres¬
ident Alabama State College and
former director of Educational
activities; Dr. Aaron Brown,
president of Albany State college
Continued on Page 7
j Large Crowd Expected At
Jabberwock Tomorrow Night
j The coveted title of “Miss Jab¬
: j
] berwock’' will be won by. one of
I five charming y ung lady con- I
: testants Friday night, April 2i
: at Municipal auditorium.
j The proceeds from this affair
is used a: a scholarship fund i
for derservlng girls and boys.
The fhe young ladies who are
| competing for the USD title are
the Misses Betty Stokes, Connie
Mo eley and Toletha Berwick of |
Beach high school. Miss An na
Bell Jaudan of Haven Home
school and Miss Catherine Hum
of Savannah State college.
Mrs. Annie Givins is the pres¬
i ident of the Delta Sigma Theta ;
sorority.
Following Ls the program:
Presentation of Miss Jabber-
wock
Prolovuc - Physical Education.
Department. Savannah State i
Continued on Page Six
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA THURSDAY. APRIL 20, 1950
In speaking at the Fifth An¬
niversary Banquet of the Hub
Club Friday night, John Wesley
Dobbs, Atlanta, Grand Master
of the Masons of Georgia, placed
a challenge to the Negro race
as a solution to the race prob-
lem.IIe firmly stated that the
race needs to launch a three-
point program: get education,
get money, and use the ballot.
The ballot is a great equalizing
force for every man regardless
of race, religion, or financial
condition beacuse each man ha c
but one vote,” he stated.
The Georgia-born orator said
that there is power in money
and organization. He cited land
marks of the race such as the
Continued on page Seven
Local Cancer
Goal Drive
Set at $1500
Gamma Sigma Omega chap¬
ter of Alpha Kappa Alpha soro¬
rity wishes to thank all churces
that took part in our Cancer
Sunday last week. However, be¬
cause our material came late,
we are asking all ministers who
did not observe last Sunday as
Cancer Day to please do so this
Sunday. For any additional in¬
formation contact Mrs. Ouida
F. Thompson or Mrs. Violet
Singleton
Our goal is $1,500 and we hope
~Continued on Pa^e Seven
White Prof. Loses Second
Job Because Invited Negroes
NEW YORK—(ANPi— Lee
Lorch, white college professor
who had Negro guests in his
home in a restricted housing
project last year, was notified
last week that he had lost his
second teaching position be¬
cause of that incident.
This time Prof. Loren learned
that Pennsylvania State college
will not renew his appointment
as an assistant professor of
mathematics at the school. He
said A. C. Morse, as istant to the
college president, said his act¬
ion of having a Negro family as
guests in his home was “extreme,
illegal and immoral, and dam¬
aging to the public relations of
the college.”
Morse referred to the time that
Lorch invited Mr. and Mrs. Har-
dine Hendrix and their five-year
old son, a Negro family to be
guests in his apartment in
Stuyvesant Town.
Stuyvesant Town i; the gigan¬
tic housing project built by the
Metropolitan Life Insurance
company with the aid of public
funds for the purchase of the
land which it occupies. The giant
insurance firm has consistently
refused to admit Negroes to the
project.
The Hendrixes stayed at
Continued on Page 7
Two Virginia
Accused Unequal Educat’n
RICHMOND—(A N P)— Two
Virginia counties, Cumberland
and Buckingham, accused last
week of failing to provide equal
educational facilities for Negro
children, prepared to deny and
ught statements made by Negro
na rents.
Bot'.i counties’ superinten-
iants received petitions from
Negro students through the Hill,
Martin and Robinson law firm.
These petitions demanded that
iiscriminatory policies be
stopped. They asked that Negro
children be supplied the same
THEY RECEIVED DIPLOMAS SUNDAY—Members of the gradu
atmg class of the Cargo School of Beauty Culture who wero
presented their diplomas Sunday morning at an exercise a*
I onuor s trmplr Bd|*li ( Lliutcli, the Rev. !• 1 >c;ott delivering
the .main orWjrcss.
Left to right, on church steps; Wesley Burke, Leroy .McCoy,
educational facilities given w'hite
children. (
The petition warned:
“Unless a response is received
within 15 days from this date,
we will be forced to assume that
the requests and demand; of
said petitions are denied by you.’
A. Laurie Pitts, Jr., attornev
for Buckingham county, termed
the charges “absurd and asnine.’
He reasoned t'nat the white
schools need help, too. He “aid
his county would fight to the
last ditch any court action the
Negroes might bring up.
u illiams
Seeks Coun¬
cil Seat
DANVILLE, Va.,— <ANP>— A
Negro candidate last week an¬
nounced that he would seek a
seat in the Danville city council
in the June 13 election.
He is Jerry L. Williams fourth
person to announce his candi-
Continued on Page Six
Nation's Schools Musi Be
Asseris Hendrix
Speaking in support of fed¬
eral aid to education. Moss H
THE NATIONS SCHOOLS Must
Hendrix, a legislative represen ¬
tative of the National Educa¬
tion Association, told a citizens
rally the “Nations schools must
be improved, if the nation’s fu¬
ture is to be secured.”
Mr. Kendrix, who is a member
of the Washington headquarters
staff of the NEA, spoke before
a Chatham County Negro
Teachers As cciation-sponsorecl
meeting at Beach High school on
Monday night. He took the oc¬
casion to compliment Savannah
and Chatham county for its cur¬
rent drive to equalize teacher’s
salaries and school facilities for
Continued on Page Six
Harry Aiken, Annie Hopson, Saliie Kenfroe, Lossie Miller. Ger¬
trude Singleton, Willie G. Johnson, Adel Wright, James C. Tay-
l,,r Jart'O Rit(h p,.qrvplt Infinnio Sirinr|](.. T ouicp gflrnr;., T?{}trrf
............... Henr\ L. Kdnionson. Susie Mar Ross, Bertha Jackson,
Udell IVifcher, Saliie William*;, Geneva WiJeox Futch; standing
in front on ground, Ethel l.aVantt, Bertie VVentry, Mm. Carrie
Cargo, head of school, and Georgia Lucas. Photo by Cecil Studio
Member Audit Bnrean Circulations
Price 7c
Indict 3 White
Men for Hoping tiirl
A Negro
ROME, Ga., April 18 A spec¬
ial grand jury indicted three
vhite men here yesterday wh
ire accused o.' raping a 13-year-
ild Negro girl in a nearby
vooded area as two white wom¬
en, companions of the men, an
;aid to have sto id watch while
he assault was being committed
Tile 1 jury al o ordered Geneva
Davis, a white woman, Ijeld un
ler $ 1 X 00 bond a; a witness tc
the April 3 attack.
Named in the indictments
were James Mario Eider, 20, o)
Rockmart: Jrald David Hicks
24, of Dallas, and Louie Eugerje
Byars, 20, of Rome.
Detective Wil.iams, investiga¬
tor in the case, said evidenci
indicated each of the men vio¬
lated the girl while the othei
two men held her.
He said it was “one of thi
worst sex crimes I have encoun¬
tered in my entire career.”
Williams said the party of
white persons had been sitting
in a car in the wooded area when
the girl passed by at about dusk
on her way to a spring to “fetch
a pail of water” for her mother.
The men and women fled
when police arrived, leaving the
girl naked in the woods, the de¬
said.
Teachers To Be Heard in
Concert At St. Philip Church
The teachers of Savannah and
Chatham County will prove on
April 28 that teachers have tal¬
ent too. The teachers wil pre¬
sent their second annual mus¬
ical at St. Phillip’s AME church
on Friday night, at 9:00 P m.
Teachers with musical ability
will render selections. Some of
the participant-, on this pro¬
gram will be Peter Smalls and
James Co’e, of Bpach high sell..
Jane Starr and Evelyn May of
Cuyler. Fannie Preston, of Paul¬
sen, Nancy Walker of Florence,
Continued on Page Six
MR. and MRS. EUGENE
EDWARDS DIE WITH¬
IN FOUR DAYS
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene M Ed¬
wards died within four days. Mr.
Edwards died Saturday at a local
hospital following a heart at¬
tack and Mrs. Edward; died yes¬
terday i Wednesday i at her res¬
idence, 612 Henry street, east,
after an illness of long duration.
Both were native Savannahians.
Mr. Edwards wa; buried Tues¬
day from St. Matthew’s Episco-
comt.inupd mi Page 1
NUMBER 27
1950 UNC Fd.
Gets Going
NEW YORK - Support of the
United Negro College Fund’s
1950 effort to raise Si ,400,005 t>
supplement the operating bud¬
gets of 32 private colleges a.id
universities was urged this week
(April 12 1 by Dr. Ira DeA Reid,
orofe sor of sociology. Haver-
ford, Pa., and Brig. General
David Sainoff, chairman Radi >
Corporation of America, as a
means of realizing the American
heritage of freedom,
T'.iey addressed a capacity au¬
dience of 400 persons attend! sg
the Fund’s national and New
York opening meeting in Rock¬
efeller Center’s rainbow Room.
Other speakers included Mr-.
Ohauncey L. Waddell, chairman
Continued on Page 7
Dr. Fonvielle
Recuperating
Dr. J. E. Fonvielle of the Sa¬
vannah Pharmacy who has been
undergoing treatment at a Chi¬
cago hospital for the past month
is greatly improved and is nov r
recuperating at the home of his
niece in Chicago, Mrs. Grier.