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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
6 Yr. Old MAN FATAU.Y BEATEN
BY FLORIDA MOOT RIDERS
BLOSSOM TIME IN
Valley college’s Miss
Peach Blossom of 1951 and her
Dr. Bundle Flays Cover
nors Byrnes, Talmadge
Winners in Savannah State
College Tracies Contest
Record Crowd of 11,000 See
Dodgers Edge Out Phillies
DR. DAVIS HONORED
BY W. VA. COLLEGES
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«*HICACH5— iANP) — John W.
jDavis, president of West Vir-
[ginia fed vice State president college, of was the North elect-
Central Association of Colleges
! and Secondary schools at the
| ! organization’s annual meeting
here last week.
It is the first time a colored
man has ever held such a post
this top ranking e ducatio n-
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NEW BAPTIST BATH-
is a scene at the
opening of the National
Bathouse-Sanitarium in
Springs, Ark., an institution
by the church group,
National Baptist Conven-
of the U. S. A., Inc.
well with the first Georgia
peach blossoms of the season. :
The college is located in the
heart of Peach county. I
The biggest crowd ever to
witness a baseball game in Sa¬
vannah was on hand last nlghl
to see the Brooklyn DodgerS
edge out the Philadelphia Phil¬
lies, 5 to 4, in an exhibition
contest.
Every available seat in
Grayson Stadium was taken a
half hour before game time and
at 8 o’clock fans were stand¬
ing all around the playing
field, in some places four deep.
The record crowd of over
11,500 was approximately even¬ and
ly divided between white
colored fans who witnessed a
contest that was played in
mid-season form and was fill¬
ed with sparkling, breath-tak¬
ing fielding on both sides.
Brooklyn’s four Negro stars
were all on hand, but only two
of them saw active service.
Jackie Robinson, stellar sec¬
ond baseman, playing brilliantly the en¬
tire game, fielding Times
and getting two hits for 4
at bat, and Campanella, catch¬
er. pinch hitting in the ninth.
He flted out. Dan Bankhead
and Don Newcombe. pitchers,
were seen in the pre-game
work-out.
The crowd was truly a cross
section
and, by ail means, the mo
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Mass Registration Planned by Hub
Mrs. Edith Sampson of Chica¬
go, prominent national arid
international figure in v*-jld
affairs and in women’s activ¬
ities, delivered the dedicatory
address. Mrs. Samp¬
Shown abovt are
son and three other persons
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1951
From left to right: Lucille
FearSi a freshman; Clara Ad-
junior; Dolores R. Jordan,
senior; Delores Washington.
The Division of Trades and
Industries of Savannah State
College, under the direction of
William B. Nelson, supported by
the staff members in the divis¬
ion and president W. K. Payne,
conducted a state-wide trade
contest for high school boys
taking trades in Geor gia . Mr.
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Chatham County Courthouse
will be a beehive of activity,
when the Hub Citizenship Com¬
mittee stages its initial Mass
Registration. Impetus will be
given the movement by form¬
er committeeman, W. Dicker-
son Donnally who will spear¬
head it by presenting for reg¬
istration more than two hun¬
dred high school students now
attaing voting age. Prof. Don-,
nelly has furthered his drive
to reach unregistered parents
of all students concerned. The
students will include members
of the John Wesley Citizenship
Club and Teenagers from the
Woodvilie High School.
The drive in its complete
sense is a movement to pro¬
mote the Negro voting power
to approximately forty thous-
or nearly ninety-five
^ Q Jefferson committtee
chairman stressed need for a
who shared the spotlight with
her. They are (1. to r.t, (Mrs.
Sampson, Miss Primrose Flin¬
ches, who introduced her;
Mayor Floyd Housley and Judge
Lloyd Darnell, whit) presented
Mrs. Sampson one of the two
orchid corsages she is wearing.
— (ANP)
cenicr; Peach Blossom Queen
Gloria Sh °P hlre . freshman,
NEW YORK (ANP)—Dr.
Raiph Bunche, recent Nobel
Peace Prize winner, Saturday
night denounced Gov. James
F. Byrnes of South Carolina as
being anti-American for hi 3
recent statements demanding
the continuous of jimerow ed¬
ucation in his state.
Dr. Bunche addressed 1,000
persons at the 46th annual
luncheon of the League for In¬
dustrial Democracy at the Com¬
modore hotel. He was one of
four persons honored by the
league with a citation.
Declaring that Gov. Byrne's
statement that he would ra-
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major adult drive to be con-
ducted along with the drive to
register Teen-agers for the first
Registrants will be served at
the tax collectors office in Lieu
of- the special registration of-
fice which formerly served
them. Tax collector J. Archia
GETS EAGLE A\vA«w>—Harold
Collier, youngest son of Dr. and
Mrs. If. M. Collier, Sr., who re¬
ceived the highest honor a
Scout may attain, that of Eagle
Scout, at the Chatham County
Court of Honor last Tuesdav
SSC Plans language
And Art Festival
High school students fr.om
various parts of the state will
convene at Savannah State
College on May 3-4 for a ldng-
uage arts festival. They will par-
ticipate in language activities
including poetic interpretation,
choral reading, verse writing,
debating, current events <Jja-
cussions, radio skits, oratory,
and spelling.
WINTER GARDEN. Fla.. Apr
3—It became known here today
that night rlde:s oeat a Ne.-ro
man so severely in a small town
near here Wednesday night of
last week that he died as the
result of the battering he suff¬
ered.
The victim of the attack 14 as
26-year-old Melvin Womack. ’
He succumbed Saturday in a
hospital at Orlando. He was
found in an orange grove the
morning after he had ba’dly been
beaten, with his head
bruised and otherwise suffering
from the severe beating he had
been given by four white men.
Just before he died he told
Coroner C. M. Tucker that “I
don’t know who did it and I
don’t know why.”
Womack was snatched from
the home of Mrs. Pauline Mosby
where he boarded by the four
unmasked men and spirited
away. He was battered in .the
head apparentlv with the butt
of a pistol and otherwise beaten
When his abductors allowed
him to get, loose he wandered
into the orange grove where he
was found the next morning bv
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s r wii NEGRO POLITICAL
LEADERS MEET TOGETHER
CHARLESTON, S. C., April 2
—White and Negro political
leaders met here today in a
manner which was reminiscent
of political gatherings in years
previous to 11590 when mixed
racial meetings were the run of
the day.
Today’s gathering was a meet¬
ing of the City-Democratic
Convention and was totally
unsegregated with the 25 Negro
delegates having equal voice
and say with the three hund¬
red or more white delegates.
Throughout the meeting har¬
mony prevailed in the proceed¬
ings and there was not the
slightest untoward incident to
mar the first such political
gathering here in the past 61
years. Pritchard
Attorney Edward K.
of this city served as temporary
chairman of the convention and
took occasion to advise the del¬
egates that they must all “con-
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Johnson has told the staff
that a battery of clerks wilt
be added t0 the regular staff
to take care The of student the anticipa^-
ed rush. move-
ment, a brainchild of Mr. Com
nelly has taken hold through-
out the state.
Jackson, Miss
Wants Negro
Policemen
Jackson, Miss (ANP)—Negro
leaders of Jackson met with
city officials last week to dis¬
cuss the hiring of Negro po¬
lice officers for the city. '
The Negroes presented a pe¬
tition which outlined their
actions to find suitable and
qualified applicants, and also
their thoughts on the topic.
The petition was signed by S.
W. Miller, Jacob L. Reddix.
Qualified applicants already
are being screened, they said.
They also cited the hiring of
coloied officers as a blow
against communism, and also
as a means of reducing crime
in Negro communities. Fin¬
ally they noted the success of
Negro policemen in other 1
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No cash prizes or other award.1
wiii be given, but each
and school entered in the fes-
tivai will receive a certificate
of participation. These certif¬
icates will indicate the quality
of performance as evaluated, by
the panels of judges. AU high
schools in the state are invited
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Mrs. Charlotte Hawkins Brown
MISS TURNER AT FT. DIX—
First Lieutenant Clementine
Turner, who recently became
affiliated with tht United
States Army Nurses’ Corps, has
successfully completed her basic
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Chairmen Named by N AACP
For Important Committees
HUB INSTALLATION
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
The Sixth annual banquet
and installation of officers of
The Hub will be held at the
West Broad YMCA Wednesday,
April 11 at 8 o’clock. After an
interesting progrem highlight¬
ed by a resume of the past
year’s work the follwolng of¬
ficers will be installed: Samuel
Brown, president; E. J. Sim¬
mons, V. president; Dr. J. W.
Jamerson, Jr., secretary; Bole*
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HEADS POST—C. O. Ryals has j
Hub members have planned
to make transportation avail¬
able for any and all who wish
to go to the Court House. ThiJ
accommodatio has been ex¬
panded . by sme members to
the point t of borrowing
cars
and securing drivers for them.
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Member Audit Bureau Circulation
Price 7c
CHARM WEEK SPEAKER—
The 6 th Annual Charm Week,
observances will be sponsored j
at Savannah State College by
the Women’s Council on Aprilt
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Brown, founder and president)
Dr. Charlotte Hawkins
of Palmer Memorial Institute,
Sedalia, N. C., and outstanding)
educator and author will deliv¬
er the main address of tho
week during the vesper hour,
Sunday, April 8 in Meldrim au¬
Commander of 511 Vance West Allison Park j
Post No. 2933,
Avenue. For the past three
years he served as Senior Vici
(Vimmander of the Dost, 1
Ryals recelved his education,:
in the public schools of Savan-
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Upper right—Carmen Antoin¬
ette Jordan, 1 year old, nick¬
named “Nina,” is the daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. Carl R. Jordan,
513 W. 35th street.
Lower Jeft — Ruelah Omega
Moore, 8 monhs old nicknamed,
“Boot,” is tne caughter of Dr.
and Mrs. Richard W. Moore,
905 Montgomery street.
Lower right — Patricia Ann
Bland, 10 months old, nick¬
named “LiT Ann,” is the daugh¬
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie
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ditorium. Following Dr. Brown's
address, a reception in hed
honor will be held at the Col¬
lege Community House. "Charm,
The Key to Successful Living"
is the theme of the program.
Student participants ara
Misses Beverly Brown, Ruth
Chisholm, Jewel Cutter, Mabla
Betty Singleton, William Hel¬
en Turner, and Mr.
Mrs. Rosa Tomkins, Miss Helen
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S. Adams have bgen
chairman of the
Week and Housing ^om-
of the focal NAACF
respectively. James L.
well known entertainer,
serve as chairman of the
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