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TEAKS OF
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PUBLIC SERVICE
LXIX
Father J.H. Brown's
Funeral to be Held
Here Fri. Afternoon
The Rev. Father J. Henry
Brown, D. D., one of the most
widely known churchmen in
Georgia and for many years
rector of St. Augustine's Epis¬
copal church, Savannah, died
Sunday night at Macon after
only a few hours' illness.
He will be buried in Savan¬
nah, funeral services to be held
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Locai Elks Entrant Wins
State Oratorical Contest
announces Haitian tour—
Dr.. M. L. Walton of Thomas-
villeV Ga., Dresident of the
National Dental Association,
announced last week that fol¬
lowing the NDA’s annual con¬
vention \in Memphis in August,
several dentists will tour Haiti
and perfonn at a scries of
health clinics. The touring den¬
tists also will visit Puerto Rico,
the Dominican Republic, Ja¬
maica, and Cuba. At the same
Mnje, the well-ficnown dentist
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, Leaders At Beach High
Second Six Weeks
According to a news release
this week, the following stud¬
ents are the leaders in Beaah
high school for the second six
weeks of school:
10A2 class—Lillie Wright, 94;
Carolyn Patterson, 92; Janette
Welkins, (91; Lillie Mae Williams,
10A1_Geo. Kent, 92; Loraine
WOODMEN CONGRATULATED
ON 50 TH ANNIVERSARY—The
recent golden anniversary of
The Supreme Camp of the
American Woodmen brought
scores of people to the organi¬
zation's new home office in
Denver. Colo. Dedicated last
year, the ultra modern building
atianttali SHknr
NAACP
Lauds W. Va.
NEW YORK, April 19—A vig¬
orous stand taken by the Hunt¬
ington, W. Va., branch of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
in opposition to segregated
seating patterns at a school
band festival, was applauded
this week by Walter White, NA¬
ACP executive secretary.
“We must not on the local
community level do anything
to reverse this trend (toward]
complete gated education elimination facilities* of segre-J by j
support or ecquiesence in any j
form of racially designated
facility or program,” Mr. White
wired Mrs. Marion T. Gray of
the Huntington branch. ‘All
democratically minded citizens
of Huntington should join and
support the protest against the
band festival, which is an un¬
necessary further extension of
the Jim Crow pattern now op¬
erative in your school system.”
By E. E. Greene
The State oratorical contest
proved easily the outstanding
event of the Elks state meeting
which a $1,000 scholarship will
dav in Atlanta.
The speaking contest was at¬
tended bv a large crowd which
was thrilled by the six high
school orators who represented
Atlanta, Macon, Columbus,
Brunswick, Waycross, and Sa¬
vannah in the contest to decide
the winner of Georgia who will
represent the state in the reg¬
ional oratorical contest in
whicha $1,000 scholarship will
be the prize.
The contestants acquitted
themselves admirably but the
judges decided that Delores
Richards of Beach high school.
Savannah, sponsored by Wel¬
don Lodge of Elks, was the
winner. The runner-up spot was
won by Albertha Mitchell of
Atlanta.
State Chairman of Education
E. E. Greene of Savannah pre¬
sided at the contest.
Dr. I,. W. Williams of Valdosta
was elected president of the
State Convention and J. B
Hardrick of Savannah second
vice president.
S. H. Booker was elected mas¬
ter of social sessions; R. G.
Hallmond, state trustee; E. E.
Greene, re-elected to head the
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Brown, 90; Barbara Grant, 90;
10A3—Gwendolyn Hunter, 90;
Prince Rivers, 90.
10A5—Blanche Flipper, 93;
Shirley Morgan, 93; Virginia
Sheffield, 91.
10B1—Sarah Davis, 93; Flo-
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is one of the show’ places in
Colorado. The organization,
which has made outstanding
progress with fraternal insur¬
ance, celebrated its 50 years
with much pomp and cere¬
mony. A few of the celebrities
who visited the office during
the celebration are shown in
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, APRIL 2fi, 1951
COMMENCEMENT SCENES—Outstanding scenes rrom tne com
mencement exercises of Beaumont School of Practical Nursing.
Top picture—Mrs. Laszlo, dean of Beaumont School of Nurs¬
ing, presenting diploma to one of the graduates, Nurse Willie
Flowers, passed diplomas to the dean.
Second picture: the April, 1951, class of graduates as they
assembled at Sj. Philip AME Church exercises.
Trenton Jury
Weighs Alleg¬
ed Confession
TRENTON, N. J., April 19 —
With three of the “confessions”
the trial of the Trenton Six
illegal by Superior Court
Ralph J. Smalle, defense
counsel this .week continued
effort to invalidate the
statements by Collis English,
McKinley Forrest and Ralph
The jury of eight women and
men, who had been barred
tne courtroom for three
while defense counsel
the legality of the
“confessions,” returned to the
box this week following
Smalley’s ruling exclud¬
the statements of John Mc¬
and James Thorpe and
typewritten statement
by Cooper. The judge
Cooper’s handwritten
The sixth defend¬
stouthearted Horace Wil-
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the layout above.
Left: Luke J. Kavanaugh,
left, Colorado commissioner of
insurance, presents his con¬
gratulations to Lawrence H.
Lightner, the organization's
supreme commander.
Center: Famed Marian An¬
derson with W. Miller Barbour,
Beaumont School Graduates
Fifty-Six Nurses
In an impressive exercise
Sunday afternoon at St. Philip
AME church the Beaumont
School of Practical Nursing
awarded certificates to fifty-
six young women who had com¬
pleted their course of training.
The program was largely at¬
tended.
The principal address was
delivered by Dr. E. O. S'. Cleve¬
land, pastor of St. John Bap¬
NAACP Membership Drive
Gets Going -- More Workers
Are Sorely Needed
The local NAACP campaign
for 1951 memberships started
Friday night at a meeting held
in the West Broad street YMCA.
J. S. Delaware, ho is direct¬
ing the curresn membership
drive, made a stirring address
left, executive secretary of the)
Denver Urban league, and Mr.
Lightner, right, go over the
organization’s history. Miss An¬
derson gave a concert in the
city before visiting the Wood¬
men’s office.
Right: Sam Jethroe, risrht,
Boston Braves outfielder, took
Lower picture; platform guests, (lert to ngnt) Mrs. Bertha
MeCormick r registrar; Mrs. Helen S. Laszlo, dean of nurse®; Rev.
E. O. S. Cleveland, pastor of St. John Baptist Church, speaker;
Father Gustave H. Caution, guest minister, and rector of St.
Matthew’s Episcopal Church; Miss Geraldine Laszlo, daughter
of the dean, and Mrs. Gretha Scott, instructor.
Photo by Frank’s Studio
tist church who admonished the
graduates to go out into the
world with a view of putting
into practice the things they
had learned, to remember always
that thefr aim snouid be to
give that kind of service which
would make them indispensable
to the communities in which
they lived and to bear in mind
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emphasizing the importance of
doing a good job. Following his
talk a roundtable discussion
was conducted.
Workers are asked to make
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time out from the diamond to
tour the new office building.
Here he congratulates the or¬
ganization^ officials following
the gblden anniversary cere¬
mony. Mr. Lightner is on the
left and Harold Jacobs, sec¬
retary-treasurer, center. (ANPi
Attending School
Of Phatography
Cecil Maddox, operator of
Cecil’s Photo Studio, is in New
York City taking an advance
course at the Modern School
of PhotoeraDhv.
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BEAUTY CULTURISTS ACTIVE
IN CIVILIAN DEFENSE—Among
the nation’s more active or¬
ganizations in the civilian
defense program is the Nation-
at Beauty Culturists’ League,
The NBCL is conducting classes
on this vital topic
the nation.
AME DELEGATES
ELECTED
The following delegates and
alternates were elected at the
Electoral College at Mt. Moriah
AME church, Jesup, npril 25, to
the AME General Conference
in 1952 in Chicago:
Sidney Jones, W. L. Rivers, E.
Shuler, E. E. Moore, Laura
Meridy, Leroy Butler, Donald
Thomas and Ben Hannah.
ALlternates: J. Adams, J. T.
Green, J. Keith, Wm. Walker,
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Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 7c
Capacity Crowd to
Attend Deltas 9 Jab-
berwock Fri.
A capacity audience is expect¬
ed to witness the Delta Jabber-
wock to be presented tomorrow
night, Friday, at the city au¬
ditorium by the Beta Delta
Sigma Chapter of the Delta
Sigma Theta
Four hundred
endorsed this year’s entertain¬
ment which promises to be the
best program ever presented by
the local chapter. The theme
of the 1951 Jabbewock is ‘ Hol¬
idays and Festivals in Review.”
The “Miss Jabberwock" con¬
testants have reported over a
thousand tickets sold. A fine
spirit of rivalry was demon¬
strated by the five contestants
during the past three weeks
and the winner of the “Miss
Jabberwock” tilte will be an¬
nounced tomorrow night. Con¬
testants are Misses Betty Snipe,
Lillian Simmons, Erma Cusperd,
Theta Rooks and Rosa Lee
Savannahlanf look forward to
this annual Delta project which
provides scholarships for worthy
school students as well as
assists in charitable donation
to patients at Battey State
Hospital and the local Charity
.
It’s always easy to find an
for delaying hard work.
Rights Washington Conference
Meet in
NEW YORK, April 19 — The
National Association for the Ad¬
vancement of Colored People
week sent out a calf to 50
church, labor, frater¬
nal, civic and minority group
to attend a civil
conference in Washing¬
May 22-23.
In identical letters to the
Walter White,
secretary of the NA¬
expressed would hope that each
“be able to join us
this conference so that we
together devolop an effect¬
program and the better
our efforts.”
The NAACP, Mr. White said,
“become deeply disturbed
the increasing evidences of
alarming Administration
toward appeasement of
Dixiecrats and other
as exemplified
the appointments of Millard
Caldwell, former governor of
and Robert Ramspeck,
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j Under the league program a
BVC (Beauticians’ Volunteer
Corps) has been formed. Cap¬
tains of various units teach
i first aid.
j In the above picture Mrs.
| Cordelia Green Johnson, pres¬
ident of the NBCL, is directing
a civilian defense class in first
P. E.s Add $3000 To Morris
Brown F. D. Fund
ATLANTA—April 23—A vast
crowd of AME ministers and
laymen from all parts of the
state met in a one day session
at Allen Temple church, At¬
lanta.
Bishop S. L. Green, D. D., LL-
D,, head of the AME church in
Georgia, was in charge of the
meeting and gave a strong ad¬
dress at the opening session.
Bishop W. R. Wilkes, D. D., who
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ON VISIT HOME—1st Lt. Carl
R. Jordan, M. C., a well-known
Savannah doctor, is now serv¬
ing with the U. S. Army at
Camp Polk, La. He is the Bat¬
talion Surgeon Battalion. for] the 510th
Heavy Tank
1st Lt. Jordan is visiting his
family here this week on leave
from camp. Mrs. Jordan and
Carmen will accompany him
back to camp.
Leading Pu¬
pils At Cuyler
The following students have
maintained an average of “A”
for the past 8 weeks, according
to a release made this week by
Cuyler Junior high school:
9-1, Janet Colvin, Dorothy
Davis, Juanita Gilbert, Audrey
Hargrove, Ruth Simms, Barbara Pearl McGlockton, Spaulding,
JoseDh Wilson.
9(2), Gwendolyn Brack, Vir¬
ginia Brinson, Mildred Ellison,
Genia Fennell, Carolyn Gib¬
bons, Jessie Ann Parks, Vivian
Price, Christine Reynolds, Jer-
rill Johnson, Andrew Moultrie,
Lester Smalls.
9(3 1 , Dorris Brooks, Shirley
Thomas, Carolyn Tucker.
9(4), Hereme Butler, Jennie
Mae Delegal, Genevieve Ha-
good, Beatrice Jones, Dorothy
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aid in New York. She advises
her members:
“We must join in with the
nation and pray, cooperate, ami
work in the civilian defense)
program, and be ready to serve o£
at a minute’s notice in case
any emergency.”—<ANP)
presides over the South Ameri¬
can district ras a visitor.
Rev. L. G. Long, D. D.. pastor
of St. John AME church, Mont¬
gomery, Ala., preached the key¬
note sermon at 11:45 a. m.
Mrs. S. L. Green, the bishop's
wife and state Missionary Sup¬
ervisor was given a warm wel¬
come. She addressed the Mis-
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