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69 YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LXIX
PSYCHIATRIC AIDE OF THE
YF.AR—Mrs. Forrest L. Adams,
(lefti of the New Jersey state
Hospital, winner of the Nation-
id Association of Mental Health
Psychiatric Aide of the year
award, receives citation and
4 (heck for $500 from movie
•*ytar Olivia Dp Havilanri
uten /Rod, president of the
Commencement Speakers
At S. C. Statte College
ORANGEBURG. S. C. — Jas.
C. Evans, civilian assistant to
the Secretary of Defense, wid
deliver the address to the grad¬
uating classes at South Caro¬
lina State A .V M College,
Monday. May 28 at 11 a. m. and
Rev. William Holmes Borders,
pastor of Wheat Street Baptist
smirch, Atlanta, will preach the
baccalaureate sermon on Sun¬
day, May 27. at 4 p. m.
President B. C. Turner will
confer degrees on 225 candi¬
dates from the undergraduate
Thurgood
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Thurgood Marshall
The Savannah Branch of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
is planning a crowd, second
only to the Lillian Smith meet¬
ing, when Thurgood Marshall.
NAACP Special Counel, will ad¬
dress a membership mass rally
on Friday night, May 25, at St.
Paul CME church, Maple and
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iJulia Hendrix Leads
School Honor
City-County Speaking
Contest To Be Held Sunday
Big Crowd To
Attend Silas
Green Show
r rr„ crowd is expected to
thn Silas Green from
Orleans Minstrel show
•™ (Fr/dav) night at
ity Auditorium,
show which is on its
ixtb annual tour of the
v will come here with a
number of new porform-
/pral of whom have some
pilarly He time acts.
Silas Green show is a
favorite with Savannah
ces, and all indications
’ usual capacity
to the this
which always greets
iding all-Negro show.
If assassination of public of¬
ficials increases in some coun¬
tries. it might be a good idea
to give two guns with every
Job-
auaitnali frihinr
Association (center/, looks
Ceremonies launched
Health Week, being
throughout the nation.
Adams, who formerly
Atlanta University won the
award in nation-wide
tion among 2?,500
aides from 31 states.
Holsey Inst. Choir
At St. Paul Monday
The Holsey Institute Choir
of Cordele will make its first
appearance in Savannah Mon¬
day night, Mav 21, at St. Paul
CME church at 8 p. m.
The choir which is under the
direction of Rev. L. H. Pitts
has made successful appear¬
ances in Atlanta, Washington
and Philadelphia. They are an
exceptionally well trained group
and have an unusual presenta¬
tion of the very best in gospel
and spiritual music.
The choir will sing over the
BEACH STUDENTS
SCIENCE AWARDS
The Science Department
E. Beach high
tne awards of
honors to the
First place,
second place, Julia
The Bausch ,K: Lamb
Awards will be given
commencement and
each year to
by the scientific
Bausch & Lamb of
Y„ in order to
students to become
in the field of
making these awards
department has
only those students
taken a scientific
study which includes
and physics.
Other seniors who are
for their high
are Thomas
Grant, Ellen Glover.
Werner, Amos
Burns, Lillie S'need
Sheftall.
“Up-to-date information”
alawys information or
date.
An oratorical contest filled
with all of the perfection
youth can give will be
at St. Philip AME church
day afternoon, 3:30 o’clock.
will be participated in by
resentatives from Haven
Woodville, and Paulsen
Echoes of oration will
this auditorium as these
testants attempt to secure
of the beautiful
which will be awarded
school scoring the
numbe rof points. Aside
the trophy award cash
will also be given the
ants. The school winning
trophy three successive
will become permanent
To make this occasion
of delight a program has
arranged including
from Beach high band,
high chorus, Woodville
and other numbers.
The judges selected are
ognized as some of
best critics and their
will be final.
Aside from the
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THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY. MAY 17. 1951
Nashville liets Firsl Negro
City Councilman in 40 Yrs.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. —
Nashville voters went to
polls this week thev wrote
chapter in local politics
Is reminiscent of twoscore
ago when they placed a
on the city councilmanic
In yesterday's election
only was one Negro elected
he city council but two
Negro candidates received
higest votes in their
and will therefore enter
un-off election against a
is reminiscent of two score
opponent, which will be
May 24.
From present indications
seems very probable that
of the two Negro candidates
will win the run-off election
as the vote in this district
predominately colored.
The successful candiate in
yesterday’s election was Z.
Alexander Loobey, well known
lawyer, who defeated Coyness
Ennix, also a Negro, bv a vote
of 900 lo 300.
Although Negroes have run
in three elections in recent
years this is the first time that
they have marshaled their
strength sufficiently to win a
seat on the 21-man council
board.
•It was pointed out that one
of the major factors in the
successful race which Loobey
made in the election was a bill
passed by the Tennessee requires legis¬
lature in 1949 which
that city councilmen be elected
solely from their districts.
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2ND CHOICE — Mrs. Eva M
Gambles, instructor Alston
high school, Summerville, S. C.,
was named second choice, or
runner-up, for the Classroom
Teacher of the year 1950-51.
This selection was made by
The Negro Educational Review
and The National Teachers
Research Association.
One great need of this coun¬
try is for some new jokes.
High
Senior honor students at
Beach high school were released
this week from the office of
Principal O. L. Douglas. It was
also announced that there were
219 candidates for the high
school diploma.
This is the largest class in
the history of the institution
and indicates a growing need
for hikh school education. Many
In addition, have already joined
Continued on Page Six
Carver Sch. To
Graduate 11
RICHMOND HILL, Ga.-Be¬
neath the pines and mossy trees
in the midst of a bright beam¬
ing sun a large audience of
students, parents, and griends
witnessed a beautiful May day
exercise Saturday aftetrnoon on
the campus of G. W. Carver
school.
i The Junior-Senior prom will
j be held Thursday night, May
17 in the recreational center,
Mrs. Bacon supervising the af¬
fair, and the baccalaureate will
[ be Sunday, May 20, at Bryan
Neck Baptist church (which is
located on the campus/ at 2:30.
(Continued on Page Seven)
Oscar DePriest
Former Congressman
CHICAGO—May 12— Former
Congressman Oscar DePriest was
buried here today with services
conducted at the Metropolitan
Community Church.
The colorful, dynamic Repub-
continued on Page Six
WINS SCHOLARSHIP—The all-
expense scnolarship which is
offered by Talladega College
each spring through a compet¬
itive examination was won this
year by Weldon Williams, Jr.,
of Tuskegee Institute high
sch o o 1. The scholarship
amounts to $625 per year and
is renewable for a total period
of four 1,691 students
FREE BRANCH TOP SCORER IN
LIBERTY COUNTY SCHOOL FESTIVAL
IIINESVILLE, Ga.—The Lib¬
erty County schools neiu their
Spring Festival at the Liberty
Recreation Center, at Hlnesville.
All eleven schools took part
with a large representation of
pupils and in some cases
adults. Free Branch won (he
pennant a second time for
having the largest number of
adults in attendance.
The program began with an
interesting western movie. The
King and Queen for the festival
were then chosen. Willie Mae
Piett and Alonza Mims of Hine-
shaw Jr. school were selected.
The runners up were Helen
TABULATING SEMINAR— Pic-
tured above are executives of
representative Remington Rand
tabulating installations in gov-
ernment agencies and leading
Deltas To Present Talent
Sunday May Wk. Celebration
Dr. Mays To
Speak at SSC
Commencm’t
Graduation exercises at Sa¬
vannah State-College will be
held Wednesday, June 6. at 4:00
p. m. with Dr. Beniamin E.
Mays, president of Morehouse
Collee-, vice pre-iiaent of the
World Student Service Fund,
and a member of the Central
Committee of the World Coun¬
cil of Churches, as the principal
speaker.
President W. K. Payne an¬
nounces that exercises leading
up to commencement day will
include the president’s party
for seniors, May 26; senior
chapel exercises in the college
auditorium, and the senior
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from thirteen Southern states
participated in the examination
this year.
Other scholarships ranging
from $100 to $275 were granted
to high ranking students. The
following students received full
tuition scholarhips:
Miss Geraldine L. Bryant,
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and Warren Williams
New Free Elementary. Eva
Douglas of Baconton came
third. The Queen and her at¬
were dressed in even¬
attire of various pastel
while the king and his
attendants wore white.
In the stunts from the
for the queen and her
party Moose Hill and Holmes-
town tied for first place with
272 points out a possible 300
New Free came second;
Mtlntosh third, Retreat fourth;
Seabrook fifth, and Free
(Continued on Page Six/
business organizations in the
United States who attended a
special seminar recently con- j
ducted by Remington Rand In I
its New York building.
The members of Beta Delta
Sigma chapter of Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority, Inc., will observe
their annual May Week with a
musical program Sunday, 6 p.
m., during the vesper at Savan¬
nah State College. The public
is invited.
Soror Eldora Greene is chair¬
man of the May Weew comlttee
man of the May Week committee
Juanita Sellers, Donella Graham,
Mozelle Clemmons and Mamie
Haynes.
The program which includes
some of the best local talent
will be as follows: organ pre¬
lude, Soror Willa Mae Ayers;
Delta Prayer; “The Theme of
May Week,” Soror Donella
Graham; ‘‘On the Road to
Mandalay,” by Oley Speaks,
‘‘Through the Years,” by Vin¬
cent Youmans, Edward B. Law,
tenor; “Prayer,” by Guilmant,
“Praise Be the Father,” by
Gounod, Hillary Hatchett,
Continued on Page Six
TEACHER OF THE YEAR—
Mrs. Ruth L. Douglas, a
teacher of Central junior high
school, Shreveport, Louisiana,
has been selected the Classroom
Teacher of the Year in Neero
Schools for 1950-51 in a nation
wide contest conducted by The
Negro Educational Review, the
official organ of the National
The nation wide campaign
for the selection the of the Year Class¬
room Teacher of was
initiated on December 29, 1E50,
by the Negro Educational Re¬
view, the official organ of the
National Teachers’ Research
Association of which Dr. J. Irv¬
ing Scott, South Carolina State
Awards In Annual
Arts Festival
GETS FULBRIGHT AWARD —
Robert B. Bailey, III, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Bailey, Jr., of
824 Loudon Avenue, N. W.,
Roanoke, Va., a senior at Tal¬
ladega College, Is the recipient
of a United States government
grant for study In England.
Bailey was awarded this
grant by the Department of
State under the Fulbright Act.
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Thirteen high schools and
seventy students and their
sponsors representing a cross
section of Georgia high schools
ga/thered at Savannah State
College for the Annual State¬
wide High School Language
Arts Festival Friday and Sat¬
urday, May 11-12. The festival,
sponsored by Savannah State
College and the Savannan
Morning News and Evening
Press, was under the direction
of the Department, of Langu¬
ages and Literature of the col¬
lege with Louise Lautier serving
as chairman of the festival
committee
The festival, which had as
its primary purpose the stim¬
ulation of a greater interest in
effective writing, speaking,
reading and listening, consisted
of spelling contests, oratorical
contests, presentation of radio
skits and seminars in verse
vf Ring, poeUn interpretations
and group reading, dramatics
and the effective teaching of
all these things.
Varying from the practice in
the past, the committee decided
that cash prizes would not be
awarded to participants this
year, thereby making it non¬
competitive. However, each
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Cuyler Hecord Vocational School Has
Bradnation
The fastest growing school
in the south might justly de¬
scribe the Cuyler Vocational
School for the school this year
has grown to an overflowing
capacity with more than two
hundred persons on the waiting
list for next year. The school
was organised in 1924 when
at thte Invitation of the Board
of Education and the Vocational
school, the then Cuyler school,
was given an opportunity to
operate an adult school. The
newness of this type of educa-
(Continued on Page Seven)
2 Carolina
Councilmanic
GREENSBORO, N. C. — Two
Negroes won aldermanic posts
In North Carolina city elections
last week, both of them phy¬
sicians.
Dr. William M. Hampton was
the successful candidate, in the
Greensboro election and Dr. W.
F. Devanc in the Fayetteville
election, the latter being re¬
turned to office for a 2-year
term.
Negro candidates for city
hffices in other parts of the
state were defeated, some of
them by very slim margins.
Dr. and Mrs. Chandler
In The City
Dr. and Mrs. Jesse S. Chand¬
ler of Muscogee, Okla., wer£ in
the city for several days for
•he christening of Stephanie
Maria, ten-weeks old daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. S. M. McDew,
Jr., which took place Sunday
at St. Philip AME church Dr.
Chandler who is the god-father
of the little miss, was a class
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Present for the seminar wa3
Stephens Johns, center, tabu¬
lating supervisor of the Jackson
Mutual Life Insurance Company
in Chicago.—(ANP)
Member Audit Bureau Circalatiom
Price 7c
NUMBER 31
A. & M. College professor, is
president. Nominations for the
classroom teacher of the year
are opened from the middle of
September and announcement
of the winners are made in
May.
Mrs. Douglas who is the first
to receive this singular honor,
received her bachelors degree
from Bishop Colleie, Marshall,
Texas, the master’s degree from
Columbia University and has
studied and traveled in Eng¬
land and five other European
countries. She is the first teach¬
er in the public school system
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PASSES STATE BOARD—It was
announced last week by the
Georgia State Board of Exam¬
iners that James Mac Roberts
of Savannah successfully
passed the State Board of
Embalming and was issued
license No. 1844. Mr. Roberts
Is a native of Savannah and is
the son of Mrs. Amzie' Roberts
of 2012 Harden St. He entered
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Win
Tickets Goin^
Fast For Quar¬
tet Contest
The special two for one tick¬
ets for the Great Quartet Con¬
test. to be held at Grayson
stadium Sunday afternoon,
"une 17, from 3 to 7 n. m. have
been movinsr verv fast. And
well they should, for these
soecial advance tickets cost
only $1.00 but admit two oer-
sons to Gr^vson Stadium where
i twenty auartets from WJTV
! will comnete for valuable Rux-
! ton watches. Blue Ridge dia-
i monds and Melorse Ensembles
! given by Friedman’s Jewelers.
! AH in all. there wil prizes lbe a for thous- the
j and dollars in public.
quartets and the
A bam Eiseriman of WJIV,
producer of the Great Quarter of
i Contest, says that many out
town people have written in
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