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xHtUSDAV, JUNE 21, 1951 Ga. Masons Hold Annual Meet Onn tinned from Paso One the Masonic Relief Depatment R. W. Joseph Crawford showed torn 1 assets todav of * 201 196 A?. Thi , r 'um '-"or^sents an increase of *\TK M.19 for the vear Tb" total assets include SM2.P62 fil in cash, $77.00.00 in real estat-, clear of debt, and $71,322 c 2 in U. S Bonds, Mortages and Ac- couots- Receivable. The Grand Lodge has pt the present time 19C lodges and ap¬ proximately ia.OOO members. The most interesting '•snort was that n f the John' Weslev Dobbs Scholarship Fund, listing 28 scholarships to students in schools as follow's• Ft. Valiev State college 9; Atlanta univer¬ sity 2; Atlanta School of Social Work 2: Savannah State -"oil ege 8; Snelman college 3- Clark college 1: Morehouse college 7; Paine college 1 : Gammon Theo¬ logical- Seminary l: Albany State college 2 ; Tuskegee insti¬ tute 1; Fisk university 1. The Grprld led Lodge formerly appro- sl/A prltied S16.0C0.00 for y+P $6,000.00 was added this CoKjlaced making a total of S22.00C - prolect at the disposal of this in three vears In addition the to the scholarship fund following donations were approved- United College Fund $1690.(10: NA 4.CP Legal Defense Fund *1.906.00: Georgia Baptist College ing Fund $500.0(1- YMCA Building Fund, Liberia, South Africa $300.00; American Bible Society $100.0(1; Boys’ Town Nebraska $100.00, and several other contributions. The Grand Session was monjus from beginning to end and . the .. Appeals . . and - Grievances ~ • Committee reported no one had any grievances and that peace and harmony prevailed. The public session was held at Stewart Chapel AME church Tuesday Worshipful evening, June 12. Most Grand Master Amos T. Hall of the jurisdiction of Oklahoma made the principal address. Grand Master Hall also represented the Grand Masters' Confgrgpce of Prince Hall Mas¬ ons, of, which he is president, at the .Grand Communication. On, .Wednesday evening, crowd June in 13, before a capacity Macon,’s spacious Tremont Tem¬ ple, Savannah’s famed Masonic Degree Team and Atlanta’s widely Jieralded Masonic Glee club,’ cppibined music, oratory and drama in conducting one of th$i,fliost impressive Lodges of %rrow witnessed in recent years, T*he Atlanta Glee Club an a-capella group under the direction of Bro. Henry T Fur- low, rendered “Pass Me Not, Oh Gentle Savior,” and “Get-a-way Jordan!”,, Between these num¬ bers R*eV. Bro. Daniel JL Stan¬ ton, u&ecrfetary of the American Bible.Society, delivered a touch¬ ing eulDgy commemorating the death.of 128 Masons through¬ out i.the t state since the last Grand Lodge Communication. Offices for the Lodge of Sor¬ row were filled by the following iYS LOOK FOR THE TRADE MASK | v. . "T, in Giant Size —25c Size 1 lb. — 79? DO YOU OWN A CAR OR TRUCK? DO YOU HAVE $11,000.00? SEE ACME INSURANCE AGENCY ew State law effective July 1. 1931 requires you have Liability Insurance on your car or truck or aide to |Kit up cash Bond up to SI 1,000.00 rate SI 1.3(1 and up. t Year rate $23.00 and up. SEE ACME INSURANCE AGENCY before July 1, 1951 u * . 705 West Broad St., Savannah, Ga. Phone 3-5370 Walter S. Scott, Jr., B. C. Ford, A. D. Waters Partners members of tne various savan¬ nah lodges: Worshipful Master, Past Master L. R. Bolden, Hilton Lodge No. 2; Senior Warden, Past Master C. Freeman. Prince Hall No. 28: Junior Warden, Past Master A. E. Peacock. Eu¬ reka No. l: Senior Deacon, Past Master W. W. Cannady, Hilton No. 2, Junior Deacon, Past Master Maxie Rvals, Hilton No. j Pvthaporas T .vler, Bro. No Freddie 11: Soloist, Simmons, Bro. - F. C. MrMoore. Eureka No. 1, and Organist. Bro. E. R. Ruff- ner. Eureka No. 1 . M. W. Grand Master John Wesley Dobbs appointed the following committees to in the Grand Lodge: Credentilas: R. W. Grand Secretary Sol C. Johnson, chair¬ man: Edgar C. Blackshear and George L. Smith. Jurisprudence: G°o. L. Smith, ''hariman; W. J. Wilson; Ira H. ri'-niltop. v. W.‘ Jackson, Edd Hicks, E. Z. Daniels. A. H. Mif- nhi~K°r: Emmett Allen: Edd Whit p , W_ M. Wimms, James Brown, A. L. Sampson, S. D Brard. W D. Cash. Grand Master’s Address: J. W. Reece, chairman: G. G. McCar- ter: W. O. Thomas; J. H. Hollin- shead, S’. T. Gibbons, W. L. Mf-Girt, Tola Harris, Milton Sills. Frederick D. Thrash, or Brown, secretary. Appeals and Grievances: C n Haslerim . chan-man; c. c. Taylor Harris. Ernest R ev W. a Tufker, E. G. ^ n, 'ev. J. .t. Johnston, B. A. Kellv - Hill, l-“wis Clemmons, 1 '- J - Herbert Quinn, Maxie Rvals, Hallis Thomas, secretary. Warrants: H. T. Edwards, chairman; I, B. Sh“rm*m, W. R - Nelson, James W. Gordon, L Studstill, A. W. Youn°\ G. W. Tucker George A. v ™t, E. F. Hannah George A Williams, J. F. Ellison, F - W. Sullivan, secretary. Memorials: Reverends R. C. Crouch, Worshipful Grand Chaplain, chairman: W. M. Tuc- ker, W. L. Griffin, H. O. Greene W. A. Tucker, G. G. McCarter, W. D. Kent, E. E. Motten. I. H. Wilson, A. E. Peacock, P. W. Williams. A, Lecn Lowery, Wor¬ shipful Grand Assistant Chap¬ lain. secretary. Conferring degrees: W. H. Ragan, chairman; J. E. Acey, secretary; J. W. Pride. Masonic Relief Association Board: John Wesley Dobbs, M. W. Grand Master, chairman: Sol C. Johnson, R. W. Grand Secretary: X. L. Meal, R. W. Deputv Grand Master: Joseph Crawford, R. W secretary- Ueasurer; Donald Thomas j W. Reece; K. C. Childers, sec¬ retary. Resolutions; Rev. Bro. H. Ver¬ non Greene, chairman: P. A. Reddick, J. E. Arline, John W Simpson, Rufus West, J. W. Pride, J. C. Hankerson, Jule Wynn. John Green, E. C. Baggs, Jury Clark, secretary. Grand auditors: W. S. Hollo- and McClendon. t nmn A. Past Master Ivey Weaver was appointed assistant Grand Mar¬ shall. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: M. W. John Wesley Dobbs, Grand Master, Atlanta; R. W. X. L. Neal, Deputy Grand Mas- ter, Atlanta: R. W. L. P. Bohler Grand Senior Warden. Augus¬ ta: R. W. D. P. Nesbitt. Grand Junior Warden, Columbus; R W. Duncan Pringle, Treasurer, Savannah; R. W. C. Johnson, Grand Savannah: R. W. Joseph ford. Secretary-Treasurer, M. A., Atlanta; R. W. Edgar Blackshear, Assistant Seeretary. Savannah. The appointive officers W. R. W. Gadsden. Committee Foreign °nce. Savannah; W., S. Grand Lecturer. Savannah- Rev. R C. Crouch-. Grand lain; W„ Rev. A. Leon Assistant Grand Chaplain. gusta: W., S. J. Simpson, Senior Deacon, Wavcross; E. D. McTier, Grand Deacon, Baxley; W., West. Grand Senior Brunswifk; W.. C. J. Grand Junior Steward, ton; W., W. D. Kemo. Marshal, Statesboro: W.. C. Stanford, Grand Mansfield: W.. A, A Grand Sword Bearer, Grange; W., Willis Grand Tyler, Miiledgeville; Geo. W. Smith, Grand ter, Brunswick; W., H. T. wards, Grand Organist, Among the resolutions at the Grand Lodge was Lodge resolution No. thanking J. Central H. Walker City, 12; 1 Lodge No. 55; Central City Chapter No. 46. O. E. S., the 1 city Macon, officials officers and and citizens members, of j of Steward Chapel AME church, 1 Tremont Temple African Miss- ionary Baptist Church, thepres ider.t and officials of Georgia Baptist college, for entertaining the Grand Lodge so royally. The Holy Royal Arch Chapter and the Annual Encampment of the Knights Templars, Ju¬ risdiction of Georgia, Bro. Lunev Jeter. Grand High Priest, and Right Emminent Grand Com¬ mander and J. Earl Acey, Re¬ corder, were in session Monday, June 11. On the invitation of Eureka Lodge No. 1; Hilton No. 2; Py¬ thagoras No. 11; Mt. Moriah No. !5. and Prince Hall No. 28, the 83rd Grand Communication will be held in Savannah next June. ! Shocking I Condition Revealed At City Jail Continued from page 1 "'hn allegedly gave him the ke-c to th n cell unless she did as he asked. All three women said they ” j ere awakened about 1:30 a. m. Tuesday morm'ng and were simiected to the nronosals as wed as ohsence remarks. Oil" of the "was women prisoners . she Ji* was forced forced to to crawl : under her bed to elude a mil¬ itary policeman. Another said she tried to shut herself in the bathroom hut - a man forced his 1 *-“ e room anc , > thr threat ened her. The Negro citizenrv of Sa¬ vannah is much aroused over the incident, and several civic organizations have taken act -1 ion in the matter, amonsr them the Mutual Benevolent Society, Tnc., which has sent the follow¬ ing letter to the mayor and aldermen: “905 Monteomerv Street Savannah, Georgia June 20, 1951 “The Honorable Mayor & Aldermen City Hall Savannah, Georgia **Mentlemen: “We were astounded at the atrocious crime peroetrat°d the within the verv barracks of Citv .Tail, which has just come to light. “We the Members of the Mutual feel Benevolent keenly the Society. awful Inc.,j sit-j very nation existing at the Citv Barracks. This is a disgrace the Citv, and a reflection the Police Department and Mu- niripal Authorities t,o permit a situation where a Negro woman is not safe from assault/ aod ba f terv. and attempted rape, even in jail. “We shudder to think of the consequences had the situation 1 been reversed and Negro M. P.s had even entered the quarters on the third floor. “Would vou have passed it up so easily by mst accepting the resignation of someone? NO. All perpetrators of this crime and all other crimes should be 1 punished as would have been the e ase in reversal. “There can be no two stand- ards of Democracy and Justice. These men should he charged with Assault and Bafterv; Mak- ing inmroper proposals to wom- en: disorderly conduct; and attempted rape. “We wish also to recommend that a woman he placed in charge of t.he Women’s Ottar- t°rs. It is outrageous to think that in a City such as ours, the women are left, in charge of aprt at the merev of indiscrete and unprincipled Male Offi¬ cers. YO” have taken precau¬ tion': agairiet this in + he White ocetlnn. WHY NOT THE COL¬ ORED? “We. a group of sixty Citizens and Taxpayers are with you that this, and unjust situation* in the Com¬ munity be rectified, as we do not wish to resort to Suits and Tniunctions in the Federal Courts unless we cannot find recourse elsewhere. “Awaiting remedial we are, Verv respectfully, Mutual B Q nevolent Society, Inc N. H. Collier, D. D. S. Romeo Smith Sidney A. Jones” SEVEN MIDWIVES GET CERTIFICATES (Continued from page One) classes are restricted to those midwives now holding certifi¬ cates. To be certified in Chatham County, in addition to attend¬ ing monthly classes conducted bv the Health Department, mid¬ wives must successfully pass I both a physical examination and an examination testing their ability to practice mid- | wifery. Dr. Henderson commended the midwives for their contri¬ bution to (he Maternal and Child Health program in Chat- | ham The County. following midwives re¬ ceived renewal certificates, li¬ censing them to practice mid¬ wifery in Chatham County: Mesdames Mattie Ansfield, Re- 1’jSE savannah xkihl’.ms becca Brown. Louisa Day, Mam- mie Frazier. Venus Green, Rena Jcnes, and Lula Kemp. At the annual meeting of midwives held yesterday morn- ing. at the Health Department, Mrs. Lucv Kl.ig, 6C Darling St., Woodsville, was presented with a Badge of Merit and Retire- ment bv Dr. C. A. Henderson, ' The badge health officer. presented to Mrs. King awarded bv the State Depart- ment of Health in recognition of the 23 years she has success- fully practiced midwifery in Georgia. She was congratulated by Dr. Henderson. Numbers Racket Folds Up Suddenly (Continue from Page 1) town men threatening to muscle in on the cliques heading the games, less they were given to operate also. However, the most reason given for the of the games is one advanced by a prominent citizen who is usually in the know on such matters. He said he believed the stoppage can be traced to a leading member of the Grand Jury who is unalterably oppos¬ ^vs ed to "are these ___ 'draining games ______ which the gullible players and robbing them of the pennies which are needed for the necessities of life. So there you are—your l ' ’r-b'-'L one ii ii I BETTER LUCKIES TASTE h |i THAN ANY OTHER CIGARETTE I Fine tobacco—and only fine tobacco—can give yqu the perfect mildness and rich taste that make a cigarette completely enjoyable. And Lucky Strike means fine tobacco. So if you’re not happy with your present brand (and a 38-city survey shows that millions are not), switch to Luckies. You'll find that Luckies taste better than any other cigarette. Be Happy—Go Lucky today! IS/M FT- lueky Strike Means fine Tobacco 't" > , <- a u''V° ur 3 \jo' c ^! •.Ues" * -t? „ wt °say’- _ r a a Jc Y* S \;-^m COP*.. THf AMCRICAM TOBACCO COMAAMT i'; iiii —i.-.v. Jfc. Tbit- • ‘' ’s wmd 0 vrs as to w p a t has actually transpired to bring about tjiis sudden cessa- How long .... .uim., \ it is going to dormant is unknown, but theit- is one thing certain about the situation mid it is this: if j the police torce puts forth crush an all-out, honest effort to i it there is no way for these can- terous games that are sapping j well so much being out of such of the large economic se;- i g population, ment of the city’s to survive. i ---------- Hampton Grad Wins Research Fellowship HAMPTON, Va. — Thomas J. Gardner of Gloucester, Virgin¬ ia. a Hampton Institute gndu- nt?. Hoort pxT-qpHpfi m s kqo fellowship by the Ear- heart Foundation of A m A’’ v ' 0 ’’, Michigan, to complete hi.s stud¬ ies for a Ph. D. Degree in business administration at New Yori; university. The 1941 Hampton alumnus j received his bachelor of science degree in business aumi.u..,, . tion. After serving in the armed forces for four years, Gardne’ w s emnloved as n cashier end an instructor at Tuske°-e» in¬ stitute. He was awarded the master degree in business ministration from New York university in 1949. Gardner’s research __________ project, r which is expected to be com- pleted and ready for publics- tion by the summer of 1952, will | include a report of the prob- lems facing the Negro in ousi- ; ness, involving first-hand i ' in communities of the South and the Midwest He will also consider how Negro colleges ottering work In business slo- ,ects can best extend their ser- vices to the community. j w oaner R_l. pr . r cdiieu , a |l pr | World’s Top Exotic N’R'W YCRK. June i« Tho fabulous Josephine Baker, just back f'-om n triumphant 27 ..oq.-- i , Euroa° is railed the “mnrirt’s ton ovnflr.” Jj-j fn“ iSSUe of Look magazine just released. Since returning to her narive 'a-d La BakPr, now 45, has f «ken over tb» XT. S. ‘‘with a dpH r? four,” says Look. Call' 'g h°r Die ’ro’-'d’s h*~b- est-mid entertainer, the picture ■Budded article about Jo pavs homao-e to her work with the wen*!-, underground during World War II, and »hows her with Joe Louis at Miami Beach’s swank Cope Citv. the first “white” Southern night club to admit Negroes as customers. French designers, the article savs. compete to have LaBaker wear their gowns, and delcams that her wardrobe, which she calls ’ sceneary” is valued at $150,COO. have Jo herself says, “I no talent—only friends,” the Look article concludes, but Sophie calls her ’’one of the greatest. | NEGROES IN SOUTH ffWN **• K n( C SAN ANTONIO — l hree Nc- groos, so far as is known the first in the South, were among j 25 candidates initiated into the first degree or the Knights of rjoliimbus bv Our L adv of the i Rosctrv council, No. 3345. At t.h( same time 15 transfers were ac- cepted Into the year-old cii. The Negro initiates were E. Taylor, Jr.. Eari C. Fred Pickett. The class was dedicated the memory Of Pope Leo the 00th versary of his encyclical Novarum.” Preceding the initiation, Table Delight TO HOME ever has enough doiii'es, especially the type shown with i.1 alternating motifs of fascinating beauty. Approximate si/e of this crocheted doily is 14L-J inches in diameter Atlas News Service. 24.1 Weid 125th Street, New York 27, N. Y„ supplies free directions on request. Sunplv enclose a stamped self-addressed cnvelonc for Pattern No. 7-7 1 PAGE TWtn d'forium, some 90 candidates and members participated in'a day ot spiritual recollection, held on the St. Mary’s university campus, under the direction of Father Thomas Gody, OMI. A dialogue mass was offered in the university chapel by the Very Rev. Monsignor James M. Boyle, pastor of ' St. Mary Mag-