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Let us make the Yuletide season
a happy one, a time of reverence
and thankfulness, for the man
blessings that have been ours to
enjoy.
May we insure the future happi¬
ness of our community by dedicat¬
ing ourselves toward helping to pre¬
serve the spirit of Christmas
throughout every day of the Nev
i Year. It is indeed pleasure to extend
a
the very best of Greetings in the true
spirit of Christmas.
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Federal Jury Indicts
Seven Cicero Officials
HIGHLIGHTS AT THE FIRST ANNUAL 4-H CLUB
—Dublin, Georgia, State 4-H Club Camp-On Thursday
Friday, December 13-14, the First Annual 4-H Club
for Negro farm youth of Georgia met at the State 4-H
in Dublin.
The occasion was the first of
its ”kind in the South for Negro
youth. (1) Dean William
Holloway, dean of men at Sa¬
vannah State college and asso¬
ciate professor of social science,
principal speaker for the occas¬
ion, who spoke from the
trail
H. E. BULLARD AGAIN
HEADS LOCAL 200
C. I. O. Local 220 held its an¬
nual election of officers Mon¬
day night and reports were
received showing that 1951 was
a very successful one for the
organization. It was revealed
that the local has a one hund¬
red percent membership cover¬
ing employees of Union Station
and Central of Goergia’s Nancy
Hanks.
The following officers were
elected: President, H. E. Bull¬
ard; Vice Preside,nt, W. Camp¬
bell; Recording Secretary, S. E.
Sellers; Secretary-treasurer, G.
P. Sabattie; Chairman of ex¬
ecutive board, W. Stringer;
Chairman of trustee board, J.
L. Andrews; Local chairman, J.
E. Rickenbacker.
It was Geo. Washington who
-,aid: “Be courteous to all, inti¬
mate with few; and let those
"ew be well tried before you
live them your confidence.”
Kappa Kowboy Kontesi
Comes to End Saturday
l Georgia Teachers
Iroups Join NEA
ATLANTA—(ANP)— Members
if the Athens Georgia City
Teachers association, and the
Tate City (Atlanta) Teachers
issociation last week became
rffiliated with the National Ed-
ucotion Association, NEA head-
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SUPPORT POLIO CAMPAIGN
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; | “Unfinished Business.”
at his lsft is Herbert
prominent Dublin
i and civic leader; at his right
O. S. O’Neal, originator of
! now internationally
I Ham and Egg shows.
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■ Left to right: Charles A. Shaw, Houston. Texas, President
National Negro Insurance Association; Louis E. Martin, Chicago,
III., President National Newspaper Publishers Association; Mrs.
Edna Seav, Buffalo, S.Y.. President Jack and Jill of America,
Inc.; Dr Joseph G. Gathings, Washington, D.C., President Na¬
tional Medical Association.!’—“ ' ' -------—
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURS., DECEMBER 20, 1951
MilillO YOUTH T0I.II TO !
APPLY AT UNIVERSITY
COLUMBUS, Ga.—Negro
is being urged to seek
sion to the University of
School of Medicine, a
local Negro physician said
week.
Dr. T. H. Brewer said the
tion was taken at a
meeting of the Executive
mittee, Georgia Medical
ciation at its annual
in Macon. Dr. Brewer
himself as the committee’s
licity director.
Georgia and the nation
facing a “crisis” in the
age of Negro doctors, Dr.
er declared.
He said the state
unanimously voted to ask
qualified Negroes who wish
take medicine or pharmacy
make admission to the
sity of Georgia School of
cine and Pharmacy hoping
the University system will
cept them to show the world
that we are living in a state
democracy.”
There are fewer than 125 Ne¬
gro doctors in Georgia to serve
over 1,000,000 Negroes, Dr. Brew¬
er said.
Columbus has only seven
gro doctors, he added. One
these is inactive due to illness.
(Continued on Paee 71
CHICAGO — Seven officials
and employees of the Township
of Cicero, nearby suburb, were
indicted today by a special fed¬
eral grand jury for their role
in preventing Harvey E. Clark,
Jr., and'his family from occupy¬
ing an apartment which they
had rented in lily-white Cicero
last summer.
Henry J. Sandusky, president
of the Town Council; Erwin
Konovsky, chief of police, and
Nicholas Berkos, town attorney,
were indicted on two counts
charging (1) conspiracy to pre¬
vent any Negro inhabitants
from occupying and owning
property in Cicero and (2) ille¬
gal action on ther part on
June 8, as officers of the law
and officials of the township,
to deny the Clarks the right to
occupy the apartment they had
! rented. Indicted on the first
count with them was Theodore
1 Weslowski, fire marshal; and
on the second count, Police
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The roundup of all
Kowboy Kontestants, of
; 3av.annah Alumni chapter
the Kappa Alpha Psi
will take place Saturday,
22, 2:00 P- m. sharp. All
testants, sponsors and
are requested to turn in all
ceipts to John H.
chairman of the program
mittee. These receipts must
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D. Racial Piclure
Improving, Says Report
WASHINGTON—(ANP — Seg¬
regation is slowly but gradually
crumbling in the Nation's Cap¬
ital, according to a recent sur¬
vey made by the Federal Recre¬
ation Committee.
Findings of this survey re¬
vealed that many community
recreational, educational, social
and religious activities and fa¬
cilities in the Distrci o Ctolum-
bia for interracial groups as
well as for individuals, irre-
at Camp Stewart
NEW USO AT CAMP
CAMP STEWART, Ga.—A new
USO, established in the
of colored troops stationed
will stage its official grand
opening Friday evening with
formal program to be followed
by an informal dance.
Brigadier General Clare
Armstrong, Stewart’s post
mander, will be the
speaker at the opening
Turned Down
COLUMBIA, S. C., Dee. 18—
The‘State Supreme Court todav
turned down an appeal of
Smith Harvey, the 49 year old
Negro from Beaufort county
who was sentenced to death
for killing three white men
last February on Lady's Island.
The World War II veteran and
bootman of Lady's Island now
faces the electric chair.
ShrinerslXfmas Plans Completed Party For
Final arrangements have been
made for the Christmas party
given by Omar Temple, No. 21,
A. E. A. O. N. M. S., for under¬
privileged children of Chatham
county;
The party will be held on
Christmas day, and begins with
a children’s free show at East
(Continued on page Severn
NEW PUBLICITY HEAD
Johnnie A. Moore is the
director of public relations
Lane college in Jackson,
A graduate of Tuskegee
tute, Moore nas worked
the Informer newspaper
of Houston, Texas. While
ing in the Air Forcees
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spective of race.
The report states that there
are at least four motion picture
houses opened to all races.
There are also six auditoriums
in Washington and one in near¬
by Maryland where all
may attend legitimate stage
plays.
Commercial musical concerts
can be heard in three music
halls by all groups, and non-
commercial concerts are fre-
monies, Miss Sylvia
club director, announced. She
said the dance is to be spon¬
sored by Junior Hostesses from
Brunswick.
Miss Coleman stated that
club’s social program will em¬
phasize “entertainment
troops who do not take holiday
leaves” and will present a
varied program of daily activi¬
Attorney Aaron Kravitch of
Savannah, representing Harvey,
had pled for a new trial on
the ground that Harvey was
denied a fair trial because of
his race.
Kravitch’s opinion, however,
was not concurred in by Chief
justice D. Gordon Baker who
said that in his long experience
as a lawyer the South Carolina
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JUBILEE SINGERS MEET KEY¬
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IZE IN EUROPE — Enjoying
successful tour both while
ing and while enjoying
selves are the famed
Singers, under the direction
Member Audit Bmreaa Circmlatiem
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quently presented at the
government auditoriums under
the auspices of the Federal
Recreation committee.
All professional sports are
exhibited on a non-segregated
basis. These include baseball,
football, boxing, wrestling, ice
hockey, ice eapades and the
roller derby.
Most of the larger hotels and
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ties. The establishment w'll be
open from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m.
each day. Facilities include a
snack bar, recreation room and
reading room.
The building, one of the larg¬
est in the Camp Stewart area,
is located in the former Liberty
County Recreation Center, one
mile from Camp Stewart’s main
gate.
courts had been very lenient
with the Negro and had always
been fair to him in the dispen¬
sation of justice.
At the trial for the appeal,
KiraMitch said: “the aggressor
was not the man who did the
killing. I don’t believe if three
Negroes had jumped out of a
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Mrs. James A. Myers. On Dec.
16 the group returned
for the second time during their
current tour. While overseas
they have met a number of
world famous personalities.
In the top picture, the Jub-
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KILLED IN KOREA—Pvt. Willie
Benton, Jr., 26, who was killed
in action in Korea on Novem¬
ber 27. Private Benton ,
the son of Mrs. L. Benton of
728 West Boundary street; en¬
listed in the army nine months
ago and had been in the Korean
battle zone three months. He
took his basic training at Camp
Leonard Wood, Missouri. Prior
to entering the army he was
employed by the John L. Kenny
Roofing Company. He attended
Maple street school.
In addition to his mother, he
is survived by three brothers,
Charlie, Marvin and Marion
Benton, and six sisters, Misses
Emmer Jane, Elise, Isadell, Dor¬
othy Marie, Eva Pearl and Janie
Ruth Benton.
Pfc. Catherine English
Home On Leave
Pfc. Catherine Delores Eng¬
lish, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James English, Sr., of 1201 East
Bolton street, who is serving
with the Women’s Army Corps,
is home on leave visiting her
parents and friends during the
holidays.
Pfc. English completed nine
weeks of basir training at Fort
Lee, Virginia, after which she
was transferred to Fort Sam
Houston, Texasf’ where she at¬
tended the Medical Field Ser¬
vice school. She completed the
course of surgical technicians
there, and is now with the
Brooke Army hospital surgical
service. ,
Pfc. English is a graduate of
Beach high school, and attend¬
ed Savannah State college.
] ilee Singers are singing. In the
botton picture they are greet-
j j n g two top American leaders,
Mrs Myers is shalling hands
with Rep. Peter F. Mack, known
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