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SHRINERS XMAS PARTY—The above shows the .large group
of children who were entertained Christmas day by Omar Tem¬
ple No. 21, A. E. A. O. N. M. S. The Nobles enjoying the day
with the children are, left to right, S. D. Bisard, chairman;
Past Illustrious Potentate Geo. L. Smith; C. O. Ryals, cheerlead¬
er, (partly hidden); C. Green. J. J. Garrison, Ulysses Stewart,
Robert L. Kenner, Debro Williams, Ulysses Ellebey, Paul Vin¬
cent, B’reddie Simmons, Caleb Bias, Julius Pickens, Past 111.
The children were taken to vannah Trailway bus which
the Eastside Theatre in. the brought them to the Temple
morning where an hour and a for the big party which was
half movie was shown., After in store for them.
the show they boarded a Sa- ' On arriving at the Temple
NAACP Head Files io
Bomb Victim’s Funeral
ORDAINED LOCAL ELDER—
George E. Jenkins who was or¬
dained to the eldership of the
Seventh-day Adventist church,
41 and Burroughs Sts., on Dec.
29. The service was conducted
by Elder N. G. Simons of At¬
lanta, Home Missionary secre¬
tary of the South Atlantic
Conference.
Last year Mr. Jenkins was
ordained as a deacon. A gradu¬
ate of Beach high school, he
attended Hampton Institute,
Hampton, Va., and Fenn coll¬
ege, Cleveland, Ohio, as a print¬
ing major before returning to
resume work at the Savannah
Tribune.
STUDENT EDITORS PLAN
PRESS WORKSHOP—Editors
the Famcean, Florida A and
college student newspaper,
cently met to plan for
Second Annual Florida A and
College Interscholastic
Workshop at Famcee
(Tribune
WINNER OF IOTA’S 1-V
DRAWING—Thomas ratrick is
shown above with the Drexel
Television Set, 17-inch table
model, which he was awarded
17 to 19. Left to right, Ebenezer
Edwards, associate editor, Mi¬
ami; Rupert Seals, managing
editor, Lexington, Kentucky;
Charles J. Smith, workshop di¬
rector; Walter Lang, Jr., editor-
in-chief, Gainesville, Fla.; Dor¬
othy Perthone, society editor,
Cecil’s Photo Studio
Potentate Robt. Smith, William Roberts, Raleigh Macon, S. L.
Gibbons, Leroy R. Bolden, Win. Pleasant, A. A. Mason and Illus¬
trious Potentate E. C. Blackshear. (Inset) Past 111. Potentate!
Win. McNeil, Santa Claus; (seated i Past ill. Potentate Sol C.
Johnson, with little Louis Marshall Simms, the grand son of
the first Grand Master of Georgia. P. M. C. L. Wiggins of Clyo,
was also present. Dt. Commandress Washington of the Daugh¬
ters of Isis assisted in preparing the gifts.
they assembled around the; ance of other Nobles present,
( Christmas tree and sang ThLg part of the pr0 gram was
Christmas carols under the impressive with spirited sing-
| leadership cheerleader, of Noble C. O. assist- Ry-
als, with (Continued on Page Seven)
by Iota Phi Lambda sorority
when his name was drawn the
night of Dec. 14 at St. Matt-
r Continued on page 7)
Jacksonville; James Wyatt, as¬
sociate sports editor, Norfolk;
James D. Marshall, associate
sports editor, Tampa; and Billie !
Morris, III, associate editor, Tal¬ i
lahassee. Some 65 students from
Florida and nearby states are I
expected to attend.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1952
NEW YORK, Dec. 27—Walter
executive secretary of
National Association for the
of Colored People,
by plane this afternoon for
to attend the funeral of
T. Moore, NAACP state
who died as a re¬
of a bomb blast which
his home and also se¬
injured his wife on
night.
Before leaving New York, Mr.
announced that the NA¬
is offering a reward of
for information leading
the arrest and conviction of
murderer or murderers.
Association, he said, is de¬
to do everything pos¬
to insure justice in this
the first in which an NA¬
official has been killed in
(Continued on Page 7)
School Compiling
Registry
Cne of the most interesting
most cherished records of
all well organized institutions
learning is its graduates
which tells at a glance
the whereabouts and accom¬
plishments of those who have
passed through its portals.
A record of this sort is now
being compiled by the Beau¬
mont School of Practical Nur¬
sing which was established
here eighteen months ago as a
unit of the famous Beaumont
chain of schools whirh has its
G’lfCourse
Crow
CHARLOTTE, N. C., Dec. 27—
National Association for
Advancement of Colored
this week asked the city
and the Park and
Commission to open
only municipal golf
to Negro citizens.
In a petition on behalf of
Negroes who were
away from the Bonnie
(municipal) course solely
(Continued on Page 7)
Tuskegoe Reports Only
One Lynching During 1951
TUSKEGEE, Ala., Dec. 31—1
According to the Department of j
Records and Research of Tus- j ;
kegee Institute, there was one
lynching during 1*951.
Lynchings for the past five'
years,' according to this report,'
were as follows: 1951, 1; 1950,
2; 1919, 3; 1948, 2; 1947, 1, total,
9 victims.
The 1951 victim was Melvin
Womack, 26-year-old-Negro of
Winter Garden, Orange Coun¬
ty, Florida. He died on March
31 in an Orlando hospital of
wounds received after being
forced by masked men from his
home. The day following his
seizure, he was found in an
orange grove by an officer of ^
the law. Taken to the hospital, |
he died two days later. Reports! as-1
state he did not know his
saliants or why he had been 1
kidnapped. It is thought the
night riders lynched the wrong
man.
The Groveland, Florida Case
Though technically not consid¬
ered a lynching, this release
feels called upon to direct at-
(Continued on Page Three)
250 Families Protest Being Forced
Move Because of New
A committee representing 250
Negro families who live in the
Old Fort section is aroused over
the fact that they are being
requested to move out of that
area in order that a housing
project for white citizens may
be built there.
The committee, headed by
the Rev. J. E. Bailey as chair¬
man, points out in their protest
to the Savannah Housing Au¬
thority under whose sponsor¬
ship the proposed new project
will 'be erected, among other
tilings, that the area in which
these homes will be built is now
occupied by approximately 250
Negro families which, if forced
to clear out of the area, have
no place to move. Only 70
white families now live in the
area.
The petition sent to the
Housing Authority was as fol¬
lows:
‘‘Savannah, Ga,
December 31, 1951.
(Continued on page Seven)
headquarters in Philadelphia.
The local school has gradu¬
ated eight classes with a total
enrollment of 200.
Most of these graduates have
secured gainful work in
Savannah and many others
are occupying important po¬
sitions in institutions in other
states.
The compilation of the reg¬
istry of the local school is being
directed by Nurse W. M. Flow¬
ers who is very desirous of all
graduates in the city calling at
the school and registering so
that this important school rec¬
ord may be completed as soon
as possible, or they may phone
2-4996, 4-tf)64 or 3-5126.
The school which is located
at 506 Charles street is now
forming a new class which will
begin January 15. The course of
study is six months. Mrs. Bertha
McCormick is registrar of the
school.
WELL KNOWN FRATER¬
NAL LEADER BURIED
Funeral services for John
Wesley Reece were held in At¬
lanta, Monday, December 31,
at Bethlehem Baptist church,
the Rev. William Jackson, pas-
(Continued on Page Eight)
Local NAACP Continues Fight to
“Old Fort” Citizens
SAVANNAH SOLDIER COM-
MENDED—When the 82nd Air¬
borne Division held its annual
Command Inspection last week,
Sergeant First Class Rufus J.
ENDORSE MARCH OF DIMES
Left to right: Dr. II. W. Hunter, Cleveland, Ohio, President
Ohio State Association of Elks; Dr. Marie Carpenter, Jersey City,
N. J., Member Jersey City Board of Education: Scovel Richard¬
son, St. Louis, Mo., President National Bar Association: E. C.
Smith, Fayetteville, W. Va., Assistant Superintendent of Edu¬
cation,
Local Area Masonic Lodges
Install Officers
The following are the officers
of the five local Masonic lodges,
and Clyo Lodge, No. 262, who
were Installed by District Grand
Deputy Duncan Pringle at the
Masonic Temple, Wednesday
night, Dec. 26, 1950:
Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 15—
Elective officers, James Jenn¬
ings, W. M.; Warren Williams,
Sr. W.: Willie Thomas, Jr. W.;
TOP CME BISHOPS
Religion hit the headlines
cently in Chicago when the
Bishops College of the Colored
Methodist Episcopal church met
in the “Windy City.” At this
Member Audit Bureau Circtdatiom
Price 7c
1 Adkins, Mess Steward of “K’’
Co., 505th AI, was commended
for keeping his mess hail in
(Continued on Page Eight)
J. P. Sapp, Sec.; Henry
ton, Treas. Appointive
Sylvester Jones, Sr. Dea.;
Washington, Jr. Dea.;
Blake, S'. Steward; KeLsey
ly, Jr. Steward; G. H.
chaplain; Lee Gadson,
al; Jake Peterson, tyler.
Prince Hail Lodge, No.
Continued on page 8even
meeting the prelates discussed
affairs, both practical and
spiritual, of the CME church.
Seated left to right are Bish-
ops H. B. Porter, R. A. Carter,
senior bishop, and J. Arthur
NUMBER 12
The Savannah Branch, NAA¬
CP urged Clarence Mitchell,
head of the NAACP Washington
Bureau, this week, to contact
Commissioner Foley of the Pub¬
lic Housing Administration
again and insist that the Public
Housing Administration live up
to its agreement of not pormit-
ing the Fred Wessels Homes
project to proceed until satis¬
factory consideration has been
given Negroes now living in the
“Old Fort” section.
Several months ago, as a re¬
sults of a NAACP protest the
project had been temporarily
halted and that the local group
would be contatced when repre¬
sentatives from the Washington
office and the local housing
authority met to consider the
problem.
Benjamin S. Adams, chairman
(Continued on Page 7)
Pvt. Thomas J. Woods
Now Corporal
Thomas J. Woods, second son
of Mrs. Viola M. Woods, 11-3 W.
31 lane, who Is serving with the
1st Marine Division, was pro¬
moted to the rank of Corporal
Dec. 12. Cpl. Woods is a grad¬
I uate of the 1950 class of Beach
high school and enlisted in the
| Marine Corps Jan. 16, 1951.
Hamlett; and standing (left to
right) are Bishops A. W. Wom¬
ack, F. L. Lewis, president of
the Bishops College; W. Y. Bell,
Luther Stewart and B. W. Doyle.
— (ANP)