Newspaper Page Text
YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LXX
Boy Scout
Speaker
Dr. Aaron. Brown
The Chatham Division of the
Coastal Empire Council, Boy
Scouts of America, is bringing
to Savannah as the annual
banquet speaker, Dr. Aaron
Brown, president of Albany
State college.
Dr. Brown is well known in
educational centers and has
contributed much to the pro¬
gressive education movement of
America. He is a member of a
number of national organiza¬
tions and has contributed to
the administration of these
movements.
Father G. H. Caution, chair-
(Coimnueu on i'age 7)
Liberia inaugurates Pres.
Tubman in a Blaze of Glory
Regional Teachers To
At Beach High Next Mo.
LOCAL SSC ALUMNI
TO HOLD MEETING
MONDAY NIGHT
A meetng of the
chapter of Savannah .State
lege Alumni Association will
held Monday night, January
at St. Matthew’s church
house at 7:3C o’clock. L. D.
president of the local
HBBniMK
#.70 CHURCH
. One of the newest and
istinguished structures
[emphis is the new
an Baptist church, built at
Dst of $250,000, and
edicated by its pastor, Dr.
Owen. The new edifice
onstructed in Georgian
t contains numerous
nd uniform rooms as well
looting rooms.
IHICAGOAN WINS S20,000
UIT
TULSA, OKia—(ANP)—
’ucker, Chicagoan, received
heck for $20,408.00 from
ederal government as over
essment on income taxes
nterests covering the
1950 Tucker found he
e an over payment of
i $12,000. He filed a suit
federal court in Tulsa.
it on the sum amounted
5 Tucker at one
.
3 d an oil-producing
reek County, Okla.
Two Negroes were among
six persons appointed by
ident Truman last week to
jn the Committee on
ment Contract Compliance.
SEV’RL CONTESTANTS
OFFERING FOR TITLE,
OMEGA”
Mu Phi chapter of Omega Psi
Phi fraternity will release to
the public w'ithin a fe"’ days
the names of the young ladies
competing for “Miss Omega.”
The contest is being sponsored
bv the fraternity as a fund
raising project for a scholar¬
ship to be given to some worth'
student.
According to the amount of
interest and enthusiasm already
shown, the contest is predicted
to be of keen competion among
the entestants. Each young
lady in the contest and their
friends will sell votes. Persons
purchasing a vote will be en¬
titled to attend the coronation
dance to be held at Lincoln Inn
(date to be announced next
week i at which time Miss Ome¬
ga will be crowned. Attractive
prizes will be given to each win¬
ner.
Key With Monroe
^uneral Directors
W. M. Key will be associated
with the Monroe Funeral Di-
rectors, announces Mrs. Essie
M. Edwards, owner and man¬
ager.
Mr. Key is a licensed funeral
director and embalmer, a grad¬
uate of Massachusetts college
of Embalming. Mr. Key is pre¬
pared to render the same effi¬
cient service as in the past.
Thg Eleventh Region of Geor¬
gia Teachers and Educational
Association will meet at Alfred
E. Beach high school Febru¬
ary 1.
C. M. Richardson and Miss
Clarie Jones from the State
Department, Dr. Tillman and
Dr. Boyd of Atlanta university,
together with representatives
from Savannah State college,
will serve as consultants in cur-
Rev. Owens is also
of the Tennessee State
J M. three E. Convention, purchased Inc.,
years ago
former Catholic school
$500,000. He is married to
former Miss Mary J. Hoods
Alexandria, Va., a graduate
Hartshorn Memorial college.
They have one son, S.
Owen, Jr., a graduate of
house college.— (ANP)
Donors To Christmas Fund For The Boys At The Industrial Farm
The Rachel Moore Sunshine
Workers thank the many foll¬
owing friends for their annual
contributons to the Chrstmas
Fund for the boys at the Indus¬
trial Farm. In addition to
the gifts previously mentioned
the organization is presenting
j the boys a ping pong table.
Miss Jessie L. Grant, solicitor
—Post Office, P. O. Bldg, em¬
ployees and postmen, $5.25;
The Orchid Art Club, $5.00;
Marion O. Johnston, $1.00; Wal¬
ter Haughs, $1.00; W. S. Scott,
*1.00; Donald Thomas, $1.00; B.
and L. Service Station, S1.00;
Howard Service Station, $1.00;
Cari Oliver $1.00; Dr. J. W.
son $1.00; Dr. E. J. Smith, $1.00;
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1952
GIRL SCOUTS RECEIVE
Scout cooking school conducted
received their diplomas at an
the Community House at
Left to right: first, row, La-
vances Freeman, Carolyn Jones
Gloria Jean Holliday, Patricia
Williams, Rose Marie Bailey,
Juanita Jones, Blanch Cody.
Harriett Cobbs, Charles Etta
Hardwick, Lillie Polite, Carolyn
MONROVIA, Liberia— (ANP)
—Sixteen nations and the Unit¬
ed Nations were officially rep¬
resented last week when the
Republic of Liberia officially
inaugurated President William
V. S. Tubman for his second
term.
'ij-iginally elected to office
in 1943 and installed in 1944.
President Tubman served a
term of eight years, and was
re-elected to a term of four
years, last year.
Also installed in office was
William R. Tolbert, Jr., as vice
president.
The first week of the inaug¬
uration ceremonies in Liberia
have been typified by an afnaz-
< Continued on Page 7)
U. of Tennessee Admits Negro;
Three Others Enroll
KNOXVILLE, Tenn— (ANP
—The University of Tennessc
last week apparently
the latest southern school
admit a Negro student when
was reported that Gene
ell Gray enrolled in the
term, Jan. 14. Gray was admit
ted to the graduate school
study chemistry.
Three other Negroes
may enroll at the U. of T. The
are Joseph H. Patterson,
coln A. Blakeney and
Alexander.
The admission of Gray to
^university has brought to
close a long battle of the
colored students to gain
sion to the school.
The university’s decision
Dr. and Mrs. Eberhardt $1.00
Dr. J. C. Fonvielle $1.00;
•Stokes Shoe Rebuilders $1.00:
L. D. Perry $1.00; Arnett Wat¬
ers, radio, a gift; L. D. Lav,
$1.00; Edward B. Law $1.00;
Mrs. Mary Moody $1.00; Mrs.
Nellie Pollard $1.00;John H.
Law, Sr., 50c; Sam Jones 50c;
Frank Dilworth 50c; Brown’s
Sea Food 50c; Mr. and Mrs.
George' Singfield $1.00 ; Mrs.
Margaret Walker .50; Mrs. Ed¬
na Sutton, New York, $1.00;
Mrs. Clemmie Phillips, Brook-
lyn, N. Y., $1.00; Mrs. Anna E.
_ $1.00;
' Grant, Staten Is., N. Y.,
Mrs. Virginia Allen, Staten Is.,
N. Y, 50c; Mrs. Sophie Mould-
en 50c; Mrs. J. Desverney, 50c;
Members of the Girl j
by the Savannah Gas Friday Company at j j
ceremony last
Village. The diplomas I
Roberts and Lolleoea Austin;
Second row: Yvonne Page,
Charlotte Hardwick, Shirley
Jones, Mary Mathis, Mary Lips¬
comb, Barbara Grant and Pearl
Ruth Jackson.
Third row: Calanthe Fergu¬
Fmm $t;-A-Week To
A-li C3T Is I ills r llHRUr S
Success story
A former sharecropper, whose
annual gross income once av¬
eraged less than five dollars a
week, has converted a run¬
down, hilly, eroded farm into
a s6,000-a-ycar farming enter¬
prise, says a report received
last week by the U. S. Depart¬
ment of Agriculture from State
Leader P. H. Stone of the Geor¬
gia Extension Service.
The farmer is Gl-year-old
Henry Josey of Rentz, Ga., who
has quadrupled the corn arid
cotton yields on his 184-acre
farm by following practices
rocommended by Soil Conserva¬
tion Service technicians who
are assigned to the Central
Georgia Soil Conservation Dis¬
trict.
• omit the Negroes has staved
jff a possible ruling on the con-
COMPLETE BASIC TRAIN¬
ING—Pvt, Andrew Thornton, 18,
nd Pvt. John H. Jamerson, 18,
•Continued on Page Severn
Henry Solomon 50c; Mrs. Lill¬
ian Mason 25c; Mrs. A. Andrew
15c; Mrs. A. Steward 25, total,
$36.50.
Miss Lula Smith, solicitor—
Mrs. Veronica Arnold. 25c; Miss
Ethel Bogan 25c; James W.
Brown, $1.00; Cash, $5.00;
Frank Cuyler 25; Golden
Dream Club $5.00; Mrs. Susan
Dowse 25c; Mr. and Mrs. Al-
ihonso Fields sl.00; Mrs. Vir-
liiiia Floyd 25c; Mrs. M. B
Goins 25c; Mrs. Eldora Green
25c; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hagins
50c; Mrs. J. W. Jamerson, Sr.,
50". Mrs. Laura Jefferson 25c: j
Mis Ruby King 25e; Mrs. Flor¬
ence Law 25c; Mrs. Emma Lind¬
say 25; James Luten $1.00; Mrs. ]
certified that the members of
fully completed a course in
class was conducted by Mrs.
sentative of the Gas Company.
son, Ernestine Price, Elnora
Fripp, Gearline Mincey, Delores
Humphries, Joan Ann Holliday,
Voncial Carswell and Mary
Pearl Roberts.
An impromptu program was
given before the diplomas were
Atlanta Leaders Demand End
| Injustices • _• 1 rolleys, mi n Buses
on
“When they started showing
1 me how to build terraces and
| plant cover crops and legumes,”
! says Mr. Joscy, “X was getting
I only a quarter of a bale of cot¬
ton and just about 12 bushels
of corn to the acre on most of
my land.”
Since that time, he has built
24,000 feet of terraces, planted
blue lupine as a green manure
crop, shifted the steep slopes
from corn and cotton to pas¬
tures of kudsu, lespedeza, fes¬
cue, and dallis grass, and start¬
ed raising a herd of cattle. Now
he has 40 head of Hereford*
and 26 hogs.
His corn yield has shot up to
60 bushels per acre, and where
(Continued on Page 7)
stitutionality of the states’
school segregation laws.
The U. S. Supreme court dis¬
missed the appeal seeking en¬
trance to the university after
the school’s attorney, John J.
Hooker, said the men would be
admitted.
A U. S. District court judge,
Robert I. Taylor, previously had
ordered the students admitted,
but the university had refused
to act on the order.
Chief Justice Fred Vinson, in
dismissing the suit, told both
parties: “We feel we haven’t
any case remaining before us.
The case, therefore, is conclud¬
ed.”
A life-long resident of Knox¬
ville, Gray was informed by Dr.
Tessie Mack 50c; Mrs. Rhina
Miller $1.00; Miss Louise Milton
25c; Mrs. Sarah Moore 25; Mu¬
tual Benevolent Society, Inc.,
$3.00; Mrs. Amanda Parker 50c;
St. Louis Ponder 60c; George
Robeson -50c; Miss Lula Smith
50; Mrs. Sadie Steele 50. Total,
$24.35.
Mrs. Nona Davis,
Mr. and Mrs. Fischer Mosley,
$5.00; Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Car¬
penter $2.00; Mrs. Janet Hayes
$1.00; T. J. Hopkins and family
$2.00; Mrs. Altomese Dowse 50c;
Mrs. Clifford Jones 50c; Mrs.
Margaret Rhaney 50c; Mrs.
Wilma Hopkins 50c; Mrs. Nancy
Collier 50c; Mrs. Alma Whitley
50c; Mrs. Mattie Leftwich 50c;
Girl Scout class had success¬
and meal preparation. The
Myers, Home Service Repre¬
awarded and this was enjoyed
by the visitors who included
parents of the graduates; Police
Officer V. C. Demery; Mrs. Eu¬
nice Williams of the Savannah
(Continued on page Seven)
ATLANTA, Ga.—(ANPl— At¬
lanta NAACP leaders last week
threatened suit to outlaw seg-
regaton on local trolleys and
buses because Negro citizens
have a “long record of inde¬
cent treatment” at the hands
of trolley operators and police¬
men.
C. L. Harper, local NAACP
president, said resolutions have
been sent to city officials and
the Atlanta Transit company,
protesting the arrest recently
of an 18-year-old Negro girl
who allegedly broke segregation
laws.
Harper said that NAACP rep-
resentatves have had several
conferences with transit com-
Oontlnued on page Seven
C. E. Brehm, president of the
university, that he could enroll
in the school Monday, Jan. 14.
President Brehm said:
“Gene Mitchell Gray will be
permitted to enroll in the uni¬
versity Monday morning if he
chooses to enter now instead of
waiting until next quarter of
school in March. He realizes
he will be enrolling a week
late but it will be left up to him
to determine whether he can
make up the work he has
missed.”
Dr. Brehm added that mem¬
bers of the executive commit-
tee of the Board of Trustees
would meet soon to deterrniine
(Continued on Page 1 1
Mrs. Melissa Lewis, 59c; Mrs.
Martha Ginn 50c; Mrs.
Sykes 50c; R W. Harrison 50c;
T. L. Waters 50c; T. Bland 50c;
J. W. Spivey 50c; C. J.
25c; B. Parks 25c, total, $17.50.
Miss L. H. Hendrickson,
Heitor Walter Aiken 50c; Henry
L. Artest 50c; Dee. A Berne.:
50c; Dea. T. S. Beaton 25c;
Mrs. J. V. Chaney 75c; Mrs. M.
E. Farley 50c; Mrs.- H. E.
ton 50c; Dery Wm. Gibson $1.00;
j Mi.ss Areola Harris 50c; Miss C.
j B. Hendrickson $1.00; Miss L. E.
Hendrickson $1.00; Willie Jones
25c; Miss Gertrude Lark 50c;
Dea. Manzo 50c; Dea. T. A. Mil-
ledge $1.00; Mrs. Ruth A Nel¬
son 50c; Rev. E. P.
Member Audit Bureau Circulathm
Price 7c
MR. LONG TO RE HEARD
IN RECITAL WF.DNES-
DAY AT STATE COLLEGE
As a part of the Lyceum
series at Savannah State college
for 1951-52 Robert Charles
Long, tenor, will be presented
in concert at Meldrm auditori¬
um, Wednesday evening, Jan.
23. at 8:15 p. in, Born in Nor¬
folk. Va., Mr. Long holds a B.S.
degree in business education
from Hampton Institute and
the M.A. degree in the same
field from New York university.
He is now' working toward a
doctorate in the same area.
Although most of his formal
experience has been in the fielld
of business. Mr. Long has had
a rich experience in the field of
music. He was a boy soprano in
his church choir. While at,
Hampton he studied voice un¬
der Prof. Ernest Hayes, associ¬
ate professor of music, and an
organist. Prior to entering col¬
lege he studied with Stephen J.
Lamb of Norfolk.
Mr. Long sang as a soloist
with the choir and glee club
at Hampton Institute as well
as gave recitals in the ncarb’
communities. After finishing
Hampton he entered the armed
services and was commissioned
as second lieutenant at, Camp
Lee, Virginia. During his foreign
service experience lie studied
with an opera coach In France.
At present Mr. Long is chair¬
man of the Business Depart-
(Continued on Page 7)
Memorial¬
ize Fla. Bomb Victims
The Savannah Branch of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
plans to hold a ciy-wide
memorial service for the late
Harry T. Moore, Florida State
NAACP coordinator, and his
wife, Mrs. Harriet Moore, who
died as a result of the Christ¬
mas night bombing of their
home at Mims, Fla. The time
and place of the meeting will
be announced later.
The memorial meeting' will be
conducted by the Baptist Min¬
isterial Alliance of which the
Rev. H. W. Wilburn is president,
and the Evangelical Union, the
Rev. C. P. Hobbs,’ president.
(Continued on Page 7)
j
j OPERATES TRANSFER TRUCK
j -Besides carrying out a very !
| fine farming program, Wim¬ I
I berly Thomas, left, above, and !
! his .>on, James McKinley, cen¬
ter, make good operating a big
transfer truck. With Roscoe A.
j Lee, Lowndes County farm
j agent, they look over their new i
j tractor. The tfactor is also used !
to do some custom work. Seen
at the right is the transfer
j $1.00; Dea. W. S. Roundfleld
25c; Mrs. Fiance:; Sharpe 50c;
j j Mrs Mazellc Shellman 50c;
Mrs. Phoebe Stone 25c; Mrs.
Kathleen Thomas 50c; Mrs.
j Irene B. Verdier 50c; Mrs.
Cathiine Williams 25c; Mrs.
Lelitia Wight 25c; Mrs. Belle ;
j Wyllie 25c; Dea. Thos. Wyllie
I 25c; total, $14.25. |
Mi;;s M E. Wright, solicitor—
O. L. Douglas 25c; Miss M. E.
Wright 25c; J. M. Greene 25c;
j Mrs. J. L. Blake 25c; Miss T.
Clifford 25e.; Mrs. L). Lampkin
25c; Mrs. M. B. Payne 25c; Miss
L. F. Cromartie 25c; P, W. Riley
25c; Miss Parnell Mines 25c; C.
(Continued on Page Four)
NUMBER 11
Vvi \
^ »
HOHOred
Thomas Monroe Camp-jell,
first Negro to be appointed a
farm demonstration agent in
the U. S. Department of Agri¬
culture, was honored January
13 at a special service at Tus-
kegee Institute. Campbell has
worked as an extension agent
since 1908. He is now one of two
Negro field supervisors.— < ANP)
Harry Mitchell accompanied
by his daughter, left Tuesday
for New York to visit his broth¬
er.
A 32-year-old New York Ne¬
gro mother recently gave birth
to her second set of triplets, a
feat which made medical his¬
tory.
ALPHA THETA ZETA
TO CELEBRATE
FOUNDERS DAY
The Alpha Theta Zeta chap¬
ter of Zeta Phi Beta sorority,
Inc., will broadcast Sunday,
January 20, at 5:00 p. m. over
Station WDAR, the Hol.sum
hour.
Soror Ola B. Dingle will give
the introduction for the occas¬
ion and Baslleus A. Stripling
will make the main address.
Soror L. Prince will give a
dramatic reading.
Rho Beta chapter, Zeta Phi
Beta sorority, Savannah State
Continued on page Seven
truck which is used to haul
livestock and all kinds of farm
materials for themselves and
others. A smaller truck, left, is
used on the farm. Young Thom¬
as handles the tractor and the
big truck. Father and son have
a very progressive system of
crop and livestock production
established on their 151-acre
farm at White Hall in Lowndes
County
ENNIX APPOINTED TO NASH¬
VILLE BOARD OF EDUCATION
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ANPi—
For the first time in its 90 year
old history a Negro, Coyness L.
Ennix. last week became a mem¬
ber of the Nashville Board of
Education.
An attorney, Ennix was one of
four persons appointed by
Mayor Ben West. He was un-
successful candidate last May
for the city council.
Atty. Ennix served on the
Nashville Housing Commission,
a seven man body charged with
the huilding and operation of a
$5,000,000 municipal auditorium
for the city. He organized the
Solid Block, a Nashville political
group. „