Newspaper Page Text
YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LXXI
ASBURY CHURCH, WHERE THE METHODISTS WILL MEET
w i
Ga. Methodist Conference
To Meet Here Next Week
The Georgia Annual Confer- j
ence of The Methodist Church
f will hold an historic session in;
Savannah at Asbury Methodist;
church, May 27-31. The con-
Dr. J. W. E. Bowen
Presiding Bishop
ference will be presided over by
Bishop J. W. E. Bowen, resident
bishop of the Atlantic Coast
Area whch area includes Meth-
v Dr. W. H. Brown
Supt. Savannah District
odist work for Negroes in the
states of Florida, Alabama,
[ South Carolina and Georgia.
For about fifty years, there
Rev. James H. Taggart
Host Pastor
Has existed two conferences in
he state of Georgia, the Atlan-
and Savannah conference.:
last year the Atlanta confer-
ce passed a resolution invit- ]
(Continued on Page Six; 1
5E lie §amawtah SMtaur
Drive tfllVC on Ull For 1
More Voters
The Organization and Regis¬
tration Committee of the All-
Registration Committee held a
very important meeting on last
week to work out details for
getting non-voters to go to the
courthouse and register to vote.
Jerry D. Bryant, long active in
civic and political affairs, is
chairman of the committee and
presided at the meeting.
He outlined a detailed plan
for registration which was en¬
thusiastically acciepted by the
committee. The Bryant plan
includes the use of an endless
chain of telephone calls to stim¬
ulate among the people.
(Continued on Page Four)
Wilson Heads Citizens
Democratic Club
Leroy Wilson, prominent civic
’eader, was unanimously elected
to head the Citizen’s Democrat
club at a meeting held l'jst
Wednesday night at the Rec¬
reation Center, 37th and Ogee-
chee Road, in the presence of
an overflowing crowd of the
club’s faithful workers
choose a slate of officers to
lead this political
for the next two years.
A. L. Davis and John Mines
were elected first and second
presidents, respectively. The
other officers elected are J. M.
Gaynor, recording secretary;
Henry Franklin, Jr., finance
secretary M J Jackson, treas-
urer; Jerry Jerry D. Bryant, director]
(Continued from Page 8)
SPEAK AT ST. PHILIP’S CHURCH
MORNING
An outstanding feature of the.
Sunday morning 1130 o’clock
service at St. Philip AME church <
will be an address by Mrs.
Thomas Langston Puryear of
Newark, N. J., wife of the Rev
Thomas Langston Puryear
widely known AME minister and j
r G0ES T0 THE MAILS
for NEW MEMBERS
Members of the West Broad
Street Branch YMCA who
not been contacted are
solicited by mail. New members
are being contacted by the
young people on each
by radio and are being
to join the “Y” movement.
The following persons
sent in their applications
membership: Mrs. M. G.
Samuel Jackson, Mrs.
Ashe, A. C. Council, Mrs.
die M. Jackson, Miss L. E.
Hendrickson, Rev. M. S.
Mrs. M. B. Goin, Mrs. A. M
Thweatt. Mrs. P. A. Hagins,
Gertrude Thomas, Mrs. L.
Prince, Mrs. Dunlap, Mrs.
ginia Floyd, Miss Rubye
Mrs. Lucille Alston, amp-
kins, J. W. Lyons, Attorney L.
Scott, R. A. Bryant, G. L.
Cray, Mrs. Grace
Leon R. Grant, N. B. Elmore,
Harry Nevels, Mrs. W. A. Dean,
(Continued on Page Six)
Election of Element to Atlanta
School Board an Event
LAWYER iV MRS. LEMON IN
THE CITY
Lawyer and Mrs. J. G. Lemon,
Sr., of Chicago are in the city,
the guests of Mrs. W. A. Harris
01 East Henry street. This is
Hie first time they have been
in Savannah since they moved
to Chicago several years ago.
the daughter of the Rev. and
Mrs. Fe iix Rice Sims whose
first jj rs j. ministerial work was in
Georgia.
A speaker of much renown
and one of the foremost wom- ^
(Continued on Page Four;
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 21. 1953
Local N'AACP Driving f
New Members
The 1953 NAACP Membership
drive got off to a spirited start
Friday night at the West Broad
Street YMCA with the Rev. L.
S'. Stell, general co-chairman,
presiding. Only a few of the
NAACP workers were present
for the "Kick-Off” meeting of
the membership drive, however,
the enthusiastic inspirational
talks and the pep songs made
up for the very poor attend¬
ance.
Two beautiful electric lamps
were on display and will be
awarded to the teams bringing
in the largest number of mem¬
berships over one hundred. C.
Wimberly, the general campaign
chairman, announced the lamps
were gifts from the ABC Furn-
iture Store.
C. T. Perkins, NAACP Field
Assistant Secretary for the
i state of Georgia, with head-
i quarters in Atlanta, is in the
• Continued on Page 7i
1 Netrro » Couple 1 Meets Race
Bias in Costa Rica
SAN JOSE. COSTA RICA
1 ANP 1 —A New York American
| Negro ion of couple racial felt discrimination the humiliat- in
Costa Rica last week, reported-
! ly because of anti-Negro atti-
tilde of North American whites,
Mrs. Lillian Mitehell and her
husband, Wesley D. Mitehell,
have been asked to seek res-
ervation outside the Hotel Eu-
j fopea in San Jose, where the
couple has been staying.
Mrs. Mitchell, a social inves-
tigator of New York City De-
partment of Welfare, and her
husband, an employee of the
Federal Reserve Bank of New
j yqj.jj were piqued at the subtle
intimation of the manager of
hotel to make other reser-
vations after a day at the hotel.
The lady explained, man-' that;
though the German-born
ager himself showed the visit-
or every courtesy, it was re- j
ATLANTA, May 19— (ANP) —
Dr. Rufus E. Clement, president;
of Atlanta university, was
elected to the Atlanta board of
education last week, over-;
whelming his opponent, J. H.‘
Lander, white, by a vote of 22
2 V to 13,936, in the city-wide
race for Atlanta’s third ward a'
board seat. Lander had been
member of the board for 27 j
years. Clement Is the first Negro
to hold public office here since
Reconstruction days. f
Two other Negroes, Atty. 1
Walden and Dr. Miles G. Amos,
westside druggist, won seats on
the city executive committee, i
Dr. Clement, who beat Lander
in 40 of the city's 58 precincts,
was second in popularity only
to Mayor William B. Hartsfield, 1
who was returned to office by
a margin of 8,000 votes supplied
bv what 1 his opponent, former
Fulton County Commissioner
Charlie Brown, called “The
Negro bloc vote.” It was Harts-'
field’s second time to win off-;
ice by votes supplied by Negro
supporters.
Unique aspect of Dr. Clement's
victory was the fact that his!
race, unlike that of Negroes who!
have won recent victories in
other southern cities, was not|
on a “ward” basis, in which a;
predominantly Negro ward!
could easily supply the vic¬
tory, Dr. Clement’s race had to
be decided by a majority of
votes from the entire city, and
Negro voters were only 18,000 of
i the city’s total 110,000 regis-,
tered.
the 60,000 turnout, Dr.]
Clement received more white)
i votes than Negro, and modestly]
termed his victory "A victory.
CALIF. ARCHITECT
WINS SPINGARN MEDAL
NEW YORK, May 20 — The
coveted Spingarn Medal, award¬
ed annually to a Negro Ameri¬
can for distinguished achieve-
Continued on Page Six
vealed that pressure brought j
to bear from “some important]
North American guests" was! j
responsible for the suggestion,
On a weekend Latin American;
tour the Mitchells reached!
Costa Rica last Monday. adver¬ Ac- j
cepting high-pressured
tisement in United States
tourist magazines and recom¬
mendations by travel agencies
in New York, the couple made
reservations at the Hotel Eu¬
ropea.
The Mitchells were willing to
fight the racial discrimination
which is a flagrant abuse of
Costa Rican law, but because
of their short stay in the Re¬
public, this was not likely.
In a complaint to the US
embassy, they were given the
assurance that they were with-
in their rights to stay at the
hotel and make an issue of the
incident if they chose.
for the South.” He declared
that he has-always thought the |
wite southerners are far ahead ]
of what some persons might
think, and given a chance, will
show it.
Dr. Clement had campaigned
in white communities as ar-j j
dently as he had in Negro
sections. He attended political
rallies almost nightly and ap¬
peared on radio and television,
hammering in his theme that]
Atlanta’s 25,000 Negro children]
deserved at least one repre¬
sentative of their own race on]
the board of education. Several;
white organizations endorsed;
him, but the city is powerful!
daily white newspapers, thel
Atlanta Constitution and Atlan¬
ta Journal, backed his oppon¬
ent.
The nationally known edu-j
eator received a unanimous
vote in Negro precincts which
he lost. His shortage tallied an
average of 35 votes behind his |
white opponent,.
The veteran incumbent. Lan¬
der, commented that he did;
not think it necessary to cam-!
palgn vigorously against Cle-'
ment, adding “I didn't think
the people were ready for this,”;
electing a Negro to office.
Nevertheless Lander sent Dr.
Clement a telegram of con-;
gratulations.
In a statement following the i
final tabulations, Dr. Clement;
said:
“This is a victory for the
Negro and white citizens, work- ] ;
ing together for a new day in
the South."
He joined W. C. Ervin of,
Augusta ’ G a " busin ess man ager.
(Continued on Page Seven) I
MRS. BRADBY NAMED
SCHOOLROOM TEACH¬
ER OF THE YEAR
Mrr. Lelia A. Bradby, a teach¬
er at Schofield high school,
Aiken, South Carolina. was
selected Classroom Teacher of
the Year for 1953, by The Negro
Educational Review. For this
singular honor she received
considerable endorsement from
patrons, fellow-workers and
students. Point of importance
in the selection are: iii
ration and in-service growth;
(21 participation in and
tribution to community
gram; <3» versatility in work
and activity; and (4* popularity
with patrons, students and
fellow-workers as evidenced by
their evaluation of her work.
She holds the Bachelor of
Science degree, with distinct¬
from Hampton Institute,
at Muskigum college. New
Ohio; the master of
arts degree from Cornell uni¬
with a major in French
and a minor In Eng¬
lish Renaissance; postgraduate
at Cornell Her teaching
experience includes two years]
at the Parker-Gray high
(Continued on Page Seven)
State Announces
Commencement Schedule
CHARGES AGAINST
CHAPLAIN DROPPED
NEW YORK. May 14— Follow¬
ing intervention by the Nat¬
ional Association lor the Ad¬
vancement of Colored People a
threatened court martial of
William M, Perkins, U.S.
Force chaplain, on charges
defrauding the government
(Continued on Seven)
Photc by Freeman
DELTAS CELEBRATE 40TII
ANNIVERSARY — Members of
Beta Delta Sigma chapter of
the Delta Sigma Theta Sorn
rity, Inc., honored Mrs. Soph-
ronia G. Tompkins for her out- |
standing community service
principal of the Woodvilie high
Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 7c
Photo bv Freeman
HAVEN HOME SCHOOL WINS JUNIOR HIGH mOHL
'the aoove are scenes Baptist at the speaking contest held Sunday. May
17, at First Bryan Church, sponsored by Omar rompm
No. 21, First prize In the Junior high division was won by Mi. .
Joyce Young, Haven Home. Mrs. Sadie Davis, sponsor. Kfnm i
prize went to little Miss Earline Gilbert of East Broad* school,
Mrs. V. DeLorme, sponsor. The presentation was made by No¬
ble J. B. Hardriek.
In the elementary division, first prize was awarded little
Miss Alberta Wilder of Powell Laboratory school, Mrs. L. W: i. .
The second prize was wen by Master Lawrence Wil¬
Mrs. Mattie Branch, sponsor. These prizes were present-
ed by Ncble Cornelius Freeman. (Continued on pag > i
Plans Mapped
For Ozzie
Jones Fund
President W. W. Law and
chairman of Ozzie Jones Fund
Drive, C. O. Ryals, have just
completed mapping out a drive
to get additional funds to fur¬
ther fight this case. Ah organ¬
izations are asked to mall at
once funds to help carry on
this fight to Chairman C. O.
Ryals, 511 W. Park avenue.
Contributions nave been re-
ceived from the following:
James Lee Frazer, $1.00; Wil
'lont.irnieb on oner Seven
school during the celebration
of the 40th anniversary
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Inc ., last week
Top picture shows Soror J. L.
Bryant presenting a silver,
graved urn with a dozen red
roses to Mrs. Tompkins at a
NUMBER 32
, Opening with Baccalaureate
I Services on Sunday afternoon,
j of May interesting 31, at 4:00 events o’c’ock, will a . mark t i ;
i
Savannah State’s Commence¬
ment Season, Dr. William K.
Payne, president of the college.
(Continued on page Six,
Schools To Present
Music Interpretation
Program
The colored schools of Sa-
| | vannah and Chatham county
will be presented in a prcgrvn
of musical interpretation; Fri-
| day evening, May 29, at 11. (X
j o’clock In ihc auditorium o:
I Alfred E. Beach high school
: The public is invited to att< at
this variety of musical mood 1
Ra( jj 0 Listening Party featuring
“Town Meeting of the Air" la ,
Tuesday at the College Center
of Bn vannah Statu colic. * .
Bottom picture show . Mrs,
Tompkins cutting the cake cn
Ccntirued 3'.