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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
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COLLEGE BACCALAUREATE SCENES
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SUITES FROM SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE B ’• 'A' \ .REATE Tor. (left) C. V. v :rv, chair¬
man of the college c,apartment of chemistry, hiads the baccalaureate procession, followed by
Dr. W. K. Payne, college president and Rev. A. o. Curtright, speaker, pastor of First Congrega-
tiom.l Church. Others shown in the picture are Rev. A. J. Hargrett, college minister, and or. K
K. Williams, dean of faculty.
Top, (right), Rev. Curtright.
Bottom, Rev. Curtright, 2nd from left, cha s with Mrs. W. K Payne, wife of the president,
at a reception at College Community House, gfen for the alumni, faculty and friends. Other,
shown in picture r.re Mrs. A. C. Curtright, Ben I lgersol registrar of college, and Miss Althea V,
Marten, instructor at college.—. —Photos by Bowens
Dr. Luther Faster Named Fourth
President of Tuskegee Institute
Hostile Whites Spoil hirst Interracial
Mass of Dixie Catholic Church
Samaritans To Meet
June 8-10 At Dorchester
The Independent Order of
Good Samaritans and Daugh¬
ters of Samaria will hold their
68!h Annual State Grand Lodg"
session June 8-10 in Dorchtster,
Georgia, at the Dorchester Cen¬
ter. Delegates and representa¬
tives from all parts of Georgia
will attend this annual fellow¬
ship meeting.
This year the elertion of offi¬
cers will take place as well as
the election of delegates to the
National Session to be held in
Miami, Florida, Augu*st 10-14.
At 3:30 on June 8, Grand
Chief J. T. Green will appoint
the various committees at the
IM.ANNING FOR CONVENTION
— Above are members of the
Handicrafters Art and Dramatic
Club of Lagrange, Georgia,
completing plans with the State
President for the annual con¬
vention of the Georgia Feder¬
ation of Colored Women's Clubs
which will be held in LaGrangc
on June 21. 22 and 23 with the
CONVENTION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS SET FOR LaGRANGE
i The 36th annual convention
of tht Georgia Federation of
fColored Women's Clubs will be
£' Id st June Depot 21. high 22 and school 23 in at La- the
executive board meeting. One
of these committees will be the
credential committee, and the
grand opening will take place
Monday night, June 8. The ed¬
ucational program will be pre- |
seated on Tuesday night by
Mrs, Ruby Hill. The public is
invited to' these two programs.
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A SON |
A son was born May DOth to
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Morris¬
on of Dittsmersville. He will be
-Tamed Joseph Elijah. Both baby.
and mother are doing nicely,
i above club as host group
j Reading from left to right art
seated: Mrs. Mamie B. Reese
h Albany, state president; Mrs
D. K. Harrison, treasurer, i
Mother ,, „ Essie . Edwards, „ , „ , local . ,
program chairman: Mrs. Louise
Epps, vice president; Mrs. Laura
Holcombe, financial secretary, j
Standing: Mrs. Willie Fuller, i
Grange, according to an an -1
noancement made last week by
the state president, Mrs. Mamie J
B. Reese of Albany.
The three day program, j
NEWTON GROVE, N. C. -
(ANPi— The first attempt at a
practical application of plans
to merge two Catholic churches
one Negro and one white—
in an un-Christianlike
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May Queen
ing ovation. The enthusiasm
was repeated when Dr. Paul
,
Gaier, president of the college,
placed a crown of white roses
on her black hair.
The stately Miss Graham is
the first Negro coed to wear
the crown in the 18-year his-
Sunday Is
Shriners Ju¬
bilee Day
A service of interest to Nobles
of the Mvstic Shrine will be
observed Sunday at the mosque.
The occasion will be a jubilant
ceremony conducted by Nobler
the domain, wherever dis¬
and will be carried out
111. Potentate and his offi¬
,
A special feature program will
in charge of the program
The. service begins
4 p. m.
TEACHERS,
HONORED
Ninetv-two retired colored
white teachers and orinci-
pals were honored last night by
the Board of Education in an
unprecedented program at Sa¬
vannah high school. Each hon-
oree was presented a certificate
of appreciation.
Supt. William A. Early, the
originator of this special pro¬
gram, gave high tribute to the
group and said their influence
would be far reaching in the
world conflict. Comdr.
Spencer, a member of
the board, stated that a monu¬
ment should be erected in one
of Savannan s beautiful squares
depicting a teacher with a child
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Miss Thelma Graham, a 21-
aspirant to a concert-
career, last week was
"May Queen” at Clark
here, in recognition of
popularity on the campus.
When Miss Graham was an-
as ‘Queen,” the entire
body gave her a stand-
parliamentarian; Mrs. Mina B.
wood, president and overall
chairman of local arrange-
Mj ,«, Dorothy wiU ough-
by; Mrs. „ Louise , McDowell, ., _ con-
ven ^ on Housing sharman, and
R. Perry. There are twelve
members of the Handirrafters
club not shown.
which is to be centered around
tv, P theirp "Rpftpr Human rp-
i a ti 0 i .s Through Federated
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1953
101 Get Diplomas, Certificates
From Savannah State
Commencement week at Sa¬
vannah State college ended
/esterday morn ng when a
graduating class of 100 students
heard the commencement ad¬
dress delivered by Dr. Ambrose
Caliver, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., as¬
sistant to the commissioner,
(J. S. Office of Education,
Washington, D. C.
The closing week's activities
began Sunday with the bacca¬
address delivered by
A. C. Curtright, pastor of
the First Congregational church
Of the 101 recipients of de¬
and certificates at Wed¬
nesday’s exercises, 39 Savan-
received degrees and
10 received certificates.
Those receiving degrees were:
Biology: Clifford Edward
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S. Congress
Meet In
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind —Here in
capital city of the stat:
Indiana, often reefrred to a 1
“Crossroads of the Nation.’
will be an Annual Sum¬
School of Methods, which
the Department of Religioir
of the National Bap
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The 1953 NAACP
Campaign is in desperate need |
f workers to “hit the field” and j
ning in new members, C. Wiin- j
berly, the general chairman,;
said. He reports that only a few
workers are attending the
’eekiy Monday and Friday
light report meetings.
As a result of the local branch
program within the last year,
there should be a tremendous
amount of good will among the
Negro citizenry. Mr. Wimberly
stated that it appears that the
folk in the community would
be eager to show their endorse-
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TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala.
May 30—<ANP) — Dr. Luther
Hilton Foster, Jr., 40 year ok
business administrator of Tus
kegee institute, was electei
Tuskegee institute's fourtl
president at a meeting of th
board of trustees held here to¬
day.
The election climaxed a
search for a successor to Dr.
Frederick D. Patterson, who on
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I tory of the institution. As
"Queen,” she will reign over the
three-day May fete which cul¬
minates in a prom. Her all-
white court will attend to her
during all events.
A contralto, she has been feat¬
ured in numerous school musi-
CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION The Jiiiowmg are candi¬
dates at WooD/ille high school. Vera Mae Baker, Lillie Bell Bris¬ \
bane, Vauiena Brown, Mattie Ruth Davis, June Marie Frank¬
lin, Mary Jane Harris, Carolyn Elizabeth Hayes, Georgia Ann Ha¬
zel, Johnnie Mae Jinks. Pearl Beatrice Johnson, Ruby Bernice
Johnson. Vick EJainc Knight, Betty Louise Lemon, Constance
Marie Lewis, Genoris .Janet Magwood, Ruby Jane Martin, Betty
Louise Massey, Catherine Milton, Ruth Ella Patterson, Margaret ;
Pinkney, Willie Ann Reynolds, Dorothy Lee Robins, Elizabeth
Roten.
Ola Bell Shaw. Mollie Deloris Sims, Elnora Simmons, Sara
Alice Smails, Wilhelmina Smalls, Vergie Lee Smith, Pender Ver-
SL’PT. EARLY TO ADDRESS ; school will listen to William
WOODVIELE GRADS Early deliver the commencement
Sixty-one candidates for ; address at Woodville on Monday
graduation from Woodville high I afternoon, June 8, at 5 o’clock.
White Mail Kills Negro Woman
lEffanse Shi liirspd Him
TO ENTER VET MEDICAL SCHOOL
LANGSTON, Okla iANPi
T hurmal Bank.* plans to enter
(he School of Veterinary Modi
cine at Oklahoma A. and M.
college, Stillwater, in Septcm
her. Banks will be the firs)
Negro admitted to this branch
ADVENTIST CAMP
MEETING IN FLORIDA
The annual convocation of
the South Atlantic Conference
>f Seventh-day Adventists, com¬
prising the stales of North and
South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida, opens today at their
"ecently purchased 40-acre
camp, ite near Hawthorne, Fla.
For weeks workers have been
making ready for an anticipated
overflow crowd at this 10-day
meeting. In addition to the
hundreds of family tents. a t-
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NA4CP In Dire Need of
Campaign Workers
^ Men Hom)red ^ T()
Save Negro In New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS — (ANPi
The unusual happened
last week in the way of
for courage when two
men at a meeting of the
mission council, were
with certificates of merits
keys to the city.
The two men, John L. Crosby
and Julius Prouxl, were cited
for heroism when on May 21
they jumped into the
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cal affairs and hopes to attend
Willimette university for her
last two years of college in
preparation for a career as a
concet singer.
Miss Graham is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Graham of
Vancouver.
Banks, who was graduate!
from Langston university las
week with a major in teehn.'ca
agriculture, ts a graduate o
Douglas:, high school. We wok
Okla., and a native of Boley
Okla.
vUSONS-O. E. S. HOLD
DISTRICT MEETING
TL Most Worshipful Princ
Hail First, District Masons lick
a most informative meeting o
Sunday presided over by R. W
District Deputy Grand Mimic
Donald Thomas.
An interesting talk was mad
’’v P. M. Cornelus Freema'
welcoming all the visiting breth
ren to the city, Informative re
marks were made by Gr&nc'
Secretary E. C. Blackshear, anc
Assistant Grand Secretary L. R
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| Veterans Stage Impressive
1
1 Memorial Day Parade
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j Cue of I lie most impressive i
I Memorial Day parades seen in 1
I Savannah was held Sunday i
| afternoon, The demonstration, j |
which was held a day after the
10Rulal national Memorial day,
was sponsored by the Forest
City Veteran,5 Council Admin-
istration.
COMING UNCF CHOIR SCHEDULE
NEW YORK- The Jmic-July
schedule for the weekly series
of choral programs by outstand¬
ing coltge choirs, presented by
the American Broadcasting i
Company in cooperation with ‘
the United Negro College Fund J
was announced today at Fund |
headquarters. During the month I
iieile Steele, Lucy Mae Underwood, Lillian Wesley, D o rot. / Pri..
cilia Williams, Viola Williams, Thelma Delores Wright, Geneva
Cynthia Young.
J;.ck Bradshaw, Jr., Joseph Bruen, Jr„ Ralph Drayton.
Marion Hamilton, Robert Lee Harris, Charles Lennon John, on,
Dan King, Jr., Elijah Larry McDuffie, Edward Warren Manlgo,
Jc hn Henry Miller, Franklin Roosevelt Moore, Willie Janie
Neal, Willie Perry, Jr., Harry Roberts, Calvin Lenon Smalls,
Take Spaulding, Jr., Mack Carey Spaulding. Gradv Russell
John Wright Tindall, Ec'vard Earl Vaughn, Jr., James
Jr., Johnnie Wilson, Lee Samuel Wilson.
This is the largest group to fr the graduating class have
graduate from Woodville since been varied and many. On May
its elevation to high school stat¬
us. The cmmencement events (Continued on Pare Six)
Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 7c I
Lawyer Lemon
Buried Tues.
In Chicago
FORMER SAVANNAHIAN
DIED FRIDAY
IN CINCINNATI
Enroule Home AUer
Visit To Savannah
J. G, Lemon, c... ,,.w,...<u
former teacher and one of
Savannah's most widely known
citizens, was buried Tuesday n
Chicago. He died Friday at a
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Because he said she cursed
a white man shot a Negri,
i in •) to oe.i.h Sunday in th
290 0. a k of West Waidburp,
street.
in victim was Mrs. Julia
ohnson, fi., year., old, aur th<
man accused of firing the fatal
blast is Gordon Lanier, 47-years
old.
At first Lanier is said to have
denied the shooting but upon
close questioning by the police
* * LA i>J ll»i t w* cAlOjiAU .CL
iring the gun from his second
lory window, stating:
“She called in" a sob. Yot
could have shot her, too
wouldn’t you?”
Mrs. Johnson died of a brain
hemorrhage when twelve No. ]
shot struck her in the face and
entered her brain.
The shooting was the result oi
a violent argument between
of June the programs will feat-
urt the choirs of Johnson C.
Smith university, Benedict col¬
Morris lege, St. Augustine college and
Brown college, fur the
first two weeks in July, A ivier
university and Morehouse col-
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NUMBER 34
The parade, participated in by
company of U. S. soldiers from
Stewart, the Beach nigh
d Woodvilje high school bands,
elementary school units,
fraternal and veterans
was headed by
crack bRnd from CamIJ
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