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SCfcivuS riuiivi SAVAINiVAH slal'r, turi,t,ut ncuviuos — rup picture.
Mis J. L. Bryant c.elivering the Alumni banquet address Tuesday night at Adams Hall dining
hall, speaking on the subject, “Let us Build Tod ry for Tomorrow.' Others in the photo are, lei.
to right Dr. William K. Payne, president of th coliege; Dr. M. D. Bryant, husband of Mrs
Bryant; Dr. L. Walton, class of T3, master of c remonies, Thomasville; J. W. McGlockton, pres
ident. General Alumni Association, Savannah, a id Mrs. Josie Sessoms, corresponding secretar;
of the Association. at the
Middle picture—'Members of the class cf ’03 who were honored alumni banquet. They
are left to right, Mr. McGlockton, Raymond Knight, president, class of 1953; Mrs. Sadie Carf-
ledge class of ’43; Dr. William K. Payne; Mrs. JL. Bryant, class of ’33; Lee Fluker, Savannah
class of 33’ and Dr. L. Walton, class of T3.
Bottom pictube-—.Commencement, platform Savannah; party, Ben left Ingersoll, to right, Reverend registrar, Edgar Savannah P. Quarter,
man pastor Secorfc'l Baptist church. Staff
college' Dr Payne- Dr. Ambrose Caliver, comm ncement sneaker; Mr. McGlockton; Dr. E. K
Williams, college actihg dean of faculty, and Reverend A. J. Hargrett, college minister. — SSC
D. C. Restaurants Must End
Racial Discrimination
i
GETS SCHOLARSHIP— Dr. Mil- l
ton S J. Wright, head of the
department of sociology at
Wilbevforce University, has
been selected among fifty ap¬
plicants for a scholarship to
,
study at Cas? Inst, of Tech¬ |
nology. The program is enti¬
tled “Economics in Action'.
Dr. Wright is a native if Sa¬
vannah and the son of Mrs.
,
Edith Wright of 013 Oak street. !
j
More thought and less talk i
would be good for most of us.
mmmk frikisr
Registration Committee In
Need Of More Funds
The All Citizens Registration |
committee is sponsor-1
a drive to register two j j
colored citizens. The
is already in progress.
The movement is in need of
and is requesting all
who are interested in
the cause to make this
a success by contributing
as generously as possible. The
goal is $500. Make checks pay¬
to ‘ All Citizens Registrat¬
ion Fin an dial Committee. Con
tributions may be mailed to A.
L. Davis, chairman, telephone
4-J8(54, 1025 Arlington Ave.
The finance committee is
composed of E. Shuler, Charles
A. Gordon, Henry Franklin. Jr.,
Mrs. Lillie G. Mason, Mrs.
Mattie Walden, Henry Holmes,
Macon Chisholm. Mrs. Mazie V.
Davis, Secy., A. L. Davis, chair-
nan, and Robt. Smith, Theas.
A BOY
Albert Josephus is the, name
given to the son born May 25
in Mr. and Mrs. James Albert
Johnson of Rossignol Hill.. Mrs.
Johnson before her marriage
was Miss Edith Harris of Da-
rien.
COURT RULING ON SCHOOL
SEGREGATION IS POSTININfill
WASHINGTON, June 8—The
lupreme Court which has been
'onsidering public school seg¬
regation for a number ol
months has decided to take
nore time on the matter than
a as expected, it was announc¬
'd today by the court.
Five cases are involved in the
matter which has been reas-
.igned for hearing in October
The court will meet Octobe'
and will recess ti October 12.
Lawyers have said that an?
ceneral ruling on the segrega-
ion issue would effect 18 oth
t states which require com¬
pete or nearly separate schoo
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IARVARI) HONORS HIM —
ohn W Davis, president o
Vest Virginia State college foi
nore than 33 years and nov
lirector of the Point 4 Program
i Monrovia, Liberia, arrived in
he United States on May 24th
’or consultation with officer;
if the Technical Cooperation
Administration and to attenc
m May 29th a meeting of the
•rational Science Board. Or
Tune 11th, Harvard university
lambridge, Massachusetts, con
ferred upon Dr. Davis th<
• Honorary Degree, Doctor o
I Laws. Dr. Davis returns to hi
I lost in Liberia on June 14.
' Dr. Davis is a former Savan
f
rahian and the brother of Mrs
iertrude Thomas of S'avannal
nd Mrs. Alma W. B”yant i
t Atlanta.
. He is in Savannah tins week
j visiting his relatives.
D.
8—A ruling was handed down
today by the Supreme Cour
which has ordered all restate
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Dr. Caliver Tells Savannah
Freedom Is
Promptly at 10:00 a.m.. Wed¬
nesday Morning, June 3, 1953, 88
candidates for Bachelor of Science
Deg ops, 14 candidates for trade
certificates, an I approximately 2,-
500 friend;, relative; and fa-ulty
' members assembled in Meldrim
I Auditorium at Savannah State Col*
| ego to hear Dr. Ambrose
deliver the 69th Commencement
! Address. Dr. Caliver spoke from
i the theme, “Free Men In A Free
'Continued on Page Seven •
MISS KENNEDY NOW A
TRAINED NURSE
Miss Martha Kennedy, S'av-
annahian. graduated from Dix-
i ie hospital Hampton, Va„
i June 9. She will be
at Whitaker hospital,
New's, Va., beginning July 1.
! Miss Kennedy win spend
! weeks at home with her
Mrs. Marie Grant, 823
j 39th street, before going
Newport News.
DELIVERS VESPER TALK —
Father Gustave H. Caution, rec-
tor of St. Matthew’s Episcopal
church, who delivered the ves¬
per sermon to the seniors of
Alfred E. Beach high school on
Sunday at 6:00 p. m. The
(Continued on Page beven)
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1953
MunSunri Ifpach Jim
( row (Jets a Sot Bark
BALTIMORE, June 4. — The
Maryland State Commission of
forests and Parks has been
>rdered by the United States
district Court for the District
)f Maryland to cease Us dis-
riminatory practices against
legroes at the Sandy Point
leach and Park, a state recre-
ilion area on the outskirts of
Baltimore.
The decision was rendered
his week by Federal Judge W.
Calvin Chestnut in a suit
brought against the Maryland
Ttate Commission by the Bal¬
timore branch of the National
Yssociatton for the Advance¬
ment of Colored People in behalf
f eght Negroes who had been
efused admssion to well-
quipped South Beach. They
tad been turned away from
he well-kept beach and di¬
rected to nearby East Beach, a
(Continued on Page Seven)
Of Indict 6 White Men on Charges
Violence Against Negroes
MIAMI, (AND— A
eral grand jury investigating
bombings and terrorism in
Florida last week returned in¬
dictments against six white
men on charges of perjury in
■.onnection with violence against
degrees. The men must appear
n Federal district court here,
lune 19, for arraignment.
The indicted men are:
William J. Bogar, 54, of
\popka, former exaited ruler of
he Apopka klavern, and a
member of its executive com-
nittee; Harvey S. Reisner, 30,
’xalted cyclops of the Apopka
Cavern; Robert L. Juday, 31,
Winter Garden, member of the
Winter Garden klavern, and
(Continued on Page Seven)
FORMER SAVANNAH IANS
BACK HOME AFTER 39 YRS.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Stiles
of New York city are in the
city visiting friends. Both are
former Savannahians and have
not been here in 39 years when
fhey moved to New York. Mr.
Stiles who is a retired employe
of the New York post office,
was an employe of the Savan¬
nah post office before moving
north. While here they are
stopping with Mr. and Mrs. J.
>. Graves of 511 West Henry
treet.
Graduates
MR- GADSDEN GRADU¬
ATES AT LAW SCHOOL
Eugene Gadsden, former S'a-
vannahian now residing in
Durham, N. C., graduated last
week from the North Carolina
Law School with summa cum
laude Rpfore leaving Savan¬
nah. he was manager of the
YEtmacraw Housing project.
anA* Mr. Gasden is the son of Mr.
Mrs. R. W. Gadsden, 603
West 38 Street. His parents
were present at the graduation
exercises.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spencer
motored to Durham to witness
the graduation. They are the
foster parents of Mrs. Eugene
Gadsden.
Some 18 Negroes were among
the 910 graduates on whom was
| conferred the master’s degree
by President Oliver S. Willham
; during the 58th commencement
of Oklahoma Agricultural and
i Mechanical College.
SAVANNAH STATE
SUMMER SCHEDULE
Dr. E. K. Willi,.mr, director of
the Savannah State Col'ege sum¬
mer school, and acting dean of
Faculty, announced that the Col¬
lege Summer School will open
Monday, June 8, and run until
July II. The second session be¬
gins July 13, and lasts) until Au¬
gust 15, 1953. Registration will
begin Monday morning for the
shoit sesrinn and for the.first leR-
ular session; registration for pvp
ning classes will be held Monday
evening. Dr. Williams announced
t |, B ( in addition to the regular
classes offered in the Division of
Arts and Sciences, Home Eeonoin-
ics, Trades and Industries and
classes in Business Administration
will also be offered in the evening
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Girl Scouts Day Camp Will
Be'fin June 22
This year for the fifth year 1
the Savannah Girl Scout Asso-
cation will have its Day Camp
Session at Montgomery Com¬
munity Center.
Day Camp will be June 22-25
at Montgomery Community
Center and on June 29 and 30
at the city swimming pool,
where the girls will receive in¬
structions in swimming.
The objectives of camping
program as set up by the Nat¬
ional Girl Scout Association are:
stimulate real enjoyment in the
out-of-doors through progress¬
ive adventurous experiences. To
provide training in citizenship
through the give arid take if
community living in which
each has a part In planning and
carrying out the camping pro¬
gram with the help of adult
(Continued on Page Seven'
NEW PREXY TAKES OVER AT
TUSKEGEE — As of June 1,
Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
had its fourth president. Dr.
Luther Hilton Foster, Jr., 40, a
man who like his
came up through the ranks. He
was business administrator
Member Audit Bureau Circulation*
Price 7c
SCHOLARSHIP—Dr.
Thomas, who has recently
his Doctor of Medi- i
degree from the College of
Medicine, Howard university, is
being presented the $200 Schol-
Cargo Commencement
For June 21
Plans have been completed
for the commencement exer¬
cises of the Cargo Beauty
School to be held June
St. Philip AME church.
Madam Carrie Cargo, owner
of the school, is inviting (he
public to attend this program.
A dress parade and hair style
revue will be held on June 22
at Tremont Inn (Gunnie’s) Tel¬
fair Road, which women with
pride will not want to miss. Tire
thirty-nne graduates will par¬
ticipate.
A DAUGHTER
Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Miller of
Thurdebolt announce the birth
of a daughter, born June 1.
Tuskegee before being elevated
to the presidency by a vote of
the school’s board of trustees.
In (lie above photograph, Dr.
Foster (center) Is chatting with
l)r. Drederick D. Patterson, Jr.,
deft), the outgoing president,
and Basil O’Connor, charm’p of
NUMBER 35
arship award by Mrs. M. D.
Bryant of Savannah, p reside nt,
Auxiliary to the Georgia i,..Ji-
cal Association of Physicians
. _ ___
(Continued on Page 7i
p
RECEIVES M.D. DEGREE —
Clarence R. Gosha of Savannah
received the Doctor of Medicine
degree from Howatu university
at its recent commencement
exercises in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Gosha received his pre-
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board of trustees. Dr. Pat¬
terson leaves Tuskegee to
become educational director of
the Phelps-Stokes Fund. Other
presidents of Tuskegee were
T. Washington, founder
of the school, and Dr. Robert
Moton, who suceeded hire.
(AN? photo)