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71 PUBLIC CONTINUOUS YEARS SERVICE OF
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TREASURY HONORS MASONIC LEADER
Amos T. Hall, President, Grand Masters Conference, Prince Hall
Masons of America (left), receives from la-nmel L. Foster, Director,
Interracial .Section. U. S. Savings Bonds Division (center), the
Treasury's Minute Man Achievement Award for his outstanding serv¬
ices to the Savings Bonds program. Fred W. Hirkman, Grand Master,
Wisconsin Jurisdiction, looks on a! the presentation during the an¬
nual Conferenee in Milwaukee recently.
President Hall strongly enrior ed the Savings Bonds program in
hi« address to the 125 delegates from 29 States, who then adopted a
resolution railing it “a vital part of the Treasury’s fiscal program,
offering the safest investment to individuals and organizations and
an opportunity to fulfill one of mir citizenship duties by contrib¬
uting to the defense of our nation.’’ The resolution urged Grand
lodges to invest more of their funds in Bonds and to appoint a
Bond Chairman to help local lodges Plan promote regular bond buying
by members on the Payroll Savings where they work or the
Rond-a-Month Plan where they hank, mid the holding of maturing
E bonds for an additional ten years of increase in cash value.
Attorney Walden Assisting
n t he Ozzie Jones Case
Teachers In S. C. Get Jobs
Pending Court Decision
White Youth Gets Life
For
C. O. Ryals, Commander
Several delegates
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PARTICIPANTS IN 2ND ANNUAL MINISTERS INSTITUTE—They are a part of the more than 40 persons who attended the
iSB-O nn Annurl Ministers Institute at Savannah State College, June 15—20, 1953. Dr. George D Kelsey, 8th from left, 2nd row
lllgjttie and L)i Frank Cunningham, 6th from left, 2nd row, served as co-consultants of the 5 day institute. Other principals shown on
picture are Mr. W. E. Griffin, assistant professor of Social Science at Savannah State College, 3rd from left on 2nd row
Efninister Dr. E. K. Williams, director of Savannah State College summer school, 4th from left, 2nd row; Rev.. A J. Hargrett, college
and director of the Institute, 5th from left, 2nd row; D r. W. K. Payne, president of Savannah State College, 7th from
left, 2nd row; Dean W. J. HuLowa^, dc_n u- -Men at Savanan h State College, dth from left, 2nd row.
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Abolishment of Segregation in N. C.
Catholic Diocese Has little
—
In the wake of Bishop S. Wat-
ers' decree three weeks ago
ordering Negro and white Cath¬
olics to worship together there
have been some repercussions,
but for the most part the ob-!
jections raised to this banning I
of segregation have been mild.I
This week the venerable
bishop of the Raleigh diocese | [
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Churchmen
End Meeting
Tomorrow
“New Horizons of Opportun¬
ity’and Responsibility” is the
theme of the third biennial
session of the Convention of
the South of the Congregat-
ional-Christian Churches which
opened here Tuesday evening.
The meetings are being held
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WAC CHARGES JC
AT FORT KNOX
WASHINGTON, (ANP) — Maj.
Wayne Ransom announced last
week that the Department of
Army is planning a careful, order¬
ly integration of the Women’s
Aimy Corps detachment at Fort
Knox, Ky.
This statement was made in re¬
ply to an inquiry raised by Rep.
J. K. Javits (R., N. Y.) regarding
the segregation of the WAC al
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, RALEIGH, N. C. (ANP)—Life
in prison was the penalty given to
a 15-year-old white youth here last
week for the raping of a seven
vpar old Negro girl in Raleigh,
May 23.
He is Carl R. Wilson who was
sentenced in Superior court, after
j entering a plea of guilty thus mak-
j ing the life sentence mandatory.
I Stanley L. Seligson, attorney for
I the boy, took advantage of a law
I passed by the 1953 general assem-
[biy to save Wilson a life. The
new law allows a defendant to en-
I ter a guilty plea, and if accepted
j by the state, carries mandatory
j life sentence in capital crime
I cases. It has the same effect as
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THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY. JUNE 25, 1953
CHARLESTON, S. C. (ANP)—
Public school teachers in St. Paul
school district are assured of a job
until the U. S. Supreme court ren¬
ders a decision on the constitu¬
tionality of segregation in the na¬
tion’s public schools.
That is what R. D. Schreder, su¬
perintendent of St. Paul district,
told newly appointed teachers last
week.
He pointed out that a decision
by the high tribunal outlawing se¬
gregation would necessitate a re¬
organization of the school set up,
and consequently, no job could be
guaranteed after sueh a decision.
“This represents my personal
opinion as superintendent,” he said.
“I feel it is only fair to the teach¬
ers to notify them that there nec¬
essarily would be a general re-or¬
ganization of the state school sys¬
tem should the court rule against
segregation. Whoever does the re-
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Kansas Gov. Appoints
KANSAS ( 11 \, Kan. (ANP) —
Howard last week was ap^
pointed • iu(1 *' e of the Cit * court of
Kansas Cit y to replace the incum '
bent who dicd wldle in office aftet
serving only a few months.
Gov. Edward F. Am announced
the appointment June 18 from
Topeka after conferring with the
Wyandotte > County Republican
Control Committee. He won out
in two ballots of the committee
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HOME FROM KOREA — 1st Lt.
Robert Jackson Sims, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Sims of 1005
West Broad street, who is home
on leave after serving a year
in Korea.
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ASSISTING IN OZZIE JONES
DEFENSE—Colonel Austin T.
Walden, of Atlanta, NAACP
State Conferernce lawyer, who
is asssting with the defense of
Czzie Jones, alleged rapist, it
was announced today by W. W.
Law, llocal branch president.
Jones was charged with hav¬
ing raped a white night club
waitress on Bay street extes-
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REGISTRATION GROUP
GETTING GOOD
I RESULTS
* The All-Citizens Registration
Committee w;;i hold an impor¬
tant meeting Wednesday night
of next week at the West
Broad Street t j
YMCA at 8 o’- I
clock.
The committee is making a<
herculean effort in its drive to j
get 20,000 Negro voters regis -1
tered in Chatham county. In I
this campaign a number of the
precincts and groups have I
been cited for doing excellent I
work and having large atten¬
dance at the meetings being
held in this effort.
At the meeting Wednesday
night the principal talk will be
made by Jesse G. Doster, inter¬
national representative of the
Mine, Mill and Smeters Union.
The precincts and groups
cited by the committee for ex-
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HONOR GRADUATE—Willie C.
Hunter, the son °f Mrs. G. H.
Jenkins, graduated from More-
house college on June 9th with
honors. He maj°red in biolo¬
gy and min«red in chemistry
and education.
Mr. Hunter served as secreta-
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Clarenden County Says
Schools Are Now
_ SUMMERTON, S. C. (ANP)—
The School district of Clarendon
county where one of the school
suits scheduled' for further argu¬
ments before the IT. S. Supreme
court had its origin, now boasts of
having equal facilities for Negro
and white [pupils.
Some $700,000 has been spent to
complete the Scott’s Branch and j
South Bend grammar schools and j
the Spring High schoolYor district' Ne-
groes, H. B, Botchman,
’
superintendent, said. ,
Parents of Negro pupils in the
Summorton school district filed I
suit more than two years ago, j
declaring that facilities for their,
children were unequal to those!
provided for white pupils in the I
district. The parents, in their suit,!
asked that segregation he deelar-
ed unconstitutional.
In a decision rendered by a n j |
special three-judge federal court, j
the separate but equal theory was '
upheld by two of the judges, with
one judge dissenting. The then
Judge J. Waties Waring held that
segregation per se (in itself) was
inequality.
The court ordered the se.hool dis¬
trict to equalize school facilities
for Negroes with those for whites,
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A SON
Alfred Alf°nzo is the name
given to the born May 31 to
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Myers of
Dittmersville.
SILVER WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION On Sunday, June 21, Dr. and Mrs. William
K. Payne of Savannah State College, celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniversary. More than
200 Savannahians and out-of-town friends attended the gala affair which was held in the
ve."y lovely home of Doctor and Mrs. Payne. Members of the receiving line are shown in top
picture from left to right: Doctor Payne, Mrs. Payne, Dr. C. C. Beverly of Orlando, Fla., broth¬
er of Mrs. Payne; Mrs. Beverly, Dr. W. K. PaYne, II and Miss Rosalyn Payne.
Hostesses are shown in bottom picture. They are from left to right: Mrs. Joan Gordon,
associate professor of Social Science, Savannah State College; Mrs. Eugenia Scott, secretary
to bpc president; Miss Loreese Davis, Counsellor for Women at the college; Mrs. Mozelle Clem¬
mons of Savannah; Miss Jane Parker of Savannah; Mrs. Willa Mae Johnson of the Savannah
Tribune; Mrs. Louise L. Owens, assistant professor of English, Savannah State College and
MLss Alether. Williams, assistant Librarian at the college. SSU PR Photo by Bowens
Ala. Medical Society
Abolishes Racial Ban
all-white medical society here last
wt!ek lowered its color line and
admitted a Negro doctor,
He > 8 Dr - L - J- Hicks who was
admitted to the Laudordale Coun¬
Medical Society. The vote on
Dr - Hicks was unuriimous
The 53-year-old Dr. Hicks al-
ready has been permitted to treat
his patients in the city-county
operated Eliza Coffee Memorial
hospital here.
Most Alabama hospitals do not
permit Negro physicians to attend
admitted to the hospital
because Decause colored colored doctors doctors are are not
members of eounty medical socie-
ties.
In voting to admit Dr. Hicks, Dr.
H. W. Cheney, Lauderdale County
Medical officer, said:
“it. is the hope of the local doc¬
tors that many more Alabama
county medical societies will fol¬
low this forward looking
A move to encourage admittance
of Negro physicians was taken by
the Alabama Medical Society in
April. The group adopted a
tion recommending admittance “of
qualified doctors” by the coun-
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Member Audit Bureau
Price 7c
| I Presbyterian Campaign
May Top Goal
MONTREAT, N. C. (ANP)-A
drive sponsored by the Presbyten-
ari Church U.S.A., (Southefn) to
raise some $2,000,000 for a Negro
school apd churches is reaching its
goal ahead of schedule, the direc¬
tor of the'campaign said last week.
Richard R, Potter, Atlanta, di-
rector of th „ (lriv( ,, mftde H r port
progrt „ 3 of the campaign to
,neeting of Presbyterian Church’s
g PnPra | assembly.
He said about $1,750,000 already
had been raised. Half of the $2,-
000.000 will go to Stillman college
a( Tuncallosa, Ala., tho denomina¬
tion's only colored college, and the
remainder will go for building new
churches.
The campaign began May 1 and
will close July 1.
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A DAUGHTER
Mr. and Mrs. James Jerome j
Williams of Rinc°n announce I
the birth of a daughter, Alice |
Marie, June 3rd.
NUMBER 37
B. Kl-
president of the Chath-
County Teachers Associa¬
who will represent that
at the' National Edura-