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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LX XI
A CONVENTION HIGHLIGHT—The above pictures were mace
during the Convention of the South of the Congregational-
Ghrlstian Churches which was held here June 23—26. The top
picture shows the participants in a panel discussion at Station
WJIV. They are left to right: Rev. Nelson Dreier, Regional Di¬
rector, Church Building Loan Fund, Cleveland, Ohio; Miss Helen
Kenyon, member of the Board of Home Missions, and former
Moderator of the General Church Council, New Haven, Conn,;
The third biennial session of
the Convention of the South of
the Congregational - Christian
Churches closed Friday after-
noon at the First Congregation-
al Church. Taylor and
Denied Use Golf Course,
Doctor and Sons Enter
Woodmen To
Hold Meet
Hundreds Of American Wood¬
men members and delegates
| ! meet from July six southern 8, 9 and 10, states in Macon will
for the annual Regional Con-
1! ference of The ^American Wood¬
men.
Highlighting the list of visit¬
ors for the conference will be a
number of National Officers of ^
The American Woodmen, a pio¬
neer Legal Reserve Fraternal t
Life Insurance Association
These will include Supreme
rj Expect Commander Lawrence H. Light-
|S Washington wilson to be ner of Denver, Colorado; Sup¬
Kfj judge reme Watchman Oscar Maxwell
WASHINGTON— (ANP > of Americus, Ga.; Board of
I Pranklin Wilson, nationally Directors’ member N. Williams
~ of Chicago, and National Junior
known attorney, may be named
segregation to the city’s parks.
RED GROSS LEADERS VISIT
GI VETS IN HOSPITALS IN
GERMANY—During the recent
meeting of the 71-nation League
of Red Cross societies in Europe,
a number of delegates from the
American Red Cross spent
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sham Streets. The next session
will be held in Atlanta in 1955.
The Women’s Fellowship met
daily at the Beth Eden Baptist
Church with Mrs. Pearlie Lee,
presiding. Their theme was
and Rev. J. D. Mocre, pastor of the Congregational ^,iurch
Houston, Texas.
Bottom photo shows the group of delegates representing
ihirteen states. On the front row seated eighth from the left s
Rev. J. T. Enwright, president of the convention. Miss Ken¬
yon is seated to his right and Rev. N. A. Holmes of New Orleans,
is seated to his left.
“Rejoicing In Our Task.” The
meetings were highlighted by
addresses from Mrs. Phoebe F.
Burney, dean of Women, Clark
College, Atlanta; Miss
Kenyon and Mrs. Ruth
ATLANTA, June 29—
they claimed they were denied
the privilege of playing on
Atlanta golf course a Negro
doctor and his two sons have
filed suit for $15,000 damage.
Dr. H. M. Holmes and his
sons, Oliver Wendell and Alfred
Holmes, have asked that awards
of $5,000 each be given them
because they were refused the
•se of the Bobby Jones course
when they attempted to play
on July 19, 1951.
The suit was filed against ths
of Atlanta, Mayor William
B. Hartsfield, Park Manager
George I. Simmons and the
of the golf course,
Wilson. * # j
The suit also asks the fed¬
eral court to rme unconstitut-
onal a city ordinance applying
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1953
rence, Windsor, Virginia.
Officers of the Convention
are Rev. John T. Enwright,
Charleston, S. C., president;
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A SON
Hiram Alexander is the name
given to the son born June 27
to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wil¬
liams of West Henry street.
Albert Mason is visiting his
parents in Harrisburg. Pennsyl -
vania.
COL. ROBERT S. HENRY, (cen¬
ter) vice-president of public
relations for the Association of
American Railroads, acted as
host at AAR luncheon in honor
of National Newspaper Publish-
| ers Association during recent
[ annual meeting of the Associat-
j ion at Morgan State college,
j Others in photo include, left to
1 Judge Orders End of Toledo
Public 1 Jim Crow
I TOLEDO, C-— (ANP) — Seg- I
| l egation in Toledo public hous-
1 ing units will be ended not later I
(than Oct. 23, according to a j
|conr, o ni decree signed last -week ; j
[ by Federal Judge Frank L. j
I Klocb.
| The order was approved by t
: TMIIA counsel and attorneys for
i four Negro families who filed !
action seeking an injunction i
j against the authority to compel |
| their admittance to vacant
'units In three projects now oc¬
cupied exclusively by whites,
j The order signed by Judge
Kloeb follows a long controver¬
sy over TMHA’s announced in¬
tention of ending segregation.
| The policy was announced
I originally in January, but lm-
I mediately became a heated
NAACP Declares All-Out
War on
ST. LOUIS—(ANP) — An all-
out war was declared on all
aspects of segregation in
American life by the NAACP at
its annual meeting here last
week in Kiel Auditorium.
Walter White, executive sec¬
retary of the NAACP, issued
a statement calling for total
integration, thus abandoning
the groups’ support of equal
but separate accommodations.
Some 800 delegates and visit¬
ors attended the convention,
and heard Channing H. Tobias,
chairman of the NAACP board
of directors, deliver the keynote
address. I
A specific object of the
group's campaign to erase seg¬
regation from American life
will be facilities offered Negroe:
at railroad stations in thr
South.
A petition challenging the
existence of separate facilities
at these stations will be filed
with the Interstate Com menu
Commission within the nex'
four weeks.
The case, according to Thur
good Marshall, special coun.se
for the NAACP, will be filed
against all interstate railway;
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Campaign For
Negro Work Surpasses Goal
i ATLANTA, June 29—The cam¬
paign of the Presbyterians to
raise two-million dollars for
educational and evangelistic
work among Negro Presbyteri¬
ans in the South has been sur¬
passed even the most sanguine
hopes of its leaders. Today the
committee in charge of the
drive reports that $50,000 in
excess of the goal set has been
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right, C. Vernon Thomas, public
relations department, Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad; Louis E.
Martin, Chicago Defender edit¬
or and NNPA president; Wil¬
liam O Walker, Cleveland Call-
Post publisher and NNPA sec¬
retary; and C. R. Zarfoss, vice
president of pubic relations of
the Western Maryland Railroad.
community issue.
East Toledo whites opposed
integration. The Toledo Board
of Community Relations asked
TMIIA not to put the policy
into effect until it, could study
the, situation. Subsequently, the
board said, on the basis of eco-
nomics and principle, TMHA
had no alternative but to pro-
ceed with the implementation
of its policy.
The court action was insti¬
tuted when the controversy
dragged on and opponents of
nonsegregation resorted to vari¬
ous maneuvers to stifle the
policy.
Plaintiffs in the suit were
Otis Vann, a war veteran with
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Sidney A. Jones Funeral
Home New Chapel
The Sidney A. Jones f
Home is now in its
ear of operation and was
ganized and dedicated upon
principle of human
It has met stern
tnd even stiff and
us opposition from within
without, but has steadily
panded its services until it
become a substantial and
manent institution.
"apable Staff of Employees
It has a very capable
courteous staff of
•ipe in experience and
mfehly trained in the
duties required of them. It
the only funeral
n this section with three
istered (licensed*
rlways ready io serve the
ic in a selenitic and
manner.
ligh ( lass Motor Equipment
The Sidney A. Jones
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UNCF Distributes$3 Million
To Member
NEW YORK. N. Y., June
A sum of $3,CC0,U00 in addition¬
al grants was distributed today
to the 31 private, accredited
colleges and universities par¬
,
ticipating in the United Negro
College Fund’s $25,000,000 build¬
ing campaign, known as the
National Mobilization of Re¬
sources for the United Negro
Colleges. Today’s distribution
was the third since July, 1952,
and brings the total to $9,400,-
000 so allotted in capital funds
to the member colleges.
The Fund’s National Mobil¬
ization Program, a five-year
capital funds campaign to help
the member college;- meet their
capital building needs, recently
reached the appeal’s half-way
mark of $12,500,000 in cprporat-
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A Son
Mr. and Mrs. John II. War¬
rick, Jr., of Hampton, Va.,
announce the birth of a son,
Allen Everett, on June 18. Mrs.
Warrick will be remembered a:
Miss (Geraldine Anita Everett of
Gary, Indiana. Mother and baby
are doing fine.
mm Ms 1 ' 'jpffsjl
m
HONOR ORADCA1I. William
E. (Billy) Brown, Jr., who grad¬
uated with honor on May 25
from Johnson C. Smith univer¬
sity.
Mr. Brown, a member of Al-
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Member Audit Bureau Circulation#
Price 7c
GOES TO SERVICE—Dr. Philip
W. Cooper, dentist, 530 West
Broad street, announces the
closing of his office on account
of being called to active duty
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NNPA Feted
By AAR
one hundred members and
guests of the National News¬
paper Publishers Association in
convention at Morgan State
college were tendered a lunch¬
eon by the Association of
American Railroads at the Col¬
lege Refectory on the second
day of the convention.
Host for the iuncheon-session
•n honor of the publishers was
Col. Robert S. Henry, vice-
president in charge of public
relation,'; for the AAR, who
was accompanied by C. R. Zar¬
foss, vice-president of traffic
for the Western Maryland
{abroad, and C. Vernon Thorn¬
es, public relations department
>f the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
oad
The major address at the
noon-day meeting was made by
Governor Theodore R. McKeldin
of Maryland who made a stir¬
ring speech to the delegates
, nd presented a special paint
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WORK SHOPMEN TOUR RIVER
Members of th^ Savannah
Gate College Elementary Work-
Hop and Secondary Workshop
I d( parted for a tour of the
Savannah River harbor aboard
‘ the craft, “Visitor.” R. W.
G ndsden, retired principal of
; E.-:,st Broad street school, served
| as narrator during the trip,
NUMBER 38
APPOINTED DIRECTOR— Chas.
J. (Chuck' Smith, III, 26, acting
director of public relations at
the Florida A and M college
since last July 1, was promoted
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WINS IN CHI TRACK MEET—
Hazel Watkins, a this year’s
graduate of Beach high school,
returned to the city this week
after capturing a number of
coveted prizes in several track
meets.
On Saturday, June 12, she
ran in the Central AAU Wom¬
en’s Track and Field champion¬
ships at Rockne Stadium. She
ran third in the 50 and 100
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which took place iasi rriaay
explaining points of interest to
the group. Mrs. Donella Graham
Seabrook, director of the ele¬
mentary workshop, and Dr.
Calvin L. Kiah, director of the
secondary workshop, accomp¬
anied the group.—SSC PR photo
by Bowens.