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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LXXI
PLAN GUEST BROADCASTS
The “Divine Sarah” Vaughn ponders a musical problem with
maestro G"y Lombardo as they'rehearse for the dynamic vocalist’s
two guest performances on CBS Radio's “Guy Lombardo Time”
Sundays,
N. Y. Television
Technician In The City
John Hand of New York city
is in the city visiting Mr. and
Mrs. T. J. Tweedy. Mr. Hand
who is the nephew of Mr.
Georgia Baptists to Hold
Convention Here 21-23
PTA Elects Florida Woman
As National President
YMCA Day Camp
Will 10
Beauticians
To Meet At
Famcee I
TALLAHASSEE—The tenth an¬
nual clinic for teacher’s and oper¬
ators in the field of beauty culture
will hp hplH fltThp Florida A M ml
M. M. College, College Julv July 14-25 14-25 under under the
sponsorship of Famcee and the
Florida State Board of
Culture. Mrs. E. M. Cromer is
head of the A. and M. Cosmetol¬
ogy department.
Courses in hairstyling, hair col-
oring, shampoo tinting, electrical
scalp treatments, facial, packs,
make-up, manicuring, curling,
marcel and finger waving, will be
under the supervision of
and Mrs. Inez King of
Instruction will also
tyffered in customer receipt, record
keeping, beauty shop insurance,
salesmanship in the beauty shop,
sources of merchandise and serv¬
ice information.
Lectures will be given by the
following persons—-Dr. Margaret
Col’ins. “The Biological Origin of
Cosmetics”; Samuel E. Russell,
“Cosmetology and Vocational
cation”; Harold S. Jenkins,
Relations”; Miss G. J. Wheeler,
“Sanitation in the Beauty Shop”;
Mrs. A. P. Stewart, “Physical Fit
ness”; Mrs. M. L. Jonas.
culosis and the Beautician”; and
Claude Hilliard, “Controlling Your
Finance.”
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FORT VALLEY ENROLLS 820
According to c n
from the office of Mr. T. B.
O’Daniel, Registrar of the Fort
Valley State College and Director
of the Summer School, 820 stu¬
dents have enrolled for the first
summer session which began June
15.
SUMMER PET PROTECTION
To keep dogs rid of fleas, rec¬
ommends the Johnston NO
ROACH Company, brush an effec¬
tive insecticide on woodwork where
he sleeps. The coating will kill
fleas which land on it and keep
his eoat free. An added p recall
tion is to cast the outside of his
feeding pan with the coating to
keep ants out of his Lou
ritatir
Tweedy and a television tech-
nician, was born in Savannah
and was taken to New York city
by his parents, the late Mr.
and -Mrs. John Hand, when he
was four years old and has
never been here since.
The week of August 10th has
been set as the beginning of
I the West Broad Street Branch
YMCA Day Camp at the Mont-
gomery Community Center. The
cost per boy will be $5 50 for
the week. This includes trans-
portation, milk and insurance.
The Day Camp will be under
the general supervision of John
H \ McKenny, recently appoint- ",
? d B ° ys ^ork Secretary , at the
branch. Boys ages 7-17 will
eligible for this day camp.
A group of ladies who are
“Y” members will meet tonight
8 o’clock to organize them¬
selves into a Women Service
organization. This group will
^ interestecl Jn the ser vicemen’s
program which is a “Y” activity.
They will be interested in the
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Safety Cab
Co. 17
In Operation
The Safety Cab Company
which is in Its seventeenth year
operation, is the oldest cab
company In Savannah catering
exclusively to Negro patronage.
The company has a particu-
larly fine record for the safe
delivery of its passengers as is
vouched for by the fact that
during the seventeen years it
been serving the public it
has had but two companies to
insure its cabs.
Safety Cab Company vehicles
are always kept in top notch
condition and are equipped in
order to serve the public most
efficiently. Two-way radios are
being installed in all cabs this
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Acquit Doctor Of
Abortion Charge
WASHINGTON, (ANP) — Dr.
John () Harris last week was
quitted of charges of performing
an abortion on a 29-year-old
an who later died.
Judge Luther W. Youngdahl of
T r . S. District court here
a motion for a directed verdict by
Henry Lincoln Johnson,
attorney, after Harold Titus,
prosecutor, Laa itoted his case.
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1953
Savannah Honored in Selection of
Superintendent Early as NEA Head
rate Whites Bomb Negro
Home in
MEMPHIS, (ANP) — In the
wake of a bombing of a Negro’s
home here recently, a delegation
of colored people last week met
with Frank T. Tobey, mayor of
the city, in an attempt to iron out
difficulties arising when whites
oppose integrated neighborhoods.
The meeting took place as local
police continued to investigate the
bombing of the home of Wrenn
Bishop Gregg Leaves
Estate
KANSAS CITY, Kas.
The late Bishop John A.
left an estate valued at $72„342.75,
according to a statement filed in
Probate court here. Bishop Gregg,
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. (ANP)
-Mrs. Mayme William* of Miami,
i Fla. was elected president of the
National Congress of Colored Par¬
ents and Teachers at its 27th an¬
nual convention which closed here
last week. The theme of the con¬
vention was “For Every Child
Total Growth.”
' Elected with Mrs. Williams
! were
Mrs. Odessa McKinney, Alabama,
| vice president; Miss Jeanette
| Chase, Maryland, secretary; Mrs.
Ethel Tight, Georgia, assistant sec¬
retary; A. L. Toney, West Vir¬
ginia, treasurer. Some delegates ----~-----
j representing 160,000 members in
19 states and the District of Co-
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I
4 - H CLUB WEEK
i ION — More than 800 young
farmers had the time of their
i lives at the 23rd annual 4-H
I Club Week celebration held at
A. and T. College last week.
(Upper left) Francis
right center, of Iredell County,
N. C.. voted the nation’s out-
standing 4-H Club boy in 1951
Williams and his family of five,
located in a formerly all-white sec¬
tion. A homemade bomb shatter¬
ed windows and loosened shingle
boards in the home. No one was
injured, however. ’ The house is
one of seven recently sold to col¬
ored families.
Prior to the bombing, a delega¬
tion of white residents visited the
Williams family in an effort to
AME Church prelate, died Feb.
j n Jacksonville, Fla.
The statement, , , filed ... , , by Atty. ...
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The General Missionary Bap¬
tist S.S. and B.T.U. Convention
of Georgia will hold its annual
session in Savannah July 21-
23 at the St. Paul Baptist
church, Rev. A. 'E. Ilagins, pas¬
tor.
The convention Is one of the
largest in the country and at¬
tracts many workers who are
outstanding in their fields. The
meet is dual in make-up, com¬
bining departmental work In
both the Sunday school and
Baptist Training Union.
Credit courses are offered in
various phases of church work,
with special attention to pas¬
toral problems. This group is
under the direction of Dr. W. H.
Perry, dean of Bryant Theolog¬
ical seminary. Youth night will
be observed Wednesday, July 22,
j \ with wnn many many of oi the me nign high scnooi school
and college people participating
j in panel discussion on the
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and who later was an internat-
ional farm youth exchange
delegate to Italy, shows a few
color slides to, from left to
right: Mrs. Idell J. Randall,
assistant 4-H speciaist of the
Extension Service at A. and T.
College; Joyce Smith. Person
County and Yvonne Brown,
Caswell County. In the top
persuade them to leave. There is
no legal way in which the colored
families can be forced to leave the
neighborhood since the U. S. Su¬
preme court has declared restric¬
tive covenants to he unenforce¬
able.
In the house at the time the
blast occurred were Williams, 45
and his sister, Mrs. Annie Eggles¬
ton, 53, co-owners of the build-
NAACP To Hear
Conference Report
The regular meeting of the
Savannah Branch of the Nat¬
ional Association for the Ad¬
vancement of Colored People
will be held on Friday night,
July 10, at 8 o'clock at the
West Broad Street YMCA, It
was announced by W. W. Law,
president.
C. Wimberly, an official dele¬
gate to the 44th Annual NAACP
White Supremacy Must Go
Says Noted Minister
NORFOLK, Va. (ANP) — The
I Rev. Richard B. Martin, rector
Grace Episcopal Church, in a
message here last week declared.
“White supremacy must go. Jim
Crowism must go. Segregation
and race hatred are all excess bag¬
gage when life itself is threaten¬
ed.
The minister, who is archdeacon
of the Diocees of 'Southern Vir¬
ginia, was the guest speaker of
WTAR Church of the Air June
22-27 for fifteen minutes each
morning at 8:45. He delivered his
message on “What Do You Believe
About Race Relations?” June 24.
His text was Galatians 3:26-28. He
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center photo Shirley Me&ane, i
Haw River, is crowned “Queen
of Cotton,” by Juanita Mack of
Hillsboro, (upper righti These j
girls model their own creations !
in the clothing contest, a feat- j
ure of the celebration. They
are from left to right: Barbara
Leath, Bertie County; Shirley
Harrell, Hertford County; Ger¬
ing; Mrs. Eggleston’s daughter.
Clary Cox, a teen-ager, and Wil¬
liams’ sons, Sterling, nine, and
Bobby Lee, six.
The blast alarmed ministerial
and civic groups, resulting in last
week's attempt to arrive at an un¬
derstanding between whites and
Negroes living in “gray” (mixed)
neighborhoods.
Conference held in St. Louis,
Mo., last month, will make his
report. Mr. Wimberly was a
of the time and place
the scene of a hot
fight between Dallas, Texas,
New York City for the 1954
Dallas won by a
of five votes on the
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EasternQStars Hold
Annual Meeting
The 54th annual session of
Prince Hall Grand Chapter,
Order of Eastern Star, was held
June 22nd, 23rd, 24th, at Liber¬
ty Baptist church, Atlanta.
A welcome program was
rendered Monday night, June
22nd, by the churches and
other organizations, after which
a reception was held in the
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trude Vaughn, Vance County;
Beverly Wiley, Halifax County
and Aretha Simmons, Hertford
County.
Newly elected officer:, shown
in the bottom left photo, are
from left to right: (Front row)
Edward R. King, Edgecombe
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Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 7c
This community was signally
last Friday at Miami
Fla., when William A
superintendent of the
County schools, Nation-! was
president of the
. Education Association at the j |
Skating Rink Agrees To
End Racial Bias
PHILADELPHIA, (ANP)—Ef¬
forts of liberal groups to end bias
at local skating rinks paid off last
week when six rinks agreed to ac¬
cept all patrons without segrega¬
tion.
At a conference with the local
Commission on Human Relations,
an agreement was signed by the
link to operate without segrega-
tion or “discrimination in any form
against a person because of color,
race or religion.”
The agreement was reached
ter a series of conferences
tween rink operators and the
mission during which charges
Negroes were denied
were discussed.
'
REGISTRATION GROUP
TO BROADEN ITS
ACTIVITIES
The All Citizens Registration
Committee met last Wednesday
night at the YMCA with Jerry
O. Bryant, general chairman,
presiding. A very spirited
meeting was carried out.
At Wednesday’s meeting
plaits were considered for
making the Al! Citizens Com¬
mittee state wide in its aetivi-
ties.
Mr. Bryant who has made a
series of campaign addresses on
registration beeame weak and
had to get under the doctor's
care, but he made his closing
address for the week at the
House of Prayer which was
largely attended and great re¬
sults were obtained Friday
through their campaign lead¬
ers, Henry Holmes, Leroy Wil¬
son, ‘Deacon John Mines and
Jerry D. Bryant who worker)
both at the Court House and
in the campaign. The House of
Prayer Group along with No. 3
Precinct are leaders in regis¬
tration.
The Financial solicitors’ re¬
ports were excellent with Mrs.
Franklin reporting for four
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NUMBER 39
closing session of the organi-
annual convention.
Mr. Early was elected over
Dr. Rex. If. Turner, assistant
superintendent of schools at
° aklal,d ’ Ca ! lf ’ and David
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Police Smash
Detroit Num¬
bers Racket
DETROIT, (ANP)—Four raids
on private homes and the arrest of
six persons last week by police
smashed a reported $100,000 mu¬
tual ring here.
The six—three of them women
are charged with conspiracy to
violate the state gaming law.
are:
Anthony Mich, named by pp-
lice as head of the ring; Mrs.
Julia Clowney; Mrs. Evelyn
Branch, Elviriq Gaines: William
Jackson and Arthur Etcherson, Jr.
Police said the. syndicate was
known as the “Dog House.” The
officers said each day’s winning
number was taken from par:mu¬
tual figures from Floiida dog
St. Louis Gets
Negro Police
Lieutenant
ST. LOU IK, ANP)—One Negro
wtss among some 13 (police offi-
cers promoted here last week by
*he board of police commissioners.
The lone colored officer is Ed¬
ward S. Bolden, 48, formerly a de¬
tective sergeant, and now a lieu¬
tenant.
Bolden is the third of his race
to he elevated to a lieutenancy in
the department.
Church schools in the Central
Jurisdiction of the Methodist
church show an increase in
S tudent.s of 2,472 over the past
year.
If you play around aimlessly
in your youth it wifi b .1
to r'-k” 5‘ : ’i latr.’’