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, YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LX XI
S. C. NAACP Gives
$.1,000 (o Help Fi^Kil
Education Case
MADE HEROIC
Herman Mosley of
was catapulted into the
oi heroes at O’Hare
ional Airport, Chicago,
he pulled the pilot of a
to safety after his jet
in landing.
News of the courageous
of the 19-year-old airman
lives at 776 East
street with his mother,
Marion Mosley, was
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SSI' To
Cash Prizes
For Omega
Essay Contest
D-. Matthew J. Whitehead,
director of National Achieve¬
ment Week Project of the
Orv'W» Psi Phi fraternity, an¬
nounced today that 227 chap¬
ters of the fraternty are mak¬
ing plans to celebrate the
National Achievement Week
Observance, November 1-8.
The Annual National. High
School Essay Contest which is
a phase of the achievement
week project, is again being
sponsored this year. Announce¬
ments have been sent to more
than 1.000 high schools. The
subject for the contest, “Oppor-
tunties and Responsibilities of
Integrated Citizenship In Our
Democracy.” First prize, $125.00;
second prize, $75.00; and third
prize, $50.00 The contest is ap¬
proved by the National Educat¬
ion Association.
During the achievement week
I he fraternity will select the
.mtstanding Citizen of the year
and the Omega Man of the year
to whom plaques will be pre-
sented at the Grand Conclave
in Ohio.
NEW’ STAFF MEMBERS pose with Savannah State College president and dean of faculty—
Left tc right: Dr. Coleridge A. Braithwaite, professor and chairman of the department of fine
arts; Mrs. Virginia S. Bush, teacner at Powell Laboratory schorl on Savannah State College
campus; Dr. Wiliiam K. Payne, president of the college; Miss Zella E. Owens, nursery school
teacher and Timothy C. Meyers, dean of faculty SSC PR Photo B> Bill Bowens
(Muror
COLUMBIA, S. C„ Sept. 20—
Accepting a check for $5,000 to
be used in the reargument of
the Clarendon County school
segregation case, Thurgood
Marshall, special counsel of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Coloied People,
today assured the South Caro¬
lina Conicrence of NAACP
Branches that the Association’s
i legal deparment is conccntrat-
I ing all its efforts on preparing
for the cases which will again
be argued before the United
States Supreme Court during
the week of December 7.
The check, presented to Mr.
Marshall represented money
raised by the South Carolina
branches of the Association for
this crucial case, one of five
to be re-argued before the
Supreme Court. Also addressing
the meeting at which the pres¬
entation was made were the
Rev. James M. Hinton, president
of the conference; Bishop F. M
Reid of the AME church, and
W. E. Solomon.
The blood line of every thor¬
oughbred horse can be traced
to three horses imported into
England in the eighteenth cen¬
tury.
PM
OVERSEAS—Pfp. Collirfs Mum-
ford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie
Mumford, who has been in the
army ten months and is now
overseas. He lives at Route 5,
box 222, White Bluff, and has
five sisters and four brothers.
TWINS
Thelma and Edward, II, are
the names that have been
given to the twins born Sep¬
tember 3 to Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Harleston of East Gwin¬
nett street.
Any old lish can float down¬
stream, but it takes a live one
to swim
JCENES FROM TOOMER BANQUET—(Upper, left) Mr.
receives testimonial gift, presented by Samuel J, Brown.
(Upper, right and lower, left) a portion of the
CITIZENS HONOR
MR. TOOMER
About two hundred repre¬
sentative citizens gathered
The Savannah State college
will open its fall term today
(Thursday) beginning with!
registration of Freshmen. On
Friday returning students will |
register.
The annual Pre-Planning,
Conference for faculy and staff
of the college ended Friday, i
September 18, with Dr. William !
K. Payne, president of the col-
lege, presiding.
Among the topics discussed
during the week’s conference
were: General Curriculum—
Dr. E. K. William, director of
division of arts and sciences
and chairman of the Pre-
Planning Conference commit-
tee; English. Communication
Skills, Mrs. B. J. Farmer, as¬
sistant professor of English;
Biological science, Dr. B. T.
Griffith, professor of biology;
social science, B. E. Black,
assistant professor of social
science; Academic adVLsement,
Timothy C. Meyers, dean of
faculty; 'teacher Education
Program, Dr. C. L. Kiar, pro¬
fessor of education; library,
Miss L. Hawkins, librarian;
Grading system, Dr. R. G.
Lloyd; Orientation Program
for Freshmen, William J. Hol¬
loway, director of student per-
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Knowledge, like timber, is best
when well seasoned.
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURS., SEPTEMBER 24, 1953
Tuesday night in the
of Beach high school to
honor to Louis B. Toomer,
known banker and realtor.
The testimonial banquet
SWEARING-IN OF Everett Frederic Morrow as an Advisor on
Business Affairs for the NPA. Left to right: Sinclair Weeks,
Secretary of Commerce; John F. Lukens, Acting Director of
of and Mr. Morrow.
MORROW NAMED AD¬
VISOR TO BA
The Secretary of Com¬
merce, Sinclair Weeks, last week
administered the oath of office
to Everett Frederic Morrow of
Hackensack, New Jersey, as an
adviser on Business Affairs for
the National Production Au¬
thority.
This is a new position created
in the Commerce Department
as a result of reorganization of
the continuing functions of
the National Production Au¬
thority. Mr. Morrow, a Negro,
will act as a liaison between
Commerce Department and
other agencies of the Federal
Government.
More Contribute To
Ozzie Jones Fund
C. O. Ryals, general
that additional
have been
the defense fund of
27 year-old local
If veteran, who has
to die for the
of a white waitress
Mr. Ryals says that far
arc needed
been received up to
the defense fund and
those who have not
do so at once.
Contributions received
are as follows:
Hall Dry Cleaners, $2.40;
Filling Station, j.17;
Cab, .40; Daisy
.67; Burney’s Place, 40;
Beauty Shop, 2.69;
Inn, 1.65; Sam’s Conf..
West Broad Street YMCA,
24. Council’s Grill, 2.79;
Cafe, 1.32; Savannah
.36; Cecil’s Photo
.50; Ebony Beauty Shop,
at banquet.
(Lower, right) Mi - . Toomer making the principal address
of the.
• occasioned by Mr. Toomer’s
j recent appointment by Presi-
dent Dwight D. Eisenhower as
register of the U. S. Treasury,
the highest political post ever
Mr. Morrow will engage in
broad studies directed toward
the development, evaluation
and improvement of the NPA’s
Business Services Program, par¬
ticularly from the standpoint
of problems confronting specif¬
ic business groups and geo¬
graphical areas.
Mr. Morrow comes to the
Department from the Colum¬
bia Broadcasting System where
he has served as a research
analyst and cnsultant for CBS-
TV. Prior to that post he was
field secretary for the National
Association for the Advance¬
ment of Colored People.
Another recent appointment
of the Republicans was made
2.46; Chick’s News Stand, .26;
| Elk’s club, 1.22;
Alex’s Super Duper, 4.32;
Veterans Service Men’s Center,
4.56; Freddie Mae’s Beauty
Shop, .37; Savannah Pharmacy,
1.28; Dr. H. M. Collier’s Office,
1.63; Johnson's Tonsorial Par¬
lor, .55; Joe’s Blue Room, 4.24;
Esau’s Barber Shop, 2.07; Love¬
lace’s Chicken Shack, 3.05;
Oglestr’ee’s Conf., 3.11; Shangri-
La Night club, 1.68 Frank’s
Studio, 1.17; Ebony Finance Co.,
1.07.
Weldon Lodge Elks, 1.81; First
African Baptist (E. Savh.) 1.05;
Rebecca Night club, 2.87; La
Pagcville Baptist church, 3.75;
Sarah Smalls Confectionery,
1.00; Melvena Latson Grocery
Store. .76; Holy Zion Church,
2.00, Church of God (E. Gwin¬
nett St. i 4 02, Beavgr’s Barber
Shop, .97; Mrs. Geneva Screven,
2.78; Mrs. J. M. Doyle, 5.52;
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given a Georgia Negro since
Judson W. Lyons of Augusta
was named to the same office
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Plan End VA Jim Crow
long campaign of the National
Association for the Advance¬
ment of Colored People to end
segregation in the hospitals
and other facilities of the Vet¬
erans Administration, has been
rewarded with
ment by Harvey Highley,
Veterans Administrator, that
his agency is moving "as rapid¬
ly as possible” to eradicate
Jim Crow.
Mr. Highley’s announcement
came in the form of a release
of correspondence between the
VA and Clarence Mitchell, di¬
rector, Washington bureau of
the NAACP. Mr. Mitchell had
written to the government offi¬
cial calling attention to segre¬
gation practices existing in the
VA and urging their elimination
in accordance with President
Elsenhower’s affirmation that
the Administration would not
tolerate racial discrimination
or segregation in federal agen¬
cies.
In reply, the veterans admin¬
istrator first said that his
agency “has attempted to take
the lead in minimizing segre-
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SIGMA THETA SCHOL¬
AWARD WINNERS —
to right Top row: Anna ;
Harvin, Jacksonville, Florida;
N. Young, Jackson,
Patricia Adams,
Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 7c
Elks to Spearhead
Drive for More Negro
ualified Voters
MIAMI, Fla.- One of the big¬
gest propositions placed before
the huge National Baptist
Convention. Inc., at its session
here last week was the request
of Grand Exalted Ruler Robert
H. Johnson of the Elks, through
Lieut. George W. Lee, head of
Elks’ Education, for a united
front in a nation-wide camp¬
aign to get Negroes to “Register
and Vote.”
Not only did the progressive
and inspirational leader of the
nation’s biggest Negro fraternal
order ask the Jemison convent¬
ion here to take action but he
also conveyed a similar request
to the other wing of the Bap¬
tists, the National Baptist Con¬
vention, U.S.A., Inc., headed by
Dr. G. L. Prince of Galveston
Texas, and which met in Den¬
ver, Colorado.
The new Pllks’ campaign is
another phase of the forward-
looking program of Grand Ex¬
alted Ruler Johnson. It was the
keynote theme of his addresses
to his 54th Annual Grand Lodge
in Atlanta recently, at which
he received four awards for
outstanding contributions to
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RETIRES—Madame J. M. Walk¬
er, president of Boyce’s Nat¬
ional School of Beauty Culture,
who has recently retired after
17 years of successful service
in the field of cosmetology.
She studied at Poro college, St.
Louis, Missouri, graduating in
1919. In 1935 she returned to
Poro college in Chicago for
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West Palm Beach, Florida;
Buffalo, New York
Middle row Bernadette Ellison,
Maryland; Arthrell
Farmville, North
Delores Gordon, Louisville,
NUMBER 50
AIRMAN OF THE WEEK—A-2C
Nathaniel Jackson, Jr., who was
recently named “Airman of the
Week” as a member of the
Operations Flight, 30 Commun¬
ication Squadron, England.
Airman Jackson, the grand¬
son of Mrs. Carrie Dais of 522
Green St., this city, and the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel
Jackson, 513 Lumber street, is
a former employee of the Sav¬
annah Tribune.
New Members
Added ASC
Faculty
Dr. Aaron Brown, president
of Albany State college, an¬
nounced that at the initial
faculty meeting of the school
year 1953-54 ten new faculty
members were greeted.
Miss Lucile Logan. A. B.. A M.,
dean of women; Dr. John B.
AB, B.Th., AM., Ph.
professor of social science
acting dean of Inductions;
Thomas E. Thompson, A.p.,
M., Ph. D., specialist in edu¬
professor of social
Alexander Washington, A.B.,
A M., assistant professor of
William H. Hamlin,
Mus.M., assistant pro¬
of music; Miss Brownie
B.S., M. A., assistant
of music; Mrs. Flor¬
Fladger Harrington, B.S.,
asistant pofessor of mus-
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( Kentucky, Barbara D. Williams
Tuskegee Institut*, Aiabama.
j Bottom row; Ruth Skelton,
| Greensboro, North Carolina;
Grace White, Lynchburg, Vir-
ginia.—(ANP)