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YEARS OF CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE UXXII OMEGAS CHOOSE SWEET- HEAUT-r-At its annual heart ball in Lawton, Okla., Psi Upsilon chapter of Omega Psi Phi selected Mrs. E. A. Owens as Omega sweetheart of 1953- 54. Mrs. Owens, who is the wife of a prominent city physician, won ov'«y six other attractive candidates. Each candidate was sponsored by an Omega broth- cr after having been selected from thc community's Action Demanded In Slaying of Witness by Alabama Sheriff GUEST SPEAKb:: vi faitYAN ANNIVERSARY—Dr. S A. Owen of Memphis, Tenn., eminent ed- uqator, trustee of LeMoyne ivillege, Ljj director of Ihe Ameri- / Baptist Theological Semin- ■?V. and chairman of the board of directors of Griggs Business and Practical Art college, who will be the principal speaker at (Continued on Page Seven/ MORE THAN $1,000 GIVEN FIGHTING FUND LAST WEEK NEW Vi )RK, Dec. 31—During thc last week of 1953 a church, two locals of a labor union and seven branches of thc National Association lor the Advance¬ ment of Colored People con¬ tributed a total of $1,111.76 to the NAACP Fight for Freedom Fund. •*<€ Contributions from branches were as follows: Wichita, Kans., $300; Dos Moines, Iowa, $250; (Continued on Page Two) BOLDEN NAMED CO.CAPTAIN SPARTANS EAST LANSING, Mich, Jan. 5 —Etero.y Bolden, of Flint, Mich., star Negro halfback, was named today one of the co¬ captains of the Michigan State college football team for 1954. The other co-captain is Don Kauth of Paducah, Ky. The election was held shortly after the team arrived home from it. 28-20 victory over UC¬ LA in me Rost fiowi game Jan. 1. Would boiishing Lead Public Schools to , standing business and profcss- j jonal women. Basileus John Henry Nelson had thc honor of j sponsonn S the winning candi- an ^ presented her with a beautiful loving cup. Each of the other candidates was presented flowers at intermission. Mrs. Owens is a member of the Del- ta Sigma Theta sorority and well represents th cOmcga ideal of womanhood. <ANP> Oakridge Move To End J. C. Lauded WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 — Recent action by the Town Council of Oak Ridge, approving the abolition of segregation in the local schools is “warmly supported" by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Clarence Mitchell, director of thc NAACP Washington bureau, has informed Lewis L. Strauss, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, which has juris¬ diction over the town. In a telegram to the Com¬ mission head, Mr. Mitchell re¬ minded him that the NAACP had previously urged abolition by executive action of segregat- ion in Oak Ridge. Segregation spokesman said, has “resulted (Continued on Page Seven) SLAIN MAN HAD TESTI¬ FIED AGAINST SHERIFF IN LIQUOR CASE WASHINGTON, Dec. 31- Thc wanton slaying of Moses Jon°s in Grove Hill, Ala., by Clarke County Sheriff Jenkins A. Hill, against whom the dead man had testified in federal court, brought an immediate demand from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People upon the U. S. Depart¬ ment of Justice for “prompt and vigorous prosecution to the limit of the law” against the sheriff. Arrested by the sheriff on a charge of failing to pay a fine of $150, Mr. Jones was shot to death in the county jail on December 28. Although the slain man was handcuffed and unarmed and in the custody of the sheriff, the killer claimed self-defense. He is reported to (Continued on Page Seven) TWO LOCAL CHURCHES TO CELEBRATE THEIR 166TH Rev. R- M. Williams Pastor Bryan Bapt. Church I An epochal event In Mie re¬ ligious life of two of Savan¬ nah’s most outstanding church¬ es will arrive in a few days when these institutions, which lay ciaim to being the oldest Negro Baptist churches in America, reach another milestone. The occasion will be the one hundred and sixty-sixtn anni- versary of each church and it : will be celebrated by .v series jof nightly services in each NEW YORK. Jan. 4 —Abolit¬ ion Of the public school system with state subsidies to individ¬ ual students would lead to all sorts of “educational quackery and racketeering,” Waite: White, executive secretary of thc National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, warned in a report | prepared for delivery at the I Association’s 45th annual meet¬ ing here today. In South Carolina, Georgia i and Mississippi, he pointed out, threats have been made to shut down public schools and substitute personal subsidies if the Supreme Court rules that segregation in public education is unconstitutional as contend¬ ed by the NAACP. “Unconscionable quacks and racketeers would move in set¬ ting up their own debased standards,” the NAACP execut¬ ive said. The state would be helpless to regulate these priv¬ ate schools, or to establish any standards to protect the state’s investment and the school children, because to do so would _______ be to exert state action wd j cd W0ldd be subject to the (Continued on Page Seven) j I f I Mrs. Countess Cox I Beginning with the initiation j on December 5th of Mrs. Coun¬ i tess Cox, Mrs. Ruth Dobson and Mrs. Dorothy Hamilton, Alpha Kappa Alpha spent a very busy month. The Neophytes were W.C.Handy,Fathep ol the Blues, Marries His YONKERS, N. Y. —(ANP) — j W. C. Handy, famed “father j of the blues” and composer ol the “St. Louis Blues,” was j married Saturday night In Yonk-1 ers to Mrs. Irma Logan, 51, his i secretary for the past 16 years.) Bryan Rapt. Church Baptist church, will begin Sun- Jan. 17, and end Wednes¬ day night, Jan. 20. Highlighting the early night¬ ly anniversary programs at the First Bryan Baptist church will be that of Wednesday night, Jan. 20, at which time ' the address will be delivered by Dr. S. A. Owens of Memphis, Tenn. eminent educator, trust- ee of LeMoyr a college, Mem- 1 j phis, of the and National vice piesident-at-large Baptist There will be a joint celebration at First an Baptist church on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 17, at 4 o’clock at which time thc principal address will be delivered by Rev. Gordon Tayior, pastor of Concord Baptist church, Brook¬ lyn, N. Y. The program at First Bryan church will start Tuesday night, Jan. 12, and continue Thursday night, Jan. 28, while the program at First African SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7. 1354 §§C Alumni to Raise $10,000 For Scholarship Fund PRESUMED DEAD — Cpl Jul¬ ius Jones, Jr., 24, who was reported missing in action in Korea on October 14, 1953, is now considered officially dead, recording to a message received luoncmued on Page Seven; A MONTH OF MUCH ACT 1VITY FOR ALPHA KAPPA Mrs. Ruth Dobson very warmly welcomed by the Sorors for they are well quali¬ fied to contribute much to chapter activities. Soror Cox is a graduate of and New York Handy, 80 years old, is a wid- with numerous grand- and great-grandchild- The Rev. Richard Koenig, of Christ Lutheran officiated at the cere- held in the chapel I vention. Thc guest speaker at First j ‘ j Rev - Grady Neil oi Bainbridge, Robert Young, a graduate of Savannah State college and Cornell university, has been se¬ lected as general chairman of Savannah State College Alumni Scholarship Fund. He is the vocational and agriculture teacher at Haven Home Junior high school and the founder of Montgomery Community Cen¬ ter. According to an announce¬ ment by John McGlockton, president of Savannah State College Alumni Association, the general alumni began the New Year by initiating a $10,000 scholarship aid program. Every alumnus has been called upon to contribute freely. The min¬ imum of $lo has been requested from all graduates and former students. Those who are able, J are being asked to give $100, to $500. The scholarship aid program (Continued from Page Three* Mrs. Dorothy Hamilton university and is presently employed at Cuyler Junior High school. She is widely known because of her active partici- (Continued from Three) - his church. The new Mrs. Handy is a divorcee who acted as Mr. Handy's “eyes” and secretary because he is blind. The bride- 1 groom has a home here in Lonkers although his business I F. A. If. Church This is about thc fifth year that these two churches which ver>- organized in 1788 have had at lei st one of their series of anniversary programs to- gether, «. Iftww ENLISTING Deputy Police Commissioner William Rowe enlists thc aid of Louella Parsons, ‘ First Lady of Hollywood," in furthering the New York City Police Department's drive to bring about better under¬ standing between New York's Finest and the 8,500,000 citizens they serve. Above, at a party honoring Miss Parsons during her recent vacation trip to New York, the Commissioner presents her witli a miniature replica of bis own gold shield to identify her as a staunch supporter of the department's campaign. Miss Parsons, whose daily Hollywood column appears in hundreds of papers throughout America and whose voice is heard weekly by millions over CBS Radio, praised the Commissioner and the Police Department for the great work being done in the field of law enforcement and human relations. HEADS WELDON LODGE OF ELKS—Dr. M. P. Sess- oms who has been elected exalted ruler of Weldon (Continued on Seven) Beach Evening High Sch. To Graduate Fifty Next Thursday Night JACKIE ROBINSON TO RF. PRINCIPAL SPEAKER Cn Thursday, Jan. 14, at 8 p. m. Jackie Robinson, the first Negro to break into modern organized baseball and stellar member of the Brooklyn Dod¬ gers, will deliver the fourth annual commencement address at the Municipal Auditorium to the i?54 graduatinig class of Beach Evening high school. Jackie Robinson, who for sev¬ eral years has Ocen considered a cinch by many experts to be named to Baseball’s Hall of fame, must also rank right up there in the balloting for one of the greatest athletes Arneri- ea has produced. A football, basketball and track star at UCLA before World War II, Robinson has added to his stature as a baseball immortal with the passing of each year. In 1952, Jackie led the Dodger regulars in hitting for the fourth successive season, with .308 and had led all right- handed hitters in the National League In batting percentage In each of those four years. His j average with runners on base j last year was .320, highest on (Continued on Page Seven) Rev. R. M. Gilbert Pastor F. A. K. Church The coming together in this ; manner has taken the raw edge ' off the boiling controversy which has raged for years as i to which of the churches was I actually the first Baptist church | in America established for Ne¬ groes. Indications are that both an¬ niversaries will be overwhelm¬ ingly attended. address is New York City where he runs a publishing business. Born in Florence, Ala., he wrote such blues numbers as “Memphis Blues" and “Beale (Continued on Page Seven) Member Audit Bureau Circulations Price 7c NUMBER 11 AGAIN HEADS W. SAV’D CENTER — Moses J. Jackson who was elected last week for the nineteenth consecutive time as president of the West Savan¬ nah Community Center. The West Savannah Commun¬ ity Center is located at 1433 Church street and was organi¬ zed early in 1935 for the purpose of developing interest in com¬ munity affairs. Its activities have spread to every phase of community improvement under the leadership of its president, M. J. Jackson. Other officers reelected were, G. W. Wade, vice president; J. M. Gaynor, secretary; Mrs (Continued on Page Seven) NEW HALL DEDICATED \T BENEDICT COLUMBIA, S'. C. — Bacoats Hall, a new dining hall-dorm¬ itory at Benedict college, one of the oldest private church- related institutions in South Carolina, was dedicated re¬ cently. Prominent church and state leaders in education partici¬ pated in the exercises which were held in Antisdel chapel. Principal speakers at the epochal exercises were Dr. M. C. Ballenger, Board of Educat- (Continued on Page Seven) V TO ELFCT BOARD MEMBERS Officers of thc West Broad Street school Gra-Y clubs will be installed Tuesday evening at 7:30 during the regular PTA meeting at the school. J. ft. Jenkins, executive secretary of the West Broad Street Branch YMCA. will install the officers. Mrs. Sadie Stringer, chairman of the advisory group, will be in charge. Five additional names have been given the nominating committee of the YMCA for (Continued on. Page Seven)