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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
f VVTI
AnRARE TREAT—Melvin Bussey
whO AVill be presented by
Variety. Civic and Jonquil clubs
in a workshop r of flower
on Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 8 p. m
at St. Matthew’s parish house.
Last of Groveland Four
Court
NCNW To Meet Saturday
PRESUMED DEAD—Cpl. John E.
Rivers, son of the late
John and Emmaline Rivers,
has been declared presumed
dead by the Army.
Cpl. Riveis has been missing
in action since November, 1950,
and was repotted last
as having died in a North
rean prison camp by the Com-
munist Command. The Army
^Ct i.,, US date date of Of death d ath a as Feb
A native native Savannahian Sa annahian, c „,
K Rivers entered the _____*/,„ Army March
13 1940, at the age of 17. His
,
survivors are a twin brother,
James H. Rivers, New York:
Cpl. Charles Rivers, Fort Ben-
ning, Ga.: Pfc. Theodore Rivers,
Camp Carson, Colo; sisters,
Seven;
Southern Churches Ask Citizens'
on School Decision
JERRY GILLIAM TO
SPEAK HERE SATURDAY
The local branch of the Nat
ional Alliance of Postal
ployees piu kro will present to the
'
Savannah ° public their National
Organizer, . Jerry , O. Gilliam of
Norfolk. Virginia, this coming
Saturday at 8 o’clock in the
banquet room of the YVest
Broad Street Branch YMCA. In
that Mr. Gilliam is president of
the Norfolk Branch, NAACP.
the local NAACP branch will
cooperate in the sponsorship
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aitatutah
j Mr. Bussey is the only
lecturer on flower
| He was reared and
! in California _ ... . and . _ Texas,
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WASHINGTON—The National
Council of Negro Women wlH
hold its annual observance ~pf
Brotherhood Week during Feb.
20-27. The climax to this pro¬
gram activity will be an Inter¬
national Tea hohoring, Mrs.
Richard M. Nixon, wife of the
Vice President of the United
States, in the beautiful Crystal
Room of the Willard Hotel on
Saturday afternoon, Feb. 27,
from four until 'six O'clock.
fityotj: >t Giyihg ( a Colorful ’ aria exotic 1
t&hlthe occasion will be
the Wives of thfe Ambassadors
representing countries visited
by the Vice President and Mrs.
Nixon on their recent world
trip. These foreign dignitaries
will wear their beautiful native
dress and help receive the hun-
deeds of Council members and
friends expected. Mrs. Robert
Vann of Pittsburgh,
vania is thc honorary chairman
for this outstanding event while
| Mademe Lillian Evanti, the In-
ternationally known concert
S j n g er and world traveler of
D. C., is the
j man A pi an ning committee 'of
* translerred f d two two colored colored clerks
*
from its segregated U Street
off *e to fill vacancies occuring
1 }ts maJn down-town, ac-
-Ountmg office.
This move is the result of
several conferences between
CWP officials and members of
the committee on government
contracts, a group appointed
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COLUMBIA, S. C., Feb. 11 —
Protestant churches in this
state have declared in a
resolution that South Carolina
must "maintain its public
school system unimpaired”
gardless ° of how the Supreme y
Court . rules . on school , , segre- &
’
^be statement, addressed
state legislative and
trative officials, was adopted
last week by the South Carolina
SPECIAL NOTICE
All articles for publication in The Tribune muxt
in the office b) 1 ueMay noon aad AiiUtu ui. ui.e aide
paper only*
Increase
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 -X The
NAACP Fight for Freedom Fund
was enhanced this week by
contributions' totaling nearly
$1,800 from eight branches of
the National Association ■ for
the Advancement of Colored
People.
Leading the list of contribut¬
ors was the Youngstown, Ohio,
branch which sent in $1,500.
Other contributions were re¬
ceived as follows: $100, Bay¬
onne, N. J. : $53.10, Clairton,
Pa.; $46.10, Roanoke, Va.; $31.
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SCHOLARSHIP COM.
GETS GOOD REPORT
At the reguiar meeting of the
Savannah State Local Alumni,
Sunday, an encouraging report
was made by the Scholarship
Drive committee. One letter in
particular, was an outstanding
feature of the report, for it
indicated that members of the
Albany chapter had big plans
a-foot relative to the drive.
Mention was also made of other
chapters which are striving to
make a 100', report in due
time.
Among names released on
Sunday as those who have al¬
ready submitted their pledge or
cash subscription are: Robert
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WASHINGTON — (ANP>
Walter Lee Irvin, the last of
the four youths involved in the
Groveland case, will have to
die in the electric chair for
the alleged raping of a white
farm woman in Lake County,
Florida, in 1949.
The case reached its final
notch last week when the Sup-
rente Court denied the second
appeal for a rehearing.
An attempt was made upon
the life of Irvin some time ago
by Sheriff Willis McCall who
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T n attend CONFERENCE CONFLBLNCfc —
Frank Freeman, market con-
sultant for radio station WJIV>
will attend the career confer-
ence ence to 10 b ^ „ , ld at . T Tennessee n
A and 1 state university at
Nashville, March 21-22. An in-
vitation from Moss H. Kendrix,
public relation counselor, with
offices in Washington, D. C.,
extended the invitation to Mr.
Freeman.
Fellowship of Churches and
the South Carolina Division of
The Southern Regional Council.
In another section of the
resolution the churchmen called
on all citizens of South Caro-
Una to receive the forthcoming
Supreme Court decision ‘peace-
fully and in good faith.”
A similar statement, adopted
earlier by the Virginia Council
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SAVANNAH. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 18,1954
SCHOOL BOARD
GRANTS NAAfl' REDDEST
LOCAL PRIORITY
BUILDING PLAN
OBJECTIONABLE
State Aid Withheld
Until Matter Is
Adjusted
YV. S. Scott, Chairman
Local Education Committee
The State Board of Education
heard a delegation from
Savannah Branch of the Nat-
ional Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People
in Atlanta last Monday
to the order in which the local
board of education wishes
erect Negro schools.
The NAACP delegation, head-
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Lt. Mangum Now N. Y.
Police Commissioner
NEW YORK — iANPi —
youthful Negro police lieuten-
ant was named last week by
Mayor Robert Wagner to replace
Billy Rowe as
seventh deputy police commis¬
sioner of the city of New York.
The new commissioner is
Robert Mangum, 32, a police
department career man. who
was. a $5,830-a-year police
lieutenant at the time of his
appointment. In his new post
he will earn sS.000 a year as a
boss at' ‘‘flew York’s Ftnt , kt?T'
Commissioner Mangum is the
youngest police deputy of any
race ever to be sworn into
office. Police Commissioner
Francis W. H. Adams conduct¬
ed the swearing in ceremonies.
His promotion climaxes a
| career of 11 years in the police
department during which Man-
I gum has served as a supervisor
of Unit 5, Juvenile Aid Bureau,
and in other jobs. He joined the
force as a patrolman in 1942.
was promoted to sergeant. Jan.
1, 1950, and to lieutenant. Dec,
31, 1951.
Mangum is the son-in-law of
Walter Scott, former manager
of the Hotel Theresa, He is
married to the former Gladys
Scott, and they have a 4-year
old son, Paul. Born in Peters¬
burg, Va., he spent most of his
childhood in New York after
a short period of time in De-
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THE HUB CELEBRATES
NEGRO HISTORY WEEK
As a special feature of Negro
History Week the Hub present¬
ed the Savannah State College
j Choral Society, Society, Coleridge Coleridge A. ....
Braithwaite, conductor; and
Robert Charles Long, tenor;
; an Evening of Music by Colored
1 Composers on Sunday, February
j 114 , at Beach High School Audi-
torium
. „
, ift Sing j
: John Rosamond johnson; O Ye j
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Several Thousand to Attend
Council Here
By George A. Singleton
| Thc ,{t Kev S ’ L Greene '
Bisho » of Georgiii ' host
Bishop .
Arrangements have been com-
pleted for entertaining the
Council of Bishops of the AME
Church which will meet here
February 23-26.
Several thousands visitors are
; expected in the city for this
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14 COLLEGES TO SEND
1 TALENT
TO RECITAL
COLUMBIA, S. C.—Outstand¬
ing talent from fourteen lead-
ing colleges in the South will
appear In a musical review
Sunday afternoon, February 21,
at Allen university.
This combined musical re -
cital of some of the most prom
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DELTAS FETE THE ACEI) _
^ ^ Meniorial fam was
, . , , by the members , of , _ .
Delta Sigma chapter of
Sigma Theta sorority on St
Valentine’s eve with one of the
prettiest parties ot tne year,
The party began at 3:30 with
miiK 1
RECEIVED CERTIFICATES —
The graduates are as follows
j Mrs. Thelma Stewart, valedic¬
torian; Mrs. Dorothy Veonia
'Hughes, salutatoriuh; Mrs.
Loadhoit, third honor;
Co. JC Policy
Broken Down
WASHINGTON—IANP)— The;
the Washington telephone
company, is at last beginning ;
a lively £ts, program of group
) dancillg s poems, inslru-
,
mental , . music and . the ,, serving
a delicious repast.
Spring flowers greenery along
j with the valentine motif was
juseu Idinim? m decorating the spacious
room. The table was
Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 7c
Mrs. Lula King, Mrs. Pearl
Jackson, Mrs. Ethel Jackson,
Mrs. Minnie Lee, Mrs. Lillifc
Mae Lewis, Mrs. Lucile
man. Miss Mildred Robinsotj,
Miss Dorothy Lillian Gabriel,
to break under the weight of
The first step toward racial
integration' in 'its employment
centered with a beautiful
valentine tree decorated
red cupids and hearts of
ous sizes.
Mrs. Pauline Kendricks,
vivacious superintendent of
Home, expressed in her
ing manner h^r sinner^
NUMBER 19
Mrs. Laura Day, Mrs. Dorothy
Elizabeth Wright, Mrs. Emma
Jane Tyson, Mrs. Bertha Le6i
-Photo by .Cecil
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practices was taken last wselc
cn ” - *■-
Telephone company
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| elation on behalf of the Mills
family for the beautiful party,
Tho party was well attended
and greatly enjoyed by all. The
Auxiliary of Mills was repre-
■—Photo by Freeman
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