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YEARS OF CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE LUU ttO to bo Awarded Vocational lid. Certificates MAKES PLEA — Although the American Nurses Association has made much progress since the recent dissolving of (lie National Association of colored Graduate Nurses, much is still needed to be done. Miss,Grace E. Marr is assistant executive secretary of the ANA in charge of the intergroup relations program. At the ANA's recent meeting in Chicago she out- (Continued on Page Seven) Murray Foundation Awards $75,000 to NAACP j Court Awards $20,000 CHICAGO — (ANP) — Some $29,000 was awarded last week to a former maid who contend¬ ed she suffered permanent injurics while working in the Chicago Housing authoitry pro-j ject, Mrs. Marguerite Turner, 38 Left to right' Chas. Brown, Yard Conveyor, Man; Cordy Lewis, Woodhandler; Jule Griffin, Wood- handler Jas Strickland. Woodhandler (Cable); H. L. Brown, Woodhandler; J. D. Riley, Personnel Manager Effie S. Richter, Plant Nurse; Cuyler Sanders. Woodhandler; Peter Giles, Wood- handler; Ben Brown, Jr.. Woodhandler; James N. Reed. Bark Conveyor Man. WON SAFETY TROPHY—At the the Southern Pulp v Paper banquet whch culminated the (Safety Association held in the eleventh annual conference of Hotel John Marshall in Ric£- eam-u finals speakers — Bishop Carey A. Gibbs, left, and Dr Ralph J. Bunche, will •deliver the baccalaureate ser- | j The commencement J of the Vocational Division ) Beach Adult Education will be hold tonight (Thurs.) H p. m. The school, the only one I its kind in the state, has | ily grown until it is now | ing with a huge ! j and with many on the list. The “Earn While You slogan has been the (of the institution, and ands of its graduates are fully employed in leading I nesses and industries ! out the state. Many are of private enterprises. Dean Geraldine Hurd director of the •School of Economics at State college, Orangeburg, S. C., bead of the Department Teacher Trainers of Homo Economics for the Southern Region of the National Educa¬ tion Association will be the commencement speaker. Tlic main foyer of the school will be the scene of the many skill trades taught. Each divis¬ ion will have a display. Mrs. Dorothy R. Lampkin, | (Continued on Page Eight) said she suffered fractures of two vertebrae and permanent back injuries Aug. 6, 1948, when she fell on a stairway at Ida B. Wells, a predominantly project. She charged the stair way had not been " * Continued on Page Seven) non and commencement ■ess respectively at | lorida tContinued on Pay* Six) W T WkJ? - ■' i. DELTAS FETE NEW MEMBERS—On last Saturday the members otf Beta Delta Sigma chapter entertained new members with a banquet at the home of Soror Willa Johnson on West 37th street. The above picture was made just after the main which was served tov Mrs. Gladys McCray, caterer and her sistant. * Reading left to right seated Givens, are Euris Sorors Smith, Mary Ann Mamie B. Haynes, Annie B (new*, line Dorothy Taylor (President), Sadie NEW YORK— (ANP* A last! 1000 grant was awarded week to the NAACP by the i Philip Murray Memorial foun- dation, Waiter White, executive secretary of the organization, | announced. i The grant, to be used for ucational purposes, was uled to be formally presented at the ceremonies at the national Center of the (Continued on Page Seven) mond, Virginia, on May 3 rd, (Continued on Page Two* SOCIETY TO PRESENT SPRING CONCERT SUN. Thc Savannah State College j Choral Society nder the direct- ! ion of Colcrdigc A. Braithwaitc will present its annual spring concert this Sunday evening at (six o’clock in Meld rim J torium on the college (The program will be open to the public without charge. Music to be heard will include j sacred and secular selections by American, English and Ger- j man composers. Both the male and female glee Clubs will featured in separate groups. A highlight of the event be- the presentation trf. original opems written by. 0 j, f be m embers of the society. Nathan Dell, 54. (Continued on Page Seven) Schlitz Makes Gift of $1500 To Fund MILWAUKEE, Wis.—The United Negro College campaign got off to a start in Milwaukee when Jos. Shclitz Brewing presented the campaign ers with a check for $1,500 their initial meeting held at the Schlitz Brown The presentation was Dr. James Brawley. dent of Clark college, Georgia. 1 -• 1VV^Y. » dXllXoUll xl^dLlS NAACP Membership* Drive Rev. 1*. A. l*jHcrson Rev. P. A. Patterson, promin- ( ent minister and civic leader, | has been named general chair- j an of the 1954 NAACP Mem¬ bership Drive for the local |branch. 1 Announcement ol the sclcct- ( ion of Mr. Patterson was made by J. S. Delaware, chairman of , the branch’s membership mittee, who has headed standing committee on bership for more than years As head of the NAACP mem- bership drive, the popular pas- tor of the Butler Memorial Presbyterian church will a county-wide canvass for new members and renewal of last year’s memberships. Mr. has pointed out that abou ,on Quick Thinking School Board Maid Is Commended , When lire biokc w , 111 th , i white Bloomingdale M ll,J I . ot building Monday morning 1 l;j„st week the building was j probably saved from complete maid, who opened the building early that morning and t ered the fire. | The Pooler Fire Department was called and arrived on the I scene in time to confine the fbe to two rooms of the build- ing. The Board of Education, ln j recognition of the quick think- : ing and heroic work of Mrs. williams, has sent her the fol- i lowing letter of commendation: -Savannah. May 5 , 1954 Ml , Willie Mae Williams Bloomingdale School Bloomingdae, Georgia j '• “Dear Willie Mae: <*x would like to take this portunity of thanking you f or y 0U r courageous efforts * Continued on Page Two I’lioto By Cecil steele, (new) Catherine Cooper, (Darien>, Edith Counts, (.Colum- |bia. S. C.), Julia Bacon, Helen S Riley. Standing left -o right are Vivian. Walker, Jamie L. Bryant Juanita J Jackson. i Albert M. Thweatt, M*ozelle Clemmons, Bernita Darby, Willa. Mae Johnson, Hattie C. Scott, Tallulah K. Cogswell, Gertrude H. Lark, and Eldora S. Greene. i The impressive initiation ceremony was held preceding the j banquet at the home of Soror Gertrude Lark on Johnson Av- enue. "It is hard to express how j much this gift from the Jos. Schlitz Brewing Company j means to us right at the be- ginning of the campaign,” Dr. Brawley said. “We consider it a good omen for the future of our Milwaukee campaign." Schlitz also contributed $1500 to the 1953 United Negro c ° 1 ' lege Fund, Inc., which was the most successful so far conduct ed ln Milwaukee. __ one hundred volunteer workers will be needed lo make the cur- rent NAACP drive a success. The dates of the drive will be from May 15 to June 15. The quota for the local cam¬ paign will be set at a meeting to be held later this week, how¬ ever, W. W. Law, local branch president, said that "we will be compelled to go after at least thousand members."' the last two years, the branch h as come near that goal. | Rev, Patterson was president of the Hub, a business and professional men’s club, in 1952 IIr . j s a member of the board 0{ trustees, Charity Hospital: , Educational Advisory Commit- tee to the Superintendent i • oonunued on Page Sevei Readying Plans For Summer Patrol Camp At Dorchester ________________ Chatham County —..... Council parents and teachers urges ( to yoU r boys and .girls i Patrol Summqr Camp at Chester Academy in County. Any child who is and H , s eligib i e to attend Wa de Simmons, a teacher George DeRenne school, the direction of Lt. Funk, is SU p erv isor of the camp This camp offers such giving recreation as at Camp Stewart, soft * movies and many others | are planned Home-like for their tainment. facilities as well as ! food are all furnished for j small sum of $10 per week. churches, fraternities, rities. secret ordes. civic social clubs as well as citizens are asked to sponsor child who would otherwise vacation, 1 Application blanks may (secured from your (Continued on Page Seven) Howard Univ. to Confer on Three The Board of Trustees Howard university has voted to confer honorary degrees upon Ambassador Chester Bowles, At¬ torney Thurgood Marshall, and Virgin Islands Official Roy W. Bornn. The degrees will be conferred, pending acceptance by the candidates, at the Um- verslty’s 86th exercises Friday, June 4, at 5 30 p. m. Other action taken by the board at last week’s meeting (Continued on rage seven) j I j RECENT REPUBLICAN APPOINTEES Lt. George W Leo, Memphis, (left*; David E. Longley, Richmond, Va., (center); and Mallory C. Walker, Portland, Ore., (right*; are three more recent appointees to high federal positions made by the Eisenhower Administration. j Lt. Lee has been named to the Administration, Region V, which Tennessee, the Commonwealth , I National Board of Field Ad-I covers Mississippi, Georgia, South Alabama, Carolina. Florl-j.. (Continued —---------- Page Seven) visers to the Business • da, on LANGUAGE ART FESTI- AlIKALl.b ATTRACTS MANY SCHOOLS tR. statewide High School L aiJ g Ua o f . Arts Festival closed State i schools represented: T J. Elder, Sndersville; Brooks high, Quit- j nian; Alfred E. Beach high, Sava nnah; Ralph J. Bunche h j gh Woodbine; Collins high, j Todd-Orant high, Dari- ; fin . (j arv ,, r Heights high, col- j u mbus, and Cuyler Jr. high,.’ , 3 avanna h. j A C Carter, instructor in ( masonry, and Dr 7ernon Stone,, instructor in business at the j i college, recently visited the Effingham County Training j School for the purpose of ser- ; ving a> judges c uring tne Stuo ent.s Day activities. line there Mr. Carter, who is is also also! I an alumnus of the college, j helped to organize a new chap- ter of the S avannah Stte Col- (Continued on Page Seven) Member Audit Bureau Circulation* Price 7c Williams Again President Morticians LIFE EXPEC¬ NEARING WASHINGTON—( ANPi— The expectancy of Negroes still less than that for whites, but gap is narrowing, accord¬ to vital statistics compiled the public, health service of Department of Health, Ed¬ and Welfare. Although white persons out¬ non-whites by an aver¬ of eight years, the differ¬ betw'een the two groups j narrowed since 1900, when , persons lived about 15 1 longer than non-whites, j constitute almost a the non-whites >. The expectancy men is 69.4 years, and 63 * ' e or non-white women. compares to 66.C .01 white 1 ^ T2§ '..... for white women. | the figures, oased , on imi As rates show, women 01 , outlive men. j 4 Sue Ala. Board For Refusing Register Them MONTGOMERY, Ala — i Four Negroes last week filed i vote denial suit alleging that the Bullock County Board Registrars "wrongfully and 11- legally failed to register” Negro applcants. They seek *50,000 damages. ■ The suit was brought by Aaron Sellers, J. S. Sellers, Wil- ! . .. >j other of THE YEAR Over 250 persons attended the An- nual whfch^Ume 0 wajj presellted , LS Mot ,ner of the Year. THe purpose this ban q Ue t was to provide an opportunity for the mothers Qf of female female students students to visit (lie school and observe their daughters In • their school setting. The speaker for this occasion tService of Savannah, who is a was Mrs. Gertrude Greene, case worker for the Family (Continued on Page Six). NUMBER U Osie il. Williams, President Metter morticians and Herman were hosts to the First Ccm- gresslonal District of Directors and e rs last Tuesday, Tile business session hein held at Bethel Refhel amf AME church church e was presided over by ©sie williams, president. Many in the funeral (Continued on Page Seven) lie Dorsey and Lorenea Robins “in behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated.” Named aw defendants were registration chairman S. B. Wil- Fred W. Chappel and W. B. Rainer. Styled as a class action suit, the complaint asked for a decla- (Continued on Page Seven*