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SCENES FROM COLLEGE BACCALAUREATE Above are features of the 71st baccalaureate
services Sunday at Savannah State College.
Top—Portion of the 65 member graduating class.
Second— C. V. Cia,v, enairman, department of uicaustry, leads the processional.
I bird Portion of platform guests 1 to r, B. Iugersoll. registrar; T. C. Myers, dean; Rev.
C. ( . 1 horn ton, pastor of Sairtl James A, M. E church; Rev. j, Pius Barbour, baccalaureate
speaker and Dr. W, K. Payne, president.
The commencement exercises were held Wednesday, wit-Ji Dr. Purvis C. .Spruill of the Hen¬
ry Foundation as the principal .speaker.
Pictures of the president's reception, folio wing the baccalaureate services, will be seen on
page three. y
Prpsidpul Eisenhower Meets
Emperor Haile Selassie ;
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Negro Girl Elected Veep
of La. State Univ.
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A PRACTICAL STUDY in Far
East supply problems won for
Tech. Sgt. Isaiah G. Rivers a
Commendation Ribbon pre¬
sented here by Brig. Gen. Edw.
J. Kendrciks. commandant of
the Air Force School of Avia¬
tion Medicine at Randr. p
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — For
outstanding service as a non¬
commissioned officer in charge
of an aircraft supply division
in Japan. Tech. Sgt Isaiah G
Rivers has received the Com-
mendation Ribbon.
The presentation was made
by Brig. Gen. Edward J
drieks. commandant of the Air
F orce School of Aviation Medi-
cine, at an inspection of squad-
ton personnel. Eleven Good
Conduct Medals were awarded
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BATON ROUGE, La. Miss
; Kara Enid M. Rousseau, , |
j Negro sociology major in the |
I Louisiana State university r .
'graduate school, iast
. day was inducted into and ,
elected second vice president of
Alpha Kappa Delta Sociological
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Integration Accomplished In The
Canal Zone Schools
i PANAMA CITY, HP 'ANP.
I All US'citizens on the Canal
Zone, Negro or white, have
been assured that the US-rate
or “white schools” are open
| for their children, according to
J an announcement made by the
(Canal Zone administration last
week.
Following the ruling of the
U.S. Supreme” Court, the Canal
j Zone immediately fell in iine
and ordered Integration of
white and colored In 'he form-
! cr, y all-white schools.
Only for a brief period during
the early construction period,
between 1906-07. was the re-
integration in the Canal Zone.
Since then Negroes and whites
have attended separate schools,
Only about 13 U.S. citizens
Negro children are of school
j age and ready for integration
white schools. They spring
mostly from the Armed Forces.
The majority of Negro work-!
ers on the Canal Zone are Pan- i
amanians, largely of West In-
dian stock. For them the 1
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1954
378 TO (illi BU ATE FROM
BEACH. WOODVI (.1.1:
New Drive-In
Theatre To
Open Wed.
The grand opening of the
Lincoln Drive-In Theatre and
Park, located on the Telfair
road. 500 yards from Highway
17, will take place Wednesday,
I June 9.
| The theatre with its com-
.pletely equipped park gives to
Savannah one of the finest
amusement centers in the South
for Negroes.
The movie screecn is so con¬
structed that it can show all
types of pictures, and five hun¬
dred cars can be parked with
the greatest of ease.
The beautiful patio is an ex-i
| celent place for card parties,
| modates birthday parties, two hundred etc. It accom¬
people'
and the finest food and snacks
will be served.
The park is ojxm to children i
from 12 noon to fi p. m., with
no admission, offers real pony
rides in t.he carts, merry-go
rounds, swings and other forms
of amusement. I
An invitation is extended to
all of Savannah to attend the
dedication program next. Wed¬
nesday at TOO p. m.
PERSONAL MENTION
L. E. Cameron of New York
city is tlie house guest of Dr.
.and Mrs. C. A. Braithwalte of
Savannah State college. Mr.
Cameron is employed by the
New York State Department of
Mental Hygiene.
Be sure your name is includ¬
ed in the new members of the
local NAACP.
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Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie
I, Emperor of Etniopia, was
welcomed to Washington last
week by top government offi¬
cials and a cheering throng of
spectators who lined Pennsyl-
vania avenue to get a glimpse
of the great “King of Kings,”
the “Lion of Judah, the Elect |
of God.”
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Vice President Nixon led the
reception committee which
greeted the Emperor and his
official party at the Military
Air Transport Terminal of the
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ALBERT PASCHAL WILLIAMS*
a former Savannahian and
veteran of World War II. who
is practicing law in Mew Y|r.rk
cit y with offices at 55 W. 42nd
St. He is the son of the late Dr.
P. Williams and Mrs. M. E.
Williams. He is a product of the
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A total of 378 students will graduate next week from Beach
and Woodviile iiigh schools. The- number to receive diplomas
from Beach high school will be 325 and from Woodviile high.
WOODVILLE EXERCISES
TUESDAY
The baccalaureate services ol
Woodviile high school
be held Sunday afternoon, June
0, at 5 o’clock in the school
auditorium with the sermon
delivered by Father Burke,
Pr'ijcipai i of Blessed Piuz X
The speaker at the
mencement exercises In
school auditorium Tuesday af-
lernoon, June 8, at 5 o'clock
will be Sidney A. Jones, well-
mortician and civic lead-
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B0ARII ITII0LIIS LOYALTY
DR. RALPH RIM III:
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UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. —
There is no doubt
concerning the loyalty of Dr.
Ralph J. Bunche. a U.S. loyalty
board said last week.
‘The U. N. trusteeship director
was one of lfio U.S. members
of the UN scheduled for quest¬
ioning by the Employes Loyalty
board, set up by President
Eisenhower,
Two witnesses appeared in
connection with Lhe questioning
of Dr. Bunche. They were
Leonard Patterson and a Negro,
Mannmg Johnson, admitted
communists.
Walter White, executive see¬
retary of the NAACP, in a
letter to the board, denounced
the investigation of Bunche.
Pierce J. Gerety, of South-
port. Conn., chairman of the
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TO MAKE FIRST
CONTRIBUTIONS TO
SPENCER BOOK SHELF
About a year ago tlie Hub
club voted to begin a collection
of books on Human Relations
in honor of Commander
Frank Spencer, who for a nura-
ber of years has given his fine
mind, his time and his money
for work in this field.
As a member of the Board of '
Education for about 18 years, '
he always stood for better I
schools, better buildings, better .
facilities; also better pay for |
teachers, and pay on the basis j
of training, character and ex¬
perience as sole criteria.
He worked tirelessly for a I
YMCA for Negroes and has i
served as one of the most active I
and generous members of the
board of directors. He was in
the forefront of citizens who whoj j
gave time and money for the
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BEACH EXERCISES |
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
The commencement exercise
of Beach high school will be I
| | held Wednesday night, June
at 8 o'clock at the City Audi-
torium when
j j ating presented class lo the largest gradu-
in the history of the ;
The top honor students
class are Alice Rcvens.
valedictorian, and Ruth Simms,
salutatorian.
Senior vesper will be held
Sunday, June fi, at 6 p. p. ra m. . at ,
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Branches, Others Give to
for Freedom
NEW IRK, May
butions of local and state
units of tire National Associa-
tion lor the Advancement of
Colored People to the Fight
Freedom Fund amounted to
$1,119.50 this week with the
Central Long Island, New York,
branch ieadinig the list with
gift of $500. Total contributions
from all sources amounted to
$3,004.50.
Other contributions from
ACP groups included the Flori-
da State Conference, $200;
North Carolina State
ence, $107.50; Battle Creek,
Mich., $125; Corona, N. Y„ $50;
Brooklyn college, $40;
ville, Pa., $25, and Agua Fria, j
Ariz., $12.
Life membership payments
were received from seven per-
sons including the Rev. Samuel
N. McCain, Jr„ of Hawaii and)
Mrs. Wilbur Halyard, Milwau-j
kee, each of whom made the
full payment of $500. In addi¬ l
tion, initial payments were made
by Dr. R. Stewart Randall of
Washington; Miss Golda
during the ceremony at Ran- |
olph Field.
Sergeant Rivers, son of Mr. i
and Mrs. Isaiah Rivers, 338
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Yamocraw Village, Savannah,
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cu.vs YOUNG POST,
, Ameica. Inc., presents
a United States g ta t es Flag jrj a g to to Harris Harris
St. school. The presentation
was made at the May
Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 7c
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DOCTOR’S ASSISTANT — Mrs.
Vernese Johnson of Washing-
ton, D. ('., formerly Miss Ver i
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NEWEST (ME BISHOPS —
The two newest bishops of the
Christian Methodist
are Bishops B. Julian
„ ... of . Chicago _. . (left* and J.
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Claude Allen of Gary. Ind..
' right i. They were ordaine -'. at
the recent General Conference
°f tlie CME church in Mem-
phis, Tenn., at Mount Olive
Cathedral CME church: A
of the school Left to,
right, color bearers. Comrade.;
Roland Roland Geiger Geiger and Ginarri |
Calloway; vice commander I j
Warren Duffy looks on as
NUMBER 34
BURNS PROVE KATAL_ Willie
Jr., who died over the
weekend from burns suffered
in the explosion aboard the
Carrier Bennington May 26 off
the New England coast which
has resulted in 100 deaths.
The nearest of kin of young
Williams, a stewardman, Is his
grandmother, Mrs. Mary Shu-
man of 512 Anderson avenue,
Woodviile.
native of Georgia, Bishop Smith
served 20 years as general
j sesretary of the board of re¬
ligious education before he was
elected to the episcopacy-. A
native of Alabama, Bishop Allen
served eight years as general
secretary of church extension
; ant j missions before election a;
an episcopate.— (ANP)
Comrade John McIntosh in.tro-
duces Commander J, O. Meyer.
wno presented the Hag ti*
Mabel R. Alford, principal.
—Photo by: Freeman,