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72 PUBLIC CONTINUOUS YEARS SERVICE OF LXXII jiMm if lllf? i 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 ; j I Negro Girl Elected Veep of La. State Univ. f > : :Jr W "M »- *■* *- fJMH ^ ____ _ I flHHS! 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 . Field.—( U.S. Ajf Photo 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 (Continued on Page Seven) 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 l lovnunuea on Page Seven, 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 (Continued on Page Seven) 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. — 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.” 1 Vice President Nixon led the reception committee which greeted the Emperor and his official party at the Military Air Transport Terminal of the (Continued on Page Seven) j 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 .Continued on Page Seven; 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- (Continued on Pag* Six) B0ARII ITII0LIIS LOYALTY DR. RALPH RIM III: m m 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 (Continued on Page Seven/ 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 (Continued on Page Seven) 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 , (Continued on Page Eight) 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 ' Yamocraw Village, Savannah, j- 1 ‘Continued on Page Eight I , 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 jf **. ■nmnn»r^^^ VHk;; ^ ^ I DOCTOR’S ASSISTANT — Mrs. Vernese Johnson of Washing- ton, D. ('., formerly Miss Ver i j (Continued on Page Seven) i I j ! i j NEWEST (ME BISHOPS — The two newest bishops of the Christian Methodist are Bishops B. Julian „ ... of . Chicago _. . (left* and J. _ 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,