The Savannah tribune. (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, June 10, 1954, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text72 PUBLIC CONTINUOUS YEARS SERVICE OF LXXII • WOODVIIXE GRADS— The fift-y-three member class of I Woodville high school which graduated Tuesday. Herman Alien, Robert Baui, Mae Frances Banks, Esther Mae Brannan, Henrietta Chandler, Lucy Odessa Cliffin. Rufus James Cliffin. Mattie Cody, Louisiana Sltilr University Graduates First Students I j E. B. Law Enters Race j | ' For County Tax Collector Court Edict Boosts Contributions To Fight For Freedoin Fund OPENS OFFICE HERE—Dr. Ben II. Atkinson. Jr. who formerly practiced at Gainesville, Ga., has moved to Savannah and is i now located in the former offices of the late Dr. Nathaniel H. Collier, 705 West Broad •' street. j He is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Ben H. Atkinson, Sr„ of Griffin, More-J 1 Ga„ and is a graduate of hou.se college and the Dental School of Howard university. SAVANNAHIANS GET TALLADEGA AWARD John Miller of Savannah was, one of two students at Tallade-1 ga college who won Avery speech| awards. Miller, majoring in | history, was president of thej senior class and of the student,! body i ; DRIVE TO GO OVER THE TOP chairman of the 1954 NAACP membership campaign of the' local branch, expressed him- self yesterday as being confi- dent that the membership will be highly successful this year, j He predicts that before the end! of the month the drive will reach its goal. Tbe key workers In the drive will hold a special meeting tonight. Thursday, at the Sec- ond Baptist church. Rev. Edgar V. Quarterman. pastor. Over one hundred workers have been enlisted in the cam¬ paign for renewals and new members. Samuel Cooper, Dafnet i Isadore Ferguson, j i Gaines, Curtis Gordon, bara Gantt, Sarah I James Gordon, Johney Hall. Ruth Maxine Harden. j ( Lee — -------, Harris, ------- Edward Samuel James. Bernice NEW YORK, June 3—In re- to a specia l appeal fol- (owing the Supreme Court ruling against public school segregation, 3(5 contributors week sent in a total of $2,710 the NAACP Fight for Freedom Fund. An additional $571 was received from an individual contributor, a labor union, two persons who made initial pay¬ ments on life memberships, and eight local units of the NAACP. Contributions of $500 each were received from Dr. Rivers Frederick of New Orleans and North Carolina Mutual 'Continued on Page Eight' Adventists Promote 2 SAN FRANCiSGO ■ ANP) Elder Frank L ' Peterson, 60, pre ’ sident of Cakwood college, Huntsville > Ala., was elected associate secretary of the gen- eral conference and secretary, North American Colored De- parlmenl ' durln S th< ' 47th Gen - eral Conference session of the Seventh-day Adventists which closed here last week. Peterson was one of two Ne¬ gro Adventist ministers who received new positions in their church . s governing body at international conference which met at the Civic and Cow Pa)ace The other. Elder Edward E. (Continued 1 on rage Seven) cup j j is on display in the window of the Savannah Pharmacy will be awarded to the worker who brings in the largest num-j j ber of memberships during the | month of June. The trophy donated by i was W. S Scott, president. Guaran- 1 ty Life Insurance company j and chairman of the NAACP j education committee, prizes of $50. $40. $?0. $25 and $20 will be given to the workers. ■ bring in the largesst num bers of memberships over one hundred A group of parents, under! the leadership of Mrs. Mildred Catharine Johnson, James waid Johnson, Margaret John- son, George Grady Kent, Rose Marie Manigault, Francina Middleton, Jessie Myers, Ollie Mae Newton, Janie Mae ton. j I Aretha Olds, Richard Padgett|' Gloria Polite, Gwendolyn j j i E. B. Law, office manager of the Ebony Finance and Loan Company, became the first Ne¬ gro history of Savannah ^o enter a race for an elective office when he qualified Mon¬ day as a candidate for the off¬ ice of tax receiver for Chatham county. Mr. Law, a native of Savan- nahian, attended the local pub¬ lic schools, and is a graduate of (Continued on Page Seven) Frisco Drops Racial Hous- mg Ban SAN FRANCISCO i ANP 1 , Applications being accepted ■ are i or. a non-racial basis by the iity Francisco Housing Author- for the first time The current procedure is a deviation from one in existence since 1842 when the housing (Continued on Page 4) Hutchins, prominent and civic -worker, have their active support of drive, rllc cam P aign chairman who ______, is the pastor of Butler Presby- terian church, is being assisted in { be campaign by by J. S. Delaware, chairman of the membership committee; former phairman , W W. T Law, the president. Be sure you become a ber of the NAACP SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1954 ■ "—Photo by Freeman tine Proctor, Verna Lee Rivers, Roberta Robinson, Luellen Rumph, Helen Scott. Edith Bei- n lt a Singleton, Emily G. Single- ton. Howard Smith. Jessie Smith, I Leslie Marva Spaulding, Ardell ------- (Continued on Page Seven) I NEW ORLEANS—IANP Negroes were graduated from Louisiana State university last week. This school has been the citadel of racial strife for the last scholastic year. Figuring in one of the bold¬ est suits of civil rights ever pre- (Continued on Page Seven) i SIGMAS MAKE PRESENTA- TION—Alpha lota chapter ) Sigma Gamma Rho 1 on last Friday evening pre- sented to Cha-rity hospital a I I lovely electric water cooler i The presentation was b Basi i eus Janette Hayes. Seen in the picture accepting the gift in behalf, of the r ~ hiigh school graduating clas. who received their diplomas * ^ GIRLS — Susie Butler, Jose- Drayton _ M iidred Ellison, Galloway, Emily bert, Eldora Groover, mm .ho TO SCHOOL SEGREGATION BALTIMORE— <ANP> — Baltimore board of school com¬ missioners last week voted unanimously to end segregation in the city's schools next Sep- tember. In takng the action, I. more joined Washington, DC.. in moving to integrate schools in the wake of the Supreme »court decision out- lawing segregation. The local board of school commissioners asked the De- partmen* of Education to pre- pare material outlining steps to be taken to accomplish the end of jim crow schools. Baltimore, like Washington, is a northern area with south¬ ern institutions. FOUR SAVANNAHIANS FINISH HOWARD Four Savannahians were among the 600 students to grad uate Friday from Howard uni¬ versity. They were Ralph P. Brown and Benjamin G. Gor- who finished the dental school: Evelyn V. Grant who re reived a oav-heior’s degree in music, and Rosemary Tyson who received the bachelor of science degree. Another Savannah area stud ent, to graduate was G 1 ' 1 Junior of Waycross who re- ceived the M. S. degree. Dr. E. J. Smith and Miss E- lise Campbell, R N Others shown are Sorors Nona Hop- j kins, Emma Lindsay, Altomese j i Dowse, Ayler Mae Lovet t and is Frances Sharpe. Also seen Nurse Rosalee Williams, ] affiliated with Charity i tal’s development and The sorority has just closed ° arolvn A ” ! Jenkins, Alice Johnson, Martin, Doretha Philpot, tha Schell, Mary Spencer, Ann SUt ton, Delores Williams Sarah Williams, Sarah Dolly Ann Battiste, Mai Berkststner, Mary Colley. Irene Derry, Margaret j Arson Hinted In Damage i j To Dentist’s Home BIRMINGHAM (AN!’ "Dynamite Hill ' was in the j news again last week when fire, which firemen attributed to arson, damaged a nearly completed home of a local den- j (Continued on Page Seven) < * V j j Rankin Jordan, popular local physician, who was signally 1 honored Thursday of last week __ on Seven; Photo by Freeman a most successful year. Only last the week before the pre¬ sentation, • this group gave to the Summer Activities Pro¬ gram a check i,or $100 for scholarships for 20 unfortunate boys and girl: During this (Continued on Page Seven) ~ Lydia Fuller. Frankie Ganaway, Ma jd: tine German Bernice Gran; Evelyn Harris, Annie Janson Zenobia Johnson, Leila Moore ■ m . ( Helen Shepp: d. Mary Smalls, ^ Alethia Tilsor Carolyn Tucker, j Margaret Wai , Thelma Alston, Betty Beatty, Josephine Boles, Member Audit Bureau Circulations Price 7c Slimmer Session at Savh £ State College Got Under Way Tuesday The summer session at Savan¬ nah State College which opened Wednesday, June 9, has as its ma¬ il- aim the preparation of prin¬ cipals and teachers for elementary and secondary schools, and other leaders to meet successfully t h e problems they face in their schools und communities. The summer school is also striv¬ ing to assist teachers in meeting requirements for degrees and cer¬ tificates, to provide regular stu- dents the opportunity to further their education, and to enrich rec¬ reational, musical, dramatic and religious experiences. The program provides instruc lion in the arts and sciences, home economies, and business adminis¬ tration. The following workshops Wav«' j been provided for the summer: Education 391, Arts und Crafts j Workshop; Education 462, Second¬ ! ■ ary Education Workshop; Educa- 461, Elementary Education shop; Health Education 476, cotics Education Workshop; Home Education 131, School Lunch Workshop. All workshops offer five (5) hours college credit t Cant taped on Page Eight) 5 SAVANNAHIANS GET DEGREES AT A&T Five Savannahians were num¬ bered among the nearly 300 students who graduated last week from A.vT college, Greens¬ boro, N. C. The ywere ElLn l. Pate and Spencer E. White who finished j from the school of engineering: Albert J. Cutter, James F. Har- I man and William Holsey who I graduated from the school of I education and science. Cutter, Harmon, also received their commission In the Air Force branch of the , ROTC. LOCAL GIRL TO REPRESENT STATE AT ELKS ORATORICAL CONTEST FRIDAY by E. E. Greene At the Elks’ regional oratori¬ cal contest to be held tomor¬ row at Chester, S. C., speakers from Georgia, Florida, North and South Carolina will compete for the *1,000 scholarship that is awarded yearly by the FJks. Miss Josephine Drayton of Savannah, a student of Beach high school, will represent Georgia in the contest by vir- ture of having won the honors. She graduated yes¬ terday from Beach. The young lady for whom Audrey Carter, Dorothy Davis, Geneva Ellerby. Hattie Ervin, j Irma Ford. Genevieve Hagood. Margaret Heidth, Gladys Holmes. Marie Joyner. Kather- j i ine McCray. Morris,' Johnnie Mae Nesby, j Gladys Ivory Polite, | j Juanita Roberts, Miriam Rob-j . ^ inson, Ruth Simms, Jewell • NUMBER 35 fiKA |)UATES IN DENTISTRY— Ralph P. Brown, a product of the local schools, completed the course in the College of Dentistry at Howard . unvlersity , degree of D.D.S. After graduating from Bi (Continued on Page Seven) Dr. Toney To Enter Raee Negro physician is among 13 nominees for a three-seat va¬ cancy on the Oxford board of graded school trustees, it was learned last week. The physician is Dr. E. E. Toney Appointments for the existing vacancies were pending before the bdSfyd of commissioners when the Supreme court hand¬ ed down its ruling on segrega- t ion. Immediately a group of Negro leaders petitioned for (Continued on Page Severn ill Savannah is pulling to cap¬ ture the coveted prize, will be accompanied to Chester by a number of members from Wel¬ don lodge and Elite Temple, which organizations sponsored her entry. Making, the trip will be Mrs, Gertrude Hall, sponsor: Mrs. Josephine Thorn¬ ton. state directress, Columbus, and E. E. Greene, Savannah, state director. Help the fight for freedom- joni the local NAACP. Photo Freeman Ward.’ Jean . .... Vlrgfl, .. Smith, Rose Posa Lee Green, Roberta Wright Wid ie Mae Young, Aibertha gh<} d Essie Williams, Alice Sevens. Gwendolyn Brack, Elia (Continued on Pag* Seven)