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72 PUBLIC CONTINUOUS YEARS SERVICE OF
LXXH
Tiie faculty of
TcniK.e School gave a
in Im-d.'t of Malcolm G.
as, the new principal of
school. The all purpose room
the .school was beautifully
ora led
rames "u -o "played ‘
the meal. The enchanting
Pregnant Woman Hit,Kicked
By Sang of- White Boys
A 'ix-inonihs cuirow and a
recommendation of 30 days at
the Juvenile Detention Home
wer< •mposed : n three of a gang
of youiv; white hoys who are
alTyr'd to have beaten a preg¬
nant Negro woman Monday
night after she had alighted
from a bus.
On v three of the boys who
arc lo have thrown bricks
at and kicked the 30-year-old
woman were apprehended by
ti.c p 11: . the other four hav¬
ing cludpd the officers.
T*ie 30-day sentences given
the boy:; Tuesday morning in
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NAACP Lawyers To Appeal
??i%boro School Case
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'j ' U“V. i\ i hail .on xvoch, S.M. ■ I |
A., for the past'three years pas- !
!•')• ,.i y . Anthony's Catholic j
i lurrh was burio J Monday 1
M'.n >> •', 1:" m St - . Benedict’s ,
c'mr-h, intorment being in
Catholic cemetery.
A pontifical mass of requiem j
\ '>;> held at the church, the [
o Tir.crs of the mass being the I
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CHRISTMAS SEALS CHAIR¬ |
MAN — Mrs. Jessie Lee Stell,
well known ehurchwoman, who
has been selected to head the
1954 Annual NAACP Christmas
Seals Campaign, it was an¬ ’>
nounced bv W. W. Law, presi-
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October 1-8 is National News¬
paper Week.
Ike Praised For Anti-Bias Stand
NEW YORK, Sept. 30—While
the legislative roadblock
civil rights remained unchanged
j S during two years of Republican
control in Washington, “sub-
; stantial steps in the direction
1 of full democracy for all" were
■ made by the executive branch
! of the government, according
to a report on Civil Rights Un-
I der the Eisenhower Adminis-
i tration, 1953-54, issued this
week by the National Associa-
i tion for the Advancement of
j Colored People.
The report, prepared by
Clarence Mitchell, director of
the Association’s Washington
Bureau, lists important gains
made through executive action
I and charges that “the failure to
| pass any civil rights legislation
j during this session of oCngress
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gave an air of gaiety to the
occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
'■ach received a lovely gift. In
he picture seated irem left to
ngnt ... sre: Mlsb ° s Tnelma Den
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son and , Marguerite, Principal
M. G. Thomas, and Mrs. Oia
DingIe ‘ MLss Rita D ’ jnmore
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Several New
Teachers At
Albany State
ALBANY, Ga - Several new
'aces appeared among the fac-
•tv and staff members when
\lbany £}tate college opened
Monday to begin its 1951 fall
quarter.
William H. Dennis, Jr., who
eaded the Division until July
, and who became acting pres-
dent as of the latter date,
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NEW YORK, Srpt. 30 -
NAACP attorneys announced
here today that they will ap-
Peal the ruling of a federal
iudge to hold over a school
segregation case in Hillsboro
Ohio, until after the Supreme
Court hand:; down its fina'
decrees in the decision banning
segregated schools.
On Sept. 29 Federal District
Judge John II. Druffel said in
Cincinnati that he •would with-
' old hi; decision in regard to
he rase brought by the NA-
VCP.
The Association’s case sought
a preliminary injunction
against the Hillsboro board ol
educations to restrain the boarr
from requiring Negro students
to withdraw from two previous¬
ly all-white elementary schools
pending the final determination
of an action brought by five
Negro mothers on behalf of
their children,
Judge Druffel ruled that tip
ease be rn'> (■•nvu until tw
■seks after the Supreme Court
hands down its final decrees.
The Negno children were al-
lowed to enroll in the whip
'•bools cn registration day
Sept. 7, and wore assigned to
seats in regular classrooms or
Scot. g. They attended classes
f'arh clay until Sept. 15 when
+ ho beard of education advisee’
their parents that school zone;
had bean established and th o<
the streets on which they live'
were in the Negro elemental-
school zone.
No white children under the
board’s zoning order were as
signed to the N^grp school.
The Negro children have beer
kept home from school bv the”
parents since Sept. 15 Their
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? Savannahians Finish
^asic Training
Two SavannaUians have com¬
pleted eight weeks of basic
training at the Camp Gordon
Replacement Training Center.
They are Pvt Ronell Philpot.
of Mrs. Marie Cooper of
Augusta Avenue, and Pvt.
Odell F. Hinson, husband of
Mrs. Katherine McCrav Hinson
of 1212 West Broad street.
| William Patterson Faces Jail Sentence
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Violence Hares In
Washington, Italti-
ion
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 5
Violence flared ane. here this
week and in Baltimore, Md.,
; over integration in the schools,
even though desegregation had
been in effect tor two weeks
withouf any visible trouble.
The flare-up in the Nation’s
captal is a direct slap in the
j face to President Eisenhower
who said that Washington
should be a model in integra¬
tion for the rest of the country.
This week’s outbreak of vio¬
lence against integration here
saw' some 300 students of the
1 Anacostia and McKinley high
•QUEENS” ADD GLAMOUR TO
AvVT COLLEGE ROTC—The for¬
mal establishment of the Joint
Air Force and Army ROTC
program held last week at A&T
college, received a “lift” with
the introduction of the unit
Queens.” The attractive coeds,
all upperclassmen, drew warm
Wm. ALSTON OPENS
FOOD DEPT. AT
COCONUT GROVE
William Alston, v/ell known
lavannahian who is an expert
at preparing fine foods, has
taken over the food department
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iVOOLV/ORTH’S NEW STORE -The attractive new Woolworth Store at Broughton and Abe room street which was opened yes
terday morning with impressive ceremonies attended by many h igh dignitaries headed by Mayor Olin F. Fulmer.
CROWDS ATTEND
nPPNINr flP MCW JtL
WOOL WOK IH bluKL
AH day Wednesday crowds i
attended the grand opening of j
the F. W. Woolworth Co.’s at- :
tractive new store at Broughton 1
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1951
i applause from the big gatlier-
i ing of cadets.
The left panel shows the
| Army “Queens.” Tncy arc from
'el't to right: Shirley Richard-
I son, Wilmington, “Miss Com-
| :>any B”; Helen Williams,
Greensboro, “Miss Army;” and
Evelyn Diilard, Martinsville, Va.,
Fire Chief Prefers
Quitting To Integration
LOS ANGELES (ANPl As
dcucrmined as the most biased 1
Dixiecrat to hold out against
integrating- the . , two all-colored „ , ,
fire companies with the many
Abercom streets.
The opening ceremonies of
ultra-modern five and ten
store were attended by a
number of leading business
and city officials and
highlighted by Mayor Olin F.
Fulmer who clipped a ribbon
schools, making rabid demon-
j strations against the admit-
j tance of Negro pupho io their
schools.
In Baltin ion. tire uprising S
against integration started last j
week on a small scale but grew !
to alarming proportions today !
when 2,000 white high school
students with banners protest¬
ing desegregation marched on
the city hall and demanded an
audience with the mayor who
refused to meet them.
In Washington Superintend¬
ent of Schools Hobart M. Corn-
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' Miss Company A.”
Miss Josie Williams, middle
photo, will reign over the two
groups as “Miss ROTC.” A jun¬
ior, majoring in commercial
education, she comes from
Greenwood, S C.
Those representing the Air
Force unit right, panel, are
all-white ones, John Aider-son,
chief of the Fire Department,
reportedly . ,, declared , , , that , he , will
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the entrance of the store. Fro
ent was a number of high out
, of-town officials of-the com-
pany.
The new store is a three stor-
structure which was built .,0 : ’ s
to give its patrons every con-
venience and to allow the mpst
Choir
NEW YOPK, *i> Y.. Sept. 28 _
choral groups of three
North Carolina’s outstand¬
private colleges, Bennett,
and St. Augustine’s
be hoard on ABC radio
the month of October.
are part of the line-up
for that month.for
American Broadcasting
college choir series
in cooperation with
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Savannah State College
Enrollment Passes I lOOMark
from left to rignt: Yvonne
Clawson, Belmont, “Miss Squad¬
ron c”; Elizabeth Alston, Ports-
mouth, Va., “Mia". Air Force;”
Evelyn Haskett, Henderson,
Mi.,., Squadron A" and Jose-
iliine Curry, Hickory, "Miss
Squadron B,”
:nc TO HOLD MEETING
WED. NIGHT AT REC-
!CATION CENTER
The Citizen.; Democratic Club
will bold its regular monthly
.moling Wednesday night, Oct¬
ober 13, at 8 o'clock at the
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d mi .- "u - < (ling for its
i-nandi ,e. It 1 the last word
n imidrrnisllc design.
Entrance to the store is
j jhrou^ii three large doors two
I opening on Broughton street
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Member Audit Bureau Circulation!
Price 7c
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—Wil¬
liam L. Patterson. national
leader of the Civil Rights Con¬
gress, again faces jail. In a
telephone conversation this
week he told how he was served
with papers immediately upon
1 leaving jail last week, after
serving a three month sentence
in Danbury Federal Prison in
| Connecticut. He must appear
■ in court on October 8th. in New
| York City.
He was sentenced to jail by
Federal Judge F. X.
| last June as the outgrowth
an action by the Treasury De-
partment attempting to get
names of contributors to
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New Faculty
Members. S. C. | j
State Col. 1 |
;
ORANGEBURG. R C. At the |
opening of South Carolina State
college Pro 'dent B c. Turner I
I presented the following new
j members of the faculty: I
| Mis. L P McDonald, M. A.
I Atlanta un'vorsllv, instructor
j in English; Mrs. M Case Jones,
| B.S., Hampton Institute, sec¬
retary, director of the Student
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Military Academies Accept
Eight Negroes
RETURNS HOME—Cpl. Herbert
Frazier who has returned home
after serving 16 months over¬
seas in Korea. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. James Frazier of
742 Schell Road, Savannah.
“AN AMERICAN IN INDIA —
J. Saunders Re-ia.ng wnose new
book. An American in India,”
is attracting w.de attention.
Redding, a well known author
and a teacher at Hampton In¬
stitute, spent a year of leave
working with the United States
Foreign Service In India. Bobbs-
Merrili of Indianapolis are the
publishers.
Fight Juvenile Delinquency!
Join the YMOA and support Its
youth program.
Make every week Fire Pre-
vention Week.
WASHINGTON — (ANP)
When the nation's two great
military academies opened their
doors this year they enrolled a
total of eight Negroes in the
freshman rlas es five begin¬
ning their military training at
the West Point Military Acad¬
emy on Hie Hudson River in
New York, and three at the
Naval Academy in Annapolis,
Md.
The five hew enrollees at
West Point bring the total en¬
rollment of Negro students
there to 11; the three new
oleb^s at Annapolis bring th e
total to nine Negroes at the
Naval Academy.
The West Point pletoes are G.
R. Batchman of Los Angeles, J.
M. Brown of Vicksburg, Miss.;
C. C. Cassells of Detroit; L. C.
Olive, Jr., Louisville, Ky., and
I. M. Hamilton, Jr., of Wash¬
ington, D. C.
T.ie freshmen enrolled at
Annapolis are Louis MacDonald
\dams of New York, George
Matthew Fennell, Jr., of Brook-
yn and Frederick Allan Hugh¬
's of Buffalo, N. Y.
The one Negro senior at An¬
napolis this year is Lucius
°errv Gregg, Jr., of Darlington,
South Carolina.
The two juniors are Harold
Stephen Baudit of Corona, N.
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1H70 Enrolled
A t S.C. State
College
ORANGEBURG. R O Final
chc'k on the 19^4 fan semester
enrollment at South Carolina
State college shows a total of
1111 undergraduate st»dent"
registered by the close of reg¬
istration this week
Last year’s tc tal of under¬
graduates at the close of reg¬
istration for the fall semester
was 1170.
The overall total enrolled at
the close of registration for the
1954 fall semester was 1370
which number includes 269 en¬
rolled in the Graduate and Pro¬
fessional Schools
NUMBER 52
LEON P. MILLER of Welch, W.
Virginia, has teen appointed
United States Attorney for the
E lands. Mr. Miller has
been a prominent attorney with
a long and distinguished earner
in West Virginia for more than
25 years. According to ths
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reg¬
istration it was revealed that
Savannah Slate college has a
fall quarter enrollment of 1123
students, which does not include
students registered in the Area
Trades School or the Informal
Adult Home Economics classes.
According to Ben Ingcrsoll, reg¬
istrar, this Is a 23'. Increase
last year’s enrollment. The
enrollment figure, broken clown,
is as follows: regular day stud¬
ents, 950; evening students, 150;
Saturday classes, 25. In addi¬
tion to these, there are 58 men
enrolled in the State Area
Trades School and 75 adults in
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