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73 PUBLIC CONTINUOUS YEARS SERVICE OF
LX XIII
FIRST TO BE C ALLED FOR JURY SERVICE — Mrs. Sophronia
uascon Tompkins, principal oi Woodville high school, ant Mrs
Nancy Thomas Collier, a leading civic worker and the widow
the late Dr. Nathaniel H. Collier, who were the first
women in Chatham County to be called for jury service in
Superior Court.
The names of thirty-four other Negro women along with
those oi ,ioo wnue wqmen were drawn xrom tne list ol regis-
ft> red voters for jury service.
4ai’l Baptist Convention Has
Membership Over Million
Ship Crew’s Donation Swells
Fight For Freedom Fund
CHAIRMAN. UCA
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,.on
Chairman
Division 4 of the United Com-
inanity Appeal will begin
annual fund raising campaign
with a kick off meeting Mon-
day evening, Cct. 25, 8 p.m. at
the W T est Broad street YMCA.
Serving this year is M. W.
Washington, chairman; Mrs.
Sarah Van Edison, co-chair-
man; James M. Thomas, secre-
tary. A number of leading
business, professional and civic
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SCENE rO-htTn AT VETS POST GIFT TO HOSPITAL Rsadin
ol t ‘ above J.--------- picture are bottom row . Past Com. Paul J.
Mrs. Sessoms, Zannie Maynor. Second <=---- a row: «... Mrs. urc H. u M f.A Collier
Mrs. Edna Alston, Mrs. Julia M. Harris, Mrs. J L. Bryant, Mrs.
Vance Allison Post Gives $250 To Hospital
Following the numerous acts
for charity. Vance Allison Post
No. 2933, Veterans of Foreign
NAACP Rebukes Chapter
For Inviting Archsegrega-
tionist-lnvitation Withdrawn
White Youth
Post Given
Negro Girl
NEW YORK —( ANP i For the
first time in its Irstory, the
white American Baptst conven-
: on recently appointed a Ne¬
gro girl as youth work interne
for its board of education.
She is Miss Helen E. Banks.
2C, Mumford, N. Y.. who was
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of the ship, S.S. America, re¬
cently decided to do a good
turn for democracy. Delegates
t frem various departments of
the ship drew up a public state-
ment putting the crew “on rec _
I ord as being against all kinds
! of racial discrimination in our
! nation’’ and “one hundred per
| cent behind the efforts . of the
NAACP to bring these diseases
j to an end.”
Tae statement also called for
I a “voluntary donation to be
j collected among members of
the crew to be sent to the NA-
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State Bapts.
jTo Meet Here
The General Missionary Bap-
tist Convention of Georgia will
hold its eighty-fourth annual
, session November 16-18 at the
Tremont Temple Bapt. church,
j west Broad street and Park
Avenue, Dr. J. M. Benton, pas-
tor. j
Dr Leander Asbc ,. y Pinkst on, |
paS (; 0r 0 f the Travelers Rest i
Baptist church, president of the
| convention and the First Vice
President of the Nationa! Bap- ,
|
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] Wars, added another public
service last Sunday when
well known organization
CHICAGO — Tile National
Convention, USA. Ine.,
largest Negro organiza-
gained 143,457 new vcm-
during 1953-51, according
a report issued from the off¬
ice cf Dr. J. H. Jackson, nation¬
al president of the convention.
The convention, nearing its
75th anniversary now has a
total membership of 4,557,416.
Last year 117,730 members were
lost as a result of death and
other reasons.
There arc more than 40.000
ministers and 30,000 churches
listed with the convention and
the total value of property
owned by member-churches is
$125,408,500.
During the 1953-54 period,
there were 2.207,343 students
enrolled in National Baptist
Sunday schools, and 16,031 in
daily vacation Bible classes.
The National Baptist Con-
ventipn, USA. Inc., is the third
largest non-Cathollc denomin¬
ation in America and is recog-
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Special business classes
Tuesday night, October 23,
Alfred E. Beach high
The courses are; real estate
business letter writing,
relations and advertising,
ness arithmetic, new
income tax laws and
simplified bookkeeping,
Pearl Smith, Dr. H. M. Collier. Third row: Mr:;. Car! Jordan, Mm.
j E. W. Verner, Mrs.- S F Frazier Mrs L W .v;cg)re_ Back ^ :
Willie Eaves E C. Blackshear, James Brown and Jerome Eason.
Photo by Cecil
I is headed by Commander Clif-
* lord O. Ryals made a most
j generous gift to Charity hospi-
tal
j The entire post membership
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1954
NEW YCKK. Oct. 19- Because
i chapter of the organization
Invited a rabid segregationist
to address a New V.rk state
conference set for this week,
the headquarters of the Nat¬
ional Association for the Ad¬
vancement of Colored People
issued a stunning rebuke to the
errant chapter which forced it
to immediately recall the invi-
tation.
Tne invitation to speak was
sent by the Peekshill,
chapter to Bryan Bowles, an
exMarine oi Delawaie who was
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i j NCNW Meet
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Washington
WASHINGTON, D. C - The
| i _______________ 19th Annual Convention _____________ of the
Nationa , Council of Ne ,, ro
Women w , n be held here Nov _
ember 8-13 and is expected to
attract large numbers of dele-
gates ” frQm (he local councils,
, he afftliated organizations,
and ( rom the ranks of life mem¬
bers.
Registrations have already
: been noted from every geo-
| ;raphical section of the coun-
j try, It was announced today by
1 Dr. Gertrude Rivers, chair-
; man of the convention, and
i Mrs. William Thomas Mason,
j national president. In addition
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1 eaves FOR GERMANY
Vir>. Josie Mac Mattis, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.illie
R. Jones of 2817 Johnson Av<-..
clt Monday for New York City
where she will board a steamer
I
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S,. C. State
Fair Set For
Next Week
COLUMBIA. S. C. Many new
1 attractions including an exhibit
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,..rs. ..Oviie Flo,,
At a recent meeting of the
members of the Past Daughter
Ruler Council of Elks from
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weeks, ...„ two hours i, „ „„„ per week. ,„„ Q i, mho., They
are designed for people in all
| walks of life.
In the federal income tax
(class, adults will be familiarized
with computing income tax
forms as well as learning meth-
ods of compiling information
for income tax. They will
speaking and business English,
Registration began
October 19, 7-9, p.m., in Alfred
E. Beach library. Wilton C.
Scott, director of the Adult Cen-
ter is in charge of the registra¬
tion. Tuesday, Ocober 26, will be
the last night for regisration.
These courses will run ten
College Homecoming To Be
A Spectacular Affair
1 ne Savannah Chapter of the i
Savannah State College Alumni !
j Association met Sunday at the
(West Bread Street Y’MCA with
j was present at the presentation
j 0 f S250.00 to the hospital in a
, very i mpre ssive ceremony. The
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Gas Company Home Service DepartmentEntertains At Coffee
GAS CO.’IP. NY HOME SERVICE DEPARTMENT ENTNRTAINS AT COFFEE
j.kuc Service Department oi the Savannah Gas Co., entertained uic ,-omc Economics
teacher-, u uuvannah at an afternoon coffee o.i Friday at Beach High School.
Mrs h.. by I'. Myers, home economist af the Gas Company, was Hostess. Flowers, candle*
and hand made dolls were used in decorating the ,aole
During the afternoon, the program planned for school cooking demonstrations was presented.
Justice Department Urges
of Segregation
WASlltiWTNN, DO Sup
porting the rmtioual Associa¬
tion for 1h" Advancement of
Colored 1 eu'ple in its p'ea to
ban segregation ou interstate
railways, tlx- Justice Depart
ment tali' ii<l “i’he time has
come lor (1 • commission . . .
lo declare unequivocally that a
Negro p wlonger is free to
travel' the length and breadth
,,( tiii-: country in the same
manner as any oth passen-
or
The departments ’ l ' anfl
against segregated travel wa - s
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ailearn also learn the new income tax
laws and exemptions.
The class In public relations
will concern Itself with public
re jations technique: such as de
veloping ne vG, stories, radio and
television scripts, displays for
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"Garden of Roses. He
that alumni groups, student or
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Robert Young, local chapter
orcsident and John McGlock-
ton, president of the General
Alumni Association, presiding.
Plans were comn’eted to make
the November 13 homecoming
at Savannah State college the
best ever.
Frank Tha: >" .nirman of
the General Hr me.-online com¬
mittee, stated that *ihe H'-m°
coming theme for 1954 will b r
Honor Stu¬
dents Beach
Hi School
Tli' owing • t the
leading -;f,IHlr"*': a*. A’fred F
Bead) high school for the p , s t
six weeks a r-i '-.'.fi «»>• -terd iy
by Principal O. L. Doug la:::
Neil Mosley, R’ ]0; Julia
j Johnson. 12-2; Mar-- Arnold
11- 5; Glady; Lambrrt, l 1 ' 2:
Gwendolyn Davis. 12-1; Jo e-
ihin<- Arkwright, 12-8; Janie |
Baker, 12-6: Vera Arvingcr, 12- ;
nie 2; Henrietta Morrell, 11-6; Collier, Virginia 12-2; Ware, Lon¬ j
12- 7: Delbert Glover, 10-2; I I
Harold Williams, 10-2; Mildred ;
Baker. 12-6. j
Margaret Burney, 12-6: Ver
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AS TOP IN SCHOLARSHIP
The members of Beta Alpha
of Delta Sigma Theta
received the organiza-
national award for having
he highest scholastic average
any undergraduate chapter
the country during the
Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 7c
Everything Ready For Big
’air At Park
Johnny Denton's Gold Medal I
• h‘ w ■ H’e *''- 4 fm”i fcnnr ol* tli r
Canadian Circuit of fairs will
be featured at the Eastern
Georgia Colored Fair appearing
for eleven days, October 27, to
November 6, at Sportsman’s
p ark Telfair Road,
T. J. Hopkins, president of.
fair association, announces
that there will be bus service
direct to the fair grounds night-
ly from Gwinnett and West
(Continued on page Eight)
Leading Stu¬
dents At
Woodville
The Woodville High school
students on the honor roll for
the first six weeks of school are
as follows:
Junior High department —-
Louise Mallad, Johnnie Mason, j
Betty Jane Ryals, Ernestine
Price, Evelyn Chaney, Nettie
Wallace Cody, George
Patterson, James Fuler, Gracie
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WOMAN MARINE PFC. BETTY
A. ANDERSON, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George L. Anderson of
262 Vernon PL, N.E.. Atlanta,
Ga., is one of six Camp Pendle¬
ton, Calif., football cheerlead¬
ers.
Miss Anderson attended Feid
Business College before enters
ing the Marine Corps In Janu¬
ary, 1954.
Don’t forget to attend the
YMCA vesper six o’clock Sunday.
{,cent national convention, nrsv
row left to right, Betty Lewis,
j senio Jacksonville; Lucille
Martin, senior, Greensvllc, Fla :
Lucy Oliver, junior. Tampa; -
Barbara Cole, senior, Jackson- j
Second row, Theora Aus- |
NUMBER 2
tin. Fori :,:yers, r ;a,; tuorm
Wilson, Pensacola; Salena Rob-
inson - Tallahassee; Annie Mur-
dell King, Homestead, Fla.;-
Bake r, Port St. Joe, Fla.;
Sawyer, Miami, and
Clark, Orlando—A and M
photo by Horace Jones, Js.