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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LXXIII
AN OMEGA FROUC—Th3 above shows the attendance at die
Omega Mu Phi chapter’s frolic which was staged at Tremont
Inn lecenily. the ana;r was given m honor or tnc wives arrd
sweethearts of the Omegas.
Seated, left to right— Mrs. James Luten, Mrs. John Q. Jeffer¬
son, Mrs. Robert Young, Mrs. Lester B. Johnson, Mrs. B. a. lames,
Mrs. Robert Thweatt, Mrs. Ben.j. Singleton, Mrs. Julian Eberhardt,
Mrs. J. W. Jamerson, Miss Catherine Manzo, Mrs. j.ra Williams,
mm itE-ii s snmiJTi
DADE COUNTY, FLA., AFL
UNION STEPS UP INTEGRATION
Pa. Gets First
Negro State
Tvooner
HARRISBURG, Pa.—(ANP) -
A 22-year-old son of a Wilkes I
Barre coal miner, last week <
became the firs'. Negro to serve !
with the Pennsylvania state po-
lice.
J...
John R. Dudley, formerly j
employed as a waiter In a
Wilkes-Barre restaurant, ap-
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vU y Ivl JlXvIII* I it* j
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Students
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The principal, Arthur Dwight,
released the following names of I
students who , have made , an
average of “A for the first six
weeks at Cuyler Junior High:
9(1 1 Laura Greene, Otis Hey¬
ward. 9 <2* Betty Fountain,
Lucille Ferguson. 9 (3) Wilhel-
menia Gaynus. 9(4i Ronald
Hunter, Abraham Jones, Al¬
bert Council, Birdie Williams.
9 (5 1 James Abney, Harold Sea-
brooks, Geraldine Spaulding. 9
(6) Shirley Jones, Wilma Rhan-
ey. 9 (7) Shelia Woods, Fran-
cina Levy. Annette Watts, Caro-
lyn Roberts, Odessa Thomas,
Lillie Mae Sanders.
9 (3 1 Marilyn Brooks, Ann-
ettte Kennedy, Alberta Alls. I
9(9) Amanda Chaney, Dorothy
Harden, Mary Lipscombe, Ron-
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NEW APPOINTEES—Alexander F. Laneuville of New Orleans,
La., (left) and Mrs. Cordelia Greene Johnson of Jerscv City I
N.J.. who were recently appointed to high posts by the Republi¬
can Party.
dr. Laneuville, who is a
tiye of Louisiana received
; early education in New
leans and attended Xavier
d Dillard universities where
studied Government and
rsonnel Management, He also
m arawrali
College
Choirs Rroad-
cast. Nov.
NEW YORK. Oct. 25—Four of
the country’s outstanding vocal
8 rou PS will be heard during the
rnonthi of November on the reg-
u ^ ar Sunday series Negro Co -
lege Choirs over the ABC Radio
Network from 10:30 to 11 a.m..
est.
The Johnson C. Smith univer-
sity choir will be featured on
the Nov. 7, broadcast; the Wiley
college choir on Nov 14; Texas
college choir on Nov. 21; and
011 Nov ' 23, t,he Xavler univer-
sity choir will be heard in a
special program with a Thanks¬
giving Day theme.
Negro College Choirs is an
ABC Public Affairs Department
feature,
Fire Dept.
Integration
Stalled
LOS ANGELES—(ANPi— Two
types of smog blanketed
city last week. One smog shut
out the sun and caused respira-
tory ailments among the city’s
inhabitants, while the other
put a smokescreen on the city’s
otherwise good race relations.
The hot fire department sit-
uation, where a department
chief has refused to follow or-
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has taken supplementary cour¬
ses in corporation organization
accounting.
He has had long experience
the life insurance business,
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Mrs. John Briggs, Mrs, Henry W. Bowman, Mrs. T. J.
Mrs. Raymond Washington.
Standing, left to right— Ira Wiliams, Raymond
Dr. j. W. Jamerson, Lester B. Johnson, John Briggs, Norman El¬
more, Benj. Singleton, James Luten, T. J. Hopkins, Dr. I. D. Wil¬
liams, Robert Thweatt, Sidney A.. Jones, Dr. Julian Eberhardt,
J. James, Arthur Dwight, Robert Young, John Q. Jefferson
W. H. M. Bowen. _
i
r , ,
gates to the 54th annual
vention of the National
Business league agreed on
things here last week—the
taining of Horace Sudduth
Cincinnati as president and
retent >n of the word
in the organization’s name.
1 here was some sentiment to
replace the aging Sudduth and
a lot of clamor for the deletion
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Mrs. Fannie C. Pettie, age
:! years who InlZ died ear.y 23. at
morning, October a
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Add
The letter from Local
signed by its president, AI Man-
uti, noted: “My only regret
that our contribution
be larger since the by-laws
802 S et one hundred dollars
maximum ,
the amount
may be voted upon by uor Ex¬
ecutive Board for any outside
agency or cause . . . We consid¬
er it a privilege to be able to
join with you in your fight,
The week's contributions to
the Fight for Freedom cam-
paign, which totalled $9,308.11,
included another labor union
NEW YORK. Oct. 21—Fifty-
two Negro bricklayers and
masons have been admitted to
I membership in Local 7 of the
I Bricklayers. Masons and Plas-
I terers Internatonat Union. AFL,
in Dade County, Florida, as the
result of NAACP program to
integrate Florida cr n ft unions,
it was announced here this
week by Herbert Hill, labor re¬
lations assistant for the Asso¬
ciation.
Mr. Hill, who headed up uhe
integration drive, met with the
| unlon ’ s business manager, W. T.
Smith ’ and with representatives
, of a smad all-Negro building
I Miami
I trade union in carlipr
j the first _ year ten w *’ . , b_the Negroes result that ad¬
were
mitted into the union in Aug¬
ust.
Since that time 42 additional
Negro mechanics have been
admitted and plans being 1
are
made to disband the independ
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many attend corn¬
erstone laying
I The cornerstone was laid in
place Sunday at an impressive
! ceremony at the site of the
1 new Butler Presbyterian church,
Burroughs and Victory Drive,
I The laying of the cornerstone
1 brought ,, the reaIlzatlon °f ^e
I fond ® st hopes u of the Butler
j m i I " bers a bit closer,
! The new church slte marks
! the third ma j° r move since its
! ongln ln 1877 ' At that tim ' thc
church was located on West
Broad Street at Alice with Rev.
J. W. Roberts as pastor. The
church’s name was Ezra Pres-
byterjan church. The church
was again nfoved to Randolph
and Oglethorpe streets.
In 1910. the church was moved
to East Broad and McDonough
streets, at which time the Rev.
S. T. Redd was pastor. The
name of the church was then
changed STuTho^ to the Butler Presby-
tor, R. M. Butler, a cotton mer-
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lunations
NEW YORK, Oct. 21 A do -1
nation of $109 from Local 802 ;
of the American Federation of j
Musicians here to the NAACP’s |
Fight for Freedom campaign J j
this week was accompanied by
a -- message — .. f. Mr A declaring: U Anln hi M , 1 “Local 1 T A .. —. 1 n 892 A O J 1
detests and actively opposes the
things against which you are
fighting.”
The Fight for Freedom cam¬
paign aims to eliminate all race j
discrimination and segregation j
from American life by Jan. k
; 1963, the centennial of the
; Emancipation Proclamation.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 195-1
Local NAACP in Drive to
DcieatAmc ndment 4
The Savannah Branch of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP) will muster its re¬
sources behind the drive to de¬
feat the private school amend¬
ment at a special meeting being
called on Friday night, October
29, at 8 o'clock at the Bolton
Street Baptist church. Rev. C.
E. Richardson, pastor.
The Inter-Church Baptist
chorus, a newly formed singing
group of young people, will fur¬
nish the music for the meeting.
I'his group was organized by
Mrs. Maxine N. Moon assisted
oy many of the churches of the
i city, and this will mark one o'
. their first public appearances.
■
The so-called private schoo
amendment, is a Talmadgt
| sponsored scheme “concocted ii
! an effort to circumvent th>
i Supreme Court decision banninf
i racial segregation in the public
| schools,’’ W. W. Law, the brand
president, charges. This “ver
un-constitutional amendment'
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PDl.K i: MIAMI
OAK PARK, 111. — (ANP)
Police in this wealthy, sedate
suburb just west of Chicago
last week threw a 24- hour
guard around the 15-room
home of world famous chemist,
Dr. Percy L. Julian, after he
received letters making threats
against the life of his child¬
ren.
FBI agents arc investigating
the letters, the first which was
sant three weeks ago and the
second which came last week,
but would make absolutely no
commen t to the press,
Meanw hile, Dr. Julian warned
he would not stand by and scc
b j s children harmed or his
property damaged.
„ This is our house> » he sai d,
and we - re oin{ , to stay here.
We 're American citizens and 1
we , re entitled to , do ... this. ,, I m
the lookout and will not stand
for anyone taking my property,
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STATE CHOSEN
I Tne Savannah State college
j student body has chosen Miss
j [ Delores Perry, attractive senior
from Savannah, to represent
them as “Miss Savannah State”
for the year 1954-53 Miss
■Perry, a chemistry major, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil¬
liam Perry, 1210 East Gwinnett
I Street.
Her attendants will be Miss
Elizabeth Jordan, senior from
Barnesville, Ga., and Miss
; Frances Baker, senior from
! Darien, Ga. Both attendants
are Elementary Education maj-
j ors. “Miss Savannah State” and
her attendants will be crowned
I during the half-time period of
| j the the Homecoming game between and 1
Savannah State Tigers
\ Alabama State college on Nov-
: ember 13.
Business Club Organizes
:
officers for the year ’54-55. The
Freedom Fund
donation. Tha Trowel Trades
Union, Independent, in Miami,
lsent $58 as an expression (if it.»
appreciation for the NAA( I
i successful efforts to break down
segregation in construction
trades 1 t*n d AC* 1 unions 1 n 1 in the Dade
County, Fla., area.
In addition to a bequest from
the estate of Miss Eleanor Alex
ander, Cleveland, Ohio, in the
amount of $8,240.11, the NAACP
received further donations this
week from individuals who sent
■ a collective total of $235, and
I from the South Carolina State I
SIGMA GAMMA RHO
SORORITY MAKES
TELEVISION DEBUT
Alpha Iota Sigma chapter of
Sigma Gamma Rho sorority
will greet its many friends over
television on Saturday, Novem¬
ber 6, from 12:45 til 1 o'clock
This TV program represents r:
feature of the sorority’s "Foun¬
ders’ Week" celebration. The
committee responsible for till
progressive step is headed +15
Mrs. Ayler Mae Lovett, who ha*
as committee members Mrs. T
J. Hopkins, basileus: and Mrs
Gus Hayes.
Sigma Gamma Rho sororit>
vas the first to leave a graduate
•hapter in the city. Since its
beginning it has been outstand¬
ing and respected as being a
eub of cultural and inspira-
onal activities. This TV pro-
;am marks another “Sigma
rst,” in as much as it is the
rst Negro sponsored cultura'
rogram over our local channel
cContinued on Page Eight*
CATHOLIC SPOKESMAN SAYS
SUMMER CAMPS INTERRACIAL
new YORK 'ANPi — Mon¬
( signor Harold S. Engel director
of youth activities lor the dio-
of New York, in an address
here last week, declared that
Catholic summer camps have
always been interracial.
Speaking before the Catholic
Interracial Council, Monsignor
Engel sold that integration of
Negro and white children in the
camps has been the result of
’ following out our Catholic
philosophy." I
He then told the audience
that integration was in effect
25 years an! when he '
j I a 8° was a
counsellor at Camp Haynes, the
first of the Arehidiocesan i
I camps.
| since that time the program
'has grown and additional camps
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ATHLETIC DRIVE j
NETS $2,397
According to a release from
the office of the General Treas¬
urer of the Savannah State
College Alumni Chapter, T. C
Myers, treasure? for the Gene¬
ral Alumni Association Athletic
Scholarship Drive for 1C53-54.
the 1953-54 Scholarship Drive
netted $2,207.18.
Robert A. Young, cha.rman
for the 1953 and 1954 scholar-
s h i p drive wishes to ex¬
press appreciation to the
committee, the alumni mem¬
bers, and the, general public for
the splendid cooperation in
making the earppaign a succ- i
The committee for thc 1L J-
54 drive was as follows: Ro'5e v-t
A. Tfyung, chairman; C, C. HaM.
co-chairman; Mrs. Josie B
Sessoms, secretary Mrs. Hattil-
Asst. secretary; E.
Spikes, treasurer; Mrs. Elsie
«
Conference of NAACP branch*
es, which contributed $75.
Seven persons and a Southern
church became life membership
subscribers of the Association
during the name week. Tney are
Dr. Ulysses O Dailey, Chicago;
Dr. I > J Hammons, Clinton, N.
C.; Dr t, P. Armstrong and Dr.
Joseph W. Parker, Rocky Mount,
N C ; Dr. A. V Blunt, Greens¬
boro. N. C.; Dr. G. K. Butter¬
field and C. L. Darden, Wilson,
N.C.; — and the Third Union Bap-
tist Church, King William, Va.
Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 7c
MISS GRANT TO OPEN SSC LYCEUM SERIES
Miss Evelyn Valencia Grant
of Savannah, will open the
savannah state college Cul¬
tural Activities with a recital
tonight, Thurs. Miss Grant the
laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon
Grant of Savannah, is the pro¬
duct of Alfred E. Beach high
■ichool and receive 1 the batche-
lor of music degree at Howard
Three New
Tuskegee
Trustees
NEW YORK, Oct. 22 Three
new members were elected to I
thc Board of Trustees of Tus- j
kegee Institute (Ala i at the j
annual fall meeting here today,
it was announced by Basil
O'Connor, chairman of the ]
Board. :
They are Miss Margaret Hick- !
of St. Louis, Mo., editor of
the Public Affairs Department
the Ladies Home Journal;
John H. Johnson, of Chicago,
111., magazine* publisher and
president of the Johnson Pub-
lishing Company, and George
Champion, of Darien, Conn.,
(Continued on oage Eight)
MISS BEACH AND HER ATTENDANTS
Each year the students of
Alfred E. Beach high school
through an election sponsored
by the Student Council selects
“Miss Beach” and two attend-
ants. Miss Eudora Moore, presi-
dent of the council, announced
NUMBER 3
in June this year. She
currently employed as music
at Savannah State
Sire is a talented musician
though well-known to Bav-
autaences, this will be
first recital in her home-
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Many Attend
Oneninjr of
Hie fs»> Fair
The Eastern Georgia Colored
Fair opened last night with a
F;uifare of Glory. The Mayor, O.
H. Fulmer cut the ribbon and
other city officials were pres¬
ent, Thi fair will continue un-
til November 6, inclusive. T. J.
Hopkins, president, announced
that Children’s Day would be
Saturday, October 30, and Wed¬
nesday, November 3, when ail
children will be admitted free
from noon until 6:00 p. m. to
the grounds and special re¬
duced prices on all rides.
The Johnny Denton Gold
Medal Shows, direct from a tour
(Continued on Page Four)
; last week that Miss Betty Smith,
a senior, won over nine other
| cfmtcstants mss Julia Xolbert
, and Miss Miirgurite Ti are
^ uth and 10th grade attend¬
r
(Continued on Page Eight)