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STATE BAPTISTS WILL
MEET HERE NEXT WEEK
Top, Tremont Temple Baptist Church where the State
tists.meet next week.
Bottom, left, Dr. L. a. Pinkston, Atlanta, president of the Conven¬
tion.
Bottom, right, Rev. J. M. Benton, pastor of Tremont Temple,
will be host to the convention.
More than three thousand
delegates and visitors are ex-
poted to attend the eighty-
fourth annual session of the
NAACP Seeks to Save Life
Of Victim
Bids Union Men To Join
To End Race Bias
LAKE KIA.MESHIA, N. Y..,
Nov .4—The organized labor
movement in the North as well
as in the South has an obliga¬
tion to assist the National As¬
sociation for the Advancement
of Colored People in bringing
about a peaceful and orderly
transition from segregation to
XMAS SEAL COMMITTEE MEETS—Some of th e members of the local NAACP Christmas Seai
Committee gathered with Mrs. Jessie Lee Stel 1, cnairman, at a recent meeting held at the
Bolton Street Baptist Church. Rev. C. E. Kicnard son pastor. Reading left to right, first row:
Eleanor Johnson, acting youth council presiden t; Mrs. E. J. Herben, Mrs. Georgia Walker, Mrs.
Reatha C. Delaware, branch secretary; Mrs. S tell, Mrs. Elise Miller, committee secretary; Mrs.
Frances C Braddy, Hosea L. Williams and W. W. Law, president. fJcond row, Benjamin S.
Adams, vice president; Rev. J. C. McAllister, Adam Moorreii, C. Wimberly, finance chairman;
Rev. E. P. Quarterman, Rudy Clement Bolden, C harlie Fogle, J. H. Oliver and J. S. Delawade.
Photo by Cecil's Studio
The local 1954 NAACP Christ-
mas Seal Committee will hold
a very important meeting on
Monday night, November 15 at
j General Missionary Baptist
j convention which will meet
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Integration.” Herbert Hill, N.
A. C. P. labor relations assist-
ant, told 500 delegates attend¬
ing a convention of District
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Many NegrofCandidales Score Election Victories
7 o’clock at the Bethlehem Bap-
j tist Church. it Cuyier Street and
■ Park Ave., was announced
i by Mrs. L. S. Stell, the com¬
|Boy Who Fatally of Stabbed Murder
Held on
Co! lege Choirs
Broadcasts
The Sunday broadcasts of
college choirs for the United
Vegro College Fund for the re 1 -
mainder of the month of No¬
vember will be as follows:
November 14, Wesley College
Texas College, Tyler Texas;
November 28, Paine College,
Marshall, Texas; November 21,
\ugusta, Ga.
The November schedule began
with the Tuskegee Institute
'■hoirs which sang last Sunday.
These concerts are heard every
Sunday fro m]030 to 11 a. m.
over the ABC Radio Network.
^eHy Smith Crowned
‘Miss Beach”
On last Thursday i,ur-
ng the half-time intermission
Tiss Betty Smith was crowned
Miss Beach” for the 1C54-55
chool year. Some 2,503 specta-
ors witnessed this very impres-
ive ceremony.
The “Truinpceers" of the
feach High Marching Band
ounded the call for the cere¬
mony to begin. Richard Denny,
co-captain of the football team.
:scorted Eudora Moore, presi-
lent of the Student Council,
ind Theda Rooks, the former
Miss Beach.” The royal party
vas led by the crown bearer,
ittle Barbara Blalock. Miss
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NEW YORK, Nov. 4—Units of
the ‘National Aassociation for
the Advancement of Colored
People throughout the country
have been asked to petition
Governor Charlie Johns of
Florida for commutation of
Walter Lee Irvin’s death sen-
: tence. Execution of Irvin one
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mittee chairman. AH persons
assisting with the promotion
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Public Invited To Inspect !
New Installations At i !
Charity Hospital |
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Sunday afternoon, Nov. 14,
from 3 to 5 o’clock, there will be
moon house at Charity Hospital,
and the Women's Auxiliary to
the Truth Atlantic Medical So-
-iety extends an invitation to
the public to call and especially
inspect the wards, with their
'•olorful cubicle screens, so re¬
cently installed. Souvenirs will
be distributed by the commit-
t ee receiving.
Charity Hospital heads the
'st of organizations to which
the auxiliary lends assistance,
bast ve-’r it was decided to
supply these screens.
.The idea cf providing more
irwacv for the ward patients
vas introduced during Mrs. J.
W. Wilson’s term of office, and
it was decided the auxiliary
would give screens for one
ward. However, this new depart-
ure from bare, open wards, with
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ALPHAS OPEN 1354
DEBUTANTE SEASON
This week opens the 1354 deb-
utante season and six delight-
ful and excited young ladies will
begin a round of social activity
that promises to keep them
breathless until after Nov. 24.
For the past several years it
has been the special project
and special privilege for Beta
Phi Lambda chapter of Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity to sponsor
the year’s debutantes. This year
Alpha takes tremendous pride
in introducing the following six
lovely young ladies. Miss Ruth
Brown, the charming and beau-
t if ill sister of Mr. and Mrs. Eu-
gene I. Isaac of Savannah State
College: Miss Harriet Polite, the
poised ancl lovely daughter °f
Mrs. Hazel Polite; Miss
Manigault, the petit daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James Mani-
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landslide election of Charles
Diggs for congressman
Michigan’s 13th district
j Detroit) means three
| will go to Capitol hill this
Diggs, first Negro to be
j to congress in Michigan's
| tory, plowed under his
I lican opponent, Landon
| by a four to one vote margin.
The other two Negro
I tentative's to congress,
Clayton Powell of New
I 16th district and William
Dawscn of Illinois’ 1st
! also won by whopping
ties. Powell polled 42,614
; as contrasted to hts
j Negro opponent, Harold
ton’s 8,744. Dawson beat
onponent, Genoa
Chicago Southsitie hotel
MONT^ORD POINT
INSTALLS OFFICERS
f The Montford Point
ment Marine corps League
its monthly meeting at
homp ’ 417 w street ’ it
which time the electe
were installed as follows: Thur-
kield Walker, commandant;
Willie Reynolds, vice command¬
ant: L. Eugene Alls, Adjt. pay¬
master; Fred Wright, judge ad¬
vocate; William Outler, chap¬
lain.
A scuffle between a 16 and a
15 year old boy ended last
Thursday a little before noon by
one of them being stabbed to
death. The boy who wielded the
death knife was arrested a
short time afterwards playing a
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j C. Wimberly, savannah, re¬
j cording secretary of State Bap-
i tist Laymen’s Convention which
1 will convene here next week.
EDW. GRIFFIN DIES
! IN BAINBRIDGE
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the Griffin Hospital and Clinic
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Slate Homecoming Sat’day
To Be Colorful Affair
Homecoming week at Savan¬
nah Stale College started in
full swing last Tuesday night in
Meldrim Auditorium, when
"Miss Savannah state” was
crowned queen cf the Home¬
coming festivities. Curtis Coop¬
er, president of the student
council, presided over the coro¬
nation. The week is being spent
in decorating buildings and
making decorations for cars,
floats, and other rolling stock.
The annual pep rally and bon¬
fire will be held tomorrow, Fri¬
day night, at 7:30 on the Ath-
letic Field and on on Saturday
morning at 10:30 the annual
homecoming parade will be on
its way.
Frank Tharpe, general
man of the homecoming com-
mittee, asks that all participants
gather at 9:00 a.m. sharp at
Savannah State College. The
procession will leave the campus
at 10:00 and will begin officially
at East Broad and Anderson
Sts. at 11:00 a.m. It will
on East Broad to Ogle-
thorpe, west on on Oglethorpe to
Broad and South on West
Broad to Anderson, where it
will break up.
1116 paiade w111 te led by the
stale CoIleBe marcll ~
“** bal,d imde r the direction of
AIlc “ Pyke , ’ folloWCci by
Marshal ancl Mrs ’ Frank
Tharpe. Dr. and Mrs. William
K . Pa yne, ’Miss Savanna!
State” and her attendants, and
a host of campus and alumni
queens with colorful floats and
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i Chicago, New York, Lead With 1
i ! Number of Negroes
Chicago and New York led
the nation with !the number of j
Negro candidates who took
office.
Fred (Duke) Slater <D.) was j
reelected as judge of Chicago’s I
municpal court. George Barnes I
(D.) was also elected to the
i court.
I In the state senate race. Free
[ J. Smith (D. 3rd) was elected
to succeed C. C. Wimbish. Rep
|Corneal Davis (Dt was elected!
j to the state house First of represen- district. j
tatlves from the
I while James Y. Carter won in
! the Third.
Democrats Charles M. Rkyles j
and Kenneth Wilson were re-
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WALDORFS ELECT
NEW OFFICERS
At the regular meeting of the
Waldorf Club last week the fol¬
lowing officers were elected:
Dr. I. Damon Williams, presi-
; dent; Arthur Givens, vice pres-
; ident; L. S. Priester, recording
secretary; William H. Rhaney,
recording secretary; 'William H
Rhaney, financal secretary;
Herbert C. Anderson, treasurer;
Henry L Artest, parliamentari¬
an; and L. S. Smith, chaplain.
Baby Falls To Death
From 2nd Story W indow
Little 11 -months old Wendell
Conyers, son of Mrs. Ruth Con¬
yers of 423 Minis street, rolled
out of her crib and fell from a
second story window to the
ground and was fatally in'ured
Tuesday night early. She died a
short, time afterwards in Chari¬
ty Hospital.
i The little limp body was found
j in the alley where she fell, by a
.vnman who was passing
through, she rush'd the child
I to the hospital where she died
j I from The multiple mother injuries. of the child said
] she was visiting in the neigh¬
borhood and left the baby in
j her crib in charge of her 2' ,
year old brother. The windows
in the enactment " 're all closed
when the mother left the house
and it is thought that in some
way the older child raised the
window near the crib and the !
baby crawled out of the crib
and through the window. |
Committee To Offer Slate
The nominating committee of
the Savannah Branch of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo¬
ple (NAACP) has been called cn
to meet on Saturday afternoon
at 5 o’clock at the West Broad
Street YMCA.
The nine-member
elected at the October meeting
of the local NAACP t anch,
w111 P resent nominations at the
annual meeting for all branch
officers and the executive com-
mittee. The annual meeting
will probably be held later
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SOLICITOR RYAN SO
ADDRESS SAINT
MATTHEW’S MEN
Solltitor General Andrew J.
Ryan will be the principal
speaker at the regular Men’s
club meeting of St. Matthew’s
Episcopal Church Monday even-
ing Nov. 22, 8 p. m. The sub-
ject that he will discuss is “Ju¬
venile Delinquency,”
The men and women of
church and the general public
are invited to attend this meet-
ing. A. T. Pope, chairman of
the Program Committee is
ranging a suitable program for
the occasion. J. R. Jenkins is
president of the club, and Fr.
Gustave H. Caution is rector of
St. Matthew’s Church.
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In the picture (1) Theodosia Braxton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. DuPree Braxton; <2) Sheila
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown; • 3» Margaret Lawton, daughter of Mr. and
Jame* Lawton: <4» Janice Martin, grand daugh»**r of Mrs. Albert Williams; <5>' Ora Faye
daughter ol Mir. and Mrs. Luther Pol >is.
RHOMANIA’S CONTEST | tic
These charming and talented | ma Rho’s
ladies are the enthusias- j contest.
Rev. R. M. Williams, pastor
of First Bryan Bapt. church
Secretary of State Baptist
which meets here
week.
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IN KOREA — Pfc. William Ed-
i ward White who has been sta-
j j tioned three months. in Korea He for is the the past of
son
! Mr. and Mrs. Gus White of 106
j Reid street
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Pfc. Harris In Germaiiy
Army ^hn Green Harris,
j son °* Mr an(1 Mrs - otis Harris,
j j Broxton, tlon bearer Ga., on was the art best ammuni- heavy
j machine gun squad selected
during the recent Organization
Day celebration of the 1st In¬
fantry Division's 16th Regiment
in Germany. The 25-year-ola
soldier, a member of Company
H, entered the Army in Decern-
I
ber 1953 and arrived overseas
last May.
in Sigma Gam-
"Miss Rhomania” \
winner will be j
at Rhomania on No-
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