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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LXXI1I
PRESilRLYi’ TUBMAN VISITS
to HU—lienry Ford II, (right),
president, ford Motor Com-
yany, presents a Kentucky
■ Statesman” rifle, made in
1810, to President William V. S.
Savannah State Stages
Judge Waring Honored At
Charleston Testimonial
J. ROSAMOND
DIES AT 81
NEW YORK (ANP)—The
f an era came here last
J Rosamond Johnson, 81-
composer, died.
An actor and director as well
a composer, Johnson
ki.jwn for his several vol¬
of Negro spirituals.
ip wrote many songs, includ¬
Under the Bamboo Tree,”
■ My Castle on the Nile,”
appeared m Broadway pro¬
of "Porgy and Bess *
"Cabin in the Sky.”
He was joint composer of
operas, "Humpty Dumpty”
deeping Beauty” ,and in
received notoriety when he
made a sub-chief in the
Indian tribe.
J. Rosamond Johnson and his
famous brother, James
Johnson, were natives of
Fla., moving north
young men, Rosamond
to Boston te further his
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M
PINE PRIDE is shown
signing a contract for
engagement to sing the role
Tesca with the "NBC Opera
on Sunday, Jan. 28.
is shown here with producer
avatmalt SMlw
iu,Uuu ox U.-er.j, u,____x,i .
U. S. Senator Homer Ferguson
of Michigan is an interested
onlooker. The Liberian presi-
j ! dent, on tour of tlic United
States recently, visited Ford’s
CHARLESON, S. C., Nov. 10
Rovally received by 500 of their
j friends, Judge and Mrs. J.
j Waties Waring were given a
warm welcome at a testimonial
dinner here on their return to
j the Judge’s native home for
the first time after his retire-
i ment from the Federal Bench
in February, 1952.
The dinner, held on Novem¬
ber 6 under auspices of the
South Carolina Conference of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
of which Rev. James M. Hinton
is president, paid tribute to
Judge Waring for his historic
dissenting opinion in the Clar¬
endon County school segrega¬
tion case. Judge Waring’s dis¬
sent holding such segregation
unconstitutional was unani¬
mously affirmed by the United
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Mays Siiyns
$25,000 a* Yr.
r ontract •
NEW YORK, Nov. 16 — Willie
May.'., iho New York Giants
,cr.national Negro ccnierfielder
‘oriav signed a nrw contract
ailing for $25,000 for the 1955
cason.
This is said to be, a $13,000
increase over his 1054 playine
salary. Mays not only fielded
sensationally last year but
drove in 110 runs, led the league
in hitting at .345 and hit 41
homers.
Pitcher Rubin Gomez was also
given a boost in pay by the
Giants, his 1955 salary calling
for $15,000, a boost of $5,000
over last year.
Samuel Chotzinoff. The televis-
I ion production of the Puccini
j opera in English will establish a
notable "first” for Miss Price
in this role of the tempestuous
i actress.— (ANP)
Rouge manufacturing centci
and Greenfield Village and wa.
honored at a luncheon at Fail
Lane, home of the late Henry
Ford.—(ANP)
Forty-one beautifully deco¬
! rated cars, floats and bands
j participated in the Savannah
! State College Homecoming
; parade last week. The line of
march began at East Broad and
Anderson streets, down East
Broad to Oglethorpe, west on
Oglethorpe to West Broad and
disbanded at West Broad and
Anderson.
The reviewing stand for jud¬
ges and guests was located on
the outside platform of the
Central of Georgia Railway
Station. Greetings from the
City of Savannah were extend¬
ed to Miss Delores Perry, “Miss
Savannah State,” by Frank A.
Jacocks, city manager. Other
guests included I. A. Metz, exe-
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Prcf. Orsot, A
Homecoming Visitor
•ItOFESSOR ANTONIO OR-
iOT, Architectural Engineer at
Virginia State college, Peters¬
burg, Virginia, and former
instructor of architectural
drawings at Savannah State
| college, who visited the city
i last Saturday as guest of honor
of the Savannah State college
faculty, student body and alum-
| ni for their homecoming. quite
Professor Orsot has been
successful throughout his work
at, Virginia State college. He
has completed 4 million dollar
worth of construction and has
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MOPEL HOME OPEN
SUNDAY FOR
INSPECTION
■ The developers of Liberty
City, Savannah’s finest colored
subdivision, arc now brlngin'*
1 something new in this beautiful
I area to help you get a heme of
j your own.
t Low cost housing, that is what
you have been waiting for. This
is an opportunity for you to
| buy a home of your own for a
j pi-nan down navmcnt and even
i smaller monthly payments. The
| total down payment is only
$375.00 and the total monthly
j pHvment is only $38.00 which in¬
i'eludes taxes, insurance, princi-
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THUBS., NOVEMBER 18, 1954
XA.\( P Makes Eleventh Hear
Effort to Save Life of Irvin
,w YORK, Nov. 10 — Law-
| vers of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People are working intensely in
in attempt to save a Grove-
! nnd, Fla., youth from death in
the electric chair for an alleged
rape which the 26-year old man
consistently has maintained he
did not commit.
Walter Lee Irvin was to be
■lcetrocuted during the week of
Nov. 8. On Nov. 6 NAACP At¬
torney Frank Reeves obtained a
stay of execution from the U.S.
Supreme Court.
Association lawyers are now
preparing a petition for writ of
| certiorari be presented in the to Irvin the case, to
Supreme
Court by Nov. 20. At that time
the high court will decide
whether to hear arguments for
a new trial for the young pris¬
oner.
Irvin is one of four young
Negrocs convicted in Florida of
the alleged rape of a young
white housewife. He first was
convicted on Sept. 3, 1949, by
an all-white jury in the County
Court in Tavares.
Convicted with Irvin at his
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Adventists
Drop Word
“Colored”
From Title
WASHINGTON (ANP)— The
Seventh-day Adventist denom¬
ination recently voted to drop
the term ‘colored” from the
name of the department for
work with members of the race.
j The action was taker, at the
body’s annual autumn council.
The council, which meets an¬
nually to vote on budget and
other denominational policies,
is composed of North American
world officials of the
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Some outstanding scenes at Savannah State College’s epoch making home¬
coming festivities which featured key city officials and communit leaders for
the first time in the history of the institution.
1—Honorable Frank Jacocks, city manager for Savannah, greeting Miss
Delores Perry, "Miss Savannah State—1954,” as she paused at reviewing stand
directly in front of Central of Georgia Railway Station. Radio station WJIV Is
transcribing the feature. j
1 2—City and civic leaders step from reviewing stand during giggntic 42 car
Parents Urge High
Court to Order
Desegregation Now
NuV.
— Decrees ordering immediate
desegregation in public school:
are asked by the attorneys for
NAACP Legal Defense and Ed¬
ucational Fund in their briel
filed with the United States
Supreme Court today in answer
to the Court’s questions on the
implementation of the May 17th
decision.
However, if the Supreme
Court issues Its decrees at a
time when desegregation would
present an administrative prob-
lem, September 1955, is the date
the Court is asked to order the
defendants in the five school
segregation cases to put an end
to their Jim Crow schools.
On the other hand, should
te Court decide to grant the
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Four New j
Home Dem.
Agents Are
Appointed
By Miss Camilla Weems
Asst. State Agent. Noern Work
Savannah, Ga. — Mrs. Doris
Owes. home demonstration
agent in Liberty County, has
recently been appointed to work
on the State level as Assistant
State Agent for Negro Work
and will work out from the
Savannah State office, announ-
Miss Camilla Weems, Assist-
ane State Agent for Negro
Work. Mrs. Owes will assist i
with the work for the colored
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STONE ANNOUNCES
ANNUAL MEETING
HD AGENTS
Georgia’s Neigro county and
home demonstration agents will
hold their annual meeting at
Fort Valley, November 22-24, P.
H. Stone, state agent In charge
of Negro work for the Univer¬
sity of Georgia Agricultural Ex¬
tension Service, announced this
week.
Stone said he and other
members of the state staff are
planning a program which will
give the Negro agents fiyida-
mcntal understanding of the
Extension Service’s new empha¬
sis. Farm and Home Develop¬
ment, the theme for the con¬
ference.
Plans call for discussion pe¬
riods on such topics as field
crops, livestock, farm and home
management, and Extension
methods led by teams of sub¬
ject matter specialists of the
staff at Athens.
Stone explained that the Ne-
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4,000 Baptists Terminate
State Convention
Approximately 4,000 delegates
from all parts of Georgia regis
tered at Tremont Temple Bap
Church for the 84th annual I
session of the General Mission- |
Baptist Convention of Gcor- |
gia which was held November
A pre-eonvention program was
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and float parade. Left to right, front row, John W. McGlockton, president of
Savannah State College Alumni Association; Mrs. W. K. Payne, Dr. W. K.
Payne, president of Savannah State College; Frank A. Jacocks, Savannah City
manager; J R. Jenkins, executive secretary of West Broad Street YMCA; second
row, left to right, Mrs. Irma Fields, alumna of SSC and one of the parade
judges; William H. Hunter, general superintendent of Central of Georgia Raii-
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Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 7c
MANY ATTEND FUNERAL OF SHRINER
ZACK ALEXANDER
(CHARLOTTE, N. C. (ANP)-
Some 1,500 persons jammed fun¬
eral services here lastwcek for
Zachariah “Plain Zack” Alexan- |
der, North Carolina Imperial
Potentate Emeritus of the |
Georgia Railway Ordered To
Job Rias
ALA. (ANP) — (
than 100 Negro trainmen
won a suit against the rail-
work for Central of Geor- >
number e
Shrimrs, who waskllled In an,
accident.
Alexander's title wa3 confer¬
red upon him at the 1954 Im-
conllheea on Page Six
way and the Railway Trainmen
of America Union In which
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