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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LXXIII
Court’s Civil Rights Decision
Event of NAACP
IIOVVARRJTES HONOR PRESIDENT JOHNSON— ^resident Photo By Cecil
versity is here Mordecai W. Johnson of Howard Uni-
shown addressing a banquet in h i s honor given by the local Hoard UnLversitv
Alumm on Saturday night at the West Broad S treet YMCA.
Among those seen in the picture, in addition to President Johnson, are Rev. F D Jaudon,
vice president of the Emancipation Association; R-’v. J. C. McMillan, president of the associa-
tion; Dr. J. R. Fisher, a Howard alumnus and teacher at Savannah State College, Mbre than
fifty persons attended the banquet including sev.eral guests.
Dr. Johnson related numer-
ous improvements being made at
the university, such such as as the the
erection of a new law building,
(iroup Chartered in South
Carolina to Bolster
YOUNGEST SEAMAN—Frank Lewis Curley, 3rd, receiving con-
gratulations from Capt. G. D. Arntz, commanding officer of the
U. S. S. Lawanee, on his 18th birthday, Dec. 9th, 1954, as young-
est seaman aboard ship.
Seaman 2nd Class Curley is in the field of electronics and is
now in the South Pacific. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs, Frank
L, Curley, Jr., and was a member of the June, 1954 graduating
class of Alfred E. Beach high school.
FOUR GENERATIONS—Mrs. Justine H. Patterson, retired teacher of Savannah and Mr.
and Mrs. John Claybon, Sr., of Tulsa, Oklahoma are very happy that they have been fortunate
enough to become a part of four generations. Shown in the picture are: Mrs. Justine H. Pat-
terson, paternal great grandmother, Second Lieutenant Caesar Alan Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert fhweatt and the late Caesar Alan Wa": ?r; Alan Gerard Walker and Mrs. Robert Thweatt,
elder daughter of Mrs. Cia.'bon, Patterson, and grandmoth er of little Alan. The maternal grandparents are
and Mrs. John Jr., of Tulsa.
The baby has a host of grand
aunts and uncles who are very !
proud of him and are gradually
taking time off to go to Wash-
ington to see him. They in-
auiWMli Writer
a biology building, a fine arts
building, a new dental
a new pharmacy building and an
annex to the medical school.
elude Mr. and Mrs. Middleton
Varner of New York; Mrs. Ruth
Walker Pope of Newport News.
Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Walk-
er of Fayetteviiie, N. C., Mr.
Scon it will b e possible to train
400 dentists and 400 doctors at
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SUPT. EARLY TO BE
annual speaker
AT Y
J. Supt. of Schools W. A. Early
twill give the annual address to
i the membership of the West
[Broad Street branch YMCA.
.Wednesday, January 12, 8:00
(p.m. at the “Y.”
At this meeting annual re¬
ports will be heard from Dr. J
jW. Wilson, chairman of thr
Committee of Management; S
J. Brown, chairman of the Fin
ance Committee and J. R. Jenk
ins. Executive Secretary. Th(
j meeting will be presided over by
Wilton C. Scott, chairman of
the Membership committee.
The polls will be open for
voting of the membership for
three and two year terms, re¬
spectively on the Committee of
Management, Wednesday, Jan-
uary 12, 9:00 a.m., ’til 8 00 p.m.
The Nominating Committee,
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j i New PMillion Dentistry
j at Howard
;
j
j I and Mrs. George Cottman of
! Philadelphia, Pa., Mr. and Mrs
j Silas B. Walker of Jamaica. N.
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 6, 1955
NEW YORK. Dec. 30 — Easily
; the most significant event on
the civil rgihts front in 1954
was tire United States Supreme
Court decision of May 17 ban-
j uin.' segregation in public edu-
ation, Walter White, executive
eeretary of the National Asso¬
ciation for the Advancement
of Colored People, said in his
Mi-cr.fl rennet' of the Associa¬
tion’s activities.
The NAACP executive, in his
report released today, rated the
luhng as one of eight epochal
events in the more than 300-
year history of the Negro in the
New World. The decision, he
said, -put the law of the land
unequivocally on the side oi
,, hc irantees of human
" U£ right?
which are written into ever;
document which has made th*
United States the greatest de
mocracy in history ... It markec
America’s turning of the eorne
from partial liberty to full free
dom for all its citizens.”
■Jie Supreme Court, Mr
White declared deserves “un
qualified praise for its unani
j DARLINGTON, 3. e.-lAJPl-
A new organization which aim
o organize 150,000 Negro voter,
’hroughout the state was re¬
cently chartered.
Leader of the new Palmetto
I State Voters Association, Inc.,
is W. J. Hunter, Darlington
county political leader.
Observer 5 say the apparent
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Bishop, Wilberforce Still
Wrangle Over Funds
PHILADELPHIA — (ANPi
Although AME Bishop D. Ward
Nichols recently turned over
$8,500 he had been withhold¬
ing from Wilberforce college in
escrow, the controversy over
the funds raged on.
Tne Rev. William P.
son, veteran AME clergyman.
in a published letter said the
had “been lenient in not!
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new
: $3 million College of Dentistry
building, designed to accom¬
modate 400 students, was openec
Wednesday at 8:00 am. The
j building is located at Sixth and
■ W streets, N.W.
The new building is a three-
■ story reinforced concrete and
! brick structure with an overail
! area of approximately 69,000
| square feet. It was designed by
Architects Hilyard R. Robinson
land'Paul R. Williams of Wash-
I ington. and constructed by the
Cramer-Vollmerhausen Co. of
| Washington.
The College of Dentistry is
the fourth building to be com¬
pleted in Howard’s post-war
POLIO KITTING
MORE ADULTS
Use of the term “infantile
I paralysis” to describe the
! j ease of poliomyelitis misnomer has be-
come a in recent
I j years as increasing numbers of
adults ar e felled by the dis-
ease. This is revealed in the re-
1 , * , a survey conducted by
the National Foundation
Infantile Paralysis.
And the sad fact is that
adults are more likely to be
stricken by the more serious
forms of pplio Bulbar cases are
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development program. Others
constructed and now in use In-
elude Baldwin and Wheatley
Halls, women’s dormitories, and
che School of Engineering v
Architecture Building. The lat¬
ter was selected by the Wash¬
ington Board of Trade as one
of the outstanding architectural
achievements in the Washington
area during 1952. •
Among features of the den¬
tal building are four pte-clinical
laboratories, a general clinic,
three classrooms, a library with
a 30,000-volume capacity, a
cafeteria, and a student lounge.
The basement floor will house
the cafeteria and storage and
service areas.
SAMS TO MEET
THURSDAY NIGHT
j The South Atlantic Medical
Society will hold its next regu-
j lar meeting at the West Broad
! street YMCA on Thursday,
January 6. at 8:30 p.m. The
guest speaker will be W. Lee
I Mingledorff, Jr., mayor-elect,
j savannah. The topic Is “Better
Forward, March! with the
March of Dimes. An ounce ■JllllVG ot
; prevention is worth a pound of
jcure,” was never more true
Give to the 1955 campaign.
mous and unequivocal decision
on this basic moral issue. So,
too, do we owe a debt of grati¬
tude to President Eisenhowei
for his firm stand against
racial segregation m Washing
ton and the Armed Services.”
lowever, the NAAc-r secretary
pointed out, “that praise ex¬
tends to very few in his party.
We hope that both he and thr
Republican party will recognize
he need for a federal fair em¬
ployment practices law with
enforcement powers, for the
wVnl*T» inclusion w ' in all appropriation
bills of amendments to pionimt
xpenditure of any federal
unds for segregation r dis-
crimination,’ and for other
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Howard University’s President
Thrills Crowd
As a fitting climax to a 92nd
elebration of the edict issued
iy the immortal Abraham Lin-
oln frt eing four million
daves the observance here last
Saturday was highlighted by a
most scholarly and impressive
iddress delivered at the City
\uditorium by Dr. Mordecai W.
lohnson, president of Howard
university.
The program followed a street
parade which ended at the aud¬
itorium. The celebration, spon¬
sored by the Emancipation Proc-
amation Association and the
Social Clubs Union, was headed
by the Rtv. James C. McMillan
as general chairman. Raleigh A.
Bryant, Sr., served as master of
ceremonies at the program.
Dr. Johnson thrilled the
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Nichols to trial . .
because he had held back the
money for over six months.”
Rev. Stevenson inferred that
Bishop Nichols was still with¬
holding some $30,000.
Rev. Stevenson accused Bish-
op Nichols . . of , withholding .... ... the
$8,500 for personal reasons other
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First-floor facilities include
administrative offices, a faculty
meeting and conference room,
student council office, student
supply store, three pre-clintcal
teehnial laboratories, library,
student lounge, locker-room,
and reception desk.
The second floor contains 3
] classrooms, a pre-ellnieal path-
; ological laboratory, admissions
desk, waiting rooms, children’s
: clinics for oral diagnosis, x-ray
oral surgery, and orthodontics,
land a department of visual aids,
J including photography. The
oral surgery section includes
; eight private operating rooms.
Continued on Page .Seven
CBS Editor Picks
An»TBias Decision
As Tops
NEW YORK (ANPi The
Supreme court decision declar¬
ing racial segregation in public
schools as unconstitutional has
been selected as one of the 10
top news stories of the year by
David Sellmer. executive pro¬
ducer for television. CBS news.
The attempted assassination
in the House of Representatives
Puerto Rican nationalists
:,nc l the settlement of the Indo¬
china war also were among the
top 10.
rA4!ilr 4k
ro BE DEDICATED SUNDAY—Dedication services for the new BuiJer Memorial Presbvtr«»njjl
Church will be held at the Church on Sunday at 4:00 p. m. Dr, T . R Bar otir. Secretary of
in the Atlantic, Canadian, and Catawba Synods if the Presbyterian Church U. S A., will deli****
the sermon Rev. P. A. Patterson, Pastor of But,ler Memorial Presbyterian Church, will preside.
Mu s!c will be furnished by the Church Choir und r the direction of Prof: w Robert Charles Lot*#,
gr Mlnister of Music
Gifts to the church will
presented by Mrs. Eliza
Grigsby, Mrs. A S. Leake,
and Mrs. H. B. Davis and
JORDAN POST MAKES
CHRISTMAS DONATIONS
In keeping with the Christmas
spirit Wiillam P. Jordan Post,
500, American Legion, donated
a total of $50.00 to the following
organizations In support of their
program for the needy: Christ¬
mas Stocking Fund, $25.00;
Chatham - Savannah Tubercu¬
losis Association, $10.00; Rec¬
reation‘Center, 37th and Ogee-
chee Road, $10.00; Boys’ Indus¬
trial Farm, $5.00
Commander Benjamin F. Lew¬
is also wishes to announce the
annual high school oratorical
contest will be held in Febru¬
ary. More details will be given
at a later date.
Prof. Lampkin Speaks
At Eastman
EASTMAN, Ga. — Prof. F. R.
Lampkin of Columbus was the
principal speaker here at the
Emancipation Proclamation cel¬
ebration on January 1. The ad¬
dress of the dynamic educator
and world traveler was most
impressive and v/as heard by a
large crowd. The program was
held at the auditorium of the
Peabody High school. Mr. Lamp¬
kin was introduced by Prof. St.
Elmore Morgan. J. W. Cooper
was chairman of the program
committee.
Ore. Names
Net JTO
A,ty> (kn!
PORTLAND, Ore. (ANPi -H.
J. Bolton Hamilton last week
was appointed assistant attor-
ney general, thus becoming the
first Negro to hold the coveted
position in Oregon’s history.
Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thorn-
ton who appointed Hamilton, a
native Mississippian, said he
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>
BURIED YESTERDAY— Private
First Class Chas. Bell Dejarnette
who was serving in the Far East
j w *^ 1 the 187th Airborne Regi-
| mental My Combat team and re
ceil was promoted to eorj’or
al, was killed in an accident, in
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Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 10c
L. H. Collier. H. D. Simmons,
: treasurer of the church, will
| receive the gifts,
I J. E. Jackson, chairman oi
fS THIS FOR REAL?—Seven-year old Julius Bryant (J !>.i
Jackson, Los Angeles newsboy w’ho was recently selected to ap¬
pear in the new General Electric t Theatre television product'a*
of “D. P.”, pauses to reflect his feeling:; for veteran James 0d-
wards who stars in the o rli’OtYlo drama which miP will be Va n aired ntfnx over r*TY£ CBS bcW*
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John Potts
Named Nev v
Omega J*V Head
ATLANTA. Oa. The On;i(g>v
Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc, cl(*w(t
jit.s 41st grand conclave tnv.e
iThursday by calling for “L*
hilegration of education Sri *4
areas.
n a clearly defined re >ol» •
j tion, delegates to the conclav*
voted that the iraternity sh#uld
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HEADS POLIO DRIVE — J. H.
Jackson who is chairman of tin*
Negro division of the 1935
March of Dimes campaign, wiffli
Mrs. Dorothy B Taylor as co»
chairman, has appointed tb.4
following persons to serve, op
I
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NT MiRHR IS
, the Trustee Board, will present
the keys.
Other ministers participating
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