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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXIV
FIRST DAY AS PRINCIPAL—The above picture shows Mrs.
B. Hayes (seated) on her first day (Oct. 1) as principal of
Harris Street School. On her desk are some of the flower
sent by friends and co-workers.
Mrs. Hayes wan recently appointed as principal of the Harris
School by Supt. W. A. Farly of the Chatham County Hoard
Education. She formerly taught at the Florance Street School
Heat La., Texas and Okla.
Courts," Marshall
Jubilee Singers off
Capt. Lester Thorpe who was
•owned when his fishing boat,
ie Elizabeth, II, of Hilton
cad, S'. C., was rammed by
ie British freighter, Man-
lester Regiment.
The accident occurred Aug-
it 25 as the fishing boat was
oceeding down the Savannah
ver enroute to fishing ground
■f the Carolina coast. The
lizabeth was cut in half by
ie freighter as it crossed the
g ship’s bow.
At. the time the two boats
(Hided- Capt. Thorpe was sit-
contmued on Page Seven'
SUPPORT MONEY: Democratic presidential candidate Adlai E.
Stevenson gets a campaign “lift” from the large volume of cash
contributions being counted at Stevenson-Kefauver Headquarters in
Washington, D. C. by Miss Mattie West, seated left, and Miss Lois
Herbert, seated right. Looking on with Governor Stevenson are
Democratic National Committee Chairman Paul Butler and Mr*,
Mary Zirkie, Comptroller, Democratic National Committee. jQ&g,
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Omegas Set
Achievement
Wk. Program
Dr. Matthew J. Whitehead, di
rector of the National Achieve¬
ment Week Project of the Omega
Psi Phi Fraternity announced to-
lay that 240 chapters of the fra-
ernity are making plans to cele
hate the National Achievement
Week Observance.
The annual National High
school Essay Contest which is thf
ihase of the Achievement Week
Toject is again being sponsored
his year. Announcements have
ieen set to more than 1,000 high
chools. The subject for the con¬
est an dthe National Achievement
Ibservanee is “Wanted: Tech-
liques for Strengthening and
furthering Our Democratic and
Christian Heritage.” Three prizes
re offered. First prize—$125.00,
econd prize—$75.00; and third
irize—$50.00. The contest is ap-
roved by the National Education
Association.
During the Achievement Week
he Fraternity will select the out-
tanding citizen of the year and
he Omega Man of the year to
vhom plaque will be presented at
he Grand Conclave in Baltimore,
laryland, in December.
John Eliot preached his first
ermon to Indians, Oct. 18, 1646.
wtali STribiwr
for a number of years.
Teachers at the school are shown standing as follows: Miss
Catherine Wells, Mrs. Lillian Batlistc, Mr Julia Skrine, Mrs.
Emma Lindsey, Mrs. Larcena Loadholt, Mrs. Virginia Nelson, Mrs.
Virginia Stripling, Mis. Cassie Densler, b y Allen, and Mrs. Olivia
Golden. The lunchroom staff includes Mrs Catherine Jackson,
manager; and Mrs. A. Barnes. Mrs. L. Robin: on is janitress.
(Photo by Freeman).
NEW vnnr YORK, N. v Y Y-, Sept. Snu. 24.
The famous Fisk Jubilee
if Fisk University,
Penn., departed Sept. 22 for
extended good will tour of
t was announced today by W.
Trent, Jr., executive director
he United Negro College
Fisk is one of the 31 member
eges of the Fund.
Before returning to Fisk Camp
is in mid-December, the
vill have sung more than
■oncerts throughout
Switzerland, England, France,
land, Spain, Portugal and
They will be heard by
.hrough radio and
ibroad, opening with BBC in
Ion, where they will perform
live” and in a specially
Jhristmas carol program.
(Continued on Page Severn
White Minister Adopts 2nd
Negro-Japanese Orphan
CHICAGO,
'he Rev. and Mrs. Fred Capput,
■ino, a 7-year-old
orphan, whose American
father died on the soils of
has a new home and a chance
life.
A firm belief in Christ’s
ings, “Suffer the little
to come unto Me, and forbid
not: , „ For such .... is the rv Kingdom j
God,” ltd the white ... minister ...
his wife to take into their
their second adopted
Negro child last week.
The Rev. Mr. Cappuccino is
tor the Christ . . Methodist „ ,, .
here. He has three little
to feed.
The first child the
adopted is Machiko a
little Japanese-Negio girl who
rived in the Cappuccino home
year. At that time, she spoke
NEW YORK The
legacy ever received by the
Negro College Fund, a gift
$204,000, was anounced this
by W’. J. Trent, Jr.,,
director of the Fund. The
contribution came from the
of the late Mrs. F. H. Wilks,
consistent supporter of
since its inception in 1044
A resident of Dedham,
chusetts for many years,
Wilks died last year. During
lifetime she made regular
bution to each of the
UNCF campaigns in support
31 private colleges and
ties.
Announcing the bequest,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY. OCTOBER 6, 1956
NEW YORK (ANP).—Thur
good Mr •-hall, . ; uiyi’tY a key
role in rover ing the old separate-
hut equal school doctrine, said last
week that the NAACP will
triumph in its legal battle for re¬
instatement in Alabama, Louisi¬
ana, and Texas.
Marshall, chief counsel for the
NAACP, made the prediction 9s
he addressed a reunion of the
j ! 369th Veterans Association, Texas where Inc.,
>fter returning from
j the NAACP ha recently been
i Panned from doing business.
Rli icing the. la est maneuvers
j against the NA ACP direcWy at
; Texas Attorney General John B.
j •Sheppard, Marshall .said:
j “We don’t know yet what we’ll
need to win that case, but what¬
j ever it is we’ve got it.”
The NAACP already has
j taken legal action in Alabama and
Louisiana against bans,
j j Marshall said he was awaiting
j copy of the temporary restrain¬
ing ^ order banning NAACP activi-
j |i(i ; in Texas.
The Negroes in the South, and
: iummieo on Kate Severn
lapancse. now
English.
The newest arrival, 7-ycar-old
William Tell, entered into hi.s new
home last week with a bright
smile.
After being welcomed by his
new parents, William walked over
I to Machike, a pretty lit.Lle tan
i girl, and tried to converse in Jap-
But Nachike, just shook , .
anese.
her petite little head, smiled . and .
,
I dJf ‘hello” in English. (.•...,,; .n
The Rev. Cappuccino does the
I interpreting fo. the family. He
l — 1 -l«;ak Japanese while
h missionary J in Japan 1 where he
i served three , ,, He adopted , , .
years.
William Tell from the orphanage
in Oiso, Japan.
The Cappuccino’s have a little
me of their own. He is two-ypar-
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| Trent stated that the Fund is in
the proce of developing a legacy
program to give the pitldic the’ op¬
portunity to remember the colleges
in their will.-.
While thi” legacy from the estate
of Mrs. Wilks is the largest ever
received by UNCF, everal other
supporters have taken the same
means of contributing
Fund’s program.
Several years age a posthumous
gift of $65,000 made it possible for
the UNCF to pay off the mort-
gage on its nation* headquarters.
The Fund now own (.he six-story
building it occupic < at 11 Fast
54th street, in the heart of mid¬
town New York City,
Fla. Governor Says' ! 1’s An
Evil Act; I ni Sick About It’
WHEN TOLD OF THE DISMISSAL OF A WHITE WOMAN HEALTH
NURSE
MONTICELLO. Fla.— (ANPi —
Dr. Deborah Coggins, who was
fired Thursday from her job as
county health officer because
she lunched with a Negro nurse,
last week stated that she will
fight to 'hold the job.
When told of the dismissal
of Dr. Coggins, Governor Leroy
Collins was disgusted and is
said to have remarked: “I’m
sick about it. It cannot be
iquared with right and justice
and conscience; it’s an evil act.”
The dismissal was agreed!
">pon at a joint conference of
'(he Jefferson, Taylor and Madi¬
son commissions in the court¬
house of this rural Florida town,
where the three commissions
donated Dr. Coggins’ fate while
a crowd of pro-segregationists
shouted, “fire her.”
Dr. Coggins, an attractive
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Mrs. Steele Heads TB
Seal Sales Drive
Mrs. Sadie D. Steele has been
named Seal Sale chairman for the
t!)56 campaign. Mrs. Steele, a na¬
tive Savannahiian, received her
B. S. degree from Savannah State
College, and a Master’s degree
from Columbia University, N. Y.
Her civic affiliations include mem¬
bership in the Board of Directors
pf Hodge Memorial Kindergarten,
the YMCA, the Colored Federation
of Clubs, and the Chatham-Savan-
nah TB Associate Board. She is
[ a member of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, and is connected with
Bunn’s Memorial Baptist Chureh,
where she serves on the Board of
Trustees.
Mrs. Steele is currently employ¬
ed as a teacher at the Haven
Home School, and has the distinc¬
tion of being named the first
Teacher of the Year of Chatham
County and Region 11, which con¬
sists of 17 counties.
The volunteer winners who are
to assist Mrs. Steele will be named
at a later date.
TOP, LEFT: Miss Frances Alene Walker, “Mis:, Washington;”
Delores Sherrod, “Miss Southwest Philadelphia.”
BOTTOM, LEFT: Miss Chanda Morse, “Miss North Jersey;”
Burroughs, “Miss Atlantic City;’’ Miss Yvonne Marie Washington,
“MISS B&P OF 1956”
TO BE CHOSEN
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. --
Florence Madison Hill, Past Nat.
President of the Business and Pro-
fessional Women’s Club, Inc., and
PYRAMIDS K1GI1T_These young ladies were recently presented to the Talladega College family
as members of this year's Pyramid Club of Alpha Zeta Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
shown (irotn lelti are; Sophomores, Carolyn Joan inloert, Charleston, S. C., ■ 1 - (a Jean John¬
son Brewton Ala.- Gwendolyn Miller, Birmingham, Ala.; and Byllye Yvonne Reddick, Jackson¬
ville Fla.; Juniors, Ruth Simms, Savannah, Ga.; J uanita Washington. Charleston, S. Sopho¬
Ga.; and Junior, Roberta Reid, Tuskegce Institute, Ala.
DR. MARCUS MOORE TO
BECOME ACS FELLOW
BALTIMORE (AMD. Dr.
Marcus W. Moore, Sr., of Balti¬
more, will he initiated as a Fellow
of the American College of Sur¬
geons in October at the (finical
Congress in San Francisco.
I)r. Moore is one of the young¬
est Negro surgeons ever to lie ac¬
cepted,as a Fellow by the Ameri¬
can College. When he became a
diplomat of the American Board
of Surgery in 1955 at the age of
34 years, he was the first Negro
physician in the state of Maryland
to become a certified specialist in
surgery.
He was formerly a member of
the surgical staffs of Provident
Hospital, Sinai Hospital and Luth¬
eran Hospital 'of Baltimore, prior
to entering the Air Force in 1955.
He is now chief of the general
surgery section of Travis Air
Force Base Hospital in California.
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CONTESTANTS FOR “MISS B&PWC OF 1956 >
director of the organization’s Na¬
tional Popularity Contest for the
1956 Scholarships, reports that ex-
progress is being made by
the contestants—one of whom will
be crowned at the convention
luncheon, Saturday, October 13th,
Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 10c
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SA Masons
Hold Annual
Session
The Ninety-first Annual Session
of the Smooth Ashlar Grand Lodge
was opened Sunday, September 23,
in Atlanta in the new $150,000.00
temple on Piedmont avenue. More
than 2,000 women, men and chil¬
dren joined the grand Parade
from the temple on Piedmont ave¬
nue to Uh:. City Auditorium where
the delegate. 1 } from every section
of Georgia hoard the welcome ad¬
dress given on behalf of the City
of Atlanta by Lee Evans, vice
mayor, who represented Atlanta’s
Mayor William llartafield. Others
appearing on the program were
Attorney A.T, Walden; L. D. Mil-
ton, president of Citizens Trust
Bunk; Rev. E. W. McMillan, pas¬
tor of Warren Methodist Church;
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center, Mis3 Lola Brown, Miss Craig Beauty Crop; right, Miss
'-enter, Miss Lula Mac White, “Miss New Haven; Miss Suzett*
“Miss Baltimore.”
;t Hotel New Yorker, N.Y.C. The :
winnrr who will rdign as “Miss
24-inch B. & P. gold of 1956” engraved will receive court- a j
cup,
esy of the Coca-Cola Company!
through Moss Kendrix. Her two
runner-ups will also receive tro-
NUMBER 52
ACCEPTS POSITION
IN DETROIT
Stanley S. Whittley has^accept-
ed an appointment as Senior
Health Educator with the Tuber-
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ihiec all others will receive
token i»rit for their unsel-
^ iii helping the B. S P.
National Scholarship
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