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CONTENDERS—These lovely ladies arc vying ;j the much coveted title o 1 “Miss
'they are Miss Ida Louise Matthews, daughter o Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Matthews; Doris
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harmon; Miss Sara Freeman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Garrison,
Emily Snypc, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ravmon :i Snypo.
One of these attractive young ladies will be c o.wu:ci. “Miss Fashionetta" on March 1 at
flamingo ballroom, where the contest will term! late with a prc-lenten dance. The music for
s gala affair will be furnished by the James Drayton Trio. Tickets may be purchased from
ny of the contestants or any member of the Alpha Kappa Aloha Sorority. Photo by
Pierre-Louis Quits Haitian
Presidency After Two Months
Rabid Whites lloinli Liberal
Whiles at Beaumont, Tex.
Brooklyn Dodgers Drop
Tour Over Bias In South
STUDENTS STAGE
BOYCOTT AGAINST
CAFETERIA
A boycott by students of the
ca'etcria at the Savannah State
College, which started Monday,
came to an end Wednesday
when the 250 dissident students
(leeic’ed they had enough of
the protest movement and re¬
sumed taking their regular
meals in the usual college eat¬
ing place.
The two and a half day boy¬
cott was brought on, several of
the students told a Tribune re¬
porter, because they felt that
the food that was being served
them was not enough in qual¬
ity or quantity, was being poor¬
ly prepared and badly served.
One of the students who
seemed to be one of the leaders
of the protestants, said:
“For some time we have
complained about the food but
nothing was done by the au¬
thorities to remedy the situa¬
tion, so we decided the only
way we might be able to im¬
prove things was to boycott the
cafeteria.”
Another declared: “We just
got darned tired of the same¬
ness of the food and its scarci¬
ty. We wanted a variety of eats.
That’s all there was to it;”
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TO SING SUNDAY—Shown above is the Central High School Choral Club of Sylvania that
sing Sunday afternoon ad 5 o'clock at the First Congregational Church. Mrs. Alice Creecy
the director, is shown in the center of the first r ow in the photo.
The group of sixty voices will
be presented by the Service
League of the host church.
Nearly two hundred advanced
patrons and sponsors have en¬
dorsed this program which
promises to be a highlight in
BROOKLYN, N. Y.— (ANP) j
—
The Brooklyn Dodgers vice pres- i
dent, Bur/ie Bavasi, announced |
ast week that the “Bums” |
have cancelled their traditional i
spring exhibition tour of the
South because of legislation
forbidding “mixed” athletic
contests in certain areas.
•We’re 25 Dcdgcrs, some Ne¬
groes, he said. “We play and
ravel together.” Bavasi said
’he club would train In Florida
is late as possible and then
"ly home.
’tzra Consistory
Elects Officers
When Ezra Consistory No. 27
held its regular meeting last
month, the main item on the
igenda was election of officeis for
'he vein 1 .)•> i . With om of ou i
Grand officers, Donald Thoma-
“3° presiding, the following offi- j
•ers were elected: j
Walker Stringer, Commander-iri- :
Eugene E. Doyle, First-
Lieutenant; Robert' 0. Long, Sr., :
Second Lieutenant; Sylvester Ash
ford, Grand Minister of State and
Orator; John Habersham, Grand
Prior; Raleigh Macon, Grand;
A. E. Peacock, Grand
Secretary, Keeper of Seal and
Archives; James J. Edwards,;
Grand Treasurer; Charlie Folger,
Hospitaler; Robert Wil¬
liams, Grand Master of Cere¬
Henry Carrington, Grand
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music appreciation.
Mrs. Leanna Wilcox,
man of this activity, extends
special invitation to high
and elementary students
■hear this program. Parents
urged to encourage their
BEAUMONT, Tex* , (ANP)
Appearing before the City Council
here Wednesday to urge it not to
integrate city buses, Hurshel
Heriole, local leader of the White
Citizens’ Council, told the city
fathers that desegregation will not
be tolerated by white Beaumont
residents and with a dramatic
gesture shouted: “Get that through
your heads, Councilmen.”
Meriole’s warning came aftei
three separate bombings were di¬
rected against whites who have
espoused the cause of Negroes in
‘.heir fight against Jim Crow in all
phases of city life.
One of the bombs damaged St
Michael’s Orthodox church; an
other wrecked a truck belonging
to State Rep. Rufus Kilpatrick
and a third rocked the home of
C. It. Smith, retired used car deal
er. ,
There have also been two bomb¬
ings of Negro homes here in a re¬
cent weeks.
EH LS MAN THEN
f \ t? c T IU /1 uLLLl r 17 f ri
TOLEDO, Ohio, (ANP)—A 31
year-old roomer was slain her<
last week in what police said whs
a dispute over the victim's atten-
tion to his landlord’s wife.
Killed when shot in the heao
by a shotgun was Presley Hurd, a
construction worker.
Charged with first degree mui
dcr was Sanders Harris, 52, who
admitted to police that he borrow
ed the murder weapon from ;
f rierid.
Police said that Harris took tin
gun back to his hurtle, called Mr
Hurd from his room and shot him
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dren to attend for the
tion to be obtained.
Mrs. Roberta Spencer is
ident of the Service League
Rev. A C. Curtright is
of the church. The public is
vited.
LAW CRACKS DOWN ON SIX
ALLEGED AI.A. DOMBEIIS
MONTGOMERY, Ala., (ANP)
Six white men, accused of bomb-
i ing Negro homes and churches as
a protest against bus integration,
were jailed last week in lieu of
bond ranging from $250 to $12,-
j 500. of
The accused terrorists, some
I whom could he sentenced to death
I if convicted on the dynamiting
j charges, were arrested in Mont
| I goinevy, Alabama Andalusia, Selma and oth-
er towns.
Chareed with bombings or at
tempted bombings are Eugene Hall,
; i.ioiiHiil Dunlap, Raymond C. Britt
j.ii'., Charles Rodiford and Janie:
I). York.
In addition, Henry Alexandei
! 27, arrested Jan. 27, was charged
I villi as Hill, with intent to n'lur-
; dcr for allegedly firing a pistol
| at a bus Dec. Ml.
The violence began after segre
gat ion of buses was ruled uncoil
stitutional in Montgomery under ;
federal court order Dec. 21.
There were six incidents of fii
jng on buses in the first ten day
after the segregation barriers wen
on
NP—Haiti faces another politi-
eai crisis. It lias become some-
tiling of a habit. Two presi-
ients have occupier’, the chair
n less than two months. The
’alest, Provisional President
foseph Nemours Pierre-Louis,
■(■signed, according to reports,
Sunday night.
President Pierre-Louis was
ervlng merely until elections
iGuid be held next April. He
culd not seek the post per¬
manently himself' according to
he constitution. He had become
acting president on
3. after former President Paul
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HNS ARMY AWARD—Miss Grade B. Rivers, daughter of Mrs. S.
i. Rivers, 631 West 42nd St., Savannah, is presented with a Dc-
lartment of Army Suggestion Award Certificate and $15 cash
iward by Colonel Edward C. Gorsuch, First U. S. Army Finance
:nd Accounting Officer, at Governors Island, N. Y. She is
iccounting Clerk in his office.
Miss Rivers, who twice won suggestion awards while
or the Army in St. jLouis between 1946 and 1950. received this
ate,st award for revising a form used for processing reports so
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PROVES II BIG
Worker who did o tremendou
j mb of making the First Annua
\dult Hobby Show of the Wesi
j Broad Street Branch Y.M. C.A
I i success are as follows: Mrs. Cal
! van L. Kiah, Chairman, Adult
! Hobby Show Committee, Sidney A
I lones, Co-Chairman, Mrs. Geneva
Stokes, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Tooni-
er. Mrs. Mildred Johnson, Mrs.
Catherine Mathis, The Rev. L. S.
Stell, The Rev. Richard Williams,
The Rev. F. D. Jaudon, The Rev.
George D. Walker, Mrs. Bessie
Adams, Mrs. Dorothy Lampkin,
Mrs. Willa Ayers Johnson, Dr. and
Mrs. M. D. Bryant, Father Gustave
Desegregation Progress Deport
To lie Droadcast Monday
NEW YORK, Feb. I. In
ervanee of the lHth anniversary
>f the Natioiial Association for tin
Advancement of Colored People a
lesegregation progress report will
>e broadcast over the network fa
ilities of the National Broadcast-
ng Company at 10:15-10:30, ENT,
Jonday Feb. II, on the eve of the
IHth anniversary of the birth of
Abraham Lincoln.
The program will he opened with
ntroduetory remarks by Roy Wilk
ns, NAACP executive secretary,
i'here will be brief pickup state-
uents by Rev. Martin L u t li e r
ting, leader of the Montgomery
bus protest movement; Dr. Wal¬
ter A. Young, a member of the
■it. Louis Board of education; and
Loren Miller, Los Angeles civil
ights attorney. Mr. Wilkins will
rive a concluding statement.
The 50,000 campers expected
it the Valley Forge National
Scout Jamboree in July 1957 will
nake it the largest gathering
if youth in history.
! j CAR CRASH KILLS FOUR
! j PLAYERS
Dual Hoy Snails In Midst
Of
LENOIR, N. C., Feb. 2- A car
crash almost wiped out an
'ntire semi-pro basketball team
;arly this morning when it ran
off the road near here, crashed
into a tree and was completely
.emofished.
When the wreck was discov¬
ered by a passing motorist four
hours after the accident, four
of the five occupants of the car
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National and 'local observance
of the 47th Birthday Anniver-
sary of the Boy Scouts of i
America beg,- n on Wednesday,
Feb. 6, and will continue
through Tuesday, Feb. 12. It i.s
being celebrated by more than
j 4,500.000 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts,
| Explorer Scouts and Adult lead-
I er.s.
The Activities Committee of
j the Chatham- Division, under j
j the leadership of Nathan Black-
shear, has planned some ex-
| citing Scout Week activities for
I local members of the scouting
family. # •
A flashlight parade is sclied-
1 uled at 6:00 Friday, Feb.
p. m.
8, beginning at Alice and West
Broad streets, moving south
, on West Broad to 37th street,
then moving west on 37th street
! to the Recreation Center on
Ogeechee Road. The bands
| from Alfred E. Beach High
School, Sophronia Tompkins Hi
| School and the Drum and Bugle
Corps from the local veteran’s
posts are. scheduled to partici-
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GKADALE OFFICERS INSTALLED—Shown are the officers of Lambda Phi Y Gradaie Sorority who
were recently installed. L. to R. seated: Mrs. Racheal E. Thomas. Tribune (Secretary); Mrs.
Bhiriey G. Davis, Pro-Prima iVice-President); Mrs. Odessa W. Bryant. Prima (President); Staud-
ing L. to R.. Dr. Calvin L. Kiah, Chairman, AciuLt Program committee and speaker for the occas¬
ion: Miss Lois Dotson. Mrs. Doris Glover Mrs. La ura Miller. Mrs. Marie Stevens. Mrs. Josephine B.
i Colbert, Mrs. Rebecca E. Mitchell and Horace T. S candrick, Youth Secretaries.
I. f aution, blank 1 iceman, Mis.
fary McDew, E, G. Blaekshear,
li.ss Roberta Colley, Mrs. Albert
hweatt.
Hostesses who rendered excellent
ervice in directing the crowds at¬
tending the Hobby Show are: Mrs.
fennie Miller, Mrs. Maria Jackson,
Mrs. Dorothy B. Taylor, Mrs.
Georgia King, Mrs. Gussie Slater,
Mrs. Amanda B. Edmondson, Mrs.
Rosa Harden, Mrs. Margaret Oliv¬
er, Miss Lula Smith, Mrs. Anna
Branham, Mrs. Sophronia Tomp¬
kins, Mrs. J. L. Bryant, Mrs. Rosa
loss, Mrs. Sidney A. Jones, Mrs.:
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CLINICIANS—The three men above -one u wnom. Jack White, is a graduate of Florida
,’A.n-c meeting and 31st annua clinic of toe
A and M University—will play key roles in the 2 8th annual
and University Clinical Association which will be held February 12-PL Ihey sue,
Florida A M medicine, Howard University School of
left to right, John B. Johnson, M.D.. head, department of research
Medicine- Dr. Jack White, assistant professor of surgery -and director of the cancer
Howard University, and Noah R. Calho un, D.D.S., chief, dental service and oral surgeon,
project at
Veterans Administration Hospital, Tuskegee, Ala bama.
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Lutherans Signal Speedy
End of Racial Bias
ATLANTIC, N. J., (ANP) —
“The sin of racial discrimination
in America” must be wiped out
quickly, according to represent))
lives of 5 million Lutherans who
vehemently called for the opening
of public institutions to all people
“on equal terms without racial re
strictions or reluctance.’
Such was the tone of the Nation¬
al Lutheran Council, embracing
eight Lutheran denominations, a. 1
the group frowned upon racial di
elimination in this country aM ,j
urged a speedy death of it.
The council said: *
"Indifference to the basic rigid
of free Americana still is a sinful
fact in this country and it is the
duty of all the faithful to have
done away with thi. sin not only
in our churches, hut everywhere.”
The council condemned "di:
position to stratify society" on
the basis of color or other differ
Remember Negro History Week
j MRS LAFAYETTE
j INJURED IN 2-CAR
COLLISION
] j Mrs. Grace Booker LaFayette
0 f gjj yVest 37th street, wife of
j ])r _ A j bert g LaI , aye tte, Who
| I was seriously injured in a two-
ear collision at Victory Drive
■ and Paulsen street was reported
I yesterday as showing somewhat
j improvement at Memorial Gciw-
cri:l Hospital. The accident oc¬
curred Saturday about 3:30 pun,
Mrs. LaFayette was driving
west on Victory Drive when tier
car was struck by a car driven
couth on Paulsen street by Miss
Camille Geer Ross, 18, of 625
Fifty-second street, cast. Miss
Ross was uninjured but two
passengers in her car, Judy
Williams, 17, a n d Thomas
Ward, 20, were slightly injured.
Mrs. LaFayette;, who was in
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