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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXV
EZRA CONSISTORY, NO. 27, A. & A. Scottish Rite Freemasonry,
Walter L. Stringer, commander-in-chief, which is sponsoring the
EXPERT RECORD
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The musical Extravaganza for
the benefit of the Happy House
Day School, school for retarded
chiidren, 17,’at will be held Friday night,
May Grayson Stadium, 7:30
St. John Masonic G. M.Must Pay Bach
Taken from La. Grand Lodge
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SINGLETCN ELECTED
LAY COMMISSIONER
J. A. Singleton, elder of
(Cutler Presbyterian church, was
elected as lay commissioner to
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He was elected at the meet-
ins of Knox Presbytery in
Miami, Florida, to represent
the presbytery. This is a dis-
tinct honor, in that only one
minister and one lay member
are chosen to represent each
twenty churches of a presby
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Butler Presbyterian church is
proud to receive this recogni-
tion. Mr. Sing’etpn is clerk of
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PRESENTING CHECK FOR BAND FUND—The Guaranty Life Insurance Company donated one- I
hundred dollars to Sophronia Tompkins High School Band Fund at the regular P.T.A meeting
on last Tuesday evening. The presentation was made by Walter S. Scott, president and founder of
the insurance company, to James E. Luten, principal of the school. Mrs. Mozelle D. Clemmons,
English teacher at Tompkins, introduced C. Bernard Nichols, director of agencies of the insur¬
ance company, who in turn introduced Walter S. Mr. Scott, Scott. James E. Luten, Mrs. M. D. Clemmons and C. Ber¬ j
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P.M. The public is invited to sup-
port t,lis new a,ld very Reserving
social agency of our community by
your liberal donations to members
of the P. f.A. during this week
and expecially on Thursday night
during the Mothers March, and
on Friday night at the stadium by
your attendance.
1 tiplCy l^wr AXvilvIS tTpnrlc
1st District
Morticians
The First Congressional Dis-
trict Funeral Directors and
Embalmers Association of Ga.
met on last Tuesday in Glenn-
ville. Randle Heard of the
Heard-Potter Funeral Home
served as host. The meeting
was well attended and proved
to be very interesting as well
as instructive.
The district accepted with
much regret the retirement
front office of O. H. Williams
who has served for several
years as president of the dis-
trict. The district enjoyed an
outstanding growth during his
administration and for that
reason an ovation was given
Mr. Williams, Mrs. Frances
Braddy and Miss Fannie Pugh-
sley for the very active part
thgy have taken in the pr0 .
gress and growth of the dis-
I trict.
This being the last district
meeting before the state con-
; vention begins in Dublin on
May 2 l, 22, and 23, there was
much interest shown in the
ccm ir.g event,
j bc panel discussion was
; about illegal practices observed
in the first district and it was
the decision of the group that
a resolution be drafted and
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musical extravaganza at Grayson Stadium, Friday night, May 18.
\ for the benefit of Happy House Day School for Retarded Children.
The Musical Extravaganza,
sponsored by Ezra Consistory No.
27, A & A Scottish Rite Free-
masonry, will feature musical units
from Alfied E. Beach and Wood-
villc High Schools, Cuylei and ■
Paulsen Junior High Schools, and
from Florence, West Gadsden Savannah, ele-1 j
Harris, Spencer and
NEW ORLEANS, (ANP)
Civil District Judge Rainold in
C0Ult here May L handed down
deeision that Grand Mastor A
R _ Turner of the United Most
Worshipful St. John’s Grand
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons
0 f Louisiana and an
board of the Louisiana Grand
; Lodge of that organization
ately and together, are responsible
for and must return the sum
$8,700 which members of the or-
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ganization claim was taken from
thc treasury by the grand master
and the board.
This included a sum of $5,000
loaned or donated to the grand
; master ‘““p 1 by “J the board for his own
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his own p’ ergona! use and addi .
t - onal j- 00 for his i
own p ersona
use i oaned or dona t ed to him.
Suit had been filed in civil dis-
trict court by Attorney Louis
Berry for several mmebers of the
order who charged that the funds
were illegally taken from the
treasury.
! Members named as plaintiffs in
the suit were Spencer Bradley,
j John J. Hawkins, Freddie J.
Spears, R. S Stewart, Howard
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DATE SET FOR SUMMER
OUTDOOR OUTDOOR DAY DAY CAMP CAMP :
The Greenbriar Children’s
Center, under the leadership of
Mrs. Doris Roberts, will join '
hands with the West Broad
Street Branch Y.M.C.A. in con-
ducting a summer outdoor day
camp for boys and girls, ages
7-15, June 10 through July 5
The P. T. A. Council under
the leadership of Mrs. Carrie
Moore, has endorsed the idea,
of local P. T. A.s giving the
scholarships provided for the
safety patrol to the day camp.
The day camp personnel is
as follows: Joseph R. Jenkins,
Camp Director; Mrs Doris
Roberts, Co-Director; Mrs. Vera
Johnson, Counselor and Advts-
er; Mrs. Rebecca E Mitchell.
Counselor; Daniel W. Wright,
Counselor; Mrs. Mae Frazier,
Aris and Crafts; George Wil-
Rams, Counselor.
for the camp may be secured
from the Y.
Dr. R. Grann Lloyd, chair-
man cf the subcommittee of
the Adult Program committee
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Wife Thinks Itlast That Killed Her
Doctor Husband Was No Accident
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SHELBY, N. C., (ANP)—Con¬
tending that a mysterious explo¬
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
mentar.v schools. Special guests
will include the Serancttes, the
Janies Wiley Trio, and others.
Mjs8 June WellS( Music Supervisor
Chatham County Schools is co-
ordinator of music activities.
Members of the Planning Com
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sion last week which killed her
husband was "no accident,” thc
wife of Dr. G. W. Singleton, here
said an empty gasoline can was
found near the scene of the blast
which took the life of the promin¬
ent physician.
Meanwhile the NAACP has dis¬
patched two investigators to the
SAVANNAHIANS WHO LEFT THURSDAY
FOR PRAYER PILGRIMAGE IN D. C.
The following Savannahians,
and the organizations they
represent, left today, Thursday,
by chartered bus to attend the
Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom
which will meet Friday, May
18, in Washington. D. C.:
Rev. V/. J. Outler. Mrs. Jessie
L. Stell (Bethlehem Baptist
church); Doa. J. S. Delaware,
Dea. B. S. Thomas (First Afri¬
Baptist church); Hcsea L.
Williams, James Cotham, Na-
‘han Blackshear 1 Butler Pres-
byterian church 1 ; • Rev. E. P.
Quarterman, Dea. Geo. White,
Connie Wimberly (local NAA
CP); Rev. R. Richard, (Evan-
gelical Ministers Union): Rev
R. L. Byrd, (Bapt. Ushers
Union); Mrs. Lofton, (Tremont
Temple Bapt. church 1 ; Rev. G.
D. Waiker, (Interdenomina¬
Ministers Union 1 ; Rev.
J. R. Campbell, (Speedwell
Methodist church 1 ; s. L. White,
D. D. Young, Mrs. M. Gaston,
Theodore Roberts (Asbury
Methodist church); Walter J.
SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1957
Man Asleep on Railroad
Track Beheaded by Train
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Joseph Hamilton w n o
was decapitated by a freight
train last Friday night.
A railroad track for a pillow
proved to be a fatal resting
place last Friday night for a
foung freight m.tn who was beheaded j
y a train Of the At-
antic Coast Line Railroad as
he lay with his head on trie
track.
The victim was Joseph Ham¬
ilton, about 3G, of 213 West 4G
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‘ et ’ who apparently was
‘ lsec P on the rail near his
home, face up, when the acci¬
dent occurred about 10:30 be-
tween 4Gth and Montgomery ,
streets. !
According to a police report.
the conductor of the train said
he saw the man lying on the
track but was unable to stop in
time. When notified of the ac-
c jdent the engineer applied the
air brake which halted the
/jQ. car train after the engine
had traveled nine car lengths
from the scene of the mishap
An ambulance of the Sidney A
Funeral Heme was called
and the remains were removed,
According to the best avail-
able information, Hamilton, a
native of Allendale, S. C., who
had worked for the Bill King
Landscapers for the past ten
years, worked until about 6:30
.Friday and later that night
‘had a few beers” with a com¬
panion. Apparently he was
overcome near his home and
lay down on the track where
he met his death. No foul play
is suspected but an investiga-
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case.
Mrs. Singleton stated that her
husband had been “very active in
Negro affairs for the past six
years and lately had been fighting
for the resignation of the principal
at our school. This could be
tied with that.”
Bogan (Mutuals Benevolent
Society 1 ; Mrs. W. N. Robinson
1 'Bapt. Ministers Wives Alli¬
1 ance); Arthur Ellis, Laborers,
Local 615, and representatives
from Thankful and Connor’s
Temple Baptist churches.
The group will return to
Savannah, Saturday morning.
Give Senior Piano R^cifai
OBERLIN, Ohio — On Thurs¬
day, May 9. two seniors in the
Oberlin College Conservatory of
Music gave recitals in Warner
Concert Hall.
At 4 30 p. m. pianist Harvey
Hall presented a program in-
eluding three Scarlatti
Sonata in A Minor by Schubert,
Pcems of the Sea by Bloch, and
three etudes by Chcpin. Mr
Hall, who is from Savannah,
Oa., studies piano at Oberlin
with Prof Freeman Kober.stein.
Harvey is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey E. Hail of West
37 Street, Savannah.
Prayer Pilgrims to Hear
Congressmen and
Higlils Spokesmen
joined by civil rights leaders, in¬
cluding two members of Congress,
as speakers at the Prayer Pil¬
grimage for Freedom which is ex-
pected to bring 50,000 persons
from all sections of the country to
the Lincoln Memorial here on Fri-
day (May 17) for spiritual guid¬
ance and inspiration in the strug¬
gle for human rights.
On call of the three co-chairmen
—A. Philip Randolph, president of
the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters; Rev. Martin Luther King,
Jr., president, Southern Leaders
Conference; and Roy Wilkins,
NAACI* executive secretary the
poople will assemble at high noon
before the Lincoln shrine to ‘'re¬
new our strength, communicate our
unity, and rededicate our efforts,
firmly but peaceably, to the at¬
tainment of freedom.”
In addition to the co-chairmen,
speakers will include Adam Clay¬
ton Powell, the clergyman-con¬
gressman from New York City and
Representative Charles Diggs of
Detroit. Ill in the Naval Ilospil
al, William II. Dawson of Chicago,
the third Negro congressman, will
be unable to attend.
Four veterans of the Fight for
Coni in lied oil Page Koui'i
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Convention
CHICAGO, (ANP)—The Na¬
tional Insurance Association,
whose member companies combin¬
ed, onduct the world’s largest
Negro business, held their 23rd
annual convention in Chicago,
starting Monday, May 13, with the
observance of National Insurance
Week.
The companies have >1 reported
total assets of $215,585,843; u
total of $1,214,831,979 insurance
| in force and more than 60 million
; dollars in mortgage loans. The
nation’s top insurance officials at-
1 tended the Chicago -onclave.
Mrs. Singleton has been attend¬
ing school in Nashville, Tenn.
She said she believed someone
bad intended to set her husband’s
office on fire. Mis. Singleton
staled that Dr. Singleton came
back to hi.s office unexpectedly and
walked in with a cigarette lighter
causing gasoline fumes to explode.
- Photo by Freeman
DELTAS HONOR MISS CAMPBELL—Picture on rift shew. Sorer Julia Bacon presenting leather
album to Miss Ollse Campbell entitled. “This Is Your Life.’ Picture on right shows a group of
Miss Campbell's friends who helped to portra y sdlient events In her life.
On Sunday at 5 o’clock p. m.
Beta Delta Sigma Chapter of
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
honored Miss Oiise Campbell,
superintendent of nurses of
Charity Hospital.
The theme of the program
presented wms “Reflections On
Your Life,” through which the
Member Audit Bureau Circulation «
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BRADLEY BEACH FORMAL OPENING
TO BE HELD SATURDAY, MAY 18
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F. Leon Mitchell
According to an announce-
ment by F. Leon Mitchell, the
'concession and pavilion opera-
tor ' B'-adlcy Beach will hold
its f° rmal opening this year on
3aturday ' May 18 The upenins
was set «et. for for April Anril 20. 20, but but had had
i.o be postopneu on account of
mclement weather.
Bradley Beach, which Is the
Dr.Perry, New
J. C. Smith
Univ. Proxy
Rufus Patterson Perry, admin -
istrutive dean and vice-president
of Langston University, Langston,
Oklahoma, is the new president of
Johnson C. Smith University, offi¬
cials of the Charlotte institution
announced today. The 53 year old
native of Georgia is a graduate of
Johnson C. Smith University, holds
the degrees of master of science
and doctor of philosophy from
Iowa State University and the de-
gree of doctor of laws from his
alma’ mater. He taught chemistry
and served as director of the di-
vision of arts and sciences at
Prairie View State College in Tex¬
as before accepting his
position as vice-president, admin¬
istrative dean, and profe-.-or of
chemistry at. Lung-top University.
Dr. Perry is a Fellow of the
American Association for the Ad¬
vancement of Science and of the
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life story of Miss Campbell in
a condensed form was revealed
A number of friends of the
honored guest participated on
the program in bringing the
riory and at the conclusion, a
beautiful white leather bound
book entitled, “This Is Your
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newest ocean front playground
for Negroes in the Savannah
area, occupies a beautiful scc-
tlon of beach land on Hilton
Head in south Carolina and is
attractively developed.
slnce lts opening several
y ears ag0 ^ has proven to be
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S. J. BROWN
Samuel J. Brown, well known
NAACP official,.has been appoint¬
ed historian for the Savannah
Branch, NAACP, it was'Announc¬
ed by W'. W'. Law, thc president.
Mr. Brown Was president of the
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Life.” was
unpbell by. Mrs. Julia Bacon,
ident of the honoring
group.
j The program was the climax-
ing feature of the May Week
activities of the local, chapter
of the sorority. (Read complete
story In the "Butterfly’s Trail.”J