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TEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXVI
3 Business Groups
Setting Program for
Annual Convention
Lucy Laney Student Wins
Elks Regional Contest
CADET TATUM AT FT. MEADE
Richard Tatum, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Tatum, 910
Oubbege St., Savannah, is at
Fort George Meade, Maryland,
participating in the Second U.S.
Army ROTC summer encamp¬
ment.
The cadets, representing 26
colleges and universities .acting
as platoon leaders, company
and battle group commanders,
issue orders, and supervise oth¬
er cadets. They will he there
six weeks.
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President of Meharry to
Address Dentists
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A VISITOR—Dr. Louis W. Sul¬
livan, who recently graduated
with very high honors from the
iScheol cf Medicine of Boston
University, was a recent visitor
in the city.
Dr. Sullivan did his under¬
graduate work at Morehouse
College from which he was
.gradualed with highest honors
receiving the B. S. degree Dr.
iSullivan is the son of W. W.
Sullivan, who was a graduate
cf Clafiin College and the At¬
lanta College cf Mortuary Sci¬
ence, and Mrs. Lubirda Priester
Sullivan, who is a graduate of
Clark College and Atlanta Uni¬
versity ,and is the nephew of
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MRS. LAURA GLOVER, lovely coed of Savannah S tate College, enjoys the cool breeze blowing ac¬
ross the edge of the campus from ths Atlantic O cean. Mrs. Glover is majoring in General Science
and minoring in Mathematics,
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The Elks Regional oratorical
contest was held at Rock Hill,
S.C., July 14 at which .time the
$1,000 scholarship was at stake.
There was a contestant rep¬
resenting Georgia, Florida,
North Carolina and South- Caro¬
lina. Rock Hill lodge was host
lodge and an appreciative audi¬
ence was on hand to hear the
contestants.
The contest measured up to
anticipation as being one of the
very best and each of the con-
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PICKING UP DOLLARS
AT SWIMMING POOL
For the past two weeks, it has
been “paying” to pick up paper
at the Tompkins swimming
pool. As a feature of the Keep
Beautiful Savannah Clean pro¬
ject, certificates for cash have
been dropped to encourage the
fun seekers to keep the grounds
clean.
Lucky winners during t-he
past two weeks were Charles
Jackson, 30A Ogeechee Road;
Charles Moore, 707 W. 44th St.;
Canton King, 622 W. 42 St.; Pat
Conney, 113 Waldburg St.; Ru¬
dolph Payton, 602 W. 37 St.;
Jessie McCoy, 618 Garden St.,
and John Wiggins, 514 W. Vic¬
tory Drive.
Certificates that may be re¬
deemed for $1.00 at the conces¬
sion stand are still being
dropped. “Pick up the paper,
y.cu may find a dollar,” is now
the slogan at the pool.
TO VISIT AFRICA
NEW YORK—To learn about
education in West African
countries at first hand, Dr.
Rufus E. Clement, president of
Atlanta University, sailed July
10 with Mrs. Clement cn the
Italian Line’s SS Vulcania.
Debarking at Lisbon, Dr. and
Mrs. Clement will fly to Africa
to tour Liberia, Ghana, Sierra
Leone and Nigeria. They plan
to return to Atlanta Oct. 1.
NEW YORK, July 11 — Mrs.
Jessie D. Locker, president of
the National Housewives League,
M. C. Martin, president, Na¬
tional Bankers Association, and
Dr. F. D. Patterson, president,
National Business L°ague, will
address an open meeting in
Durham. N.C., during the joint
convention of their organiza¬
tions, July 30-Aug. 1.
All sessions of the three-part
conference will be he'd on Dur¬
ham’s North Carolina College
Campus. The public assembly,
scheduled for Wednesday even¬
ing, July 30, wi:l be he'd in the
B. N. Duke auditorium
j Business and workshop scss-
I ions are planned for the separ-
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Dr. Ulysses W.
Pitts¬
Pa., local
of the
Dental
45th An¬
Conven¬
announces
Dr. Harold
West, presi¬
of Meharry
College,
will Dr. U. Williams
the dentists at their
public meeting on August 4th.
Dr. West’s speech will cover
the present-day relative ad¬
vances in modern science and
physics and its benefits to the
dental profession.
The meeting will be held in
the University of Pittsburgh
Health Professions auditorium,
Welcoming the dentists will be
the Mayor of Pittsburgh, David
L. Lawrence, and L. Beverly
Carter, publisher of the Pitts¬
burgh Courier, newspaper,
Responsive remarks will be by
Dr. Harry T. Penn, Roanoke,
Va., president of the National
Dental Association, and Mrs.
Ethyl Venson, Memphis, Tenn.,
president of the auxiliary.
Leading dental
participating in the clinics:
Oral Surgery, Dr. W. Harry Ar¬
cher, University of Pittsburgh
School of Dentistry;
Dr. Leonard M. Monheim, Uni-
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1958
THE ESCORTS, POLICE CLUB, DONATE; $25 TO YMCA
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Front row, 1. to r., Miss Wright receiving check from Officer Nealy. Officers Earl Golden, Ed¬
ward Lewis, James Dearing, John White, Wade fair; back row, Officers W. L. Williams, W. N.
Malone, William Wallace, James Sibert.
The Escort Club, composed of
Negro officers of the Savannah
Police department, donated $25
toward the work of the West
Broad Street YMCA. This or¬
ganization was formed and
holds meetings at the Y and its
CLEVELAND, July 13 — The
advocates of a go-slow policy in
the desegregation struggle will
find “no comfort in our reso.
lutions,” Roy Wilkins, executive
secretary of the National Asso¬
ciation for the Advancement of
Colored People, warned in an
address prepared for delivery at
tixe closing session of the As¬
sociation's six-day 49th annual
convention here today.
"We have said before," the
NAACP leader told the conven¬
tion delegates and visitors as-
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DELEGATES TO CONVENTION— Left to right: Miss Rosa Gordon,
j Miss Dorothy Palmer, and Mias Magdalene Gordon who will rep¬
resent the Fonviele A. M. E. Zion Church in Columbus, Ohio.
The Fonvielle A. M E. Zion:
church, 610 W. 36th street, is
sending three delegates to the
Christian Education Convention
which meets in Columbus, Ohio,
July 20-25.
Two of the young ladies will
compete in the “Youthrama”
on Thursday, July 24. They won
the right to do recently by
MUTUALS STAGE OLD FASHIONED PICNIC
Remember the days
j picnics meant a chance for mo-
thers and fathers to get away
from hum-drum everyday ac-
tivities, to have all the food you
! could possibly eat and more,
i and when all the children
j mother’s would divorce themselves strings to from
| apron romp
and play with the other young-
sters? Well, this was the sort of
I outing that the Mutual
lent Society, Inc., gave last
Wednesday. July 29
Leroy Brown who served
members are working whole-
iheartedly with the YMCA in
its program for boys and girls.
The second report meeting of
the second phase membership
enrollment will be held Thurs¬
day evening 6:30 at the Y. At
MISSES HATCHER, HARRISON ATTENDING
Miss Celeste Hatcher, librari-
,Madeline Harrison, librarian,
thei rcantempo retries, the white
Savannah State College, left
Sunday morning via Delta Air¬
Appeals Court to Hold Hearing
On Little Rock August 4
ST. LOUIS — (ANP) — Chief
Judge Archibald K. Gardner of
the U.S. Eighth Circuit court
of appeals fixed Aug. 4 at the
date on which a three-judge
panel will begin hearing the
appeal from U. 3. District Judge
Harry J. Lemley's 30-month
integration delay at Little
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participating in an essay con-
jest held in Monroe, Ga., at
the Youth Council program.
Miss Magdalene Gordon won
first place; Miss Dorothy Pal¬
mer, second place, and Miss
Odessa Holloman of Augusta,
third place.
The young ladie<s will leave
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chairman of the old fashioned
basket picnic, is to be eongrat-
jj^ed for leading the men to
j _ such s sucoe&sful annual event,
j sure that everything
j j was exactly planned so there
J woa j d ^e an air of happiness
and ^ hospitality
| he pionic was held at go),
omQn% Wilmington Island
j ff0unds funded on all sides
w ^jj gigantic green trees deco-
raled w ^h the grey Spanish
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this time ail workers are asked
ito be present. C. Wimberly ana
Dr. Calvin L. Klah, co-chair¬
man of this phase, will be on
hand to make their reports.
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lines for San Francisco, Calif.,
where they will attend the
seventy-sixth annua] confer-
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NMA to Hold Annual Meet
at Milwaukee 11-14
At the coming 64th
tion of the National
Association, at least five
problems will be discussed:
The great increase in the
ease of the heart and
vessels, the great problem
rural health, the growing men¬
ace of blindness due to
coma, tlie use and abuse
ranquilizing drugs, and
effects of atomic radiation
the eye and other organs
;he body, will be discussed
experts in these subjects,
the shortage of physicians
specialists.
Heart and blood vessel
gery, which Is relatively
will come in for much
ton, Coronary heart
which continues to hold
, potlight in diseases of
neant, will bo discussed
Dr. David LelghnAnger and
Dr. Claude S. Beck of the
tern Reserve University
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SAVANNAHIANS BACK
FROM NEA
Delegates from
County attended the
Education Association
tion which was held June
July 4 at Cleveland, Ohio.
were Robert Young,
president, and Mrs. O. B.
incoming president of
and Meadames Elise G.
man and Addie Byers, the
going vice president. Mr.
erved as a recorder in one
he group meetings at the
vention and Mrs. Freeman
very active in the
teachers activities.
The theme of the
was “Our Future Goes To
Today.” Dr. Layman V.
who was president,
over tlie general sessions.
was the thirty-seventh
of the Representative
and the first meeting of
NEA, as it moved into the
ond century of service.
There were about 6,000
gates in attendance from all
the .states in the union
ing Hawaii, Puerto Rico
Alaska. There were also
representatives in
from many foreign countries.
One of the most
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SALISBURY, N. C—Dr. S. E.
newly elected president,
College, the cap¬
of education for tire A.M.
Zion Church, formally took
his duties here Tuesday
after a brief welcome
by the faculty of the
school and Dr. W. J.
whom he succeeds.
The ceremonies took place
the office of the presi¬
where members of the fac¬
were present. Dr. Trent,
was named president-
upon his retirement in
spoke for the group and
how pleased he was to see
Duncan at the head of the
that was so near and
to him. lit is to be remem¬
that Dr. Trent served as
from 1925 to 1957.
Dr. Trent pointed out that
Duncan grew up with Liv¬
and that his was a
heritage, having gradu¬
from many of the depart¬
of the school. He spoke
how Dr. Duncan came
the elementary schools
Salisbury, thence through
and on to Cornell
where he earned his
degree and doctor of
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BAPTISTS PLAN MID- SUMMER MEETING
VALDQSTA—T h e annual
meeting of the General Mission¬
ary Baptist Sunday School and
Training Union convention will
be held In Macon, July 22-24,
It was announced today.
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MISS IRISH PARRISH, charming co-ed of Savannah State Col¬
lege, enjoys the cool breeze from the Atlantic Ocean. Miss Parrish
is a native of Woodbine, Georgia, and is majoring in Business
Education. She is presently an attendant to “Miss Savannah State
College” for 1958-59.
NUMBER 41
2,270 Stu¬
dents Enrol’d
FAMU
TALLAHASSEE—A record 2,-
270 summer session students are
in attendance at Florida A & M
University, according to Regis¬
trar E. M. Thorpe. Prior to the
close of school in August the
enrollment is expected to reach
more than 2,500 as several
workshops are scheduled that
will attract some 250 addition¬
al students.
Of the 2,270 students, 939 are
enrolled in the school of grad¬
uate studies and 1,284 in the
undergraduate units.
A further breakdown disclos¬
es that 927 students are resid¬
ing In campus residences and
1,343 in off-campus housing.
Eight hundred and eighty-one
male students are enrolled and
1,309 women students are in
attendance.
More than 7 in every 10 of
the 47 million households in the
United States have telephone
service.
An Intensive three-day study
of methods and materials de¬
signed for Youth work will be
climaxed by a State-wide
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