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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXVII
JOINS DEMOCRATS' 750 CLUB—Democratic National Chairman
Paul M. Butler (left) greets Harvey Johhson, Cleveland attorney,
who has just joined the Party's 750 Club, at Party Relations
Conference in Washington, D. C. earlier this month.
Mr. Johnson, who attended the two-day conference of more
than 100 Negro and white Democratic leaders, became a 750
Club member with his contribution of $1,000 to the National Party.
Goal of the club, which now has 326 members, is to obtain
$1,000 each from 750 Democrats to pay off the Party’s deficit.
750 Club members are entitled to two tickets to the National
Convention with preferred seats in ,a 750 Club section of the Sports
Arena in Los Angeles, .admission to Clubrooms reserved for mem¬
bers during the convention, and other special convention ar¬
rangements.
District"“A” Legionnaires Report
Highest Membership Increase
SavanHaitian Among
Four to Receive,
4-11 Awards
WALTER S. SCOTT
Dr. F. D. Patterson, former
president of Tuskegee Institute,
and now head ol the Phelps-
Stokes Fund, will be one of four
to receive awards at the 12th
Annual Regional 4-H Club
Qfemp, August 9-17 at Howard
University.
sfThe other three to be hon¬
ored ate: Dr. M. Lafayette Har¬
ris, president of Philander
Smith College, Little Rock. Ark;
Walter S. Scott, president of
Guaranty Life and Health In¬
surance Co., Sayannah, Ga.;
and J. H. Wheeler, president of
Mechanics and Farmers Bank,
Durham, N. C.
These educators and busi-
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SCIENCE WORK SHOPPER at
Savannah State College
Miates the molecular behavior
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nessmen are to be honored by
the Nation’s 350,000 colored
4-H’ers for their encouragement
and aid to the boys and girls
in the carrying out of club pro¬
jects and in developing effec¬
tive State-wide 4-H programs.
Regional 4-H plaques will be
presented to them on the af¬
ternoon of August 16 in the En¬
gineering and Architecture
Building where most of the
camp sessions will be held on
Howard’s campus. Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture Ervin
L. Peterson will be the awards
speaker.
This will be one of the ma¬
jor events of the encampment
week during which the 128 club
delegates from the Southern
region will take part in a num-
ber of activities. Among these:
visits to the White House, Cap-
itol Mt. Vernon, and the U. S.
Department of Agriculture’s re-
search center at Beltsville, Md.
and a discussion of career op¬
portunities led by Miss Rober¬
ta Church and Samuel B. Dan-
ley of the Department of Labor
and Sterling Tucker of the
Washington Urban League.
Also the 4-H’ers will hear j
addresses by Dr. Willa B. Play¬
er president of Bennet College,
Greensboro, N. C.; Federal Ex-
tension Administrator C. M.
Ferguson; <and National 4-H
Director Edward W. Aiton.
of water to Mrs. Geneva Mit-
chell, workshop chairman; Dr.
Booker T. Griffith, workshop
Whites Share Dinner With
at "JC”
Pharmacists
To Meet
August 4-6
NEWARK, N. J.—(ANP)—The
National Pharmaceutical Asso¬
ciation will hold its 13th annu¬
al convention Aug. 4-6 at Essex
House hotel. Delegates will at¬
tend from 24 states.
■ This year's program will con¬
sist of both scientific and busi¬
ness papers. The list of speak¬
ers include Dr. Louis D. King,
assistant dean, Rutgers univer¬
sity college of pharmacy; Mi¬
chael Iannarone, associate pro¬
fessor, biological sciences, and
Dr. L. Voigt, director, pharma-
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During the weekend of July
25 and 26, Savannah opened
warm and hospitable arms
welcome Legionnaires from
the state. The occas¬
was the celebration of the
annual convention of
Georgia Department of the
Legion.
Savannah’s fame as Georgia’s
favorite convention cifty has been
made more pronounced among
the men and the ladies of the
American Legion Auxiliary,
which convened simultaneously.
effect of meeting in such
a pleasant atmosphere w<as re¬
flected in the fact that this was
one of the most successful con¬
ventions ever held in the state, j
Posts 500 and 513 were hosts to
the lettered districts.
Beginning with a business
session on Friday afternoon, the
moved smoothly
through a series of well planned
events, both business and so¬
cial. The Legionnaries had sev¬
eral prominent and well versed
who gave them a
wealth of information. Among
them were Pete Wheeler, Direc¬
tor of the Georgia State De¬
partment of Veterans Service,
and Congressman Olin Teague,
chairman of the House Commit¬
tee on Veterans Affairs.
One of the highlights of the
convention, on the lighter side,
a far as the Negro Legionnaries
were concerned, was the fact
that fo,r the first time in the
history of the Georgia American
Legion, Negroes led the parade
,as it traversed the length of
Broughton Street. This was ac¬
complished because of the fact
that one of their districts, Dis¬
trict A, of which Savannah
Posits 500 and 513 are members,
led the entire state, percentage-
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SSC Science Workshop
Teachers Hold House
director; and Dr. Elmer J. Dean
chairman, department of social
science.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, AUGUST 1. 1959
ATLANTA, Ga. Five men ate
three dinners recently at Dobbs
House Restaurant in the Atlan¬
ta Airport. The five men—two
Negroes and three whites—
were seated, but told that the
Law forbade them eating toge¬
ther. The three whites ordered,
were served; and proceeded to
share their dinners with their
Negro companions.
“We sat down at a table but
were told by the assistant man¬
ager that the Negroes would
have to eat at another table
behind a screen,” related James
R. Robinson, Executive Secreta¬
ry of the Congress of Racial
Equality (CORE). “We told him
that the five of us were toge¬
ther and had no intention of
being separated to comply with
jiimcrow laws.”
Restaurant Workers Approve
While every Negro employee
managed to get a peep into the
dining room to see the group
which, in spite of getting only
food and utensils for three, was
succeeding in feeding all five
MISS GHANA VISITS BRITAIN—Elizabeth Hayford, once a
dent in Britain, made a triumphant return recently as
Ghana,” Ghana's new beauty queen. Miss Hayford a resident
Cape Coast, won the title in the government sponsored
after topping competition in district, regional and semi-final
tests. During her three-week tour of London, London’s
and entertainment spots, Miss Hayford found time to go on
ping sprees, as shown above.—.(ANP)
Cincinnati To Host
Dentists, August 16-20
CINCINNATI, Ohio—This city
will become the “Dental Cap¬
ital of the Nation,” Aug. 16-20,
when dentists from all sections
of the country foregather here
for the 4 s th annual meeting of
the National Dental Association
headed by Dr. Charles E. Wil¬
liams of Chicago.
Sessions will be held at the
Sheraton-Gibson hotel and
sharing the limelight with NDA
delegates will be the Ladies
Auxiliary whose members will
hold their 23rd annual meeting.
Hosts To The Conclave
Convention chairman will be
Dr. W. M. Springer, of Cincin¬
hosts will be the Ohio
The science workshop for ele-
] mentary teachers at Savannah
1 State College, under the direc-
i tion of C. Vernon Clay, head of
j the Chemistry department, ano
i Dr. Booker T. Griffith, head of
‘ the Biology department, re-
j cently held open house, display¬
ing various projects completed
during the six weeks period.
Mr. and .Mrs. Crawford Tal¬
bert, Statesboro, instructors at
New' Hope Elementary School
) and William James High School,
j respectively, prepared a three
1 dimensional question and an¬
of its members—white custom
ers seemed not to notice, or to
take service of an interracial
group as a matter of course.
Members of the interracial
group were on their way home
from the Southwide Leaders
Institute Against Segregation
held in Atlanta. The Seminar
had been jointly sponsored by
the Congress of Racial Equality,
the Southern Christian Leader¬
ship Conference and the Fel¬
lowship of Reconciliation.
Joining in the meal at Dobbs
House were James R Robinson
of CORE; the Rev. Wyatt Tec
Walker of Petersburg, Virginia,
and Virginia State Director of
CORE; James T. McCain, CORE
Field Secretary; Professor Guy
Hershberger of Goshen College,
Indiana; and Elmer Neufield of
the Mennonite Central Commit¬
tee.
Interracial Coffee Belter
“We all agreed,” said Robin¬
son, “that it was the best coffee
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The 276th Transportation
Company (Amphibious Truck)
(USAR) has begun its first an¬
nual field training period at
Fort Story, Virginia. Fort Story
is the field training port for
the USAR amphibious Trans¬
portation units. The unit is re¬
ceiving its first lnstructon on
the opera to n of the Army
DUKW.
The “DUKW” is a wheeled
amphibious truck that operates
on land or In water while land¬
ing cargo or troops. For the
first time, 100'; of the members
are present for field training.
During this period mechanics,
cooks, Supply and administra¬
tive personnel are also receiv¬
ing on the job and advanced
type training. Members of the
unit are as follows:
Matthew H. Howard, Oapt.,
Commanding Officer; Sam K,
Asselanis, 1st Lt., Personnel
Officer; Robert D. Heeren, 2nd
Lt., Training Officer; Edward
L. Blake, M1SGT, lt Sergeant;
Edwin L. Chapman, SFC, 1st
Section Leader; Charles H.
Greeley, SFC, Truck Platoon
Sergeant; Raymond G. How¬
ard, SFC; Willie J. Mclvar, Mo¬
tor Sergeant; Abraham Roberts,
Jr., SFC, 2nd Section Leader;
Willie L. Russell, SFC, 3rd
Section Leader;
Rufus II. Biyler, Genard Cal¬
loway, Daniel W. Giles, John
Harris, Jr., Charles Miller, Jr.,
John P. Sapip, all ranked as
sergeants;
Lanuel Bing, SP4; David L.
Brown, SIM; Benjamin Frazier,
SP4; Johnny Gilbert, Jr., SP4;
Walter Heyward, CPL; Franklin
L. R. Jenkins, SIM; Willie B.
King, SP4; Albert A. McMillan,
CPL; James Miller, CPL;
Paul E. Ripley, Jr., SP4; Eu-
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Valley Dental Society, Dr. W. F.
Clarke, president and the Ohio
Dental Auxiliary, Mrs ,L.
Hubbard, president.
Keynote speaker for the pub¬
lic program, set for Aug. 17 will
be Atty. Graham T. Perry, prom-
inent Chicago lawyer and
special assistant to the U. S. At¬
torney General.
More than 400 delegates from
36 states and 150 cities are ex¬
pected to attend the conclave
and abou 150 women are sche-
duled to attend sessions of the
Ladies Auxiliary meeting.
TWO CITATIONS ON AGENDA
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swer board concerning the na¬
ture and composition of the
atom.
Mrs. Marie Watts, Savannah,
Mose J. Jackson Elementary
School, and Mrs. Inez White
Milton, Heard’s Grove Elemen-
tary, prepared examples that
demonstrate the principle upon
which simple machines are
based. These machines were
made from used milk cartons.
Mrs. Amanda B. Cooper pre-
pared examples of volcanoes
and small electrical motors and
'
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NMA Meets
In Detroit
August 10-13
DETROIT, Mich—(ANP)
The 64th annual National Med¬
ical Association convention will
be held in Detroit Aug. 10-13
with official headquarters
the Sheraton-GadlUac hotel.
During the convention, con¬
ferences awards will be presen¬
ted to ■ members with standing
of 20 years or more. The “gen¬
eral practitioner of tire year’
award will also be given.
276th Transportation Co.
Field
- rwo j-okmer “Miss Savannah
j gta | es return to alma mater
for instruction at the same time
this summer. With the new |
Price 10c i
ADams 4-3433
“THE CONGRESSWOMAN AND TIIE COSMETOLOGIST
Mrs. Blanche McSmith, Congresswoman from Alaska and Hamil¬
ton Posner of Posner’s Hair Products chat at 50th Annual < \.
A. C. P. Convention. Mr. Posner invited the 49th State to send
a representative to the Beauty Culture Conclave to be held in
New York soon and sponsored by Posner's Products.
Man Hies at Wife’s
Funeral Rites
A night funeral was thrown
into bedlam Wednesday night
when the husband of the per-
; son whose funeral was being
held died suddenly.
The place was Tremont Tem¬
ple Baptist church where the
funeral of Mrs. Ethel Sears was
'being conducted. The pastor,
Rev. J. M. Benton, was out of
the city and Rev. A. E. Hogins
was officiating. The ceremony
hadn't long started and a solo,
‘Farther Along,” was being ren¬
dered when the husband of the
deceased, Willie Sears, collapsed
In his seat. The attending nurse
quickly railed for help to remove
the victim to the rear of the
crowded auditorium where he
was already breathing his last.
He was rushed to the Georgia
Infirmary and pronounced dead.
The funeral ceremony was
cancelled, the casket of Mrs.
Sears was opened for viewing
and then returned to the Sidney
Jones Funeral Home. This mor¬
ning (Thursday) the body was
taken to Hagan, Ga., for burial.
Funeral plans for Mr. Sears
are incomplete and will be an¬
nounced by the Sidney A. Jones
Funeral Home.
Survivors are an adopted
daughter, Mrs. Flossie Kelley of
New York City; a sister, Mrs.
Emma Maxwell of West Palm
Beach, Fla.; two brothers, Joe
arid Charlie Sears; and a sister-
in-law, Mrs. Inez McGhee of
Philadelphia.
$550,000 air conditioned library
n the background, Mrs. Caro¬
lyn Patterson Bell of Mami,
Fla., and Mrs. Henrice Thomas
NUMBER 43
Private Bush Begins
Army Training
FORT JACKSON, S. C.—Priv¬
ate William J. Bush, Jr„ son of
Mr, and Mrs. William J. Bush,
Sr., 911 W. 39ith Street, Savan¬
nah, has been assigned to Com¬
pany B, 15th Battalion, 5ih
Training Regiment, at Ft. Jack-
son, S.C., for eight weeks of
basic combat training. ,
As part of his basic training
he will be taught rifle marks¬
manship under the Army's new
TRAINFIRE program. In
TR A INFIRE, he will learn to
use an M-l rifle by firing at
pop-up targets on terrain which
duplicates combat areas.
He will also be taught drill,
tact* camouflage, military
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Berrien of Rome, Georgia, dis¬
cuss the $5,000,000 building pro¬
gram and rapid progress at
their alma mater.