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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
VUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXVIII
Chatham Dental Society to
Meet in Brunswick,
DU. JOHN B. BOYD, JR.
The Chatham Dental Society,
Dr. J. Clinton Wilkes of Bruns¬
wick, president, will be host to
the Georgia State Dental Society’s
annual meeting- June 12-15 at Jek-
yll Island, Brunswick, Ga.
The Society’s state president,
Dr. J. W. Jamerson, Jr., and his
staff of officers have a good sci¬
entific program arranged for the
occasion. The guest clinician
Monday, June 13, will be Dr.
John K. Boyd, Jr., instructor
prosthetic dentistry, Howard
versity College of Dentistry.
The guest clinician Tuesday,
June 14, will be Dr. Harold
S. C. LEADERS
The 12th N.A.A.C.P.
afternoon meeting was held
Sunday at Bethlehem
Church. For 12 long weeks
gro citizens of Savannah
been attending these mass
ings by the thousands to
the movement to end
here in Savannah.
As the 1800 persons filled
lehem Baptist Church, there
a ray of hope present. This
of hope stemmed from the
exoneration of the Rev.
Luther King, Jr., by an all-white
Alabama male jury, the recent end
of segregation at lunch counters'in
Winston-Salem, N.C., and the re¬
cent resignation of the 40 mem¬
bers at Vanderbilt University in
Girl Scout
Receives Campership
ESSIE MAE WIMBERLY
Tlie Girl Scout Council of ?>a
vannah, Georgia, Inc. awarded twi
camperships to scouts in tin
Mamie Williams District. ' Essii
Mae Wimberly who sold the great
est number of boxes of cookies ii
the girl scout annual cookie salt
■will spend two weeks July 1 ti
1211. at Camp Douglas Long, Nort!
Carolina. She is a member oi
Troop No. 83 and Mrs. R. G.
Delaware is the leader of the troop
Willie Mae Shields, who was tin
runner-up will receive tuition foi
one week at the Mamie Williams
Day Camp O’Hara July ll-15th
Willie Mae is a member of troop
No. 75. , , asm*.
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To Vote
Today!!
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DR. HAROLD S. FLEMING
Fleming, professor of research,
Howard University College of
Dentistry.
There are many social activi¬
ties that have been planned for
the members of the Society and
their guests. This will be one
of the most interesting annual
meetings as we will be honored
to have present the first president
of the Georgia Dental Society, Dr.
J. W. Jamerson, Sr.
This year Dr. J. W. Jamerson,
Jr., the president of the State
Dental Society, extends a hearty
welcome to all to be present June
12-15 at Jekyll Island.
protest of the expulsion of
James M. Lawson, a Negro
ity student at Vanderbilt, All
the foregoing events give
to the efforts of the Negro in
vannah.
VV. W. haw opened the
with the singing of the hymn,
Shall Not Be Moved.” The
L. S. Stell, Jr., welcomed the
to his church and received
derous applause when he
“The bridge that we have
has tumbled down and there
be no turning hack. We will
in our fight for full
He urged the public’s
I at the mass meetings because
| is the only means of becoming
formed.
Elected Delegate to
N. E. A. Convention
LEON DINGLE
Leon Dingle, principal of
voke High School of
'eorgia, was recently elected
ie Unit Presidents and
■f 17 counties in Georgia to
resent District II of the
t the N.E.A. Convention
■otiveties in Los Angeles,
ia, June 20 thru July 1.
Mr. Dingle is a product of
n al schools of Savannah and
Savannah State College. He
me advance study at
Tniveryjty and earned the
ter’s Degree from New York
ersity. He hus spent 4 years
he military service.
He is a trustee of the
fiii-an Baptist Church where
erves as assistant
of the Sunday School.
He serves as' secretary of
Elementary Principals of the
of Georgia and as
of the Bryan County Teachers
ociation. lie is a Boy Scout
litteeman.
The twelve years that Mr.
rle has spent as principal of
broke High School have won
many friends among both
He is well thought of throughout
this section of Georgia.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, JUNE II, 19U0
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ANP) —
Rev. James Lawson, Jr., was in
Boston this week preparing to earn
his bachelor of divinity degree at
Boston University, leaving behind
him, here, the wreckage of Van¬
derbilt University’s top-ranking
divinity school.
But Lawson, central figure of a
bitter controversy which has led
to the resignation of 11. Vander¬
bilt professors, including J, Rob¬
ert Nelson, divinity School dean,
said upon leaving that he'd be
back here.
“I WILL RECEIVE the bach¬
elor of divinity degree at the end
of the summer session,” said Law-
son. “I expect to be back in
Nashville by the middle of Au¬
gust as pastor of a Methodist
Church.”
The. governing officials of the
Methodist Church are yet to se¬
lect his church, he said.
Commenting on the refusal of
Chancellor Harvie Branscomfc and
the board of trustees to readmit
him, Lawson said:
‘‘I hold nothing against them.
But I think it is unfortunate that
a great university is behind in
its culture and its own commu¬
nity. A great university should
point the way.”
Lawson said his role in Nash-
ville when he returns will be pret¬
ty much the same as in the past,
with the exception Ire will have
specific duties for a congregation,
Another Vanderbilt divinity
school professor resigned late last
week in protest of the university’s
refusal to readmit Rev. Lawson, a
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The Rev. E. U. Roper led the
devotions. Several of the fa¬
miliar hymns of the* church were
sung, interspersed with a prayer
for freedom. Mrs. Muble Dawson
and Larry McDuffy presented a
candle tree loaded with money for
the movement from the Rose Bud
and Johnson Singers. In her pres¬
Scenes From Savannah State College Baccalaureate and Alumni Activities
1. Dr. W. K. Payne as he introduces the speaker at the 83rd baccalaureate service at Savannah State College; 2. The line of march at, the 83rd baccalaureate service at the College; 3. Rev.
Edgar P. Quarterman, pastor, Second Baptist Church, Savannah, as he addresses the graduating class at the 83rd baccalaureate service at the College; 4. Wiilie B. Lester, president of the grad¬
uating class of June, 1900 as he addresses the Savannah State College faculty and the class of 00 at the Senior Brunch sponsored by the Department of Student Personnel; 5. Scene from the
Senior Brunch sponsored by the Department of Student Personnel; 6. John W. Lawton, president of the Georgia Teachers and Education Association and Principal, Willow-Hill High School,
Statesboro, Georgia as he speaks at the National Alumni Meeting at Savannah State College; 7. Mr. and Mrs. John H Law, Sr., are -hmvn at the National Alumni meeting. Mrs. Law
oldest, living SSC alumni. Sue was honored at lire banquet; s. W. II. McBride, (standing) vice president, of the Savannah State College National Alumni Association. He was toastmaster
at the National banquet.
Dr. James L. Sykes died un¬
expectedly Monday morning.
June 6, at his residence, 1313
Gilbert strteet, Thunderbolt.
His wife, Mrs. Dorothy Han¬
nah Sykes, and two friends
were at his bedside.
Mrs. Sykes, a public school
teacher, states that she did not
go to school Monday as Dr.
Sykes had been complaining of
not feeling well over the week
end. Monday morning he slept
unusually late and after sev¬
eral unsuccessful attempts to
arouse him she called a physi¬
cian. Dr. Sykes never awak¬
ened and was pronounced dead
around 11 a. m.
An autopsy was held to de¬
termine the cause of death. At
press time no report had been
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entation, Mrs. Dawson indicated
that the significance of the Can¬
dle Tree can be seen in the slo¬
gan, “if everyone lights just one
little candle, what a great world
this would be.”
Cody Thomas, chairman of the
special transportation committee,
ContinueiT on Page Three
AGAIN?
Staff Named For
Girl Scout Camp
Georga Williams, chairman
the Mamie Williams Day
Committee, announces the staff
the day camp.
Unit leaders and counselors
Mrs. Olga Camper, Mrs.
Mae Chapman, Miss Barbara
ments, Mrs. Rose Vann, Mrs.
Ellison, Miss Sallie Moore,
Carolyn Manigo, and Miss
cilla Moore.
Nurse, Miss Rosa L.
business manager, Mrs. Sadie
Jason; waterfront director,
ard Thomas.
Mrs. Vera B. Jordan,
director, will serve as day
director.
The day camp will be at
O’Hara, July 11-22. The
week session (July 11-15) is
Brownies, intermediates and
iors. The second week
(July 18-22) is for
and seniors only. The cost
either session is $4.00 for
Scouts and $4.50 for
You may register at the Girl
branch office, 1214% West
Street, during the week of
27th, between the hours of 10
12 noon, and 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
SSC Library Presents
Art Exhibition
Paintings by members of
fessor Philip Hampton’s
Color and Painting classes
on display in the Seminar
of the College Library.
The exhibition includes
works of three prominent art
thusiasts of the community,
Ernestine Bertrand, Mrs.
M. Jason and Mrs. Maty B.
Dew. These ladies have
studying Water Color under
Hampton.
The works of Henry Balloon
Miss Roberta Polite,
seniors, and Carl W. Moore,
freshmen, are also on display.
Two abstract paintings by
Bertram! and Miss Polite are
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/■JUST IN BALTIMORE
Elizabeth Murphy Phillips,
who was sworn in ns member
the Baltimore School Hoard
Monday by Mayor J.
Grady, is shown here with
three school age children,
President Bill
WASHINGTON, I Ml. (AGNS)
The Nation’s Capital moved a
little closer to getting its first
Negro statue hist week when Pres¬
ident Eisenhower signed into law
a hill authorizing the National
Council of Negro Women to erect
a memorial honoring its founder,
a Mary McLeod Bethune.
The President's action on the
joint resolution gave new impe¬
tus to the Council’s plaits to hontfr
their founder with a Freedom me¬
morial and a Center for the ar¬
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11; Benjamin, (i, and Rachael, 4.
Mrs. Phillips is the first colored
woman to serve on the Board and
the youngest member of the nine-
member unit. She is assistant to
the president of the Afro-Ameri¬
can Company.
and activities of Negro
In recent months many national
have been working for the
of the bill. Foremost
them has been Congress-
Fiances P. Bolton (R-
who described tho Coun¬
plans as “a moment of great
in tho history of man¬
progress toward social jus¬
The Council is comprised
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NUMBER 30
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (ANP) —
A 'question left hanging hr the
surprise acquittal of Rev. Mar¬
tin Luther King, Jr., here last
week is whether he will have to
face tiial again.
King’s first, trial was on part
one of a two-count indictment and
involved his state income tax re¬
turns for l!t5(i. The question of
what the state will do aliout
charges involving King’s 1058 tax
returns hasn’t been answered.
A tty. Chauncey Eskridge who
along with Atty. W. Robert Ming
represented the Atlanta minister
in the trial said in Chicago hi
week that a hearing on the <■<•-
ond Count in the indictment v < ;
originally scheduled for the July
court term.
‘‘We, can presume,” hi . a id,
“that the case will go on a eh li¬
nk'd unless we receive word to
the contrary.”
There was speculation here that
since the all-white, all-male jo' V
thought so little of the Mate's
charges that it acquitted King, the
whole matter might he dropped.
However, there has been no of¬
ficial announcement here that
would indicate this.
Reaction to the verdict that
stunned the court when it wn
announced late last week came
quickly.
Southern papers were quick to
point out that the King verdict
was proof that a Negro can get
a fair trial in a Dixie court.
In fact, King himself echoed a
similar sentiment when he said:
“This was Alabama’s opportu¬
nity to say to the. nation and to
the world that a Negro can get
a just trial in the state and the
jury demonstrated this in a note
worthy manner.”
The day after his Saturday ac¬
quittal, King faced the Sunday
morning congregation at Ebenczer
Baptist Church in Atlanta w! ■ •
he is associate pastor, and said
that he was convinced all along
that he was innocent of the Ala¬
bama charges, but “1 never knew
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