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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*. Register To Vote Today!! ADaou 4-343* 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 (Continued on page three, 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 i Continued on Page Three 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 ‘UBnttnueri on Diuce Heven i /■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¬ Price 10c ADauuj 4-343* 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 (Continued on Page Seven) 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 Continued on Seven