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Father GaO To Celebrate
Twenty-fifth Anniversary
Rev. Father A. J. Gall, of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, West 36th
Street will celebrate his twenty-fifth Anniversary of his Ordination
to the priest-hood Sunday, May 5, 1946.
The jubilarian will sung the
Solemn High Mass at 11:00 A. M.
in the Parish Church.
The Rev. Father A. J. Laube of
St. Mary’s Church, Charleston, S.
C.. former pastor of the Imma
culate Conception Church, in Au
gusta, will serve as deacon. Rev.
Father Joseph Feeley, S. M. A.
Pastor of St. Benedicts, Savannah,
Ga. will be sub-deacon.
The Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara
D.D., J.U.D., Bishop of Savannah-
Atlanta will preside and preach
the sermon.
The Jublilarian a native of
Storm Lake, lowa, left this coun
try at the age of six to ^o to
ALare France, the native land of
his parents. There he finished
grammar school—geruau and at
the age of 13 he left for Keer-lez,
Maestrirh, Holland where he be
gan to study, Frenhh Latin, Greek
as he was preparing himself for
the Priest-Lord. He is also fa
miliar with the Alsatian dialert
the Mother Tongue of his parents.
The first World War kept him
from going back to France for
six long years. He finished his
summary in Lyons France, where
he was ordained a Priest in 1921,
then his superior appointed k’m a
teacher of language at Clermont,
Ferrand France, where he occupi
ed that post for seven years. He
served in the same capacity at a
college in Hagueuau near Strass
burg France. Sent back by his
superior to his native land to do
mission work among colored, he
started out in Augusta. Georgia,
under the direction of Rev. Father
A. J. Laube, acting then as pastor
of the Immaculate Conception
Church on ‘ St., Augusta
Ga. Two years later saw him
appointed pastor of St. Mary’s
Church, Savannah, Georgia, where
he has been under his kindness,
leadership, he endeared himself to
the people. The Church and school
has grown tremendously.
One of the finest examples of
missionary work is being done by
the Reverend Father A. J. Gall,
S.M.A. the guiding light and pas-
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Solicitor Ryan And Speakers At The Elks Convention
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2 Registrars Fined
For Deflying U. S.
Vote Edict
Washington, N. C.—A federal
I jury convicted two white North
■ Carolina vote registrars here last
week for refusing to allow quali
fied Negro citizens to register for
primary elections in defiance of
the U. S. Department of Justice’s
‘ recent equal vote-rights edict,
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Fined $25 each following convic
| tion were J. H. Brown of Ply
; mouth Township, N. C., and Rob
ert L. Lewis of Lee’s Mill Town
' ship, N. C. The fines, levied by
■ Federal Judge Don Gilliam, con-
I stitute the first known action to
be taken in line with U. S. At-
I torney General Tom Clark’s re
; cent order to criminally prosecute
• persons responsible for denying
[ the right to vote to qualified
! citizens.
The convictions were regarded
by Negroes here as indicative of
removal of the last barrier in the
fight to secure better educational
facilities for Negro children and
an equitable share of public funds.
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY, MAA’ 1. 1946
Savannah Greets Elks
Appointed Chief Of
Minority Groups
Washington, D. C. (NNPA) —
Mrs. Thomasina Johnson, lobbyist
for the Alpha Kappa Alpha Non-
Partisan Council, has been ap
pointed chief of the minority
groups section in the United States
Employment Service, the Labor
Department announced last Wed
nesday.
The post pays a salary of $7,-
175 a year, which makes Mrs.
Johnson the highest paid colored
woman holding a federal govern
ment job.
A graduate of the Unievrsity of
Pennsylvania. Mrs. Johnson was a
field representative of the Boston
Housing Authority from 1940 to
1942 and worked in the Democratic
headquarters in New York City in
the presidential election of 1944.
She also has done graduate work
at Boston University and Har
vard.
She succeeds Benjamin Wilson,
of Indiana, who resigned April 1
to resume his law practice.
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Miss Gloria Demby, of Clarks
burg, W. Va., junior at Fisk Uni
versity, who will take the part of
Toinette Lachaude in “W an g a
Doll,” special Stagecrafters’ pre
sentation Saturday, April 27, at
2:30 p.m. in the Little Theatre,
for the Fisk 17th annual Festival
of Music and Art, April 25-27.
Booker T. Washington High
School Wins Oratorical Contest
Jesse W. Griffin Elected State President
Savannah, April 28—A very appriciative crowd witnessed the
annual parade that attracted delegates from all sections of Georgia.
The Honorable Andrew J. Ryan, Jr., Solicitor General, pro tern
delivered a very inspiring welcome address as an official representative
of the city at the Second Baptist Church. Mr. Ryan clarly exclaimed
that the spirit of brotherly love is the foundation stone upon which
the Elks Organization is built-
The Rev. R. W.. Babgy served
as the Master of Ceremonies, Rev.
L. L. Scott gave the invocation.
Other welcome addresses were
given by Mr. J. W. Marks, rep
resenting the Weldon Lodge; Mrs.
Ralph Mark Gilbert, Elite Temple.
Dr. E. M. Calhoun, president of
the State Elks Association gave
the response. An educational talk
was given by Mr. Edward Green,
State Educational Director. Elite
Temple Chorus and Secosd Baptist
Choir gave the vocal renditions.
The various speakers echoed the
sentiment of American citizens by
giving a concise but most interest
ing talks that depicted the role
the Elks play in lives of all citi
zens in the intensified programs
that this distinguished organiza
tion has fostered all through the
years.
Jesse W. Griffin of Atlanta,
Georgia, prominent Catholic lead
er, vice president of the Catholic
State Laymen Association, wel.
known in civic and political cir
cles in the state, former first
vice president of State Elks, was
elected president.
Mr. Griffin should make a very
fine president due to his many
years of training and experiences.
There is no question about his
ability to lead. Other officers
elected are: Thomas B. Hooper,
first vice president, Macon; Mose
Brazell, second vice president,
Vidalia; P. S. Peacock, third vice
president, Dublin; E. B. Nichols,
Treasurer, Agusta; J. S. Delware,
Financial Secretary, Savannah;
Ed Carvest, Corresponding Secre
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Howard Univ. Signs
Union Contract
Washington, D. C. (NNPA) —A
contract governing wages and
hours of employees of Howard
University, teaching and non
teaching, has been signed between
the university and Local 10, Unit
ed Federal Workers of America,
an affiliate of the Congress of
Industrial Organizations, repre
senting the employees, it was an
nounced last Saturday.
The contract, the first of its
type entered into by any univer
sity in the Washington area, also
provides for union dues checkoff,
impartial arbitration in cases of
dispute, and maintenance of mem
bership.
The contract was signed for the
university by Dr. Mordecai W.
Johnson, president, James M.
Nabrit, Jr., secretary, and V. D.
Johnson, treasurer. And for the
union: Dr. Joseph L. Johnson,
chairman of the branch, Miss
Dorothy Bailey, president of Local
10, and MHiss Peggy Dudley, ne
gotiations committee chairman of
, the local.
King Addresses
Civic League
Tallahassee, Fla.—C o r n e.l iu s
King, assistant to the Governor
of the Farm Credit Administra
tion, delivered the principal ad
' dress, Thursday evening, when tha
iA. & M. College entertained the
| Tallahassee Civic League at a
banquet in the College Commons.
The speaker stressed the im
portance of the co-operative move
ment—now being employed so suc
cessfully by low income grougs,
throughout the world in the
struggle for a better economic
statue for the Negroes of Talla
hassee. Citing examples of co
operative effort in buying and in
marketing by grougs in other
communities, Mr. King concluded,
“We must adopt the slogan, “One
for all; All for one.” So long as
7very man is for himself alone,
we are weak; but if we pool our
resources, we are strong.”
Delivering the welcome address
on behalf of the college, Dr.
William H. Gray, Jr., commended
the Civic League for its work in
the Tallahassee area and invited
the group to return to the col
lege for its annual banquet next
year.
Mr. William A. Morris, local
manager of the Afro-American
• Life Insurance ComfTany, was
elected president of the League
for the sixth time. Mr. E. A.
Pottsdamer, treasurer, and other
officers were re-elected.
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Dr. Edward N. Palmer, as
sistant professor of Swinlogy,
Fisk University, will speak on
“Culture Contracts and Populat
ion Growth” at a seminar Friday,
April 26, at 10 a.m. in the Fisk
Social Science building, in con
nection with the 17th annual Fes
tival of Music and Art, to be held
April 25-27 there.
Dr. Palmer received his Mas
ters and Doctors degrees from the
University of Michigan, and is the
author of articles in a number of
sociological journals.
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