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Patrolling The
Main Stem
By BRICK MASON
FOUNDATION: A Har 1 e m
foundation to help what he de
scribed as New York’s “Island of
Neglect” has been set up by Re
presentatives Adam Clayton
Powell. It will be called, The
Adam Clayton Powell Foundation,
in memory of his father, former
pastor of Abbyssinia Baptist
Church, who died in 1953. The
Foundation occupies three build
ings on Harlem’s 137th Street
formerly housed a branch of the
YMCA. The function of the “Y”
will still be carried on by the
Foundation which will make fin
ancial grants to charitable, edu
cational and religious organiza
tions aiding underprivileged peo
ple. The Congressman is report
ed to have started the Foundation
due to the indifference of indivi
duals and organizations to giv*
any assistance to underprivileged
in that area of the city. The
grants to be made by the Founda
tion will be announced in the near
future by the board of trustees.
Rumors that the Democratic Con
gressman would not seek re-elec
tion has been put down by him in
stating that he would definitely
be a candidate to succeed himself.
THE STEMWINDER SAYS:
“Some people feel bad when they
feel good for fear they’ll feel
worse when they feel better.”
SEGREGATION: The Mandate
of the NAACP at its last conven
tion to “proceed in the most ef
fective way against segregated
schools in the North according to
the conditions discovered” has un
covered school segregation in 23
northern cities. School boards in
each case have already been ap
proached to change policies and
in some areas court action have be
gun. Suggested methods for end
ing segregation in some schools
include rezoning, redistribution of
grades among schools, avoidance
of segregation areas in choosing
new sites, permissive transfers of
pupils and immediate effort to im-
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SIGMA AWARDS COMMITTEE: Left to right — Mrs. Mary Bailey,
Mrs. Anne K. Jordan and Mrs. Margaret G. Caution, Chairman. Mrs.
Lusy G. Solomon is absent from the picture because of illness.
Alpha lota Sigma Chapter of
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, last
week named Mrs. Anne K. Jor
dan “Sigma of the Year.” Mrs.
Jordan is a graduate of Howard
University, has done graduate
work at Catholic University of
America, also Howard University,
and work in Special Education at
Savannah State College.
HERALD
Vol. 16
Crusade For Voters Observes
Annual Citizenship Week
Receives Fifty
Year Service Pin
Uli lilt
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Mr. James F. Cole Sr. of 719
West 44th Street, was held in
esteem last week by Mr. John
Smith, president of the Seaboard
Airline Railroad Company.
Mr. Cole was the recipient of
a Gold, diamond centered pin for
fifty years of loyal and efficient
services.
His family and friends are very
proud of him and hopes that he
will wear his pin for many years
to come.
Mr. Cole, a fireman with the
Seaboard Railroad Company, is
the devoted husband of Mrs. Bell
Cole, the beloved father of Mrs.
Carrye C. Roberts, a teacher who
is employed in the local school
system, Mr. James F. Cole Jr., a
teacher of Columbus, Ga.
He is a communicant of Asbury
Methodist Church and a member
of the Century Club of the
Y.M.C.A.
Th eaward winner is a dedicat
ed Sigma, having worked untir
ingly during the past year to fur
ther the program of Sigma in Sa
vannah. She is Basileus of Alpha
lota Sigma Chapter, a leader of
the Georgia Core Council of the
sorority, and has served as general
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1962
Hosea L. Williams, President of
the Chatham County Crusade for
Voters announces the Voted-Reg
istration Organization’s obser
vance of its Annual Citizenship
Week from February 18 through
February 25. All of the ministers
in Chatham County have pledged
to deliver Good Citizenship Ser
mons to their congregations Feb
ruary 18 or 25. All organiza
tions and citizens are being ask
ed to observe the value of Good
Citizenship during the Chatham
County Crusade for Voters’
Citizenship Week.
The Crusade for Voters will
hold its Annual County meeting
Thursday night, March 1, 1961 at
Butler Presbyterian Church, West
Victory and Burroughs at 8:00
P.M. sharp. The president will
make the Annual Report which
will include our political gains and
losses, broken promises and com
plete neglect of the Negro com
munity by the present County
Commissioners, interviewing of
the Candidates and Parties in the
"Fashionette”, Alpha’s Yearly Project
Presented Friday Night
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Soror Katie Williams
Chairman
Gamma Sigma Omega Chapter
of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,
Inc. will present Fashionette on
Friday night, February 23, at
Flamingo Ballroom. Soror Katie
Williams, Chairman and Soror
Kathleen Thomas, Co-Chairman
have made final plans and assure
you that this will be one of the
most beautiful spring shows held.
Savannah’s most charming
young ladies will model spring
fashions from Joseph’s Women’s
Apparel and our handsome men
will parade the latest in clothing
for men from Men’s Quality Shop.
The five very lovely contestants
will wear fashions from Teens and
Juniors. To complete the ladies
accessories Buddy Dale’s Hat Shop
will top the ladies with hats.
The beautiful couiffeurs will be
styled by Myers Beauty Shop, M’-
Lady Stylon and Pea Fowl’s
Beauty Salon. Flowers will be on
display from the Little Flower
Shop.
After the show you will dance
to the music of the Metrones.
coming election, possibility of a
Negro candidate being elected in
the coming city election and get
ting out the VOTE in May and also
a Summary of the workings of
our 1961-62 State Legislators.
This can be a banner year for
the freedom of Negroes in this
county but we must stick together.
The Crusade for Voters will have
to work twice as hard and our
expenses will be much higher.
Every organization and believer of
Good-Citizenship are being asked
for their financial contribution to
the Crusade for Voters. Call AD
3-8127 or drop by our office at
416 West Park Avenue. All checks
should be made payable to Chat
ham County Crusade for Voters.
The Executive Board of the
CCCV voted to Charter the CCCV
as a Non-Partisan Voter-Registra
tion and Education, Non-Profit
Organization. A year after re
ceiving the Charter, the organiza
tion will seek tax exempted status.
The CCCV is asking every citizen
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Soror Kathleen Thomas
Co-Chairman
Proceeds from the project will go
to the Greenbrier Foundation and
for scholarships. The big ques
tion now is who will wear the
crown “Miss Fashionette” 1962?
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PEACE CORPS TRAINEES— Robert Hadley, of Thomasville, Georgia,
and Miss Priscilla Thorsrud, of Fontana, California, Peace Corps
Volunteer candidates, chat with Dr. Benjamin Mays, President of At
lanta’s Morehouse College, at the National 4-H Foundation Center, in
Washington, D. C. Hadley and Miss Thorsrud are part of 53-member
group of trainees preparing for Peace Corps service in Brazil. Dr.
Mays is a member of the Peace Corps National Advisory Council.
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Scholarship
Winner
&
Miss Pearl Snowden
Miss Pearl Snowden, senior of
Sol C. Johnson High School xVas
the winner of the scholarship oif
Kuder Preference Record given
recently to 26 high school seniors
by the lota Phi Lambda Sorority,
Inc. New Chapter. Seniors of
A. E. Beach, Sol C. Johnson and
Tompkins completed.
Miss Snowden will also compete
in lota Phi Lambda’s national
scholarship representing Nu Chap
ter. This competition offers a
one thousand dollar scholarship to
the winner. Mesdames Thelma
Lee, president of Nu Chapter; Vir
ginia Floyd and Hosie M. Ses
soms, chairman of the Educational
Committee.
Dentists Return
From Mid-
Winter Clinic
Doctors Philip W. Cooper, Sid
ney J. Redden, and J. Wilmette
Wilson attended the Chicago Mid
winter Clinic which was held at
the Conrad Hilton Hotel in
Chicago, Illinois, from February
18 through February 21st. There
they learned new methods and
techniques in dentistry along with
1,500 other dentists.
■ Dr. S. J. Redden also attended
a short course in Oral Surgery at
the University of Illinois which
began February 16th.
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