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Patrolling The
Main Stem
By Brick Mason
BENEFITS: The fact that many
people are retired at the end of
the year makes the first three
months in the new year one of
the busiest periods for social se
curity offices processing retire
ment claims. Social security of
fices do not as a rule employ extra
personnel to more rapidly execute
the processing of such claims so
it is incumbent on the beneficiaries
to help in speeding up its services.
The following observations may be
of help to persons needing to visit
social security offices. Many peo
ple rush to offices on the first
day of the week or postpone the
trip until the last day, therefore
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day would be more convenient.
More seek services in the morning
which makes the afternoon more
available for those who do not
wish to be kept waiting. A tele
phone call before going will give
the prospective retiring worker in
‘ formation as to what records are
necessary as to proof of age or
last lear’s income, possession of
this information will greatly aid
the processing of the claim. —
Widows of wartime veterans who
were denied a pension for 1962 be
cause of excessive estimated in-
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SSC Librarian Research Will
Be Published In Japan
Dr. Joseph H. Reason, Execu
tive Secretary of the Association
of College and Research Libraries,
a Division of the American Lib
rary Association, informed E. J.
Josey, Librarian, Savannah State
College, that “The Secretary Gen
eral of the Japan Library Associa
tion has written us requesting per
mission to translate your article
“The Role of the College Library
Staff In Instruction the Use of
the Library” which appeared in
College and Research Libraries,
November, 1962. The Association
wishes to publish the translation
in its journal Gendai-No Toshokar:
(The Modern Libraries).
Mr. Josey granted permission
for the translation. This article
was the result of research conduct
ed by the Savannah State College
Librarian. Mr. Josey made a sur
vey of 500 university and college
libraries in the United States in
order to ascertain the extent of
instruction in library use in these
institutions. In addition an effort
was made to assess the role of
the library staff in the process.
Tompkins High School Travel Club Makes Tour
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members of the Tompkins High
School Travel Club (11-7 Class)
and their advisor, Mrs. R. W.
LMay, who on last Wednesday
HERALD
Vol. 17
NAACP CELEBRATES LINCOLN DAY;
EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION CENTENNIAL
SAVANNAH HOLDS
OUTSTANDING PROGRAM
Nev/ York—Units of the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People
throughout the country observed
the 154th anniversary of the birth
of Abraham Lincoln, February 12,
and the 54th anniversary of the
founding of the NAACP, with a
series of meetings, conferences,
dinners and radio programs. Spe
cial! emphasis was placed upon
the Centennial of the Emancipation
Proclamation.
Branches in more than 100 com
munities presented a radio pro
gram, featuring NAACP Executive
Secretary Roy Wilkins and the
Civil War historian, Bruce Catton,
in a discussion of the impact and
significance of the Emancipation
in this Centennial year.
In Washington, so many top
NAACP officials attended Presi
dent Kennedy’s White House re
ception commemorating the Great
Savannahian Among Superior Students
In Honors Program at Fisk University
A new venture in liberal educa
tion at Fisk University is their
recently devised honors program
for superior students, who are de
scribed as persons of unusual
scholastic ability and achievement,
and whose potentialities are sub
stantially greater than those of
average students.
Since these students constitute
a sizable group in the college
population, there had prevailed
strong feelings that their common
needs should be given special rec
ognition in planning the total edu
cational program of the college. As
a result the honors program was
instituted, administered by a Uni
versity Honors Committee and a
director.
The above picture shows stand
ing: Ronald Walters, a senior from
Wichita, Kansas who has the at
tention of some of the students
who are participating in the
Honors Program. Reading clock
wise seated at the table are: Boni-
boarded a trailways bus for a
round of visits to historical points,
of Savannah.
Telfair Academy of Arts and
Sciences was the first stop on
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1963
Emancipator that one reporter said
it “could easily have been an
NAACP convention.”
In his radio remarks Mr. Wil
kins said that much of the pro
gress made during the past cen
tury stemmed directly from
NAACP efforts. “The NAACP,”
he said, “has been a major influ
ence in achieving progress. It
has helped to awaken the courts
and to cry out to the conscience of
white America, all of which have
been factors in bringing us to this
day when, to be sure, we haven’t
attained our goal, but are measur
ably nearer to it than we were
50 years ago.”
WILLIE LUDDEN, NAACP
STAFFER, ARRESTED
Tifton, Ga.—Willie Ludden, Jr.,
newly apponited NAACP youth
field secretary was arrested here
this week on charges of trespres
sing and refusing to obey an of
ficer who ordered him to a Jim
Crowe service window.
Mr. Ludden refused to go to the
window marked “colored” when
he ordered a sandwich and soda
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face Tibigrambirwa, junior, Ki
gezi, Uganda; Aubry Douglas,
sophomore, Houston, Texas; Kath
erine Lee, senior, Normal, Ala
bama; Harold Jordan, sophomore.
Chicago, Illinois; Thomas McKeel,
sophomore, Pine Bluff, Arkanses;
Chrales Harshaw, early entrant.
Greensboro, North Carolina; Leo
Hale, senior, Milan, Tennessee;
Barbara Brown, junior, Chicago,
their itinerary. A tour was made
of the historical squares on Bull
Street, after which Fort Pulaski
was visited and proved to be most
interesting. Here students pur-
In Savannah, Georgia, the prin
cipal speaker at the anniversary
celebration on February 10 was
Dr. Allan Knight Chalmers, presi
dent of the NAACP Legal Defense
and Educational Fund, who report
ed on his successful efforts in
bringing Negro and white clergy
man together in Mississippi and
getting them to condemn the State
Sovereignty Commission and the
White Citizens Council. W. W.
Law, president of the branch, pre
sided and paid tribute to' the work
of deceased leaders of the branch.
Similar programs were held in
Detroit, Brooklyn, Louisville, and
Hyannis, Mass.
from the local Dairy Maid Rest
aurant. He is the same Willie
Ludden, who figured prominently
in Sit-In demonstrations in Sa
vannah, Georgia in 1960.
“The attendant told me that if
I wanted to be served, I would
have to go around to the side
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Illinois; Donzell Johnson, senior,
Shreveport, Louisiana; Lonnie
Norris, junior, Houston, Texas;
Frances Johnson, junior, Rich
mond, Virginia; William Alexan
der, senior, Louisville, Kentucky;
Patricia Grant, senior. Savannah,
Georgia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Grant of East Henry
Street.
chased cards, books, souvenirs and
copies of the Constitution of the
United States. The entire tour
was educational, as well as enjoy
able.
Number 3&
Attends White
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House Reception ; '
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Judge Sidney A. Jones
Judge Sidney A. Jones. Jr., of
the Municipal Court of Chicago,
and Mrs Jones left Chicago Mon
day for Washington, D. C. They
were invited by President and Mrs.
Kennedy to a Reception in the
White House on February 12th on
the occasion of the Centennial of
the Emancipation Proclamation.
Judge and Mrs. Jones, in addi
tion i,o attending the Reception at
the White House, are spending the
entire week in Washington to at
tend other official and social ac—
tivities in connection with the Cen
tennial Celebration. j
Elks Make Plans
For State Meet
In Augusta 1 *
By E. E. Greene. Sr. J
Exalted Ruler Lucious Ross and
Sgt. Ruler Lula Johnson made
plans for the State Convention in
a committee meeting. The Ora- y
toricai: contest will be held Slinks,
day. March 31st. Contestants wall >
be featured from Beach High^.
Tompkins High, Sol C. Johnson- «.
and St. Pius X High Schools. This
contest promises to be one of the
best in history.
A band from one of the high\»
schools will represent Savannah 1
in the State parade in Augusta./'
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Afterwards the group dined at I
the Savannah State College. Willie (
Mae Lovett is president of the
elm; J E,. Luten, principal. •
Photo by Sam Williams
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