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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-07-21

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Morning Worship 7:45 p. m. Evan
gelistic Service Tuesday, 8 D. m,
Bible Study Thursday, 8 p. m,
Prayer Service.
AURORA DAVIS LUTHERAN
PARISH. Rev. George c. Weirick,
pastor. st. Pauls, Aurora-930 a
m, Sunday School. 10:45 a. m,
Worship. st. Johns Church, Davis
10 a. m, Sunday School. 7:3O p
m, Worship. Mt. OliVet, Lantz
Ridges a. m, Worship. 10 a. m,
Sunday School Centennial Church,
Stemple Ridge, Saturday, p. m.
Sermon; Sunday, Sunday School,
$3.50 a. IN.
MT. LAKE PARK METHODIST,
Rev. Randall Prince, pastor. Bethel
-915 a. m, Sunday School. 1910
a. m, Worship. 7:30 p M. Special
Bride and Groom service. July 25,
ZOO p NJ Youth Fellowship. White
Churchill a. m, Church School
1120 a. m, Morning Worship
500 p. m, Youth Fellowship
kurtz Chapel-10:30 q. m. Church
School. Evening worship, first and
third Sundays at p. m.
MT. LAKE BAPTIST, Rev. w. c.
Rogers, pastor. 10 a. m, Bible
School Preaching services: 1st
Sunday. followed by Communion,
and 3rd Sunday. IL a. m. End and
4th Sundays. 8 p. m. 5th Sundays,
rtnnial EnFnAaIa
10 a. m, Bible School. Preaching
services at II a. m. End, 4th and
5th Sundays. Services are on day
light saving time.
ZION LUTHERAN, Accident, c.
F. Dauphin, pastor. $3.50 a m, Sun
day School. 1870 a. M, Worship.
MT. BETHEL AND SWANTON
E. U. g., Rev. Erwin Fike pastor.
Mt Bethel-10 a. m, Sunday school,
IL a. m, Worship. First and third
Sundays. Swanton-10 a M, Sun
day school. II a. m, Worship Serv-
ice, secand and fourth Sundays
First and third 7:45 p. m Youth
Fellowship, 700 p. m. Prayer serv-
ice, 7:30 p. m, Thursday.
EVANSVILLE LUTHERAN
Rev. G. E BowersOX, Jr., pastor.
GAS a. m, Sunday School. IL a. M,
Worship service.
ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN, Red
House. Rev. William A. Rem, pas
tor 900 a m, Early service 9:45 a.
m, Sunday School. II a. M, Wor-
ship service. Nursery facilities for
service in social room.
UNION HOLMES TABER-
NACLE.-Services each Tuesday
and Saturday night, at 7:45.
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BITTlNcER Ev. LUTHERAN

PARISH, Rev. James M. Allan,
pastor. Zion, Jennings-9:3O a. M.
Service. Sermon: The Christian
Charter. l0:45 a. M, Sunday
Church School Emmanuel, Bit
finger $50 a. M, Sunday Church
School. 10:45 a. m, the. Service.
St. Johns, Meadow Mountain:
HOO a. m. Sunday Church School.
1900 Noon, the Service.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-07-21
M:1AIiAI5.LIiIG For

Background Scripture: ? Kings "a 20b
-25:2i: jeremiah 30 1--39:14
Devotional Reading: 2 Chronicles sc:
1920
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-07-21
MT. BETHEL AND sWANToN

EVANSVILLE LUTHERAN
Rev. G. E. BowersoX, Jr., pastor.
GAS a. m, Sunday School. IL a. M,
Worship service.
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BEAR CREEK CHURCH OF THE

BRETHREN, Accident, Rev. Con-
nell CLANCY, minister. $50 a m,
Church School. 10:45 a. m, Morn
ing Worship. Oak GroVe-10 "a M,
Church School. 8 p. M, Evening
Worship. 8 p. m, Wednesday,
Prayer service and Bible study.
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UNITED PENTEcosTAL. Sang

UNITED PENTEcosTAL, Sang
Run. Rev. Ralph Jacks, pastor
10 a M, Sunday School. 7:45 p. M,
Evangelistic service with special
singing. 7:45 p. m, Wednesday,
Young Peoples program followed
with Bible study. GIendale-11:30 "a
m, Sunday School. 7:45 p. M, Fri
day, Worship service with preach
ing
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-07-21

ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN, Red
House. Rev. William A. Rem, pas
tor. 900 a m, Early service 9:45 a
m, Sunday School. II a M, Wor-
ship service. Nursery facilities for
service in social room. ,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-07-21

ST. PAUL's METHODIST. Rev
w. s. Patterson, minister. $50 a m,
Sunday School. 1890 a. m, Nursery
for little children. 10:45 a. m.
Morning Worship Sermon by the
minister. Anthem by the choir, Il
will Lift Up Mine Eyes by Leslie
Watson.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-07-21

UNITED PENTECOsTAL, Oak
land. Rev B. R. Wendell, pastor
10 a. m, Sunday School. 500 p m,
Evangelistic service. Tuesday, s p.
m, Young Peoples service. Thurs
day 8 p. m, Bible Study. Keyser
w. Va. Sunday, 200 p. m Wednes-
day, 1880 p. m. Praise and worship.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-07-21

CHURCH OF ST. PETER THE
APOSTLE, Rev. FIR. Michael X.
Carney, pastor Masses Sunday, 8
and 10 a. m. Confessions Saturday,
to 6 p. m, and 1870 to $50; Sunday
mornings before each mass.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-07-21

CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN,
Grantsville, j. w. Whitacre, pastor
Maple Grove 10 a. m, Sunday
School. II a. M, Worship. Friday,
8 p. m, closing program of Bible
School.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-07-21

UNION HOLM SS TABER-
NACLE.-Services each Tuesday
and Saturday night, at 7:45.
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CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE,
Eighth Street, Oakland Rev. Glenn
Eagle, pastor 10 a. m, Sunday
School IL a. m, Morning Worship.
Gas p. m, Young Peoples meeting.
7:30 p. m, Evening service 100 p.
m.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-07-21

ST. MATTHEW'S EPISCOPAL,
The Rev. John j. Atwell, Rector.
$50 a. m, Church School every
Sunday at the Parish House s a.
m, Holy Communion every Sunday.
II a m, Holy Communion, first
Sunday of each month. II a m,
Morning prayer all other Sundays.
Choir practice every Friday, $3.50
p. m, followed by Acolyte practice.
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Twenty-Five lost their lives in an
airliner crash at Chicago airport.
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II VI III 3 > DIT UE
usual any more. There is no way
a nation can crash without taking
many individual lives and much
happiness down with it.
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MT. LAKE BAPTIST. Rev. w. c.

ZION LUTHERAN, Accident, C.
F. Dauphin, pastor. $50 a. m, Sun
day School. 1870 a. m, Worship.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-07-21

DEEP CREEK BAPTIST, Paul
S. Parker, pastor GAS a. M, Church
school. II a m. Morning worship.
8 p. m, Evening worship and spe-
cial presentation by the G. AS. of
a Recognition and Advancement
service. Wednesday p. M. the
midweek Fellowship hour. Sum-
mer visitors are cordially welcome
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ACCIDENT Ev. LUTHERAN

FULL GOSPEL CHURCH, Deer
Park. Rev. f. w Blizzard, pastor.
9:45 a. m, Sunday School. Begin
ming Revival with Rev. John
Yoder at 10:45 a m. morning wor-
ship. 7:45 p. m, Evangelistic Ser
vice. Revival continuing each eve
ming at 7:45 p. m. except Monday.
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word that can change your life.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-01-13

ed from Columbus after
spending nearly three weeks
with Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Jones
there.
DR.. and Mrs. HayaShi a n d
daughters were called to Mar
ion, Ohio, recently by n
death of a nephew.
Recent guests at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert MorsS
were Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Woods and family of Shaker
Heights.
Mrs. Edward Rybak is i'll and
confined to the Corey hospital
in Claridon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Rey-
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-01-13

Personals
Mrs. Ellen Campbell, W h o
has been spending some time
with her daughter, Mrs, Frank
Petkosek and family p / a n S to
leave on January Is for Phoenix
Arizona. She will be accomp-
anied by her sister from Erie,
Pa. Mrs. Campbell will remain
in Arizona for the remainder
of the winter with her tw o
daughters and a son there.
Miss Elizabeth Craig of Bar
rie, Ontario visited her par :
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Craig, the past three weeks.
Mrs. j. C. Neher has return
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-01-13
s-THE RECORD, cHARDoN, OHIO, JAN. 1s, 1866

meeting at the home of Mrs.
G.. Robert Fox. The topic was
Emily Dickinson. This was pre-
sented by Mrs. Peter Rub. She
told of the life of this New
England writer and read selec-
tionS from her poetical contri-
buttons.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-01-13

nolds and two sons of Wayne,
Ohio. visited their grandfather,
H. L. Williams and the Lynn
Parr family on Sunday. Mr.
Williams returned with them to
Wood county where he Will
visit at the home of his son
Kingsley Williams.
Mrs. Talmadge Blackford Is
reported to be i'll.
The Gleason Jacobs family OF
Stowe, Ohio visited in Chester
on Sunday.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-01-13
n E w S from CHE S [ E K

Card Party
Mr.. and Mrs. George Parr
and Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Lang
were in charge Of the Grange
card party held on Saturday
evening at Parkside Recreation.
Winners were as follows. Pin
ochel, firstS, Robert Perry
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-01-13

News by Lennah b. Bond
Chester Study Club
During January, February
and March the Chester Study
club will hold only one meet
ing a month. The January date
was Wednesday evening and the
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-01-13

with their son Philip Boepple
and family at Amelia, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gail Jacobs and
Mr.. and Mrs. Milan Jacobs left
on Saturday for Daytona Beach,
Fla. Mr.. and Mrs. Milan JAG
obs will remain in their winter
home there for the seasn. Mr..
and Mrs. Gail Jacobs Will
spend two weeks in the south.
Thirtieth Anniversary
Mr.. and Mrs. HAROLD R e x
celebrated their Both wedding
anniversary on Saturday by gS-
ing out to dinner with Mr.. and
Mrs. G. G.. Stevens.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-01-13

Newbury; Mrs. NJ. A. Ham
merStrand, Kirkland; second,
Hubert Case, PaineSville Mrs.
Robert Perry. Five hundred
first George Speer, Richmond
Heights; Mrs. Earl o.rton,
Willoughby; second, H b t
.Belcher, Painesville; Mrs. L.
Chapman, Munson. Sp cial
prize, Mrs. H. Belcher.
Campfire Girls
The Okishunewa group of
Campfire girls has done many
interesting thing as reported
by Alice Auth. They sold 1872
bags of candy in a candy sale;
sold refreshments at a movie
at Chester school; made Christ
mas tree decorations and filled
stockings with candy; This was
for the children of the Oppor-
tunity school. The girls had a
Christmas tea for their moth
ers on December 90.
Bowling Scores
High scores reported from
Parkside Recreation last week
were, for men, Roy Post 233;
Emmanuel Fisher 232; Bill
Lilly $50.
For women, Nancy Davis 1879,
Eileen Artress 201, 174, 221, a
series of 500.
League Unit Meetings
Mrs. Judson ToWnley was
hostess to the Tuesday Evening
unit meeting of the G eauga
League of Women Voters Janu-
ary 4. Mrs. Henry Weed is lead
er. The program was present
ed by Mrs. John 10th Jr. This
was a review of a former study
of Geauga county government.
A discussion followed. The next
meeting will be January 25 at
800 pm" at the home of Mrs.
Kirk Benson, Mayfield Road
This was postponed for a week
because of the General dinner
meeting in Chardon on Janu-
ary 18.
Visits Furniture Mart
James L. Sipan, proprietor of
Chester Furniture, spent three
days of last week at the Chi
cago Furniture Mart. Mr.. ST.
pan has been connected wit h
furniture business for over 80
years and is now a furniture
merchant. He states that he is
striving for improved ideas and
progressive styles to serve the
public with high quality at low
costs. He gained a great a.
mount of knowledge by visiting
the II floors of show rooms at
the Mart.
Returns from California
Lloyd and Dale Williamson
returned from California on Fri
day, Jan. 7. They left the Gold
en- state by plane, were ground
ed in Omaha, Nebraska and
came by train to Columbus and
+ drove home from there. The
trip was by plane to California
on December 21 and they re-
port the first days they spent
there were beautiful. They vi
Sited their cousin, Mrs. Alice
Jones Brown and family in
Long Beach. They report that
on New Years day they reach
ed the scene of the TOurna
ment of Roses parade at $50
am. Pacific time. The weather
in the morning was pleasant
and people did not go prepared
for the rain and cold which
came later. They went direct
ly from the parade to h e
RoseboWl game. They state that
they did not mind the cold as
they were used to it but did
sympathize with the Californ-
ianS.
Florida Bound
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmond Rus
sell are now at Vero Beach,
Fla. for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey Boepple
left on Wednesday for Vero
Beach, Fla. but will stop en-
route and spend some m e
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-01-13
Florida Bound

Mr.. and Mrs. Edmond Rus
sell are now at Vero Beach,
Fla. for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey Boepple
left on Wednesday for Vero
Beach, Fla. but will stop en-
route and spend some t m
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-01-13

Newbury; Mrs. M. A. Ham :
merStrand, Kirkland; second,
Hubert Case, PaineSville: Mrs.
Robert Perry. Five hundred !,
first George Speer, Richmond
Heights; Mrs. Earl N o.rton,
Willoughby; second, H e b e
Belcher, Painesville; Mrs. L.
Chapman, MunSon. Sp a
prize, Mrs. H. Belcher.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-12-24
SAY MOUND BAYOU DOCTOR LOST
OPPORTUNITY FOR OUTSTANDING
SERVICE AS LEADER OF NEGROES
OF The STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
Say Investments Largely Made From
Donations Given To Help Improve The
Health Of Delta Negro Farm Workers
See Collapse OF Business And
Financial Empire Behind Move

Mound Bayou, Miss, Dec. 49,
(DSN)-The citizens of this famed
all-Negro town are all but unani-
nous in applauding the decision of
DR.. T. R. M. Howard to leave the
town and state and take up resi-
dence elsewhere, although there
may be some slight variations in
their reasons for applauding his
decision to depart; there being
those who are glad to see him
leave for fear that he may become
the object of violence should he
continue to remain here or any
where else in the state, and those
who also fearing that he may be-
come the object of. violence feel
that he has become detriment to
the growth and progress of the
town, much of which they see as
dependent upon the goodwill and
friendly relationship with the sur
rounding towns and communities;
there are still others, perhaps
among the better informed, who
see the impending collapse of the
business and financial empire
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-12-24
Plan 10-Year
Campaign To
Rid Africa Of
YaWs Disease

United Nations, N. Y. Dec. 19-
A conference of 80 countries, re-
Gently held in Nigeria, has recon-
mended a continent wide campaign
to rid Africa of yaws disease with
in the next ten years. Yaws, a
tropical body-wasting disease, cur
rently victimized about 80 million
people Throughout the world.
The meeting, the Second Interna-
tions Conference on YAWS Con-
trolls, also recommended a STRAIT
egg meeting in 1866 of African gov
ernments and medical officers for
the purpose Of working out details
for this important mass campaign
which will cover over 100 million
people in Africa alone. An esti-
mated $40 million in material aid
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-12-24
Teachers Given
Service Awards

To the surprise Of an overflow
crowd Of parents, teachers, and pu-
pills, Wednesday night Mr.. C. H.
Lipsey, Superintendent of Brook
haven Schools, with three Board
Members, gave to the Negro teach
ers of the Brookhaven Separate
School District, Service Awards /;
which was a high tribute paid to
the teachers for having served the
schools and community over a per-
iod of years.
Mrs. Martina Barton, and Mrs.
E. ]. Winston, Is years.
A. A. Alexander, 20 years.
Mrs. Annie M. CASTOR, Mrs. F.
M. Alexander, and Miss E. z.
Thompson, Is years.
A. w. Wright, c. N. Buchanan,
C. O. Tanner, and Mrs. M. M.
Buchanan, 10 years.
Those having served 5 years
were, Mrs. C. C. Byrd, Miss Rose
Thompson, Miss Josie Davis, Mrs.
M. E. Milton, Mrs. Velma Lee, Miss
Ruby Hill and S. R. Kelly.
The teachers by their facial ex-
preston, were over elated, and the
parents and children gave loud ap-
plause to the Superintendent and
Board Members, for having re-
membered our teachers.
Mr.. Lipsey gave encouraging re-
marks about the overall outlook
for our schools, and Attorney EN-
nit Allen, President of the Board
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-12-24
Ask End Of City Bus Segregation

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 - The
last stand of racial segregation I'M
der color of the separate but
equal" doctrine in public transport
tation was attacked here by at
torneys for the NAACP Legal De-
tense and Educational Fund in .
brief filed with the U. S. Supreme
Court involving the segregation OF
Negroes on city bus and other local
travel within state lines.
1.-THE separate but equal doc
trine has been riddled into DEATH"
the lawyers said" It is no longer
enough to sustain q racial classi-
fication on q mere showing that
equal facilities are made available
to the Negro group"
The brief was filed by Thurgood
Marshall, Legal Defense Director
counsel; Robert L. Carter, Mar
shall's first assistant; Mr.. William
Taylor, all Of New York, and Philip
Wittenberg of Columbia, 8. g.. on
behalf Of Mrs. Sarah Flemming Of
Columbia.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-12-24
ku kIux kIub
Threatens Los
Angeles Family

Los Angeles, Calf. Dec. ia
Watts family, preparing to move
into a newly purchased home in
the vicinity Of 83rd and Vermont,
is being subjected to telephone per-
secution and such suggestions as
that, if they move, they dig their
graves in advance, the Tribune
learned this week.
The family is that Of Willie Rey-
nolds, a plasterer, now living at
9401 Grape.
Reynolds confirmed to the Tri-
bune last night that since going
into escrow with a home he and
his wife have purchased at HOG
w. 83rd St., they have received two
anonymous telephone calls, advis-
ing them not to move in since they
"are not wanted"
Both calls were taken by his
wife, Reynolds said.
The first caller identified him.
self as tone of the committee from
the Ku Klux Club" and told Mrs.
Reynolds in moderate terms that
it would be "best for you not to
move in as you are not wanted"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-12-24
Laurel Hospital Has Formal Opening

cali bells and other small conven-
fences. The kitchen and dining
room for the staff was completely
equipped and ready for service,
with the very best of facilities.
The hospital has the capacity OF
approximately 20 beds. The beds
are divided into two large rooms
for men and women, and are easily
made semiAprivate by adjustable
doors. The hospital has complete
private rooms for private patients.
Out of the persistent work, stub
born endurance and insistence, on
the part Of the Board Of Trustees;
DR.. H. L. Knaive, DR.. T. ]. Barnes,
DR.. B. E. Murph, E. D. Dukes,
Rev. T. w. Patterson, Rev. T. ].
Williams and Prof. A. H. Dunbar,
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-12-24
SEE new WORDS BROUGHT INTO
The DISCUSSION OF SEGREGATION
AROUSING keen INTEREST
AMONG NEGRO CITIZENS
Say Increasing Fear Among Negroes
For Lack Of Understanding
Say New Words May Be Sparkling
Large Scale Exodus From State

torians, and lawyers in such veri-
fication, and brought from Cover
nor-Elect J. P. Coleman the charge
that the call for "Interposition"
and Qualification" amounted" to
nothing but "poppycock."
While the discussion was far and
away above the average of intelli-
gence of the Negro citizenry of
the state, it nevertheless aroused
their keenest interest, more parti-
cularly because along with the
words "interposition and nullifi-
cation" have came proposal to
seek the removal of the Fourteen
tn Amendment from the Constitu-
ton of the United States, a move
ment, which is successful, most Ne
groes see as meaning an attempt
to return them to slavery, or some
thing closely akin to slavery.
Such thinking along with recent
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-12-24

Jackson, Miss, Dec. 10 (DSN)-
Reports from every section of the
state say that, unlike any other
issue political or otherwise, the
introduction of the words "inter-
position and Notification" into the
discussion of ways and means to
maintain segregation in the state
despite all the decisions of the U.
S. Supreme Court has aroused the
keenest interest of the Negro citi-
zens of the state, and to point as
never before in its history.
The call. for ''interposition and
notification" following a plan al
ready suggested by the State of
Virginia, which was made by Sena-
tor James o. Eastland, Congress
man John Bell Williams, and Judge
Tom Brady, author of the cele-
brated book, BLACK Monday, sup
ported by long list of references
and precedents, sent scolars, his
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-12-24
FLORIDA C0MMUTES Death
Sentence In RAPE CASE

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Dec. 49,
The Florida State Pardon Board
Thursday committed to life i'm
prisonment the death sentence of
Walter Lee Irwin, one of four Ne
groes convited in the notorious
Groveland rape case in 1949.
The board, acting on the direc-
ton of Gov. Leroy Collins, was un-
animous in it's action.
Gov. Collins, however, sharply
criticized the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
people which had taken an active
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-12-24

elects the mayer and vice mayor.
Customarily, the candidate who
leads the majority party in vote
getting is elected blythe council
to the top post.
Both Mr.. Berry and Mr.. Taft
are members Of the Charter Party,
a combination CT liberal Republi-
cans and Democrats. The Charter
Party has Sd majority on the
council.
Mr.. Berry got the largest num-
Der of votes in the Nov. 8 election.
Mr.. Taft, long a Charter Party
member, was the Republican NOM
inee for governor in 1862. Mr..
Taft is the brother Of the late
Senator Taft.
Cincinnati news sources, before
the mayoralty election took place,
predicted that Mr.. Berry would
not get the top spot because of
his race.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-12-24
South Africa Bans
British Paper

LONDON, Dec. 19.-The African
Bureau, British organization
formed to focus attention on At
riccn affairs. announced Dec. IL
that its publication, African Digest,
has been banned by the South At
rican Government.
A statement by the bureau is
sued here said it had just been
learned that d South African Gov
eminent last October banned all
issues Of the publication from
March, 1854, for circulation in
South Africa.
The bureaus statement said the
African Digest contains factual
material and editorial opinion from
American, British, and African
newspapers.
South African censors on Dec.
9 listed books by American humor-
list Damon Runyon, and French
author, Ellie lola, as objection
able literature"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-12-24
Fisk Univ. Gets
$365,500 From
Ford Fund

Nashville, Tenn. - Fisk Uni
versity's share of the gigantic $3.50
million gift of the Ford Foundation
to the nations privately supported
colleges and voluntary non-profit
hospitals amounts to 1886, 500, it
was announced by DIR. Charles S.
johnson, Fisk president.
Among purely liberal arts col
leges, Fisk's grant is the largest
made to a predominantly Negro
institution, and the second largest
in Tennessee.
The educational grants, which go
to 615 colleges and universities,
will be used to increase teachers
salaries. During the first ten years,
only interest may be used. There
after, both principal and interest
are unrestricted.
Included in the grant to Fisk is
a supplemental amount, called by
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