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In the Vanguard ter), Chicago, receives the 1954 Seagram Vanguard Award to a Noblo of the Mystic Shrine from Walter Yates, vice president of Seagram Distillers Company and a director of the Seagram Vanguard By GEORGE REDDEN COLORADO SPRINGS, Atty. Loren Miller ol Los Angeles, Is representing Edward and Fannie M. Duncan (of the famous Duncan's Cafe Bar Lounge In Colorado Springs) In their fight for the right to operate a business In the city of Manitou Springs. Ther Duncans are suing the city of Manitou Veteran Hangs Himself BIRMINGHAM, Ala. George W.

Biggs, 43, World War veteran, became the second lo cal citizen to take his life within a ten day period by hanging himself. His was the third sui cide among Birmingham Ne groes for.1954. ti SSL HrtMiiTlwi tat fern. JgnHw anawMaaBfc Zf 1 MM OOtCKt Tfcaa ywflU. MmirW Mw rtjny faa ahya mmtmd.

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CWT.CHEKtW MELMVOU RELAX ANOOOMMATEVCH TavrriNvwft 7 1 OMMJO8.60Mrr I Society. To the left Is Dr. Raymond E. Jackson, Imperial Potentate, recipient of the first award in 1953. The presentation of the Seagram Vanguard Award was made at the public relations session of the annual Shrine convention held here during the week of Aug.

22. Demand $69,000 Damages, $4,500 Per Month (CdDiiiipIle Simes City IFawr IHlSglhit TTod HGnnini TTBneSir dDwun IBunsniniess Springs, the Mayor and the city clerk for the sum of $69,000 damages plus $4,500 per month for profits lost front the time they purchased the establishment until a settlement is made. The first round of battle was won by' the Duncans on Friday, Aug. 20, as their opponents were given fifteen days in which to answer. Scoff Re elected President PiriiinniDDve HJapttiisft AssemmbOcEige Cfloses MIAMI, Fla.

The forty seventh annual national convention of the Primitive Baptist Church of the United States completed a successful series of assemblages here. Aug. 18 22, in which new financial and spiritual peaks were realized. 0 Delegates were present from every state In the Union, while several chartered buses brought delegates from North Carolina and. several Florida areas, In cluding Tallahassee and Tampa.

A large delegation also was registered by Texas. ALL NATIONAL ft 1 cers were re elected except the man fflpw on Oei conibe cepfcoo! in first srait.1br a miwr uu ue en ice NEVVK. NOW JUST EASE THE TENSION WITH BCM NUT ers Ant fotttf okw oUs Dow MoWCQMfet wi lulnlnfftlrt nl Si iw fciijun Tnrlrrr reobocfcl ager of the publishing house at Huntsville, Ala, The newly erected Greater Israel Bethel Church, of which the Rev. P. D.

Brantly is pastor, entertain ed delegates and guests. The Rev. W. M. Scott; Tam pa, Fla is national president, and Rev.

D. A. Belfard, Quincy, served as regis trar. BIGGEST and the BEST I. Liglrfner Re elected Sy Woodmen DENVER More than 500 delegates gathered in Denver for the thirteenth supreme camp session of the American Woodman re elected Lawrence H.

Lightner of Denver to a four year term as supreme commander of the Woodmen. Lightner has presided over the organiza tion since 1933. Other officers elected were J. EL Robinson of Houston, Tex, vice supreme commander; Har old Jacobs of Denver, secretary' treasurer; Ruth P. Powell of Mobile, supreme watchman; Green Qulnan of Wharton, Tex supreme escort; Thomas L.

Jackson of Gary. supreme sentry, and L. Haynes of Nashville, supreme prelate. CHOSEN FOB THE Board of Directors, In addition to Lightner, Robinson and Jacobs were J. H.

Allen of St. Louis, Ma; E. E. Carrington of Detroit, N. Williams of Chicago, and J.

W. Haywood of Washing ton, D. The American Woodmen is a pioneer in the field of legal re serve fraternal llxe insurance A 1 fl! II ft AS 1 an tic A for an A ParnM Nettie Carter Jackson, orana iecruiT ri hft Grand Ruj. er, Grand Temple, IBPOEW, Is being welcomed into the Imperial Court, Daughters of Isis, by Mrs. Ercelle Harmon Moore, Imperial Commandress, left.

Mrs. Jackson joined the Shrine organization during its recent convention in Atlantic City. 5 X1 y. 4 were about sou delegates rep resenting 6,000 members in for Cleveland, Des Moines Vie for 1955 Convention ty three states of the Imperial Court, Daughters of Isis, auxil iary to the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of North and South. America and Jurisdiction.

Dr. Jackson has held his of nee since 1939, ana his easy victory at this election was credited to the newest Shrine program for health, education and charity. The Shrine Tuber culosis and Cancer Research Foundation also received a check following the Health Day and operates In twenty three states and the District of Co lumbia. (CapimveimdnaDim TTfimme National Negro Insurance, Durham, N. Aug.

31 Sept 1,2,3,4. National Bar Association, Kansas City, Mow, Sept. 2 4. National Technical Association, Detroit, Mlclu, Sept. 2 4.

761st Tank Battalion Association, Chicago, Sept. 8, 4, 5. National Board of Directors for National Association of Market Developers, Pittsburgh, Fa, Sept. fi. Truck Drivers' annual Eodeo, Chicago, Sept.

8. National Urban Leasue, Pittsburgh, Sept. 6 10. National Baptist, St, loots, Sept. 742.

National Baptist Convention of America, Jacksonville, FlaV Sept. 712. National Baptist Junior Women, Jacksonville, FUb, Sept. 7 12. Second World Congress of Cardiology, Washington, D.

CL Sept 7 12.: Lincoln Memorial Pilgrimage, Washington, D. CL, Sept. 22. American Spiritual Churches, Dallas, Sept. 22 27.

National Association of Real Estate rankers, Philadelphia, Pa Oct. 11 lfi. Natkmal Negro Business League, Chicago, Oct. 18 22 Alpha Phi Alpha, Miami, Fla Deo. 27C3.

Omega Pal Phi Fraternity's Grand Conclave, Atlanta, Dec 27 SO. ONE DID THREE DIDNT Four of the fifteen participants in Shriners annual Talent and Beauty Contest pose on Atlantic City beach. Alma Miller (second from right) of Philadelphia won the contest. Other three, left to right: Audre Smaltz, New York; Jacqueline Hannah, Richmond, and Janet Lyle, Newark, N. J.

Lawson Photo. Or. Jackson Re elected tDemmocircDcy Urged Sh ira ime Speakers By ANN SUTLER ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. More than three thousand Shriners gathered in Convention Hall and the Senior High School in this resort center and unanimously re elected Dr.

Raymond E. Jackson of Buffalo, N. as inrmeria.1 rjotentatc. Among the 3,000 Shriners prograia, from Schenley Dis tributors, by Chuck Wil liams, special representative. In addition to this award, Dr.

Jackson also was presented the Schenley Achievement Award for 1954, at this time. AT THE PUBLIC meeting in the senior high school, Gover nor Robert E. Meyner of New Jersey addressed the conven tion. He said, in part, that the "Ku Klux Klan is as dead as a dodo bird in the South and the forces behind the Klan are dying, too." Ambassador ClarenceL. Simpson, Liberia, Africa, addressed the Eastern Star at Aabury AME Church.

Tracing the history of the only Negro republlo in Africa, since 1847, he credited the United States for gains of his people in agriculture and health. Welcoming the Shriners were Senator Frank S. Farley, Mayor Joseph Altaian, who presented the key to the city to Dr. Ray mond Jackson, who also ad dressed the convention, and City Commissioners Richard S. Jackson and Thomas B.

Wooton. JUDGE Hubert Delaney of Domestic Relations Court, New York City, denounced those who mis label people as subversive because they are fighting for democratic principles, outlined in the Fifth Amendment In challenging Shriners to help make democracy work In their communities, he also stated that Negroes should not be frightened by McCarthylsm and derided those Negro leaders who held back, whom he termed the 1 Ho Led 300 Slaves to Freedom NEW YORK The second annual pilgrimage to the reconstructed Harriet Tubman Home and Shrine in Auburn, N. will be held Thursday afternoon, Sept. 14. More than 600 persons are expected in attendance; including Bishops, general officers, pastors and laymen of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, as well as official representatives of national organizations throughout the country and the general public.

The main speaker for the occasion will be Mrs. Harper Sibley of Rochester, N. Y. OTHER SPEAKERS will be Congressman John Tabor of New York; Maydr Robert Nelson of Auburn, N. and Mrs.

Abble Clement Jackson of Louisville, chairman, "Uncle Tom, Ain't Ready Yet Ne groes." Another major speech at the public relations meeting was given by Jacob Selden berg, executive director, President's Committee on Government Contracts. He pointed out the work of this committee to fair practice. In hiring on Government contracts. Members of the order have sent edicts to seven states which forbid participation in Shrine affairs because of their disrup tive activities, including Okla homa, Georgia, Massachusetts, Ohio, Mississippi, Maryland and Kansas. THE IMPERIAL COURT, September 4, 154 Coke CourtesV io wwmiiwj winners in Shriners' Taltnt and Beauty Pageant ware presented to leaders of Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobels of the Mystic Shrine on behalf of the Coca Cola Company In Atlantic City.

Making presentation is Moss H. Kendrix, left, of Washington, D. who City. United Churchwomen of the National Council of Churches of Christ, USA, consultant at the Second Assembly of the World Council of Churches, Evanston, 111. Other invited guests Include Governor E.

Dewey of New York, and John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, formerly a resident of Auburn, and whose wife is a native of the city. Harriet Tubman is spoken of as the "Moses of her people" for having led more than 300 Negroes from slavery into freedom through the underground system. She also served as a spy and nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War period. Harriet Tubman deeded her Auburn property to the AME Zion Church for an "Old Folks Home," prior to her death in 1913. Is public relations counselor.

Noble Charles C. Quarder, Imperial Recorder, Naw York City, receives trophies for Imperial Council. Witnessing ceremony, left to right in rear, are Noble Charles Randall, Henry D. Kahrs, president, Coca Cola ola and Noble Grover Bottling Company, C. Jones, all of Atlantic IPSflgirfiinmage ttn Mairireit ITxmlbimiiaiiii Sllaitedl film Mew YoirIk9 Sejpit.

114 Daughters Of Isis, meeting here at the same time, with sessions held in the New Jersey Avenue School, reelected Mrs. Ercelle Harmon Moore, Buffalo, N. Imperial Commandress. Greetings to Shriners also were received from President Dwlght Eisenhower. Other officers elected without opposition included Joseph Glv ens, Pittsburgh, chief rab ban; William O.

Green, Detroit, imperial assistant rab ban; Dr. Charles E. Stewart, Albany, N. high priest prophet; J. A.

Dickson, Columbia, S.C, oriental guide; Claude Watkins, Marian, Ind, treasurer; Charles Calvin Quander, N.Y., recorder; Robert Williams, Birmingham, first ceremonial master; William Howe, Philadelphia, second ceremonial master; Leroy Smith, Denver, CoL, captain of the guard, and William Henry, Los Angeles, outer guard. Cleveland, Ohio, and Des Moines, Iowa, were vying for the 1955 national meet. 'Lollipop1 Jones Buried ONNIE JONES back in Georgia' soil NEW ORLEANS Final rites were conauciec last xuesaay nieht for famed night club show man and movie comedian Onniej (Lollipop) Jones, 55, who died In a local hospital ioiiowing a lenrrthv illness. The rites were conauctea the Mount Hermon Baptist Church. 2333 Perdido Street, with the Rev.

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