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SATURDAY, JUly 31, ^54 HijU4, Progressive, Dynamic THE LIGHTHOUSEJ^D ENFORMEK, cu^umjiia, S. O “South Carolina's Leading Weekly” Rev. Lampkin Installed As Pastor Of Jerusalem; Beach Visitors, Integration Interest Highiigjrt Charleston’s Social and Community Activities This Week By Mrs. E. VMf>rs of everv .momin+1-.0 ironnHatinn A_ H. E J. WhioDer. nastor 3t,VTat- four weeks. Haiti, British West Indies. Hav- Jehovah’s witnesses Progressive, Dynamic THE LIGHTHOUSE Aft INFORMER, COLUMBIA, S. 0 “South Carolina's I-fading Weekly” PAGE THREE rs of every c fM>minauon of the Foundation^ Rev. A. H. B. J. Whipper, pastor oi Mat- four weeks- | were also present Music was Clark, treasurer and John D. thews Baptist Church, others R e v. B. J- G OVer ’ was gue,,5t ! • furnished by ^ Dorothy Baynes, secretary. were: Rev. J. W. 3^3. sp . eaker) Thadeus oney, ren- Rev^ Emmett A . L. Lampkin* Saunder3; the J^, and Sen- Coming Street YWCA By Mrs. E. m. Parker INSTALLATION SERVICE ! 1 <-« n.rvrs tn _ ., t—f fi v/ n s;*-m • r»-M r v. wcxc. xvt. v. 0. v ¥ . * — 'TrxvJJL^* , |l. W. Milligan, Mrs- L-PoUte, dered a trombone solo; Fred- 1 was installed as pastor of Je- "" “'^ lu — ^ 0,1111,6 L3l ‘ ccl Mrs. A. Greene, N. R iV b s> Mrs. rena Tolbert, a vocal solo, Sam- 1 rusalem Baptist Ch^ch July 12-i 10r chous * ^ the Highletttc Mrs. Septima P. Clark, is E. Ravenel, Mis. E- J 0 %, Mrs. uel Poisett, J r - c; readln g> Mrs. Rev - B - J- Whipper presided, singers. 4 chairman of the Centennial Y. Wilson, Mrs. R- L - ^ashing- Inez F. Pinckney, pianist, Miss Deacon Richard Brown, chlair- Baptist Seek $13^,,, 0 Committee for the National ton. Each was given a (^ ificate Fran kie Lawton, executive dir- man of the program committee. ' Convention in New York City, of appreciation, ana ^ for ector.of Girl Uwa ^ P re " and Mrs. Millie Zeigler arrang- Letters are beir.a sent to One hundred Years of YMCA their unselfish s ervl 4 in the sent. Samuel ” Sr ‘ has ed the program. white and colored c a «ns ap- wiU be celebrated in April 1955. community in some w^ replaced John • s> 33 th' 7 - Rev eu / . nastor pealing contribution to helpl T he Edifite Federated Club Eev. John L. Us. B. J. isional. chai.m J ev. ’. H. Eev. Shelton E. Dales, pastor k » <ioutioi % nelp , .„ « whinr^r Mi«s ^ H Chaket Scott, rendered the benediction. of Grace Baptist Church. Mt. raise $13,000.00. The >a Ptist Ed- ha '^ glven a CUR . C °^ e Attorne ’ John Wrighi chaa ’ South Carolina Industrial Vernon, N. Y„ was the guest ucationa) Foundation-^ raised 3 ^ campershap. The Cr y Forney JoKn ^ | ^ SchooI for Girls speaker. Reverends St. Juli ? WOO on the «5,000.001 ^ ^ parted on The South Carolina Industrial Simpkins, S. B. Mackey, A. H. Building they tefeh t purchase. ’ , , ‘ A t the Dro eram The 0^5’, s m ono School for Negro girls is local- Clark. P. G. D^els. D. »»- Th. c„ttr win * rve a. . place f Tta .«‘“ “ to o£‘- ed out l rom Coimobia. Mrs. 1 sier al*. participated on the to conduct cM SSl f d^r,, “-f ^ th ' St. Maflfca Baptia. Matte B. Wor.hern is ,he di„c- program. Several members of who have not had thf benefit of, ^ at Reid Center - ' Mrs H L Davis jg nresident tor- the .tat. o, WP^^SWOJ, ^college educa,i.„ p^B. D.| ^™™«eera ^are^ Mrs. El Gil, senary of the I her. are now 07 gnls in the announcer, ^were present. 4n,. Miss Theresa Jones, teen-age W. Gill, M. Scott, and P . S te- Eaura M Buchanan, instructor; director has resigned. She phens. m ° ogy at Burke Hlgh , . . . i Schooj was the guest speaker leaves m August. Charlestonians On W e e othe r industries taught the 1 Tom McMillan Resident ' Board of \ orhee s | unior gir is are domestic science and Chief Steward Thelma R. College sewing. Frye.USN a veteran of 18 years H A . DeCosta a, d M rs. Anna-j The balding i n th i s plant are' • n the Navy and his wife and, bel j Conye rs r^ ent iy became modern with up-to-date equip-1 three year old daughter are the , memberg of t re Board 0 f Trust-^ent. Each °f the dormitories 1 only occupants of a four unit ees of V orhee s Lnior College, has a house mother. The girls 5 building at the Tom McMillan ^ ^ Ester fields, now of i who are deli nqirents for the ! Homes, formerly an all white Columbiai a former Charleston- 1 most part are receiving every j government project. Chief Frye 1an Mr John p potts fortner help t G ‘rehabilitate them This ! .recently reported a cross burn- prmclpal of Aviy High School I modem school supported by the ing before his apartment. An now president 0 f Voorhees. state has alj Negro staffed , automobile bearing white men John Wiman% ^ viola F. personal Mention j with a tag bearing yellow man- Turner and yoilr scr ibe recently | ! bers was 3een driving away - made a visit to the Boys and ms ' Jos ephin e Johnson, is .The FBI has been called in. It Gir]s Ind u S trial schools out fro m | voting her daughter Mrs. Ruth j has been assummed that the Columbia . The two schools are J- ° wens > Brooklyn, N Y Mrs | cross burmng is the work of entirely se p^ ate Apparently Owens is on the staff of The pranksters the ^ and are in g0od ^arlem Hospitaj School of Nur- | When the vacancies m ‘be, and Wen fed project were noted it was be- choir Union lieved the occupants moved be- ; cause of the increase in rent. Five Cases of Diphtheria y i a j tw T r, , ,,, well at the Francis Brown AJiE Dr. Leon Panov, health of- ; , r~ , ., Church, Rev. j. c. James, p as . ficer of Charleston County said ^ Thfi choir 0scar five cases of diphtheria have ^ participated on been traced to a single group of c ’ v r,;-!, T u . t the program. Mis 5 Kicll ar(i. r-. 1 Dr ^anoTsaid^t was ^he^ cur *°' n ' Welc ° m e and Mrs. Da Vls , a t the Convention in R ock Hill. [ rent ^nit-break is W ttie ^second! respon<1 ' e d. Rev. James delivered M-es Gertrude W an d family-type epidemax: to ' break 3 Serm ° n t0 the gr ° UP ' : He Bryant are spending the I ont^on TZ iTSTTu r + The Gamma Zeta chapter of ! sU inmer in Hendersonville, N . C. I ' . e J rS m * the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and ^ Ii3s Jeanne Marie Cunning-j V °‘ Ve a whlte - tam ily The dis- p( ^ Bpta zigma. FratomiWJw^: daughter-of JMr. and Mrs. ease is easily prevents witb in- , Inc held a harbor excursion to H. P. Cunningham, 13 Larnes Haiti, British West Indies, Hav- Jehovah’s witnesses are expect- ana, Cuba. She was the first ed here for an assemblage of national secretary 0 f the United ordained ministers of the gospel Beauty School Owners and Tea chers Association. She i s a mem ber of the Alpha Chi Pi Omega Sorority and attended the re cent convention in New York City. She sailed ^ the United States Steamship. Birmingham, Ala. Compared With Charleston, S. C. Rev. Gerald Hamilton, recent ly elected pastor of Central Bap tist church, attended the Sun day School and Baptist Training Union Congress in Birmingham, Ala. June 21-27, 1954. A race conscious man Rev Gerald Hamilto n interested him self in finding out the race re lations in Birmingham. Comp ar - to be held at Hagood Stad ium for a Wiatchtower conven tion July 29- Aug. 1. Among Jehovah Witnesses here are Miss Mary Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Maxwell. Mrs. Mabe; Green, over 1000 accommodations have been ob tained for delegates; more are needed. integration Much interest is being center ed on white people who come into the Charleston community. The question in the mind of the public is “Are they going to be a help or a hindrance to integration.” The Francis Mar ion Hotel’s new owner is Char- ng •CANCER’S Q DANGER SIGNATs 0 Any sore that does not heal 0 A lump or thickening in the breast or elsewhere 0 Unusual bleeding or discharge Q Any change in a wart or mole Persistent indigestion or difficulty in: Persistant hoarseness or cough © Any change in normal bowel habits KcDt of these symptoms fiesessorily means that you have cancer but any one of ttJ" tfilA S. ..J you to your doctor Cancer is usually curable when delected and treated early T. .E CANGES SIGNALS. (VE TO THE AMERICAN CANCER sO :i *TY CHARLESTON ing relations tliGro with those in I Igs A- Sammons an insurance Charleston. He found a marked executive. He has acquired a difference. Tension there is noti- : 90% interest in this famous ceable, on the busses segrega- hotel. Hi s wife is a journalism tion is emphasized. Meal prices major from Southern University are very high. and did public relations work As in Charleston many of our in Dallas. The Francis Marion people have beautiful homes in' Hotel has many Negro employ- subdivisions. The exception of' ees. race tension was noticed in To The Editor: Ward’s 5 and 10 there. Prices in | Charleston has many integral Ready-to wear exceed Charles-; ed civic units here. Among ton’s prices in some instances al them is the Women’s voters most one half. League that plays an important About the Congress , ^ * " 3ce ^lations also the The meetings were held in a WCA Where man Y fine white An interesting program wa s conducted by Mrs. Selma Cal d _ Business Directory sing, Mrs. Elestine G. Youngblood directed music and choir mem bers at the State S. s. an d BTU Convention, Rock Hill Mme. Catherine Melvin, Edith Washington, E. M. Parker, J. D. Haynes and J. W. Brawley re presented Central Baptist church _ held in a 6000 capacity City Auditorium air Taylor, New York City; Dr. Borders, Atlanta, Ga.; Rev. Leo nard Terrill, West Va. were a- mong the instructors for the pastors group. The national president Dr. Jackson brought greetings. Ap proximately 12,000 Sunday School and Baptist Training Un ion workers attended from States as far west as Colorado and California. John D. Haynes, superinten dent of the Central Baptist Sun 1 ^ B ' ^ day School also was present i ^ D ' ^ ymg High School Graduate Air ^ ^ ^ the ^ Force Pilot Trainee capacity City Auditorium, f nd Neg |’ 0 women meet, anot- conditioned. Dr. Gardner lS f 6 ln terracial group 0 f — ■ _ men and women. VISITORS to BEACH Dr. and Mrs. D. N. Wilson, Miss Gertrude Turner, Miss E. St. J. Fleming! Mr. and Mrs. Aueeal Morrell, Jr. and Mrs. Johnson spent the holiday week end at Atlantic Beach. Mrs. Nan Baxter was hostess to the Modern Priscilla Federal ed Club. Eighteen members were present. Mrs. Bessie Middleton, president presided. Mme Emma B. Frasier and j session. Misses LBASH. SHOE HOSPIT AL “We cure sick Shoes” Work called lor and delivered 56 Spring: St.; Phone 94/58 CHARLESTON, S. C. LINCOLN THEATRE • Great Entertainment • Popular Prices !#1 King SL Chaheston. 8. L noculation. Only unprotected ' c* ,. . ’ it raise funds for the scholarship 3 S is vacationing in Los Ang- j children get it, The health department | ducted special clinics in April Attouf 14,000 children received offered each year. The tw° e 'es, Calif, with Mr. and Mrs. groups thank the public for the J attics A. Duke, formerly Miss Cfctendiance. Rbe - event took Hajj ye tt a Cunningham. ATLANTIC COAST LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ‘The Golden Rule Company” HOME OFFICE: — 149 WENTWORTH STREET Charleston, South Carolina C - trict Offices: HVHTSYiLL* ORANGEBURG CHA *^_? r0N ROCK HI LI COI '22^ SPARTA>.>«. RG S SCMTER QMSXimLE Our twent v-ninth year of sercries to the people of South Carolina Y. W. Scarborough, President Prescriptions Filled At Reasonable Priced'. Called For And Delivered Free Of Charge * INSULIN AND SYRINGES * Sucaryl (Tablets and Liquid) * SACCHARIN Conaway Drug Company PHONE 2-2460 FREE PET.IVERA Arthur Clement, Jr., president of the NAACP, John Middleton, Ex- Your Bakery Needs Our Specialty ] Get your picnic supplies We bake to your order CAKES — PIES — BREAD — ROLLS Personalized cakes for Weddings, Anniversaries and Parties TAYLOR’S Kitchen Bakery 42 Spring Street Charleston, S. C- Dial 2-0235 if In CAYCE It’s Rozier’s Drug Store 1804 State Street PHONE 3-6520 Haircnttlng By An fepwt Holman’s Barber Shop 2128 Gervais Street We Are Our Own Critics WE ARE always glad to receive criticism and ad vice from those we servo and we take those sugges tions seriously. But we are our own most severe critics, and every detail of our service is carefully scan ned and supervised to as sure the finest possible re sults. We can’t afford to wait until others point out our faults — we constantly look for them and try our best to correct them. Fieldings Home For Funerals 122 Logan Street Telephone 5914 Charleston, S- C. the iniections P lace Jul y l6 ’ - 11158 Lucile Wllliams ’ is re ‘ .. . Four “H” Youth Grow s 100 Nation director at the Shaw 1 izens onored Bushels Corn Inspite of Ce Hter. The executive board of ^ The Professional and Business Dr0U ght th « Shaw Center, Rev. J. T. En- Women’s Club honored fourteen G eor,ge Gold, under the in- %Vr ight, president is trying to citizens on July 13 at St|. Mat- 3 truction of Julius Airtaker. m «ke this a help to the eastside thews Baptist Church in a Mu- county farm agent has a yo uth sicai and Testimonial Program. tial crop of i0 q bushels of corn Many boys and girls left for In the group were: Arthur J. in spite of {he r e C ent drought- C ^mp Baskerville, Paris Island Clemson College recommends Jl % 18. Camp will be held for O . T-.- , r, n, plans for planting the hybrid tw o weeks, ecutive Scout Director. Rev. Em- K J att ,■ r> ,• . corn. F. E. Bailey, assistant mana- mett A. L. Lampkin, Radio An- c ^ „ Gold, one of the five 4-“H' g * r of the North Carolina Mut- , _ , . , . eiub youths of Laing School. He U4 1 Life Insurance Co. pinched ch.n,» O w „er mstructor of , s lmem . temh hi, James L fcecamc the Ebony Boamy School, Rev., arld , s vice pres|dent of hjs 4 « is on rc « nUy Mp “H” club. Bailey lives in Summerville. The Agricultural Society of Arthur J. Clement, J r d i g . South Carohna and local ferti- tric t manager of the North lizer companies sponsor an ann- Ca h>lina Mutual Life Insurance ual corn contest. Prizes in cash Co - was distress with the home; are offered and fertilizer pro- co hdition of some of the policy vided the contestants- h °l<iers. Mr. Clement said it Laing school i s i n Mt. Pleasant, W0 Uld be helpful if so m e organ- out from Charleston. ization could get in to 'many 'Veteran Public Health Nurse h0f nes and help the families to Mis s Cecile E. Trescott, pu b- lear n the importance 0 f clean- lie health nurse was presented Iine ss. a silver tray recently for recog- Mrs. Dorothy Zeiler and sons, ^ nition of service 0 f 25 years. Jotl uny and Ziggy are visiting I Migs Trescott has been public Martha Adam in New York health nurse the quarter een- tury on Young’s Island Edisto George Cook, a recent gradu- district and at Harmon Clinic. ate of Avery High School was 1 In presenting the gift Dr. Leon glven an all expense paid trip j Banov, county health director t0 Claflin College to the Youth called her a real comfort to the Con ference. The Park Circle ! Health Department and to the P re sbyterian Church sponsored community. She has given un- Mr. Cook. selfishly of herself in order to Julius Amaker, county farm serve others. a g e nt announce Alton McClain, In 1916 Mis-3 Trescott gradu- of McClellanville, David Rich-j ated from the Hospital and ardson, Shirley White, and Ann- j Training school for nurses. In a b e l Giles, of James Island as j 1918 after post graduate work members of the Four “H” Clubs at Lincoln Hospital, New York attending week conservation she was nurse until 1926 at the cai up at Camp Harry Daniels.! Ladies Benevolent Society, she Mis ' s Albertha DeVeaux. Home' then did private nursing until Demonstration Agent accompan-j 1929 when she joined the Health lub them. Dept. — ® _ Scouting Mrs. Ethyl R. Brown 153 Com- 1 The first annual program for ing St., Charleston, began her Scouts and their parents was , career here in 1937 as instructor j held at Emanuel AME Church in Beauty Culture. Mrs. Brown j Sunday July 18 at 5:00 PM. was then employed as a repre- ( Thadeus Fraher, conducted trie sentative of Poro College. In i program. Executive director 1939 she opened the Palmetto | John Middleton gave a brief on Beauty School and is the owner] ! the camp life for the bfe^ and director. Many graduates; Each year the number of b_s are shop owners and instructors.! j attending camp is increasing. She has traveled over the Unit-1 I The camp this year will run ed States, visited i n Mexico. T I Misses Vivian E. Fraser and ^ Jacob Snype, a cousin of Mrs. | Juanita ij^ckn PYr ovo v^it vlIjU >-.ola r. Turner, a 1954 feiadu-, Univ of Wisconsin for the sum- ate of Buirke High School has | recently been accepted as a I mer ' t trainee pilot i n the Air Force. PERSONA, MENTION Only recenty are high school Dr. and Mrs. James E. Brown, graduates being accepted. I of CharleSpn Heights recently About 5000 member s of the I returned from vacationing in New York City. Louis Walker, son of Mrs. Eleanor Kitt received his degree in secondary education at Hamp ton Institute, Va. Mr. Walker served in the U. S. Army before returning to Hampton Inst. Mrs. Edna Jenkin s Robinsc an instructor at Simonton Schd is studying in Buffalo, N. She is the guest of her sistj Mrs. Fredricka Andr ews. Rev. Emmett A. L. Lampk has been elected pastor of Jer I salem Baptist Church. Lampkin is credited with orga izing the Women’s Auxiliary the Y Men s Association wht be was e xecutive secreta: there. The Auxiliary is a vit part of the association. Two Fort Soldiers On Winning Pistol And Rifle Team FORT JACKSON — Two Fo: Jockson marksmen were men bers of The Third Army Pistf Team which took top honors 1 the All-Amiy Rjfi e and pistol Championship matches at F 0 ** Benning, Georgia, recently. Major Leonard R. Robinson, Jr., of 3524 Bollingham Road, Columbia, and Major Roy E. Hogan of 4714 Cedar Spring Road, Columbia, both fired on the six-man Third Army teanr which took first place in tl" team events of the week 10' "- matches. They had been self ed for the team on the basis scores shot during the Third rmy matches which immed r ly preceded the All-Army test. Major Hogan is assistanl mental commander of the Airborne Infantry Regimf Major Robinson i s Opf Officer of the 516th. Accumulating 1^39 points of a possible 1800 points, ,» team easily the team ♦rophV in *We first All- Army Championship matches ever held. , The two-men’s scores: Major Robinson, 273 out of a possible 300; Major Hogan- 278 out of a possible 300. (Ofesenial toltie besl tildes... m ' The extra years enrich its great Bourbon Uavor sr 11.’ *1/2 r 2 93 Pint 41? ’ 4/5 Ot. Vbouhboh^ •••kwibv DiuTiurm ton*' LiCKORY STRaiGHTjQQJjQII WHISKY SIX YEARS OLD 86 PROOF Also available in 100 Piooi boilied in bond - Diet Hickory Disldiina C-oi^oiaiion - Pbiladtiplno. Fa.