Newspaper Page Text
75 YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXV
IN THE PICTURE is seen i-aul It. William s a.iamg, itauy to serve as Miss Maree gets an
JK as to the number to be sent over the tele, .’un 2 and Lou I.uTour, extreme left, smiles over the
■help being given by two precious and busj friends, Haul R. “Hu- klebuck” Williams, musician, and
Miss Maree, educator and principal. Paul left Ne . Yotk after having been held over at Willie’.
Orchid Room and is now appearing at Gicason s Ciubroom in Cleveland, Ohio.
SAV’H PRINCIPAL
ClfEU IN NEW YORK
NEW YCI’K <GL .UAL'
Miss MelteHu Maree,
Of the Paulsen School of
vannah, Giorgia, enjoyed
distinction of being singled
•by her class associates and
ine true tors for her
work in the Administrative
Child-Education fields this
Woman Teacher Who Defended
Health Officer Refuses to
POOL BUS BOYCOTT
{Catholic Prolate Calls
For Defense of
, NEW YORK, Oct. 12 — “The
time ha., come for law-abiding
citizens of the United States —
whatever their personal opinion
i>f the NAACP — to rally to its
d'fense in those states where its
very right to existence as an or¬
ganization is being challenged not
merely by private individuals hut
|>y government itself,” says Mon-
Sis I MESS WOODV1LLE AND HER ATTENDANTS—Here chosen in “Miss the Wood- center
Mins Carolyn Campbell, who has be-en as
Aville.” At her left is Miss Evelyn Twen and at her right. Miss Elia
IS Frazier, attendants.
“Miss Whodville” will reign supreme at Grayson Stadium on
■Thursday night, Oct. 25, when, the Woodvilie Wolverines play
[Risley High school of Brunswick in the homecoming game.
J Iwill On the afternoon before the homecoming game Woodvilie
stage its annual street parade in which all of the various
units of the school will participate.
PREPARE TO VOTE. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER (ifh
(trilmm
ADams 4-3432
simmer at Columbia Dniver-
1 Miss Maree is taking work
• toward her doctorate and has
done advanced study at
University of dm ago and the
Univs r ,ty H Southern Caiifor-
j nia. She believe,; in self-inl¬
.pn vement through regular
study, and in developing the
< hil-d as a whole as is evidenced
r
signor George G. Higgins of the
National (Ylhulie Welfare f,infer
cnee in a feature article relca • od
by the ( athohe Interracial Coun-
‘il here today.
Citing the attacks upon the as-
Kociatieb since the United States
Supreme Court anti-segregation
(Continued on Page Three;
in her school program at Paul-
sen vvliere ‘.lie lias been the
principal over a period of yeai .
The Paulsen PTA is most active
also in the well-rounded pro-
s un which deals with “Family
Units.”
Her activities are such as
meritorious service to all man-
Continued on Pace Seven
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (ANP)
—Development in the Tallahassee
Negro bus boycott rose to a fe¬
verish pitch last week.
Mark Hawes, a -pedal prosecu¬
tor from Tampa, was voted $4,000
by the Lily Commission as a fee
r or prosecuting the boycott car-
pool drivers.
Eleven persons, among them
' he Riv. C. K. Steele, president
l,f the Inter-Civic Council which
is si~rln* the boycott,.are fac-
tiial in City Court for driv-
ing cars which “did not have ‘For
I Hire’ licenses.”
Rev. Steele is also president of
■ he Tallahassee chapter of the
NAACP.
The City Commission has been
leaving rio stones unturned in an
effort to cripple the determined
(Continued on page three)
FOU !* WHITE MEN ATTACK
NEGRO GIRL IN MISSISSIPPI
MAGNOLIA, Miss. (ANP)
Four white men drew indictments
here last week for kidnaping
raping a lG-year-old Negro girl,
Held in county jail without
bor.d for (he offense since last
May are Ernest Dillon, Olea Dun-
$10,SQ0 IN PRIZES
TO RE GIVEN TO
FAIR EXHIBITORS
This city’s largest Coastal Em-
pire Fair in history, with more
i than $10,000 in prizes to exhibi-
tors and the general public, opens
! here October 29 and continues
through November 3.
Seven days jam-packed with en-
tertainment, including some of the
most thrilling rides in the coun-
try today, have been planned by
officials of the Savannah Ex-
change Clubs, sponsors of the
annual event.
Two days have been set aside
for the school children of Chat
ham County with a number of bi-
cycles to Vie given away each aft-
ernoon. The two days are Fri-
day and Saturday, November 2
and 3. Admission has been fixed
at 10 cents with ail rides and
shows along the midway open for
15 cents to the' youngsters. Fair-
(Continued on Page Three)
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1956
CAR CO.
SCOUT
Delegations from 20
in the Savannah
attend a dinner at
Broad YMCA
Cct. 48, 8:00 o’clock,
guests of the Chatham
of the local Boy
The r’.'nner is to be the
for the “Together”
of the division which
concerted community effort
the benefits of
program to boys
community of
The dinner is being
'he Milton Cab
s. Ruth Hall, proprietor.
Rev. Gnome D. Walker
of the Together
and the chairman
division is Frank II.
the Bynes-Royall
-------------
Cleveland.. Ohio, was
hv Moses Oleaveland, July
Detroit, Mich., settled
Cadillac, July 24,
N O T 1 C E !
The DEADLINE for news
articles in the Savannah
Tribune is at noon on
Tuesdays. School news
must be in the office by
noon, MONDAY'S, to in¬
sure of publication. Short
articles are preferable. The
eililor reserves the right
to edit all news articles.
MONi J CELLO, Flu. (ANP)
A white s -houi teacher, who
out against the recent firing
a white woman health officer
'■ating - with a Negro nurse, fed
the sting of Florida .‘"iilinient in
race relations lust week when
Jefferson County School Board
asked for her resignation.
Mrs. Flo Way, a 44-year-old
fifth-grade teacher, came to
defense of Dr. Deborah
32, who was fired from her
sition after she ate lunch
Mrs. Ethel Kirkland, a
nurse.
Mrs. Way spoke at a
27 meeting of the
of the three counties which
Coggins served as health
Mrs. Way said she was
summoned before a meeting
the school board and asked
her resignation because of her
fense of Dr. Coggins.
The teacher said she has
1 made up her mind about
ing and taught her class as
(Continutd on Page Six)
Duroa Duncan and
] Dillon.
Ollie Duncan was indicted
j on kidnap charges after
ling that he was an unwilling
, senger in the car.
I Authorities said Ernest
|
I BIG GIFTS CHAIRMAN— Miss
Ruby L. King will serve as the
I Chairman of Big Gifts for the
I 1956 Seal Sale Campaign. Miss
! King received her B S. degree
(Continued on Page Eight)
Man Killed When His Ear Was
i Flattened bv Tractor-Trai?er
J
Orrin llaggans who was
killed when his car was
flattened by a tractor-trail¬
er Monday.
In one of the worst wrecks
in Chatham county for some
time, Orrin B. Haggan, Jr., of
2U3 Lincoln avenue, was killed
Monday afternoon about 3 o’¬
clock when Iris car was flat¬
ten;! by a heavy tractor-trailer
>t the intersection of the
Bramdjkjfl rutul and Mie Gypsum
dim turn-on.
The accident happened as
llaggans was leaving the plant
ot the N a t ion a P<i yps urn com¬
pany lie is said to have driven
liis car directly into the path
if the 5 ton truck-trailer which
truck the car broadside and
ompletely demolished it.
The body of the 1949 Mercury
coupe was ripped irom t'lic cnas-
;is, split open and flattened
iut. Fenders, bumpers, seat
uvhionk, tires and other parts
verc widely scattered.
The wreckage pan-caked be¬
neath the truck until all the
truck’s tires were touching the
ground.
Strangely enough, llaggan’s
body was unman®led but he
was dead when he was pulled
from the wreckage. The body
(Continued on page three)
Dining Car Waiter Wins $104,000
In Suit Over Ham Theft Charges
NEW YORK (ANP)—A
ear steward won an award
$104,000 last week in a decision
by Superior Court Judge Richard
(Continued on Page Six)
ittempted suicide in hi.; jail
ast week and w'as treated
elf-inflicted razor wounds.
The young girl, whose,
was not released, said she
taken from her home and raped
by three' of the men.
235 HOSPITALS
OPERATED BY
7th-DAY ADVENTISTS
The Seventh-day Adventist
Church, one of the smaller
Protestant denominations, treat¬
ed. over 700,000 patients through
its 235 hospitals , sanitariums
and treatment rooms in 1955.
A current report cf the church’s
world - wide educational and
welfare activities shows that in
addition 6,000,000 people were
helped through its welfare ser¬
vices. The cash value of the
food, clothing and furniture
distributed free of charge tot¬
aled more than $14,000,000
Despite its membership of
less than a million, the Adven-
tist Church is carrying on its
humanitarian work in 183 of
the 223 countries of the world,
employing over 42,250 workers.
The educational program op-
I (Continued on page three;
_
Board Considering Itcqmsl lor
Local Federal S. & L. Ass*n
A gronp of local Negro citl-
■,ens recently applied to tie
Federal Loan Dana Board ii
Washington, D. C, lor a nev
federal savings and loan asso
elation in Savannah. Since thi
application was denied, a re
quest was made by the appli
(Continued on page three)
NOW UA1TALN— Is!, Lt Robert
L Simms who was recently
promoted. to the rank of cap-
„ain, Capt. Simms, the son of
Mr. and Mrs Wendell 1‘ Sltmns
of 1005 West Broad i reet and
the husband of the former Miss
Janet Wilson, also a former
school teacher here, is a pro
duel of Beach high school. Al¬
ter graduating I rum T m.kegee |
institute lie entered the oili-
. rs training school and then
went to Korea where he served
(or two years. For a number of
months he served in Tova, and
then was transferred to Fort
N. Y , where he is in
barge of a guided missle unit
the artillery branch of the
LUTHERAN CHURCH MOVES
AGAINST RACE DISCRIMINATION
CHICAGO (ANP) “Any con-
gregation which stubbornly cling
o patterns of segregation and
discrimination based solely on
man’s feelings rather than God’s
word should be the - l.j-4 of the
concern of district officials of the
denomination.’'
Paulsen PTA Officers Installed
j
j Photo Cecil
by
j SEATED, left to right, Asst. Secretary, Mrs. J.B. Williams: Vice Pvt • Mr, fluff. S. M. Morris; STANDING, Sec-
retary, Mrs. J. M Maddox: President. Mrs. J. W. Jamerson. Jr., and Mrs. G. £ .
! left to right. Mrs. M L Miller, Mrs. C Bias, treasurer, C. H. Bias, Parliumen tarian, R. B Bryant,
(Continued on Page Four)
Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 10c
A Danis 4-3433
■HI
lhruio by * reeman
ill YEARS OLD The Grit flu Triplet.-,, f teiald Jarrell and Jerris,
who created a problem ten ycais a",o in < Irdhiun county, cele-
t rated then birthday on October U at the hom ■ id their parents,
Mr and Mrs, c a p e r s Griffin of 317 t aucu mw Village, wh*rt
i gala lime was had by them and their man: little guests.
The three youngster; have developed timely since they first
iw the light of day ten years ago when they became the pride of
the entire community. They are member ol Union JJapt. church
and leaders in the Sunday school lueideii'slly, one of them,
Gerald, is a, Tribune carrier, serving the Yamacraw area.
Thi wa (he crux of the state*
men!, made by the American Lu~
Uirrrn Church boro last week us
it m3 ified congregations that they j
' arc responsible for a ministry to j
j their entire neighborhood
Me of racial or cultural coni']
position.
NUMBER 2
No specific rout c of action
wa. prescribed through the “state¬
ment. of policy on the interracial
m j n j .| rv , )f 1)k . (} ospe | ” which
w , a< j, pted last Wednesday at
h( , (| inaUm ,. s convention here.
..... .. - ___
(Continued on Page Three)