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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXV
Arrest of Bus Riding Ministers
Sets For Court Test
LAWYER UNMASKED BY “DAUGHTE
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Spaulding were honored by
Durham Business and Profess¬
ional Ctyain and
League oft Thursday, January 3,
at the W. D. Hill
Center, as a part of the Annual
New Year!? Festival at
North Carolina.
Girl Files $25000 Suit
IS. It. Bias
I)r. C. R. Gosha
HEADS S.A.M.S__At the annual
meeting of the South Atlantic
Medical Soceity held January 3.
Dr. Clarence R. Gosha was
elected president. Other officers
elected were Dr. S. F. Frazier,
vice president; Dr. Nathaniel
Patrick, secretary; Dr. F. E.
Fonvielle, Asst, secretary, and
Dr. H. M. Collier. Sr., treasurer.
Plans are underway for the
annual anniversary celebration
of the society during February,
the president announces. Annu¬
ally the society brings to Sa¬
vannah celebrati d scholars of
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delta sigma theta OFFI¬
CIALS, headed by national presi¬
dent Dorothy I. Height of New
Vork City (seated fourth from
left, center row), pose for
eruman at the sorority’s 24th na¬
tional convention held in
Mich., during the recent holiday
season. More than 1.900 delegates
fvon; 30 states and the Republic
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turned from Dew Delhi, India,
where Mr. Spaulding served a-
a United States delegate to the
Ninth General UNESCO Con¬
ference. They were enthusiast!
cally received- by a large mixed
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SAN FRANCISCO (ANI>)
Two railroads last week were hit
by a $25,000 discrimination dam-
age suit here after a 1 l-year-old
Negro gil l charged that she was
denied sleeping car accommoda-
tions because of her race.
The suit, filed in behalf of Mary
Alberta Washington of San Fran¬
cisco, named the Southern Pacific
and the Texas and, New Orleans
Railroads as defendants. *
The petition charged that the
girl-was forced to traVel from La
Fayette, La., to Los Angeles in ;
day coach even though she held f
first class ticket with sleeping cai
accomodations.
MUTUALS HOLD
ANNUAL ELECTiON
The Mutual Benevolent So-
:iety held its annual election of
officers at which time the fol¬
lowing were elected: Frederick
Owens, president; Matthew
Brown, vice president; Everett
P. Stevens, secretary; Samuel
J. Brown, treasurer, and Chas.
Allen, chaplain. The president
was host to the meeting.
The annual report rendered
showed the society to be in ex¬
cellent shape. The formal so¬
cial affair of the organization
will be held at Coconut Grove
on Friday night, Jan. 18.
of Haiti attended the session,
which centered on the theme; "Re-
j lea ing the Delta Potential: For
Leadership, For Community Serv¬
ice and For Personal Growth.”
Speakers included Dr. Martin
Luth, r King of Montgomery, Ala.,
president of the Montgomery Im¬
provement Association which
spearheaded the successful boy¬
SAN ' FRANCISCO, (ANP)
—
This city is agog over a petition
filed irt Superior Court charging
that the late Ernest 3. Torlogano,
for many years a prominent law¬
yer and city official, posed as a
♦white iTian for 45 years, when in
reality, he was a Negro.
The expose was brought about
b.v Mrs. Gladys Torregano Stev-
{•ns, 52, who says she was the late
Torregiino's daughter, and who is
eurrciiUy petitioning the court to
award her the entire estate of
$275,000 left by the late attorney,
i Her petition, filed 'by Atty. Ber¬
gen Van Brunt, charges that Tor-
.tegano abandoned his family and
rfuce in INew Orleans in 1912 and
unit! to San Francisco. In sup
port of the petition, Mrs. Stevem
produced a birth certificate, which
iists an Ernest Torregano, 22, as
father of a baby girl named
‘Gladys”, and Viola Perrett as
mother. The certificate notes that
the child, born February 7, 1901
s colored.
Torregano, died in January,
i954, at the age of 71. He studi-
d law at St. Ignatius college, and
jpon completion, began a practice,
n which he specialized in bank¬
ruptcy eases. He acknowledged
mly one wife, Pearl Clauncy Bry-
int Torregano, whom he married
here in 1917 and who died in 1947.
They had no children.
At his death, his will left the
bulk of the estate to a brother, Al¬
fred Torregano. The remainder of
the estate was divided among sev¬
eral organizations in which he had
been an active figure. He was one
,,f the dominant figures in the local
j I French colony. At one time he
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NAACP Memberships Increased
Attacks In Dixie
NEW YORK, Jan. 10 —
bership in the National
tion for the Advancement of
ored People reached the
nark in 195(1 despite the ban
.perations in the states of
bama, Louisiana and Texas,
'.er B. Current, director
branches, reported at the
D. C. DENTAL GROUP
TO DROP RACE BAN
WASHINGTON (ANP) —
District of Columbia Dental
ciety has voted to admit
dentists to its membership.
The vote to change its
policy for all-white members
taken by a secret mail ballot.
the actual vote count had not
made public at press time.
The question of lowering
bars against Negro members
raised after Dr. John A.
chief of oral surgery at Howard
University School of Dentistry
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cott against segregated buses;
Buell Gallagher, president of
College of the City of New
and Mrs. M. E. Tilly and
Sadie T. M. Alexander, the
women members of President
man’s Committee on Civil
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PHOTO).
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
ATLANTA, C,a.,
the arrest of six bus riding Negro
ministers here Thursday, the stage
was set for a United States Su¬
preme Court test of Georgia's
segregation laws.
Taken to Fulton County jail
where they posted $1,000 bond each
were the Rev. W. H. Borders, pas¬
te r of Wheat Street Baptist church
and lender of the organized pro¬
test; the Rev. It. Joseph Johnson,
the Rev. II. Bussey, the Rev. R. B.
Shorts, the Rev. R. 11. Williams
and the Rev. A. Franklin Fisher.
Atty. A. T. Walden, their attor-
ncy, announced immediately that
his clients will carry their fight
for desegregation of Atlanta and
Georgia buses to “the highest court
n the land.”
The crusade was launched by
the ministers on Wednesday. Their
first move was to board a 1ms a*
i downtown Atlanta stop and take
• cats in the front section, which
traditionally is reserved for white
•lassengcrs.
The bus, operated by the Atlanta
Transit Company, pulled over to
the curb after going about six
blocks. The driver declared it ou<
>f service “because of mechanical
lifficulty.”
Rev. Borders, who labelled the
ampaign as a “lav;, love and lib-
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CHARLOTTE COURSE
\0W OPEN TO ALL
CHARLOTTE, N. C., Jan. 10—
The Charlotte Golf Course
racial ban has been
and today James Williams, an
18-year-old Negro who
at the Eastwood Golf Club here,
became the first of his race
play Charlotte's Bonnie Brae
course and he made the
even more memoiable by
a one-over-par 37 for nine
holes. Williams showed up
about P'35 "£. m. Wedncs ay
and olayed the nine holes by
himself.
, lion’s 48th annual meeting here
, this week.
“The extra efforts of NAACP
units outside of the South,” Mr.
| Current said, “offset the los in
j those states” and as a result the
j total membership was increased by
about 40,000. During 1956, he con-
tinued, new local NAACP units
Stones Hit Cleric’s
Home for Second Time
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. —(ANI’i
—For the second time since
New Year’s Day, stones have
been hurled- through windows
of a Negro minister’s home
here who is active in this city's
bus protest movement, it was
disclosed last week.
The Rev. K. S. DuPont told a
Negro Intercivic council mass
meeting that rocks were hurled
into the home of the Rev. C. K.
Steele, leader of the bus into¬
nation ovenrent, shortly before
awn last Monday. One of the
rocks knocked over a lamp in
.he living room.
The Steele family was out of
the city at the time.
The first stoning of Rev.
FAM-U SCORES A
HISTORIC FIRST
AT INAUGURATION
TALLAHASSEE — “A historic
first” occurred here last Tuesday
when the 132-piece Florida A and
M University band participated in
the pre-inaugural concert prior to
the inauguration of the Honor¬
able LeRoy Collins as Governor.
More than 19,000 persons in at¬
tendance at the inauguration gave
a thunderous ovation when the
band, under the direction of Dr.
William P. F’oster, played its last
selection.
The occasion also marked the
first time that the bands from
Florida's three state-supported in¬
stitutions of higher learning — A
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 19. 1957
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ATTENDANTS AT ALUMNI MEET—Shown above is the body in Meeting of the National Alumni Association held at Savannah
j ! attendance at the Annual Meeting of the Area 5 Regional Alumni State College on January 11-12.
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POLIO PROGRAM
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1 Jac,t Stiles, chairman of the
I March of Dimes campaign, an-
j nounces that approximately
$830 was pledged toy Negro
i citizens during the poliothon
J program, Sunday morning over
j station WTOC-TV. Mrs. Thelma
Wright and Frank Freeman
served as announcers. Mrs.
Wright also accompanied sev¬
eral groups at the piano.
Mr. Stiles is urging that the
pledges be paid at once in order
that the fight against polio
may be a real success. He states
that many Individuals and or-
t ganizations have already paid
biUt tb is js not en0 ugh. He is
-rrateful ? to all for the coopera-
lon giyen so far but he re -
<nin ds tbe public that pledges
arc no g00( j without payment.
>p be tidies 0 f the American
Leg j on Auxiliary, Post 513, are
^poujyonng a March of Dimes
Dance at tbe Coconut Grove on
January 19. Mrs. Emily Manor
. cb airman of this affair. The
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chartered included Id branrhe ,42
youth councils and 1*1 college (hup-
ters in 23 states. By the end of
the year there were Lol l local
units in 44 states, the District of
Columbia and the 1 erritory of
Alaska.
Mr. Current reported that
; branches in 12 cities enrolled more
Steele’s home together with
firing of shotgun blasts into a
! Negro rocery store on New
Year’s day prompted Gov. Col-
[ins to suspend city bus opera-
i tions in Tallahassee.
SCHOOL CHILDREN TO
HEAR SYMPHONY 0RK.
T h e Savannah Symphony
Orchestra under the direction
of Chauncey Kelly will present
a pair of children’s concerts
next Wednesday morning for
Negro children at the Cily Audi¬
torium. These concerts are
scheduled for 10 a.m.~ 11 a. m.
\LA. KU KLUX INVADE
CHURCH AND LEAVE
CONTRIBUTION
PRATTVILLE, Ala. A small
white church here was invaded by
robed members of the Ku Klux
Klan last week and to the appar¬
ent surprise of the congregation,
the racists left money instead of
terror.
The Rev. John T. Sorrell, pas¬
tor of the Pleasant Hill Baptist
Church, said the Klan left a con¬
tribution of $58.54 to the church’s
building program after some 40
unmasked members of the group
paraded into the little edifice.
Rev. Sorrell said the robed in¬
dividuals filed down the centei
aisle and left their offerings in
the collection plate? at the altar.
INFORMATIVE MEET AT COLLEGE
The annual meeting of Area
5 of the National Alumni Asso¬
ciation which began on Friday,
Jan. 11, at Savannah State
College was opened with prayer
by Reverend Andrew J. Har-
grett. College Minister, Savan¬
nah State College. The group
then received greetings from
Prince Jackson, Jr.. Alumni Sec-
retary, SSC, who served as
chairman of the convention,
Remarks were given by G. W.
Conoly, President. Area 5, and
Wilton C. Scott, Executive Sec-
retary of the National Alumni
Association,
The first panel, which began
at 3:15 p. m. was entitled,
IIow the Alumni Affect The
Student Body.” Dr. B. J. Far-
mer. Associate Piolessoi tu
English, Savannah State Col-
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5,000 members each in'1958.
Leading this list was Detroit with
1 8,220-4. Los Angeles with 14,19(1
was KW . 0 n<j followed by Cleveland,
;3,101. Others in this group in-
New York (Manhattan
11,871; Baltimore, 10,000;
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ANNUAL Y MEET
SET FOR TUESDAY
The lith annual meeting of the
of the West Broad
Branch YMCA will be at
Y Tuesday, Jan. 22, at 8:00
The YMCA in its training for
and Citizenship will
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EDUCATIONAL CARAVAN —
group of church leaders of
the A.ME. Zion Church was
photographed in Memphis,
as they began a tour of
secondary schooLs of the
located in the
south. Front row: 1. to
Bishops C E. Tuckar, Louis¬
Ky.: H. B. Shaw. Wilming¬
N. C.; H. T. Medford,
Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 10c
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Scout Div. Banquet
SetforTliurs.lan.2l
Final Rites Held For
Mrs. Geneva S. Gadsden,
Retired School Teacher
Mrs. Geneva Stiles Gadsden,
retired school teacher, died at
a local hospital on Sunday
morning, Jan. 13, after a short
Illness. Mrs. Gadsden was the
wlie of Prof. R. W. Gadsden,
retired principal of the
Broad and Paulsen street
; schools.
j Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at JL the St
1 w Matthew ...____, s Episcopal _ . , Chuich. ,
Rev. G. H. Caution, rector
; of the church, was assisted by
j the Rev. A. c. Curtright, minis¬
ter of the First Congregational
Church.
Burial was In Laurel Grove
cemetery with the Bynes-Royall
Funeral Home In charge of
arrangements.
Mrs. Gadsden was a native
Savannahian. She attended the
local public schools and was a
graduate of Savannah State
College. She was employed as
an instructor by the Chatham
County Board of Education for
more than forty years prior to
her retirement in 1953. Her last
appointment was as instructor
of first grade at Florance Street
: School.
Besides her husband, the de-
ceased is survived by a sister,
Mrs. Annie Stiles Scott; two
step-sons. E. H. Gadsden of
Savannah and R. W. Gadsden,
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Washington, D. C.: W. W. Slade,
Charlotte, N. C., and Rev. G. L.
Fuuntleroy, Memphis, Tenrf,
and , Pittsburgh, Pa. 2nd _
row:
Dr. W. S. Bascom, Montgomery,
Ala.; Prof. T. W. Patton, Green-
ville. Ala.; Mrs. Savannah Med-
ford. Washington. D C ; Mrs. S.
Mae Slade, Charlotte, N. C.:
; Mrs. Gladys Hunter, Hartford, |
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Itev. A. J. Hargrell, Speaker
The speaker for the annual
divisional banquet of the Coas¬
tal Empire Council. Buy Scouts
of America, will be Rev. Andrew
J. Hargrett of Savannah Stale
College.
Rev. Hariati received the B.
S degree from Florida A A M.
College and a master’s degree
in education from Atlanta Uni¬
versity. He taught in the Flo¬
rida public school system fur
nine years and has, for the pa ,t
eight years, been chaplain and
instructor at Savannah State
College.
The banquet is to be held at
the West Broad Street YMCA
on Thursday, Jan. 24, at 8 p. m.
The agenda for the banquet
will feature pageantry, fcllow-
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Conn.; Mrs. Sallie Moreland,
R»ck Hill. S.C.. and Dr. J W.
Snaw ’ Great FaJ1 *’ S C ’
row: Rev. R. E. Stephens, , Eliz-
abeth CUy N c . Rev Frunn
ghegod, Memphis, Tenn.; Ale >
ander Barnes, Durham, N. C.,
and Washington, D. C.; Dr. R.
T Hunter, Hartford. Conn.;
Mrs Alary Brown and Clyde
Ross, Memphis.