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75 PUBLIC CONTINUOUS YEARS SERVICE OF
VOLUME LXXV
GROUP UONGliATULATINO SPEAKER FOR TH K llih ANNUAL Y MEMBERSHIP MEETING —
L. to R.: Joseph R. Jenkins, Mrs. Esther A. Warrick, Harold Williams, John H. Law, Jr., Lloyd
Smith, Delbert Glover, Dr. R. Grann Lloyd, Mrs. Sarah Vanellison, M. G. Johnston, Dr. Calvin L.
Kiah, Mrs. Carrie Cargo. «
Many Adult
Show at V. M, C. A,
P.T.A. Day Speaker
A f Tompkins High
Mrs. Clara B. Gay
/ ;>ve is Mrs. Clara B. Gay,
president of the Georgia Con¬
gress of Colored Parents and
’Teachers, who will address the
P.T.A. of Scphronia Tompkins
School on Tuesday, Feb. 5, at
7 30 p. m.
Mrs. Gay is a product of the
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Courageous White Woman
Editor Her Mind
Fire Destroys Chapel at
Institute
TUSKKC.EE, Ala.- The Tuske-
gee In-.t’t.ute Chapel caught fire
near midnight Tuesday, January ^
22, and was completely destroyed
Cause of fire was not inimedi-
ately determined, however, the
first alarm was sounded from a
nearby dormitory for women, dur¬
ing the height of a severe electric¬
al storm.
The fire spread so rapidly that
fire fighting equipment was of lit¬
tle use. In addition to the Insti¬
tute Volunteer fire squad and the
fire department from the City of
Tuskegee, the Veterans Adminis¬
tration Hospital Fire Department
joined in keeping flames from
spreading to other buildings.
Dr. L. If. Foster, President of
Tuskegee Institute, deplored thi
loss and expressed hope that the
structure can be rebuilt at an
early date.
Although the Chapel was par¬
tially insured it will be impossible
to duplicate much of the fine ok
timber and hand work of the orig
inal.
Dr. Foster said that the Chapel
located in the heart of the campus
was a place of worship and ;
center for many cultural activitie-
shared by students, faculty, com
munit.v friends, and visitors fron
all over the world. It had becomi
as much a symbol of Tuskegee In-
statute as the Booker T. Washing-
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ADams 4-3432
The members of the tahula-
.ng committee of the firs,
uinual Hobby Shew cf t-hi
West Bread Street Branch Y.M
C.A. are Raleigh A. Bryant, Jr.
ihahman; Miss Corinne Wil¬
liams, Miss Lois Dotson, Mis
Augusta Pcttie. Mrs. Fannie P
Jenkins. This committee i
verking very closely with the
\duit Ho’:by Show committee o'
vhich Mrs. Calvin L. Kiah is
•hairman and Sidney A. Jones
;o-chairman. The show began
Tan. 30 and will end Friday
•Continued on Page Seven
UT’L PRES. COLORED
P.T.A., VISITS CITY
Mrs. Mayue E. Williams of Mi-
uni, Florida, National President ol
the Colored Parent-Teachers As¬
sociation and a member of the Ex¬
ecutive Committee of the National
Congress of Parents and Teachers
Association, attended a midyeai
• inference held in DeSoto Hotel
Sunday.
Mrs. Williams and two other
National officers of P.-T. A., Mrs.
Amanda Jonnigan, of Shaw Uni¬
versity, Raleigh, N. C„ and Mrs.
Jeannetta Chase of Bowia State
(Continued on Page Four;
■’ MILLION
"'TQR CONSTRUCTION
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TALLAHASSEE, (Special)
(ids totaling more than a half
• ilion dollars for the construction
f two facilities on the campus of
'orida A and M University were
ecepted last week by the State
loard of Control.
The bids covered steel for a foot-
all stadium and a new women's
'ormitory.
A low bid of $197,89(5 from the
(ushnell Steel Company of .Jack
onville was accepted on structural
teel for the stadium. A total of
308,000 has been appropriated for
he construction of the stadium. A
ontraet on grading has already
■cen awarded and this phase of
he work is currently underway.
Bids are expected to be taken
n the stadium foundations within
he very near future.
' As planned the stadium will
eat 10,000 people. Bids on other
spects of the construction will be
et as work proceeds.
The bid for construction of the
•ew women’s dormitory was
warded to the Winchester Con-
ti uction Co., of Tallahassee, which
| ubmitted the low bid of *364,000.
j Towever. after several alternates
j vere accepted the total price came
Continued on Page Three
SCOUTERS HONORED
AT BANQUET
Local scouters and commun¬
ity leaders received recognition
for service and outstanding
j achievement at the recently
NEW ORLEANS, (ANP) —
Residents of the Delta area re-
ioiced last week over an unusual¬
ly frank editorial written by Mrs.
Annette C. Carmichael, white wom-
m of Bay St. Louis, Miss., who
edits the newspaper The Light j
published in that community, j
ibout 75 miles from this city on j
the Gulf Coast.
Negro readers of her paper con- |
sider the editorial the one bright
light in real liberalism in all of |
Mississippi, which reeks with race j
hatred and bitterness.
Though small, the paper wields j
great influence in the community.
Mrs. Carmichael's editorial titled
“AS WE SEE IT,” follows:
“There are a lot of people, from
the White House on down, so in- j
terested and worried over the
plight of the bombed out freedom j
fighters of Hungary. We regret
their troubles but feel sure they 1
would not be greatly * worried over
JS the case were reve rsed
i .. They are fa) . away> foreign,
I ind like the Russians are largely
Eurasian and with a background
>f unnumbered invasions and coun¬
ter invasions.
“But the thing that has shook-
yd and sickened us is the beastly,
j uncivilized bombings of the
,-hurches of peaceful people in
Montgomery, Ala., and other acts
j 0 f violence in our Southland—be-
j cause they ask for the common,
j everyday rights all other Anieri-
1 cans have without question. These
same rights the highest court of
our country, has ruled unanimous¬
ly and repeatedly, are theirs also.
I (Continued on page three;
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1957
New Bombings Intensify
Race Tension at Montgomery
A new wave of bombings!
broke cut here yesterday and,
greatly intensified the bitter
racial tension that has arisen j
since the law went into effect i
abolishing separate seating ar- |
rangements for Negroes and
whites on the city buses.
The latest such incident of
violence occurred yesterday
when a Negro’s home and a
service station taxi stand were
dynamited and an unexploded
;cmb was found on the front
porch cf one of the leaders of
the integration movement.
In addition to these bombing
flare-ups a white television
newscaster was shot at in his
?ar. He is accused by rabid seg¬
regationists of slanting his
news stories in favor of Negroes
The twelve sticks of dynamite
which failed to go off on the
x;rch of the Rev. Martin Lu¬
ther King, Jr., outstanding
leader cf the bus integration
movement, were placed at Mr
King’s heme early in the morn¬
ing and were of sufficient
(Continu 'd on Page Two)
held annual divisional meeting
cf the local Boy Scout Council,
The banquet-meeting was
held at the West Broad Street
Y.M.C.A. and the above scene
hows a group of persons who
received various awards and
H. Calhoun Installs
New N.A.A.C.P. Officers
liosea Williams
First Vice President
A very enthusiastic crowd
heard J. H. Calhoun, president,
Atlanta Branch NAACP and
prominent businessman, Sun¬
day evening at Bethel A.M.E.
church, who installed the new
officers for the year in a speci-
(Continued on Page Four)
JACKIE ROBINSON DRAWS BIG CROWDS
ON NAACP CROSS-COUNTRY TOUR
NEW YORK, Jan. 24-
Robinson, national chairman of the
NAACP 1957 Fight for Freedom
Fund campaign and former star
of the Brooklyn baseball team, is
being enthusiastically received in
the cities he is visiting on an
NAACP tour, according t< reports
received here.
Mr. Pvobinson, opened the cam-
WhitesNotFree toSpeak, Wilkins
Write or
ATLANTA, Ga., (ANP)-
Executive Secretary Roj
(Vitkins, addressing a meeting id
lie Atlanta NAACP last week, dc
dared that “most white people in
he south are not free today.”
Wilkins said the white southeni-
i is not free to speak, to write,
o assemble, or to petition.
"They are on the brink of be-
ng unable to think their own
houghts,” the fiery Negro leader
issgrted in a speech which also
Hacked President Eisenhower for
,ot using "his high office” to curb
awlessness and violence against
he Negro in the South.
Of the situation of the white
outherner, Wilkins added:
“Their ministers are not free to
>reach unless their sermons up-
old segregation. Even those wiio
lelicve in segregation, but do not
Continued on Page Seven-
They are left
Harmon V. Lavender, Oscar
Green, William Rodgers,
A. Nelson, Mark Edger-
James Smith, S. L. White,
W. A. White. Norman B.
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THURSDAY — Funeral
for George B. Jones
held Thursday at Union
church, the Rev. L. C.
pastor, officiating. The
A Jones Funeral Home
in charge of the arrange¬
Mr. Jones who was widely
• Continued on Page Twoi
paign Jan. 20 in Baltimore where
an overflow crowd of nearly 4,-
000 persons assembled to hear him.
In Pittsburgh he was introduced
to a packed house by Branch
Rickey, the man who Broke the
color bar in organized baseball by
signing Jackie Robinson for the
continued on Page Four)
Court Again Convicts Clerk Slayers
Young Wrug Store
In the retrials Thursday of
last week of the two young
Negro bandits who fatally shot
VV. Earl Fonvicllc, 38-year-old
drug store clerk, seventeen
months ago, one of the gun¬
Willie "Ghost” Golden, 20,
was resentenced to die In the
electric chair and his confeder-
itc, Cecil Bobby Green, 17, was
also found guilty of murder
but was recommended to mercy
by the jury, thus Imposing a
•Continued on Page Seven)
•
Elmore, Nathan Blackshear,
Albert Bryant, M. O. Johnston,
Edward V. Fletcher, Mrs. M. P.
W. W. Law, Kenny
Dr. H. M. Collier, Jr.,
(Continued on Page Three)
Ella Settles
Airline Suit for
NEW YORK, (ANP) — Song
\ stress Ella Fitzgerald and hei
traveling group last week settled
a damage suit against the Pan
; American World Airways out of
| court.
A representative of tin* airline
oiid they were bumped off one of
the company’s planes through “in¬
advertence” and not because of
| racial discrimination. The settle-
| merit was for $7,000.
The suit was filed in Federal
Court in December, 1951. It. c-harg-
; ed that earlier in the year, during
a Honolulu sto|xivcr, Miss Fitz¬
gerald, her accompanist and her
secretary were prevented from
i continuing on a San Francisco-
Australia flight because of their
| race.
The suit further contended that
I the incident caused great embar-
i rassment and prevented Miss Fitz*
gerald from keeping her Australi-
j an commitments.
The PWA spokesman said the
singer was “a frequent and valued
; customer of Pan American” and
• expressed regret that she was in
I convenieneed.
N. Y. ENG. GROUP
ELECTS NEGRO
NEW YORK, (ANRI— Arthur
(’. Ford, commissioner of the De¬
partment of Water Supply, Gas
and Electricity, was elected presi¬
dent of the Municipal Engineers
last week.
Founded in 190a, the Municipal
Engineers is composed of persons
associated with agencies doing
work in engineering for the city.
I city.
A Da ms 4-3433
N.N.P.A. Midwinter
Issues Plea for Justice
NASHVILLE, Tenn. In n
statement recently released, mem¬
bers of the National Newspaper
Publishers Association called on
President Eisenhower, the Con¬
gressman of the United States, the
various State governors and legis¬
latures to combine their, efforts to
“restore confidence in the prin¬
of freedom, equality, human
dignity, and government under
law." The Publishers, who con-
eluded their Mid-Winter Workshop
on the campus of Fisk University,
last week called for combined ac¬
tion of all segments of govern¬
ment “in view of the breakdown
of the interracial amity and under¬
standing in some parts of our na-
j tion . .
The delegates to the Workshop
session were publishers and edi
tors of America’s most important
j Negro publications.
Other principals who participat¬
ed in the Workshop were: Thur-
j I good Marshall, Special Counsel,
NAACP; William J. Trent, F.xceu
I tive Director, United Negro Col-
•Continued on Page four)
MRS. WRIGHT ELECTED
BY TB GROUP
Mrs. Thelma Wright was clec-
fed permanent chairman of the
Cit.zens Committee on Tuber-
eulosis Control Monday night,
Mrs. Sadie D. Steele was elec¬
ted vice chairman and Mrs.
Dorothy U. Adams, secretary.
William A. Blnns, chairman
of the TB Associations’ Sana¬
torium Committee, i addressed
the group on the need for more
(blood donations In Chatham
Continued on Page Three
Many S.S.C. Students To
Take Nat’l Teachers Exam,
3 NEGRO STUDENTS
ENROLL AT 0KLA.
HIGH SCHOOL
EA RLSBORO, Okla., (AMD
Three of four Negro children who
were ordered admitted to the all-
white High School here by U. S
District Judge W. It. Wallace, have
(teen enrolled, without incident.
They arc John Ear, Betty aw'
Coyle Lee I’ermettcr, children of
Coyle Pormetlor of Earlsboro. A
fourth student Francis Jean Cal i
-was also included in the Court
>rder, but failed to appear for en
rollment. School Superintendent
('. J. Smith said he did not know
what her plans were.
SAYS HE WAS OUSTED
BECAUSE OF HIS
RACIAL VIEWS
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -iANPi
A 24-yecir-old white graduate !
student of Florida State Univer¬ !
sity here disclosed last week
‘hat he has been asked to get j
out of the school because he |
urged the election of a Negro •
to a City post and paid no heed
to a campus rule (barring racial
mixing.
The young man, John Board-
mail. a student from Fort
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Member Audit Bureau Circulation»
Price 10c
NUMBER 17
Dr. Peter M. Murray To
AJJress the S.A.M.S.
The South Atlantic Medical
Society will present Dr. Peter
Marshall Murray, noted obstet¬
rician and gynecologist of New
York City, in an anniversary
lecture at the West Broad Et.
Y M.C.A. on February 7.
Dr. Murray was born at Hou¬
ma, La. He was graduated
from New Orleans University
in 1910; and Howard Universi¬
ty Medical School in 1914. He
io!ds two honorary Sc.D. de¬
crees, one from Dillard U. and
he other from Lincoln U.
From 1914 to 1921 Dr. Murray
held various positions at How-
mi Medical School and the
Frcedinen’s Hospital, to wit:
Assistant Clinical Professor of
(Continuer on Page Four)
The National Teacher Exami¬
nations, prepared and adminis¬
annually by Education
Service at examination
throughout the United
will be administered *>n
Feb. 9, at Savannah
College.
At this time, candidates may
ake the common examination
ind one or two optional exara-
' nations.
The common examination*,
lesigned to measure knowledge
ind ability, are recommended
‘or all candidates. The oxr
nations include tests in: pr>
"essional information, English
expressions, social studies, lit¬
erature and fine arts; science
ind mathematics, and non¬
verbal reasoning. #
The optional examinations
provide opportunity for can di¬
lates to d-emonstrate mastery
>f the subject matter they wish
teach. The^Iational Teachers
Examination's re administered
obtain objective information
'or cooperating school systems
ind colleges.
One-hundred one Savannah
College students have
for the examinations.