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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXV
Two Savannah Men
Killed in Florida
Car Accident
William S. Hall, Jr., one
of the two local men fatal¬
ly injured in a car accident
last week. Picture of Edw.
Johnson was not obtainable.
Mys'.ery still surrounds the
automobile accident that oc¬
curred on April 30th in Duval
County, Florida, in which two
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B J. JAMES OCEAN VIEW
ANNUAL Y.M.C.A.
AWARDS DAY MAY 17
The annual Y.M.C.A. Awards
Day exercises will be held at
the Alfred E. Beach High
School Friday, May 17, 8 30 a.
•m„ when retiring members of
the Board of Management,
chairmen cf committees and
mem <.rs who have carried out
important assignments, groups,
recommended advisers to Y
clubs, schools which have par¬
ticipated 100 parpcnt.in the 1957
Y membership enrollment, 1957
Y membership leaders, radio
stations and announcers, YMCA
World Service participants, will
be honored.
This event is sponsored by
the West Broad Street Y.M.C.A.
each year through the help of
Principal O L. Douglas of Al¬
fred E. Beach High School.
Notices,will go out this week to
those who have been selected
by the nomination committee
of which Samuel A. Jones
chairman.
Students of the Sophronia
Tompkins school will be pre-
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Mrs. Frank Callen, Madeleine Hannar, - j
THIS IS YOUR LIFE—Seated from left to right are Mrs.
the recipient of “This Is Your Life" award. Miss Evelyn Hunt and Miss Harriett Bias. Standing
in the foreground is Mrs. Esther Warrick, who presented the award. Standing in the rear are
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College Charm Week
SEVERAL q cout
ACTIVITIES PLANNED
The camping ana activities
committee of the Chatham
Division of the local Boy Scout
'ouacil has planned two dis-
‘ rict-widc activities for Cub
’oouts, Boy Scouts and Explorer
’°outs during this month. Na-
han Blackshear, chairman of
the committee, is making an
ill-out effort to provide a more
qualitative program for the
vouth of this area by provid¬
ing qualitative scouting experi¬
ences.
On Saturday of this week, at
0:30 a. m.. Cub Scouts will be
.uests of the city firemen. Fire
ihiefs Evans and Groover have
made arrangements for each
Cub Pack to visit one of the
city’s fire stations where fire-
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B. J. James
Owner
By Frank A. Thorpe
Some have heard of it, -some
have read about it, a few have
seen it; to those who have not
ecn it, you owe to yourselves
i trip to the Toland J. Collier
Memorial Beach, to see the
beautiful ocean view home of
the B. J. James,’ of Savannah
State College.
Ocean View Home is located
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“Purposeful Participation” is
the theme for the Twelfth An¬
nual Charm Week observance
at Savannah State College on
May 11-17. The program, under
the advisorship of Dr. Anne W.
Jordan, dean of women, is
chaired by Gloria A. Moultrie,
senior, majoring in social sci¬
ence. Other members of the
Charm V/eek committee are
Kay Frances Stripling, secre¬
tary. and Yvonne O. Hooks,
assistant secretary.
According to information re¬
ceived from the chairman, the
activities are as follows:
Saturday, May 11, at 7:00 p.
n., the Mother-Daughter ban-
met will take place in Adams
Hall. The “Mother of the Year”
.vill be honored and disting¬
uished mothers will be cited for
contributions to their commun¬
ities.
Sunday, May 12, 2:00-3:30 p.
m„ open house will be observed
n Camilla Hubert Hall; vespers
vill be held at 4:00 p. m. in
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To Launch Drive Tlmrs. Night
For More Voters
The Chatham County Group
of the Statewide Registration
Committee will sponsor a gi¬
gantic rally Thursday night,
May 1G, at 8 00 p. m. at St. Paul
C.M.E. church, Maple and West
Broad streets. This is the com¬
mittee’s initial attempt to
launch a drive to register 25,-
903 Negro voters by mid 1958,
There will be several speakers
on the program to make the
night ail impressive event.
The principal speaker will be
Horace P. White, Southeastern
Representative of International
Union of Mine, Mill and Smel¬
ter Workers. Mr. White is a
very forceful speaker, and civic
work is one of his pet projects.
He is a member of the iocal
Ardsley Park Baptist church
and attended Baker School of
Business Administration at
Harvard University.
Carnegie Hero Fund Awards Go To Two While
Men For Saving Lives of Negroes
PITTSBURGH, Pa., (AP)— At | ween the coal and slate. Hooper’:
the spring meeting of the Carnegie j I
Hero Fund Commission held wen-1 her.
Friday, 13 acts of heroism
re-organized; a bronze medal be
ing awarded in each case. Foiv
Heroes lost their lives. A dealt
pension totaling $960 a year wa
granted in one case; and a death
benefit in the amount of $1,000
was granted in another case.
Awards totaling $3,250 wen
granted in nine cases for eduea
tional and other worthy purpose;
Payments in these case; wili not
be made until beneficiaries’ plan
have been approved by the Com¬
mission.
Two of those saved were Ne¬
groes, a man and a woman. The
awards follow
John W. Illasek, Jr., 30, of
Masontown, Pa., mine motorman.
operator, from a cave-in at Car-
michaels, Pa., January 31, 1956.
When a section of the roof 97
feet long and 19 feet thick fell in
a coal mine 550 feet below the sur¬
face, Hooper was buried in a
.stooped position between a load-
ing machine and a coal pillar. The
sandstone stratum of the roof was
wedged again t the pillar foui
feet above the floor: and the un¬
derlying strata crumbled, almost
completely filling the space be-
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1957
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RECEIVING AWARD—Left to Right, Mrs. Mario i P. Roberts, clerk; S. aiding D, Hunter,
H. D. Bowers, supervisor; Mrs. C. D. Jeffer .an, cashier; J. A. Singleton, Mgr.; L. G.
well, chairman, agency iorce; E. E. Spikes, agent; L. Tolbert, agent.
MR Si JEFFERSON FETED—Left to right, standing, it. L. Washington, C. Wilkcrson, H. P. Bowers
G. Barnwell, holding cup; J. W. McBride, W.M. Jones, Miss F. M. Williams presenting gift tf
c. D. Jefferson, cashier, on the occasion of her birthday; E. E. Spikes, L. Tolbert, Mgr. J
A. Singleton; Asst. Mgr. S. D. Hunter; SEATED. Miss G. M. M iorc. Miss P. M. Owens, Mrs. M.
Miss M. A. Washington. Not appearing on picture, J. E. Scott, Savannah; J. S. Morgan
Afro Agency 1
rn- Win J lop Honors II
s
The tep picture shows J. A.
Singleton, manager of the local
Horace P. White
Principal Speaker
Starling D. Hunter, newly
chairman of the
"all for help was heard two
th, r """ w 1 " 1 h;i '' ;,voidwi thc
all, nn,i and th, they W immediately immediately sum-
noned a crew to remove the debris.
Temporary braces were installed,
tnd by the time the general fore
nan arrived in a mine motor driv-
n by Blasek the workmen had un-
overed the entrance to a natural
unncl at floor level midway be-
weon the loading machine and the
lillar with an opening 18 inches ;
vide and 20 inches high. When
Hooper answered his call, Blasek
"oluntariiy erawled in a prone
losition into the tunnel, which was j
•loorly illuminated by an electric
amp attached to his cap.
Using extreme caution at all
times, Blasek crawled along the
tunnel, moving small fragment:
to the side or ahead of him and
pushing larger lumps toward the
were removed by the foreman. Ten j
feet inside the tunnel Blasek reach-
cd Hooper’s left leg, which was ex¬
tended behind him. After careful¬
ly removing the debris from
around Hooper’s leg and hips,
pjasek discovered that a slab of
coa j t h ree f ee t wide was wedged
t j K htly between Hooper’s back and
,oof of the tunnel.
Blasek called for a small hand-
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of the Afro-American
Insurance Company, pre-
to the managerial team
L. G. Barnwell, chair-|
of the agency force, a
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Starling D. flume.
Director of Drive
wide Registration committee,
will outline plans for aecom- 1
MONTGOMERY, Ala., (AND
Acting on what is culled his fail¬
ure to appear within time and
arosent a transcript of testimony
'he Alabama count of appeal' last
week here threw out of court the
appellate action of the Rev. Mar
tin L. King, famed leader of thi
-tty’s long and successful Negro
hus boycott against segregation.
The noted minister had oarlici
been convicted of violating an an
iquated bus boycott law and wa
"ined $500 when tie appealed. The
fine was changed to a OKI! day jail
sentence and suspended.
The Alabama appellate court
■tated that a transcript (if testi
nnny in Rev. King’s trial in March
MIBfi, had not been filed within the
I p pea I time and that no extension
if time w^s requested in the ease.
The court did not even investi¬
gate the merits of the ease in rul
dig against the militant minister
from Montgomery.
Some 90 other Negro leaders
vere indicted along with Rev. King
>y a Montgomery county grand
iury in early 1950 on charges of
violating an old city anti-boycott
'aw. The action came about when
Negro leaders led a mass Negro
refusal to ride segregated city
buses.
The boycott ended Dec. 21, 1950
vhen the- U. S. Supreme Court is
ued a mandate ending city bus
aggregation in this city.
trephy for the most outstanding
performance over twenty-six
th d ;. 4r!cts of the comp any
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plishing the great task of reg¬
istering Chatham County po¬
tential voters.
The program will be as fol¬
lows, C'-'rtis Cooper, master of
•ceremonies: Invocation, Rev. J.
Q Adams; selection, Stone
l odge Chorus; remarks, William
T. Dotreville; poem, Madeline
Williams'; remarks, Joe Mackey;
selection, Stone Lodge Chorus;
introduction of speaker, James
“■'iwards, President, Interna¬
tional Union of Mine, Mill and
Smelter Workers, Local 870;
address, Horace P. White; ap-
peal, Jesse G. Duster and E. E.
Spikes; benediction, Rev. J. L.
Key.
Leroy Wilson is chairman of
the program committee.
Johnson Carter left Tuesday
to visit his hister, Mrs. Helen
Butler, in New York City.
U iMMENUKMENT SPEAKER
Knoxviil as? rrr
liver the address at the 54th
commencement of Albany State
College on June 3 rd at which
time one-hnudred plus gradu¬
ates will receive diplomas.
Dr. Colston will be returning
to the state where he served
as administrator in secondary
and college work, and from
which he received his founda-
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Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 10c
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Ala. Court Rules
AgainstRev.King
GUI OPEN NGM19
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Collier, Jr., Owner :
Dr. H. M.
The Toland J. Collier Memo¬ !
rial Beach will have its formal
opening on Sunday, May 19. 1
ft is well situated to serve
the people of Savannah and
vicinity. Located on Hilton
Head island, South Carolina, 30
miles from the city, the beach
area offers the most complete
'acuities for your enjoyment in
this Many features :
area.
potlight the nore than half
mile of wide, clean, safe beach
on the Atlantic ocean. Surf
bathing, swimming, fishing and
Four!
MAN OF THE YEAR—standing from left to right are Nelson R
Freeman, Isaiah Mclver recipient of the 195G-57 “Man of the
Year” award, and Dr. W. K. Payne, President of Savannah State
College. Mclver was nahied “Man of the Year' for excellence oi
character, effective leadership, and outstanding contributions to
the school and community. This was an outstanding event Sa¬
vannah State College.
NUMBER 31
STUDENTS
.Mrs. Frances G. Smith
Approximately thirty - five
piano .students from Savannah
and Syivanla will be auditioned
Friday, May 10, at the Butler
Presbyterian Church by Mrs.
Francos Gutelius Smith of St.
Petersburg, Florida. This audi¬
tion is under the auspices of
the National Guild of Piano
Teachers.
Twenty of the students to be
auditioned are pupils of Mrs.
Alice Creeey Wright. They are
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Mrs. Price Dies At
A<je of 100 Years
Mrs. Julia Price, age 109
years, died at her residence,
503 North Street, Tatcinville,
Friday, May 3, after a two
weeks' Illness, In spite of her
age .she was active until her
fatal illness. She was of Indian
ancestry.
Funeral services were well at¬
tended Monday at Die St. Peter's
A. M. E. church with the Rev.
J. L. Sibert officiating. Num¬
erous floral offerings bespoke
the esteem in which she was
field In the community. Inter¬
ment was in Laurel Grove ccm-
etery with the Monroe Funeral
Directors in charge of arrange-
ments.
Survivors are a godchild,
Herbert S. Jefferson of New
York City, and a friend, Mrs.
Freda Robinson of Savannah.
S.S.C. Alumni To Meet
Sunday Evening
There will be a special
('ailed meeting of the Savannah
Chapter, Saturday at G p. m. at
the West Broad Street Y.M.C.A.
Ail officers, chairmen and
members of committees are
urged to be present.
Norman B. Elmore, president