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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 (Continued on Page Six' 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- (Contjnued on Page Six' | ! ; 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 (Continued on Page Six) fin ADams 4-3432 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- <Continued on Page Six) 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 'Continued on Page Six) “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 (Continued on Page Six) 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 ripr^'-- : v 1:> " 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- (Continued on Page Six, of the Afro-American Insurance Company, pre- to the managerial team L. G. Barnwell, chair-| of the agency force, a I 1 | 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 (Continued on Page Sixi 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- (Continued on Page Six) Member Audit Bureau Circulations Price 10c ADams 4-3433 Ala. Court Rules AgainstRev.King GUI OPEN NGM19 j ' • I 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 (Continued on Page Sixi 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