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The
Ministers Wives Alliance
their regular monthly
• May 18 at th home of Rev.
Mrs. J. B. Bates, 1017 Love
with the president, Mrs.
presiding. Devotions were
ducted by Mrs. Bailey.
business was disposed of.
window rally is still in
A lovely repast was served
Mrs. Bates. Next meeting
be at the home of Rev. and
G. W. Garter, 525 East Gaston
street.
Cherokee Rose Social
The Cherokee Rose social
met Friday, May 10, with Mrs.
Maud Williams on West 35th
street. In the absence of
Hagan the vice president, Mrs
Bernetha Drayton, presided
Plans are in the making for
our motorcade to Hardeeville.
Friday night, May 24, After the
transaction of business a
repast was served by the host¬
ess, Those present were Mrs.
Bernetha Drayton, Mrs. Annie
Button, Mrs. Mary Roberts, Mrs
Pansy Brown, Mrs. Bryant and
Mrs. Maud Williams. The next
meeting will be at the home of
Mrs. Bernetha Drayton, Wed¬
nesday night, May 22. Mrs. V.
Rakestraw, reporter.
Civic Garden Club
On Wednesday evening, May
8 the Civic Garden Club held
its regular meeting at the
home of Mrs. Virginia Davis,
1010 W. 40th street. Much busi¬
ness was discussed. Among
them were increasing knowl¬
edge of arrangements and
making of corsages. The mem¬
bers were cmmended for having
won various prizes at the flow¬
er show. Special mention was
made of Mrs. C. W. Flournoy
who was instrumental in con¬
ducting the classes in arrange¬
ments for the show.
Those present at the meeting
were Mesdames Mary Brown
Crump, Grace Young, Ada Wil¬
liams, Alice Gordon, Hester
Wren, Jewel McDew, Lillian
Grant, Virginia Davis and Ellie
Bivens. The hostess served an
appetizing repast.
We regret to learn since meet¬
ing of the illness of Mrs. Jewel
V Dew. We wish for her a
peedy recovery. The next
meeting will be at the home of
vies. Julia Austin, &27 West
42nd street.
JUDGE CONSIDERING
EVIDENCE NEGROES
BEING BARRED
(Continued from Page One)
Queen Cohen. The other seven-
een cases were suddenly
Lopped in order to “sim-
dlfv ibybjttie unatterst! The suits were
(he filed l^i^B^of jijiintlffs qhe under
N.A.A.C.P.
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Mrs. Cohen said she was
■victed from her home when
he site was cleared for the
white Fred Wessels housing
rojec.t here several years ago.
•;he said she later applied for
:ut was denied admisson to
lie Wessels project. She filed
i $5,000 damage and injunct-
on suit against the Housing
authority of Savannah and
Public Housing Administration
>rwl asked the court to declare
Uegal separate housing for
elutes and Negroes.
She proved to be a most
•■apable witness and when cross
uxo mined she unhestitatingly
orcefully told of her dealings
vith the housing project.
On the closing day of the
j trial when Mrs. Cohen was
I returned to the witness stand
, and was asked by Mrs. Con¬
vince Baker Motley of New
York, one of the plaintiff’s
counsels, to tell hew she was
denied admission to the pro¬
ject, the ready-spoken house¬
wife-mother said she was given
30 days notice to vacate the
house in which she lived
Across the street, where the
Fred Wessels project was to be
built, was a filling station run
j bv a ‘'Mr. Cooper,” she said.
After the Cohen house vitas
razed “Mr. Cooper” put a “used
, car lot” on the ground which
, had been occupied by the Co¬
oler! home, she testified.
And when* she was asked by
Shelby Myrick, a member ot
1 the defence counsel, why she
WiUileU ui live m me
Wessels project instead of
other project, she replied,
are all human and I want
live where 1 want to.”
He then asked her if
would like to live “away
her own people.”
Sihe replied that “wly?n
move in there, maybe
more 1 Negroes) will ccme
too.”
Aired how sht would
ibout having white
the plaintiff said "you
find just as good white
as you can colored.”
Myrick asked her why
id not choose to lve In Yom-
iciaw Village, a Negro
instead of the Fred
fDmes.”
• It’s a free world and I
0 live where I want to
and in a decent place.”
Mrs. Susie Parker, a witness
for the plaintiff, teoiified
he accompanied Mrs. Cohen
he Fred Wessels Hemes when
the latter went there to make
application for a unit.
She said she heard “a white
gentlemen” tell Mrs. Cohen
that Fred Wessels Homes was
“not for Negroes.”
Mrs. Cohen had been unable
to identify the person to whom
she made application, but Mrs.
Parker identified the man as
Millard Williams, a former em¬
ployee of the Housing Authori¬
ty.
The Savannah Housing Au¬
thority cf Savannah contended
Mrs. Cohen never made appli¬
cation for admission to the
Weasels project.
The N 4 ACP has termed the
Savannah case a key one in its
nationwide fight to end segre¬
gation in' public housing pro¬
jects. executive
W. Horace Stillwell,
director of the Savannah Hous¬
ing Authority, testified "riots
and disorder” would be the re¬
mit of mixing the races in
public housing in Savannah.
In answering questions of
Attorney Myrick, Mr. Stillwell
aid he believed it would be
necessary to call out the militia
to “put diwn” riots which would
occur in mixed housing de¬
velopments. consider¬
He said there was
able feeling on the race ques¬
tion among “low income groups”
served by the housing authori¬
ty and “they would never
sent to occupy a home in
miexd neighborhood.”
Mr. Stillwell said the
projects would be overrun
Negroes if integration were or¬
dered and the result would be
"100 per cent Negro” projects
Since the average income of
leg roes is below that of white
people served by public housing
the units would have to be
rented tor less, said Mr. Still¬
well.
The housing suit had gone
to the Fifth Circuit Court of
Appeals on demurrers of the
plaintiffs some months ago af¬
ter Judge Scarlett had earlier
dismissed It.
The appellate court affirmed
the decision of Judge, Scarlett
in dismissing the suit against
A-r «“W H*>orot», ■diw&t.ar-.- ftt t b fe
.
Atlanta field office of the PHA,
but reverse# 'the judge in dis¬
missing the action.
George C. Heyward and My¬
rick are counsel for the Hous¬
ing Authority
A. T. Wa:Yden of Atlanta with
Mrs. Motley represented the
plaintiff and the NAACP.
William C. Calhoun, U. S.
listrict attorney and Mr. Mac-
Guineas represented the gov¬
ernment.
CLYO
By Mrs. Richard M. Houston
Funeral services for Aaron
Goldwire, well-known member
of this community, were held
Thursday of this week from
Onion Soring Baptist church,
Rev. J. M. Dingle, officiating
and the Sidney A. Jones Fune¬
ral Home in charge of arrange¬
ments. Interment was In Union
Spring cemetery.
Sunday school was largely
attended at St. Mark Baptist
church and Mt. Pisgah A. M. E.
church Sunday.
Sunday was pastoral day at
Taylor’s Chapel A. M. E. church,
Rev. J. M. Dingle, preaching.
Money raised, $3400
Deacon Nathan Garvin and
Mrs. Earlene Garvin attended
‘he Superintendents and Teach¬
ers meeting Sunday at Berrys
Baptist church.
The H. D. Clubs county-wide
tour was held Friday begin¬
ning with the Marlow club and
ending with the Ciyo duo.
THEY‘RE TOPS — These
juniors were nominated
the three highest campus
ces Tennessee Plate
students can bestow —
council presidency and
presidency and the title
Mira Tennessee State.”
were singled out in the
. iprlr.g nomination
for their superb qualities.
siged as a political
in democratic processes,
convention is fashioned
those of the major parties.
Nominees <1. to r.) 1 st row
Marvin Olass, Dyers burg, Tenn.;
Rubin Perry, Ukiah, Calif.;
Mrs. Azarene Young was
Sunday evening guest of
Lila Stokes and Mrs.
M. Houston.
On Saturday afternoon
Giya the Bluebirds defeated
Rough Riders of
13 to 5, and on Sunday after-
toon at Guyton the
defeated Guyton 2 to 1.
Bluebirds will play their third
?aane of the season
Ihe winning pitcher for
■Saturday game was
Brown and the winning pitch¬
er for Sunday’s game
Robert Garvin, Jr,
Mr. and Mrs. Major
Sr., were the Sunday
yuests of Mr. and Mrs. Elvridge
Wallace, Sr.
Sp-3 Russell White joined
Miss Ellen E. Garvin in
dinner at her home.
UBERTY COUNTY
MRS A. R. C!VEMS
Mother’s Day was of
significance to five mothers
Midway Congregational
The Women’s Fellowship of
church presented corsages to
dames Gracie Powell,
Thompson, Nancy Golden,
Morrison, and Rosa King.
ladies represented the
mothers in the congregation.
Weorsie Smith, assisted hv
rioborah Robinson, pinned the
flowers and the Rev. Douglas do
liverpd a special sermon. The Fel¬
lowship also decorated the pulpit
with flowers to the memory of
mothers deceased and to honor the
living. Clock”
“Fashions Around the
was the theme of the fashion how
presented By the Home Demon: tra
tion Clubs here. More than two
dozen club women modeled dressea
and other clothing they had made
themselves appropriate for
■n a il, of the day. The
scene was "a" display' of fioils’e
dresses and aprons. The afternoon
cene showed models in cottons,
•silks and the npwmiraclo
for every possible day time oc
-asion. Several families modeled
together. In the picnic scene ■ ev
•ral boys wore shirts made
their mothers. Members of the
4-H Club displayed formal -and
emi-formal gowns for dancing. In
this scene several dressy dresses
were seen also. Models in
■ompletpd the fashion clock. Mi
Vendya Lewis played appropriate
music on the piano throughout the
mtire evening. A special feature
if the evening was the presenta¬
tion of a one-act play “Golden
Slippers” by members of the Dra¬
matics Club at Liberty High, di¬
rected by Mrs. Piccola Osborne.
The» Commencement Sea on has
begun at Liberty High. Baccala¬
ureate services will be held Sun¬
day, May 26, at 6 p. m. in the
gymnasium. The Rev. II. F.
Brockington, a Baptist minister of
Cocoa, Florida, will deliver the
sermon. The school choir will ren¬
der music. Wednesday, May 29,
at 8 p. m. the seniors will hold
their class night program. The
speaker for graduation exercise-,
will be the Rev. L. H. Pitts, Ex¬
ecutive Secretary G.T.E.A. of At¬
lanta. The school hand will furnish
the music.
Mrs. Georgia Tate, and Miss
Florence Gilmore have returned
home after attending a two days
beautician’s show in Albany, which
was sponsored by the Ohatmon’s
Beauty Supply Co. of Albany.
The latest trends on hair styling
were taught by many of the fam¬
ous artists.
\ ** '« IN l» 1 . JUUI .U-
• fake Glover, Hun. >1 Did, Twin.
2nd row, Lornie Phillip ;,
phis; Term.;' Kimorva GiuieUe,
WiHiam.Murg, Va.; Sundra
Morris, .Chicago, ill,;
■Smith, Florence, Ala,; Yvonne
White, Beaumont, Texas; Fan¬
nie earn; Tiers, Nashville, Tenn.,
uni Ira D. Then, von, Cleve¬
land, Miss.
Alter a campaign of platform
or cruises, stump speeches, pa¬
rades, and pep rallies, Rubin
Perry was named president;
Bennett Smith, vice president,
and Yvonne White, "Miss
nessec crate” (1357-58).
SANDFLY
By George
The crmmunlty was saddened
by tlic unexpected passing of
Johnnie S...raiding, trustee and
ifotmer treasurer of Speedwell
Methodist church, in New York
City, Tin day. Funeral services
wih be held Sunday 1:00 p. m.
from the church with Rev. J.
R. Campbell officiating, assis¬
ted by Revs. S. Mayo and D,
Roofcs.’ Steele .Funeral Direc¬
tors are in charge qf arrange¬
ments. Sympathy to the family.
Listed as candidates for grad¬
uation from this section at
Reach High School this term
are Misses Shirley Trimble,
Theodora Grant anil Claudette
James, and Joe Williams and
Wesley Hutchins.
SPRINGFIELD
By Miss Sarah Ann Bell
A Z.” Michael of Nashville,
Tenn., visited his family and
sister, Mrs. Cora B. Thomas.
The Sunday guests of Mrs.
Cora Thomas were- Mrs. Rosa
1 ee Ruth of Olivpr and Mrs.
Lillie Mae Bryant of Savan¬
nah.
The guest of Mrs. Roxie
Jackson was Mrs. Rosa Lee
Morrell of Ardmore.
Mrs, -Pleage Brown of Au¬
gusta visited her sister-in-law,
-Mrs. Mattie Williams and fam¬
ily.
Mrs. Annie Smith who had a struck by a car on May 19.
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H* Vf II i a
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* * *
wii-i. UTTER what i believe
today, if it should contradict
all i said yesterday. -Wendell
Phillips.
JESSE II. llOPIUNS of 1305
Church wil1 C( ' lfc ' jra,p
^ birthday on Friday
>A Congratulations!
MISSES AI.Fit IT A .V JETTIE
MAE ADAMS along wl h their
father will motor to Orange¬
burg, South Carolina, Sunday
0 attend the baccalaureate and
commencement ejtercises a!
South Carolna State College
where their brother, William
Jr., will graduate.
* * * *
FIRST IT, SYLVESTER J.
BRYAN, Jit., is home for a brief
vacation and to attend the
wedding and graduation of his
. ter, Miss Joan Bryan, who Is
a senior at Talladega College.
He will leave In June to re
<ume classes in pre-medical
school at Xavier University in
New Orleans,
MR. .1 MRS. SAMUEL L.
JACKSON, JR„ (Jua 11 ii.il have
,moved into their new home at
1123 West 49th Street. Con¬
gratulation:;!
* * * *
MISSES CAROLYN GLADDEN,
Barbara Sny,pe, Jettle Mae Ad¬
ams and Mm. aiorla Harris
Walker and her Utile daughter,
Shelia, were the guests of Miss
Alfreta Adams of Hlnesvllle, on
Sunday. The group witnessed
ithe Armed Forces Dav activi¬
ties at Fort Stewart and visited
with Captain and Mrs. Louis
Oliver and other friends.
* * * *
ON hftUDAY evening, May 31,
oroken arm, has returned home.
Mrs. Willie Mae Brown sur¬
prised her hubound and chil¬
dren with a birthday supper
Wednesday night.
Warren Wright who was in
an automobile accident, has re¬
turned home.
Rev. Rufus Miller and son,
also father of Ogeechee, were
visitors at the Church of God,
Sunday, and Elder S. K. King,
age 112 years.
Samuel Pasmore, Jr., was
Ills faculty of Frank W.
der School will present
old-fashioned square dance
.jx supper in the school’s
torium beginning at 8 p.
This affair is especially for
entertainment of the
nembers of the
nmunity. Mu-.lc will be
vlded by James Wiley and
.and. A email admission
will be charged.
DAVE McINTYBE of Brooklyn
N Y , was In the city last Fri
iy after a visit with
uul friends in Brunswick
lacksanvlUe, Fla. Mr.
1 former Savannahlan and
veteran employee of the
sylvania railroad, will visit
Alifornki before
icme.
Anderson Riley, who
n Newark, N. J., is in the
visiting his sister, Mrs.
arpenter of We i T Henry street
* * # *
JOHN II. LAW, SR , of
huiry Street Is celebrating
irthdav today, Thursday.
gratulations!
* * + *
LLOYD PHOF.NIX Is
".! at Georgia Infirmary. He
‘he brother of Miss Dayse D
DToenix of Bulloch Street.
# # * *
NATHANIEL MITCHELL of
’he Kozy Variety Kornpr Is a
Blent ait the Georgia Infirm¬
ary.
«•« * * H»
LITTLE MICHAEL LEAKE,
on of Mr. and Mrs. James A.
bic.ke of West 41st street, was
a patient at Memorial Hospi¬
tal last week. He Is now recu¬
perating at home.
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iuk<5. 1 itr.L.tiA RILEY HALF
of Newark, N. J., Mr, and Mrs.
W Miller of Miami, Fia., Mr.
ind Mrs. Michael C. Riley of
Bluff ton, S. C., and Mrs. Elmira
Haywood Hathaway of New York
City were in the city last week
to attend the funeral of Arthur
T. Riley.
BETHLEHEM PRE-SCHOOL
CENTER will hold its closing ex¬
ercises Friday, May 24, at 5
o’clock. The public Is Invited.
♦ H * *
MR. X MRS, SIMON BUSSEY
ot West 52 Street leJlt Thurs¬
day to visit their mother, Mrs.
Rachel Bussey, in Wugusta.
They will also visit, their niece,
Mrs hue Edith nearson, In
f orange’.urg. S C , before re-
| turning home.
EAST SAVANNAH
n. Mrs M, E. Morrell
Tiie M, iher’s J>ay baby con¬
test a! !■ A. B. church was a
big -aiceess. Babies were Kath¬
erine Fore: ter, Lapageville;
Wanda Baker, Savannah; Lo¬
re n/.a Baker, Audrey Bower,
East Savannah reported the
largest amount, $45.; tctal col¬
lection, 1100. Oc-mrriunlon ser-
vir. will 1 ‘ft held this 8unday
at 3 o’clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Bowers
and family attended the bac-
i.uluu: rale sermon at Lyons
industrial Hi School last Sun¬
day. Ac-ompanying them were
Glenn Ooivens and Mias Jocule
Phillips, a student at Savan¬
nah state College. The Bowers
were tiie guests of Miss Phillips’
parents, Rev, and Mrs. J. P.
Hillli'j., of Lyons.
Morning Star Branch will
meet June 2 at F. A. B. church,
Mrs. I jura Walker, president.
congratulations to Miss Ver¬
ne! 1 c M cult rife and Talmadge
Wilder who will graduate from
Beach Hivh school thLa term.