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YEARS OF
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PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXV
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SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE GRADUATES—Shown above are members of the graduating class at Savannah orate College, 1957. In the
pituue are: Josn Harris, Jr., coiquitt; Lester G. Jackson, Jr.. Ludowici; Gussie O’Neal Doe, Savannah; John R. McIntosh, Savannah; Leroy
Varnedoe, McIntosh; Henton Thomas, Savannah; Joseph L. Bain, Mia ni, Fla.; Ralph E. Roberson, Swainsboro; James H. Meeks, Blackshear;
t Richard Washington, New Orleans, La.; Perry Holmes, Jr., Valdosta; Wesley Griffin, Waycross; Benjamin Holmes, Kiceboro; Annie C. Cole-
If Aji Varnedoe nian, Valdosta; maggie L. Stevens, Savannan; Catherine Milton, Savannah; Jacquelyn Tooks, Macon; Theresa B. Coleman; Savannah; Clara
Houston, Daisy; Vivian \. Lonon, Savannah; Gloria A. Moultrie, Savannah; Barbara J. Moody, Savannah; Annie Evelyn Oliver, Sa-
i vannah; Myrtle 0. Mason, Savannah; . Bernice A. Westley, .. Savannah; •• ---------1 H — ji'tense •— — E. ---------, Braxton, Savannah; —.......—, Thomas .......— E. — Johnson, .......------------ Jr., Savannah;
„ Mane franklin, . Savannah; , Blanche , , , Juanita Flipper, Savannah; Selma V’. Williams, Savannah; Patsy Williams, Savannah; Clyde Victoria
raison, Savannah; Jancy Juanita Hardee, Ludowici; Betsy Cooper Hen y, Savannah; Vernice Rakestraw, Savannah; Julia Mae Grant. Savan-
nah; Jurdie Mae Allgood Tate, Savannah; Virginia Dowers, Tifton; An ue Johnson Posteli, Waycross; Dorothy Kee Davis, Vidalia; Ornabell
Elizabeth H I 17 m noth Dawkins, Hamlet, J nmlot N. V C' C.; . Genoris J. I NT Magwood, L'.. Savannah; .. I. . Pr T). nee Mitchell, h:, I II Savannah; <..... Julia ? I : 11 White, • I . Eastman; t - Earl i > , rt' Thornton, ■ Savan- .
nah; Neator B. Doyle, Swainsboro; Christine Jones Blackshear, Savan sah; Willie May Meyers, Jacksonville, Fla; Geraldjne P. Wilbon, States-
boro; Shirley Osgood, Hinesville; Dorothea Williams, Pembroke; Add e Claire Clayton, Baxley; Queen Esther Burrows, Kingstree, S. ('.;
Willie Pearl Norris, Savannah; Julia Mae Wright, Savannah; Dorothy J. Paige, Savannah; Ethel Julie Pinkney, Savannah; Dorothy James
Jones, Savannah; Anne Gable, Atlanta; Juanita T. Williams, Atlanta; Edna Dupree Young, Savannah; Allen L. Lewis, Savannah; Mattie Epps,
•albotton; Johnny Lee Johnson, Leslie; Robert Spaulding Dilworth, S .vannah; Edward Hicks, Savannah; Daniel L. Frazier, Savann„li;
hrank D. Blackshear, Savannah; W. Lenora Mayo, Brunswick; Nellie J nes Thomas, Savannah; James Anthony Williams, Savannah; Joseph
Brown, Columbus; Edith McCray, Columbus; Hazel Woods, Columbus; Arthur L. Smith. Columbus; Cyrus H. Wright, Savannah; Harry L.
Powell, Savannah; Maudie M. Powell, Hilltonia; Ernest S. Brown, Mon ezuma; Henry L. Jackson, Valdosta; William H. Ladson, Savannah;
George B. Williams, .Jr., Milledgeville.
SOIIIIIKV BAPTISTS TALL
FOR RACIAL JUSTICE
Rep, Powell Stricken
While Sermon
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Youths Tell oi Fight
For Freedom In South
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RECEIVES M. D. DEGREE —
Gustaveous L. Geiger received
his medical degree from Mehar-
ry Medical College, Nashville,
Tenn of Physicians and Sur-
geons, on June 3. He will begin
his internship immediately
Meharry Hospital.
The young medical student
has had a high rating and
been written up in each
Meharry’s Newsletter, the offi¬
cial paper of the college, for the
last three years.
Dr. „ Geiger . is . the son of .
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SHRINERS CELEBRATE JUBILEE DAY
The Nobles of Omar Temple No.
01 21, Ancient . . Egyptian r Arabic a»* aKir* Or Ur-
der of the Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine, Inc., Savannah, Ga., their
wives and , friends, . . celebrate ,1 , Jubi- T 1
lee Day. The ritualistic program
was held on Sunday, June 2, 1957,
at the Masonic Temple, West
AOams 4-3432
hundred young persons and adults
heard several ‘‘Young 1 Freedom
Fighters” tell of their personal
j struggles for freedom in the South
at an NAACP-sponsored ______ Salute c , f
to Young Freedom Fighters” rally
here on May 20.
The young civil rights fighters
related their experiences in re-
sponse to questions put to them
by NAACP youth and college
leaders
Bobby Cain, the first Negro stu-
dent to be graduated from
newly-integrated Clinton, I
I hiirh high .school. school, evnrpsspd expressed flip the
that only through personal
fives on the part of young
will desegregation become a
ity. He termed the past
year difficult but rewarding
him. Bobby led Negro
through mobs during the
over Clinton school
| Miss Jolee Fritz of Mancie,
a young white woman, told of hei
dismissal as Wesley
dnvetor a t Women s < ollege,
University of North Carolina,
She was told by Wesley Founda
lion authorities, she said, that
I NAACP work was not
with her church duties.
Ernest McEwen of
| Mim, recounted hw experiences
I president of Alcorn (Miss.)
(Continued on Page Severn
1 Gwinnett street with Caleb H.
Bias, Illustrious Potentate, presid- *
Jubilee Day g^tes is the celebration of
j ! the tt>e United -nited . tates Supreme sup eme Court’s uurt.
, decision granting Negroes the
right to organize and function as
j ■Shrint'i.s. Amjogoho E. Peacock,
Illustrious Recorder, was the prin-
aitt-jutah iritomr
NEW YCRK, June 3 — While
, preaching yec.eraay before
| nearly 2.C00 worshippers at
Abyssinian Baptist church, Rep-
1 resentative Adam Clayton Pow-
ell. Jr., (D.-N.Y.) was stricken
i with exhaustion,
Tire dynamic 47-year-old
congressman who is pastor of
the church, was rushed to a
hcspttal ..... wheie he received a
general medical check-up. His
condition was reported as ‘‘not
serious.”
A:1 „ aasifd ... f nt P f tor , to( . * ,
I charge of things when Powell
j was stricken. It was near the
end cf the mid-day sermon
when Powell collapsed and was
■ jjas-Uly rushed to the hospital.
Pcwell _. is . serving • , his sixth ,
term in Congress. Although a
Democrat, he supported the re-
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CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 1
, John Kasper’s prison
1 wiS U ph e ;d today by the U.
Court of Appeals. Kasper, 27,
White Citizens’ Council
I and former book dealer
i Greenwich Village New
v.as sentenced to one year
; prison for contempt of court
j connection with the
! role hg layed in thc school in
tegration . riots . last August
Clinton, Tenn.
cipal speaker for the occasion.
was introduced by * Noble Bias.
Others appearing on the
gram K were Illustrious
dress Birdie Burke, Noble
Robert C. Long, Sr., Assistant
corder, was in chaige of the
sical program.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
CHICAGO (ANP)— “We must
create a new, a Christian feeling
toward persons as persons. Law
cannot solve the South’s race prob¬
lems.”
Such was the crux of an appeal
here last week by the annual
Southern Baptist Convention at the
Conrad Hilton Hotel here.
The neiionpnation called for so¬
cial justice in race relations in a
report of the Christian Life Com¬
mission, a committee of the Bap¬
tist body.
Some 15,000 members of the de¬
nomination heard the report read
by A. C. Miller, executive seere-
tary of the group Miller described
, problems ns rel«.oua
and not political.
The report stated that “the
'hristian cannot stop at the point
of law.” it added, “he is motivat¬
ed by love and grace. We must
move to create a new, a Christian
feeling toward persons as persons.
The race problem is basically a
moral and religious problem; not
economical, political 1 or cultural.
but . basically moral , and . religious.! ...
r „, 1 hat means we Christians ... in .
as
our approach , to it must invoke .
j the principles of our religious I
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'Continued on Page Eight)
The fractious __ New YJprker
j
wus the key figure cf the 3,000 j
rioters in the 3-day fight
against the mixing of the races
it Clinton in spite of an injunc-
lion which had been issued by
the court enjoining any inter-
iPieiice in the school attendance
5t Clinton.
Sixteen other persons who
were charged with ignoring the
injunction will be brought to
Irial in Knoxville, Tenn., July
1. in the U. S. District Court.
Hi^h Ct. Will Review Ala.
NAA(’P Contempt Conviction
WASHINGTON, May 29. —
S ; Supreme Court agreed
May 27 to review an Alabama
in which the NAACP was held
! be in contempt of court because
j refused to turn over its
ship list to the state’s
general.
Last, July, a circuit court
j Montgomery. „ , Ala., ., levied , • , a *100,-
000 fine against, the NAACP
! refusing to submit its Alabama
J
ne( j , in Alabama , by a temporary
, injunction. The State Supreme
Court affirmed the lower court’s
,oiling. K
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SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1957
114 Graduate
From SSC
Meldrim Auditorium was ov-
eicrt -waea . . Monday »» ^ With ,. (U people
stalling in the rain for Savan-
na * 1 State t College's t 77th com-
mcnccmcnt, as Dr. W Montague
Crhh of ’ Hucarri ' ‘ irnivnrclt ‘ v
delivered an address on "Bear-
ing Fruit Upward.” Dr. Cobib is
hpuH of the 6 Der-artment Depa,tment nf of
Antcmy, School of Medicine.
Howard University. Washington,
D. C. Dr. Cobb emphasized the
following points: <li Have geo-
graphic knowledge of the world,
know what the rest of
world Is like, familiarize your-
■elf with distant people, essen¬
tial in understanding world
lews; (2) Have knowledge of
human origin, understand cul¬
tural differences between people,
physical traits have nothing to
1c with one's achievement; < 31
interest In history of the world,
-eccme familiar with birgraph-
es of famous men; <4> A moo
f th^ solar system. *5 • Know
physical theory of the atone
f>> Dedication of industrious-
ness, competitive culture, must
mix business with pleasure: <7i
iContinued on Page Seven)
WOULDN’T JOIN KKK;
BOMB BURNED ON
BIRMINGHAM* Ala. (ANP)
A blazing cross brightened the
night, here last week when a white
man apparently refused to join
the Ku K lux Klan after being
talked to by several of his fellow
employes.
The fiery crucifix burned ir
front of James Moon's home. lie
„ t o,d police he had beer
, , , by several , fellow e ,,
em-
ployes , about . , joining • • the ., hate ,
group,
Tlle < ross was '’“t-wee' 1
8 l ' u, 'h the sidewalk directly
in (nint of Moon’s house.
It was in Knoxville also
Kasper was first sentenced. He
faces a second trial at the same
.ime the 1G are brought to trial.
At the time of the Clinton
, oU National Guardsmen and
,. c g!ate Patrol dj . pcrsc d the
| .y 0 y ers [j ie use 0 f y ear g as
tnd bayonetts.
Kasper sought a reversal of
his conviction on grounds he
vas denied due process of aw,
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j----- Clark
] Visit* City
Attorney Oliver A Clark of
i Chicago was in the city this
j weCi!c visiting friends. Mr. Clark,
„ ame >soUth to ^ present at the
qctnmencemcnt exercises of At-
| i ..... anta University at , which , . , the ..
oaduating , class , of , , 1J07 was
| hnored. He is a native of 8a-
loremast Uwyers"
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Travelers Insurance Co. re-
P- r ‘ s that - lat in ln 5956 )or, fi 1h erp were w
38 ‘ #f ° P asscn * er cars involvcd
fatal accidents: there were
.
8.440 commercial vehicles.
MASONS TO MEET
HERE NEXT WEEK
Grandmaster J. W. Dobbs
who will preside over the
sessions.
The Most Worshipful Prince
Hall ______ Grand Lodge F. ti A. M., and
t j )0 |>, j lu . ( , Hall Grand Chaptei
,,r v#..,. will con
v, ' m ‘ 1,1 ,, then . 88th, ou.i and i ./> -u.i Hi an
nual Assemblage June lO-l.'ith, in
Savannah, Ga.
The 1 ht Most 1 Worshinful 'Vo.shiplul Grand (..and
'Continued on page threei
Mayor Mingledorff Reviews
City Bond Issue
Mayor W. Dee Mingledorff, in
explaining the need for the eity’3
proposed $2,925,000 bond issue for
civic improvements, stated that,
“Certain improvements are abso¬
lutely vital to our present and
future growth and cannot be put
0 ff auy longer.”
The mayor declared that Savan-
, m |,» a growth during the past 15
years has been phenomenal, and
, ve have failed to keep up with
our physical expansion. “Our basic
needs, such as paved streets, sew¬
erage and water systems, fire pro¬
tection, etc., are sub-standard and
inadequate,” he said.
He also pointed out the fact
bat Rand McNally’s "Business
Trend” rated Savannah as the na¬
tion's No. 2 city in gains of total
economic activity during the first
quarter of 1957.
Emphasizing the need for im¬
mediate action, the city's chief
executive said, “No matter what
administration presides over City
Hall, our problems will be the
same, and next year may be too
late. For our health and safetyV
sake, these emergency improve¬
ments must be made now. Inade¬
quate sewerage is a health men-
ue; inadequate water supply is i
ire hazard; worn out streets
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OUTSTANDING ST. EMMA GRADS—Standing in front. Cadet Thomas P. Grant son of Mr. and
Mrs. A S. Grant. 507 East Henry street. Savannah; back row: Cadet Walter McElroy. Macon;
Cadet , Wellde11 .. Sc0lt _ Atlanta ... t 0adet t Cari011 r . . r ,., >n Red '• Atlanta 1 ddet Lernar pprnnrH -‘ Ablank Ahrams ‘ MaCOn Moron / unrl
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Member Audit Bureau Circulation «
Price 10c
AOams 4-3433
N.A.A.C’.P. Puts $10,000
Behind Ballot Fitfht
NEW YORK, May 29. —
January 1 a total of $10,000 has
been anoca- (I by the NAACP to
an educational campaign to regi
■ ,»,• in tin* southern states
it was announced here today by
.toy W iIkiiis, executive secretary.
Work is heiog done in Georgia.
Virginia and in a hiiihII section
of Mississippi. A program is sched¬
uled to get underway in SouD
Carolina in June and in North
''arolitm later in the year.
The state organizations of the
i «i» finiH-n »*n Mh»jc »sovor
SAMARITANS iO MEET
IN AUGUSTA
State Grand Lodge No. 22
independent Order of Good
Samaria, lamaritans will and observe Daughters its 72nd cl J
annual grand lodge session at
the Miles Memorial C. M. El
church in Augusta. Rev. L. W
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Church Bombers In Ala.
Freed Court
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (ANP)
A paii 1 of white men here, indicted
earlier on charges of bombing a
Negro church last January 10.
walked away free this week aftei
an all-white jury cleared them ot
any connection in the ease.
Raymond C. Britt, 28, and Sonny
j K. Livingston, Jr., 19, won their
freedom from 12 white jury mem¬
bers who took very short dcliber-
ation in acquitting them of ( barge .
| () f dynamiting a Negro church and
taxicab stand.
A predominantly white court¬
room roared thunderous applause
at the verdict.
The prosecution wurned that ac-
quittal might bring race rioting
in this city. He said Negroes want¬
ed a prosecution.
Defense counsels accused Negro
leaders of having their own
churches bombed in quest of sym-
pathy and external financial aid.
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CDC TO MEET
A special meeting of the Citi-
’.cns Democratic Club will
leld Monday ^ night at 8 o’clock
H the , Recreation Center, 37th
ind Ogeechee , Rd. ^ Guests „ . will ...
■xp’ain in detail the Bond Issue
vhich will be held June 17.
Leroy Wilson is president
NUMBER S3
COLLEGE GRADL A ITS
m „ an y. Bryant, Jr., Imeband
m t - s . Euria Smith Bryant, form*
>r Kavanimhian, lias completed
years of study at Chase Night
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j
l r | if (:()( \ COLA — Orville
Swafford. Baltimore, has recenl-
joined the Coca-Cola Butt ling
Company of Raitlmore, Mary-
and, to handle public relations
and sales promotion activities in
the Negro market. A graduate
? .. TT ... T . _ .. ^ ,,
Swafford was formerly with hw a
national cigarette company. The _
Cola ,H * W is ^reprsenUtlve married to for Baltimore Coca-
a
public .-chool teacher.