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75 YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXV
Cops From Ousted Bishop
R. R. Station
TO TOUR EUROPE—Miss Chris¬
tine P. Whitaker! author of
"The Singing Tea,kettle," and a
teacher of the Liberty High
School in McIntosh, Ga., will
leave Friday by plane for New
York where on Monday she
will leave on the Globe Trotter
via Scandinavian Airlines for
an educational study tour of
Europe,
The first step will be in Edin¬
burgh, Scotland, and then to
London, England, where th(
Royal Family wdll be visited
also Parliament Buildings and
William Shakerpere’s home oi
the Stratford-Avon.
From London she will go tc
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Man Hangs Himself In
Station Rest
White Youth Wins Negro
Group Speech Contest i
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BISHOP GREENE TO
‘UBERWSE DISTRICT
OF BISHOP NICHOLS
NEW YORK (ANP).—Bishop
Sherman L. Greene, senior bishop
of the AME church here cancelled
a scheduled trip to Europe last
week with his wife to supervise the
Jlth Episcopal District of Florida,
pending trial of Bishop D. Ward
Nichols, who has been relieved of
his duties in the wake of five se-
rious charges against him.
Bishop Greene was assigned to
Florida by the AME Bishops’
Council to supervise the district
pending outcome of charges
against Bishop Nichols of the 11th
Episcopal District of Florida. The
clergyman is charged with illegal
handling of general budget funds:
placing burdensome taxes «
churches and mimsters.for h,s own
personal gain; disobedience to the
Order ant) Discipline of the AME
' church; levying unathorized as-
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GHANA WELCOMES OFFICIAL
—In Accra, Ghana, the Prime
Minister, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah
*i right i listens as Peter
reads a speech with which
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ANP).—
Bishop R. R. W right, president of
ihe powerful AME Church Bishops
Council and presiding bishop of
the Eighth AME Episcopal Dis¬
trict, stated last week that he was
ousted from a general waiting
oom in this city’s railroad termi-
ial while en route from Phila-
Jelphia to New' Orleans.
The bishop made known his ex¬
perience in his remarks at the
noon retreat of the Summer Short
Course of the Ninth Episcopal
Church in session at Daniel Payne
ollege here.
The bishop said the incident oc-
urred as he was waiting in a
crminal here during a two-hour
ayover. He said he seated him-
elf in the general waiting room
.s he had done before when a
olieeman approached him and de¬
manded that he leave the terminal
iecau.se he might start a riot.
Chief of Police Jamie Moore
ohfirmed the observation with the
tatement that this city’s dual
/aiting room practice was being
nforced as city law.
Bishop WT'ight said lie iminedi-
tely returned his ticket and made
Jane reservations to New Or¬
leans.
0HNST0N APPOINTED
fO Y AREA COMM.
M. 0. Johnston, member of the
Ciard of Directors, Southern Area
’ouncil of YMCAs, was recently
ppointod to the Southern Area
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—
A 15-year-old white high school
student here was the winner of
an oratorical contest held under
the auspices of the Negro Elks.
Having previously won the
Louisville competition here and re-
reiving *75, young Jimmy Wise
man, a student at St. Xavier High
j School, became the first white stu-
dent to ever win the speaking
contest sponsored by the State
Association of the Improved Be-
nevolent Protective Order of Elks,
Wiseman received a $100 Sav-
ir.gs Bond for his victory. He will
f™.* t «» th * "Twhere , contest
. P nze . ChlCaR 18 a ° U 000 ^hola.sh. ^ p. ton
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KenuriX . AtldfCSSeS
Meet
C0LUMBUS , Ohio. - Members
q{ ^ National N( , wspap( ,,. Pub .
lisherg Association , meeting here
] as j week, heard American busi-
ness termed “partner in the
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presented his credentials as the
Charge D'Affaires in Ghana,
Presenting him is Eugene Saw-
yer, head of the U. S. Informa-
tion Service in Ghana. Sawyer,
NAACP ASKS AID OF
PRESIDENT EISENHOW ER
iiiiitu i.no liTUTE COMMITTEE—tL to R) Mis. cua Lee Wynn, Miss Marjorie Cartledge,
tlia D. Bell, Wilton C. Scott, director; Mrs. Elizabeth Jenkins, Mrs. Elousie C. Purse and
Mary Lee Bojd who form the committee hcadi ig the Leadership and Human Relations Insti¬
tute at the Wtest Broad Street Y.M.C.A.
, The institute meets every Friday at 7 p. m. under the auspices of the Savannah
j School.
Anyone wishing to register in the institute may do so July 5-12 by contacting Mrs. Boyd,
East Anderson Street, phone ADams 2-3005, or M s. Purse, 1210 East Gwinnett Street, phone
1 ADams 6-1269.
Court Rules Against South
Carolina Teachers Involved
tn n.a.a.c.p. c ase
WASHINGTON (AN)—The 17 of segregation in the schools.
A 39-year-old WprR} War II
hanged Himself Mon¬
morning early in a rest
at the Union Station. He
identified as Willie C.
of Atlanta.
Tire man’s body was discov-
ered about 4 o’clock in the
morning in tho corner of a
p r j V ate rest room with one end
cf his fastened to a
^ . ^ ln ^d adioinine S eomoart-
an LdTomrd
the
^ neck
T ie bod Y was found by an
employee of the Union Station
who happened to be passing
near the rest room.
Identification of the man was
made by personal effects in his
pocket, including papers show¬
ing him to have been a veteran
of World War II, his residence
in Atlanta and his place of
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White Church Members Could Not
Swallow Pastoral Pill
SO THEY RESIGNED
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — When
a Negro was appointed to the
■ ’■ torate of a w'hite church
; ere last week the entire mem-
rorship became incensed and
resigned from the church.
The bishop of the diocese in
j which the Normandie Avenue
| Methodist church is located,
| he Rt. Rev. Gerald H. Kennedy, j
j thought it the Christ-like thing
jo do to appoint the most
j capable available man as pastor
i so he assigned the Rev. N.
1 Berlin Higgs, a Negro, to the
i mstorate of the church which
is situated in a section of the
city which has a half and half
white, Negro population.
When the members learned of
the appointment of a Negro as
pa'tor they rebelled and there
STRESS POYCOTT OF ALABAMA
MERCHANTS FOLLOWING VOTE BAN
TUSKEGEE, Ala. (ANP).—A
whole.sale boycott of stores in this
city was called for last week here
by a Negro civic leader after the
Alabama Legislature passed a
measure redistricting city limits
taking away the vote of 410 out of
420 Negro voters.
The boycott was called for in
an address by the president of a
group smalt
a native of Topeka Kansas,
a graduate of Kansas State
College, is the highest
colored American to serve
i Ghana— iANP)
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, JULY 6 . 1957
South Carolina school teachers
who were fired from their jobs
for refusing to state whether tbrv ,
veie members of the NAACP
must find new grounds on which .
to file suit for reinstatement. |
This procedure became neees-
sarv after t ( he Supreme Court rui-
ed Monday that the question they ,
raised had become "moot’’ due to
the repeal of the South Carolina
law which they were testing.
The act in question was passed
by the South Carolina Legislature
in March, 1956. It contained a pro¬
vision which authorized the board
trustees of any school to demand
any teacher to submit a statement
under oath as to whether or not
he is a member of the NAACP. It I
further provided that any one re
fusing to submit such a statement
would be summarily dismissed.
Application blanks passed out
by the school superintendent in
May, 1956, contained the ques¬
tion as to their membership in the
association and their desirability
The teachers of Elioree Train-
j n g School of Orangeburg Ooun-
tv , < 5 . c., declined to answer the
questions, even though only one
„f them was a member of the
NAACP.
Upo n being told that they would
have to fill tn the answer or re¬
sign, they chose the latter, and
vere not elected the following
year.
They then brought a suit
against school officials in Septem¬
ber 1956 on the grounds that the
act under which they were dis¬
charged is “a patent attempt to
destroy rights of free speech and
association.’’
The District Judge contended
that “we should use our discretion
■n refusing to pass on the issues
: n this controversy at this time.”
This court held that the federal
court should stay proceedings and
permit the state court to pass upon
constitutionality of the act in ques-
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church meeting hen* that attract-
ed a huge crowd. The civic iead-
er stated that Negroes, “must not
feed those who would devour us.”
He had reference to unfriendly
merchants to Negroes. The appeal
to boycott came after this state’s
lawmaking body drafted a bill to
change Tuskegee city limits ex¬
cluding 110 of the total 420 Negro
voters registered to cast ballots.
DETROIT, Mich., June 30 —
The National Association for
he Advancement of Colored
c ple closed Its annual conven-
icn here today after one of the
neat interesting and most
ru'gely attended session In the
8 years existence of the organ¬
ization.
Am~ng the outstanding event.*
f the six day convention wa>
he pas* age of a resolution
;rging President Eisenhower to
clp defend the association
gain*-) southern segregationists
' called upon him to travel
h rough the Southern states
nut speak out against groups
hat arc endeavoring to crush
t.
Thirty-eight states were rep-
esented among the 1,000 dele-
"iites who took part In a total
f 25 workshop; and various
:,m-mittee activities.
Evening mass meetings, be¬
e-inning on June 25, and the
Sunc! y afternoon public meet¬
ing today at Olympia Stadium
were addressed by such out-
' ’.ending nati onal figures as
Ur. Channing II. Tobias, Walter
Rerther, Congressman Charles
j D’ggs, R"v. Martin Luther King,
■Tr., Joseph L. Rauh, Roy Wll-
-CouMminrl on ptiue three
A BODY
and then sent in their rcslg-
notions as a hod ', including the
board of trustees.
While the church had no
adult Negroes in its member-
htp it does have a number of
Negro children in the Sunday
school.
As a protest to the appoint-
ment of Rev Higgs as pastor
the board of trustees removed
the furniture and memorials
from the church and sent them
to the former pastor who is
.'crying a suburban church.
The chairman of the board,
J. H. Seal, states that the pas¬
torate had been filled by the
bishop without consultation with
*he beard or members of the
•church.
“We do not believe it is a
Ark. Integration the Fall
To in
FORT SMITH, Ark. (ANP)
Uncial bars hi the first grade level
n this town's schools will be low¬
ered and integration will begin
next fall, according to a vote oi
the Fort Smith school board hen
last week.
In u unanimous vote the sehoo'
hoard paved the way for it;- pro
gram of integration to get under
way with the beginning of the
1957 fall school term. Some 1: !
Negro children will be adnvttef'
to the first grade under the plan, j
The program calls for no sog j
legation in the first grade and
■is each integrated* class move
up, another grade will be < ended 1 < sey j
legated until segregation is
hi all 12 elementary and second
dary school levels.
TAN STARS IN DEMAND
AT WALDORF ASTORIA
NEW YORK (ANP) The pa
rade of tan stars continues wit!
terrific success at the swank Wal
dorf Astoria. Surprised at the re¬
ception of such top notchers as
Dorothy Dandridge and I.eDf
Horne, the world famous hotel
went whole hog in bringing h
Sarah Vaughn and Count Bash
The crowds poured in and the
cash registers rang a merry (line
Now the management has an
nouncod the early appearance of
Lionel Hampton and further ap¬
pearances of the toppers who pre
viously appeared at Ihe Park Ave¬
nue Inn. Only sour note Mr. V, in
chell p(ho wisecracked on Sarah j
Vaughn’s opening—Harlem turn¬
ed out enmasse.
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President Eisenhower
j j Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON — The Liberian
Vice President H. E. William Tol¬
bert, Jr., expressed appreciation
for the technical assistance which
this country has given his coun¬
try.
“There has always been a
friendly relationship between your
great government and mine,” he
emphasized.
This statement was made at the
White House, Tuesday, following
a visit with President Eisenhower.
He said he appreciated the oppor¬
tunity of paying a courtesy call
to the President and of bringing
him a friendly message from his
President. William V. S. Tubman.
The Liberian Vice President is
in this country for a medical
check - up following treatment
which he received in New York
, last year. He expects to be in
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j good policy to mix races or to
! ;° rcc ° nc race upon anothcr '
I n ^ * d(;a we arc an U-
r cgro We are not, but we had
i white church and we wanted
o keep it that way.’’
He mid the parish has not
been supported by fiearo church
goers, a"hough Negro children j
I : '-ve been admitted to the
] Sunday school, j
“Bishop Kennedy said he ap- I
roirted the Rev. Mr. Higgins I
because the neighborhood was |
i
a mixed one with about 40 to
5o percent colored people,” Seal
raid.
1
■ The fact remains that no
Ne?'“o adults applied for mem- ;
bership in our congregation
while allowing their children to i
go to our Sunday school.” \
*1 New Profs. At j
College Summer School
Three new visiting professors
have been appointed to the
faculty cf the aavannah State
College summer school. They
are John Sprigg, dean of men
at Chaney State College, Penn¬
sylvania: R J. Martin, principal
cf Ballard-Hudson high .school,
Maccn, Ga., and Howard Mc-
Lean Jason
Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 10c
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7th-Day Adventists To
Observe Fiftieth Anniv.
MT. VERNON, Ohio (ANP).-
The 50th anniversary of th<
founding of the Youth department
the world organization of tlir
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
will be observed here July 12-13
in n two-day Memorial Service, nr
church official has an¬
Arthur .1. Pntzei, director of
youth activities for the Columbia
Union Conference of Seventh-Day
Adventists, said that the Golden
event will be held on the
campus of the Mt. Vernon Acad¬
emy, the site of an historic meet
ing 50 years ago which official¬
brought into being the church's
youth department.
The highlight of the entire pro¬
gram will be the ui,veiling and
Indication of a monument to the
fathers of the youth de-
One of the main speak¬
at the Saturday afternoon a, a.
cation will be C. William O’Neill,
of the State of Ohio.
Golden Anniversary rallies and
gatherings of Adventist
youth are being held this yeai in
many parts of the United Stales
and Canada as well as in over-
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Ky. Methodists To Ease
Ud On College 'T Race Bans
OWENSBORO, Ky. (ANP)
Segregation took a slap in the
face here last week when a reso-
lution overwhelmingly ann>ovine
the admission of Negroes into
logos of the Methodist Louisville
annual Conference was adopted
the denomination.
A voice vote of the church group
gave approval to the admission
all qualified persons, regardless
race or color, to enter into Ken¬
tucky Wesleyan and I.indsav Wil-
son, two colleges of the
denomination. The action came
112 th conference of the group
meeting here at the Seattle
morial Church where some 500
were in attendance.
Proposed by the
of Christ'an social relations,
denomination’s annual report
introduced by !>r. Ted High¬
who pointed out that the
of the resolution does not
mean that Negroes will
entrance to Kentucky Wes¬
and Lindsay Wilson Colleges
fall.
He added that there is no rea-
NUMBER X#
RECEIVES M.A. DEGREE
'M
tef*
Mrs. William H. Hamilton (Ale*
thia), received the Master of Arts
in English, June 3, at Co¬
University, Now York
She is nn instructor at the
Alfred E. Beach High School of
city.
Out - of - town relative* and
friends attending and sharing in
ceremonial activities of the
along with her husband were:
Juanita E. Patterson and
Charles Patterson, of Mi¬
Fla.; brother, Alexander Ir¬
and cousin, Rupert Irwin of
Philadelphia, Pa.; cousin, Mary
Burns and a friend, Mabel Bryant
White Plains, New York, Aft-
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WOMAN FORCES ENTRY
INTO HOME OF
BISHOP GRACE
i ,
Early Monday morning. Jtlne
18, a weman who calls herself
Carrie Douglas Grace, appar-
'litly in her middle sixties and
not a member of the House of
^rayer, and had nursed the de-
ire to be the wife of Daddy C.M.
Cr.'iee and become heir to one
f his palatial homes, put her
j desire in action.
: She hired a locksmith and
| went out to the home and had
the door opened and the com¬
bination changed. The pastor
nr:d keeper of the House of
Prayer while' attending the lawn
; in the back of the heme, was
attracted to the front by a car
parked in the driveway.
Upon investigation he found
a lock mith busy changing the
ccm,bination on the lock and
making new keys. A white
v "man who accompanied the
locksmith was already in the
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i -on to believe tho trustees of the
! colleges will turn down tho con-
'erences’ integration request He-
j -ause the schools are owned by
j the conference.
Two other Kentucky Methodist
colleges, Union and Sue Bennett,
t ave also knocked down racial
j barriers.
Tn its resolution against r • a
■ Idas, the denomination stated, “Th*
| Methodist Church cannot remain
i unchanged in the midst of a chaug-
ng culture and cannot stand aloof
from social struggles. Sociological
forces must be understood and
guided by the church or they will
"a ■ the church by and make it
'rrelevant to the society in which
: t must exist.
“Therefore, we encourage our
; hu riics everywhere to move reso-
utely forward toward the goal
of full participation of the peo¬
ple of all races in the life of the
church and the* community."
Meanwhile, the president of
! Lindsay Wilson College was the
only person on the conference floor