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75 YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME I.XXV
1st. LT. ALBERT J.
ton of Mr. and Mrs.
Cutter of 2302 Stevens Street
wus released recently from ac¬
tive duty with the
States Air Force and
tiansferred to the Air
R .serve after
three years of active
Lieutenant Cutter served
and one-half years as
fighter pilot in the Far
He has been awarded the Na¬
tional Defense Service Medal.
He received his basic
pilot training at Larado Aii
F.rce Base, Texas, and hi. 1
interceptor controller training
at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla
Lieutenant Cutter is a gradual
cf Beach High School, anc
holds the bachelor of science
d •" ee from the A.&T. College
of Greensboro, N. C.
Charges Dismissed Against Couple
Who Dreached Park Bias Laws
Calumet Pk. Violence
Suspension of Two
ATTENDING CONVENTION
J. R. Jenkins, well known
cer of the local Kappa
ai d executive secretary cf
West Broad Street
B ranch, who is in Los
Calif., attending the
convention of the Kappa
Psi fraternity.
riTO NEGRO NEW
ORLEANS FOLICEMEN
•ROMOTED
NEW ORLEANS (ANP).
Nvo Negro members of the
Irb-ans Police Department
lomotcd to the positions of
ergeunt last week after
irst and second in a civil
xamination for the post.
n by Superintendent Provosty
)ayries were Sidney Cates,
nd Warren Aubry, 36.
Their promotions marked
irst time in the history of
Jrleans that Negroes have
d the rank of police
luring modern times,
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S. C. Bus Lines Alter
Routes as Boycott Tightens
ROCK —
Ao a boycott by Negroes here
against the Star Bus Lines
swung int hoigh gear last week,
the company was reported to
have altered its schedules and
routes in some Negro areas of
the town.
The Rock Hill Evening Herald
newspapers reported the chang¬
es, although Paul Knight, owner
cf the lines, refused to comment
on the matter.
The boycott went into force
©hr frilmtr
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Woman Enroute to Choir Rehearsal
Is Struck Down a Fatal Heart Attack
(JiipiwedciiJed Kappa Hordes to ion Meet in
Los Angeles in Biggest Convent
—
,000 Kappas and friends will par-
eipate in “Operation Los Angc-
es” beginning Sunday, Aug. IS,
nd ending Wednesday, Aug. 32
uring the 47th Grand Chapter
iceting of Kappa Alpha Psi Fra-
■rnity.
“We are planning to have the
reatest convention in Kappa his-
>ry,” C. Rodger Wilson of Uhi-
igo, grand polemarch, declared.
The theme will be “Training for
•eadership.” On this point, the:
tanding jnclave . will speakers feature and three three- out- J j
a
ranged business agenda designed
-o make the fraternity more i
.reamlined in its operation.
For relaxation, the Kappas ha. ,
ianned a variety of social events
t leading entertainment centers
>f the host city. Hotel Alexandria
i down town Los Angeles wiil be
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CHICAGO (ANP).-—One of
first notable aftermaths of
racial disturbances on succi
Sundays (July 21 and 28) in
met Park was the suspension
week of two Park District
men directly involved.
Capt. Kenneth Fossier.
mander of the South Park
was suspended for 30 days
failure to have enough
in the park in July 28, on
orders of Police Chief George
Otlewis, after the July 21
of Negroes. Fossier gave no
crease police personnel at the park.
Chief Otlewis said, “1 had or¬
dered him to do so and jt was up
i ,o him. The July 21 incident
| which was minor, was a tipoff of
j possible more trouble the follow-
| ng Sunday.”
Fossier loses a month’s pay of
I .{620.
Other suspendee was Sgt. Eu¬
gene Shimeall. lie was set down
for five days for failure to record
a complaint of the stoning inci¬
dent, made by a Negro woman.
The woman was injured in the
niginal fracas, and tried to file a
•omplaint in the district tafion
with Shimeall, but the officer fail¬
ed to enter it in the record. The
woman then reported to Chief Ot-
ewis.
WATER SHOW A
BIG SUCCFSS
The water show, sponsored by
I the City Recreation Department
| at the Sophronia Tompkins
; Swimming Pool on last
j Thursday night, was approximate¬ a tremen¬
dous success with
ly two thousand attending.
Everyone was amazed to see
the performance of the nine
and ten year old children as
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got off a bus after being or¬
dered to leave her seat beside
a white woman. Since then
Negroes have organised a car
pool along the lines of the sys¬
tem used in the successful
Montgomery (Ala.i bus boycott.
The newspaper also stated
(hat the bus line is operating
without a city franchise and
apparently under a 2 1 - year old
• temporary agreement, author
lzed by the City Council, Dec.
3, 1954.
Savannah Pilot Crash-lands Plane In
Four Crew Members
The following account in an
Greece, newspaper tells
the crash-landing of a C-119
there, piloted by a Sa-
First Lieutenant
Harmon, nephew of Mrs.
Singleton of 9 Edin-
treet. The plane
but the crew of four
uninjured. | |
The account of the accident,
reported in the Greek '
is news-
was as fallows: J
■ The first major aircraft ac- i
dent in one cf the Wing’s'
squadrons since :
1955, occurred recently,
a C-119 of the 11th T. C.
was forced to crash-
MONTGOMERY, Ala., (ANP).
—Charges against Mr. and Mrs.
Johnnie Colvin, of nearby Lete-
hatchee, accused of violating a
two-month-old park segregation
irdinanee, were dropped in Judge
J. Eugcnt Lee’s court here last
oek when the jurist announced
it the opening of court that “it
was merely an error, so I dis¬
missed the case.”
The couple, along with Colvin’.-
2-year-old sister, Maggie Lee.
were arrested on the zoo area of
)uk Pars. on charges of violating
be city’s segregation law. How
ver, Judge Lee said the couple
ind their attorney, Fred Gray,
visited him in his chambers before
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Elks to Launch $1 Million
Convention
PHILADELPHIA (ANP) — Lt.
George W. Lee, of Memphis, will
be here to help open the 58th
National Grand Lodge Conventioi
of IBI’OE of W.
Lieutenant Lee, who is gram
! ommi.ssioner of education for thi
I Elk ;, will be in charge of the tw<
I opening programs—the baecalau-
i rate services on Sunday night
| August 25, and the oratorical con¬
test on Monday night, Aug. 26.
The Education Department i
one of the strongest sections ol
the Elks Grand Lodge and to daU
has awarded more than 50 schol¬
arships to deserving high school
| seniors.
j Many recipients of the these baccalau¬ awards
will lie present for
reate service which will be ad¬
dle sed by the Rev. \\. II. I
Brewster, Jr. of this city. Plaques
will be awarded by Guy L. Smith.
■ditor of the Knoxviille, Tennessee I
Journal and to Dr. Omah Carmi-
chad, superintendent of schools in
Louisville, Kentucky. Mor-!
An address by Frederic
low. White House aide, will
WELDON LODGE Or |
U? . LfVo KQ Tfl IU n uni n u !
ANNIVERSARY
The Elks of Weldon Lodge
will observe their 54th anni- 1
versary on Sunday at 4 p. m. at
the Elks home on Minis street.
. JZf nroo-ram befitting the occas-
ion has been arranged - all fu
El vs are asked to be present.
Pnday night will mark the
bcgir.nmg of this celebration
with an open house by the
brothers and Saturday night a
-upper will be given at the rest
for all the bills and daughters.
At Sunday's special program
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1957
land at the Athenai Airport,
Athens, Greece, while on an
ATS run for ‘Project Athenia.’
“Officials at the scene of the
accident report that the air¬
craft was damaged beyond eco¬
nomical repair, but that no one
in the four-man crew was in-
“The C-119, AF 53-3221. pilot-
ed by 1st bt. James Harmon,
crashed at 0634Z hours on the
morning of July l: two rnin-
utes after taking off on a flight
from Athens. Greece, to Izmir,
Turkey. Other members of the
crew included 1st Lt. Kendall
copilot: S-Sgt Leroy
engineer; and A-3C
Dayton Pep-pie, radio operator,
AT DOCTORS MEET IN CIF.VPIANn
Dr. S. M. MeDew (left i and Dr. Carl R. Jordan,
'ocal physicians, who are attending the 62nd annual convention
jf the National Medical Association which is meeting in
land, Ohio, this week.
ture the oratorical contest. Seven
high school graduates, winners of
the seven regional oratorical con-
,ests conducted by Lieutenant Lee,
will vie for top national honors,
Another highlight of the orator-
ical contest will he the appearance
)f Bobby Cain, first > egro
aate of the desegregated high
school in Clinton, Tenn., and Er
nest McEwen who spearheaded a
student protest strike at Alcorn
College in Mississippi against an
Flans Released for Opening
Savannah State
At his weekly press conference,
President W. K. Payne released
dans for the opening of Savannah j
•Rate College for the fall quarter,
The College Entrance — >an* ex-
•imination will he held on Wed-
nesday, September 4, 8:30 A.M.
it the college. All high school
graduates who have not taken this '
xamination are required to do so !
if they plan to enter any college
the University System of Geor- j
gia. Applications may he obtained \
from Educational Testing Service,
Princeton, New Jersey, and must
lie returned r.o later than August
14, or by August 28 with pay-
men t of an additional lat“ filing
fee. j
r !! f™ . . n,st< . , , .
“ > w ’ ,c a ‘ ' ‘
Sa ! h ,‘ tate an< U
ty ‘ tW0 0thpr teKtin * 0¥er
thc state. These tests, required by
an act of the Board of Regents.
University System of Georgia.
measure academic aptitude, or ab.l-
ity to learn in verbal or language
and mathematical areas. The tests
are measures of native ability to
!< >arn and not of past training and
is anticipated that the test
scores will be used for
purposes this fall. If they prove
‘ Initial reports received
fated that the aircraft
ered a runaway propellor
the left engine
after the fully loaded C-119
the runway prior to
afe altitude and single
airspeed.
“Unable to maintain his
titude and airspeed, Lt.
bellied the aircraft in
to the runway. Lt. Harmon
1,750 flying hours in
tional aircraft, and has
150 hours as first pilot in
C-119’s.
“Immediately after the
dent, a board of ofifeers
appointed to investigate
i crash.”
I instructor who disagreed with the
NAACP’s drive to end segregation
j | in schools. Both Cain citations and Mc-
Evven will receive and
j $1,000 scholarships. believed that least
I It is at one
j of the young oratorical dontest-
ants is white. Mr. Morrow, who
is to speak at the oratorical eon-
test, was unofficial ambassador for
the Elks Department.of Education
\ to the recent Ghana celebration.
Lieutenant Lee pointed out that
to he valid predicators of college
grads, they may he used in latei
years with indications to insur<
fair selection in those units of th<
University System with more ap-
plicants than can be aecommo-
dated.
Freshmen Orientation Week he
gins September 23, with rrgi.-tra
tion for beginning students, Sep-
tember 27, registration for eon-
tinuing day and evening students
September 26. Classes will begi)
on September 30. Students coming
from non-accredited high chool
may take the hign school valida
tion examination on September 24.
Dr. Payne further stated that
Savannah State College confers the
Degree of Bachelor of Science
with a major in one of the fol-
lowing areas of concentration:
biology building construction
, )Ugjness admin j gtl . at jon, business
edut . atiol)f { . he mistrv, child devel-
opnu>nt> clothing and text i le s, eco-
nomics> elementary education
Er , K , ish> foodS| nutrition and insti-
tlltion management, arts’ general sci-
ent . e> i ndu ^ t rial industrial ed-
U( . atioll mathematics, music, secre-
tarial science, social science, trades
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HERE ARE THE MAJOR
ITEMS OF CR BILL
WASHINGTON (ANT) The
Administration’s Civil Rights Bill
designed to protect the voting and
other civil Constitutional guaran¬
tees of Negro Americans, contain¬
ed the following provisions:
Part 1. Creation of a Federal
Civil Rights Commission, with
power to subpoena records, wit¬
nesses, to investigate instances ol
violations or civil rights and to
propose remedies.
Part II. Establishment within
the Department of Justice a spe¬
cial Civil Rights Division.
Part 111. Making clear beyond
dispute the right of an indivulua’
to go on his own into Federal
court for injunctions to protect
his voting right, and
Part IV. Giving the Justice Do
-A, — -.....- ' T;
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Nat’! Beauticians End Best
Convention in their
NEW ORLEANS (ANP) —
more than 750 beauticians,
of whom were in the
City for twelve (lays and others
for seven or five, attending eithei
the Institute of Cosmetology
■luy 20 to August 4, and the Con¬
vention from August 5 to 8, o’
both, sponsored by the
Beauty Culturists League, Ine.
have left for home, declaring th<
Convention and the Institute ti
have been the best in the historj
of the organization.
This, they say, is based upoi
the attendance, the work accoin
plished, the new angles openei
and the g e n e r a 1 Conventioi
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he is making an effort to
the inter-racial choir that
ed at the Prayer Pilgrimage in
Washington, D. G. If he is
cessful in obtaining the choral
group, the singers will appear
both affairs on Aug. 25-26.
The Elks scholarship program
j ,vas organized over 27 years ago
and since that time the G ran d
Lodge has invested over $1,000,-
000 in both Negro and
youngsters who found it almost
impossible to attend college.
if the scholar hips are obtained
from dues paid by the
membership.
A new phase of the program
has been introduced by
mt Lee. He has launched n
lion-wide campaign to raise an
idditional $1,000,000 to aid
iters who are willing to
jim-crow barriers now existing
iiany southern colleges and
versities.
TO TAKE PROMINENT ROLE IN KAPPAS C0NV.
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Attorney Loren Miller (left >. Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, Montgomery. Ala . bus boycott leader
(center ( and Rev. Hyman B- Mills of Chicago who will tak epromitjent roles in the 47th Grand
Convention of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity which will meet in Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 18-22.
Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 10c
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Mrs. Hattie Burton
Mrs. Hattie Mce Burton, 613
.Vest 40 Street, was fatally
trie ken Tuesday evening, Aug.
i, while walking to choir re-
tcarsal. She had reached the
orner of Wc\st Broad and
ienry Streets, just two block,
rom her church, the Tremont
Temple Baptist church, when
he fell unconscious.
Mrs. Burton v/as rushed to a
.capital but was pronounced
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School Board Boluses To
Transfer
BRYSON CITY, N. C. (ANP)
Stating that it was acting for the
protection of the applicants, the
Swain County School Board last
week turned down the applications
of six Negro students to attend
i white high school in their own
county, instead of traveling 40
miles a day to attend a Negro
school in another county.
The hoard voted unanimously t<
reject the reassignment applica¬
tions. Speaking for the board,
County School Supt. T. L. Wood¬
ward said ha fpayed admitting Ne-
{roes to the white school would
cause "a real rough time . . •
something like Clinton, Tenn."
Meanwhile the Negro pupils art
faced with the inconvenience of
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CDC HOLDS FLECTION
OF OFFICERS
The Citizens Democratic Club
idd its regular meeting August
: at thc Recreation Center,
tfter a few preliminary re-
narks relative to the necessity
)f every Negro becoming a reg-
stered voter, thc election ol
ifficers was held, conducted by
Mr. Mclvcr.
The following were elected:
Wilson, president; O.
l Dcmcre, 1st vies president;
Holmes, 2nd vice president; Mrs.
: A. Joyce, Rec. Sect.; E. Shuler,
j Fin. Sect.; A. L. Davis, Treas,;
i Mrs. L. Shuler, public relations;
Mrs. M. V. Davis, reporter; H.
Holmes, Sgt.-at-Arms.; Rev. H
Oliver, chaplain.
Refreshments were served at
the conclusion of the meeting
NUMBER 15
L.own above is Dr. Richard
/. M are, president, Bethune-
Jookman College, who will be
cmmencement speaker at Sa-
mr.ah State College, August 21,
11 00 a. nn, iu Meldrlm Audi¬
torium.
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INTERRACIAL WORSHIP
■'UFoLAK AT 1WO
WAUKEGAN CHURCHES
WAUKEGAN, 111, (ANP)—One
of the most popular church serv¬
ices of the Midwest is being held
here each Sunday, at Waukegan
Outdoor Theatre, where the com¬
bined congregations of Faith
Methodist Church (white) and
Trinity AME Church (Negro)
worship together in real harmony
and Christian fellowship.
Pastor of Faith Church is the
Rev. Ralph Smith, graduate of
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I «*c; (jfcMfe 5
RETIRES — The retirement from
the Postal Service of Revercnc
Joseph P. Lampkin, a parcel post
man with more than 37 years of
service, was rioted with brief cere¬
monies in the Civil Service room
of the Post Office on Thursday
Afternoon, August 8.
Reverend Lampkin was present¬
ed a valuable Longine watch as
i retirement gift from fellow Post-
.,j employees, in addition to re-
-riving from Postmaster J. M.
stuhbs a Certificate of Honorary
Recognition awarded by the Post
Office Department.
A World War 1 veteran, and
i minister for 23 years, Reverend
Lampkin is now the Presiding Kl-
der of the Savannah District of
the A.M.E. Church. He has been
a member of Forest ( ity Branch
578, of the National Ai ociatiOn
of Letter Carriers for more than
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