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1T4RS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXVI
TO COMPETE NATIONALLY —
Crowned "Miss Greater New j
York” of 1958 by Borough
President Hulan Jack following :
her selection from more than J
sixty finalists in a Beauty for
Charity contest held in New
Hawkins Loses Again in 8 Yr. Fight
To Enroll at University of Florida
L. A. Oiurrfi Severs Relations
Willi Natl. Convention
TALLADEGAN HONORED ANTI-BIAS COMMITTEE
BY NEW LNGLAND GETS NEW VICE
CITY PRESIDENT
Attorney George W. Craw¬
ford, Corporation Counsel
for the City of New Haven,
Connecticut, and Talladega
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RE-ELECTED — Mts. Mari£ L
Harrison of East Orange. N. J.,
who WI1U was unanimously' re-elec-
ted recently in _... Pittsburgh. )Pa.. _
as president of LUe National
Business and professional Worn-
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York at Rackland Palace, Miss
Ariine Burke shown above, will
compete with national beauties
next year in an effort oy the
Beauty for Charity Committee
to select "Miss Colored Ameri-
1 WASHINGTON, D. C. — The
1 White House has announced the
j appointment of Major General
I Cornelius E. Ryan (Retired) as
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en’s Clubs, Inc. At the 22nd
annua j convention of the or-
gamzation ... Mrs. ,, Harrison TT was
chosen for another two-year
term as president.
DR. EDMONDS FLIES
TO MONROVIA AS
IKE’S REPRESENTATIVE
DURHAM, N. C. (AND—Dr.
Helm Grey Edmonds, graduate
professor of history, North Caro¬
lina college, has been named Pres¬
ident Dwight D. Eisenhower's per
sonal representative at the dedi¬
cation of the Monrovian Capitol
building in Monrovia, Liberia, in
ceremonies there during Oct. 20-
22.
Dr. Edmonds was a special con¬
sultant for the U. S. State De¬
partment during 1954-65 when she
lectured throughout West Ger¬
many.
At the Republican National con¬
vention in San Francisco, Dr. Ed¬
monds became the first Negro
woman ever to second the nomina¬
tion of a U. S. President when she
seconded President Eisenhower's
nomination for a second term.
A native of Lawreneeville, Va.,
she holds a bachelor of arts de¬
gree from Morgan'State college,
and master’s and doctor’s degrees
from Ohio Stute University.
She is the author of “The Negro
in Fusion in North Carolina,” and
has written a history of the Delta
Sigma Theta sorority.
In 1054-55, she did postgraduate
work in history at the University
of Heidelberg in Germany.
The NCC professor was sched-
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Local SSC Alumni To
Meet Sunday
President Norman Elmore in¬
vites all Savannah State Col¬
lege alumni to be present at
the regular meeting on Sun-
j Street day, Oct. 27, at the West Broad
YMCA, beginning at 4:00
; p. m.
, Homecoming plans and corn-
j mittee reports will be given at
I this meeting.
LOS ANGELES (ANP).—The
Second Baptist cmurch, led by its
pastor, the Rev. J. Raymond Hen¬
derson, voted at a called meeting
recently to immediately «ever its
connections with the National Bap¬
tist Convention, U. S. A., Ihc.
The action came as a result of a
full and complete report given the
church by Rev. Henderson on the
recent meeting of the convention in
Louisville, Ky., which he had at¬
tended as the official delegate-
from Second Baptist.
TO ALIGN WITH ABC
In oc?uiii severing , its iw,Buyi.o»u relationship J( with win.
the NBC group, the church
to align itself with the American
Baptist Convention, an integrated
body; and to do do its its
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Negroes
To
vTPn, NEW t7/y„T7 YORK (ANP)—Herbert , a ......
Hill, NAACP labor secretary, said
Thursday he has been informed
that Negroes have been admitted,
for the first time, into Local 8 of
the Milwaukee Bricklayers Union,
Mr. Hill hailed the development,
pointing out that he had worked
for more than a year with the
Wisconsin Industrial Commission
WIDELY KNOWN
FLOWER ARRANGER TG
DEMONSTRATE HERE
Melvin Bussey, noted lecturer
and flower arranger, will be
with the local garden clubs
Friday, Oct. 25, at 7.00 p. m.
until 10:00 p. m. at the Garden
Center, 37th Street and Ogee-
chee road.
Mr. Bussey has lectured and
demonstrated in Cuba, Puerto
Rico, Haiti and other Carib¬
bean countries, as well as in the
United States.
He recently returned from an
eleven months tour of Europe¬
an countries. While abroad Mr.
Bussey studied art. and gave
numerous lectures and demon-
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1957
Supreme Court Kills Virginia
Placement Plan .
_
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Mon¬
day the Supreme Court handed
down a decision killing the
pupil placement act which was
passed by the Virginia legisla¬
ture to circumvent the high
murt's decree banning segre¬
gation in public schools.
In its decision this week the
tribunal refused to review two
ichcol segregation cases in
which the state pupil place¬
ment act was dclcared uncon¬
stitutional by U. S. District
Judge Walter E. Hoffman. The
cases were those of Norfolk and
fewpert News.
Judge Hoffman’s decision was
affirmed by the U. S. Circuit
Court ir. Richmond. The ruling
af the Circuit Court was ap¬
pealed by the two cities with
ihe high court today refusing
to review the cases and there¬
by dealing a death blow to the
pupil placement act.
Both the federal district
court and the- U. S. Fourth Cir¬
cuit cf Appeals cited the Sup¬
reme Court .decree of several
years ago banning racial seg¬
regation in public schools as
the reason for deciding against
the pupil placement measure
tut the Supreme Court today
in a brief order gave no rea¬
son for turning down the ap¬
peals and simply refused to
review’ the cases.
Governor Stanley of Virginia
Of>nfmuf*n on Pwee Sever.
—
gil D. Hawkins, who has been
fighting for the past eight years
for an opportunity to enroll in
professional and graduate school
of the University of Florida, must
again call upon the District Court
for relief.
This became evident, Monday,
when the United States Supreme
Court declined to review the case.
The petition was denied without
prejudice to Hawkins with the sug¬
gestion that he seek relief in an
appropriate United States District
Court.
Hawkins was one of the four
applicants who sought admission
to the Florida University back in
1949. A month after the applica¬
tion was filed he was advised that
his admission to the University
Law School was prohibited because
| he was a Negro. And the Boaid
-
,
of Control ordered the
tion to any other institution of
I his choice outside the state.
The following year the Board
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j and .....i with local i......i and ....a r,n+(,»n,y! national AFL- APT..
j CIO officials to secure the admis-
; sion of Negro workers into the
Milwaukee union,
He called the Milwaukee action
j "significant because it is a suc-
j j eessful attack practices against which the dis-
criminatory are
widespread in building trades
unions.”
Madam Freeman’s
Before a jam-packed crowd
j at St. Philip AME church Bridie fune-
rai services for Madam
] Freeman, widely known master
i beautician, were held Monday
afternoon, the Reverend John
S. Bryan, pastor, delivering the
eulogy.
Interment was in Laurel
Grove cemetery. The Sidney A
Jones Funeral Home was in
charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Freeman 'died late
Thursday night of last week at
a local hospital.
. One of the most widely
j known beauty culturists in the
| state, Madam Freeman opened
her first beauty parlor in 1914
j and shortly thereafter started
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little Rock Conscience Money
Received NAAUI 1 Local Units
NEW YORK, Oct. 10 — Many
Oval NAACP branches are re¬
ceiving “(conscience” contributions
from persons of both races who
lave been distressed by the Little
Rock situation, Gloster B. Cur-
ent, NAACP director of branches,
eported here today.
The branches themselves are
'making an extra effort, spurred
>n by events in Little Rock, to
each their membership and fund-
raising goals by the end of the j
rear,’' Mr. Current said.
!y Among engaging branches in which special current- fund- j j
are
aising campaigns are those in j
Boston; Sacramento, Calif.; Jer¬
sey City, N. J.; New London,]
Conn.; Jackson, Miss.; Portland,;
Ore.; Harrisburg and Chester, I
l’a.; Atlanta; Philadelphia; Des (
Moines, Iowa; Cincinnati; Wd-
nihgton, Del.; and the Bronx and j
Manhattan, N. Y.
Cities in which local NAACP j
branches now have large-scale j
membership campaigns in progress
include Chicago, Cleveland, Haiti- :
Houston, Dallas, Hartford, 1
more,
| Conn., and Camden, N. J.
The cable car was invented
in San Francisco in 1873 by
Andrew S. Hallidie, who could
not bear to see horses strug¬
gling up the city’s steep hills,
the Chamber of Commerce.
Fire Veteran Race Officer Who Was
Involved In St. Louis Narcotics Case
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (ANP) — The
axe fell on detective Mack N. Me- j
Collum here last week.
The 45-year-old policeman and j
15-year veteran on the St. Louis j
police force was dismissed from ;
service following a hearing of the j
Police Board on charges growing
MroU --......rr*/ “
Negro officers are
McCollum. They are detectives
\y ardc ]i Spencer, Roland Norton,!
Henry Ryland and Lorenzo Jack-!
son. However, However, men their trials mats were were j j
scheduled for later. j
During the hearing detective
David McNealy, Jr., a white fel-
low detective who was shot and j
seriously wounded last Sept. 11
by a convicted narcotics peddler, j
testified against McCollum. . j
Six charges preferred against!
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For First Time
“The “Thi* rhrht right t.i3 to hehrmr belong to to a a trade, tradt
union operating in the building
trades industry is not merely an
abstract civil right, it is a neces¬
sary condition of employment,” he
noted.
Two Negro mechanics, Randolph
Ross and ’ James Harris, had
initiated action before the Wiscon-
sin Industrial Commission, which
Largely Attended
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BIG GIFTS COMMITTEE—The above picture shows ■time of tiie members of the big gifts commit¬
tee of Division IV, United Community Services, wao were present at the last meeting of the group.
left to right are: Mrs. Mamie Hart, Mrs. Geneva Mitchell and Mrs. Ellse Hooks Free-
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Top Baptist Leaders Flan
Several
phII ADELPHIA tltiy _ A far- i
.0 boow .....„iify!
In u* ..-ml,..,
anal Baptist Convention,
here by top convention leaders.
Board chairmen and secretaries
■ ■ j
the the convention convention from from alb all' sections sections
f ^ H. country Jackson met for with the I’resw specific « nt j
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business of unifying soivice^ <>f
‘ board, and, of improvnig pn,
at annual Mil national j
i
Immediate results expected once
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administers administers the the Wisconsin fair
employment practices act. The
Commission had ordered the union
to admit the Negro workers hut
had been defied by the union. 1 lie
union’s refusal to admit the two
I Negro "mechanics had boon sus-
j tained ( ourt of by Wisconsin. the State Supreme
1
POSTMAN ANDREWS
RETIRES AFTER 47
YEARS SERVICE
Almost forty-seven years of con-
! tinuous Postal service have been
I concluded by Arthur J. Andrews,
j a city Letter Carrier, who recently
■ retired.
Carrier Andrews who spent 20
of these years on City Delivery
Route No. 1. was presented a hand¬
some watch by his fellow Postal
Employes to commemorate his re¬
tirement.
During ceremonies held in
Civil Service room of the
Office. Assistant Postmaster 1.. C.
Johnston, representing P.
•J. M. Stubbs, congratulated
rier Andrews on the success of
i long term of service. Present
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Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 10c
ADams 1-3433
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MYERS SCH. OF BEAUTY ,
CULTURE TO GRADU.
J ^f'NDAY
The Myers School of Beauty j
will hold its graduation ■
Sunday 2 p. m. at
phjllp AME church at which j
a class of twenty-one will
given diplomas. The com¬
. address will ..... be „„ de- „
vere d by Rev. 3 .8 Bryan, pas
0 j. church,
Myers School of Beauty Cul- ]
is headed by Madam
SPEAKS AT COLLEGE TODAY — William Worthy,
young journalist and world traveler, who will address the
body and community in Meldrim Auditorium today, Thursday,
12:00 noon, marking the opening event in the Lyceum Series
the current academic year at Savannah State College.
NUMBER 3
B ^' , ,
Tl r i
1806 West Broad street.
Tunc In, Channel 3, TV,
Sunday 3 30 p. m.. and list¬
en to Martin Agronski
(commentator) interview
Rev. Martin Luther King,
leader of the famous Mont¬
gomery, Ala., bus boycott.
San Francisco is the insur¬
center of the West, em-
about 21.890 persons
paying $95 million yearly.