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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXVI
LAMBADAS CLUB — During the trophy to Alvin Collins of Way-
Savannah ^State C * College^' ^Dean cross > P resident ° f the j unior dass
Timothy C. Meyers (left) awards and English major.
Okfa. Masonic
Face of
Little Rock C Orders 1
ouncil
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LITTLE ROCK.
- The Little Rock city
acting under the provisions
a new ordinance requiring
tain -organizations to
public on demand their
fidenflal records, last
ordered the arrest of Mrs. L.
Bates and all officers of
COMPLETES WORK FOR
TER’S DEGREE — Miss
Marie D;xon, a
teacher at Cuyler Junior
school, has completed her
required for a master of
degree in mathematics
New York University. She
a bachelor of science
frem Johnson C. Smith
versity, Charlotte. North
lir.a. She is an active
of Butler Presbyterian
and also a member of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
CANDIDATES_Candidates for the “Most Popular YMCA Lady Member” Contest, seated L. to
MUs Cleo Wilkerson. Miss Johnny Mitchell, Mr.-.. M. A. Hull. Mrs. Francis J. Johnson; STAND-
ING' Mrs. Sarah Vanellison, Mrs. Lois Dotson. Contestants not shown on picture are Mrs.
S. Scott, Miss Ruth Mullino, Miss Pheon Sinclair, Miss Doris Williams.
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NAACP im the city. The coun-;
cil stated the NAACP failed to
meet the* deadline for filing, :
>set for Thursday. The arrest of
j the officers was to be effec-
t ive the following day.
Besides Mrs. Bates, who was
on a speaking tour, the Rev. J.
C. Cranshaw, president of the
Little Rack chapter, was also
sought. The council also or-
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JESSE H. HOPKINS
DIES SUDDENLY
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[ rian, died early Monday morn¬
| ! ing at his residence, 1305
j Church Street.
j Although Mr. Hopkins had
j suffered from senile debility
for mar.y years, he had not been
fJonfinniM nn Met?*’ Js«-v**n
South’s Extended ’’States’ Bights
Never to
Wilkins
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—The
recent racist events at Little Rock
have served to awaken many
Americans for the first time to
“ugly realities of a challenge to
the very unity of our n a t i o n,”
Roy Wilkins, NAACP executive
secretary, asserted in an address
at a luncheon meeting of the fam¬
ous and influential Commonwealth
Club of California here today.
The Little Rock situation also
“dealt a stab in the back to Ameri¬
can prestige" abroad, Mr. Wilkins
noted, pointing out: “The world
cannot understand nor long re¬
spect a nation in which a governor
CaUs out troops to bar little chil-
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(From the Black Dispatch)
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heim of the State Masonic
group for a number of years,
and the well-known Tulsa edi-
t - or Oklahoma Eagle
newspaper, were charged Wed-
( ;day, CLt. 23, in Okfuskee
county court with second de¬
gree arson in connection with
the much publicized 1955 bunv
ing of the Masonic Temple
building in Boley.
The two men, Attorney Amos
T. Hall, and Editor Edward
Goodwir* Sr., who has studied
law at tlje Tulsa University
Law School, were charged after
Isaac Williams, Jr., a Tulsa
convict, implicated Hall -and
Goodwin in the burning of the
three-story Masor.'.c building
March 17, 1955.
On 83,000 Bond
Arraigned and released on
$3,000 bond, the preliminary
hearing is set for Monday, Nov.
7. Entering a plea of not guilty,
the two will be tried Friday,
Nov. 18. at Okemah during the
fall court term.
Wiliams, also charged on the
arson count, told police that he
had been paid $450 to set fire
to the building. Imprisoned
rew after being sentenced to
29 years on each of five bur-
gla.ry counts in February 1C56
in Tulsa county. Williams
claimed shortly before his sen-
terming that he was paid by
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Five Negroes, Two Whites Arrested In
Seating Test
/iRLINGIoN, Va. (ANP) —
Five Negroes and two wnites were
arrested here last week and
charged with refusing to observe
segregation in seating arrange-
J I Swanson ment.s at Junior a political High meeting School. All in
were released without bond pend-
j ing a hearing.
The seven were among 400 per-
Most Popular
Receive
The winner 0 ! the “Most
! Popular Y Lady Member” con-
| test now beirg conducted by
| the Adult Program Committee YM
. of the West Broad Street
i CA has many fine things in
[store for her, besides the trip,
j The coronation ball on Dec. 6
i j at the Flamingo ballroom may
be likened to the great TV
I program, “Queen for a Day.”
j She will be presented many
I gifts from local business con¬
cerns.
! The members of the Frank
j W. Spencer school Gra-Y - club
| worshipped Sunday with the
congregation of St. Paul Baptist
church, the Rev. A E Hagins,
B S pastor.
The combined Gra-Y clubs of
I West Savannah school will be
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9,1!»57
Plans Set Here For
The American Education Week
committee of The Chatham Coun-
tv Teachers Association, under the
chairmanship of Miss Augusta L.
n cttie and co-chairmanship, Mrs.
,'eialdine Zeigler, has completed
Mans for its observance. The
theme, “An Educated People Moves
freedom Forward” is the same
theme used in the N.E.A. Centen¬
nial Observance.
The week’s observance will be¬
rm with the dedication of The
Sarah Mills Hodge Elementary
School with Dr. W. A. Early as
the main speaker. The annual
\EW program sponsored by The
Chatham County Teachers Asso-
dation, will be presented over Sta-
’ion WSAV-TV, Sunday morning,
Nov. 10 . The managers of The
itar, Dunbar and East Side Thea¬
ters will honor all teachers and
retired teachers on National Teaeh-
■rs Ifciy with free performances.
A civic luncheon will be spon¬
sored by The Chatham County As-
ociation at Frank W. Spencer
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DOKM1IOKY Of He ERS Mrs- Anne
W. K. I’ayne, wife of President Miss
i Payne, Savannah State College, in- to
i stalls dormitory officers for ’57-
’58. Reading (left to right) Miss vice
SIGMA GAMMA RIIO’S annual Miss Rhomania Contest will terminate on Monday evening, Nov.
35th, at which time Miss Rhomania for 1957-58 will be crowned. The young ladies competing for
his title are, left, Mi 43 Delores Reynolds; center, Mass Virginia Dunlap, and right, Miss Thoma-
dna Williams.
| Miss Reynolds Is the daughter is a popular member ot the Holds is also an active member
of Mrs. Beulah Reynolds of tilth guide class of Alfred E. —--------—.......
Fremont Pkrlc Community. She ! Beach High School. Miss Rey- 1 Continued oa Page Fout >
Elementary School for civic, lead-
| ers. Educational exhibits will be
j set throughout up in the leading city. Schools businesses will
; Present radio and TV program,
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j 'luring the whole week. Join
the observance by visiting your
j «hool, Nov. 10 -through-Id.
j Calendar of Events
Sunday, Nov. 10, 1 00 P. M.—
Chatham County Teachers As¬
sociation program over WTOC-
TV.
Sunday, Nov. 10, 1.30-1 45 P.
M. — Interschool Council pro¬
gram over WTOC-TV.
Sunday, Nov. 10, 4:00 P. Ni¬
j Dedication of Sarah School. Mills
Hodge Elementary
Tuesday, Nov. 12. 10:30-11:00
a. m., Tompkins high school
special program over WSAV-
TV.
Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2 05 p
special program over WCCP
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Texas Town Votes, and
Schools
PLEASANTON, Texas (ANP).
•Public school integration, ap¬
proved here recently in the first
‘lection held under a new Texas
law, will go into effect immediate¬
ly, school Supt. J. I). Klingman
, ] a9 t week,
I | n the balloting, voters in this
! small Texas town <>f 5,000 ap-
proved integration, 323 to 88 . That
neans white and Negro schools
vill be integrated under the act,
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| retary; Jeanette Lake, a -Hard.
secretary; Betty Davis,
and Mis. VV. K. Payne. Absent
from picture, Mrs. Louise
dormitory director.
W. Jordan, Dean of
Marcelle Rhodriquez,
Council; Gladys
president; Josephine
Gladys White,
tion to
, lie meeting..
, Th( , miiaininK two Negroes, a
m ^ . n alld a wol ,mn said they were
■ anything,”
tt|0 t< ,. t
t the speaker
Police -uni a 1 seven refused to
move from sections in which they
weie forbidden to sit by law.
Fisk Prexy
Be Inaugura¬
ted April 2(>
NASHVILLE, Term. — Dr.
Steven J. Wright, new president of
Fisk University, will be
rated April 20. 1958. The inaugu-
ral date was set by the Fisk Uni¬
versity Board of Trustees at a
meeting in New York (October
25.)
The inauguration will
during the annual Fisk
Festival of Music and Art.
Appointed to serve as
of the. Inauguration
veie Mr-. Bernard Fensterwald,
member of the Hoard of
from Nashville; Dr. G.
Woodworth, a trustee and
sor of music at Harvard
ity; and Fisk’s Dean of the
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- sons attending the meeting to
Democratic and Republican
j I dates Rev. for Thomas the house Archie of delegates. Ko * ,lnson
! 67, of Alexandria, said he and
other clergymen went to tne
ing for the purpose of testing
1 segregation policy. Two
! housewives also said they
trying to demonstrate their
Y Lady To
Gilts
presented on the “YMCA
Action ’’program over
station WJIV Saturday
1:30 p. m. Frank
will be the announcer.
Gwendolyn Brown, Mrs.
Ryab and Mrs. Hettie
are the club advisers.
P. Jordan is the principal
the school.
Joseph R. Jenkins,
secretary cf the Y, will
a meeting Friday in
at the Luckie Street- YMCA
■ a member of the
l Steering Committee of
: Southern Region Association
; Secretaries of the YMCA.
, which he is vice-president.
this meeting program
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Member Audit Bureau Circulation*
Price 10c
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Convict One, Free 8 For Part
CHICAGO ANP 1 one man
was found guilty and eight
ethers were discharged by
Judge Daniel J. McNamara in
Municipal Court in connection
with racial disturbances in
which several Negroes were In¬
jured at suburban Calumet
Paik last July 28 .
1 Convicted test week of un-
I lawful assembly and disorderly
I conduct was Michael Furlan
j | 49, white, wh-o police ringleaders charged in
was one of the
j ! the rioting. He requeued pro-
bation ai d the judge set a
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j j AT FORT HOOD — Pvt. Arnold
Kemp, son of Mr. and Mrs.
j Na than O. Kemp Of 302 Nor-
; ’’ is receiving advanced
I laming ‘ ... * A
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»vi.,ion a
division will ^ move ^ to ^ Germany
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TO SING AT COLLEGE
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The Committee on Campus Cul- ■ cert will begin at 8:15, and will
tural Activate will present Gru- be open to the public without
cita Faulkner, famous internation- j charge.
al soprano, next Wednesday eve- Miss Faulkner has been ae-
pnirig, November 18, in Meldrim :! aimed as ayinger of wide range
j Auditorium on the campus of con-I Sa- .Continued Page Four)
1 vannah State College. The on
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'-.earing for Nov. 15.
Lie tests were requested for
wo others accused of partici¬
pating in the disorders.
'Several Negroes were at-
ickrd. beaten or had their
automobiles smashed during the
11 turbances , when white
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RECEIVES M A S T E K ’ S DE¬
GREE—Mrs, Mary Battle Council
recently received the master’* de-
gree in Upper Elementary Ed uca-
lion from New York University.
Mrs. Council is a graduate of
the Hubbard Training School, For-
; syth, Georgia, and Savannah State
College. She has also done ad-
j vanced'work at Atlanta University,
| She is a member of the School, faculty and of
the George DeRenne
the First Congregational Church,
where she serves as a Sunday
School teacher. She is also a mem¬
ber of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority,
Inc.