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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXVI
“SUGAR" RAY WINS MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE FOR FIFTH
SOCIAL WORKERS INSTALL OFFICERS
Left to right in picture are Mrs. Minnie L. Williams, Mrs. J. L. Bryant, Leonard Law, Mrs.
Doris Roberts, Mrs. Gertrude Greene, Mrs. T helnia Wright.
The Social Workers Club met
at the West Broad Street YM
CA on Thursday afternoon.
Officers for the ensuing year
were installed by Leonard Law,
Assistant Personnel Director of
the Union Bag & Paper Corp.
Mr. Law was introduced to the
group by Mrs. Irma C. Callen,
director of Frank Callen Boys
Club. Officers installed for the
ensuing year were as fo.lows:
Mrs. Gertrude Greene, presi¬
dent; Mrs. J. L. Bryant, vice
president; Mrs. Thelma Wright,
recording secretary; Mrs. Dons
Roberts, corresponding secre¬
tary; J. R. Jenkins, treasurer,
and Mrs. Mamie L. Williams,
reporter.
The Savannah Social Work¬
ers Club wishes to go on record
as heartily endorsing the cur.
rent project of Bethlehem
Center, presently located at
Gordon and Price Streets. They
feel that the planned enlarge¬
ment and new location of Beth¬
lehem Center will give persons
TRADES CONTEST
BEING HELD AT
COLLEGE
According to information re¬
leased by W. B. Nelson,
division of trades and indus¬
tries, Savannah State College, I
the annual Georgia Youth In¬
dustrial Association and Trades
Contest has been set for March
27-23, its primary purpose being
to stimulate and motivate in¬
dustrial work in the public
schools of Georgia. It also pro¬
vides experience for youth to or¬
ganize, operate, plan and pro¬
mote an organization and de¬
velop leadership ability.
It is expected that three hun¬
dred students will attend, rep¬
resenting thirteen schools, in¬
cluding Ralph J. Bunche high,
Woodbine; Butler high, Eaton.
ton; Ballard-Hudson, Macon;
Lucy C. Laney, Augusta; Mon¬
roe, Albany; Moultrie high,
Moultrie; Fairmont, Grifiin;
Center, Waycross; Carver Vo¬
cational, Atlanta; Pinevale, j
Valdosta; Alfred E. Beach, Sa¬
vannah; Blackwell Memorial, I
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Minneapolis Plays Host to
33 Presidents
Minneapolis—Four days of
luncheons .business meetings,
dinners, public appearances and
tours for 33 presidents of coll-
eges with predominantly Negro
enrollments came to an end
here Monday, March 17.
It was the first time in the
history of the United
College group that all 32
idents assembled in one city
and also the first time that
Twin Cities were hosts.
Highlight of the four-day
gathering was a public convo¬
cation at Northrop Memorial
Auditorium on on the University
of Minnesota campus Sunday,
March 16.
auannah Srihor
AUams 4-3432
interested in, and particularly
tho e working in the fields of
serial service and the phases of
Racists Terrorize White Minister
Who Anti-Race Bias
White Church Picks Negro
For Assistant Pastor
NAMED FELLOW OF
INT. COLLEGE OF
SURGEONS
Dr. Charles C. Haydel,
prominent New Orleans physi¬
cian and member of the Staff
of Flint-Goodridge Hospital,
was invested as a Fellow of the
International College of Sur¬
geons, at its recent biennial
convention, held in Los Angeles.
Dr. Haydel is aiso president of
the Standard Life Insurance
Company of Louisiana —(ANP)
$3,000 Bond Set
James P. Marchant, 33-year-
old white man who is charged
with the death of Gwen Bonds,
a three-year_old Negro girl of
the Montgomery community,
obtained a Superior Court or¬
der permitting his release on :
posting of a $3,000 bond. The :
fatal traffic accident occurred;
two weeks ago on the Shipyard
road.
On this occasion, all 33 pres-
' idents were introduced from
the stage. President Carroll
j V. Newsome of New York Uni-|
f versity, principal speaker, spoke
j on “The Challenge to Ameri
ca.”
“The Supreme Court decision
upon segregation in the schools
has not diminished the import-
j ance of the Negro college in
the American educational sys-
tem,” Dr. Newsom told an au¬
dience of more than 3,000.
“Recently we are hearing of
our disintegrating scientific
, and technological position when
| compared to that of the Soviet
Union. We are disturbed by
public health education an op-
-
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—
Rev. Lucius Walker, Jr., 27-
year old student at Andover-
Newton Theological seminary
in Boston, was unanimously
chosen assistant pastor of the
all-white H u 1 b e r t Baptist
church last week.
In disclosing the decision of
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in South
^
ATLANTA, a. (ANP)—Apathy ______
among Negroes is hampering a
concerted drive to up the Ne¬
gro voter registration strength
in the South, it was disclosed
last week.
The drive was launched last
month toy the Southern Chris-
less than 20 percent of the to-
headed by the Rev. Martin Lu¬
ther King of Montgomery, Ala.
Its campaign of mass meetings 1
in 11 southern states, is aimed j
at doubling the present Negro
NAACP Seeks 450,000 In
Drive
NEW YORK—The NAACP is
seeking 450,000 members as its
1958 goal, It was announced
here today by Miss Lucile Black,
the Association’s membership
secretary.
The spring phase of the N. A.
A. C. P. membership campaign
will open on April 1 and will
continue through June 15. In
the autumn, the membership
effort will be conducted be¬
tween September 15 and Novem-
the fact that wc have grave
shortages of manpower on the
mgne f or competence competence.^ It ic
is rather surprising to note that
a major aspect of the problem
has rarely been mentioned,
namely, the fact that millions
of children within our vast
Negro population have limited
opportunity and motivation to
develop their latent talents.
“And, let us not forget the
well ,, known , anthropological .. , . ,, i
-
truth . that . the .. .. Negro race pos-
sesses its proper proportion of
those nc7 who to" have the native Tutstand in
te m ge become
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1958
Anti-Communist Record
NAACP Cited FBI Chief
NEW YORK—Successful fit-
forts of the National Association
for the Advancement of Color¬
ed People in turning back Com¬
munist party efforts to infil¬
trate the organization are re¬
counted in J. Edgar Hoover's
recently published book, “Mas¬
ters of Deceit.”
The director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation sum¬
marizes NAACP counteractions
the Communists from
the days of the Scottsboro case
in 1931 through the Prayer Pil¬
grimage held on May 17, last
year, in celebration of the Unit¬
ed States Supreme Court rul¬
ing against racial segregation
in public education.
The Communist party, Mr.
Hoover points out in his new
book, “has made viogrous ef-
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MOBLE, Ala (ANP)—A local
white minister who signed a
statement endorsing a petition
by Negro ministers asking that
city bus segregation ordinances
toe repealed is toeing terrorized
by racists, it was reported.
He is the Rev. John T .Park¬
er, who was one of the 32 white
Mobile ministers who signed
the statement.
Police reported that Rev.
Parker has been the victim of
two recent cross burnings, the
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voting strength . ... by 1960. ..... To
do this, it must persuade more
than a million Negroes to qual¬
ify as voters.
It is estimated that Negro
voters registration in the 11
states, totaled 1,200,000 in 1956,
less tha n20 percent of the to¬
tal registration.
However, in the first month
of the drive, only a handful
reportedly responded to the
call. The drive was launched j
by a series of Lincoln day ral- 1
ber 30.
As in the past. Miss Black
explained, the membership cam-
paign will be carried on by local
NAACP branches with the guid¬
ance and assistance of the na¬
tional office and the state units.
Each branch is assigned a quo-
ta based upon the population in j
the community. ,
The branches have been urg-
ed to enlist wide community
support in the membership ef-
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TAN PREP TEAMS BRING CHICAGO AND
CLEVELAND THEIR FIRST STATE TITLES
Tan Prep Team Brings Title
CHICAGO—(ANP)— Marshall
High school, an all-Negro squad
that made basketball history
Saturday night by becoming the
first Chicago team to win the
Illinois State prep basketball
tournament in Huff gymnasium
at Champaign, 111., came home
to a rousing hero’s welcome
Sunday.
In the game Saturday, Mar¬
shall not only became the first
Chicago team to win the title
in the 51-year.old history of
the tournament, . . , but , it .. was the ..
' N 8 d to ac-,
complish such a feat. Previously
the closest an all-tan squad
came to winning the title was
in 1954 when DuSable High of
—
Hearing on Anti-Bias School
Case Set Back to 11
ATLANTA—(ANP) — The city
board of education was foiled
in its attempt to have a suit
dismissed in federal district
court, which petitioned lor the
end of public school segrega¬
tion.
Judges Frank A. Hooper and
Boyd Sloan signed an order
granting the Negro plaintiffs
until April 11 for filing briefs
against the dismissal.
Ten parents, representing 23
Negro children, had filed suit
on Jan. 11, charging the board
of education had failed to
comply with the U.S. Supreme
court’s integration decision. In
a counter move, the school
board asked the dismissal of
the suit on the grounds “it
does not appear the children
have been denied admission to
any school on account of race
or color" and the plaintiffs had
failed to seek administrative
remedies.
In winning the delay on the
dismissal, the plaintiffs scored
a double coup. Normally, they
would have had to submit
briefs against the defense mo¬
tion within 10 days after the
motion was filed. However, Atty.
E. E. Moore, Jr., representing
the parents, told the judges it
would be impossible ^ within to prepare ~
a respomsiw b rkl that
time because of the
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lies
■Reports from the various
cities have been discouraging.
In Montgomery, the county
iboard bf registrars reported
a drop in Negro voter appli¬
cants. Birmingham reported
“less since the rallies than be¬
fore ” In other areas, either
there was a dropoff, or no in¬
crease.
Said Dr. Geo. W. C. Brown,
president of the Virginia Vot-
ers League, Norfolk:
“Our big problem is to find
CHICAGOAN MADE
P. 0. FOREMAN
CHICAGO (ANP)—Isaac Wil¬
liams, a transplanted Nashvil-
lian who has been a postal; office!
clerk in the Chicago post j
for 11 years, won a promotion
to the managerial staff in the j
post office.
His new title is that of fore- j
man of the mails, and his job J
will be to supervise postal clerks
handling mail in the delivery
divislon ; H< - has been assign-
ed to thc ° ld Post ° fflce sta ‘
tion in the federal building
in the Loop.
Chicago lost in the final game
to Mount Vernon.
Tan Quintet Wins
COLUMBUS, Ohio—(ANP) —
East Tech all-tan five brought
Cleveland its first Ohio basket¬
ball championship when it de¬
feated Columbus North, 50-to-
48 in a sudden death second
overtime here last Saturday
night.
Gerry Warfield’s soft jump
shot from 10 feet out sealed
the doom for North, whirti had
upset favorite Middletown.
East Tech’s Jim Stone threw
in an amazing 25ft. 4 jumper
to tie the game at 48-all just
before the final buzzer sound¬
ed. Neither team scored in the
3-minute first overtime. ,
Rev. Patterson Heads Newly
Formed Voters Council
Rev. P. A. Patterson
President
A non-partisan group organ
ized for the sole purpose of
istering Negroes to vote will
their initial meeting
night. The new group
the name of Chatham
Voters Council was
more than a month ago
1 proceeded some time as a
porary organization.
j (Continued on page three)
nut out how how to to awaken awaken the the
We will just have to meet
work out some method
techniques of overcoming
apathy, indifference,
cency and unconcern
Negroes.”
Supreme Courts Refuses to
Review Florida Bus Case
WASHINGTON (ANP)—The
U. S, Supreme court turned j
down the request for review of}
the Tallahassee, F,la. bus seat -1
ing assignment ordinance last j I
wcek, under which two Florida
A.vM university and a Florida
State university students were:
fined and sentenced to jail. |
The ordinance uires bus;
PHOTO BY FREEMAN
GREENBRIAR RECEIVES S36.00 check from the Dura Deccas Social Club for their Easter Prc
iect at the Center. From left to right Mrs Myrtle Kendricks, Mrs Mary Colley, Mrs. Juanita
Jackson. Mrs. Myrtle L. Hicks Mrs. Doris E. Roberts receiving check from Mrs. Louise Alston
Members not present are: Mrs. Minnie Gadson. Mrs. Minnie Noble, Mrs. Estella Pate, Mrs. Alber’ *
Payne, Mrs. Naomi Ross and Mrs. Mamie Sma 11s.
Member Audit Bureau Circulatioru
Price 10c
ADams 4-3433
PROF. CLEMMONS
GETS $5,400 GRANT
TO STUDY AT USC
According to Information re¬
leased by Alan T. Waterman,
director, National Science Foun¬
dation, John B. Clemmons,
chairman, department of ma¬
thematics and physics, Savan¬
nah State College, has been
awarded a full grant in the
amount of $5,400 to study at
the University of Southern
California In the year 1958-59.
Clemmons was also the recip¬
ient of the Ford Fellowship to
study at the same institution
for the year 1953-54. He earned
the B. S. degree from More¬
house College.
His organizational affiliations
include; honorary membership,
Alpha Kappa Mu National
Honor Society, Beta Kappa Chi
National Scientific Honor So¬
ciety; member, Phelps.Stokes
Committee; director, drama,
Savannah State College.
Clemmons is also listed in
“Who’s Who In Negro America.”
drivers to assign passengers to
seats in such a way as to distri-
bute their weight equally, as-
sure health and safety and pre-
vent violence. It does not men-
tlon race.
However, the NAACP, in seek-
ing to test the ordinance, held
segregated white and Negro
that an practice the
NUMBER 25
“Sugar” Ray Robinson, the
unprecedented champion.
CHICAGO, March 2d—“Sugar*
Ray Robinson, who many figtn
experts proclaim the greatest
fighter, pound for pound, came
through with flying colors to¬
night at the Chicago Stadium
defeating Carmen Balilio anc
recapturing the middleweight
boxing title which BatUio tool
from him last December.
Bull-like Basilio was a 7-E
favorite before the fight which
was witnessed by 17,979 fan*
who paid $351,955 at the turn¬
stiles.
The first four round* were
fairly even but in the flftl
round the crafty “Sugar” Ra;
got to Basilio with rapier Jab.
which took their toll and cauaec
the champion to lode some of
liis steam.
In the sixth round Basilio’.*
face was marked with blood bj
“Sugar” Ray's stabs and hi,
left eye was comparative!)
closed at the end of the round
From then on he fought a game
fight without being able to se<
through the damaged optic.
In the last two of the If
Continued on page Eight*
passengers. The group wa*
also attacking the law as un
constitutionally vague.
The high court, in turnin*
down the case ,gave no expla
nation. However, the genera
0 pj n j 0n is that the case wa;
n0< . j n a proper status to bi
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