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76 PUBLIC COMINUOUS m/?S SERVICE OF
VOLUME LXXVI
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CELEBRATE GOLDEN WFDWNO ANNIVERSARY—Mr. and Mrs. William G. Gaither of
Salem, North Carolina, parents of Mrs. H. M. Collier. Jr., and Miss Shirley Gaither of this
pleasantly reflect on 50 years of happy married life that brought them recently to the joyous
of cutting together their Golden Wedding Anniversary cake on March 8, 1958. More than
relatives and friends gathered at the Gaithers’ home, 1705 Old Town Road, to help celebrate
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.—
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Gai-
ther celebrated their 50th Wed-
Yvonne Luten, Robert Simmons Win
D. C.
DRIVE HI BENEDICT COLLEGE
43 Texas Colleges Are
Now Desegregated
SCIENCE FAIR
ATTRACTS LARGE
NUMBERS
Numerous wonders of the
modern scientific age were wit¬
nessed by over 2.000 persons
last week when 14 Chatham
County schools presented their
annual Science Fair Monday
through Friday in the West
Broad Street Branch YMCA’s
auditorium.
Supervised by the Inter-
School Council, colorful displays
depicted fields which included
biology, mineralogy, rocketry,
agriculture, chemistry, com¬
munications, electronics and
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WHITE METHODIST SCHOOL WOULD WELCOME
NASHVILLE—(ANP) — About
nine out of ten students at the
Candler School of Theology of
Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.,
would welcome Negroes as full
participating: members of the
student body, according to a
recent poll.
Candler is one of the Metho¬
dist Church’s ten theological
schools.
The poll, conducted by the
school’s student council, also
indicated that 73 percent of the
students would be willing to
have Negroes as members of
their congregations and more
than 80 percent would allow
their children to attend inte¬
grated public schools.
The poll was conducted
through a questionnaire in No¬
auafflitalv iriliwiP
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ding Anniversary on March 8,
1958. The gala occasion mark-'
ed the closing of a half cen-
—
number of colleges and
versities in Texas which
lifted the ban against
students now numbers 43,
which 35 have
750 Negro students in
dance.
The largest number of
students are at the
of Texas, which boasts
compared with 15,925 white.
addition its Galveston
branch has 22 Negroes
its 600 student body and
cludes a Negro resident
on the staff.
Next highest in Negro
ment is North Texas
-which has 133 Negroes
5,855 whites. Two of the
groes are on the football
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vember, 1957, and the results
| published recently In The Cand-
■ ler Advocate, a fortnightly
publication of the school.
Candler has a student body
of about 400. Three hundred-
! forty one questionnaires were
[ circulated and 337 answered.
Fast Talkers Swindle
Woman of $191
Believe it or not, that tried
| and proved pocketbook game
j j caught another victim on the
last day of March, the eve of
I April fool’s day.
A young Negro woman Iden-
| tified as Miss Betty Whitney,
18. of 212 East Park avenue,
! was approached by another Ne-
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tury of happy
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COLUMBIA, S.
College’s 88th Founder’s
closed here last
on what President J .A.
termed a “very successful”
Some 1,000 students,
members, alumni,
church leaders and
crowded Antisdel Chapel
take part in the
and hear an address by
Rev. James £. A£>ney .presi¬
dent of the Sunday School
Baptist Training Union
gress of South Carolina.
When the final tally
made late Saturday, receipts
the annual fund-raising
paign totaled more than
000 and colleeg officials
nounced that late
tions are expected to boost
total to near the $25,000
President Bacots,
thanking the large- crowd
their support, stated that
least one alumni club not
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Recover Body of Second
The body of Beverly
55, commercial fisherman,
recovered Saturday in a
low outlet of Wassaw sound.
Mr. Glover and Lucius
ris, 50, both well known
mercial fishermen, left
31 from Pin Point on a
trip in Wassaw sound and
seen only once since then
Green Island. It was
weather during that time,
well as unusually high winds,
Mr. Harris’ body was
ered at Vernon View about
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
ESL
Graham W. Jackson, master ol
the accordion, organ and piano,
will appear in a one night per¬
formance of music at Beach
High auditorium, Easter Mon¬
day night, under the auspices
of the Savaimah-Statesboro
iuskegee Alumni Association
at 8:00 p. m. ,
The artist has become known
as the favorite of presidents,
and governors, having played
for the late President Frank¬
lin D. Roosevelt, President Har¬
ry Truman and Dwight D. Eis¬
enhower, for the last five gov¬
ernors of Georgia and other
high-ranking U. S. Cabinet and
diplomatic figures. He is
constantly in demand for a
wide area of performances,
conducts several tours yearly
and has a daily program on
Radio Station WEED, Atlanta.
Although Atlanta claims him
as its own, Jackson is a native
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The YMCA World Service
uuU i b J bOUtUfiil CJiiUUlt/Uv*
ujf uiv wi£& Uj uuu otreei. him
a or unuLTpiiVA eugeu children oi
Aureign ianas came to a close
uns week wuri ivonnc Luien in
oancuiy comm inny winning me
uue ox Miss liviCii, and nooen
omniums, jr.i me tiue oi Mr.
LvioA ior 1958, respectively,
mis represents tue second time
mat Kouert Simmons as won
mis title.
-vwi oi these young people
belong to Gra-Y and in-ura-H
and nave won these titles thru
the help of their narents ana
friends in thei rrespective com¬
munities. The two young peo¬
ple along with their parents
ior Washington, D. C., where
they will be greeted by the
Vice President of the United
States, Hon. Richard Nixon. A
“Service To Youth” Plaque will
be presented to the Vice Presi¬
dent by the Gra-Y fellowship
j of Savannah for his fine lead¬
j ership of youth of the nation. made
This presentation will be
by Miss Frankie N. Golden,
chairman, Youth Program Com¬
mittee of the West Broad St.
YMiCA.
Second place honors went to
John EarL Lang and Joyce
Jones of Springfield Terrace
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,, miles from the spot Mr. Glov¬
j er’s body was found.
Graveside services for Mr.
Glover were held Sunday at
Oak Grove cemetery. Mr. Har¬
] ris was buried March 12.
j Mr. Glover was the husband
of Mrs. Fletcher M. Calloway
Glover, R.N.. and the father of
j Miss Loraine Glover. Other rel¬
atives are two sisters, Mrs.
Mabel G. Logan of Los Angeles,
j Calif., and Mrs. Doris G. Norris
of Berkeley, Calif.
f Mr. Harris was the husband
j
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SATURDAY, APRIL 5, I!>58
: Thonsamls Allend Funeral of
W.C. of the Blues
NEW YORK (ANPi—W.
Hand y, familiarly
throughuot the world as ’ The
E'atlier of the Blues,” died in
Sydenham hospital early Fri¬
day morning. His death, com¬
ing before the completion of
a biographical film, “The St.
Louis Blues,” was attributed to
bronchial penumonia.
(Handy was admitted to the
hospital earlier in the week in
a critical condition. The day
following his admission a ure¬
mic complication set in and he
went into a coma. However, he
regained consciousness the next
day.
Handy was buried in the
Bronx Wednesday following
funeral services at Abyssinian
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Many Winners Named at State Youth
Ind. Ed. Conference at
Savannah State College
as host to the Georgia
industrial Education
Conference on March
with approximately 360
ed youth and instructors
all over the state of
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participating.
Highlighting the
were essay and oratorical
tests, performance tests in
chanics, cosmetology,
nursing, plastering,
craft and all most every
of Industrial Education
Trades. Willie Evans,
oi the C.Y.I.E.A., made an in
spiring address at the first
senibly Thursday, followed
a talent show. At an
assembly the students
formed their orations.
awards were made on Friday
night a “Miss G.Y.I.E.A.”
test was held climaxing
conference.
The winners in the
exhibit are as follows:
work: first place, Eugene
mas, Beach High School,
vannah; second place,
Blackwell, Fairmont High
Gtiffin,, thiid place,
Ward, Fairmont High
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ADVISORS FOR STATE
and Industrial Conference held
at Savannah State College
27-28. Left to right, first row:
W. M. Tarrant, D.C.T. H.A.,
Hunt High, Fort Valley; John
Jordan, auto mechanics,
lard Hudson High School; N. T.
Lindsey, woodwork. Carver high
school, Atlanta; W. B. Nelson,
A. Z. Traylor, Sr., Adolphus
British Band Leader Weds
o i his Orchestra
By Ron Stephenson
LONDON, England
Johnny “help”
voted Britain’s best young
leader last year, last week
secretly married to Cloo
a Negro girl, who is
top female singer Their
ding was announced over
British Broadcasting
Network after Johnny and
group were featured on a pro¬
gram titled “Johnny
Lately.”
Dankworth said the an¬
nouncement of their wedding
was withheld until then be¬
cause ‘‘we felt we wanted to
avoid the ballyhoo which us¬
ually goes withe show business
weddings.” Besides the couple,
there were only two witnesses
to the marriage.
Miss Laine, the daughter of
i a Jamaican factory worker,
J started singing about
I years ago and wont straight to
j the top. She jined the Dank-
I worth “Seven” about four years
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ALBANY, Ga.—The April 9-11
j State Meeting of the Georgia
j Teachers and Education Asso-
ciation which convenes In Co¬
J 1 lurobus, “Proposed will operate Expanded on the
theme,
j Programs.” Two key speakers K.
are to be President W.
j Payne oi Savannah State Col-
lege and Mrs. Billie Davis ("No
J Desk for Johnny”) of Costa
Rica in Central America. Dr.
j Lynette Saine, Professor of Ed-
ucation at Spelman College,
will serve as convention con¬
sultant.
Always a significant portion
g.’I’aE.A. Annual Conferen-
ces is the day designated for
j group and departmental meet,
in g S 0n f^is day—which will
be Thur sday, April 10 - class¬
room teachers, principals, su-
• pervisors, retired teachers, 1L
brarians, extension workers,
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on
I Williams, woodwork,
high, Woodbine; Homer Bryson,
woodwork, Fairmont high,
fin; Andrew Wherry, Jr., auto
mechanics, Lucy Laney high;
j second row: Miss Phalba
Pitts, Ballard Hudson high;
Mrs. Levercin Harris, Ballard
Hudson high; Mrs. Helen Lind-
sey, Spencer high, Columbus:
i Miss Lassie M. Greene, Carver
Member Audit Bureau Gradation*
Price 10c
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White Mason Advocates
j Recognition of Prince
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Hall MaSOIlS
By O. C. VV. Taylor
NEW ORLEANS, LA. (ANPi—
A white Mason, Charles Van
Cult, 32nd degree, editor of a
Masonic journal, “Masonic In¬
spiration,” in the February is¬
sue 1958 advocated recognition
of the legitimacy of Prince
I Hall Mlasons as a means of
combatting bogus Masonry
among Negroes in the USA.
Van Cott stated: “Millions of
fine American Negroes seek a
fair share in our democracy.
The Prince Hall Masons do not
want to intervisit with us (they
are gun-shy after being taken
so many years by white folk),
j But if only we merely admit they
| are the legitimate NEGRO
j Masons, it would destroy clan-
destine colored groups, help
1958 UNCF Campaign Gets
NEW YORK—Wirn. J. Trent,
Jr., executive director of the
United Negro College Fund, of-
licially opens the Fund’s 1958
campaign over the American
Broadcasting Network April 13.
The program is one oi the reg¬
ular weekly broadcasts of the
“Negro College Choirs.” The
choral group of Benedict Col¬
lege, Columbia, S. C., directed
by Emmett 1. Wroten, will be
featured on this special broad¬
cast.
The choir of Hampton Insti¬
tute, under the direction of W.
A. Scales, will also be heard in
a special broadcast on Easter
Sunday, April 6. This pro¬
gram was recorded for the ABC
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high, Atlanta; Mrs. M. A. Bow- |
■ den, Carver high; Mrs. A. B. j
j Hatcher, Washington high, At-
lanta; Wilson Bryant, Monroe;
! high, Albany; Henry A. Me-
Cullough, Spencer high, Co-
j lumbus; Winston W. Sherard,
, Carver high.
j Third row: Calvin Small,
1 Moultrie high, masonry instruc-
j tor, Moultrie; Earl White, Lucy
NUMBER 26
Prince Hall grow into a great¬
er body of Negro Mason*. ThU
j very suggestion shows what h y-
p 0Cr ites we are—for Masonry
is Masonry—not white, black or
red, just a wee bit yellow now
and then.”
No comment was secured
from leading Prince Hall Ma¬
sons over the nation but it i»
understood that a mov# will
soon be made to rid the conn-
try of spurious Masonry,
Prince Hall Masons olaim
their legality due to a charter
jssued to their founder, Prince
Hall of Massachusetts who
founded the first Negro lodge
an dthe first Negro Grand
Lodge, African Grand Lodge,
from which all Negro Masonry
and the first Negro Grand
has descended.
AARON TASTES FLA.
SEGREGATION LAW
CLEARWATER, Fla.— (ANP) —
Hank Aaron and fellow Negro
teammates on the World’s
Champions, t h e Milwaukee
Braves, did not accompany
their teammates when the
Braves played the Phillies here
last week, because of Florida
segregation laws.
However, F’red Haney, mana¬
ger of the Braves, put it this
way: “When we left Braden¬
ton, it seemed highly unlikely
that the game would be played.
Because of that and the necea-
sity of Aaron and the others
finding cblored cabs for trans-
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Laney high, Augusta; Albert T.
Smith, Blackwell high school,
Elberton; Aaron Tappan, Lucy
Laney high; R. M. McKinley,
Lucy Laney high; W. B. Ken-
dall, Fairmont high, Griffin;
Robert Hawkins, Monroe high,
Albany; H. B. Scretchings, Car¬
ver high; Wiliiam E. Monroe,
Lucy Laney high; Ernest J.
Shanks, Lucy Laney high.