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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXVI1
4 Day NAACP State Conference
Degins Here
Roy Wilkins, N. Y.
Friday Night Speaker
A. T. Walden, long time civil
rights lawyer, will be the prin-
cipiul peaker for the closing
public mass meeting of the 18th
Annual state Conference, Na-
tionul Association for the
vancement of Colored People
(NAAOP) on Sunday afternoon
3 o'clock at tile first African
Baptist church. W. W. Law,
state president, will preside.
iMir. Walden is a prominent
Atlanta attorney and is the
Ministers
Probe FBI
Says Court Has No Power
In
JONQUILS TO
WORKSHOP,
Plans have been completed
for the Junior Advisers Work¬
shop and Luncheon to be held
Saturday, Nov. 8, at 10:00 a. m.
at the Georgia Garden Center,
37th and Ogeechee Road.
The affair, sponsored annu¬
ally by the Jonquil Garden
Club, is given for the advisers
cf the Jr. Jonquil Garden Clubs
in the public school system.
Mrs. Margaret Priester is
General Chairman with Mrs. E.
R. Terrell and Mrs. Esther War¬
rick, co-chairmen.
President Lincoln delivered
his Gettysburg address in Penn¬
sylvania, November 19, 1863.
CROWNED “MISS
lovely Miss LaKay Beasley
Tallahassee was crowned
FAMU of 1953-59” during the
coronation ceremony held in
Lee Hall of Florida AfcM Uni¬
versity Friday night, (Novem¬
ber 7) at 7 p in. Miss Beasley is
a senior psychology major in
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Rev. E. J. Odom, Jr., N. Y.
Banquet Speaker
dean of Negro attorneys in the
i state, having practiced for over
fifty years. He is a former
; president .of the Atlanta NAA
CP b.aneh and is a member of
the Association's national legal
committee. Presently Mr. Wal-
I den is associated in the Fred
Wessels housing suit which is
being appealed to the U. S
Supreme Court.
Roy Wilkins, NAACP Execu¬
tive Secretary, will address the
MONTGOMERY, Ala.—(ANP)
—A law which has banned vir¬
tually all Negroes in the Tus¬
kegee area from voting, Wed¬
nesday survived its first test in
federal court.
U. S. Dist. Judge Frank John¬
son, Jr., upheld a 16-month old
legislative act rearranging the
city’s boundaries. The new
boundaries left all predomin¬
antly Negiro residential areas
outside the city limits.
The judge said nothing in the
federal constitution prohibits
the state legislature from
changing the boundaries of a
city regardless of the motive.
No Authority
He added: “regardless of the
motive of the legislation in en¬
acting the law, this court has
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the college of arts and scien¬
ces at Florida A&M University.
The Rat tiers played the North
Carolina A,vT College Aggies in
the Homecoming tilt Saturday
afternoon (November 8) at 2:30
p.m. in the new Bragg Stadium.
j The score was ???
Col. A. T. Walden, Atlanta
Sunday Speaker
opening mass meeting on Fri¬
day night 8 o'clock at the First
African Baptist church. Rev.
Curtis J. Jackson, the pastor
and general chairman of tne
convention arrangements com¬
mittee, will preside.
The Freedom Fund Banquet
on Saturday night 8 o’clock at
the West Broad YMCA will
have as its speaker the Rev. E.
J. Odom, Jr., NAACP Church
Secretary.
NEW YORK, Oct. 30 —
Federal Bureau of
has assigned agents to
into the unprovoked arrest
detention in Birmingham
three Montgomery
Announcement of the FBI
followed receipt of % telegram
from NAACP Executive
tary Roy Wilkins urging
Department of Justice “to make
a prompt and thorough inves¬
tigation" of the case.
The three Baptist ministers -
Rev. Solomon S. Seay, execu¬
tive secretary, Montgomery Im¬
provement Association, and the
Reverends H. H. Hubbard and
A. W. Wilson—were arrested on
Oct. 27 in the home of Rev. F.
L. Shuttlesworth who had been
previously arrested for refusal
to move from a seat on a bus
on orders of the driver. Arres¬
ted with Mr. Shuttlesworth
were the Reverends S. J. Phifer
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Expect Pope John To Eocus Attention on Mission Field;
I$y Charles J. Livingston
Pope John XXIII, newly elec¬
ted spiritual leader of the
world’s 500,000,000 Roman Ca¬
tholics, is said to have a deep
and abiding interest in the
mission field.
Like his illustrious predeces¬
sor, Pope Pius XII, the former
Angelo Cardinal Roncalli has
Tompkins School To Be
Dedicated 3 P. M.
Elder H. L. Cleveland
The new Tompkins
School will be dedicated
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1958
W. W. Law, Savannah
State President
All day sessions of the con¬
vention on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday will be held at
the Butler Presbyterian church.
Thursday, beginning at noon,
the Rev. L. II. Pitts, chairman,
NAACP church committee and
a CME minister, will conduct
a ministers workshop.
Rev. H. Hollis Hooks, well
known A,ME minister and lead-
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TO BE CROWNED MISS COASTAL
EMPIRE FRIDAY NIGHT AT FLAMINGO
Mrs. Gertrude J. Johnson
Mrs. Gertrude J. Johnson,
member of the faculty of
Liberty County High and
mentary school, will be
ed “Queen of the Coastal
pire for 1959,’' E’riday
Nov. 7, 10:00 p.m. at the Fla¬
mingo Ball Room.
Mrs. Johnson has taught
thirteen years in Liberty
ty, having graduated
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labored intensively to expand
the missionary arm of the
Church.
His work in the field began
in 1921 when Pope Benedict XI
summoned the native Venetian
to Rome and entrusted him
with the task of reorganizing
the church's missionary work
in the Sacred Congregation for
3:30 p.m. Sunday, November 9.
Speaker for the ceremonies will
be Elder H. L. Cleveland, pastor
of the Seventh-day Adventist
church, Savannah.
Dedicatory remarks will be
given by Freddie Reddick, pres¬
ident of the Student Council;
Mrs. Viola Bell, Tompkins PTA
president; John B. Miller, pres¬
ident of the Board of Educa¬
tion; D. Leon McCormac, Act¬
ing Superintendent of Chatham
County Schools; Dr. H. Titus
Singletary, Secondary Consul¬
tant; Frank Underwood, Busi¬
ness Manager of the Board of
Education; and Rives Worrell,
Contractor for the building.
Invocation will be given by
Reverend Arthur Martin, pastor
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Norfolk
Whites SueTo
Reopen Schs.
NORFOLK, Va.—(ANP) —Two
suits challenging the "massive
resistance” program of Virginia
against public school desegrega¬
tion were filed In Federal Dis¬
trict Court, here Monday. De¬
fendants are Gov J. Lindsay
Almond, Jr., State Attorney
General Albertis S. Harrison,
Jr., members of the Norfolk
City School Board and City
Supt. J. J. Brewbaker.
The suits filed on behalf of
white parents, seek to have the
federal court, ’ order the six
schools in Norfolk closed to pre¬
vent Integration opened as soon
as possible. Suit papers have
been served on both the gover¬
nor and the State common¬
wealth attorney.
The action represents the be¬
ginning of a showdown between
the sponsors of the massive re¬
sistance program against school
desegregation and token Inte-
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TO PLAY KEY BOLE— Herbert
Hill, New York City, NAACP
Labor Secretary, who Will play
an important role In the Geor¬
gia State NAACP Conference
which will hold a four-day
meeting here beginning today,
Thursday.
Sojourner Truth died at Bat¬
tle Creek, Mich., November 26,
1883.
the Propagation of the Faith.
(The same congregation the
late Samuel Cardinal Strltch
was appointed to head before
his death in Rome last May).
Roncalli did an outstanding
job and Pope Pius XII, who
succeeded Pope Benedict, kept
him on the job several more
years.
CONTESTANTS FOR MISS BEAUX ARTS
Miss fiettie Letitia Graham Miss Barbara Hagan Miss Mary Marion Miss Mary Delores Wilson
Nu chapter of Iota Phi Lamb¬
da Sorority, is proud to an¬
nounce the contestants for
“Miss Beaux Arts.” The contest
will end at their Pre-Holiday
Beaux Arts Ball and Dance
Contest' to be held at the Fla-
WINNERS OF NCMLIC TRIP TO ATLANTA
Top, Mrs. Gladys M. Warner, |
Carl A. Herring, Rufus Paige
and bottom, Robert D. Gamble,
debit managers and Richard M.
Denny, staff manager of the
North Carolina Mutual Life In¬
surance Co., winners in the
sales program sponsored by the
company during the month of
September.
They will attend the cele¬
bration honoring Vice Presi¬
dent and Agency Director
Aaron Day, Jr., which will be
held at the Waluhaje in At¬
lanta, November 6-7. Sales
clinics will be held and out¬
standing representatives of the
profession will address the
group.
The meeting will be attended
by sales campaign winners
from the thirty districts of the
company, a group of 300 com-
Virginia Educators Vote
For Public Schools
RICHMOND, Va.—(ANP)—By
a vote of 19*1 tire directors ol
the Virginia Education Asso¬
ciation have voted to press lor
state legislation assuring the
continued operation of public
schools as a state function.
The action of the association
has been widely interpreted in
the Dominion State as a direct
attack upon tile massive resis¬
tance policy of Gov. Lindsay
Almond.
In part a resolution, up for
passing by the association,
read:
“We a/re gravely concerned
over the closing ol public
schools in Virginia. We reaf¬
firm that we will exert all pos¬
sible effort toward the preser¬
vation and Improvement of a
system of free public schools
in Virginia, which we believe to
be essential for the preserva¬
tion of our American democ-
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More Cardinals From Missions
Since then Cardinal Roncalli
has served In the diplomatic
field and as arch-bishop of
Venice, Italy. In 1953, Pope Pius
XII, the man he succeeded,
elevated him to the College of
Cardinals. And last week, 17
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mingo Ballroom on Friday
night, December 12, at 9 00 p.m.
Miss Bettie Letitia Graham is
the daughter of Mrs. Thoma-
sina Graham and a member of
Find Bryan Baptist church.
She is a ninth grade student
Price 10c
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mg from the Eastern
on a special train starting at
Newark, N. J , which will pick
up winners at various point, 1
Mayor’s Committee To
Meet
The Colored Mayor’s Commit¬
tee meeting will be held Friday,
November 14, at 7 30 p.m. at
Sit. Paul CME church, West
Broad and Maple streets.
This is an open meeting to
which all ministers along with
the general public are invited.
Discussions for the betterment
and improvement ol the com¬
munity, as as well well as as greasing
our voting strength, will be on
the agenda.
The committee is composed
of Dea. John Mines, Pres.; W.
J. Bush, vice Pres.; Starling
Hunter, Sect.; Edward Law,
Asst. Sect.; members, Rev. P. A. i
'
Patterson, Elder P. A. Lawson,
Rev. L. Kelly, Rev. F. D. Jau-
don, Dr. J. W. Wilson, E. E.
Spikes and Mrs. Thelma Wil¬
liams.
Talladega Little Theatre
Play Postponed
Due to the illness of the
director. Dr. James O. Hopson,
the Talladega Little Theater
will not appear on November
13th at Savannah State Col¬
lege as scheduled. This group
was to be presented by the
First Congregational Church,
Rev. A C. Curtright, pastor. A
new date will be announced by
the sponsors later.
at St. PiusXSchool and a
ber of the St. Mary’s
Youth Council.
Miss Barbara Hagan is
daughter of Rev. and Mrs.
bert Hagan and a member
First Symrna Baptist
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along the route to Atlanta,
| The local delegation will
j j leave today, Thursday, return¬
ing home Saturday.
CRAFT, HOBBY SHOW
NOVEMBER 12
A craft and hobby show will
be presented by the leaders and
children of the various play¬
grounds of the Recreation De¬
partment of the city on Wed¬
nesday night, Nov. 12, at 7:30
p.m. to .9 p. m. No admission,
Oome and vote for your favorite
playground.
Playgrounds and leaders are:
Cann Park, Mrs. B. Crawford;
Crawford, Mrs. S. Norris; Sol¬
dier’s Field, Mrs. J. Reddick;
Springfield, Mrs. P. Maynor;
Tompkins, Mrs. F. Robinson;
Yamacraw, Mrs. A. Polite; Rec¬
reation Center, Mrs. M. Haw¬
kins.
Mrs. S. M. Norris is chairman
of the activity; Mrs. F. Robin¬
son, oo-charrman; H. Scandrick,
supervisor of Negro Play¬
grounds.
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MIX SCHOOLS
NEW ORLEANS — (ANPt
Federal Judge J. Skeily Wrigl
has handed down a final di
cree ordering the desegregatlc
of the public schools of Orleai
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She is a tenth grade student
at Alfred E. Beach High
School.
Miiss Mary Marion is he
daughter of Mrs. Gertrude Gill-.
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