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CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXVII
TWO CHURCHES TO CELEBRATE THEIR 17I«t ANNIVERSARIES
FIRST ftev. n. a. men
BRYAN BAPTIST CHURCH Anniversary Speaker
FIRST AFRICAN BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. R. M. Williams
Pastor, First Bryan Bapt.
Met iiodistlhurch toRaise I Million
Dollars for 9.1 Negro Colleges
Two Charged With Burning
f Home in White Area
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — (A
Npj—Two white men Saturday
were charged with arson in a
fire that damaged a Negro’s
house. The house was empty at
BEGINS NEW ADMINISTRATION WITH PRAYER —As his first official act as President of North
Mutual, A. T. Spaulding invited the Company’s official staff to join him in the Direc- ’
Carolina the Home Office, Durham, N. C„ for few minutes of prayer and meditation.
tors’ Room of a Baptist
An effectual prayer was offered by The Reverend Miles Mark Fisher, Pastor, White Rock
Church, of which Mr. Spaulding is a member. Assistant
Standing from left to right: L B. Port'” - Assistant Actuary; R. C. W. Perry, Sec¬
retary J. W. Goodloe. Vice President and Secretary; W. A Clement. CLU, Associate Agency
rector- L B. Frasier, Agency Secretary; C. C. Spaulding. Jr.. General Counsel; V. G. Turner,
Treasurer- W J Kennedy. Jr., Chairman of the Board; The Reverend Miles Mark Fisher, Pastor
of White Rock Baptist Church; President A. T. Spaulding. Standing from left to right—N. H
Bennett Jr.. Assistant Secretary and Associate Actuary; B. W. Kennedy, Assistant Secretary and
Claim Supervisor: Aaron Day, Jr.. Vice-President and Agency Director; J. J. Hendersom Asst.
Treasurer- R. C. Foreman. Assistant Controller; M. A. Sloan. CLU, Associate Agency Director; W.
j Kennedy. III. Assistant Vice President; Clyde Donnell, M. D., Vice President and Medical Direc¬
tor.
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Rev. C. J. Jackson
Pastor, FAB Church
j the time of the fire.
| The men, one a city employ-
ee, told the fire marshal they
set fire to the house because
| they heard Negroes were going
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1959
An occasion of great interest
to the religious life of the city,
and especially to the Baptists,
will be the celebration of the
171st anniversaries of the First
African and First Bryan Bap¬
tist churches.
These two historic churches
which were organized in 1788,
and which lay claim to be the
oldest Negro Baptist churches
in the nation, will hold their
joint celebration Sunday after¬
noon at 3:30 o’clock at the
First African Baptist church.
The idea of a joint celebration
was started several years ago,
with the services being held at
the churches, alternately.
The g-uest speaker for the
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— —
Methodist Churoh has set a goal
of one million dollars for 13
Negro colleges in a churchwide
offering on Feb. 8. Congrega-
tions will be asked to observe
that date as Race Relations
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to move in.
The Negro-owned house is
located on the edge of a white
district.
The American Jewish Con¬
gress this week proposed a six-
point program to halt bombings
and bigotry touched off by law¬
lessness.
The proposals were contained
in a 22-page brochure (attach¬
ed* prepared by the commis¬
sion on Law and Social Action
of the American Jewish Con¬
gress under Shad Polier, chair¬
man.
The AJ Congress document
noted that recent anti-Semitic
attacks and Southern syna¬
gogue bombings are “symptoms
of tlie general outbreak of law¬
lessness in the South since the
UNCF ANNUAL CONF.
SET FOR GREENSBORO
NEW YORK. N. Y.—The Na¬
tional Alumni Council of the
United Negro College Fund will
hold its 13th annual confer¬
ence at Bennett College,
Greensboro, N.C., Feb. 7 and 8,
according to an announcement
by Walter Washington, Alumni
Council president.
The two-day meeting will be
attended by UNCF graduates
from throughout the country
who serve as volunteer workers
for the annual College Fund
appeal in their respective com¬
munities. Professional and vol¬
unteer alumni workers and
representative students from the
33 UNCF member colleges will
also participate in the sched¬
uled workshops.
Harold R. Harding, assistant
director of the American Alum-
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PRESENTS CHECK Dr. John Elk, Special Adviser, presents
check for $50 to Greenbriar Children’s Center for
planning. Mlrs. D. E. Roberts and three children under care
cept the contribution from “Dr. John.”
NAACP CHAPTER
FORMED AT BENNETT
COLLEGE
GREENSBORO, N.
ization of a chapter of the
tional Association for the
vancement of Colored
by students at Bennett
was announced this week.
Charles McLean, NAACP
secretary, of Winston-Salem,
addressing the inntial
the group last week,
ed that “the NAACP is a
rather than a
whose major ob¬
jective is to secure the civil
of the Negro.”
Mr. McLean also called to the
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AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS OFFERS
POINT PLAN TO HALT BOMBINGS TOUCHED
OFF BY LAWLESSNESS
Local Elks To Attend Mid-
Winter Conf. In Brunswick
The Elks of Weldon Lodge and
of Elite Temple un¬
der the leadership of Exalted
Ruler Charlie Stone will leave
from the Rest, Minis street, at
8 o’clock Sunday morning by
way of the Stone Lodge bus for
Brunswick, to attend the mid¬
winter conference.
NAACP income for 1958
Exceeded I Million Dollars
NEW YORK, Jan. 5—For the
first time in its 49-year history,
income from ail sources to the
National Assocation for the
Advancement of Colored People
exceeded $1,000,000, Roy Wil¬
kins. executive secretary, re¬
ported to the Association’s an¬
nual meeting here today.
He recalled that in 1953, Dr.
Changing H Tobias, chairman
of the Association's Board of
Directors, “spurred us to adopt
a freedom campaign with a goal
of $1,000,000 a year to wipe out
RETIRED TEACHERS TO
MEET FRIDAY
There will be a special meet¬
ing of the Retired Teachers
Group of the Chatham County
Teachers Assn, at the West
Broad Street YMCA Friday,
at 1 4:30 All inter¬
Jan. 9. p. m.
ested retired teachers are urged
to attend.
MOTHER AND BABY
CARE COURSE OFFERED
A Mother and Baby Care
course will begin Monday, Jan¬
uary 12 at 2:30 p. m„ at the
Chapter House of Red Cross, 204
E. Jones street, as announced
by Mrs. Sam McCormick, chair¬
man of, the Public Information
Committee. Classes will be held
on Monday and Thursday of
each week for three weeks be¬
tween the hours of 2:30 and
4:30 p m. This course is
jointly sponsored by the Chat-
ham-Savannah Public Health
Commission and Red Cross. The
instructor will be Mrs. Alice
Crumley, Public Health Nurse.
The course offers information
on how the mother-to-be can
dress attractively; how to choose
the baby’s layette; how to be-
come a “quick-change” artist;
how to get a firm grip on the
situation by using simple holds
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Supreme Court desegregation
decision.” All measures to meet
the problem, the AJ Congress
report said, must be tested
against the criterion of “wheth¬
er they reach the basic disease
—disrespect for law—or merely
the superficial symptoms of de¬
famation and vandalism.” The
report added that all ap¬
proaches to the problem must
be sought within the frame¬
work of constitutional limita¬
tions.
The AJ Congress urged these
proposals for an effective so-
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This is a very important
meeting and all the State offi¬
cers, deputies and past Exalted
Rulers of Council No. 33 must
attend. The round trip fare
is $2.50. Each member is ask¬
ed to buy a ticket for at this
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MEMBERSHIPS
discrimination by 1963, the cen¬
tennial of the Emancipation
Proclamation.
“I'm very happy to announce,"
the NAACP leader said, “that
although it took us five years
to reach Dr. Tobias’ target, we
did have, in 1958, a million-
doiilar year. Bear in mind that
the figures 1 quote are through
December 22 only. They include
monies which came to the na¬
tional office only, not the
funds raised and retained by
the branches. The final report
W. J. 'Sloppy Joe’ Dellinger.
Numbers Dies
William J. (Sloppy Joe) Bell¬
inger, regarded as the king of
the local numbers racket
' barons, died Wednesday a little
after noon at a local hospital
where he was rushed early that
morning following a heart at¬
tack. He had been in ill health
for a number of months.
The widely known 400 pound-
plus businessman, though best
recognized lor his connections
with the numbers game, had
been associated with several
other business enterprises.
Among them was a money
lending company which he or¬
ganized and operated up to
about two years ago, the Ebony
Loan company. About the same
time he retired irorn the loan
business he gave up the opera¬
tion of a gasoline fLling station
at West Broad and Oak streets.
The latest of his business ven¬
tures was in the entertainment
field, the Flamingo Ball Room
on West Gwinnett street which
he built several years ago.
The affable native of Oliver,
Ga„ who came to Savannah
when a boy, had several clash¬
es with the law, these
ming from his aotlvities with
the numbers racket.
Only a couple of months ago
be was taken into custody
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JAMES (Snagg) MILLS
DIES AT HOSPITAL
James (Snagg) Mills died
Tuesday in a local hospital af¬
ter a short Illness. Mr. Mills
was manager of Barnes’ Bill¬
iard Parlor, 507 West Broad St.
He was a native of Valdosta,
Ga., but had lived in Savan¬
nah since 1933. He Is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Mills;
a daughter and a sister. Mon¬
roe Funeral Directors is in
charge of the funeral arrange¬
ments.
NURSES FAREWELL PARTY Left to right, MSss Carolyn Dixon, Mrs. Mayne, Dr. John
and Mrs. Virginia Mumford.
The above picture was made at the recent farewell party which was given by the night nurses
Battey State Hospital Nurses Home (Rome, Ga.) in honor of Mrs. Virginia Mumford who has
Dr. Houser (dentist! was speaker for the occasion. Miss Carolyn Dixon of Savannah
as hostess a listed by Miss affair Nora Northington of Tennessee. Mrs. Mayne, the new matron,
cooperative in making the enjoyable.
Price 10c
,‘jm
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305,008
for the entire year will have
to Include the receipt* and ex¬
penditures of December 23
through December 31, together
with certain year-end adjust¬
ments. But the December 22
figures are as follows:
■ From all sources, $1,017,471.15
"This is broken down as
follows: general fund income,
$303,434.89; life memberships,
>177,330.27 (net); and bequests,
$36,705.99.’’
Only the general fund mon¬
ies are available for regular
CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY—Mr and Mrs.
II C. Tolbert are shown at the reception held recently in honor
of their golden wedding anniversary. the holiday
One of the most beautiful events of season was
the 50t,h Wedding Anniversary reception for Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
Tolbert which was held at their home, 314 E. Duffy street, on
Sunday, December 28t.h, from 2 to 5 p m.
The wreath on the front door and window set the pattern of
holiday welcome for the guests
who were greeted by Mr. and
Mrs. Tolbert.
The reception hall was bright
with a table banked with red
roses. From the hail the guests
were ushered into the living and
Business Men Lay Flans
To Boat Club
Several local businessmen have
organized to form a boating
club to be known as the Ebony
Boating Club, for the use of
Negroes who own boats or just
enjoy fishing and boating.
This is the first club of its
kind organized in Savannah,
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operations of the Association,
Mr. Wilkins pointed out. “The
bequests go into a reserve fund
to be voted out only by Board
action. A percentage of the life
membership funds is trans¬
ferred each year to the general
fund, but the rest Is held in re¬
serve, subject to vote of the
Board for emergencies or speci¬
al projects.
' Of our general fund total,"
the NAACP leader continued,
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dining rooms which were beau-
tifully decorated with white and
gold colors.
MJuslc was played throughout
the reception by the couples
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and is expected to go over big
with pleasure-seekers in this
area.
The docks and facilities will
be located at Wilmington Is¬
land, and will have bait and
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