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VEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXVII
William J. Kennedy, 111
Ronald C. Foreman
North Carolina. Mutual
Upgrades Many Officials
REPORT SHOWS COMPANY ADMITTED ASSETS
At the 60th Annual Policy-
holders Meeting, held in the
auditorium of the Home Office,
W. J. Kennedy, Jr., chairman
of the board of directors, North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
Company, presented the presid-
Kansas Business Man Fatally
Shot While Collecting Rent
UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND
Negro Wills White $250,000;
White Wills
SEBRING, Fla. (ANPi —
old saying “turn about is
play” was brought to mind
week when it was revealed that
a white rancher had
$100,000 to a Negro
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CONTESTANTS FOR “MISS BLUE REVUE” — These six young ladies are working with
as the ti^^ ^r^s near fOT ^he^rowning of ^M^ Blue Revue” for 1959. The Zeta Phi
In 0 ” PI0Udl> g
1 Miss Barbara Deloris
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Green, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward urccne, a senior
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Mrs. Gertr. tie B. Taylor
mg of, .cer. A. T S, a aiding, pres-
j | ident. remarks Mr. by Span.ding saying, opened “I accept his
your mantle in a spirit' of hu-
mility a. d dedication and a
prayer for' understanding,
dem and Divine guidance as I
and a Negro doctor had left his
■ entire estate estimated at $250,-
j oao to a white friend,
, The wealthy Florida ranc her,
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at Alfred E. Beach High school.
a member of Mt. Zion-
Church anu receptionist of
Arthur E. Spears, Jr.
Noah II. Bennett, Jr.
face the challenging
^ies and weighty
Qf fche future ^ we assem _
L ble here on this historic occas-
Q[ the 6Qth Annual Meeting
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NEW YORK, N. Y-—The
ed Negro College Fund raised
record sum of $1,843,033 in
tributions to its 1958
W. J. Trent, Jr., College
executive director,
here today.
This is the largest
ever contributed to the
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■ Georgia Association of
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
VA. HIGH COURT SHATTERS
SCHOOL SEGREGATION 1,1 WS
RICHMOND, V-a„ Jan. 19 —
The “massive resistance'’ laws
Virginia has enacted to pre-
| vent school integration were
blattered today by the Virginia
Supreme Court. The decision
which was affirmed by a 5 to 2
vote, cannot be appealed.
And only a few hours later a
Federal court, meeting in Nor¬
folk. held that the closing of
■elected public schools to avoid
racial integration violated the
U. S. Constitution.
The ruling of the state court
ivershadcwed a Federal court
decision in Norfolk a few hours
later invalidating a Virginia
law for the automatic closing of
any integrated school. Gov. J.
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NAACP To Seek New I
Hearing For N. C. Boys
NEW YORK, N. Y.—The Na¬
tional Association for the Ad¬
vancement of Colored People
will appeal the ruling of a
North Carolina judge who re¬
fused to free the two young boys
involved in the Monroe, N. C.,
“kissing” case, Robert L. Carter,
the Association’s general coun¬
sel, announced here this week.
Meanwhile, the families of
the youngsters, David (Fuzzy)
Simpson, age 8, and Hanover
toTha'Ste 8 ta\IS™cuS
for them by Kelly Alexander,
president of the NAACP in
North Carolina. Funds, new fur-
i niture and clothing were also
j supplied by the NAACP for Mrs.
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—
John T. Thornton, 66 former
superintendent of Jackson
County Home for Negro Boys
and Girls, retired real estate
dealer, and civic leader, was
shot to death Sunday night as
he .attempted to collect rent
from one of his tenants, Mrs.
Estelle Thomas, 60, at 1009 the
Fasee. The victim died a short
time later in General
Neighbors told police
heard Mr. Thornton knock at
the door of the Thomas
ment, announced his
and heard shots almost.
'diately afterwards. He was
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Last Rites Said For
Mrs. Emma Wicks Perry
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Mrs. Emma W. Ferry
Funeral services for Mrs. Em¬
ma Wicks Perry were held
Tuesday at First Bryan Baptist
church. She died Friday at her
residence, 107 Maple atreet
Springfield Terrace, after only
a day’s illness.
_. The eulogy , was delivered ... , , by
1 the Rev ' R ' M ' Williams, pastor
0 f First Bryan Baptist church,
other minteter8 assisting ln the
funeral services were Rev. J. Q.
Adams of Mt. Zion Baptist
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1959
Elks Raising $800,000 Fund
To Finance
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—The Negro
Elks’ “Massive Assistance” cam¬
paign to raise $100,000 to finance
scholarships will be successful¬
ly concluded on January 30. So
stated General George W. Lee,
Grand Commissioner of Educa¬
tion of the Improved Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks of the
World, as he discussed the com¬
ing National Citizenship Ban-
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It.v Darcy DeMJMe
TAMPA, Fla, (ANP) — A 32
year old woman last week be¬
came the mother of 21 children.
Mrs. Cus-le Mae Lakcman,
the mother of six sets or twins,
gave birth to her seventh set
Tuesday at a local hospital.
The newcomers who weighed
in at five pounds three ounces
and five pounds 10 ounces, will
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CELEBRATE TWENTY-FIFTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY—Amid
a setting of candelabras, chrysanthemums, magnolias and nup-
j tial their music, marriage Mr. vows and during Mrs. Levi their Grant twenty-fifth of Montgomery wedding repeated anniver¬
sary, Sunday. December 28, 6:30 P. M. in the auditorium of the
Montgomery Community House before a large crowd.
Rev. Freddie Bonds pastor of j
Beaulieu Baptist Church, per-1 Rev.I
formed the ceremony and
Bov Scouts’
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1 ▼ • V711IUL I id
Installed
Divisional officers of the
Coastal Empire Council, Boy
Scouts of America, were in.
I stalled at the annual meeting
| banquet last week. Rev. George
| j D. Walker, retiring chairman of
the Chatham division, turned
| the gavel over to T. J. Hopkins,
j newly elected division head.
! Other officers installed were
John McIntosh, vice-chairman,
and Spencer E. White, Jr., di¬
visional commissioner.
Operating committee chair-
men are: Robert Young, ad¬
vancement; Matthew S. Brown,
organization and extension;
William H Mobley, camping and
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DEN TOURIST
CABINS NOW OPEN
The Den Tourist Cabins and
ballroom were formally opened
for business on January 14
i with an attendance of over 400
j persons. The location is at the
intersection of the Ogeechee
^ad and Victory Drive.
j This tourist camp, operated
by Bill and Billie Austin, con-
I siste of eighteen units. There
are six . two room apartments: ,
■
with kitchenett e a n d bath
that mav be rented weekly or
monthly . A ballroom
which will seat 200 persons
makes it convenient to accom-
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ONLY 32, WOMAN GIVES BIRTH
TO HER TWENTY-FIRST CHILD
Collin Tilson pastor of Mont-j
S° mer y 1 church, gave,
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„ 1 *’ u oto 4 „ l#v rl F'uellyn „ Maddox
ol% Sif“rSit?! D ^ . . . . ,
annual A K A “Fashlonetta and Dance” to be given at the Flamingo Ballroom on February 20th
Bottom photo shows the charming young ladies who have been selected by the sorors of Gam.
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Y Advisory
Committee
Named
The West Broad Street YM-
CA’s nominating committee
through its chainpan, Samuel
A. Jones, recommended the fol¬
lowing persons to serve on the
advisory committee to the
board of management: Nelson
R. Freeman, Otis Brock, W. A.
Perdue, Dr. E. K. Williams,
John W. Lyons, Sr„ Alflorence
Cheatham, Mrs. Lillian Mc-
Nichols, Mrs. Gladys Hodge,
Mrs, Anita M. Stripling, Benja¬
min F. Lewi , Miss Cecllle Walk¬
er, Mrs. Dorothy Freeman, Mrs.
Julia S-krlnt, Thomas C. John¬
son-, Hiram L. McGee, Dr. B. T.
Griffith, W. B. Nelson, Miss
Lola Dixon, Mrs. Pearl Logan,
Jud on Loadholt, Dr. Clarence
Gosha, E. V. Porter, Dr. C. A.
Braillrwaite, Miss Celeste Hat¬
cher, J. O. Meyer, Ezra Johnson,
Rev, A. E. Hagin, Peter J.
Smalls, Earl Duncan, White
Jones, Dr. Phillip Cooper, Rev.
V. W. Douglas, Mrs. Marie Kel¬
son, and James C. Holloway.
The committee further rae-
conunended that Wilton C.
Scctt, chairman, Y Public Re¬
lations Committee, and Nor¬
man R. Johnson, director of
the "YMC^A In Action” radio
program, be voted on to serve
the unexpired terms of Prof. J.
M. Clemmons and Dr. R. Grann
Lloyd.
Dr. A. G. Jawando, chairman
of the department of economics,
Savannah StaUb College, has ac-
cepted the advisorship of the
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NUMBER 16
GUARANTY’S MANAGER
OF THE YEAR
A trophy awarded to the Sa¬
vannah District of Guaranty
Life Insurance Co. was awarded
to Starling D. Hunter on Thurs¬
day. Jan. 15, on
behalf of the
progress made
by his district
during 1 9 5 8.
This citation
■having been
won only once
■Alice 1944 by
the Savannah Agency, is awar¬
ded on the basis of results ob¬
tained in most of tiie compa¬
ny's field activities, as well as
net remittances to the Com¬
pany.
Mr. Hunter, having gone to
Guaranty on February 28th of
last year, and finding his dis¬
trict already in the decrease
column, insofar as Industrial
detilt is concerned, immediately
went to work ,to destroy this
condition, which he accomp¬
lished in just a fow weeks time
and then began to improve
even this condition. This was
done without his Gross Arrears
ever having exceeded the Dis¬
trict Debit. The final results
ending 1C68 were an increase of
$168.48 In Industrial Life In¬
crease and $59,500.00 hi the
Ordinary Department. Mr. Hun¬
ter attributes his last year's
success to his very loyal e agency
farce.
While there are many of the
District's agents who deserve
honorable mention, there is one
in particular that deserves the
greater respect in this particu¬
lar, in the person of Mrs. M. B.
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