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77 PUBLIC CONTINUOUS YEARS SERVICE OF
VOLUME LXXVII
SEVERAL RECOGNITION and appreciation awards were presented to both scouting and com¬
munity leadeis at the annual divisional meetin j of the Coastal Empire Council, Boy Scouts of
America. Shown in the above scene is a group of the awardees, left to rirght: General Calloway,
Willie A. White, Marion O. Johnston. Mrs. Helen R. Brown, Herbert Kemp, J. Tolbert Lacy, Syl.
vania, Ga.; Mrs. Estelle Jenkins, Mrs. Carrie L. Rit.se. Mrs. Mamie K. Felder, Spencer E. White,
Jr., and Samuel J. Brown. Others not shown ar ? Mark Edgerton Edward A. Nelson, Sr., Dr.
Clarence R. Goshea, Dr. Henry M Collier. Jr„ Dr. S. M. McDew, Dr. Carl R. Jordan, Dr. R. W.
Moore, Dr. Thomas J. Davis, Jr., Dr. M D. Bryan , James Smith, McIntosh, Ga.; The Savannah
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Nominations tor Spingarn
Medal Taken liv NAACP
Washington Bar Association
Holds First Bi-racial Meeting
TO PRESIDE AT
NAACP INSTALLATION
Theodore A. Roberts,
president-elect, who will
at the installation service of
local NAACP branch at
nor’s Temple Baptist church
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MRS COUNTESS V. COX,
of Greenbriar Children's
election as president of the
meeting of the Center an
The ninth annual meeting
the Greenbriar Children’s
ter Inc., was held
January 22, at Butler
atiatutah frihiir
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10 DIRECT YOUTH
WEEK PAGEANT
Mrs. Sadie Steele who will
direct the pageant Monday
night, climaxing local Youth
Week activities.
The pageant, “Under 37
president, Board of Directors
congratulates S. J. Brown on his
of Directors at the
Jan. 22.
terian church. The annual re-
j i port of the board of directors
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Survey Shows 33 Southern Cities
Have Buses
ATLANTA, Ga. (ANP)—At
least 33 Southern cities Resides their
Atlanta have desegregated
city bus systems with only
Montgomery experiencing any
noteworthy incidents.
In most of these cases, de¬
segregation took place without
court action—usually by a
change of policy on the part
of the transit company. In only
three—Montgomery, Ala., Co¬
lumbia, S. C., and New Orleans,
La.—did the action come by
court order.
t.ie number 33 represents ■*
a gain of 12 cities which have
desegregated their bus systems
truce cue Southern Regional
Council conducted a spot sur¬
vey in January, 1957. At that
time, the survey revealed at
least 21 Southern cities which
desegreagted seating on buses.
The cities are Montgomery,
Ala.; Little Rock, Pine Bluff,
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i ANP) —For
I the first time since the District
i Bar Association was founded
j 85 years ago, Negro lawyers at¬
tended a meeting of the group,
here last week.
Of the five Negro lawyers ad¬
mitted to the organization on
January 9, four were present,
including Elmer W. Henderson
of the Public School system;
Perry W. Howard, the Elks’ i
Grand Lodge Legal Advisor;
William “Turkey" S. Thompson
cf the Washington Guardsmen
and Wesley S. Williams, former
Chief of the Fire Department.
The fifth Negro member,
Municipal Court Judge Austin
L. Fincklin, a member of the
Legal Committee of the Elks,
was not able to be present due
to .a previous engagement.
The meeting, attended by 200
persons, was held at the May¬
flower hotel.
According to a spokesman for
the association, eight more ap-
plications by Negro attorneys
are being processed under the
group's decision Oct. 14, to ad¬
mit Negroes.
FAMU Stu¬
dents Total
2,748
TALLAHASSEE — The New
Tear found Florida A^M Uni¬
versity with an all-time enroll¬
ment record of 2,748 students.
This enrollment, although only
2 more than last year's first
semester’s enrollment, signifies
he continuous growth of the
university. This semester’s all-
.ligh enrollment figure includes
7C9 freshmen, 530 sophomores,
150 juniors, 600 seniors, SI spe¬
cial students, and 288 graduate
students.
During the ending semester,
31 cf Florida’s 67 counties were
represented, 21 other states, the
Panama Canal Zone, the Baha¬
mas Islands, Liberia, and West
Africa. The total number of
Florida students is 2.606. This
figure represents 94.83 percent
of the total enrollment.
The 21 other states contri-
buted 136 students. Georgia and
Alabama led with 48 and 26.
A breakdown of the enroll¬
ment figure reveals that male
students outnumber the female
students. The male figure is
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1959
NEW YORK, Jan. 22 — Nomi¬
nations for the Spingarn Medal
for 1958 will be received until
April l, Roy Wilkins, executive
secretary of the National Asso¬
ciation for the Advancement of
Colored People, announced here
today.
The medal is awarded annu¬
ally by the NAACP to a Negro
American for distinguished
achievement and was institu¬
ted In 1C14 by the late J. E.
Spingarn, then chairman of the
Association’s Board of Directors.
For the first time in its his¬
tory, the award for 1957 went
to more than one person, the
Little Rock Nine and their men¬
tor, Mrs. Daisy Bates. This also
marked the first time that the
medal was given to minors.
Medals were presented at the
Associations 1958 convention in
Cleveland on July 11.
The field of prospective
Spingarn Medal winners may be
intellectual, spiritual, the arts,
science, business, education or
other. Former winners include
such persons as Jackie Robin-
i son, pioneer major league base-
bal1 st,ar ’ and Carl
! publisher.
1 Alk0 Maiian Anderson, singer,
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Open House Sunday At
3a. Infirmary
The public is invited to Open
House at the Georgia Infirmary
Sunday, Feb. 1, from 2 p. m. to
5 p.m. to inspect the recent
improvements in the obstet¬
rical department, which con¬
sists of a labor room, two de¬
livery rooms, nursery formula
room, examining room for in¬
fants, doctors’ room, sterilizing
room. two bedrooms with hath
between and nurses station.
The entire suite is air cortdi-
tioned and sound proof,
sented all ladies present a lovely
MISSISSIPPI GIRL
TURNING TO BONE
DOCTORS SAY
JACKSON, Miss. (ANP)— A
nine year old girl is turning to
bone, medical authorities an¬
nounced this week. Extensive
tests are being run in hopes
that the disease can be arrest¬
ed.
Becy Smith, the daughter of
the Durwood Smiths of Forest,
Miss., last November noticed a
stiffness in her neck and back.
Although she is still in school,
the disease has advanced to
such a stage that she is unable
to move her head freely and
cannot raise one of her arms
above her shoulder.
Doctors say her disease is one
in which the tissues gradually
harden into bone.
Man Admits Setting Wife
On Fire Use of Gasoline
NORFOLK, Va.— I ANP I
32-year-old father of seven
children pleaded guilty in Cor¬
poration Court last week here
to setting his wife on fire.
Charged with the crime was
James Earl Blow. Sentencing
was postopned pending proba¬
tion report. He was convicted
of unlawful wounding.
The victim, Mrs. Modcel Blow,
suffered second degree burns
over nine per cent of her body,
mostly her upper torso and
thighs, according to Dr. A. B.
Green.
Mrs. Blow who was burned
on Nov. 13 as she lay in bed,
said her husband threw gaso¬
line on her from a saucepan he
was carrying.
The victim said she and her
husband were arguing about
money. Their children were
asleep upstairs, she told the
court.
“I didn't see him strike
match. All I felt was the flames.
I started screaming and run¬
ning all over the house."
Mrs. Blow was a hospital pa¬
tient for 13 days, Dr. Green
said. He said she would not be
disabled, but would bear the
scars the rest of her life.
The case was heard before
Judge H. Larrence Bullock with
out a jury The husband did
not testify.
Mother and Baby Care
Course Offered
A Mother and Baby Care
Course will be taught at the
Savannah Chapter House of
The American Red Cross, 204
E. Jones St., beginning Monday,
Feb. 2nd, as announced by Mrs
Sam McCormick, chairman of
the Public Information Com¬
mittee.
Classes will be held each
Monday and Wednesday for 3
weeks between the hours of
2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p. m. This
is jointly sponsored by the
Savannah - Chatham County
J Health Commission The instructor and the for
Red Cross.
this course will be Nurse Crum-
bley, Public Health Nurse.
The course offers information
on how the mother-to-be can i
dress attractively; how to
become a quick change artist;
how to get a firm grip on the
situation by simple holds when
bathing, feeding or carrying the
baby; how to guard against in¬ I
fection and communicable dis¬
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HALF-MILLION DOLLAR men’s dormitory at Fisk University looms In the background ;i;
and administrators check building plans before making final inspection of the just
structure. The dormitory, to be named in honor of distinguished alumnus W. E. B.
and a new student union building were completed at a total cost of $1,200,000. Examin¬
blueprints of the DuBois dormitory are, left to right. Trustee Calvin MeKtssack, R. C. Crutch¬
superintendent of buildings and grounds; President Stephen J. Wright, Trustee Dan May
I. T. Creswell, comptroller.
SAVANNAH STATE $'MILLION LIBRARY NEARING COMPLETION
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Savannah State College li¬
brary is rapidly becoming one
of the state’s leading study
centers. The library already
has 30.000 volumes of the lead-
ing books representing all areas
African Ferment Marked by
Leader
PHILADELPHIA — Increasing
ferment in the continent of
Africa is marked by two con¬
tra .-ing trends — the growth
towards new independent states
and tire policy of apartheid
(segregation) of the govern¬
ment of South Africa, a Quaker
leader said recently after a
two-month tour of the conti¬
nent.
He is Dr. Lewis M. Hoskins,
executive secretary of the Ame¬
rican Friends Service Commit¬
tee. The major portion of the
trip was devoted to his visit in
South Africa, where he went
in his capacity as vice-chairman
of the United
African Leader Exchange
gram. He slso visited Quaker
work in several parts of Africa
and represented the Friends
World Committee for Consulta¬
tion as an official observer at
the initial meeting of the Uni¬
ted Nations Commission for
Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethio-
of study and research. With the
more than half-million dollar
completely air conditioned li¬
brary nearing completion, the
college is looking forward to
having 60,000 volumes in the
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pia.
The emergence of new po-
litical states such as Ghana,
Sudan, Guiana, and soon Ni¬
geria and Lire Belgian Congo
plus the growing collaboration
among the independent and
colonial states were cited by Dr.
Hoskins as significant move¬
ments for the continent and
its future relations to the West.
The December All-African
People's Conference in Accra
was, he said, “remarkable be¬
cause for the first time it
brought together from all parts
of tlie continent representatives
of political parties, women’s
groups, student organizations
and trade unions.
“What’s more, some 300 dele¬
gates substantially submerged
their diverse backgrounds and
conflicts to achieve a formid¬
able front against their com¬
mon enemies. These they see
as colonialism, imperialism, and
political control by white mino-
immediate future.
Typical of the new
being added to the library are
several recent acquisitions in
science, sucli as: Moore, Pat-
ricks Earth Satellites; Jungk,
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ritics." (jr 5 ,
Dr. Hoskins also pointed to
the major reliance placed by
African leaders on non-vi(hence
as a way of solving their prob¬
lems. This and other areas of
agreement indicate a movement
toward a coordination of eff¬
orts which lias not previously
existed, lie said.
A startling contrast, he said,
is tiiat of South Africa where
the government is “spending
great energy promoting sepa¬
rate economic and social devel-
peoples,
"The stresses and strains on
social engineering imposed by
apartheid are severe. Talent-ed
and educated Africans tee often
find toadeffuat* scope in the
system and are reseatfu-l to the
point of bitterness,’’ he said.
The size and complexity of
the problem in South Africa,
he said, is greater than the U.
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Robert’s, Brighter Than A
j Thousand Suns. The final cli¬
j max is the famous Oppenhei-
i mer case, Lapp, Ralph E.’s,
j
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