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77 PUBLIC CONTINUOUS YEARS SERVICE OF
VOLUME LXXVII
VIRGINIA COUNCIL OPENS DOORS—The abov • are member* of the A. M. E Zion delega¬
tion that attended the interracial youth meeting held in Richmond recently. They took part
in all phases of the meeting and joined heartily in the fellowship hour which was held in the
basement of the Mosque. The picture was taken as the delegation retired to Hood Memorial A.
M. E. Zion Church, for a denominational panel, directed by Dr. J. W. Eichelberger, shown (center*
front line.
UNCF Distributes $241,675 j
To Seven
LOCAL SCOUTING UNITS TO PARTICI¬
Loring B. Moore, Noted
Chicago Attorney, Dies
Following Heart Attack
BURIAL HELD AT BRUNSWICK, GA.
CHICAGO (ANPi—A flaming
legal light flickered out Mon-.
day night when Atty. Loring B.
Moore died. Member of the
law firm of Moore, Ming and
Leighton, he died a few doors
from his home, located on Chi¬
cago's South Side.
He was rushed to Jackson
Park hospital where he was
pronounced dead on arrival.
The 66 -year old community
leader represented the NAACP in
many lawsuits involving out¬
lawed restrictive covenants. He
was aLso attorney for the Mid¬
west F. E. P. C. during World
War II. He also served as as-
ssitant attorney general for the
state of Illinois. Currently
was the general legal adviser
for the Service Federal Savings
and Loan Association, an organ-
ization he founded several years, i
ago. |
Chatham County Workers Received
$1,706,854 In Job Insurance Last Year
SCOTT, MILLER HONORED BY 100 PER
CENT WRONG CLUB IN ATLANTA
Wilton C. Scott
Among Georgians who. served
as official hosts for the out¬
standing athletes honored by
the Atlanta Daily World 100
percent Wrong Club, Coca Cola
Bottling Co., and Atlanta Life
Insurance Co., were Wilton C.
Scott, director of public rela¬
tions and publicity, Savannah
State College, and Sidney Miller
sales manager, Karp Motors
Scott and Miller assisted Mari-
on Jackson, national sports di- j
rector. Atlanta Daily World and j
the general chairman of the
100 Percent Wrong Club 24th
Annual Jamboree.
Honored at the jamboree
were such athletes as Joe Louis,
former heavyweight champion
of the world; Jim Brown, Cleve- j
land Browns; Rafer Johnson,
A I) a ms 4-3432
Georgia Native
A native of Brunswick,
Mr. Moore attended the
ta university in 1919. He
ceived a bachelor of
degree from that
in 1923 he received the
of law degree from the
sity of Chicago law school.
Officer During War
During World War I, he
a second lieutenant in the
infan'try. He was a
of Kappa Alpha Psi
and chairman, legal
committee of the NAACP.
He is survived by his
Constance; a brother David
Chicago; and three sisters,
O'livia Clark, Chicago; Mrs
Margaret Smith,
and L e j a Moore,
w j c k. Ga.
Re was interred in the
ly burial plot in Brunswick
lowing a mass at St.
church here.
Sidney .Miller
of California at
Archie Moore,
champion of
and other famous
who have made
and won
such as the
track team of
A and I University.
The jamboree began
and concluded
a press conference.
president of the
Public Relations
Organizations,
D. _ C _ presented . , Wilton „
with a beautifully
a pair pair of 01 gold ,0 a cuff cun
in several
on behalf of
Cola Bottling Co. for
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Boy Scout Week will be ob¬
served throughout the nation on
February 7-13 by the five mil¬
lion boys and adult members of
the Boy Scouts of America.
The observance will celebrate
the founding of the Boy Scout
movement in America in 1910,
forty nine years ago.
Local members of the scout¬
ing family will participate in a
Scout Sunday Worship Service,
Sunday, February 8 th, at the
Asbury Methodist chrch, Aber-
corn at E. Duffy Street at 4:00
pin. Rev. George D. Walker,
j p as tor, will deliver the Scout !
Sunday address. Alphonso Pry-
()r troop 258 will preside dur-
j n g the service and a Boy Scout
c hoir, under the direction of
Mrs. Vivian B. Castain, will
render selections.
A Scout Sunday parade will
be held prior to the worship
service. The parade will begin
at 3 15 pm. at Houston Street
in Crawford Square and will
proceed south on East Broad
Street to East Park Ave., west
on Park Ave. to Abercorn and
south on Abercorn to Asbury
church at East Duffy street.
(Continued on Page Four;
In spite of the recent na¬
tional economic recession, 1958
earnings of non-farm workers
in Georgia at $3,750,000,000
(billions) equalled the record
breaking year of 1957 Workers
in employment covered by job
Insurance under the Georgia
Employment Security Law num¬
bered 698,500 in June 1958.
Statewide, the wages of insured
workers were in excess of $2.4
billion during fiscal 1958, re¬
flecting a gain of $25 million
over 1957. Wages paid Chatham |
County workers during 1958 j
contributed importantly to the
overall state totals. These and | j
other intcresing facts regard-
ing Georgia’s economy in 1958 j !
were revealed in the just re-
leased 22 nd annual report of
Commissioner of Labor Ben T.
Huiet to the Governor and the
General Assembly on the ac¬
tivities of the Georgia Depart¬
ment of Labor.
That Georgia's economy is a
healthy one is pointed up by
a comparison of the 1958 job-
less peak in this state with
other sections of the country.
Some states reported as high as
15 percent of their unemployed
at the peak of the recession;
j while Georgia’s peak was only
7 percent,
-Last year, 1958 started out
with unemployment in an un-
seasonable climb, while this
year, 1959. has , begun with , , only
the expected seasonal slump,"
commissioner Commissioner Huiet Huiet told told Gov- Gov
ernor Ernest Vandiver. We are
confident that this year will
see several new highs in Geor-
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1959
TWO AREAS CALMLY
BEGIN INTEGRATING SCHOOLS
NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 4 — Two
areas in Virginia began inte¬
grating their schools Monday.
They are Norfolk and Arlington
County, and after three days
under the new set-up no unto¬
ward incidents of any conse¬
have been reported.
In the switch from all-Negro
were twenty-one Negro ^ '
who enrolled in he
previously all-white I
_ :
continued on wure St-ven* *
NEW YORK — a grant made
today by the United Negro Col¬
lege Fund increased the 1958
campaign appropriations to se¬
ven Georgia colleges to a total
of $291,675. The 1958 UNCF
campaign in Georgia raised
$60,264.
Today’s allotment to tire se¬
ven schools was $111,530. Earli-
er grants were distributed in
June and November, 1958.
Allocations to member col¬
leges are based on a formula
developed by the college presi¬
dents. The formula provides
that 45 percent of campaign
proceeds be divided equally; 45
percent divided proportionately
according to incomes from en¬
dowments, recurring gifts and
supporting-church-board grants;
10 percent based on enrollment.
The seven Georgia institu¬
tions sharing the 1958 grants
are; Atlanta University, Clark ;
College, Gammon Theological
Seminary, Morehouse College,
Morris Brown College, Spelman,
College, all in Atlanta, and
Paine College, Augusta.
Allocations are used by the
33 UNCF member colleges
wherever needed, usually to
augment faculty salaries, pro¬
vide scholarships, buy library
books and laboratory equip¬
ment. UNCF members are pri¬
vate, accredited colleges, all but
one located in the South.
Wichita Bus Company Hires I I
First Negro Driver
WICHITA, Kan.—(ANP) — A
Negro last week was hired to
drive for a white bus company.
Aaron Brown, 34 year old for¬
mer bus driver in Detroit, was
unaware that the Wichita Bus
company was privately owned,
and that Negroes had not been
hired as drivers at the time he
asked for an application blank.
He received notice of the ac¬
ceptance a few weeks later and
went through a training period
which ended in December.
A spokesman said Brown, one
Mrs. Lovett Again Heads
R. C. Group
The January meeting of the
Savannah Chapter for Help for
- -
Retarde d Children was held at
thp 7 ! v Y nn 1 its rpeular “ meeting
date wlth the re-elected wtpH pres- nr«
i den t, Mrs. Ayler M. Lovett,
, * idi working w ith Mrs.
1 ..Continued on Page Four;
16 Vr. Old Boy Wins Bed Cross
Award iorSnvingLiieofVVidioOiri
— —
Larry Edwards, 16 year old Ne-
gro y° uth . Houston, has been
awarded a Certificate of Merit,
highest honor bestowed upon
an individual by the American
National Red Cross, for his
efforts In saving the life of a
7 year old white girl, Barbara
Ann Scott, from the muddy
waters of a bayou last July.
According to Ralph Husted,
Red Cross State Relations Rep¬
resentative in Texas, Edwards
is the 113th Texas resident to
receive this honored recogni¬
tion. Awards for saving life
were established by the Red
Cross in 1913.
Barbara Gees Fishing
It was on July 18 that Ron¬
nie Scott, 11 years old, and his
sister, Barbara Ann, were fish¬
ing without their parents con¬
sent on Sims Bayou. After fish¬
ing for a short time, Ronnie
went to look for a more produc¬
tive fishing spot, leaving his
sister with the warning to stay
where she was. He called to
her shortly but there was no
answer.
He ran to the spot where Bar¬
bara Ann had been fishing and
could see a few strands of her
blonde hair floating near her
fishing pole In the water. The
small boy managed to pull his
sister by her pony tail to a
spot above water and put his
hunting knife in the ground to
prevent her slipping back.
He attempted a little artifi¬
cial respiration, he said later,
and she began breathing, but
fear and grief overcame him
and he ran to a nearby bridge
for help.
Two motorists had passed i
him before a truck finally stop¬
ped and a man carried the
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of the top applicants among
seven drivers recently hired,
became a senior driver because
of his previous experience, and ■
the outcome of tests taken dur. |
ing the training period. ■
A native of Shreveport, La., i
Brown was employed by the j !
Detroit Department of Streets
and Railways before he moved |
to Wichita a few months ago. j J
He is married and the father
of three children. Mrs. Brown I
teaches school.
Mrs. Addie Green, R. N.,
Dies Unexpectedly
Funeral services for Mrs.
Addie Lloyd Green, R, N., who 1
died unexpectedly Sunday mor- |
ning will be held tonight
1 Thursday 1 8 o’clock at the
Chapel of the Monroe Funeral
Home. Mrs. Green, a former /
Savannahian, had lived in Phil- i
adelphia for about thirty only years, j
She had been here a
week to minister to her sister,
Mrs. Ruby Wiggins of 1132 East
Gwinnett street, at whose home
she died.
The services tonight will be
conducted by Rev. James E.
Bailey and burial will take place
Friday at Eden, Ga., the cortege
leaving at 10 00 a.m.
Liberia, Negro republic in Af¬
rica, was founded by the j
American Colonization Society 1
in 1820 Llberia is now an in -
dependent, a progressive __ leader.
in continen tal affairs.
-phe ca pital Monrovia was!
IOuna a in in jan Tanimrv ary, 14.1 ia ?2 rt has 1
I i
become a favorite spot on !
tourists maps. l
SHRINERS GIVE $5,000 TO EMORY
COLLEGE FOR CANCER RESEARCH
ATLANTA (ANP) — The
cient Egyptian Arabic
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
Monday, presented a
grant-in-aid to
and cancer research
at Emory University School
Medicine. Emory, Ga.
It was announced that
grant brought up to $33,500
to medical research for
1958-59 year to six hospitals
research programs
from the
supported
Cancer Research Founda¬
The Imperial Council was
by John Wesly
said that the program
research Is fostered
Shrlners for the
human ills, especially
and cancer.
It was pointed out that
became the first
colored organization
a medical research
in a deep south school.
The grant was received by
P. Richardson, dean
Medical School, pleased
consideration by the
who said the funds
further studies now being
in the Pulmonary
ease laboratory.
Bov Signs
Contract
Johnnie Parker, Jr., a
the Sandfly community and
a recent graduate of
High School, has signed a con-
with the Cleveland Indi-
baseball team and will
spring training at West
Beach, Fla., in about two
While at Beach High Parker
outstanding on the Beach
football squad. He Is
son of Mr. and Mrs. John¬
Parker, Sr., of Pin Point.
GIVEN AWARD
NEW YORK—(ANP) —
was g , 1V(0 the Tt ,
Huslng award by the
at their
association dinner here at
Roosevelt hotel. A plaque
merit was also presented
abstentia to Rafer
world record holder in the
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MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND MEETS WEST INDIAN STUDENT: Her Majestry the
Queen is shown about to sign the Visitors’ Book in the Vice Chancellor’s Room at the University
of Bristol which she recently visited. Looking on is George Odium ot St. Lucia, British Guiana,
president of Bristol’s Student Union, and Miss Marjorie Loud. Lady President of the Union
Her AJo Majesty 4 xr the Queen opened tV»o the n new mi/ Engineering TTnrMnojiHrir.- unH and .Qr*i*»nr»£» Science VmilHincr building anH and namPfi named it it Queen’s
Building. On his return to the West Indies, Odium intends to teach or enter public affairs,
(ANPj,
ADanu 4-3433
j YMCA Sponsored Junior
I # # ! Spt I
i n/ill’C X voll VM t *XI k X fYI* vfX
Friday, March 6
VARIOUS CHURCHES TO COOPERATE
Tickets will go on sale this
week for the Y Gradale sorority
and Y Phalanx fraternity spon¬
sored junior choir music festival
on Friday, March 6 . The fes¬
tival will be a cooperative af¬
fair sponsored Jointly by the
adult program committee of the
West Broad Street YMCA and
the various churches In the
community that have junior
choirs. Patron tickets will be
sold and names of patrons will
appear on the program
Mrs. Bessie Boyd, advisor to
the Gradale sorority, and Nor¬
man R. Johnson, advisor to the
Phalanx fraternity, will be very
active in getting in touch with
the junior choirs.
Boys from Florance elemen¬
tary school, representing the
Gra.Y club, will leave the Y
Saturday at 3:30 pin. for Hun¬
ter Air Base where they will
use the gymnasium and play
basketball and volley ball.
The regular meeting of the
board of management of the Y
will take place at the y Wed ,
Feb. 11, 8:00 p.m., with Dr. Cal¬
vin L. Kiah presiding.
MOREHOUSE GLEE CLUB TO SING AT FAB CHURCH
On Sunday evening, Mar. 8 ,
at 7:30 p.m. the Morehouse
College Glee Club of Atlanta
will appear in concert in the
main auditorium of the First
African Baptist church.
The Morehouse College Glee
Club travels throughout the |
southern and northern states
in hopes of sharing with oth¬
ers, far removed from Atlanta,
the music from which they re¬
ceive so much inspiration in
producing.
Under the direction of Wen-
J dell Whalum the glee club, con-
j sisting of forty men’s voices,
| with quartet and soloists, and
accompanied by piano and or-
gan, is fully equipped to render
concerts of a varied repertoire,
ranging from the classics to the
1 rhythmic harmonies of the Ne-
Price 10c
NUMBER 18
The USO committee, headed
by Miss Mettella Maree. will
■plan for the celebrating of the
18th birthday of USO, Feb. 21.
Each year the community takes
part in the celebration of the
birthday of this organization
which has meant so much to
servicemen.
Gad 1 den elementary school
Gra~Y clubs will be presented
on the YMCA In Action pro¬
gram Saturday 1:00 p.m. over
radio station WJIV. The group
will be under the supervision
of Mrs. John Miles.
The college YMCA committee
met last week, with Norman. B.
Elmore, chairman, presiding.
Thomas Hargrave gave a mas
terful presentation of the work
of the campus YMC'As through¬
out the Southern Area Council
of YMCAs. Members who at¬
tended the meeting were Dr. W.
K. Payne, president, Savannah
State College; W. A. Perude,
adviser to the campus YMCA;
Dr. Calvin L. Kiah, chairman,
board of management; W. V.
< Continued on Page Seven*
gro spirituals.
The director, Mr. Whalum, is
a graduate of Morehouse Col-'
lege, and received his M.A. de¬
gree from Columbia University;
has done concert study at the
University of Iowa, and is a
ver y accomplished organist, and
his ability.as a director is ex¬
hibited in the impressive per¬
formances in the glee club.
The accompanists, Clarence
Robinson, Atlanta, and Michael
Tucker, Durham, N. C., are boka
music majors and both possess
qualities that predict brilliant
futures in music.
Tickets for the concert may
be obtained at the West Broad
Street YMCA, Alnutt Music Co.,
and a’ flic offices of the Her*
aid and Savannah State College,
General admission is $1.00;
student tickets, fifty cents,