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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXVII
|,bl r Sadie LTAS D. PRESENT Steele (third CHECK from TO right), MARCH president OF DIMES of the Savannah CAMPAIGN—The Alumnae above Chapter photo of the shows Delta Sigma Soror
Theta Sorority, Inc., presenting a check for $25 to Mrs. Lillian McNichols, chairman of the
Mathers March on Polio, during the recent March of Dimes Campaign. In addition to this do¬
nation members of the sorority pictured above as .isted with the “door to door” campaign. Read¬
ing left to right are Soror Dorothy Paige, Soror Dorothy B. Taylor, Soror Helen Washington, Mrs.
McNichols, Soror Steele, Soror Julia Bacon, and T. J. Hopkins, chairman of the March of Dimes
Campaign.
Front Royal of Plant Fires
Members Local NAACP
Funeral Directors Assn. Set to
Meet March Jt-10 in New Orleans
MRS. BELAFONTE TO APPEAR HERE
The stunning Mrs.
Bclafonte of New York City
be guest of the
branch of the National
tion for the Advancement
Colored People next week.
with former baseball
Jackie Robinson, Mrs.
heads the 1953 NAACP
diorn Fund drive currently
progress throughout the
try. The goal is one
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THE NEW MISS BLUE REVUE AND ATTENDANTS
Ml^S BEVERLY JEAN RICHARDS after being crowned “MISS BLUE REVUE” by Mrs Ella W.
Chapter Zeta Phi Sorority, Inc. " Reading from left
Fisher Basileus of Alpha Theta Zeta of Beta
to right: Misses Thomasina Roberta Johnson. Shirley LaVon Arkwright (3rd place); Freddie
Liggins (Miss Blue Revue of 1958); Current Miss Revue, Lillian Henrietta McNichols (2nd place),
Don de Lora Sibert and Barbara Delons Greene.
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DR. HARRIS HEADS
LOCAL NAACP
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Dr. Jeardnine N. Harris,
tor or the Fonvleue
j AME Zion church, will head
j local 1E59 NAACP
Campaign. Dr. Harris said
j i accepts the local goal of
new members as a
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, FEB. 28, 1959
The National Funeral Direc¬
tors and Morticians Association
will trek to New Orleans for
their 22nti Annual Board oi
Directors Meeting at the Home
Office of the Louisiana Life
Insuarnce Company, 2107 Dry-
ades Street, March 8th thru
10th.
They will be the guests of
the Louisiana and Crescent
City Funeral Directors, who
are planning many social ac¬
tivities.
The Board is composed of 150
funeral directors representing
all of the states in the Union.
Plans will be made for the 22nd
Annual Convention to be held
in Chicago, Illinois, August 1G
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Contest For Mr. and Miss YMCA
World Services Gets
&
| community seeking the title of
j Mr. and Miss YMCA World
| Services for 1959 are working
| with their aprents to win.
The winners this year will
j make the trip to Washington
i and New York City, where they
Whilef itizens Council Spurs Letter Wriling
to Blackout TV Actors
By ANP Correspondent
BATON ROUGE, La. — The
segregationist white Citizens'
Council of Greater New Orleans
is spearheading a vicious anti-
Negro, letter-writing campaign
aimed at blacking out Negro
performers on television, Asso¬
ciated Negro Press learned ex¬
clusively this week.
Cur informant, who asked
that his name be withheld,
while pointing to the Council’s
efforts to pressure American
Telephone and Telegraph Com¬
pany, national sponsor of the
’Telephone Hour,' 1 into drop¬
ping Negro performers from its
programs, also inclosed a copy
of the "poison” literature. The
Council’s campaign, though
aimed at AT&T., is not re¬
stricted to that company. It is
directed at any and all sponsors
who feature Negro talent on
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CHICAGO iANP) — Alex Wd-i
editor and general man-1
ager of the Tri-State Defender ]
(Memphis) lias been named
editor in chief of the Chicago ]
Defender, according to
publisher John H. Seng.stacke.
Wilson's duties will also in¬
editorial supervision of
Weekend National editions
the Chicago Daily Defender.
Lutrelle Palmer, director of
the news bureau, Fisk univer¬
sity, has been named to suc¬
Wilson in Memphis, said
Seng.stacke, publisher of the
newspapers.
Wilson, who has been in
Memphis since 1950, gained
wide attention during his cov¬
erage of admission of Negro
students to Central High School
in Little Rock in Soptember
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Florists To
Meet At
Hampton
The International Florists
Association, Inc., wiil meet at
Hampton Institute, July 12-15.
This will be the 7th annual
convention. Official business
will begin July 13, with regis¬
tration beginning as early as
Saturday.
W Q. Perry, Miami, president
of I.F.A., Inc., was assured of
welcome at the institute by
James W. Bryant, business
manager, when the planning
committee met at the school in
January.
More than 25 Virginia florists
gathered at the school in Jan¬
uary for their state meeting
after which a kick-off dinner
of the international mid winter
conference was held in Newport
News. This gathering created a
on Three
FRONT ROYAL, Va.—Econo¬
mic reprisals have been invoked
against NAACP members and
parents of children enrolled in
the recently re-opened Warren
County high school here, Her¬
bert Hill, NAACP labor secre¬
tary, revealed" today after an
on-the-spot investigation.
In December, Mr. Hill reports,
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Many Attend
Cub Scouts
Banquet
Tuesday evening, Feb. 17, the
Cub Scouts of Pack No. 247,
their parents, relatives and
friends gathered in the banquet
room of the West Broad Street
YMCA to celebrate the 49th
birthday of the Cub Scouts.
Because of the mass crowd, as
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will have the opportunity to
meet outstanding people in the
federal government and the
state and city governments of
New York.
Working for YMCA World
Services is an annual contrib¬
ution of efforts put on by the
young people of this community
for young people less fortunate
throughout the world. All funds !
raised go direct to these young
people who are in desperate
need.
The group will leave after j
school Thursday before Good
Friday and will return Monday j (
night. Mr. and Miss YMCA will
ALLIED ARTISTS TO FILM LIFE
STORY OF HENRY ARMSTRONG
By Harry Levctte I
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.— (ANP'
—Allied Artists Studios here
has announced plans for the
filming of the life story of
Henry Armstrong, former fistic
great and boxing s only triple¬
crown champion. Armstrong at
one time held the feather¬
weight, lightweight, and wel¬
terweight titles simultaneously.
This reporter has been given
EBONY BOAT CLUB MAKING IMPROVEMENTS
The Ebony Boating Club is
improving the docks and
grounds at Wilmington Island
in advance of the big opening
which will take place in ap¬
proximately five weeks.
At that time Savannahians
will have their first Negro
New Editors Appointed Publisher by
Defender
AKA FASHIONETTA Pictured above is the Coronation scene from the 1959 production of Alpha
Kappa Alpha’s Fashionetta. Left to right, Miss Charlesetta Manuel, Miss Dorothea Russel, 3rd
place winner, Miss Judith Robinson, Miss Fashionetta of 1958, Miss Gloria Shank, Miss Fashion¬
etta of 1959, Miss Panchita Finley, 2nd place winner, and Miss Joyce Williams, Not shown be-
Williams.
on this trip, and the second
place winners wil lgo minus a
parent.
The boys and girls and pa¬
rents taking part in this an¬
nual effort are: Margie White¬
head, Mrs. Carrie Whitehead,
mother; Ellis Brown, Mrs. Do¬
rothy Brown, mother; Paulette
Butler, Mrs, Rachel Butler, mo-
ther; Stanley Smith, Mrs. Mat-
tie Belle Smith, mother; John
Lang, Mrs. Sarah Lee Lang,
mother; Norman R. Johnson,
Jr., Norman R. Johnson, Sr.,
father; Marilyn McNichols. Mrs.
Lillian McNichols, mother;
Francina Hunter, Mrs. Matthew
Hunter, mother; Mary Scott,
©n
which shooting is to begin wm.
According to negotiations,
Sammy Davis. Jr., the multi-
talented entertainer and star
of the recent film version of
Anna Lucasta.' is being sought
for the lead role. The film is to
be pu-oduced by William F
Broidy.
In (addition to Davis, a num-
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boating club with facilities for
renting boats, getting fishing
supplies, and also have plenty
of picnic grounds.
After the conipleticr. of these
facilities Savannahians will
have one of the best Negro
boating clubs in the south.
FASHIONETTA GALA
AFFAIR
On Friday evening, Feb. 20,
the Club Flamingo was the
setting for the spectacular
fashion show, copyrighted by
the National body of Alpha
Registration Council Formed
To Get More Voters
Many of the local citizens
played predominant parts in
making the Registration-Voting
Clinic held here Saturday for
the eighteen counties of the
First Congressional District of
Georgia a success.
Rev. P. A. Patterson was elec¬
ted County Chairman and R.
W. Gadsden was elected Vice
Chairman to double the Negro
vote. Hosea L. Williams was
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Mrs. Mary Ellen Nichols, sister.
Geraldine Loadholt, Mrs. Jud-
son Loadholt, mother; Sharon
Owens, Mrs. Rosa Mae McIn¬
tosh, mother; Joyce Walker,
Mrs. Kettle Mumford, mother; |
Jule Butler, Mrs. D. M. Butler, ! |
mother; Calvin L. Minis, Mrs. j
Jerdie Minis, mother; William |
Wallace, Jr„ Mrs. William Wal- ]
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DELTAS GIVE VALENTINE PARTY AT MILLS > EMORIAL HOME -The above photo shows the
cuests of the Mills Memorial Home (seated; who attended the annual Valentine party given for
them bv the Savannah Alumnae Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Inc., at the Home
on February 14. Standing, left to right in background are Soror Sadie Steele, president of the
chapter; Soror Ravonia Bryant. Soror Gwendolyn Brown, chairman of the Valentine Par.y Com¬
mittee; and Soror Juliette Johnson.
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Ka Pl >a Alpha Sorority as "Fash-
ionetta,” sponsored each year
by the Gamma Sigma Omega
chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha.
A capacity crowd witnessed the
fashion show, and with warm
reception helped make It the
finest ever presented in the
DR. PARTRIDGE TO SPEAK HERE
DURING FINER WOMANHOOD WEEK
MISS STOKES TO JOIN
THE WAVES
Miss Deiores G. Stokes will
ieave March 8th for Columbia,
S.C., where she will be induc¬
ted into the United States
Waves, after which she will
proceed to Bainbridge, Md., to
begin her basic training.
Miss Stokes Is the daughter
of Mrs. Gertrude Gilliard of
West 38th street, and the late
Roy G. Stokes, Sr. She Is a
graduate of Beach High School
and a member of Tremont
Temple Baptist church.
NAACP GIVEN $1,646
3Y LAUNDRY WORKERS
NEW YORK, Feb. 19 — The
Laundry Workers, Cleaners and
Dyers Union, Local 284 AFL-
CIO, in Jersey City, N. J., has
sent a contribution of $1,646.90
to the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People to aid in carrying for-
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NUMBER 21
city,
The newest in spring and
summer fashions from Morris
Levy’s store for man and Town
and Country store for women
were shown to their greatest
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Dr. Deborah Cannon Part¬
will be guest speaker
the Finer Womanhood Week
by the local chap¬
of the Zeta Phi Beta Soro¬
The program will be Sunday,
8, at 4 p.m. at the Butler
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