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YEARS OF CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE VOLUME LXXVII RCA SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS—Paul L. Brown (left*, physic; major at Howard University, Washington, D. C., and Robert I Montgomery, mathematics major at ciarx College, Atlanta, Ga are among 63 students recently awarded financial grants under the Radio Corporation of America's Scholarship and Fellowship Program. A physics major and a pro¬ spective teacher of science are among sixty-three young men and women who were recently CHICAGO NEGROES ROLL 10 VICTORY AS DEIS TAKE ALDERMANIG ELECTIONS Fla, Anti-NAACP Ruling Making Picture Story Of His Activities DURHAM, N. C.—The United States Information Agency has had a photographer in Durham for several days making pic¬ tures of Asa T. Sapulding, .Continued on Page Four' Drive Picks Up Much Momentum Religious Emphasis Week At March 8-12 Under the direction of Rev. A E. Peacock, acting college minister, Religious Emphasis Week is being featured March j 8-12 at Savannah State College.' Three outstanding clergy-' YOUNGSTER NOW ABLE to RIDE BIKE—There is nothing unusual in the fact that a nine year old boy is ab]p to ride hi' bicycle, but fo>- this little boy and his family it seems almost a miracle. For Freddie Burns this is a dream that was only recently realized when he underwent heart surgery to repair malformations in his heart that had been present since birth. Although Freddie was born with a defective heart the condition was not found until j he w-as four years old! He had 1 always been an active child, but. A Dams 4-3432 awarded financial grants under the Radio Corporation of America's Scholarship and Fel- ' Continued on Pate Seven WASHINGTON— Execution of a ruling of the Florida State Supreme Court requiring local NAACP officers to answer ques¬ tions asked by a Florida Legis¬ lative Committee relative to members of the organization has been stayed by the United States Supreme Court pending the filing of a writ of certiora¬ ri in the high court. The stay, granted on Feb. 24. affords an opportunity for the NAACP to file a petition for a hearing on the state court’s ruling, which, NAACP lawyers contend, is contrary to the sub¬ stance of the U. S. Supreme Court decision in the Alabama case which held that the Asso¬ ciation need not disclose the names of its members. While the Florida court ruling does not require that the names of members be turned over to the legislative investigating committee, it requires the cus¬ todian of the list to bring it bo committee hearings and, when asked whether a partie- .Continued on Page Four. men will be presented: Dr. John S. Bryan, pastor of St. Phillip AM® church; Rev. Cur¬ tis Jackson, pastor, First Afri. ] can Baptist church; and Dr. i ' Continue,: on page three i had always been restrained in much of his play as he tired easily, and had been intermit- j tently ill with various tions. He was always some- Nine School Children Drown When Bus into Pond TIFTON. Ga., Mar. 4 — This community was thrown into a state of sadness yesterday morning about 8 o’clock when nine Negro children were drowned in a school bus which ran off the road near Brook¬ field, about nine miles south¬ west of here, and turned over in a 9-foot deep pond. The bus was enroulc to the Wilson High school at Tifton and was carrying about 60 children, about 20 less than it usually conveyed to schoo'l, due to the planting season which required many children to stay out of school. i CHICAGO—Negro candidates showed tremendous strength in Tuesday’s aldermanic elections here, ell winning election to I the 50-man city council. In all | a total of six were elected. They are Aldermen William j H. Hax-vey, 2nd ward; Ralph j Metcalfe, 3rd; Claude Holman, 4th; Robert Miller, 6th; Ken- nety Campbell, 20th, and B. F. Lewis, 24th. All except Lewis represent the predominantly Negro - populated soutliside. Lewis represents a section of the westside. Negro Makes History in Defeat The lone setback was suffered by Lemuel E. Bentley, Negro attorney, who lost a bid for Continued on Page Four) DELTAS ANNOUNCE MANY SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR NEXT YEAR WASHINGTON, D. C.—Delta Sigma Theta Sorority has an¬ nounced the availability of awards and grants under its six-category college scholarship program for the next school year. Among the scholarships is a grant for study abroad. Avail¬ able to only outstanding Del- The eleventh annual YMCA membership enrollment is pick¬ ing up momentum with the complete organization of sec¬ tions, divisions and teams. L. B. Toomer, general chairman, states that the original time for ending the enrollment will have to be extended due to illness of several key figures. oonunuen on Pace Seven- what small for his age and had a p Qor appetitie despite tonics and other encouragement (Continued on Page Eight' SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1959 The bus was being driven by Doyer Jones, 40, who has been employed by the board of edu¬ cation for years. He said he was driving at the rate of about 30 miles an hour when the bus hit some bumps in the road which caused him to lose con¬ trol of the machine. He said the two bumps his bus hit in succession on the unpaved road caused the front to “rise up off the ground so 1 couldn't control it'' He said the bus darted toward the pond while he “stood upon the brakes.” He kicKcd out the windshield to free himself, climbed upon the side of the bus and kept busy lifting out the children until help came. “I imagine I pulled out around 13 of them,” he said. Jones was assisted in extri¬ NAACP Seeks Rehiring of 8 Teachers ST. LOUIS—Contending that Ncgro school teachers were dis¬ charged solely because of their race when the public shools of Moberly, Mo., were integrated, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has filed a brief in the United States Court of Ap¬ peals here asking for reversal of a lower court ruling uphold¬ ing the dismissals. The brief was filed on Feb. 20 on behalf of six of the 11 dis¬ charged teachers — Miss Naomi Brooks, Miss Yutha Hughes, Mrs. Ella Mac Pitts, Mrs. Lotus Harris, Mrs. Mary Ella Tymony tas, grant recipients may pur¬ sue graduate work in any foreign land their study project warrants. The tuition scholarships are open to non-Deltas as well as members of the Sorority. Eligi¬ BOBBY L WYNN, airman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs Albert Wynn of Route 1, Box 109, Sharron, Ga., takes the oath of allegiance upon reeinlisting for six years. His Commanding Officer, Capt. G. H. Duffy, administered tht oath January 23. Wynn is serving with Advance Training Uni 203 at the Chase Field Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Breville, Tex He entered the Navy in September 1955. KAIL MEDIC FOR ILLEGAL OPERATION PHILADELPHIA — <ANP> — Dr. Nathaniel S. Duff, 70, a prominent local doctor pleaded guilty to performing four ille¬ gal operations and has been sentenced to three years pro¬ bation by Judge Earl Chudoff. A report will be sent to Harrisburg along with recom¬ mendation that his license oe suspended. Mrs. Henrietta Heath. 75, also of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty to conspiracy with Dr. Huff, admitting that she nursed three of the patients. Dr. Henry Haskell, 57, was acquitted of charges he had sent one of the patients to Dr. Duff. DID YOU KNOW? Every other industry is in some way dependent upon the Printing Industry. It was the invention of movable type for P rintin g that sped the recovery from the ignorance of the Dark Ages. The Bible was the first book to be printed. PHOTO BY FRANK i t I I.MAN AT TIIE UUPORT Members of the local NAACP entertainment committee and other branch officials are shown above welcoming Mrs. Margurlte Belafontc of New York city on her arrival last Sunday for two appearances in behalf of the NAACP Freedom Fund. Left to right: Theodore Roberts, vice president of Hie local branch; Mr: Carrie Cargo, Miss Ceceilc Walker. W. W. Law, branch president; Mrs. Margurlte Belafontc, co-chairman of National Freedom Fund Campaign, NAACP. New York City; C. Wimberly, branch treasurer; Mrs. L. S. Stell, Youth Council Adviser; Mrs. Dorothy B. Taylor, Mrs, Esther F. Garrison, branch secretary; Clarence Grant, and Mrs. Eugene Weathers. Mrs. B. S. Adams was chairman of the entertainment committee. eating many children from the bus by two white men who arrived at the scene a few minutes after the bus turned over in the pond. The three men and several others who arrived later laid a number of unconscious chil¬ dren they pulled from the bus on the ground and applied ar¬ tificial respiration. A number of them were revived. About 40 of the children were sent to the Tift County hospital where all were given first aid treatment and releas¬ ed. Three of them, however, died. The dead children ranged in age from 6 to 14 years. The daily route of the bus covered about 56 miles. Jones said that on a normal • Continued on Page Seven' FOOR S100ENTS ARRESTED FOR TRYING TO BREAK THE COLOR 'LINE and Turner Wahington. Repre- senting the teachers in the case is a battery of NAACP lawyers headed by Robert L. Carter of New York, general counsel; Herbert O. Reid, Wash¬ ington; R. L. Witherspoon, St. Louis; Sidney R. Redmond, St. Louis; and Lee V. Swinton, Kansas City, Mo. The teachers, who had been employed from one to 30 years, were dismissed when the Lin¬ coln School to which they had been assigned was abandoned in the 1955-56 school term and Continued on Page Four 1 three Negro students, all mem¬ bers of the Washington Uni¬ versity chapter of the NAACP, who sought to break the color bar at an off-campus restau¬ rant are free this week, pend¬ ing further court action. All were charged with distur¬ bing the peace m their trial ConUnueo on Page Seven study, Della offers a scholar¬ ship award This aid is open only to members of the Soro¬ rity. As an incentive for students in specialized fields of study, the organization offers two awards: One, the Julia Bumry Jones Scholarship, aids students in the field of journalism. Whe¬ ther an aspiring newspaper re¬ porter or editor, the applicant may gain extensive assistance through this award The other specialized aid, the Julliette Derrieottc Award, Is for students In the field of so¬ cial group work. Finally, there are the scholar¬ ship grants, available to Delta Continued on Page Seven ble college freshmen, sopho¬ mores and- juniors may receive as much as $500 toward com¬ pletion of undergraduate study. For college seniors and col¬ lege graduates without work experience who desire advanced Finds Uliana Free of Sees New Africa By Gladys P. Graham for ANP NEW YORK 'ANPi In an exclusive interview with Poppy Cannon White, widow of the '.ate Wai-tf r White of the NA¬ ACP, recently returned from West Africa (Ghana and Nige¬ ria', several so-called my tits were exploded. Mrs. White was invited to at¬ tend the cocoa harvest and view the progress of the times. The world traveler, author of A Gentle Knight, and some (Continued on Page Eight: RED SOX SIGN FIRST NEGRO PLAYER SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (ANP)— Boston sports writers are look¬ ing forward to making "hot’ copy of Elijah iPumpsie) Green, the first Negro ever to wear a Red Sox uniform. Green last week reported to the Sox Continued on Page i-even > >>-■; ;■ /rfWfrj/jC - i THE SAVANNAH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA to present its 100thconcert in Meldrim Auditorium, Wednesday, March 11, 8.30 -arm. ADartui 4-3433 Boy Scout Leaders Hold Several Roundtables Training roundtables for leaders in boy scouting and rub scouting were held during the past week at the Butler Presbyterian Chrch. A record number of scouters attended the boy scouting roundtable, which was planned and direc¬ ted by Crawford B. Bryan*, as¬ sistant district commissioner ln ( charge of the boy scouting program. Scoutcraft events were supervised by Scoutmasters Jas. Cobhain of Troop 255 and Edw. A Nelson of Troop 250. In addition to scoutcraft training, the roundtable agenda inclu- ded the unveiling of a new I competitive program of qual- native scouting, a new system of attendance recognition, camp development projects, scouting aids, games and fellowship. Those present at the boy scouting roundtable were Oliver C. Taylor, commissioner; Willie A. White, Jacob G. Moultrie, James C. Holmes, Charles H Greeley, commissioner; David Buddison, Samuel A. Grant. Norman Mitchell, commission¬ er; Raymon Jackson, Henry Baker, Ben Moultrie, David Continued on Page Three Sav’h Symphony Orchestra T< To (iive Concert at The Savannah Symphony Or¬ chestra with Chauncey Kelley as director, will present its 100t,h concert in Meldrim Audi¬ torium, al Savannah State College, Wednesday, March H- 8 w p m. The assisting artists DeJ Bu . st0 , Bassoonist; Jocelyn Sack, Contralto, and Dwight J Bruce, Organist. Price 10c NUMBER 22 Gets Doctorate From Wilberforce University J. It. Jenkins Joseph R. Jenkins, executive secretary of the West Broad Street YMCA, received the doc¬ torate of humanities degree from Wilberforce University, Wil/bcrforce, Ohio, Wednesday, Mar. 4, ai the 103rd Founders (Continued on Page Eight) The program will include Mendelssohn — Overture The Hebrides (Fingals Cave i Opus 26; Mozart—Concerto for Bas¬ j soon anc j orchestra, K. 191— 1. Allegro, 2. Andante ma adagio. 3. Rondo, Tempo di Menuetto— Mr. Del Busto; Gluck—-Che faro -Continued on Pag" Fouri