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VOLUME LXXVII
PLANNING LOCAL NAACP MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
The Savannah Branch of the National Asao iation for the Advancement of Coiorwi J-e-opl.
(K'AACP) will conduct its annual membership c mpaign from March 22 to April 12. Severa:
persons who have key roles in the NAACP membership drift 1 are shown above assisting me Hev.
J. N. Harris, the general chairman, with plans for obtaining two thousand members.
Seated left to right: D. D. Young, Mrs. Carrie Cargo, Mrs. Esther I Garrison, the Branch
secretary; the Rev. Dr. Harris, Rev. Amos O. Holnw?s, field secretary, Atlanta; and Leo *•
Garrison. and Rev. Charlie _ Fogle. .
Standing are James Tyson, W. W. I .aw th* branch president,
New Sol C. Johnson Hi School
To Have Opening Monday
Lenten Breakfast to be Held
At West Broad St. Y Monday
Sammy Davis, Jr.’s Marriage
Blows Up; Settles For
44,000
Mr*. Anna E. Grant, R. X
Retires
Mrs. Anna Elsie Grant, R. N.
native Savannahian, recently
retired as head nurse at Seaview
J Hospital, Staten Island, New
Akyork. after twenty-one years of
1 faithful service. Mrs. Ora-nt is
now home with her sister, Miss
Jessye La Hart Grant, a local
retired school teacher.
On Decomber 27, 195$. Mrs.
Grant was awarded a certifi-
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HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (ANPl ;
—As Loray White Davis, wife I
f Sammy Davis, ar., left for
^as Vegas, Nev., to get a “quick"
divorce, she disclosed to repor¬
ters that Davis had ended the
marriage, which lasted a short
two and one-half months, with
i settlement of $44,000.
“The past year," Miss White
;o!d the press, “has been a great
emotional strain. That had
much to do with my illness.”
The reporters were told that
Sammy suddenly informed his
wife in Chicago on March 18.
19-59, that he didn’t want to be
married anymore.
“Nobody can explain Sammy,
not even himself,” she noted. “I
guess he wanted to be a married
bachelor. I dont know why it
nappened.”
The financial settlement in¬
cluded $34,000 of Miss White’s
debts and a cash payment of
; $10,000.
Miss White sought no alimony
because of the brevity of the
marriage.
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DID YOU KNOW’?
Easter takes its name from
; Anglo-Saxon goddess, Eos-
an
tre, who represented spring, ac¬
cording to the World Book
Encyclopedia.
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SAVANNAH. GEORGIA
RIGID PROBE 0 U 0 EKED IN
l AT.ll. Ill IIXIXG OF 21 ItOVS
AT ARK. DETENTION HOME
LITTLE ROCK, Ark — Gov.
Drval E. FauAius has set into
motion a thorough investigation
into the fire at WrightsvUle, 12
miles from here, which destroy¬
ed the dormitory of the Arkan¬
sas Negro Boys Industrial
School and took the Uvea of 21
of the boys.
The governor visited the
scene before the bodies were
removed from the smoldering
■uin« and termed the fire toll
*n inexcusable occurence.
"If adequate precautions had
been taken and if an adult had
been on duty, I am sure no one
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Sol C. Johnson Laboratory
High School of Savannah State
College will move into its new
plant Monday, March 14. The
dream of the Board of Regents.
University System of Georgia,
local Board of Education, ad¬
ministration, faculty and alum¬
ni of Savannah State College is
now a reality. They dreamed of
a ‘-College-controlled laboratory
school” under the supervision
of the local Board of Education
that would continually make
unique contributions in the
Teacher Education Program in
the state of Georgia.
Realizing that good teaching
demand* good facilities, many
local educators spent countless
hours planning and working to
obtain ideal facilities. Among
these from the local Board of
Education who assisted were D.
Leon McCormack, Frank Under¬
wood, Dr. Thus Singletary, di¬
rector of Secondary Education;
David C. Shuler, Jr., director of
Purchasing and Transportation;
Preston C. East, director of
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Rev. Gusiave H. Caution
Speaker
Father Gustave H. Caution,
rector of St. Matthew s Episco¬
pal church, will be the speaker
at the fifth Lenten breakfast
sponsored by the Christian Em¬
phasis committee of which the
Rev. George D. Walker is chair¬
man. The breakfast will be held
Tuesday morning, March 24.
3 30 o’clock. Members of the
ioard, advisory committee, and
members are invited to attend.
This breakfast is free, and the
request is that those who come
make reservation.
The adult program committee
under the leadership of John
W. Lyons, Sr., will sponsor a
i MCA Chorale Society. Augus¬
tus C. Council, member of the
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Hon. Charles W Anderson,
Louisville, Ky„ has been selec¬
ted to open the local drive for
2,000 members on the fourth
Sunday afternoon, it was an-
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SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1959
Woman Mistaken For Negro
Refused Cafe Services;
CHICAGO—i ANP i — The
manager of a West Chicago
restaurant in nearby DuPage
County, was arrested Last week
»n a warrant sworn out by a
woman of Spanish descent af¬
ter he refused her service be¬
cause he believed she was a
Negro.
Dennis Slowe. white manager
of the restaurant, was arrested
after Mrs. Anita Mendoza, 42,
of Chicago complained to Du
Page County sheriff's police
that she was refused service in
the restaurant.
She said she entered the res¬
taurant and ordered a cup at
■offee but was told by a wait¬
ress that she could be served
only in a take-out paper cup.
She demanded to see the
manager. When Slowe arrived
he informed her that the res¬
taurant does not serve Negroes
About 10 other customers wit-
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Alderman's Sister Slain at Home;
of Crime
CHICAGO—I AN pi _ Thelma
Campbell, the sister of Aid
Kenneth E. Campbell, was
found Thursday with her head
bashed in in the bedroom of
the home she shared with her
son and hi* family.
Miss Campbell, a divorcee,
resumed her maiden name after
her divorce from Eugene Oliver
of Los Angeles 30 years ago.
Neighbors reported that a
Negro youth, between 18 and 18,
wearing an ivy league cap, had
canvassed the block in the early
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PROMINENT KENTUCKY ATTORNEY TO SPEAK
HERE SUNDAY, MARCH 22
The first Negro law-maker elected in a Southern state after
Reconstruction days will address the local NAACP Membership
Kick-off Meeting on Sunday afternoon, March 22, at 4 o’clock
at the St. Phillip Monumental AME church, West Hull street,
N. Harris, NAACP general mem¬
bership chairman.
Attorney Anderson, who is a
member of the NAACP National
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MCA REGIONAL TO
BF HEID HERE
The annual meeting of the
Southeastern region of Alpdi*
Kapp* Alpha Inc., will be held
in Savannah March 37 and 28
Gamma Sigma Omega and
Gamma Upallon Chapters of
the Sorority will have the plea¬
sure of serving as hostesses to
this convention.
The schedule of events has
been carefully planned in con¬
junction with the local chapters
of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity,
Inc., who are on the same
weekend hosting their regional
convention
The Pan Hellenic council, the
Alphabetic*, and many friend*
of there two host groups are
cooperating to make this week
end colorful.
Regional Director of Alpha
Kappa Alpha who will conduct
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Socialists Urge All Possible Speed
To End School
NEW YORK—Tiie Socialist
Party-S<x:iai Democratic Fede¬
ration is urging “all possible
speed” in the desegregation of
the nation’s schools. A resolu¬
tion adopted by Socialist Na¬
tional -Committee, meeting in
Washington, I). C„ also called
on lh , Mth Congress to make
educational funds available to
states where schools Ivave been
closed to prevent integration.
The Socialists pledged their
support to “those heroic Negro
men, women and children who
are setting new standards of
personal morality and dignity
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Asserting that the problem of
| civil rights was one ol the lead-
-trot!Turned on t»a*- Fmivi
TO GIVE CONCERT MARCH 18 AT ST. JOHN BAPTIST CHURCH
Mrs. Edwina S. Porter
Commentator
THE SIMMONS SINGERS
The Simmon:- Singers, under the direction of Dea Richard Middleton, will appear in concert a*
St. John Baptist Church Wednesday night. March 18 at 8:30 o’clock. The appearance is bein.
sponsored by the Senior choir of the church. The aggregation is made up of 10 men’s voices
with quintet and soloists. They will be accompanied on the piano by Clarence Perkins, Jr., com
This group of singers i.s fully
equipped to render an inipres-
sive concert of varied repertoire,
ranging from Negro spirituals,
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j c. Vernon Clay, chairman ef the chemistry department, Ste-
vannah state Collage, eougratulates Ctete Praaier, winner «f
a Handbook Chemistry and Physics*. 34th edition, awarded tap
Chemical Rubber Company for the Freshman atudeut oartua#
the highest average in Freshmen chemistry.
White Boy Quits Page
School Because Negroes
WASHINGTON, D. C I ANP; —
Hudson Hudgins, 18, white, of
Black.vtone, Virginia, has quit
th* Capitol Fas* School tat
. had . , , learned pmnful-
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his parents
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out of the school.
Another southern youth,
Prank Wilson, IT, Tupelo, Miss.,
'took the opposite view.
j anthems gospel songs and hymns
which will capture the most
■ discriminating music critic
1 Savannah.
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“There have teen no im-idenfM
with tta wageoos,’’ he told m-
purte-rs. “I’m staying.”
James. A. Johnson, 14, of Chi¬
cago, 111., ts one otf the thro*
Negro youths attending the
school.
DID Y.ir know?
The State Flag of Alaska was
designed by Benamin Benson, a
13-year old Seward schoolboy.
It was adopted in 1927.
st. John church is widely
jj nown as the musical church,
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