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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXVII
KEY FIGURES OF THE ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY REGIONAL CONVENTION WHICH MEETS
Dr. Henry M. Collier. Jr.
President, Beta Phi Lambda
Chapter, Alpha Phi Alpha
f> A VANN AH TO BE
,TOST TO ALPHAS
The Southern Regional Con¬
vention of the Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity, Inc., will hold it#
convention here on March 27-2*.
1959. This marks the first time
that Savannah has been so
honored and the host chapters
Parents, Students’ Boycott Results In
Free School Bus
Many New Members Added
NAMED VF COLLEGE
HONOR SOCIETIES
LaFAYETTS, Ind. — (ANPi —
The National Association of
College Honor Societies in sess¬
ion here at Purdue University
last week elected Dr. George W.
Gore, Jr., president of Florida
AWM University, as first vice-
president. Dr. Gore is the foun¬
der and currently national sec¬
retary-treasurer of Alpha Kap-
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TOP FIGURES IN AKA REGIONAL PLANNING
Mis. Ouida F. Thompson Mrs. Violet Singleton
TOP FIGURES IN AKA REGIONAL PLANNING—Mrs. Ouida F
Thompson is basileus of the local chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha
that will -serve as hostess to the regional convention to be held
in Savannah. March 27-28. She is looked upon with pride by
her sorors as being an exceptionally able coordinator in the over
all planning for the coming regional meeting of the Southeast¬
ern region of Alpha Kappa Alpha. W. popular
Soror Thompson is the wife of Dr. L. Thompson,
, ,,i d en tist mother of three children, member of Butler Pres-
hvterian church, and member of long standing in Alpha Kanoa
AlDha During the years she ha.s held membership in the local j
"banter she has served well in many responsible capacities. So¬
ror Thompson has served as an inspiration to all her sorors j
who are hard at work planning to make this regional conven-
Hnn a huge success. chairman ''
Mrs Violet Singleton is the general convention of
thn organizational activities for preparation for the meeting, of
h „ Southeastern region of Alpha Kappa Alpha. March 27-28
c'oror Singleton ha.s done an exceptional job of leading Gamma
cup-ma Omega and Gamma Unsilon chapters in consumating all
p nVans assuring the success of the coming Singleton, convention. local insurance j
q 0 ror Singleton is the wife of J. A.
pveeutive mother of three daughters, and a member of long
-landing in thp organization. She has held many of the of-
Lf-e-- in the local chapter in past years anad is one of its best
remembered basilei.
ADains 4-3432
James C. Huger
Southern Vice President
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
—Beta Phi Lambda and Delta
Eta—are sparing no effort to
make it the most outstanding
ever held in this region.
The business sessions will
center Around the theme "The
Role of Alpha Phi Alpha in a
Changing Society," and promise
to be both interesting and pro¬
ductive. The social program in¬
NEW YORK, N. Y. Announce¬
ment of tne addition of 22
nationally known names to the
Committee of 50 of the Na¬
tional Association for the Ad¬
vancement of Colored People
was made this week by Kivie
Kaplan, chairman.
Unde* leadership of Mr, Kap¬
lan, a member of the Associa¬
tion's Board of Directors, co-
chairman of its life membership
committee and a Boston, Mass.,
industrialist, the committee is
working toward a 1 um4
raising goal.
Newly named Committee of
50 members join 15 other lead-
mg citizens who have pledged
to raise 05,000 a piece for the
Association by December 6, the
date of the annual Freedom
Fund dinner in New York. This
Committee of 50 is primarily
concerned with life
ships which cost $500 each. It
all part of the Fight for
Freedom Fund, the Association’s
major fund raising effort
which seeks gl,000.000 annually.
New .members or the Commit¬
tee of 50 include Mrs. Daisy
Arthur S. Reeves
President, Delta Eta Chapter
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
cluding a luncheon, dance, boat
ride and banquet will be varied
and enjoyable.
The public is invited to a
joint meeting of the Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity and the Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority on the
evening of March 27 in Meldrim
Hall, Savannah State College,
at 8 o’clock. The main address
C. C. TEACHER OF
THE YEAR
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j Mrs. Sadie D. Steele
Mrs. Sadie D. Steele, second
grade teacher of Powell Lalxr
I ratory school, has just won the
unique distinction of being
chosen a second time as Teach¬
er of the Year for Chatham
County. Mi's. Steele also holds
the honor of first Teacher of
the Year for Chatham County.
She received her early train¬
ing in the schools of Savannah
and Jacksonville. She later re¬
ceived the B.S. degree from
Savannah State College and M.
A., Columbia University.
She has travelled extensively
in the United States and Can¬
ada.
Mrs. Steele has taught at the
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UNCF
Goal For
NEW YORK—Goal for the
1959 nationwide United Ne¬
gro College Fund campaign is j
$2.250,#00. Bruce Barton, $a-
tional campaign chairman, an-
nour.ced here today. Mr. Bar- j
ton is chairman of the board of
Baltten, Barton, Dursftine and j
Osborn.
‘‘When divided (among 33!
member colleges, 82,250,000 is a ;
small sum,” Mir. Barton said.
■‘But it will provide 10 percent j
of their yearly operating costs, i
Bince the Fund's first ‘cam-
paign in 1944, these colleges 1
have depended on the annual f
appclal for this important per-
centage of their budgets.”
The colleges use the money
to provide scholarships, improve
faculty salaries, buy library
equipment or wherever it is!
most needed.
The ltlth annual college
Fund appeal will open April 1. i
Judge Miles A. Paige
President, Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity, Inc.
will be delivered by James C.
Evans, Civilian Assistant to the
Secretary of Defense, Washing¬
ton, D. C.
Among the many dignitaries
expected to be here in addition
to Mr. Evans are: Judge Mile*
A Paige, judge of Court of
Domestic Relation*, New York
City. General President of Al-
The boycott of 429 student#
and their parent* which wsu
waged Monday against the new
Sol C. Johnson high school of
Thunderbolt ended Tuesday
when the Chatham County
Board of Education agreed to
provide bus service for the stu¬
dents.
Most of the student# enrolled
at the school live in Savannah,
some of them four mile# or
more distant from the school.
These student* and their pat¬
ent* Utuk the pswattan that it
would be too espmustre for the
students to use the city ba*r*,
to and from the school. Thi*
would cast 50 cent* a day.
After the protest, the fcus
company reduced the fare to
25 cent* but this did not swerve
the children from their demand
on the school board that It pro¬
vide them free transportation.
When school opened Monday
i i.ctinueti nan Page Sevan:
CGC TO HOST STATE
GARDEN CLUB
The' Civic Garaen Club of 8*
vannah will be host to the
Georgia Association of Garden
Clubs, Inc., during their fifth
annual convention. March 23. at
tiie 57th Street Recreation Cen¬
ter.
E. f?"’ HarmuAd. at a be adviser.
will speak at the first session
which will begin with the Pres¬
ident’s Breakfast at the YWCA.
A symposium is the highlight
of the second session at the
Recreation and Garden Center
at 12:CD noon. Speakers for the
symposium will be Mrs. L. S.
Stell, R. A. Young, R. Dunlap.
J. S. Bacon and E. B. Porter.
Mrs. Stell who will speak on
The Importance of Flowers
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1959
Campaign
Organized campaigns are con¬
duct^ jn more than 125 com¬
munities throughout the coun¬
try. Where there are no for¬
mal campaigns, appeals are
made by letter, TV,radio, news¬
papers 'and magazines. UbfCF
has raised more than $37,500,-
000, both for capital and cur¬
rent-fund purposes, over the
past 15 years.
The colleges and universities
—-all but one located in the
South—htave a combined stu¬
dent enrollment of more than
24,000.
NAT “KING” COLE
COMMENTS ON UNCF
“Some of our greatest scien¬
tists, educators, religious lead¬
ers. musicians . . . are graduates
of the 33 United Negro College
Fund colleges and universities.”
—Nat “King” Cole i
NEXT WEEK
VVHson P. Hubert
RegMUMal Director of Ga.
Alpha PUi Alpha Fraternity, la#.
pha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.;
Sidney A. Jones, Jr., prominent
Chteags attorney and Alpha
Man of the fear for lSbk; Wil¬
liam Male of Atlanta. Ga., Jas.
E. Hu 3 «r, Southern Vice Presi¬
dent; and Leslie It. Mclver,
Southern Region Assistant Vice
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Tuskegee Alumni Ckapt.
Cha«®e8 Name
At the monthly meeting of
tho Savannah-Stateaboro diop¬
ter, Tnoskegw Alumni Associ¬
ation, held in Liberty County
Saturetey, * rote of the mem¬
bership changed it* name toj
that tsf “Tuaiegee Alumni A*-
wiriaiKM Southeast Georgia
Uvmtmu'Xt on F*e* Four;
Presiding Elder Hobbs
Victim of (ar Crash.
Buried Wednesda
Chicago Gets First Negro
Woman Prosecutor
CHICAGO (ANP) Miss Willie
M Whitiilg who for two
years was executive secretary of
the local NAACP branch here
was named a city prosecutor in
Women's Court last week. Miss
Whiting succeeds Carlton Ros-
entein, who strved the court for
10 years She will prosecute
cases involving allegod viola¬
tions of city ordinances.
Wat a WAC
A WAC in the European the
at-re during World War H, Mica
Whiting attended Roosevelt
Y CONTEST WINNERS AND GROUP TO
VISIT WASHINGTON, NEW YORK
of the travel committer of the
t* ard of nuanageeneni of the
West Broad Street YMCA. i*
workins hard to carry a bus
load of youth and adults who
will accompany Mr and Mir,.*!
YMCA World Services to Wash¬
ington. 1). C., and Nr* York
City during the Fester holidays
The local YMCA World Service
committee which is responsible
349 School Teachers Lose Their
in Oklahoma Integration
NEW Y&D-RK, March 16 — A
total wf 344 Negro teachers
taw ke**- jute* atoew the
bwfftontng uehesd integration
in Oftlahom*, Raymond Gary,
forturr govertaor of the state,
-aid today.
la a signed article in the new
ttwuie of Look Maasine, <Gary
reported that only about 1<0
Negro teacher# are working in
integrated schools because “in-
dividual school boards, with
rare eserptiona, have not yet
■een fit to hire Negro teachers.”
He termed this the one really,
disturbing problem" that has re¬
sulted front integration.
Otherwise, Gary said, school
integration in Oklahoma has
jenefited taxpayers, teachers
ind student*, pointing out that
„he continuing ehannation of
-jv» Vac* .'#»*#« >
«§■ •safe #1 f 1
.#
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'
Scenes from the opening Monday of the New Sol C. Johnson
high school at Thunderbolt which was mam d b> a boycott of
nearly 500 students because the school board failed to provide
them bus transportation. provide the bus
The school board on Tuesday agreed to
service the students demanded.
| Savannah Slate College Wins
-
l Press Awards
At t!ie meeting of the
I Columbia University s National
i Scholastk: Fre** Asaariation,
| Nwr fAumh U-iA
| S»vannali fdule Uollege won aik
awards in the senior college
university division. Thi* i* the
second consecutive year that
Savannah State College has led
this divisioei. More than 1,000
pufalications were judged by se¬
reral panels el of ekperienced
school press journalists. More
than 4 .,AM delegates attended ,, , ,
from all sections of Jsmeiic*.
Savannah State College Won
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College and John Marshall Law
school here.
The niece of George J. Hark-
ness, an attorney, Miss Whiting
worked as secretary for a CPA
to supplement her Income while
attending college under the
G I. Bill.
The first Negro to hold sucl*
a Hist, she l# the third to be
an assistant corporation coun¬
sel. The two others were Atty.
Ectoth Smkrsdu. foamer U. S.
delegate to the U. *., and kto#
late Miss Georgia Jon** Bills.
worthy caw# i* headed by Ja*
E. Luben, Jr., a me inter r of the
board of managrnvent of the Y
The group on the visit to the
two cities will visit the offices
of Smarter Lyndon R. Johnson,
Senate majority leader; Speak¬
er of the House of Rvfweatn-
lative* Sam Rayburn. PresMten-
COTiUnued on Pajpe Tmtf ‘
f AMU ENROLLMENT SET AT 2,4M .
TALLAHAHKe* The
m»nt. for the apring
at Florid* AxH University is
2 . 43 k, aceortbug to * recent
releaaa from t U. Thorpe, di-
rector of the office utf iwtaiuiM^-
ium *m 4 record*.
A breakdown of t-h* «Mkdl-
m e n t figure* aoeovding to
I * n& alleges shows that
1,1171 students are enrolled in
the college of arts and sciences;
gjg j n the sshcsjf of. education,
the gradUlbU school, 13«
in the school of agriculture and
The two top pictures show the two buses of the Savannah
Transit Co., rerouted to pass the school. Only about 10 students
rode the buses.
At the bottom, fright) some of the few students who were
present on school opening day. Left, the new high school build¬
ing. —PHOTO BY FREEMAN
Funeral services for the Rev.
Charles Preston Hobbs were
held Wudnpinkiy at St. Philips
Mto'MUmental AM® church where
the foltoving progra*! vras car¬
ried out, Wew. J P Lumpkin
wervln* as muofee* wf cweiwmn-
les:
Fri»#au4o«a-l, "BwNifdite; ' hymn
hived by K-cw. © IS. Swinaoa;
inTaektlwn, 1ti-sw. A. J Martin;
selection, ci‘w.jiu‘; feyms lined by
Rev. M. M. Tucmi*; sertpiture
readiag, Re-w. Bt C. Carswell
(Cc*tini*e 4 <m FSatye si
home aco«®w-hvs, 89- let tha
ueteael of msw-st-ws ««itt»a4l»n, 7*
in tire VaeatlowaJ-Tueh-M-kaJ-ka-
stitute, & in Urn sehuei af ptear-
mwey, aud U in Ita eaitege *6
law.
tm i nter
“The Unitwd CufWta
Fursd, through its menabcer col¬
leges, is extetvdliag equality of
opportunity to a* ewer-growing
number of yourrg Americans."
—Harry B°elafonte