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11 r f PUBLIC CONTINUOUS YEARS SERVICE OF
•iOLUME LXXVII
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Big Crowd Expected at
Beds Caine Here
Howard Univ. Field Service j
Director To Be In Savannah I
April 1-3 on Alumni Business
KANSAS CITY BORN Mary Es¬
ther Tiller, first Negro airline
hostess for an American-based
international airline took her
first flight last week when she
flew on the Kansas City to New
York run for TWA. A gradu¬
ate of Sumner high school, Miss
Tiller also spent three and a
half years at the University of
California at Los Angeles. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs
O. C- Tiller of Kansas City.
Miss Tiller can speak Germar
and and French. French. She sue is is a a member memue;
of the Alpha Kappa Alpha So
* rority—(ANP) ,-r.rifv (ANP)
FOUND DEAD IN HOMF
Mrs. Annie Mae Brinson, 45, of
28 Sterling street was found
dead in her house Wednesday
morning by city detectives after
AKAs HONOF DR. MARY WILLIAMS
coated left to right, Soror Mattie B. Payne, banquet chairman and Mistress of
Cornr Georgia Schanck, Orlando. Florida, Regional Director. Soror Ouida F. Thompson,
local Chapter. Standing left to ngnt, Soror Mary E. Williams, local chapters Soror of
° f ^receiving ho her award Miami, from Florida, Soror banquet Violet Singleton. speaker. Convention general chairman, and
MQvrne M E Williams, State College the convention body of ^ the South „ .. Atlantic ... .. regmn ,
'cflturdav night at Savannah official function of
Aloha Kappa Alpha attended the banquet which was the last
meeting. 152 delegates enjoyed the hospitality of the hos.ess chapter at this mMt
■Lffair Soror Mayme E. Williams of Miami. Florida. 1st Supreme Anti.Basileus of the orgarn
fior' delivered the main address which was brilliantly done in the form of a led ter to the
Highlighting the evening was the presentation of an award to Soror Mary E. Williams,
of the local chapter. Her sorors In Savannah selected her as their Soror of the year
nor by the Boule as a TRAIL BLAZER at the oOth anniversary celebration
having «fochfngton been chosen Soror Williams of the original of the
D C August. 1958 was one organizers
Health . efforts in working with this project made
Project, and because of her unusual
Tnno P remembered for its success and benefit to the rural Negroes of the Mississippi Delta
Soror 1 Williams affection, is the pride senior and member respect of of the all local ot her chapter sorors. both in age and membership,
holds the
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rence A. Hill, director of the
Division of Field Services at
Howard University, will be in
Savannah, April 1-3, to organ¬
ize regional alumni organiza¬
tions for the purpose of coordi¬
nating fund raising and recruit¬
ment activities.
Mr. Hill’s visit will be part of
a tour of 10 metropolitan areas
in five southern states where
approximately 500 alumni re¬
side. These areas include: Sa¬
vannah, April 1-3; Jacksonville,
April 4.6; Miami, April 7-10:
Tallahassee, Mont”omcry, Fla., April *13-14;*¥ir-I 11-12;
April
mnigham, April 15-17; Atlanta,
April 18-21; Chattanooga, April
22-24; Knoxville, April 25-27,
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STATE GARDEN CLUB
HOLDS ANNUAL MEET
The fifth annual convention
of the Georgia Association of
Garden Clubs met last Sunday.:
with the Civic Garden club of,
Savannah as host.
The first session of the con- j
vention, the “President's Break-1
fast,” was held at the YMCA |
And was J /dams well Planned bv Mrs
Reni chafrman State Conven
Ton T Picturesque The banquet
• oom, oom was was a picturesque scene, scene
miniature arrangements were m j
the center of each, table, and j
a large arrangement on the i
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speakers table. In one corner j
of the room a table held a .
huge “Mama” bunny sitting by;
a nest of brightly colored eggs,
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Tan stars who will be with the
World Champion New York Yankees
and the Cincinnati Reds when they
play an exhibition game here Tuesday,
April 7. Top, 1 to r, Frank .Robinson,
1st base, Cincinnati, Elston Howard catch,
N. York; Brooks Lawrence pitcher, Cin¬
cinnati; bottom, Don Newcomb, pitch,
Cincinnati; Bob Tnurman, tniro base,
Cincinnati.
Cther Negro players on tne Cincinna¬
ti roster are Jim Pendleton, infielder;
Jesse Gondor. outfielder, and Vada Pin¬
son, the fleetfooded rookie who hit .343
and stole 37 bases last year in the Pa¬
cific Coast League.
Savannah will get a taste of
league baseball Tuesday,
7, when the World Cham¬
New York Yankees and
Cincinnati Reds play an
game at Grayson
This will be the first time in
years local fans will get
chance to go to a major
game and indications
that an unusually large
wiil take advantage of
opportunity to sec the big
perform.
The World Champion Yank¬
will, of course, have in
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Skin Specialist Attacked, Routs Hold-up Men
CHICAGO (ANP , a \rr> i_Dr. , m-
K. Lawless, '
famous skin specialist
"fought” board of health
off two men
when they tried to
Andrew J. Taylor retired
31 after having
years as assistant nation-
director of Interracial ser¬
of the Boy Scouts of
A resident of
C. Mr. Taylor has been
active leader in boys’ work
1919 when he became
at Knoxville
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0,1 Junc h Knoxvl ‘ le
C0nfei \ up0n Mr ’. T “ yl ° r
norary ^ ° f D ° ct ° r °
Le tters.
Mr Mr. Taylor j was born in
N C. He is a
f the the Henderson Henderson Institute, instit ute. Hen
n. r and
As a summer
t Hampton Institute,
ton, Va., he attended the
conttnuPd nn Pape Seven-
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY. APRIL 4, 1959
AN FATULLY SHOT BY
OF GAR
To lend or not to lend the car
became a fatal question be¬
tween an east side man and
his wife Easter Sunday when
the debate led to a shooting.
The couple involved was
Premo Williams and Lottie Wil¬
liams of 1010 Joe street. Mr.
Williams had reportedly loaned
the car, a 1052 Mercury hardtop,
to Leroy Seabrook, a friend.
Mrs. Williams disapproved of
the action and a dispute resul¬
ted. Williams was said to have
been seated in the living room
and his wife was in the adja¬
cent bedroom. During t h e
Essie
Monroe Edwards, Widely
Known Funeral Home Owner
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Funeral services for Mrs. Essie
j Monroe of Edwards, Monroe widely Funeral known Di¬
owner
rectors, were held this (Thurs¬
day) afternoon at the Second
Baptist church.
| Mrs. Edwards died suddenly
| Sunday evening while looking at
a television picture at the home
the south side of the city.
I Dr. Lawless received a scalp
wound which required 2
j es to close. He was hit on the
head with a pistol by one man,
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WASHINGTON - Contending.
| that a ruling of an Atlanta court
holding the NAACP in con-
tempt and imposing a $25,000
fine “is arbitrary, unreasonable
j and un i aw f U l,” lawyers for the
Ai;soc j a tion have asked the Unit-
pd Stales supreme Court to re¬
verse the refusal of the Su-
me Court of Georgia to re-
viPW view its denial denial of of a petition
for a writ of certiorari to the I
Georgia Court of Appeals.
The NAACP petition to the'
u. S. Supreme Court was filed j
on March 20, one day before i
the time granted by Justice
Hugo Black for filing expired.
I The case originated on No-
I vember 21, 1956, when, unan-|
I nounced, agents of the Georgia J
State Revenue department de¬
scended upon the NAACP re- j
gional and branch offices in
Atlanta with a demand for!
“immediate production arfd other of data! all |
books, records
bearing on taxpayer's income, !
disbursements and expenses!
j Prepared or ustu d b oy said s cor _ |
poration ' NAACP i in the con- 1
duct of its business during the,
bJe ‘ p 1947 through!
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records as Mrs Ruby i
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Hurley, ^ the Associations south-.
eastern regional JL secretary, had
, >n her possession ession were were made maae.
available for inspection by the
' aRents when John C
revenue . 1
then president oI the
height of tlie argument the
angry mate seized a 38 caliber
revolver and fired twice toward
the closed bedroom door sepa¬
rating her and her husband
The first missle collided with
an ironing board but the second
penetrated the thin door and
struck Mr. Williams in the ad
domen. He was rushed to Memo-
rial Hospital where he died late
Monday night.
Mrs. Williams was quoted as
saying she did not intend to
harm her husband, only to
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of her sister. Mrs. lone Monroe
Dunmore on Mills B. Lane ave-
nue, where she resided.
A little over a month ago
Mrs. Edwards collapsed in the
downtown shopping area after
which she was confined home
for quite a while, recovering
sufficiently two weeks ago to
be up and out for a short time
each day. The day she suffered
the fatal heart attack she spent
a short time at her place of
The Reverend Edgar p. Quar
officiated at the
at which the following
was carried out:
Processional; hymn. Second
church choir; scripture,
John Q Adams; prayer,
G. H. Caution; selection,
Funeral Directors choir;
Rev. J. S. Bryan; i
Rev. J. H. Middleton;
F. c McMoorc; selection.
Funeral Directors choir;
Rev. Quarterman; reces-
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j robber by executing a judo'
i trick.
Educated at Talladega col-
1 Kansas
lege, the University of
I and Northwestern University,
NAACP branch, , request- , ■
opportunity for himself and
counsel to confer with the judge
before complying with the or-
der, he and other branch of-
ficers were confronted with an
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FGA HOLDS ANNUAL SESSION Members of the executive com-
mittee of the United Golfers Association are seen above during
tournament, planning conference In the office of The Moss H.
Kendrix Organization, Washington, D. C. Front row, left to right,
Harvey I Boykin UGA southern vice president, Dallas; Mrs.
r> er trude Suber president vi^president, Wake Robin Golf Club, D. C ; Howard
Anderson Anaerson, UGA um midwest a i i Toledo, O.; Moss H, Ken-
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dnx. Jne ^g. *f e ^ ,,,?„ .o.n.' . FrankHn T Lett UOA
h Jack r u chairman. UGA’s pro-
Sr.D Ind. and Mrs. Paris B. Brown,
UGA tournament C.
PRINCIPALS IN CELEBRATION
Raymond Johnson
V. P„ N. V. Life Ins. Co.
W. J. Kennedy, Jr.
Chairman of Board
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Mutual Ins. To.
Observes Its OOtli Anniversary
DURHAM, N. C. North Caro¬
lina Mutual Life Insurance
Company observed the Seventh
Annual George Wayne Cox
Sales Convention in recognition
of the company's sixtieth anni¬
versary, Wednesday evening,
April 1, at a banquet in the
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in Paris, France, Austria,
and Germany.
Now 64 years old, Dr. Law-
has done extensive research
the cure for leprosy.
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Regional convention
convened in Savannah
weekend was a huge success.
delegates expressed the
that this meeting with
caliber and participation
the national convention
everyway except size of dele-
and scope of agenda. 152
representing Georgia,
Caro!ina , and Florida
d jnto thp for the
and Saturday Sessions.
C)n FrkUy nlRhl a joint pub-
c meeting was held with Alpha
and Alpha Phi Alpha
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Airs B. A. J. Whitted
Retired Asst. Trias., NOM
Asa T. Spaulding
President, N.CM.
Ninetieth Anniversary First
Congregational Church
To Be Celebrated
The First Congregational
Church, Taylor and Habersham
Streets, wiil celebrate its nine¬
tieth anniversary with special
programs during the week of
April 5-12. Rev. A. C. Curtright
is minister of the church.
Sunday morning, April 5, at
the regular morning worship,
11:15 o'clock, the message will
be brought by Dr. Stanley V.
North, General Secretary of
Evangelism and Extension Work
ELKS ORATORICAL
CONTEST FRIDAY
The education department of
Weldon Lodge of Elks and Elite
Temple will present their an¬
nual oratorical contest Friday
night 8 o’clock at St. Paul CME
church.
Participants from the local
high schools will compete for
citywide honors, Three cash
prizes will be awarded. The
winner will represent Savannah
in the state oratorical contest
to be held in Brunswick April
20. The public is invited to be
the guest of the Elks at this
affair. The admission is free.
Standing, left to right, are Mrs. Florence Coleman,
Robin. D C.: Maxwell Stanford. UGA eastern vice president,
Philadelphia; Robert Crawford, Royal Golf Club, D C.; Joe Cole
Royal Golf Club president. D. C.: Luther Mills, Arlington Divot
Golf Club, Arlington, Va.: W D. Jones. UGA treasurer Day-ton,
O.; Mrs. Anna M Robinson, assistant tournament director Chi-
cago, 111.; A. D V. Crosby, Capital City Midiron Golf Club, Co-
iambus, O ; Mrs Mary Campbell. UGA secretary. Chicago. 111.:
Nat Jordan, UGA central vice president St. Louis Mo.: Miss
Lorraine Osborne. UGA youth director, Chicago, 111.; and Dr.
George Adams, Royal Golf Club, D. C.
NUMBER 26
Dr. Mordeeai W. Johnson
I'res., Howard University
Aaron Day, Jr.
Vice President, N.C.M.
Rev. Horner C. Me Ewell
Atlanta
Anniversary Speaker
for Congregational - Christian
Churches. At 5 p. m. Rev. v. W.
Douglas, pastor of the Midway
Congregational church, will be
the speaker.
The Chatham County Minis¬
terial Association has been in¬
vited to meet at the host church
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