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77 PUBLIC CONTINUOUS YEARS SERVICE OF
VOLUME LXXVII
COMPLETE JABiiEKDOC'K PLANS —The Plannin > Committee of local Deltas puts final touches
on what promises to be the biggest and best Jabberwock yet. Shown in the picture arc Sorors
D. r. S. B. D. W. G. Brown and H.
Friday evening, April 10, at the
Municipal Auditorium, the
nual Jabberwock of the Savan-
nah Alumnae chapter of the
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
The usual capacity audience is
On Chicago Ballot Voters lor Wan t Negro Court Placed
Husband Beaten by Whites, j j
Wife Drowned to | j
April 20 Set As Cancer
Fund Drive
Bishop Tucker To Be
NAACP Victory Speaker
Sunday Afternoon
Bishop Charles Euoank Tuck-
er, Louisville, Ky., will be
featured speaker at the
NAACP Membership Campaign
Victory program on Sunday af¬
ternoon, April 12, at 4 o’clock
at the First African Baptist
church, St. Julian and Mont¬
gomery Sts., Rev. Curtis Jack-
son, pastor.
Bishop Tucker is the presid¬
ing bishop of the 10th
District, AME Zion
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f Glany Attend NGA Conference
At FayettviEe Teaehers College
To Represent Savannah
I At Elks Speaking Contest
In Brunswick
Sandra Barnett, a tenth grad-
>r of Tompkins High School
von first palce in the local Elks
oratorical contest on April 3rd
when she discussed “The Re-
‘ponsibility of Citizenship Un-
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expected.
The 1.959 theme is “The
Box.” Several
j have cooperated in giving
best talent to compete on the
i epilogue will be staged by mem-
Dr. W. K. Payne, Regional
Director. Negro Division, Ameri¬
can Cancer Society of Georgia,
and Mrs. Florence Garvin,
chairman of the 1959 Cancer
Crusade for Chatham County,
announce April 20 as Cancer
Crusade Day. Cn this date block
crusaders will visit homes all
over Savannah to collect con¬
tributions for the Cancer Fund.
Section chairmen and co-
chairmen for “C” day are:
Section 1, Southwest Savan.
nah, Mrs. Ida Mitchell and Mrs.
I Eleanor Wiliams; Section 2,
| West side of Savannah, Mrs.
Eleanor Williams and Mrs. Lilli-
I
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j Hampton Institute Gets
'• $25,000
Danforth Grant
—
Danforth Foundation grant has
been awarded to Hampton In¬
stitute, according to an an¬
nouncement by Dr. Alonzo G.
Moron, president.
This grant will be used to
prcvide all ' ex P ense scholarships
1 to the annual pre-college sum.
jmer session. Fifty qualified
‘he National Alumni Association
of Colleges, W. S. Demby, pres-
dent, was held at Fayetteville
State Teachers College. Fayette¬
ville, N. C., April 3-4. The meet-
ng was attended by over forty
delegates frem several states,
•epresenting numerous colleges
nd univerities.
Wilton C. Scott, SSC director
if public relations and execu-
ive secretary of NAA. was cited
for his work in promoting alum-
ni relations among several col¬
leges. Mr. Scott won the Gold j i
Medal Award for outstanding
ervices to the organization. | I
Savannah State College won
he trophy for the best alumni !
oublications. P’ayetteville State ;
College wen two first place
’wards: one for the best alum-
ii picture display and the !
other for the best alumni office
nanagement.
The association was welcomed
j j by Dr. Rudolph Jones, president
cf Fayetteville State Teachers
| College, host to the annual
| association.
j The panel discussions were
| centered around t)ie general
Charlottesville Integration
bers of the undergraduate Del-
ta chapter at Savannah State
College,
The crowning or "Miss Jab-
berwoek" wall be the highlight
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WILSONVILLE, Ala.—intfPi
The body of a woman who ran
for her life when several white
men attacked her husband, lost
her bid for freedom when she
fell into a nearby pond. Her
body was recovered Saturday.
Drowning was ruled the cause
of her death.
Lawrence Brasher, 45, hus¬
band of the dead woman, re¬
ported his wife missing after
telling of a beating he received
at the hands of six white men
who came to his house and
identified themselves as FBI ag¬
ents.
Brasher said the men told him
they were looking for liquor,
then forced him into a car. He
■:aid the men tied him to a tree
and beat him with sticks.
Terrified, his wife ran out of
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high school seniors will be ac¬
cepted each summer for the
next three years. Each scholar¬
ship will cover the cost of regis¬
tration, tuition, fees, textbooks,
room and board.
The scholarships will be awar¬
ded to high school seniors who
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“The Challenge of the
Alumni in the Space Age.” Dr.
J. W. Seabrook, president emeri¬
tus cf Fayetteville State Teach¬
ers College, delivered an address
ihallenging delegates and stu¬
dents to meet the changes in
our times, and Dr. Rudolph
Tones spoke at the alumni din¬
ner meeting at which time he
niphasized the essential re-
ponslbillties that must be faced
f the greatest success is to be
ittained by alumni associations.
Among the social events en-
oyed by the delegates were a
cur of Fort Bragg, a reception |
it the USO, and a dance.
The 15th annual meeting will
be held at Grambling College,
Grambling, Louisiana.
Among national officers re-
elected were: President, W. S.
Demby, Alcorn A&M College,
Alcorn. Mississippi; Executive
Secretary Wilton C. Scott, di¬
rector of public relations at
Savannah State College; Assis-
f ant Secretary Mrs. Annie L.
Frazier, Mississippi Industrial
College. Holly Springs. Miss.;
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
NEW YORK The agreement
reached for desegregating the
public schools of Charlottesville,
Va., “suggests a path to peace
and mutual respect which both
white and colored Virginians
can pursue with benefits to the
commonwealth,” NAACP Execu¬
tive Secretary Roy Wilkins said
here today in a letter to Dr.
Philip Wyatt, president of the
Virginia State Conference of
NAACP branches.
Congratulating the Virginia
NAACP and its counsel Oliver
W. Hill, on the manner in which
agreement was reached on the
school desegregation plan sub¬
mitted by officials of Charlott-
essvllle. Mr. Wilkins recalled
that “ever since the Supreme
j Court Tie NAACP decision has of advocated May 17, 1954, that
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CHICAGO—(ANP)—The Chi-
Urban League of Negro
on Friday began circula¬
petitions today to secure
signatures calling upon
Cook County Central Com¬
of both the Democratic
and Republican Parties to in¬
clude some Negroes among the
29 candidates to be slated by
each party for Superior Court
Justices in August.
“Never has there been a Ne¬
gro judge of the Superior Court
in Cook County,” recalled Al¬
bert Janney, executive director
of the league. “Members of
Chicago’s Jewish, Irish, Polish,
Italian and other communities
have been nominated by the
Republican and Democratic
parties for the Superior Court.
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CHICAGO
CHICAGO—iANPi—A woman
killer, apprehended recently by
police after four months of
freedom, gave police the names
of area citizens who are opera¬
ting a vice ring. Acting on her
Information, at least 12 persons
were arrested.
The woman, Trudy Jo Baker,
was picked up by a policewoman
ast week at a swank hotel. Mrs.
3aker admitted she had lived
‘rather well” during her escape
from the Illinois reformatory
ZA- s. c. conference
TO MEET HERE
\PRIL 10—12
Rev. John T. Enwright
Moderator
The Georgia-South Carolina
Conference of Congregational
Churches will meet at the First
Congregational Church, Taylor
and Habersham Streets, Friday
through Sunday, April 10-12.
Rev. John T. Enwright. pastor
of the Plymouth Congregation¬
al Church, Charleston, S. C., is
moderator. Rev. A. C. Curtright
is pastor of the host church.
Registration begins at 11 a.m.
Friday. A business session will
be held at 2 p.m. followed by
departmental meetings at
p m. At 7 30 p.m. a
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SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1959
Home Owner Gives In
To White Boycott
COLLINS PARK. Del. (ANPi
—Mr. and Mrs. George Rayfield
have decided to move out of
their $12,000 suburban home,
under the pressure of bigoted
neighbors and white customers
of Mr. Rayfield who have lately
boycotted use of his garbage I
Judge Carl Johnson Wins
Re-election in Kansas City
Polling the third highest vote
he 26 candidates in the spring
election Municipal Judge Carl
R. Johnson was reelected for a
econd term last week. He got
74,909 votes and has support
from the Citizens ticket forces
which lost the election and
from the Coalition Democrats
who swept the balloting and
*ook over the city hall.
The jurist v/ill serve another
four years at an annual salary
Beauty School Operators and Teachers
To Meet 12 at Cleveland
CHICAGO — “Education
Full Citizenship Through the
Ballot Box" will be the
as more than 1000
from 40 states converge
Cleveland April 12 for the
Annual Convention of the Uni¬
ted Beauty School Owners
Teachers Association, Also
ing in conjunction with
Association will be the
Chi Pi Omega Sorority and
Fraternity,- made up of beau¬
ticians.
Both groups were founded
Washington in 1945 by Mrs.
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RING BROKEN
i for women in Dwight (111). She
confided tnat sne earned $6000
from free spending convention¬
eers brought to her by cab
drivers and bell boys whom she
tipped. She said the convention
goers paid her from $50 to >200
for “dates."
Those taken into custody on
information given by Mrs. Baker
included Ralph Burgess, Robert
T. Harris, Curlee Frazier, Nelson
Harris, George Eubanks, Lee
Nelson, George Andrews, Stan¬
GEORGIA oi'FEN OF INDUSTRY CONTEST At SAVANNAH
STATE COLLEGE Valdosta:
Left to right Eloi.se Spencer. Pinevale High School,
Ruby Robinson, Carver Vocational High, Atlanta; Tonie
AWARDED LIFE MEMBERSHIP IN STATE
GARDENS ASSOCIATION
Mrs. S. F. Frazier
The Georgia Association of,
Garden Clubs, Inc., Is very |
proud to announce the two I
members of the Variety Garden
Club who have been awarded
certificates for paid-up life
members. Mrs. S. F. Frazier was
the first in the state, followed
by Mrs. Henry M. Collier, Jr.
A study course will be held
each Tuesday evening from 6
to 8 al the Garden Center, for
garden club members who are
interested in learning to judge
collection trucks.
Rayfield reluctantly told re¬
porters that many of his white
customers hired other truckers
to remove their garbage after
learning that he had moved into
the all-white community of 400
homes.
| President of the local NAACP
j serving his 21st year, hr is ac-
live in Kappa Alpha Psi frater-
j \ nity circles locally and from a
national angle. .
I Judge Johnson has practiced
i law here more than a quarter
of a century. He is a graduate
cf Howard University Law
School. He did some post-gredu-
ate work at Boston university.
Judge Johnson is a mcmbei
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Savannah State College Hosts
Ind.Ed.Eonf.and Trades Contests
The Ninth Annual Georgia
Youth Industrial Education As¬
sociation Conference & Trades
Contest was held at Savannah
State College, April 2-3, under
the direction of William B. Nel¬
son and A. Z. Traylor. High
schools from all sections of
Georgia were represented. Miss
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ley Nunn, Ronna Harris, Louise
Thomas and Denise Gordon.
Many of those arrested are
Negroes.
Mrs. Baker said -she became
a member of the vice ring after
her escape from the reforma¬
tory last Dec. 1. She was im¬
prisoned for 30 years and her
husband, Robert J. Baker,
ceived a 69-year sentence for
the murder of Pvt. Larry M.
Kirk on Dec. 26, 1956.
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Family Service Gets Approval
Of National
Official notice has been re¬
ceived that Family Service of
Savannah has been approved
for pre-member affiliation with
the National Travelers Aid So¬
ciety. Ben Anderson, president
of Family Service, announced
that the approval came after a
detailed study of the agency by
Mrs. Mary Lou Braly, Regional
Consultant for National Travel¬
ers Aid Society ,who recommen¬
ded the action taken by the
National Board.
A Travelers Aid Department
was established by Family Ser¬
vice of Savannah at the request
of United Community Services
after the former Travelers Aid
! Society of Savannah ceased op-
J service ^rations in January, undertaken 1956. on The an
was
Lucy Laney High, Augusta: Alice Bailey, First Place. Ballard-
Hudson High, Macon: Sandra Cheavls, second place. Monroe
j High, Albany; Mary Walls, third place, Moultrie High, Moultrie,
NUMBER 27
Mrs. Henry M. Collier, Jr.
floral art.
On Tuesday, April 14, plants
vTU be given to the public be¬
tween the hours of 4 and 6 p. m.
Please come to the Garden Cen¬
ter and get all the plants you
wish. Come early for the best
selections. Information on gar¬
dening will also be available.
Mrs. C. W. Flourhoy is presi¬
dent of the Association, E. H.
Harmond, 'consultant; Mrs.
Henry Perrin, publicity chair¬
man.
exploratory basis, and a little
more than a year ago the Board
of Family Service advised Uni¬
ted Community Service of its
willingness to accept this func¬
tion as a permanent depart¬
ment of the agency.
Mrs. Braly was very compli¬
mentary of the Board and ad¬
ministration of the agency, ap¬
proving the quality of the ser¬
vice being given In terms of
National standards for agencies.
The agency will now proceed to
amend its constitution and by¬
laws in orer to provide for the
identification of Travelers Aid
in the corporate name cf the
agency and will make such oth¬
er organizational changes as are
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