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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 (Continued on Page 4i 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- -------------- (Continued on rag <i Four; flic BmmmhWihw ADams 4-3432 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 (Continued on Page Four; 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 i continued on Page 4‘ 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 Continued on Page Four' 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 i.otjunueo on Page beveo “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.; • Continued on Page Four, 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 • Continued on Page Four) 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. (ContinueU on Paee Four 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 (Continued on page tnree) 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. Continued on Page Four 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 .Continued on Page Seven 1 _ 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 Continued -m Huge i-eveui 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. Price 10c j ADams 4-3433 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 'Continued on Page Four