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71 r f PUBLIC CONTINUOUS YEARS SERVICE OF
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VOLUME LXXVII
Photo By Freeman
“MISS JABBERWOCK” AND HER ATTENDANTS—The above photo shows Miss Marilyn Cole
(center) wearing crown are robe after she was crowned "Miss Jabberwock of 1959" by Miss Julia
Ann Jenkins (third from right) who was “Miss Jabberwock of 1958.” The crowning was a high¬
light of the annual Delta Jabberwock program which was held at the City Auditorium, Friday
evening, April 10. Others in the picture were contestants. Shown left to right are Miss Delores
, third
Williams, fourth place winner; Mi s Irene Elmore, second place; Miss Barbara Lawton,
place; and Miss Minnie Graham, fifth place. Pictures of skit winners are shown on page 5
of this issue.
jabberwock audience
Tod Ted ‘D/YHotVc! Pollen's ni'oVme'po orchestra opened rmn i
the 1959 Delta Jabberwock pro-
gram at the city aud. a’
Friday, April 10. with tie p ey¬
ing of the Star Spangled Ban
ner. A capacity audience was
1959 Youth March On
Set For
Mrs. Edwards Leaves Estate
To Sister And Niece
LOCAL ELKS TO
ATTEND MEETING
IN FRUNSWICK
Weldon Lodge of Elks and
Elite Temple. Daughters of
Elks, will motor to
Sunday to attend the Elks State
Convention. They will go by
chartered buses, leaving the
are invited to go on this trip;
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Leading Newsmen to Take Fart
Institute
WASHINGTON How the
press can further help improve
racial understanding will be
taken up here by some cf the
nation's' leading newsmen on
May 2 at the Capital Press
Club's second annual national
press institute, Miss Fanmc
Granton, club president, an-
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the communities.
A committee that met with
Carl Hager, recreational direc¬
tor for the city, reported that
the area will be cleared in ap-
proximately three weeks This
sriht is located between Allen
ADams 4-3432
| in : n attendance, * oriovmn
r I.annual activity was pre-
Isenied by the Savannah Alum-
r.ae Chapter of the Delta Sig¬
ma Theta Sorority, Inc. Mrs.
Sadie D. Steele is president of
In the will cf Mrs. Essie
| Monrce Edwards, which was
f iled for probate Thursday of
last week, her estate was left
to her sister, Mrs. lone Monroe
Dunmore, and a niece, Mrs.
J | Essie Curtright Lopez.
airs. Edwards who was owner
| operator of the Monroe
j Funeral Directors, one of the
| ~ est known mortuary estab-
j lishments in the state, died
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■ nounced this week.
The institute will precede
club's annual awards dinner to
be addressed by Roy Wilkins,
executive secretary of the NA¬
ACP, in the Grand Ballroom of
the Willard Hotel.
Among those scheduled to
take part in the all-day insti-
Officers, left to right front
row; Mrs. Evelyn Gordon, assist¬
ant secretary; Mrs. Doretha K
Wells, reporter; Mrs Hatbie Car.
penter. secretary: Edward V.
Fletcher, vice president; Mrs.
thp the r»hnntpr chapter. Mrs Mrs. Vivian Vivian Walk- Walk¬
er served as general chairman
of the Jabberwock with Mrs.
Lucille Bryant as chairman of
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WASHINGTON, D. C.—As of
today, more than 15,000 Negro
and white young people, from
all parts of the country, have
pledged to meet in Washington
for a giant demonstration on
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Meharry Woman Student Kills
Married Classmate and Self
NASHVILLE— (ANP) — Four
years ago, a score of freshmen
students entering Meharry Med¬
ical College were looking for¬
ward with starry-eyed hope to
tute at the hotel are: Douglass i
Cater, Washington, editor of the
Reporter and author of a new
book, "Fourth Branch of Gov¬
ernment,” due off the press in
May; Claude A. Barnett, foun¬
der and director of the Associa-
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Lanie Mae Jones, president;
Milton H. Brown, Sr., chairman
of building committee.
Back row-. Herbert Gordon.
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Survey of II Sou. States
Shows Desegregation
WASHINGTON, D. C.—School |
desegregation in the South, is
"slowly grinding to a halt,” ac¬
cording to the results of an
eleven-state survey presented
to the Senate Judiciary Com¬
mittee last week.
Will Maslow of New York,
general counsel of the
can Jewish Congress, told a
Committee hearing that Feder¬
al action on civil rights is ne¬
cessary to halt what he term¬
ed an “alarming slowdown” in
implementation of the Supreme
Court decision outlawing seg¬
regation in public schools.
Out of 2,018 bi-racial school
districts in the South, accord-
ing to the American Jewish
Congress SU rvey,
Study
Ways To Speed Up
NEW YORK—Hundreds of
clergymen were this week urg¬
ed to attend the upcoming
South-wide Interracial Confer¬
ence of Religious Leaders, Apr
29 and 30. at Morehouse ColJ
lege, Atlanta, Ga., It is under,
sponsorship of the National As-
sociation for the Advancement
of Colored People. !
The conference will probe
the moral issue of desegrega-
tion while seeking ways of or.
ganizing white and Negro
churchmen for peaceful inte¬
gration.
Conference leaders will in-
elude outstanding religious
spokesmen from a cross-section
of denominations, colleges, sem. 1
June 8, 1959, when they would
realize their goal—obtaining a
diploma which would mark the
successful completion of the
first phase toward their indi-
viual medical careers.
Now, with commencement less
than two months away, these
same students—the class of ’59
are watching the calendar for
a different reason. The question
is not will they graduate, but
how many will be alive to do so.
Zeta Phi Beta Boule
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Dr. ikborah C. Partridge
SAN FRANCISCO — (Global'
—Dr. Deborah Cannon
tridge, Grand Basileus of
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority,
though quite busy with
speaking schedule, is ably
sisting Epsilon Phi Zetas
Berkeley California and
zet as of ^ ci t y m their P
be held here in San
from August 12th to 15th
the Whitcomb Hotel. The
of the Boule will center
‘Today’s Youth As
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has begun in only 141—-of
which 124 are in West Texas,
which has a small Negro pop¬
ulation, This is an increase of
only 34 school districts in
more than two years, Mr. Mas-
low said.
The eleven states covered were
Alaoama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississip¬
pi, North Carolina, South Car¬
olina, Tennessee, Texas and
Virginia. The American Jew¬
ish Congress survey was prepar¬
ed on the basis of reports from
the various states on their school
populations.
Whatever progress toward dc.
segregation has been made dur.
ing the past two years, Mr. Mas-
low told the Committee, 'has
inaries and agencies concern-
ed with race relations.
The two-day session will In¬
clude a public mass meeting,
plenary meetings and work-
shop3 These will deal with
role of religion In connec-
^ ori w (th the desegregation
struggle; church cooperation
with community agencies in
prevention of neighborhood ten-
sions; and race relations pro.
jects for church women and
youth groups.
The conference is being co¬
ordinated by the Rev. Edward J.
Odom, Jr., NAACP national
church secretary, anad Mrs.
Ruby Harley, NAACP South-
east regional secretary.
Three Deaths In Two Years
j The reason? During the past
1 two years, death has moved
j three times among the class
and has extinguished the lives
I of four of its members. The
j medical latest tragedy Institution to rock the famed last
| came
April 4 when the body of Vernal
Roberts, Jr„ was found in the
i apartment of Miss Anna L.
Jackson; and later the same
day, Miss Jacksons body was
Dr. Kiah To
Head YMCA
Delegation
Miami
i Dr. Calvin L. Kiah, chairman
of the board of
of the West Broad Street
CA, will lead a delegation
the 20th annual meeting of
Southern Area Council of
CAs in Miami, Florida, May
Delegates who will
Dr. Kiah are Dr. w. K.
president, of Savannah
i College; 1 Norman B,
j vice chairman board of
ment ’ and Palpal,
strcet School; Sidnc y A Jones
V'Century Club
I own e r of s ' d ^e y A. J °ne.s
ral _ Home; _ L. B. Toomer,
man, Buildings for
and president, Carver
Bank. Visitors v/ho will
are J. R. Jenkins, executive
! of the Buildings for
hood committee and member
j the Y advisory committee.
The Gra-Y and
i Play Day will take place at
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bee nalmost wholly confined to
border states where the 1954
desegregation decision of the
Supreme Court was accepted al¬
most as soon as it was an¬
nounced In Delaware, Ken¬
tucky, Maryland, Missouri, Gk-
lahoma and West Virginia, he
said, 647 bi-racial school dis¬
tricts have begun to integrate
classes, as compared with 525
school districts two years ago.
The total number of school dis¬
tricts with Negro and white res¬
idents in these states is 813.
Of the eight Southern states
that were completely segre¬
gated in 1956—Alabama, Flori¬
da, Georgia, Louisiana, Missis¬
sippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina and Virginia—only
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Union Bag-CampPaperCorp.
Fetes Veteran
Union Bag-Camp Paper
poration honored its
employees who have
ten, fifteen, twenty, and
ty-five years of service at
dinner Tmd. ay, April 14, at
Tremont Club.
One hundred and seven
eran employees attended
Service Awards Dinner an
fair held each year by the
pulp and paper company.
The evening’s program
ded congratulatory talks
officials of the company,
cial recognition of the
colored member of the
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recovered from the wreckage
his automobile which had
en over a 100-iT embankment.
This tragedy has been
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WINNERS, PARTICIPANTS IN THE KAPPA KOWBOY KONTEST—Top picture, 1 to r , (back
W. V Winters, polemarch. Savannah Alumni chapter; Mrs. Gladys Banks, Mrs. Marion
Mrs. Pate. Front row, Eddie Cheney. Mack Roberts. Jr,, Eric Pate.
Bottom picture—W. V. Winters, presenting bicycle to Mack Roberts, Jr., winner of Kontest.
Beach Grad On
Pilot Exchange
■MP m
Miss Toni Cox, a sophomore at
Fisk University, was one of six
girls selected ts go on a pilot
exchange program initiated be¬
tween Skidmore College In
Saratoga Springs, New York
and Fisk Univruty. Six girls j
from Skidmore have already
born past the two guests weeks of and Fisk returned for the j
along with the Fisk exchang-
I
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Annual UNCF Kick-off To
The Annual Kick-off for the
United Negro College Fund
campaign will be held Thurs¬
day, Apr. 16, at the West Broad
Street YMCA. W. C. Ervin, di¬
rector Savannah-Augusta area
of UNCF, will be the speaker.
Miss Madeline k. Shivery, an
arduous UNCF worker, will be
cited. Dr. E. K. Williams of
Savannah 8taiP College is co¬
director of the Savannah-
Augusta area.
Miss Bern it a Darby is local
chairman of the 1959 campaign;
Raleigh A. Bryant, Jr., co-
chairman, Mrs. Ella W. f isher,
secretary, and Emanuel A. Ber¬
trand, treasurer.
Invest in youth through the
United Negro College Fund!
You can save lives. Give to
the American Cancer Society on
April 20 when the block crusad¬
er visits your home.
Participate In
Institute
ANJOU N. GERMAN, in¬
in chemistry at Fisk
has been selected to
in the National Sci¬
Foundation summer insti¬
at the University of North
Mrs. German will be
o 40 chemistry teachers
American colleges and un¬
to benefit from the
program aimed at
the latest develop-
In chemistry to selected
POSTMAN ARTHUR T.
POPE RETIRES AFTER
40 YEARS SERVICE
Arthur T. Pope was honored
on the occasion of his retire¬
ment from the Postal service
by the Post Office Department
and his fellow workers on
Tuesday, Apr. 14.
During the ceremonies Post-
j that master Carrier J. M. Stubbs Pope announced had been
| 'awarded
a Certificate , o f Hon-
' Recognition by the Post
irary
Office Department and he se¬
lected retired Letter Carrier
Samuel Parker to make the
presentation of the Certificate.
Following this Carrier Pope'was
presented a retirement gift
from his fellow employees,
which was in the form of a
check for cash. In making bis
acceptance remarks, Carrier
Pope stated that the check
would be applied to the pur-
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