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77 PUBLIC CONTINUOUS YEANS SERVICE OF
VOLUME LXXVil
UNCF Campaign
Annual Underway Here at
injoyable •pOING VO visit SPAIN v.itii — Alar an
r.h.'.tvc:
and friends, A-2C Ldjvin Curti:
Woods left Apr.i 12 i r 5e.
Jersey where he will epend i
few days with his sister (Mar¬
gie) before reporting to Mc¬
Guire Air Force Base. He ex
pccts to go to Spain in the nea.
future.
A graduate of Bench High
School class of ’57, he is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene P.
Woods, Sr., 1020 W. Battery St.
WRIGHT WINS LIVESTOCK
JUDGING CONTEST
James Wright, junior, Waynes¬
boro, won the Fort Valley State
College livestock judging con¬
test with a score of 547. Others
placing in the contest were
Samuel L. Wade, Jr., Rome;
Wilson Cosier, Dixie, and Roger
Cocper, Dublin.
Prince Hall Masons Win
Another in
Scout Gold Rush Set For
Ft. Stewart Reservation
GitiS FULBRIGIIT AWARD
]fr > Jitsuichi Masuoka,
or’and acting chairman of
department of social
at Fisk University, has
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INTER-SCHOOL COUNCIL
FICERS___The above pupils
1959 officers of the
Council.
Bark row, left to right:
alee Smalls, Tompkins;
Branch, Cuyler; Warren
ilton pearl Lee Smith;
Jones Hodge: Marcia O'Brien
Spencer; Jessie Scott, Powell.
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'Ili.. kick-off banquet for the
1950 campaign of the United
Negro College Fund was held
Thursday, April 19, at the West
Bread Street VMiCA, with W. C
Irvin, director of the Augusta-
.Savannah region of UNCF as
iprakcr.
Mr. Irvin, bursar of Paine
loliegc, was introduced by Miss
Bernita Darby, chairman of the
local drive. Mr. Irvin presented
.:;e three-fold objective of the
NCF and challenged the soli¬
citors to reach this year’s goal,
r.ic purpose of the UNCF, ac¬
cording t a the speaker, is ( 1 )
o provide better opportunities
for higher education for Negro
youth; ( 2 > to help its member
colleges to provide scholarships
for promising students; and
'3 1 to help its member colleges
naintain high academic stan-
iards.
The local goal can be reached
Trough stressing the campaign
is an opportunity for people to
nv; t in the education of the
young students In UNCF col¬
leges who represent a reservoir
if trained manpower, Mr. Irvin
ontinued.
Mr. Irvin acknowledged the
r. pil ing work of Miss Madeline
hurry who has served -the lo-
al committee for many years.
Dr. Elson K. Williams, direc¬
tor cf general education at
Savannah State College and
associate director of the Augus-
ta-Savaanah region, expressed
‘he belief that this year’s cam¬
paign will be an overwhelming
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Approximately 250 boys and
adult leaders of the local Boy
Scout Council will participate in
an exciting Gold Rush Camp-
oree this weekend. The cam-
Doree will be held in the Camp
Olivrr Tactical Area on the Ft.
Stewart Reservation, where a
huge tent-city -has been erected
to house the scouts and scout-
ers.
The campers will check in at
the camporee headquarters at
7:00 a.m. Saturday and will be¬
gin the return trip home at
noon Sunday.
Among the highlights of the
camporee agenda are tank rides
and demonstrations, inter-pa-
roi competition in a simulated
Gold Rush town, which is to be
manned by members of Explo¬
rer Post 252 of Sandfly &nd a
lug campfire program. An at¬
tractive neckerchief slide is to
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; Front row, left to right; Sol-
omon Haynes, West Broad;
Mary Scott, Paulsen; Beau tine
! Jackson, DeRenne; Isadora Jen-
kins, Gadsden, president of the
Council; Sally Ann Jackson,
j Cuyler; Sarah Maddox, East
Broad; Barbara Skipper. Moses
Jackson; Archie Pounds, Har- 1
I ris.
ZETAS PRESENT CHECK TO CHARITY HOSPITAL
tl-PHA THETA ZKTA CHAPTER OF ZICTA Pill BETA SORORITY presents a check to Nurse
Olise Campbell for Charity Hospital. This was a part of the Sorority’s celebration of Finer
Womanhood Week. This is in keeping with their policy to contribute to local charities each
year. The check was presented to Nurse Campbell by Soror Dorothy Wilcox, chairman of the
hospital committee. Seen in the -picture are left to right: Sorors Gwendolyn Keith, Drucilla
Hargrett, Elfleta Faison, Nurse Campbell, Sorors Ella Fisher, Basileus; Dorothy Wilcox and
Walker.
Ask Justice Dept, to Act in Brutal
of Alabama
TlSCALOOSA, Ala.— iaNP)
The abduction and brutal lash-
.ng of Rev. O'Hara M. Prewitt,
Negro minister as an episode in
a reign of terror which forced
the director and two other
white staff members of a Tus¬
caloosa hospital to resign,- and
,o rise, in fear of me :iu Klux
Klan and white citizens council
ATLANTA (ANP)—Announce-
ment was made Thursday by
John Wesley Dobbs, grand mas-
ter of Prince Hall Masons of
Georgia, that court _
a
in Georgia has ordered an or-
ganization krio-wn as the Inter¬
national Free and
Masons of,the World, headed by
W. V. Banks, to stop
Masonic insignia ,name
paraphernalia and to
doing business in the State
Georgia.
A similar order by the
sas Supreme Court was
in Washington, D. C., by the
S. Supreme Court when
organization, headed by II.
Turner, Houston, Texas,
known as the St. John
Rite, Ancient Free and
Masons, was told to get out
the State of Kansas.
j Both cases were prosecuted
Amos T. Hall, Tulsa,
president of the Conference
Grand Masters, Prince Hall
sons. Hall stated that
against other so-called
bodies would soon tie
Holds Science Art Fair
The Inter-School
annual science art fair
display its exhibition from Apr
29 through May 1 at the
Broad YMCA. Carolyn Jones
chairman of the fair. Mrs
Nancy H. Walker is director
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
• roup . this week prompted
pica for Department of Justice
action “in view of an appar¬
ent breakdown of law and or¬
der. 1 ,’
Violeiif-e, threats and warn-
aigo centered around a poten¬
tially dangerous racial
created by the two hate organ¬
izations in a bitter
World War I Veterans Mass
A public mass -meeting of all
veterans of World War One and
(.heir families will be held Sat-
urc i a y a t, g:00 p.in. at 511 West
j p ar k Avenue. It was announced
j today by Joseph L.
commander of the Fort Screven
Barracks No. 1379, Veterans
World War I, USA, that R.
Thompson of Augusta,
Commander of the Department
of Georgia of this
j
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j THE REV. GARDNER C. TAY¬
! LOR, Concord Baptist church,
Brooklyn, will preach each Sun¬
day during July, August and
September over NBC’s Radio
Pulpit. President of the Pro¬
testant Council of New York
rfty, I)r. Taylor replaces the
Rev. Ralph W. Sockman. The
program is heard by more than
iOO affiliated radio stations
throughout the nation. Dr.
Taylor will be the first Negro
to preach on the program dur¬
ing its 31 years’ history.
i ANPP)
Tatemville Citizens Form
A group meeting was held last
i week in Tatemville at Jerusa-
! lem Bapt. church to organize a
Community Betterment League
j to obtain recreational facilities
[ for the children of the com-
i munity.
Recreational facilities and
! area improvements are despe-
J rately needed in this couimun-
1 Ity to help improve the behavior
SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1959
controversy raised over policies
at the Hale Memorial Hospital
here.
The appeal for prompt inter¬
vention by the Justice Depart¬
ment was made Tuesday by J.
L. LeFlore of Mobile, a veteran
civil rights leader in the South,
sa incident to the attention of
He also brought the Tuscaloo-
will be the principal speaker
and will use as his subject,
“The Ignored and Forgotten
Veterans of the First Great War,
what can we do, what we must
do, and what we will do.”
Commander Thompson is a
member of the National Eegis-
lative Committee of this organ¬
ization and he represents the
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AMERICAN IN GHANA — John
Howard Thompson, 45-year-old
Virginia-borr. former rural
school teacher, is finding his
“rather diversified past” of
invaluable assistance in his
present position as staff as¬
sistant to the general manager
I of Mobil Oil, Ghana, Ltd
Thompson was formerly a U. S.
treasury department employe ,
catalogue librarian, Library of
Congress, and U. S. Information
agency official in Nigeria. He j
recently completed his first
18-month tour of duty with the
oil firm in Ghana.— (ANP Pho¬
to)
of the Tatemville children This
community has been long ignor¬
ed by the municipality and the
county in providing adequate
recreational facilities.
It Ls felt by the citizenry in :
this community that if these
facilities can be obtained, it I
would help to curb some of the
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20.000 Demonstration Young People for
Hold
Education
WASHINGTON, u. C.—Chant¬
ing such slogans as “'Two, four-
six, eight, We want to inte¬
grate,” “Let Freedom Ring” and
"It’s time for every stute to In¬
tegrate,’ seme 26,000 college
and high school students des¬
cended upon Washington for
•the second Youth March for
Integrated Schools demonstrat¬
ing their support of the U. S.
Supreme Court decision of May
17. 1954, banning segregation in
public education.
Assembling In the Sylvan
Theatre here at the foot of the
Washington Monument on Apr.
18 . the youthful marchers from
all sections of the country were
addressed by Roy Wilkins, NA¬
ACP executive secretary; A.
Philip Randolph, AFB-CIO vice
president; the Rev. Martin Lu-
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ATTENDED WASHINGTON YOUTH MARCH
a House Judiciary subcommittee
headed by Cong. Emanuel Cul¬
ler, of New York, now consid¬
ering proposed new civil rights
legislation; and Sen. Thomas
Hennings, of Missouri, a mem¬
ber of the Senate Judiciary
Committee; Sen. Paul Douglas,
of Illinois, and Sen. Kenneth
Keating and Sen. Jacob Javits,
both of New York.
Negro Wins Judgeship at
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — (A
NP)-- A Negro assistant prose¬
cuting attorney this week was
elected to a judgeship. He is the
first Negro in the state elected
to a judgeship without previous
appointment to the post.
Forty-seven year old John T.
Lotts who moved here five years
ago to become a parole officer
for the Michigan State Depart¬
ment of Corrections, won over
his opponent, Murray Bonn
DeGrott, 16,000 to 10,633 in the
election Monday.
Lotts ,who was appointed as¬
sistant prosecuting attorney
three years ago in Kent County,
is a 1951 graduate of Suffolk
University, Boston, Mass.
When queried about the racial
issue, and asked if race or color
was a drawback in the cam¬
paign, he replied: “1 feel that
people who take their candl-
dati s seriously do not rate a
man by his color. 1 presented
what I felt to be the signifi¬
cant issues and my qualifica¬
tions to solve them. It paid
off.” His opponent was a 32-
year old man who has lived in
Grand Rapids all his life. Lotts
is a native of Mecosta, a small
community in Northern Michi¬
gan.
FINE ARTS FESTIVAL
TO OPEN SUNDAY
MAY 3 AT COLLEGE
Plans are new being complet¬
ed for the Fifth Annual Fine
Arts Festival which will be
presented at Savannah State
College by the Department of
Fin< Arts in collaboration with
the Department of Languages
i and Literature and the Depart-
Iment of Health, Physical Edu-
j cation, and Recreation. As the is
1 the custom, all programs of
Festival will be open to the
public without charge.
Beginning with a Musical
Vesper on Sunday evening. May
3, at six o’clock in Meldrim
Auditorium in which all of the
musical organizations will par-
ticipate, the Festival will con-
tirwe on Monday, May 4, with
a concert to be presented at
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Price 10c
ADama 4-3433
Mrs. L. S. Sletl
Mrs. L. S Stoll, local NAACP
youth work chairman, led a
delegation of 30 youth and
adults to the Washington Youth
March for Integrated Schools
last weekend. Mrs. B. S. Adams,
NAACP entertainment chair¬
man, was the official branch
representative on the chartered
bus motorcade that left the city
on Friday and returned Sunday.
Twenty thousand youth from
every race and religion partici¬
pated in the demonstration that
presented a petition to the
White House, bearing 400,000
signatures, and calling the Ex¬
ecutive oranch of the govern¬
ment to give greater positive
Y Membership Campaign
Now In Full
The 1959 Y membership en¬
rollment is in full sway and will
continue until each section has
reached Its quota. Mrs. Frankie
N. Ellis, leader of Section A,
and James E. Luten, Jr., leader
of Section B, are urging their
captain.*; to encourage all work¬
ers to complete their assign¬
ment;. At the end of the pres¬
ent membership enrollment the
winner will have the privilege
of performing the William Tell
act, In this case the shooting of
a raw egg off the loser’s head.
Mrs. Irene Smith, captain in
section one, is tied with Mrs
George S. May for first place
honors for individual work. A.
T. Pope’s division leads all di¬
visions in production.
Oapt Frank W. Spencer leads
all sustaining membership wor¬
kers, closely followed by Dr.
Calvin L. Kiah, M. O. Johnston
and Joseph R. Jenkins.
The following school faculties
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SEATED with Senator Hubert
H. Humphrey (D., Minn.) are
members of a delegation of
West African Youth Leaders.
From left to right are: Moha-
med Haiba Quid Hamodi, Di¬
rector of Youth House in Atar;
Bengoro Coulibaly, Commission¬
er of Administration in Bama-
go; Andre Nanna, Schoolmas¬
ter; Sabin Laloupo, Commis¬
NUMBER 29
Mrs. B. S. Adams
leadership in endnig segregated
schools.
Alfonso Rivers was the leader
in charge of the 32 youth from
tixe local council. They all re¬
port a wonderful experience.
Mayor’s Advisory
Committee To Meet
The Mayor’s Colored Advisory
Committee will meet at the Y.
M. C. A. Monday, April 27 at
5:30 p. m. Members are urged
to be present. The committee
would be very happy to receive
recommendations for the im¬
provement of our community
from any interested citizen.
John Mines is chairman.
MARINE ACTING SSgt. CLAR¬
ENCE DREWEY, son of Mrs. Jo¬
sephine Jones of 1278 Williams
lane, Macon, G-a., and husband
of the former MfUs P. R. Kemp
of 503 Hazel street, Macon,
graduated March 19 from Es-
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sioner of Administrative, Fin¬
ancial and Accounting Services;
Dandouana Boubacar; and Ab-
doul Maham Ba, Technical
Consultant on Public Works.
Senator Humphrey and the
delegation discussed the African
Problems and matters affecting
American polices toward Africa.
—(ANP Photo)