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FEARS OF CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE VOLUME LXXVII Savannah Family Killed in in Car ACCIDENT VICTIMS—Top left, Sgt. Decker Warrington McQuil¬ lan, Mrs. Carolyn Stokes McQuillan; bottom, the three McQuil¬ lan children, Wanda Anita, age 3 years; Decker, Jr., 1 year; Helen Loraine, 4 years. From Jail by in-Pearl Mississippi Kiver Mob Found Miss Jones Named Asso. Director, Delta Sigma Theta ATTENDED MEETING OF DENTAL ASSISTANTS Mrs. Everleatha H. Brisbane Mrs. Everleatha H. Brisbane attended a two day course for dental assistants, sponsored by Professional Practice Programs (Continued on Page Eight) i Action part in the three act mystery play, “A Stranger in i The Night” that will be presented in Meldrim Auditorium, Sa- vannah State College. Monday, May 11, 8:00 P. M.. by The West Broad Street Y M. C. A Players Guild. Left to right. Mrs. Farmer Mrs Mamie Williams members of the cast of twelve. Al) a ms 4-3432 WASHIGTON, D. C.—Miss Eloise Avonne Jones, teenage program director of the YWCA of Seattle and instructor at the University of Washington’s School of Social Work, has been named associate director of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Miss Jones will be responsible for developing the Sorority’s national public service projects. These projects consist of dis¬ seminating information on men¬ tal health problems; volunteer¬ ing for community services; explaining job opportunities to ninth-grade teachers, guidance counselors and parents encour¬ aging children to read more widely in a library project called “Ride the Winged Horse” and cementing good relations abroad by providing tangible aids under its international project. Miss Jones will also edit the Delta Newsletter, a monthly publication distributed to mem- bers of the Sorority. Her home is Langston, Okla., jj (:nnt irmert on Paep Seven. Five members af a local fam¬ ily were killed Wednesday of last week in Chateauroux, France, when their automobile collided with a truck. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Stokes of 353 Fellwood Homes said they were notified by military officials Thursday of the death of their daughter, Mrs. Carolyn McQuillan, 21; her husband, S-Sgt. Decker McQuillan of North Carolina; and their chil¬ dren, Helen, 4, Wanda,. 3, and Decker, 1. It appears that Sergeant Mc¬ Quillan was driving a privately owned automobile the day of the accident. The car appar¬ ently ran into the rear of a slow moving or stopped truck. State Law Banning Hiring of NAACP LITTLE ROCK, Ark (ANP) — A Negro public school teacher, B. T. Shelton, last week asked the Federal District Court In Little Rock to issue a temporary injunction to prevent the state from enforcing a law passed by the ArkansasLegislature last year forbidding public agencies from hiring members of the NAACP. Resentment mounted against Arkansas In*addition segregation laws. to the anti-NAACP law, the Legislature, harking to the demands of arch segrega- tionist Gov. Faubus, passed POPLARVILLE, Miss. —Inves¬ tigation is said to be going to apprehend the members a mob who snatched Mack Parker from jail ten ago, shot him and his body in Pearl river Bogalusa, La. As of today, no one has been ar¬ A jury sitting at the Pearl River County court house ren¬ dered the following verdict: “Death apparently was caused by two 1-4 inch high speed pro¬ jectiles that entered the vic¬ tim’s body.” The bloated, water-bleached body of the 23-year old Negro truck driver was found in th • Continued on Page Four) A welter of committee reports bearing on juvenile delinquency in Savannah brought the prob¬ lem vividly before a gathering of about 100 persons at the West Broad Street YMCA Mon- HD CLUBS HOLD DRESS REVUE The Home Demonstration Clubs of Chatham county cli¬ maxed their clothing project with a dress revue at the YM CA on Wednesday, April 29. Winners were as follows: 1st place, Mrs. Peter Donegal of the Liberty City Home De¬ monstration Club, who made rnd modeled a tight brown wool suit. Little Willow Dene- gal modeled a royal blue spring coat which was made by her mother, Mrs. Denegal; 2nd place winner, Mrs. Sadie Luten cf the Sandfly H. D. Club who 'made and modeled a green and brown floral design cotton sheath dress on a bright rust 3rd place, Mrs. Ester B. Haggary of Blooming- uaie club who made and a multicolor floral _ (Continued on Page Four) Both vehicles were traveling in the same direction. Sgt. and, Mirs. McQuillan and their son, Decker, and a Ger¬ man friend were killed instant¬ ly. Helen and Wlanda Anita died enroute to the hospital. The bodies are being shipped to the U. S. and are expected to arrive in Savannah during the week. Funeral arrange¬ ments will be in charge of Williams & Williams Funeral Home. Sgt. McQu'llan was a native of Wilmington, N. C., where he attended school before enter¬ ing the army. His relatives are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daiw- (Continued on Page Eight.’ measure requiring teachers the public schools and colleges to sign a “loyalty oath.” Teach¬ ers are also required to list ganizations to which they be¬ long. Calls Law Unconstitutional In the suit, Shelton, who no bones about holding bership in the NAACP, lenged the validity of the and said he would lose his if they were enforced. The laws are designed to integration by freezing out teachers and individuals Elected To 3yr. Term on International Committee of YMCAvS J. R. JENKINS Y Executive Secretary Joseph R. Jenkins, executive secretary of the West Broad St. YMCA, was elected to a three year term on the Internation¬ al Committee of the YMCAs of REPORTS REVEAL YOUTH DELINQUENCY The meeting was sponsored by William P. Jordan Post 500, American Legion, which for several weeks has been studying the upsurge of this Rev. Dinkins Succeeds The Late Dr. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Rev. Charles L. Dlnxins, Assistant Secretary and Director of Edu¬ cation of the Sunday School Publishing Board, National Baptist Convention, U. S. A., Inc., has been elected Corres¬ ponding (Executive) Secretary of the Board, to fill the unex- pired term of Dr. A. M. Town¬ send, it has been announced by Rev. M. H. Ribbins, chair¬ man of the Board. The election took place dur¬ ing the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Publishing Board, held Tuesday, April 28. Rev. Dinkins began his asso¬ ciation with the Sunday School Publishing Board in 1943, when he was elected Secretary of the Board’s Department of Chris- Education. In January. GETS HIGH POST IN AG DEPT. WASHINGTON. D. C — A. S. Bacon, State supervisor of Negro Extension work In Georgia, has been appointed to the adminis¬ trative staff of the Federal Ex¬ partment of Agriculture. Already at work, Mr. Bacon will succeed P. H Stone upon his retirement on June 30 as assist¬ ant to the Assistant Adminis¬ trator in charge of the pro¬ gram work of the agency, which is the educational arm of the Department. Like his predecessor, Mr. Ba¬ con will work primarily with State' Extension supervisors throughout the South in de¬ veloping more effective educa¬ tional programs to assist the millions of rural Negro people in the region. Providing on-the.farm and in. the-home Cooperative Exten¬ sion advice are some 900 col- (Continued on Page 4: j porting the Supreme Court do- clsion. Others Balk However, despite the pressure brought on by the Legislature, opposition is growing against the measures. In addition to Shelton, two white teachers have refused to sign the affi¬ davit, and said so publicly. Others are said to be signing reluctantly. Several faculty members at the University of Arkansas have Continued on Page Four 1 the United States and Canada at the 20th annual meeting of the Southern Area Council ,of YMCAs meeting in Miami, Beach, Fla., last week. This commit¬ tee is responsible for YMCA World Services and “Buildings for Brotherhood” efforts of all YMCAs in the United States and Canada. Locally, the YMCA World Ser vice Committee is headed by James E. Luten, Jr., which sponsors the annual Mr. and Miss YMCA Worid Service con¬ test. This program is the work of young people not necessari ly members of Y clubs and their parents of this community. The money raised from this effort is sent to the National head¬ quarters for distribution to children of dependent coun¬ tries throughout the world. This money is used for food, shelter, (Continued on Page Four; through a number of commit- tees which have been prying into its causes commander Benjamin F. Lewis of Jordan Post served as chairman of the 1951, he resigned his position to assume the pastorate of the First Baptist church of East Nashville. Since 1953 he has been a mender of the Sunday School Publishing Board, Its Board of Directors and its Executive Committee. In Janu¬ ary 1957, he returned to the staff of the Board as Assistant and Director of Edu¬ Rev. Dinkins has served the the Board as Editor of the Sunday School Informer and of the Sunday School Teacher. He wrote the Board’s Manual for Schools, Manual for Departments of Christian Education, and several other the Board's publications. In 1957 he prepared the adminls- (Continued on Page Fvur‘ Joint Slimmer Opening oi Hilton Head Beaches Set for Sunda SPECIAL CEMETERY MOTHER’S DAY GESTURE A special Mother’s Day ges¬ ture is planned for Laurel Grove cemetery. Owners of lots there are asked to place a wreath or floral In them in 'memory of your mother or other dead to beautify the grave Friday or Saturday. If you cannot or do not have the time to clean your lot yourself, call AD 2-3055 and arrangements will be made to have the Boy Scouts do this work. Deacon John Mines is chairman of the committee in charge of cleaning up the cem¬ etery. Travelers Insurance Company records show that In 1968 there were 7.700 pedestrians killed in accidents. FAMU Students Stage Boycott Protesting Kapiug of Negro Co-ed Four White Men TALI AI IASS EE, Fla.—(ANP) —A massive boycott by some 600 students protesting the raping of a 19-year-old Negro coed by four while youths on the campus Saturday was staged at Florida AaM Univer¬ sity Monday. , r ,. The boycott was called fol¬ lowing a meeting of student leaders In the campus quadran¬ gle Sunday following vesper services. As the students rallied behind student leader Clifford C. Tay¬ lor, president < f the FAMU Stu¬ dent Government Association, hundreds of them were seen carrying placards and banners reading, “justice is all we want” “silence is not our motto,’' “remember the golden rule and apply the law equally.” They said the boycott and demon stration wil contiune until “jus¬ tice prevails.” , nvite world Opinion Meanwhile, tar srucenls re¬ jected the usual Dixie tendency to localize the affair. Said Taylor: ‘I wept, we all wept, and we will weep again untii we hear the world is on our side. ’ He added tudent lead* (Continued on Page Six* LOC 41 a number of shocking revela- tion., were di.-.clo < d in the findin .,, of thf . commi ttees, amoixg Lhem Ulc fact that th " r (Continued on Page Eight' NAACP GETS $4.M)0 BEQUEST FROM WIDOW NEW YORK -A bequest of j $4,111 49 was received this week by the National Association for ] the Advancement of Colored People on behalf of the late Mrs. Mildred Dixon Cools. The bequest Is in memory of Mrs. Cools’ late husband, O Victor Cools, her father and mother, Daniel and Rose Dixon, and her sister, Lillian Dixon. A native of Troy, New York, Mrs. Cools studied at Syracuse and New York Universities. She taught at North Carolina State College, Tuskegee Institute and Trenton (N. J.) High School be¬ fore joining the New York City school system in 1937. At the time of her death in October, 1958 Mrs. Cools was I chairman of the home econom¬ ies department, at Samuel J. i Tilden High School, Brooklyn. Price 10c Dr. IS. [V!. Collier, Jr. Owner Collier and Bradley Beaches \ of Hilton Head, S. C., will have j a Joint opening Saturday and j Sunday, May 9 and 10. Hilton Head Beach Is the Masonic Grand Masters To Meet In New York NEW YORK (ANP)—The inial Grand Masters conference meeting of the Prince Hall Ma sons will lie held here May 13- 15 with Amos T. Hall, grand master, Oklahoma, presiding. Topics for discussion will in¬ clude: Fight against clandestine and bogus Masonry; standardi¬ zation of Masonic procedures and techniques; education of members in Prince Hall Mason¬ ry; civic, social and economic development of members of; Prince Hall and other groups P. G. Porter, grand master, Kansas, will also discuss plans! for the “Order of Pythagoras,” a non-Masonlc organization sponsored by Masons for youths of the land. Rep. Adam Clayton Powell is scheduled to address a public meeting during the confab. At¬ torney Wiley Branton, Little Rock; Ifulan Jack, borough president, Mayor Robert Wag¬ ner and Sen. Javits and Kcea- ton are slated to attend. Travelers Insurance Company records reveal that in 1968 14,- 250 persons were killed in col- llsioh.s with automobiles. PHOTO BY FREEMAN “STATE TEACHER OF YEAR” WITH FAMILY—Mrs. Sadie D. Steele is shown holding the bronze alf which was presented to her in recognition of her recent honor of being judged tho “Teacher of The Year for Georgia.” Mrs. Steele was selected out of a group of teachers representing eleven regions in Georgia. Left to right in the picture are Mrs. Steele’s relatives: David Henry Bennett, an adopted son; Mrs. Amelia Christopher, an aunt; Mrs. Steele, and her husband, Clarence J. Steele. At the annual banquet spon -1 Georgia Teachers Association sored by the Georgia State ---------• Chamber of Commerce and the (Continued on Page Eight) NUMBER 31 Harold R. Collier Manager newest and fastest growing playground for young and old. located 35 miles from Savan- _____ (Continued on Page Seven* ; I L SI Mrs. Daisy Bates Mrs. Daisy Bales, presidi nt of the Little Rock, Ark, NAA CP, who will be the principal speaker at the opening day’s session of the Georgia State Medical Association convention which will meet at Atlanta May 12, 13 and 14. Several outstanding doctors from Emory, Howard and Me- harry Medical colleges will ap- pear on the program. a number of Savannah doc- tors will attend the convent! ;n.