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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXVII
George W. Williams Heads
First District Undertakers
! George C. Williams
President
The regular quarterly
of the Licensed Funeral
tors and Embalmers
o,f Georgia met on last
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(fcorgia State of College Turns Down
3 Women
Mayor Mingledorff Presents
at V Awards
New Motel At Bradley Beach
To Be Ready June 1
AWARDED MASTER’S DEGREE
—Mrs. Gertrude Densler John¬
son was awarded the master of
arts degree in home economics
recently from New York Uni¬
versity, New York City.
Mrs. Johnson is a graduate
of the local public schools and
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GETS TROPHY — Shown above
Herman S. Prescott, executive
director of the Hampton Roads
Boys’ Club, holding the-George
Ferris Memorial trophy which
was presented to him at the
29th Annual U. S. Open Table
Tennis Championships in Ingle¬
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LOUISIANA MAYOR HONORS
OUTSTANDING SEPIA ATHLETE
TALULAH, La. — (ANP) —
James Hooper, Negro basketball
star who paced Grambling Col¬
lege to an unbeaten regular sea¬
son this past spring, was sig¬
nally honored Friday when
Mayor W. P. Seiver of Tallulah
named the day in his honor.
Hooper, a native of Tallulah,
scored an average of 29 points
a game and amassed a total of
7G3 points as Grambling won
all 28 games on its regular sche-
ANNUAL ADULT EDUCATION ASSEMBLY
TO BE HELD MONDAY AT STATE COLLEGE
The Division of Home Eco¬
nomics, Savannah State College,
will present its Fifth Annual
Adult Education Assembly on
Monday, May 18, at 8:00 p.m„
in Mcldrim Auditorium.
Proficiency Certificates will
be awarded to students in the
There wiil be addiitonal motel
acilities available on Hilton
lead Island at Bradley Beach
his summer.
The motel facilities will fill a
.veil felt need for those persons
or families who wish to take
vacations on ocean front and
seashore.
There will be twelve units
with an office and a store
room. Each unit will have pri¬
vate bath with hot and cold
running water and each unit
will have a refrigerator. The
furniture is modern, up-to-date
Danish walnut with all of the
modern appointments. All floors
are asphalt tile.
There will be several units
with cooking facilities for those
who wish to spend several days,
or a week or more.
The units will be so staggered
as to accommodate groups of
from two to five per unit. If
there are more than five in a
group, the units are so arranged
that they may occupy adjacent
wood, California, March 15th.
The trepny is awarded annually
to the individual who has made
the most outstanding contribu¬
tion to table tennis nationally.
Previous winners were Austin
Finkenbinder, Hollywood, Calif.,
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dule. An All-American selectee,
Hooper was also named ito the
National Association of Inter¬
collegiate Athletic's all- star
team.
Highlights of the “James
Hooper Day” was a parade
through Tallulah and a pro¬
gram at Mclall High School
where Mayor Seiver delivered a
welcoming address. A dance was
also held in connection with the
celebration.
area of Tailoring and Dress¬
making and Interior Decoration)
The skills and achievements
of the year’s program will be
developed and highlighted in
the general background revue
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The Hon. W. L. Mingledorff,
Jr., Mayor of Savannah, spoke
and awarded plaques to individ¬
uals, clubs, schools and busi¬
nesses on the fifth YMiCA
Awards Day program held Wed¬
nesday of this week at Alfred
E. Beach High School. O. L.
Douglas, principal, and a mem¬
ber of the advisory committee
to the board of management of
the West Bread Street YMICA
presided.
The following schools, individ¬
uals, clubs and organizations
were honored:
Schools: 100 percent faculty
participation , in the 1D59 Y
membership enrollment, Flor¬
ence Street School, Hodge ele¬
mentary school. East Broad St.
School, Monteith School, Paul-
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DELTAS CELEBRATE
MAY WEEK
Mrs. Cecil L. F.dwards
Mrs. Cecil L. Edwards, South¬
ern Regional Director of the
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Inc., will be the speaker at the
public program sponsored by
the Savannah Alumnae Chap¬
ter of the Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority in celebration of its
annual May Week. The pro¬
gram will be held Sunday after¬
noon, 4 o’clock, at the But er
Presbyterian church. Victory
Drive and Burroughs Street.
Mrs. Edwards, a native of
Tyler, Texas, is a graduate of
Spelman College and holds the
master’s degree from Atlanta
University and Northwestern
University. She is employed as
resource teacher for the Atlanta
Board of Education, working
with eighteen of the elemen¬
tary schools of Area I. She is
also a part-time faculty mem¬
ber of Atlanta University. She
Ls a former president of the
Atlanta Alumnae Chapter of
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAV, MAY 16, 1959
PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, VIRGINIA,
SCHOOL MUST INTEGRATE IN SEPTEMBER
RICHMOND, Va. — (ANP) —
The seven year school integra¬
tion jpioratorium in Prince Ed¬
ward county last week was
thrown out by the U. S. Fourth
Circuit court of appeals, and
the county was ordered (to in¬
tegrate qualified Negroes to
white schools in September.
The new ruling set aside the
decision of Federal District
Judge Sterling Hutcheson who
gave the county until 1905 “to
move toward classroom race
mixing." In addition, the Ap¬
peals count sent the case back
to Hutcheson with directions
to issue an order forbidding the
school authorities to take any
action affecting the enrollment
or education of Negro children
on the basis Of race.
Prince Edward county has an
estimated school population of
8.569 white and 6,527 Negro stu¬
dents. There are seven white
schools including a white high
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ATLANTA, May 13—The ap-
nlications of three Negro women
who wished to enroll at Georgia
State College -were turned
down this week because, the
school administration said, they
were faulty in one way or ano¬
ther. The three young women
sought to break down the color
ban existing at the institution.
The young women were a part
of twelve Negroes who have
tried to matriculate at white
institutions here.
Nine Negro women had ob¬
tained application blanks for
admission to Georgia State Col¬
lege but only the three regis¬
tered this week returned their
application forms in time. Three
Negro men who had received
application forms to matriculate
at Georgia Tech also failed to
return their blanks in time.
The reasons Georgia State
College gave for rejecting the
three young women whose ap¬
plications were acted upon were
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SUPPLIES STOLE
SPRfNGFIELD, Mass. (ANP)—
Yes, it can and does happen in
Massachusetts! The city has
now joined the ranks of ques¬
tionable Massachusetts com¬
munities which occasionally re¬
sort to violence to prevent
Negroes from moving into fash¬
ionable districts. In other areas
MEN’S GARDEN CLUB TO HOLD
ROSE SHOW SUNDAY
The Men’s Rose Garden Club
of Savantian will hold its Annu¬
al Rose Show Sunday. May 17,
at the West Broad Street YMCA
The show will be open to the
public for viewing the arrange¬
ment at 2 00 pan. until 7:00 p.
m. Matthew S. Brown, general
chairman fo rthe show, an¬
nounced the following schedule
for the show:
Section I (arrangements) —
Tribune Publisher Serves On Federal Grand Jury
Tuesday, the Southern Dis¬
trict federal grand jury for the
May term was sworn in by
Judge Frank M. Scarlett.
Chris R. Stafford, Jr., from
Flemington was appointed fore¬
man and William F. Frazier of
Savannah was named deputy
foreman.
Among the twenty-three
grand jurors sworn in by Judge
TWO CHILDREN SEEK ENTRANCE
TO VA., WHITE SCHOOLS
NAACP HONORS W. W. LAW
The Rev. P. A. Patterson (third from left) is shown presenting a special trophy to Westley
Wallace Law, president of the local branch, National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People, “for many years of outstanding servic§.” Some members of the NAACP committee which
sponsored the presentation are shown (above), reading left to right: Mrs. Bessie Adams, chair¬
man Connie Wimberly, Rev. Patterson, Mr. Law, Mr. and Mrs. Leo E. Garrison, Mrs. Willie
Williams, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Brown. The presentation was made during a recent NAACP anniver¬
sary observance. Photo by Frank Freeman
2 Columbusites Nominated
For Council
COLUMBUS, Ohio — (ANP)—
Two Negroes, Russell M. Jones
and Ragland R. Reid, were nom¬
inated last week for city council
posts. Jones, a minister, is a
Democrat. Reid, an attorney, is
a Republican. A third Negro in
the race, Mrs. Constance Nicho¬
las (D) was defeated in the pri¬
mary.
Reid. 52, had the backing of
the Republican party. The De¬
mocratic party made no en¬
dorsements during the cam¬
paign, but is expected to now
back Jones. Jones, 38, is coordi¬
nator for chaplaincy’s services
for the Columbus, Ohio, council
of churches.
south of this city, Negroes who
have ventured to suburban
areas have suffered property
damage, arson, and general
harassment from prejudiced
neighbors. Only action by state
officials in the state attorney-
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Class I, Her Majesty, Roses in
suitable containers, a center
piece; Class 2, a Princess Bou¬
quet, a coffee table arrange¬
ment; Class 3, Castle Grandeus,
roses in a tall silver container;
Class 4, Ladies in Watting, as-
symetrical design of any white
flowers, in a flat container;
Class 5, Long, Long Ago, period
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Scarlett was
Johnson, editor and publisher
of the Savannah Tribune.
The full list of Jurors inclu¬
ded the following: Robert O.
Sprague, John W. Blount, Jr.,
William F. Frazier, David L.
Meddin, Willa M. Johnson, Wal¬
ter H. Stafford, Stellgls J. Nich¬
olas, Kirby Tyler, Jr., James H.
Cobia, Jr., Franklin L. Cox and
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Beach Adult Education Holds
Commencement Exercises
The Annual Commencement
Exercises of the Alfred E. Beach
Adult Education Center were
held last Thursday at 8 p.m,
The principal address was de¬
livered by Dr. W. K. Payne,
president of Savannah State
College. Alfred E. Beach High
School band, winner of numerous
awards, played. Vocal selections
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COMMISSIONED A
LIEUTENANT
—Earl L. Orr, son of Mrs. Ge¬
neva Z. Orr and the late
fonso Orr, Sr., and senior med
ical school student at Meharry
Medical College, was recently
commissioned by the United
States Army Air Force as sec¬
ond lieutenant.
He was appointed through
the Senior School Student Ser¬
vice program on a
basis. Of twenty applicants
this branch of service, he
one of ,the two to be
Mr. Orr has also been
ted by the N. Y. State
ment of Mental Hygiene
serve a psychiatric
during the summer. He
been placed at Creedmore
Hospital, Long Island, N.
where his brother is doing
search work In
studies.
In addition to his
program he will study
coma therapy, and -adrenal
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Y-Teen Potato Chip Sale
Proves Successful
Tiie Y-Teen Potato-Chip Sale,
which was participated in by
Y-Teens from Alfred E. Beach,
SO'Phronia Tompkins, Sol John¬
son, and Paoilscn schools, was
a successful project. The Y-
Teens are grateful to the public
for ranking it possible for them
to sell over 3,000 bags of pota¬
to chips during this sale.
Mrs. Stella J. Reeves, coordi¬
nator for the Y-Teens Clubs, di¬
rected the sale with the assis¬
tance of Mrs. Janie Blake and
Miss Juliette Johnson, Beach
advisers; Mrs. Juanita Jackson,
Tompkins adviser; Miss Willie
Mac Kirkland, Paulsen adviser;
Mrs. Eifrcta FaLson, Johnsor
adviser; and Mrs. Ann Smith,
parent-adviser.
Recently at a Mother-Daugh¬
ter Coke Sip given by the Y-
Tecns for their mothers, Mrs.
Reeves announced the winners,
in the Potato Chip Sale. Miss
Elease David, a student at
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FREEDOM SUNDAY PROGRAM TO BE
HELD AT ST. PAUL C. M. E. CHURCH
Rev. C. J. Jackson
Speaker
“Freedom Sunday” program
wili be held under the auspices
of the local NAACP Church
Committee on Sunday after¬
noon (May 17) 4 o’clock at the
St. Paul CME church, it was
announced by W. W. Law, local
branch president.
NUMBER 32
RICHMOND— (ANPi — School
officials announced Last week
that two Negro children have
applied for admission to white
elementary schools in Fairfax
county beginning with the Sep¬
tember terna. Their applications
will be sent along with all oth¬
ers to the Pupil Placement
board. <
One child socks entrance to
the 450-pupil Belvedere School
on Columbia Pike and the other
has applied to the 400 pupil
Flint Hill School near Vienna.
The school board held an execu¬
tive session following the pre¬
school registration to discuss
the applications of the Negro
first-graders.
EBONY BOAT CLUB
HOLDS INTERESTING
MEETING
The regular meeting of the
Ebony Boating Club was held
Tuesday night at the home of
Julius B. Knight, who was the
host, and Ls the public relations
man for the organization.
This was an Interesting meet¬
ing in which further plans
were made toward the promo¬
tion of the boating club at
Wilmington Island.
Everyone agreed that the col¬
ored people of Savannah and
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PARIS USIS HEAD — When the
U. S. Information Service open¬
ed its fifth Youth Cultural
Center on the Parts Left Bank
in November, 1957, selected as
the centers first director was
O. Rudolph Aggrey, 32-ycar old
native of SalLsbury, N. C.,
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The Freedom pro¬
gram, Mr. Law said, will cele¬
brate fifty years of cooperative
endeavor between the NAACP
and organized religion and will
mark the fifth anniversary of
the Supreme Court decision out¬
lawing racial segregation in
public education.
Rev. F D. Jaudon, pastor r f
the St. Philip Monumental A
church and the NAACP church
committee chairman, will have
charge of the program.
The committee has chosen
one of its best spokesmen to
bring the message for the occas¬
ion. Rev. Curtis J. Jackson, pas¬
tor of the First African church
and a member of the NAACP
education committee, will be
the principal speaker.
Young people from the local
NAACP youth council, who par¬
ticipated in the Washington
Youth March for Integrated
Schools, will also appear on the
program. They are Almarie
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