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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC
VOLUME LXXVII
HIGH AG POST A. S. Bacon, center, recently appointed to succeed P. H. Stone, left, upon
retirement from the Federal Extension Service on June 30, confers with Administrator Clarence
M. Ferguson, head of this U, S. Department of Agriculture agency. Mr. Bacon will be part of the
administrative staff—USDA Photo
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Rev. L. S. Slell, Speaker
The Rev. L, S. < 5 tell, pastor of
Bethlehem Baptist church, will
deltver the baccalaureate ser¬
mon for one hundred and six
graduating seniors at Tompkins
high school Sunday afternoon
5 o’clock.
Reverend Stell is one of Sa¬
vannah’s most distinguished
young ministers, lie was educa¬
ted in the public schools of At¬
lanta, and received the A. B.
degree from Morris Brown Col¬
lege. He also attended the
Carver Bible Institute of At¬
lanta.
Besides pastoring at Bethle¬
hem, Reverend Stell Is president
of the Chatham County Baptist
Ministers Union, president cf
the Interdenominational Minis¬
ters Union of Savannah and
clerk of the Berean Missionary
Association.
Tuesday
A simple but impressive pro-
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YMCA TO CONDUCT “BRONZE MAYOR OF
SAVANNAH” CONTEST
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Leroy Wilson
CANDIDATES IN THE
A “Bronze Mayor of
nah” contest will be conducted
by the Adult Program
lee of the West Broad Street
YMCA in connection with
second phase of the 1959
nembership enrollment aimed
primarily at youth memberships
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WEST POINT GRAD—Wiltoourne
A. Kelly, III, 23, a University
of Michigan graduate, will bt
commissioned a second lieu-ten
ant in the corps of engineer
and receive a bachelor of sci¬
ence degree when he graduate
from the U.S. Military Academy
at West Point June 3. Appointed
to the academy by Rep. Georgf
O’Brien (D-Mich.j, Kelly was c
:ergeant during his senior year
He was active in German skeet
and ski clubs during his West
Point stay. —(ANP; Photo;
:DC TELLS OF ITS
\CCOMPLISHMENTS
The Citizens Democratic Club
held a most colorful meeting
at tile West Broad Street YMCA
on Wednesday evening. Presi¬
dent Leroy Wilson spoke at
length on the accomplishments
Edwin Chapman
MAYOR ALTY CONTEST
o-f $3.00 each.
j Mrs. Mildred Hutchins, chair¬
! man cf the YMCA membership
committee, is deeply concerned
about juvenile delinquency and
J feels that character building
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CITIZENS OPPOSE
SITE OF AREA TRADES
SCHOOL
A group of citizens met at the
West Broad Street YMCA on
Monday night at 8:00 o'clock to
discuss the proposed plans for
an Area Trade School to be
housed In 13 rooms of the new
Sol C. Johnson High School. It
was the opinion of tnis group
who comprised leaders of all
Negro activity in Chatham
County, that this kind of ar¬
rangement will not toe adequate
to train Negroes to take advan¬
tage of all possible job oppor¬
tunities which would be avail
able to them.
In the first place it would de¬
prive many students who are
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ALLEN U. HONOREES — Aden
Universifcy, Columbia, South
Carolina, has announced that
nonorary degrees will toe given |
to four outstanding persons dur
ing the institution's 89th com-
mencemenit exercises at 10:00,
La. Law Hanning Competition Between
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 25
— The Supreme Court handed |
down a decision today that the |
Louisiana law banning compeli- I
tion between Negro and white ,
athletes is unconstitutional. It
-affirmed the ruling of a thr -
jiudge Federal District Court in
New Orleans enjoining t h i
State Athletic Commission fnat
enforcing the racial prohibition.
The Louisiana law was chal¬
lenged by Joseph Dorsey, Jr., a
LOCAI. NMCP ROMU) ASKS SCHOOL
BOARD FOR INTEGRATION PLAN
The Savannah Branca of the
National Association for tin'
Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP) wrote the Chatham ]
County Board of Education,
this week, to inquire “whether j
and when you planned to inau-
gurate plans” for integrating
local schools.
The NAACP letter, signed by
W. W. Law, branch president,
and Mi's. Esther F. Garrison
branch secretary, requested an
answer following the next meet¬
ing of the board.
Seventeen parents petitioned
the school board on Ju y 1 >■
1955, urging compliance with
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1959
efeat of Faubus
Candidates Stuns
LR
SSr to Graduate
GO Next Tuesday
BACCALAUREATE SERVICES SUNDAY
Rev. E. O. S. Cleveland, Pastor
St. John Baptist Church
Baccalaureate Speaker
The major closing events of
commencement week at Savan¬
nah State College will be the
baccalaureate services Sunday
afternoon 5 o’clock in Meldrim
Auditorium, the sermon to toe
delivered by Dr. E. O, S. Cleve¬
land, pastor of St. John Baptist
and the commencement
a.m., Wednesday, May 28. Ac-
cording to Dr. Frank R. Veal,
Allen's President, seen at ex-
treme right, Branch Rickey,
cball eHecuitive, Pittsburgh,
will receive a Doctor of IIu-
inanities degree. To the right of
Mr. Rickey is Rabbi Rudolph
M. Rosenthal, Temple on the
Heights, Cleveland ,who will
also be honored by a degree ol
Doctor of Humanities. Moss H.
Kendrix. third from left, Wash¬
ington, DC., public relations
Negro prize fighter. While his
objc lion applied specifically to
ooxing, the law outlawed all m-
terracial athletic competition,
Fie ruling thus invalidates the
:uw as it applies to all sports.
The lower court opinion, by
Judge John Minor Wisdom of
he Fifth Circuit Court of Ap¬
peal.-., was based on the Supreme
Court's 1954 school segregation
dm-ion and subsequent orders
upsetting seg legation in parks,
Supreme Cc-urt decision of
May 1J. 1954, which declared
unconstitutional racially segre-
T.t d public schorls. The local
NAACP stabv that the board's
answer to Lie pel.tion wai not
satisfactory.
The NAACP letter *0 the
school board was as follows:
Mr. Edrward J. Bartlett,
President and members of
Thr Chatham County Board
of Education
203 Bull Street
Savannah, Georgia
Dear Sirs;
On the 15th day of July. 1955,
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Dr. Howard Thurman, Pastor
Massachusetts
Commencement Speaker
exercises which will be held
Tuesday morning 11 o’clock,
June 2, also in Meldrim audi¬
torium. The address will be de¬
livered toy Dr. Howard W. Thur¬
man, dean of Marsh Chapel,
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counselor, is receiving the Doc¬
tor of Laws degree with Willis
Johnson, second from right, Co¬
lumbia businessman and civic
leader, being given the Doctor
of Humanities degree.
buses and other public places.
Judge Wisdom said that the
Supreme Court had held that
"classi f icatk)n based on race is
inherently discriminatory and
violative of the equal protection
clause of the Fourteenth Am¬
endment.” There Is r.o exception
for boxing matches, he said.
The Louisiana statute also
prohibits integrated seating at
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JUNE BROADCAST
SCHEDULE OF UNCF
CHOIRS
New York, May 28 -Sacred
music, spirituals, classical chor¬
al work, and folk songs will
highlight the June schedule of
the “Negro College Choirs,” the
weekly public service series
heard over the ABC Radio net¬
work. Music for the month
will be presented by four of the
33 member colleges of the Unit¬
ed Negro College Fund.
St. Paul’s College (Lawrenee-
ville, Va.) will open the month
June 7. Directed by Roland L.
Allison, the choir will include
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 26—
A stunning blow was dealt Gov.
E. Faubus when Ills three
candidates were
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defeated in yesterday’s election
to retain their seats on the
Little Rock school board.
The other three members of
the board, all moderates, who
had been denounced by the
governor, retained their pasts by
a comfortable margin.
The recall election grew out
of the mess in which 44 teach¬
ers had been purged from Dm
city's teaching force.
The schools have remained
closed under orders from the
governor since last September.
The outcome of the election
seemed like'v to have little If
any direct effect on the question
of reopening the schools. A de¬
cision on the constitutionality
of the state law under which
Faubus shut them down is
ornding in the Federal courts.
Until a ruling is made, the
board cannot act without the
Governor’s approval,
Faubus involved his political
prestige In the election by
making two lad-minute appeals
in support of the three segrega¬
tionists.
Political observers contended
that this showed he (relieved he
no longer had the solid backing
here that he had had last Sep¬
tember. That support was dem¬
onstrated when residents voted
3 to 1 against reopening the
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FOUR GENERATIONS William W. Sawyer of 1 026 West 37th street extended a busy month of
May In entertaining his daughter, Mrs. Willie M ae Sawyer Greene, and grand daughter, Mrs.
Lorraie Greene Powers, who has two sons, Craig Tyrone, age 5 years, staying with his paternal
grand parents in Los Angeles, California, during her visit here, and Mark Lawrence, 5 month.,,
pictured. has grand in I,os Angeles, California, Lawrence Greene, Jr., and
Mr. Sawyer also a son a
great grand daughter, Laura Michele. He has been a successful business man in Savannah Tinea
1915.
HONOR STUDENTS Yvette Hodge, Valedictorian; Albert S. Ba.
con, Jr,, and Vernon X. Smith, share second honors.
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FINISHING WEST POINT —
Raymond C. Baugh, 25, will be
commissioned a lieutenant in
the Signal Corps when he
graduates from West Point Mil¬
itary Academy June 3. Appoint¬
ed to the academy by Kep.
Earl Chudofi < D-Paa, Baugh
was a cadet sergeant during
ills senior year. The son of Mrs,
Virginia B. Provctte of Phila¬
delphia, Baugh was a member
of the varsity soccer team, and
active in the camera and Span¬
ish clubs. A 1951 graduate of
Germantown high school,
Baugh will receive a bachelor j
of science degree from the aca¬
demy. — (ANP Photo) ,,, . ,
TO ATTEND
CLASS REUNION
Dr, E. J. Smith, widely known
physician, who will leave Sat¬
urday to attend the fiftieth re¬
union of his class at Howard
University, lie will be accompa-
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NUMBER 34
Principal O. L. Douglass has
announced the honor students
for the 1959 graduating class of
ALfred E. Beach high school.
Yvette Hodge Is valedictorian
and the salutatorlan honor will
be shared by Albert S. Bacon,
Jr., and Vernon X. Smith. Other
ranking students of the cla-s
are: Edwina Alexander, Jimmie
Brown, Gwendolyn Burns, Er¬
nest Brunson, Ida Jane Gibson,
Barbara Ann Green, Shirley
Hall and Margaret Sumpter.
The vesper service for the
class was held at the city audi¬
torium Sunday, May 24, at 5 p.
in. Rev. W. K. Gwyn gave the
invocation and benediction and
Rev. George D. Walker delivered
the sermon. Music was furni; ti¬
ed by the band and chorus.
Principal O. L. Douglass presid¬
ed.
Class Day exercises with Class
President Vernon X. Smith pre¬
siding were held in the auditori¬
um of the school Tuesday morn¬
ing. Mrs. Virginia Wynn was
director of the production.
Members of the Senior Class
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MRS. STRICKLAND
RETIRES
Mrs. Ethel N. Strickland or
Springfield Central High school,
Springfield, Ga., retires at the
close of this school year. A
graduate of Clark College, Mrs.
Strickland has given thirty-five
years of service In the Public
School system of Georgia, and
five years ago she was award¬
ed the certificate of mcritari • < ,
service. A member of the
Methodist church, she is active
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