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YEARS OF CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE VOLUME LXXVII FIVE NEW PRINCIPALS Arthur Dwight Mrs. Eunice VV. Clay According to Superintendent of Education D. Leon McCor- mac who recommended them to the Board of Education, five new principals have been ap- 4 Negroes Graduate From V. S. Naval Academy Publishers To Meet June 25 In Los LOS ANGELES, Calif. — 20th annual convention of National Newspaper Associaton, will convene June 25, 26, 27, 1959. The Angeles Sentinel will be the paper. This year, the Editors Award will be given Plummer Bernard Young, publisher of The Norfolk Jour¬ nal and Guide, and Ralph Gill, editor of The Constitution. Problems of the Negro will be discussed in four round table seminars. In connection with the con¬ vention, The Los /Ingeles Sen¬ tinel will observe its 25th an¬ niversary in a joint banquet, 4 F Friday, June 26. Representatives from newspapers ah over nation will be in William O. Walker, editor The Cleveland Call it Pos 1 , president of the association. DID YOU KNOW? In 1958 14,250 persons were killed in automobile collisions. SCENES FROM TOMPKINS GRADUATION — Left to right in ji,bove photo are Carolyn Roberts, Barbara Clements, Richard Martin. Sarah Wesley, Robert Lee Jones, Airrencr Lee and Caro¬ Tompkins High School pre- sented a unique program last Tuesday. Aside the usual , melodies , .... pre- from sented by the chortil group several seniors dramatized ill? «aumuwltMtuor Allanis 4-3432 Joseph Greene Mrs. Countess Y. Cox pointed principals in the Negro j schools of Chatham County. They are Mrs. Eunice Clay, East Broad Street; Mrs. Conn- tess Cox, Tompkins Elementary Mrs. Rosamac Perrin Granted Retirement Mrs. Rosamae Young Perrin has been retired by the Chat¬ ham County Board of Education ifter serving as a public school teacher for forty - eight years, thirty of which were spent at Continued on Page Four) “Our American Heritage.” This dramatization was participated <. in by the students shown . i J in j Picture above in addition to j I Artis Thomas. Malcolm Thomas i School; Arthur Dwight, Beach junior High- ’ Joseph Greene, I Hayen Home a n d Malcolm | __________________ (Continued on Page six 1 WASHINGTON— (ANP) —For the first time in history, four Negroes were among this year’s 784 graduates from the U. S. Naval academy. They were Wil¬ liam Egbert Powell Jr„ Maurice Eugene Clark, Malvin Davison Bruce and William Sylvester Bush III. Ensign Powell was married the folio wing day to Mis Lo¬ retta Mitchell in the little ivy- covered chapel on the academy campus. Miss Mitchell is a teacher of science at RuJflier Junior High school in her hometown Norfolk, Va. Parents Attend Wedding Powell hails from fndianopo- • Continued on Page FVur> SupremeCt.Voids$l00,000 NAACP on WASHINGTON — A $100,000 contempt fine levied by an Alabama court against the Na¬ tional Association for Die Ad¬ vancement of Colored People was voided Monday by the Supreme court. In an unsigned opinion the Supreme court said the Ala¬ bama Supreme court was wrong in stating in a Feb. 12, 1959 opinion that the U S. Supreme court had erred in Fie case. Wr. Gay Gets Master’s degree Elite R. Gay, formerly of Millen buit now the County Agent for Clarke County, 388 N. Bailey Street, Athens, Geor¬ gia, received his master’s de¬ gree from South Carolina State during the June convocation. He holds the bachelor of sci¬ ence degree from Savannah State College. He is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alexan¬ der Gay of Millen, Georgia. His wife and children, Mrs. Clara B. Gay, Clifford and Flora Ann, motored to Orangeburg to be present, at the commencement exercises. i DID YOU KNOW? | In 1958 one out of every 61 I Americans was killed or injured ' Uic highway. on SAVANNAH, GEORGIA Hampton Alumni Assn. Trustees To Accept President’s Hampton, Va.—Meeting in shadow of l>r. Alonzo G. Mo¬ ron’s offer to resign as presi¬ dent of Hampton Institute the college’s alumni association voted, 40 to 45, to “petition the Board of Trustees to accept the president’s resignation delay and to proceed to the election of the best qualified oerson available to administer the affairs of Hampton.” This action was taken crurlng the annual business meeting Saturday afternoon on the col. lege campus in the 43rd annu¬ el reunion of the alumni as¬ sociation. The attitude express¬ ed in the resolution was in con¬ trast to messages from a dozen alumni chapters supporting the current administration. Other resolutions adopted called for “the return to the nhllosophy of the training of the head, heart, and hand in a modern atmosphere and that development of religious and moral principles be an integral part of the program of the col¬ lege.” Also that “members of the National Hampton Alumni As¬ sociation pledge their unquali¬ fied support to the board of trustees in this crisis, realizing that the board is constituted by competent and dedicated men and women who will at all times act in the best interest of the college.” Another resolution subscribed to the policy of SCHOOLMATES REUNION AT CLARK—When Clark College held 1959 class reunions recently, several alumni of the College from classes before the turn of the century were on hand to renew ac¬ quaintances. Shown here are 1 to r: Mrs. Constance A. Peeler of Savannah, Miss Anna E. Hall, of Atlanta, Mrs. Carrie Jordan of St. Louis, and Miss C. Emma Lewis of Savannah. Hall and Mrs. Peeler are graduates of the Class of 1892 and Mrs. Jordan and Miss Lewis are 1889 graduates.—(Clark staff bv Harold Hamilton), The $100,000 fir e was levied by Circuit Judge Waiter B. Jones in Montgomery, Ala., In June, 1956, for NAACP's refusal to turn over to the state Its memberslhp lists and other re¬ cords Tire U.S. Supreme Court in a June 30, 1958 decision said the membership records were pri¬ vate and could not be subpoen¬ aed. It overturned at that time ho nnn.t.r-.mnit. iuri-‘fment and Editor Warns Of Racial Catastrophe NEW YORK — The Union of South Africa's doctrine of apar¬ theid /he forced separation of the races — may result in the worst racial catastrophe in ■ hite history, a magazine editor declared today. Writing in the new issue of Look, Edward M. Korry, the magazine's European editor, warned that Africans “are buil¬ ding up a store of resentment and hate that is bound to ex¬ plode” if Prime Minister Hen¬ drik Verwoerd “and his like” re¬ main in power. Korry. recently returned from (Continued on Page Four; SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1959 support of the United College Fund and “belief in the broad al philosophy of Hampton.” Chairman of the committee was Henry C. son, director of the program at Carver High school Baltimore, Md. After welcoming the return¬ ing alumni to the college, Pres¬ ident Alonzo G. Moron answer¬ ed a question about the issues Involved in his offer to resign last month. Dr. Moron detailed the fol¬ lowing: (1) His two and a half years effort to get the Board’s support in an effort to raise funds for improved classroom facilities. These efforts have not met with Board approval (2) He cited the president’s re¬ sponsibility for the administra¬ tion of the college which is in conflict, in this instance, with the Board’s feeling that they have a right to deal directly with the faculty, staff and stu¬ dents. s ! There were four alumni mem¬ bers of the Board of Trustees present at the meeting. They were: Dr. Flernmie P. Kittrell, Washington; Charles H. Wil¬ liams, Hampton; Dr. Haul M. Perdue, Baltimore, Md.; and James J. Henderson, Durham N. C. They spoke in rebuttal to Mloron’s statements, charging Continuer* on Paso 8even fine and sent the case back the Alabama Supreme for further proceedings. This led to the opinion last Feb. 12 by the Alabama Su¬ preme Court that the highest tribunal was mistaken. Alabama Supreme said there was nothing in record to show NAACP complied satisfactorily tones’ order and NAACP fore was still in contempt. SAMARITANS TO MEET AT DORCHESTER The I. O. of G. S. and D. S. will hold its Grand Lodge in Dorchester, at the Dorchester center 15-1.7. The delegation will include large number of grand officers from various points Georgia. Delegates will Savannah Monday June 15 at 9:30 a. m. via way Bus, which will leave Good Samaritan hall, 511 street, at 9:30 a. m. Wednesday afternoon of both grand lodge and national delegates will held. The National Grand will convene in Lynchburg, August 10-14. The local vContinued cm Page Fours Atlanta Told Schools Must Be ATLANTA, June 2 — Atlanta while not shocked was quite upset at Me two judge decision last Friday which ordered At¬ lantia to desegregate its public schools. No specific date was set, but the court instructed that the integration plan be presented "within a reasonable time.’’ The city served notice of ap¬ peal immediately. Hearing the historic Atlanta school case took only one day, and the decree was handed down shortly after the hearing was concluded. At the outset, the court held it is “bound” by U.S. Supreme Court decisions to hold .school segregation in Atlanta uncon¬ stitutional. Atlanta school officials were enjoined from discriminating against Negro pupils, iktrller in Die day Die court declare I that the city’s segregated schools were illegal. The injunction was granted by United States District Judge Frank A. Hooper, who said li would give the c'ty Board o! Education a reasonable time in which to submit a plan for Integration. He said that any (Continued on Page Six. Bronze Mayor of Sav’h ('oiliest is Mrs. Louise MLilard Donald¬ son, a member of Lambda Chapter Y Gradale Sorority of the West Broad Street YMCA, will attend the National Gra¬ dale Conference and Young Adult Assembly at Estes Park, Colorado, June 27-July 3. Mrs. Donaldson Is a teacher employed by the Allied E. Beach Adult Education Center. She planned and organized an adult class at FellwooJ Homes, is a member of St. Matthew’s Epis¬ copal chi:-eh, the West -tread Street YMCA, the YWCA, Pan¬ ther Bridge Club, St. Augustine Guild. Site will be accompanied by Mrs. Rebecca E. Micthell, Youth Secretary of the Y. The local chapter of Y Gra¬ dale was chartered January 17, 1957, by the National Council of YMiCA.s of the United States. The president is Miss Hettle Frazier, a teacher at Moses Jackson Elementary school. Mrs. Bessie H. Boyd Ls the advisi r. The “Bronze Mayor of Sa¬ vannah” contest is picking up momentum with only a month to go. At present a Roper four burner Gas Range is one ol the prizes in the contest. Friday night of this wees Leroy Wilson will offer the gen¬ eral public a pig knuckle and (Continued on Page Eight' RETIRE—Three members of the Savannah State College staff retire. From left to right: Joseph B. Wright, Assistant Professor of Biology; Richard Bennett, Chef-cook; and Philander S. Moore, Instructor in plumbing, maintenance plumber, a nd operator of the heating plant. Posing with the three is Dr. W. K. Payne, President, Savannah State College. Price 10c ADams 4-343S Liberty County High Sch. Graduates Fifty-five FI My t vo senior - diplomas last Tuesday at Liberty County High before a large gathering of rents and friends. Mrs. J. M. Bacon, county superintendent of schools, awarded the coveted certificates of graduation. Horace E. Tate, irasit president of tire G T E.A. and currently a candidate for the doctorate In education at the University of Kentucky, was the finals spea¬ ker. Mannie Roberts, valedictor¬ ian, received the Hl-Fidellity Club's $200.00 scholarship to .Ik. used at the college of Ills choice. A $25.00 U.fi. Savings Bond was presented to Miss Vendya Lewis for participation in the District PTA essay contest by the school's PTA. A gift of a $25.00 check was made to the class toward its educational tour to Washington which begins June 7, by the Rlceboro Elementary School. The Hlnesvtlle Bank g a v e a personal plasticized copy of the diploma to each .Continued on Page Seven' International Impressions At Beth Eden Wednesday Mis:; June Wells will give her impressions of Ada, Europe, Canada arid Newfoundland, 11- lu.ilrating with color slides and International musical record¬ ings on Wednesday evening, June 17, 8:00 o’clock at Beth Eden Baptist church (corner of Gordon and Linroln Streets. Miss Weils has recently return¬ ed home from Newfoundland. Due to an emergency land¬ ing in New foundland enroute home from his American visit in Janhary with President Eis- i nhowcr, Russian Deputy Prem¬ ier Anastas Mikoyan and party spent eighteen hours in the American hotel where Miss Wells resided. Miss Wells will also give her impressions of this brief stop. A native Savar.nahian and a graduate of Northwestern and Columbia Universities, Miss Well; is a member of the Chi¬ cago chapter of the National Junior League and Theta Ome¬ ga chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha .sorority, also in Chicago. A mu ic specialist for schools of the United States Govern¬ ment abroad, Miss Wells was Continued on Page Four' NUMBER 36 ~ ~ j ft. Valley Prexy Gets Honorary Degree At the 74th annual com¬ mencement exercises of Morris Brown College, held June 3, the degree of doctor of laws was conferred upon President Cor¬ nelius V. Troup of the Fort Vul- (Continued on Page Eight: Kendrix Heads Morehouse Alumni ATLANTA, Ga.—Mass H. Ken¬ drix, Washington, D. C., public relations firm head, has bi n elected president of the Na¬ tional Alumni Association of Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga., succeeding Charles W. Greene, Atlanta Life Insurance Compa¬ ny executive, who become, pre¬ sident-emeritus of the associa¬ tion. Other elected offeers are Dr. Alvin H. Lane, Chicago Continued on Page Four;