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SATURDAY, JUNE 27. 1959
Worn LandDidn’t Stop
Farmer From
Unlike some owners who
■five up when they discover
that the land they have
bought is worn out, Clifton
Hall of Brookhaven, MLss., pa¬
tently built his back to high
productivity.
“His achievement is a good
example farmers through¬
put the South,” says W. E.
Ammons, State Leader of Negro
Extension work in Mississippi.
When Mr. Hall bought the
FT orre=: 0 f knolls and hollows
f-em his aged father years ago,
Mr. Abtmons explains, the cotton
yield was down to a quarter of
a hale to the acre, and young
corn yellowed in the field
from lack of nourishment.
Put, Mr. Hall got busy fill-
fcno in the hollows and gullies
with leaves. “I guess I hauled
,?nn wegonloads of leaves,” says
the energetic farmer.
Then he applied to his Soil
Conservation District for help
and n conservation technician
come out and mapped his farm
and aided him in developing
n plan for sound conservation
farming. This included build
ing some terraces, establishim
a pattern of contour tillage,
draining some .areas, and im¬
proving and expanding his
pastures.
. His county agent, R. C
Paige, assisted him in follow¬
ing the plan, and encouraged
him *n improve the qua'fty
cf his livestock through breed-
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EDITORS
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crisis locally and nationally.
The Norfolk Journal and
Guide became the fourth news¬
paper to win the coveted John
B. Russwurm Award for all-
around deneral Excellence toy
amassing the highest number
of points. The Guide also won
first honors in Public Service
and Promotion. It placed second
.in Editorials and third ih Ty-
pography and Make-Up.
Scoring the sedbiid highest
total points was -the Cleveland,
Call-Post which won prizes in
seven out of ten categories.
■ Third highest was the Kan¬
sas City Call which captured
first -place in Editorials and
News Stories (Lena Rivers
Smith) and second in Public
Service.
Tied for fourth were the Ohio
Sentinel and Louisville Defen-
ider. The Ohio Sentinel’s Wil-
,
helmina Jones won first place
in feature writing for the sec¬
ond time. She is a consistent
t award winner. The Sentinel
also was third in Public Ser¬
vice, Editorials, Cartoons, and
Promotion. j
The Louisville Defender won |
first place in original Column
second in features (Cla¬ i
. writing,
rence Mlatthdws, a two time
.winner), second in Photography
(Thomas Washington), and
honorable mention in General
Excellence and also in Public
-Service fc.r its series of articles
on Teacher Integration.
Publisher Frank L. Stanley’s
column entitled “People, Places,
and Problems” was adudiged the
tbest of the Negro Press for the
l .'second straight year. Previously
■Mr. Stanley won second and
top honors in Typography and
The Lo-s Angeles Sentinel won
to phonors in Typography and
Make-Up and Honorable Men¬
tion in General Excellence.
The New York Amsterdam
News took first place in Best
News Photo and second in News
Storie-s (George Earner).
The St. Louis Argus won sec¬
ond place in Original Column
Writing (Howard Woods), and
first pflace in Editorial Cartoons
(William Feamani.
Tiie Louisiana Weekly, one of
the few NNPA papers using off¬
set printing, won second place
in General Excellence.
The Committee of Judges
headed toy Dr. Armistead S.
Pride of Lincoln University’s
Department of Journalism ag¬
reed that this year’s entries
were the best and most com- ,
potitive in the history of NNPA
Merit Awards.
Other working newspaper men
who received trophies were
Charles Loeb, columnist, Cleve¬
land Call-Post; Lin Holloway,
feature writer, Norfolk Jour¬
nal and Guide; Bob Williams,
Photographer - reporter, and
Grover C. Crayton, both .of
the Cleveland Call-Post; Tho-
ng and better feeding meth-
ds.
Today Mr. Hall has 21 head
f high grade beef cattle, his
otton yield is up to a bale to
he acre oh his four-acre al-
otment, and his corn output
ometimes exceeds 100 bushels
ter acre.
Returns from these crop)
nd livestock, plus his Social
'ecurity, backed up by hogs and
hiekens and a year-round
arden means a good living
or him and his wife and their
■hn>e grandchildren.
The home freezer is full, and
heir attractive home. * hich
4r. Hall built mostly by him.
elf out of timber off his own
'lace, Is spacious and comfort-
ble.
Their home demonstration
gent, Mrs. Addie H. Jones,
as given Mrs. Hall pointers
n home-caqning apd home-
reezing and yard beautifica-
ion.
Mr. and Mrs. Hall were mar¬
led 44 years ago. During the
can years when yields were
ow, he took a Job at a lumber
nill and became a part-tipie
f armer. He retired from the
a ill, some (ime ago and since
hen has been devoting his
ull tifne'to farming.
”1 am thinking about get¬
ting dut of cotton,” says Mr.
Hall, “it takes too much la¬
bor at my age.”
JOURNALIST RETIRES
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after his retirement in San
Francisco, he suffered a lung
collapse while vacationing in
New York. He was -rushed to
-the U.S. Public Health Service
hospital, Staten Island,
he underwent emergency sur¬
gery. Although the crisis is be¬
lieved to be over,, Hanley at
present is confined to the hos-
a .’ •«<> i ,h<
“Original Journalist”
The youthful writer,
the Coast Guard's
journalist, enlisted in 1939. He
saw combat in both ( the
tic and the South Pacific dur¬
ing World W'ar II. He rose from
messboy to appointment
chief journalist in 1950,
ling public and press
for his chosen branch of
service in New York city
transferred to San
in 1954. He continued in
capacity on the West Coast
til his retirement.
Well-Read
Well-known in Bay Area
circles, Hanley’s articles
appeared in all major
magazines Including,
American Weekly,” “This
“McCall's,,” “Harper's”
Monthly,” “True,” and
Digest.”
Upon retirement, Hanley harl
planned to devote full time
free-lance writing.
mas Murray, cartoonist of
Ohio Sentinel.
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characteristic role of inspiring in-service and prospective teachers. L. to R. are Martha Edwards,
Kay Frances Stripling and Juanita Miller.
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President Darden i
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CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va.—
(A:NP)—Retiring President Col-
gate W. Darden, Jr., of the Un-
iversity of Virginia has been
honored in a resolution by the
faculty and administrative of-
ficers of the university and
praised for his leadership.
Darden Is believed to have
been put under great pressure
because of the liberal attitude
and policies of his administra-
tion. Lawyer Gregory Swan-1
son of Danville was the first
Negro to graduate at the Uni-,
versity of Virginia, and he ma-
irieulated under Darden’s acl-
ministration. j
One of the staunchest friends
of the Negro in Virginia or the
South is Mrs. Sarah Patton
Boyle, wife of a professor at j
the University of Virginia.
Though several rabid segrega¬
tionists threatened to put pres-
syre on the administration at
the university, Mrs Boyle has
continued her activities in the
interest of the complete eman¬
cipation of Negroes.
So far as the public knows
President Darden didn’t inter¬
fere with Mrs. Boyle’s activities.
She certainly was not forced to
sever her connection with the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
But unconfirmed reports in¬
dicate that Darden was sub¬
jected to severe pressure to cur¬
tail Mrs. Boyle’s interracial ac¬
tivities, and one writer to the
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, after¬
noon newspaper, said pressure
wopid be oKerted against the
University of Virginia to stop
Mrs. Boyle’s interracial activ¬
ities or force her husband to
resign since the university is
supported with the taxpayers’
TIIE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
money. From the time he was elect- j 1
ed Governor of Virginia in
I'M] through his arlministr.a-
tion at the University of Vir. |
trinia Darden has exhibited n j
kind of independence in j
thought on the race issue, pol-
itlcs and education which is
indeed refreshing, especially in
the last five years when so
manv white leaders in Virginia
either kept their mouths clos-
-d jn the fare of bitter opposi-
tion to school desegregation and
other racial masters or scurried,
nell mell to the side of extrem.'
lsts like the Defenders of State j
Sovereignty and Individual Lib- ■
erties.
Darden will end his duties
the University of Virginia on '
Au * ust 22 - With the console-1
tion of 12 years at the Uni -1
versity of VirRinia as P^ident.
" nd his record as Pernor of
Vlr f lnia for fm,r after ^ e
had served , two terms in the
Virginia House of Delegates and
three in the U. S. House of Rep-j
resentatives, Mr. Darden stands
in a unique position in his
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five state. His
mentis stand out all the
when it Is recalled that
was born and raared on a farm
n Southampton County, one of
the poorest areas in Virginia.
Darden and family will re¬
turn to Norfolk after he leaves
Charlottesville. He has made
Norfolk Ills home for many
years.
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OFFICE
'Continued from Fage One*
ment as a distribution clerk in
the local postoffice. The ap¬
pointment was received June 11,
1059.
Mrs. Fergason is a graduate
of Waynesboro High and In¬
dustrial School and holds the
B.S. degree from Savannah
State College. She is an under -
graduate nurse of Meharry
Medical College School of Nut-
sing, e. .■
She was formerly associated
with Queens TB Association,
Jamaica, N. Y.; Adrlphl Hospl-
tal, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Charity
Hoapital, Friendly Florists,
Crawford’s Tasty Grocery and
the public dchool system, all
OAK RIDGE ELECTS
iConnnned from Paxe on*‘
psychiatrist.
ment of the atomic bomb.
Under terms of a 1955 fed¬
eral law, the multimiUion dolla:
municipal faelMtka will go ti
the new community. aUd tin
ABC will subsidize the city fo
10 years at more than tw
million dollars per .viar.
It is significant that a ion
Negro, Washington R. Butle
Jr., is a councilman o r ‘he nev
city with an estimated popu¬
lation of 28.000 and a la d are.
of i)4 square miles. Only Mem
phis In Tennessee lias a larger
area.
Butler, the son of Mr. am
Mrs. Washington R. Butler o
New Orleans, is a senior labora¬
tory technician at the Medico
Division of the Oak Ridge In
stltute of Nuclear Studies anc
has lived In Oak Ridge sine.
February 1957.
He is a graduate of Clark
College ip Atlanta, Qa. Prim
to going 'to Oak Ridge he taught
.n ' the pubrid schools of New
Queans arid served three years
lh the Army. -»*
Butier is a Prince Halil Mas
on, a member of Keblah Teihplt
No. 78, AEAON of MS, and tin
Methodist Church.
In Oak Ridge Butler hft‘
teen very arrive In many com
, mu n lty projects. He was r
1 member of the study commlttei
for health and wdlfare appoin¬
ted by Town Council, a member
of the executive committee of
the Cak Ridge Community Re¬
lations Council and a membei
of -the Tennessee Council on
Hr man Relations.
(Upon his ejection, Butlfir
thanking h i s constitutents
stated that “It is evident that
the City of Oak Ridge will
.eventually become the most im¬
portant city in the state in¬
dustry-wise, employment - wise,
and as an example of the de¬
mocratic way of life.
“As a member of the first
and probably the most decisivt
City Council, I will work to help
attract new Industry to the
area, thereby providing addi¬
tional avenues for employ¬
ment. By voting for Incorpora-
of this city.
Mrs. Ferguson ts a member
of Mlt. Zion Baptist church,
sifuging ip the senior choir and
serving on the deaconess board.
She Is also a member of Prince
Hall Chapter No. 258, O. E S.
ALUMNUS MEETS PRESIDENT- Dr. Julius Gooden, head of the
lepartment of biology at Bowie State College in Maryland, Con¬
ors with Dr. William K. Payne, president of Savannah State Col¬
lege. ■___
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DR. BUNCHE ELECTED
TO HARVARD BOARD
CAMBRIDGE, Mass (ANP) In
■pit.p of nb attack bv a few dls-
>rtintled alumni of famous Har-
arri Univ»rsity. Dr. Ralph J.
’unche, UN Under-Secretary.
,-ias been e'ected to the Board
if Overseers by 15,437 votes,
Ugliest in the history of the
lections.
The votes east for Dr. Bundle
vho holds the A. M. and Ph. D.
legrees from the university and
i, honorary LL. D. (1949), ex¬
ceeded by nearly 1200 the votes
for V. S. Senator John F. Ken¬
nedy when the latter was elect¬
'd to the board in 1955.
As the first Negro ever to be
•lected to the board, Dr.
lunche will participate actively
n the ordinary business of the
loard of Overseers.
The ordinary business of the
board consists, first, of the re-
’eipt of formal communications
f rcm the President and Fellows
ment., I will make every effort
‘o In cure that citizens may
oanticipate fully and fieely in
local government. I thank Ood
and the citizens of Oak Ridge
for the'opportunity to serve.”
tion, the citizens expressed
their derlre for self govern-
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of Harvard College comprising:
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