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REV. A. C. CURTR1GHT RETIRES
By George E. Jenkins
“Whom having not seen, ye love . . ”
Thus is the greatest inspiration to the
sacred ministry described by the apos¬
tle, Peter. Once in a while this true in¬
spiration is reflected in the ministry of
“Men of the Cloth.” Such an experience
was constantly felt in the life of the Rever¬
end A. C. Curtright who retired this week
from active pastoral duties of the First
Congregational Church.
For the past twenty years this humble
but forceful man of God had guided the
church through some of its most far-
reaching activities. Now at the end of
two decades of service he finds it neces¬
sary to be relieved of the oversight, of
this progressive institution.
We consider the decision a wise one.
The average person does not fully appre¬
ciate the burden of the mental and phy¬
sical strain Siorne by a conscientious
servant of God. Our Saviour recogniz¬
ed the enormity of the task when he told
NORFOLK’S SECOND DESEGREGATION YEAR
From The Virginian-Pilot
The applications of 2” Negro pupils in
the Norfolk public schools to transfer to
eight schools which now have no Negro
pupils, or only a few, are a natural de¬
velopment of the events of the past two
years. In principle, though not neces¬
sarily in numbers, these applications were
almost surely expected by the school au¬
thorities and by others.
If tHf’se Applicants wer o accepted. Nor¬
folk would have ,in the next school year
the 17:Negro pupils who entered previous¬
ly all-white school last February plus
these 21?. or a total of 10. The 40 Ne¬
gro pupils would be scattered among
eight schools ai tended by about 6.000
white pupils. This development would
corrte in a scihool system which last April
had 40,000 pupils, 25,000 white, 15,000
black in 54 schools.
Since four of the 23 new applicants
have already been rejected, because the
Titustown Elementary School which they
attend will have a new seventh grade to
which they will advance, the total—on
the basis of present applications—will not
reach 40. The tests by an administra¬
tive committee of the public school sys¬
tem may result in screening out some of
the remaining 1!) in the group.
Late comers may file comparable ap¬
plications and may he accepted. But un¬
less additional applicants turn up in sur¬
prising numbers, the present applications
—subject to the results of the tests—-
suggest the degree of desegregation in
prospect in Norfolk in the next school
year. Tt is obviously a degree that can
bo handled administratively without fore¬
seeable major difficulties. We believe
it will be accepted by most people in
Norfolk in good spirit.
The testing now underway follows the
testing t , last year which Judge Walter
E. Hoffman, of the United States District
TO OPERATE YMCA
UPHOLDS
• Continued from Page One)
YMCA Thrift-mobile, which is
de.s med to bring in additional
men, rshiip revenue. Miss
Maret holds the distinction of
being the first woman elected
to the Board of Management
of the West Broad Street Y.
and has been identified with its
operation for the'past eleven
years.
The new program has beer
made passible through the gen¬
erosity of two former Savan-
nahians, James Bass and Geo
Jenk ns, owners of the Quai-
Tex Cleaners Corp. of Brooklyn
New York.
The “Bronze Mayor of Sa¬
vannah” contest will come to a
close Wednesday. July 8, 8:00 p.
m., with a buffet serving at
the West Broad street YMCA
A dance will follow at the
Tremont Inn. At the dance the
winner of the contest /wiU be
featured. The Roper Gas Range
will be given away at 7:00 p.m.
The three contestants who
are vie ing for the position of
National Advertising Representatives
Associated Publishers
55 West 42nd Street
New York 30, New York
166 W. Washington St.
Chicago 2, 111.
Mr. Robert Whaley
Whaley-Simpson Company
6608 Selma Ave.
Los Angeles 28, California
Mr. Gordon Simpson
Whaley-Simpson Company
700 Montgomery St.
San francisco 11, California
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his disciples to “come aside and rest
awhile.” Nothing consumes energy like
ministering to the spiritual hu¬
manity. To be thoughtful ynpugh to
stop when we feel the strain is getting
too great and thereby save those within
our influence from possible confusion and
embarrassment is a sure sign of greatness.
The ministry of Rev. Curtright was
marked by that dignity and reverence
which should characterize the gospel
teacher. He was prepared not only spir¬
itually but academically as well to
“preach the word . . . reprove, rebuke,
exhort. . . ” Before assuming the pas¬
torate of the church he was on the fac¬
ulty of several institutions of learning.
His challenging ministry will be missed
not only by First Congregational Church
liut by the city as a whole. We wish for
Rev. Curtright a pleasant and fruitful
retirement, and we are grateful' for the
opportunity of him.
Gourt held to be “constitutional on its
face.” He accepted the findings of the
Norfolk School Board that 134 of the
original 151 Negro applicants should be
screened out. Of these 131, one was de¬
nied for geographical reasons such as ap¬
ply in the assignment of all pupils, white
or black. Eight were denied because
they would have been assigned normally
to a school (Rofjemont Elementary
School) then under construction and ex¬
pected to he ready by the coming Sep¬
tember. Ninety-seven were denied for
administrative reasons. They failed or
refused to take scholastic ‘achievement
tests, or to submit to interviews, or to
file written objections to the action of
the board.
I he remaining 34 were denied because
of failure to meet tests in scholastic
achievements and abilities. Five of
those are applying again, and seven of
those denied because they did not fol¬
low administrative procedures are apply¬
ing. It is reasonable to suppose that
most applicants realize they must fol¬
low standard operating procedures.
\\ hot her those who failed in achievement
can do better on a second attempt, and
whether those trying for the first time
" ill pass these tests, are questions yet
to he answered.
The most important ouestfon in a
practical sense is whether this limited de-
gree of desegregation in prospect is the
pattern of the future. It is whether,
oiwc the principle is established and the
stigma of being denied participation in
anv circumstances in hitherto white
school is removed, the volume of de¬
segregation will he—in comparison with
the size of the school population—strict¬
ly limited. It is too soon to know about
that. But it is not too soon to note that
te this point that is the shape of the
changes.
‘ Bironze Mayor of Savannah”
are Edwin Chapman, Rufus
Peters and Leroy Wilson. The
winner will receive an all ex¬
pense paid trip to New York
City and will be the special
guest of Uie “Bronze Mayor of
Harlem,” “Dr. Jive’’ Tommy
Smalls, famous disc jockey.
The funds from this contest
will go for youth memberships
in the YMCA, which in turn
will help to eliminate juvenile
delinquency in this community.
The YMCA is sponsoring a
tour to Chicago, HI., by .air
conditioned bus. The funds from
this effort will be used in the
YMCA program for youth of
the community. The bus will
leave Savannah July 16. 7:00
a.m. with stops in Atlanta,
Chattanooga. Nashville, Visits
will be made to the campuses
of Fisk university, Tennessee
State university and Meharry
Medical College. A three day-
program has been arranged for
the group in Chicago which in¬
cludes stopping at the famed
21 -story YMCA hotel in the
Loop, three days of sightseeipg,
and one major League Baseball
game.
Barents are invited to send
min buys and girls on tills|
*p. in that there will be chap- j
crons who will be responsible
for their safety. Call ADams
3-1951 or ADams 3-0103 for fur¬
ther information. j
The weekly radio program
’The YMCA In Actib’n " Cation! will be
featured over over radib radio station i
WJIV, Saturday 1:00 p.m.
The weekly USO party for
servicemen will take place at
the YMCA-USO Saturday, 8:30
p.m.
UNCF DISTRIBUTES
• Continued from I age One)
10 percent of the annual edu-
cational budgets of the 33 UN
CF coUpfr€8 began in April and
will continue through Decem¬
ber.
All members of the College |
Fund are private, accredited |
institutions. Member collegas j
use the UNCF allocations to|
provide scholarship aid, aug- ]
meat faculty salaries and buy,
library books and laboratory j
equipment. , 1
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
Between The Lines
By Gordon Hancock (For Associated Negro Press)
Negro Philanthropy Appears
The appearance of the Negro
philanthropist on the current
scene, even in a small way, is
encouraging. Long the bene-
j lanthropy. firiary of the the white man's phi¬
Negro is exhib-
iting the moral growth of the
vace by showing that Negroes
are feeling those nobler im-
impulses whVh have, in so
in general and Negroes in par-
ticuiar. There is no finer
chapter in human history than
written by the Yankees of the
North who come South a n d
neered in Negro education.
For instance, the American
Baptist Home Mission society
buiit a chain of schools which
extended from Washington, D.
C., to Marshall, Tex. There
were Wayland college, Wash-
ington; Richmond Thelogical
seminary, Richmond, Va.; Shaw
Raleigh, N. C., Benedict College
Columbia, S. C., Atlanta Bap-
tist '(College, now Morehouse,
Atlanta: Roger Williams Uni¬
versity, Nashville, Selma Uni¬
versity, Selma, Ala.; Jackson
College, Jackson, Miss.; Leland
University, New Orleans, and
Bishop College, Marshall, Tex.
To say the least, it was an
ambitious Christian undertak-
ins, but it has paid moral div-
idends which began enumera-
tion and description. What
the Northern Baptists did was
paralleled by the
i.v.s and Methodists. The found-
ing of these schools and the
manning of the same by white
Christians with the
zeal is easily the finest
ifestation of Christianity this
nation has ever known.
It is ail the more fitting that
,we should take serious note of
Hie. current inclination of
thy Negroes to feel the
of philanthropy burning In the
soul of the Negro race. It is
just one more illustration of
the Negro's worth as a citizen
of this country.
Down at Benedict college, my
first alma mater, there has
just been completed a fine
building named for one of her
son's a physician who left a
sizeable fortune to the school.
There is in process of erection,
at, Virginia Union, a fine build¬
ing to be named for a grateful!
alumna who has made a sub- j
stantial gift with the added i
assurance that the residue be left of J
her sizeable estate will
to the university. |
There are no doubt other fine!
philanthropic gestures being!
NCNW Says New Era
Has Begun
(Continued from Page One>
manclment.
Themed “Womens Role in
Community Leadership,” t h e
NCNW Conference he addressed
was the fourth annual one in
commemoration of Dr. Bethune,
NCNW’s founder, who died in
1955.
A commemoration service was
held at her graveside on the
grounds of the Many McLeod
Bethune Foundation in Daytona
Beach. A second one was held
,’t Stewart Memorial Methodist
church.
Approximately 150 women
leaders from across the Nation
attended the conference, which
consisted of the graveside ser¬
vices, a “Town Meeting” pro-
gram, leadership workshops, lcc-
lures, a reception, fashion show,
fcI1 °wshdp dinner, picnic and
a si§htspeing tour ’
ln addition to NCNW ’ 01hrr
organizations represented at the
■conference included the Na-
tional Council of Women of the
United States, National Board
of the Young Women's Chris¬
tian Association, National Wo¬
mens Christian Temperance
Union, Girl Scouts of the USA,
Hadas-ah, National Council of
Jewish Women, Southern Reg-1
ional Council and the National j
Conference of Christians and
Jews.
During the conference, NCNW
presented the famous “Panel of
Americans.” a group of five in-
te r racial, interdenominational
college students who demon-
strode before public audiences
tliat racial, religious and cul-
tural differences can be one of
America’s greatest strengths,
Comprising a Roman C-atho- i
lie, a Jew-, a Protestant, a Negro 1
, , M - i"W4.H , W , 4 , H J
I made by Negroes here and
there about, the country. These
j gestures are as the moving fin-
ger, marking out the way along
which the Negro’s heart Is trav¬
eling. These are fertile sug¬
gestions for other Negroes who
have accumulated sizeable for-
tunes. It js encouraging to see
Yogroes inclining to do today
w hat those great Christian Yan-
when I was a boy studying
j a t Benedict college, I was dom-
jdjed in a room which had over
; floor this inscription: ‘ This
room was furnished by the
First Baptist church of Kirk-
vi p e , N . Y.” I would often
in bed on cold mornings, prefer¬
ring to stay abed to going for
the breakfast—consisting too
often of light bread and tea one
morning and tea and light
bread the —v next. But my eyes
often rented on the inscription
a nd j imagined that the First
Baptist church of Kirkville was
in a great city and that the
church itself was large-steepled
cathedral on one of the main
streets. I imagined that its
members were wealthy and liv.
„ c j j n mansions.
when I was, in after years, a
student in Colgate University,
j rece ived an invitation to come
( 0 ^e First Baptist church of
Kirkville and speak. They had
pp a rd that a Negro from one
of the schools they had helped
‘
to maintain was stu dying at
Colgate and wanted to see one
0 j, recipient of their philan-
ihropy.
My host mnt mn at a flag
stotion and took mo to his
crude rural home for the night.
j- j us | kncw that, Sunday morn-
; n „ we wou i d dr i V e into Kirk-
viUe city Instead ^ took me
0 fj ie intersection of two rural
highways where a little frame
pos f, office stood in one corner
and a little frame church in
the other. That amounted to
Kirkville, N. Y. and its First
Baptist church.
The few members were hum¬
ble people who had helped the
humble Negroes in the South. 1 |
liitIo church was not to bc
measured by its small dimen¬
sions but by the size of its heart.
That such a humble people were
helping to produce Negro phil-
an fhroplsts was a miracle of
moral achievement.
Philanthropy on the part of
Negroes is the only full justi-
fication for the philanthropy of
those who have remembered us
in our low estate!
and a second-generation Ameri¬
can, the Panels have gained
national recognition for their
contributions to inter-group
education programs.
The group presented by NC
NW represents New York uni¬
versity, one of the 22 higher
educational institutions cur¬
rently sponsoring the program.
FISK PSYCHOLOGIST
(Continued lrom Paee One)
of the exports in the given
area.
Dr. Roberts will work on the
problem of cultural differences
in human motivation and lear¬
ning in association with Dr.
William J. McKeachie, Director
of the Michigan psychology
project.
Dr. Roberts has been chai£-
man of the Fisk Department
for the past ten years and has
won support far several un¬
dertakings. of the Department, I
including a Field Foundation j
grant Science and Foundation a current Grant National for j J
experimental psychology’.
He has been a delegate to or
participant in a number of
conferences including the White
House Conference on Children
and Youth, the Southern Reg-
ional Conference on Menial
Health, an International Con-
gress on Mental Health, and
the American Psychological
Association Thayer Conference.
He has also held several Fisk-
Carnegie grants, a Social Sci¬
ence Research Council Grant-
in-Aid. and a Ford Faculty
Fellowship. He has served as
consultant, and lecturer in sev¬
eral institutions, including New
York University. Tennessee A&I
State University, and Meharry
Medical College.
Heart Specialist
Discusses Fund Drive
NEW YORK—(ANP) — Heart
disease Is “too serious a prob¬
lem to hide in a segment of a
United Fund,'' Dr. Paul Dudley
White declared recently in a
statement issued through the
American Heart Association
Calling it “the modern Ameri¬
can epidemic,’’ Dr. White de¬
clared that submerging the pro¬
blems of heart disease In local
community chests or united
funds would “seriously delay
our effective progress in the
treatment and control of this
dangerous threat to our lives
and health.”
The eminent Boston cardiolo¬
gist spoke out in reply to eff¬
orts being made to force various
major national voluntary health
agencies to join local federated
fund-raising drives. He said he
was “impelled by the critical
need of clear thinking and im¬
partial scrutiny of the health
of this country today’’ to pre¬
sent his experience and advice
on this problem.
Research Programs Beyond
Scope of United Funds
United or community funds,
Dr. White said, have served “a
most useful purpose” in meet¬
ing the needs of worthy chari¬
table and welfare agencies ir
individual communities. He
emphasized, however, that such
united or community funds
were “never intended to enter
the fields of extensive and in¬
tensive scientific research or
the training of research work¬
ers.” Programs in these fields—
such as those conducted by the
American Heart Association and
other major national health
agencies—“are far beyond the
scope or ability of the United
Fund to support,” Dr. White de¬
clared.
“Whem we have made enough
new discoveries and advances,
many of which are around the
corner," Dr. White added, “then
— and only then — should we
give any serious consideration
to more routine methods of
supporting the fight against
heart disease. Until such time
we must continue to rely on
the independent Heart Fund
drive to which the public has
contributed so generously.”
Past President of AH\
A Past President and a foun¬
der of the Ameircan Heart As¬
sociation, Dr. White attended
President Eisenhower when he
suffered a heart attack in
1055. During 1958 and ’59, he
served with Mrs. Eisenhower as
Honorary Chairman of the
Heart Fund campaign.
“The people of the USA are
today only too well aware that
diseases of the heart and blood
vessels are the chief cause of
death in this country, attack¬
ing young as well a* old and
accounting for more than 50
percent of all fatalities,” Dr.
Whitt said. “Fortunately during
the last decade great and most
encouraging advances have
been made in the increase of
our knowldege about heart dis¬
ease, its various causes, its diag¬
nosis, and its treatment, both
medical and surgical, probably
than in all the centuries be¬
fore.”
Dr. White attributed these
advances chiefly to the “well
planned efforts” and the “har¬
monious and cooperative work”
of both the National Heart In¬
stitute of the U.S. Public Health
Service and the American
Heart Association.
WOMAN SENTENCED
(Continued from Page One)
’ legal assistance,’ received the
same sentence.
During a long trial Mrs. Car¬
penter told how Asmus and
she had “planned” to stage the
robbery. She detailed for jurors
the degree of intimacy by de¬
scribing the delicate location of
scratches, spots, blemishes, and
moles.
Mrs Oarpenteris technique for
robbery was unique and served
as a model for would-be rob¬
bers to avoid. When she arrived
at the Prudential office in the
car registered in her own name,
she preceded boldly to the cash¬
ier and dangerously waved a
“top secret" weapon, known
intimately to the hair dressing
trade as one “curling iron.”
In the ensuing hysteria. Mrs.
Carpenter grabbed and dropped
a bag containing $7,000 and
“escaped” in her own car.
Easily traced, the totally in¬
experienced “robber” was ap¬
prehended by 7 police.
NAACP Convention To Hear
Top Experts In Housing
_
of the nation’s top housing
consultants will participate in
a session devoted to minority
group housing problems at the
50th anniversary convention of
the NAACP, meeting July 13-19
at the New York Coliseum.
They are Dr. Robert C. Wea¬
ver, former New York State
rent administrator; Charles
Abrams, former chairman, Nrw
York State Commission Against
Discrimination; and Dr. Frank
S. Horne, executive director,
Tennessee Drops Charges
Milwaukee Cop
COVINGTON, Tenn.—
Milwaukee patrolman John
Crofiby was freed Saturday by
a Tennessee judge and everyone
apologized for what had started
out to be a Tennessee-Wisconsin
quarrel.
The incident occurred when
the Milwaukee policeman, re¬
turning from a Mississippi va¬
cation was stopped for speed¬
ing, and his guns seized. In
addition, Crosby was fined for
carrying a gun although he
identified himself as a law en¬
forcement officer.
The Milwaukee police enter¬
Dr. King’s Book
Published in Europe-Asia
The Southern Christian
dership Conference announced
recently that Dr. Martin Luther
Kings prize-winning book,
STRIDE TOWIARD FREEDOM,
is being published in both
Europe and Asia this summer.
In England it is to be pub¬
lished by Victor Gollanz with
an introduction by Father Hud¬
dleston, who w*s expelled from
South Africa as a result of his
fight against segregation. Fa¬
ther Huddleston calls STRIDE
TOWARD FRFEDOM a “great
■book.”
In Holland the book wdll be
published in Dutch by Van
Lcghuun Slat ecus.
The Navajtvan Press in India,
where Dr. King recently visited
with Nehru, will publish three
editions—one in English, one in
Hindu and one in Gugerati, to
cover the great demand for the
Montgomery story throughout
India.
DELTAS ESTABLISH
CHAPTER
(Continued From Page 1)
pected boom in the population
and industrialization of Alaska,
now that tt is a state, and the
1960 opening in Anchorage of
a new university, Alaska Meth-
odist University, from which to
recruit members.
Organized on a state-wide
basis as the "Alaska Alumnae
Chapter,” the charter members
will recruit members through¬
out Alaska.
Delta Sigma Theta, with a
membership exceeding 25,000, is
a public-service sorority. It has
awarded over $600,000 in scho¬
larships and spends over $30,000
annually on its public service
projects, namely — library, job
opportunities, mental health,
volunteers for community ser¬
vice, and international.
The Sorority’s National Head¬
quarters is located in Wash¬
ington, D. C.
SUPREME COURT
(Continues trom Page One)
in February, 1958.
A lower court ru'ed the com¬
mittee tad authority to mqu.re
into possible seditious conduct,
so long as it d.d not use its
powers to engage in • witch
hunts.” This ruling was upheld
by the Florida Supreme court.
The state court said it did
not see the necessity of reveal¬
ing the entire membership lists
“to the extent that the lists
should be delivered to the com¬
mittee and placed in evidence,
thereby becoming a matter of
public record.”
It did order NAACP officials
to take the records before the
committee and testify from
them under oath, and to answer
questions on whether persons
suspected of Communist activ¬
ities were also associated with
the NAACP.
SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1959
iiutergroup relations and former
race relations advisor, Housing
and Home Finance agency.
The housing workshop is one
of a series being scheduled for
the guidance of some 2.000 del¬
egates exipected to attend. There
will be sessions on public re¬
lations, legislation, civil rights,
political action and branch ad¬
ministration. The final mass
rally will be held at the Polo
Grounds Sunday afternoon
July 19.
ed the case and ordered a city
attorney to return with Crosby
for the Tennessee hearing. But
the charges were dropped when
a General Sessions judge dis¬
missed the “carrying a pistol”
charge,” and ordered that the
money posted for bond ($50)
be returned. Said Sommerville
(Tenn.) District Attorney Pres¬
ton Pasks, “I regret this inci¬
dent happened.”
“If a violation was commit¬
ted it was our fault,” replied
Lieut. Detective Howard Wha¬
len of the Milwaukee Police
force. j
Louisiana Masons Meet
BOGULUSA, La. — (ANP) —
The 14th annual reunion of
the Pelican Council of Delibera¬
tion, A.A.S.R. of Freemasonry,
Prince Hall Masonic affiliation,
was held June 21 with Dr. E.
W. Duncan presiding over the
one-day session.
Dr. Duncan in his annual
message stated that “Masonry
inculcates patriotism, love of
the Flag, respect for law and
order, and undying loyalty to
constitutional government.”
According to Duncan each
Prince Hall mason should let
masonic principles be foremost
in his daily life. “Spread the
doctrine of the Fatherhood of
God and the Brotherhood of
man in your daily relationship
with ycur feiJowmen, ha asser¬
ted.
j Among the notables present
were Thuirgood Marshall, di¬
rector of the Legal Research
Department of the Supreme
Council Scottish Rite of Free¬
masonry, Southern Jurisdiction;
G. Stevens Marchman, Chicago,
Imperial Auditor, AEAONMS;
P. G. Porter, Grand Master of
Kansas; and John G. Lewis,
Jr., Baton Rouge, Grand Master
of Louisiana.
!
I T. D. BOYD HEADS
BAPTIST BOARD
NASHVILLE—T. D. Boyd, Sr.,
prominent Nashville resident
and nephew of the late Dr.
Henry Allen Boyd, has tal»n
over his uncle's duties as head
of the National Baptist Publish¬
ing Board, it was learned this
week.
T. D. Boyd was the chief as¬
sistant of Dr. Boyd and hand¬
led the various activities of the
Publishing Board during the
illness of his uncle, so was
considered by many as the log¬
ical successor of the great
Baptist leader, whose final rites
held recently at Tennessee
State University was attended
by notables of the city, state
and nation and by Baptist
leaders from all over the coun¬
try.
Dr. Henry Alien Boyd, w,ho
was 85 at the time of his death,
had been in failing health for
several years following the ma¬
jor operations.
TESTIMONIAL
BANQUET
(Continued from Page One)
the M.A. degree from the Uni¬
versity of Minnesota.
Besides his pastoral duties
Rev. Curtright has served as
president of the Bub Club and
was instrumental in organizing
an Interracial Ministers Union
in the city of which he is now
(president. Not being a con¬
formist, Rev. Curtright's pasto¬
rate has been a challenge to the
community as well as to the
members of the First Congre¬
gational Church. He deserves a
happy retirement.