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YEARS OF CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE VOLUME LXXVII Funeral Services Held for "Mistake” Shooting Victim ........... .....j RECENTLY REGISTERED—Mrs. Eranestine Hamilton and Mrs. Gertrude Adams, shown in center of the above photo .are two of a number who registered to vote at the Courthouse last week. Courthouse guides, Miss Betty Walker and Miss Edwina Walker complete the (picture. School Integration Faces New Test in ATA Plans Convention Program For July 26 - 29 FUNFRAL DIRECTORS WILL MEET IN CHICAGO CHICAGO—(ANP)—The 22nd annual convention of the Na¬ tional Funeral Directors and Morticians Association will con¬ vene Aug, 17-20 in the Hotel Sherman, as giuet of the Illi¬ nois Selected Morticians Asso¬ ciation. This organization, composed of funeral directors throughout the nation, has set as Its goal full participation, representa¬ tion and integration of its members in every phase of the funeral profession, including local, state and national de¬ partments regulating the pro- (Continued on Page Eight; Meharry Receives $61,610 From National FASHION DESIGNERS CITED—In observance of their tenth anniversary, members of the Na¬ tional Association of Fashion and Accessory Designers, Inc., staged an Awards Presentation and Fashion Show at New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hatel recently .as a part of their annual convention. 232 * from lanta, from Otis N. Thompson, Jr., account associate for C#ca-Cola, The Moss H. Kendrix Organ- tzatio'n. Washington, public relations firm lifec . r'lottlrv DeGora . Others from UTo»»**ic Harris, left are Samuel Island TelonH Mason, r*V»orxfpp chapter president nrpeiHpr»t president of onH and the host Manhattan __ __ t__nVinnlo*- chapter of f NAFAD; V A TP A Ti • Mrs. T Long /irv rr , convention co-chairman; and Miss Linda Page, extreme right, convention publicity chairman. In bottom photo, from left: Mrs. Jeanetta W. Brown, NAFAD founder presents placques to three past presidents; Mrs. B. Clare, Overton, Philadelphia; Mrs. Freddye S. Henderson, ed Mrs Julia Grimes, Detroit. Looking on is Walter Beaman, The Coca-Cola Company New York, Inc. Afianu 4-3438 MONTGOMERY, Ala — “Our Personal Responsibility In Pro¬ grams of Human will be the theme for the 56th (1959). annual convention of the American Teachers Associ¬ ation which is to meet at Knox¬ ville College on Sunday, Mon¬ day, Tuesday, Wednesday, July 26, 27, 23, 29. Back in 1947, ATA made its approach through its conven¬ tion program at North Carolina College and through its pub¬ lications in Inter-Group Educa¬ tion were made available in 1954-55. At the ATA Conven¬ tion at Atlanta, in 1956, “Edu¬ cation for Improved Human Re¬ lations” for one sub-topic and (Continued on Page Eighti SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1959 RICHMOND, Va. — (ANP)— School integration faces a new test in Virginia July 14, when moderates — backed by Negiro voters—clash with diehard seg¬ regationists in primary elec¬ tions in which desegregation will be the burning issue. A check by the Associated Negro Press shows that the moderates hold a slight edge, but that the segregationists are feverishly marshalling their forces. Battle lines are drawn taut. Lone Negro Candidate Of prime significance in the elections is the race in which a Negro is campaigning for one of 35 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates. He is Dr. Thomas H. Hender¬ son, dean, Virginia Union uni¬ versity, who is running in Rich¬ mond with support from an (Continued on Page Seven’, Says Victim Was Mistaken Willie Joel Ross Funeral services ror Willie Joel Ross, age 17 years, a “mis¬ take" shooting victim, were neld Wednesday noon at the Asbury Methodist church, Rev. George D. wtalker, the pastor, officia¬ LOCAL NAACP MEMBERS WILL ATTEND ANNUAL CONFAB IN NEW YORK CITY ......— --* Rev. J. N. Harris Rev. J. N. Harris, pastor of the Fonvaelle Memorial AME Zion church, and Hosea L. Williams, chemist, U.S. Dept, of Agriculture Stored Product In¬ sect Laboratory, will represent the Savannah Branch NAACP at the 50th annual NAAOP Con¬ vention in New York City, Jul; 13-19, according to W. W. Law, Foundation NEW YORK—(ANP) —Award of Miarch of Dimes grants total¬ ing $61,610 was made to Me¬ harry Medical college last week to develop its teaching and patient aid programs in pedi¬ atrics, orthopedic surgery and physical therapy. This brings the total support given Meharry during the last 12 years from March of Dime funds to over $705,000. ‘the grants, announced joint¬ ly by Dr. Harold W. West, pre¬ sident, Meharry Medical Col¬ lege, and Basil O’Connor, pres¬ ident of the National Founda¬ tion (formerly “for Infantile Paralysis”), are part of the more than $1 million allocated for ed¬ ucation in the health profess¬ ions. Of the $61,610 awarded, $20,- 500 will go to increase the tea¬ ching program in pediatrics, with emphasis on development of post-graduate instruction The grant will be supervised by Dr. E. Perry Crump, chairman, Meharry department of pedia¬ trics, who was aided in his post¬ graduate studies by a fellowship from the National Foundation. A grant of $25,600 wus made to support teaching and pa¬ tient service programs in ortho¬ pedic surgery It includes sup¬ port for a re-evaluation pro¬ gram of all crippled children in the area to see if further treatment can improve their *r.ot will be supervised by Dr. Mat- hew Walker, chairman, depart- ment 0 f surge ry , . ... xne ra grant, *n>,aiu, win help establish _ adequately staff¬ (Continued on Page Seven) ting. Classmates of the deceased high school June graduate served as flower girls and pall- boarers. Miss Mattie Luten, also a classmate, sang a solo, “When They Ring Them Golden Bells,'’ and the Sidney A. Jones Fune¬ ral choir rendered a selection. Rev. Walker admonished all young people to stay off the streets late at night. lie closed ,hls seven minutes message with an offer to help the family of the deceased financially and legally. Interment was in Belcher ce¬ metery in Mhien, Ga„ with the Sidney A. Jones Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. The body of Willie Joel Ross Was found sprawled on the Sidewalk at Charlton and Jeff¬ erson streets about 1 a.m. Sat¬ urday. Two Negro suspects had Continued on Page Four P HI # Hosea L. Williams (branch president. Dr. Harris and Mr. Williams ire chairmen of the member¬ ship and “Register and Vote" committees, respectively. Al¬ though they are the official manch delegates other mem¬ bers of the branch will join them at the convention next week. YMCA Tour Starts Next Week Interest is at a high peak for the forthcoming YMiCA vaca¬ tion tour to Chicago. There are possibilities that als and groups will join the Sa- vannah group in Macon and Atlanta. This tour will leave the West Broad Street YMCA Thursday morning, July 15, .at 7 a. m„ and will arrive in Chicago Fri¬ day morning, with stops in Ma- con, Atlanta, Chattanooga, and Nashville. Those persons who have made reservations for (Continued on Page flight' Continued on d age Severn Continued on Page Seven Norfolk Journal & Guide. EMPLOYEES of the North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company pose for a group picture at Savannah State College where the j company conducted its ninth school in .agency development. • L f to R. I? First Tl'irct. Row): Rmii i • Henry W^nrv rTf»n<1wirr Goodwin, Wade Warff* StfiDilGnS Stephens S. S, D. I). rTlQ3.V. f riday, M. A. Prioleau, E. S. Roberts, R D Gamble, Charles McPherson, and M. A. Sloan; (2nd rowi; W. M. Lytch, J D Haynej. R. M , Johnson, M. S. Brown, A. F. Woodbury, George M. Clendon, James NAACP Annual Convention Returns to New York City After Years NEW YORK — For the first time since 1917, the National Association for tire Advance¬ ment of Colored People will hold its annual convention in New York, the city of its origin 50 years ago. The week-long con¬ vention opens at the New York Coliseum, Monday, July 13. and closes with a huge rally in the Polo Grounds, Sunday after¬ noon, July 19. The founding conference of the organization was held here, May 31 and June 1, 1909. The ollowing year, the new Asso¬ ciation again met in this city. The convention was not held in New York again until 1917 dur¬ ing World War I. In contrast with the 1917 meeting in which no major political figure participated, next week’s sessions will be addressed by two leading pres¬ idential possibilities, an out¬ standing African statesman, a freshman United States Sena¬ tor and ,as usual, by a host of other distiguished Americans of both races. Only 70 Delegates in 1917 Some 70 delegates attended the 1917 meeting whereas from 1,500 to 2,000 are expected here next week. At the time of the earlier convention there wore fewer than 10,000 NAAOP mem¬ bers in 96 branches. NAACP (Continued on Page Seven) Augusta Group Tries to Stop Urban Renewal AUGUSA, Ga. cause they ‘‘have no desire integrate with members of white race,” more than 100 Ne¬ groes in this city last week fil¬ ed a petition for an injunction to stop the city’s million urban renewal program. Oddly enough, city officials planned this new development as an example, .a showcase for the southwest of the results of seizing on urban renewal op¬ portunities. The group who filed the pe¬ tition, 108 Negro property own¬ ers, charged that the area to be razed is not a blighted area, but is instead, the very best ( . olorod business and residen- Ua i arr . a \ n the city. In addi- y on> the petition claims that one of the reasons the federal government helps pay for such projects is “to develop integrat¬ ed residential neighborhoods.” The city planned a $L5 mil¬ lion urban renewal program, but the group of businessmen said J in their suit that burdening the city future act- ed illegally in i Price 10c j ADanu 4-3433 Frank Fallen Boys’ Club To Have New Building And New Name Demolition of the Frank Cal- ien Boys Club building at 330 Price Street currently underway is scheduled to be completed by the end of the month to make way for the erection of a $:>0,- 000 recreation center for Ne ■ ares, A Minus ,Jr., chairman of the new Frank Called Center Corporation has announced The old building which has Virginian Warns Wilkins To “Behave 4 ’ NEW YORK, N. Y.—A warn¬ ing to “behave and beware’’ has been sent to Roy Wilkins, NAA CP executive secretary, by a white Virginian in Charlottes¬ ville who conveniently omitted signing his real name. Wilkins and the NAAOP re¬ ceive hundreds of letters, post¬ cards, clippings and drawings each year from white Southern ■ers and Northern sympathizers with the Southern viewpoint. Whenever a crime is repotted as haing been committeed by a Negiro, the NAAOP office rt ceives a shower of mail telling it that Negroes will never re¬ ceive their rights until they •become “civilized." Usually the messages are made up of name-calling and profanity, sometimes of obseni- tics. Some people sign their names and addresses and others do not. The amu.-ing one from Cook, Joseph Mosley, Alexander Grant, William Madison, Wil- (jam Devone, Rufus Paige, Japan Simmons, Mrs. Lillie Jennins- Roscoe Robinson, c. L. Golden and W. R. Taylor; (3rd row : Lii- .. ~ Thporinrp __ qnmupi _ .. A _ R .__ Bourne C n A n Reed . . J T- Eugene B. Neeley, L. A. Dunmore, L. M Bostic, G. P. Kelly, O. L. Scott and C H Hubert; (4th row): J. J Vaughn, A L. Guiles. O. Smith, J. E. Lawrence, E. o. Chisent, E. E. Guile, and George R. Peters, Sr, NUMBER 40 as the Frank Cailen Club for many years be¬ its journey into oblivion on 1st when wrecking crews Thomas & Hutton, engineers the new building, arrived the scene. The new facility wiii be known the Frank Oallen Boy’s Cen- IContlnued on Page Seven NNPA WILL MEET IN CHICAGO IN 1960 LOS ANGELBS — (ANPi - Delegates attending the Nation¬ al Newspaper Publishers Asso¬ ciation's 21»t convention which ended/ recently, selected Chicago as the site for their 1960 meet¬ NNPA officers for the year Wiliiam O. Walker, Cleve¬ Call and Post, president; D. Arnett Murphy, Afro-Ameri¬ vice president; Longworth Quinn Michigan Chronicle, sec¬ retary; Mrs. Nannie Mitchell Turner, St. Louis Argus, treas¬ urer; and board members C. D. Dejoie, ouisiana Weekly; Rus¬ Jackson, Ohio Sentinel; Carl Murphy, Afro-American; Frank L. Stanley, Louisville De¬ and Thomas W.