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1 1 r f PUBLIC CONTINUOUS YEARS SERVICE OF
VOLUME LXXVII
Lucinda Williams Breaks
United States Track Record
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DENTAL AUXILIARY PRESENTS GIFT—The Cuatham Dental Auxiliary recently presented a
patio table and umbrella to Horace Scandrick, supervisor of Recreation for the Tompkins Swim¬
ming Pool. In the above picture sealed at the tabie are right to left, Mrs. R. W. Cooper, pres¬
ident of the local Dental Auxiliary, and Mrs. L. W. Thompson, secretary of the Auxiliary. Mr.
Scandrick is shown standing in center.
was
lowing a request from
Bessie Crawiord,
worker, who told the feroup
the dire need for such
forts at the pool for
who find it necessary to
pany their children.
Wilkins Warns Democrats to Get
of Dixiecrat Control of Congress
NEW YORK, N. Y.—The time
rf£a y come, possibly in 1960,
"when Negro citizens, sick and
disgusted over the Dixiecrat
committee chairmen in the
House and Senate, may have to
decide to try to vote the party
out of office which permits
these men from another age to
choke us to death," Roy Wl.k-
ias, executive secretary of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
warned in an address prepared
tgr delivery at the closing sess-
of the Association’s 50tb
iniversary convention here
jnday.
Scheduled to join Mr. Wilkin
In addressing the huge rally in
the Pole Grounds was a galaxy
of internationally famous lead
ers including Dr. Nnamdi Aziki-
w«. Premier of Eastern Nigeria:
I>r. Ralph J. Bunche, Unde:
Secretary of the United Na¬
tions; Congressman Ada n.
Clayton Powell, Mayor Rober'
F. Wagner, Jackie Robinson,
Ur. Benjamin E. Mays, presi¬
dent of Morehouse College ir
.
* Atlanta, and spokesmen for the
three major faiths — Most Rev.
(Continued on Page Six.
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GETTING MORE REGISTERED VOTERS—The above picture shows some of the guides at the
Iburthouse and others Mitchell, who have been Saint cooperatin Phillip j in A. getting M. E. church; people to Mrs. register Marie to vote. Left
right Mrs Annie ’s
First Friendship Baptist church; Mrs. Ethel B. Mungin, C o n n e r
Baptist church- Mrs. Ronella Knowles, Bethlehem Baptist church; Mrs. Ela Mae Singleton.
tral Baptist church; Mrs. Sallie Williams, Little Bethlehem Baptist church: Miss Betty
M» Calvary Baptist fhureh: Mrs. Charlotte Greene. St. Anthony’s Catholic church: Miss
Walker, St. Mary’s Catholic church, and Mrs. Mary L. Boyd, Bethel A. M. E. church.
auawtak Srilwr
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year
C h a tham Dental Auxiliary al-j
donated twenty-five dollars
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Library and twenty-five dollars
i $25.00) to the P. T. A. of
Brunswick for their civic pro-
Tuskegee School of Nursing
Awarded $125,000 March of
Dimes Grant
Tuskegee Institute School of
Nursing announced today that
t has been awarded a $125,000
March of Dimes grant to in¬
crease its student enrollment
and teaching facilities.
The grant, announced jointly
by Dr. L. H. Foster, president of
Tuskegee, and Basil O'Connor,
^resident of The National Foun¬
dation (formerly “for Infantile
Paralysis”), is part of the more
than $ 1 , 000,000 allocations an¬
nounced recently for education
n the health professions by
The National Foundation.
This award brings the totai
upport from March of Dimes
funds to the nursing program
at Tuskegee since 1945 to almost
31.500.000. During these years,
he nursing program has gain¬
'd recognition throughout the
South and in 1957 its basic
irogram in nursing was fully
accredited by The Nationa.
League for Nursing. Enrollment
.aas increased to 160 students
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Members of the group not
shown in the picture are Mrs.
J w wilson> treasurer; M rs. J.
w. Jamerson, Sr., Mrs. J. W.
Jamerson, Jr„ and Mrs. James
Wilkes of Brunswick.
and is expected to climb to 180
in ithe near future. Tuskegee is
now the only school in the
State of Alabama training Ne¬
gro nurses.
Dean Lillian Harvey, directoi
of the program and dean of the
school of nursing, said the new
aim at Tuskegee is to have Its
Graduate Nurse Supplementary
Program fully accredited. In
addition, she said, the school
will expand its work in the
field of public health nursing.
Its public health work now in¬
cludes a school health program
in 13 local schools.
In addition to educational
grants, The National Founda¬
tion also announced research
and clinical investigation allo¬
cations amounting to more than
$2,500,000. These allocations arc
made to Implement the new
program of The National Foun¬
dation which embraces birth
defects and arthritis in addi¬
tion to polio.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1959
By Albert Anderson
For Associated Negro Press
FIHLADFfLPHIA — (ANP) —
The two-day international
track meet, a preview to the
1960 Olympics in Rome, wl^ich
closed in Franklin Field Sun¬
day, has brought at least one
fact to light. That is, Negro
athletes are still formidable
foes to be reckoned with in
the Olympics.
The U.S. male squad retained
its supremacy over Russia by
a score of 50-47.
At least three surprises were
registered during the meet —
two by the flying feet of Ne¬
gro women entrants, and one
by a male speedster.
Easily the most outstanding
was Miss Lucinda Williams of
Tennessee State, who not only
captured the 200 meters tilt, but
also broke the U.S. record of
: 23.9 set last August 2 by run¬
ner-up Isabella Daniels, Jakin,
Ga., Tennessee Stater. Miss
Williams’ time was :23.4.
(Editor’s Note: Miss Williams
is a graduate of Tompkins
High School, Savannah, Ga.,
where her Olympics career
started).
Her companion in victory was
Chicagoan Barbara Jones, who
clocked : 11.7 to win the 100
meters dash. Miss Jones, one
of eight Tennessee State wom¬
en on the U.S. team, was a last
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l Katie Creel
Indicted For
Murder
Tuesday, the Chatham Coun¬
ty Grand Jury indicted Katie
Ann Creel, a 17 year-old white
girl, and William Johnson, her
25 year old companion, on a
charge of murder in the "mis¬
taken" pistol slaying of Willie
Joel Ross, a 17 year-old Negro
boy.
The white girl is alleged to
have borrowed the pistol from
Johnson with whom she was
riding to shoot the victim. Later
when she learned that a Negro
had been killed she surrendered
to police and stated that she
mistook Ross for an ex-boy¬
friend (white) who has dark
skin. It is alleged that this ex-
boyfriend had beaten the girl
in a recent quarrel and she had
sworn to kill him.
The slaying occurred on July
4 at 1 a.m. on the corner of
Charlton and Jefferson Streets.
BROOKLYN, N. Y._ (ANP)-
More than 2,000 members of the
National Supreme Council, An¬
cient and Accepted Scottish
Rite Masons, affiliate bodies
and auxiliaries .are scheduled to
meet in annual convention in
this city for a week long con¬
clave August 15-22, according to
the national office by Wilbert
Tucker, Convention chairman.
Officials say this marks the
95th anniversary of the Order
and delegates and visitors rep¬
resenting Masonic lodges of low
and high degrees, Eastern Star
chapters and Nobles of the Mys¬
tic Shrine from cities, towns
and hamlets in the 37 states,
the District of Columbia, Puer¬
to Rico the Virgin Islands and
the Panama Canal zone are ex¬
pected to attend.
St. George Hotel in Clark
street will house the delegates
and visitors while the entire
convention is in session in the
Grand Ballroom. They wiill
Legion to Hold list
Annual Convention Fri., Sat., Sim
Parade Scheduled To Start 3 P. M. Saturday
Matthew B. Williams
General Chairman
Lettered Districts
Southern Beauty Congress
Meets In 2
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — ‘‘Ad¬
vancement Thorugh Education"
is the theme of Southern Beau¬
ty Congress' 14th annual con¬
ference and show to be held
here in Birmingham, the "Malic
City of the South," beginning
Sunday, August 2nd, through
Wednesday, August 5th, at the
newly air-conditioned Masonic
Temple Auditorium, 1630 North
4th Ave. It is the South’s oldest
beauty culture workshop and
exhibition.
According to Ruth .J Jackson,
chairman of the conference, one
of the best educational and en¬
lightening programs ever plan¬
ned for practicing beauticians,
teachers and instructors in the
field of beauty culture has been
arranged for this year’s meet¬
ing.
"Beauty culture Is one of the
Appointed
N. Y. Welfare
Commissioner
By Samuel P. Perry, Jr.
For Associated Negro Press
NEW YORK — Jas. R. Dump-
son has been named by Mayor
Robert Wagner as the Welfare
Commissioner of'New York City.
Dumpson, who has been de¬
puty commissioner for a year
and a half, indicated that he
was probably the first Negro
Welfare Commissioner in the
country.
However, he is not the first
Negro commissioner, in the city’s
history. Arthur G. Ford was
that when he was named Com¬
missioner of Water Supply, Gas
and Electricity. Currently Ford
Is president of the Board of
Water Supply.
Dumpson put his welfare phi¬
losophy thusly: "It is the in¬
dividual’s responsibility, first, to
take care of himself. It Is the
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have access to the
pool and the famous Pont
of the hotel.
According to Dr. Wm. J. Fitz¬
patrick of Detroit, most power¬
ful sovereign grand command¬
er of the Order this National
Supreme Council of A. & A
Scottish Rite Masons was
ized in the city of New York
November 30, 1864 by one Baron
Augusto Hugo de Bulow.
Bulow, he said, was
grand inspector general and an
active member of the Grand
Orient of France.
Dr. Fitzpatrick is said to
the eighth in line of
grand commanders of the or¬
ganization in its 95 years ex-
istence. Sovereign Grand
manders in this branch of Ma-
sonry, he said, are elected by
active active 33rd 33ra degree degree masons masons ana and
the Council of the Great Nine
The various branches of
Order which will be in session
_
(Continued on Page Six)
Fred Truell
Commander, Post 513
Treasurer
most lucrative and challenging
means of earning a decent
living. Incomewise, it ranks
with banking, the steel indus¬
try, and many other enterprises
and professions,” Mrs. Jackson
said.
The practice of beauty culture
requires just as much skill and
Imagination as in the practice
of law, in teaching school, in
being a doctor, a dentist, or any
(Continued on Page Seven;
Civil Rights Rill Squeezes
Senate
Shriners’ Imperial Council
Will Meet In Los Angeles
16-21
DETROIT, Mich.—The finding
of answer to securing of eco¬
nomic strength, legal strength
and equality and justice under
law will highlight the 1959
meeting of Shriners during the
Imperial Council Sessions in
Los Angeles, August 16-21. The
national conclave, meeting in
the far west for the first time
in its 58 year history, will be
presided over by Booker T.
Alexander, Detroit, Imperial Po¬
tentate.
In a proclamation recently
issued including an agenda of
the convention Mr. Alexander
pointed out that the attain¬
ment of economic stability, im¬
provement of educational
jectives and securing of equality
under laws were vital and far-
reaching issues which needed
the objective thinking of
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()|{ ZF , M A WATSON GEORGE of Cleveland, Ohio, (right' was all smiles as Congressman Fran-
C( . s ’p Bolton also of Cleveland escorted her into the White House to call upon President Eisen-
| hower. Mrs. George had just returned from a highly successful trip> around the world meeting
women’s groups and women leaders in various countries. A few of the piaces she visited were
Singapore (where she represented America at the Pan Pacific and Southwest Asian Wo-
m( f n - s ^ nI( I encc) the Federation of Malay, Hong Kong. talked Taiwan, to the Philippines, in 13 cities Thialand in Italy, and 7
Laoe -ptm talented and highly trained Mrs. George women
cities in France and then travelled over Ghana, where she was received with great enthusiasm
by women from the market place through all la y*r of the country s life. President Eisenhower
| expressed huuseit as deeply interested in her report. (ANP PHOTO).
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Benjamin F. Lewis
Commander
Post 500
The Annual Con¬
vention of the American Legion,
Department of Georgia, will
convene here Friday, July 24th,
through Sunday.
Headquarters for the Lettered
Districts will be at 511 West
Park Avenue. Legionnariee from
seventy-five cit and towns of
Georgia will be here for this
occasion.
Friday night at 9 o’clock the
men will have their annual
smoker at Headquarters, at
which time aspirants for state
offices will discuss their plat¬
forms for office. The ladies will
have their cocktail hour at the
same time at the home of Aux¬
ners.
Pointing out that he had
just completed a tour of more
than 55 temples in as many
cities throughout the nation,
the imperial potentate said
that the greatest challenge of
our time is to see that addi¬
tional thousands of Negroes
were registered voters. He said
that there were only about six
million Negroes registered thru
out the United States out of a
potential eligible number of
between nine and ten million.
“The registration of voters is
no easy task. It requires, on
behalf of our temples and no¬
bles therein, hard door to door
campaigning in each community
until the last person has be¬
i registered voter,” the
j come a
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Mrs. M. L. Williams
Auxiliary Chairman
Lettered Districts
President, Mrs. Lois
Truell, at Thunderbolt.
Saturday, July 25, at 3:00 p.m.
the Legion will parade. From
the Lettered Districts a drill
team will come from Macon.
The nationally famous drill
team from Brunswick, Ga.,
which has participated In many
national parades, will be inclu¬
ded. Also participating will be
Alfred E. Beach band and tie
drum and bugle corps from
Post No. 513 of Savannah. This
will be the first time in Legion
history that a lettered dlstri.it
will have the honor of leading
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WASHINGTON—(ANP) — By
the narrow margin of 4-3, the
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
voted to extend the life of the
Civil Rights commission to Jan.
31, 1961, despite strong opposi¬
tion from Dixiecrat senators.
All the Dixiecrat members
voted against the measure. They
were Sens. John L. McClellan,
Arkansas; Sam J. Ervin, Jr.,
North Carolina; and Olin John¬
ston, South Carolina.
Two Democrats and two Re¬
publicans teamed to push the
bill through to the full judici¬
ary committee, headed by Sen.
James O. Eastland, Mississippi,
an avowed segregationist.
The four are Sens. Thomas
C. Hennings, Missouri, and John
A. Oaroll, Colorado, Democrats;
and Roman L. Hruska, Nebras¬
ka, and William Danger, North
Dakota, Republicans.
Earlier, Senate Minority Lea¬
der Everett Dirksen (R., Hi.)
announced he would support
any parliamentary shortcut
which Miajority Leader Lyndon
Johnson (D., Tex.) would at-
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NUMBER 12
Mrs. Lois Truell
President, Unit 513
Co-Chairman