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SATURDAY, AUGUST J, 1859
Final NAACP Meeting
Attended by 23,000 in
Polo Grounds
NEW YORK. N. Y. —
23.000 persons sat through
slune and rain in the
Grounds to hear the
record of achievement of
National A-cciation for
Advancement of Colored People
lauded by world famous leaders
at t.he closing session of the
Association’ week-long Golden
Anniversary convention.
Participating in the three-
hour program on Sunday, July
19, were two African
Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Premier of
Eastern Nigeria, and Diallo
Telli, Ambassador of the Repub¬
lic of Guinea; NAAOP Execu¬
tive Secretary Roy Wilkins; Dr.
Ralph J. Bunche, Under Secre¬
tary of the United Nations;
Mayor Robert F. Wagner; Con-
gres man Adam Clayton Pow¬
ell; ard rop r-entatives of the
three major faiths- Most Rev
erend John J. Maguire, aux;li-
ary bishop and v:car-general,
Archdiocese of New York for
His Eminence, Francis Cardinal
Spellman; Rabbi Max Davidson,
president, Synagogue Council of
America; and Dr. Eugene Oar-
son BLake, representing the
National Council of the Church¬
es of Christ in the USA.
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, presi¬
dent of Morehouse .College in
Atlanta, presided.
And there were soil’s by the
gospel singer, Mahalia Jackson,
whose voice has been acclaimed
as “the greatest over heard
over a mike.’’
Azikiwe Sees Progress
Heading the list of speakers
was Dr. Azikiwe, the American-
educated Nigerian statesman.
He spoke during a downpour,
protected only by an umbrella
held by an aide.
The NAACP, the African lea¬
der said, “has been an inspira¬
tion to me and to my colleagues
who have struggled in these
past years in order to strength¬
en the cause of democracy and
revive the stature of many in
my country.
n ic is tniP true mat the tne ma waauj', acp
as one of the watchdogs of the
less occ nrlvIloCToH privileged r»or-,il.o pecyle is ic still ctill nn on
the warpath, nevertheless his¬
tory has provided the answer
to the question whether the
American government believes
in and practices democracy.
Any serious student of race re¬
lations in America must admit
that there have been radical
changes for better in the last
quarter of a centpry. Only
governments which believe in
democracy are capablp of allow¬
ing themselves to -be -influenced
by organized public opinion,
and this is a credit.ft the
sent government, in spate of
what its critics may honestly
choose to add to the other side
of its balance sheet.
“In Africa,” Dr. Azikiwe con¬
tinued, - “the NAACP spirit of
active resistance to the forces
which are inconsistent with
democratic principles has fired
our imagination. We have re-
lentlessly fought any attempt
to foist upon us the horrible
■badge of racial inferiority. We
have successfully challenged
cant and hypocrisy among
those who pay lip service to
democracy.”
“Private” Bigotry Assailed
Dr. Bunche, who had taught
the Nigerian Premier at How¬
ard University, hailed Dr. Aziki¬
we as “one of the first of the
true nationalist leaders of Af¬
rica south of the Sah.-.ra, and
outstanding amongst them. ’
The United Nations official
assailed as the “crudest kind
of hypocrisy and cynicism” the
argument that “bigotry in ‘pri¬
vate’ is to be condoned and
immune from criticism, as an
attribute of rights and free¬
dom. I consider bigotry to be
wrong and a danger to our
society in private as well as
public; at the least, ‘private’
bigotry is morally reprehensi¬
ble. Exercised in private, it may
claim immunity under law, but
it cannot claim immunity from
the censure of public opinion.”
Recalling that the NAAOP
held its first conference in New
York 50 years ago, Mayor Wag¬
ner said, “we are proud that
this city has been chosen as
the site of the observance of'
the Association's Golden Anni¬
versary. kind
“Discrimination of any
is legally and morally wrong,”
the Mayor declared, “and it is
Incumbent upon all men to
SSC Science
Workshop
'Continued from pq.re r»ne>
conductors.
Mrs. Helen Fletcher,
nah. Haven Heme School, and
Mrs. Elsie Say. Rincon, Spring-
field Central High, p soared
examples that drmonst-ate the
i prircmle of the v ’ r a,,-', , 1(
and generator an? r< rf .,,
T r s
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pj p e „ ce Ce-’ntv p Training . S-hoei;
1M ’”- F’”’ v, el Ceoner, HahJra.
We>b Miller r>mer f '--v: V>~.
Muset'o Mr"a, t’-rt'evnie,
j Uardeeville Elementary; M s
JeanFa Williams, O’ ax! on. Fv-
am c--ntv F' T h F.ihml; ?.t r ,
F. H. M'l'er, T-nnilc, W ••h'nn-
| ton County Tnir w Srhcpl;
and !'">$, N ivie Fa-dv. -in-
der~vMIe, T. J. Elder '-’bool,
p-p-'-ved a v°riptv of dr non-
r, r- M crs that d' olav the min-
j cip’es of machines onerated by
atomic energy, and static elec¬
tricity. Other displays showed
tne science of the formation of
rain ard the principle cf the
teleeraoh.
! Mrs. Mae St. Chair, Yemamee,
i g S. C., Fennell Elementary Sch.;
i Mrs. D. D. J -hnson, Alamo,
wheel( , r Training E , hool , prf _
n paed dGphys that demonstra¬
, M thp scieTlti , fic prir?ip va of
eleot , icfll motors pnd S : mp ’g
machines.
Mrs, Mary McLean, Hogle-
^urst Elementary School; Mrs.
Gertrude Everett, State boro,
William James High; Mrs. Thel-
nua K. Strickland, Elberton
Bowman Elementary School;
Miss Gloria Virginia RieharJ-
son, Brunswick, Perry
tary School, prepared demon-
strations of the principles of
tire dry cell battery and elec-
trical machines.
Mrs. Janie Bowers, Savannah,
Montierth Elementary; Mrs.
Ruth Heyward, Savannah,
Glennville Elementary, Mrs.
Edwina Glover, Savannah; Mrs
Zodie Douglas, Statesboro, Wil-
liam James; Mrs. Juanlia WelL
g . avannahi Edward Johnson Ele
mentary; Mrs . Carolyn Garvin,
D .. Min Washington Street Ele-
rnen ,t, ar y i prepared demonstra
tions on the principles of elec-
" “T lmo tors, ,: simple ' machines
anO magUKl. m net f UC1UA. ield ,
Mrs! G. Mitchell, Savannah,
pearl Sm RR Elementary, was
g ener , a i chairman of the p.o-
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T AT F P/iV 11.LE
By Robert Richards
Fletcher Christopher Mays,
husband of Mrs Hattie Lou
Reynolds Mays, died baiu y
afternoon, July 25th.
The Flaming Arrows Social
Fla., was well attended Sunday.
Mrs. David Lioy.l her
five children arrived Wednes-1
day. July 22 from New York
city, to spend the summer.-They.
are the house guests of Mrs. |
Lloyd's mother-in-law, Mrs.
Mary Lloyd. 13 Flake street, j
- —^
Susie Fulton mother of
^ fBubber) Fulton is ill.
iHoly communion services 1
were held at Jerusalem Baptist j
churrh g,, n d a y afternoon, Rev.
^ Dorman, pastor. i
The Boy Scouts met Wednes- j
day night at St. Peters A. M. E.
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will be in charge. ]
Thg funeral services for Mrs.
Genie Robertson were held at
the church last Sunday night,
Rev. A. Jackson delivered the
message at the regular morn-
i ng service. Music was render-
P d by the Junior choir and the
Gospel chorus.
work for its complete elimina-
j tion. I sincerely believe that
! we can only realize this goal as
] speedily as possible through the
means of legislation and
education.”
Mayor Pledges Support
Mayor Wagner p’edgrd his
personal suppovt and that of
his administration to the NA
Arp
Discrimination and segrega-
tion In the North is increa ing.
Representatve Adam Clayton
Powell charged. Citing diffieul-
ties he had encountered
getting 8'ipport for an anti-
discrimiration clause in a pen-
ding tabor bill, the New York
congressman said that “liberal-
'sm is a sham and hypacisy in
‘he North todav. There are
| true liberals left.
j ac kie Robinson cal’ed for a
i <jtapped-.up campaign to enlist
support of more Neerces in
the NAACP fight for freedom.
Spea-king from the jpiatfoim
erected at second base in the
Polo Grounds, the former Dod-
ger star infielder recalled , , „ that ,
had it noit been for the f '" ht |
te wp by the NAACP he would ,
never have been permitted to
reach first base in the major
leagues.
ftegistration Drive Stepped-! p (
A “dramatic and extensive I
campaign to increase registra
t j on and voting,’’ was projected
in a resolution unanimously !
adopted by the delegates dur- !
ing the sessions. In support of j
this project, the delegates vot- i
ed to “increase our financial
expenditures to promote regis¬
tration and vote campaigns in
‘he South” and to use “all the
facilitie’s of our organization .
to make registration arid voting
a top priority project ”
Turning to the lyhehing of
Mack Charles Parker at Pop-
larvilie, Miss., last April, the
resolution declared that FBI j
the agents lynchers solved the now ease known. and j
are ;
Success of the FBI in identify-
lng the killers make ^ a11 tlie '
^e'shocking'tp fJ s ~ Dt ‘ , . t mcfit fir^l;tto of' Justice v “ tj ttie j !
, i: ai ’
failed .... to . act on the .. evidence . , ____
uncovered ... We call upon the !
Department of Justice to make 1
a full report to Congress on the !
findings of the FBI and to ask j
Congress for any additional leg¬
islation that is needed to pun¬
ish and prevent the crime of
lynchings in the United States.’
Union Discrimination
Condemned
Other resolutions condemned
racial discrimination in the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen, the Bro
therhood 0 f Railway Trainmen,
and certain other, trade unions;
called for enactment and en¬
forcement of FBPC laws, and
for^ increase in "the minimum i
wage to $1.25. I
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Pilgrim Bapt. Church j j
Men's Day rehearsal will be
held Friday, July 31 at Pilgrim j
Baptist church. The Willing
Workers club will meet un ay 1 1
.
at 1 p. m.; the Deacons an
Deaconesses will meet at 5:30!
p. m.
The dress rehearsal for Wo- 1
man’s August Day will 5. be The held programs] Wednes- j
day, ,
will be presented Sunday, Aug.
Connor’s Temple
Communion services will !
held at Connor Temple next
Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock,
Rev. W. W. Whitehead, pastor,
THE SAVANNAH TRTHUNK
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FORMER "Miss Savannah State
strolls campus with Bayne Col-
j ig ge graduates who were en¬
rolled at SSC this summer,
EAST SAVANNAH
By M. E. Morrell
Rev. Robert Baker and
daughter Marilyn of Philadel¬
phia are visiting Rev. Baker’s
mother, Mrs. Maggie Baker, and
sister and brother-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Clifford Bowers.
The regular meeting 'of the
Improved Union Charitable
j ciety has been postponed from
the first Sunday to the second
.Sunday, August 9th at F. 'A. B.
church, 3 p. m. Mrs Laura
Walker is president M E Mor-
rell secretary
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Harris
will return to Brooklyn
day .after visiting his sister
1 Do * ty 1 Mrs - David Days and
family and his uncle, J. Calvin
ILarris and family. x
The ^ impressive impieaaiye ground Br|)UIia *brc&k■ lorcit „
j ng serV j oes 0 f gt. Mary’s A. M.
E. church were held last Sun-
„, uv , „ ar .
^ ...... ^ La ^ pkin ^, as wv .^. in
charge. Rev. Chas. Fogle is
.
p
Mrs. Addie Mae Robinson at-
tended .services Sunday at F. A.
B. after .several weeks illness.
Our shut-ins include Mrs. Car-
rie Jackson, Mrs. Viola Ander-
son. Geo. H. Jackson and Mrs.
Rebecca Jones.
Miiss Alberta Days will have
a birthday August 12. Con-
gratulations Berta!
Your agent is proud to tell
you we have .a young volun¬
teer reporter. Miss Dorothy Max-
well, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Richard <Ruth) Smith,
Please encourage her by
news to her pr your
agent, Let's .remember that
the news is free-Thanks to the
Tribune.
FAB Sunday School is giv-
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DAVIT) H. Timscn, PICKS.
WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS
Left to right: Miss Clemmie Me-
Allister, teacher, War.renton,
Ga.; Miss Carolyn Davies,
cher, Louisville, Ga., and Mrs.
Farm Housing Loan Program
Geared Closely To
Agricultural Production
To obtain a government farm,
1 housing loan, a farmer now
mus t own a farm that will pro-
^ uce a K°°d sized part of
income, the U. S. Department
of Agriculture has announced. |
This ^ action, which became the ef- j
f ec vo on t5, restores
I eligibility requirements in ef-1
' feet before the farm housing,
^ j oan pr0 p;ram was expanded as |
an a nti-recession measure on
M arc h 20, 1958. Credit aid for
f arm housing Is now directed,
\ ^ towar ptain d those largb farmers who j
0 a proportion of
J - --------------- ineome from agriculture, ----------- j
1 However, a E applications re-
ceived before July 15 will be]
considered on the basis of the
requirements of the expanded
program under which a farm |
1
j Hooch, ing a Fla, picnic Thursday, to Fernandina Aug. 13.
Nat Turner, slave preacher,
leader of insurrection of slaves
in Southampton County, Va„
was killed August 21, 1831. I
Monroe Funeral Directors
611 WEST BROAD STREET
PHONE AOams 2-41ftfi — A Dams 2-915
Savannah, Georgia
MONROE ON DUTY — NIGHT and DAY
ESSIE MONROE EDWARDS, Prop.
]
West Broad YMCA Plans
and Contest
The third annual King and
Qtieen contest of the Coastal
Empire, spbnsored by the Adult
Program Committee of the West
B'rdad Street YMCA. will begin
August 1. and close midnight,
October 29. Tickets fro the
Coronation ball will be sold In
connection with the contest fea-'
turing an Admiral Remote Con-
trol 21 inch TV set which Is a
gift from the ABC Furniture
store. The Coronation Ball
will be held Friday, November
6 at the Flamingo Ballroom. I
Previous Queens of the Cens-
tal Empire are Mrs. Wilton C.
^c.ott and Mrs. Gertrude J.
Johnson. Runner-ups were
Miss Ruth Mullino, Mrs. Lois
Dotson Flowers, Miss Doretha
Wells and Mrs. J. R. Dennis. It
is expected that a large group.
will seek the honor of represent- j
ing the West Broad Street Y.
M. C. A. in a foreign country.'
There will be two travel prizes
this year- the first prize being, j
a four day, four night all ex-
pense paid trip to Nassau, Ba- :
ha mas Islands. The winner
will slop at the Hotel Windsor,
naified for the Duke of Wind-
sor, former King of England. |
He or she will be greeted by j
the U. S. Ambassador to the Ba- j
hamas Island, and the Governor
General of the British Crown
Colony. A two hour tour of
Nassau and vicinity, a boat trip |
to Paradise Beach, limousine
service to and from the hotel
to airport and night time en-
tertainmentrun the gamut, from
fAirly fortaal 0 Informal drums,
’fS tOU ‘
I Henrice Thomas Ber rien, fo,r-
j mer “Miss SSC and teacher
in Rome, Ga.
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Missed Chair Five Times,
OSSINING, N. Y. — ( ANP 1 —
Leroy Keith, 52, who was first
condemned to death in 1534,
died July 23 In the electric
chair at Sing Sing prison.
Keith was origlnal’y condem¬
ned to die "Mr the fatal shoat-
of a steelworker, Fred Griest,
52, of Warren, Ohio, but won a
new trial.
owner formerly was eligible for
a housing loan If he produced
for sale or home use at least
worth of commodities das-
ed on 1944 prices.
To be eligible now for a hous-
Ing lean under the regular pro-
Tram to which the Department
has returned an applicant must.
produce a farcer quantity of
products for sale. The other
requirements which have al-
ways been in effect are: f 1 1
that the applicant be a citizen
of the United States, (2) be un-
able to obtain adequate credit
elsewhere to meet ................... tills needs,
and (3) have sufficient Ineome
t,o pnv farm operating and fam¬
ily living expenses and also |
enough to meet the payments
on his loan.
DID iV»U KNOW?
Rev. G'orge w. Williams, his¬
torian, was the first Nct'o grad¬
uate of Newton Theological
Seminary in Massachusetts.
The linotype machine key-
board has 90 keys.
For Business, Pleasure
And Economy Reasons
RIDE NANCY HANKS
To And From
Macon and Atlanta
A REAL MONEY SAVER
Savannah—Macon & Return $6.45
Savannah—-Atlanta & Return $9.45
(Plus Tax)
Lv. Savannah 7:30 AM Lv. Atlanta 6:00 PM
Ar. Macon 11:15 AM Lv. Macon 8:10 PM
Ar. Atlanta 1:30 PM Ar. Savannah 11:55 PM
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PATRONAGE
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FOR PROTECTION
PROTECT YOUR ROOF AND YOU SAVE THE
ENTIRE HOUSE
FOR ROOF MATERIALS
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‘ C horft o n and West Broad Streets
Phone ADams 4-8883
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and dancers. Those men
women who itili have time
enter may do Jo by calling
seph R. Jenkins, Executive
retary, West “Broad Street
M C. A , AD 3-1951 - AD
Six members of the
Broad YMCA who are
of local labor unions will
* pnr * International
" hood of P »'P' Sulphite
P^nermil! Workers
whlch will convene in
August 31. Reserva-
Dons have been made by local
YMOA for these members
the central YMCA in
Canada.
Tbo Y members who will at-.
tend this meeting are: Charles
Gordon, president, Progressive
Local 601, Union Bag and Camp
Paper Company; Arthur Kilroy,
vice president, Matthew Hun-
ter, secretary; George Sawyer,
president, (Career Local '615,
Union Bag Camp Papet Compa
nv, Herbert Williams vice pres-
ident; and Harry L. Brown,
nresldent , Local 653, Southern
p apP rboard Paper Company,
, r!ie ] (K , a j YMCA secures reser-
va y ons f or Rs members'all over
, he wor i d . . 1
The weekly “YMCA In Action”
urogram over radio station
WJIV will be heard Saturday
LOO to 1:30 p. m., Norman R.
Johnson, director,
The weekly USO dance will be
held at the Y for all servicemen
beginning at 8:30 p.
m. Mrs. Dorothy M 1 Butler
be In charge.
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In 1967 Keith was sentenced
to death far killing David Sur<s»
49, a Bronx taxicab driver. Ail
of his previous dates with death
were nullified by stays or re¬
prieves. After years of litigation
and imprisonment, Keith was
paroled in 1956. Five months
later, he killed Sure. \