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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXVII
SAVANNAH LEADER HONORED—'Top photo snows Walter S. Scott, president of the Guaranty
Life and Health Insurance Co., of Savannah who was honored last week in Washington by the
12th Annual Regional 4-H Club Camp. He is shown receiving a 4-H plaque for outstanding ser¬
vice from Naomi Robinson of Covington, Ga. Mr. Scott was one of four honored by the 348,-
000 Negro 4-H’ers in the South. The ceremony took place at Howard University.
Bottom photo shows a group of Georgia 4-H Club delegates who attended the Regional.
Front row, left to right: Esterene Sanders, Decatur county; Elfreta L. Mann, Sumter county:
Minnie Robinson, Walton county; Eva M. Collin-., Bibb county; Mrs. Mattie T. Copeland, Asst.
State Agent for Negro work. Back row, left to right, George Marshall, county agent from
Walton county, John H. Malcolm, Walton count r ; Freddie Wakefield. Lowndes county; Espcr
Lee Wilkes county; Bobby Isom, Appling county, and M. C. Little, Negro Club agent.
—USDA Photos
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Judge Hueston Honored at
Elks Grand
By Albert Anderson
For Associated Negro Press
ATLANTIC CITY — This fa¬
mous Seaside Resort rolled
the Red Carpet Saturday to
extend welcome to the Elks of
the world as they arrived in
regal sip'endor to attend their
Grand Lodge convention which
continues to Saturday, Aug. 29.
Headed by Robert H. John¬
son, grand exalted ruler, and
Judge William C. Hueston,
grand secretary, the Elk horde
numbering more than 10,000, is
centering activities at the fol¬
lowing locations: Senior High
school, Albany and Atlantic
Aves.; New Jersey Avenue Sch.,
at Artie Ave.; St. James AME
church, New York and Artie
Aves.; West Side All Wars Me-
Continued on Page Three
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AT the national con vention of the National Association of Negro
Musicians in St. Louis hold gold trophies presented to them by a citizens committee of the St.
Louis Music Association. Recipients for “achievement and service” are Robert McFerrin, first
Negro with a contract at the Metropolitan Opera; Miss Etta Moten of the original Broadway
“Porgy and Bess” cast; Dr. Roscoe C. Polin, president, NANM, and Mrs. W. C. Handy who holds
sealed container of water from the Mississippi River. The awards were presented during a
gigantic festival honoring the iate Mr. Handy on the riverfront, by William G. Porter, right, chair¬
man of the committee and assistant to the vice-president, marketing, Anheuser-Busch, Inc.,
which sponsored the awards.
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Bi-Sexual Jamaican
Prefers to Be a “Woman"
By Wilbert E. Hemming
KINGSTON, Jamaica—(ANP)
—A Jamaican who is both man
and woman, has shocked doc¬
tors and nurses at the Univer¬
sity College Hospital of the
West Indies, at Mona.
The person is a 19-ycar older
of Papine district, a hill-foot
township adjacent to the Uni¬
versity college.
Grown up as a girl, but man
and woman at the same time,
the person whose name has
been concealed for obvious
reasons, prefers to be a woman
I rather thian a man. Of very
i short hair and masculine phy¬
sique, “she” gave doctors the
creeps when she said that she
would not want to be a man
after surgical operation, be¬
cause “she” had grown up as a
woman.
Healthy and quite strong,
“she” sought doctors opinion
■on the promptings of “her"
boy-friends.
. Nurses at the hospital said
that “she” was bi-sexual and
could be made into a perfect
man, or a perfect woman. Tiic
choice was hers, and “she”
chose to be a woman.
So the doctors have granted
(Continued on Page Six.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1959
Prince Hall Sliriners Donate
$48,500 for Medical Aid
LOS ANGELES — A total of
$48,500 was voted out to medi¬
cal charities by the Imperial
Council of the Ancient Egypt¬
ian Arabic Order, Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine, at the conclusion
of their 58th annual convention.
The amount, an increase over
the $33,500 given to aid medical
research in Chicago last year,
will be distributed among nine
institutions which have quali¬
fied to receive the annual
grants. The sum also brings to
a total some $200,000 the
Prince Hall Sliriners have do¬
nated to medical charities since
♦heir Tuberculosis and Cancer
Foundation was established in
1949.
Topmost among the recipi¬
ents of the sizeable grants is
Howard University, which lias
been voted $10,000, an increase
of $3,000 over last year’s $7,000
award. Next highest benefici¬
aries are St. Mary's Infirmary,
Galveston, Texas, $7,000; and
New York’s NYU Post Graduate
Hospital w'hich will receive a
like sum of $7,000 for research
in cancer by Dr. Jane C.
Wright.
Others who will share in the
(Continued on page three,
Dr, Jordan Returns From
Trip Abroad
Dr. Carl Rankin Jordan, dis¬
tinguished local physician and
s u rg e o n, recently returned
from a whirlwind trip to Por¬
tugal, Spain, Southern France
and Italy. While abroad, he
was privileged to visit the Uni¬
versity of Madrid Medical
School and General Hospital;
also some of the ancient
shrines of Rome and the Holy
Places of Lourdes and Fatima.
Dr. Jordan flew to the States
via Pan American Jet 707 to
rejoin his family and attend
the National Medical Associa¬
tion Convention in Detroit, Aug.
10-13. Subsequently, he made a
brief trip to Ontario, Canada,
and Washington, D. C.
FOR FLORIDA FUGITIVE
NEW YORK, N. Y.—The NA
AC? this week guaranteed bail
of $2,000 for the appearance ol
Willie Reid, fugitive from s
Florida chain gang, in court
when his extradition fight is
continued.
Reid escaped several years
ago from Lake County, Fla., ir.
which Sheriff Willis V. McCall
the “Negro-killing'' officer, Is
boss. McCall shot and killed
Samuel Shepherd and critically
wounded Walter Lee Irvin in
1951, alleging that these two
(who were handcuffed) had
tried to escape.
Last week the U.S. Court of
Ap.pi ais ordered Ro.d freed on
bail of US,000 afl f r a successful
plea on his behalf by the young
law firm of Cohen, Jaffin and
Nussbaum. The lawyers will
now file a petition fo' a writ of
certiorari in the United States
Supreme Court in Reid’s be¬
half.
Reid’s freedom pending the
the outcome of this petition
was made possible bv the sign¬
ing of the bail bond by Roy
EISENHOWER ATTENDS
SERIES PRESIDED OVE
Bf NEGRO PASTOR
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AN Pi
In a history-making develop¬
ment, President Elsenhower
attended services Sunday at the
Gettysburg Presbyterian church
and heard a small, eloquent
Negro minister offer a special
prayer for his success in forth¬
coming peace, conferences.
The President and Mrs. Eis¬
enhower sat with bowed heads
as the Rev. Garnett Lee con¬
ducted the services in the
church wthere Abraham Lincoln
worshiped on the day he
delivered his immortal "Gettys¬
burg Address. 1 ’ Pastor of tiie
Capital Presbyterian church,
Harrisburg, Pa., the Rev. Lee
(Continued on Page Three
APPOINTED PRD—C 1 i n t on
Moon has been appointed Pub¬
lic Relations Director of the
Sir John, Miami’s luxurious re¬
sort hotel.
Mr. Moon, a native of Birm¬
ingham, Ala., has previously
worked as field representative
for the National Opinion Re¬
search Center of the Universi¬
ty of Chicago and most recent¬
ly as an account executive of
Jesse J. Lewis and Associates.
Inc., Birmingham Public Rela¬
tions and Marketing Consultant
firm. i i j
In 1958 there were 850 auto¬
mobiles with defective brakes
Involved in fatal accidents.
Wilkins, NAAC'P executive sec
retary, wno acted in an emer- j
geney in to aid legal Reid battle and that hi, law- |
yers a may j
result in his permanent free¬
dom from the jurisdiction of
Sheriff Me Sail.
Florida officers came to New I
York for Reid several years ago,
but he received legal aid and
his case went into the court,
He was freed on bail put up by
a relative in Brooklyn and
worked steadily for one em¬
ployer for two years. When a
court decision went against him
last year, Reid was finally put
back in jail in New York City
in February, 1959, and last
spring his new lawyers began j
the fight to aid him.
The NAACP passed a resolu- I
tion at its 50th anniversary
convention here last month j
prote.^ting the extradition of
Reid. It stated that “the usual
indignities and brutalities met- i
ed out to Negro chain gang pris- ]
oners were multiplied n^ainst
Reid — particularly incarcera¬
tion in the ‘sweat box’.”
Dr. Proffitt
Heads N1)A
CINCINNATI (ANP I A fea¬
ture of Thursday's closing sess¬
ion of the National Dental As¬
sociation at Sheraton - Gibson
hotel, was the answer to the
question: “Will Dr. E. rf. Jack-
son of Charlottesville, Va., be
retained as secretary-treasurer
of the organization?”
The answer was in the affir¬
mative, and Dr. Jackson was
given a .'■•landing ovation as he
resumed office as the only
official of the NDA receiving
(Continued on page tnreei
Mr. Johnson Receives
Elks Lovejoy Award
JOHN II. JOHNSON, president,
Johnson Publications publish¬
ers of Ebony, Jot, Hue and Tan
magazines is the 1959 selectee
for the Elks’ annual Elijah
Lovejoy award, an outstanding
citation given in the field of
civil liberties. The award was
formally presented to Johnson
at the Elks' 6! t annual conven¬
tion currently in session at At¬
lantic City, N. J. AM 1 Photo)
DID you KNOW?
The Georgia Infirmary in
Savannah, Ga., is the first gen¬
eral hospital for Negroes in the
United States. It was opened
in 1832 and is located at 38th
an
spotlight ON the MEDICS
—During recent annual conven- J
tion of tiie National Medical
A ociation in Detroit, several j
(•Ifieorf of s.he association were
iound on break between ses-i
Above, left to right, are I
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Local Student Wins in
“Every Week" Contest
Photo shows James Gordon,
left, and his teacher, Mrs.
Stella J. Reeves.
Several weeks ago the “Efvery
Week” (a national high school
periodical) asked Its readers to
write about their teachers.
Cash prizes were offered for
the best letters.
The staff was Interested pri¬
marily in two things: 1. how
“Every Week” was taught;
why the students like the
as a friend and leader.
Letters rolled Into the Co¬
Ohio, office from stu¬
in all sections of the
ROT” KILLS
NEW YORK—(ANP)—Arthur
Leroy Wright, 42-year-old mer¬
chant seaman who killed his
wife and then committed -sui¬
recently, has been Identi¬
fied as one of the "Scottsboro
boys,” who escaped death in the
electric chair in the 30 s.
Wright killed ms 36-year-old
wife, Kathleen.
When he was 14, he figured
in the sensational Scottsboro
case which burst forth into
headlines in March, 1931, when
two white girls charged they
were victims of a gang assault
in a freight train at Scot/ts-
boro, Ala.
Twice the Supreme court re¬
versed the death sentences of
Wright and the otiher defend-
seen Dr. James T. Aldrich,
ident-elect, St. Louis,
with retiring president Dr.
stillmon Smith, Macon,
and Dr. J. W. Maxwell,
kee, Wise. Below, Taylor
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country. The emtries were so
excellent that two extra awards
had to be made.
Among th® participants and
winners was James Gordon who
selected to writ® about his his¬
tory teacher, Mrs. Stella J.
Reeves.
James Is a membir of the
10-5 cAass of A. B. Beach High
School and is the son of Mr.
and Mr*. Jaime* Gordon of 606
West 39th etreet, Mrs. Reeves
Is a member of th® social sci¬
ence department. O. L. Douglas
is principal of . Beach High
school.
aily dropped against Wright
and four others who had stead¬
fastly maintained fchejr inno¬
cence. Th® other four were
sentenced to prison terms.
Sleeping Car
Porters To
Meet Sept. 7
CHICAGO — r*NP) — The
third triennial convention of
th# Brotherhood of Sleeping
Oar Porter# will convene In
Chicago beginning #ept. 7.
Calamity bring# either one of
two things—greatness or death.
pany, left chats with Dr. Smith,
NMA president Dr. Edward C.
Mazique, and Journal editor Or.
W. Montagu® Cobb, both of
Washington. D. C. Young lady
is Lottie Barnes, hostess for
Coca-Cola. j