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YEARS OF CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE VOLUME LXXVII Photo by Federal DELEGATES TO AFL-CIO CONVENTION—The aboYe photo shows local delegates who tended the 25th convention of the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite, and Paper Workers, AFL-CIO which was held recently in Montreal, Quebec (Canada). Left to right, back row: liar- ry L. Brown, local No. 653, presenting employees of ern Paperboard, and Joseph Addison, local No. 622, senting employees of Teed Products Corp. SHIES 1 REV. MERRICK W. COLLIER A service of installation was performed Sunday, Sept. 6, at 3:30 p. m. for the Rev. Mer¬ rick William Collier in the Westminster P r e £b y t e ,r i a n church. Concord, N. C. Ministers and layman of the Catawba Presbytery of the Ca¬ tawba Synod who participated in the service were Rev. Thom¬ GRANTED LEAVE—Mrs. Frank¬ ie Go'.den Ellis, former princi¬ pal of Sarah Mills Hodge anc George DeRenne Elementary schools, has been granted s leave by the Board of Educa¬ tion to study this year on i Southern Education Foundation Fellowship at the University oi Texas in Austin. She will stud,', toward her doctorate in the area of Curriculum and In¬ struction. This is considered an out¬ standing accomplishment foi Mrs. Ellis who has been the re- tContinued oil Page Six) anawtali SHIwne ADama 4-3432 Left to right, front row: Cleveland Wilson, local No. 750, representing employees of Ga. Pacific Plywood; Charles Gor- local No. 601, representing employees of Union Bag-Camp; Herbert Williams a nd as A. Jenkins, Rev. H. L. Counts, j Rev. T. A. Jenkins, Rev. F. M. i Beaver, Rev. H. Wilson and T. i Jeffers. Rev. P. A. Patterson I of Savannah delivered the ser- j mon. I Music was rendered by the i church choir accompanied i by Miss B. Foster, organist; and ! Mrs. M. Foster, pianist, Mrs. P. I A. Patterson sang two solos. Following the service Rev. Collier and his family were at home to the members and vis¬ iting friends of Westminster ! church. Rev. Collier is the son of Dr. and Mrs. H. M. Collier, Sr., of Savannah. He Is the seventh | child in a family of eight chil- Idren; four brothers are in the | medical profession; one broth- 1 is in the contracting busi¬ er ness; a sister serves as a teach¬ er in Philadelphia; and a de¬ ceased brother gave his life in the service of his country. Rev. Collier, a native Savan- nahian, .recaivted his ■elemen- (Continued on Page Sbo LICENSED PILOT — Harvey E tall, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey E. Hall of 635 West 37 Street, earned a Pilot's License o do commercial flying recent- y in Cleveland, Ohio. He is in¬ terested in flying for pleasure presently — perhaps as a voca¬ tion later. Mr. Hall, a graduate of More- rouse College and Oberlin Con¬ servatory of Music, is a member of the American Guild of Musicians and Composers. He is also a member of the National Association of Music (Continued on Page Five) Sawyer, both representing j no. 615, employees of I gag-Camp Factory W. T. Detreville, senting International hood of Pulp, Sulphite, and 1 per Mill Workers, Tir , AFL-CIO. thurc li Membership in eadies All-Time NEW YORK, N. Y.—Member¬ ship in American churches and synagogues reached an all- time high in 1958. Reports made by groups themselves membership for all faiths 1958 was 109,557,741. This is per cent of the nation’s mated population of the highest ratio of membership to population •MISS AMERICA OF ELKDO.M —Clevelands Judge Perry Jackson, grand treasurer the Elks, extends tions to pretty Adessa Talladega College student, lected “Miss America of dom” during recent 60th lodge session of the Elk* SAVANNAH, GEORGIA MISSISSIPPI NEGROES 1 WHITES FROM AREA JACKSON, Miss. — (ANP) Eighty-itwo Negro home signed a petition Friday to pre¬ vent a white family from “per¬ manently integrating neighborhood.” W. J. Garrett, a white owner, then agreed to back down on his plan to build a home for his family in the Ne¬ gro residential area. The group said in the peti¬ tion that they believed the races should be segregated as far as possible. They pointed out that “if the situation were reversed, you would in some way prevent a colored person from doing the same thing in an exclusively white neighbor¬ hood. Most of us in this area own our homes. We are proud of our homes and our commun¬ Steals Violin Worth $6,000; Pawns It for $30 CHICAGO—1 ANP)—Two ex- I convicts who stole a $6,000 vio- I lin July 22 and pawned the | instrument two days later for j $30 Chief have been Justice sent to jail. Marovitz I A sentenced Carl Wright, 30, to American history. The churches’ own figures show a membership gain in 1958 of 5,368.063 over 1957, a rise of 5 percent. This com¬ pares to a 1.7 percent increase in the nation’s population for the same period. The latest annual compila¬ tion of church statistics was made by the Bureau of Re¬ search and Survey of the Na¬ Atlantic City. Standing back of Miss Brown is P. M. Blair, Montgomery, Ala., businessman, ■ who heads the beauty and tal¬ j ent pageant. At immediate left and right of Miss Brown are runners - up Darlene Nelson, Texas, and Marcia Jo Lawson, l District of Columbia. Other SATURDAY, SEPT. 12, 1959 ity.” ‘Garrett has three teenage daughters, and of course there are a lot of young colored boys in this area and we do not want anything to happen which would cause trouble," they concluded. County Atty. Paul G. Alexan¬ der presented the petition to the supervisors saying there had been no earlier objections to the Garrett’s living In the area because “they thought it was on a temporary basis.” Garrett, who with his wife and daughters had been Living for two years in a combination store and home, recently pur¬ chased two nearby lots to build a store and a service station across from the Negro develop¬ ment. 2 to 8 years and Nathaniel Stevens, 22, to one to two years. The two pleaded guilty to stealing the violin from the auto of Fritz Siegel, a concert master for the Grant Park symphony orchestra. tional Council of Churches. It is based on figures released to the Bureau by officials of 251 church bodies in 49 states and the District of Columbia. De¬ tails will appear In the Year¬ book of American Churches for 1960, to be published on Sep¬ tember 8. There are 260 relig¬ ious bodies listed in the Year¬ book. Church statistics for Alaska contestants, left to right, Emma Mae Lee, Alice Mlayhew, Illinois, Jones, Connecticut, Betty meron, Ohio, Birtress try, New York; Eiveta Arizona, Mattie Peoples, Carolina, Jeanne Echols, consin, and Joan Rudrow, ** mw m m I NKH PHINCmt. MRS. (). a. DINGLE I MGNTOTH SCHO! * VKAt'm NEW PRINCIPAL WELCOMED—The president of Montieth P. T. A., James Jones (second from lefti, welcomes Mrs. O. B. Dingle, (third from right*, newly appointed principal, to Montieth L. to R. in photo are: Mrs. Carrie Whitehead, Mr. Jones, Mrs. Dingle, Mrs. Evelyn June , Mrs. Janie Bowers, teacher at Montieth Cards and flowers from friends of Mrs. Dingle are shown on table in background of picture. Mrs. 2 >mg le is a product of the local school system. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Savannah State College, a Master of Arts degree from New York University, and has done advanced study at | were requested for the first | time for the latest survey, j Those for Hawaii will be inclu- ded next year. Other reports made by the churches induct*: Sunday and Sabbath (Satur¬ day) School enrollment: 41, 197,313 in 1958, an increase of iContinued on Page Two) Jersey. “Miss Tennessee,” Ida Jones, is not seen, while at upper right Barbara Lyons, Mississippi, pauses backstage as Coca - Cola reresentatives Moss H. Kendrix, Washington, D C., and Chris Conner, Phila- iflnnt.lmifkfi nn PF.ljyhtl Price 10c ADams 4-3433 Atlanta university. She has worked in the Chatham ty School system for many years and formerly taught at Pearl Smith school. Mrs. Dingle Is president of Chatham County Teachers As- F IKD Sil HUL Bishop C. M. Grace, founder of the United House of Prayer, will arrive in the city over the week-end. His visit will high¬ light the thirty-third annual Holy Convocation of the church which will be held Sept. 13-20 at the House of Prayer, 643 Bismurk Street. Along with the scheduled activities there will be a special program each night in honor of the founder who is affect¬ ionately called “Sweet Daddy Grace” by his followers. District eiders and members from all parts of Georgia, Flo¬ rida, and South Carolina are expected. The local pastor, Elder P. A Lawson will deliver the Intro¬ ductory sermon Sunday morn¬ ing. The General Council will meet Monday at 11 ami. fol¬ lowed by worship services at noon. Saturday, Sept. 19, there will be a picnic at. Grace Land* Park from 9 a.m. until. Sunday, Sept. 20, will mark the climax of the activities in the form of a street parade at which thousands of spectator? watch annually. The day will NEW JEANES SUPERVISOR — Mrs. Irma S. Fields, who for¬ merly served as Jeanes Super¬ visor of Candler-Toombs-Vidal- la school systems from 1950 until hpr recent resignation, has been appointed in a simi¬ lar position with the Board of Education of Chatham County. Mrs. Fields attended Morris Brown College, Atlanta, receiv¬ ed the B.S. degree in elemen¬ tary education from Savannah State College and the master NUMBER 19 untary leaders for the Girl Scouts organization, and is a member of Zeta Phi Beta So- rity. She is also a member of the Second Arnold Baptist Church where she serves as u- perintendent of the Sunday Bishop C. M. Grace Founder begin with sunrise services f Lowed by Sunday school at a.m., gospel services at 11 a . baptism at Grace Land Pool at (Continued on Page Six) “Duke” Ellington RECEIVES SPINGARN MEDAL —Jazz clarinetist Benny Good¬ man, known as the “King of Swing," will present the covet¬ ed Spingarn Medal to Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington in New York City Friday morn¬ ing, September 11, NAA CP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins announces. The Spingarn Medal is awar¬ ded by the NAACP annually to a Negro American for disting-