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78 YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXVIII
NAACP Miss. Use FBI on Parker
Two CORE Demonstrators
Two CORE members,
Howell and Charles Siegel,
assaulted and beaten while par¬
ticipating in a sit-in demon¬
stration at Byrons
Department Store in Miami
Monday.
Howell and Siegal were part
of a group of ten CORE mem¬
bers peacefully waiting for ser¬
vice at the lunch counter when
Howell, a Negro, was dragged
off his stool and beaten b:
George Victor. Victor than bcal
Charles Siegal, white, arounc
» the face. Both CORE member,
took the assault with dignity
and refused to retaliate.
Police arrived and arrested
all three on assault and bat¬
tery charges. The next dar
Municipal Judge Goldman fine'
Howell, who was assaulted, am
Victor, the attacker, $50 each.
Charles Siegal was found no
'guilty. Seven witnesses, inclu¬
ding a photographer and fou;
white residents of Miami Beach
testified that Victor had com¬
mitted an unprovoked attack
anid that neither Howell no;
Siegttl had retaliated in an;
way.
Previously Gordon Carey,
field secretary for National
CORE, had been beaten in tiie
wash room of Byrons Jackson’s.
Dr. John o. Brown, opthaluno-
logist and CORE project direc¬
tor, had been threatened in his
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Ford Foundation Finances Institute for Political Education
Mrs. Walker Receives State
Faithful # Service # Award
, c *nre Lodges Will
CelfLra'e 11th Anniv.
St. Phillip AME church,
Charles and West Broad streets,
Rev. J. S. Bryan, pastor, will be
headquarters for the 11th an¬
niversary celebration of Stone
continued on page Eignr.
Delta Awards $13,268 in
and
WASHINGTON. D. C., Sept
29, 1959—Delta Sigma Their
Sorority announced today tha*
it has awarded mare thar
$13.26fl in scholarships
grants for the current schoo’
year.
Of this total, $5,000 wa?
awarded to ten recipients
the national Sorority and $8.-
26a to 64 recipients by various
Delta chapters.
Awarding the largest ’
were Delta chapters in Berke¬
ley, California, and Tampa
Florida, each of whom granted
dizes students for training
was awarded by Delta’s
Angeles chapter.
A breakdown of the
awarded by the Sorority reveals
that $1,000 went to the Refer¬
ral and Supplementary Schol¬
arship Service and Fund
Negro Students, an organiza¬
tion which selects and subsi-
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Wins Piilshur/ Top Baking Honors
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF.—Mrs. Shirley Ordiway of James*
ville, New York, receives a check for $3,000 from Art Link*
letter for taking top honors in the Senior Division of Pills*
bury's 11th Grand National Bake-Off at the Beverly Hilton IIoteL
Her contest entry was a Lemon Cloud Pie which she baked In
the hotel's International Ballroom along with a hundred other
finalists. More than $100,000 in prize money and General Electric
appliances wore presented to winners at the Award Luncheon.
Each of the 80 senior and twenty junior contestants who com¬
peted for the top award received an expense paid trip to Beverly
Hills as well as the General Electric range and mixer used during
the competition. Mrs. Ordiway started with a basic lemon pie
because it’s her husband’s favorite, worked out her own variations
to win. She’s the wife of Jerry Ordiway, an electrician, and the
mother of three youngsters, Valerie 6, Paul 5, and Gloria 2. She
has a moderately large recipe collection, including a complete set
of Pillsbury Grand National and European recipes. She sews
beautifully and also enjoys sketching and designing, would like
some day to combine the two and create clothes. Mrs. Ordiway is
a member of PTA and Ladies Circle of the Southwood Baptist
Church. She’ll use part of her money to remodel her six room
suburban home, will save the rest for her children's education.
On last Friday, October 2,
Miss Mary E. Gregory, director
of the Chatham County Depart¬
ment of Public Welfare, pre¬
sented Mrs. Vivian Smith
Walker the Faithful Service
Award, issued by the State of
Georgia, signed by Governor
Ernest Vandiver and State Di¬
rector Judge Alan Kemiper, for
twenty - five years of faithful
service to the State of Georgia.
Mrs. Wa’ker is a native
Georgian. She graduated from
Stanton High School in Jack¬
sonville, Florida. She holds the
B. S. degree from Hampton
Institute in Home Economics
and has done further study at
Atlanta University, specializing
in Home Making Education.
She is one cf the first two per¬
manent Supervisors of Voca¬
tional Home Making for the
State of Georgia, having work¬
ed in the eastern half of the
State.
Mrs. Walker is the daughter
of Mrs. Dinah White Smith and
the Late Georgie Smith. She
joined the staff of the Chat¬
ham County Department of
Public Welfare in 1946.
’izes students fo rtraining at
nterracial colleges and uni¬
versities.
The national total includes
Iso two $250 scholarships
iwarded annually to women of
ndla to study adavanced social
vork ait the Delhi School of
Tocial Work, in Delhi, India.
The remaining $3,500 was
■warded for study in
Tnlted states to ten women,
live receiving scholarships and
'ive grants.
National Scholarship
Recipients
Receiving the Sorority’s
scholarships were Helen S
Sneed of Garner, North Caro¬
lina. majoring in chemistry at
the Unive rfty of North Caro-
lina; Shirley E. Barnes of New
York City, an advertising
at Boston University.
Others receiving scholarships
(Continued on Page Seven)
PRINCIPALS AND
SUPERVISORS WILL
MEET AT SSC
Bv Milton C. Scott
Under the leadership of T. A.
Carmichael, director, division
of Negro Education, State De¬
partment of Education, and
Mrs. Rebecca Davis, state
-chbols consultant, the annual
state meeting of school super¬
visors, secondary and elemen¬
tary principals is being held at
Savannah State College, Octo¬
ber 15, 16 and 17. Five hundred
delegates are expected.
Registration will be held in
Meldrim Hall, 12 noon, Thurs¬
day, October 15.
The conference will empha¬
size the Role of Leadership in
School Administration. A clinic
"or supervisors will be held at
1 p.m., October 15, in the
Audio-visual Center located In
the new half million dollar air-
'orditionerl library. A business
meeting of state principals is
scheduled for 3 p.m.
A fellowship dinner Thurs¬
day evening will feature Mrs.
Ada Lee Price, president of
late school supervisors, and
Harold Stinson, president of
Georgia’s principals’ conference.
The first general assembly
and local program Is Friday,
October 16, 9 30 am. in Mel-
trim Auditorium. Greetings will
be given by the Hon. W. Lee
Vtingledorff, Mayor of Savan¬
nah; Edward L. Bartlett, pres¬
ident, local Board of Education;
D. Leon McCormack, superin¬
tendent of public education;
(Continued on Page Three;
Lhanty £? c , lul v rund Sp ? n Drive n" rs
Leroy Wilson
Chairman
The Citizens Democratic Club
is in the midst of a charity
fund drive in which it is asking
each citizen for a donation of
$ 1 . 00 .
The entire net proceedings
will be used for charitable pur¬
poses.
Leroy Wilson, chairman, an¬
nounces that an interesting
feature will close this drive.
For information contact him
or any of the following mem¬
bers of the sponsoring commit¬
tee: Mr;. Atinie Mac Joyce, Mrs.
Carrie Boggs, E. Shuler, A. L.
Davis, Oscar Dcmery, James
Tyson, Gabtsey Frazier, Mrs.
Henrietta Dallas, Mrs. Ruth
White and Coty Thomas.
| AME’s TO MEET IN
LOS ANGELES IN I960
LOS ANGELES— f AMP) —The |
General Conference of the AME '
j Church will hold its i960
ion in Los Angeles, California. \
The • itc of the mooting wa.;!
announced by Bishop Carey A. ;
Gibb; following a meeting of I
the General Conference at Chi- j
cago’.s Bethel AME church.
Some 10,000 ministers and j
laymen are expected to attend j
the meeting which will be !
headed by Bishop R R„ Wright j
of the Fifth Episcopal district. \
DID YOU KNOW?
VUnericans smoked more than
436 billion cigarette, in 1968,
and six billion, four hundred
million cigars.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
BALTIMORE, Mid. — What
makes people WANT to vote?
Bow can the ordinary citi¬
zen understand the real issues
of today?
What can be done to combat
voter apathy in the neighbor¬
hood?
In general, how can society
develop voters who are thought¬
ful citizen-politicians?
Four years hence, Morgan
State College may have the
answers to these questions as
the result of an institute for
Political Fducation which op¬
ened this week.
Financed by a $103,000 grant
from the Ford Foundation, the
institute is, in effect, an “ev¬
Bigger and Better Savings Bonds
President Eisenhower wants the country to know that
United States Savings Bonds now pay 3Vs per cent interest.
He posed for this photo just after signing Into law a Con¬
gressional hill permitting the Treasury to Increase Interest
rates on Series E and H Savings Bonds from the old 3V* rate.
This enlargement of a $100 bond is symbolic, of course, but
it carries the message that Savings Bonds are "Now bigger
and better." The new rate was made retroactive to June 1.
In addition, the 40 million persons already holding Savings
Bonds benefit by the legislation. The Interest rate on out¬
standing bonds has been increased by at least one-half
per cent from now on if held to maturity. "To my mind,"
the President said, "there is no better way of saving, no
trore effective woy of strengthening our power for peace,
than to own United States Savings Bonds. To buy these
bonds is to express faith in America. It helps provide the
economic strength in both our Government and In individual
families on which our freedom depends. I hope that the
making cf both old and new Savings Bonds even more at¬
tractive will serve as a renewed invitation to every citizen
to buy and hoid these 'Shares ia Amerisa'." .
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1959
Chorister Dies Sunday
PASTOR CHARGED
OBSCENE REMARKS
OVER TELEPHONE
DETROIT— (ANP) — A 59-year
old northend Holiness church
pastor was released on $300
bond last week on arraignment
before Recorder’s Judge George
Murphy after he was convicted
of making obscene remarks to
a woman over the phone.
He is Rev. Amos B. Harris,
pastor of the New Age High¬
light Holiness church, Russell
and Westminister.
The complainant said the
minister called her at her home
on Sept. 23 and made obscene
sexual remarks. She said the
Rev. Mr. Harris called again
the following day, at which
time she made plans to meet
him.
The woman said she had
filed her complaint with the
police department and was
advised to make a date to meet
the stranger who was calling
her home.
The minister failed to keep
te date. However, he called
again Sept. 25. The woman
said he explained, "I am col¬
ored and cannot come In your
neighborhood, because I must
watch the law.” She informed
the pastor that she had no use
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ery man’s course in practical
politics” which aims to educate
the entire college community
to political awareness and po¬
litical know-how.
Dr. G. James Fleming, pro¬
fessor of political science and
institute director, explains the
project’s aims this way:
The institute seeks to create
on the Morgan campus aware¬
ness of the issues and prob¬
lems of politics and public af¬
fairs; to develop students who
know how to utilize politics
and political techniques for
the general public good; and
to foster a sense of the impor-
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Charles vT. Joyner
Charles Wesley Joyner,
rister of St. Philip
church, died suddenly
morning, Oct. 4, in his
shop where he stopped for
few minutes before going
St. Phillip A. M. E. church
the morning services. T h
church is located a half
from Joyner’s Barber Shop.
Mr. Joyner had never
Sunday morning service at
Phillip A.M.E. church
the past thirty-one years
he served as chorister. He
been a member of this
since coming to Savannah
(Continued on page threei
MISSING LUNG SAVES
BOY ‘SHOT IN HEART’
JACKSON, Miss. — (ANP) —
When 10 year old Ronnie Smith
had his left lung removed sev¬
eral years ago, he had no Idea
the “absentee" lung would fit ip
him cheat death a second time.
Relatives of the youngster
this week told this remarkable
story about Ronnie who wa.
shot “in the heart.”
It seems that the Smith boy
was playing with a bullet last
Friday, and when he dropped ii
on a stove, It exploded and Um
slug slammed info the left side
of his chest. Officials at Uni-
versity Medical Center said the
bullet would have lodged in
Smith's heart had it not been
for the lung operation..
Smith’s heart had changed
position, shifted in his chest,
since the removal of the left
lung, the X-rays showed.
HOI.DUP SLAYER
GETS LIFE SENTENCE
DETROIT—-(ANP) A 28 year
old wesitside man, Ernest Lee
Ford, father of three and a
Korean War Vet, was found
guilty of first degree murder
Wednesday by a jury in Che
courtroom of Recorder’s Judge
Elvin L. Davenport in the May
14 slaying of a 27 year old taxi
cab driver.
The victim was Robert L.
Leitch, of Taylor Township,
who was found slumped over
the steering wheel of his cab
in an alley near St. Antoine
and Eiiot. The holdup netted
Ford $14.
After the verdict was an¬
nounced by the foreman of the
jury, Ford made an unusual
request of Judge Davenport.
Asks To Re Baptized
With tears running down his
cheeks Ford said: “Your honor,
will you please allow me to be
baptized before sentencing me
to life in Jackson?’
Judge Davenport told Ford
that arrangement for the bap¬
tism could be made through
the sheriff.
Ford’s Japanese wife, Sach-
and their three children i
were prasent in the courtroom
the verdict was announc¬
ed.
Mrs. Ford wept openly and
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Price 10c \
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TUSKEGEEAN WILL
SPEAK TO ALUMNI
SATURDAY NIGHT
ip
' If
m Mi
James Woodson
At a meeting of tiic South-
east Georgia Chapter, Tu.skc-
gee Alumni Association, to be
held Saturday at the William
James High School, States¬
boro, Janie.. Woodson, Execu¬
tive Secretary, Tuskegee Gen¬
eral Alumni Association, will
be the mam speaker.
The purpose of the meeting
is to stimulate greater inter¬
est among the local alumni for
larger participation in alumni
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Council of Church Women
Will Meet October 14-15
The Annual Study Group of
the Council of Church Women
will meet at Christ Episcopal
Pailuh House Wednesday and
Thursday, Oct. 14-15, al 7 30 p.
m. Mr,,. Samuel A. Vurnedoe,
the local president, announces
I hat a discussion group will
farm
w,
l. it
HONOR MAN — Nathaniel Wil¬
burn,, Jr., .seaman apprentice,
USN, sun of Mrs. Janie Wil-
,.aims of 1674 Floyd St., Augus¬
ta, Ga., receives an honorman
certificate and an engraved
plaque during recruit gradu¬
ation at the Naval Training
• ’enter, Great Lakes, 111.
C< ",i 1 p. Milne, assistant sec¬
retary of the Navy for materi¬
al, made the presentation on
Red Cross Rules “No White
Women in Negro Pool
Demonstrations”
j ATLANTA (ANP) White
—
women will no longer be allow¬
ed to demon, irate water safety
at Negro swimming pools, the
Red Cro; .s recently announced.
This decision was reached
after parents objected to the
presence of white girls on a
team which conducted water
safety demonstration at a Ne-
■■ ro jkk)] last month. Following
the demonstration, J.Roy Gray¬
son, recreation director at
suburban East Point, was fired
for allowing the girls in the
NUMBER 1
ATLANTA-Gor. J. P. Cole¬
man of Mississippi and the
Pearl River County district at¬
torney have ignored an NAACP
request that the evidence gath¬
ered by the FBI In the Mack
Parker lynching eg.se last April
be submitted to the grand jury,
Mrs. R/uby Hurley, the Associ¬
ation’s southeast regional sec¬
retary, reported tais weak.
Following announcement by
Dkst. Attorney Vernon rfroom
o«n Sept. 11 that he would not
submit the FBI report to the
grand Jury, Mrs, Hurley sent
a telegram to him charging
that “failure to ask court ac¬
tion on FBI evidence is inex¬
cusable.” Citing a newspaper
report of his announcement,
he said, “We strongly urge you
to reconsider your decision."
Moreover, the NAACP reg¬
ional secretary pointed out,
“the State of Mississippi ha;;
been grossly negligent in its.
protection of the rights of Ne¬
groes and is evidently unwill¬
ing to bring to Justice the
guilty parties."
The 367-page FBI report was
iubmttted to the district attor¬
ney by Gov. Coleman for pre¬
sentation to the grand jury
hearing scheduled for Nov. 2.
Mr. Broom dismissed the report
as “mostly hearsay” and an¬
nounced that he wefuld not
place It before the grand jury.
In, her telegram to the Gov¬
ernor, M.ns. Hurley urged him
"to use the full authority” of
his office “to assure the safety
and rights of all cltleens in
Mississippi and to take all poss¬
ible sitepo to get court action"
(Continued on Page Six)
meet Thursday morning at
o'clock. i
The group leader will be Miss
Jane Keesling, Rural Church
and Community Worker of the
Board of Missions for the Me¬
thodist Churches of Georgia.
Sept. 12.
He was selected honorman
by his instructors, company
commander and fellow com¬
pany members.
Williams received orders to
the Naval Academy Prepara¬
tory School at Bainbridge, Md.
Before entering the Navy in
June 1959, he graduated from
Lucy C. Laney High School.
pool.
The demonstration ended
when the father of one of the
girls ordered her from the pool
and took her home. Whites and
Negroes were never In the pool
at the same time during the
demonstration, an official
pointed out, however, W. W.
Jefferson, manager of the At¬
lanta Red Cross chapter, said
all such water safety demon¬
strations at Negro pools would
“henceforth be performed en¬
tirely by men.”