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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 (Continued on Page Seven) 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- awnitali ffiiteir ADanw 4-3432 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 Continued on Page Four) 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- (Continued on Page Seven) , 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 '.Continued on page Seven] Price 10c \ ADtois 4-3433 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 (Continued on Page live) 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.”