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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXVIII
Test I'ase May Affect Teachers in 17 Dixie States
Christmas
TB Seal Sale
Launched
‘ An cxcel’ent tram of volun
teer workers has alignrd
itself with our association
this year,’ Erred Mrs. Thelm;
Wright, Director of .Community
Programming for the local TT
and Health Association, “and
ttiis bids fair to be the mos'
productive campaign we liav<
had in several year.-,” she con
eluded.
Leonard D. Law, a > iatet
with the personnel office of th
Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp
is co-ordinator of the Christ
mas Seal Sale Campaigi
activities. Mr. Law served sue
cessfully in this capacity s-ev
eral years ago, as well as or
various committees. He is a
member of the Board of Direc¬
tors. A graduate of Savannah
State College, Mr. Law ha
given outstanding service ii
civic and educational activitie 5
as. well as in religious endeav
ors. He is a communicant of St
Matthew's Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Arthur Joyner, churci
and civic worker, is chairmai
of the 1959 Christmas Sea
Street Sale. Mrs. Joyner whos<
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Policeman
Wins Gold
Star; Retires
Chicago—30 years of police work
ended Nov. Z2 for Police Sgt.
John L. McDonald when he was
presented a gold star symbolic
of meritorious service and feted
by friends at a retirement par¬
ty at the Grand Ballroom on
the southside.
The gold star was*given Mc¬
Donald, G3, by the Police Ser¬
geants Association. He had been
a member of the force since
1929. He was promoted to ser¬
geant in 1948.
A Negro, M Donald served
mostly at south side stations.
He was assigned to the Prairie
Avenue Station at the time of
his retirement.
McDonald lives with his wife-
Grace, cn the southside. They
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HAPPY HOUSE GETS CHECK—
Mrs. Geraldine Zeigler- right, is
shown receiving check for S100
for Happy House Day
donated by the Alpha Mu Tau
Chapter of Alpha Chi Pi Ome¬
HAPPY IHA1K/«1 V1IC!
(T*
AJJams 4-3432
Local Lad Wins Boys’ Club
Christmas (aid Contest
Alle Jones
NEW YORK—Thirteen-yea -
dd Alien Jones, a member of
the Frank Callen Boys’ Club,
Savannah, Georgia, has won
first place in the Boys' Clubs of
America’s second annual
tionwide Christmas card design
of A€ & S Schools Begins Dec. 2
1. Dr. Horace Mann Bond 2. Dr. Felton G. Clark 3. Dr. Kenneth I. Brown 4. Dr. James A. Colston 5. W E. Combs (i. Dr. L. S. Co/.art
Following the theme
proving Educational
ance,” tihe 26th annual
ga Sorority. Mrs. Ludelia Mar- j
:
shall, left, is presenting the j
check for t; e sorority. Happy
| House is a school for mentally,
recarded children.
contest, it was announced here
today.
Young Jones’ delightfully gay
and ingenious design was selec¬
ted from entries sent in by more
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j ence of the Association of
| leges and Secondary
gets underway December 2
Supreme Ct.
To Rule on
Segregation
WASHINGTON, D. C,
— The United States
Court will decide wlhether
Federal Government has
authority to “secure
relief” against a State in
to remove
against Negro citizens denial
the right to vote.
The case grew out of 9he
uation in Macon County, Ala.
where the Board of Registrar
has been charged with acts ol
discrimination against the re¬
gistration of Negro voters.
How “Jim Crow” Works
This was done by maintain¬
ing separate and segregated
registration facilities for Ne¬
groes. Also by applying more
stringent registration standard. 1
to Negroes than to whites and
the use of other techniques
calculated to disqualify Negrc
registrants, according to offi¬
cials of tthe United States Gov¬
ernment.
Such procedure is a violatior
of the Civil Rights Act of 1957
which specifically states that:
“All citizens of the United
States who are otherwise qual¬
ified f>y law to vote at any
election by the people in any
State, Territory, district, coun¬
ty, city, parish, township, school
district, municipality or other
territorial subdivision, shall be
entitled and allowed to vote at
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
< By ANP Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ANP)
The United States Supreme
Court has refused to enter the
dispute between the School Dis¬
trict of Moberly, Missouri, and
eleven Negro teachers over, the
luestion of segregation in
hiring.
The eleven teachers, who
were deprived of positions
when the schools were integra¬
ted in that city, claimed that
they were not rehired because
of their race.
Some With 30 Years Service
Prior to the Uesegiegation ol
schools in Moberly, Mo.; in 1954,
eleven Nigro teachers taught
at Lincoln School, a combina¬
tion elementary and secondary
chool for Negro children. Some
had taught there for as many
as 30 years.
When the schools were de¬
segregated, tihe Negro pupils
'were absorbed in the white
schools but no additional tea¬
chers were hired. This left the
Negro teachers without em¬
ployment.
These teachers received a
letter from the Superintendent
stating that the only method
by which) they could be hired
would be to dismiss employees
on comparable positions in
other schools. ‘‘I see no justifi¬
cation for discharging any em¬
ployee to permit retention of
an employee now filling a po¬
Central High School.
Kentucky, figuring
of The Danforth
ly in the program will be (1)
Dr. Horace Mann Bond,
School of Education,
Man “Within a Minute of
Death,” Three Knife Holes
In Heart, Lives
WASHINGTON, D. C.,—fANP)
— Thirty-year-old Jerry Jeff¬
ries is alive today because of the
fast-action of a team of hurri¬
edly assembled surgeons at
Washington hospital center.
Jeffries was rushed to the hos¬
pital last Saturday with a
wound inflicted by a double-
edged 8-inch hunting knife
that pierced his abdomen and
slashed the walls of his heart.
Whi n admitted to the emer-
ency rocm he was unconscious
vith three holes in his heart,
lis body cold and pulseless and
'Within a minute of death.”
Seven physicians went to
Shriners Seek to Register
New Voters
LOS ANGELES—(ANP) —
all-cut effort toward
oolitical participation by
groes in the United
began Sunday, November 22.
the 15000-member
of Prince Hall Shriners
ed a national drive to
register the more than
million unregistered Negroes
the United States.
The week-long campaign
end November 28. with
SATURDAY, NOV, 28, 1059
which is being
Therefore, it is
that
teachers now employed in
school be terminated
the end of this school year.
Openings, None for
Th e s e teachers contend,
that during the same
a teacher from the white
college retired, and tihe
of three white teach¬
were not renewed upon
of the Super¬
But neither of these
was filled by dis¬
Negro teachers.
A report filed by the Com¬
on Integration, dated
25- 1955, specifically
that ‘‘teachers be hired
the basis of merit determin¬
by the applicant’s qualifi¬
training, experience,
ability to fill tihe position.”
In spite of this recommenda¬
the Board hired three new
to teach in the ele¬
schools and one to
in the junior high school
May 1955 before the 1954-
term ended. Two of these
had no prior experi¬
in the teaching profession.
Teachers Hired—All
In June of the same year two
new teachers were hired
teach in the elementary
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University, who will deliver the
keynote address. Dr. Felton G.
Clark (2>, president of South¬
ern University at Baton Rouge,
La., is the scheduled speaker
at a special assembly program.
work immediately without the
time - consuming pre - surgical
washup. They gave him I!
pints of blood and put 22 stit¬
ches into his heart. The vic¬
tim’s heart stopped twice dur¬
ing the 80-minute operation
and was hand-massaged back
to life.
Police say Jeffries was stab¬
bed by Jeffry Peyne, 57- follow¬
ing an arugment at the latter’s
address when Jeffries report¬
edly accused Payne of causing
him to lose his jcb as a janitor.
Hospital officials said Jeff¬
ries probably will be able to go
home within a week.
Negro Shriner among the 150
temples in 37 states expected
to be personally responsible for
having obtained four new vot¬
ers in .his particular voting
area.
Announcement of the drive
was officially issued by the
organization’s presiding officer,
Imperial Potentate Booker T.
Alexander, of Detroit, who an¬
nually tours the majority of
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‘Miss Beaux Arts” Contestants
Miss Dorothy Loadholt
Nu Chapter, Iota Phi Lambda
Sorority announces the contes¬
tants for “Miss Beaux Arts.”
The contest will climax their
pre-holiday Beaux Arts Ball
and Taient Contest to be held
at the Flamingo Ballroom on
Friday night, December 4, at
9:00 p.m.
Miss Voncile Mobley is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phil¬
lip Maxwell of 1110 West 50till
Street and Is a member of the
Tremont Temple Bapt. church
j From St. Louis. Dr, Kenneth I ,
1 Brown (3), executive director
will come to address the ban-
quel session on “Academic Ex-
ceilencc- But How Do We Get
It?’’ Presiding over‘the whole
conference will be f the A*socia-|
tion president, Dr. James A I
Colston <4), president Knoxville, of Tenn.,! Knox-j
ville College, j
with the assistance of W. E.
CLASSIC PARTICIPANTS
famed Fultz Quads of
ville, N. C„ familiarly known as
"The Pet Milk Quads,” are
slated to appear in the 27th
annual Orange Blossom Classic
and Festival in Miami on Sat-
urday, December f>, under the
auspices of the Pet Milk Com-
Price 10c
A Dams 4-3433
Miss Voncile Mobley
She is a student at Liberty |
County High School and Ls a I
member of the chorus and a ’
cheer leader.
Miss Catherine Joyce Thomas
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Levi Thomas of 538 East Bolton
Street and Ls a member of St.
Benedict’s Catholic, church. She
is a member of the Now Home¬
makers of America, and of the
Matli Club. Her hobby is play¬
ing the piano. She is a student
at Sol C. Johnson High school.
secondary schools, Department
0 f Education, Tallahassee, Fla.,
who js Jm , t vlce pl „, iden t oi
U , “' Association. Dr. L. f>. Cuz-
ar ^ P ; csitlent of Barbei-
Scotia College, Concord, N. C.,
secretary-treasurer of the As-
capacity sociation. since has 1934. served in this j
pany oi Saint Louis. Left to
Louise- Alice, Ann and
| CaUl , Thc yua „. s enjoy
blkc rifJlUR bctwecn homework
I .
••’''•'•••'•ions and household chores
j | Some tod 200,000 to the persons Quads are during ex-
pec see
I their initial visit to Florida to
NUMBER 8
Miss Catherine J. Thomas
Miss Dorothy Loadholt is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jud-
son Loudiholt of 619 West 41 t
street. She is a member of Tre¬
mont Temple Baptist church
where she serves with the
Young Adult Choir and is as¬
sistant secretary of tile Sunday
School. She is a senior at the
Alfred E. Beach High School
and is affiliated with the New
Homemakers of America and
the Kappa Trl-lIi-Y Clubs.
Sociological Meet
TUSK EG EE INSTITUTE A
NI’i Because of segregated
accommodations, Dr. Lewi > W,
Jones, director of social science
ocarch at Tuskegce Institute,
bn announced that he will iwf,
it tend the meeting of the
SouHhcrn Sociological Society
in Atlanta next April, and is
urging other Negro members of
the society to boycott the meet¬
ing.
“Private Dining Room” for
Negroes
A recent memorandum from
BBS president. Dr. E, William
Noland of the University of
North Carolina, announcing the
society’s 1960 agenda, advised
its members: "The Henry Grady
Hotel (in Atlantai will provide
a private (lining room for the
Negro members of the Society.”
The memorandum stated that
the choice of Atlanta was made
Mil rough a poll of the member¬
ship and based on two “prob¬
ably related factors: (1) the
popularity of Atlanta . . . and
(2i the custom of meeting cen¬
trally two out of every three
years.”
Among the states repn -a u~
ted in the society’s member.! rip,
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participate in the festivites of
the famed classic sponsored by
Florida AaM University, Thir¬
teen years old, they are the
worlds only identical Negro
quadruplets, and are now stu¬
dents at Caswell County Train¬
ing School.