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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< ;Continued on Page Five* 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 continued on Paee sev»n 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 I ■continued on pase three 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 Continued on Page Seven 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 (Continued on Page Three 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 (Continued on Page Eight) ‘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, Continued on Lage three 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.