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SATURDAY, NOV. 23, 1059
Woman less Bride Elated as
Date
Eueene Doyle, chairman
the Deaecn Board of ‘the
Congregational church',
sham and Tavlor st eet?. wil
be the bride in the \vcman)e c
wedding to be presented by
Service League of the
on Friday, December 4. at 8 r
m. He seemed elated during th
recent rehearsal as he marrhe'
d ” n 1 :r able to .join thf
groom, Alffcrence Cheatham
prin: :pal of Sol C. Johnmr
elementary and high schools.
Other participants In this
vz a naan less wedding are as fol¬
lows:
Maid of Honor; Eugene Gads¬
den: Best Man Boles C. Fo d'
Pride-maid c William Pleasant
Jr., Grover Thornton, Lorenz:
fxton, chn'rle. Jenkens, Jr.
James Cobham and John Mc¬
Intosh.
Ushers, S. D. Bi.-a d, S. R
Green Grove Baptist
? Church
/ Installation services for Rev.
R. L. Lee, pastor of Green
Grove Baptist church, were well
attended last Sunday. The ser¬
mon was delivered by Rev. A. E.
Uaginsu Rev. E. D. Brooks and
nev. W. Miller assisted
the services. The pastor deliv-
ered the evening message.
Leaders
Boycott
•Continued from Page On** 1
Florida. Kentucky and Tennes¬
see each permit interracial
meetings, in the voting. New
Orleans ranked second, and St
Petersburg, Fid., ranked third
Gatlinburg, where the group
met imsegvegatcd last year
ranked seventh.
“Consider Again”
Dr. Jones’ letter (dated Nov
6. 1959i replied to Dr. Noland
“If you consider that (the seg¬
regated arrangement) to be a
gracious concession to the So¬
ciety, as a result of your astute
leadership in making arrange¬
ments, consider again.”
The letter continued: “In the
business meeting of 1959 sess¬
ion. I pointedly called to your I
attention that it is unnecessary
now to held professional meet¬
ings where some members h-ave
to endure embarrassment and
real inconvenience.
“I atn suggesting to Negro
members-” the letter conclud¬
ed, “that they remain away
from all sessions but the busi- i
ness meeting and appear there
asking for a declaration of po¬
licy.”
I)r. Gomillion a Member S
Other Negro members of the
society include: Dr. Charles G.
Gomillion, president of the
Tuskegee Civic Association and
a member of the society's exec¬
utive committee; Charles U,
Smith, Florida A&M University,
who is scheduled to lead a dis¬
cussion on “Intergroup Rela¬
tions and Social Structures;”
Charles H. Parrish, chairman,
department of sociology at tlhe
University of Louisville; Dr.
Stanley Smith, associate pro¬
fessor of sociology at Tuskegee
Institute- and Mrs. Adella
Shields of the Tu kegee Insti¬
tute division of social science
research, directed by Dr. Jones.
Dr. Gomillion, who is also
chairman of title social science
department at Tuskegee Insti¬
tute. stated that he is withhold¬
ing decision to attend the
meeting pending correspond¬
ence with Dr. Noland.
Objects To Policy
Dr. Smith said that he is also
writing to Dr. Noland concern¬
ing the accommodations, add¬
ing that he “definitely” would
not attend any except the
business meeting, and would
object to the policy at that
time.
Mrs. Shields said that she is
also writing to Dr. Noland, ex¬
pressing her feeling that “If
any group at all should be rea-
1 is tic about this thing, it should
be the sociologists.” She said
that she would attend only on
te terms suggested in Dr.
Jones’ letter.
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Jones, Fred Owens. J. B. Wright,
Herbert Stevens, Houston Tol¬
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Bride’s Mother, John Lyons,
Sr.: B ide’s Father, Ezra John¬
son; Groom’s Mother, Horace
Hammons; Groom’s Father,
Howard Jason: Groom’s
” . Arthur Curtright, Jr.; J.lted
Lover, Robert Spencer;
Flower Eearers, Charles Jen-
Kens. Ill, John Clemmons, Jr.:
Groom’s Little Slste-; Ring
Bearers, Goeffery Gadsden and
Horace Marks: Soloists, Frank
M,'Moore and David Butler;
Organist, E. J, Josey; Minis¬
ter, Thomas Johnson Jr.
Don't miss the greatest
wedding of your Me. featuring
The December Bride of 1959.”
Mrs, A. C. Curtright is direc¬
tor and Mrs. M. V. Hannar is
general chairman.
Test Case
May Affect
(
•OontlniieO from or-p*
j schools, schools, and and in in August two
more were added to the ele-
men-t,ary school staff. And in
June 1956 more teachers we'e
added to the system, all white.
“The action of the Board in
failing to renew the contract of
a single Negro teacher . . . raises
a suspicion that racial discrim¬
ination was practiced . . ." con¬
tended attorneys for the Negro
teachers. This, they claim- is a
violation of the Fourteenth
Amendment to the Constitu¬
tion.
Although only the ll Negro
teachers from the school dis¬
trict. of 109 teachers, 98 of
whom are white, are involved
in this case, the question is one
of great importance, stated the
petitioners. It might well af¬
fect any of the 91,806 Negro
teachers employed in the pub¬
lic schools of the 17 states and
he District of Columbia where
school segregation has been the
practice.
“No Issue,” Says School Board
The School Board argued bhat
“this is no issue of great public
importance ... It can only foe
important to the Negro teach¬
ing profession.” The question
here involved- thev said, is
“whether petitioners were de¬
nied employment because of
racial discrimination, or whe¬
ther, in the sound and honest
discretion *of respondents, they
were not as well qualified as
white teachers.”
“No court will rule,” stated
thq Board, “that Negro teach¬
ers must be employed in public
schools, regardless of whether
better qualified white teachers
are available.” i
District Court Rules Against
Teachers
Basing its opinion on these
arguments the District Court
for the Eastern District of
Missouri, ruled that the Super¬
intendent and the Board of
Education were justified in
their action. This court claim¬
ed that “there was no discrim¬
ination by defendants against
Plaintiffs, based on race or
color, in the hiring of teach¬
ers .. ” And that “the Negro
.
teachers were given the same
consideration as white appli¬
cants in hiring of teachers . .
The court further stated that
school officials were justified
in considering “such intangible
factors as personality, charac- |
disposition, industry, adap¬
tability, ability to follow in¬
and to 'receive and
impart knowledge- as well as
elements of the Board s
in deciding on the quali¬
of teach vs appli¬
‘No Review” Says Supreme
This ruling was affirmed by
Court of Appeals for the
Circuit And this ruling
allowed to stand when the
Court this week de¬
to review the case. So
Negro teachers in thus
town have been de¬
of their positions
Sometimes
NEEDS A
TOO
over 60 years, mothers have re¬
on gentle “BABY EASE. Pleas¬
tasting, easy to give liquid, vege¬
“BABY EASE” brings
without binding. “BABY
does not contain opiates or
strong laxatives. Ask your druggist
for, the special babies laxative,
“BABY EASE.”
I
OMEGAS sponsor program
—1. Dr. W. K. Payne, president-
Savannah State College, is
shown as he addressed the au¬
dience at the climaxing of an¬
nual observance of National
through the system of inte¬
gration and the Supreme Court
has refused to do anything
about it.
Local Lad
Wins Contest
(Continued from, rage one)
than 100 Boys’ Clubs. It features
a Boys’ Club member and his
dog happily delivering Christ¬
mas gifts, in bright seasonal
colors. The design will serve as
the Boys’ Clubs of America’s
official Christmas card this
year and will carry greetings to
millions of friends of the youth
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group’s 533 clubs throughout,
the country. Jones will receive
from BOA a special award <•;
memorating his artistry and
craftsmanship.
Announcement of the
ning design was made -by John
M. Gleason, national
of the Boys’ Clubs of America
who stressed the part played
by the nationwide competition
in BCA’s fight against juvenile
delinquency. “Projects such as
these,” he said, “offering close
to 600,000 youngsters the chance
to learn and develop creative
talents .prove the validity and
success of our program for Ju¬
venile Decency.”
Runners-up in the Chri
mas card compelil ion a <- ’:
livers the principal address.
3. Coieyus get together for
fr.eucUy conversation at their
ren prion at Savannah State’s
l(’o i; t- Center following the
un. They are from left to
Medio; k, 14, Linda Vista Boys’
Club, Can 'Diego- California,
place; Allen Rossi, 15,
'and Donald G. McNabfo, 13,
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The winning cards were se¬
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Hotel Porter Held
For Murder
ST. LOUIS _ i A A/p i Orlando
Guy, a hotel porter, was chnrg-
ed with first decree murder
last Friday after he
sexually assaulting and then
brutally killing an 8 year-old
boy at the DrLuxe hotel
* In h •' .dement, Guy- 35,
said he brat James Coffman to
death with, a beer bottle when
the ch 1 ; in 1 to tell his
mother about the mole
The dead body was found near
trie bottom of an elevator
in the hotel lad Friday.
First Reported As Accident
The death was first reported
as an accident, but Detective
! Sgt. Benjamin Massey and De¬
tective William Brown of the
I homicide squad discovered evi-
I dence that the boy’s body had
been placed on a girder about
six feet from the base of the
shaft.
His sh-oes were on trie floor
beneath the body. The detec¬
tives noted that they seemed
to have been carefully placed
there instead of having fallen,
Guy, who had first reported
the finding of the body, was
questioned further because he
was the only hotel employee
with a key to a door opening
into the elevator .shaft. He
began giving evasive answers,
the detectives said.
Gets Lie Detector Test
Given a lie detector test, Guy
finally admitted tlhe killing. He
was quoted as saying the in¬
decent act occurred in the base¬
ment of the hotel and that he
carried tlhe body Into the shaft
after hitting the youth several
times with the bottle.
The dhild lived at the hotel
with Ms mother, Mrs. Flora
Reynolds. A murder warrant
was issued against the assail¬
ant.
relations counsel; Emanuel La-
vorata, vice president- Sterlip
Press- graphic arts expert: and
Iris Vinton, publications di¬
rector, Boys’ Clubs of America.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Allen lives
with his mother, Mrs. Geneva
Jones, at 212 East Park Ave.,
in Savannah. He attends East
Broad street school. •'
It’s nice to be important, but
its more Important to be nice.
PACE THRE*
Testimonial Wanted
For Dr. DuBois
WASHINGTON (ANP)—A wo-
man supporter of Dr. W. E. B.
DuBois wrote the Associated
Negro Press last week suggest-
ring that her request for a tes-
t.lmonia] for the Venerable schol-
ar and educator be published.
Making the suggestion was
j Mrs. Ada Scott Butcher, who
said she was a delegate to the
1946 N’AACP convention In Cln-
cinnati which demanded a more
I democratic rule for the associ-
ation.
She claimed the late Walter
White and others Ignored the
demand of the convention.
White, former NAACP executive
secretary, and others conspired
to get rid of DuBois, she charg¬
ed, in .a letter to the editor in
a recent issue of the Afro-Amer¬
ican newspaper.
Noting that Dr. DuBois was
the only Negro among the five
original founders of the NAACP,
Mrs. Butcher decried the fact
that present leaders of the as¬
sociation have overlooked hon¬
oring him. She feels the sit¬
uation should be remedied be¬
fore it Is too late.
According to Mrs. Butcher, Dr.
DuBois left his assignment at
Atlanta university to “build the
NAACP from scratch.” He was
director of publications and re¬
search, and buift the Crisis
magazine around his ideals to
an unprecedented circulation of
100 . 000 .
“It was DuBois,” she said,
“who hired White, Roy Wilkins,
James Weldon Johnson and oth¬
ers.”
In closing, she observed that
“Dr. DuBois gave 40 years of
unselfish service to building up
the organization, yet the door
he opened was slammed in his
face.”
SAVANNAH MAN AT
IT. JACKSON
Pvt. Leon Coleman, Jr., son
af Leon Coleman, Sr. of 212 W.
46th Street, Savannah, has
been assigned to Company C,
19 Battalion, 5 Training Regi¬
ment at Ft. Jackson, S. C., for
eight weeks of Basic Combat
Training.
He will be taught rifle marks¬
manship under the Army’s new
Trainfire program and will
learn to use an M-l rifle by
firing at pop-up targets.