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78 YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
P UBUC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXVIII
Atlanta School Desegregation Plan to be Heard Dec. 1 I
Strikes St.
Broughton and Bull streets,
8avannah's most famous inter¬
section, which had just been
gaily decorated for the Christ¬
mas holidays, was suddenly
turned into a scene of grim
tragedy Wednesday morning
when an old bick wall col¬
lapsed. Two were killed and oni
injured.
Dead were Leroy Ml Fall, 54
of 505 West 49th Street, and
Henry Ovens, about 50, of 53
East Perry street. Injured with
a broken leg was Alexander
Graham, 45, of 507 E. Hartridg(
street.
The scene of the tragedy wa
the Altmayer building at th<
southeast coiner of the inter¬
section, which was occupied for
many years by the Leopoh
Adler Department store. Thi
store was so badly damaged b'
fire in May of 1953 that it ha<
to be abandoned. The J. C
Penny Co. had recently leaser
the property and work was
underway for a new buildin
when the mishap occurred.
The three victims had jus
begun their first day on the jot
when the huge basement wa!
gave way almost without warn
ing and threw an avalanche ol
brick and dirt upon the unsus¬
pecting men. The wall had re¬
cently been examined and wa.
declared safe by engineers. Th<
accident occurred about 9:3i
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SSES
ibnal groups) reached 90", of
their campaign quota and ex¬
ceeded by'far their last year’s
community giving at their final
report meeting Tuesday night,
November 24, at the West Broad
Street YfMCA.
The division,-headed by Dr.
Phillip W. Cocper as chairman
and Mrs. Mildred Hutchins,
vice-chairman reported an ad¬
ditional $665.50 at their last
meeting, bringing the over-all
total to $6,553.36 or 90', of their
$7,300 quota. Last year, with a
quota of $4,000 the division
raised some $5,800.
Outstanding community per¬
formances were turned in by
some of the volunteers in the
division. The most spectacular
work was reported by Leroy
Bolden as head of the Robert
Hitch Village section. His group
raised $609 which w r as more
than 200-; of their $300 quota.
Other groups that reached
their quota are the Carver
Village Section, Mrs. Ruth
White, chairman, and the
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SAVANNAH STATE College stu-
dents make Who's Who Among
Students in American
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CBA To Sponsor Campaign
For 20,000 Registered
Voters in Chatham
John Wesley Dobbs
The Citizens Betterment As-
ociation will hold a mass
nceting Monday night, Dec. 7,
it 8 o'clock at St. Paul CME
church, Maple and West B> oad
streets. The purpose is to begin
i campaign of registration of
voters and to nominate offi-
cers for the ensuing year The ! '
public is invited to attend this
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Taxicab Owner Leaves
$70,000 to Charities and
Institutions
By R. C. Fisher
st. Louis. Mo —ianpi-T he |
will of Bige Wyatt leaving be¬
quests of $70,000 to charities
and institutions was filed in
probate court last Monday.
Wyatt, a business man and
civic leader, died Nov. 16 at his
home unexpectedly following a
heart attack.
Various Bequests Made
Among the bequests were:
$20,000 to Union Memorial Me¬
thodist church; $20,000 to Phi¬
lander Smith College, Little
Rock, Ark.; $10,000 to the
board of the Metropolitan YM-
CA; property at 4323 West Belle
place or $10,000 to the Pine
Street YMCA; $5,000 to the St.
Louis Crippled Children Society
and $5000 to the St. Louis Me¬
tropolitan Church Federation.
Other bequests included $4000
in the NAACP national office
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and Universities. Left to right,
front row r : Yvonne McGlockton,
Geraldine Lindsey,
STEPHEN J. WRIGHT, presi¬
dent of Fisk University, has
been named by the Association
for Higher Education as one of
its two representatives to the
A r hite House Conference on
Children and Youth. The con¬
ference will be held in Wash-
in 8 ton > D. C., March 2< to April
2 ' From thls - c ? nfab wil1 come
improved services for children
and youth in the years ahead.
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UNCF College Choirs
Sing Holiday Music
Christmas music and special
holiday programming will be
featured on the ABC Radio Net¬
work series “Negro College
Choirs” during the month of
December.
Originating in New York city
on Sundays, the programs by
choral groups of United Negro
College Fund member schools
are rebroadcast by ABC stations
at different hours during the
week. IThe time of local ne-
broadcasts can be checked in ra¬
dio listings.
Lane College, Jackson, Tenn.,
will open the month’s programs
December 6. The broadcast
will be the first ABC program
under the direction of Lane’s
newly-appointed choir director, !
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i Scurdy, Wiilie Mae Julian, Ruby
Sims. Back Row: Willie Lester,
Sherman Roberson, James Ne-
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1959
ATLANTA, Ga. — In
faith” the Atlanta school board
Monday adopted a pupil place¬
ment plan in answer to a fed¬
eral court order to desegregate
the public schools. The plan is
similar to one used in Alabama
which was upheld “on its face”
by the U. S. Supreme Court.
The board was under orders
by the court to produce by
Tuesday of this week a plan to
comply with a July desegrega¬
tion order. Although the plan
as submitted by the Atlanta
group does not specifically
mention the word Negro, it pro¬
poses that the 116.000 school
children of the city be admit¬
ted to classes “without regard
to race or color ”
Gov. Ernest Vandiver im¬
mediately voiced his opposition
to the plan. He recalled his
election campaign platform
that no Negro and white stu¬
dents would ever attend the
same school in Georgia as long
as he is governor. However, the
Georgia legislature, to which
the plan was forwarded, was noT
so adamant in its views as
there was reported to be some
sentiment in favor of the plan.
On Monday, Dec. 14, a new
federal court hearin is sche-
federal court hearing Is sche-
Hooper who passed down the
July directive. The court must
approve it as well as the state
legislature before it can be used.
But the plan does make a
crack in the wall of rigid
Georgia school segregation
laws, and various civic and re¬
ligious organizations in the
state are already adopting res-
| olutions calling upon the gover¬
nor and the state legislature to
enact legislation which would
guarantee to all Georgia chil¬
dren uninterrupted public ed¬
ucation. As the state law now
stands any white school ad-
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Texas Negro Parents
Vote To Keep
Integrated Schools
LITTLEFIELD, Texas— < ANP)
— The Negro citizens of this
community changed their minds
and voted to continue sending
their children to integrated
schools. Last week a minister
asked the school board for an
elementary school in the Negro
district so the Negro children
would not have to cross rail¬
road tracks to attend an inte¬
grated school.
At a special meeting last
Tuesday night, Joe Johnson,
chairman of the meeting, asked
the 75 Negroes in attendance if
they wanted to continue send¬
ing their children to integrated
schools, all voted for the mix-
ing plan. None stood when
asked how many wanted a
school in their community.
vels, James Austin, Nathaniel
Johnson and James Deen.
ALPHAS PRESENTATION BALL
—Left to right in the above
photo are the following six
debutantes presented recently
by the Alpha Phi Alpha frater¬
nity: Miss Sylvia Thomas, Miss
Freddie M. Liggins, Miss Helene
Stephens, Miss Rose Patricia
Grant, Miss Delores A. Clarke
and Miss Ouicta C. Moore.
On Wednesday, Nov. 25, Beta
Phi Lambda chapter of Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., pre¬
sented to Savannah society six
charming young ladies at its
Annual Press Institute at SS V 1
Emancipation
Speaker
Announced
Dr. Charles E. Morton, Pro¬
fessor of Religion and Philoso¬
phy at Dillard University, New
Orleans, La., will be the Eman¬
cipation Day speaker, as an¬
nounced by the Emancipation
Association today.
The program will be held at
the First African Baptist
church at 11:30 am. on New
Year’s Day.
Rev. Ft D. Jaudon, president
and Rev. Curtis J. Jackson, ex¬
ecutive secretary, state that
this celebration is for all Sa-
vanah citizens. Many choirs
will be on hand to sing under
the direction of the best cho¬
risters of the city.
Dr. Morton completed his
undergraduate work at More¬
house College and received the
B D. degree at Union Semin¬
ary, New York with studies at
Heidelburg University, Heidel-
burg, Germany; Garrett Bibli¬
cal Institute of Northwestern
University. He also holds the
Ph.D. degree from Columbia
University, New York City.
Open House At
Springfield Park Sunday
Five free turkeys, an Easy
washing machine, and a beau¬
tiful doll will be given away at
Springfield Park on Stiles Ave.
in the Cloverdale area this
Sunday from 2 to 5 30 p. m.
during Open House.
Abram Eisenman will MC the
affair, and will help conduct a
housing clinic to show the pub¬
lic how they can buy these
wonderful 3-bedroom homes at
Springfield Park.
This is one of the finest sub¬
divisions for colored home buy¬
ers in Savannah.
Mattiwilda Dobbs
Thrills Moscovites
MOSCOW—(ANPiMiss Matti¬
wilda Dobbs, coloratura sopra¬
no, sang the role of Gilda in
the Bolshoi Opera company’s
poductlon of “Rigoletto ”
Her lyrical voice enthralled
the Russian audience, which
thundered its approval. Inclu¬
ded in the audience were Mrs.
Nikita S. Khrushchev, wife of
the Soviet premier, and mem¬
bers of her immediate family.
CHEER —
above, reading from left
right arc Eugene
B. Williams, Herbert
Walter W. Hughes, Da¬
A. Johnson, Commander
Annual Presentation Ball at
Flamingo Ballroom. •
The six debutantes were
lovely in bouffant white gowns
with appropriate jewelry. They
carried small bouquets of yel¬
low chrysanthemums. Fathers
of the debutantes claimed the
introductory dance, after winch
they were relinquished to their
escorts who were quite
naire and nandsome In formal
attire.
The debutantes presented
were Freddie Marie Liggins
TP> Seal Street Sale, Dec.
Campy to Receive
FAMU’s Athletic Award
MIAMI -(ANPi- Roy Campa-
nella, whoso battles to over¬
come the handicaps of a para¬
lysis resulting from an auto
accident early last year has
been outstanding, has been se¬
lected to receive the first an¬
nual Orange Blossoms classic
“ most courageous athlete
award’’ at the 27th annual
football classic Saturday, Dec. 5.
In making the announce¬
ment, Dr. George W. Gore, Jr,
president, and chairman oi the
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Benjamin F. Lewis and
ary President Mamie
who are members of
Legion Post 500 and its
ary, respectively. They
shown just before leaving
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Helene Angela Stephens, fresh-
: j men, Savannah State college;
Rost , p atnc ia Grant and Ouida
Claire Moore, Ireshmen, Fisk
university; Delores Ann Clarke,
freshman, Xavier university;
Sylvia Thomas, freshman, Flo¬
rida Business College.
Courtesies extended the sea-
son’s debutantes were jewelry,
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority,
Helena Rubcnstein cosmetic
j kits, Delta Sigma Theta sororl-
white compacts and eock-
“If success
Christmas Seal Street Sale
Campaign 1$ to be measured by
tihe response and cooperation
of volunteer workers, then suc¬
cess is assured.” Such is the
opinion of Mrs. Thelma Wright,
director of Community Pro¬
gramming and Public Relations
for Uie local TU and Health
A sociation.
Mrs. Arthur Joyner, chair¬
man of the street sale, reports
the following list of clubs, or¬
ganization;, and sororities par¬
ticipating in the street sales
beginning Friday, December 4,
and continuing through Dec
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NUMBER 9
— Photo by Fre
tail handetchiefs, Sigma G.
ma Rho sorority; evening b
Alpha Bettes; "Come A
Are Party," hostess. Mrs. R.
Moore; Punch Sip, hostc.
Alpha Bettes; Dessert I’
hostess, Mirs. Walter Thon
Coke Sip, hostess, Mrs. G(
vlrve Clarke; Hollywood i’
hostess, Mrs. Arthur Grant.
The debutantes were atu
ed by Mrs. C. V. Clay, M
w. Fisher, Mrs. F. J. Alexis
Mrs. R. A. Bryant, Jr.
Payne serving as honorary
chairman, Savannah State Col¬
lege is sponsoring the Ninth
Annual Southern Regional Prr
Institute on December 9 ami
If). The theme is “Morality uiid
the Mass Media—A Question of
Responsibility.”
The Institute Is affiliated!
with the Columbia University
Scholastic Press Association
and other scholastic pro i
agencies. It has been endors¬
ed by the Georgia Inter scholas¬
tic Association.
Colleges, secondary and ele¬
mentary schools and communi¬
ty agencies are invited to par¬
ticipate. Institutions and agen¬
cies wishing to particn-i’ e
should make their reservation?
Continued on Page Seven
distribute Thanksgiving basket
In .some needy families on
Thanksgiving eve. This is an
annual project of the Post and
the Auxiliary.