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WE MOURN AGAIN
In the passing of J. H. Butler, the Sa¬
vannah Tribune and the Savannah com¬
munity have lost a devoted staff member
and one of its most loyal citizens. Born
seventy-five years ago, he was the son of
the late J. H. C. Butler and Sarah Flem-
ister Butler, who were pioneers in the cul¬
tural and educational life of Savannah,
having been among the first public school
teachers for Negro children in Chatham
County.
Mr. Butler was educated in the pub¬
lic schools of Savannah, at Atlanta Uni¬
which, versity and at Chicago University, all of
together with his exceptional fam¬
ily background, was reflected in the fine
quality of service he rendered the com-
munitv as associate editor of The Savan¬
nah Tribune, the oldest Neirro weekly
newspaper in America, in which post he
gave, /with unquestioned devotion, the
most' 6f his ‘life. There were times when
other fields of more lucrative promise
beckoned and lured him away for short
periods, but the smell of ink and the
scrivener’s urge were too much in his
CONGRATULATIONS TO TOMPKINS HIGH SCHOOL
We congratulate the Tompkins Hiffh
School upon its recent accreditation by
the Southern Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools. It is the reward of
hard work and devotion to duty.
Tompkins High School is the first Ne¬
gro high school in Chatham Countv to
he rated’by both the Georgia Accrediting
Commission and the Southern Associa¬
tion of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
It is interesting to note that the fac¬
ulty* student body and parents of Tomp¬
kins High School underwent a ten-month
self-evaluation program in which all phas¬
I j! CHRISTMAS AND SHOPPING
From the Birmingham World
This «#iitijrittl may serve as a last re¬
minder friends-4se|)ding for. mothers, gifts sweethearts to and
overseas ser¬
vicemen—fo act immediately.,
But it is orimarilv concerned with other
advice. Shopping is one of the great di¬
lemmas of many Americans. Christmas
has become an ordeal for the big family
with more obligations than money. But
there are remedies.
Turn to the home-made or hand-done
Christmas gifts if you are caught in the
pinch. It is nice for those who have
plenty of money (or enough), and time,
and who enjoy giving, to buy presents
for a host of people each Christmas. The
act of giving is truly divine, and so one
can’t argue that it’s all commercialism.
However, some poor souls find them¬
selves afraid not to send cards, or give
SENTENCE SERMONS
CHRISTMAS. ONE OF UNFATHOMABLE
MYSTERIES OF GOD
1. As this most entrancing of all sea¬
sons approaches, with mysterious art,
there surely must be awakened some in¬
explicable emotions in every human heart.
2. From what source come these emo¬
tions that captivate the human heart and
from which no individual canppll himself
apart? .... thev emit from a new-born
baby . . . at first, almost a stranger . . .
and this, because of His lowly state, no
cradle, but just a manger.
3. In language of this present day, a
“package of unexplored power,” possessed
with every means and skill, to 'serve
man every passing hour.
4. Here was the mystery that faced
the Magi, and the outside world He
came to save; who, hut a God could
come with all of the answers and cotv
quer sin and death and bring life from
a grave?
5. It was He who was with His Fa¬
ther when the world was made, and made
it possible for man to view the sun, moon
and stars and not be afraid: He made
things big and also small, and told man he
could enjoy them and be the beneficiary
of them all.
6. Mysteries—miracles, are all at His
command . . He graciously performs them
on sea and land, and holds the whole
world in His hand; the gnat and the ele¬
phant are no problem to Him. and food
and shelter for them are as free as the
wind.
7. Mysteries? . . .yes, take another
look at this wonderful child, so meek,
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A
blood and he returned to his desk to
spend the rest of his life.
What Jim ‘Country” Butler put into his
“lay-outs” and his columns was the dis¬
tillation of his reading, his saunters
along West Broad Street and his keen in¬
terest in athletic events. From these
sources he learned what people were
thinking and talking about: a recent tra¬
gedy, or political issue, or business ven¬
ture, or boledo which he thoroughly hat¬
ed.
His concern and devotion to Sqvannah
was recognized and appreciated all over
our country, for there was hardly any
place to which one might travel but that
somebody Butier would want to know “how is
Jim at the Tribune getting on?”
Involvement in am institution such as a
newspaper, like the Savannah Tribune,
confers immortality upon those so in¬
volved as was Jim Butler between whom
and us has dropped the mysterious black
•curtain. As we pay this tribute of re¬
gard, we how with reverential resignation
to the will of our Maker at the passing
of this worthy citizen.
es of the school program were studied.
At the end of the self-evaluation, a Vis¬
iting Committee of 22 educators headed
by lb 1 . Laurence E. Boyd of Atlanta Un¬
iversity snent several days in further
study of the program.
We again congratulate the principal,
James F. Luton, the faculty and student
body for this achievement which will give
future graduates of the school the same
recognition given graduates of other
first-class schools. May your tribe in¬
crease !
presents, because of habit, or fear of re¬
ceiving them, and strap themselvps fi¬
nancially trying to keep up with the
Joneses, year after year. This is not the
purpose of Christmas, nor the spirit.
Mutual arrangements can be made to
limit the cost of presents. Or it can
he agreed that thev will be made, cooked,
or built, etc., bv the giver. Or services
can he given. One need not strain him¬
self, or herself, 'just to eomi>ete in the
rat race.
It takes individual initiative and cour¬
age to make a change. But intelligence
will win out, and people are turning to such
corrective systems. Christmas should
never be an ordeal as it has come to be
for many—especially mothers. You can
do something about it if you are one of
them, if you make up your mind—and act.
for
lowly, humble and mild . . . whose em¬
bryonic state was free of human con¬
tamination which made Him a fit sub¬
ject as the author of Salvation.
8. Mysteries? . . . how amazing, ever¬
lasting and profuse . . . the likes of which
no man can produce; all he, as a created
being, finds himself able to do is to sci¬
entifically take what God has made and
then try to'carry through.
0. We can make artificial flowers carve
statuary that almost appears to breathe
. . . but mankind cannot improve upon
God’s natural creation, nor feed himself
without a sea.
10. But greater by far. is this one
eternal mystery that. He who came down
from Heavten, this King of Kings and
Lord of Lords, who did span both land
and sea, should condescend in all His
glory to save a wretch like you and me.
11. The mysteries surrounding*
Christ’s life and death are so far beyond
human comprehension, that man be¬
comes lost lin ocean depths of thought
even to approach HIS PLAN OF SALVA¬
TION.
12. Thus again, we approach with
abated breath, this most solemn and
sacred season, and with our feeble finite
minds try to find some adequate reason,
to justify Christ’s coming to earth to
endure such an unhappy season; hut try
as we may, to reach this high plane of
thought, we finally must yield to Heaven’s
arrangement and confess, that Jesus left
His place in Glorv, to bring us our first
CHRISTMAS.
THE SAVANNAH
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DR. W. K. PAYNE, president of Year” award at the Ninth An¬ announcer of
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State College, ac¬ nual Press Institute. The awa::J local radio broadcasting
WSOK “President of the vas presented by Rc roe C.nnp.
NORTH RUINS OUR NEC J ;
the Ni
Our friends in that integrated paradise
up North are squirming for a new ex¬
planation of their Negro crime problem.
For a longtime, no explanation was ne¬
cessary, since criminals were not segre¬
gated by races even on the crime reports.
The policemen on the beat knew that Ne¬
groes were committing a highly dispro¬
portionate number of crimes, but gray
statistics kept the public in the dark and
made the politicians' and social reformers’
integration pitch easier to swallow.
Also, as the crime rate soared, the sit-
nation became increasingly indigestible.
Public pressure forced a breakdown of
crime figures. Horrors! Colored folks in
the woodpile.
This called for an explanation—a pa¬
tent leather, tinsel-wrapped, integration-
ist sort of explanation. The happy so¬
lution: blame it on the South.
Why, of course, it was those ignorant,
poor, segregated Negroes from the South
who were migrating to the North and
causing all the trouble. Harold Stassen,
running for mayor of crime-ridden Phil¬
adelphia, even went so far as to advocate
restricting Negro immigration, and lost
the race to Richardson Dihvorth, a gung-
ho integrationist.
There is one neon-lighted, clamoring
flaw in the blameMt-on-the-South argu¬
ment.
Christmas I i
Concert t
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(Continued from Page One)
Miss Barbara Cobb, the groups'
director, did a fine piece of
work in both the choral coach¬
ing and the manner in which
she brought out the quality of
the male voices. Robert Holt
was accompanist with both
groups and his playing was '
beautifully done.
The third phase of the pro¬
gram was one of verse, as the
College Playhouse Verse Choir
rendered a realistic Christmas
motif, “For Unto Us a Son Is
Born.” The story was original
in that it- was written by Mrs.
Luetta Colvin Upshur and Mrs.
Louise Lautier Owens of the
English Department of Savan¬
nah State College. One admir¬
able feature of the spoken word
was that it was in unison at |
one time, and at the same time
in cycles, it became obligatory
in nature without losing the
sense of the theme. Sherman
Roberson was fine in his por¬
trayal of Jehovah, and shared
honors with Otis Mitchell
as Isaiah; Willie Ludden
as Zacharias, Yvonne McGlock-
ton as Elizabeth and Verdell
Lambert as Mary. The speech
choir was nicely trained and
gave ample support to the lead- 1
ing characters. Its authors are
to be commended.
Bringing the program to a
majestic close was the presen¬
tation of excerpts from “The
Messiah” by George Frederick
Handel. The Choral Society of
Savannah State College, under
the direction of Dr. Coleridge
A. Braithwaite, once more. wound'
thrilled its listeners as it !
its way through the delicate,
often most difficult passages, !
ol this great work. Dr. Braith-
waite had under his baton 60
select mixed voices augmented
by some of Savannah's most
talented singers. One cannot be
too warm in its praise of the
splendid tonal quality exhibi¬
ted by the society and it was
well worth the evening to have
witnessed the dynamic conduc¬
ting of Dr. Braithwaite It was
he who drew the fine tone from
his choral group and Savannah
State College is to be congrat¬
ulated in having such a person
Why has Mi = -i ■ i, tlv most segre¬
gated and ni■••-•* heavily N< “fro-populated
state, one o ' the lov est (seconi only to
North D kola) crime ra'es of all the
states? Why?
Mississippians have long recognized
and apmeciaWd the many well-behaved,
responsible Negro citizens of our state.
If it is true—a- ur Northern neighbors
claim—that the Sou hern Negroes who
are largely law-abiding at home, accord¬
ing to the FBI’s crime figures, suddenly
turn into rapists arid murderers upon
breathing the heady, integrated atmos¬
phere of the North, then this raises an¬
other question. Why?
Interestingly enough, two of Mississip¬
pi's rqost celebrai J racial incidents and
another more recent one involved Ne¬
groes who “migrated” here from up North.
Both Emmet Till and Robert Lee Golds-
by came back to the state spoiling for
trouble—and found it—after absorbing
the integrated culture of fir- North.
Tupelo has jus: ha ! it ; first taste of
racial violence • Turee Negro youth?
made unprovoked knife attacks on three
white men. The leader of the gang,
which dubl ed iUeif i . ‘hi a . hakwers,”
was ah 18-year old-just arrived from Chi¬
cago.
M»vbe Mississippi needs a law to keep
Northern Negroes oat.
as the head of its fine ar
partment. Soloists for the ’
cc-
casion were Juanita Moon, - . • ;
pruno; Mildred Ellison, e rnf r 1-;
to; Launey Roberts, bass; Wil
son Hubert, bass, and Jan
Fisher, tenor. ■
Numbers sung by the er, : : :■ ;
choral group were full and id h,
and at times reached a well
balanced crescendo. Possibly
the most outstanding of the
were And the Glory of Tit
Lord,’’ sung following the beau
tiful recitative "Comfort Ye M
Peaple’’ by James Fisher, ter,,a
and the “Glory To God.” Mis;
Moon's soprano was heard to
advantage in the intricate pas¬
sages of “There Were Shepherds !
Abiding in the Field” and clos¬
ing with '"And Suddenly There
Was With The Angel.” Equally
beautiful was her rendition
of the aria, “Rejoice Greatly, j
O Daughter of Zion.” The dec;;
rich voice of Mildred Ellison |
was a most pleasing addition
to the oratorio and the con¬
tralto solo "Behold A Virgin
Shall Conceive” and her rendi¬
tion with Miss Moon of tee
tender and appealing "He Shal.
Feed His Flock Like A S
herd" will long be remembered
Of the male soloists, this mu
be said, and with sincerity, ■
that the voice of-Launey Rob¬
erts in the difficult “Thus
Saith The Lord” and "Who May
Abide the Day of His Coming '
was sup erb. Mr. Roberts mas- ‘
tered this difficult assignme U
with poise lyid professional
proportions. James Fisher, te¬
nor, opened the oratorio with
the lyric tenor pa$sag de¬
scribed above in good fashion
and Wilson Hubert, bass, han¬
dled the difficult basso po¬
of the aria "For Behold, D •...
ness Shall Cover the E; o
and , ml The _ _ Peo P , le That „ , ' ValK
in _ Darkness” in a fine \va\
The splendid accompaniment
of Mrs ; Wl “ a Ayers J T ’’ . ll ”
organist, ably supported by
Miss Rose Marie Overstreet a
the piano, was a highlight • f
the performance, and in g.v.r. r
such accompaniment, added to
the confidence of the singe- - a s
they filled their lines. T1
writer does not know what tac¬
tics these two finished musi¬
cians used in keeping together •
but surely, their music wa
good to the ear.
The oratorio closed, as it did
in Handel's day with the ma- •
.. h Chorus,” as■
;i to n reive as it was,'
su;«vN. ;r'• of the Christ I
To Sav ' S ' a , ‘ e CoJe ,, p’
" ' ' ; as program program is is the
tvpe of public relations,
w.\ Sava.mahians, look
■.■:'. to Chri.-tmas of 1960.
the pregram, Eugene
ins. in behalf of the Choral
made a presentation to
Braithwaite, after which
and Mrs. Payne led a
line to the stage to con-
i re ringers. A won-
evening had been spent
Sovaunah State, by the Sea.
.. IT'S iLit a, hian
inted
a from raae one)
naia, Georgia, -has been
d by the mayor of
George Chacharis, to the
■ n of Be iding Inspector
t.'re G iry. Indiana, Building
.: Hi duties include
banting of building per-
• n of new and old
on i ruction, and investigation
l o . : :::.g violations within
city.
Warrick is a 1942 graduate of
h High School in Savan¬
and received his Bachelor
Science Degree in Engineer- i
and Building Construction j
Hampton Institute, Va. |
Before accepting the Gary j
he was employed as a |
■ i i ■ necr for t h e
of Illir Highway Com¬
n. His bs appointment marks
j. t time a Negro has been
mted in this capacity in
city of Gary. (Mayor Cha¬
ri s made history last month
a : e joinred the first Ne-
c ; v a: 1 1 :ney in the United
Warrick ide 1301 Har-
! .son Brvd h his wife. Ge-
raldir uvi two children, Alan
Mrs. Warrick is
C : nselor at Froe-
r-il’iiol in Gary.
m,-vine to Gary,
r ...ding
.rang at Alabama
id ilege. He "is also a
of World War II, and
of Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity.
YMCA
Campaign
'Continued from i*a*e One>
co-chairman. Dr. Williams is a
member of the Y advisory com¬
mittee and has had wide ex¬
perience in YMCA work .Both
Dr. Braithwaite and Dr.
hams are members of the Y
Century Club. Dr. Williams is
■coordinator of general educa¬
tion, professor of Social Scien-
ces and director of the
school at Savannah State.
Working kits are now in the
process of being completed for
sustaining memberships during
the month of January. The en¬
rollment for basic $5 member¬
ships will begin with a kick-off
dinner featuring Jimmy Brown,
famous fullback with the Cleve¬
land Browns football team. A
contest will be staged for basic
memberships with gift certifi¬
cates of $50, $35, and $25 being
given for the highest amount
of memberships above a mini¬
mum of $300.
The DeRenne Community
Tri-Gra-Y club under the lea¬
dership of Mrs. Rebecca E.
Mitchell, will give fruit to the
patients of Charity hospital
this week.
The YMCA World Service
Committee, under the leader¬
ship of James E. Luten, Jr.,
principal of Tompkins high
school, is making plans for
another great year for YMCA
activities during 1960. Mr. and
Miss YMCA World Services will
again go to Washington and
New York City as part of an all
expense paid trip.
The weekly USO party will be
held in the lounge of the Y on
Saturday night.
YMCA Elections
The following were elected to
three-year terms on the Y board
cf management: Dr. H. M. Col-
lier, Jr., Wilton C. Scott, Jud-
son Loadholt, Ezra Johnson, J.
A. Singleton, W. V. Winters, T.
J. Hopkins, Mrs. Nancy T. Coi-
lier, Mrs. Janette B. Hayes, M s.
Julia Skrine, Mrs. Sadye L.
Cartledge, Mrs. Ella Fisher and
Miss Lola Dixon.
Board of management offi¬
cers elected are Dr. Calvin L.
Kiah. chairman; Norman B.
Elmore, vice-chairman; Mrs.
Mildred Hutchins, vice-chair-
man; R. A. Bryant, Jr., secre-
tary; Mrs. Mamie M. Hart.as-
sistant secretary; C. Wimberly,
treasurer.
Funeral
Services For
(Continuer trom Page Orel
1864. His parents were J. H. C.
Butler and Mrs. Sarah Flemis-
ter Butler who were among the
first teachers at West Broad
Street School.
“Jim,” as he was called by his
close friends, attended the local
public schools, Atlanta Univer¬
sity and Chicago University.
In 1910 he accepted the posi¬
tion as associate editor of the
■Savannah Tribune which he
held until his retirement. His
front page layouts were among
his most treasured duties. Al¬
though he was not a regular
editorial writer he never re-
fused to pinch-hit in this po-
sition. His editorials against &
. boledo , . . have , been . credit ...
given
in helping ^ to rid the city of
this vice.
Survivors are a daughter,
Mrs. Louise B. Walker; a son-
in-law and two grandchildren,
all of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.
1500 Witness
'Continued from I age One)
_______
of New York and NAACP board
member, served as master of
ceremonies.
"The Spirit of Liberty,” a
composition for narrator and
chorus, was presented. It in¬
corporated passages from Ran¬
dall Thompson’s “Testament of
Freedom,” based on writings of
Thomas Jefferson. Music was
arranged and directed by Leon-
ard dePaur. The script was
written by William Branch.
Ossie Davis, star of the Broad-
way hit "A Raisin' in the Sun,”
was narrator,
Dr. George D. Cannon and
Cornelius McDougald. New York
attorney, were co-chairmen of
the dinner committee. Mrs.
Margurite Belafonte and Jackie
Robinson head the association's
Freedom Fund drive.
SATURDAY, DEC. 13. 1953
Presents
Awards
Tontinufd from Page One*
Affairs of Savannah State Col¬
lege .directed the Ninth Annual
Press Institute. M s. Luetta C.
Upshur served as associate di-
rector - She is an assistant pro-
fessor in the department of
Languages and Literature, Sa¬
vannah State College.
The following members of
th «“ Morning News and Evening
Press staffs served as resource
persons: Tom Coffey, sports
editor; Henry Schulte, manag¬
ing editor; Larry Powell, state
news editor; Ray Dilley, edito¬
rial writer; John Sutlive, edi¬
tor; Frank Rossiter, associate
editor; Jack Cook, librarian;
Hubert Callaway, editorial wri¬
ter; Creed C Black, vice-presi¬
dent and executive editor; and
Steve Hale, city editor.
Other consultants were: Mrs.
■Helen Morgan, Annual sales
and service specialist, Foote &
Davies, Inc., Atlanta; James
Winstead, manager, Radio sta¬
tion WSOK; Prince Jackson,
Jr., Alumni Secretary, Savan¬
nah State College; Lawrence
Bryant, field representative,
American Yearbook Company;
Elonnie J. Josey, librarian, Sa-'
vannah State College; Mrs.
Elsie Evans, faculty adviser to
student publications, Turner
High School, Atlanta; and Mrs.
C. P. Howell, chief publication
adviser at Booker T. Washing¬
ton High School, Atlanta, who
was keynote speaker for the
first delegat° assembly.
Serving as directors of the
various workshops were: Miss
Albertha Boston, assistant pro¬
fessor of business; Robert Holt,
assistant professor of langua¬
ges and literature; Arthur L.
Brentson, assistant professor cf
languages and literature; Wil¬
liam H. M. Bowens, assistant
professor of economics; Roseoe
■Camp, sports director, radio
station WSOK; and Mrs. Mattie
Few. faculty adviser, student
publications. E. R. Carter ele¬
mentary school, Atlanta.
Sherman Roberson served , as
Student Director of the Press
Institute and James Nevels as
Associate Student Director.
Miss Rosa Lee Boles, Wilton
C. Scott, Mrs. Luetta Upshur
and Mrs. Lillie A. Powell com¬
prised the program committee.
“Miss Beaux UlBTC
Arts of I960’
'Continued from Page (me*
Center on Friday, December 4,
at 8:30 p.m.
There were many opportuni¬
ties for unusual fun and en¬
joyment. The Dancing Jets
lived up to their name; their
costumes of red and black,
their rhythmic movements, and
creative steps were superb, The
Chimetones, the singing group
from Beach High School, were
excellent and such harmony is
seldom heard. The skit from
Tompkins Lligh School, "Amos
and Andy’s Christmas Present,”
was comedy which provoked:
much laughter.
All of the participants are to
be congratulated. Each group
was awarded a cash prize.
.™ 6 „ , hlg . ... f ght . . ^ , ..
occas-
| ion was the crowning of Miss
Beaux D Arts of 1960, which ... is .
also competitive. Each of the
contestants was given a cash
prize and a gift from the soro¬
rity.
The successful staging of the
Beaux Arts Ball makes possible
the awarding of scholarships to
high school seniors interested
in business education. Nu chap¬
ter and its Patroness Board
appreciate the cooperation of
their friends in this effort.
Much joy was derived from
working with all of the parti¬
cipants.
Correction
In the article published in
last week’s issue of the Savan¬
nah Tribune titled O. E. S
QUEEN S CONTEST it was er¬
roneously stated by the repor¬
ter of the organization that the
winner, Mrs. Mary Prosser, is
a member of Electa Chapter
No. 1. Mrs. Prosser who raised
U55.05. is a member of Savan¬
nah Chapter. O.E.S., No. 159,
of which Mrs. Ruth Burke is
j matron. sored The contest was spon-
I by the five local O. E. S.
I chapters. The closing program
was held Monday night. Nov.
30, at the Masonic Temple.