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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
P UBL1C SERVICE
VOLUME LXXVIII
Sweet Daddy’ Grace is Finally Laid to Rest in Mass.
New March of Dimes Fashion
Show a Success
By Laura Jefferson
Hie fashion show sponsored
by tlm National Foundation of
the New March of Dimes on
Thursday night. Jan. 21 at St.
Matthew's Parish Hall was one
of the rare treats of the season.
The show which had its ori¬
gin in New York city features
garments manufactured by the
Lanz Company. The dresses
worn are donated by the compa- j
ny to the National Foundation
of the New March of Dimes, and
by pre-arrangements, the gar¬
ments are shipped from city to
city during the period designat¬
ed for the drive, whenever there
is an indication that- there is a
C jib-sponsor for the show.
' The Savannah how was pre¬
sented by the division of the
New March of Dimes of which
John Stiles la chairman and
Mrs. Sadie Davis Steele was
producer.
This Fashion Extravaganza
was something new and differ¬
ent in fashion shows. The beau¬
tiful Lanz fashions which are
noted for their unusual designs,
exquisite and different fabrics,
and meticulous workmanship,
were displayed and modeled in
a setting that was unique and
interesting.
Thp scene opened with Mad¬
am Paige, a very successful bus¬
iness woman, preparing to re¬
ceive her customers In an ultra
modern .shoppe. As the fasti¬
dious buyers arrived and de¬
scribed the outfits desired,
Madam Paige presented her
models'. The way- in which
the models were presented, the
champagne music and
breads which were all a part
the show were fascinating
made for continuous interest
on the part of the audience,
Tiae model’s sequence was
follows:
J. ’Sportswear; 2. Casual
tons; 3, Town wear; 4, Dressy
fashions; and 5, Formal and
semi-formal wear.
The models were members of
Delta Nu Chapter, Delta
Theta Sorority, Savannah State
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R. Trainmen Remove Color
CLEVELAND, Ohio (ANP)
The lung fight to end the
barriers in the operating
of the railroad industry scored
breakthrough !a_t week when
290,690 member Brotherhood
Railroad Trainmen voted to
minate the “white only”
from its constitution.
The action which was
about by an overwhelming
of hands vote immediately
praise from top labor leaders
(organizations concerned with
tegration.
It also brings the railroad
ers more in line with the
discriminatory policy of tiie
CIO of which George Meany
president.
FEE BREAK _ Alpha K«pp»
,a _ Sorority nffiz-er^. officers Viearled headed the the
to the joint hospitality booth
Carnation Company and
step Bread Company din ing
sorority's convention at
&Dams 4-3432
SKILLED IN THE OPERATION
;it modern office. equipment, -Mi.,.
Marjorie Mitchell, ainhiuioiu to-be
a movie aetm.vgfcU an emergency
job us typirit-steiipgraphiu; in the
office of a Holly¬
Radio Repairman to Receive
j Ilero Award
PITTSBURGH, Pa. 1ANP).
| A d7 year-old radio repairman w;v
the only,Negro among -25. pet sow
cited la t. week by the
Hero Fund Foundation for 1959.
lie is Alphoiiso Woodall
Cleveland, Ohio, wht> saved a
man from the angry • waters
Lake Erie while still on
us the result of injuries
Only One Left with Color Far
The only railroad' union now left
with a cohii bar is the 87,01)0
member Brotherhood of Firemen |
and Locomotive Engineer
Observers noted that the action
came on the eve of the opening of
laboi negotiations between the
railroad industry and its unions.
The issue of jhn crow in the
i rail unions came to a b'tter head
at the AFL-CIO convention in
SLST
openly on the floor over v/bether |
toe Trainmen’s union should not j
be given a six month deadline to j
change its racial policy.
Me any Aida Action
I hough Meany vdio opposed
the deadline ;von the veibal skir-
, ...............„ 0j , Wt
: j ^j Lucille - ■„ r. B. uryanr, Lon lw. An-
rs>
| g Far West Regional director;
’
' j i r 11 lai y ,. Tin i ian, . Na.'diViile, \ ., 1, i . * I..
fenn financial director; Johnnie
wood studio. - Efficient and well
trained she later was given a “bit
pait" in a movie which she.filled
with great credit and led to her
success in the acting profession.
-(ANR RHOTO)
seven .months earlier. ■
Awarded /.Too: r Mrtlrtl
Woodall was awarded- a
medal by the foundation.
The foundation's official
of Woodall’s heroic act follows:
Alphoiiso Woodall, aged
television repairman, saved Emil
Fabiaged 22, bus driver,
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inish In Calif., he is
witli having woikeu quietly
bring about the action that
cur red here la t week.
Roy Wilkins, NAACR e ecutix
called the vote “a
pnin;' reaffirmation of the
iean principle of equal
fur all.”
The National Urban League
the National Labor Service of
American lewish Congress also ay
The vote he>e now bring* to
/he number of unions that
eliminated restrictions from
constitutions since 1940.
Some Still Bar Negro Work era
However, many local “ Inch e
ercise autonomy, - till - perate
"lolatmn oi their national
j uve, tive, Memphis, menipnm, Tenn., itoh,, w.i
i James “Bud” Ward, account
j fiale ,. ■ - ■ 11 > for ti.i' i i amotion ‘tiiii 1■. t j < I ooqmny, i in i n.’i 11 i 1
Moss H. Kendrix
NEW BEDFORD. Mass. (ANI»)
--The last earthly journey of
Bishop Charles Emanuel Grace,
known to his followers as ‘‘Sweet
Daddy” came to an end here Sat¬
urday.
A throng of 2,000—some rev¬
erent, some curious—watched
quietly as the 20 car cortege
bearing the mortal remains of
Inc religious leader pulled up
slowly In front of the House of
Savannah, Ga..—At press
time it was learned that the
body of i\|rv Mattie Spencer,
a Savannah resident, and
member of the House of
Prayer was found six days
ago in a field In Charlotte,
N. C. Mrs. Spencer had gone
to Charlotte on January 17
to view the remains of Bish¬
op C. M. (Daddy) Grace.
The cause Of her death has
not been determined. Her
body was found clad in the
purple and gold gown worn
by members of the religious
faith.
Mrs. Omir Bradley, secre¬
tary of the House of Prayer,
KatieCreeltiiven
Life Sentence 1
Katie Ann Creel, 17 year old
white girl, who admitted killing
Willie Joel Ross, 17 year old Ne¬
gro boy, on July 4 was found
guilty of murder by a
Court jury on Wednesday, Jan.
27.
The iuv' 4 , recommended mer-
jiy .Allot- 35 minutes of delibera¬
tion before returning the
dict. Judge Dunbar
rison immediately
Miss Creel to life
Itoss, a June 1959 graduate
Beach High School, was
dead by police on July 5 on
sidewalk on the corner
Charlton and Jefferson
The evening of the same
Katie Ann Creel admitted
■he had shot the youth by
| take, thinking he was a
tutions by bailing Negro
[ ; ,|,jp. This is especially true
lhe build j ng trades.
Randolph, president of
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
ter , and the AFL-CIO s only
no vice president, has carried
I » long ami unrelenting
■'gainst lacial barrier:-, in
i/ert labor, paiticuiaily in the
i unions.
Randolph could not be
i for an estimate of the
["aloe to the Negro of the
j men’s action.
| However, the railroad
, 'as the fii-t mass employer
1 ' agio labor and is still among
large t, if not the large t, in
j nation.
»• <=•> »'•
Parker, Washington, D. C., ■
| prerne Basileus, and Mrs,
B. 1'a.vne, Kansas City, Mo.,
j Western regional director.
slates that Mrs. Spencer was
one of the first members to
join the House of Prayer in
1926. She was elderly and
friends tried to dissuade her
from going to Charlotte.
When it was time for ilir bus
to return to Savannah on
January 17, Mrs. Spencer
could not hr located. It was
thought that she had gone
to Miami to visit relatives.
Mrs.
816 West 35th lane.
Prayer for All people here.
819.000 Hearse
The procession, with t.hc body
of the aged evangelist In a
519.000 hearse, took eight hours
to travel through New York City
and Connecticut, from Newark,
N. J.
When the procession arrived
at the church here, two groups
of men, clad in red and grey and
blue gold band uniforms, car¬
ried the glass covered bronze
casket into the little church.
The body laid lu state there
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boy friend that had beaten
recently.
The only eye witness to
tragedy was William L.
who was driving the car
which the shooting
Katie Creel said that as
rocje along she saw Ross
borrowed Johnson’s gun to
him.
It was stated during
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j NOW in lid.
NEW YORK, N. Y. (ANR).
The women of America--14,090,
nod strong—-have taken up
segregation issue in public
and are determined to do
thing about it.
After more than six months
planning, the women,
17 national organization:,,
formed a co-ordinating
named “NOW (National
izations of Women) Foi
ity in Education.”
first Mrrtimj Ft hr no in 17
j SCOTT TROPHY AWAITS
■ a w.j ms* * ey « -. . ... - - -
II Memorial Trophy, symbol
football supremacy, awaits the
lanta arrival of the “Rattlers”
Florida A & M University,
hassee who, as 1959
High School Audience Hears
Savannah Symphony Orchestra
SSC Library Presents
Lecture Series
Dr. Marguerite Cartwright
The Savannah State College Lib¬
rary will pre unit its first lecture
of the 1959-1961/ Library Lecture
Series on Sunday, January 91, at
5:00 R.M., in the College Library.
Dr. Marguerite Cartwright of the
Social Science Faculty of Hunter
College, New York, will speak on
"'The New Nations of Africa.”
Dr. Cartwright has been a lin¬
den t of African Affairs for some
time and has (raveled widely
throughout the continent of Africa.
During the 1958-69 school year,
he taught a course on African
Affaiis at the new School of Soc¬
ial Research in New York City.
She is a professional writer and
frequent, contributor In many
scientific and educational journals,
a regular weekly columnist for the
New York Amsterdam News and
t j l( , Pittsburgh Courier, Dr. Cart
J W i ighl, i also an accredited
ed Nations Correspondent, In 1951
Dr. Cartwright was a delegate
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_ conference held
; At a pres
j Monday in the liiteiclmrch Center
on Rivci ode Drive, the council
outlined plana for a national
“NOW Foi Equality” meeting to
be held in Wa dimgton, Feb. 17-19.
Purpose of the eonfeienee, offi¬
cials explained, will be “to focus
major attention on the psycholo¬
gical, educational, social and ethi¬
cal consequence;, of segregation
and their effect on children of all
i aeey.
Speaker at the Washington
late football champions, will receive
■ |
j city on January HI*. W. A. Scott,
I j »»» III, — son of -* the founde.r of the
j Atlanta Daily World, trophy second from Jack
right, rraeives hum
Moore, the Atlanta (Ga.) Coca-
A\\ ARDl.l) FELLOWSHIP—Mrs.
Piccola B. Osborne, Guidance
Counselor at, Liberty County High
School, McIntosh, Georgia, has been
awarded a Fellowship to study at
Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn-
o: ce. She will attend the Guidance
and Counseling Institute to Ik' con¬
ducted there from February 1,
through May 111. The Fellowship
I is one of sis awarded to six Geor¬
gia enun a; lor. at tiiia time.
Mrs. Osborne Is a 19411 gradu¬
ate of Savannah State College
where be received the B.S. de¬
gree in English. In December she
was the recipient of the Master's
degree In Curriculum and Tcaeh-
ing Youth Education from Col-
mniiia University. She also holds
a certificate in supervision of stu¬
dent teaching from Atlanta Uni¬
versity,
A native of Savannah, Mrs. Os¬
borne is the daughter of Mrs.
Mable Butler and the lute Rush
Butler. When in the city, she re¬
sides on Louis Street where she
and her liu band, William Osborne,
have made their home for a num¬
ber of years.
meeting will include Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt; the Kt, Rev. James A.
Pike, Protestant Episcopal Bishop
of 1 alifoiiiia; Ju .lire Justine Wise
Roller of the New York Domestic
Relations Court; Prof. Kenneth
Clark of City College and others.
,1 II I iron Its He/o i w tiled
Memliei organization:) of "NOW
for Equality” include women'.,
religious, laeial, civic, labor and
service group:;. 'I'hc full lint foi
lows:
American Jewish Congress, Ns
Cola Bottling Company, during
ceremony witnessed by the queens
of three Atlanta colleges. The
charming young ladies, left to
right are Spelman College’s Miss
Gertrude Clark, “Miss Morehouse,”
Miss Veieta Sims, “Miss Morris
The Bavnmiah Symphony or¬
chestra played an unprecedent¬
ed concert Friday morning. Jan.
22, at the City Auditorium.
The. SMO (standing room
only) audience was composed of
Negro students from the Chat¬
ham Qounty Junior and senior
high schools. The thunderous
applause after each selection
had a genuine note of apprecia¬
tion for the high quality of mu¬
sic played by the orchestra un¬
der the direction of Chaunccy
Kelley.
Adding to the delight of the
informal concert was the expla¬
nation of each selection by Mr
Kelley. It was an educational
experience In music apprecia¬
tion.
The highlight of the program
came when the orchestra ac-
oompanled the Savannah State
College soloist and choir in "Re-
mlce Greatly, O Daughter of
Zion” and the "Hallelujah Cho¬
rus” from Handel’s “Messiah.”
Miss Juanita Moon sang with
unusual poise and beauty the
.solo, "Rejoice Greatly.” All the
singers are to be commended
(or their fine performance. Mr.
Kelley conducted the orchestra
In the accompaniment of both
numbers.
After Introducing Dr. C. A.
Braithwalte, director of the Sa-
: vannah State College Choral So¬
ciety, Mr. Kelley directed the
orchestra, chorus and audience
in the playing and singing of
the “Star Spangled Banner.”
Some of the selections played
by the orchestra were “Square
Dance,” by Redding, “To a Wild
Rose,” by McDowell, numbers
from the “Oklahoma Suite” by
Rogers, “Pavanne,” by Gould
and “On The Trail,” toy Groffe.
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tioiml Women’s Division; A- ocia-
tion of Uuiversalist Women; Del¬
la Sigma Theta; Fellowship of
I he. Concerned; General Alliance of
Unitarian sort Other Libtnnl
Christian Women; Madasxnh; Na¬
tional Association of Colored
Women's Clubs; National Council
of Negro Women; National Wom¬
en's inference, American Ethical
Union; National Women's League,
United Synagogue of America;
continued on Page Seven
Brown,” and Miss Gloria Gowuy,
Clark.” The Coca-Cola Com¬
pany donated Scott Trophy is ail
award of The 100 Per Cent
Club, Atlanta Daily World,
is this year holding its 25th
All-Sports Jamboree.