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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 • Continued on Rage Three 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, iContinued on Page Eight) 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 ■ Continued on Page Seven- 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 I (Continued on Rage Severn 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 Continued on Rage Four _ 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. 'Continued on Page Eight) 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.