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LOCAL DENTISTS ATTEND CHICAGO
MID-WINTER DENTAL
DR. W. J. WILSON
Dr. J. W. Wilson and Dr. P. W.
Cooper are attending the Chi-
cago Mlid-Wlnter Dental Clinic
this week. They will return on
Friday. |
Feb. Is Cancer Education
Month in Chatham County
The month of February
Cancer Education Month in <
ham County, Monsignor T.
McNamara, chairman of Hie hoard
ot directors of the local unit
the American Cancer Society,
nounced today.
This special emphasis placed on
cancer education is not a
campaign, but a period of time
set aside to stress the
of detection of early cancer, which
in iiiM-.t cases can he cured,
signor McNamara pointed out.
Dr. J. Randall Winhurn, Jr.,
Negro History Week
Feb. 7-13
Bv VICTOR CLAVEBTON
WASHINGTON, D. C.
—The celebration of Negro His¬
tory Week Fell. 7 11 is an appro¬
priate time to recall the record
of the American Negro in the Oivil
War. The centennial of the Civil
War, is being celebrated from PJG0
to 1965.
Major General U. S. Grant 3rd,
grandson of the general who led
the Union forces that won the Civil
War, and Karl K. Betts, executive
director of the Civil War Cciit.cn-
Local NAACP Officers to be Installed
W. VV .LAW
President
The officers of the local
branch of the NAACP will be
installed Sunday, February 14,
j it 4 p. m, at the Butler Pit
Interracial Ends in
NORFOLK, Va.
interracial romantic triangle
ended in a burst of hate and
rifle shots that left two
dead here last. week.
Willard Bowser, 53 year old
Negro who has a home in the
rural area nf the county
being held here on two counts
of felonious assault and killing
following the fatal double
shooting Tuesday.
“Trespasser” Shot 16 Times
! Meanwhile funeral arrange
ments were being made lor his
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Dll. r. IV. COOPER
Dr. Wilson lias recently mov-
ed into liis new offices at 417
West Bolton street. Dr. Cooper’s
jffices are at 1111 West Broad
Lreet.
; serving as chairman of the com
: mittee in charge of the program
] iu Savannah.
1 The a, ; eas of acUv:Ly xor t, 1 “
s P ec,aI edutatu>n include ]
the mailing of cancer literature,
| distribution of liteiatuie among
clubs and organizations and piv-
granis on cancer tnat include a
film showing.
Plans are being formulated for
a medical panel show with doctors
participating in a question and
| ansWer type program.
rial Commi- ion, have authorized
A ociated for the Study of
Negro Life and History to furnish
and co-ordinate information on the
Negro’s participation in the Civil
War in connection with the cele¬
bration of the centennial of the
Civil War.
The theme of Negro History
Week this year is “Strengthening
America Through Education in
Negro History and African Cul-
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C. WIMBERLY
Vice President
byterian Church.
A i M-iai program commemo-
rat'nu the fifty-first
sary of the NAACP will be ren-
wife. Carle 46, and Charles
j t ry, a 46-year old white
whom Bowser shot 16
with a .22 calibre rifle
hr found the two together
his home.
Wh»*n police arrived at
home in Dovers Hill in
to a call from Bowser,
found Mrs, Bowser on the
porch suffering from
bullet wounds.
She was rushed to
I hospital where she died
MISS ADDISON
The appearance here of the
great American soprano, AUele
Addison, to he pro rented in recital
at Savannah State College, Mel-
drim Auditorium, on February 16
marks a musical event of rare dis¬
tinction for the college lyceum
series under the chairmanship of
Dr. Coleridge A. I’raithwaile.
The annual re-engagements of
Adele Addison in the oto t, dis¬
tinguished concert hall of Amer¬
ica's great cultural centers such
as New Yolk, Huston, Washing-
Ion, and in major chic : from coast
to coast, whether in sulo recital,
as soloist vvitn America’s leading
orchestras, oi in chamber music,
as well as in opera, have, for the
past several years, been acclaimed
by leading clitics and connoisseurs
of the concert and opera world, not
only a rare musical event of the
season, but of many seasons. And
how her singing of the role of
Hess in the Goldwyn film of the
^ eat Gershwins heioved and
during music-dream, “Poigy and
Bess”, the music of which was
proclaimed “superb” by Life (June
15, 1959), brings Adele Addison’s
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Fire Damages
Smith School
Vandals set fire to a seventh
grade classroom at Pearl Lee
Smith School Sunday afternoon,
Firemen arrived just in time to
prevent the blaze from spread¬
ing to other rooms.
Four suspects ranging In age
from 13 to 17 years were arrest¬
ed Monday but were freed be¬
cause of lack of evidence to
connect them with the case.
Mrs. Sadie Cartledge, the
principal, said that classes have;
continued by the use of double ^
sessions. '
THEODORE A. ROBERTS
Vice President
dered.
TIip officei to be installed
are W W Law, president,;
dorr A. Roberts, vice president;
t after her arrival.
j The bullet punctured body
Betkey was found on the
j of the living room where
-hooting had taken place.
was dead.
j Bowser .sat nearby in a
and rifle still in his hand.
Found Wife in Betkey’s Lap
j Police said Bowser told them
he awoke and went into the
living room of the house to find
his wife sitting in Betkey’s lap.
As he turned to go gagk
SAVANNAH, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA GEOBGLA SATURDAY, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 13, 13, 1960 1960
WASHINGTON, ». C.—“It in
I Incredible to me that in I960 men
and women must com. here in a
democracy and ask for the privi¬
lege of voting."
That statement by Methodist
Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam summed
up the feeling of many of the 1,500
persons attending the first hearing
of the Volunteer Civil Bights Com¬
mission here on January .'list.
Bishop Oxnam and four other
members of the V.C.K.C. had just
heard the moving stories of 10 Ne¬
groes deprived of the right to
register and vote in five Southern
states and the Disti let of Colum¬
bia.
The stories were told at a mock
hearing conducted by the V.C.K.C.
in the Asbtiry Methodist Church.
The overflow audience heard tales
of harassment, economic reprisals,
and loss of jobs for citizens who
tried to vote in the South.
They also heard John MeFerren,
a cotton farmer from Fayette
County, Tenn., tell how the FBI
‘put me un the hot-dug stand"
after he tried to register and vote.
At one point MeFerren was so
overcome that he had to stop testi¬
fying. This was just after he
said:
“The FBI came out in the field
and investigated me. When he in¬
vestigated me he brought back the
report and gave the report to the
sheriff . . . immdiately after then
my life was threatened.”
Stories of long and frustrating
efforts to exercise their rights as
citizens were also recited by DC
Daniel W. Wynn, chaplain at Tus-
kegee Institute, Ala.; Miss Fe-
dilia JoAnne Adams, Tuskegee In¬
stitute, Ala.; Prof. J. N. Blanken¬
ship, Saline, la.; Prof S. T. Nero,
Holly Springs, Miss.; Grafton R.
“Sugar Chile” Robinson
Reinvests $100,000 Fund
Frank “Sugar Chile”
did last week with the
000 he got from a trust fund
that had been established for
him? ,
No you’re wrong. He set
another trust fund for
with the National Bank of
troit.
The first trust fund came
from money he earned as a
child boggle woggic prodigy. It
matured when he was 21 years
old, and the probate court turn¬
ed the cash over to him.
Was Boogie Woogic Sensation
Robinson burst upon the mu-
,sic world as a boogie-woogie
sensation of the keyboard
DR. CARI, R. .IORDAN
Treasurer
| C. Wimberly, vice president;
I Mrs. Esther F. Garrison, sec-
! rpt.ary; and Dr. Carl R. Jor-
dan, treasurer.
the bedroom for the gun, he
(old police. Betkey pulled hh
wife across his lap and attempt¬
ed to Use her as a shield.
Bowser returned with the rifle
and emptied 16 rounds Into the
pair.
Police were unable to deter¬
mine immediately how many
shots pierced each victim.
Betkey reportedly lives on
Franklin road in Bowers Hill
and is the manager of a service
station there.
Gray, Tallahatchie County, Mias.;
Mrs. Louise Lassiter, Seaboard,
N. C.; and Curry P. Boyd, Hay¬
wood County, Tenn.
Fruitless efforts to got the vote
in the District of Columbia were
described by the Rev. E. Franklin
Jackson, president of the Washing¬
ton branch of NAACP. Economic
efforts of the lack of voting in
the district were detailed by Mrs.
Jewell Mazique, active in the Elks
Civil Liberties League of Wash¬
ington, D. C.
Other members of the V.C.K.C.
are the Kt. Rev. George W. Baber,
Philadelphia, presiding bishop of
the A.M.E. Church; Rev. William
Holmes Borders, president of the
National Fraternal Council of
Churches; Philip A. Camponeschi,
executive secretary of the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commis¬
sion of the City of Baltimore; Dr.
Roland P. Mackay, noted Chicago
neurologist and editor of the Year
Book of Neurology; and the Rt.
Rev. C. Evrbank Tucker, Louis-
s 1 ,^ n ** * ,u ^op of the
A.M.E. Zion (Jhurch. Rev. Bor¬
ders was unable to attend the hear¬
ing.
The mock hearing wa3 spon¬
sored by 16 Southern organizations
83 a means of spurring action on
civil rights legislation, and ob¬
servers believe that it had that, ef¬
fect. Dr. Charles G. Gomillion,
president of the Tuskegee Civic
Association, who w'as staff direc¬
tor for the V.C.R.C., summed up
proposals to be submitted to Con¬
gress.
Among them was a plan for fed¬
eral registration of Voters where
the regular local and state ma¬
chinery fails to function. The
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years
The little boy who played
with elbows and fists as well
as fingers, performed for large
and distinguished audiences.
Listners loved him. He be¬
came a concert hall rage.
Once he played for an approv¬
ing President Truman at a
White House correspondents
dinner. He also appeared in
London’s Paladium.
The money rolled in for Sug¬
ar Chile. His father, Clarence
67, and a court Judge arrang¬
ed the trust fund for him.
A grateful Robinson explain¬
ed last week that as he became
older he became aware of stage
and sports stars who failed to
save their money.
“Not Going To Happen To Me”
“I made up my mind this
wasn’t going to happen to me,”
he said.
Robinson is a student at De¬
troit Institute of Technology.
Phi Beta Sigmas
To Meet Feb. 13
Louisville, Ky—JThp General
Board of Phi Beta Sigma Fra¬
ternity, Inc., will meet at the
Fraternity’s national office, 1105
Prospect place. Brooklyn, N. Y.
on Saturday, February 13, I960
to plan program strategy for the
year. Since the Eastern Region¬
al Conference will be held in
Brooklyn in April and the 46th
Anniversary Conclave of the
Fraternity will be held in New
York City this year, with mem¬
bers of all Metropolitan Chap¬
ters participating, the Board
meeting takes on added signifi¬
cance.
Phi Beta Sigma's national of¬
ficers are; Roswell O. Sutton,
Atlanta. Oa.. President; Maurice
A. Moore. Chicago. III., First
Vice President; Isaiah J Wil¬
liams. Ill, Florida N A I Col¬
lege, St. Augustine, Fla., second
VIcp President; William E. Doar.
Jr.. Brooklyn. N. Y.. Executive
Secretary; R A Hester, Dallas.
Texas, treasurer; Dr. William H.
Pipes, Michigan State Universi¬
ty, Lansing. Mich.. Editor of
The Crescent. Director of Bigger
H Better Business. Dr. Robert
J. HiU. Baltimore. Md.; Commer¬
cial Counsellor. James A. Jack-
son, New York City; Director of
Education, Dr. Alvin J. McNeil,
Orambling College, Louisiana;
Director of Social Action, Dr.
(Continued on Page Seven’,
Miss Blue Revue Contestants
On February H6, one of
young ladies pictured above
he crowned “Miss Blue Revue
1960,” at the Alfred K. Reach
School, by Mrs. Ella Fisher,
Ipiis of the local chapter of
Phi Beta Sorority.
The young Indies competing
as follows: Miss Ann L.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Alston, who is a J u li i o r
Beach High School and Is a
ber of the school band. She iss
member of Beth-Kdrn
Church.
Miss Shirley Ami Mitchell,
(laughter of Mr. and Mi . Hey
Atlanta Lite Ins. Co. to
Hold HogioiialConlerence
A three-day planning and pro¬
gram conference of branch cash¬
iers, managers, and “top agents”
from 16 branch offices and sub-
districts of the states of Alabama
and Florida, will be held by Allan
ta Life Insurance Company, be¬
ginning Sunday, February 14,
through Tuesday, February 16, at
Mobile, Alabama.
This instructive, inspirational
and enthusiastic conference will
project the new i960 theme, ac¬
cording to the agency director of
the Atlanta Life, E. L. Simon,
who is also chairman of the ex¬
ecutive committee of the National
Insurance Association. The pro
gramming and training confab will i
hold daily session:; at the branch
office, 55K St. Francis Street, Mo¬
bile, Alabama, in coordinating the
woi k of the district managers and j
branch cashiers, as it relates to the
continued on Page Seven
OFFICIALS of Savannah State |
College chat with visiting officials i
of Mississippi Vocational College, j !
Left to right, Wilton C. Scott,
Director of Office of Public Re-I
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ward Mitchell, is a student at
lloneli High School and plays in
the band. She is a member of
Tremont Temple Baptist Church.
Miss Charlotte Brown, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Small , is a student of Beach High
School and i., a member of Butler
Presbyterian Church, Her hob¬
bies are reading and sewing.
Miss Mary Clifford Boles, the
daughter of Mrs. Kathleen E.
Scruggs and Clarence Boles, is a
senior at Beach High School and
is a member of the Honor Society.
Shu is a communicant of St. Mat
thews’ Episcopal Church.
Mias Sharon Cleveland the
Advisory Com. Organized
For 1961 March of Dimes
Campaign
through February 13 for the
New March of Dimes campaign
terminates this weekend, cer¬
tain of the local volunteer
workers will continue their ser¬
vices to the program through¬
out the year.
An advisory committee organ¬
ized during the past week will
have an integral part in the or¬
ganization and planning of the
1961 campaign. Tills commit¬
tee, composed of key volun¬
teer workers, will spearhead a
local county wide survey in an
attempt to find the number of
birth defective Negro children
lation:; & Alumni Affairs, Savan-
nah State College, Timothy C.
Meyers, Dean of Faculty, Savan-
nah State College, Dr, J. H.
White, President Mississippi Vo¬
Price 10c
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daughter of Mr*. Mattie Cleveland,
is a student at St. Pius High
School and is n member of Bethel
A.M.E. Church. Her hobbies are
swimming and dancing.
Miss Harliet Bias, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs, OhJab Bias, is a
student at Sol C. Johnson High
School. Miss Bias spent two years
in Detroit where Ah# attended Dur-
fee Jr. High School and Central
High School. Thera she gained
many outstanding achievements in
music. She was soloist for the Cen¬
tral High School concert choir. At
Johnson High she I* active in vari¬
ous clubs and the Choral Society.
a* the number of children suf¬
fering from arthritic and other
crippling diseases.
Findings from such a survey
will be beneficial to the Nation¬
al Foundation as well as the lo¬
cal citizenry in determining the
scope of such diseases as well
as pointing up the need for
concentrated health education
needs, especially among our
young expectant mothers and
the parents of children suffer¬
ing from any of the diseases.
While polio Is not to be dis-
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cational College, Dr. W. K. Payne,
President Savannah State College
and Mr. D. E. Coulen, Director of
Public Relations, Mississippi Voca¬
tional College.