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PRAYER TO BE OBSERVED MARCH 4
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In the photo above Mrs. Ag-
atha A. Cooper, president
the Chatham Dental
presents a trophy to Avon
er, first place winner in "Smile
Contcst,' while Patricia Pett i s
and Richardine Golden,
up look on. Shown also is br.
James Wilks, president of tin
Chatham Dental Society. Dr
Wilks, of Brunswick, Ga:, along
with tiie local dentists hopes
that this “Smile Contest”
10 DISBAR I ATTORNEY STALEMATED
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Labor Chief Meany Hurls
Verbal Blast ai Cont*. Howell
NEW YORK CITY Special to'
the Associated Negro Press.
Long dormant efforts to build
up a national Negro labor court-:
eg were re-awakeried here last
week nt'.o by an ......... attack on Rep * Adam
Clayton Powell by George
president of the A1 L-( iO.
Meany in Hal Harbor, Kla, at-
tending the executive Council of
the AFL-CIO said be thought
Powell unfit to head the House
Beach Adult School Selects
“Queen of Sweethearts’
Lovely Miss Thelma Over-
street was chosen “Queen of the
Sweethearts” among 30 contest-
w
ants for the Business Adminis-
tration classes of the Alfred E.
Beach Beacn Adult auuu otu«ui. School. She rcign-
ed over the Sweethearts’ dance,
Saturday night, February 13. art
the beautiful Coconut Grove.
ADams 4-343Z
in pire other youngsters to
practice good dental and oral
habits.
The Chatham Dental Auxil-
iary sponsored a Smile Con-
test” in tiie local Junior High
Schools during National Chil
d tiis Dental Health Week.
7th /tii through thiougii 13th. Lytii. Mrs. Mis. J. J. W. w.
Jamerson, Sr., and Mrs. P.
Cooper visited each school
gave posters and pamphlets rel
ative to dental health.
Graham A. Barden of North Caro-
linn who plans to retire at the
end of this session,
Mcatiy’s blunt statement brought
a a. oWILL swjft ICUUUiUI re | )t ittal XIUII1 from rv. A. Philip J-
|* alu ] 0 |j,h only Negro member of
i lie executive council.
Randolph said that while he did
not approve Powell’s absenteeism,
nor his racist statements “I think
iContmued on Page Eight;
In t ie above pnoto, from left
to right, are the ‘Queen of the
Swecthearts,” David
j jr., Jr., co-chairman, CU-UilLli 11 lirtil, eWIU and VYiiix
j, pf>c j j r chairman of the Fi
nance committee.
The dance was a "booming”
success and the queen dressed
in white and red, war. the "Belle
ol the Ball.”
NEW YORK, N. Y. — Millions
of people around the world will
unite on March 4 in a bond of
prayer handing six continents.
Prayers will lie offered in (10 lan¬
guages and a thousand dialects. In
the U.S., 20,000 communities will
join in the 74th annual observance
of the World Day of Prayer, spon¬
sored in tiie U.S. by United Church
Women, a department of the Nat¬
ional Council of Churches.
This annual chair of prayer
links tiie first voice at dawn in
tiie tropical Tongas with millions
of others as it passes throughout
the day across oceans and con¬
tinents. By nightfall its message
of hope and peace will have fol¬
lowed the sun’s arc until the last
prayers are .aid on ice-bound St.
Lawrence Island in the Bering
Sea.
The purpose of llie World Day
of Prayer is to unite all Christians
in prayers for ail the people of
I lie world, and to make an offering
for interdenominational Christian
missions at home and abroad.
Each year tiie worship service
is written by women in a different
country. The service for l'.Kit) war
written by Die Women's Inter-
(,'hundi Council of Canada. The
theme, "Labourers Together with
Cod,” is taken from the third chap¬
ter of Corinthians.
On March 4, church women will
pray: “Let not our hands he with¬
ered by the selfish apathy of indif¬
ference in this time of internat¬
ional tension, of misunderstand¬
ing, of fear. Rather, may they tie
stretched forth in loving at thy
command.”
Services arc held in schools,
hospitals, factories and prisons as
well as in churches. Governors and
mayors issue special proclama¬
tions citing tiie World Day of
The contestants were us lul-
lows: Patricia Peters, Udella
Kent and Alberta Miler of the
|Ipaltll and Physical Education
Department of 8opbronia Tonip-
na jjjgjj School, Mrs. Lillian
Scott, OvU vw| adviser; iA\» t IOv» | Carolyn vWivnj “ Brin- v
wn and Ay{m Walkcr of the Al
frec | g Beach High school, Rev.
JohuQ Adams und Mf; .. Glo m
,> t . v a u x. advisers, Richarttine
'Continued on Page Four
F.MPORIA EMPORIA, VA VA. — — Tlu> The fir-tri first .'it,- at¬
tempt to disbar an NAACP law¬
yer for participating in civil rights
cases was .stalemated here Friday
when a three-judge Virginia State
Circuit Court ordered the Common¬
wealth’s Attorney to file, within 21
days, an amended bill of parti¬
culars specifying in detail the al¬
leged acts and activities of Samuel
W. Tucker which constitute im¬
proper or unprofessional conduct.
Mr. Tucker, a member of the
legal staff of the Virginia State
Conference of NAACP Branches,
was charged with unprofessional
conduct for his role in connection
with three cases dating back to
11150.
In one lie acted as defense coun¬
sel for Jodie Bailey, a Negro
.sharecropper indicted for the slay¬
ing of Luther P. Rockwell, a white
landlord, in I960. In another 11*50
case, he assisted the Common¬
wealth’s Attorney in the prosecu¬
tion of a white man accused of
raping u lG-year-old-Negro girl.
And in the third, in 1052, lie re¬
presented Tabby Watts, a Negro
involved in a fight with a white
man.
The Court's ruling requiring fil¬
NAACP Back in Business
Louisiana
NEW YORK—NAACP
tive Secretary Roy Wilkins this
week ealled on the Association s
] I Louisiana State “immediately Conference revive of
branches to
ill activity and take up where it
lef* off la it October.”
Mr. Wilkins termed a three-
judge federal court ruling, Sat-
■•'-“j, rnlay. Feb. *......> (J, restoring - the
NAAt P to operation in Lorn iana,
(,i ‘a vindication ■ i.,i iii-i 1 i. >ii of i, 1 the Fill- Association’s Ac,:
view that its program is just, nec-
nessary and supported by the U.S.
Constitution.”
A temporary injunction forbid¬
ding all organizational activity was
issued against the Louisiana State
Conference of NAACP branches
on October 9th. Such an injunc¬
tion had been called for by State
Senator Willie Rainaeh, then a
candidate for the Louisiana gover¬
norship.
j Mrs. Doretha A. ( ombre, presi-
,p, nt „<■ t .he Louisiana NAACP,
sa j ( ] a t, the time that Rainaeh
making a desperate bid for anti-
Negro whites votes, Rainarch ran
a poor third in a field of eleven
j candidates. He in also president of
the Louisiana White Citizen Co
I uncils.
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA SATURDAY. FEBRUARY *0, I960
inir ing of of an an amended amended bill of parti¬
culars followed argument by Wil¬
liam R. Ming of Chicago, one of
a battery of four NAACP law¬
yers defending Mr, Tucker. Others
were Robert L. Carter of New
York City, NAACP general coun¬
sel; Oliver Hill, Richmond; and
Herbert Reid, Washington, I). C.
Mr. Ming argued that neither
the complaint nor the bill of parti¬
culars set forth specific allega¬
tions of unprcfessional
conduct on the part of Mr.
Tucker. The charges were too
vague to warrant consideration by
the Court, lie asserted. According¬
ly, he asked that the motion to dis¬
miss the charges he sustained.
Questioned by Presiding Judge
J. Garland Jefferson, Jr., the
Chicago lawyer cited the com¬
plaint in the Bailey ease. Nothing
in the, complaint or in the bill of
particulars indicated that Mr.
Tucker had engaged in any impro¬
per acts. On the contrary he said,
Mr. Tucker har provided the accus¬
ed man with his constitutionally
guaranteed defense.
Opposing the motion to dismiss,
Harold L. Townsend, Commou-
(Continued on Page Three)
The NAACP is currently spear-
I heading a drive to secure 2,500,000
| additional Negro voters in South¬
ern states before the Novemlier
presidential election.
Secretary Wilkins told Mrs.
Coinbre, in a letter dispatched
Feb 11, that NAACP members
throughout Louisiana "are now
j | free to go ahead with the Associa-
|,program of eliminating rac-
* ial ■ segregation . . and i discrimina¬ *■ * *
tion.
"You are free to step up regis¬
tration and voting activities,” Mr.
Wilkins a lerted, "for use of the
ballot can help bring about more
peedily a change in attitudes of
entrenched political forces which
have attempted to frustrate, the
legitimate aspirations of Negroes
for freedom and equality.
“We are hopeful that our Loui¬
siana branches will push ahead oti
every front enrolling more mem¬
bers and financial support, seek¬
ing to complete desegregation of
schools, and working for enjoy¬
ment of public accommodations
and all other rights to which
are entitled under the
(Continued on Page Eight)
Prayer. Entire communities parti-
.ipale ns churches ring church
bells and factories and fire de¬
partments sound their sirens. In
many communities, traffic comes
to a stop for u full minute of
prayer.
The World Day of Prayer offer¬
ing is equally divided between
home and foreign missions. Of the
Protestant and Orthodox church¬
es in this country, aid is given to
Indian Americans and to agricul¬
tural migrant workers.
in the 33 states where the Mig¬
rant Ministry of the Division of
Home Missions of the National
Council it at Work, World Day
of Prayer offesings provide train¬
ed field personnel and welfare ser¬
vices to many of America’s 2,000,-
1*00 migrant farm laborers ami
their families. Funds help sup¬
port, a network of Vacation Bible
Schools and training for pastors
and lay leaders in rural areas to
fill the spiritual and economic
vacuum in which low-income farm
families exist.
Overseas, the World Day of
Prayer offering helps the Division
of Foreign Missions of the Nat¬
ional Council develop Christian
leaders in the newly independent
African and Asian countries and
provides new literates with read
ing materials. Gifts also make fin¬
ancial assistance available to wo¬
men students in ten interdenomin¬
ational colleges in Asia.
. Powell Answers (Vines
J. Tolberlle Lacy
AWARDED SILVER BEAVER—
J. Tolbertte Lacy, Principal of the
Central High School at Sylvania,
Georgia, has been awarded the Sil¬
ver Beaver by the Coastal Em¬
pire Council, Boy Scouts of
America. The award is the highest
scoutmaster of the first troop for
council award in Scouting, and wa
presented at the recent Annual
Banquet held at the spacious
Flamingo Ballroom in ,Savannah.
The award was made to Mr.
Lacy for outstanding service to
boyhood during the past twenty
years of his affiliation with the
Scout Program. He served a:.
Negro hoys in Screven County, and
is now serving as Advisor of Ex¬
plorer Post 352 at Sylvania.
Elks Plan For
Oratorical Contest
The annual local Elks orator¬
ical contest will be held April
1. The participants will come
from Beach, Tompkins, Haven
Home. Sol C. Johnson and;
Beach Junior High schools. All
talented students are Invited.
There will be three cash priz-1
es awarded the winners of this'
contest.
The first place winner will re¬
present Savannah during the
State Convention in Thotnas-
ville.
For further Information con¬
tact the chairman of the Ora¬
torical program, E. Edward
Greene, AD 2-4744.
Citizens Committee to
Meet at Mt. Zion
The All Citizens Committee
will meet at Mt. Zion Baptist
church, West Broad and Wald-
burg lane, on February 24 at
<3 p. rn. All leaders and civic
minded citizens are urged to
attend.
James Edwards, temporary
chairman, states that the roll
call will be made at 8 30 p. m.
and leaders previously
are expected to answer. Im-
(Continued on Page Five)
AKAs Plan for Fashionetta
MRS. EARNEST!NE BERTRAND
Chairman
The Sonir.s of Gamma Sigma
Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority are dilligently
working for a successful Fash¬
ionetta under the direction of
Sorors Earnesllne Bertrand and
Mturlha Wilson who are chair¬
man and co-chairman, respec¬
tively. terminate
The fashionetta will
WASHINGTON (ANI’)>—*Tbc
character and veracity of the
daily press must be seriously
doubted” said Congressman
Adam Clayton Powell, wl\on
they place him lower than
Eastland and Talmadge.
This statement was made
in New York Sunday in reply to
the criticisms which have been
heaped upon the New York con¬
gressman in an effort to dis¬
credit his ability to head tiie
House Committee on Education
aiid Labor.
Since it was announced that
Chairman Graham Barden,
Democrat Of North Carolina, will
resign from Congress next year,
and that Powell, because of sen¬
iority, is in line for tin* chair¬
manship, there has been reams
iContinued on Page Eight)
NAACP Supports Right of
Powell to
NEW YORK Roy Wilkiiw,
executive secretary of the Nat¬
ional A aviation for the Advance
un lit of Colored People, tlii.i week
came out in support of the right
of Representative Adam Clayton
Powell to succeed to the chair
mansjdp of the powerful House
Education and Labor Committee.
Mr. Wilkins' statement, io-.ued
YWCA WIVES CLUB Among
the wives enrolled lor winter
program at the Y. W. C A. cen¬
ter in Yamacraw Village arc
seated from left to right In the
above picture: Mrs. Dc.ssie An¬
derson, Mrs, Evelyn Telfair,
Mrs. Maggie M. Parrish, Mrs.
Juanita Smith and Mrs. Eliza¬
beth Pullin. Standing from left
to right are Mrs. Velma M. Ed¬
wards. Mrs. Sarah TV Sapp,
chairman of the YW Wives
ADams 4-M3S
MRS. MARTHA WILSON
Co-Chairman
at the beautiful Flamingo ball¬
room on Saturday, February 27,
at K p m. The public is cor¬
dially invited to this gala af¬
fair.
Tickets may be secured from
any member of the sorority.
Soror Ouida Thompson is bas-
lleus of the local chapter.
McCoilough Named Bishop
Grace
WASHINGTON, D. C.—-(ANP)
WnIP 1 1 Me* idinugh of Washing¬
ton, who was elected bishop ut an
assembly here Saturday to suc¬
ceed the late Charles M. (Sweet
Daddy Grace, began his adminis¬
tration under auspicious circum¬
stances. He was chosen by a large
majority and is popular among
other ministers of the United
House of Prayer For All People.
McCoilough has been acting pre¬
siding elder of the sect since short-
!y after the flamboyant evaage-
list died Jan. 12 in Los Angeles.
McCoilough operates a dry clean¬
ing establishment in Washington.
Elder Spurgeon Parker of New
Bedford, Mass., said McCoilough
was elected by a heavy majority
on I b. jo, followed remarks by
certain publications, politicians
and labor leaders seeking to
credit the New York representa¬
tive.
Tin lull text ol the statement
folio v
The National Association for
the Advancement of Colored I’eo-
Club; and Mrs. Annie E. Smith,
a Y-teeil adviser.
YWCA program activities de¬
signed to meet the interests
and need, ol Negro women and
girls in the city in addition to
Yamacraw Village, will include
both Fellwood Homes and Rob¬
ert M. Hitch Village in the near
future.
Through the courtesy of Ed¬
gar C. Black:,hear, manager of
Fellwood Homes und L. B.. Bol¬
Price 10c
HUMBER 20
Zetas Ready
To Present
Minstrel
"Georgia Jubilee” is the title
of the minstrel to be staged
by the local chapter of Zela Phi
Beta Sorority on February 20
at Beach High school. The min¬
strel, typical of southland min¬
strels, is packed with songs,
jokes and dances.
Mesdames lone Dunnmre and
Alma Wade are directing the
cast, which is composed of six
End Men and a chorus.
Preceding the minstrel ‘‘Mins
Blue Revue for I960'” will be
crowned.
Fisk Receives $14,120
For Special Science
Program
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The Nnl-
iumil Seienoe Foundation awarded
Fisk University $14,120 to support
i program for gifted secondary
students during th« summer of
1900.
The program will be under the
llrection of Dr. Samuel P. Mnssie,
Chairman of Fisk's Chemistry De-
iContlnued on Page hour*
at ft general assembly. He said
there were several •ther candi¬
dates in the balloting but did not
name them.
Parker said several hundred eld¬
ers and state overseers attended
the election meeting at the Wash¬
ington House of Prayer.
At the time of his death, Grace
claimed a membership of about
three million, nearly all Negroes,
for his 360 churches in more than
DO cities.
CHURCH FOUNDED IN
CHARLOTTE, N. C. ,
Bishop Grace, who founded In*
church in Charlotte, N. C. in Ih#
1920s, owned property 4s far west
(Continued on Page Eight-
pie has been opposed consistently
to the seniority rule in Congre t
by which the chairman of con¬
gressional committees is determin¬
ed. However, since this irule has
been followed in virtually all cases,
we support the BUeceksicti of Re-
pre entative Adam Clarion Powell
to the chairmanship of the House
Education and Labor Committee.
den, manager of Robert Hitch
Village, Mrs. Mildred W. New¬
ton, program director of the Y.
W. C. A. Center, will speak
to the workers of these two
housing projects in the inter¬
est of the Young Women’s Chris¬
tian Association.
She appeared at Hitch Village
on Friday, February 12 and at
Fellwood Homes Tuesday, Feb.
t6.