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78 TEARS OF CONTINUOUS FUBUC SERVICE volume lxxvih PRAYER TO BE OBSERVED MARCH 4 Avon Walker Wins “Smile Contest’ i I : ■ * f tf ft r | V MBi : :l 1 V y • MB ; c I iwWTi ! • <V;, ’3P . i *jj :•? X ht ' J&S-i ■ -> > .' • "" - . Mi vje v |f v : > # . Miff II *!« - - ' Vf ,IP . ■ ■ ■ . ■ ■’if ; y :v.K Tl ¥ C _____ 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 ___— ——— ___ 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.