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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME I-XXVIII
Ga. Elect 9 to Exec. Committee
“Miss Prospective
Tuskegee Contest”
The “Miss Prospective Ttiske-
contest, under the auspices
of the southeast Georgia chapter,
Tuskegee Alumni Association, will
culminate with a Teen-age Scholar-
skip Jamboree at the Flamingo
Ballroom, April 22.
Contestants f r o m Savannah,
Statesboro, Sylvania, Springfield,
Midway and Metier have entered
this contest.
- The winner will receive a cash
award and be crowned “Miss Pros¬
pective Tuskegee." Ilunner-ups
will also receive cash awards and
all contestants will be given a free
trip to Tuskegee to attend the an¬
nual homecoming activities.
Details for this contest are be¬
ing handled by R. L. Dunlap, chair¬
man of the program committee;
Mrs. Bessie Fleming, Mrs. Belle
Great, Mrs. Mable Gar bet t,
Mrs. Sarah Bivins, E. B. Bivins,
M. M. Martin, and W. A. Gagins.
Morehouse Glee Club To
Sing March 13
Sunday, March 13, at 7:BO P.M.
will mark the second annual con¬
cert of the Morehouse College filer
Club to be held at the First Afri¬
can Baptist Church.
On the Glee Club’s last visit to j
Savannah thy sang to a near ca-
parity audience, and were given u I
tremendous ovation. Indications
are that they will again perform
before a well filled auditorium.
The Morehouse Glee (,'Jub, under
the direction of Wendell I*.
Whalum, is well known for it
wide repertoire; the superb train¬
ing- and individual talent of the
Soloists and the glee club.
TTie public is invited to avail it-
Jidj-iif the opportunity of hearing
"thiS"oiJtstanding group.
0. S. SUPREME COURT TO HEAR EATERY BIAS CASE
WASHINGTON—(ANP) — The
widespread sit-down demonstra¬
tions against lunch counters in
the South took on two now (tv
volopments of note last week when,
on the one hand, the U.S. Supreme
court agreed to hear arguments in
a rase similar to the sit-down; and
on the other, the first protest
against Idas service at lunch
counters in the Depp South was
Staged last Thursday in Montgo¬
mery, Ala.
In Montgomery, 35 student,
from Alabama State college, a
state-supported school — descend -
ed upon a snack shop in the Mont
gomery county courthouse, took
seats and requested service. How
ever, they were refused, and the
shop closed immediately.
ARMED DEPUTIES TAKE
OY ER
Club-waving Sheriff Mac Sin
Butler, accompanied by pistol¬
carrying deputies and state high
way patrolmen, arrived shortly
after the shop closed and order
ed the students to line up single
file against a wall. The deputie-
pntroled the halls outside-the b c
ment shop and state highway pa
lrnlmen took pictures of the stu
dents as they stood quietly again; i
the wail, reading their textbook.
There were no arrests, and th
student;? cut short their demon
stratum after 15 minutes.
The SuprcHiie court is to review
a case involving Bruce Boynton
N<«gro law student from Howard
University who was fined $10 fo-
refusing to leave a “white-only’
restaurant in an interstate bu
terminal at Richmond, Va.
Boynton had boarded a bus ii
Washington, D.C., «nd was travel
ing to Selma, Ala. He was in
formed by the driver that then
would he a stop-over for 10 min¬
utes in Richmond. When he entcr-
utes in Richmond. When he enter¬
ed the restaurant, he was advised
—first by the waitress, then the as-
sistant manager — that separate
facilities were maintained for
Negroes and he could not be serv¬
ed. When he told them he was an
interstate passenger and entitled
to service, he was arrested for
trespassing.
C ASE APPEALED TO
HIGH COURT
Upon conviction, Boynton ap-
pealed the case to the Supreme
Court, which voted to hear argu-
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RETIRING MATRON HONORED
—In the above picture, from left
to right are Deputy Chief
Charles w. Weber, Mrs. Robert
E. LnMottc, head of women’s
division- of the city jail: Mrs
Amanda Edmonson, retiring
hea cl matron of the Negro divi-
sian of the city jail; and Mrs.
Robert B. Young, representing
'he Savannah Federation of
Women’s Clubs.
On Monday afternoon, Feb.
25, City Police Officers and the
Federation of Wo¬
men’s Clubs honored Mrs.
Amanda Edmonson on her
liniment after fourteen years
as head matron of the
‘HUE YEN OF 25” HONORED
i BY 100',;, ERS IN ATLANTA:!
| Here are some shots from The,
100 Per Cent Wrong Club’s Silver
j Anniversary All-Sports
held recently in Atlanta, Ga. Up¬
per left, Toastmaster Moss II.
Kendrix opens celebration. Cen-
ter, C. A. Scott, publisher-editor
of sponsoring Atlanta Daily
World, greets almost 500 male
guests.
j Right, GiletteV Win Elliot, prin-
cipal speaker, got to mike 3-hrs-
45 -jnins after event opened — call¬
ing OUib “longest but not wrong¬
est. - ' ’Hfc
.
wcmen’s division ol the city jail.
A charm bracelet with charms
| marked "Women’s Division,”
“Detectives Division,” “Uniform
Division,” and “Civilian Employ¬
ees” was ,presented her by
Deputy Chief Weber in behalf
of the donors.
Mrs. Edmonson states that
her years of employment in the j
city jail were pleasant and that
she is deeply grateful to Mrs.!
LaMotte who always gave advice
and assistance to her in any
situation where noeded.
Mrs. Edmonson will leave dur¬
ing the month for Daytona
Beach, Fla., where she wflli
iContinued on Page Eight-
Others, I to r, across top are
Jesse Owens, Joe Louis and Father
Edward Banks. Next line down
carries Jim Crisp, Langston
(Okla.J University coach, A. L.
Thompson, 109% Club
Tennessee’s Dr. Grandville .Saw¬
yer, Louis, Crisp, B. 'f. Harvey
Alabama State, Clarence Childs
and J. R. E. Lee, Jr. (back
camera) of Florida A and M.
From left in next panel are L. L.
■ “Dick” Hudson, Chicago, who
presented Althea Gibson and
Saperstcin, 100%ers
Emel Scott, W. A. Scott
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
ATLANTA (AND — Fulton
| county Republicans made the
strongest bid in history last week
for Negro support in the foith-
I coming elections.
In addition to voting endorse¬
ment of continued public education
on an integrated ba .is, the county
convention also elected nine Ne-
gtoes to its executive committee
and a number of Negro delegates
to the district and stale^bOP con¬
ventions.
W ANT SUPREME COURT
SCHOOL EDICT UPHELD
The county convention also voted
to ask the state legislature which
is solidly Democratic to repeal all
laws that would prevent the con¬
tinuance of public education in
conformance with the Supreme
Court division outlawing racial
segregation in public schools.
The group consisted of at least
100 delegates representing the
county. The body also elected
officers for the next four years,
and named 7d delegates to its dis¬
trict.and state conventions of which
35 are Negroes.
A total nf .'15 Negro alternates
were also named to the conven¬
tion.
Nine Negroes were elected to
serve on the executive committee.
“GIVE PEOPLE CHOICE”
The meeting was opened by the
committee chairman, W. B. Shftrt-
zer, wlm called on Georgia's Re¬
publicans to give the' people “a
real choice between principles aud
policies.”
Stmrtzer turned the gavel over
11 ' AU .V- - ,HnM ' s Dorsey, a former
U. S. District .Attorney. Dorsey
then presided over the meeting,
and immediately outlined the
agenda.
lie declared the meeting was
open to all “who prescribed to
the principles of the Republican
Party,” and made this statement
T. J. Crittendon, Kendrix,
A. U. President It u f u s E.
Clement, Elliott, 1007. ers Russell
Simmons, Jack Adams, Billy Nix
and Joe Daniels, standing above
Elliot and Father Banks, and Bir¬
j mingham World Editor E. O. Jack-
son, representing National News¬
paper Publishers Association. Pro¬
filed gent is Tennessee’s Earle
Clanton, III, sports publicity man
; of occasion, followed by Marion E.
Jackson, 3rd, World sports editor,
and eight members of All-SIAC
j football team, Tuskegee’s Ross
Owens and Louis.
SATURDAY. MARCH 5. I960
more emphatic by this:
“Turn representation should
come from the people."
One of the key Republicans in
the state was apparently delighted
over events during the meeting.
GEORGIA SOON A TWO-PARTY
SYSTEM
Robert Snodgrass, state national
committeeman, praised the adop¬
tion of the resolution on continued
schools, and said Georgia “will
soon become a real two-party sys¬
tem.
It was reported that 146 coun¬
ties held Republican conventions
in 1966, and that 11 counties form¬
ed groups that year.
PARTY MUST
“KEEP ACTIVE”
Milton White told the conven¬
tion that by the next election “Re¬
publicans can elect some persons
to office in Fulton County.”
Dr. Horace Mann Bond greeted
the convention and gave his “here¬
ditary background” as a Repub¬
lican. He said that in 1955 he
wrote the history of the Republi¬
can Party in a county in Pennsyl¬
vania.
W. J. Shaw informed the group
that they were working with young
people in the state to build strong
people in the state to build
strength for the party.
J. H. Calhoun read a memorial
from the Committee on Resolutions
in tribute to the dead.
Negro members of executive
are: J. 11. Calhoun,
Cassandra Hirnie, C. R.
Mrs. Lottie Harris, 0. C.
T. J. Curry, q. V. William¬
G. K. DeLorme, and Joseph
Beach Band to Play
At Asbury Church
Anbury Methodist church, Ab-
and Duffy streets, will
the Alfred E. Beach III
concert band Sunday,
March 1,3. at '5 p. nt., Samuel
Gill, director. This concert is
offered, to the public without
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Jn lower left is seen Owens auto¬
graphing for Bulova Watch’s Her¬
bert Lewis and Atlanta jeweler
Walter R. Thomas with Joe Louis
looking on. Next is 100% Ralph
Robinson who cited honored coach¬
es. Center shot shows Jack Moore,
3rd from I, The Atlanta Coca-Cola
Bottling Company, assisting W.
A. Scott, III, left, and President
Thompson, second from right, in
the presentation of The Coca-Cola
Company-donated Scott Football
Championship Trophy to Florida’s
Clarence Childs, second from left,
and Coach A. S. “Jake” Gaither.
Miss I>1 up Revue
Miss Harriet Bias was crown¬
ed “Miss Blue Revue for 1960”
by Mrs. E. W. Fisher, Basllcus
of the local Chapter of Zeta
Phi Beta Sorority. The crown
was graciously relinquished by
Mass Beverly Richards, "Miss
Blue Revue for 1059.”
Miss Blue Revue's attendants
were Miss Shirley Miller, first
Georgia College Shriuers With Present $5,000
White
ATLANTA
Wesley Dobbs, Deputy for the
State of C ia loo 1 dinner, of
Prime Hull affiliation, headed a
group which p i ntrd on
of Naiiliar «'D mplc No. 12H to
Emory llni.i i. ily in Atlanta a
check in the amount of tj .'iOb!) to
J)r. Kiiijv Says lie
Pali! ‘ Slate Income
a mu
MoNTboME
Prior to It h P"C-
iili-y, charging i *p'ii-i
’“7,000 in ear iU in
LiitJe-r King d week
l lia! lie paid j. tat-
r evenw depa 1 1 1
I lint .is far
uid, Ul>d liq
again, I lint.
V kA it Spectacular
at
27, the Plumb
I ( 1 tinp for tin
I ,V pon
(famtnu
J J Alpha K apl't Alpha SV. only. fashr A
aparily cruW<J wUn< <••<! Ufe
j 'on «hpw, ami wish warm reception
i lit’lpm! make 1 the ever pre-
j ril cf} * in th*’ city,
«
| 'Hie luf'-f in yf>riri<’ ; md Levy's sum-
>m*r fashions from Morn is
tore for men and Fine's, Die. for
women were shown by a group of
, , T
“ l ” 1 1 “
,4 .‘lies: lounging
H * dn ,mnn .u, i«h hi 1 casual
dress, afternoon, K-kUil evening
and wedding attire.
The fashions were capably mod-
eled by the following: l)r. II. M.
Collier, Jr., Arnett. Waters, Dr. K.
M. MeDew, William Campbell,
Medkus Simmons, At.ty. Eugene
Gad iden, Lawrence Bryant, Sidney
Miller, Dr. J. W. Wiison, Raleigh
Bryant, Robert Tolt, J. R. Jenkins,
and Sonars of Gamma Upsilon
chapter including Sorors Ernestine
Next Bill Robinson, Atlanta
Journal, receives citation for The
Sporting News. In final
Kendrix gives surprise citation to |
Atlanta Life Insurance Company’s
Charles VV. Greene and G. K. De¬ j
lorme, right, with Thompson stand¬
ing in. t
To the front Elliot, FA MU j |
are
Vice President Leo, Jr., who ac¬
cepted citation for Orange Blos¬
som C I a s s i c Committee, and
“Coach of Decade” Gaither.
The Coca-Cola Company, its At¬
lanta bottler and Atlanta Life co¬
sponsor event.
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runner up; Miss Sharon Cleve¬
land, second runner up; and
Misses Anne Alston, Charlotte
Brown and- Mary Clifford
Boles. The young ladies made
a beautiful picture in their ex¬
quisite blue gowns.
The crowning was held pre-
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Price 10c
NUMBER 33
NAACP Wins
Famous Little
Rock C ase
WASHINGTON (ANP) The
United States Supreme Court in a
unanimous decision last week up¬
held tlie action of Mrs. Daisy
Bates and Mrs. Birdie Williams in
refusing to disclose the member¬
ship rolls of the NAACP in 1957.
Mrs. Bates, at the time, was
breaident of the Little Rock branch
of the NAACP and Mrs. Williams
headed the brunch in North Little
Rock.
Both were fined $25 for refusing
In Comply with ordinances requir¬
ing all non-profit organizations to
make public their membership rolls
and their list of contributors.
Justice Stewart Delivers
Opinion
Justice Potter Stewart delivered
I lie court’* opinion, holding invalid
the sections of two 1957 ordinances
enacted by the city governments
which required the NAACP and
other non-profit organizations seek¬
ing tux exemptions to file finan¬
cial statements and related in¬
formation.
Justice Hugo L. Black wrote a
concurring opinion, in which Jus¬
tice William t). Douglas joined.
“A Significant Interference”
“It sufficeintly appears that
compulsory disclosures of the mem¬
bership lists of local (NAACP)
branches would work a significant
! interference with the freedom of
i ociation of the.ir members,”
! Stewart said in his opinion.
Stewart said there was substar;-
! iul undisputed evidence that
| “public identification of persons in
uuotlnued on [Mure Severn
lie used iti research in the fight
j against tuberculosis.
No Negro school in Georgia has
j the facilities for doing the work
Emory is doing and the donations
i of the Shrinors of Prince Hall are
| made without regard to race or
| color.
King, in Lu Angeles on a speak-
; big tour, fold the Associated Press
. he paid the tax ’‘under very strong
; protest” after a state revenue
agent 'questioned him about his
i'-lurue. lie said it amounted to
$1609.
The minister said the agent,
| whom he identified as Lloyd Hale,
j “just about threatened me to the
point 1 felt it was the best thing
to do and have it all over.”
“Knowing the Alabama courts,
1 .1 knew that it would be t«
a wa
of my time to take the issue into
court,” King added.
Bertrand, Albertha Vaughns, Leila
B r a i t h w a i t e, Katie. Williams,
Emma Lou Jordan, Kay Francis
Stripling, Jewell Grant, Rose Bak-
| it, Juanita Quinn, Delores Tin-
Dill, Janie Raker and Annette
I Kennedy.
The show was done against a
j background stage setting that w ;
designed by Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
j Bertrand, Phillip Hampton and
I Felix Alexis.
Soror Mary MeDew and Af
Cheatham were brilliant in their
j narration of the dhow. The script
! was written by Soror Luetta Up¬
shur. Music was furnished by Dr.
C. A. Braithwaite at the organ.
Preceding the show was the cor-
I i -nation scene at which time each
uf the contestants modeled the lat-
I est in teen fashions for evening
! wear. They were Miss Janice
1 Hunter, Miss Surutyn Thomas,
Miss Barbara Hutchinson, 2nd
place winner; and Miss Elsipe
Moore. 1st place winner. Miss
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