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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
?UBUC
VOLUME LXXVIII
Census Crew
Leaders
Appointed
Among the nine census crew
leaders appointed for Chat¬
ham rt'unty are Mrs. Fnod-
ricka L. Martin and Mrs. Ru¬
by S. Kennedy. The leaders
will helen their training March
14. It is expected that fifty
workers will be supervised by
Mrs. Martin and Mr . Kenne¬
dy when the official census
begins on April 1.
19th Annual
Art Exhibit
At A. U. May 1
ATLANTA Tim Nineteenth
Annual Kxlrl.il -.n of Painting'-.
Sculpture and Prints by Negro
artists will open for a moi'tli’
showing on May I at Atlanta Uni¬
versity. Eleven purclia o awards
amounting to $!4<)0 are offered by
the University and Radio Station
WAOK, tiie prize-winning work
to become part of Atlanta Uni¬
versity’s Contemporary Art Collec¬
tion.
The closing date for receipt of
entries is April 9. The Jury of
Selection, which will choose the
entries to be exhibited and award
the prizes, will meet on April 20.
For a week prior to the opening of
the Annual Exhibition the Con
temporary Art Collection will be
closed to the public.
For painting in oil or tempura
there are four award. . $260 for
the best landscape, $3l)0 for the
best portrait or figure, $150 for
the first in any subject and $100
for the second, the last to lie given
on the popular ballot of those at¬
tending the exhibition.
' In water colors, pastel or
gouache there arc two awards, one
of $125 and one of $75. The prizes
« i on nfrvf Settnfi
$200,000 Defense Fund Started
For Martin Luther King
Last Rites Held
Tuesday for Mr. Alford
j
FREDERICK l>. ALFOItl) |
Funeral services for Frederick |
Douglas Alford, retired letter
carrier and a World War I vet¬
eran. were held Tuesday morn¬ |
ing, 10 o’clock at his residence,
627 W. 39th street. Mr. Alford
died on March 2 after an ex¬
tended illness. j
Rev. C. S. Stripling, a fellow
postal employee and friend,
was in charge of the services
iliree
Zetas Observing Finer
Womanhood Week, Mar. 7-13
Alpha Theta Zeta Chapter of
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority is observ¬
ing its Finer Womanhood Week
a national observance. Plans fo>
this week include activities in the
area of community services, cul¬
ture, and religion.
Presentations will be male to
Charity Hospital, Frank Callen
Boys’ Club, Y.M.C.A. for Camper
ships, a former “Blue Revue” con¬
AT)ana 4-343*
EIGHT GEORGIANS among Re¬
gional Camp 4-If delegates greeted
by Vice President Richard M. Nix-
National 4-H Club
Week Observed
National 4-H Chip Week, March
5-12, is being observed by approxi¬
mately 48 thousand Georgia Negro
1-11 Club members, according to
M. Little, Assistant- Club Agent
for the Agricultural Extension
Service. The theme is “Learn, live
and serve through 4-H.”
First Cardinal
CHICAGO — Pope John XXIII
last Thursday made world history
when he appointed the first Negro
member of the College of Cardi¬
nals of the Roman Catholic Church.
At the same time, the Pontiff
gladdened the hearts of Negro
Catholics throughout the world
who had anticipated and hoped for
such an appointment for more than
NEW YORK (ANP) — An 80-
year era in the history of Ameri¬
can journalism will come to an
end on March 15, when the New
York Age, one of the oldest Negro
newspapers in the United States,
will go out of publication. It was
founded in 1880 by T. Thomas For¬
tune, dean of Negro journalists.
Announcement of the closing of
the Age, which was founded in
1880, was made by S. B. Fuller,
publisher-treasurer, who stated
that a continuing decline in read¬
ership and in advertising revenue
made the move necessary.
Acquires Age In 1957
Fuller, a successful cosmetics
Manufacturer, acquired control of
the Age from the Robert S. A Idiott,
Company, in 1957. At
that time it had beer, for two years
i part of the Chicago' Defender
.•bain of newspapers, published by
the Robert S. Abbott Publishing
Company.
Since acquiring the Age, Fuller
has staffed it, with top flight writ-
ers and advertising personnel,
made well-designed changes in edi¬
torial policies and topography, and
instituted other reforms in an ef-
flirt to bring the Age back to the
leading position it once held in the
field.
However, a generation of “new”
New Yoikers had turned to daily
and other of
testant who is ill, and a group of
Sorors will take some children to
visit, the Youth Museum.
The climax of the week’s acti¬
vities will he the worshipping in
a body with Rho Beta of Savan¬
nah State College and Amicae
(Zeta Auxiliary) at Asbury Meth¬
odist Church. Soror Cornelia W.
Walker is Finer Womanhood Week
chairman.
The main purpose of this 45th
annual celebration of Natlorial 4-H
Club Week Is to give 4 H Club
members an opportunity to evalu-
ate their achievements and to in¬
form the public about tlie new ob¬
jectives and the value of 4-11 train¬
ing.
Miss Carrie Powell, Assistant
State Club Agent, report >. that this
week’s observance got off to a
promising beginning. Each of the
55 counties in the State with or¬
ganized 4-H Clubs was represent¬
ed at one of the five district 4-H
Council meetings held simultane¬
u decade.
The new appointee, along 'with
six others from France, Holland
and Italy, is' the Most Rev. Luurin
Rugamba, J.C.D., bishop ,,f
Itutabo, TangfenVika, East Africa,
a brilliant administrator and man
of letters. In the group also were
first Japanese hnd first Filipino
appointed to tbh college.
publications, and the decline of the
Age continued.
“Hard Decision to Make”
In making his announcement,
Fuller said, “It was a hard deci¬
sion to make. Since 1880, the New
York Age has been a leader in its
area. For more than three-quarters
of a century it has been « part of
the history of the Negro in New
York, champion of his cause, re¬
porter of his victories and his de¬
feats. It is tragic that this his¬
torical newspaper should have to
go out of existence.”
Editor Charles Stone said the
paper is suspending publications
because of financial difficulties.
Stone said the action was neces¬
sary despite a recent increase in
circulation from 8,000 .to 11,000
and a reduction in tiie paper’s
losses.
He stated that the paper’s 20
staff members would receive two
weeks severance pay.
A MARKETING CLINIC and
luncheon was one of the features
of the hoard meeting held last
weekend by the National Associa¬
tion of Market Developers at Phil¬
adelphia. Shown are board mem¬
bers and guests who participated.
From left, seated: Frankie Dee,
Schenley Distillers; Eugene If., -
mer, convention manager, Conven¬
SAVANNAH GEORGIA SATURDAV, MARCH 12, I960
ously at Albany, Claxton, Griffin,
Rochelle, and Sparta on March
6th. County delegates made prog¬
ress reports and spent considerable
time discussing means of improv¬
ing present 4-11 programs and
boosting 4-H enrollment.
Through the state 4-H'ers are
displaying National 4-H Club
Week posters, staging window ex¬
hibits, and presenting special
school, radio and television pro¬
grams designed to focus attention
on their objectives, accomplish¬
ments and needs.
His elevation to the highest body
in the church, marked the second
high appointment given to Afri¬
can prelates within the past month.
Recently, Pope John named the
first African Negro to the arch¬
bishopric when he placed the Most
Rev. Bernardin Gantin, only 37,
(inntinuen on Page Seven
NEW YORK, (ANP)—Shocked
that the State of Alabama has in¬
dicted Rev. Martin Luther King
for perjury, Negro leaders from six
cities came together here Thursday
and established a Committee to
Defend Martin Luther King.
The Committee announced that
it has set the task of raising a
$200,000 budget to defend Rev.
King in the State and federal
courts, and to aid the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference
in its drive to register a million
new Negro' voters' in the South
this year.
“It i. e ;entlal,” said A. Philip
Randolph, chairman of tiie com¬
mittee “that every American real¬
ize that the charges against Rev.
King are vicious and without the
.lightest foundation in fact."
Harry Beiafonte is chairman of
the committee's cultural division.
Other members include Mordecai
Johnson, president of Howard uni¬
versity; Dr. Harry Emerson Fos-
dirk, president emeritus of Union
Theological Seminary in New
Continued on Page Sever.
tion and Visitors Bureau
Philly; H. Naylor Fitzhugh,
ard University marketing
sor and research associate,
Moss H. Kendrix Organization;
LeRoy W. Jeffries, NAMED presi¬
dent and vice president, Johnson
Publications; Keeton Arnett, ex¬
ecutive vice president, Chamber of
Commerce, Greater Philadelphia;
Over 30 Cities Braced
Lunch Sit-Downer
Uy the Aaajciatrd Negro Pres *
CHICAGO — The lunch countei
“sit-down” strike, auspiciously
launched early last month by Ne
gro students in Greensboro, N. C.
in protest against discriminatory
practices, has mushroomed to tin
expected proportions, in that tin
“sit-downs” now cover more than
30 cities.
While most of the demonst.ra
tions are being carried on in the
stronghold of segregation the
South; there are quite a nuin
her of “sympathy" demonstration;^
springing up in the North.
The ever-shifting focal point of
the “sit-downs” rested last week
upon Montgomery, Ala., where nine
students of Alabama State Col¬
lege were expelled last Wednes¬
day for taking part in recent, pro¬
tests against lunch counter bias—
as typified in this city’s instance,
by cafeteria facilities in the coun¬
ty courthouse.
Their suspension followed Gov.
John Patterson’s order that, the
demonstrators be expelled from
school. The governor later recanted
and said that, all participants
“might not deserve to lie expelled,"
. . . because of mitigating circ.um
Links, Inc. to Hold Southern
Regional Meet Here March 17-1!
Ori March 17, 18, 19, the Sav¬
annah Links, Inc. will lie hosts
to tiie Southern Region of Links,
Inc. Over 160 Links are expect¬
ed, representing 2 2 chapters
throughout Georgia. North Caro¬
lina, South Carolina, Florida, Ala¬
bama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
Committees within the local unit
are making plans and prepara¬
tions for business and social func¬
tions that give promise to a most
profitable and enjoyable meeting.
The following local Links are
acting as chairmen of the variou'
committees: Registration, Mrs. II.
C. Ford; Housing, Mrs. HUM. Col¬
lier, Jr.; Program, Mi's. Luther
Thompson; Hospitality, Mrs. J. W.
Jamerson, Jr.; Kits and souvenirs,
Mrs Augustus Sharpe; S o c i a I,
Mrs. Nancy Collier; Banquet,, Mrs.
J. W. Jamerson, Sr.
Mrs. W. K. Payne, vice presi¬
dent of the Savannah Chapter will
he the banquet speaker.
Savannah State College will be
headquarters for the meeting.
Business sessions will be held in
the beautiful new library.
Mrs. Eunice J. Brown, local
president, is general chairman.
Ga. Association of
Garden Clubs Plan
For Macon Meet
Plans are in the making for
the annual convention of the
Georgia Association of Garden
Clubs. Inc , which will be held
in Macon on April 3, with the
Bartlett Garden club. A large
delegation is expected to at¬
tend from the Savannah dis¬
trict. The theme will be “Gar¬
den Clubbing on the March.”
Another project has been
launched by the Association,
(Continued on Page Seven - ,
Juanita Sims, Juanita Sims and
Company; Moss H. Kendrix, pub¬
lic relations counselor, and William
Payne, Pepsi-Cola Co. Standing;
Otis N. Thompson, associate, Ken¬
drix Organization; Joseph Chris¬
tian, public relations counselor;
Orville Swafford, Baltimore Coca-
Cola Bottling Works; Eston Col¬
itances . . . which should be con¬
sidered.
The expulsions were officially I
At press time it was learned
'hat lunch counter integration
attempts had been made in At¬
lanta, Georgia, by students at¬
tending Atlanta University. It
is reported that James David
Vineyard of Springfield, III., a
while mathematics student at
Atlanta University, and several
Negro students were served at
a restaurant In Rich’s Depart
ment Store on Friday and Sai ■
urdity. However, when they re¬
turned to the store on Monday,
they were turned away and
questioned by the plain clothe;,
men. No arrests were made.
ndcred by the slate boat,; o* cdu
cation and passed on to 1»i I!
CoUneill Trenholin, pre ident, Ala
bania Stale College, for compli¬
ance.
In other areas, this highly vo
latile Situation Is still Micky, with
immediate solution being offered
in any of the locales. It seem
that instead of seeking a solution,
'Continued on Page Four
Senate Filibuster Costs
a
WASHINGTON (ANP) The
record-breaking Senate filibuster
over civil rights which entered its
fifth Continuous day Friday was
In-ginning to liomrierang on the 18
tired, stubborn xouUicnniG VtuliiSi
Were conducting it.
Editorially, new popei : thmnrli
out, t tht' .poun try, ware ebrfdkl^ili <'Siden^)ing
it as a “di: graceful
play that is doing irreparable dam
age to the nation's pie ,t,ige
;*li road.”
/>' il.i,l)Hutvrn Called Olmlnirl uni ml a
Instead of emerging as “ero a
dors” and “statesman” making a
valiant stand as some southern
papers claimed, Sen. Richard Hus
sell of Georgia, leader, and other
filibustering southerners were he
ing ealled "obstrurlioni.and
"foolhardy”.
Perhaps the mo.,I damaging re
suit of the whole demonstration
is that the thousand of insulting,
libelous and irrational references
being made about Negroc •: are go.
mg into the ('nngri'ssiounl Record
where the scholars in year to come
can refer in them and recall bow
intemperate and ignorant were
many of onr lawmaker .
In addition the whole Imw i
costing taxpayers an additional
$10,000 per day.
The “package” civil right . lull
before the Senate to which more
than 100 amendment . have been of¬
fered, i qioOHOled by Sen. Fveret.t
Dirkxen of Illinoi al the request
of the administration.
It provide.-, foi protect am of Ne¬
gro voting lights in the South by
the judicial appointment of federal
lins, Mitrana School of Modeling;
James “Bud” Ward, Kendrix Or
ganization; Julian Nicholas, Pepsi-
Cola Co.; Thomas Dixon, Dixon
Tire Co.; Abo Venable, Anheuser-
Busch; James Avery, Esso Stan¬
dard Oil; and Robert Leatherwood,
laatherwood, Cleveland and Logan
Advertising Agency,
A Rama 4-3433
JOINS INVESTMENT FIRM —
Randall L. Tyus, well known in
financial circles, Inis been appoint¬
ed to the staff of Buehe and Com¬
pany, one of the nation’s leading
investment firms, and has been as¬
signed to its investment trust di¬
referees to supervise registration
and balloting.
Democratic Sen. Paul Douglas of
Illinois said this provision was
J h e i tA f ’ lyrtliygl flriif tint. trunk n
Cm an irWivinuaf, deprived of his
voting rights, to go^Ahtttpgh a
length" Judicial iy^c$Xri|gri>rc h<p
m>.n t" vole.
il)$t II (p Meffiitf* could be
V'VIl Hi DsButibi a'' fiill t /*i 'also W provides
criminal penalties for persons in¬
terfering with com I -ordered school
integration p r o g r a in s; makes,
bombings of churches and schools
a federal crime; stamps emigre.-;
ional approval on the 1954 Su¬
preme Four! deei-imi in the school
egregation eases; provides federal
a istance In communities under¬
taking school integration, and give
, Inlutory authority to a Presiden¬
tial committee for creating equal
job op poll unities.
Douglas found fault with mod
of the i. provisions, calling them
full of loopholes. He said hi - group
wa working out a “package” Gill
of its own, stronger than any now
pending.
Organised lull) Three SliiflH
Senator Russell, leader of the
opposition forces, has organized
the 18 hard core .Southerner ; into
roughly three shifts.
Six Southerners are assigned to
.< .niitiriuen ori Fage fw*cu'
Ala. State College Studi
March to Courthouse
By INF/, J BASKIN
Eeelonire to ANP
MONTGOMERY, Ala. We
have in l watched a,me ”,MiO do
! deni, of the Alabama Stale Col
! lege, march to the courthouse with
1.. 0f of triumphant, release from
the fellers of slavery, both ero
11., mir and educational.
Among those viewing the inarch,
mile younger spectators were say¬
ing, “I wish 1 was in college.”
Viewing the «• marching “New
Negroe ” removed all doubt that
ihe pa ■ -ivc resistance movement
p dead. A Dr. King often aid,
“tlio movement was bigger than
any one person and whether he
I livid or died, the idea would live
! in the hearts and minds of the
people.”
It was brought home more force-
ful than ever that youth on the
march with an idea can infiltrate
j a nation and pass it to posterity.
Telephones were ringing in
cafes, offices, and stores along the
Price 10c
NUMBER 23
vision. Founded 81 years ago
Hacho institution is a mi ne r
the New York Stock Exchan
Tyus is a trustee of Fisk Unive
ait y and holds a Master's Deg;
in public relations from Ro
university (ANPhoto)
HOLDS RANKING POST
NCU.I - Dr. Harold A. I.
year ago, named assistant i
director of the eomrni
labor management organ
discrimination in iitdie-.li
participated in the frew i
annual Brotherhood pi; ,e
held at Hotel A.stor, Ne
City, when 29 person- ft
media of mass comniun
received awards. Dr. Is-
.iter Jones is NCUJ pi< - a
(ANP
Have you registered
i f not, go to the Court,I k
register before May 7,
way a; the students nun
heir goal the court Is,
Asking one student "
•onrthouse, the answer ea
j piiekly, “why not, it is
to represent all citizens,”
the students know th
have not Only the endorse
Id churches of the city,
I iold them in their rally
| night at the Hutchin ■< n
j Baptist Church, but of p«:
I over the nation.
Ilr. King, during th
seemed to have given them ;
determination and courn sr* .
', dated that persons in Cai f
| where he planed from Mi
i noon, said the actions of the
i dents throughout the south
given everyone a renewed con
| As the watchers returne
j their daily occupations alone
I street, they seemed to br
j a silent benediction on the y<
I manning their “passive batik
I tions.” •