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78 PUBLIC CONTINUOUS YEARS SERVICE OF
Volume lxxviii
Easter Mass Meeting
Held at F. A. B. Church
Iotas Welcome International Chapter
By SARAH M. HARVEY
(National Publicity Chairman)
(The Mississippi Enterprise)
The Setting u p o f G a in m a
Kappa Chapter in South
lore, India, August 2(5, 1959, wa
without a doubt one of the out
standing achievements of Iota'
Lambda Sorority during the
year. Shown here are S o r o r
Pauline Jayakumar, president;
Louisa.: Meadows, Pan.-.y
Grac» -Sulhyaruj, Florence
G. S. Gunsaselvam, and Koror
Myrttf Lee Wharton, seated
ter, (dressed in native
member of Alpha Chapter,
cago, 111., who considers the
Savannahian Among Two Top
at II. L
White Youths Almost
Lynch Negro Boy
Nashville, Trim. — (ANP)
Egged on by white adults, a
unruly group of 50 white
mobbed and attacked a young
gro bystander in an
counter demonstration in which
boy was almost lynched
sit-in demonstrations in
Nashville early last week.
The victim was Rufus
10, who was standing on the
floor balcony of the Arcade
Shop where he worked.
sat watching Negro pickets
testing segregation while ■ .. ,, .
shoppers milled about on
Avenue below, when lie was
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MRS- ANNE JORDAN, chairman above photo pointing to black-j members of the NAACP mom-
ot the local NAACP merrrber- board figures which indicate I ber^hip committee are shown
ihip drive, i.s .shown in tiie tliat Meal NAACP memberships! seated.
are mounting. Some of the
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portunity of setting up the,
national chapter as the,
of her two years abroad.
The first contact for the
was made by Soror Ernestine
coln during the administration
Soror Marion H. Jackson,
president (1954-58). The final
rangements for issuing a
to the chapter were made by
Ethel K. Greene, past first
president and liagion officer
Iota Phi Lambda Sorority. As
torian and special organiser, Soror
Greene, made many other
contributions to the progress
the .Sorority.during the past
Referring to Iota’s
CHICAGO, (ANP)- Wesley
1 Cold) was appointed deputy
tor of the Chicago Urban
effective immediately, by the
gue's executive director, Edwin
Berry, it was announced last
Cobb had served as the
community services director
January, 1957.
At the same time, Berry
Mrs. Lillian Scott Calhoun
education specialist a.-, part of
League’s increased emphasis
public education and
The deputy directorship of
Chicago Urban League, the na¬
tion's largest League, is
be tiie ,, second , most , . .
to
post ( iii the iU League’s ,.......,......, 63 local ........
ation's throughout the U. S.
Cobh will assist the
director in programming,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1%0
. Link, in her annual add re -.a given
during the 30th Anniversary Con
vention of the Sorority, National
President Florence Madi on Hill
laid, “These are moment i for much
rejoicing and thanksgiving! Indian
women arc becoming citizen, of
fhe World. The. national struggle
for freedom under the leadership
of Mahatma Ghandi, gave a direc¬
tion to the Indian women’s work,
as well as philosophy. It should
warm our hcui'Ls to have this op¬
portunity to stretch the hands of
friendship and lows across the
the waters to help encourage and
inspire these women to the great
| heights that GlTandi had hoped.’’
tration and public relation.:. Until
a successor is found as commun¬
ity services' director, he will also
continue his duties in that depart¬
ment.
Cobb, joined the C.U.L in 1955,
shortly after the League's major
reorganization, lie had previously
coordinated the community service:;
activities of the Omaha Urban
League, and was named one of the
80 outstanding young men of the
year by the Omaha Junior Chani-
ouoritiniied on Dirge rv-ven i
Adlai Stevenson
Countries to
On Easter Sunday afternoon
4 o’clock the fifth
mu 43 meeting of Negroes
held at historic First
Baptist Ohurch. The
avc bren held ever since
| jro youngsters were arrested
< for staging sit-ins at down¬
town store lunch counters.
An audience of 2,500
opened the meeting with
singing of the hymn, “My
Looks Up To Thee," followed
■eripture and prayers.
the day commemorating
Resurrection, took on new
nificance with these
of Negroes seeking freedom
every aspect of their
ity life. The leaders indicated
that as they seek freedom
themselves they are
helping to make America
the land of the free. It
brought out that the
of the new Negro is a
of the Negro’s resurrection.'
W. W. Law, the local branch
president, NAACP was the fea¬
tured speaker. Mr. Law
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Mayor’s Bi-Racial (Committee Fails to Get
from Merchants and NAACI*
G. T. E. A, Regional
“Teacher of the Year’
Mrs. Nancy JI ijiih! on Walker
An announcement has come from
L. II. Pitts, executive secretary of
the Georgia Teachers and Educa¬
tion Association, that Mrs. Nancy
II. Walker of Savannah lias been
selected as “G T E A Regional
Teacher of the Year.*’ I he Chat¬
ham County Teachers Association
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today called on the U. S. to slip
port the effort.; of African conn
tiie toward one or more “United
State- of Africa.”
Writing in the May i sue of
Harpei Magazine, Steven ; o n
chooses federation as being the
most workable of the many differ-
nt plan advanced for governing
the continent.
“The chief concern of Ameri-
ean policy should not he to
tin- : ti ncture of thi; federation,”
he write , “but to support local
I African movements making for as
I .on;,I ion .uni unity and, ill the
! field of economic ami educational
j | i - i to nee, to give aid most done gener-
iii.-1 y where it can he on a
joint regional ha.jis.
.".(• ven. on : ugpc , :t pei haps
a first tage in achieving this con-
'didstion, a ''lies of regional »s-
sanations based based upon common
market currencies and fiscal
j transportation policies; joint development and plans; grids;
I power
and joint centers of higher learn¬
ing.
tn putting this plan into action,
Stevenson issues two warnings:
“Support for local unity may he
resented by those French authori-
I j ties who still think in t< ms of an
j exc i usive Empire. But it seems to
me ( .) eal - that there is greater se-
j i .-uritj for French influence, Eurafri- cap-
ital, and trade in a free
Contestants
Miss Allell Wiggins
The above young ladies are vy¬
ing for the title of “Miss Prospec¬
tive Tuskcgoe.”
Miss Allett Wiggins, the daugh¬
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wiggins,
1112 W. 12 Street, is a tenth grade
student at Springfield Central
High School, Springfield, Ga.; a
member of the New Homemakers
of America 4-H Club and music
and dramatics clubs. She attends
the Sunday School and young peo¬
ple’s group of the local Happy
Home Baptist Church where affi¬
liation is claimed.
Miss Vivian Evans, the daugh¬
ter of Mr. and Mrs. James E.
Savannah’s Newest
Attorney Moves Office
To Guaranty Building
B. CLARENCE MAYFIELD
Attorney-At-Law
B. Clarence Mayfield,
vannah's newest attorney,
nounces the removal of his
ficp bo 463 v- West Broad
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African
in Federation
can
framework still suggesting a colon¬
ial link.’’
“To make any impact whatever
locally, it will he necessary not
only to send able U. S. envoys to
the new African centers hot also
to leave them at then posts long
enough to make trong local friend-
,|iipThe present practice of
diplomatic musical chan- in
on a two-year basis means that
virtually no American official
stays long enough in a country to
have much influence.”
j Steven .on believe.; that our ef
, f,,i I : should not he pent on get
j to; g specific Afib'an commit
j ,,, support of the West in the
j conflict,
, <>(,„ )),,, contrary," he
j ojj,,. happiest outcome for
j Afr!t , a alH | the West would be
| | War pres,tires could he
( .| u ,| p ,| from the African
altogether. If non-involvement
neutrality is to he the aim of
New Africa—coupled with a
termination to keep itself
from an external d o in i n a 1. i o
whether from the dying
ism of Europe or the rising
perialism of Russia and
that aim is certainly
with America’s hopes and
ests.”
Stevenson asks that, in
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Miss Vivian Evans
Evans, of Statesboro, attends the
William *1 ames High School. She
has been a mwnbdr of the school
choir for five year , and is affiliat¬
ed with the choral society. A
soprano soloist, she won second
place in the local Talent Hunt
Contest, Uth district, Omega Psi
Phi Fraternity in. 11)59 and during
I960 won first place at Savannah
in the Talent Hunt Contest. She
attends church, Sunday School and
HTU regularly and is a member
of the basketball team, the 4-H
< luh and church Choir.
Miss Betty Greene Is the daugh¬
ter of Mi. and Mrs. Otis Jackson,
... —
YWCA Week to Be
Observed
The YWCA Center of Savan¬
nah will join with YWCA's
in 1000 communities across the
United States April 24-30 to
celebrate the 13th annual
YWCA Week Highlighting the
program, based on the theme,
“Lowk Aijciul witlutlie YWCA
,Join,” will V a membership
meeting, which will he held at
the Butler Prc ibyterian church,
6(0 West Victory Drive, on
Tuesday, April 26, at a p, tn.
Guest speaker will be Mrs.
Suzette S. Clark, executive di-.
rector of the Phyllis Wheatley
Branch YWCA ©t Atlanta. Mrs.
Crank has field her present po¬
sition for a number of years
and is well informed on the
YWCA and its way of work.
She will bring to the attention
of the audience the importance
of membership and participa¬
tion m the varied activities of
the Young Women's Christian
Association.
An invitation is extended to
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j
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I
j SEN ATOR HUMPHREY
A POINT to Theodore R.
general manager oi the
Dunbar Hotel and Miss
Granton, Johnson
Washington staff member
president of the Capital
club in Washington, D.
senator addressed a meeting
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Miss Belly Greene
511 la E. Gaston St. She is in
the 11th grade at Sol C. Johnson
High School and is vice president
of the 'l l i Hi Y Club and choral
speaking group. She maintains a
B average in luu school subjects
and plans to pursue a course in
Business Administration upon en
fering college. She is a member
of St. Benedict's Catholic Church.
Mi s Beverly Lewis, the daugh¬
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lewis,
Mulway, Ga., is a 9th grade stu¬
dent at Liberty County High
School. She is a member of the
High School chorus, the varsity
The Bi-Racial tli iPfi/viut Committee I Ltinmil Ion ,
met three times. After frank
the following specific
were taken.
The Mayor was authorized to
merchants, who had been
in sit downs, on behalf of
Committee to sue if any
in lunch counter opera¬
tions might lie considered that
eliminate one source of ten-
Th« results of this approach
negative.
it wa.. then decided to invite
representative* of the
to pleat with tire Commit¬
and disco., i the situation re¬
spiting from the boycott of Savan •
store , and the til down du
rut ion;,. The following let¬
was sent —
Association for (lie
of Colored People
West Broad Street
The P.i Racial Committee, at its
meeting, felt that it would be
to its deliberations if we
discuss certain matters with
small committee from your or¬
preferably three peo¬
ple.
Our next meeting will he at
11:00 A.M , Wednesday, April 13th
the committee room, adjacent to
the Mayor's office. Please call
my .secretary Mm. Kendrick at
AD 2 8147, if it will he possible
for you to attend this meeting.
Yours sincerely, \
W. L. Mingledorff, Jr.
Mayor
the club in Dunbar's
Room where lie reviewed
the members the recent
eon.x-in primary and
slated that tiie “most
aging sign” on civil rights
gress comes from t/he
demonstrators against
I counter segregation and
NUMBER 29
Miss Beverly Lewis
basketball and track teams and
his been on the honor roll all
year. She is a member of Pil¬
grim Fellowship of the Congre¬
gational Church and the Nj.-w
Homemakers Club.
Tile winner in this contest will
he crowned "Miss Prospective
Tuskegee" at a Teen-Age Scholar¬
ship Jamboree given by the South¬
east Georgia Chapter, Tuskegi ,.
Alumni Association, at the Fla¬
mingo Ballroom, April 22. Friends
and well-wishers of these con¬
testants may purchase tickets from
them and any Tuskegee Alumnus.
Tlin The MA NAACP Al‘I* as
Mayor W. Lo Mingledorff, Jr.
City of Savannah, Georgia
Dear Sir:
This is to acknowledge receipt
of your letter dated April 8, I960.
We sincerely regret that we are
unable to accept your invitation to
meet with the Bi-Racial Commit¬
tee on the date suggested.
In view of the Mayor's state¬
ment, us quoted in the local prc
concerning the purpose for whii h
the committee was being formed,
wo doubt seriously that we could
make, under these conditions, any
contribution to a dia-
at this time.
Of course, as you might expect,
t.he/'e was some question among p:>
as lo the rial urn of the “certain'
matters” you desire to discuss with
a small Committee. You will re¬
member that, in an effort to be of
help to you, we prayerfully sug¬
gested the names of many citizen
lie considered for appointment to
your committee. To this date, we
not received a reply to the
letter hearing these suggested
names.
May we also call to your at¬
tention that it was noted with re¬
grets that the letter of April 8th
was not directed to the head of
the local NAACP branch.
Please understand that we stand
ready and willing to work with
those iii authority — the Mayor,
Aldermen and other official,
and all people of good will to
abolish the many injustice: to
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from tlhe Congress of the Unit¬
ed States. A strong civil rights
fighter, Humphrey has includ¬
ed on his slate for the forth¬
coming district of Columbia pri¬
mary, NAACP attorney, Fran:;
D. Reeves, who will run for ),
C. Democratic National Corn-
j mitteeman.