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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
volume lxxviu
Ally. Walden Speaks at
Olli MAW Mass Meet
* V. A. T. M AI DI N'
(
Ttle tenth consecutive Sun¬
day afternoon NAACP mass
meeting was held at St.
Baptist church, Rev. E. O. S.
I Cleveland, pastor, on
8 May 22.
As the melodious strains
I ed forth from the Mioller pipe
I organ with Dr. John L. Wilson,
1 organist of historic St. John at
I the console and as thousands of
I Negro citizens filled the
1 gant sanctuary of this beau-
I tiful edifice, one was inane-
I diatvly inspired and impressed
1 with the new dignity that the
1 Savannah Negro has
I The new Negro of Savannah is
I the key in the struggle for hu-
1 man rights and dignity in the
Continued on i-age Three
SSC to Graduate 88
Bench 1 li/;h Vesper Service
Sunday, City Auditorium
The principal, faculty and
staff of the Alfred E. Beach
High school announce that this
year’s potential graduating
ela' s will be the largest in the
history of the school.
The graduating exercises will
ccrnsmence on Sunday, May 29,
With the vesper services at 7
p. m. at the City Auditorium.
The program will be as fol¬
low.;: organ prelude, Prof. P.
J. Smalls processional
and Circumstance, E. Elgar;
hymn, Stand Up, Stand Up For
Jesus; invocation, I lev. Curtis
Jackson; response, The Lord is
in IPs Holy Temple; selection,
Jacob’s Ladder, Arr. by 11. R.
Wilson, Beach High chorus;
truttuction of speaker,
Otha L. Douglas; sermon, Rev.
L. S. Stell, Jr; selection, Sanc-
tus—Charles Gounod; announce¬
ments, Principal Douglas; hymn,
Ci le Me, O Thou Great Jc-
benediction, Rev. L.
S-.hy' Jr , T . i - fold A-men;
i > ■ ' God of Our
thers—G. Warren.
THE planning COMMITTEE
el the National Sorority of Phi
Delta Kappa makes final ar-
rangements for the Eastern Re-!
gion meeting, to be held in
Wiimint Dei., IMay 27-29.
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HARRIET BIAS and James Al-
exander, students at Sol C.
Johnson Laboratory High
school, ’ are being presented
operative Intcraollegiate , . „ , * Merit ..
Baptist Ministers Unite
The Savannah Baptist Min¬
isters Alliance under the lead¬
ership of Rev. E. A. Capers and
the Chatham County Baptist
tist Ministers Union under the
leadership of Rev. L. S. Stell,
Jr„ met at the St. Luke Bap¬
tist church at 12 o’clock noon
Tuesday, May 24 for the pur¬
pose of unification.
The devotions were led
Rev. G. W. Carter. A
mous vote was made that the
two bodies unite. The name
Other activities include Hon¬
ors day, Tuesday, May 24; Senior
Promenade, Thursday, May 26;
Class day, Tuesday, May 31;
Commencement, Wednesday;,
June 1, 8 o’clock p. in. at the
Municipal Auditorium.
UMCF Announces
June Choir Programs
NEW YORK—Choirs of- four
members of the United Negro Col¬
lege Fund are scheduled for June
broadcasts on the ABC Radio Net¬
work’s weekly series, ’’Negro Col¬
lege Choirs.”
The series, originating in New
York City, features choirs of the
83 member institutions of the Col¬
lege Fund. The programs are
carried by ABC affiliates through¬
out the country on varying days
and at different Hours.
The Knoxville College Choir
(Knoxville, Tenn.), directed by
Roger Hudson, will open the
month’s programs the week of
June 5.
St. Augustine’s College Choir
(Continued on page ttiree,
with members of Rho Chap¬
ter acting as hostesses. Shown
L. to R .seated: Mrs. Beatrice
A. Alexander, Miss Jessie B.
Powell, basileus and Mrs. Lillian
S. Mayo, regional chairman;
Examination scholarships to
pjsjj university by Mrs. Melissa
Mj]ler ’ Counselor at Sol C.
Johnson, T ,
j
chosen by the group was the
United Baptist Ministers Union.
The following officers were
] elected: Rev. L. S. Stell, presi-
dent; Rev. Wm. Daniels, first
vice president; Rev. J. B. Bates,
second vice president; Dr. G.
W. Carter, recording secretary;
and Rev. R. B. Brown, treasur¬
er. The conference will meet
St. Luke Baptist church,
Tuesday, May 31, 12 noon. All
ministers are asked to be pres-
ent. jf
According to information re¬
leased from Ben Ingersoll registrar
at Savannah State College, ap¬
proximately eighty-eight college
seniors will be eligible for Bache¬
lor of Science degrees on Wednes¬
day, June 8, at 11 A.M.
Dr. Rufus E. Clement, presi¬
dent of Atlanta University will
deliver the commencement ad¬
dress. lie will be presented by
Dr. William K. Payne, President
of Savannah State College. The
program will also include the in¬
vocation by Rev. Amjogollo E. Pea¬
cock, College Minister; Awarding
of Certificates and Conferring of
Degrees, Dr. W. K. Payne; and
the Induction of Graduates into
the Alumni Association. The
Choral Society, under the direction
of Dr. Coleridge A. Brailhwaite,
and the Men’s Glee Club, directed
by Miss Barbara J. Cobb, will
furnish music.
Baccalaureate services will be
held Sunday, June 5, at 5 P.M.
in Meldrim Auditorium. Kev. Ed¬
gar I’. Quarterman, pastor Second
Baptist Church, will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon. He will be
presented by Dr. W. K. Payne.
Iiev. Amjogollo E. Peacock, Col¬
lege Minister, will give the invoca-
(.-oritiriueci on Page Four
Standing, from left: Mrs.
Theda M. Wilson, Mrs.
W. Henry, and Mrs. Eleanor S.
Hollis, Mrs. Ann B.
Members not .shown: Mrs. Glo¬
ria T. Rollins. (ANP)
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, MAY 2S, 1960
Horace Ward Passes
State Bar Exam.
ATLANTA (ANP) — Horace
Ward, who lost a seven-year court
fight lo enter the University of
Georgia law school, is one of 61
students who passed the February
state bar examination.
I). L. Hollowell, Atlanta attor¬
ney who represented Ward in his
court suit, said that Ward was
graduated from the Northwestern
University law school in February,
1959.
Hollowell said he hopes Ward
will return to Atlanta and, if pos-
sible, join him in his law prac¬
tice.
Ward first tried to enter the
University of Georgia in 1950.
His fight ended when Federal
Judge Frank Hooper decided
against reviewing the case. Ward
is a graduate of Morehouse Col¬
lege and Atlanta University.
Camp O’Hara Opens
June 12
The summer session at Camp
O'Hara, the Coastal Empire Coun-
eil’s modern outdoor camping area
for Boy Scouts in the Savannah
area, will open on June 12 with
what is expected to be the best
season in the history of the camp.
Staffed with a capable, trained
group of adult and junior leaders
to supervise the camp program,
Camp O'Hara will provide local
Boy Scouts with an opportunity to
learn and practice the skills and
outdoor training that form the
basis for scouting activities.
According to Wm. 11. Mobley,
chairman of the Camping and
Activities Committee of the Chat¬
ham Division, this season’s pro¬
gram will be greatly enhanced by
the addition of a modern swim¬
ming pool at the camp site. Oth¬
er developments and added facili-
Continued on I’age Three
DANIEL W. WRIGHT
AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP —
Daniel W. Wright, social studies
instructor and guidance counselor
at Alfred E. Beach High School,
j lias been awarded a scholarship by
the United States Department
Health, Education and Welfare.
The stipend entitles the
to study in the area of
guidance and testing at
University.
Mr. Wright, a native
ian, attended local parochial
public schools and was
cum laude from Savannah
College.
He is an executive officer of
Chatham County Teachers
ciation, president of the
Study Group at Bethlehem
munity Center and a
of Saint Anthony’s Roman
lic Church.
With 9 years of federal
Continued on Page Seven>
Disc Jockeys Face I
Prosecution on ‘Pavola’ *
(’hanres j
j
NEW YORK (ANP) — Seven
men, five of them disc jockeys
and three of them Negroes, face
prosecution under state lawn here
for' accepting payola from re¬
cording firms.
The men were arrested on a
grand jury information charging
commercial bribery.
The seven include Alan Freed,
often referred to as the daddy of
rock and roll; Peter Tripp, Mel
Leeds, Tommy Smalls, Harold B.
Jackson, Jack Walker and Joseph
Saccone.
Smalls, Jackson and Walker are
Negroes. Saccone, a record li¬
brarian, and Leeds, a station man¬
ager, do no dlpinning on the
air.
Racial Integration Sought
In Savannah Public
GIRL SCOUT DAY CAMP AT CAMP O’HARA
1 I V
/
THE BUDDY PLAN AND A FLAG CEREMONY
Girl Scouts from the Mamie
Williams District of the Savannah
Girl Scout Council will spend two
weeks of day camping at beauti¬
ful Camp O'Hara this summer.
Camp O'Hara is eight miles out
of the city and offers an abund¬
ance of rich and varied natural
resources for program.
Your daughter will find a favor¬
able atmosphere for the practice
of democracy, good citizenship, co¬
operative planning, and carrying
out the camp program. She will
have an opportunity to develop the
Tompkins High to (iraduate 140
WILTON C. SCOTT
RECEIVES FELLOWSHIP Wil¬
ton S. Scott, director of Public!
Relations at savannah State
College since 1947, was granted
a full summer study fellowship
in journalism by the Newspa¬
per Fund, Inc., at Columbia
University, New York City. Scott
was selected among the school
press directors from all sec¬
tions of tire United (State;.
He was recommended both b.
Dr. W. K. Payne, President of
Savannah State College, and
others including Dr. Joseph
Murphy, JJIreclor Columbia |
Scholastic Press Association |
The newspaper Fund, Inc, f>
endowed by the Wall Street]
Journal.
The Newspaper Fund award ,!
fellowships to people engaged in,
i Continued on Page Three.
:
The charge on which the men i
were arrested is a misdemeanor |
punishable by imprisonment in the I
city penitentiary for one year and
a $500 fine on each count. All ;
the defendants were n limed in
more than one count. j
|
District Attorney Frank S. Ho |
gati said that Freed had played j
a record at least, nine time dur¬ !
ing one program for which he
had received payola.
Hogan .said Tripp had taken
$36,050 in 1958 and 1959 in pay¬
ola amounting to $80,650.
Leeds was chargorl with receiv¬
ing $9,675 in payola; Smalls, $18,-
385; Jackson, $9,850; Walker, $7,-
420, and Saccone for taking month¬
ly payment of $2,000 from a n-i
ord company.
resourcefulness, initiative, and
self-reliance that, contributes to a
healthy and happy life.
The first week session (July
11- 15th) is for Brownies 7-9 years:
Intermediates 10-13 years, and
Seniors 11-17 years. The second
week .se; ion (July 18-22) is for
inter m e d i a t e s and Seniors
only.. The cost of camp for
either session is $4.00 for girl
scouts and $4.50 for non-scouls.
You may register at the Girl
Scout Branch office, 1211 Vis West
Conclude General
in California
SHRINE AUDITORIUM, Lna
Angeles — (ANP) — The Afri-!
can Method! I Fplneopnl Church i
last week cloned ils 36th quadren-I I
nial general conference concluding
15 day:; of business sessions held
Dx addition to electing two new
hi .hops, th'' conference passed a
flood of legislation altering con I j
fcrence boundaries and the Book
of Discipline.
Several of the 19 active AME bis¬ ]
hops were given new territorial
a ignments, and a number of re
solutions indicating the growing |
awareness of the 1 la million i
member denomination were pass¬
ed.
The resolutions of the general
pulley-making and leg¬
islative body of the church, in¬
cluded u statement calling for an
Internal ional Year of Human
Rigid . for 1968, as well as the
creation under church auspices of
eommi.s ion on social action. 1
BISHOP Nl( HOLS SUSPENDED
FOUR YEARS
Among other major happenings
was the <1 ispoail.ion of the contro-
vernal Hi: hop D. Ward Nichols
care which was resolved with the
adoption of a miuoiity report of
the nine member judicial council
recommending continued simpen-
Jon of the New York bishop for
additional period of four years
The vote to us pend Kitthop
■;aft-r . .-vend hours
<j.-|,j,tu and parliamen¬
maneuvering that at one
threatened to disrupt the
The 750 elected delegates and
alternate;', comprising the gen-
conference met in Los Angeles
the fir t time .since establish-
of the AME church in 1816.
A l I END SESSIONS
Aii e limaU'd 30,000 visitors at-
the conference which be-
on May 4th with a Sunrise
Service at the Pasadena
Its c Howl. A record
of HI ovet .ea.. delegates, in
12 from South Africa at-
other countries reprei.ent-
were < anaila, South America,
tbc Went Indies, Liberia,
and Bermuda.
The two newly elected bishop:
Bishop:; John Douglas Bright
Philadelphia, Pa., and Bishop
N. Collins of New Orleans.
Episcopal assignments follow:
Bishop It. It. Wright was re¬
of supervision of an Epis¬
<T! trlct amr a fgned the
of hi toriographer. Bishop
status will remain that
-1 full bi hop.
First Episcopal District (N, Y, f
A Damn 4-3432
Broad Street, during the week of
June 27th between 10 A.M. and
12 noon, and from 1 i’.M. until
4:30 P.M.
The members of the day camp
committee are: Mrs, Nancy Wal¬
ker, Mis. Viola Reynolds, Mrs.
Sophronia Tompkins, Mrs. Leila
Brailhwaite, Mrs. Kldora Marks,
mid George Williams, Day Camp
chairman.
Mis. Vera B. Jordan, District
Director, will serve as day camp
director.
Perina., Del., New England) Bin
hop George W. Baber, Philadel
phia, Pa.
Second Episcopal District (N.
l> - Va " 0iilt ' of Co,umbia > Bl '* ho P
Frank M. Reid, Washington, D. C.
Third Episcopal District (W.
Va., Ohio, Western l’enna.) Bishop
E. C. Hatcher, Cleveland, Ohio.
Fourth Episcopal District,
Mich., III., Canada) Bishop Joseph
Gomez, Cleveland, Ohio.
‘Fifth Episcopal District (West
ern Dates inc. Calif) Bishop H. T.
Primm, New Orleans, Ea.
sixth E p i8C0pal District (Geor-
gia) Bishop W. R. Wilkes, At¬
lanta, Ga.
♦Seventh Episcopal District (S.
Carolina) Bishop S. R. Higgins,
Columbia, S. C.
Eighth Episcopal District (Miss.,
La.) Bishop F. D. Jordan, Holly¬
wood, Calif.
‘Ninth Episcopal District (Ala¬
bama) Bishop 1. II. Bohner, Col¬
umbia,, S. C.
‘Tenth Episcopal District
(Texas) Bishop W. F. Ball, Miami,
Fla.
Eleventh Episcopal District
(Florida) Bishop Sherman L.
(Continued on i’age Seven:
Urge Abolition of Slate Residence Laws
URGES ABOLITION'OF STATE
RESIDENCE LAWS — Edwin J.
Wilson, board member of the Nat¬
ional Travelers Aid Association,
addre dug the three hundred dele¬
gates to the association’a biennial
convention held in Washington,
D. C., recently. Mr. Wilson told
them of his efforts to bring about
a joint legislative study of the re¬
sidence law in California and of
the a oeiationY nation-wide edu¬
cational campaign to have all state
laws abolished which require per¬
sons in need to have certain
length of tv ideiice before being
to receive public assistance.
Price 10c
NUMBER
Eight local citizens filed
suit Monday in U. S. District
Court asking racial Integra¬
tion In the Savannah Public
Library.
Defendants listed were Mayor
W. L. Mingledorff, Jr., Clarence
Reinsehmidt,, chairman, and
other members of the library
board of managers.
The petitioners are Hosea L,
Williams, Earl F. Thornton, Mis;
Oeceilla L. Walker, Mrs. Mary
McDew, Mrs. Emma B). Bul¬
lion, C. Wimberly, Mrs. Thom-
aslna White, and Patrick Mer¬
ritt.
Lawyers filing the suit for
the petitioners were A. T. Wal¬
den and D. L. Hollowell, both
of Atlanta, and Mrs. Constance
Baker Motley of New York city.
The Savannah Public Libra¬
ry Is located at 2002 Bull street
with branch libraries on Water
Ave., and East Bay street, alt
for whites only. The Carnegie
Library for Negroes only is lo¬
cated al 537 East Henry Street,
Register
To Vote
Today!!
Sophronia G. Tompkins High
school announces that there are
140 candidates for graduation
on May 31. The name , of
the graduates will be Listed iu
next week's Issue of the Sa¬
vannah Tribune.
Baccalaureate services will
be held Sunday arternoon, 5
p. m. In the High School Ca-
letorium. The program will
be as follows: Processional,
’’God of Our Fathers,” Warreh;
selection, "Come Thou Almighty
King,” Audience; invocation,
Rev. Robert Sweet, minister,
Clifton Baptist church; selec¬
tion, "Gloria In Excelsis” W. A.
Mozart, Tompkins High School
Chorus; introduction of speak¬
er, James E. Luten, principal,
Tomi>kins High School; sermon,
Rev. Edgar P. Quarterman, min¬
ister, Second Baptist Church;
selection, "Elijah Rock," J, s-r
Hairston, Tompkins High
School chorus; announcements,
benediction, Rev. Arthur J. Mar¬
tin, minister, Townsley Chap¬
el AME church; recessional,
"Pomp and Circumstance,” E.
Elgar.
Patronize Our Advertisers
He is chairman of the Residence
Committee of the assoc iation in
his hometown of Long Bench,
Calif., and was formerly on tho
board of the Council of Churches,
and chairman of the Legal Redre ss
('onimittee of the Long Be.n lj
NAACP branch. He is a gradu¬
ate of Claflin College in South
Carolina, the University of Cali¬
fornia, and the Pacific Coast Law
School in Low Angeles. On the
dais with him are Donald S. Stra-
lem, president, Naional Travelers
Aid Association and Agnes M -
t 'reery, executive, Family Service-
Travelers Aid of Dus Monies, low a.