Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

78 PUBLIC COSTINUOUS YEARS SERVICE OF VOLUME LXXVIII ATTV. CULBERTSON TO SPEAK FOR CRUSHDE FOR VOTERS Police Officer Maynor Dies of Heart Attack Oil K l.il JOHN MANOR John Manor, age 34 years, re¬ cently retired police uieu Sunday rnght at his Oft street, luiiowing a a Hack. -a4»'-w m Mr. Manor served as a policeman lor ten years p to nis retirement several weeks ago. He was given a disabil¬ ity pension because ol a condition. Funeral services were Thursday afternoon at 3.3U o’clock at the Chapel of Bynes- Royall Funeral Home, Rev. M. Benton, oriiciating. Interment was in Uvonuauea on page tmee, Dee Cee Leaders Picket Cleii Echo Swimming- Pool in WASH INC TON, (ANP) — Im¬ mediately upon his return to Washington from the Democratic National Convention Atty. Joseph L. Ranh, Jr., a District delegate joined the group of picketers at Glen Echo Park seeking to end segregation at the pool. Ranh, who was a member of the platform committee said, “Anyone who worked on a platform that (the one adopted by the Dem¬ ocratic convention) ought to be in this picket line.” Glen Echo, located in Maryland, just across the District line, has been under strong pressure for several weeks to end segregation in the use of the recreational faci¬ lities at this park. The problem was carried to the Montgomery County (Mary¬ land) Council last week. More than 50 spectators crowded the NAACP Labor Secretary Thrills 1 Crowd at 19th Sunday Mass Meet The 19th NAACP Sunday af¬ ternoon mass meeting was held at the new Seventh Day Ad¬ vent! t Church on Sunday, Ju¬ ly 24. The meeting opened by W*.W. Law, the president of the NAACP, leading the throng in the theme song, “Freedom.” Alter brief comments, another favorite hymn, “We Shall Not Be Moved,” was sung by the audience Elder George F Jenkins prayed a moving pray¬ er for freedom. The choir of the Seventh Day Adventist church with Miss Rose Overstreet at the organ rang Sir John Stainer’s anthem “God So Loved The World." Elder Franklin S. Hill, the pastor of the host church, stated that his church understood the struggle for freedom and the history of the Seventh Day Advcntl-t Church long before the Civil War took a stand against slavery and segregation. Rrv. Hill told of a visit to Gainesville, Fla., where his Negro friends (Went into the University of Florida Cafeteria and asked to be served. They ■were served w'ithout incident. (Continued on Page Seven; attmurak irilniBf AiUnu 4-3432 l' arm 1 our Staged By Chatham Co. Agent Monday, July 25, a Farm Tour was staged by E. II. Ilarmond, County Agent, farmers of Chat¬ ham County and others interest¬ ed in agriculture. The Tour, which was designed to show some of the result demon¬ strations in the county, left the West Broad Y.M.C.A. at 10:30 a.m. and went directly to the farm of Austin Palmer on Augusta Road. Mr. Palmer is demonstra¬ ting 2 acres of corn and a swine project of 4 brood sow:;, lie crosses Land-Race sows with Duroc and Hampshire boars and sells the first generation, lie explains that such cross.es produce strong, vigo¬ rous pigs and takes less feed to grow them to market size. The group went next to Pervis Adams, Meinhard. Mr. Adams is principally a truck farmer but he is demonstrating 2 acres of cotton for a bale per acre. The cotton is in excellent shape and Mr. Adams reports that not one boll weevil has been seen in the patch this year. Mr. Adams is the last Negro cotton farmer in the Coun¬ ty. The third stop was at the poul- i try farm of John Austin, Jr., Pooler This is an ullU3Ual projeet in that young Austin has 729 lay¬ ing hens m cages. Mr. Austin has all modern conveniences, in¬ cluding lights, to prolong the chick¬ en's day. By prolonging the day, some chicken- lay 2 eggs per day. This is a successful project and ;s encouraging to see a young man so engaged. The Tour ended at the farm of Rev. J. W. Derrick, Oakland, where the group viewed 4 acres of okra and 1 acre of field corn grown according to the best Ex- :Continued on Page four' chamber to hear testimony by the several witnesses. Among them was Laurence Henry, leader in the park demonstration. He told the Council members that they could never have peace in this commun¬ ity as long as Glen Echo Park is segregated. J ' at Henry, Howard who university, is a Divinity was student leader of the sit-in demonstrations which resulted in the desegregation of lunch counters in department, var¬ iety, and drug stores in Northern Virginia. The swimming pool problem came into focus when the County Recreation Department initiated a program to have recreational sup ervisors to rent buses and carry children to swim daily. The white children were carried to the amusement park’s pool which does not admit Negroes and the colored FIRST “I LY" STUDENTS—Pic tured at'o six of the first 10 (Friend of Liberian Youth, Inc.) students from the Republic Liberia to enroll at Saints College, Lexington, Miss., under i program evolved by Dr. Aroma atty. j. L ULBERTSON Attorney John Bolt son, Greenville, S. C., will the featured speaker at the lic mass meeting being sored by the Chatham Crusade for Voters Friday July 29. at 8 o’clock at the African Baptist church, Curtis Jackson, pastor. The meeting is being called stimulate interest among general public in an all-out fort to increase the Negro in this county, according Hosea L. Williams, president the Crusade for Voters. Jackson, coordinator of this ganization, asks all and civic minded citizens to NTERDENOMINATIONAL MINISTERS UNION HIES j children were carried across the Maryland line to a pool iri the District of Columbia. .Since the children pay their own admission fee of 35 cents each at Glen Echo, Raymond Munts charg¬ ed the county of actually using its offices to bring a segregated business an income of about $1,000 a week. Munts is a member of the Civic Association and the elementary school PTA in Bannockburn, next to Glen Echo. The first challenge (Continued on Page Eight< Mallory, president of both the ‘school and FLY, to further the edu- cation of worthy Liberian youth in order to fit them for roles as leaders in their country upon their return. From left to right are SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, JULY 30, 191.0 tend this meeting. Mr. Culbertson is one of the outstanding white liberals of the South. He Is a na ti ve _ ‘ iborn South Carolinian and a graduate of the University of South Carolina. This prominent Greenville at¬ torney is a former member of the South Carloina Legislature. He was once a special agent in the Federal Bureau of Investi¬ gation and is a former State President of the Young Demo¬ cratic Club of America. Although his life has been threatened, Mr. Culbertson con¬ tinues to courageously defend •Continued on Page Eight) 713 West 42nd St. Savannah, Georgia July 23, 1960 The following is a copy of a letter mailed to Mayor Lee Mingledorff by The Interdenom¬ inational Ministers Union Mlayor Lee Mingledorff and Board of Aldermen City Hall Savannah, Georgia Dear Sir: The interdenominational Min¬ isters Union, in its meeting, July 19, i960 mously took the following relative to an incident that curred a few clays ago. It pened to involve the homes two of our most respected zens. Although no special nificance is attached ot this, for the reason that Abraham Rrown, cabinet maker; Alease Wiggins; Samuel Holey; Annie ah, nurse aspirant; Peter Davis, and Mary Ellen Barber, all of Cape Palmas, Liberia. — (ANl* Photo) Republicans Nominate Mr. Nixon CHICAGO—The National Convention meeting Convention Hall Wednesday nominated Vice President ard M. Nixon as candidate the presidency of the States. Gov. Rarry Ootdwater of zona was put in but he withdrew in favor of Nixon. When the roll was 1,321 votes went to Mr. and 10 (from Louisiana) went Gov. Goldwater, a tive of the conservative wing the delegation. The of the Arizona delegation that the nomination for Nixon be made unanimous. The vice presidential date will be nominated (Thursday). Henry Lodge is reported to be Mr. on's choice. Mr. Lodge is bassador to the United NAACP Resumes Picket Lines On Saturday morning, 23, the NAACP returned to Picket line with pickets ing bffore the Westside Center and the Traffic Shopping Center. W. W .Law the local dent, reports that Judson Ford and Robert Nelson arrested for picketing at the L. Green Store in the Circle Shopping Center. Law stated that they are ily interested In picketing with Broughton Street tion with segregation policies. The two young men who arrested. Ford and Nelson, held on loitering charges. would have been equally as un- fortunate, had two of the most humblest homes been affected. To us, it seems more than a mere co-incidence that the throwing of bricks through the doors of these homes, and to which were attached messages of threats, couched in the vilest of language, should have taken place immediately after a pa- j rade 'by the K. K. K.; particu¬ larly so, since these messages bore the signature of that or¬ ganization. It Is difficult for us to believe that the Klan sponsored the act, and we have been ex¬ pecting them to make a denial of It. Unfortunately, such denial has been made, a f ac t that does not place It bo¬ yond suspicion. At any we cannot convince that what occurred was prompted by the parade, was not conducive to, nor it intended to promote race relations between the which has been an tradition in this community. We are aware of the tional provisions of the right peaceful assembly and of speech, but we submit in some cases, such as the one here, a thing may have legal sanctions, although morally re¬ prehensible, In which event we believe the moral principle should have precedence over any so-called rights that inimical to the general For this reason, we most re- spectfully request that, in future, permits to parade in the streets of Savannah, by this organization, or any tion, the tendency of which is to disturb the tranquility of our great, city, be denied It was further resolved that a copy of this let,tor be ent to: The chief of Police and of the various papers of our city Very truly your.a, Rev. P. A. Patterson, Rev. V. W. Douglas, NEGROES PETITION FOB DESEGREGATED To Address Crusade For Voters, Friday Night W. L. MINGLEDORFF, JK. Mayor Mayor W. L. Mingledorff, Jr., will speak at the First African Baptist church, Montgomery street, Friday night, July 29, at 8 o’clock. This program is sponsored by the Chatham County Crusade for Voters, a Non-Political organization which Is only Interested in getting all Negroes registered and getting all registered Negroes to vote in every election. The officers of the voters organization hope every Negro in Chatham Coun¬ ty will be at First African Bap¬ tist Church Friday night at o'clock. WHAT DOES THE MAYOR OUR CITY THINK OF VOTER REGISTRATION? WHAT IS THE NEGRO TION? WHAT DOES HE SERVE? Bring all of your friends neighbors, LET’S HEAR MAYOR. ' V NACWC Expects 1500 Delegates At Convention Next Week NEW YORK, N. Y. — Dr. Mor- dvciii W. Johnson, president-emeri¬ tus of Howard University, arid the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, chairman of the Southern Christian Leaderhip Conference, head a list of some one dozen na¬ tional personalities who will be featured at the 32nd biennial con¬ vention of the National Associa lion of Colored Women’s Clubs which begins at the Park Sheraton Hotel Saturday (July 30). meeting, which continues through Align t 5th, i . expected to some 1,500 delegates of affiliates in 41 states in the (Continued on Page Four) Senator Voting Record on Civil Cited WASHINGTON, (ANP) - Here is the voting record of Sen. John Kennedy on major civil right; issues in the Senate since 1956. The record has special sig¬ nificance since his selection as Democratic candidate for the ((res¬ idency to he decided in November. 190U-,Vfotion to limit debate by invoking cloture on the civil rights filibuster (two-thirds majority re- quired). Rejected 42-53 (1) 30-33; ft 12-20), March 10, For. 1960 Motion to table (kill) an amendment to civil right; bill add Part HI, empowering At torney General to cek injunction u > protect any civil right. Tabling to, 55-38 (D 34-28; R 21-10), March 10. Against. I960 — Motion to table a amendment to the hill to provide foe court-appointed referees or President'ally appointee enroll¬ ment officers to register voters after a court has found a pattern or practice of discrimination. Tab¬ ling motion agreed to, 51-43 (D (Continued on Page Eight) ADams 4-343J YWCA Worker Resigns To Accept Teaching Post MRS. MILDRED W. NEWTON Mrs. Mildred W. Newton, pro¬ gram director of the Savannah YWCA Center, has announced her resignation to become effec¬ tive at the expiration of her contract, August 31. Mrs. New¬ ton began her work last fall with the local center. Superbly educated and thor¬ oughly experienced for her du¬ ties, the Talladega alumna has also studied at Fisk University and South Carolina State Col¬ lege. Prior to her intitial USO- YWCA assignment, Mrs. Newton was trained by the USO-YWCA Division at the YWCA Nation¬ al Board in New York city. While being employed by USO- YWGA, Mrs Newton has at¬ tended numerous training con¬ ferences planned U> increase knowledge and program skills of professional workers. Mrs. Newton brought to her new assignment a reservoir of talent and experience which were of inestimable value In meeting the challenges of the local YWCA Center. Adult memberships have increased substantially, and the Y-Teens, with clubs in five schools, have more than 175 members. Through her diligence and the help of volunteer workers, the Center program was expanded to Include Hitch Village and (Continued on Page Three) Now Orleans Schools Must Integrate by Sept. Or Close NEW ORLEANS, (ANP) — have to accept the fact that the New Orleans public schools will schools will either he integrated or either be Integrated or closed in closed in September,” Rittiner September, Lloyd J. Rittuier, pre said, in commenting on Justice .sident of the Orleans Parish Black’s action. (county) school hoard said last It was the third denial of a week. temporary stay. Riltiner’s comment came p.iiort Gerald A. Rault, special board ly after U. S. Supreme Court Jus attorney, said the motion for a lice Hugo Black in Washington delay to Justice Black was the refused to block the integration “last and final” request that could order pending another appeal to be made by the board. the U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Under a law passed during the Appeal;.. The hoard sought to de- recent legislative session, the gov¬ I lay the order until the appeal i. ernor is authorized to close all heard. schools in the state in the effective date of a court order requiting “The people of New Orleans will | racial mixing of any school. -Si IN ACCRA, at ceremonies mark mg the founding of the new Re¬ public of Ghana, President Kwarae Nkrumah (right) greets Dr. L. D. Rcddiik, member of the faculty at Alabama Btate College, who Price 10c NUMBER 43 A petition by twenty-three Ne¬ gro citizens headed by the Rev. P. A. Patterson, pastor of But¬ ler Presbyterian church was re¬ ceived by Charles F. Wood, re¬ creation director for the city of Savannah. Mr. Wood re¬ ferred the petition to the city council, and in turn Mayor Mingledorff indicates that the council referred it to the legal council. The petitioners asked for the desegregation of the following recreation facilities: (1) Forsyth Park wth a park extension in which there are playgrounds, tennis court, and baseball field; (2t Grayson Stadium: (3) Daf- fin Park in which are located a swimming pool, fshing lake, playgrounds, tennis court, pic¬ nic grounds and baseball field; 1 4) Memorial Stadium; (5) Mu¬ nicipal Auditorium. Two days later, on Friday the 21st, seven Savannah Ne¬ groes petitioned the Bacon Park commission bo open the 433 acre recreation facility including the Municipal Golf Course to all people regardless of race. Dr. John W. Jamerson, Jr., a lo¬ cal dentist headed this petition. The Rev. Oliver W. Holmes, minister of First Congregation¬ al church is a signer of the petition. It Is Interesting to know that Rev. Holmes is a party to the suit in Atlanta which paved the way for the desegregation of the Atlanta Golf Course. •ns. Company Drops ’Color” Irom Ads New York City — The president of the American Life and Accident Insurance. Company of 8t. Louis has informed COKE that it has deleted the term “color” from all advertising. S. fk Hunt, prwifdent of the Company, indicated on July 15 that American would no longer use the term. In many cases in the past Negroes have been forced to pay higher insurance premiums than whites for the same coverage. Marvin Rich, COKE community i Continued on Page Three was ousted because of his alleged approval of student sit-in demon¬ strations protesting discrimina¬ tion in lunchrooms. Dr. Reddick has since returned to Ameriia. — (ANP Photo)