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YEARS OF CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE VOLUME LXXVIII 221NMCP MIS MEETING SPEAKER DECLARES 1 RETREAT IH PRESENT FIGHT FOR FREEDOM in attendance at the August 14 mass meeting at Bethel ame Church, once again demonstrat¬ ed vividly that the spiritual forces propelling this momen¬ tous struggle are rooted deep¬ ly in the soil of Christianity. Rev. o. D. Walker, pastor of Asbury Methodist Church, launched this fervent ' Chris¬ tian atmosphere by opening the meeting with a prayer that asked God's help in this bat¬ tle by showing that the Negro is not alone in this fight for freedom, and humbly requested that the leaders of this coun¬ try be given new guidance, strength and inspiration. W. W. Lav/, president of the Savannah NAACP, was first to address this audience that filled the church to capacity. Speaking on Atty. General Roger’s conference with the na¬ tional directors of the Wool- worth, Kress, and the Grant Chain Stores, Mr Law tl at the local officials of stores on Broughton Street have been evasive and non- commital on whether or not Savannah will be one of the communities that will h™. aw i gate their lunch counters in the immediate future. A NAACP committee is In con¬ stant contaet with these local officials, and have made to them the fact that are about to resume if Savan¬ nah does not join the trend of democracy and justice by a change In policy concerning Negro clientele. In the past, there have been the usual skeptics and Brough¬ ton Street buyers who have fal: ely voiced the opinion that the reading of the downtown and suburban shoppers does no good and Is therefore not fective. The fallacy jn this approach was forcefully demon¬ strated by the announcement that the owner of a Negro per Market adjoining Carver Village had now given full sup- port of ait naacp activities and wn in complete agreement that Negroes should not patronize Broughton Street merchants. This was a complete turn around in attitude as report¬ ed in last Sunday’s mass meet¬ ing. Another business leader voluntarily contacted the NAACP office this week and of¬ fered to fire two ot his emplo¬ yees whose names were read for shopping, and who had cre¬ ated so much ill will that his business was about to be boy¬ cotted. These emphatic an¬ nouncements show that Negro Continued on Page Three THE WHITFIELD FAMILY OF i CHICAGO —Specialists and dents in the related fields of medicine, pharmacy and Bio-! Chemistry, members of this dis- tinguished family pursue some- parallel careers, all devot- to of the health tlicir feltow-maa.! and well-j •- being ADams 4-3432 —-- - ------;- ; Mr. Wimberly Dies After Short Illness CONNIE WIMBERLY Connie Wimberly, popular West Broad Street businessman, died Monday afternoon at local hospital after a short ill-j lif3ss - Mr. Wimberly, Ala“°had a native “in^- ol 1 Bu uer, resided vannah for forty-two years. | F °5 ir TSTuiTS., yea Tt he h» A»“«‘ and hie hls | wae. . „ For the past twenty years Mr. Wimber- ly was owner of a recreation , or on Wcst Broad strcct . Mr. Wimberly was active in church and civic circles. He was a member of the trustee board of the First African Bap¬ tist church; treasurer ol the Y. M. C. A. and a member of the Century Club of the YMC’A; second vice president of the lo¬ cal branch of the NAACP, hav¬ ing served as treasurer and cam¬ paign manager for several and a member of the Frank Callen Boys’ club of Continued on Page Three p ro f Bulloch Named May 0 *" S Aide ill Houston, Texas HOUSTON (ANP) Dr. Henry ^ Bullock, Texas Southern Un- Iversity professor, was elected chairman of the mayor’s newly appointed Negro law Enforce¬ ment Commit tee last week. Real Estate Broker Sid Hilliard elected and Atty. vice M chairman w. Plummer and were j sec- retary, respectively. j The group pledged itself to assist city officials in working out a program to reduce the; incidence of murder and other ] major crimes among Negro citizens, Houston Mayor said. Shown seated in the laboratory their home are Harvey Whit- field, Jr., honor student at Un- iversity of Illinois, specializing in medicine and bio-chemistry and his mother, Mrs. Kate whitfield, for 30 years chief pharmacist at Chicago’s dent hospital; SUuiding Jieft,j MRS. JESSIE C. DELOACII RECEIVES MASTER’S DEGREE -Mrs. Jessie Collier Deloach has received the master of sci¬ ence degree in mathematics at Atlanta University. The de- was conferred at Atlanta University’s Summer Convoea- tion, August 4. Mrs. DeLoach is a teacher mathematics at Bethune School, Folkston, Ga., where her husband, Robert Dc- Loach, Loach have three ' Jr., Jr mi " children, is ls principal. pr,nclpa Robert ‘’ III, Terin, and Lynda. Mrs. DeLoach and her fami¬ ly are members of Butler Pres¬ byterian Church, ATS H On Wednesday afternoon, August 17, twelve members the Youth Council of the Branch NAACP paled In a “Wadc-In” at nah Beach. Eleven of the group were ar¬ rested after they entered the water. They were charged with disrobing in public. Their case will be heard Friday at 7 p. m. David Nichols, 17, of 416% W. Henry St.„ was also charged with having an improper state and parking on private prop- erty. His bond was set at $105 and the others at $54. The other 10 Included Mar- jorie Dalida, 19, of 2229 St., a Savannah State sophomore; Charles L. 26, of 1617 Burrell St.; Mitchell, 22 of 902 W. 48th St.; Orr, 17, of 521 E. Gwin- Lane, a senior at Sol c. Johnson High; James Alexan- Dr. Harvey Whitfield, Sr., na¬ tionally known urologist and member of the medical staff at Provident hospital, and the Whitfield’s daughter, Andrietta, now enrolled as a pre-medical student at University of Illi¬ nois.—(ANP Photo) J __ SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1060 Retired Letter Carrier Buried Wednesday Willie G. Williams, retired let¬ ter carrier, died Saturday, | August 13, at his residence, 624 West Waldburg street. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the First Afri¬ can Baptist church with the pastor, Rev. Curtis J. Jackson 1 delivering the eulogy. Rev. L. s. Stcll, Jr, and Rev. R. M. wlu ' “» vices. Hymns were sung by the combined choirs of the Continued on Page Three der, 17, of 520 E. Hall Lane, to be a freshman at Fisk in Nashville, Tenn, fall; Judson Ford, 21, of 260 Amos C. Brown, 19, a dent at Morehouse college in Atlanta; Benjamin Clark, 17, 515 E. Liberty Lane ,a Sol C. Johnson High junior; Annie Mustlpher, 17 of 533 W. Harris St , a Beach High junior; and Caroline NeLson, 17, of 512V4 W. Anderson St. The group made the following statements as to the purpose of the “Wade-In;” ‘ As American citizens and residents of Chatham and the state of Georgia, we are exercising our rights and privileges to use this public supported facility, “Negro citizens have been denied the use of this tax sup- (Continued on page three. “Segregationist Material ” Found in Home of White LITTLE HOCK, Ark., (AND Printing equipment and segregationist material, some which may have been intended lire in (he recent Tennessee j>em of rat if primary, wa ; seized at home of a while man facing a federal charge in a attempt to blow op a holding at a Negro eollegc here last month, FBI reported last week. U. S. Fomini sioner John E. (’■oates aid an FBI report on a eari h of the Wed Memphis, Ark., home of Emmett E. Miller, 14, an accountant noted copies of a pic¬ ture purporting to show Ren. K-te Kefauver (D Tenn.) bak¬ ing hands with a Negro. Kefauver war opposed for re nomination in Tennessee primary by Judge Andrew Taylor, a strong segregationist w h o refused to shake hands with Negroes while campaigning. The FBI refused to discuss the report. The report on the search of Miller’, home also noted confisea- tion of an offset printing press, typewriters, offset plate, photo- graphic negatives and other sup¬ plies. A oiniliar Fill report war fili‘4 Negro Geti High Catholic Fraternal Pott SACRAMENTO, Calif., (ANP) — An Air Force sergeant became the first member of the race to be elected to the top post of the Bishop Manogue General Assembly, Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus here. Calvin Hobbs, assistant line chief in maintenance at nearby Mather Air Force base, was elect¬ ’d Faithful Navigator. Marine ’rminology is used by the Knights i designate offices, in keeping ith the profession of Columbus, their patron. Sgt. Hobbs joined the Sacramen¬ to council of the fraternal society of Catholic men in 1956. In 1956 be was made a member of the fourth, or highest, degree in the organization. The Bishop Manogue Assembly is made up of Fourth Degree knights from the various Councils in this area. Meanwhile in New Iberia, La., Dr. Eugene B. Perry of Houston, Tex., was reelected Supreme Knight of the Knights of St. Peter Ciavcr at the 45th national con¬ vention of the predominantly Negro Catholic fraternal society. Father Harold Perry, S.V.D., of Bay St. Louis, Miss., was reelected national chaplain of the society which will hold its 1961 conven¬ tion in Washington, D. C. Some persons attended the five-day meeting here. Negroes Vote in Two Tenn. Counties For First Time Since Reconstruction SOMERVILLE, Term., (ANP) j — Negroes, recently granted the | right, to vote in Haywood and Fayette counties, took full advan | tage of the opportunity where it came recently during the Demo¬ cratic primary. The primary during which Sen. TO RECEIVE ELKS’ LOVEJOY AWARD:—U. S Attorney Gen¬ eral William P. Rogers will be honored on August 22, at the Ellas National convention in Chicago when he ls presented the Lovejoy Award, for his con¬ tribution in the field of Civil Rights. Magistrate Hobson Reynolds head of the Elks’ de¬ partment of civil liberties, made the announcement this week.— (ANP Photo). ion a search of an auto parts sgeu ley, which Robert Lloyd Park,, 88, a <•<> defendant of Miller, operates [near West Memphis. This report said agent seized a ‘ containing black solution, pan a j charred debris, including a small , metal can and top, burned papei | and wire and some unrecognizable ! items. | Miller and Park ted , were arrr ! July 12 beside the campo. of Phil- | under Smith college. FBI agents, I aid they seized a lowly burning i homemade dynamite bomb which |had been placed under the outs ide stairway of a then-empty building ! on the college campus. A third defendant, Hugh Lynn i Adam , 33, of Ra »tt Aik , a loir - | man at an Oamnia indn trial plant, was arrested at hi, honi". J The FBI report aid Miller ad 1 niitted assembling the bomb at Ids home, coining here with Parks and setting the explosive beside the college building. j j All three civil men rights arc law charged against under In a new j terstate transportation of an cx- i plosive designed to damage an edu- rational building. All are free on bond. 1 1 i.d ' dates iiuvu iu>t been i t. SSC August Graduates The above photo shows the fifty-nine candidates who re¬ ceived bachelor degrees at the 84th commencement exercises of Savannah State College, Wednesday, August 17. The commencement address was delivered by Dr. Walter N. Ridfley, president of Elizabeth City (N. C.J Stale Teachers College. Degrees were awarded by Dr. W. K, Payne, president of SBC. First row, left to light: Lucinda F. Patterson, Virginia Parrish Harden, Johnnie Mao Lockhart, Est.e Kefauver wen renominated by a large majority, marked the first time Negroes had voted in large number:, in ilie two countie:. .since Recoiisl ruction. Here in Fayette County, Negro leader.-) eat boated ill) per cent of about 400 qualified Negro voters cast ballotj. There were 3,105 votes cast. In neighboring Haywood county about 200 Negroes have been iegi3- bered. Negro spokesmen said nearly... all of them wjpnt to the polls. The total vote was 3,730* Jn both counties Negroes form about 00 pel a nt of the popula¬ tion. Recent regi (rut,ion drives in the area aggravated racial ten¬ sion:. but no voting incidents were reported. Nashvillian on Staff of N. Y. Medical College NASHVILLE, (AND — A former Nashville physician and graduate of Mehany Medical col¬ lege has been appointed instructor in obstetrics and gynecology at New York Medical college, it. was announced. Dr. Theodore H. Bullard, Jr., son of Dr, arid Mrs. T. il. Bullard Sr. is of this city. Dr. Bullard is also assistant di¬ rector of the Harlem community project, a program designed for cancer detection in women, spon¬ sored jointly by the United States Public Health service and the city of New York. jn*rn T. rtwfrmm r* ***» fWwwnmJI** of ** Rafainaw OwmeUte*, to* a first-hand of *w*4rn»fne#*ta hi ATstc* tm* weafctrum, Ole onor- ahU, K. A.. ObwUsnalv and n**pa*M Nbhhr r of Desw* «f ^tor^nnsidr t mA Hh> f*”^*** has ftrixwmcWy ADarn* 4-3432 Gertrude P. Johnson, Christine W. Campbell, Alfreds Anderson, Christine Woodruff, Tonimis L. Mitchell, Ruth Mae Fobhs, Rachel E. Thomas, Freddie L. Z. Hooker, Rose Ann Lanier, Ida Johnson Cla ker, Rosa Lee Bloodsaw, Hat- tic Pearl Moore, Rosalee B. Alston. Second row, left to right: Bar¬ bara Inglehart, Mullice Vcrdell Moore, John Tyler, Juanita Howard, Lenola P. Nolley, Jennie K. Cooper, Eunice M. Brown, Josie Armstrong Wilson, Doris Pocha Porter Gaines, Lenora Veal, Ann Pierce Gooden, Stokey -Jackson, Jr., Lezetora Crawley, Hattie S. “Meanest Thieves” Bob Aged Blind Man of $400 10 Students Convicted In Greenville Sit-Ins Greenville, B. C.—10 students were convicted “trespassing” at the S. H. Co. lunch counter here Rev. J. S. Hall, chairman Greenville CORE. Four other Students, also rested oil August 9 were by Judge Hicks In the detention home pending Their parents will stand on August 22 for to the delinquency of a The four students are Clement, Alma Jean Jones, ace Nash, and Leandra mond. Those convicted of ing were sentenced to 30 or $100 fine. All are ing their conviction. Rev. Hall says that “the ins will continue until ville joins the sixty-odd munities that have opened counters. They have that it can work In the Why not Greenville?” Price 10c NUMBER IS Gastrell, Willie R Ludden. Third row, left to right: Cleo Love, Lloyd Hawkins, Lena I!, l’hom.i), Rita Youtnant, Jam Is. Whatley, Willie I). Batchelor, Jus¬ tine Moran, Yvonne Freeman, Sarah Jane Melver, Christine Wel¬ come, Samuel Allen Grant, Robert L. Bess, Clifford Dawson, Jr., Samuel P. Mullice, Jr. Fourth tow, left to right: George Hunter, Jeannette Shal- teen, Robert A. Robbins, Clevou Johnson, William Heck, Onme B. Lamton, Nathaniel Johnson, (.rant E. Cooper, Albert B. Bryant, Sampson Roberts, Cleveland Strip¬ ling, and, Eula Mae Lecourite. RAN ANTDNf, T*»a:i, (ANP) — A 70-year old almost totally blind man, tricked into opening the door of hi) homo last week, was robbed of the $400 lie had accu¬ mulated, aud was saving for sur¬ gery that, he hoped, would restore his vision. Victim of the robbers who qua¬ lify for the “meanest thieve.)” title, whh Ronald.Eyarett who lived with a cousin, George Fields. Everett lives on an old-age pen¬ sion, and has been saving as much as possible, to pay for the removal of cataracts on hia eyes. Everett seldom leaves the house and ha* few visitors or acquaintance:). He was home alone, when tiiera was a knock at the door, with the knocker saying “This is George, I have a packtge for you. Let me in.” Everett said that the voice was not that of hi* cousin, Georgs Fields, although the speaker had attempted to make it. sound no. He said he would not open the door. Sometime later, a woman cams to the door saying: “You know me. 1 have a package of meat for you. Everett oppnnd the door and a man and woman pushed their way inside. His wallet, Containing $400, was taken from his pocket.