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ATLANTA — (ANP)
Sfhopl doors prepared to open open
thl'fiHghout the South, the
of desegregation became one of
niajop importance again.
But though resistance continued
more youngsters will he attend
ing integrated schools in the South
tfaau ever before.
Her* u a ioumi-uj, of
ments in some the principal
Southern cities;
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. The les
«pn» of Clinton, Little Rock and
Nashville, seem to have been web
studied in tiiis community which
is to become Tennessee's second
major < jfy to de.-i ere gate its
schools.
-Oner people realize that a
thing’s inevitable they’ll gener¬
ally accept it,” said one gompiunity
lgader, commenting on the calm at¬
mosphere that seemed to prevail ,
schoo) officials prepared for regi-
tration.
About 15 of the city’s 28 <le
mpnt&ry schools could be affect-
ed as Knoxville begins the firs'
yy^r pf its desegregation plan
virtuajly a carbon copy of Nash-
vijle’s grade-a-year plan.
Nine of these were formerly six' all-
white schools, the other all
Negro
In al! probability, however, the
aptu^J number of desegregated
suhools will he far less than this
because of the plan’s transfer pro-
Vision which, like Nashville's al-
lows children to transfer away
from a school in which their race
is u minority.
“We copied the transfer clause
word for word from the Nash¬
ville plan,” said Thomas N. John-
8 {Jri, superintendent of Knoxville
city schools.
Johnston estimated that about
83 1 egro first-graders will he eli-
gibl to attend formerly all-white
s<h< >ls this yegr under the plan,
\yhi ■ a|M>ut the same number of
whi > students live in zones where
the] will he asigned to formerly
all- egro schools unless they avail
thei Selves of the transfer privi
legi
p ^ Bluff, _ The Dollarway
Seh ol Board announced today it
had assigned a Negro girl to the
firs grade at all-white Dollarway
Sctfol when the fall term open
Septe*er 6 .
YjjVR %/tS' A 4 I XI JeCTS 1
** r
easurer
finttnued *rom On»i
ror mlltpe during her absence
: *
ed , about ... the ,. financial in-
cer
iuhic ui mt .J j
from the city * was presided over
. by „ Mrs. Dorothy .. ,, U. Adams. . ,
vice chairman. Mrs. Ellis states
that ... emphasis . , will . be placed ,
, having outstanding , , work done „
®
. by the .. existing ... clubs . of the
munlty. „ She o, further , , ,
that other clubs . will ,, u be r
as there .... Is a need.
Mrs. Ellis may be , remember- ,
ed . as „ taking ... the ,, first ...
of , young people , to , ...
» ton, n D .C. ^ during j • .it-. the Easter
cation. The group had
pleasure of meeting the
Richard M. Nixon, vice
dent of the United States.
Muffins With A Surprise Inside!
Tre»t your family to Hidden Jam Muffins, a tender deliciou* muf-
ftn ef butter, with a cipnamon secret insijfe—tangy-xweet and adds the apricot finishing jam. touch. A tasty topping
sugar
If you haven’t made muffins the nonfat dry milk way—you’ll lo\«
Serve these muffins piping hot and listen to the squeals of delight
—when ypur family discovers the surprise inside!
HIDDEN JAM MUFFINS Mk
cups sifted all-purpose Flour !4 cup soft Shortening
4s cup Sugar 1 Egg
2 teasp. Bpking Powder Is cup Water
4s teasp. Salt Apricot Jam, about 44
4t cup rgt Instgnt (in dry form) (see note)
Topping
44 cup melted Butter or U cup Sugar
Mi Margarine 44 teasp. Cinnamon
Turn on even and set at 400 (hot) Sift Hour, sugar, baking r.o'
dgr, salt and nonfat dry milk together into a I V4 Ut. bowl- thorou^v- And
shortening, egg and water all at once and mix quickly but
ly. Fill gyeased muffin cups > 3 full. Drop 1 tegsp. jam into the center
of batter in each muffin cup. Use remaining batter to cover jam in
each muffin cup. Bake near center of ovei) 20-25 ininpt#*, pr until
brown. Remove muffins from pan at once and dip Jops into of melted
butter. Then dip butter coated muffin tops into a mixture sugar
and cinnamon. Serve warm. Makes 12 muffins.
Kots; You may use your favorite jam in place of apricot.
Leo Parhapi, president of the
Board, Board, said said Delores Delores Jean Jean York I oik, 6
: daughter of John I). York, had
j hi-eri assigned to the school and
that Andrew Augusta Howard, 7,
son of Andrew Howard, ami Linda,
Diane Houston, 6 , daughter of
Mack Houston, had been assigned.
to the all-Negro Townsend Park t
School. The York Howard and ilouato- j
children were the only Negroes to
apply for admission to the first
grade of Dollarway School.
The Dollarvyay Schools have (
been involved in integration iili - 1
Ration for some time with
Negro children asking admit,.-io j
to Dollarway Digit School. The
first-gradcrs were not involve, j
directly in the legal battle.
When the York, Howard am' |
Houston children registered al j
Dollarway School in May, a Ne-1
gro wro drove one of them to the
school was attacked by white by-
standee there have been othei
incidents at the School, including
the hanging in effigy of a Negro,
the toning of Negro parent.-, at-
tending a pupil assignment heaj-
uig and the posting ot all-ithite
signs in front of the School,
The three high sfhppl-age Ne-
groes who attempted to attend Dol-
larway School won a federal Court
ruling that they were entitled to
attend the School. However, the
Eighth Circuit l ourt ol Appeals
at St. Louis reversed the District
Court ruling and told thy Negroes
to use remedies afforded in the
Pupil Assignment Law.
ROANOKE, Va. — A federal j
judge has laid the of schools groundwork in all j
for desegregation
counties in southwest Virginia
which do not have adequate facili¬
ties for Negroes.
Judge John Paul of Harrison¬
burg took the step last week be¬
fore lie ordered the admission ol |
15 more Negroes to white or pre
dominantly white schools in Galax
and the counties of Floyd and
Grayson. |
Before he heard testimony in any
of the eases before him, Judge
Paul said any counties educated tiding
Negro children to he in
another county were violating the
United States t oiisitution.
“Their rights are perfectly
plain,” he said. The presgQt ays-
lures of this momentous ocea-
.Sion may be seen in the lobby
[of the West Broad Street. YMCA
I Mrs. El dor a S. Greene, a mem-
' of the first annual Edu-
her
rational tour sponsored by the
,
j Adult Program Travel Club to
California and the far We't.|
has a one and one-half hour!
film showing of the entire tour.,
Groups * interested in travel can!
arrange w th Mrs. Greene for » a,
showing. Mrs. Greene can W be. J
commended for her expert se-
1 lection of scenes and . groups
; that are shovm . . in this .. . movie,
A l members of the Adult Pro-
gram m Travel Club are urged , to
“
i see this flilmj ,,, . Mrs. Greene
, Is a member , of the faculty ot ,
East „ . _ Broad , Street . School _ . , and .
i» member , of , St. Matthew s
_ Episcopal . Church,
,
The weekly USO Party for all
service men will be held at
the YMCA Saturday night be-
| ginning at 8:30 p. m. Miss
tern "is a deprivation of their con¬
stitutional rights,” he added.
NEW ORLEANS — The Stu¬
dents Alliance for Education (S.-
A.F.E.M an organization made up
of about 50 New Orleans high
school students, went to Baton
Rouge last week to ask Gov. Jim-
mie Davis to keep New Orleans
schools open this September — de¬
spite integration.
j> a t Bass, 16-year-old Fortier
High School senior-to-be, who r
cha tntan of S.A.F.E., said the or
ganization wired Governor Davis
for an appointment to petition foi
open schools,
Governor Davis has taken con-
trol of the city's schools in an ef-
f or t to circumvent a Federal Court
order to integrate first grade
classes this fall.
New state segregation laws em-
power him to close any school
threatened with integration,
DURHAM, N. C. — Just before
r ) eai )}irie last week more than
gjgj N,. gr(> students filed applica
ta , ns f„j. reassignment to white
city schools here.
Schools Superintendent Lew
Hannen said the Board of Educa¬
tion would deal with the requests
“as spon as sufficient data can
he made available to enable them
to deal with the matter wisely.”
Hannen said most of the applica¬
tions were delivered in a hunch by
a representative of the attorneys
who processed them.
HOUSTON — Weldon H. Berry
said last week he would oppose any
action taken by the Houston
School Board to obtain a stay of
Federal Judge Hen C. Connally’s
order to desegregate all first grad
es in the district on Sept 7.
The attorney for the Negro
plaintiffs said that should a mo¬
tion he filed before the Fifth Cir-
cuit Court ol Appeals at New
Orleans asking for a stay of the
order, he would file pleadings pre
seating two arguments.
First, that the grant of a stay
would be an "undue waste of time"
and, second, that it would dem
the plaintiffs their constitutional
rights,
Joe Reynolds, attorney for the
school district, has already filed
a notice of appeal from Judge Con-
ruby’s ruling.
Anne Jenkins, USO Staff Aide,
will be In charge.
My Neighbors
“Yes, sir, a hair out. Any
particular one you had in
mind'’”
Up-to-date homemakers can
set a completely machine-wash¬
able table these days. Fine china,
silver, even crystal can go into
the electric dishwasher, and your
handsomest lace tablecloth will
go right into the washing ma¬
chine if it’s made of an easy-
care blend of 65 per cent
“Dacron” polyester fiber and 35
per cent cotton. If allowed to
cirip dry, little or no ironing is
needed. ~
* * *
Elegant cut-
1 e r y that
graces a for¬
mal table, yet
is also dish-
washer-
washable, has
long tapered
handles of
“Yytel” nylon
resin, Ontar-:
io’s Viking steak knives and
carving design set are handsome modern
with bandies in matte-
finish grey nylon to blend with
any decor. Kitchen knives are
available too i . n ,. - 1
^
A tip for women who launder
sheets at home — nylon sheets
wash easily, are small enough]
when wet to fjt into a bathroom
basin. To drip dry quickly, fold
sheet in four, clip to skirt hanger 1
drip and hjng in tulj. fron) shower nozzle fp
Year round garden enthusiasts
will welcome new hose made with
“Hyjialon” is said to lgst synthetic for decades! rubber Tested that
successfully heat, sunlight for resistance to
and weathering,
the hose is unaffected by fertil¬
izer! take ? n 4 careless (garden handling chemicals with¬ and
can
cracks. out developing leaks, splits or
uiavly, even if they don’t show
*i*u| fafcm* of afa tasier say experts. than most Nylon to
apot-clean, aistant and aie so wear-re-
they look new longer,
•re* tt •stive family um,
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THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
Oklahoma
Youth Speaks
r-onMnnep rmm Pare One’
worship at Epworth Methodist
Church but were not welcomed.
Thov They thon then went tn to Dull Hull Me Me-
morial Presbyterian church, but
they were turned away with a
threat to cal! the police. Miss
Branch and Mr. Banks then
went to the Church of Ood on
Anderson St . and were cord
received a„d Invited to
According to an article in
Savannah Morning News
day, August 30. the Rev. P. H.
Hammond, pastor of the Church
of God at Barnard and Ander¬
son streets, states that the re-
nort of Miss Rranch and Mr.
Banks was not true. Rev.
Hammond was quoted in this
article as having made the fol¬
lowing written statement re¬
garding the Sunday visit of the
"poto youths to the Church of
God:
“To the general public, can-
cerning the report in the Sa¬
vannah Morning News, Aug.
29, I960 concerning the intru¬
sion of the integration forces:
‘ Be it understood that the
visitors came to the Church of
God uninvited.
“They found their seats in
the absence of the ushers.
Neither were they evicted, mis¬
treated nor told to come again
to the services.
“Be it further understood that
our position is one of violence
to none.
“But since we have
of all faiths in this city, the
aforesaid intrusion was
Christian, un-American
unnecessary.”
Ernest Robinson and Miss
worship at St. Paul’s
pal church. Although they
were late for services, the
church officials invited them to
return , next , Sunday. „ . Tr Horace Horace
pordon „ . attempted , , . . .
enter St John T , , s Episcopal _ . ,
church, but his attempts were
frustrated. Mr. Gordon then
went to Independent Presbyte¬
rian church where he sat in
the balcony along with several
white panishoners. Mr. Gor¬
don was once again confronted
with the need for a “pass” to
vyorship at St. John.
Willie Mungin and Miss Barbara
Jackson attempted to worship
at Bull Street Baptist church
bui| were not welcomed. Sam-
ueL PafHn went to
Mohumental Methodist
however, the. church officials
said that “Negroes are not al-
lowed here.” Govan
went to Trinity Methodist
church. Mr. King was told
“the church was not integrat-
ed.” Wh|n he asked to see the
pastor, the young man was told
that the pastor held the same
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Following the impressive
statements by the youth re-
garding their attempt to wor-1
ship, the huge crowd of 2,000
;ersons sang the old favorite
We Will Overcome.” i
W. W. Law told of the riot- |
inRS Jacksonville on Satur j
day because a few Negro youth;
i de . sired service at lunch count-
Rev Cart;s j. Jackson,
mln!ster C f the First African
g a ntist church .made remarks,
“There are those persons who
are doubtful about the kneel-
M , u is , m p„« 1We to
R [. ate the luiach c ° unters ; mor '
Miy, religiously and socially un-
le?s tho Crurches Integra -
ed ” Jackson * aid 'The
battle has never been divorced
from the moral responsibility,”
the distinguished minister said.!
These kneel-ins are strivings
to break tiie white nian s con-!
science.” The Rev. Jackson ad¬
monished the crowd that “the
man who turned the young people
; away church from Wesley Judge Monumental of the City j ,
sits as
Court ;ind therefore you can’t
separate church and state. It
is morally right for brothers to
worship together regardless of
the color of their skin.”
Several prominent citizens,
organizations, and 'chunheS
made sizeable donations to the
freedom fund.
Sidney A. Jones, local busi¬
nessman, admonished the au-
dienee to not become discour¬
aged in the fight for freedom.
Miss Edna Branch, a member
of the Youth Council, intro¬
duced the main speaker, Miss
Barbara Posey, president of the -
0 klah f ma State NAACP Youth |
CounclL
Miss Posey applauded the ef-
forts of Savannah Negroes in
their heroic fight for freedom.
The fight of the Negro in the
South will not only have an
upon this nation but
amid, Since the birth of the
NAACP. it has produced results
and not excuses. The enemies
of the NAACP can not destroy'
this , organization, h this dynarn-
young woman said. The
'
young lady cited the great ac¬
complishments of the NAACP.
“There are some states that
can’t understand the Declara¬
tion of Independence, the Get¬
tysburg Address, and there are
some who can’t even under¬
stand common sense.” The
crowd enthusiastically applaud¬
ed Miss Posey.
“There is one big gap in our
democracy in America, that is,
there is too much difference
between what we practice and
what we preach,” the young
lady declared,
j Miss Posey related the work
of the Oklahoma NAACP Youth
Council. Those young people
of Oklahoma gave a play ex¬
tolling the virtues of Martin;
Luther King, Jr., and the non-
violent philosophy of the peo-
pie of Montgomery. They were.
invited to present the play in
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fel, therefore, leased it to an
organization known only a4> the
Sheratpn-Park swimming asso¬
ciation. And it is now avail¬
able almost exclusively to that
private group.
The management admitted
upon questions posed by Waddy
that the hotel is permitted to
issue temporary membership
cards to its guests.
But the hotel’s failure to act (
immediatejy caused Judge
Paige, general president of the (
fraternity, to call council a meeting and of j
the executive ap -1
point an official committee to
meet with a committee of the
swimming pod group and hotel
management on Sunday to dis¬
cuss the situation and seek a
satisfactory solution.
The management told the,
guests that the hotel could is-j
j sue temporary passes beginning;
on Monday. Sunday, he It was said, impossible since the j
on
pool is usually filled to capacity
on week ends. This did not
meet the approval of the guests,,
who finally gave the hotel un¬
til 4 p. m. on Sunday to make
some provision for them or they
would take action.
They had planned to have the
“brothers” dress in swirnmiqg
trunks and line up at the en¬
trance of the pool blocking all
swimmers if they were not al¬
lowed to go in.
Congressman Adam Clayton
Powell, honor guest and prin¬
cipal speaker at the Sunday af¬
ternoon public meeting, agreed
to lead a picket line around
the pooj. i
And the organization threat-
ened to close the convention on
New York. As a result of their
New York “freedom experi-
ence,” they resolved to end
segregation in Oklahoma,
The Oklahoma youth staged
sit-ins in order to lower the
business in restaurants. After
negotiating for eighteen months,
not one p j ace ope ned their
lunch counters. Returning to
. ,, y ^ t!le vou th coun-
C)1 . members b of Oklahoma Oklahoma were were
able to force the merchants to
open the lunch counters.
The youth learned that "we
^he^youngster.r KJSl'S ha^t^correct
man. Using pickets and with-
drawals cf patronage, the
youngs ters were able to bring
pressure against stores. As a
r0£ult 76 stores opened lunc . h
count0rs The governor of
Oklahoma _ j Howard Edmond-
son ^ app 0 } n t e( j a state wide in¬
t er _ rac i a l committee. The state
governor appropriated $ 10,000
annually to support the corn-
m jttees work,
Slnce ..... the August sit-ins,
more [ Unc p counters have
rd Although a youth project,
[be adu [ ts staged a boycott of
t > ae en tj re downtown section,
"We will continue to strive to
make America truly the land
of the brave,” the young lady
stated. She compared our life
to a life of an oyster that has
seven stages of life. Unless
youth attaches itself to a hard
surface like the oyster, we will
not survive. Advocating the
attachment of ourselves to
“the God of the Ages, we will
be able to fight for what we
believe and emerge victorious.”
profound statement,
Miss Posey concluded her ad-
dress and received a thunder-
°us applause.
The next meeting will be held
at First African Baptist
September 4, at 4 p. m.
1 ^ 00 VGS
Named
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chairman of the Democratic Na¬
tional Committee, at the opening
of the District's Committee Head¬
quarters.
Serving with Reeves as Honor
ary Co-Chairman is Mrs.
Louchheim. W. John
was named Chairman and the fol
lowing were appointed Vice Chair-
men: Seymour Chase, F.
Donohue, the Reverend E.
lin Jackson, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr.,
Mrs. Polly Shackleton, J. C. Tur-
ner, and A. L. Wheeler.
Mr. Reeves is a well - known
Washington lawyer who was elect¬
ed a member of the Democratic
National Committee from the Dis¬
trict of Columbia last May.
Sept. 6-11—National Baptist
Convention, U.S.A. Inc., Philadel-
phia, Pa. — National Baptist Con¬
vention of America, New Orleans,
Sept. 7-14—National Child Safe-
ty Week.
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FOR YOUR
, .. • PLEASURE
• •
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Sept. 2 —Bus Ride to Singleton’s Beach, ltiltpn Head,
S. C., by the Friendly Four Social Club. Fare $2.00.
Sent. ?;—p, t is Excursion to Jejivll Island hy the J.
B. Phillips Lodge, No. 383. Fare: Advance $3.00;
at Bus $3.50.
Moonlight Boat Ride Ev erv Wednesday Night by
the Golden Dream Club. Tickets $1.50.
Sent, 5—Labor Day—Special Bnatride to Dauf-.-
kie Island. S. C., bv the Golden Dream C|ub, “the
club of a friendly atmosphere.” Fare $1.50.
Sent. 5—labor Day—Moonlight Boat Ride to Dau-
finPie t'-iand bv I «*s DJesdames. Donation. Advance
$1.50; At Boat, $1.75.
Spn t 5 —Labor Day—Motorcade to Fernandina
Beach. Fla., by New Hope Baptist Church.. Fare $5 00.
Sent 5—Motorcade to Hilton Head S. C. hy the
9* Tohn Divine Baptist Church, Pooler, Ga. Fare
$3.50.
Sent, s —labor l)av—Motoreadf to Fernandina
p<>ipb Fla hy Conned Bethlehem Baptist Church
Fare Round Trip $5.1(0
c P nt q—Moforrad” hv t’ ,p Deacops of Isle of Hope
r»antk f Ch'ii’Ch. Fare $2.50
Star Branch No. 2fi. Fare $2.50.
Sept. 11—Hus Ride to Jekyjl Island hy tl)e Morning ;;
Sont 11—18—The 3)th Anp||.a) Hp|y Convocation
of the Hopse Qf fraygr for All feople.
Sppt. 12—16—Program of tlie Pastor’s Third Ap-
piypfsary of $foly Ifiqp IFjrst Born Church of the
Living pod.
Serif- 1’’—Rpatride to Danfuskie, S. C., hv the
“Brownie^-” Benefit of the Ruilding Fund of Flowers
Nursing Home. Fare $1.50.
Sept. 1J—Mpopjiglit Rpat R'de to Danfuskie Mand
henet'it of Savannah State College Student. Fare:
Advance $1.5#; At Boat, $1.75;’ Patron $3.00.
Sept. 14—ic—Twentv-Ninth Anniversary celebra¬
tion of Rev. Rpfps J. Tillpian, pastor of Smith Chan¬
el A. M F. 7,i#n Church, Giraril, Ga., and Fonvielie
Memorial A ME ilion Church. (CIO W. 36th street) Sa-
Junnah. Ga.
Sgpt. 1C—Motorcade to Hilton Head, S. L\, by the
Pulpit Ajd Clpb apd the No. 2 Usher Board of St.
James Baptist Church. Fare $2.50.
Sept. 23— Motorcade to Hilton Head Beach, S. C., * ■ ■ •
!! by the Moopiight Socja! Clph- Far# $2.50.
Sept. 25—Motorcade to Cplumbus. Ga., by Jackson .. .
Temple Uifigg m Mill
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SATURDAY, gEPTEMBER 3. lflfiO
Hopdfiy. tyro days before the
scheduled agreed closing that date. the Alphas ^ Th^
further
would boycott all Sheraton ho¬
tels in every city where they
meet in the future.
As a result of this threat, the
hotel manager issued temporary
passes by the suggested “dead¬
line” to the Alpha brothers and
their families who dived into
the pool for a swim while the
meeting was in session. No¬
body objected and there were no
incidents.
_ Bryan p County leathers
Meet at Pembroke
£ ryan county Teachers at-
tended Pre-planning conference
&t pg^broke Righ School on
Augus t 27. Reports were giv-
en fr om committees, plans
made and groups were organiz-
J. R. DeLoach, County Super¬
intendent of schools, informed
the group about county and
state policies for the year. Leon
Dingle ____—. principal of Pembroke .
High School, reported on his
trip t0 the k. E. A. Convention-
which was held in Los Angeles,
Ca j j^ r Dingle used film
strips.
Natha...el Thomas principal,
of Mill Creek Elementary school
gave the highlights of the Prin¬
cipal’s Conference which was
held in Atlanta.
Two teachers and an instruc¬
tional supervisor were added
to the County. Miss Lula Mae >
Adams of Newnan, Ga., is serv¬
ing as instructional supervisor.
Miss Annette Mioore, and Mrs.
Christine Campbell will be
working at Mill Creek Elemen¬
tary School.
The Classroom Teachers’ or-
ganization held their first meet-
i n §- with M rs. Gertrude Joiin-
son serving as president. Plans
were made for the year.
t