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Patrolling The
Main Stem
By Brick Mason
ISSUE: The Philadelphia Board
of Public Education has recently
appointed a seven member com
mittee to make a special study of
its policy of non-discrimination.
The group will gather all informa
tion concerning all areas of this
concern. The purpose is to arrive
at a forward looking policy with
in the framework of its present
educational plan. This would mean
a review of school standarization,
as professional opportunity for
school personnel. What may have
triggered the board’s move is the
existing suit brought against it
by the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo
ple nearly two years ago charging
segregation in one of the schools.
A federal district judge listed three
questions that the suit would have
to bring out, (1) has the board
maintained segregation denying
Negroes their constitutional
rights?; (2) If segregation has
been accomplished by allowing a
disproportionae number ®f quali
fied teachers to be assigned to
all white or predominately white
schools; (3) Has the board provid
ed Negroes with equal educational
facilities with all other students
in the city? The inquires are
answerable to the court in ninety
days and the actual trial may come
during the summer. It, therefore,
may be the purpose of the board’s
committee to ready such informa-
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Herbert Hill, NAAGP Labor Secretary
To Speak Here Sunday
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HERBERT HILL
W. W. Law, president of the
local N. A. A. C. P. Branch, an
nounced that Herbert Hill,
N. A. A. C. P. Labor Secretary will
be the featured speaker at the
regular mass meeting next Sun
day at 4:00 p.m. at the St. Phillip
Monumental A. M. E. Church,
Charles and West Broad Streets.
In his capacity as Labor Sec
retary for the N. A. A. C. P., Mr.
Hill conducts a nation-wide pro
gram to secure equal opportuni
ties for the training and employ
ment of Negro workers involving
Federal agencies, state and muni
cipal fair employment practices
ment practices commissions, indus
commissions, industrial manage
trial management and organized
labor.
Mr. Hill has been identified with
trade unions for many years, and
was engaged in organizational
work for the United Steel work
ers of America. He serves as a
consultant to trade unions on civil
rights matters and is the N. A.-
A. C. P.’s liaison officer with in
ternational unions affiliated to
the AFL-CIO.
As a direct result of programs
initiated by the N. A. A. C. P.
HERALD
Vol. 17
BENJAMIN LEWIS BECOMES FIRST
NEGRO POSTAL SUPERVISOR IN SAVANNAH
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Benjamin F. Lewis
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Labor Secretary, new training and
employment opportunities for Ne
gro workers have been secured in
industrial plants, shops and of
ficers in major sectors of the
American economy.
Mr. Hill is the co-author of the
book Citizens Guide to Desegra
tion; A study of Social and legal
change in American Society. He
has also written articles for sev
eral trade union journals and other
publications, including: Commen
ary Magazine, The New Leader,
Midstream, New Statesman and
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Reading from left to right: Miss Katie Mae Mustipher, Miss Olga Lorraine Bynes, Miss Paulette
Butler, “Miss Blue Revue” of 1962, Miss Betty Jean Demere, Miss Blue Revenue of 1963, Soror Ruby
King, basileus, Miss Virginia Greene and Miss Georgette Daughtry. —Hubert Hobby Photography
On Saturday, February 2, 1963,
8:00 P.M. an appreciative audience
gathered in the auditorium of Al
fred E. Beach High School to wit
ness the second performance of
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1963
By Estella D. Williams
Among the precedent setting
events in our city and state dur
ing the past several months is the
recent promotion of Benjamin F.
Lewis to the position of Postal
Supervisor, as announced last
weekend by Postmaster Randall
M. Zitterouer of the Savannah
Post Office.
One of our community’s most
enterprising and civic minded
young men, Mr. Lewis eligibility
was attained through a written,
competitive examination, which he
successfully passed. With this
promotion he becomes the first
Negro postal supervisor in the his
tory of the Savannah Post Office.
His specific position will be that
of Superintendent of Parcel Post,
located at the Parcel Post Annex,
39th and Bull Streets, to which
unit all parcel post for Savannah
and Chatham County comes.
Under Mr. Lewis’ supervision
will be a regularly assigned com
plement of clerks, carriers, and
mail handlers, and it will be his
sole responsibility to assure pro-
Knoxville Stores Upgrade Negroes
After Talks with Student Groups
The president of a
Knoxville student anti-segregation
group announced this week that
eight stores here have agreed to
upgrade Negroes to white collar
positions.
Avon Rollins, president of the
Knoxville Civic Improvement Com
mittee (KCIC), said that Sear’s;
J. C. Penney’s; the Knox Store; Lei
ner Women’s Shops; General Pro
ducts Company; S. H. Kress; W.
T. Grant’s; F. W. Woolworth’s and
other Knoxville stores had agreed
to hire Negroes as cashiers and
clerks.
Valmar’s Dance Group in Savan
nah.
The World of Dance for 1963 in
cluded “Life of the Bee,” a modern
ballet; “High Spots of New York,”
per and efficient operation of this
unit.
Entering the postal service as
substitute carrier in 1941, Mr.
Lewis has served as regular letter
carrier and in August, 1962, was
promoted to the position of Car
rier Technician, which position he
held until his recent promotion.
Frequently serving as main
speaker for various occasions, he
has been affiliated with many or
ganizations and presently holds
membership in the American
Legion, The Falcons’ Club, Inc.,
the West Broad Street YMCA, the
American Red Cross Gallon Club
and the Alpha Phi Alpha Frater
nity.
Mr. Lewis is a graduate of Sa
vannah State College and has done
graduate study at New York Uni
versity. He received an honorable
discharge from the United States
Army, having served from August
1942 until December, 1945.
He is married to Mrs. Nadine
Cleveland Lewis, a teacher at the
Frank W. Spencer School, and re
sides at 1106 West Victory Drive.
Rollins had indicated to the
merchants that a campaign of
demonstrations and economic with
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Named NAACP Membership Campaign
Chairman for 1963
Westley W. Law, local and State
president of the N.A.A.C.P., an
nounced this week that Mr. S. R.
Jones, manager of the local At
lanta Life Insurance Company, has
been named chairman of the 1963
Membership Campaign.
a musical skit; “The Story of Mary
Magdalene”, a modern dance.
During intermission, Miss Betty
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Number 37
*^savannali
By A. F. McLean
WEST BROAD STREET
REALLY SHOWS
IMPROVEMENT AS OLD
BUILDINGS ARE STILL BEING
RAZED
The Urban Renewal has painted
a new face on that ever popular
street in Savannah, W T est Broad.
Probably you are wondering just
what’s actually happening. The
new face we are speaking of on
West Broad Street is the clean
look of Negro businesses' moving
out old buildings into new areas.
The change certainly was needed.
SUN VALLEY ESTATES
BEGINS NEW SUNDAY
EVENING LIVE RADIO SHOW
Sun Valley Estates began a new
live remote radio show Sunday
January 20th over W. S. O. K.
which features modern progressive
music 4 p.m. until 6. Host for the
first broadcast was Alphonso S.
McLean.
Herman Pride, Manager of Sun
Valley Estates said, “the new 2
hour program is just another out
standing feature of Savannah’s'
most ultra modern private home 7
development.” “A guest Disc
Jockey from W. S. O. K. Radio
will broadcast the show each •
week,” Pride added.
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S. R. JONES
Mr. Jones is a native of Macon,
Georgia. .He has been in the in
surance field for twenty-one years
and prior to coming to Savannah,
Mr. Jones was manager of the
Brunswick, Georgia office of his
company.
He is a steward of the St. Paul
A. M. E. Church, where he serves
as superintendent of the Sunday
School and member of the Trustee
Board.
The insurance executive stated
that “now is the time to think of
what you can do for your Branch
and not what your Branch can do
for you; certainly we expect a
very successful campaign.”
Mrs. Frances Green, 1963 Mem
bership Committee chairman, stat
ed that the call has gone out for
two-hundred volunteer workers for
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