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Main Stem
By Brick Mason
PREJUDICE: No one has been
able to understand the reports that
a group of Mississippi housewives
had charged that their children
were being brainwashed by text
books that teach that prejudice is
wrong. The women contended that
the school books introduced pleas
for world government into example
of “bad grammar” and tried to
further a belief in the brotherhood
of all people. The group testified
in Jackson at the invitation of
Governor Ross Barnett two days
after the funeral of President Ken
nedy which Gov. Barnett attended.
The Mississippi Governor is chair
man of the States Textbook Pur
chasing Board, before whom the
women testified. The Governor,
of course, agreed with the women.
However, five members of the
board agreed against any mmedi
ate book burning. The State’s
President of School administrators
advised that professional educa
tors were better prepared to judge
textbooks than women who would
like to light a torch to brother
hood.
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SCENES FROM CHRISTMAS PARADE: Negro businesses went out in a big way for the recent Christmas Parade and presented to this
city it’s first totally nitegrated “entrae” of old Santa Claus. Pictured to the left is THE CARVER STATE BANK AND TOOMER
REALTY COMPANY’S Float (Center) Miss Mid-Town and attendants and (right) THE GUARANTY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
Spectators were well pleased with the beautiful floats and bands in the parade.
—Photographs By Alphonso S. McLean
By ALPHONSO McLEAN
Negro businesses here in this
progressive seaport city, through
the untiring efforts of the Mid
town Chamber of Commerce, pre
sented two beautiful floats and
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Debutantes Presented At Cotillion
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DEBUTANTES PRESENTED AT COTILLION— This season’s debs, presented by Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity at a pre-Thanksgiving Cotillion are shown above. They are: Gordon, Frankye Lambert,
Lorraine Freeman, Mamie Moore, Ida Jeane Postell, Patricia Johnson, Virginia Williams, Angelene
Sampson, Constance Heath, Amy Lou Clarke, Brenda Truedell, Joan Wright, Patricia Nelson, Jacquelyn
Mack, Gloria Fields, Carolyn Lewis, Vivian McMillan, and Alyne Eady.
Sunday, November 24, the pre-
Thanksgiving service, which was
held this year at the Butler Pres
byterian Church, opened the activ-
Vernon E. Jordan, assistant to
the Director of the Southern
Regional Council in Atlanta, and
former NAACP field Secretary
for Georgia, will be the main
speaker next Sunday at the Bethel
AME Church, East Broad and
Gwinnett Lane, Rev. A. B. Wilson,
pastor. The meeting is scheduled
to begin promptly at 4:00 p.m.
Mr. Jordan is a graduate of
DePaul and Howard University.
He was formerly associated in law
practice with attorney Donald Hol
lowell, prominent Atlanta attor
ney noted for his civil rights
cases. For three years he served
as field secretary for the NAACP
in the state of Georgia.
W 7 hile with the NAACP, Mr.
Jordan was very active in organ-
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“Miss Mid-Town” in the annual
Christmas parade.
In 1962, the Negro Chamber of
Commerce broke the ice in the
annual Christmas parade by pre-
senting to this community of Town Chamber of Commerce included bands, queens, and floats.
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1963
ities for the 1963 debutante sea
son. Rev. P. A. Patterson de
livered the morning address.
On Wednesday evening, preced
ing the cotillion, the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Smith pro
vided the setting for the “Punch
Sip,” which is turn set the mood
for the gaiety which would be
present throughout the evening.
NO CHRISTMAS BOYCOTT
The Savannah Branch, National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People (NAACP), is
not conducting a withholding pa
tronage campaign this Christmas.
The NAACP labor and industry
committee, of which Robert R.
Tindal is chairman, has made
some progress in obtaining equal
employment opportunities in many
job situations in the downtown
area and it is felt that this com
mittee will continue to be success
ful in its efforts to obtain an equal
job opportunity situation in all
stores, throughout the community,
desiring Negro patronage.
The NAACP executive commit-
175,000 people the first Negro proxy, Dr. H. M. Collier, Jr., the
participants. In previous years, 1963 annual Christmas Parade was
prior to this time, Negro bannds integrated fully in all aspects.
were allowed to paritcipate. For the first time Negroes were
Through the efforts of the Mid- represented in all areas which
The color’ scheme for this affair
as well as for the cotillion was
the traditional black and gold of
Alpha. Mrs. Curtis V. Cooper,
Mrs. Alfred Gray, Mrs. Richard
Moore, and Mrs. Clarence Smith,
served as hostesses.
Junior hostesses were Misses
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tee, after reviewing the work of
the labor and industry committee,
voted unanimously not to conduct
a Christmas boycott against down
town or shopping center merchants
this Christmas.
SAVANNAH BRANCH
NAACP
W. W. Law, President
Rev. F. 1). Jaudon,
Ist Vice President
Dr. J. W. Jamerson,
2nd Vice President
Mrs. Esther F. Garrison,
Secretary
Curtis V. Cooper,
Chairman. Public
Relations
NAACP Christmas
Freedom Seal
Leader
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MRS. BESSIE S. KITTLES
Mrs. Frances F. Green, NAACP
Membership Chairman, and Mrs.
Bessie Sawyer Kittles, NAACP
treasurer, are conducting the 1963
NAACP Christmas Freedom Seal
campaign, according to W. W.
Law, the branch president.
All tnose wno nave seen the
beautiful seal find it. impossible
to resist purchasing them. The
1963 NAACP Christmas seal has
a black hand and a white hand,
message of “Peace on Earth.”
dom. The seal also carries the
both holding the torch of free-
Persons wishing to obtain the
NAACP Christmas Seals may do
so by calling the Savannah Branch,
NAACP, ADams 4-6030, Mrs.
Green ADams 4-1122, Mrs. Kittles
ADams 4-2012, Miss Virginia
Mack ADams 2-5148 and Mrs.
Frances Hunter ADams 6-7987.
Miss Georgia A.
Hurd Dies
Miss Georgia A. Hurd, octogen
arian, formerly of 2512 Harden
St., daughter of the late Dorothy
and Grandison Hurd died Sunday,
December 1. Interment took place
Wednesday, December 4 in • Dine
lawn Cemetery, Farmingdale, N.
Y.
Miss Hurd was a member’ of
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SPONSORS OF FLOATS
Three members of the Mid-Town
Chamber of Commerce; The Car
ver State Bank, Toomer Realty
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