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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-07-15

To qualify for a National Medi-
cal-Sloan Foundation scholarship,
student must have "demonstrat-
ed outstanding achievement in col
lege", be capable Of scoring high
on the Medical College Admission
Test, and be a U. 8. citizen. A
total of 10 Negro medical students
will study medicine this fall under
the program, including the ten who
received awards last year.
Since its formation in 1S46, Ma
tional Medical Fellowships, Inc.
has raised $1.1 million to assist
Negroes with their medical edu-
cation and careers.
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
was established in 1884 by Alfred
P. Sloan, Jr., former President and
Chairman and presently Honorary
Chairman of the Board Of General
Motors Corporation. The Founda-
ton is a grant-making agency and
supplies funds to universities and
other non-profit organizations for
scientific and medical research,
education, and related purposes
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-07-15
Suit Charges 80.
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Continued from Page One)
istrar Mae Lucky and the state
of Louisiana. The state was NAM
ed because registrars are state
agents.
Fourth Such Case
This is the fourth case brought
in Louisiana alleging voting dis
elimination.
The Justice Department charged
that:
l. The Citizens Council combined
with Registrar Lucky to remove
mere than 2,700 names illegally
in March and April, 1856.
2. Since early 1856, about 1000
names have been unlawfully purg-
ed by Mrs. Lucky.
The complaint said that al
though about $500 of the parish's
16,377 eligible Negroes were reg
istered in January, 1866, only
725 were on the rolls last April
80. The number of white persons
/ registered remained constant -
about "a, 900 out of 40,185 eligible.
In Monroe, District Attorney AL
bin Lassiter of Ouachita Parish
said other suits filed by the fed
eral government "have been sue
cessfully fought by this parish five
times three times in the US.
Circuit Court of Appeals and twice
before the Civil Rights Commits
sion.
There has been no illegal purge
in Ouachita Parish and we shall
continue to fight"
Lassiter added that the Justice
Department suit made no mention
CT white voters taken off the rolls
. and contended that more whites
than Negroes had been removed.
Mrs. Lucky said the only Ne
groes taken from the rolls had
either died, moved away or had
! not passed a ballot during four
year period as required by the
permanent registration law.
In the prior cases, Mrs. Lucky
was exonerated of any discrimina-
tory tactics in her voter .'oll clean
up, parish officials said.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-07-15
jackson Public
Schools Announce
Free Glasses In
Food Service
Training

The division of adult and voca-
tional education of the Jackson
Public Schools in cooperation with
the state department of vocational
education, distributive education.
the Kinds County Health Depart
ment, and the Jackson Chapter of
the Mississippi Restaurant Asso-
citation announces two ten hour
courses for colored restaurant en-
ployees in food service training.
Sales people in food service will be
given the opportunity to study
techniques and practices related to
the improvement of catering SER
vices.
The foods instructor will be Hell
en- Norman for the food service
course beginning on July "a, 1861
The course will begin on Mon
day, July "a, 1861, and continue
daily through Friday, July %, 1861
The course is scheduled at the jim
Hill Hlgh School, S15 Dalton Street
in room 104.
Two classes will be conducted
each day as follows: $3.50 a. m. tt
1890 a. m. and TOO p. m. and 600
p. m. A person may enrol in morn
Mig or afternoon classes. There
will be an attendance certificate
awarded for the clinic for those
persons attending four out of five
meetings. There will be no charge
for this instruction for resident.
of this district and persons wishing
to enrol may contact Luther Mar
shall, principal, Jim Hill High
School, telephone FL 5-841c, or b.
present at the first meeting.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-07-15

about so miles upstream from the
Volta delta.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-07-15
Youth !! Gangs.
Continued from Page One)

Dag Hammers. Nick Khrushchev
is boss of rival gang known as
the Russians.
Then there are the Jokers, the
Kidnapers, the Indians, the Mel
sons, the Bolosis, the Lofas and
the ALAN, which, in the local
language of Lingala, stands for
the Association of Young Lovers.
With $4,000 boys between the
ages CT IL and % either unem-
ployed or failing to attend school,
juvenile delinquency in Leopold
vile is a grave and mounting prob
lem. A United Nations report says
attempts to cope with the problem
have to date been largely unsuc-
cessful.
Many gangs specialize. Some
make practice of grabbing girls
others may nightly forays into
the European sector to rob houses,
one gang has got bag-snatching to
fine art. There are gangs that
trade in Topographic pictures and
others who meet to smoke mari
juana cigarettes.
Sometimes girls are kidnapped
and their clothes kept in a bucket
of water to prevent them leaving
! the mobsters' stronghold.
Parents rarely complain to the
| police fer fear of reprisals.
/ And even when they do complain
, the police seem powerless to crack
down on the gangs.
The population of Leopoldville
/ has multiplied 3A times in the last
IL years." said DR.. L. w. Langrod,
social affairs adviser to the United
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-07-15
Sammy Davis
Wife Gives Birth
To First Child

HOLLYWOOD.-Blonde actress
May Britt, the wife of Negro en-
tertainer Sammy Davis Jr., gave
birth Wednesday to daughter de-
scribed by the proud father as
"a beautiful, healthy, wonderful
baby n
"I'm in the Clouds" said Sammy
after he took his first peek at
the 7 pound, Z ounce girl named
Tracy Hillary.
Doctors said the mother and in
FAINT, dark-haired and light COM
plexioned at birth, were in good
condition at Cedars of Lebanon
Hospital
When Davis and the Swedish
beauty were married Nov. 10, 1860,
they said they hoped to have "aboqt
500 children. Il
Davis telephoned the set of "SoI-
diers 8" to tell pals Frank Sinatra,
Dean Martin and Peter Lawford Of
his new daughter. Lawford's wife
had baby just last Sunday.
The number of service stations in
the U. S. increased 14.s per cent
between 1948 and 1858.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-07-15
Coercion Off,.
Continued from Page One)

When the bus carrying freedom
riders" pulled into the terminal, it
stirred up emotions which had
grown more intense in the past sew
eral years as the city went through
one racial crisis after another.
No one has a ready explanation
why Montgomery should have be-
come the focal point of so much
racial testing and tension. For
years, this former capital Of the
Confederacy had experienced the
normal racial relations typical of
most Southern communities. The
two races, white and Negro, had
gone their respective ways, coming
together only in normal business
and employment relationships.
Occasionally, as in other Sou
thern cities and towns, professional
and civic groups met together in
uncomfortable proximity to discuss
mutual problems. AS in any Sou
thern community, these conferen-
ces generally turned out to be lit
tie NOR ethan attempts to bridge an
almost unbridgeable chasm of HUI
man emotions. Not only by law,
but also by evn more rigid Gus
toms, a real barrier of segregation
has kept the two races apart. There
have been attempts to work out
these problems through biracial eff
forts, but the old suspicious always
have kept the two groups from mu-
tual solutions. All so-called solu-
tions have been imposed by whites
Further widening of the gap fol.
lowed the 1854 decision by the Su-
preme Court of the United States
banning public school segregation
Local conditions here in Montgom.
cry made the situation TOUGHER
The Negro boycott of the city
transportation system was one OF
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-07-15
regation in the South.

regation in the South.
Atlanta accepted 10 Negroes to
enter white high schools in Sep
TENDER, the first desgregation in
Georgia below the college level.
The Georgia desegregation will
leave only Mississippi, South Caro-
lima and Alabama with completely
segregated public schools, the serv-
ice said.
Delaware will open all grades in
all its schools to Negroes this
fall, and Little Rock, Ark. will
have desegregated Junior high
schools for the first time.
Expanded desegregation of
school systems is due this fall in
Miami, Raleigh, N. c., Charlottes-
vile, Va. and Montgomery, Har-
ford and Carroll counties, Md.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-07-15
Ghana a.,
Continued from Page On,

Continued from Page One)
River dam complex.
Disclosure of Kennedy cable to
Nkrumah followed a policy state
ment by Assistant Secretary OF
State G. Mennep Williams on the
Importance of power for the emerg.
ing continent.
Williams, in recently released
testimony before the House For
eign Affairs Committee, said "hy-
drolectric power has been called
Africa's major untapped resource.
Russia already has announced il
will finance and build the SIS, 000,-
600 Bui Dam on the Black Volta
near the boundary between Ghans
and the Ivory Coast.
Kennedy's message to Nkrumaf
covered the s168, 100000 Akosombe
Day and power station to be built
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-07-15
Watershed Loan
Approved In
Quitman County,
Mississippi

United States Department Of Ag-
riculture, Farmers Home Admin
istration.
400 Miner Building
Jackson /, Mississippi
July s, 1861
A 100000 watershed loan to
Indian Creek Drainage District
No. to assist in the development
of flood, erosion and sedimenta-
ton control project in the Indian
Creek Watershed in Quitman
County, near Sledge, Mississippi,
has been approved by the Farm
ers Home Administration, State
Director T. B. Fatherree ANNOUNCE
ed today July g..
Loan funds will be used to help
the District finance the construc-
ton of seven floodwater retarding
and sediment storage structures.
The completed project will reduce
flooding in the area by nearly so
percent. The towns of Sledge, Fai-
con and Darling and nearly A.
900 acres of land will receive some
types of benefits from the project.
Total estimated cost of the pro-
ject is $543,1S5. The Federal
Government, through the Soil Con-
servation Service shares a major
part of the cost with the remand
er provided by the loan.
The Farmers Home Administra-
ton loan is to be repaid over a
period of 20 years. The interest
rate is 1882 percent. Interest rates
on this type of loan is determined
by the average rate payable by
the Treasury on certain market
able public obligations outstand-
ing at the beginning of the fiscal
year in which the loan is made.
Loans of this type are available
to local organizations such as soil
and water conservation districts
irrigation districts, drainage dis.
tricts, flood prevention or control
districts, municipal corporations &
similar public bodies, to plan and
carry out works of improvement
which protect and develop the land
and water resources in small wat.
ersheds. The types of improve
ments which can be financed in.
clude flood control dams an,
reservoirs, rural water supply dis.
tribution systems, water supply
reservoirs, diversion dams, irri.
cation canals, and drainage facili-
ties.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-07-15
Negro Medical Scholarships Given

Chicago, III. July 10 - Nine out
standing Negro college students
have been awarded four-year med
ical scholarships with annual
awards ranging from $400 to
$3.50 each under a program de-
signed to help relieve the critical
shortage Of Negro physicians and
surgeons in the United States.
Robert Walker Harrison, III, a
1861 graduate Of Tougaloo South
ern Christian College and a ma
tive Of Yazoo City, Mississippi,
has been awarded one of the schol-
arships to study at Northwestern
University Medical School. Son
of DIR. and Mrs. r. w. Harrison,
Jr.
Announcement of the awards was
made today by DR.. Franklin C. Nc
Lean, emeritus professor of ply
siology at the University of Chi
cago and Secretary-Treasurer of
National Medical Fellowships, Inc,
951 East 18th Street, Chicago, IL
linois, a non-profit organization
which provides assistance to Ne
groes for education and training
in medicine.
In making the awards, DR.. Nc
Lean said: "While there is an over
all shortage of qualified applicants
for admission to medical school,
the problem is especially serious
for Negroes, who are represented
in the medical profession only to
the extent of one-seventh of their
representation in the population
as a whole"
DR.. Mclean cited the latest
available figures to show the acute
shortage of Negro doctors. Of the
approximately $4,000 physicians
in the United States, only about
1000 are Negroes. Thus, although
the general ratio in the nation is
one physician to I'll people, the
ratio of Negro physicians to the
non-white population is one to
1900.
The medical scholarship pro-
gram is financed by substantial
grant from the Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation to National Medical
Fellowships, Inc, which receives
applications, selects candidates,
and administers the program. One
of the programs detectives is to
make it possible for highly quail
fled Negro students to attend the
nations leading medical schools.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-07-15

those things which increased the
racial apprehensions. Lunch-coun-
ter sit-ins added to the tense stu
alton. A vigorous and aggressive
Negro leader has kept the pres
sures going for breakdown in the
rigid segregation policies.
Montgomery residents still show
annoyance at the publicity which
went around the world during the
violence at the bus terminal.
Whites will tell the visitor that
only a handful of persons were in
volved. They insist that a "dis.
torted" picture was given.
Montgomery police, stung by
criticism that they had not acted
forcefully enough to prevent the
violence, are keeping close watch
on the bus terminal. Freedom
riders" still come and go, but they
are largely ignored now.
A newsman reports that he re.
Gently saw crowd of about SOC
persons waiting in a heavy rain
in front of the bus depot. A group
of freedom riders" was reporte5
on the way from Atlanta.
The newsman learned that the
crowd had no interest in the ar,
rival of the riders. The crowd hac
been drawn to the scene by reports
that explosives had been placed il
the depot. When none was found
the crowd dispersed.
Boycott Leaves Imprint
The passive boycott of the trans
portation system has left it's i'm
print, not only on interracial rela
tons, but among Negroes them
selves. While the boycott got gen
eral support by the Negroes, many
complain that they were "coerced'
into complying with the RESTRICTIVE,
movement. Most Negroes who will
talk about it, however, manifest /;
conviction that it was the onl,
thing they could do. White resi-
dents report that in some case
their Negro employees were threat
ened by organized Negro groups.
On the other side of the pic
ture, there are vague reports tina
a campaign of economic reprisal
against Negroes is being carried oil
now by white pressure groups.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-07-15
See 1860 More Negro Children In
Desegregated Schools Next Fall

Nashville, Tenn. July IL -
Southern cities and counties have
assigned almost 1850 additional
Negro children to bi-racial schools
for next fall, Southern Education
Reporting Service said today.
SERS said that at the same time
Negro leaders are calling for a
massive drive against school seq
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-07-15
be seen by the naked eye.

be seen by the naked eye.
University psychologists say
the disease is reported occasionally
in Africa, and is prevalent in an
imals in this country, but that
this is the first known case in a
human.
Doctors theorized the girl con-
sumed contaminated food or water
containing the parasite or the egg
and it worked into the blood
stream.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-07-15

Nations in the Congo.
"This means that thousands Of
youths have flocked to the city
from their native villages"
Evening star., 1961-10-25

EThC, ~ ,'fssS.3 ~: -'5J''1
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-05-04
MONTVHLE
BY Mildred Skinner
OMITTED LAST WEEK

Mrs. Gladys Leggett, Mrs.
Mabel Arp, Mrs. Margaret
Weber, Mrs. Grace Burger,
and Mrs. Elvena G ray at
tended the w. S. C. S. Con-
ference at the M. E. Church
in Painesville Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Skin
ner and Mrs. Georgia Wal
terS spent Saturday evening
at Donald Brainard's home
in Chardon.
Mrs. Cash and her sixth
grade students visited the
Plain Dealer, Aquarium and
went through a submarine in
cleveland last Wednesday.
They were accompanied by
Rev. Henry Cash, and Mrs.
Lillian Leggett was the bus
driver. A very enjoyable day
was reported.
Mrs. Ralph Mausling is
suffering from strep throat.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merl More
house, Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
Gray, Mr.. and MRS. Fred
Hoffman and Mrs. Lester
Skinner attended the quarter
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-05-04
Girl Scout Leaders in
Area Have Big Agenda

Chardon area Girl Scout
leaders held their monthly
committee meeting April Is
with II members present.
1t was announced that 12S
Brownies and intermediate
Girl Scouts with II adults
participated in the Festival
Parade at the Maple Festi-
val.
Additional names of County
Home residents were given
to the troops so that now each
person at the home has been
adopted by some troop in the
county.
Mrs. Betty Epstein, from
Burton, was a guest at this
meeting.
Election of officers for the
following year reSu lied as
follows: Mrs. Kay Bah bitt,
chairman; Mrs. Betty Moses
assistant chairman; and Mrs
Mary Jackson, secretary =
treasurer.
This Troop committee has
purchased a Coleman lantern
and a two-man pup tent,
W hich were demonstrated.
Four of our women are en-
rolled in the outdoor camp
training course offered by the
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-05-04
NEWS from Newbury
Cleveland this past month.

SACNCAdIId tII1o 1ehob AAObAGAAs
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Gore
who live on Bell Road are
now back from their winter
vacation which they spent in
Florida. They are glad to be
back and to see all their old
friends.
Keep in mind the dates of
nMay 26, q, %, %, and 30, as
that is when the Newbury
Volunteer Fire Dept. will
hold their annual May Festi-
val at the Fire Dept's S
grounds on Rt. 81, just west
of Center Road.
It is opened to the public
and they are making plans
for a larger and better" one
this year.
Quite a few men braved
the thunderstorm and flood
to attend the Newbury Amer
lean Legion semi monthly
meeting that was held On
Monday, April "a.
Their next meeting will be
held at the Legion Hall on
Center Road on May 8 at 8
pm.
All members have been ur-
ged to attend this meeting as
they will be making plans for
the Memorial Day Parade
They are still looking for new
members, too.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-05-04
Mrs. Pearl Switzer
Dies at Sons Home

CHESTER - Mrs. Pearl
Switzer, age IA, died at the
home of her son, Keston Swift
18zer, 70 Ward Drive April 10,
following a stroke several
weeks ago.
Mrs Switzer was born in
Nelson, Ohio and had lived
in Geauga County most Of her
life.
Her husband, Charles E.,
died in 1910.
She worked for some time
at Hiram College as a cook
and went on the "Show Boat"
during the summers.
She was an active member
of the Geauga County Gold
en- Age Club.
Services were held at 2 p.
m. April %, at Burr and
Smith Funeral Home, Char
don, with Rev. Samuel E.
Davis, paster of the Chester
land Baptist Church, officia-
ting. Burial was in Chardon
Cemetery.
Survivors are her son, Kes-
ton; step daughter, Mrs.
Mildred Burdick, of Eustis,
Fla, and Mrs. Ruby Maur-
Guard of Fort Meyers, Flori-
da, five grandchildren, and
four great grandchildren.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-05-04
By Margaret Nj. Davis


First Holy Communion will
be held at the 8 am. Mass
Sunday, May Z at st. Helen's S
Catholic Church. All the par.
entS are urged toatten d
all others are asked to please
attend the other Masses as
there will probably b e just
enough room TO the ones
making their communion and
their parents.
George Oakford celebrated
his birthday Sunday, April
80, just the immediate fam
lily attending the doings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Hovey,
the parents of Mrs. Helen
Oakford were involved in a
collision when their car was
hit broadside. -.
They live in Elyria. o ut
side of bruises, Mrs. Hovey
is in good condition but Mr..
Hovey Is still confined to the
hospital in Elyria where he
underwent surgery the fol-
lowing day for internal injur-
les. He is repeatedly coming
along nicely at the present
time.
Jimmy, the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Warren, is a pretty
sick little boy. He is running
a high fever and is complain
ing of a stomach ache. He is
under a doctors care.
This on top of their oldest
son getting hit in the head
with large rock this past
week also, but Jackie is we'll
on the road to recovery.
Mrs. E m er Davis and
daughters, Donna and Dar-
lene were Sunday visitors at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Weigand, April 80.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Wilke
who live on Bass Lake Road
entertained a houseful of com
pany on Sunday, April 80.
Deepest sympathy is ex-
tended to the wife and fam
lily Of Joseph Svoboda who
passed away this past week
and W no was buried fro m
Dingman's Funeral Home on
Sunday, April 80.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Kol-
enic are very proud of their
third grandchild, a girl who
was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
George Erasmus, at st. Alex
Is Hospital this past month.
She is to be called Machelle
Marie.
The Geauga Co unity Fair
Ba nd Card Club dined out at
the Gren Trees at Twin
Lakes this past week.
Quite a few people took ad-
vantage Of the car wash that
was held at st. Helen's by the
Youth Club. It was held Sat-
urday, April 20. The one from
the proceeding Saturday was
cancelled due to the fact thai
1t rained.
Restful Lake Trustees are
making final plans for the
Lakes opening day which is
planned for May %. The fea-
ture for the day is a pancake
and sausage dinner. 1t will be
open to the public so why not
try to attend it.
Deepest sympathy is ex,
tended to the family of Mrs.
Barbara GongoS, a Restful
Lake summer resident who
passed away at her home in
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-05-04
ly meeting and dinner Of the

ly meeting and dinner Of the
Geauga County Trustees and
Clerks Assn. at Huntsburg
school last Thursday evening.
MIR. and Mrs. Carl Skinner
daughter, Kathy and son, JOS
eph from Perry were We'd
nesday evening dinner guests
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lester Skinner.
MIR. and Mrs. Cliff Moss
and Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Ishe from Middlefield were
recent visitors of Mr.. and
Mrs. Milton Gray.
Mr.. Ralph Byrne, Mrs.
Cash, Mrs. Daisy Trask, Mrs.
Mabel Miller, Mrs. Ruth Hem
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-05-04

Lake County Girl Scout Coun-
sci Mrs. Kay Babbitt, Mrs.
Marcia VanGunten, Mrs. Sal
ly Strater, and Mrs. Judy
Gable.
These same women will be
in charge of arranging our
next meeting, a cook-out pro-
badly at Camp Ruth Weigand
May II.
It was announced that the
Lake County Girl Scout Coun
Gil favorS the extension of it's
jurisdiction to G e au G a
County, where there is no
council.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-05-04

er and Mrs. Kathryn Harri-
son attended the annual Gea-
uga county Elementary
Teachers banquet at Burton
fire hall last Thursday even
ing.
Mrs. Grace Burger enter
tanned several ladies at a 10
am. breakfast and Stanley
Brush party at her home
last Wednesday. Proceeds,
went to he Kindergarten
Club.
The Ladies Aid will also
sponsor a bake sale on the
Sheriffs' porch in Chardon on
May 5. Mrs. Marie Beadsley
will be the chairman.