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Smyrna times., 1961-03-09
20 YEARS AGO

Rescued by Sergt Fred Lamb,
Smyrna, and Corp. Sudler King,
Dover, state police at Station
No. 8, after more than an hours
battle against snow drifts, Mrs.
Nellie Pritchett, 27, of near Gar
rison's Lake, south of Smyrna,
is in Kent General Hospital suf-
fering severe burns of the body.
Mrs. Pritchett, wife of Claude
Pritchett, an employee of the
State Highway Department, suf-
fered the burns Sunday when
her dress was set a fire when
she started fire with kerosene.
With the aid of her seven-year
old son while two younger chill
dren looked on helplessly, she
managed to smother the flames
and then ran stocking-footed
through the snow to the home
of neighbor about a half-mile
away. Sergt. Lamb and Corp.
King notified of the accident
about an hour and a half later,
started from the house where
the suffering woman had taken
refuge. A snow plow was en-
ployed to clear a road leading
to the vicinity of the house, but
Lit got stuck in the high snow
drifts. The plow, unable to get
across the hedge row into a
field showed the police car over
the low but abrupt barrier and
small gullies and from there on
the police, feeling their way
over a tour of nearly a quarter
| of a mile encountering numer-
Gus stubborn drifts, finally
reached the house and in an
hour after being summoned had
the woman in the hospital.
/ Major Louis Levinson was re-
turned to Office for sixth sue
cessive term, and an incumbent
councilman, P. L. McWhorter
was reelected, at the municipal
election Monday. DR.. Allen R.
ICruchley was also elected to
council for two-year term.
The nominees were unopposed.
Tabulation of the ballots show
ed 39 voters visited the polls,
nine more than last year.
Mrs. G. Harvey Wright, chair
man of public safety for the
Twentieth Century Club of
Smyrna, has arranged the meet
ing for Friday. The guest speak
er will be Mrs. Walter X. Bar
rett, of Milford, state chairman
of public safety, who will talk
on Safety in the Home and on
the Highways" Mrs. William
Wroten will sing a group of
songs, with Mrs. H. c. Webb
as accompanist, and there will
be piano solos by Stimson Car
row. After the meeting, which
will be presided over by Mrs.
Grant Garis, president, tea will
be served with Mrs. Alfred
Tilghman as hostess.
MIR. and Mrs. Richard c.
Price were given a surprise
"house-warming" last evening
when about thirty of their
friends greeted them at their
home. MIR. and Mrs. Price have
recently completed and moved
Smyrna times., 1961-03-09

of the laboratory tests made on
your soil samples. Then you
won't be guessing on your fer
tilizer and lime applications.
If you're not certain on how
to take good samples. call Mr..
Vapaa for detailed information.
Smyrna times., 1961-03-09

To really do a good job, take
some soil samples in to the ag-
ent's office so you can get the
results back before planting
time. Lime and fertilizer recon-
mendations will be made at the
University of Delaware by ag-
ronomy specialists on the basis
Smyrna times., 1961-03-09

Mrs. James Guthrie of Whining
ton, returned home on Tuesday.
Miss Adeline Hilyard of Ken
ton, spent the weekend with
Miss Martha Burrows.
Arizona sun., 1961-11-23
Durham Youth Meet
With City Fathers

Durham, N. C.-Several hund-
red NAACP youth participated in
a March on City Hall' here and
stood outside while four of their
leaders conferred with the City
Council on a four-point plan for
citywide integration.
The young people said that City
Council members "by private and
public statements can support
efforts to bring about peaceful
and equitable integration.
Secondly, they called for a
change in the policy of school
board appointments; urging that
board members no longer be Sc
lected who are committed to, "per-
petuation of racially segregated
schools"
Their third request was for pas
sage of citywide fair employment
legislation. The NAACP, spokes-
Imen, Lafayette NJ McDonalds
Walter Riley, Ralph Luke and Quir-
ton Baker, listed specific areas Of
economic concern. .axr.. b
These were (1l refusal to hire
Negroes in good jobs, l2) racially-
based wage scales, CD unequal
opportunities for training and pro-
motion, t4) unfair disfnissals and
racial seniority lines. (5).lsegrega-
ton in working conditions.
The youth also called for pas
sage of an ordinance requiring
desegregation of all facilities Ii
censed by the city government.
Such would include restaurants,
movies, night clubs, hotels and all
other rental establishments.
Arizona sun., 1961-11-23
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Arizona sun., 1961-11-23
NAAcP Pledged
To Support NALC

New York-The National Asso-
citation for the Advancement Of
Colored People has pledged con-
tinued support of the Negro Ame-
rican Labor Council in the Coun-
cil'S efforts to secure Justice for
Negro workers in the labor move
ment.
This assurance was given by
NAACP Executive Secretary Roy
wilkins in a telegram of greetings
to the second annual convention OF
the NALC in Chicago. The tele-
gram, addressed to NALC Presi-
dent A. Philip Randolph, said that
the NAACP recognizes the val
liable contribution organized labor
has made to the civil rights strug-
gle. But it also recognizes that
raciSm still prevails in some large
and important segments of the
trade union movement.
"Oraganized labor will never be
fully democratic until it rids itself
of racial segregation and other
forms of intolerance and discrimi-
nation. NALC is working to achieve
this end within the ranks of the
movement. The NAACP will con-
tinue to support you in this worthy
objective"
Arizona sun., 1961-11-23
NAACP BACKS UP
RANDOLPH

Chicago, Ill.-AFL-CIO Presi-
dent George Meany knows that IAN
ti-Negro bias is found in large Sec
tions of organized labor said NAA
CP General Counsel Robert L. Car
ter.
Meany addressed the second an
nual convention of the Negro Anne
rican Labor Council, Mr.. Carter
added that the AFL-CIO executive
council, which joined Mr.. Meany
in censuring A. Philip Randolph,
is also aware of union racism.
Mr.. Randolph, president of the
NALC, is the only Negro AFL-CIO
vice president. He was recently
censured by the unions hierarchy
for charging the AFL-CIO with not
itself of racial discrimina-
ton.
1T is ironic," Mr.. Carter said,
that, a few days after labor's pub
lie chastisement of Mr. Randolph,
the U. S. Commission on Civil
Rights. should publish a report
which documents Mr.. Randolph's
indictment.
Organized labor cannot expect
allegiance or support of Negroes
unless it decides to move with vigor
to eliminate racism from its own
ranks.
"And organized labor cannot hope
to survive without the support and
allegiance of Negroes, Mr. Carter
asserted.
He added that Mr.. Randolph
speaks for Negro America. and that
Negroes want him to continue as
their leader and spokesman in this
crucial struggle. Mr.. Meany to
the contrary not withstanding."
Arizona sun., 1961-11-23
Urban League Marks Equal Opportunity Day

dent Kennedy declared in his mes
sage to the null.
I'VE cannot rest content until
equal opportunity is achieved in
all parts of our national life. We
must do this not just because the
world crisis required us to utilize
fully the great human resources
of this nation. We must do it not
just because our role in the world
demands that we practice in full
at home what we stand for in the
world.
''We must do it because our faith
in the dignity of man-of all men
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES no less"
Secretary Goldberg delivered the
principal address at the dinner.
held in the Grand Ballroom of the
Waldorf-AStoria Hotel.
The Equal Opportunity Day din
ner, given each year since 1856 by
the League, celebrates a day set
apart by the organization to urge
in all walks of life to
re-dedicate themselves in affirma-
ton of their belief in the immortal
words of the Gettysburg Address
that "all men are created equal. "
Chairman of the 1861 dinner, for
which turned out the largest crowd
ever to be drawn to the event, was
Martin E. Segal. null Trustee
and president of a national firm
bearing his name which serves
as consultantS and actuarieS to
health, welfare and pension pro-
grams. 1t was the second success
sive year that Mr.. Segal had head
ed the dinner.
Each year the Urban League
Arizona sun., 1961-11-23

highest elective office in the Mason
order, will unveil the cornerstone at
the Dedication ceremonies if the
Valley Life Building, 114O East Was
ington Street, on Sunday, Novem-
Der 26, 1861, at 200 pm.
Attorney Hall has been practicing
law in Oklahoma since 1925 and has
been admitted to practice in the Su-
preme Court of the United States.
He is attorney for the Oklahoma
State Conference of the NAACP and
has been called Mr.. Civil Rights oi
Oklahoma. Some of his civil rights
cases include the action to protect
the Negro right to vote, to equalize
teachers salaries, and to prevent
the enforcement of restrictive cove
nantS.
Attorney Hall is also a member OF
the National Legal Committe oi
the NAACP.
The Supreme Council of Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons
honored him as the Mason Of the
year in 1860; he was the recipient
of the Chicago Defenders award
for breaking down segregation in
Education.
Arizona sun., 1961-11-23

signally honors two notable Anne.
ricans - one from management
and the other from labor = in re-
cognition of outstanding contribu.
ton to that concept. Honored at
the 1861 event tonight were Walter
H. Wheeler, Jr., chairman of the
board of Pitney-B Bowes, Inc, man
ufacturers of mailing equipment
and David Sullivan, president OF
the Building Service Employees In
ternational Union.
The awards we're presented by
Mr.. Steeger, who cited each of the
honorees as "exemplifying and
demonstrating their belief in Pres
ident Lincoln's expressed hope and
concern that all citizens be afford
ed an unfettered start and fair
chance in the race of life"
In his response Mr.. Wheeler,
who also holds directorships and
administrative posts in a number
of other industrial enterprises and
welfare angencies, said:
I'VE know we must 60 forward
rapidly, not only for our great OBJ
jective as an end in itself, but also
because, at a most critical time
in history when this country needs
the understanding and friendship
of all people in the world, the con-
tinuance of injustices we seek to
correct is making enemies. Indeed,
in some quarters our proclaiming
of democracy and freedom ap-
pears a farce. The fact is that
the bigots, the prejudiced and the
are unwittingly aid
ing communism, much as they may
Continued on Page Six)
Arizona sun., 1961-11-23
Dedication OF
Valley Life
Building Set

Lincoln ]. Ragsdale, president
of the Valley Life Insurance Com
pany, announced the official open
ing and dedication of the new Val
ley Life Building at 1140 E t
Washington Street will be held
Sunday, November 26, at 200 pm.
The building contains a medical
and dental suite with combined
waiting room; the administrative
offices, with drive-in window, re-
ception area, accounting area, and
a fire-proof record room, for the
Valley Life Insurance Company;
and Barretts Florists, all on the
ground floor.
The second floor houses the
Continued on Page Six
Arizona sun., 1961-11-23
NEXT WEEK

NEXT WEEK
The series, "Over Coffee with
Elijah Muhammad' by Alton
w. Thomas, will be continued
next week with the sub-tOpic,
"The Blacks Take Control.
Arizona sun., 1961-11-23
Greenberg Calls Lawyers Conference
Lawyers Meet
To Prepare
Defense Plans

Mr.. Jack Greenberg, t h e
General Counsel of the NAACP
Legal Defense and Educational
Fund, Inc, announced that work
ing lawyers conference will be
held in Washington, D. c., for the
purpose of exchanging ideas and
legal theories on the defense of
protest demonstrations such as
Freedom Rides and sit-ins.
Mr. Greenberg. said all lawyers
who are now involved in this type
of litigation, including those from
fourteen southern and border
states, have been invited to parti-
cipate. The entire legal staff of
the NAACP Legal Defense Fund,
along with Dean Spottswood Rob-
inSon of the Howard University
Law School, and Professor Louis L.
Pollak of the Yale Law School will
attend.
Legal briefs and papers on the
law involved in protest demonstra
tions will be distributed to the
participants prior to the meeting.
The sessions to be held at the
Howard University Law School,
will be open only to the lawyers
invited.
Mr.. Greenberg stated that he
expects a coordinated plan of legal
action to emerge from this meet
ing. Ideas and suggestions will be
solicited from all the participants.
Legal Defense Fund attorneys
began this month the defense of
more than $50 Freedom Riders
who have been arrested in Jack
son, Miss. since the Rides began
in May. 1861. The Fund, Mr..
Greenberg pointed out, is also as
sisting legally and financially the
defense of approximately 1000 Ne
gro students arrested in sit-in de-
monstrations.
Mr.. Greenberg made it clear that
the entire resources of the NAAC-
P Legal Defense Fund will con-
tinue to be placed behind lawyers
defending those arrested in such
n0n-violent demonstrations.
Arizona sun., 1961-11-23
Last Rites Held
For {. Tobias

Following solemn rites in the
beautiful, grand nave of Riverside
Church, Charming H.. Tohia was in
TERED in Woodlawn cemetery in the
Bronx.
Attending services for the late
chairman emeritus of 2the Board
of Directors of the National AS
sociation for the Advancement of
Colored People were many promi-
nent citizens from all walks of life
who came to pay a final tribute to
the distinguished civil rights lead
|er.
DR.. Tobias died on Sunday, Nov.
IS. at the Harkness Pavilion of
Medical Center where he had been
confined for month. He had been
in failing health for the past sew
eral years. He was 79 years old.
At the funeral he was eulDgized
by his friends and protege.. DR..
Benjamin E. Mays, president of
Morehouse College in Atlanta. DR..
Tobias was praised as a man of
character and courage. He was
endowed, DR.. Mays said, with "a
sound mind and sound body" He
was a man who walked in the
tradition of the Hebrew prophets, |"
the Atlanta clergyman said.
In telegram of coincidence, to
Mrs. Tobias, NAACP Executive
Secretary Roy Wilkins said: "As
chairman of our Board of Direct
ors, DIR. Tobias gave militant and
responsible leadership in the Fight
for Freedom to which he was total
ly dedicated. His dedication, his
wisdom and his other sterling qua
Continued on Page Six)
Arizona sun., 1961-11-23
Court Asks
To Remove
Jail Threat

Washington-The Supreme Court
of the United States was asked
to lift the threat of six months
Jail sentence hanging over an Epis-
copal Clergyman and NAACP
leader convicted of contempt Of a
Florida legislative investigating
committee.
/ Argument on the case was
scheduled for Thursday (NovS16)
lon appeal from a decision of the
Florida Supreme Court which, on
Dec. 10, 1860, affirmed a lower
court judgment which imposed a
sentence of six months impris0n-
|anent and fine of 81, 200 on the
Rev. Theodore R. Gibson, rector
of Christ Episcopal Church and
president of the NAACP branch
in Miami
Representing Father Gibson in
argument before the High Court
will be NAACP General Counsel
Robert L. Carter in his 14th APP
pearance before that tribunal. AS
sociated with Mr.. Carter in pre-
paration of the briefs in the case
are NAACP attorneys G. E. Graves
of Miami, Frank D. Reeves Of
Washington and Mrs. Maria L.
Marcus of New York.
The NAACP will contend in this
case that it is violation of the
constitutionally- guaranteed right
of freedom of association to COM
pei Father Gibson custodian of the
Miami NAACP branch records,
to bring these records to commit
tee hearings and answer questions
concerning membership in the
lNAACP of persons alleged by the
committee to be communists. The
implications of this case are of
great Importance, since the pro-
cess of answering such questions
would result in the discrediting Of
the legitimacy of the organization
and of the loyalty of its members,
without any showing that Father
Gibson or the Association is con-
nected in any way with subver-
sion.
The Florida Legislative Investi-
cation Committee, involved in these
proceedings. was created by Chap
ter 59-2O7, Laws of Florida, 1859,
but the investigation from which
this case arises began in 1856. In
that year committee Of the legis-
lature was established to make
investigations into the activities of
organizations and individuals 'ad-
vocating violence or a course Of
conduct which would constitute a
violation" of the laws of Florida.
1t attempted to obtain the NAACP
membership list but failed and in
1857 a new committee was created.
Hearings in 1857 in Miami were
aimed at securing the NAACP
membership list. This was resist
ed and before any final adjudica-
ton against Father Gibson or 9TH
er branch officials, the Florida SUI
preme Court took the case. The
court ruled that Father Gibson
could be required to verify his
answer to questions based on the
membership list. He did not have
to give the list to the committee,
but to bring it to hearings and
check the list to answer questions
Continued on Page Six
Arizona sun., 1961-11-23

New York, More than 1,5OO per-
sons, assembled in New York for
the National Urban League sixth
annual Equal Opportunity Day
dinner, gave rouSing reception to
message from President Ken
nedy, read at the event, in which
he warmly lauded the League S
long contribution of effort toward
attainment of equal opportunity
for all Americans.
In letter to Henry Steeger,
New York magazine publisher and
null president, the nations chief
executive noted, in reference to
the occasion:
Each year the National Urban
League has dramatized the hope
of equal opportunity for all Ameri-
cans on the anniversary of Lin
coins Gettysburg Address. With
each passing year, that hope is
more and more being transformed
into reality .
The President called attention
to the work being done toward
achievement of that goal through
the Presidential Committee on
Equal Employment Opportunity
(under leadership of Vice Presi-
dent Johnson and Labor Secretary
Goldberg in moving with vigor
and imagination to increase the
pace of progress" in actions de-
signed to end discrimination in
connection with employment on
government contracts as well as
in the whole Federal service.
"Our concern does not end with
employment opportunity, Presi-
Arizona sun., 1961-11-23
THE NEGRO PRESS CREDo

The Negro Press believes that America
can best lead the world away from racial and
RatiOnal antagoniSms when it accOrds to every
man, regardless of race, color or creed, his
human and legal rights. Hating no man, fearing
no man, the Negro Press strives to help every
man in the firm belief that all are hurt long
as anyone is held back.
Arizona sun., 1961-11-23

This mOmentOus crisis In the life Of or
ganized mankind may be lkened to the cul
minating stage in the political evolution Of the
great American Republic = the stage which
marked the emergence of unified community
of federated states.
Arizona sun., 1961-11-23
FATHER CIBS0N'S CASE APPEALED
To UnveiI Cornerstone

Attorney Amos 7. Hall, Grand
Master of the State of Oklahoma
and president of the Conference of
Grand Masters of Prince Hall Ma
sons of the U. S. A., which is the
Arizona sun., 1961-11-23
NEGROES SOUGHT
BY PEACE CORPS

Plans were announced that more
Negroes would be among the $50
additional recruits that will be in
training in Africa before the end
of the year.
St. Paul recorder., 1961-05-12
Halle Residence
Camp Provides
Rustic BeoutY

Head of the Rapids, the resid.
ence camp operated jointly by
Halle Q. Brown and Merrick Com.
munity Centers, will provide fort,
unate campers with the rustic
scenery of the Minnesota North
land.
Outdoor activities and wilder.
ness living will provide city kids
with a genuinely beautiful IL days
Nature study will become an ex,
citing experience in this area which
abounds with deer and small wild
life.
Archery, boating, athletics
swimming, crafts and a host OF
other activities will make the
camp stay full of excitement and
discovery.
Camp information may be OBJ
tanned from Charles H. Cooper,
camp director and Halle Q. Brown
program coordinator. Mr.. Cooper
may be contacted at Halle @
Brown, 553 Aurora, or by calling
CA. 6-8S64.
Applications for Head of the
Rapids should be completed as soon
as possible to assure your young
ster's place in camp this summer,
St. Paul recorder., 1961-05-12
nat. oLIVET SENIOR
CHOIR IS HOST TO
MEMBERS AND GUESTS

A social evening of fun and fel-
lowship was enjoyed on Saturday,
April %, when the Senior Choir
of Mt Olivet Baptist church enter
tanned members and a few guests
at a dinner party held at 7 pm. in
the dining room of the church.
Turkey was the highlight of the
dinner and was served with all the
trimmings.
AS the evening progressed the
group enjoyed pep singing, taking
candid shots, listening to the re-
cords and piano selections by Pen
NY Johnson.
Guests enjoying the choir's hos
pitality were Rev. and Mrs B. H.
Hunter, Rev. and Mrs. E. McIn-
tosh, Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Reasby;
Mines. Freda E. Harris, Katie Col
Inns, Ollie Agnew, Ruth l.. Nc
Donald, Matte Simmons, Miss Lor-
raine Johnson, Messra. Jerry Cald-
well, John McKenney, Sylvester
Harris, Samuel L. Dobbins, Joseph
Hicks, Howard Hunt, Mckinley E.
Bell, Wilbur Zeno and Mrs. Dor
othy Massie, Minnesota State
Queen, was an honored guest. She
was beautifully attired and was
wearing the crown.
Mrs Mamye Caldwell was gen.
eral chairman; Mrs. Matte Avery
is president of the choir and
James Milsap is director.
St. Paul recorder., 1961-05-12
Credit Union In
Monthly Meeting;
Guests Of J. r. Jones

The board of directors of the
Associated Negro Credit Unior
held its monthly meeting Tuesday
night, May 9, at the home Of Mr.
and Mrs. ]. r. Jones, TAT st. An
thony Av., st. Paul.
Rev. Denzil Carly board presi'
dent presided. Board members anc
members of the union present in,
cluded Ashby Gaskins, Cecil New
man, Thomas johnson, w. A
Young, VIM. P. Warricks, Bishop
Neal, ]. d. Anderson, Ellis Sims,
Jessie Riley, Clifford Smith,
Charles Bradley, David Grissom
and Mines. Luella MCGEE and Kath-
crime Boggs.
The credit union is driving to
increase it's assets to 100000 by
the end of the year.
At the conclusion Of the business
meeting Mr.. and Mrs. Jones serv-
ed a hot dish and a dessert with
cake.
St. Paul recorder., 1961-05-12


BeIated Birthday Greetings:
Greetings to Mrs. Maggie Beard,
TAT w. Central Av., and mother Of
the Beard Brood, who celebrated
her seth birthday Tuesday, May
2. She spent the day with her fam
lily.
COnvaleScIng In California: Mrs.
Jewell T. Sears, S27 Aurora Av.,
who has been quite i'll, left the
city Tuesday with her two daugh-
ters, Mrs. David Washington Of
Pasadena, Calf, and Mrs. Dolores
Miller of Grant, New Mexico, and
her grandchildren, for Pasadena
where she will remain for a month
with her daughter during her con-
valescence. She will spend a few
days with Mrs. Miller in New Mex
leo before going to California. She
plans to spend a month with her
daughters.
Visited In Canada: Mrs Antoin-
cite Perfect and family Of SIT w
Central Av., and Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Thompson and family re-
Gently returned home from a motor
trip to Winnipeg. Canada, where
they visited Mrs. Perteet's sister
in-law, Mrs. Christina Perfect,
other relatives and a friend of long
standing, Mrs. Jessie Lane. En-
route home the travellers stopped
in North Dakota for a visit.
Is Ill: Mrs. Charlotte Bower of
Washington, d. c., the former
Charlotte Perfect, daughter of
Mrs. Antoinette Perfect, has re-
turned home from Walter Reed
hospital where she was a patient
and is now making good recovery.
She will be glad to hear from her
Twin City friends. Send cheer
cards to 2724 11th st. N. w, Apt.
20.
HOnOred At Dinner: Mrs. Daisy
Manly Walker of Nowata, okla,
was the dinner guest Of her niece,
Mrs. Carol Lee Hayes of 634 Ell
wood Av. ~, Minneapolis, on Tues
day, May 8. Mrs. Hayes, formerly
Of Nowata, is now making her
home in Minneapolis. Mrs. Walker
is the houseguest of her sister,
Mrs. Leila Steele, 112 Bigelow
Lane.
Annual Dancing Party: Invita-
tions have been issued by the
Sterling Club for its Annual For
NAL Dancing Party to be held Sat
urday, May 27, from 8 to l am,
in the Grand Ballroom Of Hotel
Lowry.
Spring Dance: The Past Exalted
Rulers Council No. 80 IB.PO.E.
of w. have issued invitations for