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Remember: You’re judged ace o riling to jour Dai 1 y C o n <1 net and t lie Company You Keep. Vol. XV—No. 18 School Integration Program To Be Completed Permissive integration in grades one through eight and compulsory integration for kindergarten pupils . next year was directed by the Phoenix Elementary Schools board Tuesday afternoon. •Beginning with the fall term, Negro or white student may attend the school nearest his res idence,* regardless of whether the school was formerly designated as • a “Negro school." Additionally, Negroes may, at their discretion, attend the former all-Negro school nearest their res idence if they do not choose to at tend a formerly all-white school. Kindergarten pupils must attend the school nearest to their homes. The three former all-Negro schools are Booker T. Washington, E. Jefferson; Dunbar, -701 S. Ninth avenue, and Mary Bethune, 1510 S. 15th avenue. This year, pupils from kinder garten through the third grade are operating under the program pre scribed for all grades next year. Supt. Loren Vaughn Jr. reported .that 44 Negro pupils are now at tending former all-white schools, but that no white pupils have en rolled in any of the former all- Negro schools. • Rites For Enoch Hook Saturday Funeral services for Enoch Hooks will be held tomorrow (Sat urday) at 2 p.m. at Webber’s East lake Mortuary. The Rev. A. D. Hutchins will officiate. Mr. Hooks, a resident of Phoe nix for eleven years, moved here his family from Tatums, Ok lahoma. He resided at 691 E. Hen shaw and was an employee of Ari zona Hudson Co. include his wife, Geor gie; eight children, Esther Rose, Erma Jean, Bennie Earl, Eunice. Richard. Georgia Mae, Willie Joe and Litllie Bell; father, Mr. Willie Hooks, Oklahoma; four brothers, Bennie and Velma, both of Phoe nix; David of Oklahoma, and Elder E .H. Hooks of Los Angeles; a sis ter, Mrs. Perfelthia Trash of Mrs. Lee's Body Shipoed To Texas For Burial Final rites were conducted Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. Erne line Lee, 1310 W. Hadley, who passed at a local hospital on Feb ruary 26. The Rev. Felton King officiated at the services which held at Ragsdale’s Chapel in the Valley. The body was shipped to Crockett, Texas, for interment. Mrs. Lee was born in Texas *in November, 1886. She moved to Phoenix from Crockett, in 1949. ■She is survived by children. Cle on Cilder, John Oscar, and Sarah Cobb, all of Phoenix, Lucy Dell Jordan and Jessie Mae Owens, both of Crockett. ARIZONA SUN Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Honors 'Woman Os The Year' The Zeta Phi Beta Sorority ended its annual “Finer Woman hood” program by honoring Mrs. Christine Y. Jackson, the “Woman of the Year.” Sunday, February 21, both in the morning and the after noon. The morning services were con ducted at Lucy Phillips CME Church at 14th and Adams Streets where the Rev. Luther Harper is pastor. The principal speaker, Mrs. Mildred C. Boone, of Los Angeles, the director of the sorority gave an interesting talk on “Faith.” The afternoon services were held at the Pheonix Public Library Building. Mrs. Jackson who resides at 1238 E. Madison Street where she operates a beauty salon, was chos en as Woman of the Year because of outstanding services rendered to the community within the past year. Some of the activities in which she has been engaged in clude; treasurer of the First. Insti tutional Baptist Church; instruc tor in the field of beauty culture. Past High Preceptress of Fair Ladies Tabernacle No. 6; Past-Ma tron of Maricopa Chapter No. 1, Order of Eastern Stars; Past Grand Treasurer Sovereign Grand Ragsdale's Obituary Leroy Brown, age 49 years, passed at. his home, 4333 Transmis sion Road on Monday. Survived by wife Lou Ella; four children. Cletur, Edward, Frederick, and Clara; mother, Ada Templeton; and sister, Willie Mae King. Fun eral arrangements pending. Terry Wofford, killed in automo bile accident February 28. Resided at 3313 E. Wood St. Funeral serv ices will be Monday at 1:30 p.m. at Chapel in the Valley. Interment in Greenwood Memorial Park. Sur vived by brother, Clifford Wofford of Phoenix; and sister, Mrs. Ethel Mae Ellison of Oakland, California. Harry Martin, automobile acci dent victim on ebruary 28. Resided at 3313 E. Wood St. Survived by wife, Elzora Martin. Funeral ar rangements pending. READ THE SUN THE VOICE OF 60,000 NEGROES IN ARIZONA FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1954 |Bsjih&v - tMPjpiK Gazette Staff Photo by Gordon Weiaen Carver's Monarch* interrupted an unrestrained celebration of its 47-39 state Class B basketball championship victory over Ouncan to pose tor this squad picture. Seated on the floor are, from left: Co-Captain Charles Christopher, William Scott, Principal W. A. Robinson, and Roy Brbsette. In rear: Otto Hutchinson, Glen Whitmore, Sammy Engram, Albert Nealey, Coach Leon Jordan, Co-Captain Calvin Williams, Thomas Dean, Alfred Carr,-and Willard Brooks, PHOENIX. ARIZONA Chapter 0.E.5., Arizona jurisdic tion; and Past President Tilden White American Legion Post Aux iliary No. 40. v .. • * * ffiißli - jßtt®. S® jt ji§- Mrs. Christine. Y. Jackson Mrs. Jackson has given finan cial aid to many struggling youths. She is attending school four nights a week in an effort to pre pare for greater service in her community. She has proven herself to be one of Phoenix’s most successful business women. Local Reverend Runs Afoul of The Law Prelintinary hearing is pending in Superior Court for Bishop F. Kendrick of 2534 E. Broadway who is charged with practicing medicine without a state license. The charge was that. the Rev erend offered to cuer a woman of tuberculosis by prayer, for which he alledgedly charged his patient 5120. Rev’. Kendricks will be arraigned March 23. He was released on 5750 bond. Home gardeners in hot climates realize the value of a mulch of straw, dried lawn clippings, leaves, or similar material to help save moisture and hold weeds down. To be effective, the mulch should be applied between the rows and around the plants before the soil dries out. Funeral Services Held For Five Year Old ; Little David Fortenberry, 5 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Fortenberry, 1516 W. Yavapai, was laid to rest Wednesday afternoon in Greenwood Memorial Park. Services were held at Ragsdale’s Chapel in the Valley with the Rev. L. J. Dunbar officiating. The child passed at a local hos pital after he had been ill about one month. David was born in Bakersville, California, and came to Phoenix in 1948 with his parents. In addition to his parents, he is survived by six brother; Nelson Jr., Cleveland, Troy, Eugene, Dan iel and Hursey; 1 sister, Betty Jo; grandmother, Jennie Davis; two aunts, Jennie V. Boone, and Ollie Mae Mitchell; four uncles Jask, Charlies, Johnnie and Lincoln Dav is, all of Phoenix. • Court Upholds Westside Annexation HIGH COURT UPHOLDS WEST SIDE ANNEXATION. The Arizona Supreme Court this week upheld the action of the City of Phoenix in annexing 2.75 sq. mi. of indus trial and residential area on the west side. The question involved was whether in its annexation ef forts the City is required to define exactly the area to be annexed at the time petitions are circulated The industrialists opposed to the annexation contended the boun daries must be defined. However, the high tribunal ruled that State law does not require that annexa tion petitions filed with the City Council include a description of the area to be annexed. N The ruling also applies to a Tucson annexation case similar in nature. The appeal was made to the Supreme Court after the low er courts had restrained the two cities from proceeding with their annexation programs. The City of Phoenix has already extended many municipal services to the west side area, including police and fire protection, street maintenance, garbage and trash collection and sanitation service. Users of City water also benefit from the lower rates extended to the area. Through approval of the annexation, the area will gain many other municipal services and improvements. 10 CENTS PER COPY Julian School To Observe Open House Percy L. Julian School, 22nd street and East Broadway, will ob serve open house on Sunday, March 7, from 3:30 p. m. until 5:30 p. m. There will be a short program at 3:30 p. m. at which time members will be featured from the chorus and an ensemble from the band. The purpose of the open house is to give the public an opportunity to see the ten new classrooms, woodshop and home making rooms. However, all of the classrooms will be open and teach ers will be on hand to explain the work which is being done in each room. Julian School, named in honor of the famous chemist, Dr. Percy L. Julian, who maintains a winter home in Phoenix, is five years old. The original building contained only four classrooms and offices. Fourteen classrooms, a cafetorium, homemaking and shop have been added, since 1949. The enrollment has increased by more than 100 pupils each year since that date. Open house is observed on Sunday in order to give the patrons an op portunity to attend. Civil Service Board Announces Job Opportunities The Civil Service Board of Phoe nix is currently taking applications for the following fields of work: mechanical inspector, salary $330- $420 per month; engineering aide, $264-8400; gardener, $252-$288; and public health nurse, $276-$345. Interested persons have until March 15 to make application for mechanical inspector, engineering aide and gardnere, and until April 1 for the public health nurse. Application blanks may be pro cured from the personnel depart ment at city hall. Carver Students Receive Art Awards Eleven Carver high school stu dents received awards at the Scho lastic Art Exhibit which was held last week at Phoenix College. Juanita Eddings received four gold keys, each key signifying a first place award. Nathaniel Clark and Joe Louis Missouri received second place medallion awards. In pastel and charcoal, Mary Elizabeth Jackson and Ernest Freeman received a key apiece. Carver won four second place awards in the same division. Win ford Davis received two and Ar lean Walker, one, for pastel de signs while the fourth went to Ernest Freeman, for charcoal sketch. James Walters received a medal lion for an ink drawing while Robert Dawson and Johnny Davis received the same award for sculp ture. In jewelry, Willie Mae Bass and Juanitay Eddings received medal lions. WARNING: fuet’a wat cti our language, boys an girls, on the streets and in public places and on the busses.