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Roscoe (Just A Little Bit) Cordon, Joe Turner At Stevens, Friday, Jan. 29 ^
WThe MISSISSIPPI ENTERPRISE W
"Growing With Mississippi"
VOLUME 29 - NUMBER 40 JACKSON, MISS., SATURof yTjaNUARY 23, 1960 -10 CENTS PER COPY
UrFER BEST WISHES TO
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION
We, of The Mississippi Enterprise, the State’s oldesi
Negro Newspaper, offer to the New Administration oui
Best Wishes. We offer our Best Wishes, not as a part ol
a minority group, but as a vital part of the entire citizen
ry of our great state. ... In offering our Best Wishes and
Prayers for a successful Administration we would no1
ask for SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS or FAVORS, bul
for the same kind of EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES ANE
JUSTICE accorded all citizens of Mississippi.
In extending our Best Wishes, we would pray tha1
the New Administration will in the very near future
see the wisdom of calling together a representative group
of Mississippi citizens of BOTH RACES, especially when
matters pertaining largely to the Negro, are to be dis
cussed—when programs for the betterment of all citizens
are to be formulated.
We pray that the New Administration will realize
that in order to have a State of progressive cities and
towns, with citizens who are able to contribute to the
overall progress, success and well being, EVERY BOY
AND GIRL. MUST BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY
TO DEVELOP HIS FULL POTENTIALITIES.
We are sincere in our expressions of “Best Wishes’1
for the New Administration and in closing we pray that
our Chief Executive will allow NOTHING to permit him
from keeping his VOWS TO UPHOLD THE CONSTI
TUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITU
TION OF MISSISSIPPI and that in all matters he will
be guided by the “SUPREME RULER” of the Universe,
to whom he appealed before uttering a word of his In
augural Address.
S. L. Hilton To Head Greenwood s
March of Dimes Campaign:
i Name V olunteer
The colored citizens of
Greenwood and Leflore Coun
ty have started their cam
paign for the New March of
Dimes under the leadership of
S. L. Hilton, County Agent of
Leflore County.
Greenwood
American Legion
To Sponsor
CD Program
C
GREENWOOD — Mrs. C. H.
Outlaw\ President of Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary has an
nounced that her organization
will sponsor a Public Service
Program at Stone Street
School, Sunday, January 24,
featuring Mr. Otis Allen as
speaker.
Mr. Allen will speak on
“Civil Defense" and his mess
age will be of great impor
tance to all citizens. An invi
tation is extended to the gen
eral public to attend this Pub
lic Service which will be held
at 3: P. M.
Mr. Allen is Superintendent
ot Education of Le
flore County.
I Chairman Hilton called a
i special meeting of leaders a
mong the colored citizens at
the Stone Street Elementary
School on Monday night, Janu
ary 4, 1960.
After a general discussion
of plans for the campaign the
following workers were ap
pointed to conduct the drive:
S. L. Hilton, Chairman.
M. L. Levinson, Co-Chair
man.
Bessie R. Gay, Secretary.
W. F. Coleman, Publicity
Director.
L. H. Threadgill, Treasurer.
Churches:
Rev. J. W. Johnson, Chair
man.
Rev. J. L. Pleas.
Rev. George Harper.
Beauty Shops:
Ruth B. Gardner, Chairman.
Willie Ella King, Co-Chair
man.
Coin Collectors:
j Martha McDonald, Chair
' man.
Helen Wright.
Ollie Morgan.
Nurses:
Mary Flucker, Chairman.
, Sports:
William Ware, Chairman.
Willie B. Davis, Co-Chair
man.
Business and Professional
(Continued on Page 2)
Roscoe (Just A Little Bit) Gordon
And Joe Turner To Ploy For Dance
At Stevens Rose Room, Friday
Night, Jan. 29; Advance Tickets,
$1.75; At Door, $2.00
ROSCO GORDON
JOE TURNER
GOV. ROSS BARNETT
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LT.-GOV. PAUL JOHNSON
GOVERNOR ROSS BAR
NETT AND LT. GOVERNOR
PAUL B. JOHNSON, JR., on
Tuesday, January 19, were in
augurated as Mississippi’s No.
1 and 2 Chief Executives.
Following the largest and
most spectacular Parade in the
history of the State, a parade
participated in by some 8.000
persons, the 53rd Governor of
Mississippi was administered
the oath of office by Chief Jus
tice Harvey McGehee, at cere
monies held in front of the
New Capitol. The oath of of
fice had been administered to
Lt. Governor Johnson the day
before.
Prefacing his Inaugural Ad
dress with these words, “ I
want first to ask the Supreme
Ruler of the Universe to
guide me in the discharge of
all my official duties, as well
j as my private affairs, to the
end that 1 may always do the
things that are just, honorable
and right for the best inter
est of all the people of our
state,” Governor Barnett call
ed the attention of the public
to Vnatters that dealt with
State and National Politics
with Industry; Tourist; Econo
mic' Development; City Plan
ning; Income Tax, Agriculture
Forestry Bank, Seafood In
dustry, Aid to Municipalities
REA, Unemployment Pay, Re
apportionment, Medical, Hos
pital and Health affairs
Teachers’ Salaries, Old Age
(Continued on Page 2)
1st Annual State Music Clinic Of !
M. T. A. To Meet In Jackson. Feb. 10
The Music Division of the
Mississippi Teachers Associa
tion will hold its 1st Annual
State Music Clinic of M. T. A.
on Wednesday, February 10,
1960, Jackson State College,
Jackson, Mississippi. The Clin
ic will feature three (3) Clinic
ians (Vocal and Instrumental),
Consultants, and displays of
Choral and Instrumental liter
ature and materials from pub
lishers and music companies
throughout the United States.
The Choral Clinician will be
Mr. Ariel M. Lovelace, Head
of the Department of Music
and Director of the College
Choir, Tougaloo Southern
Chritsian College, Tougaloo,
Mississippi. Mr. Lovelace re
ceived the Bachelor of Music
degree from the American
Conservatory of Music, Chi
cago; the Bachelor of Music
Education and the Master of
Music Education from the
Eherwood School of Music,
Chicago; and has worked to
wards the Doctorate at Chi
cago Musical College and
Northwestern University.
Well known in the field of
music, Mr. Lovelace has direc
ted Choral groups throughout
the Midwest and East. For
the past three summers he has
directed community singing
and Choral work for the Ohio
Farm Bureau Recreation
Schools. He has also served
as a staff member at Wiscon
s i n University Recreation
School and Eastern Coopera
tive Recreation School.
The Instrumental Clinicians
will be Mr. William W. Davis
and Miss Dolly Robinson,
Band Director and sst. Band
Director respectively of Jack
son State College, Jackson,
Mississippi. Mr. Davis received
his Bachelor of Science De
gree with a major in Music
from Alabama State College,
Montgomery, Alabama; and
the Master of Music Education
Degree from the Ohio State
University. Miss Robinson re
ceived her Bachelor of Sci
ence Degree with a major in
Music from Jackson State Col
lege, Jackson, Mississippi; and
the Master of Music Educa
tion Degree from Northwes
tern University. Both clinic
ians are well known in the
field of Instrumental music
and have produced outstand
ing Bands at Jackson State
College.
A lecture — demonstration
on Elementary School Music
materials and techniques will
be presented by Miss Lucy
Beddoe, Clinician and Consul
tant with the American Book
Company, Cincinnati, Ohio.
She will give a lecture-demon
stration on the American
Singer series.
The Clinic schedule will be
published in next week's pa
per.
Tougaloo To Be
Visited By World
Scholar, Jan. 29
Dr. Rosey E. Pool, inter
national scholar who opened a
special three-month lecture
and research tour of member
colleges and universities of the
United Negro College Fund
this week, will appear at Tou
galoo Southern Christian Col
lege on Friday, January 29 at
10:00 A. M., in Woodworth
Chapel. Author, linguist and
teacher, Dr. Pool, a native of
Amsterdam Holland will share
more than 30 years of study of
American Negro poetry and
music with students and fac
ulty. Her tour will include
27 of the 33 UNCF campuses.
She is continuing her studies
in Negro literature in the Uni
ted States on a Fulbright fel
lowship grant. Two UNCF
member Universities, Atlan
ta and Fisk are sponsors for
her research projects.
The Art Appreciation Com
mittee of Tougaloo Southern
Christian College has invited
the general public to attend a
Traveling Oil Exhibition in
Kincheloe Hall, Sunday, Jan
uary 30, at 8: P. M., in Brown
lee Hall.
Supreme Court
Turns Down
tar ' • >, _
Appeal Of
John Kasper
WASHINGTON — For the
second time, the U. S. Su
preme court rejected an ap
peal by John Kasper, leading
advocate of school segrega
tion beginning with the Clin
ton (Tenn.) case.
This time, the Supreme
court turned down Kasper's
appeal from a conviction in
Davidson County, Tenn., on
charges of inciting to riot.
He had been sentenced to six
months and a $500 fine for
speeches he made in the
Nashville area in the fall of
1957. They were aimed at a
federal court order requiring
racial integration in Nashville
grammar schools at the open
ing of the September, 1957,
school term.
His first appeal to the Su
preme Court — to review a
contempt conviction in fed
eral court, Knoxville, Tenn.—
was turned down last June.
Negroes Win
Restaurant
Mix Hassle
ATLANTA — Negroes have
won the right to sit wherever
they please in the Atlanta air
port restaurant.
The policy of the restaurant,
operated by Dobbs Houses
Inc., had been to serve Negro
patrons behind a screen, set
ting them apart from white
customers.
U. S. Dist. Judge Boyd Sloan
issued a decree Wednesday
which permanently prohibits
the restaurant from discrim
inating against persons be
cause of race.
H. D. Coke, a Birmingham,
Ala., Negro insurance execu
tive, brought suit after being
refused service in the restau
rant when he would not yield
to the segregation policy.
Elks Name 9 to
'Hall of Fame*
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The
education department of the
Elks named nine persons to
the John Brown Hall of
Fame. The nominees will be
honored at a banquet in
Washington, Jan. 28.
To receive the National Ser
vice * Awards at the Elks
National Education For Citi
zenship Banquet will be:
A. Philip Randolph, labor
leader; Mrs. Christine R. Dav
is, staff director of the House
committee on Government Op
erations; Rep. C. Carroll
Reese; Val J. Washington, di
rector of minorities for the
Republican National Commit
tee;
Also: Simeon S. Booker Jr.,
newsman; E. Frederic Mor
row, White House aide; Lt.
Col. Daniel James Jr., Air
Force operations officer, and
Sens. Paul Douglas and Ken
neth Keating.
Tubman Honors
Visiting Mason
MONROVIA — Prince Hall
Masons in attendance at the
recent inauguration of William
V. S. Tubman to a fourth term
as President of Liberia were
given high rating in protocol
and extended many formal and
informal courtesies.
The lodge was represented
by Dr. Willard W. Allen of
Baltimore, sovereign grand
commander of the Supreme
Council, and John G. Lewis
Jr. of Baton Rouge, La., lieu
tenant commander.
Both Dr. Allen and Mr. Lew
is occupied prominent posi
tions in the inaugural proces
sion and appeared officially
on the program.
President Tubman, who was
elevated to the 33rd degree in
Masonry on his last trip to
the United States, called a spe
cial meeting of the Prince Hall
I Grand Lodge to Liberia to
j honor the ranking dignitaries.
PEOPLE IN
THE NEWS
CHARLES MANUEL
GRACE, 80 year old religious
leader known to millions ol
followers throughout the
country as “Sweet Daddy,”
died Monday night at a Los
Angeles, California hospital
death being attributed to a
chronic heart ailment. The
body of “Daddy Grace” bishop
of the “Church of Prayer for
All People,” was shipped to
Charlotte, N. C. for a two
days funeral service. It was
to then be escorted by motor
cade to Newport News, Va.,
where it was to lie in state
lor a day. Burial was to be
in New’ Bedford, Mass. Bishop
Grace was owner of an 85
room mansion in Los Angeles,
for which he paid $450,000. He
also had a $350,000 estate in
Charlotte and valuable real
estate in New York City. A
flamboyant figure, “Sweet
Daddy” let his finger-nails
grow to great lengths and
painted them, red, w'hite and
blue. He wore his white hair
shoulder length and traveled
about Lie country where his
followers bombarded him wuth
currency. His following was
estimated at three million.
W. H. “DUKE” WILLIAMS,
President of Security Life In
surance Company. Jackson,
Miss., was not notified this
week that he was elected to
the Board of Trustees of
Owens Junior College, Mem
(Continued on Page 2)
Parker Lynch Case
Is Still Open
According to a statement by
Joseph M. F. Ryan, acting head
of the Justice Department’s
Civil Rights Division, made
this week, the Charles Mack
Parker lynching case “has not
been closed.”
Rayan is said to have stated
that Atty. Gen. William P.
Rogers is still considering
whether additional steps might
be taken by federal authori
ties, and altho he declined to
say what steps are being con
sidered by the Justice Depart
ment, it is known that there
have been many instances
where federal cases have been
submitted to more than one
federal grand jury.
(Continued on Page 2)
Jackson Beats
W iley. 106-85
JACKSON, Miss. — The
Jackson State Tigers defeat
ed Wiley 106-85, for their 11th
victory in 12 games. The Tig
ers heralded the end of the
holidays by dropping Arkan
sas State 120-80. The follow
ing night the Tigers stopped
off at Grambling and sustain
ed their first defeat, 73-72.
Leading 56-39 at halftime the
game with Wiley was never
in doubt. Hilliard Wright was
high point man with 33 points.
James Barfield, Tiger forward,
was high for the winners with
22 points. James Miller was
runner - up for Jackson with
19 points.
Cleveland Buckener, the
Tigers' 6 9” center, had 10 re
bounds, a high for the game.
Bill Doggett And Orch. To Play For
Dances at the Vicksburg City
Auditorium, Saturday February 6;
At Greenwood Elk Hall, Feb. 8
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THE SENSATIONAL BILL
DOGGETT with his Orchestra
and Organ will play for dances
at the Vicksburg City Auditor
ium in Vicksburg, Miss., Satur
day night, February 6 and at
the Greenwood Elk Hall,
Greenwood, Miss., Monday,
February 8. This year’s Show
and Dance is expected to be
ihe ‘best’ by the Doggett ag
gregation, for helping to make
the band a well-rounded one
is singer, Dave Turner, the
Chicago-born lad who gets as
*
! much applause for his mimi
cry as he does for his vocali
zing. Turner almost near per
fect impersonations of such
celebs as Nat King Cole,
Johnny Ray, Billy Daniels and
Louis Armstrong. Make plans
now to see and hear BILL
DOGGETT, his Orchestra and
Organ at Vicksburg City Audi
torium, Feb. 6 and Greenwood
Elk Hall, Feb. 8. Advance Tick
ets, $1.75; At Door, $2.00
Advance tickets sold at regular
places.
Bill Doggett Ork. At Vicksburg City Aud.? Feb. 6 — Greenwood Elk Hal), Feb. 8
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