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VOLUME - 29 - NUMBER 41 JACKSON, MISS., SATURDA?, FEBRUARY 2o7l960 - " ’ “ 10 CENTS PER COPY
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JACKSON STATE OFFERS COLLEGE READINESS PROGRAM
54th MTA Set For
March 23-26
JACKSON, Miss. — An an
nouncement made in the Feb
ruary Issue of The Mississippi
Education Journal, has stated
that the 54th Annual Conven
tion of the Mississippi Teach
ers Association that will con
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Athletic Conf.
February 19*20
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At Alcorn
The South Central Athletic
Conference basketball tourna
ment will be staged in the Al
corn College Gymnasium, Feb
ruary 19-20, 1960. according to
an announcement by Mr. A. C.
Carpenter, Secretary-Treasur- j
er of the South Central Ath
letic Conference. The first
basketball session will begin
at 8:30 P. M., Friday, Febru- j
ary 19th. The second session
will begin at 1:30 P. M., vat-j
urday, and the tournament fi
nals will be staged at 7:30 P.
M., Saturday, February 20th. j
The conference participating j
teams are as follows: Alcorn
\. & M. College. Leland Col-j
lege, Mississippi Vocational,1
Mississippi Industrial, Paul
Quinn College, and Stillman
College.
The Gymnasium will have
the capacity to furnish acco-j
modations for all of those (
who wish to attend. It pro
mises to be an exciting tourna
ment and it is anybody’s guess
which team will get the
trophy.
vene here, March 23, 24, 25, 26,
will without a doubt be a “bet
ter than usual” professional
treat for the 6.000 or more
teachers expected to attend.
On Wednesday, March 23.
the MTA Executive Board will
meet at 5: P. M. Delegates will
begin registration at MTA
Headquarters on Lynch Street
at 6: P. M. and will continue
until 8: P. M. when the 1st
session of the MTA Delegate
Assembly will convene.
The Convention proper will
get underway at 10: A. M.,
March 24, with President Wa
yne Calbert presiding. The
next three days will be fill
ed with general sessions, Dis
cussion Group meetings; Vo
cational Departments meet
ings, Reports of Committees
and Executive Board Meeting.
An unusual social treat this
year will be the reception
dance, Thursday, March 24, at
the College Park Auditorium.
Following the 4th geenral ses
sion, Friday night, March 25,
members and guests will fel
lowship at an informal recep
tion at College Park Auditor
ium.
Highlight of this year's con
vention will be the election of
officers for the next two years.
Present officers of the MTA
are: President Wayne F. Cal
bert, Gulfport; Vice President,
O. E. Jordan, Carthage; Exe
cutive Secretary. L. S. Alex
ander, Jackson; Mrs. Gladys N.
Bates, Jackson. Asst. Executive
Sec., and Editor of Journal;
Mrs. Jennie Ruth Crump, Mer
idian, Recording Secretary;
Allen L. Johnson, Yazoo City,
Treasurer.
Funeral Services For Mr. Henry
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Huddleston Held February 17
JACKSON, Miss. — Funeral
Services for the late Mr. Henry
C. Huddleston, pioneer citizen
and member of one ot the
state's well-known families,
were held Wednesday, Febru
ary 17, at Farish Street Bap
tist Church, the Rev. S. Leon
Whitney, officiating.
Widely known from his con
nection with Dotty Cab Com
pany, “Daddy Hut” as he was
familiarly known was a native
of Union, Mississippi, altho he
had lived in Jackson for many
years.
Following remarks by Mr.
John W. Dixon, acknowledge
ment of condolences and tele
grams was made by Mrs. Ruth
Roseman Dease> who read the
obituary. A solo by Mrs. Os
■ car J. Wolfe was followed by
the eulogy given by Rev. Whit
; ney.
Among Mr. Huddleston's
survivors are his wife and sev*
' eral nephews.
Pallbearers were: Messrs.
George Bracey, Anderson
Cleveland. George Finch, L S.
Gross, Willard Johnson, P, T.
Powell, Leon Small and Wil
lie Roundtree.
Interment was in Spring Hill
Cemetery, Union, Miss. Peo
ples Funeral Home was in
i charge. j
HOLY GHOST BASKETBALL TEAMS—“The Tigers”—in their warm-ups: First row, left to right: Theodore Henry,
Herman Gibson, Sam Amos. Second row left to right, Will Eddie Towers, Edward Swaggard, Lionel Fraser, Bennie Seaton.
Third row. left to right, trainer. Harold McEwen, Co-Captain Baldwin Caldwell, Floydist Martin, Co-Captain Sterling
Plumpp, Carlyle Baker and Charles Jones. The coach, Mr. Harold Lee could not be present when the picture was taken.
Local Ministers Come To Aid of Widow and Children
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HELPING HAND—Mrs. Lula Mae Thames, a widow of 1152 Hickory street, shows hap
py relief, along with six of her eight children, after being helped last week by Rev. Newsom,
and Rev. Willie Davis. Many others gave willingly toward her need. Mr a. Thames was in an
almost hopeless state when she made her appeal to Rev. Newsom and Rev. Davis. At once
they made an effort to do what they could and brought to Mrs. Thames and her children j
many useful articles of clothing, furniture and food, which she was completely without. The
preachers have also arranged to pay for her light and gas bill, as is needed. Her poor state
was the result of having been in the hospital for some time.
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AMEs Celebrates 200th
Birthday of Bishop Allen
PHILADELPHIA — Three j ed the 00th birthday celebra-j
outstanding speakers address- j tion of Richard Allen, founder I
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The Ben Farriers Open Lion Oil
Service Station On Corner ol Lynch,!
Poindexter Sts., Fri., Sat., Feb. 19-20
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Farrier,
owners of the Jackson Driving
School are announcing the
opening of Ben Farrier’s Lion
Oil Service Station on Friday
and Saturday, February 19-20.
The Station is located on
the corner of Poindexter and
Lynch Streets. With each 10
gallons of gas purchased or oil
change, you will receive a free
bag of Sugar and also be elig
ible to register for the grand 1
prize of 50 gallons of gas.
There will be free balloons
and candy for the kiddies and j
cokes for all.
The drawing will be held on
Saturday night, February 20 ;
You do not have to be pres
ent to win.
The Farriers are inviting all
their friends and the entire
public to their opening. We
are specializing in prompt and
efficient service.
Federal Survey
On Negro Jobs
WASHINGTON — The Pres
ident’s Committee on Govern
ment Employment Policy has
ordered heads of Federal agen
cies in five metropolitan areas j
to make a survey next month
to determine the total number
of Negroes employed on the
grade level of GS-5 or above,
according to the chairman, the
Rev. Archibald J. Carey Jr.
The survey will be made in
Chicago, Los Angeles, Mobile,
St., Louis and Washington, D.
C.
of the AME Church, at the
Academy of Music, Feb. 14 at
3 P. M. The speakers were
Rev. A. J. Carey Jr., pastor,
Quinn Chapel AME Church,
Chicago; Rabbi Rosenthal of
Cleveland, Ohio, and Thur
gcod Marshall, chief counsel
of the NAACP.
The Bicentennial celebra
tion of the founder of the |
AME Church was headed by '
Bishop S. L. Greene Sr., senior
Bishop of the AME Church.
Richard Allen was born in
Philadelphia. Feb. 14, 1760, and
founded the church in 1787.
He was made its first Bishop
when the connection was or*1
ganized in 1816, at historic
Mother Bethel Church, loca
ted at Sixth and Pine Sts.
From its humble beginning;
of 15 ministers and laymen,
the denomination has now ov
er a million members in the
United States, Canada, the
West Indies, Bermuda, South
America and various sections!
of Africa.
The celebration began on
the morning of Feb. 14 when ;
the 17 Bishops were preach-;
ing in various churches of the
City of Brotherly Love. The
afternoon symposium was held j
at the Academy of Music and
the day ended with a service
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YMCA
Membership
Kickoff Monday,
March 7
B. T. Beauchamp and J. A.
Moore, Sr., 1960 Y. M. C. A.!
Membership Campaign Chair-1
men, announced that the cam
paign will be officially kick
ed off on Monday, March 7.
The Division Chairmen are:
The Reverend E. A. Mays, No.
1; Hampton Ellis, No. 2; R. D.
Milton, No. 3; J. D. Anderson,
No. 4; and A. A. Alexander,
No. 5.
Team captains to date are:
J. O. Harrion, A. R. Hicks,
David Simmons, Luther Tay
lor, Mannie Lewis, J. Y. Wood
ard, W. H. Wells, H. T. Samp
son, Abe Elmore, J. B. Powell,
Walter Washington, A. J. Dil
lon, H. P. Wilburn, C. C. Mos
ley, Sr., Willie Wright, Thad
L. Lindsey, Edward Crowley,
Cleophus Johnson, and J. C.
Thagard. The goal is $6,000.09
Methodist Women
Seek End Of Bias
BUCK HILL FALLS, Pa—
The national organization rep
resenting 1,800,000 Methodist
women recently called on the
1960 general conference of the
Methodist church to “take
clearly defined steps to re
move the pattern of segrega
tion from the structure of the
church and from its total pro
gram and practices.”
In a memorial (recommenda- j
tion) to be sent to the general
conference, the Woman's Divi
sion of Christian Service ask
ed that the Conference make
“an unequivocal statement of
policy calling for a plan to j
change the present organiza-,
tion structure of segregated
jurisdictions and annual con- j
ferences with reasonable
speed.”
The general conference,
which is The Methodist
church's highest law-making
Famous Model
Turns P. R.
Executive
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CLEVELAND. Ohio—
(AANR) — Miss Terri Spring
er, of Cleveland, Ohio, fabu
lous nationally known fashion
model, has joined the firm of
ARNOLD & ASSOCIATES of
Memphis & Chicago, as an Ac
count Executive.
Miss Springer will be in
charge of coordinating promo
tions for the firm s Taystee
Bread Account. Terri, as she
is fondly called by her admir
ers, will work in Indianapolis,
St. Lppis, Nashville, Memphis,
Louisville, Cincinnati, Hous
ton, Dallas & Fort Worth, Tex
as, organizing Taystee’s New
Ad-Model Contest.
This Contest will be an out
standing and exciting produc
tion encompassing and show
casing local talent. Outstand
ing professional talent will be
imported to make this event
the most fabulous production
in the entire country.
Miss Springer, is one of tb£
few Negro wpnien public relf
tions executives in the coun
try. She feels that this is a
very exciting field and hopes
that many other qualified wo
men will follow her lead into
this fiej<|.
body, will hold its quadrennial
meeting in Denver, starting
April 27.
The Methodist church is di
vided into six jurisdictions,
five geographic and one racial
—the central jurisdiction for
Negro annual conferences.
The jurisdictions are com
posed of about 100 regional
conferences, including 17 Neg
ro conferences.
In the memorial to the gen
eral conference, the Woman’s
Division said “The Methodist
church with its many millions
of members of all races in the
United States and throughout
the world must demonstrate to
the world in specific ways its
professed belief in the one
ness of mankind in God’s
world."
Dr. Blackwell to
Lecture at
Jackson State
Dr. B. H. McLemore has an
nounced that the Jackson
State College Department of
Mathematics, in conjunction
withthe Mathematical Associa
tion of America, will sponsor
a series of lectures by Dr, Da
vid Blackwell.
Dr. Blackwell currently is
Head of the Department of
Statistics at the University of
California, Berkeley. A past
president of the Institute of
Mathematical Statistics, he has
held teaching positions at
Southern and Howard Univer
sities!
The titles of Dr. Blackwell's
lectures are: (1) Game Theory,
(2) The Settling of Arguments,
and (3) Series and Randomiza
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Roscoe Gordon And Joe Turner At
Stevens Rose Room, Sunday Nite,
February 28; To Fill Date Canceled
Due To Bad Weather
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ROSCO GORDON
TO FILL A DANCE EN
GAGEMENT that was cancel
ed last month due to extreme
and severe Weather Condi
tions, the sensational ROSCO
(JUST A LITTLE BIT) GOR
DON and the Boss of the
Blues, JOE TURNER will play
for the dance at Stevens Rose
Room, Sunday night, FEBRU
ARY 28 . . . Doors opening
at 7:30 P. M., Dance beginning
at 9: P. M. . . .You will not
want to miss this attraction.
Both ROSCO GORDON AND
JOE TURNER will be singing
and playing all their old and
new tunes. This attraction is
packing the dance halls wher
ever they appear thruout the
country.
Advance Tickets . . . $1,75;
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JOE TURNER
At Door . . . $2.00, Tax Incl.
... Buy your Advance Tick
ets at: Mississippi Enterprise,
Epps, The Leader Store, Har
mon Drug. King The Tailor,
Percy Simpsons, Charles Wil
son’s Place in Jackson; Mo
mans Cafe and Zebra Motel
in Canton; Tollivers Cafe in
Canton; Melody Lounge and
the Rose Room in Vicksburg.
Don’t miss this super attrac
tion . . . Everybody is raving
over . . . Roscoe Gordon’s
“Just A Little Bit” . . THE
DANCE WILL BE RAIN OR
SHINE . . . COME ON OUT
TO STEVENS ROSE ROOM,
SUNDAY NIGHT, FEBRU
ARY 28 . . . ROSCOE GOR
DON ORCHESTRA AND JOE
TURNER . . .
President Jacob L. Reddix
of Jackson State College has
announced a six-weeks Sum
mer College Readiness Pro
gram for High School Gradu
ates of High Potential Capa
city or Ability. According to
President Reddix, the pro
gram, the first of its kind in
the State among Negro col
leges, will begin July 11 and
run through August 13, 1960.
. He emphasized the fact that
| this program is strictly a
| readiness program and is not
; to be considered as the stu
dent's first quarter of regular
college work. Improved com
munication skills in oral and
: written composition, social sci
. ence, and mathematics will be
the primary objective oi the
| Program.
Students will be selected for
; participation in the program
through a composite method
1 ol testing and principals’ ra
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Mississippi
Negro History
Facts...
DID YOU KNOW . . . That
| Isiah T. Montgomery was the
1 first Negro to hold Federal of
| fice in Mississippi after the
j Civil War? That he w as one
i of the largest cotton planters
, in the state and that he found
I ed the all-Negro town of
! Mound Bayou?
THAT JIM HILL, the color
ed Secretary of State was al
lowed to carry out his term
during a Democratic adminis
tration?
THAT THE LATE ED PAT
TON, father of Mrs. Mary Bell
| Laws of E. Cohea Street, Jack
j son, Miss., was secretary to
I Jim Hill?
THAT MAJOR JOHN R
| LYNCH was the first and o^y
j Negro representative from the
State of Mississippi? That he
w’as later made a major in the
U. S. Army?
THAT HIRAM REVELS was
United States Senator from
Mississippi, and that B. K.
BRUCE was also a U. S. Sena
tor from Mississippi.
WATCH FOR OPENING DATE OF STEVEN’S KITCHEN