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VOLUME 34 —Number 20 ~ JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, SATURDAY, SEPT. 21, 1963 r ~~ ioCENTS PER COPY
UNITED GIVERS WORKERS SLATE
KICK-OFF DRIVE
By M. C. Wiggins
The 1963 United Givers Fund Campaigners of the Jack
son Territorial Division will hold their kick-off meeting at
the Farish Street Branch YMCA Monday night, September
23, at 7:30.
This year’s chairman and co-chairman respectively are
A. P. Johnson, manager of College Park Auditorium, and
Melvin C. Wiggins, curriculum assistant of Jackson Public
Schools.
Foremost on the agenda of this meeting will be acquaint
ing the solicitors—some of whom are first-year workers—
with effective campaigning methods. They will also be briefed
on the work of the agencies that benefit from the United
Givers Fund.
Another important phase of the agenda will be devoted
to studying and comparing last year’s goals with results,
in the hope of devising more effective campaigning methods.
Grouping prospective donors into homogeneous cate
gories, the planning board will appoint a chairman for each
group of solicitors.
Immediately following the business session there will
be a short social and repast to climax this initial strategy
meeting.
Negro Returns To Law
School At University
OXFORD, Miss. -*• Clevs
McDoweH returned to the Univer
sity of Mississippi’s law school
Wechiesday for the fall term,
atying he expected to be treated
like any ether student _ _
McDowell, first Negro to attend
the law school at the 115-year-old
university, apparently got his wish
today.
There were no federal marshals
nor Army troops on the campus
this time.
Slightly lees than a year ago,
James H. Meredith, now 30,,be
came (Ha Miss’ first known Ne
gro student He enrolled while the
acrid smell of tear gas lingered
from a night-long riot and 23,000
Army troops poured into the Ox
ford area to enforce federal court
decrees.
Meredith graduated in August
with federal marshals in the back
ground.
McDowell won a federal court
crier last June for admission to
the University of Mississippi law
-a -■
KxjOOL
He shared a dormitory room
with Meredith during the summer
session and the ever-present mar
shals watched him as he went to
and from classes.
McDowell unlike Meredith, re
fused to talc to newsmen. He par
ticipated in some extracurricular
activities including singing in a
choir with a Baptist student
group.
University authorities assigned
McDowell to a room in Leavell
Hall — located across from the
new campus dining ball. It is
closer to the center of the campus
than Baxter, the dormitory build
ing where MdDowell and Mere
dith lived.
, McDowell refused to say if he
had a roam mate. University of
ficials, likewise, also remained
silent.
A few students turned- their
heads to look at McDowell. But
there were no jeers, no catcalls.
New Faculty
Members At
Jackson State
Ten new faculty members
have joined the Jackson Slate
College faculty. They are:
Malcolmn Q. Barnes, Tupelo,
Instructor in Mathematics and
Assistant Counselor of Men;
Edward James Clemons, At
lanta, Georgia, Head Football
Coach and Assistant Profes
sor of Physical Education;
Reverend George E. Coving
ton, Tallahassee, Florida,
C.iaplain and Associate Pro
fessor of Religion and Phil
osophy; Mrs. Barbara Crock
ett Dease, Raleigh, North
Carolina, Assistant Professor
of Modern Foreign Languages;
Miss Rosalie E. Dennis, Al
bany State College, Albany,
Georgia, Instructor of Bio
logy; Edward J. Fisher, De
Bidder, Louisiana, Instructor
and Assistant Football Coach;
Albert T. Perkins, Owens
boro. Kentucky, Director of
Choir and Instructor of Mu
sic; losiah J. Sampson, Jack
son, Instructor of Music; and
Miss Mildred Williams, Gre
nada, Assistant Professor of
Education and Assistant Tea
cher Trainer.
Five faculty members who
were on leave for study last
term have returned to the Col
lege and resumed their tach
inr assignments for the 1963
64 academic year. These in
clude T. B. Ellis, Jr., Asso
ciate Professor of Physical
Education and Director of
Athletics; Mrs. Gloria E. Ev
ans, Associate Professor ol
Language Arts; Dr. Rose Em
bly McCoy, Professor of Edu
cation; Miss Dollye M. E. Rob
(Continued on page 2)
Church Bombing Kills Four;
Two Others Slain In Birmingham
The Metropolitan Chamber
Of Commerce at W ork
It’s so easy with organiza
tion . . . H. E. Brigg, Public
Relations Director of the new
ly reactivated Metropolitan
Chamber of Commerce with
headquarters at 842 N. Farish
Street, Jackson, Mississippi,
presents a full list of the
chamber’s present member
ship as follows:
L. J. Adams of Taylor’s
Cleaners, Lynch St.; Joseph
Alexander, Joes’ Little Gro
cery, Crawford St.; L. S.
Alexander, Wiggins St.; The
Mississippi Teachers Associa
tion, Lynch St.; Victor Ander
son, Lexington Height
eery, Smith Robinson
Same M. Baker, Baker’s
sic Company, Maple St.; E. Vs
Banks, Sr., Peoples Funera
Home, Inc., North Farisl
Henry E. Briggs, Tougi' .
College; Dr. Albert B. Brit
ton, North Farish; Elmond
Broadwater, Carpentry, Jack
son; Joseph Broadwater, Bar
rett St.; Enterprise Burial
and Undertaking Co. and
Cooks Funeral Home, Lynch
St.; Harvey Catchings of
Catchings Motor Service,
Lynch St.; Mrs. Mary Cach
ings, Aberdeen St.; Catchings
Grocery and Market, Dalton
St.; Mrs. Adiala Chambers,
King’s Road Avenue; Newes
Grocery, California; Henry
Chapman, Jr., Building Con
tractor, Courtview St.; V. R.
Collier, State Mutual Federal
Savings Loan, Lynch St., Mrs.
M. A. Collins. Frazier and Col
lins Funeral Home, No. Far
ish Street; Frank Conic, Con
ic’s Beauty & Barber Supply,
N. Farish; Curtis Cowards,
Randall St.
Clepiis Dennis, of Service
Shoe Shop, North Farish;
King Lee Chinn, Chinn Gro
cery, Whitfield Mill; Joe Dy
son, Wells Furniture, No.
Farish; Charles Evers,
NAACP; Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Farrier, Farrier’s Lion Serv
ice Station, Lynch St.; G. H.
Harmon, Harmon’s Drug Store,
N. Farish; James O. Harrion,
Harrion Building Contractor,
Ronao St.; Dan Harris, Har
ris “66” Service Station, Lynch
St.; Mrs. Clarie Collins Har
vey, Collins Funeral Home,
No. Farish Street; Mrs. Sarah
M. Harvey, The Mississippi
Enterprise, Monument Street;
John Hollis, Roofing, Ludlow
Ave.; Cleveland Johnson,
North Side Grocery, W'lit
field Mill Road; Willie Hous
ton and Marshall Thomas,
Houston - Thomas Furniture
& Appliance Center, North
(Continued on page 2)
Jones, P. T. A.
Prexy
fMrs. Elizabeth Moore has
been reelected to serve as
president of the Jones Elemen
tary School P. T. A. for the
current school year.
ivlain officers are 1st, 2nd,
arid 3rd vice-presidents, Mrs.
Clara Torry, Mrs. Ruth
Moore, Mrs. J. D. Coleman;
secretary, Mrs. Mary Lois
Coleman; assistant secretary,
Mrs. Juanita Thompson; Trea
surer, Mr. O. P. Nevels; chap
lain, Rev. C. E. Payne and
Mrs. Rubye Bryant.
Committee chairmen and
committeemen are: Publicity,
M‘&. Curtiscene Riley, chair
man, Mr. Reuben Williams,
Mrs. Neva Austin and Mr.
Fred Catching; Social — Mrs.
Edna Wilson, chairman; Mrs.
Joe Ella Brown, Mrs. Mary
Young, Mrs. Alberta Alexan
der; Recreation — Mr. Edward
Johnson, chairman, Miss Vel
ma Williams, Mr. Mozee and
Mrs. Robert Sanders.
Mrs. Moore urges all par
ents give full support to P. T.
A. meetings and activities.
“Our children need our guid
ance in this revolutionary so
ciety so that they will be able
to face the world squarely as
intelligent citizens of tomor
row,” says Mrs. Moore.
C. M. E.
Conference
In Session
The South Mississippi An
nual Conference of the Chris
tian Methodist Episcopal
Church opened its 53rd Ses
sion at 10 o’clock, September
17, 1963 at Lynch Street C. M.
E. Church, Jackson, Mississip
pi with the Rt. Rev. Bishop
N. S. Curry, presiding bishop
of the 4th Episcopal District,
New Orleans, Louisiana, Rev.
P. H. Brown, host pastor, Rev.
M. J. Jones, host presiding
elder.
Devotion service was con
ducted by the conference Wor
ship Leader, Rev, Oree Broom
field, pastor of Anderson
Chapel C. M. E. Church, Hol
ly Springs, Mississippi.
Memorial sermon was de
livered by Rev. G. C. Fairley,
Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
The conference was organ
ized and proceeded with the
business for the day.
The night session began at
7 o’clock with a brief devo
tion followed by the commu
nion sermon delivered by Dr.
M. L. Breeding, General Sec
retary Board of Mission of the
C. M. E. Church, Indianapolis,
Indiana, after which the
Lord’s Supper was administer
ed.
Barbecue Supreme
To any basic 2-cups barbecue
sauce add ft cup finely chopped
raisins, 2 tablespoons chopped
green onion and 1 teaspoon cel
ery seed. Heat just to boiling to
ittbigle the flavors. The new
sauce is a marvelous marinade
for fish or chicken.
■j Four teenage Negro girls,
Cynthia Wesley, 14, Carol
Robertson, 14, Addie Mae Col
1ms, 14 and Denice McNair,
11, were blasted to death Sun
day in the daylight bombing
of t.ie 16th Street Baptisl
Church in Birmingham, Ala
bama.
23 persons were injured by
this blast and within a few
hours after the dynamite ex
plosion two Negro youths, one
0 and one 16 were murdered
in shootings.
According to police, the 9
year old youth was fatally
shot by two white youths. The
older youth was killed when
officers are said to have fired
over his head w.ien they saw
him throwing rocks at cars. In
another shooting, a white man
was wounded by a Negro, ac
cording to police.
The Sixteenth Str*>*»t- Ran.
tist Church was conducting
daylight services Sunday
morning. The girls were ap
parently in the lounge room
in the basement when the ter
rific blast shattered the calm
of the Sunday morning. Iden
tification was made only by
clothing and a ring.
Todate near 40 bombings
have occured in Birmingham,
but this was the first time
any had caused death.
Arriving on the scene Sun
day evening, Dr. Martin Lu
ther King, Jr., joining in with
Roy Wilkins, executive secre
tary of the NAACP called on
President Kennedy to act, both
sending strongly worded tele
grams to the president urging
immediate action.
Dr. King is quoted as hav
ing stated in his message to
the president that “unless
some immediate steps are
iantn uy me reaerai uovern
ment to restore a sense of
confidence in the protection
of life, limb and property, my
pleas (to continue non-violent
resistance) will fall on deaf
ears, and we shall see in
Bu'mmg.iam and Alabama the
worst racial holocaust the na
tion has ever witnessed.”
In a similar vein, Roy Wil-.
kins wired President Kennedy:
“The National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People urges fullest use of the
Federal Anti-bombing statute
for complete intervention of
the Department of Justic in
Birmingham.”
Funeral services for one of
the girls were held Tuesday
and three were buired Wed
nesday.
Reward for the Birmingham
bomb throwers climbed to
$76,000.
President Kennedy has a
greed to meet Friday with
seven Negro leaders for a dis
cussion of this city’s racial
situation.
Miss Uola Spells, and Mr. James Jackson, were happly
united in wed lock on September 1st., 1963 at 6:30 P.M. at
the First Baptist Church of Hollandale, Miss, with Rev. T.
R. Clay, performing the ceremonies. The relatives and friends
assembled for the exchange of sacred vows. Miss L. Jackson
rendered a melody of piano selections. The bride was given
in marriage by her father, Mr. Curtis Spells, and immediately
following the rites, the brides parents entertained with a
reception at their home. The mother of the groom welcomed
the guest, greeting relatives and friends. The couple departed
on their wedding trip after which they will be at their home
in Rosedale. Miss
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Mrs. Algernon B. Bolen
Mrs. Algernon B. Bolen,
Fort Pierce, Florida teacher,
was installed as new President
of the Southeastern Associa
tion of Women’s Clubs Tnr
in the closing session of the
22nd Biennial Convention
whic.i was held at Bayfront
Auditorium in Miami, recent
ly.
La. Businessman
Files Candidacy
NEW ORLEANS
Carlton H. Pecot, young busl'
nessman and civic leader, last
week announced his candidacy
for the House of Representa
tives from the Seventh Ward
in the gubernatorial election
to be held on Saturday, Dec. 7.
Married, Pecot is the father
of two children.
Registration At
Baptist Seminary
October 7-14
October 7-14 was the regis
tration period for first semes
ter class work at Mississippi
Baptist Seminary’s Central
Center. A full program of
theological and Christian
training is offered. The open
ing program was held in the
chapel on Monday, October
7 at 7:30 P. M.
Courses are designed for
siudents with educational
backgrounds from the elemen
tary to the college levels. Any
interested person may apply
for admission. All courses
will be offered during the eve
nmg nours. mieresiea persons
may either write to the Dean
of Central Center or call his
office. The office number is
354-2010.
Private piano lessons will
be offered each Wednesday
from 5:30 to 9:30 P. M. Per
sons who do not plan to take
full time courses may apply
for these lessons.
Instructors for the 1963-64
school year are as follows:
Reverends Leon Bell, Joe Can
zoneri, 11 C. Clayton, R. B.
Harris, J. C. Matthews, and L.
C. Wilcher; Drs. T. P.. Brown,
William P. Davis, E. D. Estes,
Q. L. Jones, and S. Leon Whit
tle y; Mrs. Leatha Walls, Miss
Col.na Daniels, and Mrs. Sally
Joiner (secretary).
Business On Parade — We
Salute Harmon Drug Store
By Sarah M. Harvey
Editor’s Note: This second ii
a series of Salutes to Jack
son Businesses, as statee
last week, is an effort o
the Owner and Editor to ac
quaint our readers with th<
types of services available
and to show appreciation t<
these businesses for theii
support during the year:
we’ve published this new:
service.
WE SALUTE HARMOJ
DRUG STORE ... Many year:
after the first Negro owne<
and operated Drug Store ii
Jackson had moved from it
original site on Capitol Street
rear the present location o:
McRae Department Store, bj
its owner, the late Dr. S. D
Redmond, to the 100 Block oi
North Farish Street ... a 12
year old boy, got his first job
working in a Drug Store oi
the Main St., of his native
town of Yazoo City, Miss.
The v0uth, GEORGE H
HARMON, one of 11 childrer
of Mr. and Mrs. Rodgers Har
mon was so thrilled and fas
cinated by the operation of a
1 Drug Store in general and the
• filling of prescriptions and
l preparing of medicine in par
^ ticular, that then and there he
• determined to not only ope
- rate his OWN DRUG STORE,
» at some later date, but also
> prepare himself to master the
profession of preparing the
5 pills and liquids by which the
3 sick could be made well. . . So
as young George went about
his job as delivery boy he
r dreamed of a Drug Store of
3 'his own. . .
I After a formal education in
3 his home town, lie later at
3 tended Xavier University in
> New Orleans, La., where he
- received his training arid
' graduated as a pharmacist.
• His first job as a pharmacist
3 was in Jackson, where he was
• employed at the M. L. S. Drug
> Store on Lynch Street . . .
3 For ten years, George H. Har
■ mon has owned and operated
the HARMON DRUG STORE
• on North Farish Street. . .
3 THE HARMON DRUG
■ STORE one fo four Negro
- owned and operated business
of its kind in Jackson, is lo
cated at 540 North Farish
Street in the old Crystal Pal
ace Building in the heart of a
community that needs such
service. . .
Youthful George Harmon,
fully realizing that there is no
place for a ‘second class’ busi
ness by people who are de
termined to gain for them
selves first class citizenship,
has recently completely re
novated his store, installing
shelves, showcases, display
racks, an indirect lighting
system ... all to make his
business second to none. . .
He boasts that his prescrip
tions are filled only with the
best and the freshest drugs. . .
He has stocked his store with
all the ‘named brands’ in
drugs, notions, cosmetics, cos
tume jewelry, candies. . . He
also carries a high class line
of gifts and accessories for the
entire family. . .
In our interview with young
Dr. Harmon, it was revealed
that he had plans for the fu
ture. . . plans of enlargement
pf his present store and the
opening of another such store
in another section of the city.
... He had plans of expan
sions, so as to make jobs for
boys and girls. . .
As most men who are achiev
ing success in the world’s
businesses and professions,
Dr. Harmon, attributes much
of his progress and success to
his mother, Mrs. Jessie Har
mon and his charming wife,
Mrs. Floreada Montgomery
Harmon ... his inspiration,
to the couple’s two children,
Diane and Zackery. . .
Assisting “Doc” Harmon as
saleslady is Miss Christine
Claiborne.
HARMON DRUG offers a
Free Delivery Service — Call
FL 5-2305.
BECAUSE HARMON Drug
Store exemplifies the type of
competetive business that
Negroes must own and ope
rate as we prepare for First
Class Citizenship . , . WE
SALUTE HARMON DRUG
STORE and on behalf of its
oh tier, we invite you to c«e
its merchandise and services.
New Teachers and Staff Members for Utica Junior College
With the opening of the 1963-64 school term, the above group joined the working force
at Utica Junior College. From left to right—Mrs. Calmeter Thigpen Clark, Mathematics;
Miss Dila Hicks, English; James F. Jordan, English and Speech; Mrs. Marvie Winfrey
Frazier, English; Alonzo Clark, Coach and Physical Education; Mrs. Doris Jackson Barnes,
Social Science; Eddie Hawkins, Jr., Science; Miss Willie Mary Taylor, Secretary to the
Dean; Robert Moreland, Coach and Physical Education; Miss Barbara Alexander, Secretary
to the Business Office; and Mrs. Ida Mae Hubbard, Davis Beauty School, Cosmetology.
Not pictured is Miss Barbara Jones, English.