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New Staff Members At Sumner Hill
High School
By Sarah M. Harvey
Mrs. Willie Mae Latham
Taylor, President, Mississippi
State Federation of Colored
Women’s Clubs, Inc., of Gren
ada, Mississippi announces
the 60th Annual Convention of
this organization to be held,
Friday and Saturday, Octob
er 25-26, in Columbia, Missis
sippi.
According to a release from
Mrs. Taylor’s office, the Ex
ecutive Board meets in Co
lumbia Thursday night, Oct
ober 24, from 7 to 10 o’clock.
All Board members are ask
ed to be present.
The organization is again
sponsoring an Oratorical Con
test to give the youth of Mis
sissippi an opportunity to win
a scholarship and at the same
timp PYnrpss thpmsplups nn
current issues. Clubs over the
state raise the funds for the
scholarships. During the sum
mer months of July and Aug
ust, elimination contests have
been held to select winners to
represent at the State Meet.
The Subject for this year’s
Oratorical Contest is: “How
Club Women and Girls can
best accept the Challenge of
the next Centenniel.”
Rules for the contest are:
Contestants must be a mem
ber of the 12th grade. Con
testants are expected to write
her own paper (Girls only are
eligible to enter contest). Pa
per must contain at least
1,000 words and must be
memorized. Contestant must
participate in elimination in
her distr The prizes will
be aw a to the 1, 2, and 3
place ' .ners. A club in the
vario 'ities and towns will
help o n s o r the contest
thro the high schools.
Another special feature of
the Convention will be the
honoring of 30 year Club
Women.
Clubs thruout the State are
urged to arrange an exhibit of
club activities, pictures, news
paper clippings and their
yearbooks, on a sheet of med
ium heavy weight poster card
board paper; large size about
20 by 30 inches and bring to
Convention to compile in
State Club Scrapbook.
At the Convention, the pres
ident and other state club
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Principal Leroy Johnson of Sumner Hill High School,
Clinton, Miss., recently announced the following new staff
members at the school for the term, 1963-64. They are: Mrs.
Virginia Dorsey, Mrs. Louella Murray, Mr. Shadrick Dorsey,
Mrs. Delores Williams, Mr. John H. Collins. Not shown in
this group are: Mrs. Rebecca Harper and Mr. James Rattan.
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j- u. iij;un nvol
Southern U. Cats
Sat.. Oct. 19
The Jackson State College
Tigers host the Southern Uni
versity Jaguar Cats Saturday,
October 19. The Southerners
are undefeated in four games
this season. Included in their
all-winning record are vic
tories over Texas Southern
University, Grambling Col
lege, Dillard University, and
Arkansas AM&N.
The Tigers, with a 2-2 rec
ord, must be considered the
underdogs in the game on the
strength of the record. They
are winless against the Louis
iana squad since the two col
leges began football competi
tion in 1958. “The talent-laden
Cats, led by Captain Sidney
Williams (in a story out of
Grambling, Louisiana by Carl
Stewart) have already won the
Southwest Athletic Confer
ence title and all that remains
is that the Jaguars play out
their schedule.” “Southern an
nually whips the Willie Rich
ardson-less Tigers like they
own them,” says Stewart.
The Tigers are led by Cap
tain Ben Magee, All-America
tackle, and Edgar “Chico”
Jordan, leading ground gainer
in the Southwest Athletic
Conference last season. The
Tigers like the underdog role
as evidenced by their reversal
of form against the Alcorn
A&M Braves Saturday night.
Lanier Observes
Homecoming
The Lanier High School ob
served its thirty-third home
coming, Friday, October 11,
1963, with a recognition pro
gram honoring the “Alumnus
of the Year,” a football game,
and a coronation dance hon
oring the junior and senior
football queens.
Dr. A. B. Britton, local phy
sician, was awarded the Alum
nus plaque for his efforts in
citizenship, service, and educa
tional interests.
The highlight of the home
coming activities was the
sterling football contest be
tween our Lanier Bulldogs
and the Vicksburg Temple
High School Buccaneers in
which the Bulldogs defeated
the Buccaneers by a score of
21-6.
Lanier established two new
precedents in presenting for
the first time a pre-game show
featuring three bands, the
Color Guard Unit from the
402nd Quarter Master Bat
talion, and a Junior Women
Drill Team.
Others receiving gifts for
their outstanding efforts in
the homecoming were Miss
Grace Alexis Taylor, first
runner-up, and Catherine Ter
rell, second runner-up to Miss
Senior Homecoming. Miss
Gale Iris Jones first runner
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women wno auenaea me
Southeastern 22nd Biennial
Convention, held in Miami,
Florida, July 28-30, will give
reports of this session and es
pecially of the signal honor
given an outstanding Missis
sippi Club woman, Mrs. Ber
tha L. Johnson, founder-pres
ident of Prentiss Institute,
Prentiss, Miss.
Other officers of the State
Federation are: Mrs. N. R.
Burger, 1st Vice; Mrs. Eva
Hall Harris, 2nd Vice; Mrs.
C. R. Boyd, 3rd Vice; Mrs.
L. B. Walker Jones, Statisti
Receives 20-Yeor Service Award
D. Carl Black, Superintendent of Maintenance of the City Engineering Department,
looks on as Commissioner D. L. Luckey, presents James Hankins, a service award for 20
years continuous service with the City of Jackson.
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State Federated Club Women To
Meet In Columbia, Oct. 25-26
cian; Mrs. Sadye C. Hill, Rec.
Secretary; Mrs. Eva Bishop,
1st Asst. Rec. Secretary;
Mrs. Annie Myles, 2nd Asst.
Sec.; Mrs. Bertile Carmich
ael, Fin. Sec., 370 S. Union
Street, Canton; Mrs. Lillian
Rogers Johnson, Treasurer,
519 Florida St., Clarksdale;
Mrs. Mellerson G. Dunhan,
Chaplain, Mrs. Flora Parrish,
Auditor; Mrs. M. J. Wilkes,
Historian, Mrs. Z. A. Barron,
Director of Music; Mrs. Joyce
Bolden, Pianist, Mrs. E. E.
Lovelass, Asst. Pianist; Mrs.
Lenora M. Vairley, Parlia
mentarian, Miss F. O. Alex
ander, Supervisor of Club
House; Mrs. Mettazee Harris,
Asst. Supervisor of Club
House. General Organizers:
Mesdames E. W. Hall, Ada
Ralston, A. P. Harper, Lucile
Cyrus.
Chairman and co-chairman
)f the Executive Board are:
VIrs. E. B. Miller of Yazoo
City and Mrs. G. W. Williams,
Jackson.
Jackson Crossing
Guards Honored
With Tea
On of the most enjoyable
affairs of the fall season was
a Harvest Tea, given in Camp
bell College Auditorium, Wed
nesday, October 9, to honor
the 8 new Crossing Guards,
recently employed by the City
of Jackson and members of
the Strategy Committee.
Parents and patrons of the
city scnoois, conceived tne
idea out of love and pride for
the New Jackson that is com
ing into being. They prepared
the dainty, delicious sand
wiches, brought cookies, can
dies and nuts, set up a beau
tiful table and shared these
refreshments with some 75 or
-00 guests who pioudly con
gratulated Jackson’s first Neg
ro Crossing Guards.
Rev. R. L. T. Smith, Chair
man of the Strategy Commit
tee spoke on the part this
committee had had in secur
ing for our community the
Negro policemen and the
Crossing Guards. He reminded
the ladies of the tremendous
responsibility that is theirs.
Beautiful solos were offered
by Levonne Chesser and Les
sie Sims, Campbell College
students. They were accom
panied on the piano by Mrs.
Miriam Dansby Johnson,
Campbell’s director of Music.
Mrs. Ellen Wilson, registrar of
the college contributed much
to the success of this affair.
Mrs. Mitchell served as mis
tress of ceremony.
The 8 Crossing Guards are:
Mrs. Mary Dyson, serving at
the intersection of Hill and
Valley Streets for the Isabel
School.
Mrs. Ruby Foster, serving at
the intersection of Roach and
South Streets for the Martin
SchooL
Mrs. Mary Gibbs, serving at
the intersection of Ridgeway
and Bailey Avenue Extension
for the Walton School.
Mrs. Thelma Gibson serving
at the intersection of Maple
and Whitfield Mill Road for
Advisory Board members
are: Mrs. Bertha L. Johnson,
Chairman; Mesdames Z. A.
Barron, M. C. Collins, E. W.
Haro, R. M. Tademy, Pauline
Allen, Carolyn Barnes, Daisy
Reddix; B. B. Dansby, W. L.
Eiland, J. C. Gillam, L. C.
Jones, A. A. Alexander, W. E.
Ammons, P. M. Smith, A. J.
Finch.
Board of Directors: Mrs.
M. M. Hubert, Chairman,
Miss F. O. Alexander; Mes
dames J. E. Johnson, A. M.
Lovelace, M. J. Lyells, L. T.
Miller, C. C. Mosley, Sr.,
Eva Bishop, Doris T. Hall
Bertille Carmichael, G. A.
Price, M. P. Stray horn, G. W.
Williams, N. R, Burger, J. D.
Boyd, L. R. Johnson, Metta
zee Harris, R. C. Lee, Mem
ber Emeritus, President J. L.
Reddix, Rev. G. W. Williams,
Mr. M. M. Hubert.
Junior Department: Mrs.
Mary Fluker, State Super
visor; Miss Amanda Elzy, As
st., Miss Gladys Flowers,
State Jr. President.
I?_1_X A ■
lj muiiiiciil /\i
J. S. C. 1,632
Enrollment at Jackson State
College for the Fall Quarter
is 1,632 according to Wallace
F. Swann, III, Registrar. Ac
cording to classification, 561
are freshmen, 374 are sopho
mores, 389 juniors, and 299
seniors. I here are nine special
students enrolled.
Included in the enrollment
figure are students from 80
of the State’s 82 counties and
16 other states. Tishomingo
and Prentiss Counties are the
two counties not listed as
home counties by students.
Stone, Benton, Greene, and
Pontotoc have one each listed.
Hinds County leads with 572.
Smith County is second high
est with 68. Forty-eight en
rollees are from Madison
County, 35 from Washington
and 34 are from Jones.
Boarding students this year
number to 856. This repre
sents an increase of one hun
dred over last year.
NEW JERUSALEM
NOTES
Sunday was pastoral day at
New Jerusalem on Whitfield
Street and in the absence of
the pastor, Rev. W. T. Smith,
Rev. Williams, delivered a
soul-stirring message. The at
tendance, as well as the fi
nancial effort was very good.
; Members regret to learn
that pastor Smith is confined
to a hospital to undergo sur
gery. Their prayers are that
he will soon be up and about
soon.
Funeral services for Mrs.
judiiici mgn ouiuui.
Mrs. Lillie McGowan serv
ing at the intersection of
Ridgeway and Parkway for G.
N. Smith School.
Mrs. Fannie Smith serving
at the intersection of Carver
and Whitfield Mills Road for
Mary C. Jones School.
Mrs. Nancy Thomas serving
at the intersection of Lynch
and Dalotn for Sallie Reynolds
and Jim Hill Schools.
Mrs. Annie Wright, serving
at the intersection of Whit
field Mills Road and Powell
Drive for Mary Johnson
School.
The cooperation of every
child and adult is asked in
helping these ladies do an ex
cellent job.
JACKSON’S LINKS
MEET
The Jackson Chapter of
Links held their first meeting
for the year at the home of
Link Billie Blackburn on
Tuesday, October 8. The
members were pleased to have
with then* again Link Rose
McCoy who has returned to
the city after receiving her
doctorate degree from Okla
homa University this past
<!limmor anH tn ujoloAmo thrcc
newly made members: Links
Edna Lovelace, Ruth Owens
and Gladys Henry, to their
first meeting with Jackson
Links.
Link President Nellie Wil
liams presided. Plans were
made for an exciting year.
Other members present
were: Link Francis Britton,
Rose Branch, Ernestine Lips
comb, Lucille Price, Daisy
Reddix and Aurelia Young.
A delicious repast was serv
ed by Link Blackburn, who
was as always, the perfect
hostess.
Joe A. Russell will be held
here at the church, Saturday,
Otcober 19, at 2: P. M., with
Rev. Williams giving the Eu
logy.
Remember the sick mem
bers of this and other church
es in your prayers. H. C.
Stingley, Secretary, Mrs. Ida
Holbert, reporter.
Educators
Attend Meet
A. A. Alevander, State Su
pervisor of Negro Sehools and
eight of the County Supervis
ors and Curriculum Consult
ants left the city Tuesday,
October 14 to attend the Na
tional Association of Supervis
ors, which is being held at
Livingston College, Salisburg,
N. C.
A series of Regional Con
ferences have just been com
pleted and from all reports
more than 85 percent of Prin
cipais ana supervisors attena
ed.
The Annual Conference for
Supervisors and Principals
will be held Wednesday, Oc
tober 23, with national Educa
tors on the program as speak
ers.
Dr. J. H. White, president
of Mississippi Vocational Col
lege will be speaker at the
Fellowship Dinner that night
in the B. F. Roberts Dining
Hall on Jackson College
campus.
Mr. Alexander expresses
high praise for the progress
shown in calibre of work be
ing done in the schools over
the State of Mississippi.
The Conference on October
23, will be held in the Mason
ic Temple Auditorium that
day.
Utica Jr. College
Announces
Homecoming
On Friday, October 25,
Utica Junior College plans to
hold its annual homecoming.
The contest for the title,
“Miss Homecoming, 1963”, will
end on October 21. Vying for
the title are Misses Willie
Belle Tillman, Sallie Brown,
Barbara Divinity, Linda Rat
liff, Teresa Butler, Cinderella
Wash Ida Jean Dixon, Louis
Rae Cross, Verna Fortner,
Rita Quinn, and Flossie Rob
inson.
The homecoming festivities
will begin at 10:00 a. m. with
a pep session in the gymnas
ium. Pre-game amusement will
be provided by bands from
Sumner Hill High School,
Clinton, and Parish High
School, Hazlehurst. At 2:00 p.
m. the Utica Bulldogs will
clash on the gridiron with the
Harris Junior College Tigers
from Meridain.
During the half-time “Miss
Homecoming” and her court
will be presented. The col
lege bands from Utica and
Harris will perform at this
time also.
Homecoming activities come
to a climax at 8:00 p. m. with
the crowning of Miss Home
coming during the intermis
sion of a dance given in her
honor in the campus gymnas
ium.
JACKSON, Miss. . .To <
dramatize the widespread dis- i
franchisement of Negro citi- 1
zens in Mississippi, the Na- i
tional Association for the Ad- 1
vancement of Colored People
will conduct a symbolic Free- 1
dom Vote on Election Day, i
November 5. i
Announcement of the cam- 1
paign was made here this 1
week by Aaron Henry, presi- 1
dent of the Mississippi State
NAACR and candidate for J
Governor in the symbolic elec- 1
tion. J
Organization of the cam- ]
paign on a county by county (
basis was initiated on Octob- ‘
er 10 in Coahoma County 1
where Mr. Henry resides. The ^
plan is to set up units in every 1
county to conduct the cam- '
paign under supervision of a 2
state central committee. 1
Serving on the state com
mittee, composed of repre- i
sentatives of various organi- J
zations and of the clergy, are
the Rev. R. L. T. Smith, Jack
son; H. E. Briggs, Tougaloo
College; Charles Evers, NA
ACP field secretary, Jackson;
David Dennis, CORE repre
sentative, Canton; and Rob
ert Moses, Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee,
Greenwood.
Ballot boxes for the voting
will be set up in churches,
business places and other
neighborhood locations
throughout the state. The bal
lots will carry the names of
the Democratic and Republi
can nominees as well as that
anown nere is ine uoacning aian oi me iwj-m season
at Sumner Hill High School, Clinton, Miss. They are: W.
J. McLemore, Head Football Coach; S. Cole, Basketball
Coach and Asst. Football Coach; M. Loper, Director of
Athletics; W. M. Neal, Track Coach and Asst. Football
Coach; W. Martin, Head Basketball Coach and Asst. Football
Coach.
Have You Given To The
United Givers Fund?
Sitting: Joan Smith, Valencia Johnson, and Gala Mar
shall. Standing: Linda T. Bell, Mrs. Bettye Hunt, Chairman
of Residential Solicitation, and Cynthia Lee.
Just one of the volunteer jobs done by the girl scouts
is filling the workers kits for residential solicitors in the
UGF Drive. October 15 is the date the workers will call
at your home to pick up your gift. The Girl Scouts in the
middle Mississippi Division is an agency of the UGF.
In Brownie and Girl Scouts troops, girls gain an under
standing of life that they could not attain elsewhere. Think
of the help that a Girl Scout Troop is giving to your girls
or the girls in your community and while you think set
aside a generous gift for the UGF worker who will call
Tuesday, October 15.
State Negroes Plan
Freedom Vote
>f Henry. Any Mississippi cit
zen, 21 years of age and over,
vill be eligible to participate
n the Freedom Vote. Henry
las said.
In other developments, it
ias been announced that Hen
y and the Rev. Ralph E.
ting, Jr., Methodist minister,
vould be write-in candidates
or Governor and Lt. Gover
lor, respective.
Coordinators for the Jack
ion Campaign to elect Aaron
lenry Governor are: Dona
Richards, Oscar Chase and
ilendy Sampstein, with head
luarters at 1708 E v e r r e t
»treet. They have divided the
tfegro areas of Jackson into
5 sections in order to facili
ate the camoaienine. Thpsp
workers have set a goal of
5,000 votes in Jackson dur
ng this campaign.
Sunche to Speak
it Tougaloo Col.
$ed., Oct. 23
RALPH J. BUNCHE
When Tougaloo Southern
Christian College observes
Jnited Nations Day, Wednes
lay, October 23, with a pro
ram in Woodworth Chapel,
:30 P. M., the speaker for
he occasion will be Dr. Ralph
tunche, United Nations, New
rork Under - Secretary for
Special Political Affairs. Dr.
lunche will speak on the sub
set, “The PTnited Nations in
963.”
The Music Department will
articipate in the program un
er the direction of Professor
Uriel M. Lovelace.
An open discussion will fol
>w Dr. Bundle’s address and
liere will be a reception in
is honor, immediately after
fie program, in the lounge of
barren Hall.
If .u- n.ii--.
V* MIC! Wilt gC
lommunity and friends are
lvited to be guests at this
ccasion, by Dr. A. D. Beit
sl, president of the college
nd Ernst Borinski, chairman,
ocial Science Division.
Given 40 Years
CONWAY, S.C. - Convict
ed by an all-white jury v of
raping a 14-year-old babysit
ter, blond Purvis Bryant, 54,
was sentenced to 40 years
in prison here Thursday. The
attack occurred Aug. 7 at
Myrtle Beach where Bryant
picked the child up to care
for two oi his eight children.