rail,! .’■aa ;• .AÄij .;cz , i . ; ■ •£ $x Top Positions Due To Be Filled as- SEÏ 5 s® a 4 rsw The names of new principals for city schools will be pre­ Oliver Johnson, Jr. is expected to be elected principal of a full-fledged high school this month. Jake Barber is reported Two other assistant principalships are expected to be fill­ sented for approval tomorrow (Friday) at a meeting of the Lincoln Junior High, formerly South Side. He began last school under consideration for the principalship at Kansas. ed at Melrose and Douglass. According to reports, Ernest Abron, Memphis Board of Education. It is believed that those recom­ year as assistant principal at Georgia Avenue Elementary but The assistant principalship at Booker T. Washington High, American history-instructor, will fill the post at Melrose High, mended for principalships will be elected. was shifted to Florida Elementary as acting principal to fill a made vacant two weeks ago when Joseph Westbrook, Jr., was and Otto Lashley, physics, algebra and trigonometry instructor ' ’ Three schools formerly used by white students (South Side, vacancy caused by the retirement of S. M. Smith. promoted to supervisor of secondary schools, is expected to be at Hamilton, will be assistant principal at Douglass. Merrill and Prospect) have been designated predominantly William H. Sweet, formerly the principal of Kansas Elemen­ filled by Mose W. Walker, Jr., a physics and chemistry instruc­ There is a possibility that principals for Florida, Merrill - Negro schools and these will need principals. tary, is reported the new principal of Patterson which becomes i tor at Douglass High. and Prospect will be elected at Friday's meeting. Sing Sad Washington's Grid Tune At Camp Optimistic; MeMPHI Melrose Out To Win Title Melrose showed steady im- VOLUME 31, NUMBER 10 MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1962 provement last season and end­ The Booker T. Washington Warriors may be the one team in ed in a tie for second place with the Memphis Prep League capable of snatching the title from Booker T. Washington, but there Manassas this year. They finished in a tie with Melrose for second is no telling what will happen place last season and were going strong at the end of the eight­ this year. Head Coach Eldridge team Prep League schedule. Warrior Head Coach Charles E. Lomax Mitchell, who starred as quart­ is one of the few mentors taking an optimistic view as the new 18 Persons Drown In erback some years back for season approaches. "We should be a pretty good teom this year Southern University, says "Our although we are still a year away," he said this week. chances are slim." Eighteen boys ith some exper­ Lomax has seven starters from tlon. Twenty new fellows are trying ience are on the squad but only last year’s squad along with 18 out for berths. two of them were regulars last other boys who have seen some ac- Booker Washington's seven de­ season. Mitchell said he lost 13 pendable veterans include four sen­ Church Outing; Boat starters from the 1961 team. iors, Howard Finley at quarter­ The two veteran starters back, Bennie Adams, center; Leon­ Walter Bell at quarterback ard Ward, tackle ,and Walter Cum­ Allen Scruggs, a tackle. mings, end. Junior vets are Sammie With the new boys who showed Williams, guard; Oscar Reed, full­ up this summer, Melrose has a back, and Melvin Western, flanker. squad of 41. Three other boys from last year’s Overturns Off Shore When Coach Mitchell says his squad are expected to see plenty chances are slim, he lets It go at of action, Walter Barnes, a senior, that. He isn’t discussing the merits and Melvin Carter, Junior half­ of his boys as yet and he Isn't backs. and Ronald Ester, junior, Rescue Equipment singling out what might be his quarterback. starting eleven. In the lineup of new men, a Observers however figure Melrose couple of backs are beginning to (Continued on Page Four) show promise, Coach Lomax said. Arrives Too Late The Warriors open their home season Sept. 14 against Carver in Hold Final Rites the B T. W. stadium. Their first game will be Sept. 6 against Tupelo For Rev. Prince, 71 High School at Tupelo, Miss. QUINCY, Fla. - (UPI) - A boat loaded with Negro children on a The Rev. Johnnie E. Prince, 71, Two other out-of-town teams are a retired steel worker, was buried chi',-ch outing capsized Saturday ill on Washington's schedule. The and all 18 persons aboard drowned. « Friday in Mt. Carmel following Warriors take on Burt High of Thusrady night services from Beth­ Tlie mishap occurred on Clarksville, Tenn., here Oct. 5 in Talquln about 15 miles west lehem Baptist Church, 273 Ingle. a homecoming tilt ,and play Cam­ The deceased was a member of Tullahassee. ' eron High at Nashville. Bethlehem and resided at 102 Mod- MRS. REBECCA BIRAM Gadsden county police officer Mr. Lomax, who starred at South- Remus Gardner said the boat ap­ der. He died Aug,- U Jtt Collins era University is being ably assisted Beauticians earn degrees - Dr. Katie Wickham, center, presi­ Chapel. The Rev. R. w. Taylor of­ parently was Overloaded nnd over­ by Joe Carr of Fisk University, dent of the National Bsaui/ Culture League, Inc., award« tit« ficiated and Williams Funeral turned bi about eight or ten feet of Hosea Alexander, Lane, and Nor­ bachelor degree in cosmetology to Mrs. Susie Ashworth, left, of Home was in charge of arrange­ water about 300 yards off shore. Mrs. Biram Buried, man Todd of Arkansas State. ments. Brownsville, Tenn., and the masters degree in cosmetology to Mrs. Gardner said the children were The minister is survived by a Clara Nunnally, right, of Memphis at close of the League's na­ all members of Blessed Hope Church, located about nine miles son, Joshua Prince, and two daugh­ tional institute at Cleveland, Ohio. ters, Mrs. Hattie Graves of MemLn­ Retired Teacher Evangelist Clay nori li of Quincy. They raided in phis and Mrs. Pearlie Moore Of age from 6 to 10 years. Mrs. Rebecca Blram, a .retired Detroit. Buried In Galilee AT NATIONAL INSTITUTE Gardner said the first word au­ city school teacher of 276 S. Or­ Evangelist Bernice Clay, who thorities received of the accident leans, was buried Wednesday of died Aug. 15 at her residence, 1197 was when a hysterical Negro wo­ this week in Elmwood. Funeral Angle, was buried Sunday in Gali­ man rushed into the county jail services were held from Second Henry M. Burford lee Memorial Gardens following and tokl of the accident. Congregational Church with the funeral services held from Bethel Tenn. Beauticians He said every possible piece of Rev. John C. Mickle officiating. T. AME Church, 626 Wicks. The Rev. equipment was dispatched but that H. Hayes and Sons carried out James Gleese officiated and South­ it apparently arrived too late to be Is Laid To Rest arrangements. ern was in charge. of any help. Mrs. Clay had been an evange­ Mrs. Biram died Saturday morn­ Gardner said the vessel was an Funeral services were held Sun­ list nearly 15 years and was well Receive Degrees ing. She was the mother of Mrs. open fishing boat that apparently day for Henry M. Burford of 1307 known in African Methodist Epis­ Saxon. An employe of the Railway J. Douglass Shepperd of Baltimore had been rented from one of the copal Church circles in the city. Two Tennesseans were among the 165 persons awarded de­ Express Co., he died Aug. 15 at and Dr. George W. Biram of De­ fislilnp piers. He said he did not troit. Her late husband was a well She was the wife of Charlie Clay grees at the annual National Institute of Cosmetology held in know whether it was equipped with Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hos­ and mother of Mrs. Doris Foster. pital. known barber. Cleveland, Ohio and sponsored by the National Beauty Culture a motor. A graduate of Tennessee State, He said the 18 persons that Final rites were said from the League, Inc. the deceased was a trustee of her drowned included one adult, who (Continued on Page Four) church, a member of tire YWCA Freshmen Register . Mrs. Clara Nunnally received the from the national president. was tentatively identified as Jo­ advisory board and a retired mem­ masters degree in cosmetology and seph Boule. ber of the Retired Teachets Asso­ At LeMoyne, Sept. 11 Mrs. Susie Ashworth of Brownsville Nine Tennesseans were present at Gardner said the church picnic ciation. Freshman registration at Lc- received the bachelor degree. Both the meeting, three each from was being held on the west side Brownsville, Ghattanooga and Mem­ She is also survived by two sis­ Moyne College has been scheduled recipients of the degrees are of­ of Talquln Lake at the Jessie John- NAACP’ ters, Mrs. Eudora Mosby of De­ for Sept. 11. Upperclassmen will phis. Among those attending from ficers of the Tennessee State Pro­ (C'ontinued on Page Four) Regular monthly meeting of the troit and Mrs. Margaret Jordan of register Sept. 14-15. Memphis were Mrs. Ruby Rile, gressive Beauticians Association. Memphis NAACP is set for Sunday, Chicago. Orientation period for first year Soul hern Central Regional super­ Mrs. Nunnally, a Memphian, is Aug. 26, at Mt. Olive Cathedral, A home economics major, Mrs. students is Sept. 12-15. visor, and Mrs. Ann Terrell. With and Linden, starting at 4 p. m. Biram taught in the city system First semester classes will begin president of the State Association, the group from Brownsville, aside The proposal calling for consolida­ for many years.