Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 August 1954 — Page 7
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ACCIDENT VICTIMS AFTER DEATH PLUNGE INTO CREEK: Mrs. Marvella Clayton, 22, 821 W. 25th (left), appears grief-stricken as she sits on the grassy bank of Fall Creek following thfe accident in which one of her best friends was killed. Her face, arms and legs were smeared with mud when the car driven by Mrs. Marie Davis plunged down the creek bank, overturned and sank. Mrs. Clayton and Mr. Davis were able to crawl from under the overturned car and scramble to safety. William Clayton, her 37-year-old husband (right), describes the accident to Sergeant William Hague, accident prevention bureau. Mr. Clayton was pulled from the car by heroic rescuers who uprighted the overturned machine and lifted him, unconscious, from the water. (Recorder Photos by Jim Cummings.) ^ "■ ■ ywv. 'tyjv’'- - * . • . .|S 'y;.
RESCUE EFFORTS FAIL: Skillful first aid experts assist ♦Fireman Charles Schenk as he works desperately to revive Mrs. Melinda Brown after the woman was pulled from Fall Creek Monday from beneath a car. Trapped in the upturned car for six minutes, she failed to respond after 45 minutes of efforts by a General hospital physician, firemen and members of the rescue squad.
The Indianapolis Recorder, Aug. 28,1954—7
Rev. Davis Commended As New Bethel Pastor
Rev. F. Bendamin Davis is sue- _ L1 ^ x - f ,, j • • * • ~ . „ ,tion that will materialize in formal cessfully administering the Pastor- iinstallati(m services plans for ate of the large and influential New which are now being completed. Bethel Baptist Church, 1519 Martin- 1 according to Deacon Robert Edible avenue, to which he was called wards, chairman of the trustee
last May.
Prior to coming to New Bethel, Rev. Davis, a native of Indianapolis, hau been pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Seattle, Wash-
ington.
In a message to members of that church upon his leaving there he
said:
board. Mrs. Frances E. Boglin is
the church clerk.
Board Clears
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both truthful and honest. “In his years on the force, all of which I have known him, I have never caught Lt. Davenport in a lie,” Chief Ambuhl
stated.
“I came to you in May, 1942, as pastor of Mt. Zion and I have given you my all. For 12 years we have worked together, but there comes a time when we all must part. I have. . been directed by the Holy Spir^ it to assume pastorate of a church in my owm home town (Indianapolis), a church where many of the officers and members are my former playmates —kids I grew up with.” Speaking to the New Bethel congregation after arrival here, he
said:
‘‘I have come for the specific purpose to preach the word of God and lead you, I ask only that you follow me as I follow Christ.
Charge Board 01 Works Ignores Lowest Bidders
Three civic minded Negro taxpayer's, eager to do their part in keeping taxes to a safe minimum, filed suit against the city last week charging the Board of Works has been discriminating against a low bidding street construction firm in favor of higher bidding contractors.
The board’s rejection of the low bid of the Allied Paving Corp.,
I am just a home town boy, come i n favor of higher bidders on five home and I want you to love me different occasions during the past
you
as I love you and respect me as
I shall respect you.
Let us find everybody loving
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different occasions during the past three months, has cost taxpayers $2 013, board records show. Plaintiffs are: Mrs. Esther
Veal, 3208 Graceland, and Arthur S. Ingle, 907 E. 32nd. Their suit, filed in Superior
Smith to represent Mr. Williams who was charged with violation of
the State Unemployment Compen-: Mrs. Williams, in anexclusive insation Act, the woman said. |terview with The Recorder, said Mrs. Lynn Rainey, sister of s he had never intended to harm Dave Williams. 338 Cora, told the Davenport, or tause him harm and board she witnessed the alleged;that she never filed the charges
transaction between Davenport and against him.
Mrs. Williams. | “The police sent me a letter and “She had the money balled a supoena and 1 had to come.”
up in her hand and I saw her put the money in his hand,” |
Mrs. Rainey said.
Lt. Davenport vehemently denied taking any money from the woman and said he had arranged for| her husband’s released because the
FIGUES THE "KEED" OWES HIM $150,000
for we have come to work together to build the Kingdom of Christ.” THOSE WHO KNOW Rev. Davis
declare that the secret of his sue-j Court 5, also wants the board recess in the ministry is that he ctrained from putting limitations i knows how to preach and teach | C n the size of contracts firms may | on the level of the average listener,! handle. It charges the board’s limjand that he finds present and prac- its on some companies are a ‘ detieal value in every text he ex- liberate attempt to circumvent the pounds. j i aws of the state of Indiana.” Alert members of the congrega- The suit asks an injunction pro- i tion recall his masterful sermon atihibiting the board from awarding New Bethel several years ago and fon tracts to any but the “lowest
the lasting impression it made ^nd best bidders.”
upon his listeners. ; Representing the plaintiffs are NEW BETHEL MEMBERS have Scott Ging, attorney and county heartily welcomed the new pastor councilman and Attorney Elmon
a’td his wife, Ruth, in an expres- jvi. Williams,
sion of deep feeling and admira-
DEATH CAR AND HERO: The shiny, late-mocfef convertible which carried four people into Fall Creek, one to her death, is shown as it is being pulled from the water. A bnzo Beard, 2418 N. Kenwood avenue, was among the first rescuers to arrive at the accident scene. He rolled up his trousers legs and led a group of four men into the water. The men corrected the overturned vehicle and pulled William Crayton, 37, to safety. Mr. Beard lost his shoes in the mud on the creek bottom. (Recorder Photos by Jim Cummings.)
Careening Car Continued from rage 1 heroic rescue operation.
Joined by James W. Hassell, 41, who saw the mishap from his
:and trying to restore life,
i Mrs. Davis suffered internal inI juries, a lacerated left forearm
i,nd a sprained left ankle; Mrs. Clayton received an injured right foot, and Mr. Clayton received two fractured ribs and internal inju-
ries.
CLAYTON told The Recorder
attempts to stop the car. Her hitting the gas made the car climb over the high rurb. “But in our opinion, there was no recklessness in her driving before the accident. And none of the people had been
drinking.”
Mrs. Browtp will he buried
Mississippi Gives Nod to Eastland
JACKSON. Miss—Senator James O. Eastland, Democrat, arch foe of integration, won a sweeping vie-
w.v/v^. VV1J1 p , v in t° r y f° r renomination for a third
accident was due to faulty Springfield, Tenn., following serv- Ixilloting Tuesday.
Eastland, 49-year-old cotton
NEW York —- Welterweight
woman told him her mate was a champion Kid Gavilan was sued deacon of Mt. Pleasant Baptist for $150,000 by George Gainford Church. ifor “services, advice and counsel Davenport said he got Williams that helped the Keed win the title.” | OR’d (released on his own recog- Gainford’s complaint said he! rizance) without bond through was signed in 1947 to advise, eounCaptain Jack Small. jsel and help secure booking for He said after procuring the man’s Gavilan at 10 per cent of the fightrelease the woman asked him er’s earning, which Gainford whether or not .they would need claims, amounted jc IV2 million a lawyer. dollars during the contract period. DAVENPORT told him it was , The Ket; d entered a general dewise to have a lawyer and said he p - a k 1 named several lawyers after the 1 woman insisted she knew of none. 1
lie said he named Smith. Edward' 1 N. Suber, L. Aldridge Lewis. Jr„i I Henry R. Wilson and Frank R.
j Beckwith.
“They said thanks and left headquarters,” Davenport stated. “Money never was men-
tioned.”
Represented by Attorney John Lewis, Davenport successfully
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of the results of a lie detector lest
iVlr^ Williams took when initially
inaKing the charges.
the opposite bank, the two men vehicle. ^ . , ^hinn & to 1 Tennessee Thni^Hv Court through a constitu
corrected the car and pulled Clay- He said he grabbed the wheel i sm PP to icnnessce 1 nmsuay alt- . , d t
ton, who was unconscious, to safe- when the car bumped into the high,*?™ 0011 - I He said he would form a nation-
ty. ! curb on the creek side of the park- Born in Franklin, Ky., Mrs. ; al organization of “states righters” tenant stood trial two weeks ago
Mrs. Davis, who stood with the way. Mrs. Davis fought his at-'Brown lived here off and on for t() put through his program. East- before a nolice trial hoard of cap-
men in righting the car. told The | tempts to control the vehicle, he about seven years. She lived here land denounced the recent action tains. After a lengthy hearing, the Recorder she told the men Mrs. said. ithreeyearsbeforeherdeath.com- 0 V high court outlawing sepa-Captains referred the case to the
Brown was still in the water. How- The brakes hadn’t been holding ;ing here from Springfield, where iate nu blic schools in America as ' ' ever, she said, apparently none at all that dayi he stated. she had lived 20 years. -dishonest and unfair.” He has long of the rescuers could sw im . and Mrs Davis denied this, stating Survivors include her husband. .,d voc . at ed maintenance of white no one dived in search of the t!te brakes had been “tight” all Mike Brown: a sister. Mrs. Alene Sl ,p remacy . Nomination in Missis-
day and had failed for the first Cobb. Springfield, and three broth- s jp p j j s tantamount to election unitime when the accident occurred fb’s. Jlubert Brewer. Milwaukee; der its virtual one-party system. I “I would be a fool to drive around Levi Brewer, Springfield* and —
! in a car without brakes,” she told Sgt- C. M. Brewer, U. S. Army.
woman.
Fireman Charles Schenk, who arrived with a rescue team from Engine House 14 about five minutes after the crash, waded into the water and retrieved the body of Mrs. Brown, submerged in about four feet of water near the
car.
Dr. John H. Smith. General Hos
! The Recorder.
THE REMORSEFUL DRIVER of the death car said she had picked jMrs. Brown up at her home earliier that afternoon. “Melinda wasn’t ! feeling very well and I told her to come over to my house and I
Young Mother Tosses Baby Out Of Window
Drowning Victim
The city’s only Negro police lieu-
making ;
board of safety without
recommendations.
CHIEF JOHN E. AMBUHL AND INSPECTOR NOEL JONES, chief of detectives, both labeled Lt. Davenport a “very efficient police officer.” The high ranking officers (agreed the lieutenant was always 1 .
feverishfy " over 1 d the 6 'wornan° F for 1 would h Wash her cl ° thes -V The Da “
45 minutes administering
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oxveen * — was b er ,dow last week is under investigaand dryer. luon today, police reported. Clayton had been at the Davis Going completely berserk, the home practically all day, Mrs. Da- youn g mother, after tossing the v:s said. After washing, Mrs. Da- C bild on the grass outside, broke vis, Mrs. Brown and Clayton got up furnishings in the 3-room in the car and went to Clayton’s apartment in the 1700 block Minhome to pick up his wife. ocqua street before being neEnroute to the ice cream stand strained by her 27-year-old hus-
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A 22-year-old mother who threw day of last week while swimming j her two-weeks-old infant son out j in Fall Creek was buried in Floral ]_ tf her first-floor apartment win-j Park cemetery Monday following
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, traveled east on 25th to Boulevard place, where they turned south to I Fall Creek boulevard. There they j headed northeast around the wind- | ing boulevard to Capitol, where 1 they turned right and went across the bridge and into the left turn
i that proved fatal.
MISS WILLA BRIDGEWATER, ! 30. who lives at 2425 N. Capitol, I right on the death corner, said she J saw the entire accident from her i dining room window which over-
I looks the creek.
| “The tires screamed as the car 1 came around the corner and I saw | the car as it jumped the curb and j went down the creek bank. The I man was standing in the back seat ! trying to controf the wheel. The car turned over as it got to the bottom of the bank,” Miss Bridge-
water stated.
Miss Bridgewater’s mother, Mrs. Georgia Bridgewater, said she was in the living room and didn’t see the accident. “But I heard the screaming tires,” she said. “Those tires seemed to speak disaster.” Sgt. William Hague, in charge of the investigation for the ac-
with
friends near the New York Central railroad bridge, about 200 yards south of Burdsal park-
way.
The swimming party consisted
The infant suffered only minor of Trucle Baker, 16, 877 Edgemont, scratches and bruises as it land-j Virgil Williams, 15, 930 W. 33rd; cd on the soft grass. George Greer, 13, 736 Edgemont; The husband, who arranged for!Robert Weaver, 17, 873 Edgemont, the mental examination by a fami-!and Allen Holifield, 16, 647 W. ly doctor, said his wife suffered aj ,oth.
nervous breakdown recently. 1
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were charged with illegally carry-
cident prevention bureau,’ said in *ing liquor into the place and con-
his opinion there was no question of speeding. “The car was undoubtedly traveling less than 30 miles
an hour.
“We believe Mrs. Davis had the hydramatic engine of her • car in low gear and accidentally hit the accelerator in her
of intoxicating beverages, Satur-
day night.
TIM CRAWFORD, 52, 822 Darnell, was charged with possession and sale when police went to his home Saturday night. Fred Koch, 57, was booked for sale and possession when he was picked up at his home, 676 Arch, Sunday morning. Frank Raimondi, 43, and five guests were arrested at his Chicken Koop, 6515 N. Keystone avenue. Raimondi was charged with serving set-ups and his guests
suming it.
Cremus Thurston, 47, and a single guest were picked up at Thurston’s home, 458 W. 13th., Sunday afternoon: Thurston was charged with possession and Cecil Lorine Cross, 36, 436 N. California, >yas charged with sale.
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AS OF JULY 31,1954
ASSETS Bonds $2,669,450.46 Stocks ^ 50,550.00 Mortgage Loans on Real Estate • 1,776,320.20 Real Estate Less Depreciation 260,360.70 Policy Loans 4,138.82 Cash 147,393.55 Premiums Due and Unpaid 57,088.97 Interest & Investment Income Due & Accrued 15,016.01
TOTAL ASSETS
$5,080,318.71
LIABILITIES Legal Reserve For Life Policies $3,062,358.00 Reserve For Accident & Health Policies 289,149.00 Estimate Increase In Reserves 346.200.00 Policy and Contract Claim Liability 70,000.00 Premiums Paid In Advance 34,465.78 Amount Retained By Company As Trustee 90,991.71 Expenses & Taxes Due or Accrued 70,553.90 Miscellaneous Liabilities 16,091.91
TOTAL LIABILITIES,
SURPLUS AND OTHER FUNDS Contingency Reserve $125,000.00 Capital Paid-Up . 200,000.00 Unassigned Funds (surplus) .... 775,508.41 SURPLUS AS REGARDS POLICYHOLDERS TOTAL LIABILITIES, SURPLUS & OTHER FUNDS
$3,979,810.30
$1,100,508.41 $5,080,318.71