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V W. i I KENT HONORED \t\\ t lIH ago y.mca km s:n FIMS’I is THE COCN'l'lS'l Noted personalities who tUr id ed the dedication ceremonies of the new Washington Hark VM CA expressed the opinion that it was the finest in the eountrj. Livingston College Prexy Member Os Schoo 1 Board by Avis I Wilkins Salisbury ■ -a singular non or e. as pair* reei litiy to ,/iie of tsciin 1 aioiii;.! s leading edecatoi s :. c>, Di. VV J Trent, president of Livingstone e oiieue heic wa- un < ruinously tn o 1 -e tl iota S' .it on xr.e Salisbury (tu SehOoi Board rolicwsng ir a ~op- ot the letter received r>> 18. T :.-!;t announcing ms apt'Oinnii'-iit to lint board rile letter, n..in Mayor E. L. Hardin says: L>ea.' Lh 'li'-iit: I am very happy to officially notify you tit youi up, ointment tc he City School Boar-.i tollowing action taken at the regular meet ing oi tile City Council held Tues day afternoon at -1:00 P. M July 17 1951 This action was enthusi astically supported by evti> mem ber of the City Council with the feeling that v> c were to; lunate in having one ot Tin- outstanding Ne gro educator-: of the South associa ted with our Public School System «did we feel that you can and will contribute much .to the el torts of the School Board anti tins feeling , 'ijr >»- I|> LEGISLATORS*— .Native legislator! of the American Virgin bitndi, it! In numb*?, ircprgitrntiy*" New V»*k conferring witfia mainland Virgin Island orgaaimtton* on the revision of their "organic Act. The group will soon tour the United States to get. a reaction Iran native Virgin Islanders ’concerning tfee projected move to drop the Isbad fag which separate# them Hots the United -j Jfe*& -- * lie five story high, fire-proof I 'sibling cost SI. lIiIMMMI. Sonic of i'-. fea'.urcs are—a eafetei ia anil private dining room, both air conditioned; two lounges, one I hit mi'ii .Hid one for women; f ;? i residence rooms, 34 for mar- . n!i.»i <ci .ilso by every iuettibtil' of tbe Board, On b* iiaif of eacti individual iilUJllbt-l oi tbt- City Council w’e wish it> cx press our sincere ap preciation to you on <\our willing iit-ss to lend your services in this important work aiid to extend our v'ri \ b»-st v\ ishes and assure you oi (nil support in evei > way pos ibie. Or. Trent \\ a- boi n in Chai iotte. N. C December 3j 1873, the sun of Kdward Trent and the former ;\i ci lii ul a John son an d the g rand - son of Harriet ivlassey w hose u\~ fiuence had a great effect upo n William Johnson lii-nt. He ie]Jl esented To her tfn- bopi: oi tiic Nt-gro race His household consisted oi his inothvr. his grandmother, and un cle and an aunt He heard th<- tst‘p- s that were not old then of slavery lit. in the Waxhaw Com iiiunity from wheafi- the others had I'Ornt- The mother worked then re- a servant, the grandmother took in washing. fpon lyokins tuday at l)r. ried couples, an.', a Patiqnet hall I,oratm south of the building is an all-purpose pia> gi oiind O. O. Moiris is executive director of i both the neu "Y" astd the Wa s hash .Avenue branch His staff is interracial. Heading from left Tirol it ho looks litucii younger than he is it is lUfficuH ti, i realize that so much ha? hap- | iiciieti in the span of his life- i time- ' I Wheii be was twelve year:-, of age his uncle Ben Miller gave him a book which was hrs first book and it is still one of his treasur ed posse - • ion.- iic entered Livingstone Coilede ■ a: a student in 1890 and during iiit- suminei months he worked on various jobs for the continuation of his education He made rapid progress and each job was an advancement over ‘he previous one. He through his hard work and consciencious efforts he grad uated as valedictorian of his class. ! Hi was tht.-ii employed as secre tary oi the YMCA who wanted him to administer the spiritual needs to 2,100 Negro soldiers or the third North Carolina Regiment. The assignment was not a long one since the preliminaries for 'uiiict' began in August. He was at i to right are: A, \V. Williams, chairman of the hoard of direc tors, who presided: Sir. Chamiing 11. Tobias. Director of the l’belps-Stokes l urid, who deliv ered the main address, and Mr. Morris. (ANPi WORK PROGRESSES Sut ill tiHN PINKS. Omistrti eiiou js progressing rapidly on the new gymnasium for the west Southern Pins*- School being fuijlf with state funds, and on four ’new classrooms being added to the Southern Pines Eleentary School, , Superintendent A C. Dawson. Jr. I has revealed, t i j Knoxville for a while their went I tv Macon While with the troops he saw president McKinley and iald General Joe Wheeler. Hi was then elected president of Grenville Junior College at Green ville. Term. At Greenville he dined for the first time in the South with a white man when was invited 10 the home of the superintendent who insisted that he must pass a teacher’s test His grade was high; i* tter than the white teachers said j the siiKerintendent. In 1904 lie married Miss j Annie Bell Mitchell who was teaching in Ash v ill*. There was one daughter the present Mrs. Altona Trent Johns who is a music teacher at Alabama State College, Montgomery, Ala, Mrs, Annie Belle Trent died in 1901. In i 909 he married Miss Maggie I Tate of Charlotte. N. C. who was! ilso a teacher There were two | •hll.lren bbrn to them, William j Trent Jr now executive director : ' of the United Negro College Fund i ind Estelle who is a Red Cross! worker in Japan: In 191 s he was elected cxeeu- • live secretary of she YMCA in At-• anla, Ga He remainr; there for : :J years until he was notified of ; os election as President of Liv- I • ngstone College During his administration he has' fostered good relation with the: community at. large. He began to; build good will and spiritual val ues in his faculty and students He ■ l was also made plans to build buildings of brick and mortar on. . the Livingstone Campus. ' In 1934 his wife's death was a ; great loss, however, he continued ! his work with much success and in ! 1«4:> he was able to so before the G k k and report that Living store was out of debt. Other construction in the $300.- ni'oTsm during the Trent Ad- • mini - tration includes the remodel-' t\* p.idfTe Hall in ’946 the ad dition of a second story to the Cfnrvw'ie * o r-arv a lO,Ul O, U n>-»(.. >■ , rvrr ■■ in stallation r >f a health d^Oc»TTrnent in ly-p- * \t*(l -nip of « nnr fnr th* resident. the .vv-hg-rfi s‘ s v ">ro f fer f-j-'uii'v noiV'Se- pnd the erection of the teachers o>-.artrn“n r « tb -t w e,. ived fnr t)r Edward F.. Tysn-.ee wji.i tauvh 1 ' f *Hi\ snd Greek 11 T 11- 5 'Kcinup so" tn years Sicnificantlv faciiUv and stu dent* insisted that, the gym carry tV" 1 ".-mp r>* Trent. Namine the o-em for D-- Trt»nt ■ (va(; Mr} or.nr.virintM honor tr| r *bp "’resident n* LB»fnjf«tor® Who ehv- j Ipd in the first Nearo College frot tmtl eame ever held in America. I I That historic Amp w« nlaee<J be..! . J i-trincstorio and Hiddle Ttni vors-H- os ovarintt* trow tb- Jo v -n-1 eon c V-mit*- TTnsv«-e*tjr> Tn i Mis* Heft'e Covington of Rockingham, N. C. i lit AJiifi^^^^Jii&^MflßfcUsß^hiii SEC OND' SECTION” i Memorial To War Correspondent Set Memory Os War Writer To Be Honored By In dustry NEW YORK lANPI A na tional committee of 15 Negro journalists last w.*ek announced the foil-nation of the Albert L. Hinton Memorial fund. The fund is in n. niory of the late associate edi tor of the "Journal and Guide.' Hinton was one of four Ko rean war correspondents who were killed when their plane (hashed into the Japan sea in 1950. He was tfce first Negro war correspondent to lose his life in the course of an assign Raleighite Among Those To Attend Hampton Events WASHINGTON lANP) The Bi- Annual Workshop of the Naitonai Congress of Colored Parents and T-achers will meet August 13-15, a’ Hampton Institute. National and ! state officers will conduct panell discussions ano demonstrations on vaiious phases of hte congress work Among those taking pan will be Mrs. D. M. Jernigan edi tor National Family, Raleigh. N. C Mrs. J- b. Morgan, national piesident, will preside at the workshop, which will empha size ways in which members can interpret to the communi ty three things. Thes are; Develop a sincere belief in P T. A. relationship; gain confidence bv good-will and understanding,, ana create a program of work with a definite goal in view. The national platform and pro - i gram for 1961-52 years work will! be adopted during the leadershop training session. In addition to Mrs. Morgan, other officers include: Mrs. Charles L. Williams, Fla. ; Vice President; Miss Jearsetta Chase, Maryland Secretary: Mrs Odessa McKinney, Alabama, Treas urer; Rev. J. D. pair. Washington. D C Budget ;Mrs. Pauline Mont ,ornery. Alabama, Character and. spiritual Education: Mrs. Ora K.; Glass. Kentucky Founders’s Day. j Mrs. S. M. Burell. Virginia, Health j md Summer Round-Urn Mrs i W Knight. Georgia, Homelße Mid °arent Education; Mrs. M. E tar-. nter. Washington. D. C.. Juven le Protection; Atty. William I. Lee. Washington, D. C Legislation. Mr S M Blackburn. Delaware, Membership- Mrs. B. B. Watson, Kansas. Pre- School Service; Mrs. M J. Hitch Kentucky. Program: Mrs. Mar* •ueritp Caldwell Washington D publicity: Mrs D. C. a -'2T r |' Texas. Rural Service; Mrs. Thel ma Morris, Alabama. School ta- TCtion Mrs. Bur, A. Mayberry. Missouri World Understanding; Mrs. William W M. Henry, Dela ware, Director of the National OX fice. j HFIFER-HEISTING ' ! TRIO SENTENCED HEIFER NESTING . • NEWTON, Three men were , convicted here in the Catawba county recorder’s court early last week on charges of stealing a young heifer from the barn of Georg' Finder of Conover. Deputy Sheriff Caroll Sigmon said that the cow was sold to a j man in this county, whose name was not disclosed, for $67,50. The' animal vras deliverer in an auto mrhile. the deputy said. The defendants were sentenced Sherrills Ford 12 months. Robert Finger, 18, of Conover,: 18 months. |. Watt Shuford, 29 of Claremont, 1? months, suspended for three years. drivesaftiy’ - i ~RAURIGH, NORTH CAROLINA' mr-iU. M the time of lbs death, he was reroute to Ko rea, The fund has three- aims: "To perpetuate the memory -t a good reporter. to create a symbol that all members ot the crait might recognize . . that they share a common interest and serve a common cause; to p; vide the working press. with a ve hicle in which they may take Per sonal pride by being the backbone for this brief and intensive ap peal. Winston-Salem Seeks l Member On ABC Board WINSTON-SALEM The East Winston Civic tTub went on re cord last week requesting the Mayor ana Board of Aldermen to appoint- a Negro to the ABC board. A statement by ihc Negro club said: "We the members >»f the East Winston Civic Club go on record • requesting the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to appoint a Negro so the ABC’ Commission lu view of the fact that the Negro vote played a major role in the ABC election pud because it would be the demo cratic thing to do, we think that there should be some consideration WAGES GO UP; LABOR DOWN ON THE FARMS RALEIGH While ft"!.i --it'! ■ ploy men t continued below last -. f '• . . : > *••• . . • - La -A. i mmm ■‘ m IRa —— - - ■ * NKRUMAH RETURNS HOME '' Dr. Kwiuite Nkeuutah, govern ment leader of the Gold Coast and minister of communications and. works, recently returned to his homeland after an eventful ! visit t« the United States of inv job of Uit naTKajjal will b to solicit the founds and to! cii-tt-iinnie how best to employ j them in accordance with the stated -ui'tose. The chairman of the na tional committer is Ernest E. Johnson of New York. A for mer Washington bureau chief n.r me Associated Negro Press, Johnson now is a radio new* writer with the state depart ioent’s “Voice of America" program. "In i.iiu- bis -tatcineiiL- eon given iq- tin.- CornuiiSion. o. thing qualifications for metn-j bet.- of the Commission, thr May- • or stressed integrity and good re pute. We are sure then are many ; Negroes in Winston-Salem who • meet those requrements "We hope you will be (letno cratic enough to hive I hi.-, request j just consideration.” The statement wa signed h> Jason Watkins, president The Mayor has already recoin-: mended three white men a.-, mem- > bets | Official action is to he taken by j the Alder'men at the meeting Aug. 3- m year’s level, wage rate.- were up 12 per cent on the first of this month, reports the Bureau of Ag ricultural Economics of the U S, Department of Agriculture. Toward the end of June, there were 360.900 fewer per son- employed on farms than during the same period last year Os this number. 120,900 were in the South. Significant ly, there was an increase of ! 33,8u1l hired workers, but a de crease of 153,090 family work- Amerii-a and to threat Britain. A crowd of his people greeted him at the airport in Accra, a* he ar rived with Kojo Botsio, minister »# education for the Gold Coast, In the above picture. Nkramab 'has been iufisfced tss *- t "WEEK~ENDING AUGUST 1, 19^1 MOVIE DEALING WITH LIFE OF NEGROES SET K\ GLADYS P GRAHAM ! WL'W YORK • ANPt Oliver j ilrti i ingtt.n, lather of "Bootsie/’ of. uiar cai iouii character, is -.e;, io e..t< i a new role. He will 09 production manager of a screen :•!••*> 'a Rich wili off. i a new treat ment iii the met dealing with Ne gro life. Harrington, who holds two On , "icos iron. Yale Umveisity in .'•'Uling his master's degree in tine a*■ j is i, native of Vahalia N Y. , *-e says "Bootsie' helped lib* - uii> his way through college ai j ’’ 'was or Yale That he conceived 1 e idea of executing the senes «i ; .'.ec u lilt- 17 years av.o. On completion of the turn Har rington. hopes to study in Rv-tha ■ itaiv. where he was a war corres ■ pondent during World War It i Harrington is currently oomph - ,’ ir.2 400 cartoons of his "Boot.-h" | folk life for a hook requested ay j his publishers KILLING TR4CEI) TO CHAP SHOOTERS LOUISBURG Elmo McGowan. ; to, sawmill worker was found dead ; in a clump of woods neat Center : ville. 12 miles northeast of here. Rate Saturday afternoon He had i been killed ty a blow on the j head by a bottle Investigation by Sheriff C. W. Perry, Patrolman li C Rector, ; Deputy Sheriff William Dement and Constable J. A Thomas dis elosed that McGowan had been in a dice game earlier with several • other men. The officers arrested Ochs Al ston, 18 Ollie Alston, William Dar nell. Roosevelt Kelly and Melvin i pippin, reported by officers to Itave been in the game. «-rs, resulting in & net decline of t. 2U,ti(HI. The average ot all wage rated wits 04.4 cents an hour, an in crease of fi.fi cents or 12 percent over a year ago. The rates ranged from a low of 40 cents an hour in South Carolina to a high of $1 07 in Oregon. Ten States report er! j■ ■ i it-.-- m excess of $1 an four were paying less than 50 i cents These latter States are Als | baina. Louisiana, Mississippi, ahd South Carolina. 85- crowd by his admirers a* they enthusiastically greeted him at the airport. Late in the after noon, he and Botsio were- chief speakers at a meeting before 19,808 persons. • (ANPV
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