WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. APRIL 13, 1957
Bill Doggett, Not Fats Domino, Causes
Near Riot At Local State Fair Arena
BY CHARLES R. JONES
Although Antoine tfatst Dom- I
mo. undisputed king of the rock I
roll circuit, is known pi rough- !
<ut the nation for his ability to |
c.-tue riots with his frantic and i
' 'wady tempo, it was organist Bill j
Uagctt snd his band who brought |
the fans into the aisles screaming, j
uancing uncontrollably and even !
lighting during the Biggest Show j
of Stars for ’57, held at the State j
hair Arena last Wednesday night, |
No casualties were reported, how- |
ever
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i Tommy Brown, whose rendi
tion of •‘Since 1 Mot You Baby”
j was so stirring that it creat
ed an almost deathly silence in
the huge arena and caused
Tommy himself to sit down at
the edge of the stage, and
whose rock hi’ roll numbers
were such that the crowd of
some 6,000 spectators joined
j him In the choruses, Daggett
most assuredly earned the title
of ‘‘new king ” of rock ‘N’ roll,
at least as far as Raleigh is
concerned.
! Domino, a co-stat it: the show.
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only played two numbers as a re
sult. of the “hum" public address
system which had “acted up"
throughout the show. He was the
last performer to appear and fol
lowing his second number, “I'm
walked out on him, leaving Ann
j olf ihe stage and the audience
i walked o ut on him, leaving Ann
i Cole, unseen, unheard and un
mournedi
Tavern Baker, known far
and wide for many hit num
bers, (her latest in "Jim
Dandy") was gyrating all over
the stage. Her antics brought
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. had ’em screaming
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j of the disapproving members
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Music Night At Crosby
School A Gala Affair
Members end. friend.- of the
j Crosby-Garfield School PTA en- i
| joyed another inspiring evening j
] last, Tuesday,
: Mrs. Terr pic Lindsey, delegate ;
| to the Annual School of Insh ;c*
I fjon of the N C Colored Parents
and Teachers Inc , reported the
results of her trip. She praised the
parents and teachers at Crosby for
measuring up to the standards set
up at thr conference
The group elected the following
i slate of officer? for the 1357-58
! school year:
* President . M W A 'y *.:c -
j Vice-president • Mi A O. Carmi
chael, Secretary • Mss F A Tur- •
j ner: Assistant Secretary • Mrs
! Ruby Fair. Treasurer - Mrs. Tetn
j pie Lindsey; Chaplain - Mr. Oscai
! Johnson.
I U V A Turner's mom von Tie
MBS. BLANCHE ROBINSON
[Mrs. Blanche H, Rglrsor
Final Rites Conducted
Funeral services for Mrs Blanche ,
! Holmes Robinson of 221 West Le-
S noir Street were conducted Sst
i urday, April 6. at 1 p. rn. from the
i Lightner Funeral Home with the
| Rev Howard Cunningham officia- j
i ting. Eulogy was given by Rev J. 1
| A. Henderson former president of j
Franklinton Christian College In- I
t.erment was at Hillcrcst r* me- j
tery.
Mr* Robinson, died Wednesday j
morning. April 3rd at l A M at j
Duke Hospital Durham She was 1
the daughter of the late Robert |
and Dora Jones of Cary, sod the j
widow of the late George Robin
son. a retired Southern Railway
porter
Mrs Robinson attended the
public schools at Cary, and Frank- j
linton Christian College, Frank- |
1 inton. After completing a busi- 1
ness course at Spellman Semin- !
ary in Atlanta, Ga, she was em- :
ployed several years in the in- j
surance firm of the late Charles i
Jones of Winston-Salem. She was i
a life-long resident of the Fourth j
Ward Community of Raleigh* a j
member of the Manly Street j
Christian Church The Fourth |
Ward Flora! Club and the Rail-j
road Auxiliary
For 12 years’she was in declin
ing health but -hewed unlimited
James Cobh, NAPE Prexy, \
Blasts House Committee
WASHINGTON. D. C - If the
House appreciations committee
contemplates throwing people out
of jobs and the serious Disruption
of the Postal Service as acting
within reason, and in the behalf j
of the American people, it is total
ly misguided.
-Addressing himself to the action,
of the House Appreciations Com
mittee in si ash i rip the deficiency
appropisfion of the Post Office
Department, from $47 million to sl7
million, James B. Cobb. President
of the National Alliance, of .Postal !
Employees, at his office in Wash
ington. D C,. today emphatically
slated that the massive campaign
FATS f>OMLNO
walked out on em
i nf the audience who arjwpnt
1v vi ere interested «n!y In her
niiet)fiance oannei rhets ■* ?*r* 19
! parents present
i Following the business session.
the student* presented a musical
j program. The following group*
‘ performed: Bend Ensemble * Mr
!J. L. Edward*, director: Primary
I Glee Club - Mrs. D 1,. McAdams
| and Mis* I. I. Perry, directors;
j Siring Ensemble - Mrs Joselyn
| Bouhvar*. director, and Grammai
j Glade Glee. Club - Miss M Adams
i . nd Mrs Mildred la me.', directors
| Miss A M Jarnigan, special music
j*' eeher, accompanied the Gram*
| mar Gi ade Glee Club
All of the groups did their part
i as they made the evening a me*
j movable one for parents and tea
chers. Everyone left The auditor
-1 him anticipating next month's
I interest in community affairs. She
will be long remembered for her
smiling disposition., her many deeds
of kindness and for her enduring ;
; love for humanity
! Survivors include 3 nieces 3of |
j whom live in Raleigh. Mesdames :
Emma O, Jones, Lillie Taylor, and
Franc s O Massenburg; Mrs
Blanche (:apers, Chester, Pa . 4
nieces of New York City Mrs
Dorothy Davis, Misses Inez, Elsie,
and Doris Jones; 3 nephews, Mes
srs Walter Organ, Palmy and Er
nest Jones, all of New York Coy j
I Out-of-town relatives attending ]
the funeral services were Mr and
Mrs. Walter Organ; Mrs Mal
ian Ballent.me and Miss Inez
Jones of New York City , Mr?. Wil
lie Jackson of Anbury Park, New
Jersey, Mesdames Blanche O Ca
i pens and Lucy Jones of Chester.
! Pa.; Miss Cleopatra Clark, Mes
! dairies Grace McCormick and Sal
j lie Dawkins of Aberdeen; Mrs
! Janie Jones of Sanford; Mesdames
| Mabel McClain, Margaret Turner
i and Viola Jones of Durham; and
| Ernest Wilson of the U. S. Navy,
j Other friends attending from W,
j A Patilio High School, Tarboro,
' were Mr, and Mrs W. H Patillo,
Mesdames Ruth Lawrence. C T
T.,owe, S M Thomas and L M.
Pettaway,
now underway to obtain tax re
lief through frenzied slashing of j
vital functions must be met
Today the very wealth of
America threatcans to swamp j
the wage earners who move
the greatest volume of mails
in all history. It is, he added
an unthinking jetlnr to ;
j these people under the sledge
hammer of budget battering j
in the name of false, economy.
Cobb raid. that. mu»h of the cur
tailed services will hit as those
most fiercely pressing for this cut
in appropriations. i
singing ability.
Chuck Berry, the All Hail Rock
i and Roll man, was the lead-eff
performer and added another “sen
sational ' to hss many appearances
in the Capital City in recent
months.
As usual Clyde McPhatter |
brought the house down with his i
rendition of his current hit. ‘ With- j
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Charle* Brown proved if*
be one of the rral trooper* of
the. show w hrn he continued
to perform after the micro
phones went completely “on
the blink.” Brown, who holds
| « bachelor’s degree from Prair
-1 ie View College. Texas, was
I praised by the HI. C. a* a great
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, performer and applauded by
the audience for his actions in
the true snirtt oi the saying
“The, show- must go «n.”
Others appearing on the mam
moth program were Paul V- 1 1
hams and his band. The School
boy*. Eddie Cooley and the Dim
pies, The Five Satins. The Moon
glows and The Five Keys.