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WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 2D, 3057 Argument Among Motorists Turns Into Riot; 1 Killed' In Brooklyn, N\ Y,: $25,000 Fire Guts St. John’s Church BROOKLYN. N. Y, <’ANP> —-) St John's AIvlE Church was com-' pleteiy gutted by fire here Thurs day afternoon. Loss was estimat ed at 525.0C0, less than half of which was covered by insurance, i The fire, one of two suspiciousj blazes that occurred less than an I hour apart within a five block ra- | dius, was bchcvcd started by chil-1 dren playing with matches. The t v A, R. Floyd, pastor of -i John's for six years, said that the church will conduct ii building fund campaign. In dication were that the eonsre* mm*, ,»* i■ ■ il ; m i ffi K< ~, Sgty GjW*’ ■ J*?'- • ' ■‘’ii j§a| j ET FOR 'OPEN HOUSE* New York's Gov. Averell Hard* w t examines one of more than 150 postage meters (he state v ••••» to herald the New York State "Orcn House Week" • n >y ii ..'3-May 5. More than five million letters will bear stamps mniniemoralmg the event in the next two works. Pictured wth Hantoxm are Frank C. SimpnoD of A'bany, principal mail and supply dork, and personnel administrator, biien Delehgrnty, (Newspresj Photo). MID-EAST MERRYMAKERS - Troops of the 10 nations eem mg Iho United No non-. Emergency Forces m Egypt- are now c rtg entertained by the lamed Golden Gate Quartette, hearl ! ol the first live show to arrive in that area since fee Sues The troupe will spend a week traveling from unit to anj». Members el tbs papular quarfet anti their accompanist, are mown boarding a Scandinavian Airlines plane at New York's International Airport. (Newspisss Photo). UNCF Appeal Endorsed By Meany, AFL-CiO Prexy NEW YORK (ANP) George i Meany. AFL CCIO president, en-j domed the 14th annual nation-i wide appeal of the United Ne- ] Mro College Fund, it wsws an- j nounerd here today Both Mr.! Ale.■any and Walter Reuther. ; API,-CIO vice president, arc i members of the Fund's National j Councils headed by John D. Bockfellfi-. Jr. Meany urged unions to con tribute generously to the J.!,000,000 appeal on behalf of Its 31 member colleges. These colleges represent a ■vital source of leadership for 1 sixteen million American*! and for the nation at large," Mr. Meany said. "In a period when the nation is making great strid es hi improving interracial un derstanding, the mportance of this fact cannot be underesti ma tad. "I)i common with all A m otic an colleges, the par ticipating colleges of the Fund, which comprise an in tcgr ii part of our system of fefeber education, at a ran- W-V, - gallon of 400 persons will seek to put a new church building iti the neighborhood. At pre sent they are worshiping at Friendship Baptist Church the Rev. C. B Whitfield, pas tor. which is located across the street from their burned church. The Rev. Floyd is a native of i Brugin. Ky. and a graduate of j Kentucky State College. Before j - corning to Brooklyn, he pastored j | in Manhattan, Rockville Center, I L. 1., and New Rochelle. | tronted with rapidly ine.mih | infl enrollments They must help meet this demand of the ! young people for better train | ing.” ! The 1967 United College Fund j appeal opened nationally on | April t with a meeting at the i Waldorf-Astoria Local campaigns have been organized in more than 100 communities through out the country •it. Oid 0 "Marriage is ari institution held together by two hooks— cook anti check!” * ' 1,..!, ... , ijTOup Seoul. Ko:c t, during a stopover with a 1150 group touring the Far East. Miss Russell, known mainly lor her acting, and spectacular figure. unveiled a little-la >«vn talent ns a singer, (News press Phoio). | Flood Waters Causes 100 Families j ! To Evacuate Own Homes In Ala. MONTGOMERY. ALA i AN! 3 )- , I Raging backwater? o( the ana”, j Tallapoosa Kivi r here 'flooded the i low-lying arms in North Montgo- I mery last week and forced some ; 100 N.-gro families to flee thru homes. Described by meteorologists a the •••r.-eaU-.-.t flood re, the Alabama ■ River enw HH"’. water.- swelled j huge areas in the North Montgo- i mcry region ondangi ring human i lives and livestock An estimaL-d several thousand head ot , cnith ! are marooned, however no injuries 1 i were reported Detroit Methodist Pastor: “Too Many Persons Do Not Know God/’ Dr. Crane Tells Bennett Body O R E E N 3 B O RO Although there are many per on? who pro* ; j not know God. D. Henry Hitt! j Crane of Detroit dcrla ed m an j I address at Bcnm-.tt College, Thurs -1 j~ v Dr. C‘r..ri-,. pastor of the Con- ! Ira I Methodist Church, and a long- | j time trustee of B nneft said that ; ! a recent poll showed that 94 per j j cent of Affici car.- be-in.-vr in Cod.) Virgin Islanders Cele brate 40 Years jOf Sovereignty Under U. S. A. | CHARf OTTF. AMALIE. ST. | j THOMAS. V I - ANP -- V ll;i m j * Islanders have just celebrated the j forty years, of progress trndcr the I j United Si Jes with ci lortu 1 hi.-- , forte ceremony at the grounds of • I the former Marine Barracks, where • the t- oisfe- 1 ceremonies took plate . | 40 year* are to date and in th j Emancipation Garden on the fol-■’ ! lowing day. | Morris F rie Castro was appoint- j I eri by Governor Wallet A Gordon i a? insular chairman of the event i The program included the play- j ir.jt: of the national anthems and i patriotic airs of Denmark and the j United States addresses the read- j mg of !hi proclamations of tin tiansfet by both th< Danish Go-: ; SHaiLCKNOW] ~ - TTnlrnTTniM iMMimi.■«■!.Mlll«■!»!■ Mil ■llilllT I ToUu«u I 1823—1913 \ JS ‘ Born in slavery in marylanD/She escap- ED TO THE FREE NORTH AT THE AGE OF TWENTY- \ FIVE/ THEN, WITH A REWARD OF $ 40,000 ON Lr~ HER HEAD,SHE RISKED HER Lift ON NINETEEN ygr £ ' 'Sli SECRET TRIPS BACK SNTP THE SOUTH,GUIDING 1 ■?&&&&& jg&ML MORE THAN 300 SLAVES TO FREEDOM VIA THE ’'UNDERGROUND RAILROAD*/WHENEVER A RUN- V \ ' AWAY FALTERED, SHE POINTED HER PISTOL AT HIM, SAYING/yOUU BE FREE OR DIE !*- - IN At,L HER \ YEARS SHE NEVER LOST A '* PASSENGER*/ f Cl& /at t y? ~faM6S A The new crests forced It evacuation of some Iflft Nejr men and women from lli>- homes The evacuation was ordered in Montgomery cii> engineer ; Oliver IVright who directed licit a!! homes on Cook street i tie emptied i The Negro evacuees vohn.:: c>> | ! ed hi find shelter cfsewher until I I the waters recede H r'tx-ri. Moores of W,Pripka ; | said he had to carry out a . •••jeuc i i mission to save !.Y> hogs after the ) ' But hov. many o' them are really | .moire of God? ‘ hr asked The mini.ti-! stated that a per- I son is assured that ho really knows ! God when he begins to feel a | sense of adecmacy, when he gets | a fooling of infectious joy, when he fee’s an inner serenity and an outpouring of good will which, in .rarity. hv explained is love. As an example of how the pn- ) verntnent and President Woodrow | I Wilson. i Fresident F.isenhower sent the ; following nv. ssage to the people on I the occasion: Vs citizen',, of our most pas tcrly territory-, Virgin l.riand riers have brought together the heritage of many nations and produced a fine vigorous so ciety w ith an outstanding cul- i tore. I am happy to tot! them of the pride and esteem with « inch their fellow citizens in the United States regard their accomplishments and plans for ! the future. Vice . President and Mrs. Rich- j ard Nixon, sent congratulatory i words to the people, remind them J THE CAROLINIAN : lining wafers threatened their re- j ! fug. He said he found many of the animals clinging to trees in ! ! order to keep above the water. i Moores .-aid three boats were j j used in offering the eight-hour ! j animal evacuation. Other farmers j | said the waters had stranded some I of their cattle ; The Weather Bureau reported j ■ that. hot. cloudless skies and sharp 1 i winds were aiding in the drying ! ■ process, but flood waters were j ; spread ov< r such a large area ihal : > vcn Ihis didn't help much I wer of Christianity works in the I ! world. Dr Crane referred to the i ! Rev. Martin Luther King, of Mont- | ; • gomery, Ala. leader of the success- j I fill peaceful bus boycott, in that j ■ ! city j “He is the greatest thing that, j ; we have in America today.’’ he | | said, and he is giving to the j | world the idea of how to handle , 1 the desegregation problem."’ ’’ I of their appreciation of the recent i ; visit among them The Danish l ; Government was represented by; iis Ambassador to the United ; | States. Henrik Kauffman. | Messages were also received ! from Secretary of Interior Seaton, j who sent Mr. Carl Junge to repre- j :i nt the Department. Also receiv- ; j c-d were messages from Chairman ! i of the Senate Committee on Ter- ' J filories and Possessions under the'] I Department, of the Interior. Through Governor Averell Har- ] | riman. Virgin Islanders living in ] ! New York City, sent their respects ! ! end greetings. The principal ad- j | dress was given by .T Antonio ; ] Jarvis, principal of the Abraham 1 ! Lincoln School —_7. ’ ! Negroes And Whites in Fight Over Left Turn Into Driveway OAKLAND, CALIF fANPi • One man v/as killed and three j were seriously injured last week ! here when an argument between two motorists ended in a riot bet ween whites and Negroes result ing in one man being jailed for in vestigation of murder. Dead ii. the disturbance is 25- vear-old Clarence Giilho. who was Stabbed in the stomach. The three injured men are Tommy Kaiser. 25, Glen Jenkins 28 and Francis Grilho, 22, all of whom suffered knife wounds. Tin dead and injur ed are white. Police Inspector John Con Delta Sorers Fete Grand I President ! CHICAGO —(ANP)— Mrs. Boro- I thy P. Harrison of Langston. Ok la., j grand president of the Delta Sig { ma Theta Sorority. Tnr stopped ! m Chicago recently to visit, with friends, relatives and members of I bet sorority, on her home after : attending the board meeting of | the American Council on Human ; Rights, in Washington, D C. Mrs. Harrison met at din ner Tuesday members of the three chapters of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority iri Chi cagn at the Morris Eat Shoppe. The pledge club of Lambda chapter dressed in traditional red and white, preserved ihe grand president with a gift Mrs. Harrison accompanied by Mrs. Janet Hamilton, former mid i west regional director of the soror ; ily, and Mrs. Virginia Davis, spon i snr of Alpha Nu House, also visit- I ed the Delta sorority house on the : campus of the University of Il linois. Urbana, on Wednesday. While there she was presented to j other Greeks on the campus by the j ; undergraduate chapter. Alpha Nu, j | at a tea and to the dean of women j I at dinner. The grand president In discuss- j | ing the program of the sorority for 1 j the present year stated that em- | j Phasis is being placed on strong- i ! theming and implementing the or- 1 j tiona! convention in Detroit, Dec- ; i ember. 1956. Each of these projects ren fers around some health, we! fare or educational need vita! j to our democracy. The projects j i are known as: library, mental ' health. Delta volunteers for community service, and inter national and job opportunities Every effort will be made to encourage each chapter to at tempt activity in one or more of these areas. Mrs. Harrison was joined in Chi- i cage by her husband. D-- G. I j Harrison president of Langston j I University, Okahoma. who attend j ed the North Central Association j i of Colleges and High Schools whith j j was meeting in Chicago at that | i time Drama Group Names —■“ 1 | Miss Turner i - y [ FAYETTEVILLE - At the con- j elusion of its twenty-first annual j session at, Grambiing College. : Grambhng, Louisiana April 3-6 j the National Association of Dra- i mafic and Speech Arts named a ! woman as president, for the first, time in its history. Lots P. Tin- i ner, instructor in English and Speech and Director of Dramatic:-, at the Fayetteaville State Teach ers College in Fayetteville North Carolina She succeeded Floyd Sandle, Director of Dramatics and Speech at Grambiing College. A long-time speech and drama enthusiast, Miss Turner has been connected with drama and speech for many years. In N. A. D, S. A„ she served over an eleven-year period is Liaison Officer, as Regional Director, j and as Vice President. Ami for j 14 years, she has directed dra- \ matins in schools 12 of them being at her present location - I the Fayetteville State Teach | ers College. She says that "her j biggest thrill rotnes in seeing young, awkward, inhibited -in dents blossom through drama- • ties into well poised imtivi duals”. Miss Turner is a native North Carolinian and was for six years president of the North Carolina High School Drama Association. In addition to H. A D. S. A., she holds membership in such drama and speech Associations as the Ameri can National Theatre Association, the American Education Theatre Association, and the American Speech Association. She hopes for the dav when speech and drama tics will be required of all tea chers. Freshman Martha Green of the Fayetteville State Teachers Col lege was elevated to the position of National Representative. She comes from Henderson,.North Carolina 1 j noily said She melee started after Kaiser bitterly bawled out 21-year-old Calvin John son for making a sharp left turn into the driveway of hi* own home, nearly colliding with Kaiser’s car. After arguing with Johnson < j bout the turn, Kaiser allegedly said i ‘Til be back with some friends". “And I'll be waiting with some I friends of my own'’, Johnson re- i plied, according to the police in •spector. Connolly gave the Milov tax ac count after Kaiser left: Kaiser’ drove to a bar and enlist- 1 "ru the supporl of the Griilv* hru- , mg bishop of the Wcsl Africa restrict of the is shown with Mrs. Higgins at Now York's IntemaHoßal airport, shortly before boarding a Pan Am Clipper for Monrovia, The former Alien umvemiy president will carry on missionary work m Liberia. Nigeria and Ghana lot the next two years. (News* j press Photo), j j Y T T'S Wn a i I o Lxp ec t s’ O jt'Nb A C& C* £®. tter ■£ j GREENSBORO l-err' 1 what " ill be (•>,p.*.,ted them il 1 I they select teaching as a x■: j was given by two North C.»roiin:t j high school p: mcinal? in addt -'-s- I tes to Bennett College student;:. ! here Friday ,nd Mrmuav F A. Tolivt , ptinctpal of th-. SlM»hons-Lee. Higii School ol A h- J Vile', pointing to l!;> gi v: • ;■>' • i lem of Ir* mg >n rdiicale-uil of A- : ! merican youth, while, r th. ; time L ying to nurint m, aeceptabi' : ; academic standards said tunt tlu.- ! was a challenge to today's schools ■ The young woman entering upon j a teaching career ho said, should j i have a reaped for scholai (v inn - . I gril.v and moral uprightnc -s and i Interracial Family ] * Featured In Look NEW YORK A wh»tr couple . | who unknowling’y adopted a No- j g-o child and later decided to a- ! dopt a hilf-Caucasian, half-Japan- i , j ! esc ban.v said today Who kthhcs | but thal in ten years our kind of | family .nay become fa iri v com- j won?” The interracial family is fea tured in an article “A Rare Lesson About Love” in the new issue of Look magazine. The* parents arc Samuel and Ka | thermo Roberts of Long Beach, i California, where Roberts works j as city finance officer. Mas Ciicose Fayetteville Mother “Woman Os The Yr." FAYETTEVILLE At its re- 1 cent annual meeting in the J, W, ■ Soabrook auditorium at the Fay- ! ettcville State Teachers CYnlepo. ! Iht Omega Beta C)iapt.es* of the Zcia Phi Beta Sorority, under the i leadership of Evelyntym; Hum- 1 phrejf, junior of Roxboro, named | as "Woman of the Year" Edna Fui- j lor of SIS McDaniel Street, in Fay- j effeville. The speaker for the occasion j was Phyllis O'KelJey, instruct or at the Jane Porter Berrctl School in Peaks, Virginia, She was introduced by Mae Rudd Williams. Basileus of !h ■ (lam ina Upsiton Zela Chapter of the local Zeta Phi Beta Soror ity. The olaque was presented to Mrs. Fuller by Basileus Evelyn- • PAGE SEVENTEEN thors. Jenkins and two other snsa ,;nd went back to Johnson s home, Johnson meanwhile had ga thered, several of his fncntds. Connolly said when the fight started, knives flashed, baseball bats pierced the air and bottles w ere smashed, lb- sa.tl when Grilho fell to the ground fatally stabbed, the white : roup pulled him into Kaiser's car and rushed him lo Herrick Memor ial Hospital Grilho was dead on arrival at -he hospital. Johnson, who sustained cuts round the mouth, was treated, fit the hospital and booked for inves* "tigafion of murder. t PI. I - the 1 •» that Caching u he t!:-u imparting a de~ . fir m; body of rn’ormation to pu led. e ryhv: capacities t p hi erne, w principal of the t e■ . - liool m Winston-Salem, eieepe he- • no: only a mastery of eobjec! in.ittf! and '-kill in ex ! -e tv it a teen meal know iecipi of tin nr e, of understand ,;ia - eie, i .ding that each eed i> i> v no ne ip;, a miniature i ! adult. "S 'hoo! prim-mats, everywhere.'’ i he said, are constantly looking for demons s.'ith these qualities I see j no time in the future when we eh d; have pi! of the good teachers ' that v/e need " Aftei fourteen years of a child ic -. ns - mags the pair adopted thr.. -week-old Kim A f'-w months In tor they realized that she was part N gio the parents fared up to the difficulties thst they knew awaited them. Look reports, they decided to give the child a Violin-: and sisic-i ot mixed back grounds. They adopted Sammy, a ] Celtic Norwegian Spanish tow head and half-Caucasian, half ,la panesc Mitiy. "In tic end. Look adds, “the Roberts let their love for Kim re* Helve I heir fears." t.ync Kumphn y of Omega Bets. ; Mi. Fulls s ha? the distinction of 1 Fayi ' viiic School for Exceptional Chil- I cirtti- Mi.-! Fuller has always had an :mpul:w ios- humanity. Her trips to ; Ihe old folks home with her par -1 cuts in Norfolk Virginia at the j age of 7 probably helped to deter* i mine !h direction of her work, ai j though she whs inclined toward the i pi oh'-non of a teacher and that of ! a foreign missionary A rnothei of five children (one of ; ihi i i i minister.’ the wife of ■ a minister, an ardent worker in the ! community and in the church, and a woman whose sympathies go out lor those iii need, Mrs. Fuller fully qualifies for the “Woman of the ' Year" A
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