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WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1957 Older Boys Confab Underway This Week In ‘Twin City' Fall Kills A. M. E. | Church Deaconess BROOKLYN, N. Y. (ANP) Funeral services were held Thurs day at Bridge St. African Weslyan Methodist Episcopal Church for Mrs, Eva Prescott, 62 years old. who was killed by a fall Tuesday! Interment was in Ever-Green Cemetary. The accident occurred at the home of Jesse Eison, 275 Lin den Bird , East New York, where Mrs. Prescott had been employed for a long time. She was washing windows of the Award 840,090 To j Accident Victim BROOKLYN. N. Y. fANP> —, A jury awarded a Brooklyn fouu- j dry worker $40,000 damages Mon- 1 day in a, week-long trial in Brook- j ;• o. Supreme court. The plaintiff,; Robert Brooks, 28, sued the Tran- j sit Authority for SIOO,OOO for in juries received in a freak accident. The defendants said they would consider filing an appeal Through h's attorney, Irv ing Josetsburg. Brooks claim ed that he became deaf in one ear and lost all feeling in his left side as a result of a high wattage trolly-bus wire falling Sorority Features Miss Etta Moten PINE BLUFF Ark i'ANP>— An : overflow crowd filled the Student , Union building of Arkansas AM- , A'N College last, week where a : ‘ “Fashion Fantasy’’ sponsored by • the college’s graduate and under- ; ! graduate chapters of Alpha Kap- i pa Alpha presented noted singer- j i stage star Etta Moten as fashion : i commentator, j i Throngs of spectators watched j "Fashion Fantasies”, which is an ! annual fund-raising event under the auspices of the national soror- ! ity. Miss Moten, who came from Chicago and the recent in per son showing of Christian Di or's fashions from Paris, was featured as fashion commen tator looking over the parade of modelled spring and sum mer highlights in designs (hat cj me dow n the staircase and into the spotlight. < Model representative were off- ] eied by sororities . fraternities and i social clubs in the event that Baptist Church Congregation Moves into Expensive Quarters Bassey Meets Berrios Fri.; Credits Louis NEW YORK <ANP> —A dus ky, srockily-built 24-year-old box er from Lagos. Nigeria may be come the first fighter from that country to win a world boxing title He is Hogan ''Kid' Bassey, hard punching featherweight and Brit ish Empire champion, who cre dits Joe Louis with inspiring him to success in the ring. The No. 1 ranked Bassey, ar rived here last week from his native country to begin train ing for his impending elimina tion bout with rugged Miguel Berrios of Puerto Rico April 26. The fight is slated for the Capitol Arena in Washington, P. C.. and the winner will meet Cherif (lamia of France for the World featherweight title va cated bv Sandy Saddler. Interviewed upon his arrival here Bassey said regarding his bout with Berrios: “T understand Berr ios is a pleasing fighter so I'm cure we will put on a good show, y do not want to dissapoint the fans here. Berrios, who recently beat Carmelo Costa in another elimina tion bout, is regarded as a "crowd plenser." But so is Bassey. The 5-3 African wanior packs wallop in Loth fists and can rock an oppon ent to sleep with a single punch. Asked which of his fist? packs the most punch, he replied. "I fanev both." Asked how he. happened to become a hover. Bassey told thr i oterip of newsmen at Madison Square Garden where tile interview was held, that Louis inspired him. “U was be eause of Joe Louis," said he, "l read about him back In 19 51 when he was the heavy weight champion He was my Idol. He was (he idol of a)) Africa, f wanted to become a fighter like he was. It would be my greatest pleasure to meet him." Bassey will get his request. How ever. J. Jones, one of his Ameri enn representatives, is urging him ! o get rid at Berrios first, "It is he a lot better if you beat Berrios first. Joe would be proud of you.” | Jones explained Bassey has dominated ihe Bri tish ratings for some time now and fourth floor apartment of her employer, when somehow, she. fell and landed on the ground below. She died almost in stantly. Mrs. Prescott; came to the Unit ed States from Bar’oadoes, W 1., in 1917. She was a deaconess at Bridge St, Church. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Braithwaite, and the ; Misses Ermic Prescott, Llane Pres- j j cott and Grace Prescott, and at 1 sister. i on his automobile The arri- Hent occurred Dec 7. 1955 It was reported that when the wire snapped and struck Brooks’ car there was an e\ plosion and a flash of light The driver was taken to Kings County Hospital after emet gency workers removed the wire. The doctors in his cave claimed j he was suffering from a Coaver- 1 sion reaction" or traumatic nett-1 rosis caused by emotional sc.hock j he suffered when the wire struck i his automobile. sought to raise funds for the AT ! pha Kappa Alpha Scholarship i fund. The fashion show .which sea- j turfd any number of male models ! who had designed and tailored j their own outfits, gave generous ; credit, to the tailoring department I of the college Choreography for dancers who introduced each scene, was done by Mrs. Blanche Francis and James Gentry. The Fash ion ette chairman for 1957 was Mrs. Margaret. Spearman of the college faculty. Miss Marian Anderson Wat son, who was named “Miss Fashionette” of 1957 won the annual scholarship award Four other awards were given also. Miss Etta. Moten returned to j Chicago after the event, for the; premiere of her regular Sunday - evening NBC radio show over sta-; tion WMAQ ‘ j j DETROIT —(ANPi— A former | Baptist church here became the permanent quarters of the Peoples Community church here last week as the congregation held a dedi- | cation ceremony and moved into ; their newly-purchased religious a j bode. New quarter* for the Cont j munity church body is former First Baptist Church, an edi fice of solid stonework, upon which the church group paid $85,000 as down payment. The total cost of the church struct ure is $260,000. At dedication ceremonies tlv Rev, Carlyle F. Stewart pastor of the Peoples Community church stated "In a little over two years, a comparatively unknown and i seemingly insignificant handful of I people have wrought beyond the fondest dreams, and arc entering into » beautiful structure which has been owned and occupied by one of Detroit's most historic con | gregation. First Baptist Church’ The ehurch has one- of the ] strongest credit unions in De troit. established shortly after 1 the church was founded. Even without a church building dur ing 1956, the Credit Union loan ed $25,900 to its members. The church also has a monthly newspaper, "The Spokesman.” which carries news and pictures of (he activities of the church. It is a tabloid size which contains six pages and is mailed the first week of the month to members and ; friends of the church On April 7 when the congress- j tion marched into the new church l in a snowstorm mixed with rain more than 2,000 persons attended the services. Among donations received was SI,OOO from Sam Osnos and j his wife, owners of Sam's Cut Rate Stores, the third depart ment store in sire In downtow n Detroit: SIOO was also donated by radio station WCHB. Ink ster, Mich. Services from the church were broadcast over this station on three Sundays. Twenty six new members joined April 7 and 24 additional members April 14. his supporters fed that he is ready j for the big times. He began boxing j at 10 while working on the docks i at Lagos; won the Nigerian pro- | Cession a) flyweight title when he | was 16; the: British Empire fen- j therweighl crown in 1955. His present record shows .52 win? ! 10 loses and I draw, DRIVE SAFELY Happy Khmer New Year. | BETTER FARM HOMES are \ on the iiicri -,si a*. result of credit aid from the Farmers Home \dminntration of the 1 S. Department of Ygrieiiltnre. Top, left, is the home of Mr. and Mrs. Isado O Vernon, dairy far mers of Mi. Hermon, La. Stand- . HER H SNOR - Waller Reuthsr, prendent ol th* United Automobile* Workers, welcomes famed contralto Marian Ander son to the union's 16th Constitutional Convention, held recently at Atlantic City. N. J. Miss Anderson was made <m honorary member t>j the UAW, (Newspress Photo). Nett) York To Build 24 New ! Schools Far Integration | NEW YORK— (ANPi —A school j building program that will cul minate in the erection of'24 new schools designed to just naturally achieve integration here was dis- I closed last week by the associate superintendent in charge of the city's school building program. Dr. David H Moskov ifz made the disclosure declaring that 22 of the 24 schools will be erected in fringe areas where the popula tion around the school a will be mixed. He said the schools will Vie loca | ted in such away that Integration of white and Negro pupils will take place naturally. To be built over n three-year period, the schools will cost an es timated 60 million dollars. They will include elementary and junior high schools, in New “Cleanhead” Vinson Tours With Musicians j NEW YORK jANR's —Absent ; from the four circuit lor the pas' j [ two years Eddie (Mr Cieanhead) j Vinson will h< adiine a four-star I package of rhythm and blues per- I formers stin ting next week it was announced recently by his I agency Others in tht troup- with the ex I Colli.' Williams' hand Mixuvin-vo calist will be Gene and Eunice. • whoso “Ko-Ko-Mo" record two years ago was a million record sel ler, pretty Vikki Nelson, uri up and coming chirper in the hot music | vein and Gene Barge, who is wat j clung his new record. "Country", j zoom upward on the jukebox hit parade j The package will appeal at the ! i Royal I'■■acock case in Atlanta. Ga i lon 'Ma.v 3 for four nights, the • ; Palm Club in Hallendaie. Fla on j June 3 for one week, in addition to appearing In Mobile, St Peters burg, Tampa and other southern cities. ■ inc with Mr Vernon renter, hv I his tractor in front of his house ; aii Farmers Home ttcprr'ver.ta sit es I \ t ioyil and Fount \ Agent T J Putier Top. renter, are Mr and Mis Wilson Gerald of Orrum V ( . studying the pro gross of the oats growing in front ! York and Brooklyn s Harlem’ a | l eas. j Fifteen of the edifices will be I built in the Harlem area of Man , hattan and nine in the Harlem a j rea in Brooklyn where large mim ! hers of Negro and Puerto Rican families dwell. I Tim :-.ch<>oK will at commodate i some 25,000 students. In other moves against aegrega i lion in schools, officials revealed j !hnt 1,500 white and Negro pupils will be transported by bus to schools other than those they now attend. Four-hundred Negro pu pupils from Brooklyn’s Bcdford- Stuyvesanf area will be moved in j to a predominantly white school j and a special made classes around j the city for superior students, I where Negroes who meet the quali | ficaticns can be sent to school with I whites, will be established. My Neighbors N". m. . jig■ “I’ve been standing on Har old’* shoulders for almost live minutes. Isn’t, that some kind of a record "K THE CAROLINIAN ot their old house at right of their , new one Fop right are Air. ami ! Mrs, Fred l>. Lockhart, dairy far- j mrrs oi Louisville, Ga., and Far mers Home Representative. Jo sephus Johnson, left Mr. Lock hart is dusting his shrubbery j Looking at television at bottom, ; left, are Mr. and Mrs. John IF Charge 3 With Smashing Windows [Of Negro ilorne in White Section DETROIT —(ANT)— Two H:i j man Gardens women and s 18-yc*ar i old youth, son of one of the worn- ! en were released on SSOO bond on arraignment in Recorder's Court. Mrs Mavv T. Head, 2R. of 8457 Woodmont. and Mrs. Mary F. Pas cine. 60. of 8455 AVoodmont plead- j ed innocent to charges of conhi- I buting to the delinquency of a ' minor by inducing a youth to j throw through the windows of a colored family who moved into j the protect across the street from ! them. The two women waived exam- I ination before. Recorder s Judge j John P Scailon No date for trial ! was set,. Mrs, Passion's soil, Gerald. | pleader! guilty before Record er's .Judge John P. O'Hara to j TO LIFE Los Angelo .cor Lloyd Thomas ge; sist from a passerby, as ha lies beside his smashed bike, after he and another cop wore felled by a hit emd-run driver. Removed to a hospital, Thomas was reported in serious condition with a brain concussion and internal injuries. A suspect was caught later. (Newsprees Photo). i Dyke’s “A Drum is A Women" Fantasy Dramatized On May 8II.«. Steel Hour ! NEW YORK The United States Steel Hour" will provide an | impressive television display Wed- j I nesday evening May 8, ns Duke j Ellington, his orchestra and voce* , lists Margaret Tynts, Joy a Sher rill Ozr.it Bailey along with chorus, perform the famed jazz artist's mu* steal fantasy "A Drum Is A Woman" over the CBS-TV ncl - tit. This "!iv " presentation will j | mark the Steel Hour's first pro- i I duetion in compatible color arid the | second time the dramatic series! has presented n musical play. Ellington will narrate the hour-long musical which is his effort to tell the story of jazz and its origination Baaed upon j the renown musician's own dr- ! finatlnn of jazz and expressed I in Ibt* original musical lan guage for which he is famous. | "A Brum Is A Woman" is uni i «ttn* fantasy that parallel the history of the origins of jazz, j This musical tale reveal,-, such ' basic jazz history as the African j Malone and one of their sis riilF i j dren. ( iara Anne, 3, of Pickens. | Mis'- The Malones have a I reads | paid tlieir 1957 annual note from j the sale of livestock Bottom, I center, are Mrs. John R Green i lee and two of tier children. Hel } en Joyee and Samuel in a teetli- I washing session in the bathroom malicious destruction of pro perty and admitted breaking the windows in the home of , Paul Brooks, 2fi of 8451 Wood moot Judge O'Hara referred the ease j to probation department „nd c'.iruc. for sentencing April Passino, a Cody High School >tu- j dent admitted to Deter* : vc r.dv •■■■! Boggs of Spcctal lnv--i:;igaiicr, th-'U he broke four windows witb mar- i i hies. Detective Boggs said a 16 yea; • old boy .also admitted (hat he broke i windows after Mrs. Passino and ! Mrs Head gave him marbU s to do I the job. The boy quoted the women a*- ; saying, 'it s » good way to get the Negroes to move out of the. pro- j ! met ' '' , and Caribbean rhythmic origins. I the New Orleans beginning* n> nn- I dern jazz and the spread of the at" | form. This is told through tlv fil iated romance he l ween "Madam Zajj”, a drum symbolizing jazz, and Carrlbce Joe who is destined to re main in the jungle while ' Zajj". Bennett’s ; Frodhi Choir i Sets Sing GREENSBORO The annual' i spring concert, by the 50*voice I fresnronn choir at Bennett t::ol-1 i leg? will be held on April T> at, '1:30 p.m, in Pfeiffer Chapel. Edward Lowe, miuac iaMructai and director of the group, t'm. week announced a 17-number pro gram which .-ill include works of of their Ethel. Miss home < hocking on tlieir home-canning tn tlieir modern kitchen, ace Mr. and Mrs. Sam no! Graves, tobacco 1 farmers of Carson Va. These i homes will 'ip the center of iri (crest during the observance of National Home Demonstration Week, April 38 to May 1 In tlop meantime, Brooks, a social worker, employed by st I’eter Flayer, told the Fhroni r!r he and his family moved into die project April t "Windevs were biokeri the first ' j piehi ' explained Brooks and a- j gain March. 23. We have had 24- | hour-police protection since 'hat ! '"Y , , . . . | brooks said he rould not tinner- | j stand why window- in his home | ••ere broken. when there a- three j other Negro families living in *hr : I project who were there when he i ; moved in and have not had any : j trouble with the neighbors Brooks lives in the project " i*h . his wife, Pearl. 2" and two child- | I ten whose ages range from !S ! I months to five years the gaudy sophisticated siren »hat travels to New Orleans ,'d t 1 »u throu •limit the world to | limitless but ‘‘loveless" success, j Paul Godkin, choreographer for the Academy Award winning film ' Around the World in 80 Days,"" created the dancer- for the Theatre Guild production. Moz it. Handel, Kubif;. Biafuunn ! and a group of traditional spirit uals. The six-group pro- rant will j feature "Gloria In Excelsis" lit>m | ! Mozart’s "Twelfth Mass," "Halle- \ I Ittiah" from "Judas Maccabacus," j and group four love songs by j l Rrahams. Miss Bernice Green, so- j i prano. will be fw soloist for "This! Day is Mine" by Wan- and Miss Jeanette Ward, pionisi. will play The Dream ot Ohven" by Wil-- j Jiatm i-Mured -i.h-ilua Is HI te "1 Couldn't Ilr-ai !■ )b.. |y Pr*.y" »nd j “Set Down Servant." There will ! also be a specif arr ingemsamt of | Jerome Kern's “Smoke Gets la 'Your ift cm." j PAGE THIRTEEN Atkins High School Hosts Delegates The 27th Annual N C. YMCA Older Roys Conference will con vene jointly at the Atkins High School and the Patterson Ave. YMCA. Winston-Salem Aril 26, 27. 28 it has been announced by E. L Raiford. YMCA executive director. Approximately 300 delegates representing YMCA’s and public schools throughout the state will lie officially welcomed at the Op ening sessions on Friday, April 26, 8 00 p.m. by the Hon M C. Kur fees. Mayor of the city. Dr. A Craig Phillips, superintendent of s-chools, the Rev J s Blaine, president of the Ministerial Alii - ance Alfred Leake, Hi-Y Club president ind Lehta Gwvn, pres ident of the YWCA Council. The key note address will be delivered by the Rev Joseph F Patterson of Winston-Salem Teachers Col lege. He. will be introduced by I- D McClennon. executive of the Winston-Salem YMCA and i will discuss tlae Conference theme: I The Role of Youth in Improving ■ Human Relationships ior Inte | grated Society " Special music for the opening j session will be furnished by the ! Winston-Salem Teachers College Choir with James E. Derr, direct ing Featured activities during the 3-day meet will include the An nua) banquet on Saturday evening with the address by J. D Ashley, principal of the 14th Street School, Winston-Salem, the an nua) sermon by Dr. D R Hedgley, \ pastor of the Fir st Baptist Church: the annua! prom; group discuss j ions on the conference theme; j business sessions; city torn", cham pionship basketball game and I swimming exhibitions Officers of the conference are j George Hill, president, Winston : Salem; Vernon Mcßae, vice-pres ident and Harold Hairston, record | ing secretary of Greensboro: Mel vin Williams, corresponding sec retary and Robert Reid, Financial I Secretary of Charlotte: G. L. ! Crews, treasurer. Zebulon, Sam ! uel Dixon, chaplain, Wilmington i The executive committee of the ' conference is composed of E. L, I Raiford. Leonidas Haywood. C. L Anderson and J. M. Faison of Ra I leigh: E. C Goodw in. F L Wiley, j D R Reid. T. J. Banks. O. W. | Robinson of Charlotte; E S Hou ; sum Mrs s c Hill of Kinston: ; H M. Johnson of Clinton . Miss 18. B Leonard, W. G Lowe of : Wilmington; L, D McClennon, H IE Staplefoote. J L Humphrey, ,T R Allen. Winston-Salem; D W. Morehead J M Hanna, Greens \ boro, J W. Nicholson, Salisbury: j H H Walker. Fayetteville, C. A. Whitaker, High Point; J F. Le- Sane. E K Curry, Lumberton: Williard Wooten, Dunn; ,J G Polk, Concord; C. C Powell, Ox ! ford. G A Harrison, Miss Jose ;; phine Hobbs. New Bern; L Wall, Albermarle: _ A D Mith. Dover. The Winston-Salem sponsoring committee for the conference in cludes; L D. McClennon. chair man, 3. B Allen, associate chair mar. ,J. A Carter, Roger Kiser. J D. Asheley, Joseph Lowery, A. B. Reynolds, Fred Truesdale. D. C. Hobson. W. T. Wright. J. D. Williams. Nathaniel Wiseman, L. A. Cooke. J Humphrey. P. G. Friend, Alex Eccles, Carl Martin. Jr, E, L. Patterson, A. H. Ander son, Dan Spikes, R. S, Hayes. J D. Williams. Sociologists Pronounce Death Os Jim Crow ATLANTA, GA. —fANP)- The opinions of a group of eminent cel lego sociologists here last week just about coincided on the segregation issue when the entire group pre dicted the downfall of segregation saying it will "collapse like the one-hoss shay.” The opinions on the matter were cast at a meeting of the Southern Sociological Society here, where the South's cus tom's of segregation were, as sailed by numerous college pro fessors. Dr. Edgar Thompson of Duke University echoed the U S Su preme Court in stating "a mixed education is a right which must be available to all on equal terms” Educational desegregation was praised by Forrest La yin lette and John Fenton of Tit ian e university. The two socio legists lauded educational in tegration us a means by svhirb "individual rights, new con ceptions of social efficiency and our institiition.il practices are being made more consistent with one another.” Lavlolette added: "In the new post-1954 world, social peace can not be achieved until the structure of compulsory segregation by force | or law is demolished. 1 ' Nursery seeding production for the RoiJ Bank Program's free Planting phase will total fiye bi! i bon plants this year. This figure l will double tne ‘ total cumber of al) freer, planted by the Civilian ' Conservation Corps ft can Ift 33 to J 11342.
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