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J Three Youths Win Prizes As Omegas Stage Talent Hunt Bv MAR* l H. BOH WARE Three youths from among the eight’who took part in the com petition won prizes last Friday evening in the Shaw University '- t pen leaf AudiLniuni where the OriH’ga Pei Phi Fraternity held its Thirteenth Annual Talent Hunt at " P * » * » l"ir«i prize of s2.* n to ' t tn Harris who played * < 'Mid solo -I,.ike of Rays”: second prize was won by Miss f i oziue Reece, a soprano solo ist who sang "I Know That My Redeemer I iveth": and third award went to Randolph Mr- Koy, whose tenor saxophone solo ".My Regards” drew thun derous applause ~r , «. « . The following participants both competitive! and non competitive, Were given certificates: Miss Barbara Williams Beeia c'iri Toney, William Hams, Mi.-w Barbara Morgan, Miss Btenha Tv.-e, Cucbte Otms.inn, Richard p War- ATU Agents Nab 14 Stills During 1958 By Staff Writer Evidently there is a great rip mand for white corn liquor be cause since January 1 United States ATU agents cracked down on illegal operations through the * state and seized 14 stills capable of producing 5,055 gallowns of whiskey at one firing. Besides, Federal officers ar rested 13 men, found one still un attended, including 80 gallons of Whiskey and 4,500 gallons of mash. * * * * Two of the 13 men were Ne groes who were arrested at a nltl* ir* uptUdtiuii ou Davi* MilJ Road of Greensboro, near Pleasant Garden. They were Kchvard B. McLaughlin, 30, of Route ', and Alonzo 1. Her bin, 32, of 3308 Lamb Road, Both of these men were given 18 - month suspended sentences end fines of S4OO and costs each Municipal County Couit 'Thursday. February 20 The rest of the stills in Question were located hi lot s'the County. Holly Spring*. < ana section of Carroll Coun ty, Franklin County, and Johnston County in the vicin ity of Princeton. BONDS TO F; RELEASE ot these men from county jails ranged from SSOO down to $250, Six of the stills making illegal fc-'oze were not in operation at the twne of the raids. 5 suspects escaped arrest., two of the arrest ed men pleaded guilty, while two were given hearings and bound over for District, Court, Howard Coed Is Slam By A Minister WASHINGTON - (AMP* Death struck on the campus oi Howard University last Wednes day, when a rejected suitor shot and killed a pretty coed and cri tically wounded her companion. . Shot to death in the Liberal Arts administration building was 18- year-old Gloria Jordan of Wash ington. Her companion, 19-year old Henry Polk, also from Wash ington, was shot in the head end if wa reported in critical condition at Freedman's hospital. The shooting allegedly was done by Henry Mobley of Greensboro. N. G. The 21 -year-old divinity student had asked Miss Jordan to resume their former friendship When she refused, he pumped two bullets from on iftomaJic pjUtol into her chest. At the tunc. Polk was with Mm Jordan. Mobley ordered him to leave When he refused he fired s fatal' bullet through his head. Mobley wa« arrested by univer- ] sity guards. *Diamond King’ 4 Lee vc s A'^tcte Jo His Relatives DAft-FE-GAAN. Soutli As- i rIcamAKFD Dr. John William ■ son, rcecMn'-'V'd lot many yea: s j *i - the “Diamond King” and prr- j A ■ the • •IM.I.'SI NcgfO ill world, has bcouenthed all shar-s • m his diamond mine at Mtvadiu ! F.A sod the property belongii'-■ 1 W it to hi:; brother anti sister and. immediate members of the family. • executors of the will has disclosed. I Dr. Williamson, educated at McGill university in Canada, died of cancer rwenJy. Somehow his fabulous wealth had not been k no '"r *o the world until recent ly. South Africans, however, know him as the "Diamond King." HELD 809 SHARES At the time of his death, Dr. j Williamson held 800 shares in the mine, while his brother Perry! Williamson, held 300 shares, al-j though Dr. Williamson's legal ad s\ -or ?nd friend, I. C Chopra.! f held 100 shares. Thus control of Hie mine re- : "mined in family hands. : ison s Girls Ensemble, Miss Ca-i , rol.yn Carter, Herman Street, Miss Frozine Reece. Randolph McKov, j John W McLean, “Tire Shawettcs," ■ s modern dance group. ' , * * » * Winners from the regional will go to the ili-.lriet contest, j while district winners will he i eligible to participate in the national contest. Winners in the district ami national contests will win in addition to prizes college scholarships. * * * « , I THF TALENT HUNT Idea was j l moated in the Fraternity's Sixth i j District ''North and South Carol- I •nal on April 13, 1045. The idea } v i, born foe Ihn purpose of civ- > jpg opportunity to some American j souths to develop and give ex- ; < | prrsston io tboif talents, • j Besides making possible these j j trier, l , demonstrations. Omega is { ■ | mainly interested in a “Fnnda- | i I menial Search for Talent." j . i Through this program, the fra ter- j ■ | ndy hopes to discover machinery ! Do’s And Don'ts | “Sue! - Stalling on the Job Does not Lend to Promotions.” City’s Ministers Hear DC Welfare Consultant , J. R. Larkins, consultant with (the State Welfare Department, n cussed "Negro Leadership In North j Carolina," at. the BioOdwoi th = Street YMCA recently, speaking | under the auspices of the Min j kterial. Alliance. j Following are excerpts from his j address: | "Negro ieatkr! Was it. a ehacac ; ter of Goldsmith's Citizen of the : World, who when asked to write ’• an essr.y on Chinese Metaphysics. , went to the encyclopedia, read the | article on China, then the one on metaphysics, put the two together j and ' iikd the product Chinese t Metaphysics? . | "There is much misunderstand j ins on the terms leader or leader : t Dnp. The meaning is buried in . | myths, fallacies fiction, and sem , j antics. ■ j "Usually the concept of leader is ; rotated to the popularity of indi - ifilatjnns Hsld At Kipstnn « liusia » II IUlltlf»Wli KINSTON ln a 3 -day pro- j imam, the Th"d Annua! Institute ' of Human Relations, the only one ! ;of its kind east of the Raleigh j : area, was held at the Lenoir i County Courthouse beginning on ! February 9 at 8 pm. For the third consecutive year, j ‘ the livaute has been sponsored I ty Lenoir County Inver-Racl |».l Committee and it used for its) theme "Bridges to Brotherhood." j * * % Hi Keynote speaker was Dr. i ieo VV. Blackburn "resident, Jarvis ( bristian * onrge, who tc 1 for his subject: "Com munity Development A Bridge to Brotherhood.” lie -poki at the Sunday evening session and was introduced by the Rev. Douglas A. Bel!. The combined choir: of St. j i Mary's Episcopal Church andi Fil l Presbyterian Church fur- i ! nished the music, and Arthur; Honeycliurch was the director Other participants on the Sun- : day evening program were- Rev.i R. A Morris, invocation: Rev H. F. Moseley, welcome; and Rev j Frank C. Perry, benediction. MAIN SPEAKER for the Mon day evening program was attor | ney Irving Carlyle, of Winston - | Salem, who used foi tils subject; ! “Law and Religion Bridges to | Brotherhood." He wis introduc ' ed by Jesee A. Jones. Music for the Monday program | was rendered by Adkin High! Choral Club, with Miss Frances IL Croom as director. I and resources through which it can give assistance to as many I young people as possible, —espe | .".ally liiO.-e >viiu puasrss Idivnik of j exceptional and outstanding qua- : lily. Although the competitive ««?!«■- j lions were musical, the Talent : Hunt is not limited to the field of music but. extends to other areas of entertainment and the fine arts. » * » * Program committee for the local Talent Hunt included: Robert Williams, basiteus; ,T. It Blount, keeper of records ami seal; Thomas E. Kee, chair man; .1. E. Cocfield C. E. Oe- Vane, H. E. High, W. W Hur dle, J. T Johnson, and E. !., i Sanders, Sr. * * « * The judge on' the Talent Hunt ! jv as Dr. Hurry Cooper, professor j rs vniwir. Meredith College. Ra- 1 j ieigh. N. C j Last on the program was sins- j j ins of the Omega Hymn by mem- j j hr:- lota lota, Delta Psi, and Kao- j I pa Tin.den chapteis i vidua is, membership and affilia j turns in organizations, along with j offices held. Frequently, persons I j with money are given positions of ; ! leadership. | "Leadership implies a following ! I of whose behavior is the result of j | a conscious consideration of the. i leader’s personality, of its own in terest;- and of the anticipated so cial consequences. “Frequently, the identification I and activity of the Negro leader, i j in relation to integration, defer- i j inino.- his influence upon the total j ! group ! "Patterns of leadership among j Negroes in N C. have been in- | fl'.tenccd by social, economic, and political forces in the State, nation j and the world. Negroes have pro- ; tested their treatment and improv- ! i ed heir plight. Along with this, I Negroes have acquired more edu ! cation, wealth, and an improved ' concept of themselves. Other participants were Fa | tber Joseph H. Banks, invocation i IE. Ray Bryant, welcome; ana IRev J A. Humphrey, benediction.! Dr. Albert E. Turner, dean of 1 1 Law School, N. C College, was ; the main speaker for thg Tuesday ; program and used the topic: • “Strong and Weak Planks m • Bridges to Brotherhood.” He was ! introduced by Harvey E Beech. j Music was furnished by John ; G. Djer. while other participants I were Dr Thomas II Hamilton, in , vocation; Major ft. J. Bergen. ! welcome; Rev. Ralph H. Matting | ly. benediction. The Executive Group is com- ! ! posed of W. N. Payton, president; ! W, s Page, Jr., vice-president, i 1 Mrs. Bailie C. Hiii, secretary; Mrs j i Eleanor H. Smith, treasurer; i James A. Harper, member-at-1 I large, Jake P. Strother, member- 1 ! at-large. Membership includes: John F. i i Albritton, Joseph H. Banks, Har-j ve.v E. Beech, Major R. ,J. Bergen,! George Best. E. Ray Bryant.! James L Cogdell. Miss Bessie Cox.! Mrs. A. J. Crane, W. L. Faye, Bu- I ! ford Goodman, Dr. J. J. Han-! ! nibal, Mrs. J. P. Harrison, George B. Lane, J. Flank Laßoque, David l.enhardt. Dr. Jerome J. Mayer. E. F. Moseley, Mrs, T. V. Moseley, John G. Page, Dr. Vance Perry Mrs. J. J Rowland. Miss Molle Scott. C. B. Stewart, T. Marvin Vick. Jr. Presiding at the Sunday, Mon day. and Tuesday meetings ie- Kneel!vcly were W. N Payton, W I S. Page, and C. B. Stewart. ■A COLISEUM 'CAT ■—Dubbed the "Cof* at file Coltaeum in Rome, where ah« ernd a group of Aamnean entertain*™ recently neared a triumph. Lola WanarJ exhibit; some of her feline grace for appreciative photograpiiftrs, clop a Bopi© t&uggpjent. U-Twp press Photo), MOVIE LOTS HOLLYWOOD, Calif. TAKING [ UP AGENDA OF LAST WEEK'S | SESSION, just where we left off: I “Is Johnny Mathis a ‘flash in the j pan, with Sunset-strip Nile Jit"i - ' , The answer is "yes,” judging from i If,nr time veteran «rvibe<. '"ho j i have been following the ‘‘yawn- j j to-dawn" bistros for years and | ! have seen many a one come and j j go. In several of their columns, and j in private conversation most of j them think his success at the Cr- s- : j cendo was due to the temporary : | impression his shy non-stagy man j ner of singing his ballads made in j j contrast to the loudness and r.yiu- j ! lions of the Elvis Pressley type. ; j But fickle Hollywood soon be- > j comes bored and bia.se, with the j j hpn-sensational, and like follow- i ] ing the “Pied Piper of Hamlin," : : tear right after the next entertain- ; i er, who pops up with somethin | different-. i * » * There are few acts like the 1 Mills Brothers, than can al ways he sure of nightly filled I casinos, just as they did twenty years ago after making their screen debut in Will's "Oper ator Thirteen". » * » * | NO 2 - "WHY DIDN'T JOF j ! LOUIS MAKE GOOD IN THE * i MOVIES” Well first of an Jon did | | not havp the dynamic stage pres- | j cnee that attracts screen and stage j i fans, and just a: he never agreed ' to follow Marva's urging to bettci ! his education, so he never tried to J learn the fine aid r.f aeling To the : contrary Max Baer, learned to be j a good actor end still works in ! i the movies, * » * * That «t lie r greet world's heavyweight champion Jack j Johnson nas an excellent ar tor, and two movies were 4 , ready waiting foi him to star In as soon as he finished that ; ill-fated year m Ft. Leaven worth, for Mann Act violation. i These both made in full at Kansas f'lty Mb. financed by Kid Martin, a sportsman and j business-man were titled “For His Mother's Sake" ill ill o se- j quels. Thev were premiered j both in Kansas f'ity and New York, and placed to good box THE WEEK IN RECORDS By ALBERT ANDERSON i «r Associated Negro Press MAKIN* WHOOPEE "Milkin' Whoopee" is the subject i of a new Verve album featuring the i late piano wizard Art Tatum that should delight It also features Saxman Benny Carter and drum mer Louis Belson. The album has been called . , easy jazz at its j best.” and the statement holds true j For on the LP. the three jazz Stars ; produce music that is both enter- J tain ing and relaxing as they give i superb treatment to six soft melo- i dies and up-tempered tunes. MASTERS AT WORK j On the platter you hear three j masters at work each weaving a | pattern that is distinctively his and • I yet mat shingly becoming to the | theme. You hear for example, To j turn's light and golden touch blend ed with the soulful playing at Car j ter and tne vibrant but subdued j drumming of Beil,son on such tunes i as "Foggy Day." and “Blues in C." jon Side One, and the clinching i "Maltin' Whoopee.” on Side Two. On a!! three numbers there is no j compromise of styles, only the clev- \ ci blending of contrasting arts that makes for listening pleasure. Other numbers that receive fop treatment by the trio ere “You’re Mine You.” also cm the initial side, and “Undecided" and “tinder a Blanket of Blue", on the flip Although the title of this album | suggests a period that has lone j Passed, there j- nothing outmoded | about the music fa h loafed by the arti try of three of jazzdom’s finest musicians names of all three [ office elsewhere. * * * * •lira Corbett was anoth- :• ex ! champion who made «uod in the ! movies starring in a silent serial j “The Midnight .Mar," Jess Willard | i made one movie. "The Heart | Punch,While Jeffries never he* i rarae a movie star, there were ' such, songs as "BalUing Jim Jcff ! ries King of the Bing- written a ! bout him and from which he re i■'i v J :ov e : » | BUT BACK TO JOB: He was j starred in an aii-cojprod cast pic ■ lure by Jed Buell on the old T.dis ! fieyw ,\r!isls it l was titled "The Spirit of Youth”. ; with Edna Ha . . his leading i lady and Clareoee Muse portray ing his manager. Also while serv i ins; in the Armed forces as "Sect. ; Joe Louis.’ he worked in the A ar ' ne:r Brothers feature musical "Th s ! fe The Aliev," but had only a bit, j and a few dialogue lines. ! MO. 3 THE JOHN DOLPHIN ■ KILLING' -• Seldom has there i been larger crowd at a funeral | than were the thousands who over | flowed St. Paul Baptist Church last j week where The funeral for John | Dolphin, was held. Too handsome | 42-year-old record producer, and I operator of "Dolphins of Hoily- I wood *. m.’lion.'Ufy f amous ,-toi es, i % .- a s ro vvi-lely known that. lons be ! fore time for the services to be j held. many stood outside ihe j church in the rain waiting for the I door to open. « * • » St it the balconies anti the | tn.,,in auditorium were filled to , overflowing, and with the pas* r Uw. John Branham assist a Rev. Robeson, a Seventh v adventist delivered the fu » .'I sermon. Everyone here j d«. ,arvd the fatal sheeting of rgphin l>y ?5-yer>r old Perry I ev, was inp\('f v al)le, because Dolphin bad helped many un known songwriters like him. sre start in the difi'ieuit mus i ie -Id. • * * * I His claim that Dolphin had at tacked him first with a knife was never verified. The family for the prescT ; s continuing the sale of recot'i ~ in .stock bid it is not known vet what 1- Id be the fu ture < ‘Dolphins of Hollywood.” j artists provide sales for ni'.peal. I I.OOK FOR VKRVE TO CASH IN I ; P hi Pill MSismtMO. i f| MEMORUL s^iOIMURCHIII 8 Tfcfcrts: THtTW’S *€ CORD SHOP *" immm ■ i Fats Domino And Orchestra To Play Local Dance Mar. 10 PATH DOMING, King of Rock 'rL Roll, will appear In person with his great ORCHESTRA for x JAM SESSION and DANCE at the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium on Monday night. March loth. This will be DOMINO'S first ap pearance in Raleigh for a dance date in almost a year. His other appearance was in the big show package. It is a fact that PATS DOMINO has taken his place among the modern music greats. Not since the early days of Satchino, Kid Ory, and Leadbelly Morton has a New Orleans musician so com* plotely captured the Imagination of the public. *** * i EATS has scored a trui* staggering success in every facet of show business. A* a recording artist, be has sold over twelve million records in the past four years alone, In cluding his sensational rendi tions of “My Blue Heaven,” “When My Dream boat Cornel Home.," and “Blueberry Hill” on Imperial Records, He hw» played many of the country’s leading night clubs and thea tres, attracting SltO business everywhere. When he head lined the rock ’n roll show at the Brooklyn Paramount the gross was an unprecedented $220,000. * * « * An entertainer like PATS does- j n't just ‘‘happen.” His talent is the result of a lifetime of hard j work and application. He was j born Antoine Domino on February | 26, 192 8, in New Orleans I Although he was the only one of nine children to show an interest in music, the family was not an unmusical one His father was a violinist and his uncle, Harry Ve rett, had played with, such famous .jay® aggregations as those of Kid brv and Oscar Celestin. At 29. FATS DOMINO has be-j coma one of the top artists in his field. He still makes his home in New Orleans. He is happily mar ried and the father of six chil dren His five year-old son is something or a virtuoso on Uie pi - ano and drums. The date at the Raleigh Me morial Auditorium will be the on ly date in eastern North Carolina. ON THIS ONE. URBANE JAZZ Another Verve album with sales snfx-al L, a thing called "Urbane fe.iutring Roy “Little Jazz’ Eldridgc and Benny Carter in a 10- tune set The set starts with a cur . .r - ; called "1 Still Love Hun So. ' and ends with a tune titled “Wailing.” which needs no further explanation. Other tunes on. the ; disc are "The Moon Is Low.” “I Mi- ed My Hat," “The Ballad." Polite Blues." “Close Your Eyes,” • W!i Art.” "1 Don’t Know,’ >nd "Stiiding.” Chalk tins, one ud as a good music by two URBANE ! musicians. luri.ean steps out Former Chicago schoolgirl, Lur ! lean Hunter steps out \ new VIK | album titled “Steppin* Out.” which ! iruely reflected her versatility as i a singer. And with a repertoire I that runs from the semi-classical 1 r'Kisr Me Again” from the comic i opera “M’le. Modiste”) to the i downright jazzy ("Blues in the ! Night”), Lurlean does an out ' standing job You'll like her ! throughout the entire set. but she : :<- erpecialiy good on the title I 'ok, and ”T Fee! .So Smoothie”. | and "It I Could Be With You." AN I INTERESTING ALBUM. SHOULD j SELL i VIC PAMONF ALSO STARS | CoUirnbtua has just released a : fine album by Vic Da mono titled i ‘ Angelin Mia,” named after his ; wife, .the actress, that is delighted, i Many of the songs are in Italian. | but this is no deterrent, for Da mone's voice with Its Italian bnckgmurfii has a certain reson- | iince and feeling that is warm and senwous: the same sensuousness | that Negro voices sometimes have Onr could not spend a better half luni: than listening to him and the expert orchestral accompaniment. Start lambs on creep feed when they’re two weeks old using crack ed yellow corn. FII.LFSR lanes can t become established j and grow unlesn they receive am- i pie sunlight. i pjf THE CAROLINIAN WF WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 1. 1958 i ' Jj WiriiaiWl'lMlV - —S —O. ■ - l.'uu. -■« - mnriw j FATS DOMINO State NAA CP Lea ders Hold j \Board Meet; Voting Talked BY J. B. HARKEN ,! CHARLOTTE -- Fifty NAACP . j board members and branch offici i ais gathered here February Bt,h ; at the call of State NAACP pres ident Kelly M. Alexander to hear, ; the outline of the 1958 NAACP i registration and vote campaign I and resume of the work done dui - ■ i ing 1957. » * » » As chairman of (he south east regional N A A C P regis tration and voting committee. Alexander urged the forma tion of local registration com mittees in every town, county and hamlet in an all-out drive, for 300,900 aditional race voi - ers in the state by 1960 elec tions, with the overall goal «l three million colored voters in the southeast by the next presidential election. + » « * i Treiw «:wton I. Gregg’s j report inn. -ed a healthy gam lin finances Elected, during the i past year, with the new NAACP ’Mother -of - the - Year’ program playing an important part in this. Mr. Gregg, whose financial re cords have received national ac claim, emphasized the need of communities getting their 1959 ‘Mother-of-the-Year’ contestan ■ named and the communities NAACP members and non-mem bers alike—working to make her win an all-expense paid trip to ! the national convention in Clove • i land. Ohio in July. Field secretary Charles A Mc - Lean urged the keeping of proper records of all branch affairs as; he. also, urged an ail-out. votin ' effort and a watchful eye on the housing and labor programs pa: | ticularly where efderal assistance ] is used. Any desired information | can be secured on any phase of NAACP activity by writing * j , ■ ' 0 fm 90 PROOF lINTURY M CMJB jb&&Li&&£k c •• ? -Hli o YEARS °L» STRAIGHT BOURBON vSHIh whiskey iSHHA $2-45 \ 0, FT, s^«Bs \,' ' 4-6 tt*f. DISTILLERS PRODUCTS CORPORATION, N. Y. • SO PROOF , Charles A. McLean, 1453 Hafcti* Avenue, Winston-Salem. N. C. Alexander said Tarheelia ha» led most southern states in mem-' : berships and finance, and asked i that a goal of at least 25,900 members be striven for this year, along with a substantial youth council membership In an effort io enroll the churches ;\nd pastors in the voting program, a churrh com mittee composed of the Revs. Curl / Fuqua, Kittroli: Gra» dv Davis, Raleigh: and Cole man Kerry, Jr,. Charlotte, ts i seeking to enlist ministers am! laymen over the state to help in eorrailing voters and giving them class instruction during i his spring, in time for local and state, primaries. ♦ * * * NAACP leaders Dr. A, E. Ferry, Jr . Monroe. Dr. E. R. Edmonds, Greensboro, and Rev. Mr, Elliot", ; High Point, each reported harass ment, because of their NAACP work in their respective com j immitiex Edmond- was relieved of his duties al Wesleyan Foundation director at AAcT College: |>r. Per ry was charged with abortion Up on a whih woman at Monro? af j ter he had spearheaded a drive to place Negroes in the town's only swimming pool. Alt,ho tbo goal ; was not achieved, reportedly, ft ; class between Negroes and mem bers of the K.K.K resulted, Hie ; case is now on appeal and Negroes have rallied admirably with aid | and finances. ADVERTISERS PA RONIZE OUR 11
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