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Suitcase Stuff By “Slunk” Browning tthei Mona Lisa Denton, the beautiful and luscious beauty of High Point came to town during the holidays wearing an “out-of this-worla' expensive certified pelt mink coat, which she claims was a surprise Christmas gift from a well-known New York "sugar daddy" who specializes' in attracting the attention of beautiful young south ern female adventurers whose jaunt to New York is to capture the best money men that the big town has to offer and live the high and fust life that the ‘downhetne, country town ’ could not afford . . . After two days of promoting and publicizing her successful ac complishments and contract in the "big city" two "feds”, on an un announced visit, allegedly took her, bag and baggage, back to New York to answer charges of accepting stolen goods from a noted Har lem thief whom she was living with as a "common law’ wife," The Jackson High School faculty in Camden, S. C. is loaded with athletic greats and well-known social and civic figures whose names were once household words in North Carolina high school and college circles . . . JOHNNIE MARTIN, ray “old lady" in high school days at Albion Academy, and once the kingpin of South Carolina high school coaches, when his mother academy football and basket ball teams ran roughshod over ail comers and won championship after championship with the care of a parish priest taking orders from the high powers of the Vatican Palace in Rome . . , He moved up to Director of Athletics at Booker T. Washington! High Sehool in Columbia and prexy of the state athletic association, before returning to Camden’s Jackson High School and his beautiful wife, the former June Singleton and his two lovely daughters. Martin ns aJ. C. Smith grad . , John Pickett, a transfer student from Lin coln iPa.i, to Shaw University and a whale of u football player, made all CXAA center during his college career at Shaw . , . Bessie Picket, John's sister, a Shaw grad, a beautiful person with a dominating personality . . . Mow a school mom, social, civic and business woman . , . James F. Pope, a former Little Blues’ football star, a master on musical instruments and now director of the Jackson High School band. Pope is a Raleigh boy and is a Shaw U. grad. "Boogy” Chippie of Raleigh, is practicing dentistry in Greenville, 8 C. Thomas Mdadann Ringer succeeded Prof. W. J. McLean as prin cipal of Central High School in Nashville, N, O A few years ago Negroes in naming their high schools preyed on the name of Booker T. Washington . . . Now, the trend is to use the name "Central” . . . There are at least 14 high schools in North Carolina dubbed Central. In one incident, the superintendent left it up to the principal, faculty and parents to name the new schools. At the parent-teachers meetings at least three names were submitted— none bearing the usual names cf Dunbar, Lincoln, Washington or Douglas . . The group hem-hawed and disagreed until the close of the school term . . . Tn the fall, the superintendent supplied the name. Everybody nccepetd with satisfaction. Finding a name for the school was too big a problem for the intelligent group . . How the superintendent felt about the situation has never been expressed. A FEM THREESOME PITCHED A NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY The Misses l)r Juanna Browning, Marguerite Mann and Mrs. Jazel Dickens hosted their friends at a gala and luscious New Year's Eve symposium that closed the old year out with a bang! and opened the New Year with plans and programs for the young er social-set during the mid-winter social calendar season , . . The “sympo” was held at the home of Miss Browning in Washington Terrace. Guests present to celebrate the “end and beginning” were: Nurvy A. Turner. Ann Arnellc Hunt, Edevina Battle, Geraldine Oats, Jenie Ridley, Swayzine Harris, Zenobia Browning, Daisy and Lennon Wil liams, Gloria and Bobbie Butler, Henry Peace, 111, Leo Oxley, Syvellie Cloud. Deryl Webster. Howell Jones. Moses Walker and James Cox. Platters of fresh roasted chicken, Ponce de Leon styled chicken salad, assorted cheese, hor d oeurves, cheese pyza, olive (perminto) u pineapple “whefif and “skiskabarbs" were the* solid foods for disposal . . . Assorted drinks to accompany the solids were plentyful At twelve sharp the sound of lifting tire champagyne top signaled the dying of the old year and the birth of the new, ESQI'ERITA, Capital recording star, whose record “Oh Baby Don’t Shake Like That”, is on the top ten, is worried about his luscious lover who abscounded a few weeks ago as the result of a misunderstanding . . . Esquerita is now singing “ Baby Won’t You Please Come Home.” BETTY COLE, the dazzling vivacious songstress whose recent hit tunc “Without You What Can I Do", went out ''bailin';” on an after-show spree and forgot to pay the cab driver in her hurried rush to her hotel room ... The driver followed the singer end pounded rounds to the high heavens on her locked room door . . . She quickly opened the door, handed him a fifty-dollar bill and said "Go buy you a good cab fellow." Tire actual fare was eighty-five cents .. Bobby Hendricks, who is now working as a single since leaving the “Drifters", plattered the jitterbugs’ now song hit “Itchy Twtchy Feeling”. Hendricks is “all up in the ah” over Mrs. Corn Clardy's daughter, Ruth, who feels “funny that way” about Bobby. Mama don’t know the half of it. but is doing some thoughtful thinking Conetoe High And Elementary Installs Its PTA Officers BY J. B. HARKEN CONETOE The annua) elec tion meeting and installation of olneers for the Conetoe High and Elementary f’chool PTA was held recently with an attendance of some forty parents participating. Mrs, Arlene C. AlbrUon, del egate to the 11th district PTA meeting in Wilson, reported that fathers were urged to take a greater part in PTA ac tivities where they could gain valuable information in help ing to combat juvenile delin quency tendencies among their teenage boys. It was stated that many fathers do not take up enough time with their boys to learn what the sons rcaliy think in regards to life, Mi*». Ruth Glover came back from the State PTA convention In High Point filled with information and enthusiasm "to do more than ever to try to put over the PTA program.” Next year the conven tion goes to Asheville. Thirty-four Edgecombe parents attended the district meeting at Wilson, being one of the top rank ing in. the district In attendance. Officers for 1959 were as fol lows: J, C. Jones, president; Rev Howard Press Want Congress To Settle Passport Mixup WASHINGTON fANP> Attor neys James M. Nabrit. Jr., dean of Law School and Dorsey E. Lane assistant professor of law at Hew* *, ord university, this week express ed hope that Congress will enact legislation clarifying the State De partment's authority to decide whe ther an American citizen has the right to a passport. This desire was expressed in a Setter to Senator Thomas C. Hennings, Jr., chairman of the Senate subcommittee on con stitutional rights. This letter a long with many others written by law school deans and pro fessors of law ,st several uni versities, was leluded tn a print ed report called "The Right To Travel and United States Pass port Policies," recently releas ed by the Stiheommiti.ee. STATE DEPARTMENT POSITION "UNCONSTITUTIONAL” The Howard professors contend ed that the position by the Depart ment of State that the granting of passports is a privilege to bo be stowed by the Department and not a right of an American citizen, is .f unconstitutional, * -w “It is our belief," they said, “that T the prevention of an American Ci tizen from traveling abroad de- H. IT. Herring, vice president. J. L. Jones, treasurer; Mrs. Lottie Lee Staton, secretary; and Mrs. Ruth Glover, assistant secretary. The cfiicers were installed by J. B, Harren of Rocky Mount, with principal E. R. Batts assisting. A representative of eco nomically priced line of ‘shell homes’ was present and spoke to the farmers, explaining how they could get started on own ing a home with a paid-for lot and as little as $5 down. The plan was hailed as a chance for tenants to begin owning a home and finishing the interi or later. MARIAN ANDERSON ENFIELD - Mrs. Lucinda Har rison. 506 McDaniel Street, wife of Robert Harrison, returned home for a holiday vacation after several months in New York. Mrs. Harrison says rhe had the distinction of having been ern ulayed os a maid in the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Fisher, Rt. 1, Danbury, Conneticut: better known as Miss Marian Anderson, the world-renowned singer, who is now alternate delegate to the United Nations. Mrs. Harrison said the Fishers arc wonderful people to work for. prives him of liberty without due process of law. To hold otherwise is to create in the name of foreign policy a new concept which might be aptly labeled 'Prison America’.” Nsbrii and Lane agreed with the ruling of the Court of Appeals that the right to travel "is a natu ral right.” The negation of this right, they said, reminded them of the days of the Black Codes when Negro slaves were not permitted to move about without o passport. But this denial goes still further, ft raises the Question of whether such refusal is a violation of the First Amendment which guarantees "freedom of speech, press, assemb ly and religion.” They contended that this guarantee can be interpre ted to include "the right to gather information end to seek the source of knowledge and news, be cause free speech is nothing more nor less than the revelation of knowledge and opinion however acquired.” Nabrit and Lane criticized the policy of the State Department which authorizes the issuance or refusal of passport# on the basis of confidential information known only to the Government and not made available to persons seeking the passport. T, V. STAR IN LONDON Singer Ann Henry, who has just arrived in London to star in Granada’s new weekly program, "On The Air” on independent television, is photographed at her London hotel. Ann, 25, was a dancer (she led her own all-male mod rn dance group at 17) until Illness robbed her of the use of her legs. She then switched to singing and became a top television and stage star in the United Slates. She is Uie only dancer for whom Duke Ellington icver especially composed music, (CPI TELE PHOTO). CONETGE PTA Of'KtC'EKR —Officers of the Cone toe High Vx \ ar - shown following the installa tion services held recently at the school. Seated, (L- ii .). Jones, pres.M-.-cs’; vtrs. Lottie Lee Staton, secretary Drear? Rev. 11. K. Herring, vice president; Mrs. Ruth Glover, a-si. s sectary; and J. L Jones, treasurer. E. R. Bates (not shown) is principal of the Constoe school. The school has drawn praise for its work in a strictly share-cropper community which experiences a large ‘turnover' among its patrons each year. (J. 15. HARKEN FOTOi. Integration Battles, Court Rulings, Said The Chief Highlights Os 1958 BY CHARLES J. LIVINGSTONE iOR V\P Although the race for control of space in an age of Sputniks, mis siles. and hydrogen bombs were the chief pre-occupation of lenders contending world powers, in the United States, and in a sense in Afric.i and Asia, integration and the fight for interracial Justice were the chief highlights of 1953, The 12-month period just con cluded was, from a domestic stand ; olnt, one of the most turbulent m the history of America. It was marked by a "Cold War" between liberals and segregationists which featured innumerable court battles, school closings, and racial bomb ings. Still, some gains were made, as liberals took the initiative tor the first time since the U. S. Su preme Court ruling of 1951 outlaw ing segregation in education. IMPORTANT PERIOD IN V. S. HISTORY Because this period was one of the most important, in o*u liven and in the history of the nation ANP chronicles hcc a review of highlights both on the national and international scene: The Amfri'-n Association of University Profc-so—- accused Gov. George Bell Timmerman of South Carolina with Inter fering with freedom of rdu-a ijoa afl"r he nersundod the State Board of Education to withdraw certification of Allen university, a school m 1 ”li ter - ed by the African Methodist Episcopal Church, as a teacher training institution. The move, which barred the school gradu ates from state teaching jobs, was designed io force the re signation of three professors, and was said to be also influ enced by the enrollment at Allen of Andre Toth, a white Hungarian student. A new nation, governed bv Negroes* came into being with the creation of the West Indian Federation wHh henad eunrters In Trinidad. Headed by Oxford-trained Gratttley Adorns of Barbados, the Federal on governs a 10-island grown, with jurisdiction over transportation, trade, and ta ' Iff. It is a member of the British Commonwealth of nations. January also marked the inaugu ration of the Civil Rights Commis sion; the death of Archie A. Alex ander, former governor of the Vir gin Islands; and the jailing of John Kasper, rabble-rousing segrega tionist- Sponswiso, Willie Mays became the highest paid player on the San Franeisc. Giants team when he signed n T,,1.00b contract. The United Stai s Filth Circuit Court of Appeals last February up held a U. S. District Court ruling orderin': desegregation in the city nark, public schools, end transpor tation system In New Orleans, La. The Little Rock school board, meanwhile, expelled Minnie Jean Brown from integrated Central High school after she defended her self against prejudiced students. Miss Brown later enrolled in a New York school on $1,050 and was praised for her scholarship and conduct. In religion. Rev. William H. .Ter rapin. 88. "Grand OM Man of the Baptist Church,” died in a Miami Beech hospital following an opera tion. Political!v. the Senate confirmed Clifton 11. Wharton as Minister to Rumania, marking the first assign ment of a Negro to a major non- Ncavo nation. JIM CROW OUTLAWED N< gores in West Palm Beach, Fla won the right to use the city’s mu nicipally owned golf course when the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal* ruled that the city must discontinue its jim crow policy. Joseph I). Bibb, director of ur-iois IY-onrtmfnt of Public Safety and the first Nctro to hobt a cabinet post In the state’s history, temnorari'v blocked Nathan Leopold s bid for parole from a life sentence from Ihe li’lwois State PeniLr tlary at Joliet, when he ruled that bis department could not permit a Peurto Rican parole because of a state law. Leo pold, who was jailed for the 192* thrill s!>ving of Bobby Franks, was later freed from prison. In sports. 87-year-old .Sugar Bay Robinson stunned boxing experts by regaining the middleweight title for an unprecedented fourth Erne in a snvasre fight with Carmen Basilic in Chicago. March 25. Rob inson won on a sold, deei don. with Referee Frank S'kera voting for Basilic, although Carmen’s left eve was completely closed and swollen as large as on v n t plant. Basilio later was hospitalized for treat ment of the eye. Journalism o’so lost a friend when Forest Woodward, 69-yenr old publisher of the Philadelphia Independent, a Negro weekly, died In Philadelphia, And the entertainment world was saddened by the death of the famed ' Father of the Blues,' W. C. Handy, Among those who sent tele grams of condolences was Presi dent Eisenhower. MANHATTAN ANTI-BIAS LAW GOES INTO EFFECT New York City’s antidixriniina iion law went into effect, in April and the Civil Rights Commission in its first major action, set up advi sory committees in 48 states. In religion, St. Cecilia's Roman Catho lic mission church in Jesuit Bend, La., was re-opened after more than two years. It had been closed by Arch i bishop Rummel of New Orleans because bigots refused to permit a Negro priest to celebrate Mass there. On the international front, the first Conference of Inde pendent Africa States met in Accra Ghana, and Princess Margaret of Britain officially opened the first parliament of the West Indies Fed eration. Prime Minister Nkramah of Ghana In July, paid a state visit to America. He was royally received by President Eisenhower and ca binet members in Washington and ted at banquets in such cities as Now York, Chicago, and Philadel phia, Returning home, the prime minister, Africa’s “Man In Motion,” thanked the American and Cana dian peoples for the welcome he received in the two countries. In Montgomery, AH lrrt O ■ her. approximately 150 persons in tars welcomed Dr. Martin Lu ther King Jr, when he returned to the city after being stabbed by Mrs. Izola Curry while autograph ing his book in New York City. As the crowds waited at. the new '"7,000,000 Airport, expressions of “Thank God”. could be heard throughout the waiting period The plane was 45 minutes late. Forming the welcoming commit* teea were the official staff of the Montgomery Improvement Associa tion, representatives of the Inter denominational Ministerial Alli ance of the Dexter Avenue Baptist and the Southern Christian Leader chip Conference with headquarters in Atlanta, Oa, The U. S. Civil Rights Commis sion in December created a model Advisory Committee in Alaska by appointing to membership a Negro, an Eskimo, ari Indian, and a Jew. With the creation of the Alaskan group, some 49 such committee* PHILADELPHIA When Air Force Lieutenant Charles T “Chuck” Williams was sent on missions in Italy back in the mid dle forties, he usually wasn’t out to make friends. Meeting with and disposing of enemies was his prim ary objective. Today, more than a decade lat* , Williams is on another mission. Be fore, he was covering the Euro pean Theater; today he is covering the country’s markets for Melrose Distillers Co., sales affiliate of Schonley Industries. Ine., to "meet people and make friends” for such popular brands of whiskey as Mel rose Golden Wedding, James E. «r,rt John Whatever the mission, Wil liams has the knack of doing a. topflight job. During World War 11. for instance, Chuck won seven battle stars, the Air Medal and Purple Heart. En tering as a private in the 332nd Fighter Group at Tuskegec Air Base in 11)43, he rose to the rank of First Lieutenant and returned to Tuskegoe Air Base in Alabama in 13J5 as flight in structor. Still a man with a mission, his i i were appointed to Investigate com- ' plaints of discrimination in the va- 1 nous states and report to the pa- i rent body. The Negro member is Clarence Coleman. Anchoiage con tractor and president of the city's NAACP. Jessie ‘Angie* Evans, 15-year-old Arkansas high school student was named one of “Ton Young Women of (he Year” by Mademoiselle Ma gazine. after she led a sum T #ful drive for integration at Van Burcn, Ark. High school. AFRICAN BI«HOP CONSECRAT ED BY POPE In a solemn ceremony in St Pet er's Basilica, Pope John XXITT con secrated the Rev. Charles M-nkUa, native African, a bishop in the Ro man Catholic Church and thus raised to 25 the total number of Negro bishops in the 500.000.000- member worldwide denomination. Bishop Ksakila was consecrated side by side with six white clergy men, including the Vatican’s Sec retary of State, Domenico Tarrii nia, and placed over the diocese of Karema in Tanganyika in East Af rica, Sports - Sugar Ray Robinson blasted the National Boxing Association for issuing an ulti matum directing him to nego tiate for a middleweight title bout bv Jan. It or risk haring bis title vacated by the NBA, Rnfvnson termed the NBA edict nnfalr, and threatened to sue every member of the association. On a state visit to New Deal- Id, India, Dr. Kwa.rae Nkrtimah. Prime Minister of Ghana, de clared In an address h ,,f ore the Afr Kan Students’ Union, that Ghana, In moderation with other African states, was determined to lead the van guard for liberation of the whole African continent from colonial rule. Following a nine-year legal bat- I <le climaxed by a IT. S, Supreme Court ruling against segregation, the City Park Association of New Orleans (La.) announced that Ne groes would be admitted freriv to all facilities of the park. Negro civil rights attorney A. P. Tnreaud had filed suit against the city on behalf of a Negro "Yf club. ALL-AFRIG AN CONFERENCE AT ACCRA Delegates of 23 African countries, meeting in the first All-African !’ 'ople’s Conference at Accra. Oha- I na. adoul' d a four-pod t re solution n.———p If |tA W T ‘HOSa* it YOU -Jay— OWN i CAR* * or e truck, or a motorbike, etc. Here are some things you need to know, important to you . ,to us. io renew your license plate for 1959 you must have o renewal card. This is in the mail now, but it's sharing the mail with Christmas cards and gifts. So allow the postmen time to sort end deliver this card and then, if it is not received notify the Department of Motor Vehicles promptly, giving your present plate number, if possible, otherwise the make of the vehicle and identification number. Also list your correct residence address. Insurance must bs in effect to obtain a plate, or you must otherwise comply with the Financial Responsibility Law. if you have filed proof of in surance and it continues in effect, another F 5-1 Certificate of Insurance is not necessary. The driver education fee of SI.OO for each tag costing $lO or more must be paid each year. If you order by mail don't overlook this extra dollar. Included with your renewal cord is o leaflet containing instructions for obtaining 1958 license plates. Please read these ...a, . —, instructions carefully. Vf The '59 plates may be obtained on and after January 2 They must be on the car by February 16. When the tags go on sale in your community, replate promptly. Don't wait until the last week. * & NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES Peace Or War? performances with Schenley sales companies have been no Jess spectacular. A little more than a year after he joined the firm in 1951, ho received the President's Cup Award for outstanding a chiovenient. The capable sales rep resentative has developed numer ous sales and merchandising ideas fur company brands. The “Ancient Age Roving Re porter” column, for example, ap pears in newspapers in many of tne markets which he visits, and the Old Charter Community Lead er Contest, which annually offers a Leading Citizen award and full scholarship to a selected bov or sfdfllß'icd 3s nn out standing community project, "Not only did the latter program, help worthy youths of the Los An geles Community win scholarships for college, it also made millions of people aware of some of the many fine works of ‘unsung men and wome.m " Chuck comments. Though the “Community Leader" program, they learned that postal employee Horace Johnson, the first recipient, for instance, had helped 42 boys and girls secure college scholarships. condemning eolonalism as practic ed by such “imperialist powers” as Great Britain, France. Spain. Port ugal. Belgium and especially the Union of South Africa. Tne confer ence also established a permanent secretariat in Accra. Following refusal by white vote registrars in Alabama to make a vnilable for inspection voters rec ords in six counties. President Eisenhower, at a news conference in Washington, issued a stingifig rebuke to officials of the state. Early in December, liberal forces, after remaining virtually dormant tor several months, took the initi ative and appeared to be overtak ing anti-integrationists and segre gationists in the continuing civil rights battle. Political Dixiecrats took a spanking when the Demo crats National Committee refused to oust chairman Paul Butler for advocating stronger civil rights measures for the party - In Little At Durban “Urban League Presents,” Radio Pregrant, Premieres January 8 NEW YORK CITY—tANP) ~ | “Urban League presents”, a new radio series devoted to frank dis cussions of minority problems and racial discrimination in New York City, will be premiered Thursday, January B, on WIJB at 5 p. m., and or, WV/RL at 10 p. m. The 15-minute weekly program will be sponsored by the Urban League of Greater New York and will be broadcast as a public .ser vice by WLIB and WWRL. It will be produced for the interracial so cial service agency by the Com munity Arts Group of New York University. Mayor Robert F. Wagner will in troduce the first program, a dis cussion of “The High Cost of Dis j crimination.” Panelists will bo Dr. i Frank S. Horne, executive director j of the Commission on Intergroup Relations: Robert J Mangum, deputy commissioner of hospitals: and Bernard Keswick, general council of the Urban League of Greater New York. In future weeks, the series will examine New York's housing prob j lems, discrimination in employ- ing CAROLINIAN WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 195 S A significant by-product, Bur sales representative points out, was that as a result of the intearest created in the general subject of college scholarships, additional grants for further education of youth were made available to both the L.A, Board of Education and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of the city. A native of Nogales. Arizona, Chuck was educated at the Uni versity of Southern California in Los Angeles. He was married in 1947 to Brenda Smith of New Or igans, then a phySiothernpi.'-t of California Childrens Hospital in Los Angeles. They have three chil dren—Chuck. Jr. born in 1948, and twins, Rhoda and Kirk, born in 10 - 51. Os his presen toccupation he says: “I'm proud and happy, to say that the only measure of how fat a man can rise with Schenley lx his own ability, energy and am bition.” Needless to say, Chuck i - well fortified in these arras am will continue to move forward a* a “man with a mission.” Rock, candidates imported by G>>\ Orval Faubus were roundly de feated in an election to fill vacan cies on the city’s embattled school board. Claude A Barnett, director of the Associated Negro Press, and Alvis L. Tinnirs, returned from a month-long tour of Africa during which they reported to readers in America on economical and politi cal developments among the Negro peoples of that continent. Among countries visited were recently li berated and soon to be liberated, such as Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, and the French Game rooms. Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Company of Chicago and Dunbar Life Insurance Company of Cleve land merged into one big financial giant with combined assets total ling more than 522 million in a move anounced by Earl B Dicker son, Supreme’s president. ment and school segregation. Pan elists will include college student leaders, as well as public officials, civic leaders and educators. The scries will aslo include dramatiza tions and on-the-spot coverage ol important interracial activities. ij Neighbors “Why try escape allatime—- Hun t yon know you ke.ni es ! cape from paradise?” 13
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