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HAMMOCKS BEACH CHALLEN
GES COLORED TEACHERS
fIfWANSBORO—The four thou
sand—plu*—acre* at land donat
ed to the colored teachers of Tar
heella several rears ago ala rec
reation sit# Is, again, offering a
strong challenge to, not only race
pride of the more than ten thou
sand (10,000) education leaders,
but to the more than one million
Negroes at the Old North State,
as well.
That Is evidenced by an urgent
appeal for funds made In s re
cent communique from the office
of Dr. Rudolph Jones, president.
Fayetteville State Teachers Col
lege, director of "The Hammocks
Project", the destiny of which
lias, chiefly. In the hearts and
purses of the educators.
Originally, all teachers were
asked to pay gl 3 to RIB to help
build and equip the place for their
friends. Later, new teachers en
tering the State system were re
quested to pay 125 and older ones
to make up the difference. Now.
the project is calling for only 125
from "Initial members" while
those already enrolled are asked
to pay 110 or RIS each to bring
Mils valued facility to a minimum
standard for the pleasure of the
race.
The letter points out that while
'to yearly fees have been collected
Hopping About
TARHEELIA
By Jay Bee Aytch
MRS. BROWN RECOVERS
ROCKY MOUNT--Mrs. Lenders
Yanoey Brown. 842 Raleigh Rd
• teacher ln the local schools, and
prominent ln religious and olvio
affairs of the community, has
been Ihdlsposed for several weeks
at her home following a period
of hospitalization. Her many
friends are wishing her an early
return to her regular classroom
duties.
Mrs. Helen Redding of the Ol
iver Pope School faculty la able
to he back of on the job following
a siege of Illness.
Mra A H. Harron or the Bul
luok Elementary School, Kings
boro community, was able to be
out and present her second grade
chape! program last week, despite
recurring attacks of pains of an
arthritic nature.
Little Cheryl Ooeten, daughter
of Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Cos ten of
Mt. Plsgah United Presbyterian
Church, Is steadily Improving fol
lowing surgery to her limbs.
Chester Williams, Sr.. Is enjoy
ing his retirement at his homa
538 On ter Street
Mrs. Mary Harrison Walker.
1725 N. 23rd Street, Philadelphia.
Pa , held a telephone family re
union Saturday night with her
brother, John Harrison. Jr., aqd
listers Miss Causle Harrison. Mra
Bailie Marie H. Walker at the
home of sister (Mrs.) Annie H.
Harren, 240 Penna. Avenue, Rocky
Mount.
Mr*. Walker said she called the
Harren* on a hunch and happen
ed to natch the three relative*
from Tarboro here.
April 15th—all day—ls dedi
cation day at the Mt. Plsgah Unit
ed Presbyterian Church here. And
the minister—the Rev. Ooeten—'s
■ll smiles as he prepares his pa
rishioners for the "grata day tn
the Use of the church” which u
attally Comes once every forty or
Cary Elementary
Happenings
CARY The Cary Elementary
fcchool PTA will meet Tuesday
eight. April 10 at 8 o'clock ln the
•Fhool gym tori um.
Open House and Science exhibits
ere scheduled for the program.
The Second grade* presented a
program recently entitled "Plav
Safe and Be Healthy". The charact
er* were as follow*: Announcer.
Joyce M. Walker; Safety Sister*.
Audrey Green. Cheryl Brown, Rita
Mayo, Deborah Farrar, Faye Hook
er. Ann Marie Jonas: Grandpa Sa
fety Sound. William Hick*: Karaful
Kids: Rudolph Loftin. Wilfred Joy
ner. Thomas Perry, Ralph Burwell.
Portia Wilson. Brands Mayo, Ruby
Matthews and Paul Jones; Betty
and Bobby: Chandra Farrar and
Robert Harris: Health Helpers: Wil
lett* Farrar, BUUe Hardin, Freddie
Cobb. Preston Stokes, Stanley Vin
rton, William Harris, Arthur Bal
lentine, Deborah Crowder, Deni**
Goode. Aiillip Me Dad*. Phyllis
Terrell. Paulette Pennington. Tim
othy Marriott Timothy Jones, Phy
liss Thom peon. Pamela Hooker.
Bernard Kearney, Shirley Payton,
Alice Baker. Gladys Landy. Ken
neth Singletary, Stephanie Ballen
tine.
A Variety Show will be present
ed at tha school Thursday night
April 18
FORD SALES and
SERVICE
ALLAN MIMS,
laooaroa **■*
Tkfcßfcwa Mill
~ 9X9 TARBORO ST.
ROCKY MOUNT. N. C
from teachers recently, or In the
words of Dr. Jones: "The Idea of
a yearly fee was not followed
through (with) and In recent
yean a donation of 13.000 has
been voted presumably by NCT-
A) to keep the project alive."
Jones points out that this 93,000
amounts to only "about thirty
cents per teacher."
Those In the leadership of
North, Carolina Teachers Associa
tion rNCTA)—soon to meet in
annual convention In Raleigh
are much concerned, as well as
embarrassed, that the funds
should be so slow in coming In
from the teachers after having
been the recipient of such, gene
rosity from the donors of the vast
ocean-front property Dr. and
Mrs. William Sharpe.
An Island tract directly, on the
ocean, was transferred to the
State of North Carolina In return
for free transportation via boat
or ferry from the mainland.
All types of sports, such as
swimming In. either, fresh or salt
water or pool: fishing of any
kind, games from croquet to base
ball. hunting, dancing or loung-
Ing or golfing can be provided if :
the funds come In
Several new facilities approxi
mating 240 grand are envisioned
by the directors. WILL Colored
Tarheella let themselves down on
this million-dollar project?
fifty yean. In this case It waa In
1890 when the old building was
erected.
The Rev. Elo L. Henderson,
Charlotte, will deliver the morn
ing message The Rev. John T.
Peters, member national church
board, will apeak ln the afternoon
at the official dedication service.
Mr. Coeten lays: “All thing* are
ready— com* over and celebrate
with ua.”
COLORED CLERKS AT
EDENTON
Altho tha older folk—many o.*
them—drew up to near midget
alM when the hitherto unheard of
picketing by NAACP Youth Coun
cil member* oocurred several
weeks ago; It brought to the hla
torio Tea Party town a colored
clerk In one of the biggest stores
(dry-goods chain) tn Eastern Tar
heella. according to NAACP's
Charles A. McLean. Thera were
other gains to the race reported,
also.
LECTURER Dwight Cooke,
noted foreign correspondent and
news analyst.- will lecture at
Johnson C. Smith University on
Monday. April 9. In Biddle Me
morial Hall, beginning at 8:15
p.m. Considered one of the most
Informed men of our day. Mr
Cooke's observations and con
clusions are. among the most
reliable and respected In the
field of authoratlve news re
porting. Mr. Cooke I* author of
"There I* No AalaJ\ and wa* the
producer of the motion picture
aeries. “The March of Time.”
Holly Springs
News
BY MRS. THELMA MCLAIN
HOLLY SPRINGS On April I.
the YWA Club of First Baptist
Church held its regular monthly
meeting at the home of Mr*. G T.
Grigsby at 8:30 p. m with the pre
sident Mr*. Flossie Booker, presid
ing. After a abort business session,
all member* present took part in
our Easter diacuasion.
New members added to the Club
were Mr*. NelUe Griffin ar.d Mr*.
Pauline Arnold. Topic for discus
sion at the next meeting U ‘Today’s
Outstanding Mother". The club also
is donating to the Men'* D*v pro
gram which it Apr. 22. at first Bap
tist Church. Mrs Alee
furnish flower* for the church Ap
ril 21 also she will be hostess for
the club at the next meeting
17)# YWA Club is giving an Fast
er program the fourth Sunday night
in April at 7:30 p. m.
Tha laths* of First Baptist Holly
Sprlnpz, attended Aha Wpmen's Day
services at Johnston Pteay Grove
Church. The speaker urns Mrs. Y.
Mitchell of Selma. Bar topic was
“The Church*.
DRIVE
SATELY
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THIRD "EAGLE'' IN SAME FAMILY The “Eagle George D White, Division Advancement Chairmen;.Henry W.
badge, symbolic of acouting's highest rank, it beini pinned onGillia, Scout Executive, W. A. Clement, Arthur's lather, who ia
Arthur John Clement by his mother, Mrs. W. A. Clement who vice preeidant of North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company;
has performed the same chore previously for two other sons, alaoW. A. Jr.; Mte. Clement, Arthur, another brother, Weehy Dobbe
shown among those witnessing the ceremony at Durham, N.Clement; Nathaniel B. White, and George Nixon, Soautmaeter
C’s White Rock Baptist Church. Included in the photo areand Assistant of Troop 55 respectively.
Apex News
BT MRS. LOUISE COLLIN
APEX The senior choir of the
First Baptist Church was in charge
of devo'.ions at the 11 a. m. services
Sunday. W. T. Beasley is choir di
rector.
The Rev. W. J.
,* Bigelow. pastor.
■■■)? the 27th chapter
of St Matthews
Hie subject of
Hr M 'he sermon was
la ' Klp< ' tion Time in
ten i sal cm" The
message was most
WSnfKy : nformative and
We - inspiring.
Funeral servi-
MRB. COLVIN cea for Mra Em
ma Flagg Sanders were held Sun
day, 3 p. m. at First Baptist. Mra.
Sanders was a native of Apex but
had spent the lest 20 years in New
York. The Rev. James Stewart de
livered the eulogy.
She fa survived by a daughter
Mrs. Gloria Harrla of New York;
her husband, Thurman Sanders;
her tether, Joeeph Fogg and two
sisters Mra. Annie Williams and
Mrs. Sadye Baldwin.
Interment wea In the church ce
metery
SICK AND SHUT-IN: Mrs Mag
gie Doans, Mrs. Effie Herndon,
both at Wake Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Louise Horton, Herbert Hor
ton and Ernest Jonea. *
Pine Level
News
BY MRS. INEZ ATKINSON
PINE LEVEL Mrs. Mittie L
Sims, Mrs. Joeephine Moore. Mrs.
Zola raison and Mrs. Stella Hollo
man. members of the Pine Level
Home Demonstration Club motored
to Raleigti on Wed. March 28 to at
tend the State Council meeting.
Mrs. James W. Moore accompanied
them as a guest. They enjoyed a de
licious dinner and then went
shopping
Little Patericia McClain was the
Sunday dinner guest of Joan At
ktneon
Paul Barnea and sister. Betty, of
Kenley were the Sunday dinner
guests of Miss Janice E. Bagley af
ter which she accompanied them
home for the afternoon and visited
the Barnes' family.
SICK AND SHUT-IN: Mrs Flet
cher Williams, Mrs. Cora Williams.
Mrs Lina Barnes and Mrs. Wil
liam Smith.
Lumberton
News
LUMBERTON On Sunday af
ternoon. March 29 at 4 p. m.. the
Nobles and Daughters held their
regular Divan meeting at the home
of Noble and Daughter C. M. Fran
ces. Lumberton.
On Wednesday night. March 2R.
Kindah Temple and Kindah Court
held their regular meeting in the
Masonic Building located on Lis
ton Street In Clinton with Illustri
ous Commandreae Flora D. Gran
tham presiding.
The meeting was closed with a
very delicious dinner served at the
Elks Home and a party honoring all
Nobles and Daughters whose birth
days came In January, February,
and March.
PERSONAL: Raymond Elliott,
who is stationed In Japan and his
brother. Levi. who la stationed at
Ft Jackson, S C.. have returned
to duty after spending some time
home visiting their parents. Mr.
and Mrs. I.evi Elltott of the Plea
sant Grove Community. While In
the States, they visiter in Brooklyr.
New York.
On Friday. March SO. the fourth
grade of Pleasant Grove School, a
long with Mrs. Mamie Faison and
teachers of the school gave their
teacher. Mrs. Young, a going away
party Cake and punch were served
On Thursday. March 29. Miss
Mildred Beaman and the • sixth
grade of the Pleasant Grove School
motored to Wilmington to visit tha
battle ship USS North Carolina
The Olivet Institutional Baptist
Church. Rev. R H. Walker, mlniste
er. observed its anniversary with
a week of sendee. On Monday
night Marrh 28, Rev. M. A. Rich
spoke. Tuesday night the pastor
and congregation from Red Hill
Baptist Church were in charge.
Wednesday night Rev Ralph
Williams was in charge- Thursday
night Rev W. E. Beaman, pastor
of Beaver Dam Baptist Church was
in charge and on Friday night
March 30. Union Grove Disciple
Church and pastor. Bishop McTar
vin were in charge
Men s Day will be held at First
Rapist Church on next Sunday. A
prtl 8. A big is planned.
♦ The Roving Reporter j
f BE REV. D. N. HOWARD |
s: :m' T ■BBMREHBMBMRBEHBRF
"What Are Some of the Ways
That the Living Conditions In
Chavis Heights Might Be Im
proved?
, MR a. MAh-
THA BRAD.
io
Chavis Way: “l
§gj|F ! am a new comer
■ to Chavis Heights
H Jm only 4 years. I
Hfl think that oitr
<# ■ yards should be
.JAB kept better. Our
s-so--. i fl[| children should
be more careful
in putting the
garbage out. Many of them fall to
put the trash Inside the contain
ers. This makes many areas un
clean and unhealthy conditions
for us to live in.
MRS. MAUN- awiom -yW
GRIFT 14 Dan [
Terrace "I have |
been living m jgH
Chavis Heights 'i&gsjg
for 9 years and ■pi|pfe
I have found i!
very satLsfiif* -HK
nrv I have Mi-vr MWj
lived anv place K
any more com- 1
fortablc. There ~
are many people * RHHIHQ
complaining a
bout the heat.
The trouble, most of them stay uo
too late. We would live longer If
we went to bed earlier and got
Louisburg Notes
BY MRS. ALVIN WILLIAMS
CHURCH ACTIVITIES
LOUISBURG Services at the
Mitchell Baptist Church began Sun
day. April 1 at 9:49 with Sunday
School. The supt., David Long was
in charge. At 5 p. m. BTU and reg
ular worship service. The president,
James R. Davis was in charge of
BTU. Topic* were discussed in the
various groups After the group*
reassembled the BTU Assistant Di
rector, Mrs Annie L. Alston was in
charge of a Bible quiz.
The Franklin County Sunday
School and Baptist Training Union
Institute were held at the River
side High School, March 28-30 The
instructors were as follows: Rev.
T. A. Watkins. Mrs. M. A. Home,
Rev. E. L. Brodie. Mr. J. L. Strick
land, Mrs. Annie L. Alston and
Mrs. G., H. Holden. Inspirational
messages were preached each even
ing by Rev. T H. Watkins.
On Wed. night an Ushers Dem
orstration was given by the usher*
of the Mitchell Baptist Church and
remarks bv Mrs M. A. Horne, pre
sident. Woman's Home and For
eign Mission Convention of North
Carolina
CLUB ACTIVITIES
A total of 79 ladle* from Franklin
County attended the State Council
meeting of Home Demonstration
Clubs which was held Wed , March
28. at the Memorial Auditorium. Ra
leigh. Mrs. Mary L. Williams of the
Rocky Ford Home Demonstration
Club was in charge of the election
of officer*.
' PERSONALS: Little Mia* Malvi
na M Williams is bark in school
after being ill for a week with a
cold.
Mrs. Hattie M. White. Mrs An
nie B Terrell and Mr Eugene
Jones are back home after attend
ing a funeral in New Jersey.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dunston is ill at
her home.
Princeton News
BY MRS. GOLDIE HARDY
PRINCETON Sunday was the
regular pastoral day for the Prince
ton Chapter Pisriple Church The
senior choir of St Stephen Church
was in charge of ihe II i m wor
ship service.
The pastor Rev J F Raines of
i Bunn Level preached from the sub
ject "No Trouble at the River" Al
so present was Bishop W. H. Walk- I
er.
Visitors were: Rev Robert At- i
klnson. Saint Stephen Disciple j
Church: Deacon Timmer Parker: I
Mr Walter Bryant of Missionary
Holiness Church and Mis. J. E.
Raines.
Rev. W C. Simmons of St Ste
phen's was the gueat speaker at '
Shady Grove Baptist Church near
LaGrange Sunday night. He was j
accompanied by the senior chon |
Rev. Clarence Pate u the pastor of
Shady Grove Rev. Simmon * sub
ject wa* "You Can Make It ts You
Try-
Domestic MHJumpuo-1 and ex
ports of cotton are expected to be
about 14 3 million rales this year
and 14.5 million bales nut year.
mores nyt,"
MRS. RICH- MMMHf
ARD R CHAL
MERS. 10 Dare fSJHHWBHK
Terrace. “ 1 have
been living here
for 15 years and
everything here U « ' '-o
OK I have no
kicks at all. Eve- wf J
rything has been
nice on this Ter- BB
race. I think that :
all of us as ton-1
ants could help
Improve Urine conditions by liv
ing better ourselves. This U a nice
place to live. I am Ivronv h-ra.”
MRS. NANIE HHBI
B HILL, 8 Ire- I
dell Terrace: T IP* ’BB
have lived here ■ 'TiBIS
for 7 years. This ML m
is a nice place. BH- '
but w e just don't r.l „ B
have enough
heat. The heat fl
is off by 9 p.m. B£’, c >
That's too early
to cut off any- Br
body's heat. You
oan’t invite your
friends around to stay any length
of time. More heat will really im
prove the living condition here.
It la true that many of us must
use f'xtra heating stoves to keep
MRS. JANIE
little, i Hyde
MjflHlHh rprrace: “I have
been living In
Chavis Heights
f ° r 20 Fears. I
" 1 wouldn't want
10 llve ln s bet *
ter place. This
IMBBB has really been
t good place to
- * „ live and call our
home. I have en
joyed it all these
twenty years.
Franklinton
News
FRANKLINTON Tha Frank
linton Branch of the National As
sociation of College Women wor
shipped in a body at St. Paul Pre
byterian Church in Louisburg Sun
day at the 11 o’clock service.
Dr. H. T. McFadden Is pastor. He
preached a wonderful sermon on
“The Need for His Saviorhood”.
After the service, the meeting of
the club was held. Mrs. Doris Beet
president presided.
The devotion period was led by
Mrs. Sadie Suitt Mias Diana Dent
chairman of the program commit
tee presented Mra. V. C. Hender
son who in turn introduced Mrs. I.
C. Scales, a member of the faculty
of John R. Hawkins High School
in Warrantor. Mrs. Seales spoke on
College Emphasis. Her address was
very informative as well as enjoy
able.
After the business port of the
meeting, we were invited to the
chureh dining roam where we were
served e delicious menu carrying
out the Easter Idee by the follow
ing hostesses: Mesdames Louisa
Johnson. Emily Johnson and Gen
eva Davis.
Members present were: Mes
damee E. F. Johnson. M. H. Davis,
S M. Suitt. Alice TSbron, Louise
Cooke. A. R. Hawkins, D. W. Best
A. B Branche. Luna Newsome. Ma
ry Hodges. Ada H. Waller. Irene L.
Mangrum. I. L. Holt I* B- McGrier.
V. C Henderson. A. f*. BurwelL F.
B Holt P M. Kearney. G. P Da
vis. M. H McCrimmon. S. M. Moore
and L M Holden and Mlsa Diana
Dent.
Mrs. Henrietta Wilder and daugh
ter. Miss Marie Wilder attended the
Open House at the Tuttle Nursery
School in Raleigh Sunday. Mrs.
Wilder's granddauWiter. little
Jennifer Wilder is. a student at the
Nursery School.
Smith’s Students
Exchange Campus’
With lowa Univ.
CHARLOTTE Ten students
and a professor from Johnson C
Smith University will spend the
first week in April at the Univer
sity of Dubuque In an exchange
procram, and ten students from
Dubuque and one professor will
epe nd a week at the University.
The following Smith students
will make the visit to the lowa
campus: Lydia Aiken. Barbara
Ferguson. Mary Roberts. Queen
Roeeborough. Mary E. White. Nla
; than Allen, James Outlaw. Alfred
> Robertson. Kenneth Washington
Tabor City
News
TABOR CITY —Tha tnetallatiow
service of Rev. V. 8. Singletary as
pastor of ML Zion Mlsriowsry
Church, located near Bennattsvilla,
S. C., was held Sunday, April 1.
Rev. T. D. Jones, moderator and
L. D. Wars, chairman of tha Board,
took part in tha service*.
Revival services stated at Fleas
ant Hill Missionary Baptist Church,
Shall otto, with Rev. B. W. Steven
son doing the preaching. Front all
indications success will crown tha
effort
On tha last pastoral day at First
Baptist of Tabor City, tha pasior.
Rev. V S. Singletary, preached
from the theme, “Thy Kingdom
Come.”
Perry High
School News
BY MISS ODEBBIA B. ALSTON
LOUISBURG—A special recogni
tion program was held during our
recent assembly program under the
supervision at Mrs. H. B. Spruill,
school home economist Recogni
tion was given to Poncer* Wright
a member of the junior class, who
won the “Perry’s High School Bet
ty Crocker Search for the America
Homemaker of Tomorrow” and is
eligible to compete for tha Mata
title.
Others were recognized who had
taken part in the Westinghouae Sci
ence Talent Search and likewise
they shared with the audience their
scientific project These contestants
were members at the senior class
which included Delois Brodie, Dor
is Collins, Willie Holden, Willi*
Jordan and Edward Coppedge.
On display at the and of tha as
sembly was a collection of Q-Tip
Paintings that had been done by
students ln art who were desirous
of taking part in a Q-Tlp Contest
Them entries have been entered in
a nationwide contest that is open
to nUrroted persona.
Tha techniques of typing were
demonstrated before the student
body by Mr. P. C. Dunston when
members of the typing class prov
ed to the audience that in order to
become a good typist than are cer
tain techniques that are moM ee
senial in order to be successful. Mr.
Dunston cited two members of the
beginners class who after having
had only on* semester of typing
had reached a maximum of at least
35 wpm. Thom two students
were James W. Smith and Levonia
Richardson, who were given cer
tificates of achievement
Perry s High played host to the
School Masters of the county when
they held their meeting on Wednes
day afternoon, March 28 at 4:15. It
waa a pleasure for the principal to
have been the hoot for tho meeting.
A&T Prof Will
Present Paper
At Chemical Meet
GREENSBORO A scientific
P&PQff* deMTlblnf pCQfTBI IC
compUshed on a research project
being conducted by a husband
wife team at A&T College, was
presented last week at the annual
national meeting of the American
Chemical Society in Washington.
Dr. Gladys W. Royal, professor
at chemistry at the college, win
read the paper "Total Lipids Lev
els In Selected Organs Prom X-Ir
radiated Mice Following Bono
Marrow Therapy.” at the Btologt
i cal Chemical Section of the Socie
ty's meeting on last Thursday. The
sessions were conducted at tits
Washington Park Sheraton HotcL
Mrs. Rayah with her husband.
Dr. Georgs C. Royal recently
named dean of the A&T Graduate
School, and Kveiyn P. Mills, are
currently involved in a scientific
study being sponsored at A&T by
the U. & Atomic Energy Oommte
skm.
In Sunday Talk
GREENSBORO—Rerorand Er
nest Dixon, the Board of Bduea
tion of tha Methodist Church,
Nashville, Tenn. will be the Ben
nett CbOsga reaper meeker April
1 tat Pfisffsr Chapel at 4 pja.
and Thomas Wright
Dr. W. R. Coleman, prof name of
FhUoaophy at Johnson C. Smith,
will exchange chairs with Dr. John
Knox Colt of Dubuque.
Fuquay School News
BY RUBY P. FREDERICK
FUQUAY The devotional com
mittee of the Puquay Consolidated
High School is now presenting five
minute devotional services. The de
votional services are carried out ov
er the Intercom *y*tem every Mon
day, Wedneeday and Friday. So far.
thia practice has been sueceasful
and well carried out Jennifer Mc-
Allister, a junior began the devo
tional exercise* about two weeks a
go.
The following persons participat
ed ia the services: Benny Wilson,
President of the Student Council;
Walter Mann, 12th grade; Cathe
rine Battle, Bth grade; Cassandra
McLean, Mb grade; Barbara McKoy,
Bth grade; Marvin McLean, 7th
grade and Edna Utley, aljo from
the 7th grade. We would like to
congratulate the participants on
their excellent performance in car
rying out these services.
IN BRIEF
SPORTS: The Fuquay Consoli
dated School women teachers de
feated tbs alumni of this school last
night with a soon of 16 to 12. The
Puquay men teachers suffered a de
feat to the alumni of thia school
with a acors of 51 to 32. Now that
spring Is hors, we are anxiously a
waitlng the baseball season.
PTA: The PTA is looking for
ward to tbair talent show which
will be held in the near future.
They are trying to get a baseball
team started that win play the
whole summer through.
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: The Teenag
ers Club will sponsor a talent show
April 18 The senior class win pre
sent their class play sometime dur
ing the Inst week at April. A defi
nite date has not been set
SCIENCE PAIR: The Science
Ridgeview School News
BT DORM FORNEY
HICKORY—The New Homemakers
of America held their monthly
meeting Monday afternoon. A sym
posium was conducted on the topic
“Should Teenagers Have A Charge
Account” by Margaret Pope, Gloria
James, Charlotte Scott. Linda Hunt
Dorothy Shade and Peggy Setzer.
The general opinion of the group
was that the average teenager
should not handle the responsibil
ity which comes from free use of a
charge account and which may
eventually place a burden on par
ents.
As a relax er for the meeting,
Margaret Pope. Gloria James, San
dra Finger, Alice Bradley, and
Charlotte Scott presented their kit
chen band. This was done by pro
ducing sounds from kitchen instru
ments.
The chapter mad* plans for the
observance at NHA Week, April
1-7.
Monday—Ladle* and Gents Day:
when you dreas and act your best.
Tuesday— Courtesy Day: when
each' teacher will receive a red rote
and each girl will exchange small
gifts with each other.
Wednesday—Party day.
Thursday—Family Day: Each girl
will cook her family a meaL
Negro Appointed To PR Job
With Lousiana Race Track
NEW ORLEANS. La (ANP)
C. Ray Edmonds, president and
general manager of tha multi
million dollar Jefferson Downs
Race Ttack hare in the “Gateway
to the America*.” last week an
nounced the appointment of a
Negro to the etaft ae a public re
lations consultant. He is the first
at bis race in the city to be ap
pointed. and is one of two or three
Negroes who hold such distinction
in nos tracks around the country.
He is Paul Bryant. 28-year-old
Xavier university (N. 0.) graduate
and athleta. He Is a former ten
nis star.
While the appointment
of Bryant to the Jefferson Downs
staff. Edmonds told newspaper
men:
“Bryant will have complete
eharge of all iiunlsl events ar
rangements. W* are proud to
bare Mm as a part at met at-
Upon your arrival at the little brick home on the edge of town,
you are met at the front door by the man who phoned you. Paul Sum
merflekL He saetas grief-stricken.
‘Catherine my wife she's dead! I just can’t beliece It!” And
ha breaks Into a fit of sobs.
You walk past him and Into the living room, where you find
Doctor Harry Lewis crouched over the body of Catherine Summer
field which Is lying on the floor. He informs you that he hurried
hers ss fast as possible after receiving Paul Summerfleld’s frantl z
telephone call, but that the woman was dead when he arrived. You
note a number of scratches and bruises on the dead woman's face,
and the doctor calls your attention to the ugly, gaping wound on th*
back of her bead.
“She died probably no more than a half-hour after receiving
this wound.” Doctor Lewis tells you.
‘‘l don’t know a thing about those scratches and bruises on her
face," volunteers Paul Summerfield. who has now entered the room.
“X didn't even get a chance to talk with her. I had arrived home
from work, as usual, at about six o’clock this evening and when t
came into the living room she was lying on the sofa all schatched
and marked up that way. She seemed out of her head, and kept mub
bllng something I couldn't understand ... I thought I heard the
name Jack. That could be Jack Ptoster ... a former romantic Interest
In her life before we were married . . . and I think she had been Ber
ing him oo the sly.”
Summerfield shakes his bead mournfully, then
Just leaving the room to go and look in the medicines chest for some
thing that Blight help her. I heard her getting up. <uw» reeled
staggered around the room, end then before I could jump to >**ip her.
she fell icrward ddWni her head on the edge of the table We don't
have e telephooe. end so I tried first to revive her. and when that
relied, i rushed down the street to a neighbor’s home «”* phnimii tbc
doctor and you.”
You gaae about the neatly-kept room, at the table next to the
(Ml VQflHn • body. it tog flip-covered chairs, then you turn tuck to
*he tojeheml and say. -There's just one little inoonateteoeg about all
■* sn**flions of the circumstance* of your wife's
What ts that -little inconsistency-*
SOLUTION
rS wMe hcd faDen forward, as Paul Summerfield described.
i Ufa* a* she feU. the wound could
***■ Summerfield's too-obvious
attempt to Implicate Jack Poster makes you all the more susotoiOßß
. . - with jealousy as a possible motive.
Fair will be held April 17. Projects
will be seen coming from all the
math and science classes in the
school. Mr. Perry, along with other
members of the faculty will super
vise. We expect a prodigious out
pour of student* to visit this affair.
NHA: The NHA week will con
vene April 9-11. We are working
hard on the “Beautification of the
Campus” project.
NFA: The New Farmers of A
merica Organization of the Fuquay
Consolidated High School ia con
tinuing its beautification program.
At the new school this week, we
set out sixty shrubs and ten trees,
worth about 9250.00.
We also beautified a number of
homes too, this week. On April 5,
which is NFA week, each member
will beautify his own home by
planting shrubbery, sowing grass
and etc. These are the two main
ones. There are eighty members of
the NFA.
On March 24, the Livestock Judg
ing Contest was held at the State
College in Raleigh. The members
from Fuquay Consolidated High
School that participated were Her
bert Sneed. Herbert Fair and
Ralph Joyner. Oscar Briley and
James Lewis Garrett went along aa
alternates. Our boys were the win
ners of thr contest. The counties
that participated were Wake, John
son. Harnett and Wayne. All of
these counties meet together to
form the Berry O’Kelly Federation.
Since the boys from our school
were srinners. they will represent
the Berry OKelly Federation ln
the Livestock Judging Contest
On March 23, we were honored
to have Mr. Wilson from the Dc
pertinent of Agriculture to give us
an outstanding demonstration of
Witch Weed.
Friday —Color* Day: Girl* wear
club color* and present a chapel
program.
Saturday—N. H. A'ers attend the
State Rally in Greensboro.
The choir participated in the
Northwestern Schoolmasters Fine
Art Extravaganza at Central High
School. Newton, last Friday eve
ning. Selections rendered Shenan
doah by KJelstir; Dry Bones by
Gaarthart; and I. Believe In One
God.
The Salisbury District Music Fes
tival will be held April 6 at Central
High School, Newton, with 12
schools participating. They are:
Kingville High School, Albemarle:
West Badin High. Badin: Logan
High. Concord: Ridgeview. Hick
ory; G. W. Carver. Kannapolis: Ag
grey Memorial, Landis; Freedman.
Lenoir Central, Newton: Happy
Plains, Taylorsville: Church Street
School, Thomasville; Peabody.
Troy; and Price Junior-Senior
High, Salisbury. The festival con
sists of yplos, ensembles, boys cho
ruses, ''girls choruses, and mixed
choruses. The judges will be
Christopher Kemp, Johnson C
Smith University, Charlotte, an- 1
Dr. Robert John, North Carolina
College, Durham. The District pre'-
ident, W. R. Robinson, Hickorv
presided.
fieial family. His job is to be
on hand each night when the
program of thoroughbred rac
ing opens at eight o'clock, to
greet parties, Important visit
ors visiting Jefferson Downs,
arrange parties for organisa
tions such as Mardi Gras and
social clubs, professional, busi
ness, fraternal and civic or
ganisations who wish to at
tend track.
“His large circle of acquain
tances and his contact with the
great and the near-great, the man
on the street. In the office, on the
wharf, in business and just peo
ple from every walk of life In
our city adequately fits him for
the position which he holds. His
persona? charm as a conversa
tionalist, a man-about town, and
ka a trouble shooter, are his pea-,
social characteristics for his role
of ambassador.