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Walltown Graded School Has Excellent Record
HITLER TEACHES AMERICAN
HABIT TO FRENCH PEOPLE;
FUERHCR CALLS IT LYNCHNIG
Npw York—Having learned' well
the lesson of America’s fifty years
of lynching as a technique to
alive hatreds fon the basis of false
doctrines of superiority of races,
Hitler has carried tli^^ program
into^^I'rance, 8«>ord(ng to infor-
niatfott. .trickling into this country
thrj«g4i refugees fleeing from the
fall4^*3cpublic.
^rkif^'nking ^he manner in
whigi'! Naais have taken over the
new^yp^^«r:F in Parish, as told o
hir^; l«turning refugees, a
■wr2jjivj(iJi»%he New Yorket maga-
zin^^lSI:December 7 says:
most blatant oof hhe new
Na|t*p6p*tS in the anti-Semitic,
anU^eip: MSttofa' V weely AuPilori.
In #n*ariiele headed ‘No; 'No
TriaJs;! ii^^ues against letting
laViryers fuss to defend the former
Fiench^ fead«rd at Riom and begs
inateaijf{r ^he good, rapid, direct
ineluctable justice of. the street
the death of Blum, Daladier, Man-
del||Rtyi^, dnd Pafll-Boncour by.
lynehage.’f . . >
With eight lynethingi reported
in the United Stfites duripff 194
in the* United ^States duriag 1940'
by the National Association for
the Advancement of Colorel Peo
ple, and Congressional leaders re
fusing to allow the fedepala anti-
lynohing bill to come to a vote on
the floor of the Renate, a direct
slap at the United States was seen
in Hitler’s open advocacy of the
lynching technique in Prance,
througli' the columns of Nazi-
dominated newspapers.
Three Boys Freed
In Florida Trial "
West Palm Beach, Fla.—More
than teti months after the U. S.,
supreme court, in an unamios'
decision written by Justice Black
last Februarj- 12, snatched four
Negro youths here from execution
for the death of a white Pompano,
Fla., fish peddler in May, 1933,
Circuit Judg« C. E. Chilhngworth
freed the boys on the grounds that
no Negroes sat on the jury which
indicted them. For six years three
of the boys have occupied th«
death house. A fouHh went in
sane last - February and is now
in thfc state hospital.
[Clifton Belk, Dime
Cabby, Given 30
Years In Slajing.
Charlotte — Cifton,Belk, white
cab driver was found guilty of
second degre^ murder iii. th^ slay
ing of J. H. ilollins. Bishop Dale
service station employee last
Thursday in Mecklenburg Superior
court, and given a sentence of
thirty ;’ears By }>residing J-udge
LntherCHaftiilton.
Duriiig the trials it 'wa.s reveal
ed that Belk‘having served, sever
al prison ferms, hdd quite a len
gthy courtsfipt. Testimony at the
trial, that consumed nearly two'
days, revealed that Hollins, the
deceased, was und^ 'iW*^ the vic
tim of- mistaken identity, as Belk
had argued previously witfe-* Wal
ter Cherry, another en^pfoyee of
the service staition, and was 'out,
seemingly, to _^^rea||^ vengence up;-
on him, Chei^ wms in
side the station mAking ohaiige,
when the shcwting took place.
The ninteen year old defendant,
WILLIAM BOBDEK
Pupil orf Walltown school who has shown exceptional ability for
construction. Young Borden .-dur- ing his spare moments constructs
out of paste board, minaturtf'houses, churches, etc. He hopes to
ttollow the building profession^ when he has completed his educa
tion.
One Of Smallest Schools
In City Short of Facilities
But Long On Instruction
who had claiined self defense, re
ceived the’f?Witence with an out
burst of oaths, displaying a type
of emotionalism witnessed ’n the
Mecklenburg court room. The
state’B key witnesses were Cherry,
E. Jacobs, proprietor of Jacohs
Radio service on E. First street
and Henry Johnson, nearby resi
dent of E. First str^.
—MERRY CSRISTMAS—
MISS WILLIE MAE OIST
BBIDE-ELEGT HONO&ED
With miscellaneous
SHOWER DEOEMBEB 19
Mi*s Willie Mae Gist, bride-
of December 19 was honored at a
miscellaneous shower given by
Misses Annie Stevenson, Leland
Bishop, Lula Mae ']{^hite, Mes-
dtCtneB EIizsbetA 'MhrBJ\3^.i Willie
TcTWoes, and Minnie Da>48,'at the
Davis home on St. Mark Street,
Saturday evening
A visit to the Walltown School ance of the Art Club teacher?, dc-
is conclusive evidence that the signed and arranged a pieturesf|ue
school under the direction of Mrs. sc^uery for the Chri.^tma.i pro-
Cora T. Russell, Principal and a
staff of efficient teachers Mrs. L.| The First and Second grades
F. Wray, Mrs. L. S. Jackson, under the direction of Mis»;es
Misses E. B. Hicks, G. V. Green Oreen and Russell rendered a
and C. M. Russell is a modem beautiful Christmas program at
Elementary school. Chapel hour, Wednesday
mu /• M ~ morning. 'William Borden, a nine
The activity program is pro- u « .u ^ i i.
j j i- 1 • vear old fourth grade pupil, has
gressive and educational including - J k*'*
1 V * 4 o f * n„* 1 .special afoihty for constructive
Choral Clubs, Art, Safety Patrol „
j r.L XL , -I .activity. As an outcome from a
and Rhythm Band units. . * , > • u-
The Girls* Chorus „nder the "^""*
direction of Miss Hicks, and the,“ P^‘-
Boys’ Chorus directed by Mrs. | » anwlfish atti-
Wray rendered a program of tude, untiring efforts and keen
Chiristmas Carols, Sunday Dec. interest in her teachers and
ll5 to a capacity audience. Miss makes them all feel that
Hicks is in Aarge of all school ^_hey are Partners in Bayess
jfor Childhood Development...
. mi. T» > 1. 1 L j 4.1 Mrs. Russell has been principal
The Boys school band recently' „ ,, o u / ■
. jj j «f the W alltown School for nme-
organized by Mrs, VVray, is add- . j . ^
• X X I teen years and when she trrst
in» detinue enjoyment to the . , ...
", .look up the work it was a two-
sc 00 programs. teacher school, but since that time
Under Mias C. M. Russell S|f(,m. teachers have been' added
direction the Boys Safety Patrol ^ large increase in eorollmest
^is a valuable a«et, contributing e4fleri«iced. Tht «i-
largely in maki^ir Home like Vgjimpnt stands at 210 with
situtation at school. Lq average of 198.
Mrs. L. S. Jackson, head of thej Last Summer the Board of
art department, with the assist-'Education added two rooms-to the
Charlotte Fetes
Colored Draftees
i Charlotte — In an impr»«Bive
■ceremon>v filled with jioleiniuty,
jthe seven colored voluateers from
several draft boards of Meeklen-
burg County were feted by the
people, both white and •olored
of Charlotte, last Friday noon,
before leaving for Fort Bragp,
I where they along with eountleKA
I other Negro yoath will b* in
ducted into the Nstiohal anxff.
Remarks were made by ClamiM
0. Koester, of the T»ariotte
Chamber of Comermee, and to the
family of each Tolunteer »n
American flag wag presented. ^
building, installed steam heat aad
renovated the basement. Mf*.'*
Russell stated to a repre«eBtaltve
of the C-ABOUNA TIM£S that
the spelndid work now bein^ dme
at the WalhowB sehi^l ia doe to
,lhe Tery fine faculty she haa to
'assist her and the splendid eo-
f operation of the parents at the
^children as well as the ehiliben
theinselve*.
Walltown School Is One Of The Best Managed In Durham City School System
corner is the band. The photo at
the lower left is the boys chorus
All of these extra curricula acti-
isting between students and fac-,time
Also the
ulty and within the faealty.
vities are taught by the
menvbers of the faculty.
THE WALLTOWN SCHOOL
located in the northwestern seot^n
of Durham under the leadership
of its principal; Mrs. Cora T.
Rusell is doing a splendid piece of
work in training future citizens
of Durham nnder many disad-
vantlges.
In the upper right corner of the
above photo is the girls chorus.
In the upper left is the safety
patrol. In the lower right land
various
Mrs.
Russell attributes the success of
her school to the splendid coopera
tion of the parents of children
and members of the faculty.
In this well managed school one
finds only a spirit of cheer ex-
sehool needs a
jcafeteria. At present part of the
Although two new ibasement has been improvised for
added during the summer the parpo«Bfc
(building is stiU somewhat crowd-[ WalUowa s»hool dbd has
ed. What is badly needed now is ^f the stronfest Farent-T*^
an auditorium large enourt to- • xi. -l
, . ; ,er groups in the e»ty. This ai* ib
accommodate the entire studait-' .
(body. At present one ot the
rooms IS used, but all of theih«t^*^“ teachers aad m
j children cannot get in it at one well aa students.
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