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VOL. XXll —NO, 47
Durham, North Carolina, Saturday, December 4, 1943
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Fayetteville Ushers Snatch Lead Subscription Race
American Negro Officer Weds Australian Beauty
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
i
Nearly 300 At
Annual Session
CM E Conference
AUSTRALIAN BRIDE
CHARLOTTB
Ml', nnd Mrs. W. J. KeniU'dy,
Jr., of 1008 Pa,vetto\ilh' Stret-t,
])urhnm, announce the cMijriiKC-
ment of their dnuRhti’V, Chni'-
lotte Alicia to Miu-eo A. ‘'loan,
of Philadelphia, PenuKylvaniH.
M is.s Konnody, a f2:rHiliinte oi'
Palnior Instituto, TMlliidepi
Oolh'gp and Simmons (’olles'Q
nnd member of the lloltii Sij^ma
Thetn Sorority, is a stenoi^ra-
pher in the Homo Ol'fioe ol
A. KENNEDY
North Carolina Mutual Life In-
I surance Conij)any. Mr. Slonn, a
graduate of Prarie View State
College and candidate for th"
Tesi^'natiOn' of Certified t,itc
Underwriter at the IJnivej-sity
of Pennsylvania, is Assistant
Mana^:er of the I’hiladelphia
District of the North Cnrolin i
Mutual. The wedding; will tak(‘
place the latter part of Decuiu-
her.
Dr, Chas, E. Stewart
Vesper Speaker
DimiTAM — Dr. Chaides K.
St('\v,'irt, pastor of the Eman
uel AMR Church of Ports
mouth, 'Va., will be the vespi'r
speaker at NovFli (’Carolina Coll
ege in Durham, Sunday, Novem
ber 12.
A prominent and well kn iwa
minister. Dr. Stewart is rcfjard-
ed as one of the students’ fa
vorite vespi-r speak(>rs.
lius;iia op))oses federation of
small^ European .states.
The 71st annual session d
the North liirolina ('(mt'erencc
of the Colored Methoilist I'pis
copal Churrh opeiinl here Wc l-
nesday evening at o’rlock
with the Rt. Kev. C. L. Hustll,
Bishop of the Fitjhth Kpis -op.il
District, presidinfj. A))proxini-
ately .“^00 deletrntea and visitors
are in attendance nt the con
ference, which from all indi-;-
tions will be ofte of the )ii‘s+
ever held in the Eighth Kpjscr-
p«l District.
Mistress of Ceremonies for
Wednesday eve.idnfif’s session,
which was ■‘in the form of n
wclcome program to the dcle-
pntes nnd visitors, was presided
over by Miss Ethel Mnrrav.
Address of weloonie ,on behalf
of the church was delivered bv
Ellis D. .Tones, undertaker. The
nddres.s of welcome rn behalf
of the city was delivered bv
Mayor \X F. Carr. Dr. T. V.
Mills, well-known physfcinn of
Durham, "■are the welcome on
behalf of the medical prof'ess-
sion. A solo was rendered bv
Mrs. Virginia Williamson Ah
ton. Welcome on behalf of tha
Ministers Association r>w a s
made by Dr. James E. TInggins,
pastor of Trinity Methodist
Church, on behalf of the Inter
denominational Ministerial Alli-
anre. Jlev. A. S. Croom. .Jiastor
of Fnion Baptist Chxirch, nnd
president of the Alliance,
followed by a solo by Mias
Vera M. Davis. ^
Dr. J. E. Shepard, president
of North Carolina College, de
livered n welcome address on
behalf of Education, ."^nd Dr.
C. C. Spaulding, president of
the North Carolina Mutual Life
Tnsurnnce Company, on behalf
of Negro business of Durham.
Response to all of the wel
come addresses was delivered
bv Rev. S. P. Manning, pastor
of St. John CME Churrh of
Winston Salem, followed by
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Urban League To
Hold Conference
With A F L Leaders
NEW YORK, (Special to The
('AHOLTNA TIMES) — An an
nouncement from the National
TVban League this week called
attention to a t'ortlic^'minr
conference between . League
staff members and high-rankin.;
officials of the American Fed
eration of Labor. The^cojifer-
ence was agreed to by Willia.u
Dreen, IVleration President,
after an exchange of correspon
dence between himself and
Lester B. Granger, Executive'
Secretary of the National Turban
League. Mr. Ctrnnger challenge 1
a Mtatement made by Mr. Green
I at the recent AF of L Conven-
[fion held in Boston iii which
the AF of L Chief charged
that the Turban League and
other organizations represent
incr Negroes had .“boycotted'
AF of L attempts to organize
Negro workers. The Lengue had
immediately wired Mr. Green
calling for a correction of the
statement on th« basis of the
Urban League’s consistent re
cord of urging Negroes to ,ioin
representative and reputabls
labor organizations controlling
the jobs in which they are
employed, tie pointed to a num
ber of instances where local
Urban Leagues had taken th"
initiative in promoting Negro
members in AF of L unions
and refrerrod to the Nation’s
Workers’ Education program
which was directly responsibl"
for the induction of “mor^
than 10,000 Negro workers” in
both AF of L and CTO unions.
Subsequent Correspondence
established an agreement that
in the near future Mr. Granger,
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Greensboro Ushers TndSng
Fayetteville For First Place
Times Subscription Contest
Piedmont Teachers
To Hold Session In
Greensboro Dec. 4th
GREENSBDR(*. (SfH*«-ial to
The TIMES) _ The Piedmont
! District of the North Carolini
Negro Teachers Association
will cr.nvene here :it the Dudley
High School S:iturrt:»y, Decoiii-
lier 4, at 10:»)0 A. M.
Oiie.st spnaker* will be, Guy
B. Phillips, former Greennbor >
«'ity Scliool Sup Tintendeiit,
Director of War Education.
I’nivevsity of North^ Carolint.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Dr. R. O’Hara Lanier, actin.r
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President of Hampton Institute.
Hampton. Virginia, and Super
intendent B. L. Smith, Greens
boro, North C.nrolina.
The .-(ub.scription cumpaifrn
for the ^ar)li«a Timea now
being (.iinducted by the Nnrth
Tarolina Int«;rdenominational
U.shers Association j^ained
considerahle momentum ttis
week with th^ Fayetteville
Ushers Union jumping into
the lead over the Greensboro
Ushers Union by a narrow
margin. The Winston Salem
Union held her own with the
third plaee. However, there
was strong indication that
next week will tell a differ-
(■nt tale with the campaign
^>efoming hotter and hotter as
the final day approaches,
which is .fannary 23, when
the final tabirtatrons will be
niad»» at a big birthday ban
quet to held in honor of
the Association president in
Durham.
As it now stands Miss Ida
McNeil of Fayetteville is -n
uad for the individual prize
which Will be a '2.5 War Bond
with Miss Olah Rogers of
BY “SCOOP” JONES
Associated Negro, Press
War Correspondent
SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRA-
LIAf — The Dr. G. W. Carver
Anioriean Red Cross club was
In a mass wproar as Red Cfoss
workers and aids busily, hurrie)
ly decorated a two room suite
in the still-in-proeess of re
modeling officer's quarters. The
answer to a query as to what
caused the grand ri^sFi was,
“We are preparing the bridal
suite.” "
About 2 p. m. a gorgeous
sample of Aussie- feminine
pulchritude attired in a coat
suit of English gray and mar
ooned checkered tweeds, whit-
shirt corresponding with whit'
sport shoes, smiling with a
background of wavy brunett?
hair (styled in a semi-pompn-
dour) e.xitinl from a taxi. She
was followed by a tall, hand
some second looie in military
“pinks.” This was the bridal
party. Lt. Hampson H. Fields.
Cleveland, one of the first to
be commissioned over here,
had ^‘dood” it. The first Ne
gro officer to crack the ice am!
marry an Australian girl.
Only a fe\i^ days ago Lt.
Fields married Miss Nornn
Baptiste in the historial Roman
Catholic St. Mary Cathedral in
Sydney, Australia. The affai ■
was semi-military with the at
tendants being Warranft Officer
Joel Price, Los Angeles, .with
bridesmaid Georgettn De Lodon
a friend of the bride. Jnmi'S
“Pete” Tyson, Red Cross Field
dirertor from Washington, D.
C., gave the bride away while
her sister, Mrs. Isabelle -Tor-
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Professor .T. A. T:Mpley.jQ|.^ensboro trailing her by a
Supervisor of Negro School.=! j margin. Ne.xt to Miss
here and President of th« j Rogers. Mrs. Naomi Hines of
North Carolina Negro Teach-j Winston - Salem is standiair
ers ,-\ssociation ami Dr. G. FJ third.
PROMINENT PERSONALTIES IN C - M - E ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN SESSION AT
Davis, Executive Secretary of
this body, plan to attend.
The President of the dis
trict, Mrs. M. L. ^carlette, has
.innounc-cd that the meeting i-
to «*nter on the theme “The
Pre.sent Crisis and the Futur>
Challenge in the Program of
the Sc hool.” The several sec
tions have arranged ’for a very
fine program.
The schedule of_^the meetin-r
is as follows; Fiist general
session at 10:00 A. M.; sectio i
meetini'S 11-00 A. M.; lunch
1:00 P. M.; second ^enei^l
session 2:00 P. M. Guy H,
Phillips will speak luring the
morninKr session and Dr. Lan
ier during the second general
session.
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ST. MAHHEW
Ht. Hev. C. L. Kusaell
Presiding Bishop
Rev. J. A. Davis, Pastor
St. Mathew
Rev* J. L. Lyles, P. E.
Winston Salem District
Rev. J. W. Roberts, P. E.
Asheville District .
Rev. H. C. Walker, P. E.
Charlotte District
Rev. H. P. Rogers, P. E.
Rocky Mount District
It h;ts been predicted, how
ever, that before the smoke is
cleared away that Oxford,
Burlington, Randolph County,
Chatham County, Orange
County, Raleigh and Reids-
ville will have to be reckon
ed with.
While this is going on the
Durham Ushers Union, which
i« not permitted to take part
in the statewide camp«ign, ij
warming up their machinery
for an intensive contest with
in the city.
The Carolina Times which
is the official organ of the
State Ushers Association, has
done muth toward keepinsr
the work of the organuiuiou
before the public. The ush
ers throuyhout' the state are
waging the campaign as a
matter of appreciation t*or the
support the paper has given
the orsranization for the past
several year;^ and with the
idea in mind of placing the
program of the organization
before the state in. a bfgger
way.
Immeiliately after campaign
closes the 23rd Janu
ary a series of artic^l^on the
work of the,-4^«Ie^raina-
i^^jonal I’shers .\^*K-iation will
be published each week. It
will be the purp*»se of these
article^ to acttuaint the peo
ple of the entire state with
wh.Ht the organization is do
ing.
We can hartlly wait for Dec
ember t» bring us the preitie*.
tions of th;; expert wiib' \nll
warn us of dangers tlatt will
not occur in 1944.
Rev. F. W. Pulwood, P. E.
Washington, N. C. Distrkt
Penicillin chacks ee
saya doctor trwliBC rhtWrM