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DUKHAM, N. O.. SATURDAY, DEC. «, 195t
PBICB TEN CEWTg
To Dedicate Million Dollar Gymnasium
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General Eisenhower Repeats Civil Rights Pledge NAACP Group
NOTED PERSONS AND TEAMS
TO TAKE PART IN FORMAL
OPENING OF NEW PLANT
Some 5,000 basketball fans,
areare expected to see the four
dedication games in Nortli Caro
lina College's new million dollar
gymnasium here Monday and
Tuesday night.
Three of the Country’s out
standing basketball teams, two
of them claimants to national
and international champion
ships, .will participate in the
formal opening of the |iew cage
arena.
Hampton Institute with form
er NCC basketball coach John B.
McLendon, and Texas Southern
University with W. R. “Hoss’
Adams, another former NCC
coach, will furnish competition
for Tom Little’s Tennessee
State University cagers. The
’t'OMxiasee team claims an inter
national crown for 1951.
Formal dedication ceremonies
will be held in the gymnasiimi
on Tuesday starting at 12:10
p.m., with Gov. W. Kerr Scott,
slated to take an important part.
Other State officials. Mayor E. J.
Evans of Durham, County Mana
ger Ed Swindell and Durham
City Manager “R. W. Flack, as
well as notable sports figures
from leading colleges and Uni
versities are also among those
expected to see the'initial rites
for the CIAA's finest basketball
arena.
Coach Floyd Brown, who
made his winning debut here
Thanksgiving night when the
Eagles' basketeers whipped A
and T College’s quint 61-58,
will send charges against Texas
in the first game beginning at
7:30 Monday night. Hampton
and Tennessee State clash in
Monday night’s second game.
The Eagles will try their aim
against the highly touted Tenn.
courtmen in the first game of
Tuesday night’s doubleheader.
Hampton and Texas mix it up in
the finale.
Brown, generally regarded as
McLendon’s , ablest protegee,
will match wits with Mr. Bas
ketball himself on January 8
when McLendon returns to NCC
in for what will be to many fans
the real opening of the gym
nasium. The two teams meet
again at Hampton late in Feb.
Considerable fanfare is plan
ned foe Tuesday with musical se
lections by the college’s choir
and band. Brief speeches, will
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OMEGAS TO
HONOR JUDGE
J. W. WARING
PHILADELFHL(V
A special citation to Hon. J.
Waties Waring, former Fourth
Circuit Judge of the United
States Court of Appeals, will be
presented by the Omega Psi Phi.
Fraternity, Inc., during its 39th
annual Conclave to be held at
Philadelphia, December 27-30.
The ceremonies will be con-
^ducted at the mass meeting to be
field on Sunday afternoon, Dec.,
28 in the magnificent Irvine
Auditorium of the University of
Pennsylvania. The presentation
will be made by Grant Reynolds,
noted New York City attorney
and Grand Basileus of the 16,000
member organization.
Judge Waring who will re
ceive the citation personally, is
being honored by the Fraternity
for his ardent championship of
“human rights and individual
freedom’’ which was reflected
during his years on the bench.
Most noteworthy among his
many decisions was that invol
ving the South Carolina suffrage
case in 1947 which opened the
way to Negro participation in
the Democratic primaries in that
state, a precedent-making find
ing.
The major address at tbe pub
lic meeting will be delivered by
Roy Wilkins, dynamic assistant
secretary of the NAACP, and a
veteran spokesman in the field
of civil rights. The able adminis
trative figure in the NAACP has
spear-headed many of the asso
ciation’s programs to secure
guarantees of citizen privileges
for the Nation’s 14,000,000 Ne
gro Americans.
Also scheduled to participate
in the session is Rt. Rev, Fred
Corson, presiding bishop of the
Methodist Church in this area,
and a long-time associate of re
cently appointed Bishop Edgar
Love, one of the Fraternity’s
founders.
The musical background will
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PRES.-ELECT SAYS HE INTENDS
TOWO^KroRPARTY PLATFORM
Winston-Salem
Host To Masons
Annual Meet
The above photo shows some
of the officials and employees
of the North Carolina Mutual
Life Insnrance Company look*
Ing over desks, safea and files
in their various otflees, dam*
aged by thelves here, either
Thanksgiving day or manks-
glving night, apparently In
search of money or other vala-
ables. Although seven! pleees
of office equipment were dam
aged from being pried open,
the robbers found no funds
or valuables worth their ef
forts. Officials of the com
pany stated that it Is their
praetlce to never leave funds
or valuables of any kind in
the office. Funds received dur
ing the day are always deposit
ed in the Mechanics and Farm
ers Bank, located on the
ground floor of the building.
before leaving the office.
Top left photo shows Asa T.
Spaulding, vice-president, ac
tuary and comptroller of the
company examining safe in his
office, following the break-in;
top center is E. R. Merrick,
vice-president and treasurer
and Mrs. V. O. Turner, assist
ant treasurer, examining one
of the damaged files in Mrs.
Turner’s office.
Top right is Mrs. Mary High,
secretary to the assistant treas
urer, looking over contents of
one of the damaged files; bot
tom-left Mrs. B. A. J. Whit-
ted, cashier of the company,
shows Mr. Spaulding safe in
her office which the thief at
tempted to break open.
At bottom right W. J. Ken
nedy, III is shown damaged
drawer in Mr. Merrick’s office.
Five Winston-Salem Masonic
Lodges of Prince Hall Affiliation
will entertain the Most Worship
ful Prince Hall Lodge F. & A. M.
of North Carolina during its
82nd annual communication
scheduled December 9-10.
Sessions will be held at Go-
ler Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion
Church at fourth Street and
Dunleith Avenue. The Rev. G.
Linwood Fauntleroy is pastor of
that church. A public meeting
will be held Tuesday night at
the Winston-Salem Teachers
College with a banquet follow
ing.
The five Lodges, hosts to the
session are: Ionic 72, Bivouac
503, Salem 139, Young Memori
al 670 and Olympic 795.
Officers of the Grand Lodge
are: Dr. G. D. Carnes, Wilming
ton, Grand Master; Clark S.
Brown, a Wiaston-Salem Eune^
ral Director, Senior Grand War
den; Solomon Keene, Asoskie,
Junior Grand Warden; the Rev.
C. W. Lawrence, Greensgoro,
Grand Secretary; G. A. Moore,
New Bern, Grand Treasurer.
Zack Alexander, Charlotte, is
chairman of Foreign correspon
dents and Deputy Imperial Po
tentate.
Representing the 15th dis
trict—entertaining district—in
the Official State Family are:
D. W. Massey, Deputy of the
15Ui district; G. W. Little, Grand
Junior Deacon; and George E.
Pettie, Grand Historian.
Winstonians and Masons of
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NEW YORK
The full influence of the
White House will be thrown be
hind efforts to achieve civil
rights objectives during the
next four years, General Dwight
D. Eisenhower, President-elect,
today assured a delegation re
presenting the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of
Colored Pepole.
In a conference lasting 55
minutes with NAACP President
Arthur B. Spingam; board mem
bers Theodore Spaulding of
Philadelphia and Channing H.
Tobias of New York, and Execu
tive Secretary Walter White, the
General reiterated his campaign
pledges to work for the elimina
tion of segregation in Washing
ton and for the implementation
of other planks in the Republi
can platform
The civU rights issue is a basic
moral issue, the president-elect
told the delegation. Mr. White
reported to a press conference
following the interview. On the
filibuster. General Eisenhower
expressed concern but indicated
that he felt it was a matter pri
marily for the Senate to decide.
However, he said that he would
use his influence with the Senate
to curb filibusters and liberal
ize its rules; according fo“ Mr.
White.
“General Eisenhower received
the delegation most cordially,”
the NAACP leader said. ’He in
dicated a desire to do sometliing
effective to overcome the pre
sent stalemate on civil rights
and gave assurance that ^e
would do everything within his
power as President to see that
all segments of the American
people receive equal justice. He
repeated his pledge to appoint
competent persons to high office
irrespective of race, color, re
ligion or national origin. Fur
ther, the General expressed the
desire to keep in touch with the
NAACP.”
Bold But Futile^ Attempt Made To Locate
Money In Local insurance Company Building
A thief or thieves made a bold
but futile attempt to rob the
home office of the North Caro
lina Mutual Liife Insurance Com
pany here sometime during the
Thanksgiving holiday last week.
Although the mauraUders found
no money, much damage was
done to several files, drawers and
NCCs NEW MILUON DOLLAR GYM
safes in the various officesrio-
cated on the third floor of the
building.
According to police the would-
be-robber or robbers were
amateurs or they might have
known that the officials would
not allow funds of the company
to remain In the office over
night. The ^6ry poor attempts to
pry open some of the drawers
and the locks on safes gave fur
ther proof that the theft attempt
was that of inexi>erienced hands,
according to police.
The home office of the com
pany is located on Parrish Street,
in the heart of the downtown
business section, and an attempt
ed entry or break-ln of the build
ing would have 'to be character
ized as bold though very foolish.
Although the lt>bbery attempt
netted the thieves not one cent,
it is, believed that it was the
work of persons familiar with-
the location of the various de
partments of the company, since
no other floor except that on
which the finance of the comp
any is handled was molested.
One of the officials told the
TIMES representatives that not
i>nly are funds never kept in the
building overnight, but 95 per
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Attorneys Studying Inequalities
In Burlington City Schools
Mrs. Margaret Lambeth GU-
lls (left) has been named to
serve as assistant bond chair
man for the 1952 seal sale cam
paign of the Durham County
Tuberculosis Association.
Mrs. Glllis’ appointment was
announeed several days ago by
Mrs. Marvin Carver, General
campaign chairman who Is as-
>sistlng R. Bruce White the
head of the Bond Sales dlvla-
ion.
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Mrs. Gillis plans to solicit lo
cal firms and individuals who
have given more than average
donations in the past.
Pictured with Mrs. Gillls is
Miss Daisy L. Wallace, Health
Educator with the Durham
County Tuberculosis Associa
tion and graduate student In
Public Health Eduoatlon at
North Carolina College,
They are working eoopw-
atlvely and this Is the first
time that either of them have
parielpated in the Seal Sale i«
this opacity.
Burlington—Attorneys have
begun examining the records of
the city schools of Burlington in
an apparent effort to ascertain
just how far in its program of
discrimination against Negroes
the Board of Education has gone,
gone.
The records were turned over
to them tiiis week by Dr. L. E.
Spikes, superintendent of City
S’hoois, in answer to a request
of the attorneys that they be
lermitted to inspect (hem.
Attorneys making ' the inves-
*^igation are J. Kenneth Lee,
Green.sboro, Harvey E. Beech
and Floyd B. McKissick of Dur
ham.
Contrary to reports circulated
in loc^ newspapers of Burling
ton, a representative of the Car
olina Times was iiiformed by
R. R. Isienhour, chairman of the
Board of Education of Burling
ton, that there would be no
publishing of the names of Ne
gro plaintiffs and the amount
of taxes they pay in connection
with information released to
newspapers by City Board of Ed
ucation officials. Spikes is
believed to have made such an
nouncement in an effort to in
timidate the 400 Negroes sign
ing the affidavits requesting the
inspection.
The committee authorized to
act for the 400 parents and citi
zens is composed of Bennie Lee
Jeffries, chairman; June Hervin
and Fred Warren. Jeffries is
president of one of the Parent-
Teachers Associations of the
Associations of the community
and a prominoit farmer.
Some of the other persons
signing the affidavits are: Dr.
J. H. Pittman, Dr. W. C. Shanks.
Jr., Dr. Robert Lesueur, Rev. C.
S Stroud, Mrs Inez Richmond.
S. J. Thompkins and J. ,W. Wal
ker.
Just how long or when th»“
lawyers wUi complete their in
vestigation could not be deter
mined here titis week. According
to a tetter addressed to Dr
Spikes on November 23 “a great
deal of time is necessary to com
plete the information.
In connection with some of
the inequalities existing in tiie
public schools of Burlington the
Carolina Time* is publishing be
low a letter from Hal D. Foster,
sanitarian of the Alamance
County Health Department, con
cerning some of tbe discrepan
cies which be found in the Della
Plane School, a Negro unit o(
the City school system.
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