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MIAMI MAYM The Ceo'oUna Timet it The (Mde$t And Wide$t Read Negro Nempaper In The Two CeroUnm* VOLUME 31 — NUMBEB 10 PRICE 10c PAY NO MORE DURHAM, N. C^ATPBDAY, FEB. 19, 1»55. PBICB M CEIffS a HE’$ NOW HONORARY AF- ROTC COLONEL MAGLOIRE, Pretident W. S. Davit (1.) of Tennessee State and his Exctl- lency President Paul E. Mag- loire of Haiti look over scroll giving the visiting dignitary honorary AF-ROTC rank. Haitian President Made Honorary Colonel At Tennessee State Univ. NASHVOJUE. TSNN. . Ijast week hia Excellency President .Paul E. Magloire of the Republic of Haiti was made an honorary colonel in Teno. State University’s AK-ROTC. In a military ceremony on the campus of Tennessee State honoring thig high dignitary, the presentation was made by Preiident Walter S. Daris; Some lour hi^dred AF-ROTC cadets on dress parade itood at atten tion as the short ceremony got underway. Cadet Major J. Brown of MurCreeboro, the seal bearer, with two escorts approached the ramp where President Mag loire, Dr. Davis, and Dr. Charles S. Johnson o^ Fisk University stood at attention. Cadet Major Brown presented the'‘scroll of honor to Dr. Davis, who, in a (Please turn to Page Eight) J. W. Seabrook High School Is Dedioited FAYETTEVILLE The J. W. Seabrook Elemen tary School, one of Cumberland ^County’s most modem school buildings, was dedicated last Sunday, February IS, In an ex ercise in which many notables took part. Presiding over the exercise was L. J.vLockamy, Jr., principal of the school. The program got off with greetings by Mrs. Mae R. Wil liams, Supervisor of Cximber- land County Negro Schools. She was followed by Attorney R. Qlenn Cobb, President of Cum berland County Board of Educa tion, who presented the key to the new wing of the plant and delivered the address. Attorney Cobb called atten tion that the American people bad always placed great em phasis on education. He . also spoke of the progress made by Cumberland County along edu cational lines during the past quarter of a century. Acceptance remarks Were made by Principal Lockamy for the faculty; by th* Reverend L. W. McDon^d for the PTA and Thelma McDaniel for the student body. F. D. Byrd, Jr., Superlntend«it of the Cumberland County Schools, brought greetings and read the resolutions drawn up by the Cumberkmd Comity (Please turn to Page Bghi) KOREA (FHTNC) — Morine Cpl. Leroy Brown, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrt. Leroy Brown of 313 Freeman St., Raleigh, is serving' at a fire team leader with the 1st Marine Division here. Before enlisting in January, 1953, he attended St. Augustine College and was employed by the Eatt End Cab Co. Asks Ban On Federal Aid To Segregated Public Scliools NAACP Calls For Anti-Segregation 0am In Telegram To White House NEW YORK The National Association lor the Advancement of Colored People today called upon Sena tor Lister Hill, chairman of Se nate Labor and Public Wellare Committee, to support the in clusion ol an anti-segregation clause in the proposed federal aid to education legislation. The telegram, signed bV Roy Wilkins, NAACP administrator, cites the United States Supome Court ruling of May 17, which' declai^d racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. Reaffirming the Association’s endorsement ol federal aid to education, the NAACP tele gram expressed the conviction that any such legislation “should require states or school districts receiving such assis tance to certify their compli ance with the Court’s ban on segregated schools.” Because of “the ojpenly avow ed Intention 8f soraie M the states to defy Qie Court and evade its imanimous ruling a clause requiring compliance is essential,’’ the NAACP spokes man told the Alabama senator. “Since such a stipulation is merely a statement that the states will abide by the U. S. Constitutioi^” he lurged Senator Hill “to support the inclusion of such a provision in the bill to be reported out by your commit tee.” Appearing before the Senate committee at a hearing on Jan. 31, Clarence Mitchell, director of the Association’s Wadiington bureau, asked the committee to include a clause providing for federal aid only to states and localities complying with the Supreme Court decision. Meanwhile, the Association sent 9 memorandum to all its state and local units calling upon them to urge their sena tors and the members of the Se nate Labor and Public Welfare Committee to support the NAACP position on federal aid (Please turn to Page Eight) Durham Ministers To Aid Chain In Campaign For 200 Hew Members Members of the Durham Ministerial Alllahce last week promised cooperation with the Durham Business and Profes sional Chain’s current drive for 200 new members. The local nOnisters were guests of the Chain’s board of directors at a second annual “Mutual Help” luncheon at the Donut Shop’s Jade Room. Dr. C. S. McLester, pastor of Morehead Baptist Church and president of the ministers’ group, pledged the cooperation of the members of his organiza tion to the chain's objectives which were outlined by T. R. Speight, chairman of the chain’s board; N. B. White, chain pi;psl- dent, and R. Kelly Bryant, chain secretary. Chain president White said after the meeting, “We .have been greatly encouraged by the eaqgesslons which we have heard here today. They are in dications that local business concerns need the church and the church needs the support of the business groups as well as the- whole 'Parted support of their members. Only by work ing together can we achieve the gwfi« which we aU.hav* for our city." ■ '*4^1 In other action taken by the chain during its board meeting, the group approved an accele rated budget \i^Oh would bring the Chain into closer contact with a wider segment of the lo cal population; apiax>ved pl^ns to continue its periodic bulletin under the editorship of Dr. L. J. Harrison of the commerce de partment at N. C. College; ap proved the progress reports of several subcommittees working on projects desired to improve health conditions throu^out the city and county and to raise the general ctilture level of the area; authorized an intensive membership solicitation pro gram with particular en^>hasis upon reactivating formw mem- bars; established a rosearch group to bring latest business information to member organi zations and launched plans for a better publicized year round educational program. The ministers and local lead en welcomed the Rev. A. L. Thompson, new t>astor of First Cavalry Baptist Churoh, and the Rw. W. Haywood Greene, the recently installed pastor of (PlMM turn to Page Eight) Bishop F.M. Reid Launches Big Program For Kittrell College KITTRELL Bishop Frank Madison Reid, presiding prelate of the North CaroUna and the Western North Carolina Conferences of the AME Church, injected new hope, inspiration and life into the trustees, faculty, students and friends of Kittrell College at its founder’s day celebration here 'Tuesday wh^ he told both ministers and liymen at tending that ^ pi-esent plans call for 'areefiag every require-' ment of the rating agencies to have the school fully accredit ed. Not since the 1920s has so much enthusiasm been in evi dence about the college’s fu ture. A majority of persons at tending the celebration expres sed themselves as being willjng to work wd sacriilce tQ ffie limit that the school may onc» again take its place among the leading educational institu tions of the state. With President R. W. ,^ner presiding over the Tuesday af ternoon aession, the Founder’s Day celebration opened with a sermon by Dr. Melvin Swann, pastor of Bethel AME Churoh in Greensboro. The Tuesday afternoon ses siqn consisted of a panel ^s- cussion on “The Role of the Small Junior College In Our .World Today.” Those partici pating were Dr. W. L. Hilder- b r |i n d, chairman; Drs. M. 'Thompson, J. R. Johnson, C. C. Scott, C. L. Stephens, Willa Easley and L. E. Austin. Scheduled for the Tuesday evening session was a “Talent Hour” by students and faculty members. Music will be furnish* ed by the College Chorus and tljp address will be delivered by the president. The convocation message will be preached Wednesday morn ing by Dr. Fred A. Hughes, fol lowed by awards to be made by Bishop Reid. The afternoon session will be taken up by financial reports from Presiding Elders and pas tor. 1954 Winners HamedlnOmega Essay Contest Winners in the 1954 Annual Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Essay Contest have been announced by Dr. Matthew J. Whitehead, Director of the National Pro ject. The first place winner was Michael Chamberlin, Evanston Township High School, Evans ton, Illinois. S^ond place win ner was Nancy Winn, Pershing High School, Detroit, Michigan, and third place winner was Pa tricia J. Johnson, James B. Dudley High School, Greens- (Plflue turn to Page Bight) Shoto# here are members of the inteifienominational and in terracial (Community Clioius of Chapel Mill following their re- hmntU-A/t Friday for ihe nual Race Relations services held Sunday. (First row left to right) Peg gy Umstead, Jane Cottingham, Zan Smith, %ommy Weaver, Hugh Stroud, Johnny Purefoy, David Straley, Eric Carriker, Larry Lloyd, Jane Russell, Les lie Straley, Jeanne Steytler; >wi»d Mary JMen Pitt- cock, Anne Jones, Jean God frey, Janice Bynum, Edna Guthrie, Pam Thayer, Beth Hunt, Mildred Millikan, Janie Alston, Ellen Guthrie, Judy Fletcher; (third row) Jackie Greenwood, Leslie Foust, Ruby Alston, Elsie McCauley, Mar garet Edwards, Louise Barrftt, Charlie Foster, Ann Booton, Susan Keith-Lucas, Peggy Ho gan, Coline Riggsbee, Jubie Mullis, and Nancy Berkut. A- mong singers in the chords who are not shown are Elaine Beard, Johnny Allcott, Jack Lauterer, Susan Hill, Sally Bsrr^, ky Wells, Elizabeth Allcott^ Barbara Ellis, Diana Hotuton, Jenny SVjak Ccmpbett, and Charlene McDougle. Mrt. O. K. Rice is director of the cho rus and Robert Gould wat or ganist for the services. Rev. Sessoms tPasses After Short Illness Reverend Cicero Shakespeare Sessoms, pastor of Shady Grove Baptist Church of Franklin, Vir ginia and Second Baptist Church of Capron, Virginia, died of a heart attack at Lincoln Hospital here Tuesday, February 15, at 4:30 a. m., following an illness of several weeks. Although Rev. Sessoms had been in declining health for sev eral months he had not been en- (Please turn to Page Eight) Speaker Praises Race Relations In Greensboro GREENSBORO The pleasant race relations which exist in Greensboro were praised by the principal speaker at a Men’s Day Ob servance held at A. and T. •College, last Sunday, Feb. 13. Harry R. Alexander, an in- structjpr in accounting at the college, a native of Illinois and who has worked for several yem in the deeper South, said, “I believe that people here are enjoying a much more satisfy ing living atmosphere than in many qi&er places in in this state or the nation.” He attri buted this fine situation to the high type of Christians who pr^ dominately settled h^re and who have been serving the Christian cause through “acti vely and positively working to gether io bring about better race relations." Speaking from the subject, "Your Life Gomjdete With Chris tian Service," Alexander said, “Service with God is the only way through which one’s life can be complete.” He warned his audience in conclusion that be- a Christian Is not being perfect, but it Is in striving for perfec ts UlneM, he resided alcme at tion. Miqini Mayor Calls Ousting Of Ne||roes From Lincoln Day Dinner "Disgraceful” SBI Makes Big Haul Of "Reefer Man" Hear Maven County BELHAVEN Two Beaufort County men with several thousand dollars worth of marijuana wero ar- rosted by the SBI near ^e Mon day after the latter lud bought the weed at a bargain. They were charged with violating the nar cotic slaw. After being questioned by State Bureau ol Investigation agents, Henry (Sum) Reddick, 54, was charged with growing and sell ing the weed and Uriah H. Hill, 64, with aiding and abetting. R^dick claimed he did not know it was unlawful to grow and sell marljuaaa. “Thsgr told me it was canary bird seed,” be stated. Reddick was ]jSlaced un-- der $2,000 bond and Hill, who is believed to have be«[t a “dupe** in the operation, was held un der $500. James Powell, director of the SBI, stated that, acting on a t^ an undercover SBI aguitt got in touch with Hill and made ar rangements to purchase a pound of , the weed for $25, stating at the time if it proved to be good he would buy more. “It was good. The best we have ever boo^t," sa^ FowdL According to th* SBI dbector, (Please tins to Pam MIAMI Declaring that the ejection of 24 Negro Republican leaders from a Lincoln Day dinner here last Saturday night was “dis graceful,” Mayor Abe Arono- witz apologized to the Nation Monday. “That occasion is a desecra tion on the name of Abraham Lincoln and I hope the Nation will realize that tliis attitude is not the attitude of most Miami ans. Ejection of the Negro Repub licans occurred when E. N. Claughton, millionaire owner of the Urmey Hotel, ordered the Negro »guests to leave. "This place is for white only,” he said. He also said it was his re sponsibility to enforce the law against mixed gatherings. Talk of a suit against Claugh ton and the hotel immediately sprang up and the Dade County GOP Republican Committee agreed to call a special meet ing within 15 days at which time Committee Attorney Mark Casper said he would recom mend bo^ the owner and the hotel be sued for punitive (Please ttim to Page Ei^t) Churth Crusade Attendance Set The Asbury t^emple Metho dist Church began its diurdi at- tendance crusade last Sunday. Februwy IS. The guest for Sunday, Februny M. wiB be the Rev. Nfdson B. BtaiMk instructor at the HHlsMa Bttfi SchooL The crusade wiU amMHH un til Saster Sundiqri Afril as- coidinc to to* pMtor. Urn l«v. W. Haywood Cfarw*.
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