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SATURDAY, AUG. 2f, IMS TBI CAIOUHA TaOB Heel Elks Prepare For Atlantic City Convention Rev. K! P. Battle, Dr. Letitia Smith To Lead North Staters At Meet By J. B. HABBEN Public Belatlons '^haimiaii North Carolina Aasoclstion mPO Elks of'World — ROCKY MOUNT From the east and from the we«t, Tar Heel “BlUs” and “Daughters” of the Improved, Benevolent and Protective Or der of Elks of the World (DBPO EW) are preparing to descend upon the “playground of Amer ica" (Atlantic City) by car and bus loads for the 56th Annual Convention August 20-26, of the “grand ole order” which is now led by Grand Exalted Ruler Rot}ert H. (“Our Bob”) Johnson of Philadelphia and Grand Daughter Ruler Nettie C. Jack son of Staten Island, New York. BATTLE AND SMITH LEAD TARHEEL!^ The Rev. Kemp Plummer Bat tle, president of the N. C. Asso ciation and grand lecturer of the national EUts lodge, and Dt. Letitia Smith, Hickory, president of the State Temple, will head the North Staters at the conv^- tion. Among other key state offi- ciala expected to attend are; fir«t vice prexy Julius R. Hay wood, Fidelity lodge, BUeigh; Jack W. Faiion, 2nd vice presi dent, Progressive lodge, sea board and Weldon; A. Mortel Scott, Pride of East lodge, Golds boro. Etech of tlj/ese men is being considered as possible presi dential aspirants for the 1056 N. C. Association race against encumbent Battle who has serv ed eight years, duriiig which the State lodge has grown in strength and influence _ on a national scale.) Among the women leaders will be Dts. Rhoena Brown, Washington, N. C.; Nora E. Bailey, Rocky Mount; Sadie W. Artist, Goldsboro; Lenora Baird, Asheville, and Evelyn Adams, Gastonia. . SIX BIO DAYS AND NIGHTS Following an executive organ izational meeting Saturday, Aug. 20, the convention will get im- der way Sunday with memorial services and a pageant by the Temple . Starring in the con duct of these events will be grand NEW METHOD LAUNDRY ' And Dry Cleaners Qnality - Service 405 Roxboro St. DIAL 6959 daughter ruler Jacluon, grand secretary Buena Kelley Berry, Dt. Pearl Brown, Dt. Bertha Mc- Kanlass and Dr. J. E. Jones, as sistant grand medical director, southern region. Official busi ness starts Tuesday. The oratorical contest Mon day night will feature a $1,000 Elb scholarship being given to a white student among the seven regional winners for the first time in history. Other highlites will be the big parade, health program and battling beauty contest. All ses sions will be held in the Senior High School building, Albany and Atlantic Avenues. Dr. C. Morris Cain is chairman of the local convention committee, 1613 Artie Avenue. “Leadership and progress,’ built around the 52-year reign of grand secretary W. C. Hueston and grand legal advisor Perry W. Howard, will be stressed at at the convention. - J R^ionai 4-H Delegates WHI Cite Four Outstanding Leaders Oklahoma Stays Ahead In Desegregation NEW YORK Oklahoma continues to lead those southern states which awaited the second Supreme Court school ruling before start ing school desegregation, it was revealed in a spot check made at NAACP headquarters here last week. 14 additional new towns in Oklahoma have announced their intention to desegregate, making a total of 31 Oklahoma towns in which desegregation'' plans have been announced. The 14 are located in Madili, Elk City, Sulphur, Davis, Bartles ville, Sapulpa, Holdenville, Coaigate, Bearden, Woodland, Lula, Tupelo, Olney and Lehigh. Meantime, in the border state of West Virginia, notice was given of school desegregation in Supreme Chancellor, Sir B. A. Hester, Dallas, Texas, who Is directing the Blennal Conven tion of the Supreme Lodge of Knights of Phythlas that opens in Winston-Salem, N. C., Sun day evening at'the First Baptist Church, the Rev. David R. Hedg- ley, pastor. Other high ranking officers ex pected to assist Mr. Hester are Sir Scovel Richardson, Washing ton, D. C., Supreme Past Chan cellor, former Dean of the Lin coln University Law School, a position he rerigned to beoome first Negro appointed to a place on the Federal Board of Par dons. Knight George D. Flem ings, Fort Worth ,Texas, nation al president of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., and Sir A. G. Gaston, Supreme Worthy Counsellor of Birmingham, Ala bama. All business sessions will be at Winston-Salem Teach ers College, which Is he«dqnar- ters for the meetings according to an announcement of J. A. Me- bane. Grand Chancellor for North Carolina. Piedmont and Keyser. The Texas towns of Brown- wood and Kingsville joined six other Texas communities in an nouncing plans to desegregate. flloJieL, LAUNDRY- CLEANERS 812 Washington Street 217 Foster Street PHONE 5171 WASHnrGTON Delegates to the eighth an nual Regional 4-H Club Camp, August 15-22, here at Howard University will cite four out standing leaders for their con tributions to the promotion of rural youth programs, P. H. Stone, Federal Extension staff assistant and camp directori an nounced this week. Those to l)e honored are; Horace Heidt, noted band lead er who conducts a nationwide search for musical talent; C. A. Scott, editor and general man ager of the ATLANTA DAILY WORLD; Mrs. Laura R. Daly, retired home demonstration agent of Alabama who served more than 35 years; and John Gammon, well-known farm leader of Marion, Ark. Presentation of the 4-H cita tion plaques on Sunday, Aug. 21, will climax the seven-day encampment at Howard with sessions in the Engineering and Architecture Building. In mak ing the awards, the 4-H’ers will be representing 350,000 mem bers of their organization. Other features of the camp will be a visit with Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson in his office, a tour of the White House and Mount Vernon, and the placing of wreaths at the tombs of George Washington and the Unknown Soldier. Among those who will ad dress the delegates are As sistant Secretary of Agricul ture Clarence M. Ferguson, Miss Nannie H. Burrough, president of the National Trade and Pro fessional School for Women; Dr. C. V. Troup, president of Fort Valley State College, Fort Val ley State College, Fort Valley, Ga.; and Edward W. Alton, na tional director of 4-H Clubs and Young Men and Women’s Work, The 128 delegates of the Head, Heart, Hands, and Health organization will come from 17 States: Aalbama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mary land, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Vir ginia. “BON VOYAGE’ BETWEEN “PROF” AND “PRODIGY”—The above scene well merits the caption “Bon Voyage between ‘Prof.’ and Prodigy” because it shows an outstanding student at North Carolina College, Durham, giving and receiving a fond “Bon Voy age” from one of the college’s outstanding professors. Miss Yvonne “Bonnie” Scruggs, left, first Fulbright Award recelpient among North Carolina College undergraduates, will leave the United States early in the Fall for Germany where she will study political science at Rhenish-Frederick Williams University. Dr. Ernst M. Manasaee, professor of German and philosophy and a native of Germany, right, returned to the U. S. A. recently from a visit to South America. Others in the picture are Mrs. Manasse, second from left, aad her mother, Mrs. Lili Bernhardty. Would Let Parents Decide Issue Refuses To Sign Segregation Bill MONTGOMERY, AUi. Governor James E. Folsom refused to sign a bill destgncd to preserve segregation in pub lic schools by giving city and county school t>oards unpre cedented police power ia decid ing which schools individual pupils shall attend. The bill be- ,came law in Alabama this week when no gubernatorial veto was received 24 hours before the Legislature recessed. The bill does not mention maintaining segregation as such still it’s meaning is obvious as it allows local school boards to assign pupils to various schools on a basis that will “assur* so cial order, goodwill and the public welfare.” NORFOLK, VA. 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