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DliltHABI, NOBTH CAROLINA, SATW|DAY, NOV. 5, ItSS
VOLUME 31 — NUMBER 4S
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Methodist Church Body
Dismisses Director
NEW YORK
k, yoivig white woman
be^ discharged from her lob
,yath a Methodist Church or
ganization in North Carolina
because of her affiliation with
the NAACP, It was revealed
here today at NAACP head
quarters.
'T^e young woman, Miss Jo-
lee Fritz, was dismissed from
her position of director of the
Wesley Foundation at Women’s
College, the. University of
North Carolina, by the Founda
tion’s local board. The firinff
occurred in September, but was
not made public at that time by
the NAACP.
The board’s action followed
several days of Inquiry and dis
cussion about the activities of
Miss Fritz with the NAACP
state youth program in North
•Carolina.
nmenting on the incident,
Greensboro, N. C., Record
Mid; "...who would have
thought that an aftermath of
the c6urt ruling (Supreme
C6urt decision on school segre
gation. would be the firing of
' a director of a Methodist
ch organizatioi^? That
happened, too. Miss Jolee Fritz,
director of the ,We»Iey Founda
tion in Greensboro, was dis
charged because she held me?n-
bership In the NAACP and be
cause her racial views were un
conventionally broad.”
Miss Fritz has^made public
-a -statement daelwing: "1
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Pastor Resigns
Post As Result
Racial Dispute
I BATESVILLE, S. C.
A minister with reputed
broad views o^ segregation and
who is said to agree with advo
cates of integration in the pub
lic schools “resigned" from his
pastoral post at the First Bap-
, tist Church in Batesville, South
Carolina as the. result of what
was referred to as an “informal
dispute" with some congrega
tion members over race segre
gation.
The minister is 34-year-old
Rev. George Jackson Stafford,
who is a native of Spartanburg
and came to Batesburg after
graduating from the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary.
U. S. District Judge George
Bell Timmerman is chairman of
the church's board of deacons
and confirmed the fact that The
Rev. George Jackson Stafford’s
resignation followed an “infor
mal dispute.” The resignation
tion was accepted October 23.
Stafford bad no comment. He
said he did not think it would
be in the best interest of the
church to make a statement.
MBS. PAULINE DAME
MRS.P.F.DAME
SUCCUMBS IN
BROOKLYN
On Th\irsday, Octobec
Mrs. Pauljiiie I^ame, age 85 of
Orange Cbimty succumbed in
St. Jo^'s Hospital, Brooklyn,
N#\v Jfork.
Mrs. Dame was bom in
Orange County, September 5,
1870 and taught 55 years, 38 of
these being spent in Durham.
She was the daughter of Ro
bert and Cornelia Fitzgerald.
She was a graduate of St. Au
gustine's College at Raleigh and
a staunch and active Episcopa
lian.
Surviving are her sisters,
Mrs. S. A. F. Small of Brook
lyn, and seven nephews and
nieces, and an adopted daugh
ter; sirs. Mildred M. Fearing*
and Mrs. Rosetta Stevens of
Washington, D. C., Mrs. Grace
M. Gwlnn and William H. Mur
ray of Baltimore; Raymond
Murray and Gerald L. Jeffriies
of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Joseph E.
Small of Philadelphia; Miss
Pauli Murray, well-known au
thor, another niece, was adopt
ed and reared by Mrs. Dame.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at the St.
Phillip's Episcopal Church, 334
McDonnough Street, Brooklyn,
N. Y., with the Rev. John M.
Coleman officiating.
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Att'ys. Say N. C.
Will Retain J. C
Not Defy Court
RALEIGH
Members of the state Bar As
sociation were ramtaided of
their obligation and their re
sponsibility to support the
“fundamental constitutional
principle that all citizens are
equal before the law.”
Welch O. Jordan, young
Greensboro lawyer, one of four
panelists—the others were from
eastern Carolina-who discussed
the subject “A Lawyer Looks
At Segregation.”
Jordan said he spoke as a law-
jrer, “putting aside personal
views.” He said lawyers are
obligated-not only as ci^ens
but becaus* of the oath they
took to uphold the U. S. Con
stitution—"to obey, without re
servation” the Supreme Court
segregation decision.
Different views were ex
pressed by Attorneys John Hall
of Elizabeth City, Horace E.
Stacy of Lumberton and State
Attorney General William B.
Rodman. '
Examples:
Hall: “North Carolina is go-
ling to retain segregatioo tbe
public schools and do it not in
defiance of the Supreme Court
decision but in lawful avoid
ance of it.”
Stacy: “I am of the opinion
we have run away from volun
tary segregation without trying
it. I think it will work.”
Rodman; “Give to the color
ed people their schools, the idea
of 'pride in their race—continue
separation on a voluntary basis.
Let’s continue it and call on the
courts to recognize they must
live within their own checks
and balances and not become
arbiters of our lives, economi
cally and socially.”
It was inevitable in the chan
ges of time that the segregation
decision ^ould come down, Jor
dan said, and it “Imposes the
duty on us to effectuate, as soon
as ppsslble,” integration in our
schools.
Jordan said, “It is the duty
of the bar to advise all local
school boards to proceed with
all deliberate speed—that’s the
language the court used—to eli
minate segregation in our pub
lic schodls.”
Some Negroes are members
of the N. C. Bar, Jordan said.
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Ninth Resource Conf^ence
Scheduled For NCd Nov^r 17
The Ninth Annual Resource)
Use Education Conference will
be held in Duke Auditoriimi at
North Carolina College here on
Thursday, November 17.
Some 500 superintendents,
principals, supervisors, teachers
and parents throughout the
state have been ipvited, accor
ding to Dr. Theodore R. Speig-
ner, RUE director at NCC and
State Chairman of the Resource
Use Education Conference.
The theme for this year’s ses
sion is' “Using Community Re
sources to Ibirich Learning and
Living Today”. The day's theme
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MISS JANICE lO]
Corooatloii 01 Miss IL C Colleoe^;
Ahoskie Senior, Set For Saturday
Miss Janice Jones, Ahoskie
senior commerce major at
North Carolina OMlege, will be
formally crowned “Miss North
Carolina College of 1855” jn~
elaborate Duke Auditorium
rites at 8:15 Saturday night.
The coronation program is
open to the public.
The attractive senior coed
will be attended by Miss Kitty
Sneed of Durham and Miss Hat
tie Carroway of Kinston.
Student Gftvemment Presi
dent W. Sherman Perry will
speak near the end of the pro
gram.
Actual crowning of Miss
Jones will be done by NCC’s
president, Dr. Alfonso Elder.
The program is under the au
spices of the NCC Student Go
vernment Association with Mrs.
WiUa W. Lewis as consulting
adxiseri ^
A special “Coronation Terpsi
chore” featuring Miss Gloria
W. Hinton will be an innova
tion in the 1055 coronation ri-*
tual.
Class representatives who
will be in 'the coronation party
are; Miss B. Brown, freshman;
Miss Deloris DeRees, Sopho
more; and the Misses Alta Derr
and Esther Goode, juniors.
Master Richard K. Barksdale,
Jr., will be the crown bearer
and little Miss' Carolyn Walker
will be the sceptre bearer.
"Trouble Lies Ahead” In
Africo Soys Stevenson
NEW YORK
According to an article ap
pearing in the current issue of
Look Magazine, Adlai Steven
son speculates that "trouble
lies ahead” for the European
powers who have colonies in
Africa if they don’t heed the
Africans' demand for greater
freedom and economic oppor
tunity.
He states further that "some
thing is being done to meet
these demands in every country
that he visited on a recent to^
except in South Africa.
There, he said, th% European
leaders “stoutly avow, in com
plete sincerity, that their policy
is not only right before God
and man but also best for the
African.” ,
Stevenson said that in areas
such as Kehya, Southern Rho
desia and South Africa “a
growing African populace looks
hungrily at the better lands re
served for the Europeans. The
use and ownership of land are
now certainly the hottest sub
ject south of Sahara.”
He said Africans are nettled
not only by economic and poli
tical discrimination but also by
the color bar.
Race Hate Foe
To Speak Here
November 6th
The Rev. Charles M. Jones,
pastor of the Community Chur
ch of Chapel Hill, will deliver
North Carolina College’s vesper
sermon at 4:30 o’clock Sunday
afternoon in Duke Auditorium.
The general public is invited.
A native of Tennessee, Mr.
Jones pastored churches in
Virginia before coming to
North Carolina in 1942. For 12
years he pastored the presby-
terian (^urch of Chapel Hill.
Mr. Jones left the Chapel Hill
Presbyterian Church after seve
ral stormy months of contro
versy with reactionary ele
ments ini that church. His
Christian and democratic atti
tudes and practices were ap
parently displeasing to some
members of his congregation.
An outspoken foe of racial
bigotry and discrimination
against all members of the
Christian family, Mr. Jones is
regarded as one of the nation’s
^[^t jnflnential young preach
ers anrf r^l^o'ts K’atfersT'*
’Mr.-Jones will speak at NCC
on Sunday afternoon on the
subject “Laying the Price”.
NCC Players To
Give T. S. Eli
Play Dec. Kth
T. S. Eliot’s "Murder in the
Cathedral” will highlight the
pre-Christmas dramatic season
at North Carolina College here
on December l6.
Directed by Mary L. Bohan-
on, with sets designed by Stan
ley Ferber, the play will fea
ture the costumes of Shirley
Williams, Mabel Boone, and
Jean Butt.
Theodore Gilliam, Durham
freshman, will play the part of
Thomas Beckett. Critics have
praised the’'play’s theme show
ing man attaining his highest
spiritual fulfillment.
They Won’t Get AChonce
Declares Gov. Griffin
DR. SAMUEL D. PROCTOR
New President
Named For Va.
Union Univetsity
RICHMOND. VA.
Plans for the inauguration of
Di-. Samuel DeWitt Proctor as
the flfm pfStktent oi Virginia
Union University on November
4, have been completed and
were released this week by the
Chairman oif the Committee,
Dr. Thomas H. Henderson,
Dr. Miles W. Connor, Vice
President of the Board of Trus
tees will preside. The service
will open with Invocation by
Dr. John M. Ellison, Chancellor
of the University; from institu
tions, organizations, and asso
ciations will be interspersed
with music by the nationally fa
mous University Choir under
the direction of William J.
Goodwin. Dr. U. G. Wilson will
give the Inaugural Prayer. The
formal presentation of the Pre
sident-Elect will be made by
Dr. John B. Henderson, presi
dent of the Baptist Allied Bo
dies of Virginia, and minister of
Dr. Proctor’s home church.
Bank Street Baptist, in Norfolk.
Investiture will be given by
Dr. Theodore F. Adams, Chair
man of the Board of Trustees,
and newly elected president of
the Baptist World Alliance.
President Proctor will deliver
the “State of the College” ad
dress.
Talent Night And Banquet To
Conclude Trade Week Program
ATLANTA, Gm.
D«claring he did not want to
be arbitrary. Gov. Griffin of
Georgia, rejected a request ot
the Georgia Committee m In
terracial Cooperation that he
appoint a bi-racial comnUttee
to discuss the legregaiion pcob-
lem.
At a conference witt Mem
bers of the interracial comniit-
tee, Griffin recalled his cam-
pai^ promise that as long as
he is governor there wiU be no
mixed schools or colleges in
Georgia.
The group, hecKled by Dr,
George E. Clary, chairman, and
Dr. Guy H. Wells, executiv* di
rector of the interracial com
mittee, proposed appointment
of a committee of at least 50 to
advise and eounsel with you
and the legislature.’’ .
The governor recalled that
Gov. White of Mississippi call
ed in a similar committee v/hich
rejected his proposals.
"They won’t get a chance to
tell m« anything like that, Grif
fin declared."
Talent Night at the W. D.
Hill Recreation Center, Thurs
day night Nov. 3, at 7:30 and
the annual banquet Monday
night Nov. 7 at 7:30 at the
Hillside High School cafeteria
are concluding events on the
Durham Business and Profes
sional Chain’s 1955 Trade Week
calendar.
I Chain President N. B. White,
^ will deliver the main address at
, the Monday night affair.
I Talent Night is being handled
by a committee headed by Mrs.
^ J. OeShazor Jacicson fomer
j president of the Housewives
League.
D. F. Reed is chairm^ of ar-
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Dodger Star On
Hand To Raise
UF Mercury
The Soutliside # Division of
'.he Durham United Fund held
it& Mercury
Tuesday night at Speight’s Aute
Service Station, at the eoRMT
of Fayetteville and Pettigrew
Streets. During the caanony
Roger Craig, star pitcher at
the World’s Champion Brook
lyn Dodgers Baseball team, was
the guest and was interview by
Norfley Whitted of Radio Sta-
Uon WSRC.
Craig stated that Roy Cam-
panella t>layed a d^nite part
in helping him win his World
Series games ovw the. New
York Yankees. He s^id, “that
Campanella is an asset to any
pitcher because of his experi
ence and his knowledge of all
the batters in the league. He is
a great team man and has been
a big help to me.” In referring
to Jackie RobfaMon, Craig said
“Jackie Robinscm is a natural
bora athlete. He is a team masi
and he i^ a valuable man to tta
Brooklyn Dodgers, even rftttag
in the bench.”
Remarks were made by J. H.
Wheeler, N. B. White, Mrs.
Cora Blunt, Mrs. Ruth Bolten,
N H. Bennett and F. B. Mc-
Kissick. L. B. Frasier, Colonel
of the Divison, thanked the
many Captains and Majors wor
king in his division tor the
wonderful spirit of cooperation
shown in the Campaign thus
far. He further stated “you
have certainly made my task as
Colonel of the Division a most
pleasant one, and even though
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SoeM from (he North Carolina College—Dnrham BOstaeM i here on Saturday, October t9. Left to right are floats representinK i Aloha Fraternity Dwhun - ...d » «—-■ ni.i.
and ProfMrional Chain Homeeomlng-Xnde Week Parade stage* I the North Carob^ Mutual LUe InsunSee CoiSSV: I N^ei
Trade week will ekae
Novemker 1, at 7:3* p. as., at
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