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Stanford L V/arren PiU>llo Library DR. BROWNE MRS. STRASSNER Dr. Browne, Mrs. Strassner Will Address Meet of Ministers' Wives WINSTON-SALEM The annual convention of the statewMe Interdenominational MinUters’ Wives Alliance will be held in Winston-Salem Thursday and Friday, JLune 20th and 21st. _____ Dr. Rose Butler Browne, wiie of a Durham minister and pro fessor in the North Carolina College Graduate School, will be the principal speaker for the conference, mailing her address on June 21st. Mrs. A. H. McDaniels is pres ident of the local Alliance, and Mrs. M. Frances Strassner is state president. Mrs. Strassner is the wife of the president of Shaw University at Raleigh. The two-day session will be held at the Patterson Avenue Branch Y. W. C. A. Mrs. Sevy Powell is chairman of the Plan ning Comn.'ittee. The following persons constitute the Religious Comn'ittff! for Devotions; Mrs. Clara Bailey, Mrs. Jessie Young and Mrs. Mildred M. Hylton. Members of the program com mittee are: Mrs. Etenialene H. Goodwin, Mrs. Christine K. Hedgley, Mrs. J. A. Hunter and Mrs. Estelle Norment. Social committee: Mrs. D. S. Ray and Mrs. Thelma Smith. Registration and badges: Mrs. Verancia Caesar, Mrs. W. L. Wilson and Mrs. Marion L. Thompson. Mrs. Susie Drayton is head of photography and cor respondence. Mrs. Doris Wiley, Mrs. W. A. McEwan and Mrs. Anne Rogers are in charge of souvenirs. Pub licity: Mrs. Goodwin and Mrs. Mattie Patterson. Mrs. Dora Joyce, Mrs. lola Jones and Mrs. J. S. Blaine have cliarge of housing. ’^Hodges-ocracy” Yields To Democracy |ln H. C. Senate Failure Of Anti-NAACP Bills Seen As Defeat For Governor RALEIGH Defeat of the administration- backed anti-NAACP bUls last week by the Senate was inter preted by many observers here and throughout the state as a direct defeat for Gov. Hodges. The Senate killed two bllb lut Friday aimed at carbing the NAACP aotlTltlet and tlghtAing the laws governing sponsorthlp of law milta. Spon sors of both measnrea admitted that they were aimed at the NAACP and the legal aasanlta on segregation. Gov. Hodges had earlier dur ing the legislative session urged passage of the bills and bad re portedly thrown his influence behind supporters ol the meas ures. Early this week, the Gover nor indicated his keen disap pointment at the failure of the assembly to enaet the mea sures Into law. Senate action killed the two bills after both had passed the House. One wiseacre on Capitol HMl remarked after Friday’s Sen ate action In which the two bills met their death, “It ap pears that Bodges (the Gov ernor) has over reached him self this time, Hodges-oeracy had to give way to democracy.” The Governor took a dim view of Senate action in comments at his press conference this week. He charged the legislature with "taking upon Itself” the re sponsibility for killinc the two bills which would have en trenched North Carolina against assaults on the outworks of seg regation. Gov. Hodges was quoted as saying, “flie bills were drawn up by the attorney general and we had hoped they would be pass ed. niey would have helped US In the future If they had been put on the satnte booln.” The Governor was reported as saying that he thought they were (Please turn to page Eight) ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Leaders Hail Action Killing NAACP Bills Reaction Tide Turning, Says NAACP Officiai VOLUME 33 — NUMBER 24 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1957 A&T Admits White Student For Summer GBEKNSBOSO For the first time in tlie liis- tory of A. and T. Coiliege a white stadent began classes here Tharaday iMniing with the opeaiag of the summer sessien. Bodaey Jaye Hiller, 21, a an announcement made here by President W. T. Oibbs. Miller stated he will continue his work toward a degree in heating and air conditioning at' State College in Baleigh when the fall sBsslsB vfttm. He ap plied for admisslMi to A. and T. last jaawrr «Wk the near- a speeial atodent, aeeerding to two small State Convention Opens For Legionnaires In Durham Th» Wenver-McLean Post No. 175, of the American Legion, and the American Legion Auxi liary Unit, Department of North Carolina, of Durham^will be host to the Negro divisions, of the North Carolina Depart ment, on Thursday, Friday, Sat urday and Sun^, June 13-16, at the Convention Headquar ters, the W. D. Hill Community Center, 1 3 0 8 Fay«tteville Street. of the North Carolina Mutual The local committee has conv- pleted plans for the entertain ment of the approximately 400 delegates, who will'converge on Durham Thursday, June 13th. HIGHLIGHTS Highlights of the opening business session, will be the Welcome Address by E. J. Ev ans, mayor of Durham, and the Keynote Address, by W. J. Ken nedy, Jr., a member of the lo cal Post No. 17S, and president Scripture, Prayer Then—Boonil HAMLET The Bible which Ely Easter ling and Ben Bridges read to gether from late Saturday un til the pre-dawn hours of Sun day must not have contained the commandment “Thou Shalt Not Kill.” For minutes after the two had finished reading the Bible, Ewterling shot Bridges to dea^ According to reports, Easter ling and his brother-in-law. Bridges, had participated in a Bible reading and prayer ses- seslon at Easterling’s home, here last Saturday which last ed until two a. m. Sunday morning. Bridges left the room but re-entered at Easter ling's demand, only to be shot down. Immediately after the fatal incident, niaatTUng '«^ent to his mother’s home where be was placed under arrest. Deputy Sheriff Xb Terry who investigated the shooting, sta ted that he found Eastarling sitting in a chair tdllng a group of peopto the st(M*y of «^t had happened. Life Insurance. Company. On Thursday, June 13th, the Executive Committee of ' Divi sion Six, will meet at 7:00 P.M. at the Convention Headquar ters. At 9:00 P.M. the register ed delegates will be entertained at the Square Club, corner Fow ler Ave. and Fayetteville St. BUSY DAY Friday, June 14th, will be a busy day for the delegates, with the opening of the business ses sion of both the Legion and the Auxiliary. The program calls for reports of various commit tees, both standing committees and Convention committees and also the report of Vice Commander Z. W. Alexander, commander of Division Six, presiding officer of the Legion Convention. A Veterans Clinic will be conducted by a repre sentative of the Veterans Ad ministration. Report of Oxford Colored Orphanage, by Dr. T. H. Brooks, Supt. of the Institu tlon, will be made. I At 8:00 P.M. a joint Memori al Service will be held at the Covenant Presbyterian Church, comer Lincoln Ave. and Massey St. Tne puUlc is cordially in'vlt- ed. The Memorial address will be delivered by the pastor, R«v. J. W. Smith, Jr. CONVENTION DANCE At 9:30 P.M. comes the Con vention dance, for all registered delegates. The public is Invited. The admission price is $1.00 per person. The dance will be held at the W. D. Hill Community Center. Tickets now available may be purchased from all Le gionnaires and Auxiliary mem bers. Free prizes will be given holders of lucky tickets. The grand prize is a TV set. Immediately following - the d^fnce, an after party will be held at the Good-will Club, Roosevelt St., off Fayetteville ,St., just outside City imits. ANNUAL PARADE Saturday’s program calls for a free breakfast, 0:30—8:80 A. M.„ for all registered Legion naires and members of the Aux iliary at the Community Center. At the 0:00 A.M. business ses sion will come reports of vari ous committees, presentation of (Pleasejiim to page Eight) they made the decision for him to attend A. and T. for tha sum mer session after careful con siderations. President. Oibbs stated that Miller will be “Just another student” and will be on the campus imly a few hours each day. Speech Contest Set For Durham White Rock Baptist Church of Durham will be the scene Monday, June 17 of the Fourth Regional Oratorical Contest sponsored by the I.B.P.O. Elks. The contest will be staged in the church’s main auditorium. Farticipants will Include state winners from Florida, Georgia, South and North Caro lina, states which comprise the Elk’s fourth region. Top prize for the contest will be a $1,000 college scholarship. Winner from the regional con test will go on to the grand na tional speaking contest at Phil adelphia in August. The regional contest will be directed by Albert H. Bethune, son of the late Mrs. Mary Mc Leod Bethune. Bethune serves as grand regional director of education for the Elks. He will be assisted by assist ant grand regional director, Lonnie Reynolds of Greensboro and State director of education James T. Hawkins of Durham. General subject from which contestants will draw tlieir speech topics is “The Constitu tion and the Negro.” NAACP National Meet To Hear UAW Chief DETROIT Walter Reuther, president of the million-member United Au to Workers union, will address the 48th annual convention of the l^ational Association for the Advancement of Colored People which meets here, June' 2S-S0, Roy Wilkins, NAACP executive secretary, announced today. Mr. Reuther’s address is scheduled for June 26. Also sd- dressing that session of the con vention will be Joseph Rauh, national chairman of Americans for Democratic Action. The convention will open on June 25 'with a keynote address by Dr. Channlng H. Tobias, chairman of the NAACP Board of Directors. The closing session (Please turn to page light) This picture of massed delegates to the North Carolina Annual Conference of the Methodist Church, Central Juris diction, was taken during the church’s 99th session at Win ston-Salem last week. The conference convened on June 4 and ended June 9. St. Andrew’s Church on Aider Street was host to the Conference. Lenoir Lass To Enter Leaders throughout the state this week hailed the defeat last week of bills introduced in the North Carolina legislature PRICE; TEN CENTS * which sought to curtail legal, orgaifiized attacks o'n segreatlon. One of the spokesmen inter viewed this week by the TIMES expressed the opinion that the actluii prcBagod a turn in the tide of anti-liberal sentiment in the State. Atty. C. O. Pearson of Durham, chairman of the state legal repress committee, .said the action was "further in dication that the pendulum is swinging in the opposite direc tion ol the anti-feeling of many people in the State toward the Supreme Court's decision on public education." Others described the action vuiiousi> us “statesiuuniike, a step in the right dirtiction,” as an indication that the ‘'flames of democracy have not died in North Carolina” and as serving the interests of "freedom of speech, thought and action.” One spokesman viewed tlie action as a "day of*honorable men in the Senate." MARGARET PATTERSON Desegregation Is Press^ In Charlotte CHARLOTTE Parents of School Children in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County pushed for School Boards in North Carolina's largest city to desegregate the public schools by September, 1957. 41 students have filed with the city school board and five with the county board ap plications for reassignment to non-segregated schools. The ai- tion taken by these students places the school boards lace to face with the desegregation of public schools. All efforts to get the school boards to voluntari ly present a comprehensive plan of implementing the Unit ed States Supreme Court Deci sions in the field of public edu- catioh have been unsoccessful. t Spearheading the attack are two effective community organ izations, the Charlotte Branch, NAACP and the Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Parents Committee on Education. These groups have worked closely on the problem for 2 years with Parent Education programs and workshops on the meaning of the United States Supreme Court decision of May 17, 1954 ruling Segregation In public education unconstitutional. The Charlotte and Mecklen burg Coimty Boards are now engaged in processing the re quest. The applications for rcas- slnment are in conformity with the North Carolina PupU As signment Law. Kelly M. Alexander, Jr., 8 year old son of North Carolina NAACP President, Is requesting reassignment to a daaegre^ted school. GREENSBORO The third Negro to be admit ted to the Women’s (Allege, a unit of the University of North Carolina, will enter at the opening of the fall term, ac cording to an announcement made here by acting dean W. W. Pierson Monday. Two other Negro girls were admitted last fall. Both plan to return when scchool reopens in September, Miss Margaret Patterson of Lenoir, ^une graduate of a high school in that city, wilf be thf newest Negro student to enter the school this Fall. Miss Pat terson' is also Lenoir repre sentative for the CAROLINA TIMES. Four other applications from Negro students are^ pendlngs, but at press time Miss Patter son’s was the only one that had been accepted. Dean Pierson said that many inquiries con- cverning entrance >iad been re ceived from Negroes. Old North State Dentists End Annual Session In Twin City The 38th aiu/ual meeting of the Old North State Dental Society convened at Winston- Salem Teachers College last Tuesday, June 11 at 9 a. m., continuing thresh Wednes day, June 12. The Program Committee gave* special em phasis to clinics with the pur pose of aiding the general practitioner in his everyday endeavor. Dr, F. L. Atkins, president of Teachers College delivered the welcoming address for the opening session at 10 a. m., with W. F. Meroney giving the response. Invocation was given by the Rev. Kenneth Williams, chaplain of WSTC. Dr. C. L. Shoffner, of Weldon, state president, presided and de livered the annual address Workshop sessions highlighted Tuesday’s meeting, with Dr. John S. Pikes, School of Denlstry of the Unl'verslty of North Caro lina in charge of a discussion on “Practice Management As It Re lates To Children” at 2 p. m., and discussion on "Indication Cavity Preparation For and In sertion of Acrylic Filling Mate rials" at 3:30 p. m„ with Or. Clarence L. Sockwell, also of the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry in charge. At 8 p. m., the annual banquet was held in the school cafeteria with Mayor Marshall C. Kurfeet and Dr. Shoffner spealdng. Wednesday’s session included two clinics. At 10 a. m., Dr. W. H. Allen, dean of the School of Dentistry and director of dental education at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, spolce on “Complete Denture Prostbwls and Its Ramifications,” and at 2 p. m., a discussion on "Oral Pathology,” led by Dr. Thomas L. Blair, was held. Elec tion and installation of officers was held at 4 p. m. Officers of the Dental Society besides Dr. Shoffner are: Dr. J. E. Cameron of Kinston, presi dent-elect; Dr. M. L. Watts of Ra leigh, secretary-treasurer; Dr. J. E. Horton of Edenton, assistant secretary; Dr. L. H. Caple of Lex ington, chairman of program committee and Dr. V. H. Tynes of Greensboro, publicity. Members of the Executive Commmittee are: Dr. A, J. Wil liams of Charlotte, chairman; Dr. M. W. Butler of Asheville; Dr. R. M. Bell of Raleigh; Dr. C. The dean -also revealed that several had applied for en trance to the summer session but none satisfactorily met en trance requirements. MICHAEL TUCKER Student Wins Early Entrance College Grant Michael Boyd Tucker, ing junior at Hillside > ris- High O. Lee, Winston-Salem; Dr. J. E. School, has bfon awarded an Horton; Dr. W. M. Sessoms of Rocky Mount and Dr. A. L. Crom well, this city. Members of the Twin City Dental Society who were host to the Old North State Dental So ciety, besides Dr. Cromwell, who is president, are; Dr, P. M. Bran don, vice-president; Dr. J. Ewers, secretary; Dr. C. O. Lee, treas urer; Dr. W. F. Meroney; Dr. G. . Smith, Dr. J. Clyde McKnight and Dr. N. C. Gannaway. Early Admission Scholarship of $2000.00 to Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia; and he will be admitted to the college as a full freshman in September. Tucker, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Tucker of 312 Dowd Street, was notified last week by the registrar of More house College. The scholarship award was made on the basis of his rating In conjunction with the den-'on the Cooperative Intercollegi- tist, the Women’s Auxiliary also ate Examination, h 1 s high met. A reception was held Mon day, June 10, from 0 to 11 p. m. at the home of Miss Viola Mc: Knight of 80S Woodland Avenue. Tuesday, 10 to 11 a. m., a coffee hour was held and from 11 a. m. to 1 p. m., business session at Winston-Salem Teachers College A luncheon was given from 3 to 4 p. m. at the Pstterson Avenue Branch YWCA. Another business meeting was held at 10 a. m, Wednesday, also (Please turn to page Sight) school record and recommenda tions and ratings by the high school principal and teachers. It will be paid toward the ex penses of the recipient at the rate of $500.00 a year for a pe riod of four years. He has been active In music throughout his elementary, jun ior and senior high school ca reer. He won the first prize of $25.00 thl^ spring at the State Vocational Talent Contest held at A. ft T. College. The Senate voted last Friday 26-14 to Icill a measure which would require the NAACP to list its financial and mamber- ship sources, and, later during the same session, turned back by voice vote another bUl which would have made it a ho direct Intrrejft Sponsors of the naaliures ad-' mitted that they were aimeJ ul curtailing the activities of the NAACP and the legal attacks upon segregation in the State. Defeat of the measures came as a distinct surprise to many observers. Most of the reporters covering the legislature had predicted routine passage for both bills with only a few criti- (Please turn to page Eight) Prexy Hit For 'Burying' Clerics' Protest RALEIGH Dr. William R, Strassner, president of Shaw University, was accused of "burying” A protest from a group of Bap tist ministers to the anti- NAACP legislation which was before the State Senate last week. The charge came this week from Rev. John W. Flefning, director of Religious Education for the State Baptist Conven tion. Rev. Fleming, in a letter made public, stated that the Annual Ministers’ Conference, which meets at Shaw each year, ap pointed a group to draw up a letter protesting the anti-NAAC^ legislation pending in the Gen eral Assembly. Rev. Fleming said further that the group went to President Strassner to receive his signature and approval and that Dr. Strassner advised them not to send it. Acoording to Fleming’s latter, Strassner explataied that he could net sign the letter be cause he did net want. Shaw University Involved ia^ “e«B- troversial lasaa” that might hart it Commenting on this. Rev. Fleming’s letter stated: “Hew a letter frooi a Mbi- isters Conferenee mwitinr at Shaw eoBld hart this ehnrdi- related school is Wyaad me. Failure to speak on ianes that affaet human w^re Memlngly will hart H oMre. "To hear voices speaking out from state-supported schools against man’s inhumanity to his fellowman while leaders of our church-related collages, sup posedly emphasizing the Gospel of Christ, remain silent, is dis turbing, to say the least.”