Fate Of Bishop Nichols Expected Soon
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FAMILY WIPED OUT
To Wed On NBC Show
Calhoun To Sdy
I Do’Before TV
Dan Ferris, czar of Americs’s amateur athletics, threatened to toss a monkey wrench
into plans of Lee Calhoun and his iinancee to say their nuptial vows before the nationwide
television cameras of NBC. • mmmp
Calho)in and his co11m6 aw#6theart, Miss Gwendolyn Bannister of Pinehurst, were all
I few days a£o to say ‘1 do” On the afternoon NBC-TV Show, “Bride and Groom.”
Some of the key figures who took leading roles in the American Teachers Association’s
anniial meeting at North Carolina College are pictured in the above two photographs. The
ATA convention opened last week at the eoliege and b scheduled to end this week.
In the top photo. United Nations Mediator Dr. Frank P. tiraham (second from left) b
shown here being greeted by Dr. T. B. Speigner, (extreme right), retiring president of the
ATA. Others pictured are H. Council Trmholm, ATA executive secretary, and Dr.
O. Edmonds, distinguished historian. Dr. Graham keynoted the ATA’s 54th session vrith
stirring plea for respect of individual and cultural differences among peoples of the world.
All was oat seriousness *t ,the ATA wnvention, as is displayed in bottom picture
~ Jo-
where
of Ae ATA BMord.
Dr. Graham Tells
Teachers Rights
MustBeGiiarded
With greetings from Presl-i
dent Eisenhower and high Ck>-
vemmental persons, the S4th
session of the American Teach
ers Association opening at
North Carolnia College this
wek, heard a reaffirmation of
basic human rights from one of
the world’s outstanding citizens,
UN Mediator Franlc P. Graham.
Keynoting the public meeting
Sunday, Dr. Graham said, “The
right to vote cannot morally
and must not evasively be de
nied under the law to any quali
fied citizen.”
In his audience were Mayor
E. J. Evans of Durham, State
Superintendent of Public In'
stniction. Dr. Ciiarles F. Carroll
of Raleigh, and scores of digni
taries from government, indus
try, and education at all levels.
Delegates from 31 states ex
pected to attend the three-day
program that was scheduled
Sunday through Tuesday.
In an interview before his
speech, Dr. Graham said, “The
struggle of the Negro in Ameri
ca for self-development, full
citizenship and leadership is
made vivid, by the fact that
more Negroes now attend col-:
leges in the United States than
in this rest of the world.”
The UN diplomat spolce on
"Tlie United Nations in tlie
Atomic Age.”
He praised the role of man’s
historic development of "an
evolutionary conclousness of
brotherhood.” '
Progress for mankind, in
general, has l>een slow, accord
ing to the measurements of liis-'
tory, he said.
However, he pointed out thal
today’s world j>owers seem to
face the alternative between
survival with the United Na
tions or extinction throu^ de
structive uses of new atomic
weapons.
Teachers have a responsibili-t
ty to inspire students to tiilnk
creatively and to develop atti
tudes of mutual respect and
tolerance for c«iltural differen
ces, the UN mediator said.
He urged siq>port ofytte UN
aa “the intema^nal forum to
air dlffCTences and to hear die*
Gussions, to pave the way for a
lust settlement of international
prabloDM.”'
|t«riM tUmn a
:
Simmons, Veteran
AG Teoc^, Dik
GREENSBORO.
Funeral services for Sidney
B. Simmons,' veteran agricul
ture worker, were scheduled for
Friday, August 2, at the St.
Matthews Methodist church at
four o’clock p.m.
Assistant state supervisor of
vocational agriculture in Nepo
schools for the past 33 years,
Simmona, dled Tuesday at L.
Richardson Memorial hospital
after a two months illness.
Rev. J. E. Brower, pastor of
St. Matthews Methodist church,
will officiate at the services. He
will be assisted by Rev. Cleo M.
McCoy, director of Religious
Education at A and T College,
and Rev. G. M. Phelps, pastor oi^
Union Memorial Church, also of
Greensboro.
CHURCH TRIAL
NEARS END
JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
The trial of Bishop D. Ward
Nichols, presiding prelate of the
Eleventh Episcopal District of
the AME Church, clurged with
misappropriation of funds and
breaking practically every law
of the church, got underway
here ’Tuesday morning at ten
a.m., at historic Mt. Zion AMS
Chitfch, located at 201 E. Bea
ver Street. The Rev. W. F. Fos
ter is pastor.
Present at the hearing is
every bishop of the church, e^
cept those in foreign countries,
many general officers, numer
ous ministers and laymen from
all over America. The large
number of dignitaries of tiie
church, together with the tre
mendous crowd of ministers and
laymen, has created an atmos
phere resembling more of a
General Conference than a trial
involving the fate of a single
bishop.
Every seat in the church iias
been taken both on the main
floor and in the gallery with
numerous persons standing
around the walls.
Presiding as Judge at tha
hearing is Bishop R. R. Wright,
Jr., of the Eighth Episcopal Dis
trict. Bishop H. T. Primm of the
Tenth Episcopal District is head
of the trial committee which
consists of fotir other persons.
Appearing for the church are
Attorney Sadie M. Alexander
of Philadelphia and Rev. Er-
nest Johnson of Hot Springs,
Arkansas. Representing Bishop
Nichols are Attorneys S. D.
Jackson of Jacksonville, Fla.,
and T. L. Thomas of Miami, 71a.
(Plaasa tom to pa0s •)
Simmons’ body will lie in
state at Harrison auditorium
from 12:30 until 2:30 Friday,
and will be removed to the
church an hour prior to the
funeral service.
Simmons was the oldest Ne
gro in the country in point of
service in the vocational agri
cultural program. His work
brought liim national attention.
ige was cited by President
Roosevelt and Truman for ills
work with the Selective Service
during World War,U.
Simmons was also active in
work among farm youths. He
was one of the founders of the
New Farmers of America, a na
tional youth farm organization
whic^ has more ttian 40,000 en
rolled. Some 8,000 Tar Heels
are meml>ers.
He spearheaded a drive for
funds for construction of an
NFA camp which resulted in
collection of $80,000. ’The first
imits of the camp, located at
Hammocks Beach, were used
last summer for the first time.
Simmons held the post of na
tional treasiurer for the NFA at
his death.
Active in numerous civic and
educational projects in the re
gion, Simmons was also a mem-
ber of the ix>ard of Oxford
Colored Orphanage; and chair
man of the St. Matthews trus
tee board.
He was trained at Fayette
ville State College, A and T,
(where he received the bache
lor’s degree), the University of
Illinois, Kansas State and Colo
rado State College and the Uni
versity of California.
Simons was a native of Meck
lenburg County and took ' up
residence In Greensboro after
beginning his work for the state
in agriculture. He lived at SOI
Banks Street and maintained an
office on the A and T campus,
His survivors include bis wile,
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set a few days ago to say
However, Ferris came through
with a threat of shutting off
Lee’s brilliant track career if
the North Carolina College stw*
goes through with the idea.
L. T. Walker, coach of the
Olympic champion, revealed to
the TIMES this week that ha
had received a letter from Fer
ris, who is executive secretary
of the Amateur Athletic Union
(AAU) questioning the possi-
bility of Calhoun’s retainiiig his
amateiv status if he goes
through with plans to be mar-*
ried on the program
.his appearance on the
show with awards that go to the
honeymooning couple would
jeopardize his amateur standi
ing. It is assumed tiiat Lee Cain
hoim has been accepted for tills
program because he is the na
tional and Olympic hurdle*
champion,” Ferris’ letter stated
in part.
Though Ferris’ letter implied
that he would consider bringing
Calhotm’s status before the
AAU board for review, efforts
to have him spell out just what
action he would propose to the
board in the event Calhoun does
go through with the TV wed-
JMM unsuccessful.
since tha'_ ^ •
the AAU bojP^M but has no*
received a reply.
Whether Ferris will propos«(
some alternative solution to tha
situation which would permilj
Calhoun’s amateur status to
stand undamaged while at the
same time taking part in the
TV wedding Is a matter still
unsettled.
Walker told the TIMES that
in the event no compromise can
be reached, he will let Calhoun
make the decision.
“It’s all up to Lee,” he said,
“He must decide whether an ad-(
ditional year of serious amateur!
competition would mean more
to him tiian going through the
planned televised wedding.’’
Walker revealed that he did
not expect Lee to continue run
ning until the 1960 Olympics.
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INSIDE avil tlGHTS
Val Washington, a trained observer of the national
scene for many years and currently chairman of the
Republican National Committee on Minorities, tears
away from (he Administration’s proposal the sinister
shroud with which it has been covered by Southern
opponents. Be sure to read this important document in
next week’s issue.
CALHOUN’S BRIDE-TO-BE
Cai^Sa €|!^
VOLUME 33 — NUMBER 30 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST S, 1957
rRICE: TEN CENTS
Cities Askini
Six Fayellevllle
Residents Die
In Auto Crash
^egfeganon
Bryson Refuse
White Sdiool
To Negro Pupils
BRYSON CITY
The Swain county board of
education refused to lower se
gregation barriers to admit six
Negro students to white school
here and instead voted to re
assign the six to an all Negro
unaccredited high school at
Sylvia in the next county.
However, a member of the
board was quoted as saying af
ter the vote was taken that the
board ought to take the lead in
preparing the community for
the mtegration that would be
inevitable through an eventual
court order.
This statement was attributed
to Mrs. Francis Colville.
The board said it was sending
the six Negro pupils back to the
school at Sylvia for their own
protection.
Sylvia is some 20 miles from
iCliOKHS
School 6()ard Gets 14 Requests
lb lower Jim Crow Barriw
Durham has joined the small chairman Spurgeon Boyce told
circle of North Carolina cities | newsmen that he imagined the
at
FAYETTEVILLE
Mass fimeral services for an
entire family wiped out in an . m u.-u
automobUe accident to which! Borson City and the Negro high
six persons lost their lives was
Dr. Richard K. Barksdale was
elevated to the position of dean
o] North Carolina College’*
graduate school by the school
trtutees in fheir recent meet
ing. Professor of English at the
college since 1949, Barksdale
held the position of assistant
dean. He succeeds Dr. W. W.
Pierson of the University of
North Carolina, who was acting
dean of the NCC graduate
school. '
scheduled at Raeford for Sun
day.
St. James Holiness church at
Raeford will be the scene of the
mass ftmerals for the three
members of the Purcell family,
who along with three others
died to an automobile accident
ij^ Virginia Sunday.
Others who met death in the
accident, descril>ed by Virginia
authorities m the cUnwx^ to one|
of the bloodiest weeks in lils-
tory on the state roads, were
Helen Blaria Cluistie, 7; ber
father, Samuel Christie, 32; and
Arnold Murray, 21.
The lone survivor of the
wreck was Mrs. Samuel Chris
tie, 30.
school there is without accre-
didation.
Top county school officials
expressed optoions that possible
opposition to admission of the
Negroes to the all white school!
might flare toto violence. |
Coimty Schools Superinten-1
dent T. L. Woodard said that he
feared admltttog the Negroes to|
the white scliool could cause a
"real rough time, in my estima-
Funeral Rites
4re Held For
Prominent M.D.
WINSTON-SALEM
Seventy-two years old, Dr. H.
Uon, somethtog like CUnton.” i
L. D. Hyde, president of the ^ Mai oy d ed here last Sun-
uit ki..u «iayi July 21st at his home, 1219
white high school student body
told the board that some of the
students had pretty bitter feel
ings about the possibility of in
tegration.
He also said that to iUs ob
servation the attitude of the
students was worse tills year
It was not determln^if towej jjyg
were any other members of the
Christie family.
Ftmeral arrangements had
not been completed early this
week for the Christie family.
Members of the Purcell fami
ly who will be buried Sunday
to the mass services are the
Rev. Prince Purcell, 68; his
wife, Mrs. Bobbie Purcell, 50;
and th^ son, Lonnie, 19.
According to reports, the six
were retumtog from a Holiness
church convention to Oliver,
(Flsaas turn to pass S)
Negroes sought admission on
opening day of the fall term.
Last year, the Negro appli
cants were advised they would
liave to file applications during
a specified period followtog the
close of the regtilar school year.
This year applications were
filed last month for the first
time to forms made up by the
applicanU themselves. How
ever, tl»e tx>ard decided the ap
plications were tocorrect and
issued standard ones. The appli-
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East Fourteenth Street
One of the city's leading phy
sicians, Dr. Malloy practiced
medicine in Winston-Salem 34
years and was a native of Lau
rel Hill.
A 1910 graduate of the Shaw
University School of Medicine,
Dr. Malloy was an active mem-
t>er of First Institutional Bap
tist Church and woriced dili
gently as superintendent of the
Sunday School and was chair
man of the Board of Trustees at
the time of his death. Among
other activities, he was a mem-
l>er of the Bachelors and Bene--
dicts Club.
Final rites were conducted
from First Institutional Baptist
Church, Tuesday, July 30th at
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in which requests for an end to
segregation in public schools
have been made. City school
officials revealed Monday night
that letters iuive l)een received
from 14 Negro parents asking|
that their children not t>e as
signed to a segregated school.
School officials and attorneys
representing the Negro parents
declined to reveal the names of
the applicants, however Atty.
C. O. Pearson, one of the law
yers representing the 14 said
that most of them live on.
North Roxboro Street and on
Club Boulevard In the Wall-
town section of the city.
Durham's action differs front
that opened in other cities of
the state by Negro parents. Tha
requests here were general, did
not specify which school the
students wished to attend and
simply asked that they not be
assigned to a segregated school.
The Durham daily press, re
ferring to this fact, viewed the
action as an attempt "clearly
aimed at crashing segregation
here on a liarge-scalc basis."
However, attorneys represen
ting the 14 told the TIMES that
it was necessary to make the re
quests in this manner because
the school lx>ard has failed so
far to make any assignments for
the year
Under the Pupil Assignment
Law, which other desegregation
requests in N. C. followed,
parent wishing to send his child
to a white school must wait un
til the school board assigns stu
dents for the year then apply
for reassignment
Pearson explanied that the
purpose of the applications is
to integrate the schools fully
and permit each child to attend
the school in his own school dis
trict.
letters would be discussed
the next regular meeting.
Presumably, the 14 are all
high school students and would
t>e seeking entrance to the Can*
Junior high or Durham (senior)
high schools since there aru
nearby Negro elementary
schools in the sections from
which the appiicnlions come
Negroes have petitioned the
city in the past without success
to end Its segregated policy to
the schools. The only reply
since the first request In 19SB
came last fall when city super->
intendent L. S. Weaver said
that a special school board com-
(Please turn to page 8)
The text of the letters from
the 14 parents explatoed tiiat
they were feariul tiiat if they
waited until the school board
assigns students for the year,
there would not be enough time
before the opentog of the term
to ask for reassignment.
Action on the requests is ex
pected to t>e taken by the school
board on August 21, at its next
r^pilar meeting. S^ool board ed down.
Rejected Parents
Appeal Ruling
In Charlotte
CHARLOTTE
An appeal from the school
t)oard decision rejecting the re
quests of 24 Negro pupils for
reassignment from Negro to
iwhlte schools was filed here
Tuesday. a
The Charlotte school k>oard,
in an historic move, lowered the
segregation barriers in the
schools here by voting to admit
five Negro students to all white
schools.
In accepting the five, the
school board turned down 35
others who liad‘applied.
Notices of appeal from the
decision by the 24 parents were
received at the school office
Monday.
Kelly Alexander, whose son
was refused reassignment, said
he and other parents were ask
ing for a hearing on the appli
cations to ftod out specifically
and definitely what criteria and
standards the board used to sd-
mltttog fome students and re-
fustog others.”
Alexander pototed out that
the notice received by the pa
rents who were refused gave no
explanation why the stutafeif
request for transfer war*