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1 VOLUME 34 — NUMBER 8 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22,1958 PRICE TEN CENTS Dirham Firm -Porchases Part Of N.J. Company The North Carolina Mutual life insurance company an nounced this week the purchase of the Philadelphia operations of a 50 year-old New Jmey mu tual Insurance firm. ' A statement released from the home office of the N-iC- Mutual here Wednesday by Sttfalic rela tions director Miss S. E. Bailey, revealed that the company had taken over the Philadelphia de- ^ bit of the Progressive LUe Insur ance company. “Effective February 10, all weekly premiums and monthly debit insurance policies on that date issued by Progressive Life Insurance company and held by policy holders residing In the Philadelphia metropolitan area were remsured by North Caro lina Mutual," Miss Bailey said. W. A. Clement, one of thei N. C. Mutual officials who help ed negotiate tlie transfer, said the Progressive Life Insurance company's Philadelphia debit amounted to $3,080 in weekly premiums and $467 in monthly ordinary premiums. Clement explained that the Progressive Life transferred certain amount of Its legal re serve for the Philadelphia poll cies to the N. C. Mutual, and in’ turn, the N. C. Muti^ acc^ed full liability ior aU di £h«ThHti» delphia business of the company. Some ten former agents- and two staff managers of the Pro gressive Life have been Integrat ed into the N. C. Mutual’s Phila- delphia district. Miss Bailey’s statement said. They will con tinue to work for the N. C. Mu tual in that district. Former Pjogresaive agents who are now N. C. Mutual . agents as the result'of the trans fer are Samuel W. Walker, Jo seph J. Moore, Raymond B. Alexander, John F. Washington, Leroy Harold, W. Roy Colbert, Herman Runnells, Tillman J. Oglesby, Thomas D. Herrod, Clarence Wise, Herman Frasier, staff manager, and Alvin Single ton, staff manager. The Progressive Life Insure ance company maintains home offices at jRed Bank, N. J. It was incorporated as a mutual legal (Please turn to page Eight) Officials of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company and the Progressive Life Insurance Company of Nevir Jersey are shown here as an agpreement of reinsurance between the two firms was signed recently., - Left to right are C. R. Alexander, assistant to the Agency Director and Leeter G. Spellman, Manager of the Philadelphia District of the Npr^ Carolina Mutual; C. S. Jones, Man ager (seated), W, S. Frank, Vice-President and Secretary and John H. Powell, Actuary of Progressive Life, N. H. Bennett, Assistant Secretary and Associate Actuary and W. A. Clement, Associate Agency Director of the North Carolina MutualJ TeHiag "NonHumlie Story” Higgins, Returns lo Ihiiton Suiiw Reverend Nelson B. Higgins, Jr., a former Durham school tea cher whose appolnt«aent as the first Negro pastor of a w^it^ Los Angeles church catapulted him Into the national' limelight briefly lait summer, returns to Darham Sunday for a shaking engagement at the West Burham Bupllat ChUl'ohl' ’ ;■ ”■ Higgins will apeak at th^ church Sunday evening at eight O’clock. Following his address, b reception will be held in the church basement. His appointment as pastor bf Normandie Avenue Methodist Church in Los Angeles last sum mer touched off a row within the thin ranks of the church’s all- white membership. The entire congregation of 43 members re signed in protest. However, when Rev. Higgins delivered his maiden sermon at tWe church some three weeks al ter news of his appointment and the resultant reaction of the Nor mandie congregation had become public, a crowd of nearly. 1,000 Negroes and whites jammed the small church for the new minis ter’s first sermon. ' ■, Since that opening day drama Buiqiaerr the !hur«?h has iceceived the support of its pre dominantly Negro neighborhood and. Methodist clerical officials of the' area and its growth has steadily prc)gressed. Higgins’ appearance in Pur- ham Sunday is part of a national tour the minister is making tell ing the “Normandie story.” In this area, some of the cities which he will visit include Washington, D. C., Philadelphia, Itamlet and Greensboro. Rev. Higgins, whose career has wavered between teaching Physician Explains His Relapse ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ New Livingstoiie Pnxy To Take Offke July 1 Million Dollar Expansion Also Set For School ; SALISBURY * Bishop W. J. Walls, Chairman t>f the Board of Trustees, Living- itone College, speaking for the Board, at the annual Founder’s pay celebration, held at the col lege last week, announced that Dr. S. E. Duncan, supervisor of Negro high schools, for the state of North Carolina, had been pamed president of the A.M.E. teton school, and would take of fice July 1. , He also announced that Liv ingstone would put into action an extensive expansion which Would call for the spending of over a million dollars. The pro gram calls for two new build ings, the bolstering of the Hood Theological Seminary and creased salaries for for • Bishop Walls calleA ..ne dlumnl, friends of tn. ^llepe and members of the A.M.E. Zion Church to “rally to the program and aid Livingstone in taking its jblace in the newly geared edu- *ti(UUi-pcqffi;ai}a, of I'' Ihe. election of TJrf^Dtitl^'tax vras a highlijght of^the aphual Founder’s Day prc^am at the college. Another outstanding feature was the financial report which showed that contributions totaling 182,242 has been do nated ^e college from the Epis copal areas of the AM£ Zion Church. Dr. Duncan was Selected at the semi-annual meeting of the Board of Trustees. The new president is the son of Mrs. S. E. Duncan of Salis bury and the late Mr. Duncan. He attended grammar school and high school in Salisbury, was graduated from Livingstone and received his M.A. and Ph.D. de grees from Cornell University. He served as principal at the Dunbar High School and as prin- ci^l at Reldsville Negro High School before going with the (Please turn to page Eight) N. B. HIGGINS and the ministry, was a former teacher and. athletic coach at Hillside high school. He left HillsMe in 1955 to ac cept a job as assistant pastor at a Lbs Angeles Church. He had left a pastorate in North Caro lina to join the Hillside faculty. While on the Hillside teaching staff, he continued to pursue his clerical interests. He served as assistant pastor at West Durham Baptist and was at one time a ra dio favorite with a show called (Please turn to page Eight) National Figures To Durham Rep. Adam Powell, Jr. To Appear, For NAACP Membership Campaign R. b. RUSSELL GETS DEGREE Roger D. Russell, guidance counselor at North Carolina Col lege, has received the Doctor of Education (D.Ed.) degree from the University of Pennsylvania. (Please turn to page Eight) Congressman Adam Clayton Powell will keynote a member ship drive meeting for the Dur ham chapter of the NAACP at St. Mark AME Zion church on March 10. The meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the church, located at Pine and Pickett streets. A spokesman for the sponsor ing Durham NAACP organi^^a- tion said, “we feel the appear ance of Congressman Powell here will serve to stimulate in terest in the work of our organi zation and help us prosecute a successful membership drive.” Powell attracted national at tention in the last Presidential election when he switched hi» support from the Democratic party to the Republicans. He consistently refused to support local Democrats seeking ofifice in the New York area. The New York Congressman has been In the House of Repre sentatives for a number of yeam and Is conceded to have built up considerable support in New York. (continued on page 8) REP. ADAM rOWELL LARKINSINFLA. TALLAHASSEE, FLA. J. R. Larkins, Consultant, N. C. State £>epartment of Public Welfare will deliver two ad dresses and participate in work shops at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tal lahassee, February 19-21. He will speak to the faculty and students and serVe as a con sultant in connection with the Vocational Emphasis Week Pro gram. He will also address a session of the Seventh Annual Florida Guidance Conference. This con- ler^ce wUL be attended by gui: dance counselors and teachers, affiliated with guidance pro grams from all over the state. Highest Negro in Ike Cabinet To Address Banquet In Late March J. Ernest Wilkins, highest Ne gro in the Eisenhower govern ment, will deliver an address in Durham in March, according to an announcement made this week. News of Wilkins’ Durham ap pearance was released by L. B Frasier, chairman of the Civic Committee of the Durham Com mittee on Negro Affairs. The Civic Committee ot. the DCNA is sponsoring Wilkins’ speech in Durham. Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Labor Affairs, Wilkins will speak at a subscrip tion banquet at the North Caro lina College cafeteria on March 29, Frasier said. “Indications now are that a group in excess of 300 people will be present to greet Wil kins,” Frasier stated. “We’re not sponsoring his ap pearance here to promote any special occasion,” explained Fra sier, an official of the North Carolina Mutual Insurance com-, pu^. “Mr. Wilkins is an outstanding public figure whom we feel Dur ham would want to see and hear. This is no fund raising project,” he added. Frasier said the affair was scheduled for the North Caro lina College cafeteria because of its seating capacity. Joining the DCNA’s civic Committee in sponsoring the af- (Please turn to page Eight) Edmonds At UNC To Speak At White Rock Dr. Helen G. Edmonds, gradu ate professor of history at North Carolina College, has scheduled a speech at the University of North Carolina Library, Febru ary 26, on “The Negro in Poli tics.” She is author of a study of the Negro in Fusion politics in North Carolina. Recently, she was Eisenhow er’s personal representative to the dedication of the Liberian Capitol Building in Monrovia, iXiberla. ^ addition to numerous arti cles and sp'eeches in this couii- try and abroad, Dr. Edmonds has (Please turn to page Eight) S. E. DUNCAN Complication Delays Recovery Of Dr. Swift.- By Clathan Ross Dr. Leroy Russell Swift, well- known physician of Durham now CQ[|Vftlescing from a bullet w6Und hospml, toM this reporter from his bedside Thursday morning that he con sidered himself “very lucky.’ This illusion to his fortune re ferred generally to the overall rate of his recovery from a po tentially fatal or disabling in jury and immediately to a com plication which has temporarily delayed this recovery. The complication, which set in last Tuesday, was described by Dr. Swift to this jejjorter as a pulmonary embolus, which ne cessitated use of, an oxygen tent. Use of/ the tent, provoked widesp^d rumors, the most preveUmt of which were that the doctor had suffered a heart at tack and that he had been strick en by a cerebral hemmorhage Duke hospital authorities spiked the reports of a heart at- (Please turn to page Eight) G^RGE V. ALLEN U. S. In observance of Brotherhood Day, White Rock Baptist Church will have as its guest speaker Sunday, Feb. 23 George Venable Allen, Director of tfte United States Information Agency. A native of Durham, Mr. Allen is one of this coimtry’s top career diplomats and a veteran of inter national affairs with twenty seven years experience. After his graduation from Trinity College (nCiWDUlte Uni versity) In 1924, Allen was t (Please turn to page Eight) Circumstances Surrounding Nan's Death Provokes Many Questions ' Durham police detectives were still trying to piece toge ther details in a weird chain of circumstances which led to the death Saturdajr night of a 50 year-old man. Nelson Belfield, resident of 412 Poplar street, was pro nounced dead at 5;29 Saturday morning at Lincoln hospital about five hours after he had been found in a semi-conscious condition in the 500 block of Pine street Among the questions yet un answered by police investigation are the Mlowing: 1. Who was the truck driver who reported striking something soft in the 500 block of Pine street after seeing two men fighting in the street? 2. Who was the other man with whom Belfield was sup posed to have been fighting? 3. Was treatment delayed at Lincoln hospital? Early this week, the police de partment was tracking down leads to the man who was re portedly IQlhtkig wHfa Belfield shortly l^bre'he wiu discover ed lyiari on » sitlHsisllr ia tba 500 hlock of-Pine street: ’Thoy were dlso attempting to locate the driver of ai truck who called in to report to police Saturday that he thought his: truck struck something soft af ter passing two men who were fighting in the street. According to first reports, Belfield was discovered by pas- sers^y bh^l’ine sBr^fT aM taKe to Lincoln hospital slM>rtly after midnight. He died ah>und 5:25 a.m. at the hospital Saturday morning. One unconfirmed ^port held that Belfield was dismissed by hospital authoritlet^ turned over to police to be booked fbr public drunkeness and then returned to the hospital after police dis covered he was not drunk. There was no comment from hospital authorities on this re^ port. However, following his death, an autopsy was ordered conduct ed by County Coroner R. A. Horton. Dr. Horton said results of the autopsy showed Belfield died of internal injuries and shock. i A.M.LOHker To Install New Ministers' Body A high ranking AME official witt*4eltver the main address at installation rites for the tKetbo-> dist Ministers Fellowsliip and Wives Auxiliary in Durham Suni day. The sesvice is set for three O’clock p.m. at the RusseU Me morial CME Church on Alston Avemie. Principal speech for the affair will be given by Dr. George Singleton, of Philadelphia, edi tor of the AME Review, official organ of the AME Church. The installation service will be presided over by Dr. R. W. Wis- ner, president of Sttrell C^ lege. Bingletcto will be duced by Carl Fuqua, dean ol the college. Others scheduled to take part in the exercises are the Revs. J. A. Brown, Presiding Elder ot tije Durham District for the AME Zion Church, J. A. Davis, Presiding Elder of the Durtuun District for the AME Church; efif aHd W. IX Carlsun, pestor"!]^ Russell Memorial. Music for the services will be provided by choirs of St. Mark AME Zion, St. Joseph’s AME, and Russell CME Churches. The main speaker for the oc casion, Dr. Singleton, bolds de grees from several schools, in cluding Allen (A.B), Boston and Harvard Universities (S.T3. and A.M.), University of Chicago (D.B. and M.A.) and honorary degrees of D.D. and LL.D. from several institutions. In his varied career, he haa been a teacher, Seminary dean, (Please turn to page Ei^t) Contest Draws Big Held in 1st Week Up to press time Wednesday, a total of 27 beauticians had been nominated in the Carolina Times Beauticians Popularity contest for the first week. With the nominations to run another Week it is felt that many more names will be entered before press time next Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 6:00 Piti. Actual voting in the contest will not get tmderway until March 1, at which time a red hot contest is expected to begin tor the all free airplane round trip with hotel expenses paid for one week to the National Beautici ans’ Convention in Miami, Flori da, August 3-9. Twenty per cent commission will be {Mid to all non prize winners. All that is necessary to nomi nate your favorite beautician is to clip the coupon in the adver tisement on page four, write in the name and adOress of your favorite beautician and mail or bring it to the office of the Caro lina Times. 436 K. Pettigrew Street. Durttam, N. C. Nominations for this week are as follows: 'Mn. J. H. Lovt, Durham.- Mrs. Earlie Grandy, Durham. Miss Mim^e Johnson, Rox- boro. Mrs. Ethelene Prayloe, Chapel Hill. Mrs. Dilsie Chandler, Burling ton. Miss Sarah Dotson, Durham. Mrs. Matins Dickens, Roxhonv Miss Mary Foust, Chapel Hill. Mrs. J. DeShazor Jacksoi^ Durham. Mrs. Estelle Freeland, Dur* ham. Mrs. Callie Daye, Durhaoa. Mrs. C. D. Ashford, Durhmn. Mrs. W. O. Jeffries, BurUnn« ton. Miss Daisy Hawley, Oxford. Mrs. Irene Jackson, Chapel HllL ^ Mrs. Alveta Monroe, Durteai^ Mrs. Eula Steele, DurhMM. ‘ BIrs. Elisabeth Brown. OutW ham. Miss Hazel ItcCoy^ Qtap4' mu. - Mrs. Laney Williams, DuriMW^ Miss Lillie Wells. Duriwm. , Mrs. Annie B. TtUte, ' ton. Mrs. Roaie Harria, Ro*l*iHk BCrs. Joaephlne oi^r, Mrs. Heatrka Mom, Mrs. Ode% Leek, . Mrs. S. W. Weaver, HilL
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