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\Beauticians Geared For Final Drive In Contest For Miami Ti "k if it if ir if if . if ★★★★ ★★★★ ★★★★ if if if if (AFRICA ENVOY LAUDS DURHAM if if if if if if if if if if if if ★★★ ★ ★★★★ 'Freedom Not Given - Must Be Won’ ) GREENSBORO "f're«dom is never given-it must be fought for and won," Danfel A. Chapma.n, African diplomat, told repoitera in a pres* conference Monday at A&T College. Chapman, am/bassador from Ghana to the United States and permanent representative to the United Nations from his country, made the statement interrupting a reporter who remarked that Great Britain “gave”,Ghana its freedom. The ambassador com mented on a host of subjects, ranging from education and cul ture in his nation to segregation in the United S.tates. Refusing to criticize the United States directly, the am- baiaador Mid on racial dlscriml- naticm; "We in Ghana arc proud of t^e achlevcmrats in AmerUwi We art) willing to accept th* bMt of any nation. Of courac, we do not apimtve of racial discrimina tion In any fiitak Our country wmt WWOBlIf UUAJtt m VOLUME 34—NUMBER 24 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1958 PRICE: TEN CENTS Display Of Solidarity Is Made In Northampton Issue Of Split Sc!^on Welds RaceTogether JACKSON The N\>Mhampton County ■chool l)o«uyl^last week turned § deaf ear to preas from a delega tion of to abolish the ' spill achoof eei^ns for Negro pupils here. However, members of- the drtegation sfiw hopeful inilVca- Mlonfk.in tl^ action, dMpite The lUv. Melvin Creecy, •pokMman for the group whipb pvtltloned ttie board last Tues day, told the TIMES that the re quest from Negro citizens re presented the ilrst time Negroes had gotten together in a body to petition the board. H* teimed- tha display o2 unity “encouraging.” The delegation represented the Northampton County Civio Council, a recently formed or ganization to promote the civic welfare of Negro residents in the area. It included 10 persona. The "split" session is a prac-* tice of long standing in Negro Schools in many parts of eastern North Carolina. In Northampton County, the practice lias been followed since public schools were established for Negroes. Under this arrangement, the schools open July 24, then close for nearly two months during September «nd October so that students pan help harvest crops. The “split" session in North ampton operates only in the Ne gro schools. The Negro delegation conten- (Please turn to page Eight) recognizes every man as a man, regardless of race, creed or crtor.” When asked about inter-mar- rtege, he said, every person in Ghana was free to marry whom he pleased. He noted that there was mixing of the races in his country, and that there were no objections “as long as the couple were good people.” ^There is no Communism in Ghana, he said, “We have had n« relations with Russia,” the ambassador said. “Russia want ed to establish an embassy in (Please turn to page Eight) GHANA’S AMBASSADOR to the United States, D. A. Chapman, is shown here In front wt Liggett> Myers Tobacco Company bnlldtag with party which conducted him on tour of the piaat aad th« city. Left to right are i. H. Wheeler, President, Mechanics and Fanners Bank; Mrs. Ch^man, Am bassador Chapman, wtldeniUled Llggett-Myers Plant Guide; John R. Larkin. Coasattant t* the State Department of Pnblle Welfare; and Alexander Barnes, Public Relations Director for tk« A. M. E. Zloo Churches. Standing in rear is the i Ambassador’s Travelling Secretary. Ghana Ambassador Visits Many Points Of Interest In Durham OB. ISLAND L. JOHNS, a phy sician ol Wtnston-Salem, has (Mnated tb Shaw University 100 vitation of the Committe* on Dr. D. A. Chapman, ambassa dor to the United States from Ghana, Africa, visited Durham last weelc, and according to per sons who talked with him, got a favorable ImpressiMi of Dur ham. He came to Durham at tho In- SHRINE OFFICIALS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND DURHAM\ooki on as Mrk Aiellne SMulding, Commander of Zafa Court, 41, turns over check for 95,000 to M^hanlcs and nfmers Bank cashier I. O. Fnnderburg. The presentation took place at the Dvrham bank early this jAeek, and U repre sented part of a total of $S0,06i distributed by the National Shrine organlsaflm in Negro baiiks throughout the country. Looking on in above picture are J. Fred Pratt, ulnstri^uPotontate of Zafa Temple, 116; Frank Burnett, Deputy of the Desert of North Carolina; and Dr. u. i%. Carnes, Grand- k master of North Carolina Masons. Lee Calhoun, NCC's World ChamiNon, Returns To School; To Work For M. A. Degree, May ){un Some Lee Calhoun, North Carolina. The world, champion hurdler, somewhat misleading. Actually, College’s most famous athlete, returned to the scene of his col lege triumphs Monday to enroU, in the school’s summer session. Lee resigned his job with the> Cleveland Recreation depart ment last month and arrived in Durham Monday to register for school. He and his wife, the for mer Gwendolyn Bannister of Pinehurst, have taken up resi dence in Mutual Heights. He said he plans to work for a graduate degree in Recrea tion Education, and “periiaps do a little running." looked as trim and fit as he did when he captured the 120 yard title in Australia nearly two years ago as he talked of 'bia job in Cleveland, his reasonal for quitting, discussed track, the Cleveland Browns, and his plansi for the future. “The people in the Recreation, deportment (in Cleveland) werd nice to me, but-1 didn’t like the work too much and decided to come back to school,” he i ex plained. I “Although my title was Di rector of Recreation, that was I worked with about ten other people wRh stray boyi. “Our Job was to seek out th6se fellows who hung around street corners or Just ran looso and en tice them to Join one of the city’s organized programs. “The work was sometimes disappointdng and frustrating. We’d mayba succeed in getting} some fellows interested during the sports season, they liked— say tooVbill or basketball, then after that season was over, they’d vanish. “We hpd trouble with gangs, too. One particular gang we ran into had more than 80 mem bers. We’d" Juat gotten tliem into (Please turn to page Eight) shares of common stock of the Rl J. Reynolds Tobacco Com pany. Dividends from this stock aHIl be received by the Univer sity as they accrue. Through the years Dr. Jtdins has been a loyal sapporter of the Program of 3law University. He received e A. B. degr^ at Shaw in 1910 iad the M. D. degree from the l^versity’^ Leonard Medical ' School i% 1914. Mrs. Bates To Get S|)ingarn NEW YORK Nine Negro teenagers, tha first of their race to enroll in Central IffigTi School of XHttte Rock, aad Mrs. L. C. Bates, their mentor and president of the Arkansas Statfe Conference of Branches, have been chosen as this year’s recipients of the Spingam Medal, Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the Na tional Association for the Ad vancement ot Colored People, announced here Friday. The medal, awarded annually to a Negro American for distin guished achievement, will be presented at the 4&th annual NAACP convention in Cleve land, July 8-13. PRECEDENTS BR(3KEN In selecting Mrs. Bates and these six girls and three' boys, the Spingarn Award Committee brtjke two precedents. For the first time, the ^ward, regarded as the most coveted in the field, is being given up to a group rather than an individual. Also (Please turn to page Eight) NAACP Defends Clennon King HAPPY FAMILY GROUP — Miss Geneva Baldwin, center, rear, a physical education major, is flanked by her brother, Chacles, ana Miss Helen Leinhard of Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, who was her roommate when the latter was an exchange student at Bennett College eadier this year. Front row, left to right: George R. Baldwin, great-uncle; Mrs. Sarah Baldwin, mother; Mn. Mary Reeves, a lifter, and George, a brother, all of Pittsboro, N. C. NEW YORK Protesting against reported efforts of Mississippi officials to brand ProfeMor Clennon King mentally Incompetent be cause he sought admission to the state university at Oxford, Miss., Roy Wdlkins, executive secretary of the National Association. for the Advancement of Colored People, B’riday sent the follow ing telegram to Governor. J. P, Coleman; “Press dispatches quote Mis sissippi officials as stating that professor Clennon King will be examined on suspicion of Men tal Incompetence because he ap plied In person to register for graduate work in the summer school of the University of Mississippi. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People wishes to enter strongest protest against the procedure. No question was raised as to i professor King’s mmtality when he advocated segregation and at tacked this association and the Supreme Court of the United States in a series of newspaper articles In Mississippi which was syndicated to many Southern Daily Papers. Now that professor King has sought to further his education at the tax-supported university in his state, an attempt is re portedly being made by state officials to have him declared incompetent. We trust that as chief executive of the state you wUl not permit this obvious in justice to a citizen who has sought peaceably and legally to enjoy a right declared to be his by the Supreme Court of our country. We urge the university to ad mit him if he still desires to at tend. The summary action at tlie Oxford campus where pro fessor King was bodily ejected (Please turn to page Eight) Negro Affairs and visited many places of Interest. He was ac companied by his -wife, his sec retary, Mrs. M. Mabry and John R. Larkins, of Raleigh. Upon arriving in Durham he was Join ed by John H. Wheeler, Alex Rivera, and Alexander Bamea. K To Local Hospibl A donation of ovw one thous and dollars to Lincoln ho|pita) has been made by the Dutiiam Ministerial iAHie«eartt-wy f vealed this week. | The gift was made durii^ thd capping exercise for atpdent nurses at the Covenant Presby terian Church. The Rev. E. T. Browne, i>resident of the^ Alli ance, made the presentatio^. W. M. Rid), director the hospital, told the TIMX^ that the hospital is very muQh in need of funds to meet pressing obligations and that the 'dona tion will furnish' much needed relief. \ The Alliance has conducted annual campaigns during; the past for the hospital. But this year’s donation represented the largest amount given by the or-' gandzation during one year. After seeing the Mechanics and Farmers Bank, he was taken to the Liggett and Myers Tot>acco Company. Cameron Hundley, local man ager, told him of the t>eginning of the tol>acco industry in Ehir- ham and how it lias grown to be the chief industry of the city. He posed for a picture in hiS| office and the party was off for go inspection of the plant. The things he found in the plant, and showed a spirited interest in ^ thatmaking of cigarettes. He was very favorably impressed -with the fact that he found many Ne groes in key places throughout the ptent. The party thien went to the a|Blia of City Manager R. W QjaijmaAfi ahowed' intense interest ifa the city manager form of govern ment and invited Mr, Flack to come to his country and tell governing officials how Dur ham’s form of government worked. He took many pieces of literature from the manager’s office and assured him that he would study it minutely. - AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. He then w^t to the American Tobacco Ctmipany, where he was cordially received by H. W. Stoever, manager. It was here that he saw upgrading in action and expressed a desire to have plants set up in his native coun try, patterned by the local plants. The next stop was the Stan ford L. Warren Library, where he was shown a miniature lay out of his country and posed for a picture lieside the setup. He was surprised to find such an extensive display of facts and pictures on display, along with a nxmiber of copies of African newspapers that iiad been made (Please turn to page Eight) HONORARY DCGVSR ON 9K. HELEN EDMONDS-^Br. Men G. Edmonds. glaki' tialilM kw- tnrcr-prolcsaor at Naatt Cktm- »■» College, Daiha^N. 0. K- eetarad the hApaaafV Baatsr #t fams degxaa at llaccM State 'C«nckc ciMKMMfeHI. Hb* Heleaa,- a Margaa ahaaaH, ia shown after isialihit the 4a* graa. Dedicated OXrORD In impressive ceremonies last Suiiday afternoon. Open BOOBa and Dedication of the Pastoriuni were held by meml>ers of At» tioch and Ilong Misaionary Bap-> tist Churches of which Rev G. S. Cheek is Minister. The Pastorium ia located la the midst of a recreational tar^ est now i>eing developed iai Warren (bounty. More than 300 persons atten ded the Dadication Ceremoniesi They cam* from Orange, Dur-* ham, Caswell, GranvUle, Vancou Warren, H»lifax, Nash, Frank lin, Wake and Sampson Coun ties. Cliarlotte, Newport Newia and Riclmiond Virginia also were represented. Standings Show Mrs. Sharpe Still Clinging To Lead; Mrs. Willie Smith Moves To Challenge; Finals June 16 With only one more weak to go the leading conteatailts in the! Carolina Times Beauticians Popularity Contest for Greens boro, Hi^ Point and Guiliford County w«a preparing this week to pull out all stops. The contest is scheduled to close Monday, June 16th at 12:00 O’clock noon. * Reports that are mailed and bearing a post office stamp up to and including 12:00 O’clock noon, Monday, June 16th -will be credited the same as if they were in the office of the Caro lina Times. This week shows Mrs: Eliza- l>eth Sliarpe of High Point still clinging to the top position with a total of 1,560,000 points. Mrs. WUlie Smith of Greensboro* who last week was in third place advanced to the second place with a total of 1,250,000 points. Mrs. Sharpe was out-vote| with regular ballots thU weele (Please turn to page Eight) The relative standing of contestants for this waek is as follows: Mrs. Elizabeth Sharpe 1,560,000 Mrs. Willife Smith 1,2^,000 Mrs. Inez Morehead .. Mrs. Hattie Mullins Mrs. Ethel Garrett Mrs. Ola Giles . Mrs. Willie B. Heggie Mrs. Bea Slade Mrs. Gladys Lytle Mrs. Hattie Leach Mrs. Ethel Cunningham Mrs. Jessie Smith Mrs. Gu^ie Bethea Mrs. Clara McClain J Mrs. Byrd Mrs. Iona Clay Mrs. Allie Holt Mrs. Annie K. Taylor Mrs. Barbara Butler _ Mrs. Daisy Jameson Mrs. Ida Moffitt Mrs. Willie McRae. Mrs. Lucille Anderson Mrs. Edith White Mrs. Cafherine Royal Mrs. Elizabeth Coleman Mrs. Martin Boger 950.000 780.000 760.000 300.000 280.000 120,000 90.000 90.000 90.000 85.000 ^,000 70.000 70.000 70.000 70.000 65.000 60.000 20.000 15.000 15.000 50
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