Twin
REPORT FROM
^^More
Gty
BRUSSELS
Than I Hoped”
Denies Negligence In Death
Editor’s Note; Followijnt ii
the first In a aeries of letters
from RMiaid Schooler from
Brasaels, Belcium where he Is
OBe of 80C AmerlcsB Kuidea at
the World’s Fair, to his
rents Mr. and^^rs. James
Sehooier of SOI.X^wswi Street
in Durham. A rbiliK senior at
Wittenbarg College, yoanc
Schooler was telected alone
with IZ other'in^oes by the
State Departn^ for the
Brussels assigrtHMnt. He Is
scheduled to return to the
States in October. The TIMES,
with the cooperation of his
parents, will carry a serlM of
his letters to them, describing
his impressions of the Fair,
the country and tlie people..
April 16
Bruxelles, Belgique
Dear Daddy and pother;
JIow have you all been -iince
I left? It was certainly- good to
hear your voices again before I
left the New World. (He tele
phoned the elder Schoolers- from
New York before his {departure.)
The flight was a delightful ad-1 Netherlands. The first five are
venture itself... , nearly all the same size—enor-
We stopped in London Sunday mous
morning for aMbut an hour. It Unless I’m with Americana;
was very interesting to fly to- and spealcing English, no one
ward the sun. We left New York! recognizes me as an American
at eight p.m. and the sun rose at
2 J5 a.m., New York time, in the
middle of the ocean somewhere.
The sun was shining in London
and Brussels when we arrived—
told. The weather has been fair
The Fair opens tomorrow.
Everybody Is extremely excited,
because the king will be here'to
open it. I’ve already wbHb^^ realize that there are 17,000,-
through the grounds. Nothing
finished—including the Amert-
can pavilion. 1 think our pa
vilion is exeremely beautiful. It
here. They seem to think I’m
from the Congo or from f ranee,
a sure compliment to my
French. (Schooler is a French
major at Wittenburg) If I say
I'm an American, the^ ask me
“et de quelle colonie?” Wit^ all
Uie publicity that the American
Negro gets, they Just don’t seem'
000 of us.
I have been aiKigned to work
In the American folk art section.
There are 186 American guid^,
is right next to that of the | some of whom speak practically
"URSS” (as they say it here).] no French at all. Many of the
Xh^ impression that these two guides are paid by the states
witt make seems to be the focal j from which they come ratter
point of the “Expo.’* The sizes of than the Federal governmenrt.
pavilions are interesting
largest is the Beigin, follow-
by those of, 2.) Beigin Congo,
the
*rtie:
My roommates are from Mary-r
land, and a former citizeriV/oC
Brussels who is from New YdrTs.,
3) . Russia, 4) France, 5) United| Both are very friendly, as are
iStates, 6) Britain, and 7)1 (Please turn to page Eight)'
Treatment Given Nan Detailed
In Statement From Offidai
Ro^nald' right,’ 2^'V. S. guides at the Brussels, seas experiences as recorded in
year-old son of Mr. and Mra^ World Fair, stand in front of letters to his family will be
James SchpMcr of 601 Lawaaq^ exhibit showing use of Isotopes | printed in a series starting this
Street, Durham, and Herbert in agriculture. Schooler's over- week in the TIMES.
1?
Steepen of l^acoma, Washlni:t«nj(i
Housewives Convention Role Revealed
MBS. FANNtt B. PECK
FOUNDEB
Mbs. JESSIE D. LOCKEB
NATIONAL FBESIDENT
Tlie managert of Kate Bitings
hospital in Winston-Salem this
week denied that the death of a
knifing victim at the inctitution
on June 1 was the result at neg
ligence on the part of the ho»-
pitaL
The denial, issued by Douglas
Boyle, chairman of the Winston-
Salem tiospital commission, wa*
in the form of a six page state
ment, detailing the ctu’onology
of treatment given the wounded
man from his arrival at tlie
emergency ward until his deatiu
The Commission is responsi-
t>le for the hospital management.
Mrs. Kobert Smith, mother of
25, year old Alfred Smith wlia
died at the hoqiital early June 1
after being admitted the after
noon ix«ceeding suffering a se
vere knUe wound, had said fol
lowing the man's death tiiat the
hospital’s lack of attention was
responsible for his death.
Boyle’s 'statement detaillni;
treatment given Smith said
Smith was brought to the hos
pital’s emergency room at 12:45.
There he was examined by Dr.
H. S. Wilson, an interne.
At 12:50 a call to Dr. L. C.
Creque. Smith’s private physi
cian, was made at Smith's re
quest.
Between the time of Dr. Cre-
que’s arrival, at 1:20 p.m., and
Smith’s admission, the statement
(I'TheTruth UnbriSeo^
VOLUME 34—NUMBER 29
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1958
PRICE: TEN CENTS
MISS SABAn DOTSON
LOCAL PRESIDENT
Meefit Program
is Tokino Form
NIW YOR^^ I conference '»^,be held on Dur-
Mrs. Jessie D. Locker, presi- h^’s North Ca'rolina (Jollege
dent of the National Housewives dahipus. The public assembly,
League; M. C. Martin, president, ^heduled for Wednesday even-
National Bankers Association; ing, Jiily 30, will be held at
and Dr. F. D. Patterson, presi-1 White Rock Baptist Church at
dent, National Business League, 18 p.m
will address an open meeting in
Durham, N. C., during the Joint
convention of their organiza
tions, July 30 - August 1.
All sessions of the three-par*
Honors Slated
For Legionnaire
Walter W. Hardy, of Durham,
who for the past 12 years has
served as chairman of the Pub
licity Committee, of Division
Six, Department of North Caro
lina American Legion, has been
awarded a beautiful gold loving
cup by the division, in appreci
ation for his ntany yetfr* of ser
vice to the Sixth Division and
the Legion.
The format presentation of the
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Business and workshop ses
sions are planned for the sepa
rate organizations and for joint
participation from Wednesday
morning to Friday noon.
Following the registration of
delegates, a joint meeting of the
officers and boards of directors
of the three organizations has
been called for 11:00 A. M-
Wednesday. A luncheon for all
delegates is scheduled at 1:00
P. M. Wednesday afternoon’s
wprkshop will be devoted to the
“Organization and Structure of
the National Business League.”
“Small Business Services Ad
ministered by Federal Govern
ment Agencies” will be the sub
ject of Thursday morning’s
workshop. The speakers and re
source panel include national
and regional government lead
ers. The Durham Convention
Steering Committee, headed by
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NAACP Rejects
'Go Slow' Policy
In 'Rights' Fight
CLEVELAND, OHIO ‘
The advocates of a go-slow
policy in the desegregation
struggle will find “no comfort
in our resolutions,” Roy Wil
kins, executive secretary of
the Nationdl Association for
the Advancement of Colored
Peopld, warned in an address
prepared for delivery at the
closing' session of the Associ
ation’s six-day 49th annual
convention here this week, c
“We have said before," the
NAACP leader told the con
vention delegates and visitors
assembled In the huge Public
Auditorium, “that we expect
no overnight miracles, but we
do expect beginnings to be
made. We expect perceptible
movement....We have waited
too long, we have been too
truly the soul of patience to
be told now that we must
abide by the never-never pace
of Mississippi—and her sister
states.”
Indicating the Association’s
course of action, Wilkins de
clared that the nation’s lead-
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Pictured here arc some of the
S8 teachers wha'atttoded North
Carolina Collega'a Mcond an
nual Principals Workshop at
N;orth Carolina C^ege earlier
this month. *
$5S,0Q0 grant from the,National
Science Foundation, the insti
tute was directed by Dr. W. H.
Robinson, professor of physics.
Dr. Bi>blnBon directed a similar
liwtitnte in 1957. The dlteotor Is
pictured third from left on the
back row. Teachers received ex
pert instruction in intensive sub'
ject matter training in biology,
chemistry, and mathematics.
In Desegregation Issue
RALEIGH
A legal showdown sometime
in August a^eared imminent
& the Raleigh public school
desegregation controversy as
hearings’on the school board’s
denial of a request for trans
fer to a white school by
J'oseph H. Holt, Jr., ended.
Judge Edwin M. Stanley set
August 8 as the date for final
oral arguments in the case and
asked attorneys to file briefs
with him by August 1 to help
liim decide the case.
The Holt case entered the
federal court after the school
board last year turnecf down
ills request for transfer. A
N. C. Mutual
Buys Property
North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company has ac
quired downtown Durham pro
perty worth approximaliely
$170,000, it was reported by a
Durham daily newspaper this
week.
'The property, part of the A.
M. Rigsbee estate, is located in
a triangle bordered by Chapel
Hill street, Rigsbee Uvenue tod
Mangimi street.
It is believed that a new home
office building for the firm will
be eventually erected on the
site.
Tarheel Gets
QMC Award
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.
Miss Myrtle E. Rogers, 453
North 50th Street, Philadelphia,
has received a Superior Perfor
mance Award of $100.00 at the
Military Clothing and ..'Textile
Supply Agency, Philadelphia
Quartermaster Depot. She is a
Procurement Clerk Typist in the
Agency’s Purchasing Divisioji.
A graduate of North Carolina
College at Durham, Miss Rogers
received a Bachelor of Science
degree from that school in 1948.
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resident of Oberlin Road,
young Holt’s mother had re
quested that he be permitted
to attend TfeedHam Brougfiton
high school.
Testimony in this week's
hearings by the school board
brought out the admission that
race was a factor fn determin
ing the fate of Halt’s request
and the unexpected revelation
that the school board chair
man, W. G. Enloe, has a plan
for desegreg£lioh~bf' Raleigh
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As a result of having pikced
first in a Popularity Contest,
Miss Lou Ella Sinclair, far left,
will lead a delegation from
Trinity AME Zion Church,
Greensboro, to the Christian
Education Convention in Colum
bus, Ohio, July 20-25. Above,
Miss Sinclair Is being congratu-
/M,
lated by Dr. M. P. Sawyer,
Minister of Trinity AME Zi«m
Church, as Mrs. Celeste Fear-
rington, third from left aiffl
guiding sponsor of Miss Sin
clair, and Mrs. B. A. Fearrlng-
ton, far right and largest single
contributor to the contest, look
on. Proceeds of the contest will
be used to pay the expenses af
the delegation which will also
include Misses Earlene MeCri
Inm, Patsy MeLennon, Candyn
Glover ai^ Rachel Fox. Mrs.
Rebecca Smith and Mrs. M. P:
Sawyer, wife of The Reverend
Sawyer, will accwnpany tke
groap.
said the fblk>wfi« traataMOt was
administered by tk» fca^faL
'‘Procedures were taMiiate*
ly undertaken to stojp bleeding
and repair the laceraMf. Mood
pressure taken and taaid ts b«;
80 over 50. There wm mo stlier
signs of shocic. 1,000 e.e. of ^a~
coae and water were started in^
traveneously after lilood pres-
sure taken. The patient waa
tested for sensitivity to Tetanus
Anti-toxin, wiiich waa negative,
and 1,500 units of TeUnus Anti->
toxin were given. Blood for
type and crossmat^ were drown
and sent to the laboratory.”
The statement aaid fortlier
that by tlie time of Dr. Creque’a
arrival, at 1:20 pjn.. Smith bad
received adequate woond care,
1,000 c.c. of 5 percent ghicose
was being given by slow drip
and that his blood pressure liad
climt>ed back up to 128 wq 100,
ills pulse was 100 and reqpirar
tion 18.
On Dr. Creque’s arrival, ths|
statement said, tha Doctor ex
amined the wound, packed it
and prepared the patioit for
surgery. Smith waa mated to a
ward of the surgical floor at
2 p.m., after being formally ad>
mitted to the hospttal, and fur
ther preparations made for Mar
gery.
At 3:30, the statement con
tinued, Dr. Creque was notified
that the patient was going into
shock, and from 3:35 until sur
gery, at 5 p.m.. Dr. {^eqj^ waa
with the patient at'Ul times.
On completion olt surgery, at
6:25, p.m., the patient was re
turned to the ward and gtucosa
and water administered, and at
6:36 p.m., 500 c.c. whole blood
started intraveneously and SRD.
0.5 grams sterptomycin adminis
tered.
From seven pjn. untfl 11 p.a^
the patiettt was observed at v»«
rious intervals by ttie flootf
niuse and Dr. Creque. dujriag
wiiich time Dr. Oeque d^
cussed his condition with
A. M. E. 's Nichols Rebuffed As He Tries To Take Over
Leadership Of The Church's General Edw;ation Board
Kittrell Host ^
To AME Retreat
KlTTHELle
The seventh annuel Beligiwasi
EaucattgMr itrtiait of niir
Second Episcopal Diattiot of th^r
AME Church will b* bald b«aei
at Kittrell College August 5^ 8,
7, and 8.
The Retreat will emtmicsi
Missionaries, Sund^ Sdiools,
A. C. E. Leagoea, Uinjsters and
Laymen, and all intatested per*
sons are invited to a|p«sd a few
days in wlKdeaome rtilgious
educational atmosplMre which
will be interspersed with re
creation, study, rest ind com-i
munion with God.
There will be lectures, worit
shops; and a combined oratorical
and fi^e contest. Ybe subject
of tliebratorical Contest is "The
Church of Allen in a Oianged
World.’*
One qieaker for ttie contest
will be selected from each an-
nual confareoc* of flie Second
Episcopal District by the pre~
siding Elders of eac& reapectivtt
annual ccmference.
There will be awarded valu
able prizes of eaah and scholar
ships.
The Rt. Hev. Fraak Madison
Reid, Presiding Bisliqi of thei
Second Episcopal OMriet, will
deliver the keynote iddreM at
the General Aiaembly at nooq
on Wednesday.
Wichita, Kansas—Bishop De
catur Ward Nichols, former pre
late of the 11th Epi.scopal Dis
trict and now under fire for an
accounting of denominational
funds as a result of recent civil
action filed in Philadelphia, at
tempted ufisuccessfully to as
sume the chairmanslup of the
General Board of Education of
the AME Church In session here
at St. Paul AME Church last
week.
Nichols was greeted with
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LOSES, BUI ASHE WINS
Joe Willuims At Forest Hills
Word was recfeived latei
Wednesd'ay that Joe Williams of
Diuham was knocked out of the’
second round of play in the
United States Lawn Tennis As
sociation national junior cham
pionships at Forest Hills. N.Y.
and was scheduled to enplane
for Duriiam to take part on the
AT A Southeastern Junior cham
pionships now underway at
North Carolina College.
Arthur Ashe of Richmond,
Va., another AT A protegee,, ad
vanced into the fourth round of
play at Forest Hills naticmar
championships, however, de
nting the ei^th nationally
ranked Amercian junior termis
player in the process.
Ashe defeated Robert Hamil
ton, 6-0,'6-0; James Harris, 6-2,
6-0; Curtis Mayers, 4-6, 6-3 and
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