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S)6.fihridge GetsHew Post New York Firm NEW YORK Samuel B. Ethridge of Mobil^- has been appointed assis-' ta»t ditector of Interracial ac tivities ol the National Founda-‘ tion, it was announced by Basil O’Connor, president ot the ganizatijjn supported by Ui»: Hdrch of Dimes. | Mr. Ethridge will assist in in-| terpretiog. the program of the;. ]|)ationai foundation for or-| lanized grtJups. He will serve national headquarters and field staff a* a consultant on interra* oiai activities, woriiing closely) with Cliatles H. Bynum, direc-> tor pf interracial activities. | Mr. Ethridge has been a volunteer worlier with the Na-I tiottal l^oiindation for the past UD' years. He has served both as'* a ^ader in March of Dimes' activities and as a board memb^ of the Mobile County Chapiter Of .the NEittonal Foundation for ^i|(fintile Paralysis; He also has bmin aqtive in various other Qr-| gl^izatiohs including ^ttie'*' i^ljnitv; Chest, Boy ScouU, ■^CA/nEA, and PTA. Aeiore,liining the staff of ^ Nijloriiar, foundation, Mr.'^ Eth^ ri|&e WoB a supervisor of itrjictioh'’ in the Mobile’Pubto^ Scbott^j has been a high sctjool teaser and an elemen-' tai]^ sciidpl 'principal in thte tiune syst^ril He is a veteran of! W^rld with service In the' A^y Air Corps and the Medl- c«i Corps. le is a graduate of Allen Ini ^ute of Mobite,' Ala:, Stillman [lior College of Tuscaloosa, Howard University, Wash- ton, D. C., and the University [Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. s.. ' 4)* * tuitint nuirhKM And Pro-1 to the Natloi^l Lm(M fio»- veuMmi tk' DurlM^ this wcek- OM’.M ber» the Biggers-Turner finu, Crout of whic}i Is shown h«tc. ibe only' beawtjr and kaf^er %rholesale supplier operated by ta IMiriuun, the bi|sin«w ■ervea spme 3St outlets in the #j«4ii^t arw. It was' organised In 104» by S. P. Biggers*and C. C. Turner. ir Mrs. Thorpe inday, July 2D {Funeral services for Mra. tibuise Hogan Thorpe were held btre Sunday July 20 at KirSt Calvary Baptist Church with the fiflogy being delivered by the Rfev. A. L. Thompson. {Mrs. Thorpe served iier church in the Sunday School, Choir, nstor’s Aid, Bible- Class and Missionary Society. She was'the pfUe of George Thorpe. * I She is survived by two sisters^ Mrs. Rosa Johnson and Mr6. M|ertha Green of D«rham;'tWto Wothen, Charlie Hogan of I^r If im and Thad Hogan of Phila- 4 ‘Iphia, Penn.; one aunt, Mrs. i aggie Younger of Durtwm, ti ft nieces, and six nephews. Interment was in Beechwood emetery. Fedetsl .HCtiW '^ ;p?ot#et the cLyil; rights ti American citi;zens was urged in a aeries of resolu-i- Uons adopted at the 49th annual convent,ion of the National As-' sociaHon for the Advancement of Colored People which closed here on July 18. The executive branch of government and the Congress were called upon fot* aHirmative action to uphold S^pr^me Court decisions banning racial segre gation. IniUsrtion of action in support of the Civil Rights Act ol 1957 was also urged. The President of, the United States was called upon ta travel through the southarn states...and spealt out against., (tertaristic) actions on the part of t^e White Citizens Councils and similar groups.” Further, the President was urged "to speak and continuously to use his influence to tofeguard the right of the NAACP, as an or ganization, to operate.” White House Action Urged The convention resolved "that in potent^lly explosive situ- ON RIGHTS' the'executive arm of our govern ment aid, abet and buttoess the ruling of the 1954 Supreme Court decision; that it shall makt clear to the people of Vir ginia and other states similarly affected that the unanimous and historic decision of 1934 is the law of the land and will be im plemented without ar^. regard to local objections and oppost- tion; and that the President and the Attorney General of the United States leave no door aja* for anarchy and violence to enter.” Congress was called upon to restore Part III to the Civil Rights Act of 1957. This section would have enabled the Attor ney General on >his own initia tive to intervene in school de segregation and other civil rights oases. To .Intensify Vote Drive The convention also affirmed the intention to “increase finan cial expenditures to promote! registration and vote campaign^ in the Sqiith" and called upon” the Unit^St^fi^.Dfip^n^t .o£ Justice to stop dra^ng i« feet it H—i Z. /kgij^a. it to atlons.8uch asithat of Vi in enforciiig the law aridi ... I^n an etf^tive program of applying the ^ivil rights iaW so that aU qilalVt^d citizensj may, vote without |ear of're prisal." .. Opposition to the ^ “right i to> work" laws was expiessed'iji at (^solution which chacged that), "these laws not ,only endanger* the organized labor movement but have a detrimental effect pn the Tights of colored wage earni ers and the econoinic .Vfell being of the entire Negro community.’^ The resolution furthw charge!f that the “primary purpose of so called ‘right to work’ legislation is to suppress trade union or- ganiaation." Legislation baling racial discrimination and segregation in employmant, housing, and health and hospital iiervices wasi' necommended. Other resolutions re-affirmed the Association's dscision to the achievement of full citizenship> rights for all Amerioans; Called for enactmant of a bill to make it “a federal crime to transport e^^plosiyes ,to be in violation of state and 'federal law”; sacurc "speedy imd di^gtnt ka-% ^imett Co-ed Wins Award GREENSBORO Miss Dolores B. CtLaimoK, V>58 Bennett College graduate, oif Milwaukee, WisMnsin, has just been notified of her ap pointment as a Fulbrighti Scholar for study abroad for the 1058-59 school year. Miss Casimere, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Casimere, Will pursue graduate work in, chemistry at the University ot Heidelberg. She had previously been granted a graduate scholar-* ship tit Marquette Utviveraity in her home city, an award which she has npw declined. A chemistry major and bi'* ology minor at Bennett, Miss Casimere was consistently on. the honor roll. She was a mem ber of Alpha Kappa Mu and Beta Kappa Chi honor societies) and is a graduate of Central I^igh School, Galveston, Texas, where her family formerly lived, ^he plans a career as a research demist. ’ Since^ 1953, Bennett College graduates have been the reci- Hients of s|x Fuibright awards ^r study abroad. Ofthese, five lyere in the area of science. THE CAROWNA *nME5 — JmL Degrees Earned py Two Bennett toliege Co-eds GREENSBORO ! Reports of advanced degrees earned by two Bennett College graduates were received -here, last week. ^ Miss Lenora Cornell (Connie) Vance, of Bronxville, N. Y., a |jl955 graduate, received thu Dr. Han»M Hauser, Winatoa- Salem Jnniar, seated left, has bean named president of tbe Men’s Dormitary Government at North Caralina Catlafc 1959- II. Alsa picturad witb ^aasar, rsadiiig left ta right art William psMidant; JaacfJi Sisectar, Eack- ingbam, secretary; Pnvdia O. BenaetL CUnton, treaanrer. gtoiidiiig js AJtaa B. Kirk, Wil- Small, Wilmington NC), vice' son, pal^ reladees alfleer. master of fine arts degree in theatre arts from Boston Univar- sity, and Mrs. Altameue L. Har bin, of Brooklyn, N. Y., a mem ber of the class of 1949, received the mMtar of social scienca degii;ii(e from New York Unlv^- 'sity.’f hlementation of the Supreme Court ruling outlawing segrega tion in public schools”; j Demanded withholding of federal funds from segregated ^hools; Durham Births, The following births were re ported to the Oiirham County^ Health Deportment during the^ week of July 14 through 19. I Moses and Almina Sumter,] ^ girl. I Preston and Mae Hancock,] boy. Philmore and Gwendolyn Jones, girl. Spenaer and Doris Irving, boy. Donald and Gloria Hill, girl. Douglas and Floren Gordoni girl. David and Evelyn Wall, girl. Homer and Juanetta Alexan der, girl. Janies and Ora Dunston, boy.. William and Anne Dawney, boy. Preston and Mary Hall, boy. Otis and Janie Robinson, girl. JMhure to easy to store OiT COCA-COLA IN REOULAR AND FAMILY SIZE I —Otrty il Pw Crw Cii> Ci«pwi> by COCA-COU BOmiNG CO. OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA lore Than \M it NAACP CLEyjSLANP , With a total registration of I 218 voting anc^ fraternal dele- ^ ates, tbe^lSith annual NAACP 1 onvention,! last we^ j }pped all pravious Associatiort i onvention figures by more than \ 00. The delegates. Including j wo from Alaska, csrtve from . tates and the District ot Co- f umbia. The Blst tnnual convention o(' 4 he National Association for thc*^ advancement of Colored PeQf>kt j trill be held in St. Paul, lAinn.«] ’ u ISjBO.^Thjs Minnesota city,'| f /heri NAACP Exfeoutive Secre-> V' ary Roy Wilkins grew up, was ^ ihosen by the delegates to thsl Association’s 49th annual con-,' I' mention, will be held In Julyi* I i959. In |Jeyr York City Where' t he nAA'ct waS begun in 1909.' I; preparations for the 1959 con' i mention have already baan inlti - - e. welcomes you, the NATIONAL BUSINESS LEAGUE . 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