FAST
ON SCHOOL
VOLUME 34—NUMBER 37 DURHAM, N. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, lfS8
PRICE: TEN ClSNTS
Dignity Is Basic To
Afro-Asians^-Mills
Ht. and Mr*. James hars
leen selected to aerTe aa the hot
band-wlfe team haadltnc ar
rangements tor “Mtaa Trade
Week” contest. Byrd Is the popu
lar “Dr. Jive” o( Purham radio.
'Dr. Jivfi'jQki Group
For Beauty Show
A popular radio station an
nouncer and his wife have been
appointed to head, a sUb-com-
mittee handling arrangements
for oBe i>huc Of the" Durham'
Business and Professional Chain
Trade Week.
The appointment of Mr. and
Mrs. James Byrd as chairman of
the "Miss Trade Week” contest
was disclosed this week by
Joseph A. Beebe, who, Wjith hitf
wife, is overall chairman of the
Trade Week event.
Byrd is a regular announcer
for radio station WSRC, and is
featured on a popular records
program called the “Dr. Jive”
show. ,
The newly appointed contest
chairmen revealed that changes
will be made in the selection
of this year’s "Miss Trade
Week.’’ Thfy said that this
year’s contestants will be judged
on the basis of beauty, talent and
poise.
In the past, the “Miss Tra^e
Week” contestants have been se-
^«toct«d-OD-the basis of the amount
of tickets sold for one of the
Trad^ Week shows.
The Byrds also announced
that only girls between the age*
o^ 16 and U wijil be eligible for
the contew
The contest is only one of a
serie^ of event* planned during
the week long observance, desig
nated October 20 through Nov.
1. The various phases of the
week’s program are being hand
led this year by husband-wlfe
teams.
Besides the Byrds, only the
overall chairmen team of the
Beebes has been made public.
’The male half of the “Misa
Trade Week” contest team,
“Jimmie” Byrd, is a veteran
broadcaster. He attended the
Cambridge school of Radio
Broadcasting in Mauachusetts
His attractive wife, the for-
fer Miss Thelma Brown, was a
professional model before her
marriage. She is a native of
Hfeiiiiwtead, N’. Y., and ts a gra
duate of the Branford modeling
school. She is currently em
ployed by North Carolina Mu
tual Insurance Company.
Mrs. Byrd belongs to the Dru-
Ex'NearEast
Mission Chief
Tells Nurses
A U. S. medical mission chief
who has spent nearly ten years
in the Near E^st told the gradu
ating class of i^urses at Lincoln i
hospital Monday night that the|
desire for independMice and hu
man dignity had become as im-j
portant as the elementary de
sires for food and shelter. |
"Never has the . dignity and
worth of ttie individual had ^
greater significance in the lives
of men throughout the world!
than it has today,” asserted Miss!
Mary Mills, who headed U. S.
Missions to Liberia and Leba-I
non. I I
Miss Mills, herself a graduate I
of Lincoln hospital’s nursing
school, was the main speaker at
the Nursing' school's 53rd com'-1
mencement exercises. ’The final
program in the exercise was
held at White Rock Baptist
Church Monday night at e^ht
O’clock.
Some 12 graduates of the nur
sing school received' pint and
lipk>mi^ _ .j y/ •
'Miss Miliij, whb hu been
decorated both by the countries
of Liberia and Lebanon, said the
greatest threat to the World to
day does not lie in the threat of
a thermonuclear but rather In
the capture of people of Asia
and Africa by communist
ideology.
She blamed the long domina
tion by colontBt powers for the
position in which the peoples of
these (Entries are now placed,
and de^red that the only solu-^
tion lay in helping these people
to obtaih the material things
R. C. FOREMAN, Jit.
. 1. Returning
H. G.
DAWSON, JR.
Leaving .
cilia chapter, 10, of the Order of they need to support a better
See “DR. JIVE,” page 8
^ ^ See MISS MILLS, page 8
Principals In Lincoln hospl-i Monday night at White Rock
tal’s sch^l of Nursing 53rd com- Baptist Chnreh. Left to right are
mencem^ent exercises plc- hospital director W. M. Rich,
tured on roatrnm watching gra-i Board of Tmateea chalmun Dr.
dnates file Into the audltorlnm| Clyde Donnell, and Mias Mary
at the start of services, held' Mills, commencement speaker.
Concert At UNC Marks Second
Appearance For Cbmmunity Choir
The College Community Cho- regularly in preparation for the
rale of Durham, under the direc-j loss-ss academic year, and has
tion of Howard A. Roberts, was
scheduled to appear in Concert
and was an announcer for «i Thursday night at 8;p.m. in Car-
F^.tleyin^flio,ftj»tion Hall-oft 4he -ca»p^.of -Ihel
-conring to-DwriaW. nt hssr feeeh CJroliHi'it
with WSRC for four years.
' A native of Plainfield, N. J.,
Byrd graduated from Borden-
town high school and Union Col
lege at Cranford, N; J. He did a
three year hitch in the Air Jforce.
One of WSRCs most AKseeis-
ful disc jockeys, Byrd’s hobbies
are collecting high fidelity re
cordings and gardening. He is a
member of the Masons and Elks.
qhapel Hill.
Going into its second season as
a singing group, the Chorale
won the plaudits of many local
and state music critics at its
, ^^campus,
first public concert held last^
North Carolina
spring in the
College campus. '
Since its h^ception a year ago,
the group has been working
received numerous Invitations to
appear in several states in the
country.
^iir^ay high't’s appearance
will mark the fullfillment of a
request to sing for the Second
Congress of The International
Comparative Literature Associ*
ation, now in session on the UNC
The Chorale was invited to
appear before the Congress to>
represent native American cul
ture.
Joins Staff At
N. C. Coll
Transportation
Problem Is
Worked Out
' After one week and a half, the
double session for Pearson
school’s third grade is sche
duled to halt. Half of the school’s
third grade enrollment will l>e
transported to Walltown for
classes.
Announcement of the abrupt
termination of a plan for two
sessions at the overcrowded
grade came Wednesday after
noon following a meeting of the
City Board of Education with
parents of Pearson pupils.
A delegation of parents pro
tested the arrangement at Mon
day night’s board meeting.
Following a day of confused
developments, City sciiools Su
perintendent Lew Hannen an
nounced Wednesday that the
Students would be transported
to Walltown. '
Many observers were sur
prised at the swiftness wiUi
which Superintendent Hannen
came up with a solution to the
problen» of double sessions.
Earlier in the week, a number
-of problems connected with
transporting the pupils made it
appear unlikely that any quick
solution could be inade.
At Monday night’s meeting,
City school officials pointed out
the difficulty which transporting
the students to Walltown would
entail.
They explained that it would
require three buses and reveal
ed that the city only had one,
making it necessary to either
seek re-routing of a Duke Power
Company bus or of borrowing
two from the County.
On Tuesday, County schools
Superintendent bharles Chew-
ning further complicated the
issue b/y stating that a loan of
buses from the County would
necessitate action by school
officials at the State level.-
Thus, it seemed that Wiiatever
cour^;the City board chose to
ttivc tfie tssuA, tome time would
aOBded.^Howevier, Wednesday
afterncmn Hannen announced »
plan wtiereby two trips by one
bM could transport students.,.
See PuaRSON, page 8
Jr., can-
degree "in
Roiuild C. Foremi
didate for the P^:
Communication at^^he Univer-
sity of riHnoia; life joined the
North Carolina College Depart
ment of English staff.
Ohe of his duties ^t NCC will
be to advise the All-America
award winning undergraduate
newspaper, the Campus Echo. |
He is replacing -Horace G.
Dawson, Jr., English faculty
member and advisor to the Echo
for the past five years. Dawson
has been granted one year’s
leave of absence to study toward
the Ph.D. degree in Communica
tion at the University of Iowa.
A native of Durham, Foreman
edited the Hillside Chronicle
during his high school days and,
later, a\ Hampton was editor of
the Hampton Script.
He earned a Master’s Degree
at North Carolina College after
taking the A.B. at Hampton. In
addition to his studies ftt the
University of Illinois, he spent
one year of post graduate study
See DURHAMITE, page 8
...Patrolman C. W. Webb, Jr..
escorts Cheryl Rienee Bolden and
Grover C. Burthey across street
as the two St. Joseph’s AME
Charch Nursery school papua as scnoois opened last week,
leave school following first day., Toung Bolden and Bnrthej are
’This soene wu repeated first graders a tke nnrsery
throagbont the city and country | school. — Bivera pheto
City Greets Students
WHtONEFORfltEMBI
Miss Lillian A. Midgette, 1958
graduate of North Carolina Col
lege, has received an $1800
stipend to study psychiatric so
cial work at Howard University.
Co-editor of North Carolina
College’s yearbook, “'Ae Eagle”,
Miss Mldgette is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Elwynn W. Mid-
gette of 2419 Fayetteville Street.
JPIreshmed s^ijdents at Q\irham
Business ^6&ilege are scheduled
to be officially welcomed to tlte
city at a program at the college’^
auditorium Friday evening at
7 o’clock.
The program will consist of
welcome greetings from various
civic and social organizations, of
the city.
Durham civic dignitaries sche
duled to talce part Cti the pro
gram are Mayor E. J. Evans and
City Councilman J. S. Stewart.
School officials said this week
that the largest enrollment in
the college’s histop^ is expected
this year. This year’s students
come from six states, including
New York, New Jersey, Vir
ginia, Georgia, Florida and
North and South Carolina.
There was no figure or esti
mate available on the enroll
ment this week, however.
Following Friday’s welcoming
program, a reception will be
held in the college dining haU.
Registration at Durham Busi
ness College opened on Septem"
ber 3 and continued through
September 8. The orientation
program for new students, now
in progress, is scheduled to end
on Sept. 12, and classes will
start on Sept. IS.
Local Residents, H. M. Armstrong
And Mrs. Lucille Young, Eulogized
School Worker
In IntegratkHi
Suit Loses Job
ALEXANDIUA, Va.
A 42 year-old Negro scheol
cafeteria whose children are
cafeteria cook whose clilldren are
ted to a white school was fired
this week by the school superin
tendent.
School Superintendent T. C.
Wtlllans said he ordered the dls>
mlsMl of Mrs. Lois Hundley,
mother of eight, because of
“employee - employer relation
ships.”
~ He expumed;:^*We promoted
her and complied - with l^er re
quest to be transferred...ttea
she turned around and sued us.
“We couldn’t very well con
tinue to employ her after such a
dap In the face." 1 cille Leonard Young were held three sons. Hunter M. Jr., Elson
Mrs. Hundlejr’s request, to at the White Rocl^ ^ptist and Avant Armstrong. Eight
which WllUama referred, was to Church Monday afternoon, Sept. grand children all of Durham,
be transferred from another 8, at 3:30. p.m. Interbient was in Beechwood
s4^ool to the lifitm Cnmelki Mrs. Voung died at the. home ,.«emete?y,
school nearer tier Mmie. | See MRS. ITOUNG, page 8 | — .1' •
MRS. L. L. YOUNG
Fune'ral services for Mrs. Lu-
The Funeral service of H. M.
Armstrong was held at Mt. Ver
non Baptist Church Tuesday
September 2 at 2:00 P. M. Rev.
E. T. Browne, pastor, delivered
the eulogy. H. M. Armstrong,
son of the late Rev. William and
Alice Armstrong was bom Aug.
10, 1881 in Cumberland County
where he received his educa
tion.
He was an active member of
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church for
40 years and served as chairman
of the Deacon Board until de
clining health failed hhn.
Mr. Armstrong was employed
as a fir«nan at Homeland In-
vcBtmjent::Oimpany:7 “ ,
In addition to his wife Mrs.
Mary Armstrong, he is survived
by his brother, Walter Arm
strong. two daughters, Mrs.
Mamie Pretty, Mrs. Ruth Harris,
New students enrolling at varioas instkutions in -Dnr-
ham this fall will be welcomed by Um Perham Wwini jj
and Professional Chain on Wednesdajr, l$ept«nb«r 17, it
was announced this week.
On that day, mnnbers botinesaes of the rhatw will
invite new students in the city to stop by their establish
ments.
The “open-door” policy at the businesses will start at
md-eontin— through the wmafaidar of ttte
afternoon. Vbiting students will receive gilts, sonvenirs,
refreshments and services coupons.
Students from North Caroliiu College, Durham Busi
ness College, Lincoln Hospital Nurs!^ School, South-
easern Business College, and DeShazor’s Beauty College
are expected to visit the Chain monber busineases.
M. C. SWANN. JR.
Teacher Gets
Notice To Report
For Army Duty
Melvin Chester Swann, .Jr., a
summer graduate of Hampton
Institute, Hampton, Virginia
was commissioned a 2nd Lieu
tenant In the U. S. Army Reserve
and will report for duty In
June, 1959 to attend a Military
Police School.
Yoimg Swann 'la a former
SradsMie.jel St. Emma MUUtaxy;
Academy, Rockcastle, Virginia
where he won service honors
and served as Assistant Band Di
rector wd Captain of the foot
ball team.
He is now a member of the
faculty of the Calvin S. Brown
High School in Wlnton. He the
son of Rev. Melvin Chester
Swann, Minister of St Joceph'a
AME Church.
NCC Alumni
Game Sept. 27
Lindsey A. Merritt, executive
secretary of the North Carolina
College National Alumni Associ
ation, has been named special
Promoter for the .Alumni spon
sored NCC-AUen University
game at O’Kelly Field on the
NCC campus at 1:30 pjna. on
Satvurday, September 27.
A 1953 gradu
ate of NCC,
Merritt, who is
publicity a n d-c
teacher of dis
tributive educa
tion at Hillside
High School,
now director
formerly served %
as assistant di- MERRRT
rector of the NCC News Bureau.
See FOOTBALL, page 8
AF Jim Crow i
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The Little Roek Air Base’s
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Civil I^bactieB Uaioa as mat^
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