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J’A«-^i -N 1. ii'%' m SEE COLUMNS 1. 2 VOLUMSli—NthiflSEK «3 w, DURHAM, N. C„ SATtJWDAY, OCTOBER 2^1 liH PRICE: TEN CENTS 'y "* 4 Sallie Pearl StrKyborne, 21 la » football camtrtbe feature of year old Trenton senior, Will Ifce event. The attraetive NCC preside over homeefmlnff acttvi^ oo-ed wfw acliatfulcd to be wen ties at North CaroUlia C*He(e| over a Dariiam television station this weelt-end when the Eaflesj frlday at 12:S9. talte on Maryland Stat«'s.Bawka| . N. C. College And Hillsidellold Hoonecoming^'^ North Caro lina College and Hillside high school promise to malce Durham the sc^e of maiuc lively episodes this week-end. Hillside leacM' off with its homecoming celebration Friday. Featuring-tiiree main attrac tions, Hillside’s celebration will get underwef Friday morning ; with the ,^aatiual dnstallation « Services- pf th^llillsi^o ^JM?ter of the Na'tionartij^n^; Soci^y. Some nineteen membors-elect will be ikst^lled Into ttte loct^ chapter oP the scholarly society at l|:a.m. in the school auditori- lim with a principal address be^ in^^eliveted by ' Dr. J. Neal Hu^ey, professor of Economios and College Minister at the NQtth..CWoUf»^Collr»»^ ■ Later in the evening, the an nual Hillside Homecoming Pa rade will be reeled off on a route that will take it spiralling through Durham’s leading resi dential and business streets. Ifiigb stepping" mc^orettes, laUltla marching b^nc|fi, colorful 0oais, and otlier be iteatured in the parade dated to begin at 4:30 pjn. The main feature of the annual celebration will ba the gridiron contest Friday night at R:pm. at the Durham Athletic Park when ih* .IomI Hilttide High hometi face the Darden ISegroes Paid Bj Whites To Enter Little Rock Chmch^ Probe Shows Act Said Part Of Effort To NEW YORK Attempts by groups of Nfr groes to attend services ai white churches in Llttl* Rock would appear to be ‘4i manleuver of the' segregationist forces and may well have been stimulated by sotne «tate officials/' the Na> tional Association for the Ad- vanceihent of Colored People de clares In a statement released here by Dr. Channing H. Tobias, chairman of the Association’s Board of Directors.. "nie statement, adopted by the NAACP Board of Directtfrs at its regular monthly meeting here on Oct. 14, feaffirms the Associa tion’s conviction that '“the Churches of Cht'tst shouhl bfe voluntarily des«gregitwi every where." However, it points out, “ap investigation by the NAACP »eem» to indicate that worship in Christian fellowship was,not the real objectivie” of those es on the Leaders of the A.M.E. Zion Church wera on hand in large numbers when the cornerstone activities of The Interchorch Center, 120th Biverslde Drive, New York Olty. Bishop W. J. Walls, senior prelate of the de nomination, was one of the principals, along with President Elsenhower. He Is seen here ap plying cement for cornerstone. NAACP To Pnjh Passage Of Law Extending Control Over Explosive NEW YORK I The National Association for! the Advancement of Colored, People will renew Its efforts, to secure congreiaional enactment of a law “extending federal con trol over the possession, trans^/ portation and use of dangerona explosives,” Dr. Channing H. Tobias, chairman of the Associ ation's Board Of Directors, has announced. A bill, Introduced In the 85th Congress, failed of enactment. The decision to renew the drive for passage of such a law is embodi^ in a resolution pass- !^gh Trojans'of Wilson During iibe halttlm& intermis- chu?^es “Jhose 1=-:— ItfKAACP V ttefd,Steps Oi AiiidPraires CHARLESTON, s. C.. Rev. James M. Hinton, presi dent of the‘South Carolina Con ference Of NAACP branches, was hailed as a “courageous, re sourceful and brilliant leader” by Gloster B. Current, the Asso ciation’s director of branches, in ^an address prepared for delivery ^at a testimonial dinner honoring Hinton here last Sunday. Also paying tribute to Hinton >t the diniier> held during the thi^eefrday COct. 17-19) annual stale confcretice of the NAACP, was Kelly M. Alexander, presi- (^nt of the Association in North Carolina. Current reviewed the develop ment of NAACP activity in South Carolina ^ince 1940 when Mr. Hinton became president. Durmg this period the number of NAACP branches in the state expanded from nine to a peak of 90. Legal victories achieved included the Clarendon County school segregation case and the banning of the Democratic party “white” primary by a ruling of United States District Judge J. Waites Waring. The legal pro gram was conducted under the direction of Special Counsel Thurgood Marshall and Harold Bovilware, South Carolina attor ney. ’The state conference has been active in aiding Negroes in criminal cases and developed a See HINTON, page 8 school integration question.” The investigation revealed that certain of these “alleged worshippers” had been paid to’ attend the white churches and had'' been transported to the churches by white'faen as part of “tia organized effort to em bafrass the ministers and arouse' not only the. congregations im^ mediately concernedi but other white «hurch-goers as well.” One «t tke men plofying aa ac- '^ve role In this scheme, the NAACP statement asserts, “Is the proprietor of a nursing home which receives patronage and support from the State of Arkan- iias. It was also learned that few If any of the members of the delegation are members of any' church, or are in the habit of at tending any house of worship.” The statement further notes jfhat “no Negro citizens of stand ing and responsibility in the Little Rock community are identified with this disruptive plot.” In furtherance of Ihis ^et, the segregationists are ' re]^4rr J;cd planning to send Negnw to a farewell reception, la f of the Rev. Dunbar 6g4e* yho, becanse of his oppeisittoo to school segregatloiy ' h** .keen forced to give iip his pattente of a Presbyterian charA In Little Rock, Dr. Tobias said. Mias Bennie Beeker, daughter j ef Mr. and Mrs. BenjaBUn B.1 Booker, 1921 Ceell Street, Dor- ham. North Carolina, is a fresh- ntan at The College of Waoster this year. Miss Booker Is a reci pient of a supplementary scho larship awarded by the National Scholarship Service and Fond fer Negre Stfedenta. OatotaBdlag ill strtft govenunent, acadcade werk and interested to »rb*el pabiications and dramatics aa a high school stadeart at Hillside ia Durham, Miss Bodber was eae mt 100 promising sfadents t* re ceive NSSFNS grants'. 3: .4-y mmmm Pictur^ here arc Durham's first Ne gro members of the City Fire Depart ment. Currently in training at the Fay etteville Street Station, the recruit-fire- Foimer Ike Aide To Speak At Chain's Trade Week Event men are scheduled to bie^h oper^^g Thompsc^^nd Robert Mralyn. Second new station around Novembi|r^ to rowTn the order, are Jofiin 0. Lyon,' right, top tow, are Walter Tl6oin|i^ Nathaniel ^^ompson, Sylvester Hall, Elgin Johnson, George W. Kfng^ Vi^on Thomas flarris and Linwood Howard. ed bjr the Board at its regular monthly meeting here on Oct. 14. The resolution “deplores and s^rpi^ly condemns the bombing ^Jewi^ temples in Atlanta and Peoria.’ SHirther the resolution de clares; “The desecration of these houses of worship is the ugly and inevitable fruit of the seeds of racial and religious hatred be ing sown by demagogic politi cians and irresponsible journal ists whose calls for defiance of the law of the land have helped create a social and political cli- See CONTROL, page 8 Dixie Dynamite Victims NEW YORK • According to figures compiled by American Jewish Congress, there were 13 separate dyna mite attacks during the last 13 month period and 13 attacks during a six month period in 1951. No arrests nor convictions in any of the 26 attacks have been made thus far.. The list does not Include^the 1956 bombTngs of the homes Negro lenders Martin Luther King, F. L.Shuttlesworth and Negro churches in Montgomery, ./^Jubama. The list follows: Sept. 10, 1957, Hattie Cotten elementary school,/ Nashville, Tenn,, building virtually de stroyed. Nov. 11, 1957, Temple Beth El, Charlotte, N. C., six sticks of dynamite' found with defective fuse. Jan. 19, 1958, Howard School (for Negroes), Chattanooga, Tenn., building damapd, 9]i9S8, Temple'I&rianurf, Gastonia, N. C., 30 sticks of dynamite with half burned fuse discovered outside temple. March 16, 1958, Jewish Com munity Center, Nashville, Tenn., $3,000 damage. > March 16, 1958, Temple Beth El, Miami, Fla., $6,000 damage. April 28, 1958, James Weldon Johnson high school (for Ne groes), Jacksonville, Fla., build ing damaged. April 28, 19587J^ish denter, Jacksonville, Fla., $2,000 dam age. April 28, 1958, Temple Beth til,' 'Bfrhiingham, Ala., $2,000 damage. June 2(1, .1958, Negro Baptist Ch^rch, Birmingham, Ala., See DYNAMITE, page 8 Dr. Arthur Larson, former di rector of the United States Infor- Assistant to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, will be the speaker mation Agency and later Special at the annual public program of the Durham Business and Pro fessional Chain at Hillside High School on Wednesday night, October 29 at 7:30 o’clock. . Larson is now director of the World Rule of Law Center at Duke University, a pwst he as sumed recently. His appearance before the Chain’s audience will nvark Larson’s first public ap pearance on a Durham rostrum. This year’s Trade Week festi vities start at 11 a.m. on Satur day, October 25, when chain members will parade with North Carolina College’s Homecoming Day contestants. The NCC Mary land State College football game at 1:30 on NCC’s O’Kelly Field Mount Gilead Church To Mark 50th Year In Services Sunday The 50th anniversary of the Mt. Gilead Baptist Church will be marked by two special ser vices at the church Sunday. The Reverend P. E. Green is scheduled to speak at the two services, one at the regular 11 o’clock worship hour and at three in the afternoon. Sunday will also be “Home coming” Day for the church. Special arrangements have been made to welcome returning out- of-town members and former members of the church, Mt. Gilead officials said. A dinner-fellowship commit tee, headed by Deacon board chairman Alton Tuck, will en tertain members and visitors at a dinner in the basement of the church following the H o’clock morning worship hour.'-> A special offering, haltdled by 'Levi Mitchell and lilrs. Phelola See MT. GILEAD, page 8 the highlight of this part of the program. Chain firms will hold special open house-tirograms from 6 to 9 p.m. on M(»id^ Octoijer 27. A Talent Night program will be held at W. D. HIU Recreation Center at 7:90 Tuesday night. A special radio program will be presented over Station WSRC from 5:30 to 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The annual banquet with Joseph W. Goodloe, vice presi dent and secretary of the N. C. Mutual Life Insurance Co., as speaker, will be held at the Harriet Tubman YWCA on Thursday night. Special recogni tion will be given founders. ‘"Hie Miss Trade Week” beauty contest final wiU be reeled ofl at the Regal Theatre at 7:30 PHday night. A special first prize of a $250 scholarship will be giveh by Radio Station WSRC. Mr. and. Mrs. Joseph Beebee are among’ the busband-wife teams serving as committee heads this year. They" co-chair the general program. Other com mittee co-chairmen are: Para«le, Mr. ' and Mrs. W. G. Rhodes; Open House, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Gholson; Talent Hunt, Mrs. J. DeShazor Jaclcson and Clarence Phillips; Radio: Mr. and Mrs. R. WHEELER TURNER UN Day At HilbboroFridar United Nations Day will b)e observed in Hillsboro Friday with the planting and dedication of a tree at the Hillsboro Com munity Center on Orange street. Scheduled for five p.m., the tree planting and dedication is being sponsored by the HUlsboro Improvement Association. To take tart in the ceremonyt*«”y ^ gram; Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Spaul- Turner And Wheeler To Speak ^ For West DurhaiR's Homecoming The Annual Homecomtntf Guest minister for the ocon- Celebration of the West Durham laion will be the Reverend Ett- Baptist Church will be observed • ffsne Turner, pastor of the Ffant Sunday mnrning October 26 at I Baptist Church of Lumberton. are Clarence D., Jones, member of the Board of County Com missioners; Paul G. Carr, Su perintendent of Orange County sch^ls; the Rev. J. S. T. Deck^^p^ pasitit pf Dickerson cha^l See UN DAY, page 8 ding; Banquet, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Clement; Trade Week, Mr. lations. Elder and Mrs. Joseph Bualnea* Pi:t>motion B. White and Dr. S. B. Fulbrik^ eleven o’clock. All firiends and former mem bers of the church in addition to the regular congregation are in vited. - Last Rites For Mrs. Edmundson I Funeral services fot' Mrs. Cora Edmundson of 508 Dunbar street were scheduled to be heK! at St. Mark AME Zion Church on Thursday, Oct. 23 at 2:pjn. A Durham resident for many and Mr*-iames Byrd; l^lbU->:.*e-4JE«»»^ ^*5= Goldsboro hospital Sunday evening at 7:30 p.m. She was 74. The Rev. R. L. Speaks, pastor See EDMUNDSON, page 8 The Reverend Turner is Seet«»_ tary of the Board of MisakNMi,^ General Baptist State Convtn*| tion, and Slecretary of the Th logical Ahjnni Assodatioa Shaw University. He li a aari ber of the executive Co of the Baptist State Com and the Sunday School the National Baptist Conv of the U.S.A. Inc. John H. Wheeler wiU on the program to glw i address. Wheeler is a «eU kiMNabil zen throughout ttw is president oi tk» and Farmers the Securities of theN^ tual Life InontMte* ( of the BoarA «f ] lerge number Se«W.
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