North Carolina Newspapers

SCHOOL BARS FALL QUEIIY IN TWO ViHOWNS Mrs. CMrgia Davis White, Mon ro* hotel maid charged with a two year old unemployment compensation violation hours after she had charged a white man with slapping her and kick ing her down a flight of stairs, was photographed as she recu perated at her home shortly af ter the alleged assault. The 29 year old mother of five was scheduled to stand trial Feb. S on the charge that she falsified information in filing a claim for unemployment pay in 1957. Mon roe ha* been the scene of siderable racial turmoil hi the last two years. Thi^ngs Leaders Pay Final Tribute To Teacher Funeral, services for Mrs. Mae Frances Bass Spaulding, veteran Durham school teacher and wife of North Carolina Mutual Lnsur- uice company executive C. C. Spaulding, Jr., were held at White Rock Baptist Church Thurs day afternoon, Feb. 5 at 3:46 p.m. The Rev. MUes M. Fisher, White Rock pastor, officiated. Graveside rites at Beeehwood cemetcry followed the church ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Attend Spaulding Funeral NCTA Legislative Proposals service. Mrs. Spaulding’s death came as a shock to Durhamilea and friends (sMt SPAULDING, 4>a«e Trustee Quits Howard U. Over Labor Union Dispute fci Seek Teachers’ Rights North Carolina Teachers Atso-1 to state schools needing it to quali- Joseph A. Beebe, (extreme left) health educator for the Durham Better Health Foundation, and two other principals in the First National Conference on Local Health Foundations at Pitts burg, Pa., last week, are pictur ed here holding paster with de scriptive lettering on theme of the conference. With Beebe are J. Staney Purnell, assistant to the president of T. Mellon and Sons of Pittsburg and Dr. Wil lard C. Rapplege, president of the Macy Foundation of New York and a pioneer in the medi cal insurance movement in the U. S. The conference was held at the Penn-Sheraton hotel on Jan. 28 and 29. Vote Worksilop To Be Held elation Legislative chalmun Jam es T. Taylor made public this week a summary of several i^o- po8als the NCTA will subimt to the North Carobna General As sembly de.signed to protcct the seciu-ity of teachers. Fasemost on the list was apro- po.sai to assure tenure of teach ers who arc otherwise qualified. This measure, it was explaixied this week, was desisned to protcct the jobs of teachers who may !>c intimidatel in civil rights issues. NCTA executive secretary was quoted in the state' s daily press as confirming the fact .that Negro teachers who took slronl; ctvfl rwhts .stands were threatened wifh the loss of their jobs. W. I* (irrcnc., executive-.wre- lary of the toachcrs a.tsociatin, told nuwKincn that intimidation had hee u.scd to silence teachrrs rtvfl rifihts actlvlly sincc repeal of (he Tcarhcrs Trtitirc I..aw fn 1955. Taylfir explHinor) that the pro posal he sHbTnltted was dc.sijncd t cmnbat this pr.ictice Krw, if any. North Carolina Negro public .srhix)! teachers have been oiil .>^okcn on civil risht« i.>t- sues in the past five y«*ars. Taylor’s rotniiiltlcr also bad sev eral other rrlaU'l proposals re«dy tor the N. loKisbliirs. One n! th*iTi would make II a criminal (rffrti.se (o intlmldale by violence or threat of vilence rommiinlties In ppoeess of dcsc;iref;atlns public ."ioliools. Other recomiiiendalins call fj^ extra pay for teachers, one webK l>efore .school opens and one weok , «ft«r it closes, granting state funds ■lation the University s failure , l^i^ j ‘ liSfgain tapt agreentent Vith Local 1 of the >tatc, Courtty arid Munlcl(>al Work- rs A1‘T/'C10, after more than two years of Dcgotlations." Carey declared it was his be lief that Dr. Monlecai Johnson, president of the University, .had ‘‘deliberately mi.sled” the Board of Trustees’ Executive Committee on' thr question- of Local 1 the true nature of the controversy, while the Kxecutive CommKtee it self was unduly willing, in mv opinion, to be misled.” Carey, a membei’ of the How ard Board of Trustees for more than a decade, declared; “I find I can no longer condone the Board of Trustees’ procrasti nations and evasions in this mat ler." He recalled that in Junt (see QUITS, page) Says Johnson Misled Board WA.S'rtTNGTON. n.t;—lames B. ;arry,' presideni of the Intiima- Jonal trnion of Klerlrical. Riidio md Machine Workrrs jas resigned from the Board of 'tiistPTfi of Howard Unrversfty, Washington, D.C., in protest rrvpr hat UniveTsrty's anti-union poll rics. In a letter Momlav to Dr. Row ird Stone Arnlcrson, chairman of he Board of Triisteos, Cfirey gave is the Jtiaj^r reason for his rcsig fy for federal funds imder the National Defense Act. abolition of advisory committees in school dis tricts, provision for sick and ma ternity leave for teachers, and providing for sufficient buses to eliminate overcrowding and sec ond trips. Taylor also included a proposal for equitable distribution of es cheats fnds to state instltutiorjs. He tangled with Governor Hodges last year over this measure. SPAULDING NoTrauble Reported At Two CHies Richmond, Va.—Ibctari ban fell quietly at scftoob ill two Virglaia cities this week »m4 there afpar- ed indication at mkhrrek that they would tumble in another. A total of 23 Negro students were admitted to fonaerty all whit« schools in Norfolk and at Arlinicton wben Virginia’s poblic schools in these two cities were opened for the first time since se p( . za Schools had beea closed by Vir- (*•• tARS, •) u€ an VOLUME 3S — NUMBER 6 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, IflSt PRICE: 1» CENTS Hays To Speak At Shaw HAYS Ex-Arkansas Solon To Be Heard Feb. 16 COLUMBIA. S. C.—Kev. John L. Tilley, executive director of the Need Money Here's an lasy and convenient way to help your church get the nsonry it neads for additions or improvements. Starting this mon th, the TIMSS will give $50 to the church or church group which produces the largest num ber of purchase slips (receipts) for goods bought ot any of the merchants advertising in the Carolina Times. The purchase slips for Febru ary must be dated no earlier than Feb. 14, or the date appear ing on this Issue of the paper, and no later than Feb. 38. They must be turned in to the TIMES for a count and verification be> fore bonus can be awarded. Only purchase slips from mer chants advertistlng currently in the TIMES are valid. Following is a list of some of this week's advertisers: A ,«nd P Super markets N(^ C. Mutual Life Ins. Co. '^\^sf"Bt^ Grocery Urttoq^ Imyrance and Realty Regal ^Itefter Mutual Savings and Loon Henderson's Grocery Cut-Rate Super Market Davis Baking Co. Mechanics and Farmers Bank Katz Brothers Grocery Kenan Oil Co. Keeler's Super Market Liberty-Purity Stores Alexander Motor Co. Soulbern Christian Leadership Conference and former chairman of the voter-registration campaign that added more than one hundred thousand voters to the Negro vot ing strength in Baltimore, Md., will be a leader of the all-day voter-regislration work.shop to be held Thursday, February 12, at Allen University, Columbia, S.C. The annual celebration of the liirlhday of Abraham Lincoln was initiated by I. S. l/«''vy, .sUte chairman of the Lincoln Kmanei- pation Clubs, of .South Carolina. Inc. Iieevy is a well known business man of Columbia and for a long lime has vigorousy eru.saded for Negro rights, lie Ls al.so chairman of the Republican I’arty in Kich- land County, ,S. and county (see WORKSHOP, page 8) One of First Pharmacists Funeralized Funeral services for Dr. Malevia D. Pearson, retired Durham I’bar marist, were held Tue.sday evening at 4 p.m. at the St. Jo.seph A.M.E. church with (he pastor, the Kev. M. C. ,Swann, officiating. In ill health for several months, Mrs. I’earson died at her home. 121.’5 FayeUevllIe Street, around 6 a.m.. Sunday. Kebrary I. The wife of the late Dr. John W. J’earson, Mrs. Tear.son was a na ti\T of l,aneaster, Sinith Carolina. She received her public school ed ucation in Salisbiu'y and Chiir- (see PKARSON, page 8) Bertie County Wins Award As State's Best in 1958 GUEENSBOKO —liertie County was named this week winner of the North Carolina “County of the Year” award for outstanding rural progress during 1$)S8. It hac won out in a state-wide contest, sponsored by A&T College in which 71 counties were involved The announcement was made on Friday by Dr. Glenn F. Rankin chairman of the Committee on the North Carolina Rural Progres. Campaign, with special reference to Negroes and acting dean of the School of Agriculture at A&T Col lege. The decision was announced following visits by the Commit tee to Bertie, Anson, Robeson and Orange Counties, finalists in the contest. The top award includes a $300 cash prize and a plaque. Other winners included: Orange County, second place, $250; Anson, third place, $150 and Robeson County fourth place, $100. Final Rites Are Held in Durham For J.H. Allen Last rites for Joseph Henry Al len, .'»cmi-rctired Durham business- ■nan. were held at White Rock Baptist Church Wednesday after noon. Feb. 4 at .1:43 p.m. Allen died suddenly Sunday Feb. 1 after a brief illness. He (s«e ALLEN, page 8) Mrs. Lillie Mae Lyon, 22, was being held without bend early this week for arraignment in the fatal shooting of her hus band, Frank Lyon eih'ly Sunday. The woman told police she pumped a bullet into her hus bands left chest after they had returned to their home at Rt. 1, Bahama follwing a dance Sat urday night. RAf.,ErGH—Brooks Hays, form er Democratic Congressman from Arkansas, will speak at Shaw Unn’crsity in Greenleaf Hall Fri day, Feb. 16, it was announced this w'eek. A leading exponent of the “motlerale” position on racial issues,,. Hays figured prominently in the Little Rock school deseg regation controversy. He lost his seat in Congress to ardent segregationist Dale Al ford. Observers credit his defeat to his .stand on the Little Hock school issue. Hays is a native of Russell ville, Arkansas. He was educated in Russellville public schools, rc- (see HAYS, page 8) N. C. College Gets $10,000 To Len^ Promising Students The U. S. Office of Kxluration’s uagc fMvision of Higlu-r Education riipsday announced allwation of 510,475 to North Carolina Collecc :or the establishment of a Na- -.ional Defense Student Loan I’ro- Wam. NCC President Mfonso Mder ind Dean William It^rown of the Iraduate .School confirmed the local college’s participation in the program. Forty five other state insti- tutiotH are included in the lUt ' 5T ;hraiiV. "A' WfSrfit T3*T’‘ colleges ar»d wnlversltle* in all 49 states, the District of Co lumbia, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico are sharing in the $6 mil lion allocated Tuesdey. College students and high ichool graduates wishing to ob- 'ain a student loan may apply to VCC or other participating insti- lutions. Each institution will Fifty percent ofkeafh student loan would be cancelled for five years of full-time teaching I in a public elemerrtary or sec- j ondary school, at the rate of 10 I percent for each year of ser- j vice. l*articipating schools are re- qukrel to contribute $1 for every 1 $fl of Federal Funds. Under this I arrangement, the present expendi- j ture of $6 million for the remain- ■ dv,j0f the fiscal year provides a -tolid'TUMf'^f $6.W!11)0Q. If• every student received th> maximum (see NCC, page 8) Dr. Charles Stewart, pactor of Philadelpbia's Union AME Church, will tpoak at St. Joseph's AME Church Tuesday night a* the chwech ohearves fciii>er*i day. A will be hoM m aflfco ofeaorv- anco. Se« Mall*, ^afo 4. handle its own student loan fund. Provisions are understood to be available al.so for students in graduate and professional schools. NCC's program will be ad ministered by the National De fense /Student Loan Fund Of fice under the direction of Dean Brown. The National Defense Ekluca- (ion Act requires that .special consideration be given to .stu dents with superior academic backgrounds who intend to teach in elementary or secondary .schools or to those whose aca demic backgrounds indicate su perior capacity or preparation in science, mathematics, engineer ing or a modern foreign lang- Six Tarheel Colleges Receive $200,000 From College Fund NEW YORK—A g^t made Fri day by the L^nited Negro College Fund increased the 1958 cam paign appropriations to .six North Carolina colleges to a total of $21^168. The 19.58 campaign in North Carolina raised S45,4€2. This allotment to the six schools was $81,510. Earlier grants were distributed in June and Novem ber, 1958. The six North Carolina institu tions sharing the 1958 grants are: Livingstone College, Salisbury; Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte; St. Augustine’s College and Shaw University in Raleigh; Bennett College, Greensboro; and Barber-Scotia College, Concord. AtUNC Clarence E. Piekett, honorary .secretary of the American Friends Society, will speak on “the chal lenge of World Communism in an .\tomic Age” at Carroll Hall on the campus of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill Monday night, Feb. 9, at eight p.m. Pickett has made several trips to distants parts of the world since 1949. His latest trip was a six-months tour of the Far East in 1967. ii Wiinom Engiiih WaiRnji Seme of the Pioneers who help ed start and shape the early policy of the NAACP are pic- Mary Whit* OvingtM Nmmt Miifciwitt tured here. It was Walling's ar> i spired Mary Ovington to issue tide reporting a race riot in the famous call to prominent Springfield, III., in 1909 that in- | Americans like Moskowiti. Vil- lard and DuMa wMab raawHed in the forwation of Mm organi zation. After Half Century of Work, Country's Most Effective Cml Rights Organization Reviews 50 Years of Progress in America s Race Relation NEW YORK—The nation’s larg est and most effective civil rights organization, the National Asso ciation of the Advancement of Colored People, celebrates its fiftieth anniversary on Thursday (Feb. 12). The Association, now with more than 300,000 members in 44 states and the District of Columbia, was organized as the result of a his toric call issued by 53 prominent Negro and white publicists^ social workers, clergymen, educators and philanthropists on Feb. 12, 1909, the centennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. Of the 53 signers, only two now survive—Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, writer and historian, and Rev. John Haynes Holmes, pastor emer itus of the Community Church of New York. The call was the idea of Mary White Ovington, a New Yoi'k so cial worker, who was dcejfly shocked when she read William English Walling’s account of a bloody race riot in August 1908 in Lincoln's home city. Spring field, Illinois. Wallii^’s article published in the Independent mag azine. indicated the need for a “large and powerful body of citi- M>n.s” to defend the rights of Negroes. National Conference HeM In response to this call nearly 300 white and Negro men and wo men from all sections of th« co«u- try met in New York City. May 31 and June 1. 1900. It was at this ■onference that the baaic policies md program t* whkrh the NAACP ;till adhercft wer* formulated. When Hiai Omfiton conceived the idea tnt M NAACP, the civil rights of the ‘Stgat were at a low ebb. ilatdly a week passod with out one or ' more lyachiags. TWm MAACP frailJanti The AaMUaUMi haa httf thrto prertfcaii dwrfag the balf-ee«- bury: Ifnnrflilrt StanT. Qpifoii at- toRNT vlM nmd at Saaratw t« m •)