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■TMB i f-UIH UfiiaifatlD- SAT., FEBRUARY *8, HSf
DOROTHEA TOWLES, Ameri
ca's most famous Negro fashion
model, is shown signing a con
tract to direct tlic editing of a
weekly column on bsauly hints
for women. Witnessing the sig
nature in New York are Mar-
gurite Belafonte, model, and
JcMe J. Lewis, Public Relations
Counsel for J. Strickland and
Company.
Internationally recognized as
• beauty expert and fashion au
thority, Miss Towles was the
first Negro model to work for
world-famous French centuriers.
Her worldwide assignments in
clude modeling in Paris for such
designers as Christia n Dior,
Pierre Balmain and the late Jac-
ques Falh. At one time she was
closely associated with the Salon
of Vene Zianii in Rome.
Currently on an American
tour, she is appearing with her
"Dcrothea Towles Fashion Pres
entations" in leading citics.
Her biauty news column to be
conducted under the pen name
"Genevieve Young," will give
"btauty tips to housewives and
career girls on a budget," Miss
Towles said. To be syndicated
nationally in leading newspa
pers, the column will be con
ducted under the auspices of the
R. C. Beauty Institute, a Public
Service Division of Royal Crown
Bsauty Products.
National Meeting of Negro Artists
Is Called for Atlanta In March
ATLANTA. Ga.—Negro artists
are being asked to attend a na
tional meeting at Atlanta Uni
versity on Saturday and Sunday,
March 28 and 29. All Negro art
ists, fine and commercial, mem
bers of college, university and
school art facultie?. art students
and those interested in the role of
the Negro in art are invited to
attend the mecUng, Mrs. Mar
garet Burroughs of Chicago, chair
man and coordinator of the com
mittee, said.
The idea of the meeting orig
inated with a group of Chicago
artists who set the dates so that
they would coincide with the open
ing of the 18th Annual Atlanta
University Exhibition of Paintings,
ScuTpIui-f ana rrlnts uti Maicii 29.
The program will be concerned
with the evaluation of the role
of the Negro in art and a discuss
ion of the contribution Negro art
ists can make to the 100th Anni
versary of the Emancipation Proc
lamation.
On the original Chicago com
mittee were Mrs. Burroughs, art-
i.it, tcacher and writer, Marion
Perkins, prize-winning sculptor,
Bernard Goss, painter, and liobert
.)one£, sculptor
The committee has been enlarg
ed to include the following spon
sors: James D. Parks, co-chairman,
Miss Eugenia V. Dunn, chairman
of the Host committee. President
Rufus E. Clement of Atlanta Uni
versity Exhibit, pubtenfffg .6666
versity, advisor, Mrs. Helen M.
Coulborn, Chairman of the Atlan
ta University Exhibit, publicity,
and Lawrence ^rice, Fred Ander
son, Lawrence Jones, Delbert Love-
lady, Hprpcr T. Phillips, Joseph
W. Giliiard, Oregon Hendricks,
Rex Gorleigh, Frederic F. Kersey,
Samella Lewis, Ernest Crichlow,
Charles White, Vernon Winslow,
James Watkins, Jenelsie Holloway,
Yvonne P. Hunt, William E. Johns-
tnn Inna .Taffriec, Calvin Riirnett,
and Vincent Saunders. Jr.
Mrs. Burroughs is asking artists
cr observers who are interested in
attending to communicate with her
at, 3806 South Michigan Avenue,
Chicago 53, Illinois, before March
20. After that date communica
tions and messages of preetings
should be sent to Negro Artists
Meeting, Atlanta University. A
registration fee of $3.00 is being
charged.
GREENSIiORO—Dates for the
33rJ annual Ilomemaking Insti-
tulo at Bennett College will be
March 8 - 15, President Willa B.
Player announced this week.
This year’s institute, which will
be conducte.1 around the thematic
idea of “Women in Careers and
in Community Service,” will be
gin v,'ith a special vesper program
on Sunfby, March 3 at 4 p.m.
Four more programs, each to
be held in Pfeiffer Chapel, are
scheduled. On Monday, at 10 a.m.,
there will be a panel discussion
off "Women in Careers” at which
ame Mrs. Alice Dunni^an, of
.Vashington, correspondent for
he Associated Negro Press; Mrs.
iarah Ilerbin, of High Point, N.C.,
.associate director of fmerit em
ployment with the Southeastern
■cgion of the American Friends
Servite Comniiltoe, and Mrs. Clif-
lon T. Snipes, local busine.ss wo
man, will parlicipate.
The Wednesday morning pro-
,jram will feature an address by
Mrs. William T. Mason of Nor
folk, Va. Mrs. Alason is a public
relations consultant. The Friday
morning program participants
will be students who will describe
classroom experiences which they
have had relating to community
service.
Closing program, at which an
institute summary will be given,
will be held at 4 p.m. on Sunday,
March 15 at which time Dr. Al
lan Knight Chalmers of Boston,
Mass. will speak. Dr. Chalmers is
professor of preaching and ap
plied Christianity in the Boston
University School of Theology.
0-
St. Augustine's
Is Accepted By
College Body
RALEIGH — Saint Augus
tine’s College was officially ac-
ccpted into full membership of
the American Association of Col-
Tbinqs You SSouId Kaoy
CRAFT
Interiiatlonal Florists At Hampton
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A QUADROON, SHE
HELPED HER HUSBAND,WILLIAM,
ESCAPE FROM SUVERY IN
MACON, OA. BYPOSINO ASAMAw/
( HIS MASTER) SO MUCH
TROUBLE FOLLOWED,THEY HAD
TO RUN AWAY TO ENGLAND/
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I HAMPTON, Va. — The Internq
j tional Florists AS.soclatlnn. Inc.;
! will meet at Hampton Institute,
IJuly H-16. This will be the 7tb
! innital convention. Official busi-
I neas will l»gin July 13, with rcg-
; Istration beginning as early as
Situ#day.
W, O. Perry, Miami, president
of I. F. A. Inc., was assured of
welcome at the institute by Jame.s
W. Bjvant, business manager
when the planning committee
met at the school in January.
More than 25 Virginia florist* ‘
gathered at the school in Jan-'
uary for their state meeting af-'
ter which a kick-off dinner of
Fourteen State NAACP Leaders To Head Campaign
Of Organization Seeking Half Million Members
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leges for Teacher Education at
the recent meeting of the Asso
ciation, held at Chicago. Dr. P. R.
Robinson, who attended the meet
ing, states that “The American
Association of Colleges for Teach
er Education is a national volun
tary association of 412 colleges
and universities organized to im-
I prove the quality of teacher edu-
I cation. All types of four-year in-
! stitutions for higher learning are
j represented in the present mem-
I bcrship. These include private
and church-related liberal arts
colleges, state teachers colleges,
state colleges, slate universities,
private and church-related uni
versities and municipal upiversi-
ti'esi IV.-,. ^ ■ '>''■
“Through affiliation with the
Association, an institution joins
with other colleges and univer
sities in planning and carrying
out a program to improve teach
er education on both the local
and national levels. By means of
the services and resources of the
AACTE, direct assistance can be
given in the solution of problems
facing all teacher education pro
grams.”
NEW YORK — Fourteen out
standing state leaders of the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People
were this week named to state
and regional chairmanships of the
Association’s campaign for 500,
000 members in 1959. Previously,
Mrs. Daisy E. Lampkin of Pitts
burgh had been named national
chairman of the drive.
They will spearhead the mem
bership drive in the Association’s
50th year in anticipation of en
rolling the largest number of
members in the history of the
NAACP. The drive has been spur
red by the reccnt appearance of
NAACP Executive Secretary Roy
Wilkins on Chet Huntley’s NBC-
TV program, Gloster B. Current,
director of branches, reports.
Persons responsible for reach
ing NAACP membership quotas in
their respective states include Al
len T. Fletchcr, Bonner Springs
Kansas; Miss Evelyn T. Roberts
St. liOuis, Mo.; Mrs. L. t-. Graham,
Burlington, N. C.; K. U. Mitchell,
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Also Julius Williams, Maywood,
Til • Mrc r.r.icp Daniels. Phoenix.
Ariz.; W. D. Mason, Farrell, Pa.;
Rev. 0. C. Burroughs, Chickasha,
Okla.; Eugene Williams, Char
lottesville, Va.; Mrs. Florence V.
Lucas, Jamaica, N. Y.; Frank H.
Barnes, Fresno, Calif.; southern
area president, and Joseph Ken
nedy, San Francisco, northern area
president.
Durham Business College Students
Take Part In History Week Event
In Philadelphia, a 50,000 mem
ber campaign has been launched
under co-chairmanship of Mrs. Re
gina Black and G. Washington
Rhodes. Similar campaigns arc
now underway in Washington, D.
C., Wilmington, Del., Norfolk, Va.
and Atlanta, Ga.
The spring phase of the nation
wide membership effort will cul
minate on June 30.
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Thanks
Your Heart Fund Saves
Hearts and Lives
Students of the English Depart
ment of Durham Business College
presented “A Saga of the Ameri-
gram in recognition of Negro His-
can Negro” as an assembly pro-
tory Week.
The group, under the direction
of Mrs. S. O. Barden, Head of the
English Department, presented
life sketches and portrayals of
great Negroes.
Maurice Word, Norfolk, Va. set
the stage for the informative
event indicating the part that the
American Negro has played and
Is Btill playing in American his
tory. Ada George, Havelock, de
fined the Why of Negro History
as that of disseminating among
the peoples of the world, the ac
complishments and contributions
made to our rich heritage.
Annie Camp, Blacksburg, S. C.,
traced the history making exploits
of Fredrick Douglas from his birth,
his association with John Brown
to his final appointments in the
District of Columbia.
Cora Davis, Dunn, delivered a
most detailed and descriptive nar
ration on the association of the
Negro with the courts and the
constitution.
Nathan White, Durham, discuss
ed the Negro's role in American
politics and the resulting effects
of his present political position.
Floree Beeton, Asheville and
Cynthia Alexander, Virginia, re
viewed the life and works of
George Washington Carver. Ann
ette Helton, Mt. Airy and Blanche
Gooch, Durham, celebrated to
bring the deeds of Booker T.
Washington flashings across the
mental horizon.
A brief historical sketch of the
trials and tribulations in the
founding of the great North Caro
lina Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany was given by Robert M»ul-
din. Canton, Janice Bryant, Ruth-
erfordton and Majorie Taylor, Kit-
trell combined to show the in
domitable spirit of the great Ten-
TTl5~stsr AKBea Giogon.
‘he internDtio'inl mi''-wlr**i*r rni-
ferenee was held in Newp«rt
News. This gathering created a
higli spirit of f«llowship which
inspired the officials who wer« in
Virginia for the planning eon-
fcr«nce. The Virginians are led
by Mrs. Harriett Watkins, presi
dent.
Those who attended the plan
ning conference January 26 were:
Mr*. Polly Lee, Williamsburg,
Va., state treasurer; Mrs. Mabel
Williams, Richmond, Va., slate
board of governors; Mrs. Harriet
Watkins, Gloucester, Va. state
preiiden^; W. 0. Perry, Miami,
Fla., international president; Mr.
Bryant; Mrs. Y. M. Washington,
LEGAL NOTICES
NORTH CAROLINA
DURHAM COUNTY
DURHAM COUNTY SUPEUIOB
COURT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the matter of GLADYS II. Me
NEIL, Administratri.x of the Estate
of P. H. McNEILL, Deceased.
The undersigned, having quali
fied as Administratrix of the Es
tate of P. S. McNeill, late of Dur
ham County, North Carolina, this
is to notify all persons having
claim against said Estate to pres
ent them to the undersigned on or
before the 2Qth day of January,
1060, or this notice will be plead
ed in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to said Estate
will please make immediate pay
ment to the undersigned.
This 20th day of January, lOSO.
Gladys H. McNeill, Administratrix
of the Estate of P. H. McNeill, De
ceased.
McKissick & Berry, Attorneys
200 1/2 West Main Street.
Durham, North Carolina
Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28; March 7, 14.
CLASSIFIED ADS
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1 or 2 Shirts ea. 20c
3 or more ea. 10c
Deluxe packed shirts ea. 20c
(Cellophane)
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Low Mileage — One Owner —
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5:30 P. M.
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COAL
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trading as
McGhee Coal Co.
CALX. 3-lt41
FOR SALE
$1,000 DOWN
3 Bedroom, Brick Home
For Colored
Balance Like Paying Rent
109 Wellons Viii^ye, Purhaai
Tel. M934
NORTH CAROLINA
DURHAM COUNTY
NOTICE OF SALE
No. 7503
Under and by virtue ot the Su
perior Court of Durham County
made in the Special Proceeding
entitled L. C. Berry, Jr., Adminis
trator ot the Estate of Louvenia
Jones, Deceased vs. Josephine Har
ris, Single; Waddell Hoskins,
Single; Corine Hoskins, Single- Ed
ward Hoskns and wife, Susie Hos
kins; Major Jones and wife, Sarah
Jones; Nero Jones, Jr., and wife,
Ophelia Jones; Jasper Jones,
Single; Maude J. Workman and
husband, Boykins Harris; Ruth J.
Lawson, Unmarried; and Febelle
White, Single, Incompetent, de
fendants, No. 7903, the undersign-
ed Cemmissiners will on Wednes-
day, the 4th day of March, 1959^
12:00 o’cock Noon, at the Court
House Door' in Durham County
North Carolina, offer for sale to
the highest bidder for cash, that
certain tract of land lying and be
ing (p Durham Township, Durham
County, North Carolina, and more
particularly described as follows;
BEGINNING at a stake on the
East side of Moreland Avenue and
running thence with the property
line on the East side of Moreland
Avenue, North i degrees, East 75
feet to a stake, thence South 85 de
grees East 109 feet to a ^take^
thencf, South 5 degrees West IS
feet to b staVe; ^theAtf^ l^or^ de^,
grees West 100 feet toi the place or
point of beginning. And being Lots
Nos. 08, 00, and I'OO as shown
as jibown on the Plat of Lyon Park
rectu-ded in Plat Book 2, Page SO,
Durham County Registry, and be
ing the same property conveyed to
General Realty Company by Kes
wick Corporation, Substituted Trus
tee by deed dated October 30, 1037,
and recorded in Book 125, at Page
10, Registry of Durham County. On
this property is located one-two
story frame dwelling bearing City
Enumeration of io27 Moreland
Avenue.
That this sale is made subject to
1059 City and County ad valerom
taxes, and the highest bidder shall
be required to deposit ten (10%)
per cent of his bid.
This 20th day of January, 1050.
F. B. McKissick
Forrest A. Pollard
Commissioners
Feb. 7, 14, 21; 28
^dministralrix of the , estate ,of
Mae Bass Spaulding, deceased.'
Feb. 14, 21, 28. March .7, 14, 21,
1059.
NOTICE OF SERVICE OF
PROCESS BY PUBLICATION
NORTH CAROLINA
DURHAM COUNTY
Durham County Civil Court No.
27C8, MARTHA T. P.\TE, Plaintiff
vs. JOHN R. PATE, Defendant.
TO JOHN R. PATE;
Take notice that a pleading
seeking relief against you has
been filed in the above-entitled
action.
The nature of the relief sought
is an absolute divorce from the
bonds of matrimony on the
grounds of two years separation.
You are required to make de
fense to such pleading on or be
fore the 12th day of March, 1959,
and upon your failure to do so,
the party seeking service upon
you will apply to the Court for
the relief sought.
This 11th day of February, 1059.
MARGARET B. BEST
Clerk Durham County
Civil Court.
McKissick and Berry
Attorneys at law.
Feb. 14-21-28. March 7.
NORTH CAROLINA
DURHAM CdUNTY
NOTICE OF
ADMINISTRATION
HAVING QUALIFIEb as Execu
tor of the Estate of Joseph (Joe)
Allen, deceased, late of Durham
County, North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against said Estate to exhibit them
to the undersigned, at 203 1-2 East
Chapel Hill Street, Durham, North
Carolina, on r before the 7th day
of February, 1960, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their re
recovery._
All persons indebted to said Es
tate will please make immediate
payment.
This 2nd day of February, 1959.
JAMES T. HAWKINS
Bxecvtor
WILLIAM A. MARSH, JR.
Attorney
Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28 March 7, 14.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Having quaified as the Admin
istratrix of the estate of Mrs. Mae
Durhsni County, North Carolina,
this is to notify all persons hav
ing claimis against said estate to
exhibit them to the undersigned
at 114 W. Parrish Street, Durham,
North Carolina, on or before Feb-
,ruary 14, 1960, or this notice will
be plead in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said ea-
wiU- pU—e -•r.ahe
paywient.
This 10th day of February, 1959.
Mechanics and Farmers Bank,
NORTH CAROLINA
DURHAM COUNTY
NOTICE TO CREDITOR$
Having quisliXied as executrix of
the estate of Mrs. NUry Clark Hop
son, deceased, late of OuHwm
County, North Carolina, thig is. ^te
notify all [Arsons having claims
against said estate to exhibit them
to the undersigned at 109 East
miteide Avenue, Durham, North
Carolina on or before the 23rd
day of January, 1960, or this no
tice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery.
All persons indebted to s.>»Jd es‘
tale are requested to make imme
diate payment.
This the 23rd day of janji^y,
1059.
ANNIE JANE HOPSON
Executrix of the estate of
Mrs. Mary Cl.irk Hopson,
deceased.
Feb. 21-28. Mar. 7-14-21-28.
NORTH CAROLINA
DURHAM COUNTY
HAVING QUALIFIED as ex
ecutrix of the estate of Callie
Overby Jeffries, deceased, late of
Durham County, North Carolina,
this is to notify all persons hav
ing claims against said esta|e to
exhibit them jto the undersigned
at '622 Colfax Street, Durham,
North Carolina, on or before
March 1, 1960, or this noticf will
be plead in bar of their recavery.
All persons indebted to said es
tate will please make immediate
payment.
This the 23rd day of February,
lose.
(MBS) RUTH MITCHELL
EXECUTIVE OF ESfATE
OF CALLIE OVERBY JEF-
«—'“ r nS5;'"i5®eEaaisD.
M. HUGH THOMPSON,
ATTORNEY.
2-28; 3-7, 14, 21, 3B; 4-4