the past six years.
It appears'doubtful that the
1960 games in Greensboro will re
tain the experimental champion
ship and consolation braclcets of
1990’s 12 events. Indications are
that there will be a return to the
eight game tournament.
lt*& Official
CIAA Votes to Move Tournament
To Greensi)oro's New Coliseum
“The fjrcatly improved play of CIAA basketball teams
causing unpreccdetitcd demand for scats at the games" was
the big factor in shifting; the conference’s annual basketball
tournament from Durham to Greenhboro.
1.. I), Smith, business manajjer at Virginia Union Univer
sity and chairmali of CIAA basketbalt tournament coinmittce,
gave tlic above as the J)riucipal reason for the conference ac
tion' that moved the games to
Greensboro's new city coliseum.
The tournament will be staged
next year on February 25, 2& and
27.
Widespread speculation during
this year’s tournament held that
conference offleials were consider
ing changing the site of the event.
Greensboro and Charlotte Were
the twa citics most often men
tioned 4s the likely successor to
Durham.
The CIAA tournament commit
tee, headed by Smith, recommend
ed to the confcrenee that the site
be changed to Greensboro in the
CIAA annual meeting in Washing
ton last week. The conference
voted unanimously to accept the
tournament committee’s recom
mendation.
In explaining the reason behind
the recomniendatiort. Smith said
that for the past two years on fi
nals night of the 1«urnament,
numbers of fans had been turned
away because North Carolina Col-
lefio’s 5,000-seat capacity gymna
sium had been filled.
One observer estimated that 1,-
500 fans were unable to get tick
eta for the 1059 games last month.
However, most followers of tjic
lournanieut believe that estimate
to be loo liberal.
The new coliseum la Greens,
boro, now nearing completion and
expected to be ready for Fall use.
is said to accommodate 0,000 J>er-
sons.
In Durham this week, Floyd
Brown, North Carolina CoUege
head basketball coach and a mem
ber of the tournament committee,
revealed that contract negotiations
with the CIAA and Greensboro
eoliseum otRi'lata i>*pect«d to
be ready by completed within 30
days. He said that the contract
would similar to the one between
North Carolina College ^ and the
CIAA for use of the coHcgc gym
nasium.
The conference paid NCC ten
per cent of the gross receipts after
taxes for use of th^ gymnasium.
The tournament’s participating
teams will be housed at North Car
olina A and T College where they
will also get theft meals.
The Aggies, host team, are dou
ble winners, taking both visitation
and tournament championships
this year. The Aggies also finished
‘thh-d in NCAA College division
tournament play.
The move to Greensboro marks
' the fourth change in site for the
15 year old event. It opend in
Washington shifted to Baltimore
-for one year, then moved to Dur-
in'HMwKiSen’y
VOLUME 35—NUMBER 13 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, MARCH 28,
Durham Sciiool Integration
Suit To Re-open
rr
IN PARSONAGE DCDICATION
—Piet«rMl h«r* atanding on
«t«p» of n*w horn* for St. Mark
A.M.E. Zion Chwrch'» pastor aro
principals who took part in dtd-
iication of tht- partonago last
M$rrick-Moore
Principal On
Critical" List
s. (lilliard. iiriiicii>al
was rc-
lurnt'd to Duke Hospital I'ri-
fJay inid hospital authorities
there said at,, mid-week his
comlitiou was "critical.’’
(iilliiird had been hos))ital-
ixv(\ pri(»r to la.st h'riday for
several days witliin the past
few weeks.
l‘>nest I’. Uobinsou has been
acting principal of Merrick-
Moore during (jilliurd'.s ab-
ham where it has been'held for sencc.
Earn Cash
FOR YOUR CHURCH
SHOP THESE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN
The Carolina Times
Saturday is Uie last day on which
churches or church groups can
take advantage of the Carolina
Times church bonus for March.
All purchase slips whieli will be
counted in the March bonus must
be in by six p.m.
The winner of the $,'M) March
bonus will be annoimced in next
week’s issue.
The bonus Is availalde to any
ehiirel) or chufch group in Durham
Interested grcnips should save all
purchase slips or cash register
tapes from firms which are cur
rently advertising in the TlMflS.
The slips or register tapes must
be turned in to the TIMES officc
eaili Saturday by six p.m.
To be counted, slips or tapes
MiuBt bear the date of the current
w!l>k. They must also come from
merchants who are advertising in
the -TIMES during JiuUU week.
The group turning in slips or
cash register tapes tofhlling the
largest sum will win the bonus.
This week, purchase slips or
cash register tapes from the follow
ing mercliunts are eligible:
Winn Dixit Suptr Market
Altxandor Motor Co.
Montgomtry and Aldridg*
Konan Oil Co.
A and P SuiMr Market
IMochanlct and Parmtrt Bank
Now Mothod Laundry
Spoight'a Auto Scrvlco
Hudson Woll Co. /
Krogor Store*
RIgtbeo Tiro Sales
Sanitary Laundry
Amey Funeral Home
Cut Rate Super Market
Hunt Linoleum and Tile ^
Jackson's Grocery '
Mutual Savings and Loan
Keeler's Super Market
Burthoy Funeral Home
Southern Fidelity Ins. Co
Durham Builders Supply
Ro*co*Griffin Shoe Store
•ilnteArfiW|jl^Br» _
People's ^tore
Providence Loan Co.
Ward's Open Air Market
Sunday. On bottom row are, left
t« right, 10-year-old Joan Speaks,
daughter of the church pastor,
the Rt. Rev. R. L. Jones, presid
ing ^hop of the fourth AME
Zhifi district; and Mrs. Jones
foe St. Mark Pastor
and daughter.
On top row are, left to right,
Durham district presiding elder,
the Rev. J. A. Brown Mrs. Janie
Speaks, and the Rev. R. L'i
Speaks, pastor of St. Mark.
rr
Bishop Jones Leads Rites In
Dedication of $30,000 Parsonage
A large crowd of St. Mark
A.M.E. Zion worshippers and on
lookers witnessed dedication scrv
ioos in Durham Iri^t Sunday ini
the new $30,000 St. Mark parson
age.
Bishop U. L. Jones, presfuing
prelate, load^thc dedication cere
monies.
The audience formed a triangle
around the edifice and Bishop
Jones and the Rev. R. L. Speaks,
St. Mark pastor, flanked by|
church officers, stood on the steps
of the front door.
A brilliant! warm spring sun
added to the outdoor ceremony.
The ceremonies were opened
with the singing of the Lord’s
Prayer by the audience. Clarence
Hudson, chairman of the trustee
board, gave words of welcome.
Then builder W. K. Parker turned
the keys over to Hudson.
Fred Brunson presented the
building and Bishop Jones intoned
the ritual of consecration and gave
a prayer of dedication.
Tlie parsonage is located on
South Hoxl)oro Street across from
the Spaulding Elementary School.
It has a modern, ranch style de
sign. ,
The final phase of Durham’s
school integration suit is schedul
ed to open in U. S. Middle District
Court here Tuesday morning at
9:30.
Judge Edwin Stanley is hearini
the case.
The suit seeks to obtain a fed
eral court order for admission of
two Negro high school students to
a previously all-white school.
Court action started in the case
last summer when pre-trial hear
ings got underway.
At the pre-trial hearings, attoi
neys for the plaintiffs rai.sed
numijcr of questions on which tiiey
rc((uested answers by tiie defense.
A subsequent hearing was lield
for the defen.se to return the
answers. At the second hearing,
the defense objected to .some of
tlie questions, and an additional
hearing was set up for tlie court
to determine whicit questions
should be answered.
Tills'hearing was held in Decem
ber. Since that time, tlie (lefehse
lias prepared answers, and, ac
cording to press reports, this
week 4,'bmpleted its filing of them
with the court.
Three, of the main issues in (he
case revolve wound the following
points;
1. Is . the Pupil Assignment
Law, as it has been applied to the
pliUnJ.iffs, unconstitutional?
2. W«s race'a factor in ref us-
, ^Sm SUIT, Page 8)
1»59 PRICE: 15 CENTS
JOHNSON
It seles convention
SPAULDING
fourth president
KENNEDY
boerd chairman
6()th For N. C. Mutual
Durham ^nk Is
Nation's 3,i(9th
According to the American
Banker, dally newspaper of the
banking industry, the Mechanics
and Farmers Bank of Durham and
Raleigh is ranked as the 3,449th
largest bank in the United States.
The ranking is upon Its report of
condition as of December 31, 19S8
The paper’s annual roll call of
approximately 15,000 banks re
veals that Mechanics and Farmers
Bank made the spectacular gain of
98 places In rank during 1958.
Total resources of the bank
were $7,704,002.10 at the end of
the year. •
J. II. Wheeler, President, stated
here this week, that 1058 marked
the 50th year of continuous opera
tion of the bank which. In addi
tion to its main office in Durham,
has braiicl,ies located at 13 East
Hargett Stn>et In llalelgh and G15
Fayetteville Street In Durham.
Lawyers Hear
Proposals For
tori^oup
Orangeburg, S. C.—The Spring
meeting of the Southeastern Law
yer’s Association, an association
composed of the lawyers of Geor
gia, South Carolina, North Caro
lina and Virginia, was held at
the South Carolina State College
School of Law, Orangeburg. South
Carolina on March 20 and 21,
1959.
At the opening business sess
ion the group heard representa
tives of two Insurance companies
present proposed programs for
issuing insurance protection for
the memliers. At this session At
torney Earnest A. Finney, Jr. of
Conway, South Carolina was se
lected as Recording Secretary.
During the afternoon session
the group heard Elliot F. Elam
of the State Life Insurance Com
pany, Orangeburg, S. C., discuss
the part played by insurance in
the planning of small estates and
David Johnson, Merrill Lynch;
Pierce, Fenner & Smith of Co
lumbia, S. C., dlssussed the role
of slocks and bonds In the estate
planning of the middle income
(See LAWYERS, Page 8)
Ambassador, Attorney General In
Firm's Anniversary Observance ^
Daily Press Says
Polity Action
Caused Slmnp
Political action by Nesrrf>e*
in Durham was blamed by a
Durham Morning Herald arti
cle as being partially re»p*>t *-
ihle for the slump in bu>ine.-.»
in duwntf^wn stf>res since l'Mr>.
In the Mcpod in a terie* ot art
icles seekiax to determine the
caiue ot the steady decline in
trade in Dnrham’f downtown busi
ness scefiM, special Herald writer
FUissell Clay iafcrred in Monday's
Mticle that tlw complexion of
Durham politics twtween llMti and
1968 liad m adverse effect on
trade by local merchants.
Ho said cantral mf Durtiam poli
tics during that pariod by J. Les
lie AMtins' Netia-la^r coalitiofi
hod hwrt bweiness of downtown
mordiants.
Atkina served as chairman of
the county Demecralic party be
tween 1046 and 1968.
ReliaWe estimates sary ttiat op-
proximatoty 25 percent af Dvr-
hMn's oHgiMe Negro voters ha\»e
boon aaercieing tt»e privilepe of
the ballot sinca World Wor II.
Acconline to Clay's story, “prog
ress (in bwuness) up to W(*ld
War II was adaiirable . . . but the
postwar period has t>een one of
declijw.
“W^t has been Durham's polit
ical leadership during that per-
kxl?*’ Clay’s article asked.
“Oddly e'nough, the rulmg group
had a liberal stripe," it answered.
"It was ia 1946 that the Les At
kins machine went into opera-
tioa.”
Clay then .went on to recount in
of the
At
kins, a recent l^ory of Ne*n»
partiripation ia local clectHios,
and the enwgeBce ni the coali-
Uoa as ttae palittcal power in the
city.
HeeaOiag the defeat last year
of Atkiai as democratic chair
BMn an^ W»~ai|>lacaaaeat by A1
~KeniMii’. Clay MMe:
‘The chance bids fair to work,
in Durhua’a favor, according to
a'mercbaat leader and member
of the Dawatovn' Development
Associaton.
“ ‘Our political situation over
the past decade has given us a
biackeye,* he said. 'It’s improved
now, though. New industries want
_ -to know, if the tom |s jovem^
by imparti^, representative peo
ple, and tfgr the first time in
(Saa DCCLINi. Pa«t ■)
Tlii ee special events will be Ijeid ,jn Durltani next ;WTCck‘
in (»l»scrv;iHve nf tlie (i()th anniycrsarv iN’ortli C;trjlina
Mtilual Life Insurance Company.,' *
It was aniKiniiced last week t;liat Dr. Alordecai Juhnsou.'deUil the development
faiiu’d oratur ami president of HovJard L'nivcrsily. will l»e the Negro-labor coalition under
nuiiu speaker at a vesper service lioaiwriiifi the company at St.
Josei)lt’s .VM.E. Church .Sunday afternoon at five.
'Mils week, the coniiiany revealed that its ntnuutl Cieorjje
Wayne Co.x .sales conventiou and an employee dituier and
njeditation projfram will also oli.sqrvc'tlie firm's, anniversary.
'I'lie sales conveiitiiMi will he held at Xmtli C'arolinu Col-
h^ 'on WeAieiwljlV wrtiin)'., em
ployee dinner and meditation profjrrfm wi!^ I>e held earlier
durinj; the same day at the auditurium of the home offfce on
Oraiifec .Street. -
GUESTS LIKE "WHO'S WHO"
The roster of prominent guests
invited to the sales convention
Wednesday night reads like a
“Who’s who.” Included.will be the
Honorable (ieorge A. Padmore, Ll-
berian Ambassad^'^to the
States; N. C. Attorney General
Malcolm B. Seawell; E. L. Simon,
president of the National Insur
ance Association; Thomas W.
Young, president of the Norfolk
Journal and Guide; Val J. Wash
ington, director of minority rela
tions for the Republican National
Committee; Arthur C. Daniels,
Vice-President of the Institute of
Life Insurance; Leroy Jeffries,
Vice-President of Johnson Publish
ing Company.
Main speaker for this event is
Raymond C. Johnson, Vice-Presi
dent In charge of Agency Affairs
for New York Life Insurance Com
pany.
The George Wayne Cox Sales
Convention, now in its seventh
year, was inaugurated by the home
office agency staff to honor the
late Agency director, G. W. Cox,
Mrs. B. A. J. Whitted, retired
assistant cashier and treasurer who
put in a half century of service
with the firm, will be speaker at
a meditation program on Wednes
day morrilng. All of the firm’s
(See ANNIVERSARY, Page •)
WHITTED
to lead meditatioa
AARON DAY, JR.
. . . vice president
Church's Soci^.
Action Is Topic
Of Union Meet
The social life of the Church
and Christiaas will come under
diacuasipa at the tuarterly meet
ing of the New llope Missionary
Baptist Asaociatioii Saturday and
Sunday at aear Apn.
Sessions, starting Saturday
morning with devaUoos at ten and
ending Sunday with tiie feature
sermon at 1:4S, will be held at Mt.
Zion Baptist Church of Wakr
County. The church is located
three miles South Apex. ,
Uost pastor for the meeting ii»
the Rev. T. R Cote.
This qjuarter’s topic ia “What
Should CoBstitute the Social Life
of the Church, and How As Chris
tians Should w« Couiluct Our
selves Socially.” It will be treated
I (Soa TOMC, »apa «)
Hillside Answers “Beatnik^**
Home-made Lightning,*^6urglar
Alarm Feahire Science Fair
““aV tAwVKs TwrtTWer-
This picture was taken of dele
gates to the annual meeting of
^ IhiT iieutliMbvnr'Lawyers Asso- '
elation, which was held last week
at South Carolina State College
~iiii'Ora'riSeborg. In biiiegrtfuml
the South Carolina State school
of taw,- -whIjA'was tha scano of
the organisation's saesiaas.
A dramatic answer to critics of
today’s juveniles—critics who have
often used the term “t>eatBik’* to
describe the sometimet> anti-social
and destructive behavior of mod
em youth—was.given by HOkidel
High School students last wcWc.
In a display of individual science
projects at the school’s fourth
Science Fair, students showed off,
among other things, apparatus for
making lightning, experiaants
with effects of cortisonp on might
ano a -a^nnr
At the end of the tw»d^ ex-
pooition, Mrs. Martha S. Dabaa,
member of the school's science
fapihy, Mared that teachers ami
judfles believed this exhibition to
be the best ia the four year .-^r-
ics.
The exhibit, featuring prujectii
by students ia tha Mhoot’s b*otoo>
chemistry and physics depaK-
meats, was on ittWUy hist Wait-
aeaday and Thursday at Ut»
Uamw were praatntad tu exhib'
its' JwlfjHt best ia aaah ol lh«
Ihru figf-*- "wrr-*
Oaa tCHN» mUB.