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LOVERS DIE IN MURDER-SUICIDE • • • •• burhamites Slow To Replace Names On Vote List dess Than lOOOHave Registered I«S!i than 1,000' persons had placed their names on the registra tion books by mid-week in three Murham prccincts which must un- l|;rgo new registration of its vot ers. This estiroate was given by of- icials of the tlirce affected pre cincts, numbers ^0, 11, and 12. :'*New registration is required in |ie precincts as the result of a "flange in boundary lines of sev- ^al Durham precincts. One addi- itbnal precinct in the city was faced with new rcgistatiun as a re- ^It of the change. ;Precincts 10 and 12 are the old Whitted and I’earson school pre- cihcty, respectively. l*recinct 11 is a flew one formed from portions of Whined and Tearson and newly annexed city territory. ,Thc s'uitliern portions of the old Whitted and Pearson school pn'ciiM'ts were looped off and add e^i to the recently annexed terri- Se« RECIStEREO, p«g« S Charlottesville Int^ration Said Acceptable NEW YOllK—The agreement reached for desegregating the public .NchuoU of Cliarlottesvills. Va., “suggests a path to peace and mutual respect whicii botli white and colored Virginians can pursue |tb benefits to Uie common- alUi,” NAA;i* l>aiecutivc Secro J(4«y WitUn# imhi htrn Mujf t letter to Or. Hhilip Wyatt, Resident of tiie Virginia State liference of NAACF branches. ' CongraluJaliiig the Virginia NAACl’ and its counsci, Oliver W. Hill, on th» manner in which {Tceuient was reached on the hool dcscMrcaatlon plan submit- d by ollicials of Charlottesville, ilkin.s recalled that^ "cYja:- sincc e Supreme Court decision of May 17, 1954, the NAACP has ad- Eatel that the proper officials in afTccted areas and lyegro citi- s agree mutually on a plan of JL-segregation suitable to the com- lunities involved and the prob- ims existing therein.” Rtinder the Charlottesville plan, I only the 12 Negro students al ready approved for admission t previously all-white schools under ,R federal district court order but also (^er Negro students will be I permitted to enroll in desegre gated schools in September. ,.i The plan was approved by Fed eral District Judge John I^ul on ,, Sm integration, pagt • WOODROW WILSON WIN- | NERS — Miss Anne Spaulding,^ i Mathematics maior, and Theo- d*re Gilliam, English major, ! both Durh«m seniors, are cur rent recipients of the Woodrow WiUon Fellowship awards for tho 1959-60 school year. Miss Spaulding plans to pursue grad- i Spaulding studied at the Univtrt* u«te work nt the University of ] Ity of Chicago under the Na- Michigan. Gilliam, who has al- ( tional Science Foundation** so received a Danforth grant, has been actcpled for admission to the Yale University graduate scltoul Enylish studies program. During the summer of 1958, Miss special meteorological training program. The Woodrow Wilson fellowships arc valued at $2,7t)0 each. Dr. John Morrow Leaving NCC For Atlanta U. Chairmanship SH/VEf Truth 1?(0LUME 3S—NUMBER 15 iiM C'linn ,iif Hie li'iiird of Trustees (if Alliiniii I iiiivf rsity, he'd in At rHilaWcua (iolUice, Alabama, and Chirk (•ollew, Atfanfa. For scv liiMia on A()iil 'i. Hr. John II. Mor | i^ral years he was on the summer ri)w, now on llir Taciilly of Norlli i faculty al Atlanta University ?gnd i.s, tlicrcforc, well known in iic Atlanta University Coiter as a teacher and as a' scholar. > Th6 news of hi.s election hAs Ix'en most favorably received ir. Cariilina ul Durham, was olcctid as prtiressor of Frcticli and thainnan of the department ul Alliinta lliiivcr.sily according to an annduiKTinc'iii made today by MORROW HMLLSIDE* TEAChI^ Ts HOSPITALIZED IN IfASHINGTON Mrs. M.T.Lakin, English teacher at Hillsida high rhool, has been taken to Washington, D.C. for hospitalization, according to un confirmed but usually reliabis re- ports. She suffered an illness recently which forced her to enter a local hospital several days ago. Mrs. Lakin has taught Journa- lisiTi and served as advisor to the Hillside Chronicle, Earn Cash FOR YOUR CHURCH „ SHOP THESE MERCHANTS Wt- : The Carolina Times SHOP THESE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN # |, The Carolina Times church bo- i.Hus contest, niadt possible through noo operation of the Times and its advertisers, enters its second week fur April with this issue. ^ Already, two bonuses have ■been won in the contest Oak Strove Free Will Baptist won the Iftrst bonus, in February, and Mt. pernon Baptist Church won last ntiontb’s bonus. r The bonus Is available to any Jhurch or church group in Durham, interested groups should save all purchase slips or cash register , tapes from firms which arc cur ,xently' advertirfng in the TIMES. The slips or register tapes must Jbe turned in to the TIMES office ,fach Saturday by six p.m. ^ To be counted, slips or- tapes :^|rHist b!ar the date of .tlie current w*iek. They nlust also come from ^crciianis who-trc advertisings m TIMKS during that week. $ The group turning in slips or caih regiater tapes totalling tLe largest sum will' win the bonus. This week, purchase slips or cash register tapes from the follow ing merchants are eligible: A and P Super Market Winn Dixie Super Market Krogar Stores Alexander Motor Co. Colonial Stores Montgomery and Aldridge Kenan Oil Co. Mechanics and Farmers Bank New Method Laundry Speight's Auto Service Hudson Well Co. Rlgsbee Tire Sales Sanitary Laundry Amey Funeral Home Cut Rate Super Market Hunt Linoleum and Tile Jackson's Grocery Mutual Saving* and Loafi Keeler's Super Market Burthey Funeral Home - Southern Pldeltty iHi. Ca~ - Durham Builders Supply Ward's Open Air Market 2 Spot Restaurant Tlio iii'.v lica'I of the Frrnch {c|»ar(incnt n'coivcd hi.s bachelor’s IcKri’c al llut^crs University where he was an honor sludenl ind was ciccled lo I’hi Bela Kap pa. Ilis I’b.D. wa.s earned at tic IJnivcTsity^'of i“enn.4ylvania. Funeral Held ForKiilsboro Accident Victim lIlLJyiillOHO — Funeral services for Edward l,alla Whilled, 27, who '.vas killed in an automobile acci- dcnt on Route lUS, wore held Wednesday af lernooii at 4 p.m. at Dickin son Chapel A. M.Kf Church. The Ilev. A. J. Holman official * etl. lUiriid wa.s in llif Mars Hill cenieU-ry. . VVhillrd flied tnrcMilc lo a ho9 pital lale Sunday evetiing aftir his aiil(iniol)ile overlunied on lit. U(i riie a'xidenl look place about » p.m. as he was returning home from Cedar Grove. Tire deceased Is survived by Ins ■vifc. tlie former Miss Aiuiie WriKlil; two liiildreu, Autouio, 4, and Tere.ssa, five months; his par ents; Mr. aud Mrs. William Whitl •d; two si.r.ters, Mrs. Martha Here ford oi N.'V.; and Mrs. Dora Fuller i)f llillsbort(', two brothers: Will iam and Henry, both of Hillsboro; iiid ei!:lil aiuils and three uncles. /VEAVER IS MEMBER JF NATIONAL UNIT 11. K. W!aver, owner of the •■Veaver's Cleaners, 1212 Fayette . Slreel, Durham, recently'be- ainc a nuMnbcr of Ihe National iisUlule of Drycleaning, Silver SpmTgrMarylaTici* ■ “ Weaver’s Cleaners is the only Sc« WEAVER pago, 8 ment, Talladega College, was des ignated as representative from the Foreign Language area. Ray Is Elected President Ot Language Body TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Dr. Charles A. Ray, professor of Eng lish, North Carolina College, Dur ham, has been elected president of the College Language Association. Tlie election occurred at the end of the 10th (,'LA se.ssion al Florida A and M University Saturday. Dr. Ray succeeds Dr. Blyden .lackson of Southern University, liatoii Rouge, I,a. Other officers named were Dr. Albert ISarriman, Southern Uni versity, Baton Rouge, l^a., vice orrsidcnl; Dr. Darwin T. Turner, Florida A and M University, secre tary; and Dr. John F. Matheus, Morris lirown College, Atlanta, Oa., treasurer. Dr. Maggie Brown Daniel of Ala bama A and M College, Montgom ery, was elected member at large from the area of English and Dr. A. E. Uessman, chairman of the Modewt- Fofeigw iiangwtge ^part-|-T«chiiical Aaaiatancc A’ogram «f Mother of 9 Is Killed By Her Husband GIII’JCNSJIOUO—William Dryant. 37 year old plasterer, was arrested In Alamance County Sunday night for the shotgun slaying of his wife, Ida, Saturday moniin!». The arrest was made after the police received an anonymotts phone tip from a man. Mrs. Bryant was sliot in the chest with a 12 guage shotgun at close range. She was the mother of nine children, rani^ing in age from 15 months to 15 years old. The time of the shooting was set at 3 a.m. No definite nnttive has been es tablished for the crime but police said a quarrel may have .started jjver $100.00 that Mrs. Bryant re celved from the Welfare Dept, on I'riday. Police said that Mrs. Bryant was, found on her knees as though she liad been pleading with her hus banif I to shoot her. li- .sboro Police Deleclivcs MiiiJI. c money found on Bryant ■t. ’ i^eHted was blood-staine*!. '■liiijylt left (ireensbpro last No after his vrtfe swore out It warrart-'#l*^'’lrfih-*i»8rgi#M} bi4n with aasault He returned Easter Monday. Over 1,000 At Ushers 1st Meet In New Home~ FRANKLINTON — The 35lh an mat mid-year session of the hi- ■crdcnominational Ushers Asso ciation closed here Sunday afler- »oon at five o’clock after what nany termed was the best and nost successful mid year meeting ,n the history of the organization. The auditorium was jammH to capacity with standing room only available long, before the main part of the program got under way. An amount of more that $3,- 200 was reported by the various unions over the state and more than a thousand persons were in attendance. Although the ushers had made several visits to the home in groups, Sunday's meeting was the first regular session ever held there. The meeting was presided over by President L. E. Austin and mus ic for the occasion was furnished by the Durham Ushers Union Choir. An address by Attorney F. B. McKissick of Durham at one O'’ clock and a sermon by the Rev. H. D. Eaton of Creedmoor high lighted the session. A budget, wh'ieh if carried out will make it possible to renovate Set USHERS, pag* S Dr. Daniels Ih Fayetteville Speaker FAYEITEVILLE—Dr. R. P. Dan iel. President of Virginia State College, will be the principal speaker at the observance of Founders’ Day at the Seabrook Au ditorium, Fayettevile State Teach ers College, Sunday, April 12. Dr. Daniel is one of the out standing educators of this coun try, and at one time was president ot Shaw University, Raleigh. lie is a member of mi^ny import ant organizations, on of which is the International Development Ad visory Board. He is also chainn^m -of the Evaluation Team of the DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, APRIL II, 195t Discovered He Wa.s Married PRICE: IS CENTS Greensboro Girl Kills Medical Student, Then Dies in Auto Crash GILLIARD Funeral Rites Set for Durham School Head Funeral servic's for Luther Samuel Oilliard. 40, principal of the Merrick ■ Moore consolidali’d j school, were scheduU'd to be held i in Durham cm Thursday afternoo'n | at 4 p. m, at Saint Joseph's A.M.K Church. Oilliard died i?t Duke hospital 011^ Monday. April «. a{l.L'f an ill iH\ss of s?V^raf inrhithsv Merrick Moore, Little liver and I’earsontown scluxds were slated lo close at_ noon on I'liunsday for the funeral. The deceased was born in Mar i(m, S. C^ son of the lale Mr. and Mrs. Joseph (lilliard. He was trained at^ the public schools of Charleston, S. C. and at Bricks Junior College, Bricks, N. C. He later earned a Ma.stcr’s decree at Columbia University. Oilliard held ■ his first teaching post in Halifax County shortly af ter his graduation from Bricks. He came lo Durham as principal of the Mill Grove school and was ap pointed principal of Merrick-Moore when that school opened in 1951. He was married to the former' - Miss Nellie Qualls of Enfield in| | 1932. She survives him. In Dur- i ham, they made their homi at 1313 South Alston Avenue. j \ Oilliard was a member of sev-i ^ eral educational organizations, in-i 'eluding the school masters club, a| trustee of St. Joseph, a member of j Omega Psi Phi and a Mason. In addition to his wife, he is! survived by one daughter. June.l a teacher in York Road High all Charlotte. i NASIIVII.I.f:. 'I>'in An appar ent lovrr'.s (|n;irrrl ti>lwirn two ' Mnharry Mciiical ♦'>ll-'i- ■ended iti a niur'li;r here Saliirilay iir;hl. Tfi'' prlii' ipul'i were Mi.'i Anna I,. Ja'k’.'Mi, "Jl, Ilf and Vernal .lo.i ph K'llnrt .. 'il. of Gal- vestou, Ti-.'-as, Miss .la' k'Kiii '.liMt lo death in lift- ap^iand. a fpw hour, lat»T. r.liil h'Trrelf thnmrh lh»> slionl'Ur, tlifii ran her ' '.'ar (iff a lOO foyl tduIF * K')l)tr(s was fijMii't in the bfd- ‘ room of Miss .I icK .on's apart I iu*>iil. He had hteii .sliiil lliroiis;li ^ the heart with a .rC! cahlirc pi.stol. ! Miss .I.R-k.sod fUi'ii (if 'iiitrrfial ; titeedin!;" several h'>iir> aft**r her I body was discuvered. ,Sh(> was I rmiiKl al (tie bdtliiiii of a KH| fool j iti •'licrthani j some til niile', fron~ her aiiartiuont. The District .^'torncy’s office of Davidson ('ounly ruled murder I suii'idc in the twin killings. I Sources close to dead cou j pie say that tbej had been sweet hearts for sometirii*', and that Miss .Jackson, Iwcame infiuiatd' when, she leacn«-(( Uial her Ixjyfriend was married. ' ‘ t" Police "aid Itoberfs wife, I!ar- hara, had ju.st returned lo New York from Nashvillo in e.xpecta- lion of their third child. Hampton Mi.ss Jacks'm was the '^^''Plder, of Mrs, Mahle Jackscn of Greens boro and Dr. F. k. Jackson of lialtiniore, Md. She is peared irti Howard l*iWWe ment. Alumni On Morli's Br ToQuititevt Institute. Durham amd aliMnm deelined to comment this week ^n' tTir TTl:. closure that the Institute's prcsi dent Dr. Alonzo G. Moron ha; jr Liberia, representing the Foreign Operations Administration of the U. S. Government. MORON . . . offers lo ((uit as president of llamptun J. J. Henderson, a member of the Hampton trustee board, had little comment on the report. N. B. White, vice president of the na tional alumni association, refu^e'l to say anytliing about the di:>clu- sure. .? Moron reportedly told newuiuea late Saturday that he had sent a letter to the Hampton board of trustees oUering to resign. He re fused to spell out his reasons fur the actioA. However, speculation from (luar- ters elo>e-tu the president’s office bel;?ves that the resignation was prompted by what has been df- scribcd as an ever-growing con flict between the administrati>m and alumni over the school's aca demic policy. It is expected that thii bvanl ol Sm HAMPTON, past • Scholarship, 'Hamptonian of Year' Share Spotlight at Alumni Meeting Pictured her* if Mrx, Lucy Mae James ot Charlotte who will be the principal speaker for the second in a two part observance of Wo men's Day at Emanuel A.M.E. Church In Durham on next Sunday, April 19. Mrs. James will stpeak at an eveninm,service it 7:30 at the church. Last week, church officials announced the first part of the observance program, whiak includ ed an address by Or. Helen G. Ed monds. North Carolina CoUcfl* pro fessor, at the 11 O.cleck ntomlng worship. See p«ge four, thi« Issue, for mor* details. The North Carolina region of tlie Haniptou Instilnte alunini as ,^«cia(it>n will hold its annual ineeling H» Bricks Saturday and Sunday, April 11 12. Announce ment cf the mcetiiig w:Ts made in Durham tiiis week by alumni oRi cials. The two-day uieeting, IDth in the scries, will open at one p in. Saturday afternoon and continue through Sunday aftcrn'jon. Frank- Hnlon Center will be the 'icVnc for! all of its sessions. Two issues expected tu, share the spotlight of attention of gatli- ering alumni are the organization’s .scholarship program atui election of “Hamptontan of the Year.” I They will be cov»-red along with other alumni matters in commit tee reports on Sunday. Mrs. Fan nie T. Newsome of Rich Sf|uare, chairman of the scholarship fund,! s e.xpocted to handle that com- mlUoe's retHUi^ T(je “Hamptonian ol the Year" award will be presented at Sun day's concluding session, whicii starts at 1:30, by N. B. Vdiifc, vice-presitlent ol the regional or ganization. Mrs. FiStellr Nixon of Durham won the award last year. S*« ALUMNI, pace I •oootoc
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