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FAMLfWTMIGS
THOMAS
Police Seek
Husband Of
Sjain Woman
WTNSTnNSAl.EM—Police were
still sparchin-T for Ralph Richard-
ion, 44 year olfl i;olfor, who has
been desciitbed bv police as the
chief suspect in the fatal shooting
last week of his wife.
Captain W. R. Burke of the
Winston-Salem detective bureau
told the TIMES at midweek that a
widespread alarm has gone ,out
for Richardson.
His wife, Mrs., Helen Hairston
Richardson, . prominent school
teacher, was found d^ad of bullet
wounds .in the head and chest by
her brother who went to her home
Wedne.sday niRht after she failed
to keep an earlier engagement
with him.
Her body was found hours afler|
her hu.sband had been convictedi
of a.siiault charf;rs which she
brounht against him in a local!
court. Richar:!son paid the fine'
ami disappoar'wi.
Mrs. Jlicli;irilso)i had apparently
intpnded to leave the city for a
Thaiiks"ivin',' trip to W'ijshington,
D. C. When she was discovered |
her ba"s wore found in her home Contest which closed at ihe
already packed. > ' I UsJiers Home at Franklinton, Sun-
liOcal authorilies said the Hich-|^®y November 29.
ardsotia had Iwl dome.slic trou-' Mrs. Lee was awarded a^frnn
bles for tlio past two years. 1 airplane round trip to New York
Funeral services for Mrs. Rich ] wHh hotel expenses paid for one
ar lson w>rc held Saturday at First | '^^ek. She had the higheit number
Baptist Chur h, where the shoot- points of any pre.sident in the
ing victim had been a long-time The exact date she will
member. She sans in the church'make the trip will be determined
choir and taught a Sunday school, Mrs. Lee.
dags Approximately $2,00 0 was
A member of. the Carver high raised at the gathering Sunday
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VOLUME 35—No. 44
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1959
PRICE: 15 CENTS
Senrice Station Operator Shot
By Daughter After Family FigM
—auLLeriN—
Gaorf* A. Lett, 3t y«ar eld
Mrvir* c-ation aparalor, of
a bwllvt wound in Lkicain hov
pitaf flMjridsy afternoon at ap
proximately 5:05 p.m., hospital
authorities said.
Mrs. Lee Tops
Ushers to Win
New York Trip
Mrs. Mary Lee, president of the
Burlington Ushers Union, w«s de
clared the winner of the PresI-
Race Firemen Make Grade;
Tliey’re On Their Own--Cox
school facully, she was well known
and liked throughout the area.
She had widespread professional,
fraternal and civic affiliations.
Her husband, one of the few
j Negro professional golfers in' the
South, was described as a “aeat
dresser” by the police alert.
A former caddy, he was “pro”
at t.he Winston Lake golf course.
NrC. Mutual
In U. S. Chamber
Of cuiiiineri.d
President Asa T. Spaulding of
the North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Comnany, has been noti-
fird hv Arch N. Booth, Executive
Vic'’ President of the United States
Chamber of Commerce, that the
North Carolina Mutual has been
approved for membership in the
National Chamber, which has i's
h^adfiuarters in Washington. D. C.
Booth wrote in part as follows:
“You arc now a part of a dy
namic, vi"orous businessman’s fed-
I'ration workin'? effectively to pro-
moie a national climate ha.sed on
polities which arc in the best in
terest of alj thfi people.”
North Clarolina Mutual is not a
memb r of the Durham Chamber
of Commerce^
which saw ushers from all over
the state journey to the home for
the occasion.'
The sermon, preached by the
Rev A. S. Cfoom, pastor of the
Union Baptist (!!burch of Durham,
was adjudged to be one of the
best in the history of the organ
ization, according to a majfmty
uf the offtce:s polled. Music wM
furnished by the Durham Usheirs
Chior.
_ .is. K, ^tembcr. oi the
See MRS. , page 3
Acting Officers
Are Selected
Ttie ev^)^riniPHtal p'lnse of
^Hirham's fir*it iVe',*r»i fir** coiTt-
|)anv rnnie to an end. for all
prni'tical ixufjosft.s. thii* weej.
Five chief O'suio Cox's ;m-
tlii.s ufek- (if t’e
:i|>)>oiiitniciit of :ii tiiif^ officers,
withdrawal cf ilcpartnicnt cad
re and l>ri)i;?in‘.r of tin; cotn-
puiiy up to full strr^r.^'th ap-
Ijnrently si.fCtiriKed tlie end of
the “tryiii;; out” periwl.
Durham’s fl. .st Negro fire sta
tion was opened a year a"o ai
Fayetleville and Pekoe . streets.
The station, No. 4, was staffed
with a company of ten recruit^
who. had undergone approximately
six weeks of basic training before
the station opened.
They were headed by a cairt
of four veteran firemen who di
rected their advanced training
and supervised operation of 'the
station.
Early this wtok, '©»*
pronounced Iho ^mpfiny ready
to «|i«rato the st^ion on its own
aiW ravfaled thaf .Waile^Tliom'^
, . 8«eiF|gEM«N,JiiaW 0
GENERAL CO.NtFERENCE DEL
EGATES—The above group of
perjiont was elee ed during the
recently concluded CentralfN. C.
Conference to represent that
body at the General Conference
of the African Methodise Epis
copal Zion Church In 1 9 6 0.
Shown are bottom row, left to
right, Mrs. Eva Young, the Rev.
R. L. Speaks, the Rt. Rev. R.
L. Jones, presiding bishop of
ijlte f'our.'h Episcopal District,
and Mrs. C. L. Madkins. Second
row to right, are J. W. H0r-
I-
MRS. LEE
“Left A Bad Taste”
Some 5,000 to March on Airport
In S. C. Protesting Segregation
Shefby Hosts
Elks Session
By J. B. HARREN
SHELBY —The North Carolina
Asso’ "itijin of the Improved Bfi
nrvoliiiit Pri)'*'ctive Order of Elks
of the World (IBPOEW) held its
40th annual mid-year confer^ince
here N’''('nihi-r 28 20 as guests of
Sec ELKS, page 6
is the the Rev. J..S.
Jr., and others describe a
recent incident^ in which Jackie
{(obinson was asked to use the
■‘Colored” wailing room at the lo
cal airport. ’ ,
Hall toiether with his wife,
Oloster Current, director of
branches for NAACP, and A. J.
Whittenberg, president of the
Grewiiille Chapter, say they also
were included In the request.
As a result the Greenville Min-
LIFE, TIMES OF JOHN BROWN TO BE
PRESENTED TO TIMES READERS
13ej;i*>»i''B with next weelv’s i.ssne, the Carolina rimes
will publish a series of article by Dr. Vernon Johns, noted
minister and tlieulof^ian, on the life of John Ilrownr-famous
niartvr of tiic rai.d at lla'pers Feiry, West Virginia, on
Octi.ber 16. l.S.Sy,
l)f. Johns, wiu) has done an tniliinited aiuotim of rpscarih
and study of the life and wofks of John Hrown, is w^'l-pre-
parcd to ^ivc tlie readers of the Carolina Times {'yst-nand
knowledge of the leader of the historic event at Harpers
Kerry.
left 'a b«i taste in the isteriid Alliance tNc'Tro.) anrt the
the eiUitens 4»f Green-f tlteenyille Chapter ol CORtS (th^
Committee on Racial Ertualllyi
IH by its chairman, Hall.’sre plan
ning n “Praver Pllrrriit>a?e” on
the airport on Jan. 1, Elhancipa-
tlon Day.
riaon, George Zeigler, the Rev.
Q. L, Madkins, the Rev. J. W.
Hatch, the Rev. C. V. Flack, the
i|ev. J. W. Young, W. T. Horton
end Alexander Barnes. On the
lep row are the Rev. M.
Ward, .^uy Mazycic, Mrs. Janie
Speaks, H*e Revi J. A. Arnold,
the Ren, J. A . Brcwn end
W. H.'-fteel. Net present' was
delegete Hie Rev. Edgar Jones.
Durham Lawyers
To Be Introduced
To Hiqh Court
I T...O »^iir •Ml’ al'ornovs are
I s’’ipdiil'd to hr .iflmitfp'l to the
1 (Inite'i Stat>^s S’ipremc Coiir* Mon
I fb'-. Thov arc a>tnrnevs Charles
I". SnukI.in';. Jr., and William A.
! M:ir:;h.
Both were nniifiel recontly by
thp Siiprpihe Court cl’rk that
their applieaiiofis for admission
I we.e in order and that they could
be admitted to the court on any
day it is in session.
They will be introduced to the
court by Washington attorney
Frank Reveas at noon Monday.
Reaves is a member of the
WasWngton D. C. law firm of
Reaves, Robinson and Duncan.
Only six Negro attorneys of
the city haye been admitted to
practice before the high tribunaL
They are Attorneys C. J. Gates, M.
E. Johnson, F. B. McKi.ssick, 'C.
I). Pearson, M. Hugh Thompson
md J. H. Whoeler.
Spaulding, son of the late C. C.
SpaiiWfn^, is Tsf#lV8l'-c«HH8el fOT
North Carolina Mut'ial Lite In
surance cnmpeny. He was trained
■it Clark University, of Worcesicr,
Mass., and received his law de
’;ree from St. John’s University.
In tiis capacity as general coun
sel for N. C. Mutual, ne super
vises all lesal work for the com
pany.
He is a member of the board
Lett HmI kpen Im critical
dlHen et tiw'kee^el sJm* I
day niflit «4ien he wee
after hovins hM« sIm# itMl •
ealikr« pisM ky Me tttp-
daughter.
Informatioii.. conceriiif .f«Mrel
arrangement* wa* a
ately avaiiafete.
Sortie S,t>00 pprson* are ex-
ppct^d to p^r icipalc by leaders
of Ihe pilgrimag?.
Officials from all ot the major
Ne^ro orrani’/'.a-lions ot the stat,»>
are expected to take pxr' includ
ing the Fllk's. t/ndcrtaUers, and
the NAACP, a'-twlinr’ to these
same leadeis who s»y this will b'^
the first mo\e,!ni’nl of its kind in
South Carolina.
What is expe'-ted to h” itaiued
by the “Prayer Pilfjriinage?
According to Hall:
■‘While we feel the covrts of
our land are ajen s throu"h which
laws are passed we, as ministers
of the Gospel, also feel there is
something a little deeper that
brings men to men; that helps us
realise we are our brothers keep
ers.
"If iustlcc Is to run down lik*
water and rigbleousfiess as an
See MARCH, page 6
REriRING DURHAM MINIS
TER — The Rt. Rev. R. L. Jones
Congratulates Rev. J. Z, Siler
for having b>cn a pas'or in the
A. M. E. Z ion Church for more
tk^n SO years at the Central
North Carolina Conference,
whidi closed at Sti M«rk Church
Sunday. Rev. Siler was the min- I
ister ki;if)it. 6lfv» A. M. E. Zion
Church fer a number of years,
after, ^. sticceksful pastorates
throwgliout North Carolina, He
chos* to retire this year and
even I'hetigK active hopes o
spend the ramaining years le
isurely,: presiding occasionally.
 Allen Lett remained
m "critical” condition at ihkI-
wcek in l.incoln hospital
where he w-is taken Afotiday
night after bemg shot, hy hi»
IJ year-old sfep-danghtrr.
I.ett was 1101 at his home,
1701 Fayetteville street, b; the
;,nrl fullnw inif a family argu
ment. p'llice reports sav.
Tlie ..38 calibre pistol bullet
went clear thrnujb his b«»Jy It
was reported.
Accnr'ing to police 4^
shot by his dan:^ter. .tackle F»f#
;is .th" and h>r step father strag-
glf*d for the pistol.
The rirl was rifto'ed hm poli':*
as saying she shot Lett atler h»
ad hit her mother over the head
"ith the pistol. She toW poliee
ill" sna ch»d the pistol fmni Mt
wckpt as he started to lesvsMh^
room. Lett caught tier and
twisting her arm wben she fitei
The girl’s nifTth^r, Mn. I>oro(!hy
! ett. was tr>'ated at Lincoln hos
pital for a head l*eeraUon.
Police also said that Lett ad
mitted hitting bis wife wilb the
pistol during the argument.
His step-danghter was turned
over to relativra Miter juvenile
authorities were notified ol the
incident.
Lett, 38, is one of the pertnera
of the Lett-Thompeoa Gidf Mrviee
station, located at Petdgrew and
Roxboro streets.
Pool of Vole
Efforts May
I NEW
:|cWr C( lAprfatii
plans fpr
at’iun fai a voter
rgcristratioii camjiai gfit, rn
iwKithern states. \t%fre dis
cussed here yesterfcv by the
Rev. Ur..^,Mnrtin l^h?r Krin-:;
of Montgbinery. \1a^, president
of the SoHthetii Christian
Co„ference. and
tual, the Mechanics and Farmers.
Bank, Mutual Savings and Loan
Association, Bankers Fire Insur
ance Company. Southern Fidelity
Mutual Insurance Company: is a
trustee of White Rack Baptist
Chuich; member of the Omega
Psi Phi fraiernity, the Masoniv
Lodge; and a member of the
North Carolina Slate ^r Associa
tion, the National Bar Associa-
See ATTORNEYS, page 6
Pictured above are ministerial
and lay delegates of the West
ern North Carolina Conference
of> the A. M.-E. Churok te-4ti»
OeneniT^mierence lo’Sie'
in Los Angelas,. California, In
Mry 1960. The front row censisN
Ing of the deltfgetes end i^oad*
Ing from left rfght are Rev.
Melvin Chester Swann, pastor
j»f St. Joseph's A. M. E. Church,
1Sur?lafifi;“Ti»V.
Presiding Eldar of the Greens^
bore DIetrict; Rev. J. D. Davis,
Presiding IMer of itie Durham
District; Mn. Ruth Wedell, San
ford and L. E. Austin, Dwrhem.
-f*-=
Rev. W. A. Pegsi, Morganton;
Miss Mae Hopson, Cary; Mrs.
Lassie M6rrow, Efiend; Rev. L.
S. Penn, pastor, St. Paul A. M.
I. Church, Raleigh and Rev. G.
-fMde?j- Jtsk
eigh District,
Florida Reversal Seen First Break
In Dixie's Pupil Assignment Front
NEW YORK — An opinion of in accordan'’® with the Supreme
a United States Co\irt of Appeals' Court nilin"s in the school de
reversing a lower court ruling I segregation cases and with opin
whirh upheld the Florida Pupil | inn of the Court of Appeals while
Assignment law “appears to bei retaining jurisdiction during thr
the first clear breakthrough on, period of transition from a sev:re-
these statutes,” NAACP Executive, gated to a non-segregatcd school
Secretary Roy Wilkins sai' here'system in Dade County.
I The Florida law together vrth
The decision, handed down ''u'the traard's implementing resolu-
New Orleans, on Nov. 24, sent the'tion, the court 'held, does not
:ase back to (he federal district meet “the rettuirements of a plan
ourt with instructions to proceed of desegregation of the schools
1 or cons Uute a 'reasonable start
toward full compliance’ with the
Supreme Court’s Muy 17, 1954, |
ruling, /fhe law and resolution'
I do no m^re than furnish the le'^al
I machinery under which .compli-
j ance may' be started and affectu-
Weslcy Alfred C udup, 32 yearla*®^- Indeed, there is nothing .'41
)ld former tolevision and radio j either the Pupil Assirjnmont Law
repp'rman, became (he l!5th Ne-l®*' implementing r^lution
•?ro member of the Durham police I clearly Inconsistent with a con-
torce this week. I tinuing flplicy of compulsory ra-
Crudup’s appointment to the! cial segtegallni.”
for^;e was announeed Tuesday by Seai^^tlon Continued
Police Chief W. W. PleasanU. He' At thll time of the trial, in
bfigan duty with the force on thel 1958, court noted, “for all
Same day. ' j practical. puirtwsos, the require-
The now patrolman is married nient of racial segregation in the
and the father of a two year old public scboobs continued.”
child. I The ruling in the Shuttlesworth
In the past year, three other Ne- case ill whicfi the Alabapia placo-
gro patrolmen were appointed, ment law was held constitutional
bringing the number to^ 15.. Ap- “upon _4ls face" does not apply in
pttic^ed.-tov.e... hecn^F- . Allen^. casj.bc^auM the form-
Arthur Carrington and Conlidge er sujk “was confined to an
McC6y. 1 BR6AK, page 6
New Policeman
Joins Force
au
ATTY. MARSH
Koy \\ itkins. eKcctitive' secre
tary of the Xational A'^socia-
tion for the .\dvanceineiit of
Colorejl People.
Dr. Kfng was aeeempanie^ b^
the Rev. J. Echols L#wet]r of M>
bile, Ala., vice preeidelit the
Southern group, anA Rev Ralph
D. Abernathy of UostfConery, sse-
I retary-treasurer.
I Wilkins said the conference,
I held at the NAACP Matioaa] head-
I quarters at 20 West 40th Street,
I had been suggested by Dr. King.
It was agreed IlMl •ffe'ts ef
the two ovy^italinnt I* Incrtaee
4o i9fiUration Negro cfti-
isMs in Ihleclod jWhsn centors
of th« South woM>i ke InHnsi-
fietl in the prasUtHHal »t*cHsn
year.
Wilkins anno«nc*4. also that
NAACP units in the North,
stretching Iron Netk Englanl to
Corfirado. and thoa4 alon« tite
West Coast from Stettle to Sah
Oiego, would have voter reftiitra-
lion as a major activity in 1960.
ATTY. SPAUtDIKG
Urban League
Official to Tell
Of Job Chances
Ann TanneyliiU. director «( vo
cational services for the t^ationel
tTrban be in Dwrham
aexL^nnek for a seriw of talks
to^orham busiUMa leaden end
students oa broadening voratkmal
opportunities fbr ]riuns Netroes.
Miss Tannevhill «ill appear at
North Caroliiu Cn(le;* t^tMHay
evening for a t^k with senior
woinen on careers tor liberal arts
graduate*.
On WediMiiday at 10:S> a.m..
she will «Urecs 4 freehaMui as
sembly «t NCC !• D«tfce aiKiiti>-
rium. FollMvii^ th* asyre^ ^le
will attend a li
the Biltmora k«|ei
of the Duriaaa
gro Affairs aof^
iteaa
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