BROWN TAKES (WER FROM CARNES AS
MAS^
MASTER
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A&T Seeks New President, Business Manager;
School Gains Accreditation From Rating Body
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VOLUME 35—No. 50
DURHAM, N. C.. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 19'*9
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KKK Threatens
S. C. Minister in
Airport March
GREENVILLE. S. C. — A
person calling himself the
Grand Dragon of the KKK has
threatened Reyerend 1. S,
liall, fr., chairman of thr
Greenville chapter of CORE
(Ctmcjress of Racial Equality)
and leader of the Emancipa
tion D>.y Prayer pilgrimage to
thf Greenville airport.
Till* !i th# airport wh»r*
Jack)* Robinion, Rtv. H«i', and
ethtri were atk^H (o mnv* out
of Hi» 'white' wailing room.
Reverend HaJI says that he if
"not at all dl.stiirbed” by the
threats. I!p poes on to say that
t!)0 praver pilqriniai;*' is nercRsary
“If jtisice is ti) run down like wa
ter anil rigbteuusnes!> as an over
flowinf^'vtreHni. ' t
4 ef In s6i«
Rev. irall tattf that oTfidSls-
from all of the major Negrcj or
paniratioiis in the "state Mrill par
ticipate in the prayer protest,
called by CORK and the Green
ville Ministerial Alliance. l«aders
say tliat the pil^^riniH^'e will be
tlie first movement of its kind in
Suiilh ('arolina.
A leyal challenge to the segre
port is pcndinK in the courts. A
request for a temporary injunclion
was denied last July by Federal
Judge Oeorfie Hell Timmerman.
OfFlcialt Won't Comment
Creeiivillo Mayor J. Kenneth
Cass said lie had no comment on
the protest demimstration.
Chairman Otin II. Spann of the
Greenville Airport Commission
said, when asked for comment,
fliat any would have to come from
the full commission, which will
hold a meetinu December 15.
Police Chief I*. P. Oakes had no
connnent. lie said, however, there
were many Ic^al aspects of such a
moetinu tiiat would have to be
interpreted.
Reverend Hall said, “Whisper a
prayer for us.”
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Southeastern
Lawyers Meet
Opens Friday
RALEIGH — Approximately 75
Nesro lawyers from Virginia. North
and South Carolina and Georgia
are expected here this week-end
for the annual Fall meeting of the
Southeastern Lawyers Association.
This will be the first meetijig
for the newly elected slate of of
ficers of the An«W*ation. who
were named at * t; organization’s^
June meeting.
Attorney Li.sbon C. Berry, Jr.,
executive secretary, said from
Uurham this week that the organ!
zation will bear h representative
of the North ('arolina Industrial
Conunisiiion and the Attorney Gen
eral’s otnce during the two day
meeting.
A smoker, nt -the Lakewiew club
Friday evening, will open the
week-end meeting for the Associa
tion.
The group will get down to busi
ness on Saturday morning in the
first qf a two'-session business
meeting scheduled for BloodVvorth
M.ites.-
Three speakers will he heard by
the organi/.ation (hiring the aftcr-
Sec SOUTHEASTERN, page 6
HALL
ALEXANDER NEW SECRETARY
Move Made to Curtail Term of
3rand Master To Three Years
WILSON—The meeting of the Grand L'-'d^c of Free
and Accepted Masons of North Carolina came tu a close here
Wednesday afternoon after one of the niOfet far-reaching sJiahe-
ups in the history of the state organization.
, The session saw the incumbent Grandmaster G..D. Carnes
retired with the title'of Past Grandmaster. He will be succeeded
for the top position' by Clark Greenstroro whs Fred Alexander ol
Brown of Wincton-Salem who,
prior to his election, w»s Deputy
Grand Master,
Elected as secretary to th# post
held for the oast several yearg by
the Reverend C. W. Lawrence of
Body of Winston-Salem Murder
Suspect Found in Golf lake
Charlotte.
Tho mo»f important move
according to a s- stem«nl 9)wen
thli newspaper b/ Alex.inder,
WM the psss»|ie of a r»io>uton
which Itmiti Hie snure of office
In the potitinn of 6ratidir««>»r
to three ysirs.
In the past Qrandmas'er* of the
Organization :puld serve as ton.?
S»e MOVE MADE, Page G
TO, SING FOR VIRGINIA PU
PILS—Mahalia Jackton (pictured
her* in one of her typical con
cert moodi) and Maxine Sulli-
«an have volunteered ta give ■
free thow to help boost moral*
•r 1,700 youngsters deprived el
Prince Edward County, Va.
Funeral Held in Holly Springs
For Slain Durham Businessman
Last rites foi George Allen Le '
•jf #701 Fayeteville street wer:
heltf at the First Baptist Clturth o
/ :iolfc- Springs Sunday afternoon.
WINSTON SALEM—/rh> body bf
H 44 year Diaii sj^i:(;:)it since
last Thaujdjiving .ifi^>'co«n(’ction
s. dlsc^e#etl' btre ‘fast Thun-
PIRRY
Beloved Durham
Baptist Layman
Is Mourned
A prominent Durham Baptist
layman was mourned at funeral
services this week. He was Ernest
Robert Perry, who for the past 27
years was a key official of Mt.
Vernon Baptist Church.
Funeral rites for Perry were
held at the church on Tuesday,
December 8. He died at h4s home,
at 516 East Proctor street Satur
day, December S. Perry' was 69.
The Rev. E. T. Browne, pastor
of Mt. Vernon officiated. Byrial
was in Beechwood cemetery
Perry had bean active it» Dur
ham Baptist circles for nearly a
half ceutui*^. lie was a niemberW
St. John's Baptist Church when he
was a ^ou’th and became a deacon
if the church, serving until his
diisohition. ' '
In 19,12, he joined ^ Mt. Vernon
Baptist Church where he aluo be
came a deacon along with hold
ing several other offices at various
time.
During his church career at Mt.
day ill Winston Lake.
The cl'y r»scu* tquad..
|rtfM|in0 Nfokt fh« Mdy
‘iif
«1 foller, 40 feet front thk
bank -of the lake, :vhich It ad-
Iwent ta ' n>Uiletttel goH
cewr’te wtuire RichtrdMn was
inalructor.
He had bei!n the object of a
widespread police alarm aher the
'jody of his wife, M'rs. Helen Hair-
stoh Richardson, well known
lehoot ttachrr, -was found «m
Thanksgiving eVe.
Mrs. Richardson had been
killed ee the pr^ared to leave
tor a holiday trip to Wathington,
D.C. by bull*t Weundt.
Her death came six hours after
jhe testified against her husband
m a local court on charges of as
sault.
Detectives said they found KIch
drdson's billfold and other per
sonal belongings in a pavilion at
the side of Winston lake Tuesday.
Two notes were also -discoyered,
I'cportedly assigning the dead man’s
personal beloiigiiigs to friends
and for payment of an indebted
ness.
The rescue squad was called to
search the lake Thursday morn
ing. About a half hour after opera
tions began, Richardspn's body,
fully clothed was dragged from the
lake.
ANDCRSON
tSOO at Anderson, Cowles Tribute
The Rev. .f. W. Albright, pastor
of First Baptist, officiatod at the
aetvlces at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Buri
al servicet were held immediately
following hi the church cewetefy.
The deceased was a well-known
Durham business man .who was co-
operator of a service station.
died in Lincoln ho^t«l last Thmir
by hit teetriiiKe step-daughter.
Aecording to police authorities,
tKe wound resulted from a brief
scuffle betwevn the girl and her
atep-father over a .38 calibre pis
tol.
Lett is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Dqrbthy Lett; tliree daugh
ters. Wanda Jean Fore, Jeanette
Marie .Fore and Jacqueline Fore;
Mr&. Mpjiter Scott aud
GerUiia Lett; three sisters, Mrs.
Mab||c Saunders, Miss Idcll Lett,
and Ida Mae Lett; four brothers.
Hilton, Aredist, Harold and Oland
Lett; four nephews, one niece and
several aunts and unclcs.
Burthey was in charge of fune
ral arrangements.
Acceptance
Marks 4-Year
Try By School
GRF;ENSB0R0 — AAT college
was last week admitted to full
membership in the Southern As
ioriation of Colleges and Secon
dary Schools.
The announcement wa.q made at
the Thursday session of the an
nual meeting of the Anociatioo
bring held last reek at Louisville.
Ky.
The adniitjion of AAT marbf
he succes^ul concluihin of »
'our year effort on the part of
he college to meet.all eonditiong
*or full memtx'rship without al
tcring any phases of its bsiic -pro
lirara.
Offi.Uali tti thci coUcgs hsd
stated previosly thst the deUy in
gaining membership in t!ir Asso
ciation was due primaray to the
failure to meet standards in a few
areas of the college’s wide offer
ings.
The A&T program is adminis
ered through six basic Khools,
including the Schools d Agricul
ure, Enginecrmg, Nursinf, Edu
ation and General Studies, the
'echnicai Institute and the Grad
late School
■‘This means.” said Dr, W^»K>th
r. Gibbs, president, ' thaUau c»o-
titioiis for admission ^or ^
«huols and departments at A&T
lave been satisfactorily met.”
continued “while we are
y atMUt being ad:
•IMS
tant and Superintendent of the'
Sunday ^chool, • Pro.sident of the
Choir, president of tha Credit
Union, counselor to the Minister
.of M^c,, for tho
Sunday school, teacher of an a3uU
Sunday School Class, ami loader
See BELOVED, page 6
ATTENDED CONFERENCES —
Vite*Pre*ld«nt And Secretary J.
W. Goodie* spent the week in
New York City attending twb
Vernon he was at one lime Assigl^ impor/ant meeflngti The Twenty
firtt Annual Meeting of the In
stitute of Life Inturance at the
Waldorf-Attorla, December 8. On
Friday, DecSmber 11, he at>end-
a Leaders Pr*gr«(D^4l: tbt
Wprliy^HarM Center. Fell*w(ng
thi program, he > vltlted the
United Natlont,
NEW YORK — 1.500 NAACP
meinl>ers and frioiuls packed the
Hotel ('ommodorc (iraiul Ballroom
here this week to honor itlaiian
'Anderson and LOl)K magazine
Publisher Gardner Cowles at tlir
Association’s third aiiiiMal $100
per-couple Freedom Fund dinner.
Miss Anderson was cited in “ap
preciatioii of the sigiiifh'ant con
tribtuions she has made -to tlic
leveling of racial and national
barriers . . . and ‘'tiiroueh ber ac
complishments as aniba.s.'sador of
goodwill to the whole world.”
The world-famed contralto
responded s;>ying "ills wilh.dtep
humilily thnt we accept the
honor bestowed this . evening.
There arc, of course, in one's
heart, mtny ''hingi she would
like to say but probat>ly not th*
right words to express them as
she would like to have !hem
known.
“This great race of ours, of
which I am so deeply proud end
happy to belong, it one tnat It
on the march which will certain
ly lake it ‘o its goal," Mitt An-
derton continued.
See 1500. page 6
Shriner8 Make Gift
WASHINGTON, D. C. —' The
Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order
Noblet of th* Mystic Shrine of
North and South America and
Itl Jurisdictions, Inc., Saturday
presented a ch*ck for $10,000 to
Howard University for medical
research in tickle cell antmie,
a blood dlteas* prominent among
dark*r races.
Tbit marks the Shriners sec
ond grant in as many years for
the study o( tite disease, and the
third grant which the Shriners
have mad* to th* University for
msdlcai r«s*Srch.
ing admittMl to ,
ite happier about the progress
ind the improvements which have
been made* at the college. We are
better prepared to do^ a better
educational j»b.”' ‘
The college was first placed on
the list of approved colleges by
the Southern Association, in 1036.
In 1957, the first colleges with
predominant Negro enr()^ments
vere admitted f»H nemWsiMH J?*™ed
Hodgin Resigns;
Dr. Gibbs Slated
To Retire
GHEENSBORO — The Cs»oUna
rimes learned from • reliable
iource her* this week that the
jpecial eommittee, appointed and
"omposed of members of the A4T
rol!eg« Trustee Board win con
tinue it; search for s new presi-
ient of, the institstion to succeed
Dr. W. T. GibtM who is schedule 1
0 retire at the cloae of the {wesetf^
jchool term.
t>r. "Gibbr facs siready reached
fetmnent age aiil is expected to
itcp down from the top posjt.oT
st the eloi.e of the aehool ia Jime
nr *Mqr ynr.
The Trusfee Boiifd » »ct>e-*wl»d
to meet on Decembn 16, tmt is it
not believed that the special eom-
■iittee appoin ei to fin*J « suc.e.-
or w.ill have completed its h-i
• a time tu name the in«n who v i
>ir"»»d Hr Git>b.? by that time L
is hoped, however, that the job
may l>e acctwiplished before the
clvse of the year. tli« Times
ind the Association set up a ^ur
'ear program in which these eol-
eges would have the opportunity'
o correct the deficiencies reqnir
ed for full memttcrship.
That year A&T was listed with a
tar, indicating that the institution
vas failing' to meet one pr more of
he major standards of the .Asso
iation.
The star was removed last year,
1958, wliich indicated that cer
ain miner d^ficvenc^s needed
•orrecting.
The evaluation committee firut
.'isi'ed the college in 1956, shortly
ifter President Gibbs bad lieen
lamed acting president.
During the period, the faculty
las been strengthened with the ad-
lition of several persons with ad
.■anced degrees. The major facil
ities of the college have been im
proved, modem and up-to-datr in
The Timeo also lesmed that E.
R. Hodgins. for the past 30 years
or more the business manager of
has resigned bis position,
effective at the clo^e of the pres
ent school year Hodttns is also
be>'ond retirement age. The Com
mittee appointed by the trustees
to find a capable successor to It.
Gibbs will not have the fitlt re
sponsibility Of seiectiftg a bu;iness
manager to succeed Hndgins tnit
will leave the matte# principally
up to the new president to recom
mend a successor to Hudgins, the
Times learned.
Hodgini received his appoint
ment from Airs Trustee Board
and to a large sxttst is nut an
swerable to tlie president. This
iitiuation is believed by maiij' to
be responsible for nnich of the
misunderstanding which has ob
tained l>etween Gibbs and Hod-
itructional equipment added and gins from time to time. As a re
library resources increased. See HO(X*INS, page #
WHEELER'S SOUTH AFRICAN TRIP PARI OF 24 COUPLE U.S.-AFRH:ANEXCHANCE
PROGRAM SPONSORED BY PRIVATE.0R6ANIZATI0N 10 BETTER RELAIIONS
NEW YORK — John II. Whee
ter,’ I’resident of the Mechanics
and Farmers Baiiki Durham, North
■ ’arolina, has arrived in the Union
of South Afr'-a, it was annouiice'l
last week hy Frank S. l,eosclier. A
Fellow of the t'liited States-South
Africa Leatler K'xchaiice ProRram,
Wheeler will he in the Union for
n month, retiirnin." to the U. S.
around Dec. 20. He will roiifer
with bu.'Jiness Jp»derM of the sev
eral racial Rmups and attend tlie
Ecumenical Church Confprence in
Johannesburg as a fraternal ob-
■erver from the African M'’thodist
Epi.scopal Church. ^
Wheeler is one of seven Ameri
can.s selected to go to the Union
this year by iSe U.S. S..'\. linadcr
Rxchanse Pro.^ram of the Afric.nn
.\merican In.sliliite, Dr. Iwseher,
director of the profjram, saii^
’nTe' UnUed StiilcsSfAitK' ATMCTr
Leader JOxchanw I’ror.r.im., estah-
I'shed'in 1!)5U to further uiidcr-
■.taii''i!i? 1’tween >uth ' Africa
-ind American professional, busi
ness and civic leaders, expects to
exrhan^e twenty-four couples in
l!W9 and I960, Dr. Ldescher Said.
The program, which is supported
by .the contributions of American
:nd South African foundations,
corporatipns and individuals, is
4ponRorpd in the United States by
the African-American Institute, a
private non political organization
founded to foster closer relaUon
hpfwepi) the people of the United
S’ates and Africa.
Among the other distincuished
Am‘ricans selected to vi.sit .the
Union this ye.ir under the auspices
of the pronram are Hoddin'g Car
ver, Pulitzer Prize-winning Editor
and Publisher of the “Delta Dem-
iHT.it-Times” of Creonsville, Miss-
isitippi, and David A. McC’andless,
DiriictW? 'of fhd' SoBlherh Potice
lns;ltuic of the University of
1 vuisville, who recently returned
■} the Uilted States; Dr. Lorus J.
lilne. Professor of Zcwlogy. Uni
ersity of New Hampshire, and Dr.
I. McLeod Bryan, Professor of
'hristian Social Ethich. Wake
'’orest Colle'ge: Dr. Guy B. John-
' on, Professor of Anthropology
nd Sociology, University of North
Carolina, and Dr, Clinton L. Rossi-
er. Chairman of the Departemnt'
)f Government. Cornell Univer-
it;.’.
The following South Africans
,i3ve com^ to th* Unit«'d States in
1959: S. V Peterr.on. principal
of the Athlone Hich School for
'olorireds, Capp Town and prize-
winning pceli I’rofp;cior. E. P.
Groonewahl, l#oan of the rncuity.
Pretori.i University; Dr. F. J. de
Villier.s, Advis/'r of industrial De
velopment to the Government of
South Africa; Dr. D. Hey, Director
"at nrtrtoiir^oikiscmiion, eapt-fra*
vino.
'ommittee suosr\'ise3 the program
nd s^'ilects leading citiiens of
>oth countries for extended visits,
"he Chairman of the Management
'ommittee is Dr. H. J. van Eck.
'hairman and Managing Director
if the Industrial Development Cor
wration of South Africa, Ltd.; the
'ice Chairman are the Rev.iC. B.
3rink. Mission Secretary of Ihe
Dutch Reformed Church (N. t,.
"hurch) in Ihe Norlherii 'frans
aal ami 1>r. Mwi.s M. Husliiiis.
I’rofe's^r of Hi'.toiy. Failluiit • i.l
•pgp; Pritfe'w.iir N .1. I. (Mtviir of
StelleniHWfh I i»tik ersity is .Sec-
ire.'u-y in .SoiiUi Africa; Dr. Loesc-
lier i.s proHariu Dircctur aud Gen
eral S*'cretary.
The other Americas member^ of
the Manascmcot Comouttct; are:
Or. 6*or«* H. BanMM. tMrcctor,
Asia-Airica, Institute ef Inteiyaa-
Or. William Oi Br«wn, Director,
An luternational Mfuagemeut African Research and Stulies Pro-
grtm Boston Univ»t«lt->';
Pr. Sfm9» W. Ctfpttlrr, Seere-
* » r y. International Missionary
•.'o'iBCil;
Harold K. HochschlM. Iloooary
iriiairmaii of the Board, Ameri
can Metal ('liiuax, Inr’.:.
Or. Ratf*rd W. Laaan^ Piofcs-
»nr, Howwl I'niverallT;
Or. ErilHn S. MMWtr, African
A.wociate, Amcd'caa Univefsiiiies
Kieltl Staff,
Le«lt« PaHralh» Btatidcat. Th;
UihnMw Foimdatioa,.
Alan P(f.»r, Exeoiii\c Aatutiate
• aniegie Cw’porathm ol Nc#
Vork;
Mrs. Ellaabe* R. PMrceil, &'ho jl
and Cottcgc TntJlee;
Oef^en V. KlrhiAt rmaiM «>r,
L*y4 V. $tfr, Vk*
i^residnH. Alrica»S|iiiii*taii At
stitute aad—
retary. Aflriee^ CWeltlH. IMioft.
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