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VOLUME 36>-N9.
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1960
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Final Rites Set
For Man Struck
By Automobile
Funeral services have been
scheduled for Satur. afternoon at
Oak Grove Freewill Baptist Church
for David Mor^isey, who died at
Lincoln hospital Tuesday,
A resident of 1005 South Als
ton avenue, Morrisey died from in
juries sustained when he was
struck by an automobile near his
See MORRISEY, page 6
MORRISEY
Teen-Agers Douse Man With Oil,
Set Him Afire in Fuss Over TV
CHAHI-OTTK—Thre«| wh*> made a hnman f *r* ii
out (it a 76 year-old man hecaiise he wuuWIn't (H-rwiit thri, >
see a tclevihion i>rui;ram on his set have Iiren thargcd r
niunier.
Tlie murder charj^c was Indj'cd ajjainst the three yonth- Sm
day after their victim, William .\. Taylor, died in Sani;. i-
tan hospital of first dejjrce Imriis.
The three teen-age boys doused i
the man with kerosene, set fire'
to the fuel and left him in ‘.he
burning house late Saturday night.
Taylor was pulled from a burn
ing bed in his home around 1
m. Saturday by neighbors who saw
the flannrs. in the house,
Spare
Can You
9 Minutes. . .
FOR THE GREATEST MESSAGE
EVER WRITTEN?
SEE PACE 9
Donnell Retires, Watts Appointed
As N. C. Mutual Medical Head
' ■stocivljokler.s of :.IeirlKintc^ aiiTl f'’urmeVs bank assembled in the
msiirt office-ia liilrltatii rejJurt af tlicl)atik’s condition. '
At REPORT MADE
Kitls 4, Hurts
BtfRGAW—Four ,perion were
kHle^ ciid «ix others
a fife dejtroycd a five t^o'tn
house here Mondiky^ iilljht'. , . i,
Th6 deed were alt . (iiirtdren^
ransifig In froif 13 to. t!iVo
year*.'Thtw adtilts and Jwb otfcirr
children were hoapltaUfeed'With
burni at a resuH ol the fire...
Th#, house caught fire Vhch
flamiiig oil from a heater -^lod-i
ed, shooting the bUjdog oil
throughout the five room house.
Firemen found only smoulcter-^
ing «|tns when they arrived at the
home, In Mapel Hill, abont
mil^ nor^ of Burgaw. Bodies of
the four children who died (n the
flames were diicovered after fire
men sprayed water on-the ashes^
The home was the residence of
the Richard Hardman family.
• r ■
See tLAZI, pngc 6
Resources
Officers Praised
The retirement of Dr. Clyde fcon^^ni
lell as medicsl direetor of NorlR
imiaw
{!oni|siiny and thS' apjfolAtment ^ tffi
Dr. Charles D. Watts as his suc
cessor was announced this week.
The announcement came from
the firm’s ikresident Asa T. Spaul
ding, who explained that Dr. Don
nell's retirement became eff«!?tive
on Jan. 1.
The jurofninent Durham physi-
,ctan-hajd held the post as medical
director for the company for the
past 40 years. He wis elected to
the position in 1920.
The Ihr^e youths were first
charged wi.;i maimin" with tirit.
bia the warrant was later cfianged
to.muirder.when Tayloi' di»nl Sun
day'arouhd 4^:45 in the hospital.
.The thfee are Gus J*ark»‘r. Jr.,.
18, of 711 Canion street. Theodore
Gill. 17, of 1011' N. John.son street,
and Clarence McCollough, Jr., 16,
of 901 Putnam Court. ■
•The victim.tol4 police the youths,
pourefl kerosene over him and set
it afire durinj" an argument over
what TV programs to witch on a
set in his home. i
One of the youths told police |
that the man was dqused and seti
afire by only one of them. i
They admitted leaving the house |
white the ' kerdsene wa« burning,
on the floor around the stove. '
■The three went to a n»arby club
and stayed until it cioaed about
IS minutes later.
When police talked to the vic
tim. outside his home, he was able ^
to give only the first names and a
general description of his assail
ant?.
, A?nbula«ice attendants said h'!s.
body was saturated wi h keroaenei
vIHien they picked him up. *
Boy Kills Mom
> Who Disliked [i!
Negro Lover
MELROSE, Mass.—An 13 y^.mr
eld w(i)te yowtli was chnr’i^
this wMk by police for murc-::r-
ing his mother when she rsfv -- i
him permissiefi to marry
Negro sweetheart.
He is Richard T. Saaver, vl•^3
was picked up in Besten Mon
day by police searching for i
teen-afl* gang «f handb->7
snatchers.
D u r i n g questioning on ths
gang thefts, be blurted out a
story of slaying his irother iis
their Melrose heme, seven mile*
from Becton.
Police investigated and di^
covered the bocfy of the tioy's
mother, 42 year-old Mrs. Eleanor
Lee Seaver, in a closet ol an
unusued bed room.
She had been stabbed 30 iimss
with scissors and • broadkiufe,
struck on the head with a liam-
mer, and strangled with an
electric iran cord.
The nane ef the youth's Ne
gro sweetheart was not avail
able.
Harvard universities, recelv
ah A.B. le^ree Hoteacd
edi«al Schpe
tffe Harvard
1915. , .
Dr. Donnell became medical
director of North Carolina Mutual
Life Insurance Coinpany on Jan.
12, 1920. In January, 1»9, he'was
given the added powtion of senior
vice, president by the company.
The retiring North Carolina
Mutual officer is prominent; .in
state and- reghmat medical
business circles. For,t32 years, he
was i-'secretary and tro^itfer ^ of
the Old North Stfte Medical S«>-
. / SVolcfch'^(]ors of M^hanics and
PWnwfs Batik held their annual
In th4^ bank’s main office
itjirte at ill? Parrish Sireet
ort Monday night, Januarv 4, at
wven thirty o'ciock.
In rieport tu stockholdeis Presi
dent 4, H. Wheeler cited projress
jtaade by the bank during 1959.
,Tb]ta(’resonrces at the‘end of the
year .w?re $7,996,000 and deposits
(hie individuals and corporations
were $560,001) more than at' the
emd of 1958,
£airnings for the year were ^Iso
reported, to have been sa'isfaCt'ory
and sufficient for payment of a
four per cent dividend to slock-
1
It was diso reported that during Brunswick. New jorsejr aiid that
1969 the bank's common capital I his thesis was one of 27 selected
had been Increased from $315,000' from a graduating blass of 353
10 $350,000 in lieepins with am for placement in the ^ti;ets Uni
amendment to the bank’s iharter vexsity Library and the Library of
approved by stockholders in No- the Harvard School of. Business
vember, 1957. This amendment Administration,
provided for periodic sales of ad- . , . ,
ditional stock and the declaration! ^ glowing tribute ^Was r«d J.
of a stock dividend, which when j C-Scarborough Sr who has served
He was also made a member of j ciety. He was founder of , the Dur
the board of directors at the same ham Academy of Medicine and
completed would increase 11» e
bank’s common capital from ,$225,-
000 to $350,000.
In referrin!; to recent efforts to
strengthen the personnel of the
bank, Prcsittent Wheeler called
particular attention to the fact
that L O. Fiindcrburg, Cashier,
holders after adding to surplus! had completed his studies at the
and various reserves including thic'Stonier Graduate School of Kank-
^serves for bad debts. ^ ihg, Rutger» University. New
EWTORIAL V
lip'ServiGe leadership is Not Acceptable
This people dr«weth niyh unto Qie'with
their moiith ahd honouheth ine yrith their
lips) l|nit their heart ia far from me. Matt.
1S:8
Soutliern-boni atid stiuthcfn-educatecl Alllicii
Ciib.son put .on :i bijj race pri.de sliiixV of lip ser-
vire at Norfolk, Va:, tlic uthcr' day wlien slie
pretended to be* iiiL'enscd at the. .scgrefjatied
.seating i{ .spectators at, an cxliibitiou teiviiis
match in which .she wai playing'. Althea is
tnivtling with the llurleni Cilobetrotteri bas-
ki'tljiill team a.s an added attraction. In refer
ring to the jini crtiwc seating afrangeinent.s,
the fanious tennis star i.s reported .to liavc
had tlU‘following to say : , '
“1 don't like it. 1 didn’t knttw thi» aort
of thing atill exteted.”
*^11 is a sport •«> «a iatemational
thIUK iu"} y*t, ]rou have *ome people
sitting here somf, peo^a' sUtinjg there."
“Theirs only mi^ different ^between us
—our color. the s«tt>*, our
moalhs are the Juat wbat the hcU is
the matter?
“Do these people-(whites) think there
is such a big difference that they have to
sit by themselves?
"1 don't want to Skirt the law,'but there
must be something wrong with the law.
just think, adults acting like that.
“I have been accepted as an individual.
I don’t want to be a pioneer in this sort
of thing. And I don’t want to do amything
that would bring discredit on the group
I'm with or Abe Saperstein (Globetrotters
promoter) but personally, I think 1 have
a right to say the things 1 feel.”
'i'iiis i.s ail eiitirley different attitude fnim
that assumed liV Miss (iibson when .she failed
■to give her moral support to the .son of Dr.
Ralph iUuK'he when he was refused member
ship at h'f^rest Hills in .\ew‘York. The P'orest
Hill cnurts are (uvned hv the Westside Tennis
(. lui) that barred young I’.miclie from member-
sln’p. .\lthea played f>n the occasion and in re
ferring tel the Jiunclic incident
Continued on page J
as a member of the Board of Di
rectors for oVer^Sl years and is
ihe last living member of the
original Board elected when the
bank was founded in 1908.
Wheeler stated that .since his
eonnectioa with the bank, Scar
borough had served without com
pensation and had been remark
ably consistent in his attendance
at meetings ot the Board and Exe
cutive Committee.
Also cited for his faithful sup
port and service to the bank was
Dr. ■ Clyde Donnell, Chairman of
the Board of Directors, Dr. Dori-
noil was presented a tolcen of
esteem on behalf of the Bank's
officers and employees on the oc
casion ot his retirement as Vice
President of North Carolina Mu
tual Life Insurance Company.
In his remarks. Dr. Donnell
praised the Bank's personnel for
faithful and efficient service to
the public and urged the officers
and stockholders to use their in
fluence in building a bigger and
better institution. He opined that
with proper effort and coopera
tion,, the bank’s resources could
be increased to $10 million within
two years.
AH of the Directors were re
elected by stockholders. They are
Dr. Clyde Donnell, R. N Harris,
C. A. Haywood, W. J, Kennedy,
Jr., L. E. McCauley, E. R. Merrick,
+. D. Parhani, J. C. Scarborough,
Sr., A. T^ Spaulding, C. C. Spauld
ing, Jr., J.S. Stewart, J. E. Strick
land and J. H Wheeler!
At the first meeting of the
newly elected Board of Directors
held later during the week, the
time and held the position of sen
ior_ vice-president'and medical di
rector at his retirement. ‘
Jlis successor. Dr. Watts is a
leading young physician in local
and national medical circles.
A native of Greensboro.^ Dr.
Donnell was graduated from A&T
College in 1907 wii'a a B.S. de
gree. He eonlinued his formal^
training at Hov.nr-t. Washington i
statcil that following officers were electcd to
I See BANK, Fa; «
DR. DONNELL
PR. WATTS
former general secretary of' the
Journal of the National Medical
Association. •
He was instrumental -in the
grow.th of Lincoln hospital, wllefe
he served as president and, .chair
man of the board w trusteed to
1953, the Old North State
cal Society named him Doctor' of
the Year.”
Dr. Donnell is a member of the
National Negro Business League,
the Durham Committee on Negro
Affairs, the Durham Business and
Professional Chain, St. Joseph’s A.
M. E. Church and Alpha Phi Alpha
fraternity.
He is also chairman of the board
of directors of Mechanics and Far
mers Bank, vice-president of Mu
tual Savings and Loan Association.
He* is married to the former
Miss Martha Merrick, and they
See DOHNELL, page 6
REIDSVILLR—A cevnselof to
girl studentk at AAT College
died here on .Tuesday, December
29, followlng^a brief illnet*.
Mrs. Sarah B. King, Reldsville,
a native of Rockingham County
and teachti- in the Leaksvilla
public school* for 19 years and
mere recently a dormitory coun
selor at A&T College, was strteir-,
en while |n hfl^y leave.
Funer«l servfns wer e con*
ducted at the Reldaville lion
Baptist ChtHreh on January 1,
with Rev. C. L. Kirby, saator •(
the church, ^fisiating. '
The deceased came to AAT
College in October 1957. An'
active ehwrcii she s«rye4
as adviser to tw Baptist Student
linion on the campus derh^
Ihe ptriod ef her employment.
"MAN Ol* TrtE YSAR"—Herbert
K. Tucker, right, Boston, Mass.,
attorney and .former bead ot the
Omega ^sl Phi Fraternity, was
honored, as "Omega Man of the
Year" at tbe fraternity's annual
Orand Conelavo held in New
York City, December 27-30. He
accepts the plaque from Dr. M.
J. Whitehead, left, Washington,
D. C., chairman of -the Achieve
ment Week Observance Comrnif-
tee as Dr. I. Gregory New'on,
grand basileus, looks on from
center.
NAACP and King's Group to Join
Mrs. King, A&T Forces for 1 Million New Voters
Staff Member
is Funeralized
A’TLANTA, Ga.—A coordinated voters prior to the 1960 electtona."
cooperative .southwide drive to! Dr. King told reporters that Hie
register an additional 1,100,000 j two 6rganizations had agreed to
Negro voters duriAg the“ first 10 j conduct “an intensified csnpai^
months of 1960 will be conducted j throughout the South”, desit;nivl
by the National Assottation for i to raise the present nuinber of
the Advancement of Colored Peo
ple and the Southern Chiistian
Leadership Conference.
Announcement of the joint ef-
f(^ was made here on Dec. 28
by NAACP Executive Secretary
registered Negro voters from 1,- '
400,000 to 3..WO.OOO. This
was selected as an attainable and
realistic goal. ‘
The campaign. Mr. Wilkins as
serted, will be non-partisan aad
Roy Wilkins and the Rev. Dr. Mar- will be conducted on a neighbi*--
tin Luther King. Jr.. SCLC presi
deiit, following an all-day confer
ence ot 23 rt^presentatives ol the
two organizations. In a news con
ference after the meetin.Q. Mr.
Wilkins explained that the drive
was an extension and accelen^fa
at voter registration campaien^^
ready initiated by the the,two‘or-
ganiiati(»s. ^
The meeting. Mr. /^ikins sai^,
had' been called by 'Dr.^ King ai
hitniieU *‘to make plans lor i;o^ Dr. King
ordinating eeopereti.vp activity teiganizatiM ptaaapd Mk
rahifl th^ TC|iatn^ ef Nesir«r S«e VOTIHik pi(L|
hood basis with door-tMioeit cqa-
vassing block by block. f«ihcc.
organization, he said, atteqt^s tq
tell voters for whom to ieit the
ballots. He expressed the aatli
kioB that the new eq]|
peart candidates I
Tights recorda^
The NAACP V|te s4kl
otmpaiSiR tNllK Mk;
in loc^
11 as naUnd'