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VOLUME 36,—No. 3
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DURHAM, Ni crSATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1960
MINUil liEmi MAM
Mutual Savings Notes
PRICE: IS CENTS
(fKESBNT rorr'BOARD miM-
Ifilt—Dr. Clyd* Donntll, long-
t)mt mimlMr of th« Mutual Sav-
inyt and Loan Asioeiition board
M; dirtetor*, was protontofi a
W. M. RICH
ittvcr rraf tir ^
tary-)fr«a»ur«r J, S. Stawart dur
IiMl Mulval Sf;Vins'i annual meal-
tfl|i in Ourhain thii waok. The
9ift was proeenlod In focogni-
the Savings and Loan Aisocia-
tion at a member of its Board of
Directors.
Retired Lincoln Hospital. Director
Honored By Cross Section of Town
Lynchers Safe
Some 50 representatives of a.
section of Durham organizations
Including the medical profession,
business, and industry giithered at
the Biltmore Hotel Tuesday night
for a testimonial banquet honor
ing William M. Rich, retiring di
rector of Lincoln Hospital/
Elisha M. Herndon, executive
vice president of the Medical Care!
Association, delivered the night’s
main speech.
• Citing Rich’s 25 year adminis
tration that started in 1934 during
the heart of the depression, l^lcrn-
don praised the honoree's pcr»onal
and professional qualities that en-
See RICH, page
BILOXI, Miss—A federal grand
jury was unable to arrive a
"true bill" in the Mack Parker
lynching case, and as a result,
indicted no one for the lynch
ing last spring.
Parker was dragged from his
jail cell last spring and lynched
by a group of white men. H^s
body was found later on the
Louisiana side of the Pearl
river.
Growth
Gains In Tlirift
Home financing
In '59 Report
Assets of Mutual Savlnes and
Loan Association increased by a
record $316,69l!80, or 8.10 per c^t
in 1959, reaching the all-time high
figure^ of $4,228,335.75 at year’s
ead, J. S. Stewart, Secretary-Treas-
urer, reported this week.
This report by the company’s
executive came at the annual
meeting of the firm’s shareholders
held in Durham on Tuesday night.
Stewart said in th^ InsHtW'
tion's annual report that tfesptte
intense competition for savings
and the tightest hom* credit mar>
ket in many years. Mutual Sav
ings and Loan Association mado
"important gains on the thrjft
and home financing fronts to
mdTfamjVip cbntinufco'fud evea
stepped up the savings programi
started to offset possible finaii-
.'iai iil-efTccts of the 1958 reces
sion.
He addfd that this, continued ^
-high level of savinge, coupled
with ever-increasing r##ayments
on loans previously iMde, en
able the Association to jfneet the
dmiMiti £-op
home loans thtt occurred in
the community aa the business
climate improved.
The following are the hi|!hlights
of Mutual Savings and Loan As
sociation’s 1959 o'perations:
1. A net increase In savings
of $27S,544.00, or 9.05 fktr cent,
bringing total Mvlngs at year's
See GROWTH, page 6
FOR RETIRING HOSPITAL
HEAD — Employees of Lincoln
hospital also had a hand in the
feting of retiring hospital direc
tor W. M. Rich, He is shown
pictured hero recoiving a scroll
with the names of the hospital's
110 on>pleye«t InKribod froiti
Ms lucceanr, Prenk Scott. Look-
Ing on is Mrs. Mary Clay, chief
bookeeper at the hospital. The
television set, shown in the pic
ture, was.also presented to Rich
by the employees.
t
plctuv^e nk4n of the fate jSlshop
C. M. (Sweet Daddy) Grace de-
piety him In a characteristic
Mrs. V. G. Turner Promoted as
H. C. Mutual Reports on Year
Announcement of the promotion
of five officers highlighted the an-
n u a I policyholders meeting of
North Carolina Mutual Life Insur-i
ance company here Monday. |
North Carolina Mutual president
A. T. Spaulding, conducting his
first annual meeting as head of the
firm, noted that tfce 'compani's
assets had increased during the.
year and paid tribute to N. C. Mu
tual’s founders.
During tho meeting^ it was re
vealod that Mrs;. Viola C. Turn
er, treasurer, b««n elected
to the board of directors. She
was formally made a vke-presi-
dent of the company in a board
of directors litMting wliich fol
lowed the policyholders gatlier-
Ino. .1.
The action made company hir
tory, for It marked the first time
that 4 woipan has been electcd to
board of directors.
Other! Promotod
Promotions ware also an-
nouned for R. C. W. Perry, R.
Kelly Bryant, Jr., Mrs. Louise
T. McCrae and Mrs. Alma R.
Wade.
In another action of the board
of directors, J. W. Goodloc and
A- E. Spears were re-elected to
the board for a four year term.
Pcrfy, who held the position of {our of the persons whose^Oiin
assistant secretary, was piven the j^o^h CarollRa^ittu !
additional office of supervisor of announced this week:
home office opera'.ions. Perry, former‘/..S3i^tu~it
Bryant was promoted to the post secretary, elected A.'-sistsnt S ■ r -
of Msistant secretary and manager Supervisor of Horn.' O.-
of he ordinary department. He, {4^^
3vas formerly manager of the ord»-|
nary departmeat 1 Perry received his B. ' •
Mrs. MeCrae itas elevated to at- from West Virginia Stasc
t«l
MRS. TURNER
Four Receive
Promotions At
N. C. Mutual
Here is a brief ba'-k'zrotind
tail coat ahu wearing tang trass'
es, which he often curled, y'
In Greensboro
Reserves Cited
GREENSBORO — A complaint
lias teen filed with Third Army
headquarters in Atlanta charging
he Greensboro army reserve with
discriminating against Negro per
sonnel.
The complaint was in the form
of a letter signed by approximate
ly 10 No.Tro reservists in the
Greensboro area.
It specifically charccd that the
senior unit advisor of the Greens
boro reserves has been guilty of
practices which have resulted in
discrim inatoin against Negro re
servists,
A meeting Sunday with the
complainants and senior reserve
officers from Charlotte is expected
on the charges.
-Among those, signing the com-
Tilaint were Lieutenants Arthur
Young, Seymour Urown, Nathan
McKee and Warrant OlHcer Hosea
Butler.
Most of them belong to the
465lh Quartermaster company.
The complaint, dated Dec. 31
and made pultllc this week, was
sent to Inspector General at 3rd
Army headquarters.
Among other things, it charges
the senior linit advisor with:
Failure to use qualified Ne
groes. in the reserve programs;
subordination of Negro personnel;
reduction of command responsi
bility of Negroes; assignments on
See RESERVES, pHe 6
Leader of 'Daddy Grace's' Durham
Flock Gives Answer of "Faithful"
‘‘Saints don’t die . . . lie’s Just
asleep . . . He’s just gone out of
this noisy place ...”
This was the answer given to
the question, of what followers
of the late (^harles Manuel
'Sweet Daddy) Grace will do now
that he is dead.
The answer wa.' given by the
leader of Durham’s 160 followers
of “Daddy” Grace Wednesday
night.
He is elder C. B. Williams, who
talked to this reporter at the late
cult leader s Durham chur(;h^_^ ^
Elder Williems has fust , fin
ished conducting one "of the
regular nightly meetings at thi
church, "The Heus* - of Prayer
for alt People" l#catM at Rdx-
See "OADDY" page ( 6
C0-*;D SPEAKER—Mrs. Sarah
Herbin, of the Merit -Employ-
men!' program of American
Friends Service Committee will
deliver the keynote address for
Durham Business College's ob
servance of "Co-ed Day" next
Thursday. Seniors from sur
rounding high schools will bo In
vited to the institution's cam
pus for a connplate day of acti-
yitio*, whici) include a demon
stration by the Vera Gunn mod
els of miadeiphia. For details,
Mc |Mg* 12.
Two Funerals Set
For “Daddy Gra
CHARLOTTE — ^Two ifltnral
services have been planned for
Bishop Charlos Manuol (Sw*et
Daddy) Grace, who died in Los
Angeles on Tuesday. He was 7t.
His body was scheduled to be
shipped hero for services at the
"House of Prayer for All Peo
ple" Sunday.
The Charlotte church is the
mother church of the Grace
movement which ev«ntu*|ly
claimed churches in 67 ma|or
cities of th# United States. Some
13,000 are reported to bo mem
bers of the Charlotte church
alone.
Following services her* Sun
day, the body is to be accom
panied by a motorcade to New
Bedford, Mass. for fin^I rites.
Tentative plans call for aover-
al services at .the church boi%
perhaps lasting as long as Nireo
days. Howevir, nothing o^lcUl
could be deilerminod unit! the
arrival from Les Angolas el El
der M. Adams, pastor of th*
Charlotte "House of Pray^ for
All People."
Teeners Charged
In Rape-Beating
Grand Jury action was taken
this week against three teen-age
boys charged in the rape and beat
ing of a 28 year old woman.
One of the youths, 13, was
charged with rape and assault and
battery with a deadly weapon. He
was turned over to the Juvenilo
See TKEIjlERS, p»$e 6
Mrs. Wade was promoted to the 1 an agent in t^e -Rietenonrt Vrr
TOsitfon of director of advertising ’ ginia district,
ind public relations, ^e had been. He is a member of S^iAt Titus-'
secretary to the ^ice-president. i Episcopal Church, Kapilto Aip^-.a
i Psi F.’aternity. is '^ocislrL^
Mrs. Turner Praised ' the Hillside School Precind I.'c
In announcing he promotion of .
,\lrs. Turner. President Spaulding, j Cephas of Ricain ;
praised her for the;efficient man-j
ner in which s^e had conducted; ^
Manager of the Onlinary paTT^
j men:, promoted to Assistant Sec
retary and Manager of the Ordi-.
j narj' DepartmeiM.
! Bryant liegan his employmi'';t
! with the Company, Febnrarv in.
' 1944 as clerk in the Ordinar;. I’
partment.
A native of Rocky &[uunt. i;e
is a graduate of Hampton
tute. ,
Brj’ant is a member of Whit ■
Rock Baptist Church, is Chair:;
The lady executive was oIm
hIgMy praised by board mem
ber and formor treaeuror E. R.
Mfrrick. Mrs. Turner worked for
several years under Merrick in
Hi* company's .finance depart
ment.. Ob his retil«ment, she
was elected to replece him as
treasure.
; 111 her Job as chief of the com
pany's finance division, she is re-
p^ed to handle milliotis of dol
lars per day in stock and securi-! of the Durham Division of the Di>
ties. North Carolina Mutual owns Scouts; Secre‘ary of the Turi;n
some 36 million dollars in stocks Business and Professional Ch: in:
and bonds. , Registrar of the, Biirton V.jt:
Spaulding said, in his remarks Precinct; member cf Doric l.od'
on her promotion:
“Because of her skill in the
selection of high-grade securities
best suited for the life company
assets, the company’s Securiti^ In-
See TURNER, page «
and Zafa Temple No. 176 c.f 1' 1
Shriners; Hampton Alumri
ciation, and numerous othiT ci, '
social, and religions organizat .:
He is married to the former -Mi
See FOUR. t»agc ti
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LIP I MSMBER — Dr. I.
•rowM, postor of Mt. Vomoa
'Chwrch, receives NAACP
Llfo Mwnberahip plague tor tho
churcfi from Dr^ C. I. Sow^
war*, mont^r ^ the NAA£p
ExtcuNv* CwnmittM. Or. liiiil
folNwint til* ' IplK?
currw^ driw