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DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1961
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Spade Ceremony For Charlottp
Bank Branch Is Sche(^uled
the most colorful in rooent his
tory of the city, aHraetAd hun
dreds of onlookers and lied up
Rites Spat
Start of Woik
, On New Edifice
CHARLOTl'fej — Formal ground
breaking ceremonies for fi new
I bidlding which will house the
' Charlotte branches of Mechanics
md Farmers banic and North Ca
rolina Mutual Life Insurance
Coroppny were scheduled to be
h^ld here Friday morning.
City officials, local bankers and
key officers of the two Durham
financial institutions wer6 to be
Oti hand for the occa^on.
A. E. Spears, vict-prMidont of
AAachanlcs a^d Farmers Bonk,
was to prosMe over tb« coro-
Rionlos at whicli ftro«k-
•Mi», mayor of Ch«rlotf«; pr.
llu^N P*rry« prMldaiiH »f:
l*hn*on C. Smitft
North Carolhta l)Mw^l, and J.
H. Whofl^r, prtaldonl of Mo-
ehanies aijd Farmers ienk were
to t.«ke turttt at using Johnson
C, Smith ynlversity'a "tilvor
•Mnirol" for brtaking fround on
^tl*l sIH of the •MWibwlWinf. !
r *6ch$nfci dnd Farther bank,
^ic}i already has offices in Iliir-
«Hll ofyVpy tHe Hum
floor of the building’ and North
Carolina Mutual Life' Insurance
Company will occupy. th6 second
floor. I ,
■ The bank «vhlch besan busi
ness on August 1, 1901 was
foundM by W. R. Fitxgerald, a
well-to-do Megro business man
who operat*^ several brick yahis
In the City of' Durham. Tbe
bank's tijfal resources at the end
of I960 «*re $8,800,396.51.
The Life Insurance Company
which was founded at I^urham in
1888 by a group of prominent Ne
gro business and professional men,
is generally regarded as the larg.
eat business enterprise in the
world which la operated entirely
by Negro penOnnel. Its total re-
lources at the end of 1960 were
107,600,990.47 i B d it reported
total insurance in force in the
amount of $977,186,698.00.
The Company operates in ten
sfbtM and the District of Coiura-
bia and employs approximately
See BANK, 6-A
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REV. SPEAKS
JOHNSO^>
Duritam Minister, A&T Honor
Orad Among First Admitted
■JCUke.
eji^ity .«Efi«4aUy .ppe».
s to Negroes this kpek
Gov. Sanford to
Address Vo-Aii
Teacliers Meet
GREENSBORO—Governor A
Sanford of North Carolinii i#ds
the list of several prominetit per
sonalities scheduled to' speak at
the annual Conferenc;e of Teach-
crs of Vocational AgricuUuiy at
A. and T. College, July lO-M
The Governor will speaker at a
special program at Harrison Audi
torium, Thursday ;mornkig,' July
13, beginning at 10:30 o’-cloek. Tins
program will be open to tbe pub
lic. '
Other speakers slated to appear
during the week ip^ amieftnci
include; R. Nsugber, «a^ant
director,) AflfiPlritu^ pd»«iop
ed its d
as School officials announctei
admission of three Negro studeiirts
into the graduate schools for the
fall term. Applications of several
other colored students reportedly
are pending.
I Accepted into the .ijivii^ity
school is the Rev. R. L, Spe?ks, 41
SCHOOL NAMESAKE — The
Asheville School board recently
honored Mrs. Lucy S. Herring,
distinguished public school edu
cator, by changing the nam« of
the Mountain Street elementary
school to the Lucy S. Herring
elementary school. S«« details,
page 4-A, this section.
M^. Hion jOhurich on South Rfac-
‘•’boirb St. oth^^ two applicants
have been accepted into the Law
School. They are: Walter T. John
son, Jr., an A, and T. College hon
or graduate from Greensboiip;, and
Dayid Robinsoii whose hoinetbwn
wite^not given. \>
J. Acceptance of the three . Negrp
s^dents fsllQwed ?in gnnouncei
'mfem' last spring by the univer
sity’s board of trustees that it had
voted to. accept Negroes at the
graduate level.
Speaks, who has been pastor of
St. Mark’s since 1056, will work
toward a Ph.D. degree. He holds a
bachelor’s degree from Drake Uni
versity, Des Moines, Iowa, a B.D.
degree from Drew University in
Madison, N. J., and the S.T.M. de
gree from Temple University,
Philadelphia.
Ordained at the age of 19, the
Rev. Mr. Speaks has pastored the
Varick AMEZ Church in Phila
delphia; Wallace Temple AMEZ
Church, Summit, N. J.; and St.
Thomas AMEZ at Summerville, N.
J. He taught for several years at
Hood Seminary, a division of Liv
ingstone College.
As for his plans following
graduate school, the youthful
minister said:
“My friends are saying lhat I’ll
be elected a Bishop. If this is true.
See DUKE, 6-A
WEDDING SCENE — The wed
ding of Miss Hallle Lawson and
Alphonso Reeves, reported to be
traffic in Heyti fer nearly two
hours. Here is an overall scene
of the ceremony looking from
the betcany ef Fislier MoNMrial
Church, scene of tkm nwpWele.
MET BY SANFORD AIDE
Liberian Gets
Warm Welcome
WAKE FOREST—The Uttle town
of Wake Forest played host to an
integrated international church
meeting here this week, and the
church and state officials threw
out the “red carpet” for a dele
gate to the meeting from Liberia.
Liberian Vice President William
R. Tolbert, an official of the World
Baptist Alliance which held its
executive committee meeting here
this week, was met on his arrival
Monday by a personal envoy of
Governor Sanford and driven fron
Live Above Bigotry,
Tharringfton IJrgeg
Durham Masons
Thftralngton
He admonished the members of
the craft to- live beyond the den
and fog of prejudice, hatred, bigo-
try.
Doric Lodge, headed by Otis M.
Thorpe, Jr., joined with Dorcas
Lodge headed Hulen Allen
joined in the observance.
The order of the Eastern Star
also took part in the ceremonies.
Drucilia and Prospect chapters led
by Mesdames Amanda Wallace
and Gladys Dawkins respectively
played an active part.
CHARLOTTI BANK BUILDING
Here is the •^chi^ect's concep
tion of the now Mechanics and
Fanners B«n|i branch building
which will be located In Char-
loH*. Officials of the Durham
bank, Charlotte civic and bank
ing dignitaries were scheduled
to take part in a formal ground
breaking ceremony at the sHe
M Friday.' It is to be construct
ed at the intersection of Brattles
Ford Road and Trade streets.
opposite the main gate to John
son C. Smith University's cam
pus. The modern, brick and
glass front structure was design
ed by the Negro architectural
firm of Miller and Allaln of At
lanta.
Durliam Couple's
We^^l(es
MUd Mflon
The colorful wedding last Sat
urday afternoon of Miss Hallie
Lawson, Durham teacher, and Wil
liam A. Reeves, operator of a con
valescent home, created a iniid
sensation.
The wedding drew an overflow
crowd at Fisher Memorial Taber
nacle, and throngs of onlookers
filled the church yard and lined
both sides of Piedmont avenue
during the 7:30 p.m. ceremony.
The church seats an estimated
See WEDDING,46-A
WEDDING PRINCIPALS—Newly
weds William A. Reeves and the
former Miss Hallie Lawson were
caught by the photographer dur
ing the reception' as they pH>-
s pared to perform the traditional
PICNIC SLATED
FOR JULY 4TH
A July 4 picnic will be staged
at the picnic grounds of the Church
of God na Jesus Christ Tuesdai^
a|^«moon.
A program of speakers has been
t&r'tbr’'^#Mflf, atiti to %•
heard are Reverends V. E. Brown,
the Rt. Bev. G. W. Wilds and W.
H. Amos, L. E. Austin, and C. J.
Gates.
The fare for the picnic will in
clude barbecued beef, chicken,
goats, pork and lemonade.
The picnic grounds are located
on Fence Row road in the Brag-
town section.
the Raleigh-Durham airport to
Wake Forest in the Governor’*
See WELCOME, 6-A
Cumberland Baby
Drowns in Bucket
In Fall From Bed
FAYirrTEVILLE—A six month*
old girl, one of four children in
the care of her 10-year old Hater,
was found drowned Monday, in a
bucket beside a bed, Cumberland
County officials reported.
The baby, Sandra Olivia Me-
Intyre, was given artificial respi
ration but was dead on arrival at
a hospital.
Officers said the eMeat sirter.
Sophia, toM them her parents had
le^t riwam aC tka
younger chfldren. sli* *3® ^'e
had gone to a neighbor’s to bor
row • washtub tot the family
wasb leaving the baby on tJic bed.
When she returned, she related,
ihe found the batur's head down
in the bucket. The father. Sylves
ter McIntyre and !|fs wife operate
a drive-in restaurant.
NEWS BRIEFS
More "Freedom Riders" Meet
Convictions, fines in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss.— Convictions
for 23 more “Freedom Riders”
were handed down Tuesday ia
Jackson on breach ot the peace
charges boosting' to 163 the num
ber found guilty since the riders
reached Jackson a month ago.
The group included 10 arrested
at the Illinois Central Station on
Sunday and four arrested at the
Trailways Bus Terminal last Fri
day. They were given four month
sentences and $200 fines each.
SENTENCED FOR SHOOTING
FAYETTEVILLE^WilUe Elliott,
50, Fayetteville plumber who shot
a special deputy with a shotgun
when he came to repossess a tele
vision set, this week was sentenc
ed to 7-10 year in prison when he
pleaded guilty to assault with a
deadly weapon with intent to kill.
I matics, English, chemistry, phy
sios, biology, general science and
'•French.
TO GHANA
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.—
R. Sergent Shriver, director of. the
Peace Corps, disclosed this week
that h« ii s«ndidg t unit ti GbM*.
The vAluiite.-rs will teach ij^ache
DESEGREGATION
WILMINGTON, Del.— Despite
some strong opposition, a Federal
District Court this week upheld
the State Board of Education’s
“short ranges” plan providing
school desegregation this fall for
all Negro pupils who want it—
if the school district can handle
the transfers.
GOV. GRANTS STAY
RALEIGH—Gev. Terry Sanford
this week issued a stay of execu-
Hpn for Robert Lee Case a con
victed rapist from Gaston County.
CaK was sentenced to die after
he was convicted of raping a Gas-
too housewife.
|.AYMEN'S ORGANIZATION
ASHEVILLE—The Second Epis-
cm>al District Laymen’s Organiza-
tioo of tbe AME Church will hold
its annual session at Klttrell Col-
IgO, Kittrell on M6nd*t> July SI
See BRIEFS. 6-A
NEW HOPE LEADERS — Pic
tured ar* members of the exe
cutive board of the New Hope
Baptist Association as the or-
ganizat.ion met in its annual
convention in Durham at Com
munity Baptist Church this
week. Left to right are the Revs.
L. W. Reid, New Bethel; C. E.
McLester, Morehead Avenue; E.
T. Thompson, Community Bap
tist and host paslor; J. A. Stew
art, moderator of the associa
tion; C. R. Mitchell, Shiloh; Wm.
Fuller. Mt. Zion; WaHwr
lawman representative; and J. K.
Manley, First Baptisi, Ckapal^
Hill. The Women's
auxiliary and Junior
group also met concwrreMtly al'
Community Baptist.
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HONORED — Dr. C. D. WatH,
lefif, Durham, surgeon, retiring
president of the Old North
Stata Medical Socioty, who was
honored witti Ute President's
Ptaque at the annuol CosHtention
at A. and T. CoH««* last week.
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