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State Medical Men Honor Two of Their Own
NATIONAL MBDICAL LEAD-
IRS—Dr. Murray B. D«vii, Itff,
. High Point, chairman of Hia
Beard of Trinlecs of tht Na
tional Medical Association, chats
with Dr. Vauflhn C. Mason, New
Yoric City, presidwnt-elact of the
National Medical AssociaHoii.
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TO LEAD N. C. DENTISTS—Dr.
J. C. Morgan, left. High Point,
retiring president of the Old
North Sta'te Dental Society,
hands over the gavel to Dr. C.
W. Floyd, Gastonia, the incom-
^ ing head. In cen'er of action is
Dr. J. M. Hubbarc, sr., Durham,
secretary-treasurer and at right
is Dr. E. N. Jackson, Gharlattw*
vil(«, Va, secretary of the Na
tional DenUl Association.
DOCTOR OF YEAR—Dr. Andr
Best, right, Greenville, ge4«
North Carolina "Doefor of tt^
Year" plaque presonted I a sit
week as the annual cenventidh
o# the Old North State Atedical
Society held at creensboro. Dr.
i. S. Simmons, Sanford, chair
man of (he Awards Committee
makes the'' presentation.
AT OLD NORTH St ATE CONVENTION
Greenville's Dtj Best, Dr. Hawkins
Of Charlotte Cited by Group
DENTIST OP YEAR—Dr. R. A.
Hawkini, CharJotte, named last
Monroe Youth
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. MONROE—A iroup of teenage
boyk who last we6k threatened _a
“wade-in” demonstration at Mon
roe Municip^ fiwimming Pool,
co^d' dj littlM blit picket Friday
city d«cMed te
d(^ the pool for “repairs."
■ijlie youths, led by Robert
WihiamB of Monroe, appeared at
th^ segregated pool shortly before
2 p.m. and found a "closed for
repairs” sign at the main en-
tiauct!.
week as North Carolina "Dentist
of Year," shows plaque to his
After picketing the pool Thurs
day, Williams, president of the
Union County NAACP chapter,
warned he would lead a group in
Ah#-'‘wadfron” Friday, if the pool
was open.
Shortly before the Friday pick
eting began, the Monroe Police
Department closed the road lead
ing to the pool parking lot. This
action was taken to minimize the
possibility of trouble.
But as the youths marched with
placards calling' for an end to seg
regationi a ci^d^ galBer^ *im a
nearby road leading to the Mon
roe Country Club. Other specta
tors viewed the demonstration
from Highway 101, less than 100
yards away.
About 3 p.m. the pickets sought
relief from the hot sun in a shad-
GREENSBORO — A Go-eenviUe
physician and a Charlotte dentist
were last week honored as men
of the year in their professions at
joint conventions of North Caoo-
lina inedics, dentists, pharmacies
and their respective women’s auxi
liaries. ' ,
The conventions held here at
A. and T. College, June 13-15,
were the 74th for the Old North
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of its type for Negroes in the
nation, the 42nd for the Old North
State Dental Society. ^The com-
bhied- T()gi8tratien wai
above 400-persons. ^
Dr. Andrew A. Best, Greenville,
was cited as “Dotcor of the
Year,” in commendation for his
services to the medical Society
and to the medical profession. He
Was presented a plaque by Dr. J.
Sj ;Simn(iiltift(;^n:
the Awktm (ibmihiMetl.l
ed picnic area just south of the ^ state Medic^ Society, the oldest
pool. While they were there, what - — ...
sounded like several distant rifle
shots or f4re craekets bursts were
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Williams immediately went to
Police Chief A. A. Mauney and
C9mplained that bullets were hit
ting in tree tops ab6ve where the
youths were resting. Mauney re
quested the youths to ipove near
er the pool, where police: coiild
give t(iB|}i “h l,,i1
The I jg^u^ MU9e4', tih^ 'ii was
•re-pdr^thi.t WijltertBT Wjetwedj*diaAMe,
the officer of refusing the group
protection and said he was going
to call Washington for help.
He drove away from the pool
to call, but returned a few minutes
later with a dented trunk lid. He
explained to Mauney that some
one had deliberately rammed into
the end of his car to try to kill
him. He said his automobile was
pushed 500 feet at 70 miles per
hour.
Williams said that instead of
calling to Washington, he was re
ferred to the FBI office in Char
lotte.
He said that he and the group
will return Sunday t^ picket the
pool again.
Carpet
Envoy Gets Red
Deal
In Maryland
HAGERSTOWN, Md.—Dr. Wil
liam Fitzjohn, a Negro diplomat
from the new African Republic
of Sierra Leone, returned to Hag-!
erstown for a civic welcome last
week—three .months after he was
refused service in a public restau
rant because of his race.
Dr. Fitzjohn, traveling by auto
mobile under a state police escort
from Washington, was met at the
city limits by Hagerstown Mayor
Winslow Burhans and given a red
carpet reception by officials of
this city and 35,000 residents.
“I would like the nations to
kniow they will be welcome in
Hagerstown” said the mayor as
he presented Dr. Fitzjohn with a
bouquet of two dozen roses at a
brief ceremony on U. S. Highway
40, the main highway linking the
city with Washington.
“This visit here under these cir
cumstances it itiost interesting,”
Dr. Fitzjohn told the mayor and
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litigant in a court case to gain
admission for the Negro dentist in
the all-white North Carolina Den
tal Society, was commended for
his services to the profession and
as chairman of the Society’s Full
Rights and Privileges Committee.
His plaque was presented by Dr.
W. L. T. Miller, Greensboro, chair
man of the Citation Committee.
The awards were presented at
the annual joint banquet held on
Wednesday evening at the new
Service Center.
The dinner address was deliver
ed by L. A. Oxley, former official
of the U. S. Department of Labor^
Washington, D. C.
On the evening before, Dr.
Watts, in the annual president’s
address had urged the group to
“lead the fight to remove segre
gation from the North Carolina
scene as it affects medical care”
and to “encourage the growth and
development of the Negro doctor
in his community, because of the
firm conviction that his presence
has a favorable effect on the level
of medical care available to our
people in any situation."
The medics voted to continue
efforts to gain approval for full
memberships for Negro physicians
in the Medical Society of North
Carolina.
New officers elected to head the
organizations included: Medics—
Dr. W. W. Hoffler, Elizabeth City;
Dr. Roy S. Wynn, Charlotte, presi
dent-elect; Dr. G. W. Allen, Fay
etteville, first vice president; Dr.
Hubert E. Eaton, Wilmington, sec
ond vice president; Dr. J. S. Col
son, recording secretary and Dr.
W. T. Armstrong, Rocky Mount,
secretary-treasurer. Dr. R. E. Daw
son, Dui'ham. was named to the
executive board.
The dentists elected as their
other officers: Dr. €. W. Floyd,
Gastonia, president; Dr. A. L.
Crowell, Winston-Salem, president
elect; Dr. J. M. Hubbard, Sr., Dur
ham, keci^tary-treasuref kbfl fir.
J. H. Horton, Edenton, assistant
secretary. Dr. R. L. Foy was nam
ed State vice president to the Na
tional Dental Association of which
the local State group is an affi-
Mate.
Elected to lead the pharmacists
were; R. S; Hairston, Winston-Sal
em. president; Troy Thompson,
Burlington, president-elect; Wm.
C. Penn, Winston-Salem, corres
ponding secretary and Griffen
Wakefield, Charlotte, secretary-
treasurer. ' •
OFFICERS—Above are the of
ficers who will guide the Old
North State Medical Society dur
ing the coming year. Elected at
the annual convention held at
A. and T. College last week,
they are from left to right:
Dr. W. T. Armstrong, Rocky
Mount, secretary-treasurer; Dr.
W. W. Hoffler, Eiiiabe h City,
president; Dr. J. S. Colson, Ox-
fdrd, recording secretary; Dr. G.
W. Allen, FayettevHle, first vica
president; Dr. R. E. Dawsew,
Durtum, member of Executiv*
Board and Dr. R. S. Wynn, Char
iot, presMent-elect.
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