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V Human Relations §ody Given Jim Crow Issue SISTER GARY-AME ZION SHOWDOWN SEEN m I^'THETRUTH UNBRi^EI^ ' VOLUME 37—No. 45 PURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY,’ NOVEMBER 11, 1961 Return Postage Guaranteed PRICE: 15 Onto PARENTS ACCUSED OF TRYING TO DISPOSE OF INFANT Stuffed In Bucket, Rolled Down Hill, New Born Baby Survives FAYETTEVILLE TRUSTEES— Dr. W, R. Cellint (center), of Smithfield, and br. J. R. Rote- man, (left) of Fayetteville, newly elected memsers of t;ie Fsyefte- vlile State Teacher* Collese Truitee Beard are seen here with N. C. Governor Terry San ford as they tooK me oath of office in the Governor's office last week. DRIVER FACES 4 CHARGES Six Year - Old Run Down By Truck A 39 year old Durham County man was jailed without bond on four charges growing out of the hit-and-run death Sunday of a six year old boy. He is Trella Gentry, of Rt. 1, Rougemont. Gentry was chariSed. with man slaughter, hit-andrtiD driving with personal injury, and driving with no operator's license. He is accused of running do.wn Obbie Weston Parker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Parker, of Rt. 2, Durham, on the Guess Road, and ran over the boy In a ditch, then continued back onto the road and left the scene. investigating highway Patrol man W. F. Brown said the bo> was dead on arrival at Duke hos- pit?!- According to Brown, the youn” victim was in the contpany of •lis brother, Raymond Lee.iPurkjer^ ‘ 8, and two ofTior children, Glori^ Jean McCall, 10, and Robert We eks. 6, of Rt. 2, when the tragedy occured. I They had been to a store about a half mile away and were return- See RUNS DOWN, page 6-A MclVER By Sanford in Address at NCC Governor Terry Sanford of North GaroUtia ig expected to stress “quality education” in an address on November 16 marking his first appearance at North Caro lina College. The liberal Tar Heel governor, who has broken precedent after precedent in appointing Negroes to policy making state boards, will deliver the keynote address foi the 14th annual meeting of the North Carolina Resourcc-Use Edu cation Conference. He will appear on the program with three nationally known figures in government and educa tion Dr. Grace L. Hewell and Dr. Margaret J. McKibben, both of the U. S. Department of Health. Edu cation, and Welfare, and Dr. John P. McIntyre, director of cur riculum. Joint Council on Econo mic Education of New York city. Dr. Theodore R. Speigner, direct or of the division of Resource- Use Education at NCC. is director of the conference, which will at tract nearly 2,000 delegates from throughout North Carolina and surrounding states. The theme of the meeting is “Quality Teaching and Learning Through Conservation and Re- source-Use Education Practices.” The meeting will feature a science workshop for elementary and high school teachers, an~ad- ministrators’ institute, fifteen Re- source-Use clinics, workshop, and institutes, a senior symposium for high school students, and a series of sponsored conservation tests for seniors. During the day-long meeting, an outstanding educator of the State will be awarded the RUE Con ference’s Bronze Plaque for unique achievements and services in the area of Conservation and Resource- Use Education practices. Accord ing to Dr. Speigner, this presenta tion has become an annual feature of RUE conferences. Durham Resident Of 50 Years Is Buried Tuesday Final rites were held Tues^y afternoon at St. John’s Baptist Church for one of the city’s old est residents. He was Ernest Eugene Mclver, of H16 Berkeley street. The Reverends L. M. Gooch, pastor of St. John's and J. W. Smith, pastor of Covenant Pres byterian, officiated. Mclver died Friday evening, November 3 at the Veterans hos pital. He had been hospitalized at intervals over the last eight months. Death came at the end of a two month stay in the hos pital. Mclver had lived in Durham for nearly ' 50 years, all of those at his Berkeley St. (iformerly Fourth Street) residence in Walltown. For 46 years he was an i ployee at Watts hospital. The deceased was a native of Manchester, S. C., son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jordan > Mclver His first wife was the late Miss Mamie Willis. They had five children, four of whom survive See RESIDENT, page 6-A ROXBORO — A 23-year-oId father otf two Children, whom police said attempted to dispose of a newborn baby girl by putt ing the infant in an old abandon ed icebox and rolling the box down an incline. Was held in jail in lieu of f1,000 bail here this week. Benny Daniel Johnson, Roxboro, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Roxboro police said that invest igation revealed that the still-un named baby reported in good con dition at Person County Memori al Hospital. It had survived for 30 hours without medical tre«t ment or food. The intent was I'ound early Thursday morning, stuffed inside a five-gallon bucket in the icebox. Sheriff G. C. Holeman said that Johnson’s wife, 21, who is ill, will be charged with aiding and abet ting in the alleged attempt to ^spoBe of the baby, tjioleii^n sitUl that officers learned that the baby was bon\| abHut midnight last Tuesday. The sheriff said John son told him the baby was placed in the five-gallon bucket with jome rags and put on the bick porch. Later, the sheriff said he was told, the baby began ti^ cry. Johnaon trofc in the . Se4 BABY, page 6-A, AT NCC CONFiRENCI—Three leading authorities on conserva> tion education will serve as con sultants for the Fourteenth An nual Meeting of the North Care lina Resource-Use Education Con ference at North Carolina Col lege on Nevembe r 16. Shown above, they are Dr. Grace L. Hewell, Program Co-ordination Officer United States Depart ment of Health, Education and Welfare; Dr. Margaret J. McKib ben, Science Specialist also HiW and Dr. John P. Malntyre, Direct or of Curriculum, Joint Counsel or on Economic Education, New York. Dr. T. R. Speigner Is director. Acts on Plea For Integration The City Council on Monday night referred to the Mayor’s Committee on Human Relations the presentations offered by members of the Durham Youth and College Chapters of the NAACP for legislation to halt discrimination in the city of Dur ham. Following a brief discussion and praises by several of the coun,cilmenf on the manner in which the students requests were presented. Mayor E. J. Evans re- commendeit the presentations be sent to the Human Relations Com mittee for “study and discussion.” Soine 25 numbers of the stu dent chapter attended the council regular meeting. They were among the more than 150 who marched on City Hall last Tues day seeking action by the Council which would halt discrimination in the hiring policy of many of Durham’s businesses, in city owned theaters and in firms which h«ve city franchises. Thottgh seeking a speedy solu tion to> these problems, the stu dents were given little encour agement by the council. Instead, they were told how well they presented themselves, and that “those things take time.” Mayor Evans told the students that the problem is like a seed. “It may not bloom overnight, but this might be faster than you think,” he said. “I think patience on yoor pay will bring some interesting results.” Couneiltoan Charles Steele Said; “I fe«l that the presenta tion and the manner in which il was done was good . . . the Coun cil shAuld D^t let the nuttii^ drdp See COUNCIL, ]^«se i-A MEW NCC TRUSTEES AT ROUNDER'S DAY—Two of the' .elwated. Jtufteot .«rf Il Gotlege j OV* pictured hel-e with NCC's president and trustee board chairman Bascom ^Baynes during Founder's Day '.•xerQitfSwi^ Jlfte .college last week. From left to~rl!jhf 'ArtI NCC President Dr. Alfonso er, Baynes, and new trustees Atty. M. Hugh Thompson, of ...Durhj^^^and Qr, RiMiojyiil H««i- l^s, o^ Charlotte. Citj Councilman Hits Pdtice Act In ^^March^^ TAKES OVER IN OXFORD— The Rev. Louis H. Wade, of Dur ham, will be formally installed as paster of First Baptist Church in Oxford Sunday afternoon. The Rev. Miles Mark Fisher, pas tor of White Rock Baptist Church, of Durham, will delivei\ the installation sermon. See de tails, page 5-A. SPEAKS IN CREEDMOOR—Dr. Grady Davis, dean of the Shaw University School of Divinity, will speak Sunday afternoon at the Pine Grove Baptist Church near Creedmoor. Dr. Davis',, speech at the church is part of its 9th anniversary celebration. See page 6-B for details^ Dr. Channing Tobias, Long-time National NAACP Figure, Dies NEW YORK—Dr. Channing H. Tobias, educator - churchman- humanitarian, died here Sunday. He was 79. For several years chairnian of the NAACP board of directors, Dr. Tobias relinquished that post only when forced to do so by ill health. He was succeeded by Robert H. Weaver, now Federal Housing chief. A native of Augusta, Ga., Dr. Tobias is a graduate of Paine Col lege and Drew Theological Semin ary, did special students at the University of Pennsylvania and, befor* embarking on a career which brought him national and 1 international renown, was a pro fessor of Bible literature at Paine College. For the 23 years prior to 1946, he was sr. secretary for Colored Youth in the YMCA of the USA, having previously served for 12 years as student secretary to the International YM. In 1946 he be came director of the Phelps- Stokes Fund. His service, however, was not confined to the NAACP, YMCA and the Phelps-Stokes Fund. He was an alternate delegate from the United States to the United Nations Assembly; was delegate See TOBIAS, page 6-A Durham's police force was criti cized here this week by a city councilman fur the manner in which it handled a "march” on city hall last week bj' a studeqt group. John S. Stewart, lone Negro member of the group, took exeep^ tion to the arrest of John Edwards leader of the student marchers. Edwards was arrested and charged with "obstructing the city sidewalks” last Thursday as more than 100 students from three schools staged the march. Co’mmenting on the arrest at a meeting Monday night of the city council which took up the issue; raised by the students' petition, Stewart said the incident “did not look well for our police.” “Edwards was arrested as a leader and not a lawbreaker,” Stewart said. Police charged that the studehti^' were walking four abreast and blocking the sidewalk. Before the arrest, they asked who the leader of the group was, and when Ed wards was identified as the lead er. he was charged and taken tc police headquarters. Edwards was later released without bail and is awaiting ii trial by jury on the charge. Stewart also revealed that po lice had taken special measures for last Thursday's "march" by the students. Police, notified in advance ot the “march”, had posted guards at various doors of the city hall. Stewart said when he tried to .en ter a side door, he was prevented | by police. i Other evidence that police were on guard for the “march” came al.so this week from the Durham Youth and College Chapters ot the NAACP. the organization which sponsored the “march.” Edward Opton. a member of the group, said he was warn^ bji. Assistant Police Chief W. F. lian not to crowd the Council chambers Thursday. See POUCt!:, S-A IRaleigM^ch iPullsGuf ta AME Zion Group I I RAL£1GH—SiHidJV is usually d . qwiet' thiy ia- mmtt churches, but I eyH« t*«e wM be en the Grace I AME Zion dimrfa here this Sun- ! (lay as » ilie*Hu ■ n ia expectcd j between its pastor, the member^ and the Central North Carolina 1 Conference of the AME Zion j Church. ! The showdown involves t he I question of who will retain pos- ' session of the Grace Church . . . I its members and the pastor or the ' Conference. ' Earlier this week, •ftmrch cir cles were stunned as the Rev. Ma bel Gary Phifpot, pastor of Grace AME Zion, annouaced that th3 church voted unanimously to with draw from the AME Zion Confer ence. n»e move was made as the 82n.l session of the Conference got. un derway. One of the ortius rf j business of the church conference I is to assign its ministers to ch urch in some cases, this involve:; shifting a minister from one I church to another. On Sunday, it is reported by I reliable sources that a new min ister will attempt to take over the congregation at Grace. Its mem bers have already decided they want no other minister but the I Rev. Mrs. Philpot. The question I of who will take over the congrc- I gatioa. at the church will be an swered Sunday when the two fac tions meet. Events leading up to the con I fUct are as follows: JLak Wednesday during Hve cAi j fOTence, the Rev. Mrs. Philpot. I known to most of her followers as “Sister Gary.” mysteriously walked out on the meet. Puzzled I ss to the gt^ng on. The Rev. J. I T. Young, presiding elder of the Raleigh distrirt. contacted Sistrt Gary to- determine why she loft . JD the call. Sister Cttfy 'fonference tftit Grace J[MB Zion had unanimously voted to withdraw from the con fereite^ On Tnesd*y, the conference See SHOWDOWN, page 6-A She^ Restored \ Head of Bishop Jotwison'sChurcIi PHILADELPHIA—Samuel Ms- DoweH Shelton was legally re stored _ to his post as presiding bishop* and general overseer of tbe. Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith last week. neas Judge Edward J* S^iffHhs gave Bishop Shelton free reins to administer the af fairs (4 the huge church more ment by discharging the thre« cuurt-appointed conservators who had been handling the business of the ehurch for the past three months. More than 400 members of the religious movement were present in City Halt here when Jud-^e Griffiths aaunounced his decision. The ease hit the Philadelphia courts some months aco after a group of atettt 86 memt>ers of the natio« s*tde church chargt.>d that Sheltoa lud illegally assanwi leadership tt the church foUuwMg the death af Bisht^ S. C. Johi*- son and bad llfei^lly seized con trol of the church’s estimatt-d $20 millloa in assets including 80 branch churches. Judge Griffiths at the first henr- ing, removed Shelton from office See SHELTON. p««e 6-A SMIS TAX The Stat* of N. C. requires this newspaper to collect 3*! Sale.^ Tax on all soteeriptions paid in North CaroliMi. 1 7««r. HM tdd Me tax t aiit le tax.
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