Afoong tte Asters il l teiier's
Home Bombed
Th'^' Mt. iifar U«i>tist Churi'h
Junior UNl>rr Uoard will hold its
MPUali pianic at the Ushers Home
at. ^«iikUnton, Saturday, May 27.
IkA ?Kup will leave Pwbam at
UiOOi aon.
Rev. T. F. Griswcll is pastor of
th* chufch and Mrs. Marv Van-
advisor to the Junior
tJahersjV
\ ^ ^ ^
Af.tlwr Cruwp, Snpervisor
tl)« Guilford County District
rn.li'rni»io(f, sf*r«riti s, Sundr;
School Grmms anrl othf'rs for nic-
nici, and other gathor-
inei. ffprmiiaion mav be obtained
by witlUai him at Box 307. Put
ham, N. C. or nhontng him at 682
2013 or. 681-8S12. Durham.
• * •
A spacial call meetiPg of urspnt
matters nf thf* Board of Dir«rtnrs
of the StatR Tl.ihwrs Aas’n will be
hi>lrt at the Chiclpen Box. Durham.
Sunday. Jun« IQ at 1:30 p.m., it
tt)A St^te Uahera Association will was annonnefd this week bv A.
b*. Iwnored by the Youth of Mt. n. Clnrl?. Ohairman of the Board.
I^bor Baptist Church, Sunday | Tho mrwtlnA is ’ a must and all
May 20, at 8:00 P. M.. in a “This | momber^'8rc exiiected to be prea-
UtYoqr Life Program.” Miss Linda; cnt. i.',
P»via fa pesident and Mrs. Sarah ' • *' *
Mfil»l^ is secretary. The Mitchell Cham'l A. M. E. Z.
* * * Usher Board nf Chatham County
k- E. Aqstiq, presidejit of the! vill hold It* 31st anniver.«iary cele-
AWCittioQ, Mnpunced this week j bration, l|»mdav, Mf.v 20 at 2:30
*a|,tl»e Ushers Ifgme and Rrounds p.m. A. n. CJrak^ Chairman of the
are now available to membei Brard of- the State AssociatlcMi
churches, UslMr* Unions, clubs, I will be the principal speaker.
Nafienal Urban League Director
M Speaker at Elizabetb City
Nearly one hundred reel-
fiitnta of degrees and certificates
•t Elizabeth City State Teach-
ifn College virill hear Whitney
M. Young, Jr. Executive Direct
or of tWe National Urban League
Miver the Commencement Ad-
lnra« . on Sunday, May 27, at
fc30 p. m. in Williams Hall
Auditorium.
I Young, age 40, earned wide
recognition for outstanding ser
vice with the Urban League
while serving as Industial Rela'
tions Secretary of Urban League
Qrganizatiotis in Minnesota,
Kentucky and Nebraska. He is
now Executive Director of the
National Urban League^ with
headquarters in New ' York
City.
' He received his education at
liiiMttucky State College, Maw-
^usett* Institute of T6(^-
notogy, the University of Mih-
naaota and Creighton University
at Omaha Nebraska. From 1054
to' IMl he was Dean of the
School of Social Work at At-
l.anta University, Atlanita,
Georgia.
He if currently « member of
PruidMt Keooedy.’a Committee
qo YwUh Cau»l(qrn)ent; SxecifJ
ti;ie do^funittee on the National'
Sloclal Welfare Assembly; Na
tional Advisory Council of the
AfXrCJO Community Services
Comnvittee; Advisory Board of
the New York School of Social
Wjork, Columbia University; Ad-
viMry Committee to the Secre
tary of| Heaiih, Ekiucatlon ancT
Welfare and Consultant to the
y. S. Public Healtli Department,
The Baccalaureate Service, a
ijrograiB of words and music
will be held at 10:30 a. m. on
!|unday, May 27 in Moore Hall
Auditorium. Participating on
this program will be menobers
of the Alumni, the College
Choir, and members of the gradu
ating class.
Included among the graduates
this year will be nine persons
who will receive B. S. degrees
in work qualifying them to
teach in Secondary Schools.
These nine persons are the first
group to reveive degrees under
the new programs Instituted dur
ing the 1958-59 schol year.
The public is cordially invit
ed to attend all of the Com
mencement Day activities at
Elizabeth City State Teachers
College on Sunday May 27,
1002.
ATLANTA, Ga. — Dr. C. O.
Simpkins, prominent Shreve
port dentist and SCLC Vi^e-
President, for the second time in
a few weeks became the victim
of racist bombing and violence.
Dr. Simpkins’ summer home
about twenty miles from Shreve
port, La. was dynamited and
burned on successive days last
week.
The SCLC leader who heads
the United Christian Movement
suffered the total loss of a near-
ly-completed $50,000 home less
than two months ago in a
similar bombing at Shreveport.
Dr. Simpkins had flown to
Chicogo to return his family to
Shreveport when the news of
the second bombing reached
him. Mrs. Simpkins and the four
children had been staying with
relatNea fi^wing the bomb
ing of the new home.
The Department of Justice re
ported through its civil rights
division that it was conducting
“the most intensive kind of in
vestigation we can."
A double complnnent of
Justice Department officials are
in Shreveport to- aid local of
ficials In apprehending the racist
element responsible.
Dr. Simpkins, reached by
phone in Chicago, commented,
"I’m almost penniless now. 1
don’t know what I’m going to
do. I’ll have to think it through
before I make a final decision."
Alpha Phi Alpha
Founder Passes.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Geroge Biddle Kelley, born
July 29, 1884, one of the seven
founders and the first presi-
dent of Alpha Phi Alpha, the
first, n^tipjr»al , Greek . jetter
fraternity tdr Negroes died May
5th at Leonard Hospital, Troy,
N. Y., after a prolonged illness.
The SMI of a veteran of one
of the Civil War regiments from
MassachuSetlS and a native of
that state entered the college
of Qivil Engineering of Cornell
ITin^rslfyrTllca; N-. Y. !h IStW
and received his degree in 1908,
ffest having (transferred from
Bensaelaer Polvtechnical In
stitute, Trby, N. Y,
Kelley was a catalyzer in the
real sense among the half
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OURHAMv N. C.
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Allen Reinstated
By Act of AAUP
COLUMBIA, S. C. — The
Anterican Association of Uni
versity Professors removed Alien
University from its list of
censured administrations, Friday,
April 27., it was revealed this
week.
Dr. Howard E. Wright, presi
dent of the University, was
notified of the virtual re-in
statement action in a telegram
from William P. Fidler, General
Secretary of AAUP, who said
a motion to remove censure was
adopted during the 48th annual
AAUP meeting in Chicago, III.
Allen University was censured
^ AAOT* for dismiteal of tlkr^
Professors in 1958, Doctors
John Rideout, Forrest Wiggins
and Edwin Hoffman.
Removal of censure, the Gen
eral Secretary said, was based
on efforts of Bishop Carey A.
Gibbs, chairman of the Allen
Board ot Truatces, and.
Wright and other administrative
officers to establish academic
freedom, tenure and other re
gulations, and "appropriate fin
ancial redress” with the dismis
sed professors.
The AAUP telegram disclosed
that Dr. Wright, undertaking to
resolve this dispute since taking
office last year, had termed the
dismissals “unjustified and dis
reputable in manner” in letters
to the professors.
He assured “preferential con
sideration” to them should they,
again seek employment at
Allen, > ' , t
Drs. Rideput, Wigging and
Hoffman were dismissed at the
University shortly after the
State' Board of Edi^catlon and
former Governor Gwrge"^ Bell
Timmerman, Jr. revoked certifi
cation of graduates planning to
teach in state public schools and
were critical of the presence of
the men.
noi nSTON .STUDENTS
Vf«IT PARENTS
Students home from college
of the area during the week*
end were Patricia Tyson, of
Shaw; Walter McLaughlin, of
St. Augustine’s; Lonnie Bvnum,
04)ie Wicker, Jr. and lliomas
Cheek, of A. and T. College, and
Zackrac Headen and Floyd
wicker, of North Carolina Col
lege.
Mrs. Alice Marsh, who
been ill, is improving.
hai
dozen other students who with
him, founded Alpha Phi Alpha.
He wrought changes in their
habits and thinking bringing out
the need for social action before
social purpose while steadfastly
holding to the Alpha idea of
Service to all Mankind.”
Death leaves only one other
founder. Dr. Henry A. Callis,
Washington, D. C.
The fraternity from this be
ginning in 1906 has expanded to
over 300 chapters includiag
undergraduate, intemMdiate aad
graduate chapters in tbis counter
and abroad and having about
20,000 initiates.
He was a member of the
Liberty PrMbjrtariao Chundi.
Lanslngury, K. Y.
ScholafsMps m
Awarded Health
Project Winner
WINTBRVnXE — Nearly $1,000
in scholarships went to winners
In the Health Achievement Day.
pr0!»ram at Robinson Union School
hern last Friday.
Erliicational Rrants, furnisheii
through the North Carolina Joint
Council on Helath and Citizenship,
whirh sponsors the program, may
be used by the recipients to fin
ance post high school study at an
accredited college of their choice.
Approximately 3,000 persons at
tended the event that climaxed an
intensive program of education in
Pitt and other county schools. Em
phasized in the program, >designed
by a Greenville pbysican. Dr. A.
A Best, is education in personal
hygiene, character building, and
citisenship.
Eleven elementary and 18 high
schools were repreaented at the
event, stagd in Robinson Union's
gymtorium.
South Aydn School and P. S.
Jones High School of Washington
divided top school honors in thf
competition. Robinson Union attd
Mother of Mercy School of Wash
ington tied fr second place. Q. M.
Eppes High School of Greenville
and Jones High of Trenton splii
third-place honors.
A four-way tie for fourth place
in the competition involved Cone-
*oe High Schoril, Dillard High
School of Goldsboro, Savannah
High School of Lenior County, and
Farmvllle’s Sugg High School.
The Andrew A. Best trophy for
excellence in team performance
went to P. S. Jones High School
Individual awards went to the
following students: First place—
Cheryl Bright of P. S. Jones ($280
scholarship); second—Charles Bet-
ton of S. Ayden ($200); Third—
Pearlie Payton of Robinson Union
($190); fourth—Bernadette Gray of
Mother of Mercy ($100). The spe
cial award for the most outstand
ing and most consistent perfrm-
ance went to Miss Gray. The spe
cial addition award supplemented
Miss Gary’s $100 scholarship with
another similar amount.
Mrs. Milton V. Clarke, executive
director of the Pitt County Tuber
C u I o s I s Association, presented
awards to winners pfjlje Covijicii
.contest held in connection vitl>
TB Emphasis Week. These win
ners were chosen on the basis of
an interview and essays.
High School Division: First
place—June Russell Station of
Sppes High School; second, Robt.
B. Brown, S. Ayden. Elementary
Pirst^Roberta ~ Tyiiun,
Pitt County ’Training School,
Grimesland; Second, Juanita Bush
Robinson Union. A Stokes eighth
grader, Benjamin Gorham, was
winner of the H>ecial award for
Best Oral Performance, open to
all students.
Senator Robert L. Humber of
Pitt County represented Governor
Sanford at t he event. He pre
s^nted the awards and scholar
,riUpa. Several major-• coliegej,
h^th, fraternal, religious, and
-.citvic organizations ^ere also rep-
reeaented. The 4-H Club contest
ants ’ in, the Heatth King and
QiUeen (?ontfst. ot, Bfjrtie and ffUt
obunties alio -i^a^ticit>ated in the
program. i'
Dr. Best conducted the “Battle
of Wits" aontest MrWch determin
ed by a process of elimination,
the winners of the scholarships.
About $4,000 more in scholar
■hips will be presented during
various commencement ceremon
ies at the scho^ which participat
ed in the Council’s program. Dr.
Best has announced total scholar
ships provided for the program
this year amounts to more than
$9,000. The following colleges are
participating in this phase of tiie
program, through whidi a number
of scholarships are as.cigned. to
the Council to be awarded! to se
lected students: A. and T. C&llege,
Greensboro; Elizabeth City State
Teachers College; Fayetoville Stat>
Teachers College; Kittrell College;
North Carolina College at Dur
ham; St. Augustine’s, Raeigh; The
Southeastern Business College
Durham; and J. C. Smith Univer
sity, Charlotte.
The entire program was co-spon-
aored by: Alpha Phi Alpha Frate''-
■ity. Inc.; Kiipp« Alpha Psi Fra-
temitv; Omeba Psi Phi Fraternity,
Inc.; Pitt County Tuberculosis As
sociation; Pitt County Unit, Amer
ican Cancer Society.
SATURDAY, MAY 19, 196!
Resistant 'Staph' Victims Recovei
After Treatment With Prostaphtin Piano Students
Earn Ratings By
National Guild
DURHAM, N. C—?AS^ i-3
Prostaphlin, the newest other therapy were employed in |
synthetic penicillin which is
taken by mouth, has been used
successfully to treat 40 patients
suffering from a wide range of
resistant staphylococcus infect-
tions, according to the New
England Journal of Medicine.*
The 40 were among a group
of 50 treated with the new
drug, all of whom recovered, but
the physicians who conducted
the study reported that the
irnprovement shown in 10 could
not be attributed solely to Pro
staphlin, since surgery and
TO SPfiAK AT VIRGINIA
BAPTIST CONVENTION —
Th» Rev. J. H. Jones, pastor
of Shiloh Baptist 'church of
Danville, Va., will deliver the
inspirational sermon before
the Virginia State Baptist
Convention in Suffolk o n
Wednesday, May IS.
Delegates from Baptist church
es throughout the Old Domin
ion will be in attendance at
the annual session.
Hev. Jones is a native of Dur
ham and pastored Shiloh Bap
tist Church, of Morrisvllle, be
fore accepting the pastorate
liere.
He is a graduate of Shaw
University, where he received
the A. B. degree.
Mrs. Barbee Relates
^rmaitiy To Club
these cases.
Seventeen ot the .^)0 hnd fail
ed to show any improvement
when previou.sly treal-ed with
other antibiotics.
The study was made bv a
team of Bo.ston phy.iicians from
the Yamins Laboratory for
Surgical Rosearrti, Beth I.«irael
Hospital and Hs^vard Medical
School.
The following types of illness
were involved: primary soft-
tissue infections, post-operative
Infections, chronic recurrent
furunculosis, pneumonia, paro
titis, genltoufinary infections,
enterocolitis. The doctor* noted
In their report that at the time
the drug was given “the patients
with pulmonary Infections, paro
titis, enterocolitis and urinary
infections were gravely ill.”
Forty-four of the patients re
ceived 1 gram of Prostaphlin
every 6 hours for 7 to 10 days.
Six others were so ill that they
could not take medication by
mouth and received it by in
jection at the rate of 1/2 to 1
gram every 6 hours.
Prostaphlin was reported
“well tolerated.” The only side
reaction was a rash in one
Datlen,t after three weeks of
treatment.
Prostaphlin is 5 methy 1-3
nheny 1-4 Isoxazoly 1 penicillin
and was developed by Bristol
Laboratories especially for the
control of staphylococcus in
fections which have demonstra
ted resistanoe to Penicillin G
and other antibiotics.
The report was made bv Drs.
Alexander M. Rutenburg, Harold
L. Greenberg. Sabln S. Leven
son, and Fritz B. Schweinburg.
Five sfiuleiKs earrii"' ■stiprrid-’
ratinffs for tfi lolfriii.ns
•VI ri' r>iffr>nc Hi?l .Mary Mi*"!)'*!!
Mrlva n-'or'To. .Tanr's il>ll ii.ic,
Tm'‘"n P-aoi'
rathn'n 'v:is ruled “it'
pfrior-niinii!’' (ir fivo scli'riiim'
F„'(V'''-nr> W'-r'h-’.n r:'c.'’ivivl ;iti
“excellent” rating for ten srioct
ion.i, M'lna Brvant, "exc>Ilpnt''
for four selections and Shjrlcy
ChnlmcTS for four sslootions.
Corina AlJ'nn received a rating
of "good” for five selections.
These alon? with other students
of Mrs, Reeves will be heard in a
spring recital on Sunday, May 20
at eight p.m. Guild members will
be presented with certlflratcs b.\
Mrs. Julia Harris at the recital.
Economical Car Wash
steward Board No. 4 ot St.
Mark A. M. B. Zion Church
will aponaor a car waah, Satur
day, May 10, from 0 a. m. until
6 p. m. Cara can be picked up
waahed and ratumed to their
ownen, Uta church nunAcr to
call la 882-7Mt. Hm PrMrident
if tiiia group is Willi* Ifadr
Floral Club of Ebenezer
Baptist Church held its regular
monthly meeting Sunday, May 6,
at 4:00 p.m. at the home of Mr
and Mrs. Henry Hubbard at 410
East End Avenue.
■Qie mjseting opened with Mrs
Zelma Adams leadfng devotronaT
exercises. She gave the origin of
Mother’s Day. Those present were:
Mesdames A. Barbee, president;
Alice Davis, Ophelia Thompson,
Martha Stanley, Ethel McNeil, Ja
net McLaurin, Catherine McKin
ney, Mattie Brown, Effie Chavis,
Helen Lash, Roney Primas. Marvia
Fischer, Helen Webb Jones, Ella
Ceres, Mildred Mangum, Lucille
Smith, Ethel Dawson and Mar-
earet Battle. Ulster Adams, Wm.
Battle and Percy Jones were pre
sent a'Jso.
Mrs. Doris Barbee, the daughter
of Mrs. Lucille Smith and daugh-
leriin-law of the president, and
Miss Maggie Jones were guests.
Mrs. Barbee was our guest speak
er. She told of her experiences at
Bod Toele, Germany, as she re':
sided there for .several month*.
Final plans for the state rally, to.
be held Sunday, May 27, were
discussed. .
After the meeting the ho.ste**
served an elaborate repast and
was assisted by Mrs, Georgia Wil
liams. Mrs. Battle thanked the
hostess.
ALTHEA ALSTON
IS CHATHAM’S
BEST SPELLER
COLDSTON—J. S, Waters school
"'as the scene of the recent Chat
ha-n County Annual Spelling Con
test. Mr' L. M. Harris, President
of Dnrh.im Business College
nwarde ’ 'he prizes and ccrtificatef
to spellir." winners.
participal' schools were llor
ton Public Sc' '^>1, Pittsboro Chat
ham School, Sil-’r City, and J. S
Water*, Ooldston.
The County Championship ‘R’o-
phy waa won by Altl’"a Alston,
from Chatham School, of Siler
City.
The official word pronoimcer
for the spelling contest was Mrs.
R. G. Reave*, head of the dept, of
Secretarial Science at Durham
Busineaa College.
Other spelling participants were
Gloria Alston, Horton Public
School and Hilda Palmer, of J. S.
Water* School.
The program was held under
the supervision of Mrs. D. C
WaaMactiw, superviaor for couo-
hs adioola.
NAACP MOURNS
LOUIS LAUTIER
WASHINGTON — Ix>uis Lautier
“was among the best informed
nersonS in America on the race
relations situation,” said Roy Wil
kins in a message of condolence
this week to Mrs. Constance Lau
tier, widow of the deceaied.
Lautier, CMisldered by manv to
be the dean of Negro journalisU.
served many years as Washington
Bureau Chief of the National Ne
gro Press Association. He was 6t
when he passed hWe last week.
At the time of hi* death. Lautier
was giving as special aisistan'
to the Republican National Com
mittee Chairman. He covered in
numerable NAACP conventions
and the major gathcrins of most
of the important organizations in
Wilkins cited I^utier’s know
ledge of government and conclud
ed that “his analysis and assist
ance will be sorely missed.”
COCA-COLA ADDS TWO —
BettUrs for Coca-Cola at Co
lumbus and Cincinnati, Ohio,
have added two wall known
personalities to their respactlTO
departments of public tala*
tions. The Coca-Cola Bottlinfl
Works Company, Cincinnati,
has announced the appoint
ment of Wayne Embry,- left,
star center and captain of tho
Cincinnati Royals baskaiball
team. In Columbus, pell
known newsman; AmOf LTf*eh,
right, recently assumed aa-
signment with the Coca-Cola
Bottling Company of Ohio.
Lynch had been assoitatod
with The Ohio Sentinel, a
Columbus weekly, for a
number of years. Both aiflga-
ees will be involved In aeraa
of market development and
will aid their companies^ gen
eral sales efforts. Primarily,
Embry will devote Hme to
basketball clinics and ^city-
wide recreational activitiaa.
ELECT
J.E.
SHERIFF
DURHAM COUNTY
Eitht Yaara Experionc*
As Dopaty Sheriff.
Fair and Impartial.
Votoran World Wsur II
Charter Mombor, National Football Foundation and HijO
of Fame, Membor Amorican Busineaa Oub, Vica
Maauiife
352, Member Fellowship Baptist Church.
OLD Mr. BOSTON
KENTUCKY STRAIGHT
BOURBON
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