North Carolina Newspapers

Stanford L Wurren Public Libi*ary Fcyetteville St NCC'A&T Turkey Day Game To Attract 10,000 SCHOOL BOARD FAIS TO ACT ON COURT ORDER Capacity Crowd Predicted for Durtum Stadium Despite the fact that North ’ Carolina College's loss to Vir ginia Union last Saturday may . take some luster trom the oui- come of next Thursday’s game between the Eagles and A. and T. College, NCC olficials appeared confident that a capacity crowd would be on' hand to witness the lasicst renewal of this ancient rivalry at Durhanis County Siadium. Xhb stadium seats 10,000 per sons. These two great rivals of the Centriii Inierculiegaite Athletic Ajsociaiiou' will meet for the 32nd time in a Thanksgiving Day game at 1:30 p. m. And to most tuoi.buil tans in this area, it is the biggest game of the year. Inr fact? St. AQgustine’s and SnSw rivals in nearby Raleigh, shifted the time of their game to 10:30 a m to avoid a time conflict Although only one of the teanu has an outside chance of win ning the conference champion ship, the game is the biggest of the year lor everybody conncel ed with the two schools, from coaches to the most remote alumni. This year, the already fierce competition will be given an extra dimension by competition between the bands of the two institutiotvs. A and T. College’s band, for years the outstanding marching band in this area, has seen its dominance challenged in the past few years by the recent emergence of North Carolina Col lege’s band. Both will perform at half time See THANKS01VIN6. 6-^; r NCC Team ‘‘Loses Its Shirt” In Richmond Trip RICHMOWD, Va. — Noi Carolina College s football team j principal speaker at a meeting liUsi'iUjr "luftl lib cdlleiitlve I the Rocky Mount Voters anF THANGSGIVING GREET INGS — These attractive coeds at A. and T. College, Mary HilL lett, Philadelphia, Pa. and Angeline Nelson, Rox- boTO both freshmen, show a priied ,turkey one of 3S0-pro duced this fall at the A. and T. Colloge farm both for learn ing experience and to provide Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners for the student*. They send Thanksgiving greetings. to Spesir Before Audience at Rocky Mount VOLUME 3d — No. 46 DURHAM, N. C.. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1962 RETURN REQUESTED PRICE: IS Cent* Durham's Rev. Croom Retires Merger Trend Negro Schools May Make Five Part Of UNC ROCKY MOUNT — Dr. Mar tin Luther King will be the Improvement League on Tues- ! day night, November 27 at I eigiit o’clock. UNC President Asking For More Mergers SPECIAL TO THE TIMES RALEIGH — How soon will it be before Niorth Carolina's five predominantly Negro state- supported colleges are made a part of the greater University. of North Carolina system? This was the question which flashed through the minds of many Negroes throughout the state as Univemity of North Car ! olina President William Friday announced last week that he ■ favored aa immediate complete i coMoUdfction oL. the prdbnt, North Carolina. Friday recommiended to special state commission Education Beyond the High School that the names of North * *1. .1 ■ Carolina State College, at Ra- gram througliout the Nation, i ® , " u u , lei*h, and Womens College, at Dr. King has been the recipient , j and *^*^®®"st>oro and the University of North Carolina ba changed of tiiirty nine citatidi^ awards in addition to a number col- of honorary degrees from leges and universities. The Hocky Mount Voters and 1 Improvement League was or- The meeting will be held in | ganized several years ago. The Rev. George W. Dudley, pastor of the Mount Zion Bap- •hirt’ in a game here last Sat urday. While the Eagles were losing the ball game on the field, thieves were busy at work lift Intg approximately $739 in' the Booker T. Washington money, jewelry and clothing . Senior, High School gymnasium, from NCC players. ] Dr. King, a native of Atlanta, Richmond police said that; Ga., will be making his first ap- thieves broke into the football i pearance in this section of the dressing room during the game] State and more than 1500 citi- and rifled NCC players of their zens from this section are ex valuables. i pected to hear the Negro leader. Coach Herman Riddick said er. somie 29 players lost articles of ■ Dr. King is the president of clothing jewelry or money in the Southern Christian Leader- the snatch. Thieves rifled wbI- ; ship Conference and co-pastor lets, took wrist watches, transi- of Ebenezer Baptist Church in | Chevrolet Company here to re- stor radios, sweaters, jackets Atlanta. Since becoming the lead move Jim Crow signs from its See RICHMOND, 6-A " • ' er of the Human Rights, pro- property. to: The University of North Car olina at Chapel Hill, The Uni versity of North Carolina at Ra leigh and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Friday's reconunenations would put all three schools on u u the same University status, list Church here is president of i ■ i. , . I North Carolina State in Raleigh HOMOBS FOR CHEEK — Sandra Wray, North Carolina College co-ed, presents liWer coffee service to Nathaniel A. Cheek, retired Durham edu- 'wlnr w«r tionored at Rock Baptist Church ewor, White the local organization. NAACP Protests ^ Coiiunued GM Jim Crow in Tampa TAMPA, Fla. — NAACP pro tests continue to mount over the refusal of the Ferman there Figures in Student Council Meeting Some of the principal figures pwtioipating in the annual con ▼antion of the North Carolina Association of Student Coun cil* now underway at Hillside high school are shown here in the pictures above and al the right. Dr. James M. Nabrit, protldeni of Howard Univer- (aecond from left) is ■bown shortly after his arrival to doliver opening address in tho convenMon Wodnosday nighl. On his left are Lula Smith, of Dillard Mgli school, Ooldsbero, pNtidant of tli« or ganization and Mrs. Thelma Dailey,^ executive secretary. On Dr. Nabrit's right are (left to right) Mrs. Margaret Grady, of Williston high school, Wilmington, assistant executive secretary; Mrs. Josephine Clement, of Dur ham, president of the Hillside Parent - Teacher Association; and Watter Jackson, president of the Hillside student Coun cil. At right is Jesse Allan, Hillside faculty member and chairman of the executiva con Taation commlttaa. has already achieved this statuS, according to NC State officials. The UNC president’s recom mendations for merger of these three schools into one adminlstra live unit with all three enjoying the same status indicated that is some sentiment in state educational circles for a gradual consolidation of ail state supported institutions of higher learning under one unit. If such a trend becomes esia blished, Negroes feel tiiat it may just be a matter of time before the five Negro state colleges themselves are merged with the I University. I Currently, the state supports' five schools which are attended largely by Negro students. They | are North Carolina College at Durham, North Carolina Agri cultural and Technical College,! at Greensboro, Winston-Salem! See MERGER, 6-A I PRINCIPAL of NEW SCHOOL — Pictured here it Eugene K. Tolbert, principal of the Fay etteville Street Elementary School in Durham. The School will be formally dedicated in ceremonies to be held there on Sunday afternoon. Detailed account of dedication program appears on page 7-B. IN WESTERN CONFERENCE AME's Praise Late Bisliop Reid GREKNSBORO — The Wes tern North Carolina Conference of the African Methodist Episco pal Church passed a resolution here this week praising the late Bishop Frank M. Reid and ex pressing confidence in senior Bishop Sherman Greene who strict, has been selected to fill his I The post. Reid, who presided over the $econd AME district including the Western N. C. Conference, died several days ago. Bishop Greene, of Atlanta, has been as aigned temporarily to the di strict. He presided over the Western ■N. C- Conference here this week in one of his first of- flcitl acts after taking over second district. Bishop Held and Mrs. Beatrice V. Reid, who died last June, were both memorialized in re solutions iiduptcd to the confer ence. Mrs. Reid was supervisor of missionary work in the di- confcrcnie also ;lectcd new officers and licard mess age by Rev. Melvin C. Swnnn, of Durham, attacking church is sues on a broad front. Rev. Swann's address hit com munism, the shortage of re ligious leaders, condemned the high crime rate and urged the support by the church in the fight for civil rights New officers elected during bee REID, 6-A Sunday night in a special cere mony given by the Maude E. Logan District of the church. Cheek, who served as princi pal of Durham's Pearson ele- end of the 19B1 term. Miss Splinter Baptist Convention Sets Regional Meetins: LOUISVILLE, Ky. — West Chestnut Street Baptist Church, 1725 West Chestnut St. Louis ville, Kentucky, pastored by Dr. G K Offutt will be the meeting place for the Southern Rcglonul Convention, Auxiliary of The Progressive National Baptist Convention, November 28. 29. Some of the officers and dele- .Sfc BAPTISTS, 6 A Wray a member of White Rock Church, was one of hundreds of Durham students who attended Pearson undar his administration. ■ ■^Phpoto'^by l^ureioy Board Waiting For "Proper Time" to Act The Durham Board of Educa tion failed to act on a federal court order calling for the end of racial discrinvination in as- signmeni of pupils and wenrt alioad with assignment of 108 pupils apparently under it? customary method. This was the first meeting of the board since the fourth Cir cuit Court issued an injunction against the board’s method of iiHsigning pupils. The Circuit Court’s opinion, which reversed a district court decision by Judge Edwin Stan ley, was Issued on Oct. 12. The only-reference made dur ing the meeting to the Circuit Court order came when chair man HernYan A. Rhinehart re lated to the Board what the Circuit Court had done and in formed the body that Attorney Marshal Spears was studying the opinion. There was no comment on Rhinehart's statement and no action taken. Later, newsmen questioned Spears and Rhinehart on what the Board intends to do about the decision. Spears repeated Rhinehart’s statement made dur ing the meeting tiiat he was giv ing the opinion his "careful con sideration. He did say that he expected to ' present recommendations to the board in the "not too di stant future.’* Rhirrrhart added that Spears would bu asked to present hie opinion at a “proper time.” He failed to define what he meant "proper Ume.” sts bf 108 npw stii dents during the meeting. The Circuit Court’s ruling in October called for an injunction against discriminatory practircs and ordered that the injunction "ihnll control all future as.iisn ment’’ until end unless dc- fendantt submit a planr of do- gegcega/ion ' to *, tiie Ditsrict Court. ft Minister To 5ie? Down After 60 Years Rev. Dr. Ananias Samuel Croom, dean of Durham’s Ne gro ministers, announced his re signation from Union Baptist Chunb last Sunday. Rev. Croom, who has pastor- cd the Durham church for the past 39 years, told Union Bap tist' officers Sunday he wanted See CROOM, 6-A ADMITTED TO SUP^IEME COURT — Attorney W. G. Pearson, II of Durham was ad mitted to practice by the United States Supreme Court last week. A practicing at torney In Durham, Pearson was sworn in by Chief Justico Earl Warren. See details, page 7-B. DR. CROOM More Albanys Are Foreseen By Dixie Group ATIANTA, (fa. — In a report released this wccic of racial con troversy in A^br.ny (Oa.), the Southern llcAionsI Cnunril warns that of Oxfod, “it needs to be ready for other crises such as prepared for the likelihood—al most the ccrtai; ty—of other Al bany’s.’’ The Cnnncil’s commcnt is con tained iJi the Introduction to a 35-page report. Albany: A Study in National Responsibility. Writ ten by Spelmin College historian Howard Zinn, the report describes Sec F-ORtSEEN, 6-A NAACP Aslts Court to Reopen Va. Scliools ; ALEXANDERIA, Va. — tent on forcing the reopcnirf]| of the public schools of Prince Edward County, V»., not later than Feb. 1, 1963 attorneys of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple have filed a motion to ac celerate an appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit sitting here, j The motion, filed on Tues day (Nov. 6) by NAACP Gen ' eral Counsel Robert L. Carter, I notes that the Prince Edward . County school case i>egan in j 1931 as one of the group of , suits which culminated in the j Supreme Court's historic rul- ^ ing of May 17, 19M. banning sc I gregation in public education. Since the end ol the school year, 1958-99, the motion polios I out, the public schools of tl [ county have been closcd to J avoid implementation of a fcdcr ) al court order to desegregate. I Since then, some 1900 Negro ; children in the county have been without schooling. Private schools have been set up for white children. "The time has come,* the brief asserts, “when appel lants’ settled constitutional lights should be enjoyed. Eleven years of postponements it needs to ^«-ualratifln Is .long enough , . The earliest settlement of this question Is In the public's Intere^. The brief calls upon the Ap peals Court "to require and ef fectively enforce an order that public schools in Priitce Edward County M reopened, effective no later than Feb. 1„ 1963’. It has been apparent, since 195ft. the brief ^gues, that the county and ittOi Mhool ufflcial#, t»ac ReOI»EN, B^A