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CAROLiNA TIMES
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SATURDAY, APRIL J7, 1M3
Mrs. Mary Gant to Address St.
J(»eph's Mission Day Program
Sunday. April 20. 1963, will Martin .^nd congrcKalion. Follow
I* “M^ionary Sunday' af .St, ing this flip choir will sing
JOfWTih’it-A. M. E. Church, Rev. ■ Kcstival Te Di-iim.”
^felvln Chester Swunn, Minister. Solosi.s: Mrs. K.ntic L. Smith,
Guesi speaker for the Morning j w McClinton, C. R. Rivers,
warship hour will be Mrs. Mary and Mrs!. J. C. Scarborough Jr.
Wimberlsy Gant of Oxforit. Mr.s. D. A. Jolinston will in-
Mudc will be furnished by »tic troducc the speaker and Mrs.
Senior Choir, Joseph Wltchell Eva Smith will preside,
directinf and Mrs. Mirnie W , Qgnt received her odu- College at Durham; University
Gilmer at the organ. The To! cation at Shaw University; At- of Colorado; and the University
Deum •will be read by Mrs. Jo.th lanta University; North Carolina of North Carolina.
Deaths and Funerals
USHERS OFFICERS — Shown
a group of dignitaries
Mwlli Carolina Inler-
jtminational Uihers Associa-
fioinwho took part in the group's
■al Mid-Year session held at
IIm Ushers Home in Franklinton
4ast Sunday. In the center are
■late president L. E. Austin and
llle session's main speaker the
JKmr. Jolm W. Fleming, of Ra-
l«l0h. TIm Mid-YMT session, a
day imeeliag, is the firsfi of
OSCAR L. MOORC
Stem — Graveside rites for
O.scar L. Moore, who died ce-
cently in Now Britain General
Hospital, were held Fridayj at
the Butner Cemetery at
r)'V. J. E. Thorpe conduisied
the service*.
Surviving are his wife, iMw.*
Julia Moore, his mother, Mss.
Dora Ligon of Durham; six cjiil;
dren; three sisters, Mrs.-
Lawson of New York, N..V.,
and Mrs. Augusta Myers
Mrs. Floretta Suitt, both of
Durham; and three brothers, Lon'
nie Moore of Baltimore, Md.,
and Hosea and Thaddeus Moore,
both of Durham.
* * *
REV. JOHN BARRETT
Rev. John Barrett of No. 3
Peachtree PI. died on Wednes
day, April 17, at Lincoln Hos
pital. Funeral services were con
ducted on Sunday by Bishop
Amos at th'! Church Of God In
Christ Je.sus. Burial followed in
Beechwood Cemetery.
I Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Nannie Barrett; three sons and
four daughters.
• • •
EDDIE BROWN
£Mdie Brown of 1444 Maple
wood Dr. disd at Lincoln Hos-
Difal on Wednesday, April 17.
Funeral services were held on
Saturday at Orange Grove Bap
tist Church. Rev. Harold Tim-
berlake officiate^. Buril follow
ed in Beechwood Cemetery,
two annual state-wide conren-1 two structures at the home, I Survivors incftde his wifl3,
tions held by the organisation, j located on highway No. 1 North j Mrs, Hester B. Brown; two sons.
Currently, :^he group is seek- of Franklinton, to be used at j William Edwards and Alphonzo;
ing to complete renoration of. a home for unwed mothers. j two stepsons, Sylvester and
» ■ 1 Leondory demons; three daugh
Dicketine I Edna Fay Brown, Car
I olyn Ann and Karen Lenvette;
The picketing was called to. his mother, Mrs. Goldie E.
Surviving ara eighteen chil
dren, Howard, Bernice, liudell,
Thunnand, Clicnce, itayniond,
Lc.'prcston, Emma Joan, John
William, Deborah, Genevieve,
Mrs, Mattie Mayfield, Mrs. Ida
Mae Wiggins, Hardy Holder,
Mrs. Josephine Hicks, and Mrs.
Beatrice Jonos; fourteen grand
children; and three grcat-grand-
children.
• ifi •
ALEX JEFFRIES i
Alex Jeffries, 1600 Fay St.,
died at a local hospital on Mon
day. Funeral arrangements are
“Vetoes
Continued from front page
cial could have time for nego
tiations over segregation policies
practiced as the targets of the
protest segregation practices in ^ Brown; one brother, Rev. Jero-
the city in the face of an up- ^ me Brown; two grandchildren;
coming international trade fair and one aunt. ;
scheduled for the city April 27- * t *
\»l WALKER.
May 4.
Proposes Federal Government Give Aid to
Children Left Without Schools in Prince Edw., Ya.
RICHMOND, Va. ^ The Na-
.tfonal Aii^iation for the Ad
vancement of Colored Peopie has
proposed l^eral aid to provide
remedlfcT'U^ining for Negro
children in Prince Edward Coun
ty, Va., who have been depriv
ed of schooling since 1959.
"rtie proposal was set fofth
at a news conference here, April
11, at which time it was also
announced that members Of 400
of the county’s nearly 600 Ne
gro households hava signed a
MRS. SAR
Mrs. Sarah Walker, 110 Bot
tom Lane, died on Friday, April
10, at Lincoln Hospital. Funeral
services were held' Sunday at
Gethsemane Baptist Church.
Rev. V. E. Brown officiated.
Burial followed, on Monday in
Leeds, S. C.
Surviving arfc her husbppd.*
Joe Walker: oni daughter,. Mrs.
Lucille McNeil; her parents. Mr.
“0 people of the world! The religion
of Ood i*^ to create love and unity; do
not makc'^ it the cause of enmity and
discord.”
|,|9i&''ls of Durham
a «21
Durham, N. C.
Baha'i House of
Prayer
Wilmette, Illinois^
"It's gates are open te
all msnkind."
mlteri
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A Difference
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/ Current Dividend
iCn ACCOUNT INSURED UP TO
By An Agrency of The
Federal Government
f ARKISH ST.
Savings & Loan Ass'n
DURHAM, N. C
petition calling ud0!» President
John F. Kennedy to take the
necessary acfion to mobilize ap-
p r o p r i ate governmental re and Mrs. David Crosby; and ifne
sources in behalf of their chil- brother, F. G. Crosby of Phila-
dren. ) dephla, Pa.
Speaking for tue NAACP at j * * *
the news conference were Dr. MRS. TRESSIE HOLDER
John A. Morsell of New York
City, assistant to the. NAACP
executive secretary, and ^he
Rev. L. Francis Griffin of Farm
Mr?. Tressie Holder, 2810
Nebo. St., died at the home of
her daughter^ Mrs. Beati-ice
Jones on Saturday, April
ville, president of the Virginia Funeral services were held on
State NAACP. Also partici- Wednesday at Sinai HoliAfeSs'
pating in the conference were church in Zebulon„ Bishop Pope,
officiated. Burial followed in
Wright Cemetery.
representatives of cooperating
groups; J. Ruppert Picott, pre
sident of the Virginia Teachers
Association; Dean Wendell Rus
sell of Virginia UnionUniversity;
and Dr, Grainger Browning of
Hampton Institute.
The call for federal aid was
in anticipation of the re-open-
ing of the county schools on a
non-segregated basis by the begin
ning of the next school year.
The Associatioa, in coopera
tion with the VTA and Virginia
Union University and Hampton
Institute, will begin a survey
of the childlfeh in tlfe county
on April 17 to determine their
present educational status and
their needsr
Since the schools were closed
in 1959 to circumvent a Federal
Court desegregation order, Ne- Coffey, says it’s even higher,
gro children have either had Including foreign membershin.
Church of God
In Christ Fastest
Growing in U. S.
The fastest-growing Protestant
denomination in the U. S. is the
Church of God in Christ, reveals
the May Issue of Ebony maga
zine.
The 1963 Yearbook of Church
es lists its membership as 411,-
OOO • but the head of its woni-
en’s department, Lillian Brooks
MRS. SWANN
incomplete.
Surviving aro his wito, Mrs.
Josephine Jeffries, one son,
Roger; two brothers, Sam and
James; and one sister, Mrs.
Sallie Kelly.
MRS. SADIE COLE
CHAPEL HILL — Funeral
wrvices for Mrs. Sadie Cole, 62.
were conducted Sunday at Mt.
Zion Baptist Church in Cha
tham County by Rev. J. R. Burt
and Rev. J. H. Jones. Burial fol
lowed in the Chapel Hill Ceme
tery.
Surviving are five daughters
Mrs. Margaret Yilies, Mrs.
Annie Mae Evans, Mrs. Elneida
Blak?, and Miss Maurice Cole
'if Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Pearl
Edwards of Chaoel Hill: four
sons, Fred and Rubin Cole of
N'lapel Hill, Rufus of Balti
more, Md, and Charles Colo of
Washington. D. C.; and fifteen
grandchildren.
portation, tuitloB, books and
maintenance for study in Argen
tina, AM.stralta, Aimtria, Belgium
Luxembourg, Brazil, Ceylon,
Chile, China (Republic of), Den-
marH, Finland. France, Germany
(Federal Republic of), Ghana,
Greece, Guatemala, Ice land,
India, Iran, Ireland. Italy, Japan, j
Korea, Mexico, Nepal, the Ne
tilierlands, N>ew Zealand, Nor-1
way, Pakistan, Peru, the Philip I
pines, Portugal, Sp^in, Sweden.!
Turkey, United Arab Republic!
and the United Kingdom. j
A joint U. S. other govern,
ment grant is offered coopera
tively by the U. S. government
(which provides travel) and a
foreign government (which pro
vides tuition and maintenance).
Joint awards are available for
study in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile,
Colombia, Costa Rica, the Do
minican Republic, Ecuador, Gu
atemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mex
ico, Nicaragua, Panama, Par
aguay, Peru, Poland, Rufnania
Utd Veoezuelg.
Travel-only grants are intend-
el to .supplement maintenance
aiul tuition scholarphipf receiv
ed from a university, a private
donor, or a foreign government.
Travel-only awards are available
for study i,i Austria, Brazil,
Den mark, Fi’ance, Germany,
Israel, Italy and the Netherlands.
The Institute calls special atJ
tention to the opportunities
available in Ceylon, Iceland,
Iran, Pakistan. Poland, Human
ia, Turkey and the United Arab
Republic. Special opportunities
are also available to graduate
students who are interested in
teaching English as a foreign
language at universities in India,
and to those interested in tea
ching American language and
literature, history, philosophy ro
law at Italian universities.
MRS. TRICE
Fuibright Awards
To be Made to
800 This Year
NEW YORK — More than
800 United States government
awards will be available to
qaulified American graduate
j students for study or research
in any on.? of 49 countries dur
ing the 1964-65 academic year.
The graduate fellowships, avail
able under the Fulbright-Hays
Act of 1961, are administered by
the Institute of International
Education as part of the educa
tional exchange program of the
Department of State.
There are three types of
awards: U. S. government full
grants; join U. S. other govern
ment grants; and U .S. govern
ment travel-only grants. Fi^l
grants provide round-trip trans-
to leave the county for school
ing or do without regular educa
tion. WhitK children, for the
most part, have been attend
ing newly established private
schools in the county.
“There can be no question.’
It’s probably closer to 3 mil
lion.
“Many of our people are very
slack about keeping records.
That figure doesn’t do us justice
at all,’ says Mrs. Coffey in
Ebony, disputing the
Mrs. Swann and
Mrs. Trice are
Emmanuel Guests
The Annual Women’s Day for
EmmanueLA. M. E, Church, Kent
Street, will be observed on Sun
day, April 28, -963, with morn
ing and afternoon programs.
The speaker for the eleven
o’clock morning service is Mrs.
Dorothy E. Swann, well known
and prominent worker in the
African Methodist Episcopal
Church. Mrs. Swann is a native
of Raleigh, where she received
her education. She is an ardent
church worker and Director of
the Young People’s and Chil
dren’s work of the Women’s Mis
sionary Society, Second Episco
pal District of the African Me
thodist Episcopal Church, and
also Denominational Repr.esenta
tive to the United Church Wom
en of the North Carolina Coun
cil of Churches.
the NU^ACP statement said, “as membership count,
to either the justification or the I Mrs. Coffey is out to remedy
Mrs, Swann is the wife of the
Rev. Mfilvin Chester Swann,
pastor of St. Joseph’s AME
Church of this city, and the
mother of one son.
The speaker for the four
o’clock afternoon services will
be Mrs. Essie Trice, a native
of Durham and member o f
White Rock Baptist Church.
Mrs. Trice is well know for her
work in the Sunday School and
official ® Mi.'!sion.^^y. She is a mem
ber of the Dorcas Club ’of this
city.
authority of the Federal govern'
ment for taking this action. The
Negro children of Prince Ed
ward County have been the
sacrifices in a test of suprema
cy of the United States Con*
stitution and the entire nation
is eternally in their debt. No
effort is too great if it repays
even a small portion of this
sacrifice."
OH, MY .
ACHING BACK
Noirt Ybu ean the fast nVef ype
from MgMiug htekaeb*.
miweulftr «chM Mid ptiM tb»t oftfP ••»•••
r«BU«M and udserAbto
/Miiagi. Whn elMM 4lM€omtortB cmm om
with ov«r-«x«rtion or straM »nd
-you want r«lM-want it fMtl
dijturbuie* may b* mild bUdd«r ir^t«tl«w
foUiowjntwroncfood»»4^nk—
tins up • rttUsM raeoBfortabl* zMilav.
Do«n’ft PUh tmt in t
way*: I. by>p—dypaia^rtHcving at[op U
toriMDt of manria# baeka*^
a«b«a, muacHlaF aebaa aod & m
•oothiaf HTMi •• bladdar frritatlM* I. bfr
mild dlaratie teOom teedhie t* ■»■■■»
aam« happy mlliloii# hav« for oiyf
M rtm. Vor eooTCBto^
the situation by compiling her
own figures on women’s mem
bership^ Ebony reports in its
profile of the 66 year old wom
an church leader. Mrs. Coffey
tells Ebony, “The men haven’t
given me figures on women’s
membership. They don’t want
women to have too much in
fluence.’
Mrs. Coffey herself is rated
one of the most influential lead
ers of the denomination, male
Or female, Ebony says. She join
ed the then new and strugeling
church as 8 7 year oltj in Mem
phis in 1,903. an.i has played a
major part in its growth. ..She
was the first Church of God of
ficial to estabHsh branches narth
of the Mason-Dixon line, and the
women’s department, which !*he
ha* headed for two decades^ Ija.^
spread the church to (^er
countries through missions and
schools.
l3)ony says the Church of Goi
in Christ is “next to the Negro
Baptist* in membership.”
Music I for the day will be
furnished by the Senior Choir
of the Church. Following the
morning service a fellowship re
freshment hour will be held In
the recreation area of the church.
The public is invited.
■Heroes
Continued from page 2-A
1st doctrines of the anti-slavery
societies which were just then
being founded. To Forten, his
torians credit the conversion of
William Lloyd Garrison and The
odore Dwight Weld to belief in
racial equahty — which might
well be considered one of the
most important events in the
anti-slavery crusade.
Forten, as a militant champion
of Negro rights played an impor
tant role in the shaping of our
American tradition. At the age
of 58, he died in Philadelphia in
th« y^ar 1842.
DID YOU KNOW
THAT the widow of a Veteran
CQUld .be curled in a National
Cemetery? Well she can.
Merely upon request to the
U.S. Government at the time of
the veteran's interment, an ad
joining grave site will at that
time be reserved.
The Vete’s widow is entitled to
a benefit of $250,00 to defray
the funeral and burial expen
ses?
The Scarborough and Hargett
Funeral Home is thoroughly
familiar with requirements, and
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“A FRIENDLY CHURCH”
White Rock Baptist Church
WHITE ROCK SQU.ARE DURHAM, N C.
Miles Mark Fisiier. Pastor
Sunday, April 28, 1963
Electronics
8:45 A.M. CALL TO WORSHIP
9:30 A.M. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
“Faith Gives Security”, Psalms 23; 46;4-7.
Review of Lesson by J. T. Hawkins
Dr. Charles A. Ray, Superintemlent
11:00 A.M. “Jesus Had John As Forerunner” . .The Pastor
Senior Choir, John H. Gattis, Director
Young People’s Choir,
Mrs. V. W. Alston, Directre.ss
6:30 P.M. BAI^IST TRAINING UNION
Mrs. Hattie F. Boykin, Leader
7:30 P.M. Program auspices
E. M. Brawley District
St. Joseph's A. M. E. Church
"'SERVING A WORLD PARISH WITH CHRIST SINCl 1M9"
Fayetteville Street DurhMii, TJortH CirolliM
MELVIN CHESTER SWANN, The Minister
JOSEPH T. MI'TCHELL. Minister of Music
Sunday, April 28, 1963
9:30 A M. SUNDAY SCHOOL
Subject: “Faith Gives Security”
Miss Marie Paulk, Superlntpndent
11:00 A M. MORNING WORSHIP-Mi.s.sionary Day
ADDRESS Mrs. Mary Wimberly Gant
ili “1^ . * Oxford, N. C.
5:00 P.M. MISSIONARY PROGRAM
SERMON Rev. Z. D. Harris, Pastor
Oak Grove Freewill Baptist Church
MUSIC: Oak Grove Freewill Baptist Choir
FREE PARKING ON ST. JOSEPH STREET
Emmanuel A. M. E. Church
“A CHURCH WHERE EVERYONE IS SOMFBOD\
AND GOD IS ALL”
710 Kant Straat — Durham, N. C.
John Fradarlck Ippi, MlnitUr Mri, Evalyn Robert*, OrganUt
Sunday, April 28, 1963
9:30 A M. CHURCH SCHOOL ^
SUBJBX'T—“Faith Gives Security”
WOMEN'S DAY—All Day
Cuest Spekker Mrs. M. C. Swann