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Sanford Calls on Mayois to Solve Race Problems
VOLUME 40 — No. 28
DURHAM, N.
SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1963
RiTURN REQUESTED
PRICE t 15 CenU
New Hc^
Support
Over 200 Meet
Ih Sun. School,
6TU Convention
, CHAPEL HILL — Over 275
^legates attended the 86th An
nual Session of the New Hope
Missionary Baptist Auxiliary
ijunday School Convention and
Ihe 32od Annual Session of the
New Hope Baptist Auxiliary B.
*t. U. Convention here July fl-10
at Second Baptist Church.
The two day meet drew d^le-
KM tea from some 36 Baptist
Churches' In the Piedmont area.
l)elegates fronrt Durham, Wake
and Orange counties constitut«^
ovJV half of the number attcyju
k{$ r ■
Hicthlights of the Joint con
ventions were a panel discu!>-
■iop, an oratorical contest, and
election of new officers.
Following the them? “Be
..Witnesses Unto Me”, the conven
tion opened Tuesday morning
With an address from the
group’s president, T. R. Speight
of Durham. He said in effect that
the group had 'assemble)^ to
work oijt ways toi help the; Sun
day school and B. T. U. more ef
fectively serve the churches and
the communities.
Ask for
DURHAMITE WINS
A 17 year old Durham girl
Won the oratorical contest which
highlighted the Tuesday night
session of the conventions.
Delores Boone, a 1963 gradu
ate of Hillside High School and
a member of New Bethel Bap
tist Church, received a unani
mous vote from the judges for
her essay, “My Church and I
Delores will represent the
New Hope Convention at th**
jitate Sunday school convention
in New Bern, Aug. 6-8. She is
the daughter of Mr.i. Nora
Boone of 213 Corbun St.
Ministers at the convention
made special pleads for finan'
cial aid to the Christian educa
tion department of Shaw Univer
■ity.
SPEIGHT ELECTED
A panel discussion on the
theme of the convention was
held Tuesday afternoon with
Mrs. Georgia Barbee moderating
Panelist were Rev. J.. R. Man
ley. W. W. Barbee, and Mrs. A
L. Filmore.
Officers elected for the 1963-
64 Sunday School convention
are T. R. SpelRht, president; Dr
Minni* T. Forte, 1st vice-pre.s)
dent; Miss Lucille Jones, 2nd
vice-president; Mrs. Willla Mayo
Secretary; Mrs. Ella Trice, Cor
responding seccetary.
Moses Wilson, auditor; Mrs. J
B. McLester, Treasurer; Walter
iMayo, music director; and R>v
J. J. Reece, pastor-advisor of thf
training Institute.
Executive Board directors ar*
T. R. Speight, chairman; Mrs,
«\WiIlia Mayo, secretary; Rev. J
' R. Manly, Rov. J. A Brown.
■ Rev. James Stewart, Rev. C. E
Mcjjcster, Mrs. Pecolia Hosan
Mrs. A. L. Filmore, Rev
Wm. H. Puller.
Mrj. J. B. McLester, Dr
M. T. Forte, Mrs. Ella Trice.
• Rev. J. H. Jonos, R®v .T J
Reece, and Rev. L. W. Heid.
Man Charging
Police Brutality
is Convicted
A Durham couple from thS
Hicks town community, charging
city police with brutality, found
Recorder’s Court Judge Wilson
split on charges brought against
them by local Police.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Patter
son of 109 Ringling St., were
handed different verdicts In Re
corders Court early this week.
Mrs. Patterson was acquitted on
a charge of interfering with a '
policeman. Patterson was found |
juilty of disorderly conduct andJ
resisting the arrest of an offi-|
cer. ,
’Th? couple had charged early |
-last ijappth JUiat ..two, p^liee ttsed 1
brutality on them while ari4st-1
ing them for charges of disorder
^ ly fonduct and resisting an offi-
I cer.
DURIMM'S derby
"Littia Willie’' Bowman (righl),
Durham’f new soap box darby king,
and tCliecter Halleman (left), see-
•nd place whinar, congratulate
each ofKcr for winning their re
speetive slots in the local Jaycees’
DenMMKtrations
in Virginia CHy
To Be Renewed
DANVILLE, V» — RoorMi-nta
tive* (»f the Studrnt Nonviolent
CiM>niin3ting Comnfiitlee (SNCC>
and th»* roncress of Racial E({ual-
i»y (COI5E) have orsanizp-t r’»irw-
*d d'^ninqstrations in this South-
side Vir;;inia city designed to an
nuunce an international bnvcntt of
products n.' Dan RivPr Mills.
Matthew Jones, 22. of SNCC l?(i
I a group ef 30 siieiit picketi in
I front of the main entrances to
I Danville's chief industry, the Dan
River Mills on July •. One sign
read, ‘‘We Call for a World-Wide
Boycott ni Dan River Mills —
s\rc.”
"These densonstrations are part
of a request for an international
boycott of Dan River Mills pro
ducts,” reported th# Rev. L. G,
Campbell, Secretary, Da n v i II e
WINNERS— revamped contest here last week.i first heat. The winner will repre , ■ .•
. B..,i ! Christian Pro-ressive Association
(DCPA) “The Mills employ about
Bowman, winner of Class A for
boys T3, 149^nd 15, beat Holle
man, winner of Class B for boys
11 and 12. in a run-off heat after
the two finished in a tie in the
sent the Bull City Jaycees in the
All-American derby i at Akron
Ohio in August. (Additional story
and pictures on page 4-B).
—Photo by Purefoy
m Ml President
s Return in
Assured .Anew
.PCLORES BOONE
Policemen G. F. Spangler and
Roo CONVICTED, fi A
RIVERS
Last Rites Held
For N. C. Mutual
Staff Manager
Funeral services for Crockett
Richard Rivers, staff manager
for the Durham District of North
Carolina Matual Life Insurance | ^yhere.
Forced to Curtciil
to
Lincoln hospital has been fn'-ped;
0 drastically curtail its services
0 the community, it was rtvoai
d this week.
' Currently, the hospital is ad
iiitt. ng only patients who can be!
treated by private ph.vsicians who
ire attending staff members.
Others are being referred to
' Duke hospital and to offices oi
i private physicians.
I However, hospital directoi
I ITrank Scott said this week thal
I he expccts the situation to be re
j medied soon and the hospital’s
1 operations to return to normal by
August 1.
Hardest hit by the curtailment
I is the hospital's emergency ward
! opiTjitions. All emergency cases
' are being transferred to other
hospitals Or to private physicians.
In addition, one of the hospi
tal’s major clinics, the medical
clinic, has been temporarily sus
pendod. However, the other two
uhstetrics-gynecology and surgical
clinics, are continuing to opeiate
Itcasun for the curtailment,
Scott explained this week. Is the
loss of the hospital’s resident phy
sicians. Lincoln had maintained a
staff of two resident physician.*
until several days ago when bot)'
resigned to accept duties velse
=■
Company, were scheduled to be
held on Thursday afternoon, July
II, at the St. Joseph’s AME
Chureh in Durham.
Rivers died at Lincoln hospital
ort Tuesday morning, July 9.
The deceased was trained at
Brainard Institute in Chester. S.
C. and at Hampton Institute.
He b!Ran work for North Ca
ralina Mutual as- a combination
agent In Roxboro in 1M6. He
was eve.htvally transferred to
Durham, and pronnottd to the
rank of staff manager.
Rivers was also a graduate of
the Life ISnderwriters Training
Council and had studied Agency
management with the Life In
surance Agency Management As
sociation.*
Prior to hls' employment with
See RIVERS, 6 A
Scott sairl a new staff- of >esi
dent physicians is schedued j^'take
over by August 1.
The hospital director c^dmined
that the reason for the hospital'i
:urrent troubles lies in the fact
that it is caught between the twin
forces Oi tne national shortage oi
physicians and the increasing op
portunities for Negro physicians.
He pointed out that last year
the country had a need for-9,0(XI
new doctors but only 7.300 were
graduated from the nation's medi
cal schools. This left a shortage
of 1.500 for last year alone. Such
’inhual shortages have been cus
‘orriary in the past few years, he
said.
In addition. Negro physicians,
have traditionally provided
See HOSPITAL, 6 A
PATTERSON
GREENSBORO — The actin,j
president of A. and T. College was
last week cited for outstanding
service at the College during the
past 18 months.
The A., and T. College Trustee
Board, af a special meeting on
,Wednesday afternoon. June "Ig
adopted a reSolWion ^omiyenduii?
|Dr. L. C.'DoW^i' who his'serveo
|as acting president of .the jCollege
since January, 1962,* “jtor his out
standing work" during fBe per
iod. The resolution said of Dowdy
“has put forth continuous efforts
to improve the educational oro
gram of the College and stimulat
pd faculty and students to obtain
greater objectives in the area ol
academic excellence
Dr. Samuel D. Proctor, ,>residenl
of the College, now on leave as
associate director of the U. S
Peac* Corps, is scheduled to re
See PROCTOR. 6-A
Lincoln Housing Project Clears
First Hurdle Despite (^position
At an informal meeting of the
City Council’s Committee for
the whole Thursday morning,
the group decided to ask for
the passing of a resolution at
their Monday meeting to have
a public hearing of the contro-
ver.sial request by Lincoln Hos-
Vet Durham
Minister Dies
The Reverend Haywood H.
Harris passed at his home 716
E. Pettigrew Street July 8th at
8:20 p. m. Funeral services will
be held at 3:30 p. m. Friday at
White Rock Baptist Church
with Reverend Miles Fark Fish
er, pastor of the church, offlciat-
i n g. Burial will be in Beech-
wood Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs
Maude E. Harris; one daughter,
Mrs. Thelma H. Strudwlck' of
Raleigh; one son, Herbert O.
Pointer, stationed overseas in'the
armed forces; Three sisters, Mrs.
Margaret D. Jeffries of Durham.
Mrs. Pearl H. Throckmorton
and Miss Anna Harris of Virgi-
the Una. Va. and sevoral nieces and
nephews.
pital for rezoning of a tract of
land on Wabash Street for apart
ments.
The hospital wpn a temporary
victory Wednesday when the
City Planning and Zoning Com-
10.000 people and the industry is
the economic bastion of the pow
er structure of Ihis segregated
community of 47,000." CamobeU
contimied. “We are askiag free
dom-loving people all over the
world to stop buying Dan Rivei
Mills products," Campbell said.
Ai part of what the DCPA calls
a "selective buying campaign.' 60
youthful pickets walked ten feet
apart in groups of six or less on
July 8. Thia was the third day of
silent picketing within the pro
visions of an anti-demonstration
ordinance passed on June 14.
Ther« were no arrests.
I.ater on July 8 eleven young
people picketed; a meeting at City
Hall arbara M'^or Julian Stinson
and three white leaders met with
eleven Negroes selected by t^
Mayor for the alleged purpase of
easing racial tensions here. No*p
of the N*grpea at the meeti|^^
hate F%rticipat«d in the Danvift
pntteiit movement. j
. L^t DCPA leaders issu«t
a sfatmerfC that they woUlif ni^t^
lie b>uAd~1& |4>^|l^fiAmenl tnallF
‘ s!«rDAi|rMt)Ll' M
-i-
JOB WELL DONE! — Dr. L. C.
Dowdy, acting president of A.
and T. College, receives a carti-
ficaie of commendation for "out
mission met in a special session ' standing services" rendered the certificate,
and approved the hospital's plans ^ college while serving at the post.!
for an apartment building on
the site. I
Controversy over the tract oi j
land has been going on for two :
months between the hospital of-1
ficials and residents of the site '
area. Neither was present at the ;
Wednesday meeting, but they re- ’
newed their debate Thursday i
morning. |
By voting to rezpne the pro-
Robert H. Fraziar. left,
Graensboro attorney and chair
man of the A. and T. CoUoge
Board of Trustees, presents the
NAACP Youth to Report On
Results of National Convention
to the 54th National NAACP
I Convention held recently in Chi-
. J J 1. !* ! cago, will report to the public
perty - bounded by Wabash, city . ..
. . - on the convention in a meeting
limits Lakeland and Lawson
Lakeland and
streets • to RA 20-30 apartment
zone, rather than the RA 12-18
apartment zone as originally
sought .by the hospital, the plan
ning and zoning commission put
an end to its part in the contro
versy.
Trustees of the hospital plead
ed Thursday that they want the
property rezoned from two fami
ly residential zone to an apari-
urham Youth Delegation Youth NAACP members who
will present "Freidom” son^,
including the “Medgar Evers”
Youth song as originated by the
Oklahoma City Youth Chapter.
at the Saint Joseph’s AME
Church on Sunday Evening at 4
p.m.
The NAACP Delegation to
Chicago included 25 youths
which represented three Youth
Delegates will discuss the j and College Chapters in the
significance of various resolu- Durham area (N. C. College. DCf
tions and newly established po- ham Business College and tl>a
licies. Information on the recent Crusaders) Youth advisors aT-
ly establishid “Cammando” until tending along with the delegation
will be available in addition to were Mrs. S. S. Hughley. adviaor
having several of the first Com- to the N. C. College Chapter,
mandos present. There will also J. W. Hill, advisor to the Dur-
ment residential zone to allow' be a through analysis of the con ham Business College Chapter,; emor, tt»e
construction of 150 apartment! trovcrs.nl “James Meredith and Mrs. B. E. McLaurin and, uiitteo ol turaa
units. ■ Youth Banquet Speech." Mrs. M. H. Turner, Advlsora tu | mauent “mayon*'
Residents of the site protest : Music for ths occasion'w.« ths Durt^aiu Cruoautr... couunittee
See PROJECT 6 A i;.e furuibiicd i.; - j ; c p oi
Says State Must
Set Example
GREENSBORO — la bi»
speech to the majors of North
Carolina's cities here last week
Gov. Terry Sanford said that he
thinks the massive civil rights ■
demonstrations staged by N^
groes have gone far enough and
that he b now calling on the
mayors of the state’s cties an'3
towns to set an example for the
rest of tiie nation in dealing
with the. racial crisis.
The Governor said that the
only way to solve th* problem
is by “removing the injustices
and indignities long suffered by
the Negro race.” But he also
said that desegregation must tM
carried out in an orderly way.
^peaking to alMut 200 mayors,
city managers and city council-
gathered at the Greensboro
branch of UMC. Sanford and
hia special aide, Capus M. Way-
nlck, went on record as bein{(
' oppoaak t« any tort of civil
I rights law that wMild intringe
: on the rights of the owners of
; businesses — presumattly such
' busiaesse as restaurants, hotels,
' motels, a«d theatres.
I “The nation looks to us for
I our example in a period of un-
I rest, “Sanford declared. “Good
will should become the Tarheel
trademark.'
“1 simply call on you to deal
with th« situaiUon, to work at
it. ta display wisdom and cour
age. to understand that every
child of God oa aarth deslraa »
chance in Ufe and human
nity along wtth it.” ^
IHnrha« MaiT«r
After wi