Carolina Times To Stage Fourth Annual Holy Land Contest
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TO NCACT SPEAKER Left li
Mrs. Mfry Dawson, editor of th>s
National Elementary Principal,
Over 1,000 Delegates At
N. C. Teachers 84th Session
RALEIGII—Over one thousand
delegates to the North Carolina
Teachers Associations' 84th .An
nual, Convention heard Dr. Whit
ney M. Young, Jr., executive di
rector, National Urban League, as
he addressed the group Thursday,
April 8, in Raleigh Memorial Audi
torium The theme of the conven
tion . was "Education for World
Responsibility." Dr. Young told
the -necessary
that the visible barriers be re
moved by white people who ered
cd them. The invisible barriers
are obvious to the Negro fe?r.
apathy and indifference. The white
and Negro people today should be
i responsible for removing the in
visible barriers.
The South.; Young riat*d can
bo longer afford the luxtfrf 8f pre
kidice. |t is quite clear that Ne
jtoes can not be kept third class
\(ithoutj ke'eplng the whites sec
ohd even in the back vood
sntes. jit would be naive to as
sume the present gains will
afcure fis of equality automatical
ly The, Negro at best now stands
ort the/ periphery of the mairf
st*?am r
)r. Young said that out of one
mj lion youngsters who are ou/ot
wa-k, 500,000 are Negroes.
!te claimed that the Negro
tea:her teacher is the mtm htmaa
teaiher is the only teacher en
joy ng the status of society as
Eu ppean teachers. He stated that
the white teacher does not enjoy
suq i social status.
1) the teachers he said, "Yours
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3 Big Prizes To Be Given Away
I}i Ministers Popularity Contest
Nominations for participants in
the Carolina Times fourth annual
Minitcrs Popularity Contest are
now tapen and will continue for
two ijeeks before balloting actually
begiiis on May 3 when reports for
the first week's balloting will be
received. Nominations may be
mailed or brought to the Carolina
Timej, 436 E. Pettigrew Street,
Durham, N. C.
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Tha contest will run for a pe
riod jf six weeks, .vhich will be
dlVldro into thr« two-weeks pe-
The tint period begins
May fe-17; tht second period is
May |7-31, and the third period,
Moy |l-June 14.
At Istake this year as in the
three' previous contests are three
big ji-izes. The first prize is a
free airplane roundtrip to the
Holy Land, the second prize, a free
airpUrve roundtrip to Bermuda,
the third prize Is a free airplane
roundirip to the New York world's
Sefc CONTEST 2A *"
r who was speaker for NCACT
i (North Carolina Association of
» Classroom Teachers , Friday, April
, 9, In . Memorial Auditorium. Mrs.
Three Men Indicted In Alabama
ForJiajA Slaying of Rev. Reeb
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grand
Tuesday indletei';ißftee -vfiitfe thJn
accUse'd 6'f tHi onWJer 'of ; the "Rev
James .J. *&o_.was h&ateir
on ft Selma night qf
March $ days' later."
The Hoggle, 30;
his Stanley Hog. •
gle, and 41, were
arrested, in'd "post
ing- df R. S
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other three, has bfceft charged in
federal warrants With violation ot
Reeb's civil rights. The four men
had beeh free under city and
federal bonds Of $12,500 each be
fore re arrest Tuesday.
Circuit Solicitor Blanchard Mc-
Leod Said the trial for the de
fendants would be placed on 1 the
regular Dallas County Criminal
Court docket. The court's session
•vlll begin May 10. but a court
offic'al sa'd it could possibly be
October before the men are tried
because of a heavy court docket.
Prior to the return of the in
dictments, Circuit Court Judge
James A. Hare told the grand
jurors that racial discord has
created a state of national anarchy
and insanity. He reviewed Selma's
See REEB, 2A
Burlington Pharmacist Files For
City Council Seat in April Primary
BURLINGTON—Troy H. Thomp
son, local pharmacist, paid hi:
Tiling fee this week and ,becam
♦he sitxteenth candidate to file fo;
the Burlington City Council sqb
ject to the April 26 primary.
A native of Burlington, Thomp
son attended the elemenatry and
high Schools of the city. He at
tended A. and T. College at
Greensboro and - was graduated
from the School of Pharmacy at
Howard University in Washing
ton, D. C.
Coining to Burlington in 1952.
he opened the pharmacy which he
operates oil Rauhut Street.
A resident of 708 Apple Stree
Dew sen receives bouquet from
Mrs. IlixabetDt "Lrbty" Koontz
presidentelect NSA-DCT.
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REV. A. o; MOSELEY, pastor of
Mt. Gtlead Baptist Church, an
nounced Here th|s week that he
will eeek the office of City Coun
cil as a candidate at larqi in the
election to b» held Saturday, May
15, Rev. Moseley,, if he is able to
survive the Primary to be held
May 1 will fhe third Negro
candidate in Hie race. The other
candidates for e Council seat will
come from the Third Ward where
J. S. Stewart, incumbent, and Dav
id Stith have fcoth announced
their candidates.
he Is a member flf the Ebcnczer
'hristian Church and serves on
he church Board of Trustees. In
'963-64 he served as president of
he Old North state Pharmaceuti
:al Society. He is a member of
he National Pharmaceutical As
ociation anfl 111 V National Asso
ciation of fcwtlftt {Jfuggist. He h&s
-.erved on the Turlington Cemetery
Commission for more than five (5)
vear. He is active In the civic and
.social ife of hl» community, is a
Master Mason' as well as a mem
ber of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fra
ternity. ~
Thompson is married and has
one son.
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VOLUME 42—No. 15 DURHAM, N. C.— 17, 1965 PRICE: 15 Cmnlm
Local Woman Charged With
Murder In Pistol Slaying
Says Victim
Had Been
'Picking at Me'
A trial was set Friday morning
in Recorder's Court for Miss Viola
Jane Allen, 37, who has been
charged "Aith murder in connec
tion with the death of Bessie Lee
Carpenter, who was shot fatally
Tuesday.
The victim was shot in the
throat with a .38 caliber pistol
and was reportedly lying on the
ground of the Allen woman's home
at 805 Fargo St. when Police Lt.
Harold Bowles and Officer T. R.
Gilmer arrived about 1:45 p.m.
Physicians pronounced the victim
rlead on arrival at Lincoln Hos
pital.
Police quoted Miss Allen as say
ih? the Carpetnter woman, who
lived at 206 W. Piedmont St., "had
bejjijj&kJflgj® m» all.dlai'^Toe.
oficers' report also quoted Miss
Allfn, who was denied bond after
-r-est, as saying she shot the vic
tim while standing at her back
Hillside Senior
Wins Top Honors
In Elks' Contest
Miss Brenda Hart, Hillside High
senior, walked away with top hon
ors at the educational elimination
held at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church,
Sunday afternoon, in connection
with the national oratorical con
test sponsored by the Improved
Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks of the World.
Bull City Lodge No. 317 and
and Salome Temple No. 704 spon
sored tiie contest. Miss Paulette
Easterling, junior, Merrick-Moore
and Miss Linda Moore, Hillside
Senior tied for second place. The
contestants spoke on the Negro
and the Constitution.
See WINNER, 2A
MAN SURRENDERS
TO POLICE AFTER
8 MOS. FREEDOM
A 32-year old Durham man,
wanted by police since he escaped
from an apparently unlocked
room at police headquarters eight
months ago, turned himself in to
'.aw officers Tuesday.
Kenneth Alton Roberts, who on
August 18 walked out of an in
terrogation room when left alone,
surrendered to Detective R. G
Morris, the officer from whose
'vistorty he escaped. Roberts, a
former resident of 120P W. Club
Blvd., reportedly went to his law
yers' offices and told them of his
irtcntions to surrender. The law
yers contacted the detective bu
reau which sent Detective Morris
lo re-arrest Roberts.
Charged with two counts of first
degree burglary, Roberts, accord
ing to police, has also been iden
tified by two white women who
were assaulted last summer—one
in June and another in July—as
the man who committed the acts.
His attorneys declared Roberts
gave up "to betried in court . . .
and not to admit any guilt," in
connection with the offenses
Zii. SURRENDERS. 2A
PRINCIPALS AT INAUGURAL!
LUNCHEON—Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy,
left, w*S~TS«r we** wit Jrtsf.ltW
•i president of A. end T. Col-
Chain Investment Corporation
Begins I Drive Eor ~550,000
A lunchi-on meeting was held
at the Biltmore Hotel
by the Diihrham Buslnesj and Pro
fessional Chain's Investment Cor
poratiqih to ijjevelop plans for con
structing a $2 1/2 million shop
ping the Ha.vti area.
R. fteily ss' ant is president of
the Corporation, which
has drive for April
27 at Warren Library
to rsfeft .ijfco,o()o to get the pro
ject #nder.' way. The drive will
.vt|jtil June 15, and until
. Workers will be con
business persons in
support.
;tfv£ Wednesday meeting
eral of the persons present.
The shopping center will be lo
cated on a 15-acre site and will
have rental space for merchants
and other business service, or pro
fessional persons.
Merchants, and others affected
by the urban renewal program,
are urged to attend the April 27
kickoff meeting.
David Stith Files
For Councilman
Seat, 3rd Ward
David W. Stith this week filed
for a seat on the C :, y Council from
the 3rd Ward. Stith, President of
the Southeastern Business College,
will oppose incumbent J. S. Stew
art.
StUb, bora in Reeky Mount, has
been a resident of Durham for 19
years. A 1951 graduate of N. C.
College, Stith was a Junior Law
Student when inducted into the
Armed Services. Having served in
France and Germany with the
Adjutant General's Office, Stith
returned to Durham in 1P56.
During the same year he found
ed the Southeastern Business Col
lege which he has developed from
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i lege, and Mr*. DoAdy, talk with i
Asa T. Spaulding, Durham, presi
fi Worth Carolina Mu
tual Life Insurants Company, and J
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NEW OFFICER,? OF NCACY--E.,
B. Palm*!-, executive-soerrtWy : of
the North Carolina Teachers As
sociation, congratulates new off!
cors Of the North Carolina Asso
elation of Classroom Teachers
They ar# l#ft to right: Mrs. Mar
N. C. HIGH SCHOOL
LIBRARY CLUBS
TO MEET MAY 1
OXFORD —The Association of
North Carol'na High School Libra
ry 6lubs will hold its State meet
ing May 1, at , "->st Charlotte Sen
ior High Scho'"* Charlotte.
The themg for the -meeting if
"Driving Towards Better Library-
Clubs: Books The Ignition
Sw'tch."
Registration will begin at 9:00-
10:00 A.M. tnd the General Assem
bly will began at 10:00 A. M.
Thd afternoon session will con
sist of five chatter sessions, name
ly:
Session Ntf. I—"The Role of Stu
dent Assistants in Helping the
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Mr*. Spaulding. Spaulding deliver
ed the main address at the inau
gural luncheon.
,garef WUsori oT Kings Mountain,
president; , fArit. Dorothy JBy.Jack
son, Wilmington, presidentelect;
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Mrs. Juanita F. B»rr;tf», Pino
Tops, secretary; an*' Mrs. Cathor
M. Broadnax, Wtftfkmston, vice
Goldsboro Host to 25th Annual
N. C. Region Hampton Alumni Meet
GOLDSBOnO— The twenty-fifth
annual conference of tTie "?forth
Carolina Region of the National
Hampton Alumni Assbciatien'rvas
held in GuJ/hboro, at the Golds
boro Motor Hotel, Mar. 27 and 28.
The meeting began with'a;panel
discussion on "Role of the Alum
ni in Preparing Students For the
Great Society". The panelist were:
E. A. Brown, Principal of Dudley
Elementary School-Attitudes; J Mrs.
B. J. Freeman. English Teacher-
Dillard High
J. J. Hemlersron, N.
C. Mutual I. i fe, liiL-urabca '(loni
RAN;,; 11X3. C-SECVJ £.
V -v ! -Ac* -••#. '
More Than 1,000
Expected At
Annual Meeting
FRANKLINTON—A crowd, con
servatively estimated over J 000. is
expected to attend the 41st an
nual Midytar Session of the Ir.t
terrteifominational Ushers Associa
tion of North Carolina to be held
at the Ushers Home, locnted on
Highway One near Franklinton,
Sunday, April 25.
The annual sermon tnis year
will be preached by the Rev.
Clyde Johnson, pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Weldon. Music
for the occasion 'vill he furnished
by the Durham Ushers Union
Choirs
For the past several weeks prep
arations have been going forward
as rapidly as possible to get every
thing in readiness for what many
nredict will be one of the best
Mid-year Sessions in the history
of the Association.
In addition to the large num
ber of officers and delegates of
the Association many visitors from
over the state and nearby states
arc scheduled to attend the ses
sion.
The Rev. Clyde Johnson who
will deliver th? sermon this year
is considered one of the state's
most progressive young m'nisters
as wejl as one of its most foreefu.l
speakers. He is expected to be
accompanied by several officers of
his church,.
Pinner in the Ushers Home
dining room will be prepared and
served by the Raleigh Ushers
Union at 1:30 P.M. Following the
dinner hour a business session of
th® Assoc'ati'-n will he held with
the closing talk on the new Ush
ers Direetnrv being delivered by
the president. L. E. Austin.
TO INDIA, SECOND TIMS
GREENSBORO—Dr. Gerald A.
Edwards, professor and chairman
of the A. arid T. College Depart
ment of Chemistry, left the coun
try on Aprilfor'lndia, whore
he will jseive for two months in a
Slimmer "Institute.
president.
Not shown en picture: Mrs.
Juanita M. Corbin of Wilmington,
assistant secretary.
TH* '.officers wer» installed by
Palmer, Friday night, April 9.
Bootstrap Program Founder; and
the, Re* J- A. Arnette. Chaplin,
O'Berrfk Mrs. Ruth L. Woodson,
Supervisor of N. C. Elementary
Schools served as Coordinator.
The) meeting was presided over
by' Bttth E. Ferdinand, a
state andf local vice-president.
After the Executive Meeting at
6 p. m., "the Alumni met for a
Family Hour entertainment on
Saturday night.
Sunday's Business session was
presided over by the N. S. Region
al president, Miss Martha Riddick,
•iltfi opening remarks bv Nathan
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