'■•>•' - ' ,t— —T»- : •= ———t > ' —• } Mann Film Laboratories Chatham Rd. f Wins ton-Salem, N, C. 7/20/Comp. City Election Officials Find No Irregularities In May I Primary '■ . ' 'V ; ' v :.. ; • ' '' ' . * Wiz r • ... Umf WO9 mmm IKv MVk W wr £ X 4 yON^MO—Mrs. N. P. Grigsby, School taocher for years, is shown, second Wtom as sh« is being pre • plaque in recognition of' PHILADELPHIA preps For Elks Annual Convention Aug. 14-20 4 PHILADELPHIA The an- Aiiil convention of the Elks will be held here Sheraton "Hotel, Augu- j jtt.-i4-2/0, with Hobson R. Rey 'iidlds,.' Grand Exalted Ruler, jJftiOt'KW,' presiding Pilgrim is in charge pt, th« registration committee j«rhfcfc wiH register delegates one week before the con tention at the Elks Center, 16th Jtad-Jros water Streets, and af- Urward at the Sheraton Hotel. jL p> .date, 2.00 a. xpoms have committed to the conven tion fct the following hotels: itt*r%ton, Benjamin Franklin, a n d Penn Center. Ad ditioijMkl rooms will be available necessary. F t ' • ing to Dr. James A. chairman of the Citizens jsoft>ij>ittee, more than 150 pro pitizens have agreed to .serto on the honorary com- for the conclave. Claren- Philadelphia com jfeifcsiprter of records, is conven tion chairman, and Elma But yijft chairman of the parade com- which will direct a mam '4ttoth parade Tuesday, Aug. 17, ,jnovfyr»g from Diamond Street down 'Broad Street to Fitz water and to the Elks Center. ' The brand Ball will be held '•fhuriidjay, Aug. 19 at Conven ton liall John T. Freeman is chairman of the event. As one of their community benefit projects, the Elks will raffle off an automobile dur ing (he gathering tor the sup port of Mercy-Douglass Hos pital. Bertram Levy is chair man of the raffle committee ' and Walter Reynolds chairman of the special committee. '» ,Th| housing committee, un- ELKS page 5A First Woman Is Ordained by Va. Presbyterians RICHMOND, Va.—A native of Henderson, North Carolina, Dr. Rachel Henderlite, was ordained the first, woman minister ol the Presbyterian Church, U. S., in ceremonies hefe Wednesday night. • Holder of a doctorate in Chris tian ethics from the Yale Univer- Sity Divinity School, Dr. Hender lite was instated before an audi ence of some 300 persons—about one hall 'white and one-half Negro ' —at tier home church, All Souls Presbyterian Church. She is 56 yrtrr if age. • Among participants in the or dination ceremony was the Rev. Frank S. Jones, pastor of Bethle i hdm Presbyterian. Church, Mon jne-P LC . Dr..jHenderlite's bro- Ibcr-ifl-taw. her services by Dr. T. R. Spelgntr, member of the Board of Educa tion, Durham City School*. Looking on are W. L. kradaher, Jr., Principal of Lyon Park School 1 HH I B « Br: ■k^'ifcy P Bill H REV. SMITH Bishop Baker and Rev. Smith to Feature St. Augustine's Closing RALEIGH—SaitIt Augustine's College will-'hold its commence ment exercises May 28—30. The Right Reverend H. Bak er, Bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina will deliver the Commencement address Sunday May 3, at 4:00 p. m. in the Emery Health and Fine Arts Center. A native of Norfolk, Virginia, Bishop Baker was graduated from the University of Virginia and received tha B. D. degree and the Doctor of Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary respectively. This will be the Bishop's last formal appearance at the College as the Bishop of North Carolina as he retires at the end of this school year. He as served as Bishop of the Dio cese of North 'Carolina and Chairman of thp Saint Augus tine's Board ot Trustee* since 1959. * The College tfill award the Bishop the honorary Doctor of Humane Letter* ' degree during the exercises. '»' * ' The Rev. Birney Smith, Rec tor, Spirit Augustine's Church, 1 Kansas City Missouri, will de j liver the Baccalaureate Ser mon at m. Sunday, May I 30, in the Bmery Center, j' The Rev. Smith received the -A. B. Degree frdni Saint Aug ustine's College in 1936, and the L. Th. degree!from Seabury -Western Theological Seminary in' I'MB. He Isji member of the Board of Trusteea'of th® Ameri can Church institute, The De pa rtruen* ,of Cktfstiai) Educa tion ot the Executive Council, and the ftational Com mittee on ' Report, to the 1964 General Convention, and holds membership in. several civic and t religious orgarujations. and Mrs. R. M. O'Neal, PTA Presi dent. Mrs. Grigtby was honored at the Annual PTA Banquet held recently. mm ■I HL_ BISHOP BAKER * Jp|.' jBL DIXON DIXON ELECTED AS STUDENT COUNCIL PREXY John Dixon, a rising senior at Hillside High School, has beer elected as the new president of the Student Council. Dixon served as vice president of the organi zation during the past year. He has been very successful in gain ing local and state offices. He is the president of the Durham District Christian Youth Council, vice president of the North Caro lina State Youth Council, and president of the St. Mark A. M. E. Zion Youth Council. 400,000 BERLINERS HEAR WIUtINS AT MAY DAY RALLY NEW YORK—Roy Wilkins, ex cutive director of the National , Association for the Advancement of Colored People, was schedul ed, to return to New York, City [ S*9 WJLKINS page 5A Che Camliip. Ciate# y THFTrutw'UN I^E^][f VOLUME 12 No. 19 DURHAM, N. C.—SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1965 PRICE: 15 Ceot» Former N.C. Gov. To Be Honored At Shaw Finals Luther Hodges To Get Honorary Degree May 24 RALEIGH —Following the an nual meeting of the Shaw Uni versity Board of Trustees, the University's president, Dr. Jas. E. Cheek, announced that form er North Carolina Governor Luther H. Hodges will be con ferred with the honorary Doc tor of Laws degree at the 100 th annual commencement on May 24th. The former U. S- Secretary of Commerce under both the Kennedy and Johnson ad ministration, is now chairman of the Board of the Research Triangle Foundation Corpora tion of North Carolina and chairman of the Shaw Univer sity Centennial Development Fund campaign. Jonathan Daniela, Editor and Publisher of the Raleigh News and Observer, and a member of the University's Board of Trust ees, will be given the honorary Doctor of Letters degree. The Reverends John H. Clan -ion arrd Tahnadge Watkin* will have the honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees conferred up on them. Reverend Clanton is chaplain of North Carolina Sta. Prison Department here in Rfll eigh, and formerely was presi dent of the State Baptist Con vention in New Jersey. Rever end Watkins is minister of the University Park BajJtist Church in Charlotte. Rev. C. C. Staton of Weldon will be presented the Univer sity's distinguished service award. The award goes annual ly to an outstanding alumnus who has achieved recognition of a worthwhile contribution to his community and the world. School of Arts Students Named By Gov. Moore RALElGH—Governor Dan Moore announced this week the names of the first students to be accepted at the North Carolina School of the Arts. Ninety-two students were chosea from 241 who audi tioned in April. The second group of auditions will be held June 10, 11 ond 12 at Winston-Salem. In announcing the names, Gov ernor Moore said: "These young people, ranging in age from 11 to 26, '.vere chosen by some of the outstanding per forming artists who will teach at the school. The students were selected primarily because of their exceptional talent and potential abil'ty to become professional performers in the fields of music, rlance and drama; however, their p and health records were taken into consideration before final acceptance. "The people of North Carolina and especially the citizens in home towns across the state will watch with great interest the future careers of these talented students who will attend the first state supported school of the perform ing arts in the country," the Gov ernor continued. "I am particularly gratified that such 'a'wide area of North Caro lina, including many small towns as well as the large cities, is rep resented on this list. . "I hope that the day -vill com« Continued on ZA |k| J|fl i*j %'ii''« i' ■: ':•? i' -■ & ■' •'-•'• % *^d£>ib^ffk ■ ■ HHhSR 1111 P 1 in THE piO AND THE NEW—Dr. John % White of Asheville (left) outgoing Chairman of tho Shaw Univfrtlty Board of Trustees, ex tendi the hand of congratulations out ty Or. Asa T. Spaulding of Dur h«m (rijfht), president of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance KU KLUX KLAN Klonsel Deliver 3 Attack On Dead C-R Worker Hayneville, Ala.—ln his sum mation. far .the defense of Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr., charged with killing Mrs. Viola Gregg Liuz zo, Thursday, May 6, Klan Klonsel Matthew Hobson Mun phy Jr., delivered an outright vicious attack on the dead civil rights worker. In his tirade, Klonsel Murphy tried to cast aspersions on Mrs. Liuzzo's character, political affiliations, and reasons for being in Ala bama. However, the only thing the tf»f>e-swinging Klansman-lawyer established was that Mrs. Liuz zo was a member in good stand ing of the Detroit Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple. This Klonsel Murphy did when he held up for the jury to view, Mrs. Liuzzo's NAACP membership card which he had found while rummaging through her blood stained pur se earlier in the day. Dr. John H. Johnson to Address NCC Graduates Dr. John H. Johnson, presi dent of the Johnson Publishing Co., Inc., Chicago, will deliver the principal address at North Carolina College's 40th annual commencement Sunday, May 30 President Samuel P. Marsie an nounced recently. At the convocation, which be gins at 3 p- m. on the lawn face ing the college's James E. Shep ad Memorial Library, some 400 candidates from the college's four schools will be awarded de grees. Johnson, honorary Doctor of Liflws degrees from Central State College and Shaw University is the publisher and editor of Ebony, Tan, Jet, and Negro Di .gcgt which have, in aggregate, a circulation of more than - 2 3«t NCC psg« SA, Company, who succeeds White •'• the University's Board Chairman Spaulding's election occurred recently at the annual meeting of -He University's Board following •he adoption of a new policy with fsnird to rotating the board's of ficers. Dr. Ellen Alston is Emmanuel Woman's Day Speaker Sunday i The annual observance of i Women's Day will be celebrated at Emmanuel A. M. E. Church, | 708 Kent Street on Sunday, May , 16, culminating a series of pro grams and services sponsored by the various Group Leaders ['of the Church. Rev. Larnie G. Horlon is pastor of. Emmanuel. Mesdames Mayme L. Lewis and Alma S. Biggers are Co-Chair men erf the Day. Dr. Ellen S. Alston, a nation ally know religious, civic and educational leader will be the speaker for the eleven o'clock morning service. ! Dr. Alston is a native of i Franklinton where for a while 1 she taught in the public schools of the city. She is a graduate of ! See WOMEN'S DAY page 5A WSai; Dfl, JOHNSON White, minister of the Mount Zion Baptist Church in Ashevillc and vice president of the State Baptist Convention of North Car olina, had been chairman of the Board at the nation's oldest co educational Negro institution since >958. DR. ELLEN ALSTON LT. GOVERNOR TO DELIVER ADDRESS TO NEW FARMERS GREENSBORO Robert W. Scott, lieutenant governor of North Carolina, will deliver the keynote address at the 37th an nual convention of the North Carolina Association of New Farmers of America to be held at A., and T. College, June 1-4. Scott will speak at the mor ning session on Wednesday, June 2, beginning at 8:30 V. nu. The program, as are all meet ings of the convention, is sched uled for the Harrison Auditor ium. • „ • . w . , S«* CONVENTION pagt ?A Charges of Sfith Reviewed At City Hall Meet Action was still pending Wed nesday on the disposition of some 14 affidavits filed by David W. Stlth charging voting irregularities existed in the May 1 municipal election. Stith, an unsuccessful candi date for the Ward Three City Council seat who lost to incum bent John S. Stewart, filed the affidavits with the Durham County Board of Elections which passed the information on to the City Attorney Claude Jones. After a meeting the board planned to ask Jones to take "whatever he deems necessary." However, Wednesday Jones said he had not been contacted by anyone in regard to the com plainU, . .When I am re quested to do something, then 1 will react appropriately," he said. Stith,s charges were review ed at a City Hall meeting Wed nesday, after which officials said "there was no suggestion of voting irregularities." The alleged violations took place at Burton, Hillside, Pear son and Whitted precincts in Ward Three. Among charges were passing out literature close to polls, the use of a dem onstration voting machine to persuade voters in favor of a candidate, and verbal cam-pain ing toQ close to the polls. Stith, who is president of Southeastern Business College, said his plans are to continue pressing the case until "some definite, overt action s taken." Earlier, he had charged that the Durjiam Committee on Ne gro Affairs' endorsement of Stewart "wasn't bandied prop erly." He was also quoted as saying .. there might not be much of a committee left when l tlijs is all over with." I Of the 14 affidavits filed by 1 Stith, 12 were reportedly signed jby student* of Southeastern ' Business College, some of whom live outside Durham and are ! minors. Dan K. Edwards, solicitor of Superior Court, was also sent copies of Stith's affidavits. He said tfyere would be no action by the court unless a criminal law had been broken. Hobart Taylor to Deliver Address To A&T Grads GREENSBORO Hobart Taylor, Jr., Washington, D. C., associate counsel to the man who spear heads the nation's Equal Oppor tunity Program will deliver the main address at the 74th annual baccalaureate - commencement ex ercises for A. and T. College. The program is scheduled for the Charles Moore Gymnasium on Sunday, May 30, beginning at 11 A. M. From his office in the White +louse, Taylor continues to di rect tha activities of the Presi dent's Committee on Equal Em ployment Opportunity, a post to which he was appointed as exec utive vice chairman by President John F. Kennedy in 1962, while also serving as associate counsel to President Lyndon B. Johnson. He was appointed to his new position in April, 1964. In duties with the Committee, Taylor is responsible for developing and im plementing programs aimed at eliminating discrimination in em ployment in the federal govern ment and among contractors and sub-contractorS which perform work for the government. Also un der his direction is the Commit tee's Plan for Progress Program which involves the voluntary par ticipation by more than 290 na tional firms which employ more than 8,200,000 persons. A native of Texas, Taylor is a graduate of the Prairie View State College, holds the M.A. degree from Howatd University and is a graduate of the University of Michigan School o( Law. Prior to coming to Washington, he was a practicing attorney in Detroit, Michigan, had served •« assistant prosecuting attornev for Wayne County in Michigan and as Wayne- County Cortrtirntior t"mm -5«» TAYLOR p«9«

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